New-York tribune., 1869-05-08
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION
SEVERAL ENGAGEMENrs.

teeTs, will visit Matanzas on Sunday next
THE sPANIARDs SHORT OF TROOPS AND MONEY
INsURRECrIoNARY DEMONSTRATIONS Il
BRITISH COMMODORE DEMANDING EXPLANA-
TIoNS.
HAVANA, May g. via KEY WEST, May IA meeting
of wealthy Spaniards was held al the Government
Palace, at which the necessity of sending TO Spain
for more troops was suggested. Captan-Generel
Dulce, who was present, complained of want of
money
InsurectiOnary demonstrations have been made
in the Vuelta-Abajo region. The modified negro
troops at Nuevitas show signs of insuborlnation.
and threaten to rebel. Adyices from Sagua to tho
5th show that the rebels are operating around Rene
dios and La Chica. Troops left Sagua suddenly for
tho interior
Dates from Jamaica to the 1st inst have been ro.
ccived. Commodore Philmore will demand the
lease Of vessels captured in British waters the ber
alton Of their crews, and exemplary indemnity from
the Spanish authorities at Havana. lie will also
quiro explanation of the circumstances connected
with the landing of Spaniards on British territory
If the reply to these demands is unsatisfactory, no
will make reprisals
THE CUBAN EXPEDITIoN-THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE RECENT EXODUS OF RECRUITs-sPANIsH
SPIES AT WoRK-NEws FROM THE SEAT or
WAR.
The late highly-spiced and exaggerated sem
SltiOual articles relative 10 inc Sng OF the Arag0 with
an indefinite number Of recruits for the Cuban army pub
Iisbed by certain journals, have caused little excite
ment and curiosity in the city and each paper has it's
own garbed account Of the affair." different in all essen
ta particulars from that Of any other there but little
prospect that the excitement will soon be alayed or tbs
curiosity satisfied AS far as can be ascertaned tho ar
Gle published in THE TRIBUNE Of Wednesday is correct IN
every particular In proof Of that portion Of 1t denying
that the Arago had sailed Sunday the following docu
ment, received yesterday from the Custom House and
testimony furnished by United States Mar
CosroSfousE NswYORK, Collectors once May 1909
T esfy th.. he .ts,n.Hip 4ngs w% HESS 1,;'sr
s. s'olsG oa ls : 0s 3D. DAY yIi oi april By VIM
[IadorsedI ". NJ, Clearance Clerk
The resnlt Of the investigations made by Marshal Bar
low has satisfied that officer that the Arago saied on
Monday at At the Cuban Headquarters tho
81 whom there are said to be large numbers In the city,
from obtaining any Information to the movements OF
the mysterious vessel which carried the 463 recuts
on Tuesday either painted over or covered %itn
the present Instruction first broke out Cen Cespedes
the dot a toWn SrU S Bayao and With i
large number OF Spaniards, whom he parOied ILeS0
hCE SeeS nroyen 10 CEN Cespcdes he has sent
10 the CaptainG nGeneral at Havana, trOngh tho COih
at length tile atrocities committed by the paroled Span
ards and informs the Captain General t2t as muc as
he Gen Cespedes opposed to bloodshed and warfare
no has been Obliged to orders his subOrdnacs to
execute immediately any Of the paroed spaniards who
may fall INTO their hands This order only relates 10
! those who were paroed at Bayalo
THE LIZZIE MAJOR AFFAIR-ARRIYAL or HER
| PASSENGERS AT w-YORK-THEIR STATE
MENT.
The British brig Lizzy, Capt. Roberts which
anchored in the river Thursday night came Into
dock Yesterday opposite the PieepOnt Stores, Brook
lyn having on board Mr. Annibel and Mr. Raymond "
Riyas who were forciby taken from ,the ship Lizzy
Major during voyage from Carbarep, Cuba to New
Orleans by the officers Of the Spanish cruiser Fcrdnando
Catollco and sent back TO prison in Remedies Cuba.
