Washington telegraph., 1851-12-03

htaiNtseESeEs OF IoreN-Ne hive
received from an acquaintance of the late
GENERAL Lopez, few additional laets.
which NM serve 10 give further insight
Into the character Of lac nan whose
name has become distinguished from his
connection with the defeated expeditions
agaihst guba, Us well rs from his eaflv
career as soldier L arpaafs TINT in
ls22, Laeaz was 4 gaanaI IN iha snan.
ish q =. eolumbia. saaih Amefiaa.
I HfTHS EIzsde saHfe ziaa II IzaHezH.
inelaliI N nephew Of lie L.HaIzlaf 5.
saai3 neFisa. Mo W Colonel =
fhesa ae lfealad kindlg, an exchanged
them for other officers. Subsequently
Lopez himself, aud all his officers. were
captured near Quito AL OF them had
previously broken then parole. aud with
the exception of lopez himself, all of
them were shot. Lopez was Kept IN
irons for nine months. aud was Then
brought in chains 10 6naYagnl whafe
Bolivar was embafkug troops for the
conquest oi Peru. The gratitude of B1l.
wars slaii officers Tor their kia1 treat.
ment they Ind received while in the
hands ol Lopez, aided by the mislfess oi
Boligarl wlio was m old friend ai Gener.
al Lopez, resulted, through ihlefeaszIans.
IN say!ug the lie Of the man. Bolivar
consented to spare him, or condition TINT
he would embark on boafd a vessel e8m
mandea ly Captain skiidy. an1 leave
The country. Accordingly L. wsnl on
hpafi. aud as he vas badly clothed. Cap
laia skiali supplied all bis wants iof
voyage round Cape llofn. On the arr
sal Ct tho vessel al Gibraltar. the British
government would not permit him 10
iand, aud Captain skiddy hifed fishing
boat 10 eqaYey hun 10 snain. On part.
ing with him. the eaflain presented hiin
with twenty duuboans. that ha lAlshi
eloile himsell according 10 hs faHk =
Lopez lanlei IN Spain where he pfoeuf.
q passport, und soon after visited his |
ffieads Al Gibraltar. Ailef TINT period |
b. went into active sefs.ee IN Snain aud
lhea went 10 Cuba. wLefe he married a
wealthy laiy.
hfins tie passage Of Inpes from
South America 10 Gibraltar. Lopez wrote
a history Of The war and oi the cruel. |
ties perpeuaIed upon the natives of
Nayea 'issr- aoH Escorted UyurrIa NOAH.
talns. aud 10 chalus. he lfannsuilu f,..,.i ,
no own siiirrugs at ,he scehes before |
mm. The plor Indians. Whenever found,
weGe seize.. or lAe service, and .Tonud IA
pairs by tho wrists, which were sometimes
chalrd through So as to eSAllil sores alive
with yermin Such were the su.iorng-
OF the poo fellows, that they would
frequently plunge headlong to death
when passing pfecipice-dashlng them
selves 10 pieces on the rocks beneath -
To this account was added, that when
men died a the road, the officers Of
Bolivar were obliged to produce the cars
or some limb Of the victims as a tcsilm1'
ny thar they had not escaped or deserted.
This manuscript was loaned by Captain
Skiddy, in Paris, TO a person who has
never returned II. 1t is the opinion OF
Captain SkIdy, from whom these facts
have been drained, that Lopez was aha
bic in his manner and kind hearted
slat be possessed l,le judgment aud less
principle. He visited the nily where his
early benolclor resided, yet never called
upon mm Ills bravery cannot he doubl'
cd, though IN action. he suffered much
from nervous excitement. Lopez gave
/, as his qiuion that Bolivar, IN forty
Two battles ouly won Two OF them.
M Y Herald.