The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-12-25
Che ~zz SAlinrr.
The Origin of the Cuban Rebellion.

The Origin of the Cuban Rebellion. The Boston T.uule, has received an au- thentic account of the massacre at the thea . ter in Havana, which precipitated the reyolu- ! tion
 THE CAUSE. On the evening of January 2lst, 1869. the . Cuban minstrcls played at the Villanueya theater for the last time, and among other pieces they sang the Good Negro" a work of their own Composition. Alter the first strophe, Mir. Jasinto Yaldes, one of the sing CTS making ust Of the right granted by the law published only few days before. came out to the footiirhts of the stage and taking of his Panama hat with which he was acting, exclaimcd. ' Hurrah for Charles Emanuel the two Christian names of Ccspedes. who rose first in Nara. in the eastern department of the island, on October Sth 1868, and was then,a as he IS now the chief of the revolution. Alter the second stanza the same minstrel stepped forward a1ain and said "Hurrah for independence " and so on for three times more, with different shouting in each case, the joyful audience applanding enthusiastic ally
 THREATS.
 The next day General Dulce made Nr Lewis Min come to the palace. and rather despoticAliy blamed him for what had hap pened at the theater under his management " could not help it." the trembling man au- swered, how can a manager prevent an actor from saying what is not in the pro gramme, if he wishes to do it. when he is on the stage i' If such a thing happens again. the General warned him. your neck will pay for it" "That is different altogether" Mr. Nm observed, ~ there is another com pany to play at the theater this evening; ts director may give your excellency lhs word for it, Mr. Min insisted, but cannot be responsible" Ton shall" cried out the Captain General Of the island.
 THs PLOT
 At nightfall of that dAy-the 22d-fvo hundred volunteers, with tleir guns and belts well Sled with balls and powder, stole theiy wag into the dSy ditch-some hundred feet wide--Of the isand Qualifications of the city, few steps from the thsatsT, and hid theEsl selves there. until they were called for by ths firing of pistol. as a sign They knew very we'll there was ,A different company to play at yilanueva that evening. as it was widely advertised in the pahlie papers. and they could reasonably consider, too. the spectators were not all the sarnss who applauied the night befors bnt they wge determined "to set an example,H as they said. The house was fuli to oyertiowing.
 ITS ExEcUTioS.
 The dcors were threEn vide open, and the volunteers crogdng n at thsm began to shower balls indiscrininately ov4 r tbe whole audience, men, women and children, by the successive discharges Of az many guns at A time as there was room for them to stand up. The arrniess gentlemen, being surprised in such manner and unable to defend them selves and their families, only inquired the cause of the trouble; lasiies m tears cried ou, to the assailers to stop their firing, but there was no answer to questions, no reply to sup plicatiOns, except the balls to those far dis tant and the points of the bayonets to those near, while others outdoors were firing in- ward through ths windows of the theatei and Mrs. Nin's house. Her life, as well a' her daughters ran great risk The assault CTS did not dare to advance nearer the Dit oi to % up stairs, as they were fearful of being shot by pocket pistols that might be in tho hands of some of the terrified spectators The people hid themselves behind the seats ss.ti. tis5 s0iaItsETs 5eSing other way Y destroy them, or perhaps to rage the bcld ing, brought some gallons of spirits of tur pentine to set the theater on fire, which wa fortunately prevented through the timely in reference of General Espinar, their inspector aud simultaneously of ths vice Captain Gen eraI of the island who up O that mou1en was indifferent witness of the slaughter.
 woHEs KILLED.
 The remainder of the spectators began C leave the theatre, under the impression tha they would not be fired at but they wer killed one ty one with few exceptions. a soon as they got out A lady in blue va q entirely uIidressed hrfd driven home with fh butt ends of the muskets Ghcsher that ha a star on her headdress,;was taken by tn hair and her throat cut in an instant a third who was dressed ih white, red and blue (th color- of tbf Cab4sn fag) ), was struck to th heart with hupbsrIess bayonets; many oth CTS who bad their hair spread loosely. afte the fashion, Ovef their backs, were sis0 kiile in the same manner; child with red rib bon at the neck and blue jacket was sho through the forehead. These are all fact' not to say anything of the language used O the occasion.
 Finally an order was given to pye thos who were inside the theatre alive provide they should answer, without hesitation, tn cheers for Spain, in which case the men shoul be taken to jail; otherwise they should killed on the spot, while ladies' and childre cheering the 'asfher eounty"Awould be se free.
 SPECTATORS SLAUGHTERED.
 allow the majority of the spectators wer sympathizers with the Cuban revolution though spch sympathy cannot be reasoT with dvrized nations, to have their lives di, posed Of; but it is sure that some friends ( fhe gnanish cause who did not hear the word