Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-09-17
NO. Xiv.

"At the request Of the Commandant Of
the Castle, the prisoners were asked ifthey
had had the benefit of medical attendance
since their confinement. They repliedthat
! they had. They were also asked if they
had been provided with two meals day,
and whether they had bread and c66ee fof
breakfast9 Some said that they had but
others replied that they had no coffee. The
commandant Immediately inquired the rea-
son of his subordinate who stated that those
who had been confined there on the previ-
Gus evening came too late to be provided
for on that morning,- AHt that they would
have their allowance 81 ebfee at dinner.-
He stated that the olhefs had been provid'
ed for according to the order.
''It may be proper to add that the prison
ers appeared to be in good health, and by
no means so much reduced as their expo
sure and hardships would seem to warrant:
They even appeared to be cheerful, which
may have been the effect Of their relieffr
condition of far greater anxiety and SUI
fering, experienced during their wanderings
upon the Island. aH'li
"The whole number of prisoners, includ'
ing those not yet brought to Havana, is ON.
cially. stated to be about one hundred and
thirty"
The Washington Republic adds:
We learn that upon the receipt of these
dispatches the President directed copies to
be sent to the Spanish Minister, the further
to enforce an appeal already made to that
Government, now since the leader OF tne
expedition has been cut off, to deal mercl-
fully with his deluded followers, who were
enticed into the invasion, under the beiiet
that the people of the Island were already
in state of revolution and desired assist
ance to establish republican government
"a state of facts which, had it existed,
could not have justified their conduct, ell
ther in the view Of our own statutes, or OF
the law of nations, butzthe expectation OF
which gives them strong claim to PARDON.
The LATE GEN. LopEz.-Narciso Lopez,
who has lost his life ANONYMOUSLY at ha-
vana, was born of wealthy parents in Vene-
zuela, in 1899. He was the ouly son OF hls
parents that grew to manhood, though ne
had number of sisters: His father had Q
commercial house in Caracas, branch OK
which at Valencia, in the interior, was Plac-
ed under the charge of Narcisco at an early
age. During the troubles of 1914; young
Lopez sided with the popular party, but at
forwards enlisted in the Spanish army when
fortune turned in its favor, and at the end
of the war he was made Colonel, when
only twenty-three years OF age: ol
After the Spanish army evacuated ,Vene-
zuela, Lopez went to Cuba, where he re-
NAMED and established himself in life, soon
making himself conspicuous by his advocs-
cy of liberal principles: During the inst
Carlist troubles he CHANGED to be ID Medrid
on private business: Having joined the
royalist party he was made aidsde-csmp 70
the commander-in-chief, Gen. Valdez, and
received several military decorations. He
was honored with several important ofhces
by the Queen, and finally was made Govef-
nor of Madrid. Afterwards, as Senator from
Seville, he is said to have made the condi-
ton of Cuba, his especial study, and the ex-
pulsion Of the Cuban deputies from the Cor
tes induced him to resign his Offices and res
turn to the island. There he held several
posts under the Captain General Valdez
Finally he undertook the re-working Of sn
abandoned Copper mihe in the Central De-
partment, where he is said to have employ
ed his time in instilling liberal principles
into the minds of the populace.
In 1S49, when he thought every thing
was ripe for revolution, he came to The
United States and got up the immature and
worse than useless attempt at an invasibh
known as the Round Island Expedition
In may, 1850 the famous invasion and sud-
den evacuation of Cardenas took place. In
August, 1861, he again landed in Cuba b.
hia Honda. His followers were speedily
destroyed or captured and he himself, fu-
gitive among the mountains, was taken on
the 27th of August. On the 1st Of Septem-
ber 1851, he suffered the ignominious death
of the Gorrotte, at Havana. These are the
principal events of life remarkable for its
inconsistencies. Lopez's integrity as pat.
riot has been often questioned, but we are
not disposed to discuss it now. He is sand
to have died bravely, and we are willing TO
refer his errors rather to his head than his
heart.-Phila. Bulletin. '-rr III