INTnRKSTJN(I Ol!HKSI’(»N KKNTK.
I KOM ruF. riiii.AnKi.nii \ nouth amekican.
J'niiio fitiK’ y ;ittcrii(>oii, fus wc
iivt' (ii'voriinr p)'liiistou rcc?ivcdj
tluou::h the of a servant at the A-
ancl niy ft'llow-cltlzens at lar;Tp, mny Jis*-
surod of my tiriti determination, at Jili ha*-
onlsi, and under all cireuiHHtuncet*, to
niaintiiiii the suproiuapv I’t the Constitu
tion, and cnt’oicc obedience to the hiws u-
like of the United ti^tatcs and of tliis Com-
iiu'ri(.an Ilot.I. where he lodges, the me-; monwoalth.
iiiDiial. ')»■ |t» titidu, or whatever else it may I In order that I may be sure that my an-
}.ei ;illed. which we irive bolow. As the I swor may reach ltd destinatii)n, (}Oui let-
ev 'uing p.q'ers of Saturday, and tlie hul- k-r liavinir but aetident^tlly come U) my
]> ?ii\ boards of the various newspaper olli-j h:inds.) i luive reiuested Mr. NV iit-e to
res iiad inibllshed the fact that a large put it in the hands of Mr. Jt)hn ( H'Jw’ala-
r, whose sii^uature, 1 observe, is first.
1 am, with great rt.-pect, your obedient
K. .lOllNSTOX.
luuiil'cr of arrests had lu eu UMide in ban-• ler, whose signature, 1 f
cMster county, and that both the hnal an
tliorlties ami the oilicers of the I iiited servant,
States had been actively engaged in tiu; j
disidiarge t>f their duties, it is certainly
siuucwhat singular tliat the gentlemen
siixunig this paper sliotdil assume that tin*
ministers i)f flie law wen^ p:iralyzel. l>i-
rectlv the contrary was the fact, as the
\VO(»lt\V(»i:Tll I’l.AM.NC M.Vl'lllNE KXTKN-
SK i.N.
We understand that, at the recent Plan-
in-' Machine Trial, iii ('oopcrstowft, (noticed
in No. 4t*) (inc ot the cnunsel, not
District Att(uiu'y and Sheritr of bancastcr ],j^ c..urft‘.sy, after
eouuty were diligently emph-y.'d m trac- j„,mvd the viaU >f his wmtii upon
ing and arresting the otTenders, and subse- ,n,/.,nutifr patentees wh.. have lu-e-
^ueutly the Fe-leral officers were sjmdarly ,.,„j „,;n.liines, knowing of
ui-cupied, and it was well known in the existence "f the \Vo->dw«irth i’atii.i,
city t'U Saturday that nearly all the sus- t),i. ;i>siguces intended to
]Ketvd jiersoiis had been taken, and were extt*nsiou of the patent by an
men in custody.
'J'he rej'lv of (lovernor Johnston, which
we also ui\'‘, expresses in suitalile terms
his .-ense i>f the gross outrage which has
l.cen coniniitted, and his determination to
maintain aiul enforce the laws.
/■/ till ih.r. rnur nj i* 111IS1//1
'j’he uutlcrsigned, citiz.n.' ol Pennsylva
nia, respectfully represent:
That citizens of a neighlx^'ing State
have been cruelly a.vsi.ssiuated by a band
of armed outlaws, at a place not more than
espec\il act of ('ougress, based upon th(>
principle of }>laning l>y mechanical jircs-
>nre. 'I'hi* assiifiiees ot this ptitcnt must
have been deeply chagriui'd at the want of
di.scretion thus manifested, to .say nothing
of the want of courtc-'V towards opponent>.
manv of whom, iloubth‘>s, are honorable
men. tar ai»ove the >u>^i'iciou of piracy.—
l)V makiiiix >uch a ^tatl•mcIlt at this early
period, the puiilic mind will prepare it.'cll
to resist to the last extremity .>0 glaring
an act of inju.'tice to their interests.—
tiiree hours' journey distant from the seat p[,,^ln.,i „itl, the >iuce.'> which hasattciid-
if government ami from the commcrcial
iiu'tn>poli> of th * State.
That this insurrectionary movement in
one of tin; most populou> par .■> ot the State
h:ts been so far successful as to overawe
tlie lH-al niini'fers (>f justice and paralyze
the power.' of tiie law.
'I'liat your ni'-nioriali.'t' .tn* not aware
that ••aii\ military force" ha." been sent to
the seat of the insurrection, or that the
ei\il anthoritv has been >trengfhcue(l by
the ad"p:ion of any nuM'Ures .-iiitcd to the
momentous crisis.
Tlicv thcrcfbre rcs}>ecttnlly reipiest the
chief exe» ntive niagi.'trate of i V iin'vlvaiiia
to take into consitli ration the ncce-.-iry of
\‘lelicatiiiL' the outraged laws, an I sustain-
iiiir the dimity t>f tin* ('oinmoiiwealth on
this inrpertaiit an I melancholy -•cca.-iou.
[.‘^ii:i:ed by a number of eiti/.eiis.]
]’im,AliKI,MII.\, Sipt. n. l''.')l.
'in .t//.'S/'S. ./••///i ('iiihrnli‘-■ !'.•} lit > I'li'i',
,1. li'iiiiii /nrt, (’. It.
snii. Isiutr />(•/(..//■.. II. II.
M.ntiu, S.II:>II,I Th'X. M-amth, I" permit aiiv .--ncu eiu ro;
S. II. ( 'ii ritnl:'!)!, ,1 :i'i. Siriff, J'nihnrl,'
Ml-iii'i, ./"/ill II. J’fii'iiii/. I/i’i'i'if
'.II, III /'//.
(i I NTI.KMKN: Vour letter, without date,
was this afteriio'in put in:n my li.iiids I v
one of the .servants of the Ii'itd. 'J'he an.v-
i'-:v which you maiiifc't to m.'.intain the
law of the land and the jiul'Iic peace is
t'lllv a]i]>reciated, and I have great plea-
.'Ure in inf-auiing you that, m ire than
tweutv-four hiur hef'Tc the reccipt ef
y e.ir li'tter. tho j^arties imjilicatej had
beeii, through the \igila:iee and deci.-i.iu
■ if the l.ical aiith^riric.'. arrested, and are
U"W in pri'ou awaitini: an iriijuiry into
t!i'’ir inipat" 1 gnilr. T!ie l)'.-:rict Attor-
II V aiid Slu riii' Lauca't-r nuntfv, act
ing ill coii.-ert with the Attorney (b iieral
ot tile Sr.ite, ile.'icrve opi cial tliank> f>T
tlieir jir"n;j>t and . iiergetie eoa.l;;, t. Thi.'
w.i' all vl' lie early on Saturdav ni'imin:/,
an 1 duly ruin-rted to nn- hy the Iral ■■[li
ed tiieir past efforts in obtaining venlict^.
