Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-04
CUBAN REVOLUTION.

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A revolution has broken out here, and
the volunteers have compelled Gen.
Dulce to resign the Captain General
ship of the island to Gen. Espinar until
the arrival of Gen. De Rodas. Gen.
Palaez is accused of receiving $4,000
from the insurgents. He started for
Cienfuegos, but the volunteers at that
place became riotous and would not
permit him to land. He returned to
Havana on Monday, and the volunteers
advised of his arrival, surrounded the
TELEGRAPH Hotel with tin horns, etc,
and demanded his surrender. The pro-
pnetor of the hotel assured the volun-
teers that he was not there, and opened
his doors and allowed them to search
the house. The crowd then went to
the Government Palace and entered,
unopposed by the guard stationed
there, and made the same demand of
Gen. Dulce but Dulce, indignant,
told them to search every where. Yes
terday the officers and men stationed
here determined to demand the abdi
cation of the Captain General. The
streets were filled with riotous crowd
during the whole night, and mob as
sembled at the Plaza de Armas, and
shouted "Death to Dulce." A COM
mission consisting of a colonel and one
soldier from each battalion, this morn
ing had an interview with Gen. Dulce,
and demanded HIS immediate relin-
punishment of the command of the
Island. Dulce asked that time be al
lowed him to receive reply to his tel
egram for instructions from Madrid.
His request was refused. and at 8
o'clock he surrendered the office. The
volunteers then dispersed. Matters
will probably remain quiet until Gen.
De Rodas's arrival from Spain, al
though Gen. Espinar is powerless
against the volunteers. 1t is thought
that Palace has gone to Key West
Advices from Santiago to Thursday
last are to the effect that the fillibus-
tiers, who recently landed at the Bay of
Nipe, had escaped to the interior, leav-
ing behind them some material of war,
including four guns, for want of trans
portation. The Government accounts
of the affair at the Bay of Nlpe are
much exaggerated, and the landing of
the fillibusters causes a depression in
business. The Spaniards are uncer-
tain of the future.
The steamer Montezuma reports hav-
ing sighted a schooner which had Ian
ded munitions of war on ithe Island of
Cuba, adjacent to the Bay of Nipe, just
as she was leaving.
A fight took place at Villa Clara be-
tween twelve hundred insurgents and
company OF troops. A passenger, who
arrived here to-day, reports that he
saw % of the troops dead, the others
were wounded or captured, except
three.
Gen. Pelaez has been relieved of his
command and arrived here. He is ac-
cused of selling safe conducts to rebel
prisoners. The volunteers, mnch in
ceused, entered the palace in search of
Palaez, but he was not to be found.
He is thought to be aboard the steamer
Victoria.
Letters from Cuba received at Wash
ihgton by Cuban sympathizers state
that the force under Gen. Jordan had
succeeded in joining the Cuban forces
after several fights, in all of which the
Spaniards were repulsed with serious
losses. 1t is stated that the losses of
Jordon were sight, not over As in
killed and wounded, and that he saved
his artillery, arms, and ammunition.
He had with him ], ZOO new rifles of the
most approved pattern.
A Cuban expedition left the Southern
coast on the 29th of May. 1t numbered
AIS men, who are part of Gen. Jor.
dams command. All of them are ex-
Federal and Confederate soldiers. From
trustworthy information received by
interested parties here it is learned that
the men and munitions of war have
safely landed and joined the Cuban
forces. The expedition was in charge
of distinguished Colonel of the Con-
federate army from Louisiana, Col. De
Russy.
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