The Minnesotian. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1851-1852, 1851-10-08

After his escape he was condemned 10
death.
Among his papers, seized by The gov
eminent, was letter to the Queen, re-
signing his commission, which was to
have been sent to the Captain General |
day or two before the rising. This has
been described by one who has seen it,
as very noble and beautiful production,
finely reconciling the duty Of military
honor with that of patriotism.
Against the persons who had been ar
rested (some Of them, perhaps, with rea-
son, and some without no evidence eX-
listed, and the greater part were released;
some being sent out of the country.
Lopez himself escaped in vessel call
ed the Neptune, and soon after landed at
Bristol, r. l. From that time down to
the attack made on Cardenas, by an armed
force, of which he was at the head, his
name was always mentioned in connec-
tion with the invasion Of Cuba. On the
18th of May, 1850, three divisions, 600
men, of the Cuban expedition, off the is
land of Mugeres, near Yucatan, concen-
trated on board the steamer Creole. On
the 18th of May, Lopez, between two
and three o'clock in the morning, landed
at Cardenas, and, loosing between thirty
and forty men, and killing many on the
island, took the town. Subsequently the
invading force abandoned it, and closely
pursued by the Spanish war steamer, Piz-
AFRO, arrived at Key West, where the
Creole was seized by the United States
Revenue officers. On the 9th of May,
Lopez was arrested at Savannah, for his
connection with the Cuban expedition
No delay being granted by the District
Judge to procure evidence against him,
he was discharged amid the cheers of
large crowd. On 18th of July, forty-two
of the Contoy prisoners passengers
were liberated by the Spanish authorities,
and were taken to Pensacola by the Uni
ted States ship Albany. Ten Of them
were retained for trial. On the Dist Of
July the grand jury Of the United States
District Court at New Orleans found a
true bill against Lopez and fifteen others,
for violating the act of 1918. The gov
eminent failed in making out its case
against one or two Of the parties, and
finally abandoned the prosecution.
From that point the spirit Of a new in
vasion seemed to gain an impetus, and a
second expedition was prepared in the
summer Of the present year. With Lo-
PEI at its head, it started for Cuba, from
New Orleans, in the steamer Pampero,
and landed at Morilla, Cuba, at eleven
o'clock at night on the llth Of August.
1t seems to have consisted of about 40
men, many Of whom have paid the penal
ty of their rashness, either by death of
imprisonment. Among these was Lopez
himself. Worn down with fatigue, he
was taken by Casteaneda, an agent Of the
Spanish authorities, at LIE PinOs de Ran
gel on the 29th Of August, the whole of
his forces having been dispersed, and
himself resting after wandering on foot,
almost starved and overcome by nature
herself. The details of his doa,h have
been given in the public journals. About
seven o'clock OH the morning of the lst
Of September, at Havana, where he had
been taken by guard from San Cristo-
bal, q scaffold, about fifteen feet high, was
erected at spot in the field of La Punta.
On this Lopez scended-briefly but
firmly addressed the multitude-took his
place in the chair of the garrota-suffer-
ed for moment expired. His last
words were, {" | die for my beloved Cuba
TERR1BLE-FIvE BROTHERS BURNED!
The dwelling house of Mr.. Onacker, at
Brighton, near Cleveland, was consumed
by fire, between IL and II o'clock at
night, on the 10Th ult., in which his five
sons were burned 10 death. The Plain
dealer gives the following particulars of
the distressing calamity:
Mr.. Crackers house was wood. two
stories, the oven on the outside. Mrs.
Onacker had been baking during the ear
ly part of the evening, and upon finishing
the work had not removed all the Goals.
About midnight, Mr.. Onacker and his
wife were awakened from sound sleep by
the most dreadful shrieks. They jumped
from the bed, the smoke was porting into
their room, half sitting them with its
thick hot volume; the most horrible cries
and groans proceeded from the room &C.
cupied by their five sons. The awful
truth flashed at once upon the minds of
the poor parents. They attempted to
rush7o the rescue Of their darlings. The
flames choked their way. In ten minutes
the house would be smouldcring heap
Of ruins. Now was the only time to es-
cape, and the miserable father and moth
er, almost crazed with sense of the dis
aster, snatched up their sixth and last
child, a mere infant, who fortunately
slept with them and rushed into the open
air.
The first neighbor that came upon the
ground, says that he found the wretched
parents leaning against the fence, almost
dead with terror, and staring vacantly in
to the flames. lnafew minutes the house
fell to the ground. 1t is supposed that
the fire had surrounded the rooms where
the boys slept, before they were awaken
ed, that egress from the windows and
door was emf off on1 fh,t fbo,, ,,-oro