—and a re-i>.-tic umler eiivum.'tancc.' which
ni.iv snppo>e ri-l!'cts .-inytiiing hut ct ‘dit
ujiou the actoi' in tlu‘ gaiiu*. the as>igitee.'
presume to urg»‘ a powerful vital (lue.-iion
upon our S. nator." and jb pre>i-ntati\es in
CoUixres'; and, as we learn, arc now pre-
]>arin>: tin m.'clve> with I'very means to
carrv the bill througli tlie Ui'.vt Sc"ioii ot
('oiiul'e.vs. I hat it can never be doiu', Wc
hesitate net to .-tate thn> early; ;ind .0 sure
a.' the suu ri.'cs to-iii"rrow, tiny will only
nie. t di'app"intnicut in any >uch eflort to
.-addle a hideou.- nionopuiy upon the .Vmeri-
caii jieopic. W’e havi' few legislatoi > who
would dare rhu> to trifle with an intelligent
Cl'n.'titui-iK \,—triflinir !t is. becaU'c it i>
in direct -ontra\cnri-’ii of the rejinbli-.jn
.'j'iiii of our patent law-. Siu li an arbi-
tr.ii V jio.'itii ii mi_Iit In a."Uinei.l in half-
ci\iiized c i.intiie>, .ml ihe writer of thi-
iruillotined for cx)i!'e."-.'ing hi> hoiic't con
viction, but it will iiot do li-re. The
.\meric.in ma'.-e.' are much t"o mtelligi-nf
hmeiit. V\’e
in fa.or of allowin;: cvi iything to the
\\ooiiworth a.'.'’.gnee.' whuh i> jn-tly he
wing to tlmn. and that their jiati’iit
'houlil liow exi't until the ’JTth
I )i ei 111 I >ej', \\ e ari‘ tlitii in ta\'ir
of it.' becomin.^' public property, and .'hall
u.'C o.ir 1' .'t (.xei ti •n.' to ac^"mpli.'h thi,'
ju.'t end.
!ct u.'biiifly examine '.une jminfs at
i"Ue in thi.' tjUc'tion. In tin* tir't place,
to claim mc( hanieal pre.'.'iin' applied to
planing, wou! 1 interdict the ii.'c of any
other than .'Ueh inachines a.' the a'sigin : '
of WOodworth were willing to alh.w, a- no
pUining except by hand can be done with
out iii' idianical pre'.'iire. Mei-h.mic' and
manafactuicrs d'; you kiinw that this claim,
once .'•■cured, would j re\cnt V'U the fr e
u.'C of the "id l>anitd ' in.ichiiie, which ha.'
become public property, and i.' imw b iiig
g- nerally ( inploye l in your .'!i ip'' Mo.-t
certainly you wouM be ealli ! iijion to pav
tribute to an in'pii>it' ri.il luon, p.ily, with
whom the "iiuality of niciey i- ii"t strain
ed. ” Again, in .'mie in>taiice> the ow nei s
of this p.itciit have airciiiptt 1 to .'top
partii .' fi;im running maciiine.' applied to
'liirerciit purjioM wIijlIi in im way could
aficct their interc't. '’one for fee>, of
law. and to a large extent arrested the per- cour.'C. We liave 110 guar:int4 e that thi'
j tiator.' 'f the Climes. sv.'tem willn.it be pur.'ui d t . an extent
l!;e cruel uiLirdi r ol a citizen of a neigh- n it la'tore attempted,
boring Staic, accompanied bv a gro>- out- Tli;.' .-tati ne nt exhibit' the tendency of
r:ig“ up' ii the |:;W' of the I nited State.', parties, .iiid it mii't appeal strongly to
ill tlie re'ist.nice f if.'J iiCl S', Iki' be. 11 tla* p'n jii iices of oiir nicchanic..;. wlio.'c
coi;uij;tT d; andvMiimiy l.'c a'.'Urcd that, intere.'ts i.cei.nie seriou.'ly afl’eeted there
by. ^\ e all uj' Mil the iiieehanic.', maitu-
l.K.tiirer', and i iitor*. throughout the
country, to w.itidi e\i;iy niovenii.iit made
to furtlier such di'i^'us. and
The te'tini'iiiy taken by the I’nited
."’iate.' (.’••mnii.'>;o!ier, who arrived at a la
ter p"rio(l I II tiie giiiuiid—a printed copy
of which ha' aeeideiitally reached me thi>
nfteriKH-iii—coiilirms im- in the belief that
th ■ Stafi* autlioritie.' hail vindicatei.l flu-
,'o so >11 as tiie LTuilty agents are a.'ccriaiii-
ed. they will be [nini.'hed in if> .'evere.'t
Ji' iialty by the law of I'eiiii'vlvaiiia. I
am Very jrou I that flie fii>t -tejis to ih'-
•e prepaii
feet and arrest the.-e offender.' have Wen counteract any intiueiiee which niav be
taken by I’enasylvunia otlicer.'.
I'ermit me. gentlemen, haviuL^ tiiu.s re
moved all ju>t cau.'e of anxiety from vonr
minds, resjK-ctfully to sug-je.^t that’ the
id' a of rebellion, i,r ••iiisurreftioi-arv iiiov*--
iiient," in tiie county of L.niua'ter* or any
■P' cl
bron«rl(t to bear in carrying them forward.
N\ e do not mean to be mi.'iinder?.to.Ml in
reference to this matti r; and, as oct a.'iou
reipiire.', We .-h.ill aim .some well-directed
efiorts at this .'clienie, and explain the
rea'oii.' upon which the aj>jK-al will doiibt-
in this 'oinnionw-alth, has no le.-.- be mad*- to .secure the new patent.
leal to:indatjon, and i.s an offt'ji.-j\'e iiijpu-
tatioii on a largi* body of i.in- f. ]lo\\--cifi-
z 'US. Titeie i' no insurivetionarv move
ment in Laiiea.'ter county, and there would
be no occasion to march a militurv force
tiler -, a' you >eem to dc'ire. and inflame
S- l II/1fii' .1 III! t'li'i' 11.
i‘ 0 1: r \i V
Foli i llK (MJSK.ltV r.M.
Til .Mi:.'!. M.MUA .\U-i: .
(oK I I.OK M,. .V. e.)
.M.i;lu t, i]«-..r .Nbalicr! i.f tlie rclr-isjiectinim,
Tli.it iiiv lieari treasures, liUc Spriii-’K withen-d
Tin- luii'b-st. piin-.st. nit* the 1 cconcciioii.**
Tiiat iiii-iu rv l>riiif.'s me of my chiMlKiml hours.
\V!i.-n cvcrv iiltlc ^cem- nf cliihlisli ii’easuro.
Dr iuish:ii>3 lliat licl.-ll ihy wa\ward l»..v,
Fiiiiii'l !}ii-e, li'i\M V-i- l.ii...v. still at Ici-un*,
To pviiipatliiz'-, in or in joy.
lliiw thn.sc lo%**l iniaji-K‘itill muiihI nit* lingei-,
tlio ]i'.iblic mind by any strajig.* ex-
a;.g’ ratiiiii. I d • n it wi.di our brethren of
the I liioii to tliiiiu that in any Jiart of this
St.ite re.'i.sfance to the law goc.' undetected
or unpnni.'hetl. or that there exi.'t.' such a
entiiin-nt a.^ trea'on to the I'nion and tiie
’ontitntii.n. 'I'lu; alleged murderers of
.^^r. ioi.'Uch, whi.'Se crime is dt:ep enough
without exaggerating it, have been arre^t-
«-d and will \j(; tiled, and they iini tht-ir
abettors be nia-le to aiiswcr for what they
have done in confnivenrion of the law.— ^
Ihlt. in :!if* mean tiim-, let me invite yonr tln>u;_di ol life it^^df they f-iriin'i| a part;
CO-.I],. ration, ;i.s ciiizeiis i.f IVnn.-jylvaiiia, Tl.jit even Time, with all-era.siiig liiijcer.
not only to s(Uj that th- law is enforced, ('.hh b'.>t ihcin frum niy iiiciiim-y or heart,
but to ailil tj tin- cttiilideiiee which We all
feel in the judicial tribunals of the land,
oy ab.-taining from un lue violence of l.m-
guage, and letting tin; l.iw take its coiii.-e.
lApeiid upon Ii, gi-ntk-men, there i« in
l/iiicaster county a sense ot duty to the
btws of t!ie hiii.r, maiiifehtcd in the ea.-^y
and proiii]»t arrest of these otU-mlcrs, which
w ill I'll ail o ca.'ioiis ,-^h'Jw itself in ]ir;n ti-
cal ol,,.dienee.
