Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-09-25
From the New Orleans Picayunc of the 4th.
Capture and Death of Lopez.
JLL PARTICULARS.
HAVANA, Aug. 80, 1851

nounced that fifty more prisoners had been
taken near Rosario, and that Lopez, with on
ly six or eight companions, was closely pur-
sued and could not possibly escape.
About nine o'clock this morning. an extra
from the Gaceta informed the people that
Lopez had been captured. This news was
contained in a short letter from the Lieuten-
ant Governor of San Crstobal to the Cap
tain General, and merely stated that at six
o'clock on the afternoon of the preceding
day, (29th) Lopez had been brought into
that town prisoner, having been captured
by Antonio Santos Caslaneda. In an incred-
IDLY short space of time this intelligence cir
culated all over town, and then commenced
a scene ofrejoicing such as no other coun-
try could show for a similar event.
In one the streets an effigy of a man,
dressed in a coat and pants, with his boots
outside of the latter, a big bushy beard; long
hair, and an old straw hat, was stuck against
the side of a house, and some five or six
Spaniards were firing blank cartridges at it,
with all the ferocity necessary to satisfy
themselves and the assembled crowd. This
efligy was supposed to represent Lopez
Many OF the houses in the principal streets
were illuminated, and transparencies with
devices in wretched poetry hung from 9TH
ers.
Capt. Platt, of the American sloop-of-war
Albany, with one of his officers, visited the
prisoners this morning, by permis sion of
the Captain He found them in
good condition, ,andthey expressed themselves
well satisfied with their treatment in the pris-
on. They give terrible statement of their
condition previous TO their surrendering
themselves or being taken prisoners. They
were reduced to the very verge of starvation
receivingno no supplies from the country peo-
pie, and the few provisions they brought
with them being soon exhausted. The last
meat that any Of them had eaten previous to
their capture was that of the horse of Lopez.
They complain bitterly of the deception
practised upon them, they being led to be-
lieve that the island was in a complete state
of revolution, and that as soon as they landed
they would be Joined by thousands of Gre
oles. The direct reverse of this was found
TO be the case.
Their pursuers had recourse to the train
ed dogs of the country, the famous Cuba
bloodhound. These animals were furnish
ed by the Creole proprietors of the country,
and led by the unerring instinct of these
guides, they soon hunted the unhappy fugi-
tives from their places of refuge, and sue
ceeded in killing or capturing the whole Of
them. Col. Pragay, the gallant Hungarian
was killed in the first fight withthc Spanish
troops, that of the 18th.
The prisoners blame all this deception up.
on Lopez and some parties in New Orleans
When Capt. Pratt informed them of Lopez
and that he was then on his way to lIava.
ma prisoner, it was with difficulty the pris.
on authorities could prevent them from civ.
ing three cheers. Much of this is doubt
less assumed TO propiiiate the Government
but there is no doubt that these men feel bit
terly the deception practiced upon them.
am informed that he had letters from severa
influential men in the VueIto Abaio, prom
Using to join him with thousands of men il
case he landed in that section of the island
and there can be but little doubt that he ex
pected to find the greater part of the opel
country in the hands of the insurgent Gre
oles.
1t is said that among the papers seized b,
the troops, are many letters written in cy
pher, and that one of the prisoners, the see
retary of Lopez, possesses the key to thi
correspondence, and is willing to disclos
it. fthis be true, the real authors of thi
cruel deception may yet be discovered.
The Delta of the 4th has the following:
We have received from Mr.. Dugournay
a citizen of this city, of the most unimpeach
able Veraclty, true and reliable statemen
of all the facts connected with the defeat
capture and execution of General Lopes.
He says that the rapid concentration of tn
troops cut off his communications and pre-
vented the people from joining him. A
last by repeated attacks and marches, thei
ammunition being exhausted, and reduce
to the lowest stage of suffering and starva
ton, the men were divided, but thirty re
naming with Lopez. These wandered a
bout for some time, until at last they wer
begged by the General to abandon him, a
they might have some chance of maxim
terms with the Government if they surrer
dered-but there was no chance if caugl
4 with him, He also added that his fate WI