The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-19
NEW YORK.
AnaiVersary of NeW York Sunday
ScnOOi gnIOn-AdHfees from P0fto
RIcO-The Island In CONSERVATION
Principal Streets In Ponce Laid
In Ashes-A General Uprising Me-
mentarIly Expected, &C., &c

NEW YORK, May 18.-Late advicel
from Porto Rico state that the island
is ID great eonstefnation. atfhe priH
cipal street of Ponce has been burned
| bv incendiaries. Business was stopped
The yellow fever and rEomits were
carrying off hundreds of Spanish
troops. and the hospitals were over
fowlngso All the houses of Spa niafds
were marked with a red hand, and
circulars had been. distributed saying
I that all who were able were fleeing
from the Eland. Soldiers who stroll
into low places are assassinated.
OVesseers- of neigh boring plantations
and white laborers have been cen
scripted by the authorities. A gen.
eral uprising is momentarily expected.
The revolutionists we're becoming
more bold and awaiting the sllOw
fever and vomits to continue a little
longer its dead y, work, to give the
signal. The negroes, of late, had dis
played much diss 4tisfactiopsapd many
had left their masters and escaped to
/ the mountains, where the revolution
lists are fast congregating In large
numbers. By this time war reIgns
supreme overtbe island. > 10 hW
One of the men who enlisted for
Cuba on the schooner Grape SHOT. re-
turned here from Beaufort last night
He reports that the vessel is still at
Beaufort, detained by the United
States authorities at 1.-THE inst lance OF
Minister Roberts and by orders ef
Secretary Fish. = won
There were fifty men who enlisted
L ~ L. ~ SH.1k vhn
wandering about The streets of b au-
fort, to whom the Cuban Junta here
will send relief.
A Trinidad letter of the 2Lst, states
that the Spanish troops attacked a
body of patriots near there on the
18th, but were routed.
"A Spanish convoy was captured
near Los Tunos on the 10Th, several
of the troops Tetreating to that town,
from whence they rallied to attack the
patriots again. The patriots, how
ever, made a detour and entered the
town, capturing the garrison. They
were Immediately in possession of the
city, and found some artillery, among
the rest two fine 6slds pieces, with
which they armed two Notifications,
" whichs were Immediately erected on
his arrival, and were reinforced by
250 men the Spaniards had held in
confinement.
On the 18th, the Spanish troops
presented stb e mselyes before sthegcity,
but were put to flight By the army Of
Cubans. u
NEW YORK, May 18.-The Fifty
third Anniversary of the New York
G,-lmu Gohnol TTnTan aoio hrafa1
this afternoon in 80 Churches. m.
ed for perjury, in making false aft
davits against Collector Bailey, was
brought before Judge Benedict to-,
day. During the opening for the
prosecution Davis became iearlully.
excited, and exclaimed repeatedly,'
. It's lie" and finally drew bottle
from bis pocket and swallowed its
contents, and declared it to be poison,
and that he would be dead in two
hours. The case was adjourned until
to morrow, to ascertain if the prisoner
was playing off. s9
sTenyck, the actor, charged with, OBJ
tanning payment on forged bounty
cheeks, has been held for trial. =
The Ways and Means Committee of
the United States House of Repre-.
sentatiyes, go to Philadelphia Monday.
next, to spend a week in Pennsylva
MIA, aud then. 20. to San Francisco,
returning in August.
At the Patterson races to-day, the
hufdle race wass Mohs3by Thomson s
bay gelding, beating RicoOn, and
making two mile heats in 4:30. The
mile was won By Hiram, beating En-
ehantress and MorrisseB;v time I:50f.
The mile heat race was contested by
Metaire and uR.s b. Connolly The
first heat was won by Conolly In l 90;
the second and third heats and race
by Metaire, in ! :504 and ] 80.