The people of that county are men of
peact* and good i>rder, alid not ea.'il^ led
a'ide from the path of duty which the
^'oiistitutii'ii prescribes. I hey and ov(*rv
J’ennsvlvaniiin love the t'oii.stitufioii anil
the Tnioii. 'J'hey will di tect, as tlii-y
have done iu this ea.'.-, ami ari’tst and
Jiiinish, all wiio violate the laws of the
land. Theie is no w.irrant, depend on it,
f 'T repre.seiit!iig t!ie men cf l,;incaster
connfy as ti.iit-.us and participant.' in an
‘iii.-iurreetion.iry movement.'’ V,,u ,l,,
them, unintentionally I have 110 doiibt,
oieaf injii.'ii(c.
1 am dee],ly indel.t. d to y.,u f’,.,- afi’ord-
iiig me thi.' o[,j,i.ituiiity of ( \pi(-'sing my
\iew'. liUt fur voiir commiinieatli.n# I
niijhi 1.1 I b.i'.c i„ ..I, Im dll '.I \'.„i
'riiose li:ilcyn!i i!a_\s,—hefni't* !t hard cxjH-rieiii-e
.\iii!l.itii-i-L-oiitm-t with t!iii wiirM, lia.l tiiii;:lit
Hi»\v iMMcli the licait and lijis lliav he at v.iri-
:iiu-*.—
lliiw iiitlf tiiat is .«,iiil is truly tlioii;ilit.
lh.it ihiiN thy r*itiil jit]ecti 1 lii, v,hicli iio diri-
taliif,
,Ni.r year.', imr s;iiyiiig fortinie could
^\ iiich, tliro!i«j'li till* |i»'i‘iiMj of m\ \^ll.ljt* e;;-
i.StelK c.
I I'Diii it.s filsi liiitir till iiijvs huri knots 11 inn'haiij;*".
Itoyliiiod has heeoiae i!ia.'i)i(Miil,—ji.-ithcrcd
roimd iiu!
New luiiie,' .iiiil liii'-y .-^t-ene.s linvi-chistered. \ «•(
’.Mid all till- tics with which the woild Im.**
Iiouiid nil*,
'! hinc early love I never can forgot.
'I h‘ Will Id has iiothiiiir like it.—tliiii; !i an-
other
.Mi^iit hle.^s luc wiiii hrr h»vc, and ijiaku her
fate* Miine,
Vet evea lifr attVctinn, lU-iiiest Motht-i*.
Mi. ceuld not he ci>ii;'iari‘i| «ith
■ iiM nut.
tliiiie.
i;i».
j STATKMbNT OF L^EUT. V.\N VlXHir.N.
I O.N 13«akd STKA.Msiiip .Wi^nrT,r> Srorr, \
1 y*i>t*m4jir 11, i
I I became conncet.ed with the expedition
! at New Orhians, receiving, on the 80th
day of July hist, an appoiutuicnt
1 lieutenant of company I>, of Col. W. L.
Crittenden’s regiment, (1st artillery,) eoin-
; inanded by (Vipt. Jaiue.-^ Sanders. The
expedition, as you are already aware, lelt
New Orleans at da\ brcak on the morning
of Sunday, the Hd of August, in the steam
er I’ampero. We were towed tt» the mouth
I of the river, our engine bi*ing out ot order.
I W»* rcmainetJ in tin* river until N\ ednes-
* ilav, the )tli, and K-ft tlirough tin* Xorfii-
f east Pass, at (» o'ehxk I*. M. t>t that tlay.
j for Key West. The intention at that time
I w:is to go to Key West, and there takt* on
! board a pilot tor the river >^t. John.-', at
j which phn*e wt* Were to embark a fight
j battery of artillery, with caissons, aminu-
J nitioii, and harness ctmiplete, together with
' a numbt'r of -(.‘avalry .saihlh-.s, and froui
j thence wt-re t run to the south sitle ot
■ ('uba and land as near as pos.'ible to I'uer-
' to I’rincipe.
We reached Key West, ami anchored
souie distanct- from tlu* city, at •> 1*. .^1. of
Sunday, tin- l(Uh instant. While :it Key
West a (piaiitity of brandy and champagm*
w;is reei-ivt'd on boai'tl, which was inibilK'd
tolerably f"-ely by iiOj.ez and hi.' stafl.—
.Vbout riu.'k of that thiy, no pilot appear-
iiiii, L->]>ez lalled a couticil, composed en-
iirely of t'ubaiis and Hungarians attat ln*d
to his staff, (no Americans lu-ing called,)
who deciih'd to give up going to the St.
dohns river, ainl run immediately for the
coast of Cuba, which was done at about
1*. .^1. 'I’lu* next morning, owing to the
variation of tlu* conip:iss, from niU'kets bi--
iii'j .'tacked nt-ar it, we found ourseI\t-s in
plain •■'lelit of .^loro ('a'tii*. and about 111
miles distant; tin* vesel iniinediately In-ad-
ed to the northward and we'tvvard an I run
out o^-ight of hull. About :) 1*. M. of
tli.it Lop(*z took fin* (-aptain and mate
out of a .''p.ini.'h .■'choom-r to ;i-t as jiilots,
'.^ivin*.' them to uuih-r.'t.ind that they would
be shot if they showed .inv ilisp'isition ti
c.'cape or dc'cive. At 1 1*. .^l. w»- again
.'tiiod in for the land, and soon afti-r diisk
.sent a boat in to nconnoitn-, which wa'
h.-iiled by a 'ciitry on the w.ills of the fort
situati-d II -ar llahia Honda, the .'hip imt
being more than ;» mile from it. A' so,.ii
a.' the bo.it repoitetl, li:;ht': Were extin-
gni'ln-d and a press of .'team put on. the
,'liip riinnin:r t» the wc'tw.iid al iIil' the
land.
.\l ■out in o’cloik. w hile riiiiniii'.^ nU'lcr
the ih.irge of a {lilnt. under ;i pn-" of
'team, the .-hip 'iiddcnly .'truck, and ln--
fore t!ie engine' cnuld be .'fnpi.ed had run
nioie th.iu her h-n”th up' n a cural re f.
After examining her .-ituatioii. it was fe,uni
that she wa-^ iu .-ibi’Ut i i_!it f, et of
w.iter. 'vhile lu r dr.iu_lit w.;s over nine
ti-et. and that it wa.' in.(-c.".irv th.it the
t'irce 'hi'iild be iniinedi.iti 1\ l.inded. w Inch
Wa' d 'He; ;ijid ab.«iif ■_ o’ei.>i k 1 in the ni >rn-
ing Ilf the I'Jrh of .\iigu t the Li't of n-
diseii:b;irke l up ‘11 the .'hoii- !■{ \\ hat We
had I t iiiLfit to -. on'i ler would 'oon
be tin- fn-e i'l.ind of ('uba. Tin fir't boat.'
whith l.indeil wefe tired upnti by a |i.irtv
of t'\i-nty men. w!i.i th-d on tln-ir tire bein:;
reftiriied from the boat \vhi-h cont.iim-d
('aptain (tout:. ; a ('ul an c"mni:iiidiiio an
.Vniericari ei'inp;iny.) I,i u?. I, I’liingham.
and about thirty private,- id' hi' ciinij.,uiv.
(>ne i-f iouti'.' men was w nindid in the
arm .-ii.d returned f" the .'hip. and the «-ap
i f the lieutenant was cut into halve.' on
hi' head.
