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LITTLE ROCK, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1851.
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TUESUAY'MORNING, OCT. 7
THE CUBAN EXPEDIOIOB:
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UOS^i* HV T HE CAFTAi* OtaEKAL OF CUBA. j
XARSAT1VS.
I became connected with the expedition at;
New Orleans, receiving, on the 30th of inly
laat. an appointment «• Arwt lieutenant of
Company B. of Col. W L. Crittenden;, regi
ment, (1st Artillery,) rotnm-mb-d by Captain
James lenders. The expedition a* you are
already aware, left New Orleans, at day break, j
on the morning of Sunday, the 3d of August.,
in the steamer Pamptro. We were towed to
the mouth of the river, our engine being out of •
order. We remained in the river until Wed- i
neaday the tith. arid left through the Northeast
!•***, at 6 o'clock, r. *., of th#t day for Key
West. The intention at. that time waa to go
tu Key West, and there take on hoard a pilot j
for the river St. Johns—at which place we
were to embark a light battery of artillery, with
caisous, ammunition and harness complete, to
gether with a number of cavalry saddles—and
from thence were to run to the Sooth side of:
Cuba, anil land as near as possible to Puerto
Principe.
We reached Key West, and anchored some
distance from the city, at about 3 r. of Son
dav, the loth inat. While at Key West, a
quantity ut brandy and champagne was received i
on board, which wu* imbibed tolerable freely j
by I. T and his staff. About dusk of that;
day, no pilot appearing, Lopez called a Coun
cil", composed entirely of the Cubans and Hun
garians attached to hi* staff, (no Americans
being called) who decided to give up going to
the St. John’s Hirer, and run immediately for
the coast of Cuba, which was done at 10 r. m.
1 U*. lit A fc UIVIIIIII^I vniuji w *#a I
the compass from muskets being stacked near
it, we found ourselves in plain sight of the
Moro Castle, anti about twelve miles distant;
the vessel immediately headed northward and
westward, and ran out of sight of land. About
3 r. if., of that day, Lopez took the captain and
mate out ot a Spuiygh schooner, to act aa pilots,
go ng them t j uml&jtand that they would be i
sh >t if they showed any disposition to escape ,
or deceive. At 1 ?■ n. we again stood in for;
the island, and soon after dark sent a boat to ’
reconnoitre, which was hailed by a sentry on
tits wills of the fort, situated n»ar Bahia Hon- I
da, the ship not being more than a mile from
it. As soon as the boat reported, lights were
extinguished and presa of steam, put on, the
ship runa.ng to th • westward along the land
About 10 o'clock, while running under the
, charge of a pilot, under a press of steam, the
t ship suddenly struck, and before the engines 1
touW be stopped had row more than her length -
upon a coral reef. After examining her situa
tion, it was found she was lying in about eight
| feet water, while her draft was over nine feet;
I and that it was necessary that the force should
bo immediately landed, which was done, and
about J o'clock on the morning of the 12th ot
August, the last of us disembarked upon the
.-bore of what we had been taught to consider
would soon be the free Island of Cuba. The I
first boats which landed were fired upon by
twenty men, who fled on their fire being re- j
turned from the boat w hich contained Captain ,
tiouti, (a Cuban commanding an American
company.) Lieut. Lauiiugtum, and about thirty
privates of his company. One ot Goutr’s men
was wounded in the arm, and returned in the j
ship, and the cap of the lieutenant was cut
into halves on hi* head.
At daylight Lopez sent a pronunruirntnlo to
L.s 1’usas, a email village ten miles distant,in
winch he informed the inhabitants that he was
about to march to that place;, and would give
li quarter to any whom he louud there, who
did not join hdu. There being no means of
transporting baggage at Cubanos, where we
landed, Lopez ordered Col. Crittenden to re
main there and protect our stores, consisting j
of 100,000 musket cartridges, 3.000 muskets.;
and 7uu pounds of powder, in kegs, together j
with tiie personal Luggage of all the officers,!
saying that he would tha/ch on to Los Posas, j
'Mim me regimeot ol luiantry, counutnued bjri
[h.< muan, ami send from thence transpor
tafi-n. and that he would remain there until1
joined by Col. Crittenden. Accordingly Lopet!
marched at eight o'clock, with three hundred:
m.'i twenty-three men, leaving Critteodeu at
< sham**. with one hundred and thirty men.—
At 11 o'clock thut night, Or ttonden received
t« ) cart#, and started immediately after, to
J n Ix>p,-z at Law Poeas.
The carts being heavily loaded and the roads
t ad. our progreo* was of necessity alow, not
advrneuig more than a mile an hour. About
hours alter daylight on the morning of the J
11th, we reached a house containing a store j
1.1 ut >oor mil,-* from Los Posaa. The ad-;
tauce guard an! main body only had reached j
the h.iose, Jthd rear guard with the carts being
-t ., , >,[) .piartcr 0t a mile behind) and w ere
engag 'd in eating breakfast, their arms being
la J aside, when they were surprised by the re
port of musketry and the whistling of bullets,
wh.rh proceeded from the advanced guard of a 1
1 -T of the enemy, five hundred strong. We
imiuihstely ae.ieii our grins, and killed nine of;
1.1 enemy, and made one prisoner, none off
1 ur P*ffy having been injured. Not seeing
Jiiy more of tinyneutv, the Colonel concluded
' 'a- but a foraging party that hod attacked
'* ,'1 "ur ran- guard having come up with
"'e ‘'arts, ordered us to resume our breakfasts,
* did. About lu annate* after we were 1
f***10 ‘tucked by the whole forte of the cne
!,i-’ having Uyc advantage of position, he
ln* ?°*vM oil tile brow of a hill overlooking
■' position, with a belt of fhspparal, um,.
thr?® hundred yards wide, intervening, over
'*hich we could not fire. Crittenden imrac
*h» order to charge, leading bim
*' *’ *Bl 'teed the enemy to retreat to a large .
-v «l,chapp*r»l souse seventy-jive or eighty
J^sintiw rear ot their first pueition, (roil:
1 t!«'y. opened a heavy fir ; upon our force
'h f:j ** ‘l appeared in sight on the brow of*
_ that ho could not maintain that po
l rittenden gave ait order to retreat to
I'm*'-, whieh vco* done, white the enemv
! hi* piMttiwi on the hill, and again
‘ • i hi a fire; upon which Cnttenden wd. red
' “™ charge, at the same time saying that
: 1 4 etna.ll party to obtain a poaitiou at
_ dank ot the enemy, to charge from
■h- the moment he charged from the front.
M b utenant W. If. Craft* (also of com
■ K-) and myself volunteered, and auc.
an aiiung the position with twenty
Att-.r remaining in it fur about half an
;f tnd hearing nothing •*' Critttmdeu, we
d t.. the house, where we found Chl
‘.I oi company A, with ten men, guarding
' Ut», but could hear or are nothing of
Crittenden. The enemy noon after advancing j
towards the house, we were compelled to re- •
treat, leaving our baggage and store*; and that:
night, or rather tbe^ext morning, we sac
ceeeded in forming a junction with lx>pez at
Loa Posas. half an hour before hia march from
that place. At the same hour tliat Crittenden i
was attached at the hacienda, a body of the
enemy, eight hundred strong, under Genera) j
Enna, attacked Lopez at Loa Punas.
