The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-19
LhT'E TTLEGRApHIC NEWS.

~<SA go A&14s &t&kS &s&S IVA ~ kr
Thc irou-clad Atbgaia. formerly a rebel craft. ha-
been sold. L j. understood that after getting L.
SEA She hoisied the Cuban lag.
The American Tract Society held its rartv-rourth
annual meeting in the Madison Square Presbyterian
Church. New Aork. Bishop McIIyajn presided. The
ANIMAL report shows $50 new issues OF books aal
tracts volumes printed during the year. S.UTO.pui
publications.. 949ii3o total in IL years. 2@6Si.359
volumes. and 506.3O2-2SO qualifications in III Ian
gliages and dialects. The tp,ll IccripjS of The
year. including the balance I'm lac treasury. SISS-
o2S expenditures. S4s6.Ce5. bishop Mcilvain
WAS rc-v!cc,ej President.
THEOUGu RtTES To CALIFoRNIA-A convention OF
the leading railway men i talked Ut. 10 take place.
in a few days in New lork or Chicago, for arrang-
ing through rates Of fare "a California. The rates
Tor second and Third class passengers are to be put
a low as possible in order TO Induce emigration.
he indications are that there Will De- Il great deal
OF travel this Year OF first class passengers. rs -
large number OF persons Will be attracted 10 the
Pacific coast irCm motives of curiosity and 10 see
friends residing there. Ne arctxpeeting. too. that
there will Toe many Californians coming east TO see
their friends.
The first through train from Sacramento arrived
at Omaha, May -. with about 500 passengers. The
raVc! west from Omaha i very heavy.
Cuban Matters.
New York. May l9.-The WorhFs Havana cor
rcspondeuce says when Il Government vessel
ISpanishl lately arrived there from NeHvitas. with
= load Of wounded. the press We're forbidden To
publish any Of the facts connected with the event
that tranSpirei whatever.
Gen. Ltsca had 4 fight with the Insurgents nine
miles from Puerto Principe. with terrible result for
them. although his column suffered the loss of a
Lieutenant Colonel. a Captaia aud six men killed
and thirty wounded. y witness places the insur-
gents loss NJ 1000 men. Better information. how
ever. shows that the result was far more terrible TO
the Spaniards than To the insurgents. and that the
SpaniarGs suffered the worst defeat that they have
experienced since the revolution began. Ii appenrs
that QueSada and CASTILLO had gathered 1000 of
tbeir best troops just beyond Los Minas and in
trenChed. Gems. Lenoa and LsSca came along
with Il large body OF Spanish and assaulted their
position. They would have carried il but for the
timely arrival of the Marquis Santa Lucia. who un-
eXpectedly attacked one of the tanks of the Span
i2rdS. Still the Spaniards might have carried the
day. but for Il battalion of Havana colorvd volun-
teers turning upon their officers and passing over
to the insurgents. thus aiding them ctiectually in
the struggle. The Spanish troops then gave way.
This was the first attempt to use colored troops.
The Catalan volunteers covered the retreat of the
Spaniards, but they Were frequently thrown into
confusion and lost heavily. Many of the best and
braveSt OF the Spanish officers are reported killed
or wounded. This correspondent also says there il
no truth in the reported Convention OF revolutionists
at SiuacU. mt which resolutions favoring annexation
TO the United States were alleged to have been
adopted. 1t is questionable whether 4 majority Of
the TevUlutiOniSts favor annexation.
Later dispatches say the Spaniards. in the en-
quoted above, lost nearly al, their pro-
visions. wagons, baggage trains. etc. and part Of
their artillery. The insurgents had over 1000. and
the SpaniardS $500. The fight lasted nearly seven
hours.
WASHINGTON. May s-The Navy Department has
received Il dispatch from Admiral Iloif. dated oil
Havana. May LIST.
Eighteen hundred troops in commend of Gen. Lee
tona and Escotonte arrived at Neuvitas, ON the 9th
ult, from Villa Clara. Next day, Gen. Lesca IN
eXpectedly appeared at Nuevitas, with l.20O men
from Puerto Principe. having left II detachment OF
1000 men on the road. No resistance was made ON
his march through. Large bodies of insurgents
We're posted on the hills at some distance from the
road, y number of well constructed trenches,
breastwOrks. etc, were visible there.
-Four thousand men are concentrated at Ncuvitas,
including the l.500 Catalonian volunteers recently
from Spain. They immediately commenced opera
tions along the railroad between Neuvitas and
About 500 started April 23d, convey
ing provisions and trains. This expedition. under
Gen. Lesca, will repair the road and provision the
troops Mt Principe, who are said 10 be on half ra-
tons.
Ii is reported that Quesada. the revolutionary
leader, purposely allowed the Spanish to march
without opposition from the interior to the coast,
but intended to obstruct their return and capture
the provisions and trains.
| Admiral Hoff has forwarded reports from Lieu
thnant Commander Eastman, who was, April 2Sth,
1T Corral Keys, at anchorage, destined for ports
Remedies and Caibarien.
The prisoners taken from the Lizzie NdjOr. and
Sent to Caibarien, have been released. The Span
ish authorities ut that place offered no courtesies or
facilities to the PenObScOt, as is customary on the
arrival of foreign vessels, perhaps more from ig-
torrance than design.
The Governor of Remedies has Informed the
United States Consul at Caibarien that lie must not
hdist the flag of the Consular Office again. in consid-
Grafton of the state of affairs in that country. where
Americans are holding millions of property and
for fear of injury from the volunteers, Commander
Eastman concluded TO remain there some DAYS.
Admiral IlOff requested Gen. Dulce To allow the
American flag to be hoisted over the Consulate ut
European.
LONDON, May The Times has another editorial
on the Aidjamd claims. 1t says England endeav-
ored to do Justice to all parties during the late re-
bellion. and must decline to acknowledge any other
motive for her action. She has offered arbitration
of the question whether she has been culpably neg
ligent, but cannot go further. Extravagant mis-
representations We're nescessary to furnish a basis
for such policy as is foreshaowed in Summer
speech. The Times concludes by assuring Ameri-
cans that ii will prove "a failure.
The Telegraph also has en- article on the same
subject, and implores England to give an attentive
ear to our reasonable propositions, but not TO listen
to novel pretensions. If no solution is now practical
BILE, she will leave the questions at issue TO the intu-
enCes of time and the judgment OF the American
people for adjustment
In the House of Commons this evening, Otway.
Under Secretary OF Foreign Affairs. in reply ia u
question said Instructions had been sent the British
Minister at Madrid in regard to the seizure of the
brig Nary LOWea. but should not be made known.
In a debate on Sir George Jenkins motion to
strike out the clause providing the Maynooth Col
lege from the Church funds, Gladstone protested
against the inconsistent conduct of members who
voted for grants to preSbyterians and ODDosi.