At d.iylight 1,'ijM z .'l ilt a iironuncia-
niento f.. ha' I’o'.i', .1 -mill village ten
mil ' di't.-int, in which he inform- -I the
inhab:',1IIts th'it he wa> ;ibout to niar> h to
that pi.ICC. and Would give tio i|unrter to
uny wh-iin he f'und tin r*-who did not join
him. ’I licit- b,-iii!f no nie.ms of tran>port-
ing b.-igL'ige at ('ab.iiio.', where we lalidetl,
Lop-z ordered Col. Crirteiidt-n to remain
tin re and pMtet t our .'ton s, con.'isting of
one hundred thousand niU'ket earfritlg«*s,
thn-e thou'and mn'kets, :ind st-vt-ml hun
dred jionni!> of p.iwder. in ke-j'. toj^etln-r
with iiie personal bagira;Zo nf all th'- nfh-
II V'. 'aving that he vm>m1i1 man h on to
liox I'o'.!-* with the regiment d infantry
e. innrinded by ('d. Itnwnian, an l ' nd
from thi-nce 11 .iii.'jiortation; and that In-
vvould remain then- until joined by Col.
Crittenden. Accordingly Loj.ez m.ircht d
at > o’clook with thret- hundred and tweii-
tv-three nn ii. leavinir Critti-ndcii at Caba-
iios with one hundred and thirty men. .\t
11 o’clock that night Critt'-ndeTi receivetl
two earts. and started immediately after to
join l.o|)t-z at Las I’osas.
‘1 ht- t-arf.^t bv'iiig heavily loaleil, and the
nuuls bad, our piiigress was of lu-cessitv
slow. !i-it advani-ing nion- than a mile an
hour .\bi'iit twi> lioiir>. atter davlieht on
the iiioniing of the l.'Jth we ri'aehctl a liou'-e
coiitaining a store and grog .shop, about
tour mih*' from Las I’osas. 'Ihi- advam-e
gtianl ami main liodv only had re.ichcd the
hon.'C, (the rear guard with t!ie»-;irt.' being
.-till .■‘onie ijuartcr td a mile beliiinl,) aiid
well* engaged in cati;ig breakf'’a-.t, their
arms being l.iiil aside, when they were
.'Ui jiri.-ied by the rojiort of miiski try and
the w hi.^tling i)f bullets, w hich pmceeded
from the advaiicei! guanl d’ a botly id' the
cm iny, five hundred stmng. We imme
diately seized our guns and killed nine td’
the cm my, and made him. pi-isoiicr, none
of our party biing inj^ired. Not .seeing
any more of the t-nemy, the Colonel con-
eluded it wa.s )mi( a foi iging p;irty that
h.'id attacked us, and t.iur rt-ar !j;n;ird having
come up with the carts, ordi-red u.-s to®t--
sume our lu't-akfast, w hich we did, About
tcii minutes after we wore again attacked
by tin* whoh' torce of the eiieniV, they
having the advantage ot po.sition, lu-ing
posted on th> brow of a lull itverlooking
our iM'.ftition, with a belt of -hajparai,
some three hundred yards wirh*, interven
ing, over whit !i we could not Tire. Critten
den immediately gave the order to charge,
lemliiig himself, and forced the eneniv to
n-tre.-it to a large body of i-hi>pparral some
sev'cnty-five or eighty yards in tin* rear of
their first po.sition, fro>n which tln'y ojiened
a heavy tne upon our force as soon as ii
appeared in sight on the brow of the hill.
binding that he einld not maintain fiiat
j>o.sition, Crittenden gave an order to rt*-
treat to the hou.st*, which was tlono, while
the enemy resumed his position on the hill
and again opened hig lire; upon which
( rittenden ordeix-d a .seeoud charge, at the
.same time .saying that ho wished a small
I'arty to attain a jiosition at the right flank
of the enemy, to charge fnun that .side the
same moment he cliurged from the front.
Second LioiitetKnit W.' 11. Cnifts (al.so .if
company \i) and m^'self volunteered, and
succeded in attaining tlu* po.sition with
twenty ni n. .\fter ri niaining in it tbr
.-ibont half an hour, .’’nd bearing nothing
of Crittenden, we returned to tlic house,
where w'C found Capt. Kelly, of company
A, with ten men, guarding the carts, but
could bear or see nothing of Crittenden.
The enemy soon after ailvancing towards
the houst*, we were ciimpelled to retreat,
h'aviu"' t»ur baggage ami .'‘tor»‘.«j and that
night,*or rather the next morning, we sne-
ceodcd in forming a junction with Lopez
at f/is I*o.as half an hour before his march
fn>m that place. At the samt; limir that ('rit
tenden was attaeketl at the haeionda a botly
of the ene!uy, eight hundn-d strong, undt-r
(Jen. lOnna, attai kcd liOpez at Las I'osas.
After a hanl fight (d’ over two hours, the
-neniy n*tn*att‘tl, leaving the Americans
mastMS of flu* field, ami over two hiindretl
of their number (among w hom \Vere sever
al of tin ir highest officers') dead and woun
ded—the Amerit an loss being, in kilh-d,
wouniled and missing, only al>out thirty
men, among whom ('olont*l |)owninan am!
Lieut. Labizan were kill'•1, and (Jen. l*ra-
g.iy and Capts. Hrigliani aiiddouti were
mortally w^oundi-il. After tlu; action, the
Spani.'h woundi d were brtiught in, and as
wi-11 taken care d as eii'cumstances would
.'idniit. Lopi'z rodt* eiitiri-ly unarmed oyer
the field through the hottest of tin- fire, oe-
easionallv ajiplvini^ a n-d raw liidi-, with a
•_;reat di*al of vigor, to the shoulders of
.'Ueh men as he thought c ould be hurried
into firing a little faster. )n tin- morning
of tin* 14th, at ’2 o’l loek, Lopez ni;irched
froin Lis I’o.xas into the mountains, hav-
in-.f there seventeen wonmh-il Sp.iiiiards
and fhirtei-n of our sid-, all id whom were
b.iviiin-ted by the Sp.ini ird', .and their b >-
di(*s piled in a In-ap, cross ways, at the
foiit of a hill.
'I’wo da\s after, (on the I'ith.) Lopez
was a'.x,iin attacked by fhn-e huii In-d h.n-
t-ers and si.x hundred infintry, while t-n-
(-amped a.t a hacii nd.i which formerly be
longed to him.self, but was conli.'cated soine
tlin-e ve.-irs since. Hi re tin- :u tii-n lasteil
from I'J to if o’clock, on ont-(,d the liotfe.'t
• lay.' 1 ever e.vpei ieiiet-d. 'I'lit- enemy v\t-n-
again coni]n-IIed to n-rreat, with a lo' of
tlin-e hundred an l twenty nn n; :iml at tin-
same moment that the retreat id'tlu-Span
iards in one direction was n-portcd to Lo
pez, he i.'.'Ued an onh-r to hi' own force to
retreat in all oj.i..., ite. and aetiiallv that
day madt- a forced ni.iich of eiohfecn mile,'
in five linur, omt a nii>nntain road. (hi
tin- I'.ith, Ih ini: .'till on the nioantain.', w-
Weie o\i rtake!! Iiy a severe Klin sr.iriu.
which de'troV'd fli * Lf'-ater p-rti'tii f our
ainniuni!i-’ii. and rendered our l'imi- entire
ly !!'• Ic". e eUe.imp' -1 on the eVellili::
id'ihat d ly at ;i raiieho nn the f., ,t ..f the
iiiniint.i^s, ;iboMt two leairui ' from llahi.i
Hond.i. We n in.-iiu • 1 undi^turb.d t!i.-.t
night; .-imi wen- at'.ieked ju-t ;if br ■ kt'a ;
time on the m irning of tin-•Jtn’n. being ta
ken by siirpri.'c, the iitiA III the oii'po't.
ha\ii!g h f'r hi' j V't w . li hiiii'elf in a
n-ek, w hen- he w.I.'I. lied. (>win-_t. :h
nn.'^erviccable coi;diti..11 cf tin ir arni-. the
fn-c under L- ji. / w.i- cnip!-- . !v r"i;ti.'I
f1\ing t'. the m.iun’ e-: i;i all dii .