After a hard light of over two hutira the ene
my retreated, leaving the Americans master* j
of the field, and over two hundred of their num
ber (among whom were several of their highest j
officers) dead and wonnded—the American loss 1
being, in killed, wounded and missing, only j
about thirty men. amoag whom Colonel Down
man and Lieut. Cabizan were killed, and Gen.
Pragay and Captaioa Brigliom anc Gouti were ;
mortally wounded. After the action, the Span
ish wounded were brought in, nnd as well taken
care of as circumstances would admit. Ijoper.
rude entirely unarmed over the field, throusrb '
the hotest of the fire, occasionally applying a j
red raw hide, with a great deal of vigor, to the i
shoulders of such men as be thought could be
hurried into firing a little faster. On the morn
ing of the Hth, at 2 o’clock. Lopez marched ,
from Los Posas in the mountains, leaving there ,
seventeen wounded Spaniards and thirteen <>|'
our side, all of whom were bayoneted by the
Spaniards, and their bodies piled in a heap,
cross-wavs at the foot of a hill.
Two days after, (on the Ifith) Lopez was
again attacked by three hundred lancers and
six hundred while encamped at a hacienda
which formerly belonged to himself, but was '
confiscated some three years since. Here the
action lasted from 12 to 2 o’clock, on one of.
the hottest days 1 ever experienced. The ene- .
my were again compelled to retreat, with the
loss of three hundred and twenty men; and at;
the same moment that the retreat of the Span
iards in one direction was reported to Lopez,
he issued an order to his own force to retreat
in an opposite, and actually, that day made a
forced march of eighteen miles in five hours
over a mountain road. On the 19th. being still1
on the mountains, we were overtaken by a!
severe rain storm, which destroyed a greater
portion of our ammunition, and rendered our
guns entirely useless. We encamped on the
evening of that day at a ranehe on the foot of
the mountain*, about two leagues from Bahia
Honda. We remained undisturbed that night;
and were attacked just at breakfast time on
the looming of the 20th. being taken by sur
prise. the sentry on the outpost haring left In*
post to wash hiuiself in a creek, where he w as
killed. Owing to the unserviceable condition
of their arms, the force under Lope* was com- _
pletelv routed, flying to the mountains in aif
direction*—Lopez himself barely escapingon j
horseback, with the lose of hi* saddle, pistol* '
and spyglass—or everything in fact, tat what I
he wore. Thar, tugfetfie encamped on the toy
of one ol the highest mountain* on the Island
of Cab*, exposed to all the violence of a terrific
norther, without either shelter, fire or mod.
It is impossible for nab to describe the suffer
ing of that night. Rfiareo forbid that I ever (
pass such another.' The rain fell in torrent*,
while ever and anon a terrific ctnsh would an- •
nounce that some massive tree bad fallen, cither ,
before the force o< the wind,or the still mightier
lightning. That night equalled an ordinary j
litetrtne. On the evening of the 21st, having ;
been fotty-eight hours without eating w e killed
a horse, which was divided among one hundred 1
and twenty-five men, who were all that now !
remained with Isipez. We wandered through
mountains, unable to extricate ourselves, sub-:
sisting bn such leaves and roots as we could ]
find, until midday, of Sunday, the 24th, when
we succeeded in reaching a road running from
Bahia Honda to San Christqbal, along which
we advanced until nearly Sight, when two
Spanish lancer* were discovered advancing,
but fled on seeing us. A halt was immediately
ordered and an examination made of the state
of our forces, showed a total of one hundred j
and twenty-five men, eighty musket*, about
twenty of which were serviceable and uboet;
forty dry cartridges. Under thi* state of affairs
it was deemed advisable to retreat, which was '
ordered, and a pursuit commenced by the ene- :
my, who lay in ambush some few hundred yard*
in advance, with a force of nine hundred men.
On the approach of the enemy, the u hole force i
ol I»pei seperated into small bodies, aud dis
persed through the mountains, throwing away 1
their gun** *«d everything which could encuot
maiding with the General. A Urge number
were overtaken and immediately killed. I,
myself was one of the party of eight who had
previously determined on ieaving Lopez, and
attempting to eacaye from the island.
We remained in the mountains until the
morning of Tuesday, the 26th, when having
had but one meal in six days, aud feeling that
we could bear it no longer, we determined to
go into the plains, considering that it would be
l>etter to be killed outright than die a lingering
death from starvation, which we certainty
would up in tb« mountains.
We accordingly advanced to a house where
we were treated with a great deal of kindness,
and received a most excellent breaktast. An
arrangement was made to procure a guide to
the south shore, with provisions, etc., and we
were about to leave and conceal ourselves.
until night, when, in the twinkling of an eye.
we were surrounded by 200 armed countrymen,
who immediately bound us securely, and inver
ted our pockets, considering the contents law
i'ul plunder. That ilav we reached San Cris
tobal.. Until we reached San Cristobal, we,
were under the impression that we were to be
rrtmediately shot, our oniy consolation being
.hat we were to die with full stomachs.
On our arrival there, we were informed that!
i proclamation had been issued ten hours be
ta* our arrest, sparing the lives of r.il “Fills-'
iiisterm*” who were made prinoBMa. or gave j
themselves up, within four days, except the
traitor Lopez, after which aa order, dated, I .
think, the 24:li of April,(by which all foreigners j
i.iund in the Island were ordered tb be put to (
leath,) was to continue in full, force. On the
Mth, there being then 47 prisoners, we left ;
S»n Cristobal for Havana, ami on Friday night i
■cached Guayamas, the terminus of a railroad
Tom Havana. There an order waa received ■
Tom the Cants.n General to proceed to Maru-l
ltd embark, he being fearful that the prisoners
would be turn to piece* by the rabble b*. Ha
tana. We harked upon the steamer Anm
<nn«», to proceed Ui Havana, when an express
imvod, bringing information of the capture of
bope*. and the steamer was delayed to await
'is arrival, which'took place at it o'clock r. m j
in Son Jay, the 21st. when we immediately left
lor Havana. Lopes was entirely at liberty.'
»nd smoked his cigaretto with apparently as *
mech unconcern as he ever did in his lite.— '
Lhibedc the harbor of Mariet, Lopez was trans
ferred to the steatu frigate Piuuro, which c<<a-:
reyed him to Havana, and which he did hot
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leave until lie left next morning fur the place
of execution.
The remainder of us were confined tha{ night
in the City Prison, in the rear of the fort called
the Ponta- The prisoners pawed through a
regular process, their hair hern? first cut clow*
to their Honda. They then pawed into the
bauds of another barber, who deprived them of
their whiskfrs; then another provided them
with a prison uniform, and the exercises were
terminated by a big negro, who securely fas
tened them in pairs by a chain.'similar in size
and w’eight to a log chain, firmly secured to
the ancle.
