The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-28
INTERESTING FROM PORTO RICO.
Trouble at Sc. Johns-RsvOlt OF Spanish
Troops, &C., &c.

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Trouble at 81. Johns-Rsvolt OF Spanish
Troops, &c., sc.
wa have adyices from 3 Johns Porto Rico, to the
18th inst II reached st. Thomas In the steamship Te
yiot and came thence 10 Ms.
II appears that the night Of the 18th April the
Saion Of artillery stationed in san Cristoval
OF the strongest forts belonging to the Notifications OF
St. Johns took possession Of CASTLE which they held
during the night firing with small arms on the town;
they, however, surrendered In the mornpg condition
of their lives being spars and TO the number OF three
hundred have been divided among other regiments in the
town, without arms. The artillery counted on the as
sisance of another regiment the place, recently ar
rived from SPAIN in which ca the revolt might have
assumed more serious aspect The circumstances had
occasioned great deal of excitement.
DUB ST. THOMAS CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. THOMAS West Indies, april 20, 1855.
Steam and the Ncso Fork Heratd-A Spaash Repolution
False AIarm-Dominican Doings-Fa.e of the Ben
Franklin and Catharine Augusta, dc.
Although this is usually rather dull sort of place.
sti get up periodical excitement such as that oc-
casonsd by the departure of steamer direct for New
York Only think of it Although the English steam
swarm here once month and have literally infested
these fer the last twelve or fifteen years We the
smar.est nation in a creation can't get up single line
In this direction. There's something wrong. True,
there have been abortive efforts without NUMBER but
the parties didn't G, work right Where's Wander
bS By the way, has Live Oak George blown off his
STEAM and quilted the shipping INTEREST," forever
have been long in foreign parts that really have
quite loet the of if it were not for the
HERALD, which luckily tarns up every where, q fellow
would upon returning to the s!ates feel quite Rip
Van Winkeish.
some Of stirred up other day by prospect
Of in Porto Rico We had US of a revolt in the
garrio at San Juan 1.-THE capita, and the on
suls wrote here for the senofwar OF their respective
nations There few busters hanging ia hope OF
Frightened up prodgt usy upon rtceipt of this In
deed couple Of them were sees to jump immediately into
boat and pull desperste, of to those long sted
vessels, the Ben FIansi and Cathar no Augusta.
Upon this warkliAe aton, the Consul OF her
Most Catholic Majesty rusnsd nsntcaly to the Cover
nor with protest against hoCe terrible vessels beog
permitted to 60 to sea hsre are three nan and BOY
aboard OF each The authorities, in their anxiety
preserve the neutrality aark forthwith crdered
all the grns at oil the forts 10 Dc double sbotted and
that they attempted to leave they would be blown out
OF wst at least such tue report current that
ing smong the quionuu-s Of the cose houses and bl
lard ts oons 1t shows. at least that tina popular i'm
press abroad, Cat least IN St. Thoma) is that any
Outrage can be COMM tel npon citizens and their
property with impunity. However the Porto Rico at
fair proved fzzle 1t only family quarrel be-
tween Of the troops the Goveracr former
claiming their discharge the ground of having per-
selves up In fort but being starved out had to
in, ana there that spanish revolution ended.
Tfere has also been similar fuselfunk to the FORE
going in the Dominican republic. 1t parcel of
asses got together and treo to get up revolution
favor OF the return of President Baez an exile ut this
place. Tie pr0nunciddos captured TO q nau and
the whole thing ended farcically So Baez still
here and h- may feel he certainly looks the
character of Scpic African us most adn,ira sly.
10 COW said here that those trou blesome vessels
above mentioned the Ben Franklin AMI Catharine Au-
gusta, are finally to leave and have toerably good
reason for believing have been sold to His Sc
rere Hgbness the Dictator of Mexico and that they will
shortly leave tor the Pacific being destined, doubtless
for the blockade OF Acapulco They ships with
q formidable armament mi an immense smo1ut OF mi
tary stores aBo fear their srrival o1t yonder will
be terrible blow to Alvarez the fede, sl'ss. You
may gsrd the 6estlnson of the vessels as certain
though IT Is little uncertain to whom they wil belong
upon their arrivsl-san'a Az Alvarez From all
account the former may well cry out-'saep me Cash.
US, or sirk !"
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS,
From St. Thou.s Times, April Is
AT the city OF Porto REQ attsm the part a
ceacomept OF tie srtery in the forti to
EutiEge teens have terminated In a failure. 1t
here that those bad CLAIMED to be abolved from
two years service which army of Spaiu during the
late revolution in that country had been granted from
the regular term on the ground that they formed
portion OF sad army. The nfautry OF the island
renamed steaofast to the government and the art
became plain to the authorities that their atem pts
would be futile As commop in all such cases. the
Inhabitants of the city bee seriously aArmei and
Excitement regned supreme for q time many fool
shy leaving the city At the departure of hs steamer
however everything it is said, had ned its usual
Of J. Lindegren Esq, her Britannia Msesty's old AMI
much respected Consul of the island His son. Charles
Lindegren, Esq, temporarily hIs the pnst