The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-14
CUBA.
Oa1baS1eD - . Port-Thc Revolutionary ne.
portfolio Rrecdom OF 6peech-TolunteeFs
Refused BY Lersundl-An Americsn's Views.

OaShayseD - . Port-Thc ReveIutisuary Re.
portfolio Rreedom or epeech-SoIuntecrs
Refused By Lersundl-An Americsa's Views.
CAIBARIEN, NV. 8, 1858.
Caibarien i small place, but has theair Of doing
Q large business during crop time. II has large
bay but vessels cannot load or dischaEe full car
goes on account OF its shallowness; Blu everything
mas to DO hghtered from Cayo Frances or French
Key. some fifteen miles on. So You Sc there are
some dificultes here In doing the bushes.
II takes two days for letter to 60 betyeen Astan-
zas and this place. IsupaOse you wouldlike TO hear
how the revolution Affects Us, 30 will write what
rumors and stories and what truths nave heard
since my arrival The very day after or arrival at
Matanzas Jim wrote us that there was. great deal
OF excitement In Havana and everybodywent armed,
which means, suppose. that many Of tie young Gu
bans got frightened ana begun carrylrms letting
every one OF their friends know 1t: but I'm said that
demonstration was expected Tuesay, the 27th,
l heard that friend OF mine In Haana known
as a liberal, had been arrested lie had gone
TO the theatre and when he zane home
found that his lodgings had been searched, and
upon complaining the next day wa advised TO
keep his mouth shut. He asked what Drt OF q coun-
try IL was where man couldn't spak his mind.
he was t1ia ne might say what ne piased out saas
him 10 the MORO. Sunday or Monda night fifteen
men went 10 the mouse OF friend Of Ours in Matan-
zas at midnight and searched the nous for doctor
named Morales, who, sixteen years ,go. was con-
cerned in one OF the Lopez expeditions and
banisned for i've years, but he had ckily gone 10
Havana the day before. Nevertheless the ladies OF
the family had all to rise and dress themselves 10
allow the soldiers TO search under he beds and
everywhere else. Quite number d people have
been arrested on suspicion. We havealso heard or
trouble at Manzanillo, which was pul down, and OF
ridiculous demonstration made at Celba Mocha,
about six miles from MatanZas, by a slb-heutenant,
the parish cure and half dozen gugirOs. or coun-
try people; but whether rev0lutionaryor In favor OF
Isabella, can't tell. OF course it Was put down.
waited lpOn Lersundi and asked hin to give them
some information, what they might expect, &C.; but
Lersundl just about the same Us showed them the
door, and they lett with eas their The fact
Is, there IS q general unsettled feeling everywhere.
Planters are AFRAID Of their negroes rising and have
men-you know 1t L. against the law here to possess
weapon without license. Merchants are afraid
because they can't tell how these troubles Will affect
their business, ana those IN power the authorities
new order OF things. the CubarB are always revo-
lutionary, excitA0e and l believe take pleasure In
the general scare, and so 1t goes. Yesterday heard
OF . scare az Remedies, disSaIt siI miles. Four
prison, charged with creating dissatisfaction on
they had been free since me first Of
now 60 armed My informant carried knife as
long as his arm nearly. am told tna the people OF
Havana offered to volunteer force Of 900 men for
Lersundi had received q despatch which mas been
published, to the eject that all the iecrees and
dsrs for the island OF Cuba under the new state Of
things had been sent IN tue mail steamer OF the 30th,
and calling upon the Cubans to be patent and quiet
until they arrived and that they would be found
much to their satisfaction and so on Ind so on We
hear great deal we can't believe; but you have
more reliable cable news from Span than we do,
the many stories about affairs in thisisland. hope
It wiz come out all right, however.