At the time of my release from prison, which
was at 10 o’clock on the night of the 4th ia*t.,
there were lt>0 of our force prisoners. They
were all chained and confined in one large room
—hardly large enough, however, for all to li*
down at once. They were treated very kindly,
end all the privileges that could.be expected.
As a matter of course, where so many men are
confined in a limited apace, and not Allowed to
leave it under city circumstances, it naturally
follows tiiat it must be very unpleasant. Their
sentence is ten years’ hard labor in Spain,
probably in the construction of a canal. They
all apjwared to be in good spirits af the time I
left, being under the impression that they would
soon be released after their arrival in Spain.
Lope* was brought from the Pixarro, and
publicly parroted iu the square adjoining the
prison, at 7 o’clock in the morning of Monday,
the 1st September. ■ With him ended not oniy
this expedition, hut I sincerely tmst eH expe
ditions to Cuba.
Up to the time I left, the Spaniards Utmld
account for two hundred arid seventy-one
Americans—including Crittenden’s command
—whom they had killed, that is, in action;
wounded men who were left on the field, and
sick and fatigued men w ho gave out on the
inarch, and were left behind, and men whom
they hunted down in the mountains w ith d'jga.
Those, with the one hundred and sixty taken
prisoners, make a total oi four hundred and
thirty-one men accounted for-—leaving a bal
ance of twenty-two men wjiose fpt<j is yet un
knowri—the total force landed being four hun
dred and fifty-three men. Of these twenty-two;
probably the greater portieft are yet alive and
iu the mountains; nod^ the troops hare ail
been reoaib d to H ivina,- it is probable some
tii, in tusv vet Succeed iu vrettioir borne.—
Out of the whple number made prisoners, but
two others beside myself, have been pardoned.
Those awv'Col. Hayhes and Oapt. Kelly, whom
the explain General pardoned, a«d sent home,
unsolicited. They were to leave Havana for
this port in the packet ship Anns# on Friday.
"My own release was granted as a special favor
to Capu Chas. T. Platt, of the United States
ship Albany, on board of which I was conveyed
by an aid of the Captain General, at 11 o’clock,
on Wednesday night; the ship proceeded to
sea immediately. His excellency Sent a gov
TprmmhK towboat and pun Vt rake nUr'out.
Lopez was caught with bloodhounds, in the
mountains, on the morning of Friday the 29th
iust. The dogs being some distance in ad
vance of the men, bit him badly in the left leg.
There were seventeen countn men in the party
w ho captured him, each of whom was publicly
presented with etlOOO and a cross of honor, im
mediately after his execution.
Lot us now review the cause and.resuits of
this expedition. At the time I received my
appointment from Mr. Sigitr. one of the edi
tors of the New Orleans Dfita, I was told by
him that a revolt was regularly organized
among the Creoles throughout the Island of
Cuba: that they had elected Gen. Lopez as
their leader, and their object was to free Cuba
from the tyranny of Spain, and either form a
tepublic of their own, or annex the island to
the U. States. He told me that Lopez was
about to leave New (tries ns for Cuba, with
about flee hundred Americans; ami that his
landing was the signal tor a general rising, and
that within ten days after landing he would be
at the head of an army of ten thousand men:
that there were also two whole regiments of
Spanish troops to eoine over to him with their
equipments. The same story was told to all.
Was it sol
As I have already staieu, our nm salutation
wj? a volley of musketre, instead of, as the
/> Itu asserts, a large body of friends, w ith
horses, stores, etc., for our use. Instead of
finding the Creoles our friends, we found them
our most hitter enemies, far more so than the
troop*—keeping the troops constantly informed
of our movemeuts, and hanging on our skirts,
puttmg^o death, without mercy, all those who
struggled on the march. Of the troops I can
not but speak in praise, without u single ex
ception. They treated the prisoners with the
utmost kindness, paving them wine, cigars,
bread, tobacco, and sguadente. freely, and from
their own amah means. I imagine no one will
sav that he had a right to expect such treat
ment. Our conduct forced and demanded their
respect, hut certainly we had no claim either
on their sympathy or generosity.
Much has been said relative to the execution
of Crittenden and his men. Among all the
prisoners now in Havana, much a* they ad
mired Crittenden, there is but one opinion, aud
that is, that that execution was justifiable—
was merited. That they were deceived alt
know: but that w as no husineas of the Spanish
authorities. Surely the provocation received
w as sufficient to justify not only the execution
of those won, but of every man connected with
the expedition. Why, look at this affair in its
proper light! Where even in history, in the
annuls of the world, do you find a s'milar oc
currence ’ Here four hundred and fifty men,
w ithout having received the least provocation,
leave their borne, and invade the shores of a
perfectly peaceful Island, expressing a deter
mination to take that Island from its lawful
owners, by force. Self-preservation ia one of
the first law# of nature: audit the law will up
hold and protect that American citizen, who,
without hesitation, shoot* down the midnight
rubber in defence of his property, certainly
that law will uphuhy?he officers of the crown
of Spain in exterminating a band of men who
attempted to wrest its brightest jewel from
that crown, toutsider that even'man con
nected with that expedition deserved death—
At the time 1 was wade prinojner, I fully ex
pectcd it, and, although the reflection was any
thing but pleasant, Jny own conscience told me
that it was just. Crittenden with hi* force not
only committed a crime in landing on the Isl
and, but actually committed an act of open pi
racy in taking those vessel* in which be was
caught the punishment for which ia, by the
law s of all nations, death.
Much ha* been said relative to the mutila
tions of their bodies. Certainly I wa» not pre
sent at the time, and cannot speak positively,
but I cannot learn from a reliable source that
sub wis the case. I have conversed with the
officers of the U. S. ship Albami/ on the sub
ject They are men of high standing in sorie
ty. and they aaasva me that such was not the
case—that they were »lwt in with
Military usages on such occasions, aud that the
only tiling that ocrarred the! could be con- j
demand wu the wav in which they »sfr drag- j
ged to and thrown into caftb by the negroes j
ordered to bury them.
It ha# been reported that Crittenden wrote i
home that he had been abandoned by J.opez.
without arms an I aautouiUou. i do not be- j
lie re that Crittenden ever wrote nny thing of j
the kind. Attached to his command—in liourly ^
contact with him—I knew him. and do hot;
hesitate in saying that a braver, nobler, more I
honorable man than Win. L. Crittenden, never
lived. Instead of having no ammunition, he 1
bad all, and waa particularly selected to guard
it—t)iat being a most difficult and honorable .
servietjC JL> pox, did not desert him. but in leav
ing him, in dividing his command, committed,
one of those error* which eventually cost hiinj
his lifts; but had Crittenden, on the morning of*
the 13th, gone and joined Lopez at L * Po#as.
instead of retreatiag to the sea, all would have
been well—then he would have lost oniy the
stores; as it was he lost all. Why he diif so,
is inexplicable, and must ever remain involved i
in mystery.