L-ipe/ hini'i-lf b. r ly 1 'c.ipiii'_' nn h !'« -
b.iek. with the 1 " .f !ii.- >a.ii!!e. j.i'tni',
and 'py _d:i'^ f ev. ly l!iin_, i:i fict, but
wh.it he w in-. Th.it niijht he i-iie.iinped
on tin- t'-p ot iiue .it tin high' st neinnt.mi'
on the I'l.uid of Cuba. « .\p ■'.d to ;i'l tin
vinleine of .1 territic norilni. w.tii i:t ciih-
' r 'belt r. fire, or fi.nd.
It i' iinpo-Mble f'l.r nn- tod- erib.' th
'Uffering' of that iiighf. Ib-av. n forbid
th.if I ever pa'.' sirch .-inotli r. Tin- r::in
fell in torrent.', whih- ever and -Mi -n a ter
rific cr.i'h would aniiKunce th,' ' nn- m.i'-
.'ivi- tree bad filli-n, either 1 ef ire tin-f'lirci
of the wind 'r tie- 'till i;ii_b'ier ILditning.
Ihat night »-iMi,:lled a:i ord;n,irv l:ft.t;ine.
(Mitln- vei'ing of tln ’Jl't. h.iving been
flirty-fieht h iu;.' w it liont c.itmg. we killed
a lioi.'C. whit h wa' divid-d anioiiL: one
hundred and tweii»v tive nieii. who wen-
all that now n mained with Lopcz. We
wand'-red through mount.iiii', un.ible to
extricate our.'elvc', .sub.'i.'ling on .'Uch
leavt-.' and root' a' we could find, until
midday if Sund.iy. the l!4tb. when we .-.m -
cei di-d in reaching a ivad runninir fmm
IJ.ihia iliiiida to .''’an Cii-tdiai. alniig
vshieh we advanced ’until m-arlv nii:ht,
wln-n two Sp.ini.'li l.nn-i rs wen- discovert 1
advancing, but fled on seeing ns. A h.ilt
was immediately ordered, and ,in examina
tion made id'the state of our forces, which
.'howed a total of Min- hundred ;in-l tweiity-
five nieii, eighty mii.'kets, about twenty of
which wt-n* .'•ervieeabh-. ami about forty
tlry cartridges. I'nder.this .'tate d' af
fairs, it wa' tleemed advi.';ible to n treat,
which w;is (irdt'red, and a pursuit com-
inem-ed by the iiieiny, who lay in ambush
sonn* ft \v hundred yard> in advance, with
a t'on-e id' nine hundred nn 11. ( )n the ap
proach id' the t'ueiny, tin* whoh- fon-e td'
Lopez .'cparated into small bodies, and
tlisjier.'cd through the mou!it;iins, throw-
i’lg away their guns atid every thiiiu' which
could i!uumbi;r them in fln ir flight", seven
men only remaining w ith thi* (iein-ral,—
A large number were ovt-rfakcn and im
mediately killed. I myself was o!!e .if a
jiarty of eight who h.id previou'lv deter-
niinetl on leaving Lope;:, ainl aficmjitiiig
to escape fnMii the island,
e remained in the mountains until the
morning of Tue.day, the litlth, when, hav
ing had hut one ineal in six ilays, and feel-
iiig that we could b' -ar it no longer, we de-
tcruiiiied to go into tlu* plain consitleriiig
that ir would be letter to be killed out"-
right than die a lingering dt'ath tVoiu star
vation, wliicli we certainly would up in
the mountains.
We accordingly advanced to a hou.e
wdiere we wore treated with a great deal of
kindm.*.ss, and received a jiiost excellent
bn-akfast. An arrangement w.is made to
l»rocure a guide to the South shore, with
jTovi-^ioiis, I'cc.; and we wt-n* about to leave
and eoneeal tmrselves until night, when,
in the twinkling of an eye, we were stir-
rounded b^- two hundretl armed t-ountry-
nien, who immediately bound us .securely,
, and invtrted tmr jiockets, considerint' the
contenf.s lawful plunder. That da^- we
jeailu'd San Cristid);il. I’ntil we reached
San Cri.stobal we wei-> under th»; imjires-
fion that we were l.r be ininu'diately .'hot,
i our only eon.solation being that we were
! to tlie with full stomachs.
^ On our arrival then;, w'e were iiiftu’iuel
I that a pn)claiuatioii had been i^.sued ten
j lioiir.s before our arrest, .sparin^r tin* jives
' td'all ‘‘tillibusf.-ro.s” who were matle pris-
oners, or gave themselves ujt witiiiu four
days, t'xci.-pt the traitor JiOpez, After
which an order elated, I think, the ildth of
April, [hy wliieli all foreigners found iu
the Island were ordered to be ]mt to
I d(*ath,] wa.s to continue in full furee. On
I the li.Sth, ^here being forty-.seven pri.som
I ers, we left San Cri.stobal for Havana, ami
1 oil I'liday night n-neht-d (itiy.itriosj the ter
minus of a railroad from Havana. Tliere poaceful island, expi^eJ^slng a defenninatiou
an (»rdcr was received from the Captain to take that ishin.i from it.s lawful owner.s
General to pnK*eel t> Mariel nnd embark, hy force. Self-preservation is one cf the
he being fearful that the prisoners would ttr«t law.s of nature; and if the law will up-
bt* torn'to i)i(*ees )iy the ra>*ble at Havana, i bold and protect that American citizcn
We reached Mari.*l on the evening of the | who, without hesitation, shoots down the
:50th, ami W(-re eiiibarked upon the steam- ! midnight robber in defence of his property,
cr AluitMularcs, to to JliivaiKi, . C(*rt;iinly tint law will llpnoM tllO ol|ictT.i
when an (;xpa-s.s ariived, bringing iiifor- , ot the crown of .''pain in exterminating
matit.)U of the ;aj»turc? of Lejiez; and the i band of men who attempt to wiest its
steamer wa.s tlelayed to await his arrival, ! brightc.-^t jewel from that crown. I con-
which took place at 2 o’t-h-ck I'. AL 011 ^«iIer that every man coiinecti*tl with the
Sund.-iy, the -{1st, when wo immeiliately I expedition dciierved death. At the tiine
left for Havana. Lopez w.is entirely at I was made pri.soner I fully expectcd ir.
liberty, ami smoketl his cig;irito with ap- and, although the n-flectifiu was any thing
pareiitlv as much nnconet*rn as evt-r he did but pleasant, my *»wn conseienc»; told me
in his life. ()ufsith; the harbor td' Mariel, i that it was just. Crittendeti with his force
>mmitt*d a crime in landing on
but actually committed an act
of open ]>iraey in taking those ves.sels in
Lopez was trau.sferred to the steam frigate not only e
I’izarnt, which conveyc'il him to Havana, the island,
ami which In* Iid not leavi; until he h;ft
m*xt morning for the jdaee of ext*cufion.
'I’he remainder of us were confined that
uii;ht in the ;ity jirison, in tin* n-ar of the
fort called the I’onta. 'I’he jirisoners jm'S-
(;d through a regular pmci'ss, their h.sir
being first cut close to their heads. 1'hey
tlu-n pa.s.sed into the hamls td'another bar
ber who th*i>rivetl them of their whiskers;
then another proyidt*d them with a prison
iiniform, and the exereis(*s were termina
ted by a big negro, who securely fai'ti-nt-d
tln-ni in ji.iirs by a t hain, similar in size
and weight to u log chain, firmly .s-(-iireil
to the aiikh-.
