The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-07-21

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g Treasury Department. of the seizure of
Y quantity ofsuear at st. Louis, shipped
d from New Orleans in domestic packages
; Experts pronounce it Cuba sugar, ard i
lis supposed TO have passed the Custom
;, house by fraud. 1t is held by the reYenu,
+: officers. gue
S The President has advised Judge Den
, ITO accept the nomination for Governor o
2 Mississippi, and said he desired to see
t fair electionin that State and Texas. Ht
Z also saidi il Gen. Ames or Gen. Reynold.
+ interfered, he would have them removed
Immediately.
HAVANA, July l3. via Key West, July
l5-Advices from Nuevitas to the l0tl
inst, report the cholera diminishing but
: the vomto had appeared among tile troops
: According to the new organization Of
the patriot forces there are Ito be only
tWo Major Generals in the array, OF whom
Gen. Jordan is one, and holds command
OF the entire Eastern or Bayamo Depart
ment, while Gen. Ignacio Ayramonte is
the other: and commander OF the Ceiitrtl
4 Department. & 8 EEE g9nra 81 {
]. { The Spauiards are ehdeavoring to ignore
I the manner in which their detachment OF
soldiers was recently captured at Sabana
Nusya. It was rumored that Quesada has
!, ordered the officers. captured to e.shot in
retaliation forthe execution of the patriot
4 prisoners. Further particulars of the fight
! NEAR Baya have been received The Span
ish forces numbered 500 marines, who were
surprised by 20 insurgents uuder Francisco
Castillo, anlbuscmied behind palm grove.
Both sides, sustained spirited fire for
d half an 'hour, the marines being afraid of
i the machetas carried by the Cubans, refus-
led to obey an order to charge rbayonets,
and the insurgents, despite the superior
numbers of the enemy, retired across an
open field in perfect order, firingin view of
the Spaniards, and inflicting severe loss on
them but one patriot was wounded. The
marines, fall back to Nuevitas so exhausted
by the effects of the climate that many Of
them were carried into the city on stretc hes.
+ New York, July 16.-A special dispatch
/ from Havana 18th, via Key West 18th,
says Gen. Poello, ut the head of 300 Span
ish marines, was attacked by the patriots
near Baga, small town situated on the
same bay as Nuevitas. The marines were
forced to fall back upon Nhevitas, with
the loss of 80, including Gen. PoeIlo.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-Argument
in the Yerger habeas corpus was con-
Guided To-day. The important aues-
tons involved in this petition has in
duced the Attorney General to enter
into written stipulation with the pc
titioner's counsel to put the question
IN such form rs may be considered and
determined by the United States Su-
premc Court next October The pres
ent application to the Chief Justice is
to remain suspended, the President au-
thorizing the Attorney General to say
that no sentence of the military COM
mission, further than necessary for the
safe custody of the prisoner, will be ex-
ecuted until final determination Of this
court. This meets the approval of
! Chase, Wa IL We
Present indications point to another,
heavy reduction in the public debt dur
ing the month. Customs and internal
revenue receipts very favorable.
| The Executive Mansion, owing to
| the absence of the President, is entire
~ desertsd by officials of all grades of
| importance. s>t'
Information has been received at the
Treasury Department OF the seizure of
q large lot of sugar in st. Louis by the
Collector" of Customs there, on, the
charge of having passed through tile
Customllouse at New Orleans By fraud.
The sugar was received in st LOFTS as
Il domestic article. in Louisiana hogs
heads, butexpcrts, who have examined
it, pronounce it Cuba sugar. 1t is held
until the matter can be investigated
Richard d. DeAart, of Indiana, has
been appointed Consul at Santiago de
Cuba. q n fXsITh f513TS IuI r
The Postof1ice Department has advi-
ces from New Mexico concerning deprc-
dations by Apache Indians, who cap
tured several mails lately, and killed
and wounded a number of persons on
the routes.
Dispatches from Rodney. station, on
the Union Pacific railroad, report an
accident by which two men were kill
ed and two wounded. not, ~
The weather is entensely hot. Their
mometer at 4P. NJ. was at l0l. ~
HAVANA, July ID, via KEY WEST,
July Is. Gen. Letona has ordered
Lieut.. Medina to be shot at Puerto
Principe.
A thousand insurgents arc coicentra-
ting in the woods surrounding Puerto
Principe, and are, only waiting to be
armed with the Peabouy brcech-loading
rifles with bayonets, to assume often
sive operations. as itsnt
Reports from Holgnin stats that one
of the insurgent leaders intends to 30
to the United States for the purpose of
bringing back q force Of Americans.
Intelligence from Santiago dB Cuba,
to the Sth inst, reports fighting going
on at q point thirty miles distant from
that city. The .Cubans were stroiigly
.entrenched. fplyN
Maj. Gen. Jordan had joined the Gu
bans under Gen. Figuerdo, and now
commands a large force. The Cover
nor of Bar;icOa was actively engaged in
burning property and killing all who
fell into his hands. 80 lfcN. f.f~--iisss q.
+ GALVESTON, July l6.-Intelligencel
from San Antonio rep rts the Gnada-
loupe river higher than ever before
known. Tho entire y;tley is overflow
ed. Nine-tenths of tic crop of Con
zales county is destroyed Comal riv-
or rose to the third story of the cotton
factory at New Braunfsls, aid destroy
cd all the material and machinery.
Every Touring Mill and WOODEN factory
and every bridge OH the river is swept
away. No lives were, lost at Bastrop
or Webbcrvillc. ( ,si
The Colorado is goitl down, but The
Brazos, is still rising sl1wly.g,rg pa
WAsmSGTos, July l6.4ft.is said q. B.
Keith, Deputy Survcyorytf the New Or,
to,nc CustonhouSa will Tho romov.1 fc..i