Had Lopez carried out his original intention;
of landing near Puerto Principe, the result;
might, perhaps, have been ditferem—he migh,
there, perhaps, have found friend*, and raised t j
force sufficient to sustain it-off until reintorco 1
Vuent# were sent out from the States. In land
log where he did, Lopezr without doubt agtel ■
as he thught for the best; but there, as in ihani,
other instances, he erred. Of his persona j
courage there t« ho doubt; but when we speal j
of military knowledge, of judgment, of his1
ability to b%d an expedition, I say at once he
had neither. Lopez was probably as much or
more -deceived than any man in the expedition.
Hi* ambition led him to be the tool and victim
of heartless speculators. Avarice, not philan
thropy, was the main spring of this expedition.
I now distinctly, openly assent, that alt those j
letters purporting to be from Cuba, which were I
published during the month of July last and i
copied throughout the Union, were base forge- I
ries, lor Uie, express purpose of deceiving the j
citizens o£ the United States, and advancing !
the sale of Cuban bonds. Knowing Use ainbi- j
tion of L.»pez, and that strong disposition to ex-1
irnu me wuii ui mxuwm t* men uun i
the breast <>t every American citizen. these
speculators in human bl took advantage of
their knowledge to surther their own end.
They well knew, how littl; effort was re
quired to start and keep alive this excitement.
They thought, or at least they fondly hoped,'
that more men would go out to join this little
hand, ami that eventually the island would be ;
free. Cuban bonds were worth, or were sell
ing at from 10 to 20 cents tut a dollar,, when
this expedition left. Naturally they would in
crease in value, as the prospect of liberating
Cuba became more certain; and if this expedi- {
tlou sue Ceded as they preteiHh*d,to think it
would, Cuba when liberat 'd from what they |
denominated the tyranny of Spain, would hafe
been bttrthened with a debt of from fitty to one •
hundred millions of dollars, at l£nst fifty per !
cent of which would have been in the pockets
of these would-be philanthropists, who. active
us they wished to be thought in the hoiy cause
of liberty, took the best of good care to peril,
neither life nor their own precious liberty in !
its behalf. At the expiration of the war, and
alter Cuba should hav*- become free, then it
was to be annexed to the United States, and
as a matter of course the payment of tiiese Cu
huu bonds was to be assumed by that govern
ment. What do they care for the mothers,,
wives and sisters ot the gallant men who i
formed this ill-fated expedition, who have been j
rendered utterly wretched and miserable for- ;
ever? They do not feel the chains, the an-'
guish, borne by those one hundred and sixty i
noble fellows, dimmed to spend the best ten t
years of their lives in a Spanish prison. No; j
they teei the blood money in their pockets, and ;
laugh over the result ot their speculation.— ,
They are the men to be puuished. It is on
tbem the shades of our murdered countrymen
call for vengeance. Heavy, indeed, must be !
their punishment when, at the last day. an of- j
fended and just Judge shall demand of them <
retribution for their deed.
This is, J believe. a correct account of the ,
causes, proceedings, and results of the itnftir- j
lunate expedition. 1_ have endeavored to give
an impartial account, and if any inau. either:
North or South, considers himself aggrieved
by any remark contained herein, I will endea
vor to afford him such satisfaction as the na
ture of the case may demand. 'ISier' have
also been. I understand, some reflections made
on the conduct of our Consul at Havana, Mr.
Owens, and also one of the officers of the Al
bany, at the time of the execution. At that
time, Mr. Owens not only was unable to do ’
anything to assist them, but. as I am informed
and believe, was actually in danger himself,
from the rabbit- at Havana, a guard of Spanish
soldiers having been placed over his property
and person by order of the Captain General.
As for the Al'any, she w as powerless, on that
occasion. Her officers and crew, to a man,
sympathized with and deeply regretted the
melancholy fate of their unfortunate country
men; but they could do no mor<*. My word
for it, if ever an opportunity should occur, the
officers and crew uf that ship will not only un
hold the honor of the American flag, but add
new laurels to its wreath.
And now, in conclusion, let me, through the.
medium of your columns, return my sincere’
thanks to his Honor the Mayor, to Colonel
O’llara. Captain Cary, and other c»Mnv* o!'
Key West, for the many kindness* * and atu-n-;
tions shown to me, a-suring them ibst 1 shall
ever remember them with gratitude.
1 aun.-x, for the benefit ■■>; their friends, a list
of th- offices w ho left V w Orleans, in Crit
tenden’s regiment.
I remain, very respect hilly, eour obedient
servant, PHILIP S. VAN VK>HTHN,
Late 1st Lieutenant Cuba Expedition.
omcr.it> uf csrrrfcsi'Ks’s comrxsn.
Col. W. L Crittenden; Com. Gen. -
Cook: Q. M. G» n. -- Vescy; Keg. Q. M
Felix Houston, ji*; Reg. Adj*t-Stannitord;
Reg. Bout-lb. II; Capt. J A Kelley, Co.,
A.; 1st Lt. T. C Jurae, Co. A.; -.1 Lt. John
Itrise, Co. A.; 2d If-Stevens, Co, A.;
Capt, Jano-s Sandes. Co. B.; 1st Lt. P. H. Van
Vechten; 2d Lt. B. L. Hunter, Co. B.; 2d Lt.
Win. H. Craft*, Co. B ; « apt. Victor Kerr,
Co. C.; 1st I.t. James Brandt, Co. C.; 2d Lt.
- Bobiuson, Co. ('.; Serj. Major Vean.
Of the above, Capt. Kelly, Lieut. Craft, and
myself, now only survive.
Yours, etc., P 8. V.
List of Pruttmtrs braoyki to Havana from tin
late CotaI Eaoriiikm, wadrr the command of
dm. .VaTuo Ijtfxi, taut ami Jtspusttrm yf
them at for at km*tm :
8*«i to Srxui »r siexjsxk laxui. ui Cx
luitxji -—Charles A. Downer, Mobile,(fonner
*
ly of little Kwk):.J. Ht laery. Quebec; J. D
Hashes, V O; F. Dlloush, mvJttMBy, Ind
Hbwt to Sraia rr amr Venn*:'—I/mis 8<h
leesinsrer, Hm^ut; £ H MflKiu^U Norriss,
i> E Dp W'oll', Jti J Tle-massoii, A R Wire,
Mobile.
Si.ST TO SpAI* BV SHIP PeiwcS.A tt GlATt
MALi.—Joaquin Casnova, Near Orleans; G
iioldship, S’ Louis; Wm H Mr Kinsey, Rards
town. Ky; Ja* It Hearsey. New Orlniw; D
lies, L Scully, Jl O Baker. Wm Wilson. Nrw
Orleans; L Bauder, Germany; Th<*» Dajiy, \
Orleans; BF Hanna. Baltimore; j M Wilson,
J G Darya, N O; It Sail-'. Liverpool;, D Q
KotiMeau. Wm K Hurd, .\ O; Wm II Craft,
Memphis; G Buntila.Hungary; J (i Bush, X O;
Slewnffcr.Hungary: T A Simpson, Phila; Ra-i-i
niu, < iirmeli. Petrie, Hungary: W W In-lee.
