Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-09-06
From thu N. G. Picayune.
IMPORTANT FROM CUBA.
Gen. Enna's Defeat and Death.
Movements Of Gen. Lopez, &C.

A<titt4 az NbAASA "AS s~
troops operating against Lopez and his forces,
End who ranked next after the Captain Gener-
i al, has been killed. His body was brought in
to town by railroad, on the night Of the 18th.
The circumstances attending his death have
not been published, the Government organ (the
Gaceta) of the 18th simply announcing that
with the Patriots, a. Caranbo.a. the day pre-
yious. Tie Diario of the sane date states
that he died in the railroad ears, on his way
in. His body, which mas been e1ntafmed for
the purpose Of being sent to Spain, was expo,
sed yesterday and to-day in the Catiledra,
dressed in his tu uniform, with his cooked
hat on his head and his sword ln his hand.
This afternoon his remains were conveyed 10
a place selected for the purpose, where they
are to remain until a favorable opportunity oc-
ours to send them to Spain. TIE procession
was a most imposing one, the Captain Gener-
al, the officers of the army and navy, the judi
ses and secretaries Of the different courts, tie
consuls OF various nations represented here,
and ali the soldiers Of the Spanish Army re-
naming in Havana having turned out in full
uniform. 1t was remarked that these latter
did not amount to more than four hundred
men, a fact OF some Significance, showing that
the handful Of men which Lopez is represented
by the Government to have under his command,
is giving full employment TO all of the Spanish
Army not engaged in watching the i'.,usJent
CreoIes in and about the mountains rear
Principe.
A gentleman informed nc to-day that he
had seen q printed proclamation from Gen.
Lopez, addressed to the Spaa1ard@ on the Is
land Of Cuba, in which be Informs inem that lie
has just learned the cruelty "!lh which the
fifty p ]isoners taken By them have been treat
ed, ard threatening r~rprisal> in case any more
PRISONERS should be shot by the aatho.iie>.
He states that he las 100 Spanish prisoners in
his power, whom It thus Ia. treated with he
respect due TO prisoners of war; but, should
any more Of MS men suffer, he will refa Ia e by
shooting the prisoners now in his hands. He
also informs the Spaniards that in a day or TWO
he will be at the head Of 5000 men, and that
to the Spanish bayoret he will oppose the
American rifle. IS it wot Id be almost Ger
| tain death were the authorities TO discover ora
OF these p~roclumatIons IN the hands 0! an ind
vjdual, they are OF course kept very close. |
will endeayor to procure one, however, and
send il on 10 YOU. These p:ociamations are
inventions Of the Cub.ns iere.)
Nothing definite has been heard from he
seat of war for the last two DAYS. The
Steamers tiabanero and Almendares both a.
rived to-day. the latter, it is SAID, bringing sky
seven wounded Spanish soldiers. The city IS
filled with rumofs, one of the most definite uud
best substantiated OF which is, that several
companies Of the regimen: Of Espana had
fired upon their companions and gone over to
the Patriots, declaring that they would not
fight against Chicho, he Spanish diminutiye
for Narciso, the name by which Lopez is Uni.
~versal|y known in the army. They are said
to have told their officers that they had been
deceived; that they were ted that the insur-
ge;.ts were only two or three hundred strong,
and that they really numbered thousands.
The affair is said to have occurred two miles
west Of BAH. Honda. This Seg.ment of Els
psla, AS we'll IS those of Cantabria and Leon,
is said to be composed principally OF soldier,
who fought iG tse Carlist and Christine wars,
and who are therefore we'll acquainted with
Lopez and his reputation for during deed,
Most of the soldiers We're Car|ists, who were
taken prisoners by the Chri>,inos and cor
demned to serve ill the Spanish army in Cuba
for 4 term of years. Their period OF service
has long since expired, but whea any of them
presumes to remind an officer of that fact he is
considered mutinous, and Immediately shot.
This generally ~siielces all complaints, at least
from that quarter.
Another landing Of troops from the United
States is also repor.edto have taken place near
Nuevitas. The numbers are no. given. nor
can | learn any further particulars. There is
a dead silence observed here with regard TO
the insurgents in the mountains of NaIaza,
near Principe. No letters from that quarter
are delivered at the post Office, nor is any per
son allowed TO take out a passport for or from
that section. All the avenues are strictly
guarded; no one is allowed to pass, and the
large force maintained there by the Spanish
Government alone gives ~cnlo-to the idea that
the Principanos still hold out in their mountain
retreats. The Gaceta of yesterday announces |
that Senores Aguero y Aguero, Tomas Betan-
court, Fernando de Zayas and Miguel Bena-
yides had been shot at Puerto Principe on the
18th.
| was informed to-day of a circumstance |
with the surrender of Col. Critten-
tenden and his unfortu nate associates who
were shot here on the 18th inst, which, if
true, should cast an eternal disgrace on the
Spanish Government in this island. 1t is said
that, finding themselves over1aken in their
launches by the steamer Habanero, and seeing
that the two pieces of artillery she carried
would soon sink their boats, they proposed to
the officer in command of the Habanero, who
was no other than Senior Bustilto, the General
OF Marine, an officer nea.;y equal in rank to the
Captain General himself, that they would sur.
render on condition that their lives were spared
and hat they should be treated in all respects
like prisoners of war. These terms he agreed
aud on these terms they surrendered. The
very moment they were brought into Havana
they were tried and ordered to be shot, the
General saying that the General of
Marine had no business to make terms with nj.
rates. / do not vouch for the truth of this,
merely telling the story as | heard it; but, if
true, can any instance Of Alge.ine pertdy beat
this? One would think TIA, the opaniards had
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