The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-09-13
ACCOUNTS or TIlE EXECUTION or
LOPEZ AND THE CAPTURE OF MS
FOLLOWERS.

The u. 3. Mail steamship Fmrire cs,,.
John Tanner, Commander at1rrd AZ "
| York, halurday afternoon. She leG ~,
OrleapsisA the 2sth ult, aad Havana ON M,
morning 0fthe lst Inst, wv
| Havana, for the last three days. had Is.,,
a theatre 81 the most intense excitement 49,,
Witnessed IN the island 81 Cuba. On Sam.
day, the 90th ult, the news reached Iavans
of t4s capture Of esssFal iBer and iIiE ffgrT.
est and never was news raceSed with more
JOY and apparent satisfaction, IL was a dav
OF Jubilee and rejoicing, In the sEasias. tl,,
principal buildings iD The city were lliuuins,.
ted, torch-lighi professions formed, g.. TLe
next dayY( SUNDAY .-lWhich q ~ rem ranS =
holiday there, was dpHbly ~ nov, IN honor
40 they said, Of the victory Of the Spanish
troops Guns were fired from morning h.
night Shouts add YivAs fof Coneha and he
| Queen were continually 0iIered I,D,,es va
ah0t IN eiiigy IN different paris Of the town q. =
lie waa drassed Ia tho f,ill unin,rni OF a gene
sal, sad under he lef,.- sTta WITS y f,arnr.c,,r,
and ia hia right hand pack OF cards. The
rabble amused themselves by shooting al the
eiigy al day. IF ~ m.
General LopeE was condemned 10 he snr.
Totesl ON Monday the ist Of September Ton,
Sunday morning, the war siea,ns.rs P,,ar,o-
anil Isabella Catholiea wers despatched 10
Bahia Honda aud Madel, 10 bring up tho
troops preparatory 20 the execution, II was
repaired that tho Plzarro had gone down E5r
Lopez, hut IL WIS afterwards Aseariained that
he had been in the city al dny, but was kent
perfectly quiet, in order % prevent confusion.
Late IN tho afternoon, the steamers lIabane-
no. Almendaroa, Pizarro aud Isabella CAtllo-
lea, all arrived, loaded with troops, being tho
remainder Of those engaged ~ the several
engagements with Lopez. They were march,
A - a. -
inspected by ConchA,afler which they retiretl
90 their rendezvous, completely exhausted
and tired out.
At hAli-past six o'clock on the Ist Of Sen
TENDER, the troops were assembled NJ tho
place OF execution which was al the @IOnto,"
al the entrance Of the harhOr, directly opno-
mite the Moro. There were on the ground At
the time 5000 infantry and 1000 cavalry AMI
about 5000 citizens. A few minutes before
seven, Lopez was brought forward and hs-
cended a platform, (ab0nt fleen feet hieh.)
on which was tho chair Of execution lie
turned, and, facing the multitude assembled,
addressed them with short sI,eecli-lilie con
elnsion Of which (abd his lsst WORLDLY was, III
,lio for my beloved Cuba.T lie then took bis
seat, the machine was adjusted. and At ono
turn OF the srrcw hts haad dropped Forward;
then all that remained 81 hin, Who hal 10 lOag
boon the terror and dread of tha Cuban gov
ermnent was n cold, black lilelcaa body. Tie
cVihccd not the slightest trembling or fcar~-
his step was proud and armand bis voice dis.
tinct aud clear. A few misses and groAns
were heard from the crowd nftcr the exccn-
lion lave that everything was orderly and
quiet 80 rr1 ~ ipIn' VI.
There arc now in Havana over ono hundred
prisoners, (Lopex's mcn) who are Ia be sent
! to Spain Cor ten years confinement In dun.
geon. The remainder OF tho forces arc sup
posed IA have pcrishcd from hunger or "a
bfNIe. From the report of the prisoners them
solves, their suilcrings hiore capture were
intenso--thcy say they lived several ,lhys on
| the leaves VI trees, and the last meal they
had was from the horse of General Lopez,
winch they had killed and divided hmong
themselves. .f .
! Lopez, when taken. was wandering RbOut
the country alone. There arc various reports
as 60 the manner of his hrrost. Some AAsi bs
was captured iIy dogs. Another report " that
I ID, went "a a Tafini house, and asKed For VoEe-
thing TO eat and permission In lie down. which
was granted him he fell asleep during which
time the owner Of the place obtnined the A.
distance of four men, WHO hound Lopez hand
and foot, thea despatched person 10 the
hoaruSt rrudrzvous ct srvofs, ,-ltere- h.,-was
male secure. .ir.p .tr 10. .II
The prisoners cav that in no instance have
dispnzition 10 Join the inyaderr, In every ac-
ton they had with the troops, they were VIC
torlous. II was impossible for Spanish Cen
erals to rally their soldiers The number q
troops killed, wounded and missing, is two
thousand. Among them is the brave Emma,
second in command TO Concha, and said To bo
tho best and bravest oficer'in the army. He
was shot through the thigh, Mt the head Of
an advancing column.
There are no fears of an invasion. The
annihlation Of Lopez and his forces, has re-
stored, IN measure, peace and quiet IN the
Wand the excitement is fast sabsidinr
The Empire City brings $50 passengers,
and large Havana mail. She left Havana
on the lst On the I'd, passed steamer to
the eastward. supposed to be the SaranAc, for
Havana. The sloop-of-wAr Albany was in
port when the Empire City left. Captain
Plat had. by permission Of che Captain Gem
eral, visited tho prisoners. and from them
gained much information of the lata invasion.
The Havana papers do not contain much
about the disturbances in Cuba-
The names Of thirty-eight prisoners cap
tured at Bahia Honda, appear in the Faro Of
3Oth. f.. ...--
The same paper, Aug. s0th, announces, in
the form of an official notice, the apprehen-
sion of Con. Lopez. The announcement
come from the Governor of San Christian 20
the Captain General.