N Of A T Prait, Ala; T Hilt-m, Wash.. D 0;
Korcber, Visa?, N'sriko*. A idler. Hungary; W
I, Wilkin-on, Mobile; „M Mullen, St Louis; P
1,icoste. P Coleman. N O; M Biro, Austria; M
I, He iron, N Y; 1) Winborn, )Ie; J Rrady. I)i;
T HudnaU. H Schmidt, X O; U Von Schlicbt,
Berlin; G Foster, J BGunst.X O; J Chapman,
Charleston;TK Henry. Natchez; C Cook, Ala:
Howard, Purnell; C Noll. Berlin: J McKinni*.
II B Hart. Petersburg, Va; K Cl Bell, N O; J
Faust. St Louis; J Carter, P McGrath, N O;
B McCabe, Ireland; C J Daily, N O; J Murphy,
Inland; 8 H Pernell, V O; H Weat, Ohio; C
Teilor. Berlin; C S’hrine, T Denton, N O; i
Halpin, C A McMurray. Baltimore; U Gilman.
Ohio; A Hernandez. Havana; E Crisev. E J
Otis. N YX J Smith: B Allen. St Louis: Hud.
*»>n Xebmn: Julio Chassa^ne, Havana; A R
Ludwifr. T H Lee, C Harris1 -n N O; G Metcalf,
Ireland: V Diinrat, NUJ1B M-'tealf,Ireland;
H Stanmvre, R M Grider,X OrG Quick, Phi;
M K Scott, Ky; H McHenry, N O: G R Wil
Son. Phil; J I) D.-nneily. Pa; W II Vaujfb. Kv;
CGihlin, Cin*ti; Win H Oamron, Jefferson co.
Va: J Munich, Phil; P McMullen. Ireland; T
McClelland. Ireland: J Denton, N V; J Mr -
Knei-s, Pittsburgh: F P Boyd, X Y; P M L>
p--x, Venezuela; T R Munroe, Miss; Pedro Ve
lar 'o, Cuba, servant of Looet: E. Weiss. Ger
many: M Floury, Cuba; R Schntz, Prussia; J
H.irbele, Germany; C Sekneck. Baden: Louis
Huekell, Swiss; M Martinez, Havana; F A
Liine, Cuba: H Schmidt,S-Xonv; C Bechtold.
Prussia: r C Mohan, Danville, K); J Ogle vie,
N U; J Bos.velt, Baltimore; H Williams, \ O;
W I. Constantine. Cartudi;J (Vijm r, W t'au
sans. Lincoln, Eng: J B F igin, Ohio: Captain
Johnson, Ky; R Coy, London, Eng: G Pit,
P-tersburgh, Vi: J A Lowers. RnrryviMe, Va:
' J S'■*vvns. N V: F H»i'tr, Prti'sia; A t 'estpra,
Sp*m.
Waitixu Sir.i* at Havana.—J € Duffy, \
<>; A J Phillips. N O; T little. Mobile; J des
sert; M Geiger, N O; T Bryan; J D Brown;,
J BachiWer. N O; G S Berry. < incinnati, O; J
Brown.
Ia the Hospital, all notxu well.—A L
Alfonso, Cuba, arm; M J Keenan, Mobile,
linger slight, M Aragon, leg, J Talbot. N l).,’
hand slight. J B Ruvim, Galina, lag. J Lkwarren,
' Cuba. sidifslight, P Es.,ex, S' l,mis, legshglil,
W A Rieves. Mi»>,, leg si ght, R H Kills.
Washington. D C, left hand. W Loaner. Sax
ony, finger, J Cline, N O, thigh alight, T Mc
Neil, Lumpkin eo. Ga., sick, N Port. Prussia,
linger slight, H Jasper, Saxony, toot alight. J
N Davis, N O, shoulder slight, L Palam a,
Hungary, graze slight. J Fiekles, Malta, both
legs, W Miller, Northampton, Eng., finger
sligiit, J G Porter, Dublin, Iiroa-t and arm
slight, J B Weymouth, N.v-h. Term., hand
slight. <i Rii hardson. NO, arm slight. J K >h
iuson. Eng., side slight, F Curviu. Havana,
arm, G Edgerton, Natchez, sick, D Cano, N
Y., C J Hodge. Eng.
X Lopez, executed, P S Van Vechten, de
livered to Capt. Platte. A Gonzales, in prison,
Somers, N O., pardoned. Capt. Lopez, in prism.
Julio Herren, detained here; J A K' lly, H S
Haynes, liberated.
A ‘•DO.’*
A few days since, a grave-looking gentleman in
sp>-> tackscaked ami inquire^ ;t ha cou i - •■ -|: ■
proprietor of the American Museum. On being m
tnxiueed, he took him confidentially aside, and
wr.fi a face of solemn import, began:
f‘ Mr. Barnurn, I have heard that you were anx
ious to procure all great and rare c ariosi ica V’
' 'i is, always—secure them, if money will do
it.”
•• Well, I have lately returned from Egypt, and
lisve in my possession oue of the most eurtou* liv
ing ,-peenu-us of natural history in the whole
aniinnl kingdom; a ru-rsl extraordinary creature,
which believe, I is not to be found in any Museum.”
■ lh acrilie. What is it l;k*- said Barn ;ru, la
a tremor of anxiety.
•• 1 know not w ha' to call the monster, a tidi or
a reptile. It is found in the warm r yi ,ns of the
upper Nile, and is probably common in the tr .pi
cal latitudes of the interior of Africa. At first t:
is wholly aipiaiic, has neither legs nor fins, but a
tail like a fish, and may be seen sparling at the
•bottom of the wafer. After a certain time, it un
dergoea « remarkable change in its whole appear
ane.i. Like the rattlesnake, it sheds its ski i. and
assumes a shape like a monkey, with four limbs,
two abort and t<vo king, like those of the kauga
run. or more rt-smuining the ourang outang. of
the semi human species of which it is by some
supjawed to have been the progenitor, as it entire
ly i-isses its tail; and from this time it is like the
crocodile, amphibians, and possesses other re
ma.kabta peculiarities 1 sac eedrd in catching
one previo 14 Utils trinaformsUou, which will lake
place in a few weeks."
la if passable t Well, that is a curiosity, real
ly ■» much a.i as the mermaid, said the proprie
tor d the M in fidgets, lest it should sup
thf gi, his fingers.
*• MtSlfcto, sir,
in- riaid th 'rausf •f'Tiai'on is 1. more than haif
Completed. The Mini are dew roped, but the U,i
Jemima.”
"Tr ie —very true, sir. gat what are v . ir
terms ' ”
Well, sir, 1 e*re very little for the profit; hot
if y ui wm prepare * proper uah, filled wuh Cr»
t in w ater, and k> pt»udi eu’ ly wanr.. ) uu shait
have this amiaal f ir fifty d liars a week until the
transformation take* place, and one hundred affi r
wa d* ”
••Done! it’s a bargain; Til ge: some bids d.
rect.).”
