New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-26

oman vSo y q lsf. a fy,rg brother. sou nsG hos~
Zen vouudod ct The COW &c nv tateEs, ges 90 os
hot tytrinc CeUs. t,fet Esd vss prisons
IN psTula ard asked whether should 60 osck o.
siay ! upGed / bad 70 sdVice TO give II n lie
ssked bow would act n sucn case. replied,
"reurp" Whereupor be dete -miued 20 do so. ana |
..n, b.ck by him Z Gen Zavs tue folio sin verbal
ars9tr: That vhs much b. ged Tor 81, goot Opoioo
but recets'fy for cay oonfeTerce' that fet
sropg tpovgh 70 retl 81! hs tsoks snc o'ek taoaSa
Lis lines when thought ht, sDd that would nod no
Marcy except st the c,noons mouth. Ga the rex
rortiDg the b, TIE steamer spPesed, lS kei al us
ard retired by this tiCe We hsc cot up small coaia
cable sId cas-. round shos, by pou1uS into the mola
rpurd the ED TIE chain LEAD derived from oresking
mn the Epsre ca ri1es for % we bad no cSpS la
this manner though We entered the Gaud 9e with
OILS twelve rouIcs Of shot snd she'll AID soout nnsy
csr s,ers we raised the number OF rouuds 10
liz. We had now been seven days without
Il, ur short of sa and recuced TO four hisss ard one
mule ard the impression begsn 10 spreai dangerously
In the csmp thar ycur ENcslercy bad met with some
grcs, reverse sd d-sedions wee tskng place. con,
fpsd trinc pslly 20 CubSns, Germans trepchmea and
few lr,sh-cLly two Americans thN am as 're OF
having passed TO the enemy viz Claiooasu CT New
Orleans ana rooley. formerly correspondent oi ne
Nee. ORLEANS Dcla The appearance OF the steane,
which yCu sent 20 reconcile orr position, insesl ot
nrpirpg confidence befo e, nsS by any II IN
the fact her not msknz any diversion in our favor
lelc az conhrmat,n of some die ssr to your iorce or
person; and this account felt necessary on Tues
CAV tie 9Th TO stack the house bsrictde snd indigo
vat, after few shots from our guns, Cna Of which
ian scross the Iayine. NJ ior Csycee led one small
stoImbg party ard Mei0r L,on4rd snoher from
another sice Major Caycee having only one arm, and
being much weakened by inc spOsitl0n and faiiSus,
was usable 10 climb up STEEP bank. Lieut. Sincisir,
who ct his time WAS joined by NJ Potter, hang
back in an uncficerlike manuer both VII lie advarcns
snd y leu the reached and NsJW Potter oe'
ipr wounded the party retired. Meanwhle Mslor
L<orarc patty, including Capt McChesney. bore too
ruuth 20 The right, aud were repuIssd by the nreo
capr,n and musketry hon strcng ticsds
s-rI -, pnvfa pN.fttN
on this side. | caused Lieut.. St. Ciair to be tired
bv A drum be- I'd court martial Oh charges preferred
BY Msior Csyceo and Major Potter Tie was
found guilty some counts, and sentenced nun 10
Il ga of rank suhiect TO your coutrm1tton and al
var ced Corporal Miller, VINO bad given coGspeuous
exsmue Of avery ss actiuI Lieutenant Ia 81. Cthts
tlace. On Wednesday the lO,h, the steamer t;m
sppeared in sight evidently with some troops on board
vie were now touching the sto.e, with two hles OF
barricedes benmiDg US in. aod though preparei 20
break through under cover OF our fire. reserved Tor
that purpose could not tell whether or when you had
landed iroors or on which tide YOU int nded to lad
them We, therefore hsd to walk till could open a!
