Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-09-16
A SD MEMORY.


about those memories which fasci.
mates as.
On the first of this month was the
twenty fourth anniversary OF the
death of Gen. arciso Lopez, who
sealed with his blood the o.iense OF
attempting to free people struy-
Cling under the yoke of y tyrannical
Government. Each year on that
gloomy day the bells OF our Cathe-
dral tolled funeral service, and the
Cuban exiies, fai'iiini to the memo
~ Of their gallant chiafain, assem-
bled and joined in prayer.
Since the late war for the indie
pendenco Of the South, many Of the
poverty stricken people of the III
fated Island Of Cuba, now residing
amongst as, have not been able to
raise the necessary means in order to
show that they still mourn the loss
of their brave leader. But they have
for several years, although dimin-
ished in numbers, and bound down
by the repeated blows of adversely,
shown to the world that their sorrow
Is still fresh aud their wounds still
bleeding. Faithful to the past, and
faithful to their dead. they have not
only engaged in different military
expeditions, organized by themselves
TO invade the country of their birth,
now ruled by a despotic power, but
contributed portion of their scanty
means for the purchase of arms and
ammunition sent to their brethren
who still fight in Cuba sin2le heart
ed and alone, the battle of Leonidas,
Time goes and never returns, aud
In the money making age in which
we live and forget the past, ii vii!
not be improper to recall the ei'enm
stances which brought en- Lopez
and his va.iaa, followers 10 an u0.
time,y le0n.
In ls5i Lopez s'nlaFk2d a. .aiS
city ia ta0 Stesa,ur .s'nipsro. win
foe, Aa<sfre, aud eighty men, 10
tree an :Sasnd then guarded by u
standing army of forty thousand
men. l.. j. S,s,r of >eu or'eaus.
j. l.. O'Su'iivsn OF New York, John
Henderson, nj Mississippi. ana John
Lamar of Georr!a we're the men who
assisted the old hero in his peri.ous
enterprise.
His little band landed at Morii!o.
The leader left there command of
LA meu, under Col. Crittenden, to
protect tho stores and ammunition,
and started with the remainder ofhi
forces for Las Pczas. On his mai ch
to rejoin the General, Crittenden,
after having n skirmish with force
of the enemy, fell in with large
body OF fresh Spanish troops sent
from Havana. The gallant Kentuck-
ian gave them battle, but numbers
overnowered vaior and his little
band was cut 10 pieces. Fifty seven
men escaped, and after wandering
several days in unknown and wild
forests, they got on the seabooard,
found there some barges, took pos
session OF them and embarked for
Key West. They were found at sea
by Spanish man-of war and
brought to Havana. A noble band
they were, Crittenden, Kerr. Down.
man, Alpuente, Brsndt, Dupless!s
and Fourniquet.
In the meantime Gen. Lopez had
met seven hundred Spanish troops at
Las Poxas and routed them. The
Captain General, Concha, thought
that revenge was necessary, and the
fate Of the Anyone prisoners was
sealed. They we're executed on the
plain OF Atares and q savage mob
,desecrated their palpitating bodies,
and paraded in the streets of the cap
ital OF Cuba their bloody trophies.
Gen. Lopez himself was few days
after captured and garrotsd. Stand.
ing on the scaffold, he said that his
death would not change the desti-
.nics Of Cuba. The Creator had isola-
ted her, and she must bs free and
independent. She was no part OF
Spain. The hate existing between
the native Cubans and their impla-
csble Spanish oppressors was i'm
mense - the roaring and boundless
ssea which separated the island from
the pretended mother country.
Twenty -four years have. gone by
on the wings Of light and shadow
and the prophecy Of Lopez may soon
'be fulfilled. The Cubans, without
ANY assistance from abroad, have
for the last seven years been strug-
Cling with the hor<iss Of robbers and
plunderers who iuiest 4ke fair island.
Tho end = not isr DISSENT. The cause
OF true liberty csnnot but triumph
sooner or lassr.
II b with . meurnfnl satisfaction
shat we remember the days whom
brave Lepez aud his lissle band Of
nerves len this city to assist Ia The
deliverance Of Cuba. The proprie.