North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-17
THE LATE GEN. LOPEZ.

"Narciso Lopez, who has lost his life ienominousl,
at Havana born of wealthy parents in VeDezuela
in 1899. He was the only son of his parents tina
grew manhood, though he had number of sis
tiers. His father had commercial house in Caracas
a branch of which at Valencia, in the INTERIOR
placed under the charge OF Narcso at an early age
During the troubles of 1914, young Lopez sided with
the popular party, but afterwards enlisted in the Span.
ish army, when fortune turned In Its favor, and al
the end of the civil war he made Colonel when
! only twenty three years Of age.
After the Spanish army evacuated Venezuela, Lo-
peg went Cuba, where he remained and establish
ed himself in life, making himself conspicuous
| by his advocacy Of liberal principles. During the
first Carst troubles he CHANGED to be in Madrid on
private business. Having Joined the royalst party
he was made ad-de-camp to the comm ander-in-chief
Gen. Valdez, and received several military decorations
He was honored with several important Offices by
the Queen, and finally was made Governor of Madrid.
Afterwards, Senator from Seville, he is said to ha
made the condition of Cuba his especial study, and
the expulsion of the Cuban deputies from the Cortes
induced him resign his offices and return to the Is
land. There he held several posts under the CAPTAIN
General Valdez. Finally he undertook the re-work-
ing of abandoned copper mine in the Central De-
partment, where he is said to have employed his
time in nstlllng liberal principles into the minds of
the populace.
In ls4s, when he thought everything was ripe for
revolution, he came TO the United States and got
up the immature and worse than useless attempt at
an invasion, known the Round Island Expeditiont
In May, 1850, the famous invasion and sudden
! uation of Cardenas took place. In August, 1851,
Honda.
lowers were speedily destroyed or captured, and he
himself, a fugitive among the mountains, was taken
on the 9th of August. On the Ist of September,
1851, he suffered the ignominous death of the Gar
rote, at Havana. These the principal events Of
life, remarkable for its Inconsistencies. Lopez's in
tegrity patriot has been often questioned but
are not disposed to discuss it now. He is said to
have died bravey, and we are willing to refer his
errors rather to his head than his heart.''
Many Whigjournals (says the Richmond Enquirer)
in the habit ofdamning pirates those Amer
leans who go to assist the Cubans to throw off the
yoke of oppression and tyranny. Our general views
upon tine duty of our government, under the law of
1918, have been fully explained. But while would
advocate strict execution of the letter of the law,
we have protested, in the of liberty and true
republicansm against the monsrous doctrines of the
administration, commanding ships of to act
as police to an absolute government, in checking
the uPrisings of resistance to oppression. We
bound by treaty with Spain ght her battles and
defend her territory, by sending government
sells to Cuba, to protect the despotism which rules
that Island, and prevent any aid being afforded
struggling patriots. Let the government watch our
own waters Zone marine league from shore,)-let
Spain guard her own shores-and let not the freemen
of America be ordered defend the tyrants of Cuba
and aid them in rivetng the chains of slavery upon
its hapless people.
AS to piracy" how can it be pretended that those
who 90 assist Cuba any pirates than those
who went assist the Canadians in the patriotic
war! True, the British Government denounced them
as prates,'' just Concha denounces Lopez and
his followers-but Mr.. Webster, whom the Wings
certainly should not repudiate ignorant of the
law of nations, replied to the British Minister. as
follows:
If citizens of the United States fitted out, or were
engaged in fitting OUT military expedition from the
United States, intended to act against the British
Government in Canada, they were clearly uioating
the hatUs of their country, and exposing them
selves TO the just consequences which might be in
ficted on them, taken toitin tie British
But, Notwithstanding this, they were certainly not
prates does the undersigned think it advance
the purpose of fair and friendly discussion so to de-
nominate them. Their offence, whatever 1t was, had
no analogy to cases of piracy
1t is well known to Mr.. Fox that authorities of the
highest eminence in Great Britain, living and dead,
does not forbid the citizen subjects Of government
from taking part an the ciuH commotions Of another.
There is some reason indeed, think that such may
be the opinion of her majesty's government at the
present moment.
SCARCITY IN PIcKENs County, ALA. We learn
from the Tuscaloosa Monitor. that large meeting of
the citizens of Pickens county, was held Carroll
ton the 18th ut, for the purpose of consultation
the best mode of supplying the deficiency in the
corn crop of that county. The Monitor says:
"Resolutions were adopted requesting the COM
missioners court to borrow, upon the faith of the
county, of funds sufficient to purchase the
quantity of corn which may be wanted. The corn is
be sold at first cost and charges to those who
not able to pay for it. The loan is to be paid by
the proceeds of the sale of the corn, and whatever de-
cency there may be, is to be made by special taz
upon the county. Their members are instructed TO
procure the passage of act by the Legislature
thorizing such tax. The question of ratifyng the
proceedings of this meeting is to be submitted to the
people of the county, the second Monday in Sep
TENDER. The voters TO indorse their tickets Corn
or No Conn.,
Masonic COLLEGE. The following gentlemen
stitute the Board of Trustees of the Masonic College
of North Carolina, which the Grand Lodge, at its
last session, located at Oxford.
R. w. Lassiter, R. T. Taylor. ]. r. Herndon, J.
Bullock, ]. T. Littlejohn, N. E. Canady, ]. c. Tay-
lor, W. w. Young, G. M. Baskerville, G. H. Jor-
dan, ]. Whitaker, P. Berry, T. M. Paschall, A. T.
Jenkins, ]. A. Taylor, E. L. WDslow,J J. II. Wheel
er, T. E. Fender, G. P. Mendenhall. w. ii. Hay
wood, P. H. Winston, Jr, P. w. Archer, w. +.
Taylor, P. p. Clements r. S. French. D. Coleman,
K. Rayner, J. G. Bynum, DR.. Macon, S. Watkins,
and NJ. A. Outten.
The known zeal and perseverance of the above
gentlemen will justify the hope of speedy compile
ton of this benevolent work, which will afford an
opportunity to the orphans of the craft to obtain
liberal education. Fay. Car.
the leading and prominent ideas may be incorporated
into or made part of the readers intellectual SELF
PHYSICAL food by the process of digestion becomes
part of the body into which it is received.
MoRE HASTE THE WoRsE SPEED. DR.. Dewey's
lecture on Saturday evening upon the Law of
Progress, which he thought was slowness, calmness
and moderation. He said in these times every body
and every thing seemed to be in a hurry, going at
railway speed. A railway train should be the en-
blem on our shield, with the motto, Z" Hurrah J"