And down he ant and wr-.te—“Tremendous »f.
tra. o-iii i'f-Hi 1’pjier Egypt—the i.renter cun miy
in the new world .1—the wonderful—whads the
ii»iu ot tills atmoai .”
" Weil, be/»«.- u changes ils shape it is called
the pul la woe or tadpole, afterwards it is called a
fro.rr-pnH the grave mranger, looking miidi 1
Of r ha *p-chicles.
Bar 11 visiit.opp i htspeu and sUssd upfigfif, lous
ing ,c the learn.-.; travel.- r iu abw. - - &• .ui*:i
nv -t —an euhrely new spet.iaen of petrifac'ion.
— Kjttkmtgf. - •
1 »'A Dutch widower, out won. whose better
half lie parted on a lo.ig journey to the spirt land
sons-' twe've months ago, del- mno- d the other
dav, to consult the ” Rappers.” and endtacor t.
have • ual <-\ia«a.intcal»oii. feeling anxious
re.ijiceting the future Mate of ins wife. These
•'rappers.” be u known, were not the fcnaine me
d uuu, but of a b-jguj film)—adventurer;, codeav
•oing to reap » harvest out of the late mes'erkhis
devekofwuls. After the usual cereuKm ea, the
vptnt ut Mrs. Haufitt mamlrv d b> ra|w ib w.i
to eonvetae »» ii her #pou«\
“ Uh d*t yon, Mn. lltmili!" swuifeii (fur;
Ihncbtuan
“ Ve*. dearest, it ■* eeur «»ii wife, who — •■■ ■'
Aon »Kf. you inm uml a ghost," interrupted
riauata, atariing (mu bis seat, *• mme frau ape*k .
n 1 r.< hut IVitch. and abe never said "teareet'
»i it'i lit--, li wMiinyt “ Haunt* you teiff" or
” IteMta, you tirty »hk*mp*" and the nntehman j
hobbled (ee>n> the room weii satisfied LhgtUie "rap- j
ptn< spatU" were ad a humbug, and tbM M was
from any further communication with ha
shrewish fraa an this earth.
PititMlr Kraut y.
rht- lad), s of Asm ..lam tunf huger* ami, toes
rt-d, t ied eyebrow* Hack, and their ups blue, in
Pfrfs-a they paint a Mark streak around thetyea,
and ornament their face* with various figures. The
Jappanawe women mu their teeth, amt those of the
Indies (i.i ut liit iu red. The pear! must be die.1 j
Wank to be beautiful in (iuxentt. The Hottentot i
women paint the enure body in c<nppartm< nts of!
red and bunk in lireeulartd the women color their
faces with biue and veil.iw, and they fr.-queutiy j
tatoo their bodies by saturating threads in sod. in
sertiiijt them beneath the »k>a, and then drawing
them through. Hindoo fomaies when thee wish j
to appear particularly iov«iy, smear themselves
with s mixture of *aiTrin, tumeric anil grease. in
nearly a,! the islands of the Pacific and Indian
Oceans, the women ns well as the rrmn. tattoo a j
great variety of tig ires on the itps. the tongue, and
the wbtne body. In Near Hoiiand they cut them .
reives with beds, and by kw ping u|*rr;i the wounds j
* long time, form d.-ep scars in the flesh, which
they deem highly ornamental And another *in '
guiar addition is made to their beauty by taking 1
off in. mian.-y, th : ikUi* hi;,, t •>! the left hand, at i
the second joint, in .'ncimtt Peis.a, an squaiine
none was often thought w-irjt.y of the crown; !>u*
the Sumatran muthar carefully flattens the nose of
her daughter.
Antony some of thesav.ge Uibus in Oregon, and
also m Sumatra and f. rfkcun. continual pressure ;
is applied to the skin in order to datum, and thus !
Jive tt new beauty. The modern Persian* have
strong aversion to red La.r, the Turks, ott the con
trary at.- warm kum.rers of it. In China, small
mnn i eve* re iikod;and the sir's are con'inuslly !.
pim-king their eyebr- ws that thee may tie thin j
and long. Hut the it real beauty of a Chinese lady
i< in her fret, which, in chi.dhood, are so com I
pr.-a-.- d by bandage* as effectually to prevent any
further incrcas. in size. The four smaller toes
are turned under the foot, to the mole of which j
ui**> uruji) utiFir re, ana tut? p*x>r <i?i ncilonl* en
dure* much |imn, but becomes a cripple f ,t life.
Another ru.irK <»/ beauty consists in finger nails ao
long. that casings o'" bamboo are necessary to pre
serve them tr >n» injury. An African beauty must
teive ari.,il, eves. tu.ch (;p». a Urge flat nose, anil
a '•km b> au..1 u,,y s.In N', a Guinea, the
none is perforated, amt a large piece of wood or j
bone inserted. On the north-west coast of Ameri- 1
ea. at. mcss. ju more thmi two inches in length ui
made m the lower Up. ami then filled with a|
wooden piug. In Guiuua the Up is pierced with
thorns, the head* being inside the mouth, and She
p un:.-, restinjfon the chin. The Tunisian whoart.
of rnoderuU; pretensions tn beauty, needs a am re
in fer • u> Uutrrc to sjpjurt. her when she wd a.i.
and a perfect UeHe carries flesh enough U> load
down * oauiiei.
Old Unrhetor*.
W luucver we hoar an old baebeior unit about
bemg ion, ;y, or sick. or dicauotenuxl, wr say to
ourselves—serwas yo i tight old fellow—you b- light
the rhemnat.sni by too free indulgence in the 1
pleasure.'"of la.* ole, by high ivae. free drinking,
fate hour)—and if
We won't go 'oiiie t.’il ni ■ruing”
sound* bs'ef i, in y,, ir ev.'s new, yon nave no one
to btolM blit yourself, for , wing yielded v> coat j
pletely io ilium; pit asufea «l sense win n s ; ,ner or
ia»' r bring a man to the soiier second u,oughts of
> V. ■ i; ; , i Will J • ■ 1 , ,K; |g and ••■ . II U III
;>•■ • r v hi neefit I.nve l, .1 :i < |,i • -rr .. i' r. t*sen. and
a sweet wife and two or three lovely children, j
would have gladdened the noonday and evening of |
fill Now. however, you must trudge on aioue, ,
with nothing but your oyster slew and bottle to
Ir.ng even a momentary gleam of satisfaction to I
your faee. i
In an address recently delivered 17 Governor
Bruce'* <>: Ms-,saeh.i.<i :> if gave old bachelors a
good humored scoring, particularly tbat class of
them who grumble at b in: t»\ed for etl 11eating
other peoples’ clnldfen. We 14pole blanguage.
“Am l to be tamed .to support children not my
own 1 ’ grumbles the old bachelor.
“ Certainly.’*
• Bui 1 havo Isa children of my own.”