niebifall communication with the stea ner. Iht. day
| slaugtteItd ard de' tOyed MY own horse, and the
lsst cog but He'd by the epcures IN camp Tor
dog Iuuttoc. | had remanif only the male OF Mtor
H,ury, who lane aud Tad seSera, wounds, ths
horse Of Major Cay Gee and your Sn. Al ousk the
Sandwich Islander called hsneka John having
agrt6d to swim out to the steamcr whch was thee
three NJ lee Of provided With plank, and started
with communication in syiai l need MT tatorn
you as youwere on board 10 person, inst asked the
commander OF the troops 10 eigusl whether and on
What pOrt be would land and attack, III ords' that
uIy 1t break through To cooperate O1e OF lheSe ss
pae the firing OF gun which b III TAKE "A plsco
abou, ilIco bon after the Isltnder had started, was
col strued BY IRE into reply hat YOU wouii ia;o at
day break. The Pc tOn CT the steamer preNe9'eu my
,.eDy the siguais which would lad cate on when sue
n O land NJ would De effected. ON messenger, ~ l
was steI ara Informed did net reach you till three
IN tie moiniDg having bees ssvea hours In tue
water when your 81, nails were inside, but were then
urno iced from the trees hiding the steamer lights
Mesnwhie, shortly after the drst gun, we were
nrprissd by fling on the beach, - We judged rom
two 10 thee uLes ,f This fire, returned at inter-
walls kept rolling towsrc us ana then died away before
coming sUiiceriy lear - enable US TO venture TO
strike il thai direction and ia winch IN fact
il was imprudent with tho peculiar impsdments aud
CONDITION of ny force, to a. al Every mon aad
ing if | Only had some Of tue Rangers II only had
Sam Leslie 10 explore, when tan minutes after Cspt
L,,le, revolver In hsbe, appeared In the camp. lie
informed me tbat you were on board, that YOU htd
landed nearly two hundred nen under Col. Waters.
yho after cam Ing four barbados by storm with tue
o, bic force Ci nearly fort, ko aud wounded aud
- least 80 to The enemy finding It'll 6zncade, before
him al NJ the ehOre udciously struck tn 10 ths lett
sId aimed the road from San Francisco TO the wharf
on a line parallel with the Guadalupe church, "hlch
was known US Fort HenniDgs' u Here le vas curing
his wsy through the bDth. which Lss!' pepe rated
alone, thus opening communication WITH Us IN ndli
all hour af erward Gil Watrs' force was In Fort heo'
uiDPsen and portion OF tbaI force immediately
m,icLed down to Fort ~. About this tune the
gallant Les ie an irItparasle loss was TO my r'gfe
LCt % 40 in the church. Ii ut Col Waers informed
me that nsrr ctions had been given TO push straight
along the shore. bur the colone, who kew tht you
were not awsre Of the strength OF the enemy deenses
md sbo is most judlcous soldier J1oged tnl, lnl'
practicable without too al 10 and theretorestruck
d 10 the left lie Of opinion that We should
retreat by the Guadaoupe along the ad no bad come,
but udg pg that the line You had posted was by lar the
IL. a x. I'd
moot e1yGntageous, no" that the JuLcuSn enec,eo
had sert circumstances that The fact Of the position
Col Walters had occupied above the forts and BART
cadts of Il enemy would make them fear being cut Gu
ard that they would give way before vigorous ca1-
po1 nde and strong demonstration dispatched por-
tion the force from Fort cry, and another OF d.
Ws,ers's force, under command Of Col o Mel aud
Capts. Cook, Wilson and McCbesney, to recoGnolTe
al occupy any WORKS the enemy had ao9nd'ned;
About kf tin the house and baTrIcade on IN. wnari
were 1erorted burning. The wharf was found aban-
doped, and brass eighteen pouid gun, when was
found there when the fort was captured was retaSen
Ant ther strong fort and the surrounding DsIIcaces
were sl.o fouad abandoned and sfOrted mot excel
lent urOe cton 20 cover embark alton thcs saving
our men tho labor Of throwing up any wok. Az tbs
tine the boat having come on shore, by the steamer
ioTn srded to you my verbal report, and expressed
the tore that could embark everything by II p IN
-Four bouIs later-thst ID 10 cay, at G. m Of the morn
ing OF the hl had the h' nor to report hat every
tLKg Was on board. Foit Henbingssn had been
evacuated at 10 O'Clock, aud the embskaion con-
ducted without other Oss than that Of private shot
dead Al the church, on mistaken order TO move gun
prtmstufely, and OF my aid, Capt. Kelley, n?rt1ty
wounded carry mg up an order respecting mo oi.gos,
II ept Of al sHbuscade which ten minutes before had
cred at me rom tie same point as l descended on
horse hack, and which wss afraid might occasion
loss. Ia bringing down the last gun thb Piriy ~"
cislodged and the gun brought down In safety by hr;
Emil II mas Heightened as this report las been:
,ba be compelled, in justice 10 the brave men who
ooersied with me- and in fuhillmsnt Of promise
made to them to add in few days another recording
the Names and services Of all eogsged. ! will here
maize my acknowledgment 10 Major Henry aud
Msjor sw,Dgle without either Of ~h2n could no;