At the timi' td' my n-lease from ]irison,
which was at tt'ii o’chx 1: on tin* night d'
the -Ith instant, thert* wen- one hnndred
and >ixty of our force prisoners. 1 In-y
were all i haiin-d and coniined in tnie largt*
room, hardly largt* enough, however, tor
all to lie down at once, 'i’hi-y wt-re tn-at-
ed very kindly, and allowi-d all the privil
eges that could hi* cxiiected. A' a matter
of (-ourse, will re so many men ;ire confined
in a limited >paee, :!’e! not allowed to
leave it und'-r any cin unistance', it natu
rally foil iw.' th.it if mii't be very unph-;is-
.itif. 'I'heir sentence i.' ten year.'' h.ird la-
lii r in .'-^pain. pndiabK in tin- constnieti-.n
of a c.in il. 'i'iiey all aj pean-d to be iti
go.1,1 spirit.'at tin- time 1 h-ft. beiiiL'under
tile inipre>eion that they woiild ' ion b.-le-
le:
.1111.
1 o Cl
1 >t ot .'^ep einber.
ly this i-xpediti.iti,
all t-xp'-dition- to
after their arrival in
Lopez w;is bii.iiglit from tin* I’izarro,
and publicly garroted in tin- 'i|Uare ad
joining tbi- piison. at 7 o'clock in tin
Ill'll ning of ,\|i.iidav, tin
With h;ni i nded not
but 1 sincerely tru
('ub.i.
I p t > tie- tinn 1 h ft, the Sp:nii;inls
eotild imt account for f'^ 1 hnndn-d and
.'e \; iity-.'ie- A nierie.Mi.'—ill! Indi'ig- Crit-
teii len’.' comina’i'l—w h'-ni t!i--v had killed,
th.it i', in aeti.iii; wounlcd in n who were
left on the fi'Id. ;iml ' k and fiti'.'Ued
ni‘-n wh'i e. \ e out on tie- ni.in h and were
w hi( h he was caught, the punishment for
w hich i-^, by the laws of all nations, death.
Min li h.-i.' been .'aid relative to the mu
tilation ol their bodii-s. ('ertainly I was
!iot pn-seiit at tin* time and cannot .'peak
positivi-ly, but I cannot learn from a. n*-
liable source that such was the ca.'ie. I
havtr convers(*l with the otiicers of tin; C.
.'^tati-s ship Albany on the subj(-ct, 'i’hey
are nn 11 of’ high standing in society, and
they assure me that sin h was not the case
—that they were shot in accordaiict; with
military usages on such ot-casions. and th.it
the only thing that could be eondemnt-d
was tin* way in which tlu-y wt-re ilraggetl
to and thrown into carts by (he iiegriK-s or
dered to bnry tln-iii.
It has been rep->rted th.it Crittenih-n
wrote home tli:it he h.id been abandoned
by Lopez without arms or aniiiuinition. I
do not beli(-vi* that Critteinleii ever wrote
anything of tin* kind. Attached to his
coniin.ind—in hourly contact with him — I
knew him, and tlo not he-*ilate in s.iviiiir
that a bi' iver. nobler, more honorable man
*th:in illiani Crittenden nmer livi-d.
In.'tt ad of having no ammunition, he had
.ill, .tml W.IS p.irticularly .-eleeteil to guard
it. that being :i most difficult :ind yet most
honorable >i-rviee. Loj.ez did not ile.'crt
him, but in h-aving him. in tlividing his
d oiii- of those errors
t him his life; but hal
eniiimand, coinmitt
which e\entually (•■
('ritttiiden, iMi the
gone oil and joined I
instead of n-treating ti
have been well—tln-n
the; LIth,
.as i’o.sas.
the .'^ea, :ill would
he Wi.iild have lo.vf
nmining d'
Lopez at
!.'f- I
'vv:
I liiii'l,
in the
a-I
with t!;e mi..’ hnndre.l
'I'll 1', ni ik ■ a tilt'd 1
thirty-'in.- I'leii .n-,- >
b.dine. I'f twenrv-tw
! men V h> ni t!i v hr.nte.l
niiiiintaii.i' ■. ith do--, Tiio.'e
and -ix:y t.;k n [»ri-
.f f' lir liundr- .1 ;uid
nt'd f'lr—!'-a\ Miir :i
• nu ll who-.,* fa'e i-
y I t nnkin iw n ■■
in- four hniidre
th* ' • tweiitv-tW'
tioii are vet aliv
;iud a-i the frenii
lie iot.ii f.'lci- l.linti '1 be-
I .li d fif>_v .’hrei- nn n. ( >f
1. pr-ibal'lv thegreat' i pm-
- and in th- m''i’nf.iin;
“ ha\ I- all be. n n-i .illed to
jirobable '"III'- of t!n-ni may
g- ttin-j h.iiiu-. ( hit i f tin-
made pii' iiier.', but two
If have been pardonetl.
inv'
ll.ivaiia, it i'
M t 'U.-. e. d il
w!-'.!"- nni'.ibi
I.:!; r,- be-idc^
'I'ho.-e ;ire t'..I. Ilayiie-, and C.lpv Kelly,
wli 'in the Caj-r.'iin (b-in-ral parJonedamJ
'i-nt liiinn- UM'olieiti !, Tin v were to K-.-ive
llavaiii tur tlii-' p-in in the ji.ieket >iiip
N iriiia on I'rid.iy, Mv own lelea'c w.i'
gr int--d a- a sp eial f.iv.>r to I'upt. Charles
T. I'hitt. of the I’nited States ^h:p Al-
baiiv. oil Vioard 'if which, I was convcyed
by an aid id the Captain b inral, at 11
o'l loek on W,-Ii i(-S'lay night, the shi]> jn-o-
eceding to s.-a iiriinediati-ly. His Lxcel-
leiicy sent a (loveriiim-nt tow-boat and pi
lot to t.ike ln-r out.
Lop'-z was i-anght with blond-bonnds. in
the mountains, on the mornin-.: of I-'ridav,
the L’lltll in.'t.illt. ’Mil- 1I015- beill;^ ‘Im-
distaiice in advance of tin- men. bit him
badly in the left Icl'^. 'I here wen- seven
teen countrymen in the p.ntv who c.ijitur-
e 1 liMii. each ot whom Wa.' jKibliclv pn--
s. nted with ifltiiMl am! a cr' -' of In mo|-,
imini-diately ;iff. y hi-i t-xecntion.
Let us now review the c.iuse and re'iilt.-'
of this expi-dition. At th.* time 1 rec ived
my appointment t'roin i^lr. .'^ignr. one of
the editors of tin- Nev. ()rlean> !>i lf;i. I
Was tidd by him that a n vi-It wa.' regular
ly organized among the ('n*olcs through
out the I'l.ind of Cub.-i; that liny had t;-
lectt d (leii. Loj.ez a.' tln-ir h'atler, and
their object was to frei- ('uba from the tvr-
ranny of S[iain, and either form a repub
lic of their own, or annex th • ishind to
tin- I nited i''tatt s. He told nu* that Lo
pez wa-i about to h'ave Nevv (h leans for
Cuba with about five hundred American.',
and that hi;' lain.liug was the siirual for a
general r ising, and that within tt n days
alter landing !u- would be at tlu* lie;nl of
an arinv of ten thou.sand nun; that there
wt'ro also two whi-le reginu nts td'.'Spanish
troops to (-ouii! oyer to him with their e-
iuip!;u-nts. Tin- same story was told to
all, M as it so';:' ,\s 1 have already stated,
our fir.-;* salut.UlOTi w;’.s a volh-y t-f nius-
i-nly till- stun-'; ;i' it was In-lost all. A\'hy
he dn! M> i> ine.xplit-abh-, and inu>t ever re
main involv(-d in niysiery.