There were also landed from the Lzzy, yesterday
Cuban planter named Boel aud his relatives consisting
OF eight persons, whose plantations, worth $1,000 had
they alleged been destroyed by the Spanish soldery
The Betei family intends to settle in New-York Messrs
Annibe and Riyas put under arrest because the
CAPTAIN OF the Lzzy Major although he had cognizance
OF their having obtained passports had forgotten TO state
the fact in his manifesto They state that after thew
were taken on board the Ferdnando Catoco they
were treated with the utmost indlgnity, as it was
supposed they were some Of the insurgents who
were fleeing from Cuba Had il not been for their own
suppcaton the enreaties Of OF the offices OF the
vessel their behalf they would doubtless have been
shot ere their arrival Remedies. During their stay ia
prison. the slightest effort made on the part or
the authorities to bring them up Tor trial They wero
hudded together with hundreds OF Others ana rot tho
least care Of their personal comfort or the cean
ness OF their apartments. Through the Influence OF
friends who persuaded the Spanish authorities that
it was unsafe conne these gentlemen, as they wero
American citizens, the 18th ult pardon wcs
granted 20 them. on the evening o. their liberation,
they entered the Office OF Mr. BISHOP an Alerlcan ge-
tlenan of Carbaren, TO ask assistance, aud met there
Capt Roberts, who, after hearing OF their nlsiortuhes.
volunteered 10 give them accommodation n his vessel.
which Is a very small One during the passage 10 New
Yo provided they were willing 10 sleep on TIC uoor OF
tc cabin Tisthcy agreed To to- Capt Roberts, whohas
spent considerable time the lud c0rruborJtes their
narration of many outragcs pelpCtdted uh OhtHdug
Cubans They say that an Spanish citizens able 10 bear
I nFmg-frOu Is Oil 10 60 may become NoullCcif
When Capt Roberts loading his vessel the men on
board the lighters on being demonstrated WIKI for per
ing tine cargo and dsobeyng orders threatened TO snoot
him and cried out AM not Volunteer" He was ouco
taking breakfast with two other British Seamen IN tho
Marine Hotel at Carbaricn, and hearing disturbance ou
the street asecrained that company OF spanish vol
untecrs were dragging two Cueals 10 prison az Renel
os adjacent village: The trio passing the route that
evening found the bodies OF tue two prisoners 20 perce9
with bayonets that not square men OF Whole h couhl
he observed The volunteers On their rrurn 10 Caiblcn
informed the military authorities that thci priSoncrs nd
was hushcd up Even aborers who have not been ~ the
spanish navy will NOT bo allowed h,cnso 20 work about
tic docks may b. seen from the following letter which
Capt Roberts received prior to his departure for New
York; - ,,..,-,,.,
The cOrulndr Of tie Pot called uyaa and @ pa. yol Lave
which ag,irA Tue law Il you c1ee jcsc l,u. and As
Tor he Vii uolce What have dose O'-s'ss b. ~ 10
Ncssps Knn6r and Riyas as also their Cuban fellow
passengers, speak In high terms Of the treatment they
received from Capt Ko92.3 during th,E NoSSe 10 NsM
cDy 10 gain compensation from tie spanish Cohsu Tor
the sucriugs they underwent IN WSlh ahu lhe lhC'h
vcneucc they have experienced by thclr Illegal arrest
! THE sPANIARDS VIOLATING THEIR WORD OF
HONOR.
The following extract is from m official dispatch
! from the headquarters Of the Cuban Revolution:
When Bayamo fell INFO the hands ~ The Patriots. Ito
garrison OF that place Clptultcd and bOuu0 themselves
take arms against tho tuhlus. ihrSc sane
sohicrs and their officers REGARDLESS, OF the pledge sven
when they surrendered and ~ The Kind treatment thcy
received have by degrees all returned u the enemy
ranks, ana are to-day remarkable for their spt OF he
stTuctyGncss and their acts OF savage cruelty There
orc since the system OF lencncy which the labcrator,