Evening star., 1869-10-04
Cuban Affairs.

The New York Times asserts positively that,
Notwithstanding the denial of the fact by Mar
shall Barlow, the steamer Alabama, under
command Of Capt. Limeburne, left that port
for Cuba, carrying several hundred men and
an extensive supply OF ammunition tor the
Cuban revolutionary army. She had 5l3 men
On board. The Spanish steamer Euterpe has
not yet gone to sea. The brig B. f. Nash was
recently suspected OF having concealed arms
On board, but a thorough search proved the
falsity of the report. A special dispatch from
EernanGina, Fla, states that the vessels Of the
Cuban expedition had sailed before Marshal
Barlow's dispatch 10 detail them was received.
Two hundred recruits for the Cuban army
arrived there yesterday from Macon, Geor-
gia. An American revenue cutter and
three Spanish gunboats are Off Cedar Keys,
on the lookout for Cuban reinfOrcements
The steamer Cuba, formerly the Hornet is
reported 10 have been of Barnegat on Thursday
ls3.. Her commander Is Capt Higgins, FORM
triy in the United States Navy. but during the
war . Confederate officer. The New York
Sunday Herald has letter written on board the
Hornet, September 27th. The writer says the
Hornet was sold TO the Cuban republic at sea,
soon after she left Halifax. She was subse.
queDtly met by schooner from Halifax, which
transferred number OF men, and shortly aftar-
yards q ship came alongside and supplied the
pIlvateer with Parrot guns and quantity OF
ANN unluoD. The officers OF the Hornet say
she can make twenty-five knots per hour.
Cubans say the Hornet is only one of several o!
the same sort that will shortly appear upon
the ocean. The statement is made that AmeIi-
can men-of-war Will not interfere with the
Hornet unless she molests ship bearing the
American flag.
Private letters from Cuba represent that
Americans Ia the insurgent army are very cru
ely and treacherously treated by the natives.
They are forced to beer the brunt of every ac-
ton, murdered on the field if wounded, ani
On The field and in camp kept under the closest
surveillance, and shot il detected astray Gen.
sral Jordan protects himself from assassina.
tion with company OF his own men.
TBBIsTgRNArIoNAL WoRKINGMBS'sCoUa.
GIL In SwITzKRLAND.-The fourth annual
congress Of the " International Workingmen's
ASSOCIATION" has Just closed its session at
Basle. Delegates were present from England,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain
and the United States. Some interesting facts
concerning the condition OF the working classes
were brought out In the course of the discus.
sions, ar - attention was given to the
Subject Of strikes.
Mr. Cameron, the American delegate, said: -
sit gives me great pleasure, In the mans and
in behalf Of the workingmen Of America, TO
tender You their heartfelt sympathies, and bid
you God speed in the noble work in which you
are engaged. To those desirous Of
leaving the oyercro wded districts of the Old
World and seeking their homes and fortunes
in the land beyond the sea, am instructed
to extend q cordial In vitation and hearty wei.
come To all such / would say, You will
find brothers ready to take yen by the hand;
all we ask Is that you will come as friends,
prepared to strengthen our hands and support
us in the demand for right-we ask no more
and refuse 10 allow yourselves to be made the
tools of designing men, who, under the sp eciou
pretence OF subscribing your interests, are aim.
ing only TO thwart and humiliate the aim of
your best and truest friends, the Trades Uni.
onists OF America. The establishment OF an
Emigration Bureau, under the joint control of
the International Workingmen's Association
and the American Labor Union, from which
reliable data and information could at all times
be derived, would in my judgment be fraught
with the happiest results. feel warranted IN
saying that any proposition coming from you
executive committee, trust that at our Gin.
cir natl Congress, in August, 1870, we shall
have the pleasure Of returning the compliment
TO iyonr representatives. true western well
come"