Had L'lpt-z earrit'd out his oiiginal in
tention of l.inditnr near I’uerto J‘rincipt-,
tin re.'ult niit;ht perhap.' h.ive be.-n dilfer-
i-nt; he might then- perh.ips ha\e found
friemls. .-nid rai>ed a force suHieieiit to .'ii--
t:iin it.'i-lf until n inforeeiin-nts wt-re s- nt
out tVoni the .'^tat(-s. In landing where ht-
did L"j't-'/. without doubt acted ;i- he thought
f r tin- bc't; but tln n-. .-i- in iii.mv otii. r
iii'taiie.-. I rr.-.l. (>f hi'per.'iiiial cour
age th. ie i- no doubt; but when we speak
of milit.iry kii.>wlei]g»-. of jmlgnn nf. of hi.'
ability to lead ail expedition. I .V-IV :it ( lice
he had in-ither. Lojkz w.is probably ;is
nun h or nion* deceived than .'iiiy man in
tin-e.xpcdition. His aiiibitiou led him t>
be the tool and victim of hearties' speeii-
lateT'. A'ariee. not philaiit!;rop\’. wa-
the m.iiii spring of this t*\pediion.
I n -vv di'tiiictly, openly a:-.'ert. tli;it ail
tIios«- letter.' jnirportiii’j’ to be from ('iib.-i,
which were publi.'he.j duriiiir the month of
duly la-t. and i-opit‘d thmuirhout the I -
nion. wen* base forgeries, for the expn ,-^s
jeii ji IS'- of d'^ceiving tlu' citizetis t.f tli'- 1'-
nitci! .''tati'.'. and advancing the sale d'Cu
ban bond'. Kntiwing tin-aud ition i.f L.>-
pez. and that strong tlisjui'itiou to extend
tin- glorious bo.iii of frt-edom which till.'
the breast td’ every American citizen, those
^jieeulators in huin.in blood took advant.ige
of tht-ir knowledge to further their i>wu
end. 'riit-y well knew how little eti'ort
wa-; n-ijuin-d to start and keeji alive this
excitement. They thought, or at least
tln'v fomlly hoped, that more men would
go uut toji.it thi.' little baud, and that e-
yeiitnally the I'land would be fret*.
Cuban bonds were worth or were selling
at from ten to twenty cents on a ibdlar
when this expedition left. Natuniliy tln-v
w.iuld iiicn-.i.'e in value ar> tie- jao^pect of
libeiatiii'_' ('nba bi-i-.-ime more cert;iin; and
it this pi*d11ion .'iieeeedt-d, .-i.-^ they pn--
tended to think it would. Cuba, when liK-
t-rated from wh.it they tleuominafed the
tyranny of .'^|»ain, wouM h.ive been bur-
ih-iied w ith a dt-bf of from fifty to out* hun-
tlrt-tl inillioiis of tlollars, at h-.ist fifty }>cr
ct-nt. of which would h;ive been in the
poekcts of the.'C wituld-be philanthropists,
who, active as they wislu-d to be thou-.:ht
in the holy cause of libortv, took the b-st
of good c.-in* ti> }>eril neitln*r life nor their
own pn-eious liberty in its behalt'. At the
expiration of the w;ir, and after Cuba
.'li'iidd havt- become free, then il was to be
annexed t.i the I'nitcd St;ites, and as a
matter of cour.'e the paymetit of the.'se (’u-
ban bonds was to be as>umed by that (Joy-
crnment. What dt> they care for the
mothers, wives, and sisters of the gallant
men who formed this ill-fated expedition,
who have been rendered utterly wrett hod
and mi.'crable forever]:' They do not feel
the ch.'iins, the anguish borne by tho.se one
humln-d and sixty noble fellows, doome»l
spend the be't ten years of their lives
ketry. instead tif, as the Delta a.ssortoii, a
large body ut Irieuds, with horses, stores, in a Spanish prison. they t'eel the
(.V:c., lor our u.se. Instead of finding the 1 lood-inoney in their jiockets, and lau~h
( reolc.s our friends, wt* toiind them our over the result td'their speculation. They
most bitter enimic.-^—far more so than the are the men tt> be punishetl. It is tui
troop.s—kci [ling the troo[is constantly in- them the .shtides of our nmrdtircd cotintrv-
tormeii ot our iiiov t-;in-nts, ami hanging on inen*call fiu- vengi*ance. lleavv indeeil
^ir skirts, jiutting to death without mercy must be their punishment wht-ii at the last
all th-i.^^e who straggled on the march. ()'f day an offendo.l and just judge shall de-
the tiuop,' I cannot but .x|)ea.k iu praise, m.uid of flu-m retribution for their deed,
without a single exceptiun. 1 hey tieutod This i.-^, 1 believe, a correct account of
the {)riMiuer> with the ntmo.'t kindness, I the cau.ses, proceedings, and result.H of the
giving tlieiii wine, cig.srs, br-ad. tobacco, unfortun.stt*expedition. 1 haveendeavoretl
and agua-.lente, tnvly, ;ind tpiiu their own to give an impartinl account, and if any
small means. I imagiiu; no one will .say man, either North or South, ctinsiders hini-
that we had any right to expect such self aggrieved by any remark contained
treafinent ()iir comlnct torced and de-j therein, I will eudeoytn’to alft»rd him such
mamled their respect, but eortaiiily we had .satisfaction as the riafurc of the case may
no chum either on their sympathy or gen- demand. There have ul.-o been, 1 undcr-
1 11 .. , . i reliections made on the con.
. Iiieli has been .said relative to the exe-! duct of our Coiasul at Havana, Mr, Owen
cution ot ( rittenden .-ind his men. Amojig and al.io on the ofticers of tho Albany at
all the }irisouer.s now in Havana, much as
they admired ('rittenden, there is but one
ojdnion, and that is, that that execution
was justillable—wa.s iiieritcd. That they
were deceived ;ill know; but tiijit \v:is no
busines.s td Ihe Spanish authorities. Surely
the provocatitui received wa.^ sufUeient to
justify not only the execution of those
uu*ii, but t,)t i-very man connt,*eted with the
expetlition. ^\ hy, look at ihi.s affair ii» it.s
pnipi-r light, W'here, even in history, du
you hud a .'iinilar oeeurreneei' Here four
hunilied and titty men, .vithout having re-
cened the h'iist ]>rovi»t;ation, leave t!n*ir
the time ot the eseeution. At that time
Mr, l.)\ven not uoly wus unable to di3 any
thing to u.ssiet them, but, u> I uni informed
and believe, was actuallv in danger him-
tVciU tljo rabble at iTlavaua, a guard of
S|i;(»i?h jioMiers haying been placed over
hiH j.rtjperry and person by order of the
Cftptfiiu Geueral, As fov the Albany, wbe
was p.iwerlui* qq that occti»jion, Her ofn-
eers aud crew, lu it wa», liyiuyiuhized with
aud deeply rcgrcttea tho vueltt,iv:Uoly fate
ot their unfortunuto couutrytutii, but they
could do no more. My word for ic, if ever
I an opportutiity should oeenv, the ofReers
I.1 ■ ’ I Biiouui oeenv, tpe omoers
s, .intl tnva.b- the ''hon*«..f n perfectly t and . n-w of that sliip will n.)t on.ly uphold
the honor of the American fl.ir, t
new laurels tt> its wreath.
IJat now, iti conclusion, let mo, thrr )
the medium of your columns, r'-tur,,"^"
sincere thanks to His Honor the .Nj. ===
to Col. O’Hara, Ciipt, ('ary, ;,nd ntl,,.'''*
izeii-s of Key WVst, for the niai,y
ncssc.s atnl attentions sliown jne
them that 1 sliall ever remember thi
gratitmle.
