Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-11-20

! terests on the island Of Cuba, Is g nativ
:. Of Virginia, and was appointed froI
$ that State on the first of August, ls2,
h He served in the frigate Guerriere of th
! Pacific squadron from 1929 to 1881, an
6 in the schooner Experiment in Chess
Q peake bay two years later. On the foul
teenth OF June, 1884, he attained th
!. rank Of passed d-midshipman, and was ol
l dered to the Vandalia In the West Indi
q squadron. Since then he has been tWlc
: in the Mediterranean squadron, twice i
z the Pacific and once In the Norther
: lakes. He was commissioned lieutenan
2 February %, lS4I, commander Decem
, Der p, 1855, captain November 4, 1895
/ commodore In 1869, and attained th
! rank Of rear-adniral about two year
{ ago. During the war Admiral Scot
commanded the DeSOto and Canaan
; dalgua, both Of which were attached b
the bloekading squadron, and since thel
has commanded the Saranac In tn
Pacific. Admiral Scott has the reputa
ton of being a most sagscious and ener
getic officer, not given to impulse bu
prompt In action when emergency de
mands It.
From the New Orleans Herald.
THE CUBAN MASSACRE OF 1851.
The late massacre by the Spanish eu
thorities In Cuba instinctively calls bach
TO the mind the bloody sixteenth of Au
and his heroic band of fifty follower
were brutally murdered under the WALL
Of Fort Atares. Though the circum.
stance of this affair is still green in the
minds Of our older people, 1t may moi
. ha loo 70. rrfrr fv,A Aatan hnuyaTraF -.
voting and barbarous Ii may be.
THE SECOND LOPEZ EXPEDITION.
The first expedition of General Lopez
to Cuba having failed, preparations
were made for another on a more exten-
sive scale. The brilliant and lamented
/. J. Sigur, at that time one Of the pro-
prietOrs Of the Delta, sold out his interest
IN that paper to Major Heiss, In ex-
| change for the steamer Pampero, which
vessel was devoted TO the purposes OF
| the expedition. She sailed from this
port with several hundred men, under
command of General Narciso Lopez,
whose intention II wss to make land
/ ing on the eastern coast Of the island,
| somewhere in the neighborhood of
Lsgua. The eastern department had
always been the seat Of the revolution
sry feeling in Cuba, from the days Of
General Lorenzo, as long sgo as 1929,
and the conspiracy for which the poet
PlacidO was executed, down TO
the time Of Lopez, and the
Cuban juntA, whose operations COM
menced about the year ls49. In the
east, almost all the great Cuban patriot
families resided-such as the Villa Bet
ancOurts and others-and here the reyo-
lutiOnary feeling was go strong as to be
always on the point of open insurrec-
ton. All of General LopeZ's arrange
ments had been made with q view to a
landing in that part OF the island, and
his information led him to expect rein
fOrcements from the native population,
which would have enabled him to main
tain the war for independence with fair
prospect Of success. A very few days
before sailing, General Lopez received
large package OF letters from friends in
the east urging him to come immediate
ly, even if he came alone. One of them
contained the expression "Nllestros ami
gOs Sc portion como leOnes," referring to
the fsct that, in anticipation OF General
LOpez's arrival, several local insurrec-
tons had already broken out. The
Cuban authorities were, of course, aware
of the dangers. They feared nothing,
so much as a successful landing by Gem
eral Lopez In the east.
They, therefore, TesOrted to
strategem 10 induce him to change his
destination. The Spanish consul in this
city was well aware Of the projected de-
parture of the Psmpero, and Of LOpez's
general intentions. A messenger bear
ing the information was dispatched to
= l.
mediate measures to avert the danger
a facile Cuban Was found to act the part
of patriot emisssry. Furnished with
dispatches purporting to come from
leading Cubans in the Nuelta de Abajo
the western end of the island-Iepre-
sentinC that eX ensive revolt had broken
out in that district, with headquarters
at Pinar del Rio, and urging Lopez TO
come at once to the assistance of the in
surgents. He met Lopez at Key West, |
at which place the Pampero had stopped
for coal. His information was the more
speciOus, inasmuch as a young gentle |
man of this city, RfIeTWard a gallant
artillery officer in the Confederate ser
vice, had a few months before been dis |
patched by Lopez TO the Vuelta de Aba !
10, for the purpose of concerting 8 rising
had been favorable enough, but, unfor- |
he had been arrested and i'm
prisoned in the Moro. His name was
used as a confirmation Of the report for
warded to Lopez, and thus the general |
was deceived and induced to change his |
plan. The truth was, that while the |
east was in state of violent agitation, !
the Nuelta de Absjo WAS perfectly
quiet. Moreover, all parts of the
northern coast were within easy
striking distance OF Havana, so that an
force could, within a few
hours be poured upon any menAced
point. Lopez supposing that he would
find his friends in arms, and unwilling
TO desert them stsuch 8 moment, steered
for Bahia Honds, q small port about
forty miles west Of Havana. Here he
landed his men and stores, the latter Of
which he left in command Of Colonel
Crittenden with a party Of about fifty
men, and with the remainder Of his
force he marched inland. Crittenden's |
party remained some time without hear |
Ing anything of their leader, ana with
out receiving any of the assistance from |
the country people, which they had |
been led to believe was at hand. They |
became alarmed and resolved to make |
their escape from the island. Seizing |
Dn small boats they put to sea, perhaps |
with the intention Of making their way |
10 Key West, but were discovered and |
by Admiral Bustellos, and |
.aken to Havana, where, the next day,
hey were all shot behind the dark walls |
Of Atares. in the meantime Lopez
had marched into the country WITH
put finding any signs of a popular
rising. He was soon attacked /
1t a place called Los Pozas, by a |
large force, which, however, he sue
,eeded in repelling. He continued his
march, apparently at random, fought /
another battle at Los Frias, in which |
great loss was inflicted on the govern
ment troops, and, finally, saw the COM
plete dispersal of his forces st San Cris-
.Obsl. Finding that all was lost, he
took refuge st place colled Candalsria,
and here he was subsequently betrayed |
into the hands Of his enemies. He was /
taken to Havana and garToted In the |
presence OF an immense multitude
THE MARTYRED FIFTY-oNE
who were left at Bahia Honda, were
Of young men. Most Of them |
were well known in this community:
Colonel w. 5. Cnttenden, Captain Fred.
). Sawyer, Captain Victor Kerr, Lieu
tenant Jas. Brant, Lieutenant J. o.
Bryce, Lieutenant Thomas G. James,
surgeon John Fisher, Captain ]. B.
VeRsy, Corporal K. A. Tourniquet, Ser
2eaut J. NJ. Cotchett, r. c. Stanford,
Privstes VIM. Chilling, J. A. Cooke, g.
D. Jones, NJ. II. Ball, James Bullet,
Napoleon Colling, Private
Robert Caldwell, Sergeant G. NJ. Green,
sergeant ]. NJ. Solomon, Private c. @. |
Smith, A. Ross, P. Barouk,
John Christides, William II. Holmes,
samuel Mills, Edward Rulmsn, William
Little, George w. Arnold, B. j. Wregy,
Robert Csndley, John G. Sanka, vii.
lam Niceman, z. J. Collins, James
rantum. Thomas Arnett, Anselmo T.