Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-06
THE MILITARY EXECUTION IN CUBA.
PROM rHr sosros DAILY ADvsRrIsra.

FRoM THE D0sroH DAILY ADvnRTIsxh- .EH
sIITrscE OF THE PRrsOSEns rAKns HEAa BAHrA HosDA.
We copy below the sentence Of the Of Cuba
under which the fifty followers of Gen. Lopez captured in
their attempt to retreat from their enterprise executed
on the l6h instant We have of the proceedings
OF the trial. which doubtless summary and according to
the forms Of martial law which prevail whore the sole suho
,y is vested in the Commander Il is stated in
this document that the identity of the prisoners part Of
the invaders under Lopez established BY their deca
ratons We have been informed the authority Of letters
from Havana, that their araisnment they all scknow
edged that they partcipstos n ths invson and that
some of the younger individuals represented that they had
been deuded into the enterprise By the leaders, but that the
officers made defence and solicited mercy. The
ence purPorts TO be in accordance with royal order Is
sued for this particular and with general order of the
goth Of April last, subsequently, epubhed, in which the
fate Of pirates invading the island dscreed 1t has been
stated the authority Of letters thai the Captain General Is
Of humane feelings and pesonally disposed pursue
as eient his Of duty will permit, but that
the present occasion be waited BY delegation Of
the Creole population, who represented to him strongly that
any failure the law in s full rgoE under existing
circumstances, would be attended with disastrous con-
sequences.
This execution is called massacre. I it is one, what s
that slaughter of the defenders Of their soil at the village
Of Pozas by these same individuals and their comrades
the day before they attempted their escape be called II
has been pretended by the friends Of these victims Of their
folly that the slaughter inflicted upon the Cubans n
Iesistdnce OF lnVaueIs greater
this military execution. This, however, probably
aggeaion. is be presumed however, that Lopez
and bis followers restrained from the shedding of
the blood Of the innocent BY considerations Of humanity The
Of homicide committed by them may therefore be ar
appropriately termed massacre A the execution Of
military sentence which, however severe was in pursuance
of lawful authority. and n expiaon Of offence punish
able with death by the laws Of every civilized country IN the
world The camo therefore, which hss been excited in
many places by this necessary act Of severity displays little
Of judgment and il does Of genuine hd-
manity.
II having been decreed BY the General Order Of the 2Oh
Of April last and subsequently reproduced what to be
the fate Of the pirates who should dare poane the soil Of
this island and in view Of the declarations Of the fifty indv
dua who have been taken by bis exceeny tbs Commander
General Of this naval station, and placed at my disposal
which declarations establish the identity Of their persons
pertaining the horde commanded by the traitor Lopez,
have resolved in accordance with the provisions Of the Roya
Ordinances General Laws Of the Kingdom, and particularly
IN the Royal Order Of the IL June Of the past year. issued
for this particular case that the said individuals whose
and designations forth in the following statement,
suffer this day the pain Of death BY being shot, the execution
being committed the Senor Teniente de Rey, Bgader Of
the Plaza. JosE DE Ia CoScHA."