The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-21
THE G. B. UPON HOME AGAIN
4 UTHENTIC HISTORY or THE LAST
CUBAN ExPADIfION.

men-LnrHs 4uouuttfs 81 w MT nuteFtbi-
Ne spanish Gussests 90 be seen.
The George D. Upton arrived In this port yes
terdsy with . ck karanee from Aspinwsll. The fol-
lowing seeoun, Is written By one Of her ofieers;
The exl edition OF the Geo. d. Up,on left Poillon's
dock on the 14th OF May multitude OF young
Cuban ladies' and gentlcnen were on the wharf to
bid good.hy, waving their handkerehieis until tho
bend Of the river hid from view wo went to
the schooner outside which had the arms on board
and early in the evening got alongside, when we had
apparently good long Job before us; the go men
on board, bowever. worked well and lively during
the night. and made short work Of IL, so that a
O'Clock NEXT morning 15th) We cast Oh and directed
our course for Gu
On the ninth day out we got In sixnt Of the coast
OF Cuba but it was blowing very hard, and J. r.
Cispero-. the chief Of the expedition, Col Betn-
court and others, thought proper 70 postpone the
E....s III she nsxi hight Is We we're Atandina
OF the coast we saw lights on the siarboard side
within Eunshot, snd K D. the same distance OF for
two hours The eh OF OF the expedition ordered
the $50 men on board 10 be armed with winches-
ter,
READY TO rfRE
n peedful. We expected 10 see the steamer I've
made her cut 10 be onC open FIRE on us, but she
went along the coast, aud at the end Of hour We
saw no more OF h'r. On the next morning We
smother steamer, but the George b, Upton looked
too large for her. We all believed 1t WIS OF the
uttle Eunbosu. On the same night. about O'Clock,
ve got within quarter OF o mile Of the coast, and
dropped anchor, and began to take thinrs ashore.
A little accident h appened to one OF the boats while
taking the men ~ iors.
TOO MANY CROWDED INTO IT,
and all he'd cold water hath they got out again,
~ but sound. We went on taking the rest OF ,he
cargo lahore tli He1t morning aboutT o'clock when
- IA
any longer bot, as We did not get through, he do
eided to come hack the next night We did So and
sound our men anxious TO finish their work. They
had the boats and ran ready. that a. soon as we
dropped anchor wett unloading the rest of the
caro-
Col. Betaneourt came OF 10 the steamer and told
J.F. Cisneros how pleased no was with the men ho
had, and that he word not be afraid IL he wa. at.
tackled by
DOUBLE The SuNDka or sPASfARDs.
During the night. Col -Bctsncourt and his $50 men
had fortified the top Of little hill, forming strong
intrencbment He ACCOMPLISHED this with heavy
timber and sand. On each angle was brass Geld
piece. In the morning, before leaving, wo went
ashore to bid all hands Eoodby. We lefs ashore
1o,soo pounds Of powder, a.0oO rifles. go EnAolds
and 800 ReminEtOns. besides 2500OO cartridges for
Spence rs and kemingtons, 100000 charges for En-
fejs, 900 maehetes, 900 pounds OF sulphur 1000.
90 caps, 70 boxes with clothine, 10 with shoes 25
with straps, &c. We len besides . complete print
e VIZ a'e'"s w "H'uo'' ="
~ ~ ~ 'N s>'' 1' ~''oo 'A0''''
THREE currns MORE TO cuBA LiBkE.
Wa ,rsv.rod ,ho,D an, ,.o ,ha .o.,, a,,..,,,u
our course TO Aspibwall. From GuAnaxs, where we
Ieu the expedition ruuta Mzisi. never lost
sirht of the coast and did not find single vessel OF
war. We all believe that the Spanish Government
IN Cuba Ia. sen, them all TO The mother country as
they have no NOR, use for tnep, there
The UPTON reached Aspinwall ON the seventh day
aner landing the first eYpeditop There we found
Col Loho and ninety.hye men. all young Cubana
Amer doing some little repairs to the engine, and
taking in some fresh provisions and water. we took
them and their cargo on board, and
SAILED AGAIN FOR cuRI
on the 81 OF June. We made the trim 10 IN. south
ern coa.t in Eve day. When re ,,rhtsa 4, q, xos
TOO e,rIy in the .t,eynoor On ,s.,, onar.,o,. VA
W. e"y 10 'he AFTERNOON '" OeRin operauons' ana
pistol shot. lowered down boa, with four men. and
r.n, s.ho,s ~ ,ooL tor ,hs h.., r,a.. - ,.,v. ~.
.,n.,,t,o, A,,ha I'D =, an hor, % a.. -. ,a,
:, , - ~ ~ .aN " So 49, ', " w '''Sa
~ a We could not ma a good landing place we
40 49, srs,as. ~, a.,Idaa ., 90. ar nn,u -.
.N,,o-' 80 - w '''. '" '"'' WV
'A o,,,-s u ~ -"
ouN u "u n"s eoe up' VI W" NV "'n' W ree W. on
the following night we came back TO the coast, but
Eound no good landing place So IL ma aareed IN
20 again to the northern coast
As We passed Punta Mai-i we saw steamer, and
went a little nearer go as to make her out; but as
soon as those on board saw u.s. they made for the
coast as hard as they could At $50 on the night OF
ths iaih We reached our destination. 1t was very
k1Gn, and We had splendid moonlight Col. Loho
Ind four more men went ashore, and very soon
Iound the best place for landing We immediatelv
A., aoun ali IN. toa,. "a .o,nro.,..5 a.. -
~ uVnh AL tue pose' anu commenced the WORK.
ALL Hands WENT AT 1T
lika gooa t.lIoxs an that a, s;-o,i o,.,o.L ,.x,
~, y ~ "
morning We hAd everything ashore. we At cnce
isn after giving three cheer. TO Cuba Libre Col
Io6o had ae,, tou, man N a,.nina ,h. .r,,o,,,s
snr. - ~. .I... 80 -, ,a - 1,io
1hks OF the place, ana eSpec'eo " have reinforce
nepi nom hee1fquarters What wa. left with Lono
y 'Vfo"r' S"V no"'nh'o"'' ~ n"shnh NoO
nnsds' 20 i5 % @spencerr' 1oo @ nsehe.es, 90 cans q
Yrusf WU poonasl iouoU shneu eIIss., iOo
boxes Of medicine, &c. '''