” >> ::i • h the wor-d; you Oiiihl I" have them
‘r'BSd t"im ; you ought to have a wife, snd
chi hirer, <j the bargain ' And ri d hiving a wife,
which no good mi» ought U> be without, ami no
child Kill, which are Hi.vi nocaatary, you deserve to
be doubly ian.-J. tin and present your cast ip
Suin' >•' ! lady, ay one ti! fur her nipaHiy, and if
you nf" rv uj of it, yon w.rt oerumiy find ‘ ”
The editor td tin fcoaiHVilie Journal. too. haw -
in/ iaiely 'aaen to himself a wife, thus discourses
to' Otd bu'-heiurs :—
Abut »f" yati fit form this world' H halyard
arc . ■ i 1 ig >•> it r iu cry' Win: are vci lining
f it posterity VVuat mieryal have you >u the 'gen
e a* ua yet unborn you oad of ’ W tie re will you
be writs old men, if vac cja’nL, ever p.-riui; you to
arr ve ai a go*hi o’d age T Won't you be iike
, lonely, seared arid scathed trees, j*andi,Tg in a big
clearing wiMoat a c,.inpair.nn, and your ui« un
protected! tiovn the irosu by your saplings and
siirab* at your feet ’ Or vet n't you be like pomp
kms m a corn' (Seal, toore prominent, because of
your prodigious ugnneas and lonehnewa, than the
staiks al yoar mJ« Laden wttn golden gram ' Horn
your he alls up anti talk like men. whether you can
act so of not. N .w, don't you feci aatuuned of
youraeHes’ Look at the girts about you. *11 erode*
and sugar—hearts overflowing with love ready to
be :,;n,led on the first good follow that can tone h
their syntpa'li s—iveiiag* tich an cream, e huh
1 >f a kindled npjil caii ■ on be worked intob iUcr,
and spread i Vc-r you* life » *! you an happy as Ibe
birds i»f spn«||. l-xik at Vru ami feel the disgust
ing position » men you occ upy m ti. - cab’age gar
dcuof iiuouuilv What are you boidiiqj back for
Sow just rtf>n»—put on your best ) iok<t and your
other co. t—visit the .i . tee cream them, '.aik to
livin pi. tily, drive iiietu. ws.it theta. pi. aa<; them,
then ;u ip «•, ge *e e.p.i ,, marry, and the or>ti atry
wo; lc*y on Vo i a> a lulU.. il nod wt.ii disposed
Citiaen.—l‘h I'vhljt-tM City Itrm
i;~ Al a late sitting of lb. i’a/u Academy of
Mi fumi , M Orii.a, the celebrated toxicologist,
read a |Mjicr cm matin'—the potto* used in tbr
Mucaiin w ir ier It ta the essential |if.nespic of
touac.o, V.r, t.a tobacco yie.ds the Urgant pro
p .r.1,.1 . ;. .HI w; ftOitl.lWCJt'.)' pOUUtU WCtl! C\
* ' d fo .r h 'lilted of ‘•fit p iiv.ll; a
■ no. S . - to t3,i: i <n :uibtf ■ The Mary
and ical uifwrfl- shout a Uxmt of that quantity.—
•Sicoane is newiiy as p.iwetlui and caput as prusaw
atid with the animat economy. Five or six drop*
appi.eo ' the toaguvr of tbe do* killed in ten into
' 'll vs. The progress waieft medical jerwiMMolta
, have Ki kr serefltiy » at* groat that poisoning by
iuotpiiittc, airy • iiu,ae, pc wane acid, and other vega
-able substances, hitherto reganbed aa luacceaatbie
to out means <A luvestigu'. >u. wav now be detect
ed and remyntud in the rr. *t Mkeoatattabip man*
ner. J4 Oijlm, in clown* haa u. dog, savw "Aldac
. lk«se letulU of Judceta) Wcrdica! investyjS'ioo. ll*s
P ibin: need U; under no appreowisum. X*t doubt
intcingent and cl«ver cruniBais, with a «iewr to
thwart U,a x.irgeona, wtli aamelune* bava rec'iurae
to very ac tive puts..is little known by the mam,
and dirti ult of detection, but *eienee js on the
a.eft, and »Mt owetcootes nil .ditbcnUys penetrat
•'*« into lno utwust dcpUts of pur organs, it brcaypi
oat toe pf e »f of ibe ( rune, and fiitu-xhes one of U e
, greatiun pieces of ev >d««r cLatfaifiat Iks? gui*ty.” —
iuitrmU-oivn Vugiuiue
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A Romantic Incident of the Revotutlea.
A wrier a( Intorctting akctcltfia fnm the pea of
the lair Mr. BaekiaateaMt of Baton, hat iwfvatty
touted many remarkable toffidnOB of the Aaaeti
eau revui«UH>a. Among other* he tact an tenon at
«i i he •Attompt u» blow up the Eegto ma« ot wu
off the Battery at .New York. In Jofy, itW,* and
•ttribtMod that daring rmerpriee to apeiaet named
Shipman. Thw ha» drawn forth a* article from
Dr Saw »rl H. P. Lee. of New forte, in wtoete tee
•hows conclusively that the actual hem of the ad- *
venture was hut father, Captain Ea-*9 Lee, a dw
tt nr maned patriot audaotilier of the wvoiutioa to
anpporl «f thut tin- following obituary malice terte*
published. whieh was written bt fharte* Onrwnld,
te*|., non of ikiv. RowereriawiAd, of (toanectietto
and inaerted in the New York •• Commercial Ad
vertuer ’1 of November 15, 1321. Thu atory a very
remarkable and romantic, and will no* be the lean
tn'ereattn* to our reader* when we Mate that the
gallant officer referred to v« the grandfatoar of
Dr. Lee, of that city —,¥»hir Kr#mrr.
“ Died at Lrmr. Ominvcttont, on the Wtk nit..
Captain Bara Lest, arced Ti, a revolulionnry officer.
It w not a littie remarkable that this officer ta the
only man of whom it can be sant that he fought
the enemy upon land, unon water, and nnder the
w > er. The latter mode of warfare waa aa fol
io* * : —
• vt hen the Bntuffi fleet toy in the north river,
oWMHto to the <*ny of New York, and while Deal
Wxxhingloo had p>wi ;*»ion of the city, tel waa
.eery desirous to be rid of such neighbor*. A Mr.
Bu.hnoH. of Savbro.sk. Connecticut. srtio had the
gemua of a P niton. aoMtruoted a sobuinrim ma
chine, of a oaniiai fujni, bon ml blether with iron
Lamia, within w hich one person might ait, aud with
crank and reuHa. could navigate it to any depth
under water In the upper part waa affixed a vat
tieal aenqte'fog t«e purpoec of penetrating ahtpaf
bottoms, and to ihia was attached a magaaine of
powder, within, vhicU was a clock, which, on
oemg act to ion any given tmie, would, when run
down, spire,- .i giro lock, and an explosion would
follow, The (faring’Turtle' «t> called' waa en>
unwind by lieiici.il Waslungton amt approved. To
1 preserve »uciccy, 4; waa mpecttnetHed wtlbtn an
to vhi i m O) to 30 feet water, aud kept
•iunog daylight locked in a vcaari'a bold. The
brother of the inventor was 'o be the person to
navigate the machine into action, but on sinking it
the first time, he declined the service.
