The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-05

| antique arms kept as curlosltles scattered
| about, they at once commenced to destroy.
| Valuable pictures were pierced with bayouets;
! busts of various members OF the family,
! taken in Europe, were broken; heavier
| pieces of furniture were ruined; magnid-
| cent and costly articles of uirtu we're stolen
| or ruined, and every article in many of the
rooms destroyed or injured. One of these
drunken tiends set f1e TO costly bel curtain,
| destroying both that aud the bed, aud but for
! the entreaties of the least infamous among the
volunteers, would have burned the hodse. Tney
closed by Uutraging two of the female servants
"a mulatto and white wOman-aud let the
house. Toe damage committed is estima ed at
between $50, 600 and $4,000. The family fortu-
naey was absent.
Monday morning opened upon a city com
pleely terror stricken. Large numbers OF
people appeared AZ the various Consulates seek
ing pGolecuoU, aud carts loaded with bagga re
aud furniture moved TO yards the whar', seLt by
people only anxious to escape from Il city VIII ca
they seemed to think given over 10 destruction.
At the American consulate were gathered mauy
citizens of that nationality, mostly of Cuban
birth, fearful OF their lives and properly. A
memorial was drawn up and signed by them
representing the state OF affairs and reciting he
outrages which had already been perpetratel
on American citizens.
Among the most painful of these was the
shooting OF Mr.. Samuel Alexander Conner a
photographer, formerly OF New York, an well
and iavorably known there Mr.. Corners body
was picked up by the police on the street, an1
the accounts of his death are Numerous and
contradictory. 1t seems that he mad gone out
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friend, whose family he had promised to look
after in his absence; that, attracted by the
firing, he had gone to the Arete saloon, in the
vicinity Of the Louvre, and was there shot. A
gentleman who claims to have been an
eve witness to the act states that Mr..
COhner was seated at table in the
saloon referred TO, and that while there several
volunteers entered, who, with fixed bayOnets.
demanded that he should cry " VtUd Espdnd !"
He answered, why so? | am an American
citizen" when they Immediately tired and he
foil Aoo1 dlu ONn inu
DulCe began to make most energetic efforts to
restore order. He sent for the volunteer chicfs
and addressed them in the strongest language.
He stated that the conduct of their men had
disgTaced the volunteers, HERETOFORE so orderly
and effective, before the world; that their con-
duct had been monstrous, barbarous; that they
had fired upon innocent and moffensive
people; that they had entered the house
of an innocent man and good citizen
and destroyed his property, and that without
authority or proyocation. This was the act of
brigands. Theyl were running themselves, too.
1t is well known that the volunteers belong
mostly to commerce. "You are driving
away Che Continued) your customers from the
island. No one will remain here If they can get
| away" He reminded them that the Govern
meDt had knowledge OF all suspected persons
and would look after them in due time; that
the duty of the soldiers was simply a blind
obedience to authority, He closed by inform.
ing the commanders that they would be held
personally responsible for the future good con-
duct OF their men, and dismissed them. 1t is
stated that several of these officers took con-
siderable umbrage at the very strong language
addressed TO them by his EXcellency.
Following these outrages on American citi-
zens, correspondence took place between the
United States Consul and Captain General
Dulce. The answer of the latter was as fol-
lows:-
SUPERIOR POLITICAL GOVERNMENT sECRE-
TARY's OFFICE, BANANA, Jan. rs, 1S69.-To the
Consul. General of the United States of America
in Havana:-I bavee received the communtca:;
tion of your Excellency dated this day, aud
orders have been given that the body of the
American citizen, Mr.. Samuel Alexander
Conner, victim of the unfortunate occurrences
of last night, be delivered to Don Juan A.
Suarez. | venture to assure your Bxcellency
that events of this character will not
| happen again.. No one can deplore and
condemn them5more than l do myself but
they are not new in the history of political
revolutions, and to prevent them in future there
is no other method than the impartial and
energetic application OF justice by those that
govern. II circumstances of embarrassment
| and underhand management have produced
! lamentable collision, although passive and of
no Importance as affecting the line Of policy
which have resolved to follow, l shall not on
that account foreet the duties which the prestige
| of authority ana the mutual relations OF CONT
| dence which exist between the Government of
! the republic and the Provisional Government
| impose upon me.
| For the better security of American citizens
! your Excellency can Immediately send to the
Secretary's Office list of all, and they will then
| be furnished with a document which will
guarantee their safety on any OF those occasions,
| truly unfortunate, but OF frequent occurrence
| in Europe, especially when suddenly a regime
| of violent repression succeeds another Of strict
! legality.
May God preserve your Excellency many
! years. DOMINGO DULCE.
! Cuban Refugees - Arrival of a Steamer
Load from Havana in New York.
The New York Herald of this morning says:-
The steamer Columbia, which arrived yesterday
morning from Havana, which port she left on
Saturday last; brought among her passengers
! about ninety Cuban refugees. A portion of these
| took quarters at the New York Hotel, some are
J stopping at the Everett House, and the remain
J der have established themselves at the two
| Spanish boarding.houses in Eighth street aud
another in Bond street. Among these refugees
| are some of the wealthiest creole residents of
| Cuba, including their entire families and nearly
| all come from the higher and better classes.
| or the present condition and aspect of poliu-
| cal affairs in Cuba they bring no news addi.
| ttonal to that which has already been given. 1t
| is peculiarly noticeable, no weVer that as to
| luton, as Tar as expressing any sympathy with
| either side, they are peculiarly, not to say
| pertinaciously, retcent. Tue reason of this is
| obvious. They class themselves as neutrals.
| They do not know which side will win, although
| the undoubted preponderance OF present opin-
| ion is that the Spanish Government will be the
| final successful party Still there is a doubt on
| this point, and they propose to take advantage
| OF this DOUBT Being most of them large property
| owners and, therefore, having large pecunary
interests at stake, they do not intend to leopard
ize their interests in the future by any premature
| expression of views carrying with IL, in case
they happen 10 take sides with the losing party,
| posi- ole future conhscation OF their property.
carrying out Individual programmes of political
| policy, to get away from the country
| while in state ofrevOlution and the dangers
incident 70 the existing unsettled condition OF