1 remain, very respectfully, vonroi.i
cut .‘fervatit, "
I’liiMp S. Va.\ YKrii-rKN
Late J*'irst Li(-ut. of the Cubi •
At ildUAl; AT TIIK \\llr]-|-
T.MNS.
/■ rorii I fie Jlor loi Ti iui>cTipi,
riiAVVKOi’.n lloi SK, WiHTK Mih ntm.v
Septembers.],^,-]'"
Mr. Kditoh: Meteoric l.ht
sut-h a wonderful kiml were witi)f.^„.,j. '
last Saturday evening th.it thev
tho.«e of us travelling in this "n-irj,,,, .1
wore fortunate enough to behold tlii.„,!
tlemand some j>uV>lic notice; and It
you will concur with us in our
though no de.-ii-riptifjti, much less mv, ^
can tlo justice t» this singularly l,rii]
and evt-n aiip.illing displ.-iy of
w..rks. During the wlmh; of il„.
we oli.'crved tht* unlinary tniiii|ui]
illuminating a jiortion of tin.- in,rtlj„!‘
hemisphere, ami shining with a inil,]
w hite light, but n-marketl no variati.ii)
color or form; ami it was not till ahnut' '
past t-leveii that the nvinit-ri,„,;,i.
coming exhibition appean-d in the 4 .
of a luminous band, stretchiinr suiM.,'
acniss tin; sky, ami o.scillating «;,]“■
tremulous motion. A gentl.-nKin fr„,
]*hila'lel]dti;i hatl j»ropu.ed walkiii.r i],
into the Notch to view it by nii.t,|,i;.„.
and, as we ilrew near it, the twin T-'
guanling the entninee stood huMlvf,!
against a sky of unu>ual clearn.-'', ,vi;
file mist (-fdlectoil in the valley, lit uf,'-
the moon ami stars re.seinbled a
lake.
Having atlvaiieed tjuite a tli'tuiif-.
the ^^otch, We reclint-d upon ;in I'l.'.jt,,
nck to conti-mplate the nigL'wd i.T.iii.i,
of the clitis, as they ro,se in tip. (•l(.;,r..
light, w h-jii our eyes were gn-eti-d 1-. •
above-im-ntloiietl phenomenon. A'«■
flat on our backs, uji a sudden, fruiu •
upp'-r edge of the ^hlnin" seKmi-nt ij; •
north, while the lower part l'Ih-w dark.«:
forth innunierable rays, like jet' uf Ii :,
light, which prc.'crved tln-ir foriii a it
iiient, ;tjipe;triiig like a resplendent ili;i’i
td solid ili.:nioml on tin* J-Jgvjiti.-in brnvi
night. ()bion^r sjiot.' of brilliant light:
sprang into v iew in v ariuu.^ t,juarters, w L.
beei.miii:_r gradually eloiigatetl, burst ;it:_
top, .'cattering masses of liglit in all
rections. ,'^oon, broad shining enln!
tmerged from tliffer-lit jioints in tln-!i.-
z->n, ino\ing .'lowly at first, then ilnr.-
up with incredible swiftm-,' .'IkM.;
vaiii>hing. :tud reajipt-aring f>f iini.;,-
liriiliaiicy. i-dijising tin' light of tin- ]i’,:i
and the moon; now ch.isini'-each erl;'-
lightning nice .-iround the skv. aii-1 ti-
enlarging, after intinife changes nf i ,.
.0 as to occupy the wlnde heaveii'.
A iiniver.sal undulatt,*ry motinn. -
to tin* svvi-11 td the sea t-r tin* uioti.iu ■
wiud->wept field of grain, but ni 'ii r
than the tlart of tin? frightened ,'in
now proved the pn-cui.-'or of iai-^ •
beauty ami of the ino.'t truly aiinizii;.
iioiiiena. A .*mall pitchy cloud ef
lar fillm ajijiears at the zenith, wl.:' .
if were^ kiiitiles and emits tojigue- - ff
(if the most variegateil ai'nl brilli.;;,r i/ai-
green, ]>urj)Ie. pink, golden, and vi ■[>■•
aud .-Jtreams of tire, shotitin-.^ in a 'iui
course, as when ‘•Hell’s staniiaiil-ln-:;; :
‘■Friiiu the ^littei ing staff uni'iiih-i]
Til' iiiijicrial cusijrn, which, full hi.uliairv
.''hiiiic like .*1 nietii.r. ^trt-.-iiiiiii;: t.i tin- u
\\ ith gciiis and .ofihk-n lustre rich eiiiiil;izo
w hileall ovt-r the he.ivens chmd-Iikc iii;'-
Hushed with the richest tint.', lik. ’
glaiicing light on the polished stei l, - . .
in the twinkling of an eye; t-ountlc'-.'’>ni
of beauty, as, following the chieft;i J'v.
sign,
".\11 iti ;i nienir-nt thren^h th.c "Iohiu ki"
Ten tlionsaii.i Icituuts risiii«r in lliv :i>i.
\\ ith •iriciit i-iil.'rs w.-iviie.;;”
and sulphiu-ous flames, set-miiiL' t"
/'/■iinf the mountains, darted from 1' -
re.>;t lubling the bur.-^ting forth of v ■.
tires.
Such a scone, calculatt-d to exci’ ’
tmblest enuttions, 1 never expect to K
:ig:iin; it were worth :i vovai'e ticrns'
Atlaiitii-. It might bi; compared t(> a
cam>py or tent, susixjutled from the zo
inwrought with gf>ld ami silver, riibi-'
emerahls, ainl shaki-n by ;i mightv >
-Vutl it Would retjuire no vivitl ima.;:
tor (Mie, shut in as we were bv eterii:!!.''
with the skies kindling over our Iin •
see above him the fretted roof of 11'.
monium >et with “cres.sets, fed with’ '
tha and asphaltus,” and an>untl. 1' .
forms rejio^iug on their rtx-kv cnuw
to think “her .stores were ojK-tied. an-;
firmament,” sporting cataracts td'fir- ,
pending horrors threatening hidl'''l^^
Nearly all the colors of the '
were exhibited iu dazzlinc suecessinn.;"
being e.speciall}’ prominent, w hich "'ir-
lord infurms us has never been
betore, though red is tpiife cniiii''''^
Nothing was wanting except tlii-l!"
and crackling noises sometimes lu'ani -
and fre^juent in high nortlu-ni l;i'^;
the solemn stillness, however, iiu'*’-
thought, t^ the sublimity of tli' '
Atter the iaji.se of about h.ilf :m
varied colors gradually faded, aul^
white light alone romainetl in tli‘
sky. The aurora.* boreales (d b;il‘b'‘'"
described by 31aupertuis aiul eilit''
very similar to thi.«i display, ’llu'"'-''
at the mountains, for two or tlin''
has been the warmest of the sca.^'S"^
thermometer ranging from !***' h'-*
\ tiurs, truly,
A. IU:.SSKLL, C.-mi’iii lr'C
w. S, PiOGKH.'^. IWistiiii
J. l>. S.lllOK.NT, I'hibi'- :
C(d. dames Nt>rth’.up, of
iu this county, committed suicide 1'.'"
ing himself, at his residence on fh"
the 23d ult, Jle leaves a very l-*''-
Ciitimable family, entirely depcini'^^^ '
their own exertions for sujipfrt.
Col, Northrup moved fr"i>*
borough, Anson co., North
thiii State in ISoS.—
^Ve vogret to havo to anuouiioe t!>‘:
of Jameij Fcnnisntire Cooper, L*'! ■ ,
took place, after a lingering ilhii;'-,
residenct) iu Cuoperstown, New
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