'• Oncra! Waahiugtoo, unwilling to relimjiMah s
the object, requested Major Oenernl Parson* to
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sel-cl a pernio. iu whom he could confide, volun
trariiy 'o • tig*g'- in theetUerptiie. The latter being
wel! acqu.’tuiirti with the heroic spirit, ibe patriot -
tarn, ami the firm and mead* courage of the de
ceased above mentioned. UiiMrdiatety i-ormnuni
catud the plan and the odor, winch he accepted,
observing that hit life was at (ienerai WaUiingtoe's
service. After practising the machine, until ha
uadeistund its power* of iralnm ing and moving
under water, a night waa lived upon for the at
tempt. General V, aahingUiu and bia associates m
the- secret took their ataiiuua upon the roof of •
house in Broadway, anxiously awaiting the result.
Morning I’ame, and no intelligence could be had of
tiie intrepid submarine navigator, nor could <ka
trout which all uded halt give an> account ui hath
after par1.hi; a ah hun ‘he first pail of ilu- nigiit.
\V ae three an ,m is ijpeeta’OM were atiout to give
him tip aa lust, several bargea were aeon to start
suddenly from Govermir'a Island. then in p-inss
sion of the British, and p: ceatd towards sim*c ob
ject near the Asia slap of .he line. As suddenly
they were seen to pn; about sod steer for the island
wit:, springing oars. In two or three inmates an
eapursioit took place, which aroused the whole city
an.) region. The enemy's amps too* the alarm-—
signals wars.rapid.y given—the ships cut theif
call ea, and proceeded to the H ink with all possi
ble despatch, sweeping their bottoms with chains,
ami with didkgJty prevented then affrighted crews
from leaping tmrbte rd.
‘ During thissceneof consternation the deceased
came to tiro surface, opened the brass bead of his
aqn uc machine, _ruse up, and gave a signal for
the boat to Come to him; but they could uul reach
him until he again descended under » Ver, tuavotd
the enemv's #hut from the island, who had discov
ered him, and commenced Arms a luawska Hav
ing forced houseli agpiust a strong current under
wa’er until without the reach ol ‘die shot, he wag
taken in tow, and landed at the Battery, amidst a
great crowd. He r> (xirted himself to General
Wosh.H.ton, who '-x.pi' <• -if ins snitrc aatutactmn
that tba object was effected without ,tpe loss ol
lives. j
“ The deceased was under tliie Asia's bottom
in ire than »wo hours, endeavoring to penetrate her
copjier, but iu vain. He Irex* uenlly rattle up under
her sum galleries, searching for exposed plank.
And could hear the sentinel's cry. Once fad was
discovered by the watch on de< fa, and heard them
•peculate upon him, and concluded that a drifted
log iisd ps<d them a visit. lie. ret or net to her
ken and examined it foci; and aft, and then pro
reeded to some other ship* , hut to the impossi
bility of ja ne rating tbr ir copper, for want of a
resisting power, hundreds owed then lives. Tha
long' <t space of unto lie could rinnata under wa
ter wax • *u hours, :Ko4 a particular description
ol tluv aubuiar.itocuriosity, si.-o S*.liman'a Journal
of Aria and sciences,;.
*• The deceased, during the war, ever had tb#
couOdeix.-.- and esteem ot the i uunandur in-chief,
ami wan fiex}ucuily e a ployed by him on secret
missions oi ./Up ruii' C. He fought with him at
Trcufon and M .umooih, At Brandywma tha hilt
of his sword was shot away, and his hat and coat
were penetrated with the enemy’s balls. Oh the
return ol pe!fce he ia.d aside the habiliments of
war. anil returned to bis farm, where, lihe Cinctu
nauis, he tiifod h>s lends i foil called by the great
Commander in chief to tbs leginus above. He
died w ithout an ti,cmy."
A* U samuci oao 8twmc Emscr—A circus*
stance provocative of hearts and general laughter
took p ace on Monday, during the ptrluiauinee of
tti* iajt ami immi impressive *<«ne in the play of
Julius Cirsai. Mr Vamiaohoff sustained the
char notes <>1 Mr-iiur He waa at that paaaafc e here,
after :us army fieri been defeated, ha nnjueaH lut
ftoeda# to kill huu. ami (eaoivte o It. cam, I. suicide*
At ttiiu juncture a wuerable looking goal, with a
Ion* beard, n.a'ie his ay fi-.i ran- e at the side scenes,
#u > uik a d"iiix-rate «urtes o( the house. The
a uituiir<, at lira! surprised at ttua tao««i apporitMMS,
hi rat into tiara of Uugktat, to the evident norms
ami asUiiusAiatii of the tragedian, to whose ran
the unlocked frit souixta wi fe a uovef profanation.
Tue cause of the met ruse nt walked deWwnleiy
|J ■» u to the loot-ugh.i, and stared at the and. tar a,
wboat roars of iaugbter soon startled him, and
ilr-iv,. hunt nice were upon the itage. la the mean
ttim; iitutua stablad himself wain ns much tragic
dignity an piaaiiite under the ctir uiiiaUmica. cover
ing tua fate with ho rot*. The goat seeing hit
fall, wa.iteJ over to the prostrate lifulu*. look a
attifT at h,ni, am! waa then, amidst louder roars of
laughter than evr. in which the acton joined,
removed off the «***-—Lmtrpmi '/’sates.
Cttcavutir ar Aoer-ariMawcaT.—dome time ago a
aius inaStt'r .11 Harr,* being m want of a wife, adver
tised (or uae. and at the tune and place appointed
w as met bg a female. Horn wen ua tshuit Tit*
*hoe maker, bowevei, unluckily teemed to be of
the <iin*- opinion that' King Pedro was with regard
to hi* wife. Mere of Avenged, that she «si wd to
ban xjhic 1* sue leufM be good, *0 their nee tog
ended in mutual ditiippuiiiunvnt. The matt ad
sertisoa a ei'Cdod tune, appointing a different place
tor tat dieting. and varying th# wotda of the ad
*ert 1 eanat. He wet the anew* tad*; the* img. *
nned eat a other, could oat choose bet aanta at the '
feongaittoo, sad, m fuapa, neither of then could
cbooms hut sigh. The «r*even«g bachelor tned
1 b<k lot a thud lute, and at the third (Mane of ap
pointment he tart She cqwaiir persevering (piaster.
At this use* ting ttenbex sedei help laughing. The*
began to eoavotac m good humm. and tfc*«u*v«s- „
eaurni became so agwrahic oh both aidml mA (he
emri oetaamw ao remarkable, that this thud isrtee
i vkw ted to a marriage—JasmewCWhr,