The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-02

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giVe - aSTloaa tFonblei bot W haVr ~
tag boGa Oat1rely unmalested. Win
fAlbeg acAnlY mans Of deGAtkAilon i0r
- l0iGs Z cargo q GEnB and mnElqon
Ala hsaVY OFdRAheS, We 81 20 work to
eoMAQEG Happily, ~ hOd dslush-
mNnt o. AmSEioAna ABd EutOpaARa,
/ lsout Hen aud noldi6CA 10 lAls WAFH-
ThDs and the CubauS worked toReIAtr
with Omul6tlOn, aBd with 20 hearty
eood wiz, thai By In he morulBE va
had landed half our eARga AL have
| told pot 3 cruiser was 70 b bsen. not
even sail - w entered the barber
bot ~ night before . spanish VA
( vessel had upquOlli0nably pass6d neaF
", hunting for Ne In The crooked lalAnd
Z pltsaEe. II Nhs therefore dstsrmIued
70 s9Dd the ship 70 Sea again beloFe
dag light, 70 return tonight 10 con.
I ploie the discf a'ga Of oar cargo n tbs
eoaat we're eiSs.. This morning, how.
STVg. the Appreciated cruiser iid no,
appear; bot In the Afternoon bsIofS her
appointed ums, aud IOOuF great dSiiFbt.
our own vessel. the PsEriI, returned
always ready. and the monasut shs hEj
ISt 80 her anchOF again all bands 70.
sumSd work 10 Lhs diSchaFFS Of the
cargo With renewed vigoF. am nov
haPpy 70 say that BY Z o'clock % thH
mofninR OF the 18th We shall be able 10
Let The vessel 70. hnd start inland, we
shall then have on shore uEmS aud mn.
nlhons OF war-ineludinE 10 pleeeS OF
artillery-toF force Of 3 900 men. III
IL needless TO say, therefore, how Inn.
pOEtAnt TO the CubAns must Be tho efFsrt
Of our landing; how vast the issOeE maj
depend upon the movements OF the
next IS hours.
The bay Of NIpe Is the Eraudsst m,
tuFal bar Dor ever saw. Il has an an
trance scarcely halt 4 mile wide. and
30 deep that II Is without bar. lnland
It Widens out into broad, deep, land
locked bay penetrating far into The IL.
land. II has been admirably AdApteJ
by the hand OF nature, for a great cum
msrce, but nothing has As vet been
done by mon 10 proHt BY its adyan.
lages, for tue country heFeabo seems
almost unlnha6ited. Immediately In
the neighbOThOOd OF our landing there
are several cultivated places, with
hulH, but all deserted. The Heids are
green with corn, tobacco, aud VeRetA-
blea and fruits, but there are no traces
OF very recent hAbitallou, and not n
soul have we seen since our advent, |
THIS last might seem lnauspIclous, but
the fact IL, II was not known that we
were TO land here, and hence no one
was At band TO welcome ua. We have
sent out scouts TO make our arrival |
known to the nearest inAuFgeuI chief. |
aud TO collect means OF transportation,
This last, In a region 30 scaniily popu. |
lated, will take time, and we shall have |
TO stand at guard over our precious
charge. We shall have need for abuu.
dant endurance, and possibly some |
stout hghtinR from the Tsdoubl which |
stands In front Of US; but we have good |
men, veterans, and the Cuban element |
OF our expedition Is ardent enough, and |
although fresh a. soldiers, sure to be |
sleadled by our American and Euro |
peRn supports.
Never WAS an expedition more in
dsotpd to sheer downright good fortune |
for success than ours. The PERT was |
80 slow that even had We encountered 4 |
cruiser we must have been captured; |
and II 10 almost absurd 10 see with what |
impunlty she has been permitted to ap-
pEOach this coast, and enter this harbor |
on two successive days In broad day
light and land so large cargo, right In |
the face, and almost under the guns OF |
the Spanish fort l write you In ex.
IRENE haste. The hours are big with |
the events. The expedition Is full Of
teverlsh and impetuous life. We an
ticipate hard fighting, bat we feel that,
whether we succeed or fail, the cause OF |
Cuban independence Is sure 10 Triumph. |
Nevertheless. for the present, this little |
expedition on this lonely, land locked |
hArbor, before this Spanish fort, carries
on Its bRyOnots the cause OF Cuban In.
dependence. ..
l shall write by every opportunity, |
but to speak In military parianCe, "OIr |
column is in air." We have abandoned |
and II may be days
before | shall be able to get Il letter 10 |
you again by lrusty messenger.