The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-04
THE CUBAN FILIBUSEERS.
Landing OF the First Expedition - 1t
Component Materials-General Thom-
as Jordan In Command-He Does not
Expect TO Serve in the Field.

A correspondent of the New York Sunday
News writes from 'the Heights on the Bay Of
Nrpe, Cuba" under date of May 12:
The expedition of which you have been for
! many weeks past confdant was brought to O
successful consummation on yesterday. We
arrived here after having safely evaded Span.
ish b cru cruisers, and made good our landing by
midnight OF yesterday. AS you were aware,
the Generals studies Of the chart and topo-
| graphical maps of this port, having been car
ried out in New York, under consultation with
eminent engineers. our commander was pre-.
pared, ON very brief reconnaissance, to select
a position Of defence without delay. To cover
risk of movement on the part OF the enemy, ne
experience Of our veterans OF the army OF the
Potomac, in the use o! the spade. We we're very
| soon enabled to store our material behind de-
fences which our small force of men, "tried IN
hre," can make good against ten times their
| number.
with ma Won are aware OF. Without stating the
number (which you already Know may add
that il is in fact, but about two-thirds of that,
seeing that ct the eleventh hour the courage
Of some of the men enlisted leaked out, like
| that Of Bob Acres, "at their fingers ends" )"
The force actually landed is, however, formi-
dable in it's compactness, experience, and
dare-devil bravery y Americans, Germans,
Irishmen: Englishmen-some of whom have
undergone s.the baptism of blood" from Chat
tanooga to Atlanta; others 10 have breasted
the tempest ofbattle from the Wilderness to
the Five Forks.
General Thomas Jordan is, as you have been
aware tor many months. our commander. He
ia native of Luray, in the Valley OF Virginia
and was captain in the old army OF the United
States. He was, during the war Of sections,
chief of staff to General Beauregard. His en-
gaeemsnt with the Junta Of New York makes
him second in command to the former general
in-chief OF the revolution, Cespedes. Before
his arrival. however-defetred, as you are
aware, by the miscarriage o, his former expe-
| tlon at Ragged 1sland-a change had taken
place in the state of affairs here, and Cespedes
having been made President, his second in
command is in fact the present General in
Chief, Quesada. A virtual, though, 1T my be
| assumed, an unintentional aud perhaps .un-
has therefore folio we'd; and having been
brought to that officers knowledge on our
| landing, does pot appear, as might have been
| expected, to meet the hearty acquiescence OF q
man trained as he has been, in the jealous
punctilllo OF West Point.
General Jordan is not likely to consent to
play chief of staff to Quesads: The matter
ment to the War Department as Its military
assistant, organizer, and sdviser. He ap.
pears to think I suspect that his duties will
not be those OF the field. though his men, not
being very we'll adapted for civil service, will
object to being led to battle under any Cuban.
Herein we fear some difficulty at the start, but
committed as We are to the struggle. that diff
| GUILTY will very soon vanish when the enemy
comes within reach Of our rifles. We have
sent out part of our force to collect transporta-
tion.
they came, UNEXPECTEDLY to both, upon o
small body Of Spanish troops placed as guard
on neighboring property, but very soon per-
suaded the Dons to part company with them
at an unceremonious speed. Teams are being
brought in for the removal OF our material to
the Headquarters of Cespedes. Our communi-
cations with him have been opened, and al-
| ready have We received visits from some rag
ged and hungry-looking patriots who are said
in our camp, to hold the rank Of Generals. /
| have no more to add than to tell you, 10 con-
| clusion, that all 30 far has prospered; that we
are in fine health and spirits, and tor the time
safe from earroting, behind some pretty
works. mounted, landward and seaward, with
six very neat-looking field-piecos.
Letters received at Washington, yes erday,
state that the force under General Jordan had
succeeded in joining the Cuban forces, after
several fights, in all OF which the spaniards
were repulsed with severe loss. General Jor-
dams loss was slight, not over forty-fve i'll
killed and wounded. He saved his artillery,
arms and ammunition. he had with him sew
entcan hundred rifles Of the most improved
patterns.