The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-24

Advlces from Washington say that it is now
we'll known that o special agent has been sent
| to Cuba by the President, to investigate the
| situation there and report the results. The
/ agent left several days ago. On the strength
Of this report will depend the action which is
| to be taken by our government with regard to
the recognition of Cuban independence. The
| views Of the agent who has been selected for
| this important mission are such that no cir
cumstance will be lost sig hit Of that will tend to
present the affairs of the revolutionists in q
favorable light
The Ftlibusters.
The rumors regarding contemplate expedi-
tions from the States to Cuba are not incor-
rect, and force Of formidable dimensions,
| under the command Of prominent Western
general, is being prepared. Attention is being
diverted from the real port of embarkation by
the publication Of false places, and the real
point has not been selected, but it will be nei-
ther at New Orleans nor New York. The in
| surgeon ts' friends aver that we shall soon get
the news Of the recognition of the insurgents
by Mexico and Pogota, and that their act will
| be soon followed by Chill, Colombia and Ecuador.
| A dispatch from Washington, in The Boston
Advertiser of the 10th instant, says:
| Dispatches from Savannah lead the friends
Ct the Cuban revolution here to believe that
| General J.. B. Steedman has made successful
landing in Cuba with picked force o. men.
The expedition has been in preparation for q
number of months, General Steedman him
self spent two weeks in Havana, and during
the latter part Of the time was SO far under ar
rest as to be ordered quietly by the Captain
General to report to him daily. The first rem.
M Of his party Vas on one Of the islands
ed his FIRST orders the headquarters Of the
expedition were changed to point on the Flor
IDA coast; A blockade-runner, captured from
the rebels in the late wal, was obtained. and
the belief is that near one thousand men well
supplied with arms and thoroughly accustom ed
to their use, have made a landing on the Cuban
shore. ss eys 4.g @--,
The New York Herald says:
For several weeks the Cubans in this city
have been quietly but assiduousy working
TO- aid their brother revoluttonists in the
field by the shipment Of men, money and
munitions to them. Volunteering is going on
1 peomp yey asd IN sma ana
detachmenis to Cuba. Very recently 4 full
battery Of field artillery, completely equipped
and manned, was dispatched, and information
has been received Of its safe arrival
AWashington telegram, of the 21st inst, says:
Dispatches have been received here from
Admiral HoH, commanding the Gulf squadron
in which he states that, as far as be has been
able to ascertain, no troops or munitions of
war of any account have been landed on the
Island of Cuba. He also states that he has
failed to discover that any more have departed
from the shores OF the United States.
1t is also stated that the Spanish minister
here ls OF the opinion that in the case Of the
schooner Mary Powell, the Spanish authorities
in Cuba will refer the demands OF the United
States Government to the home government
IN Spain before any action will be taken in the
matter.
The New York Herald says:
Secretary Fish on Tues day was called upon
by Senor Roberts, the Spanish Minister, who
demanded that @ proclamation discouraging
hhbust ering expeditions from sailing to Cuba
should be issued by the Presidents. The Sec
retary promptly declined to do anything of the
sort, and said that rs there was revolutionary
| organization in arms in Cuba, formed by the
native Cubans under their own provisional
government, he could see no good reason to
hinder the departure of any persons from this
country who may choose to take up arms in
their service. Minister Roberts,, it is said,
submitted the same demand in writing.
In regard to the Mary Lowell affair Secretary
Fish has concluded that the British govern
captured in British waters, and he has there
fore made representations to that effect to the
British minister. As for, the LIZZIE Majors,
however. severn! days ago be demafded full
government through Senior Roberts, who con-
ceded the justnesS Of the claims, and guaran-
teed that Spain would make satisfactory repa-
ration. He promised to lay the matter before
day he informed the Secretary that he had not
heard from the government since. The Secre-
tary then automatically informed him that
war would ensue il an answer was not forth-
coming shortly.
A Review or tine Progress OF the Rovo-
It isnow six months since Carlos Manuel
Cespedes ut Yara. In the Eastern Department
Of Cuba. began the revolution which now oc-
cupies the attention OF the world. Then no
one had faith in the Cnbans. The earnestness
Of their purpose, their courage. their perse-
verance. their fighting qualities were doubted.
Now they have established themselves firmly
in the good opinion Of mankind. ;-@i sfaT
The SpaniaFds have made three distinct
movements for the suppression OF this revolt
The first was in the Easter Department under
VaimaSeda. he was sent out from Havana to
get possession of Bayamo. then thexevoluIion-
ary headquarters. After immense difficulties
and heavy iosses, he arrived at his destina-
skir1n shes, which had never ceased along their
whole line OF march. But the little town he
Was sent to snbdue was burned by it's people
before he got there, and it's occupation svaiied
nothing toward the subjugataon,nf the Cubans.
On the contrary. he Immediately found him
self shut up there, surrounded by o watcf1ful
enemy, whom he could not bring to action,
haEass his fonging parties, ana capture Bis
conyoys. He is still ct Bay amo. and kseps
bodice oftroops at Jibara, .HoJguin, and Jigu-
department as he was the day be landed at
Nuevitas and began his march sOuthward a;i
Ihe next campaign was that OF Lesca, who
marched mar trom Guanata to relieve Puerto Prin-
clpe IN the Central Depar ment, where the
Spanish garrison was beHieged by the insur-
gents under Quesada. The new leader brought
| TO the work Lnure powerful force than had
and he set ont with loud aecissassons s * * hs:s
purpose to exterminate the rebels wherever he