Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-10-04


shores t cherished FIRE of e dom, soon, alas to be eItn
gsished n their blood amid the esrng insults Of the
craven rabbe whose limbs they were striving TO ee from
crushing, but, as it appears wel-dfsefved cnans
We orbear from further comment to make room or some
additional aucuars which have been received since the above
was pehned The Mobile Tribune OF the 9th says e'rns
from on the Cherokee, from Havana who arrived
there in the mail bea that Lopez and bis men were
10 the last extremity ammunition being exhausted and
not mouthul of food left After sixty or siIty-eght hours
without food of any kind Lopez proposed that they should
dsband and each shift for himselPerhaPs some o them
might escape 10 pursuance oi TINS inc woo,e
force sepastej Lopez chased and taken by blood
hounds Immediately taken Havana and executed be-
fore describe He pable looking object when taken,
being g,sa " emacaied and almost naked.
AZ 10 his followers we are advised of the mode of their
capture One hundred and fifty five Of them were taken
masv Americans They condemned for life to work in
the mines and will be sent at early day to Spain Three
of the party succeeded eudng pursuit. and by some means
made their escape the Cherokee Those aken Ike their
Il ader were ia woul plight. They were nearly iamshed
and in rage.
Ia the battle in which Emma killed is said Lopez's
men fought like demons Some seven hundred OF the span
sh troops fell the conflict If t,is severe disaster
that Enns in trying rally his broken forces, was killed.
FROM NEWPORT n. I) NEWS
All these who attempted to invade Cuba were pirates by
the law nations they had been amply warned by both
Governments and they well knew what their iae would oe
if they and their secrecy In htng out The
expedition plainly shows that they understood their position
and the of their acts. If men, under such crcum
stances determined to be oohardy and TO run such wick
ed and hazards the rick OF their ves they
have right TO do it, but the sole responsibility rests upon
themselves and they take the consequences without
murmur And they have met the fate which every
man of knew that they would meet and that
they richly deserved is ridiculous TO hear violent paTtsans
and unpncped partisan presses crying out or vengeance
upon the Spanards and demanding satisfaction for the
der Of innocent brave, and patriotic Americans who have
been sacrificed in the noble cause OF Liberty now every
sensible perfectly understands that this all the most
weak and nspd badedash and entirely unworthy OF the
head and heart Of an honest rueheared American Every
intelligent well knows that if o. @ h haa
been nudere urued oy the oPaniaros or any o'ue'
na,oo without fullest provocaion, and they had any
claim upon the protection Of Government have Pre-
sident Mard Fillmore who would demand and obtain the
amplest sasfacton He will permit wrong or injury 10
done the interests Of the country any citizen thereof
wihou, requiring the fullest satisfaction Bot at the same
time, he is too hghminded and too well understands
bis duty make himself and the country ridiculous BY assum
ing false position in this NATTER and thus allowing his pas
sion away with his reason
In the name OF sense, is there not work enough
which is honorable and useful within the domains Of this
Republic TO employ all who within its borders, and who
glory its Hecuean strength and proud to be entitled
to it's pr lection, without any abandoning their citizenship
and becoming outlaws and pirates and resorng to the most
despicable to secure plunder and notorety'
FROM THE STAMFORD (coss.) ADVOCATE.
TaE CuBAs AFFAIR.-There is every reason to believe
that this foolish and criminal expedition has been brought to
close by the total defeat of the lberaing army aud the
execution of Lopez, and many not all his followers
Ia columns will be found the intelligence on
which this belief predcated The hundreds Of young
who embark in this enterprise undoubtedly de-
ceved by the misrepresentation of Lopez and his coauors
in reference TO the stale Of public feeling in the island They
believed they going assist people who were srug-
Cling for Liberty against Of the most despotc and corrupt
Governments of Europe They remembered the struggles OF
their eathers in the holy Of liberty and they cheer
IL. thodo
trodden. But what did they find on lending In the very
whom they sought assist they found enemy No
hand Of welcome extended to them and from liberia
tors they sunk into the character OF maraudes
We but believe that many Of these men were acu-
sed by the high motive Of patriotism, and for them the tears
of SYM aihizng nation will flow in great torrent But
alas for human nature less honorable incentives determined
the action Of many Of those who have met their fate
the soil Of Cuba What streams Of gore rush over the
souls Of those who by their ses lured these victims to
their bloody graves what agonzng shres and desparing
groans pour into their like signing winds how the
Of wives children, mohe and sisters, in scadng strt
will flow their false hearts. We cannot envy the feel
ngs of those men but pity while condemn them.
may be that Lopez himself deceived, but all the cir
attending The affair from it's first inception favor
different view He must have known there had been de-
m,nstraion worthy the of revolution, though he
doubedy be eved that his countymen would be induced by
his example to take up against the despot But in this
at eaa be deceived, and he has paid the forfeit Of his
ambitious scht mes.
FROM THE CONCORD (r. ny STATESMAN
CuHAS AFrAIRs-The capture and execution Of Lopez
and the dispersion Of his forces have probably put for
the present, TO the invaders of Cuba In far
ona interests OF honor have suffered BY any acts Of the
Cuban authorities have question that the Cabinet at
Washington will be firm in demanding full and satisfactory
explanations This is all those expect who have, in
open violation Of the Proclamation of the President and with
null knowledge Of the tuptude Of the ra sacton made
themselves subject the vengeance Of peaceful people,
whose territory has been invaded in such aNess mnuner
to be exceedingly regretted that any portion Of the press
should have upheld rejudicia to the be IN
terests of the country There seems have been strange
Misrepresentation, both of the criminal nature OF the step and
the number and magnitude of interests to be assaed before
Cuba be made change her political relations TO SPAIN
liz The first place. profess to be law and treaty abiding
people and, though dscaim entangling alliances with
foreign Powers the less bound by the great
knosledged law Of nations One of efs articles in this
provides that nation shall invade
the territories Of another without the fomay Of declaration
of This obviously lie d the foundation Of all
tiona honor. vohon Of mo less than act of piracy
When oppressed people rise against the exsctions OF
yranncal Govenme, ssd with general voice set forth
their grievance and express The determination to be free
such people entitled every aid and sympathy which
Independent GovesnmeN Of kindred sentiments may be able
afford The aid afforded by France n the achievement Of
the American revolution noble instance in point such
aid, il afforded openly by Govenmen may lie violation
Of the law Of nations, yet, accords well with the adj
Of The standard Of liberty among men, to be
regarded crime. The invasion of Cuba by the forces OF
Lei had Of this noble incentive. II piece Of
sheer buccaneersm from first last. No cry up from
oppressed Cuba praying be free discussions among
people paved the wsy for the introduction o. liberal nsitu
ons few inflated proclamations, prepared long before
striking blows few speeches from schemng and desperate
advenuerr addressed crowds of ignorant dupeormed
the whole machinery of an undertaking intended