Washington telegraph., 1851-09-24
the morning look fot the steamer from
New Orleans.

/ hoafd, but that he would not be brought
in until after night. 4 lafse body Of sol.
diefs. whose duty appearance aud tifsd.
worn.down oonnlenaures denoted the Sc.
we're aud letiguing duty they had recently
undergone, marched Though the slfeets,
preceded by band OF music, aud were
received with the most enthusiastic Dc.
mousialiops ol JOY by The ei'i.eas. aae
crowded the house'tons aud streets
through wh.eh they pissed Thrse Ind
recently arrived from the seat OF var.
aud were the guard to whose care was
entrusted the custody OF Lopez. Many
ol the inhabitants. unable TO restrain
theif Joy, hugsal and kissed those dirty
representatives Of her Spanish Majesty
who dil uoI seem to feiizh Il much,
A. late haaf last ulstt Il was eli,
cIalIy announced IN the ely that Lopez
was to be executed this morning, aud At
daybfeak crowds were 10 be seen weud.
ing lhtlr way towards the small foot Of
the punia. outside ol tie walls, al the
entrance oi fhs Aafbof. al Directly op.
posite The Moro Gasi!c. .oincd IN Tue
stream, aud. ON nearing tbs city gaies,
aa immense crowd were seen 10 be as.
seHhIed, many oi whom had been vat.
Ing iof hours The Whole space between
tile Punn fort auI the CafeeI was diiel
with troops, eaRaly -aud Infantry WHo
louued an immense square, in the miasi
ot uich Wa, erected sealluld. about
twenty iyeI hgb. the top surrounded by
balcony, aud IA the ceutfe OF the plat.
form was the gaffota. TH.s consisted 0l
smail uPug ughg post, a. the back OF winch
was M ifou sgfsW, with a#llag handle.
aud IN front was the fatal e8.llr aud the
cham IN which the victim was seated.
A short time a.les my sasal, "a p516es.
siau Of priests. with lpuE. black eaps.
carrying q BLACK dag or banner pas.rd
ulo the Puuta. winch was surrounded
with soIligls. aaI about y miuutesailaf.
wards the toi.iag Of bel gave nalae
that Lopez Wa= approaching. Tie dmm.
called Tie soldiers 10 order. aud ihe muufl.
iul pfueessieu almost immediately euIef.
ed tie square. The qaesdy dressed
priests marched first, after whom came
detachment OF the soldier, who brought
him IA dressed la the ,aus dirty o,o,hr,
they wore wbCa lhey arrived, aud IN the
midst, with priest on either side. march
cd NaIci,co Lopez. lie was dressed IA
a long white garment rr,cmJlUg a
,hroui, with a hood which covered Li,
head bu, did rot conceal hi, features
The procession moved slowly across the
square 10 the -caiiold, aud Lopez ascei-
dod. together with a priest and one or
1870 officers. The negro azecu;ioacr Lal
! preceded him.
As well as could sec between the
bayoneIs Of the soldiers, Lopez walked
with a firm step. ani on reaching the
platform he knrcl,l down while the
priest recl,ed a prayer. Ga rising, be
took cross ia his hand aud kissed It 70.
peatcdly. One OF the Officers on the
the scatiold commanded silence in loud
toue, and IN an instant everything was as
still as the grave Lopez spoke Tor a
few miuu,e, but the square formed by
lhc solder, was 80 large that II was im.
possible TO distinguish what he said
lis voice, however, sounded clear aud
lim. lie lhen seated himself IN the
chair the executiouer adjusted the collar
around his neck, gave two turns with the
screw. aud Narcisco Lopez was with hi,
God. A slight convu-ive motion OF the
hands was the only movement | could
perceive IN the body
The immense crowd assembled 5ehav.
ed with great decorun, 4 tew misera.
bic attempts were made TO get up shout
when all was over. but they were un-
successful The body remained seated
IA the the chair, where understand il
will be LETT until this afternoon, aud the
soldiers were iiliug oil when | left the
ground.
The steamer Empire City arrived from
New Orleans yesterday morning. the fal.
con from Chagres last evening, and the
Cherokee from New York this morning
The first vessel brought over Me- La.
borde, ;he Spanish C0nsol at New Or.
leans aud the news OF the terrible riots
in your city. Mr L. stated that he was
compelled to leave New Orleans to save
hi, life, Mr Crossman. your Mayor haY.
ing informed him tl,pt the mob intended
to lynch him If they caught him. Some
apprehenslons were expressed by the
Americans here that the news OF the RI
oI would cause relaliatory movement
from the mob here upon the Americans
III this place, but ~ far 10 disposition OF
the klnd has beeu manifested ! observ.
ed several parties OF the Guardia Ciw,
pauolllng the streets through the day
which guard has always before been kept
outside Of the city walls This is said
to have been by order OF the Captain
General.
An extra from the Office OF the Gaceta
this morning announces that the Govern
ment have now 100 prisoners at their dis.
posal, but no more uames are published.
| send you this extra, with another one
containing the address Of the Captain
General TO the loyal inhabitants OF the
I Island oT CuLa A'aa tho ,x,r,,u,t;ou