, 1869-05-15


Hoff-Thc SpnnInfsls Confident
nnd the Cubnns Di&snttsfied-The
Revocation of thc ConflHcntion Or
der to be Experimentation BurM-
cd Around Snntingo-A Suspicious
Vessel mt Mclufoft, >. C.-No Kelia-
bic News from the Scns OF war.
WASHINGTON, MAY 1.-THE Navy. Department,
Admiral Hon, dated liasRna, Nay as fonows:
"As an to he absent from this port for a few
days, to relieve the Cnlted States steamer MARIA
the o11cets and crew, shall give the department
few items upon tho political status Of ada!rA. l
have Just received Information nom "a Commander
posed Cuhan pi1vatcer, that ~c have been watch
Ing tor some time, has cleared for st. Thomas
any description. Everything here IL remarkably
quiet. The Spanish authorities seem confident Of
snppEesEnR The rebellion oefore the expiration Of
Guides the possibility OF any active operations
from the inferior. III the movements Of either
party. 40 news has been EeeelEed at present ., IN
ead eaakaDa x tie Il sfe lfo@ he
manner TO coincide with their vfewHL There Is
little or no organization among them, although
theg claim the cause OF thelf present nAcu r1ty u
owing to their force being exercised and Instructed
IN the use Of asms Preparatory for comPatea At
the close Of theE1lny esehson. Generals Cespe4ies
theft own separate 1orces and adhe1entA- Mr..
Hall, our Consul General, and the Commodore Of
The English dect, scem 10 Rink that the insaHec-
II vii consist or nothing but 7eRula, bants Of out
lsws scattered through the Interior. The Peru
vthn monitor Nance Capae, reported aa lost has
arrived At St Tho1n2s, md the crew OF the con-
vny MnnteTro, sunk some time since By col
lision, sailed from this port yesteraay Ia Freneh
s ndmtssi, EngiIsa % co1amodore ana capssn Il he
Spanish, North German and Dutch men-of-Taf,
hare armed within the week and have been called
On the cnstoEnatJ saiotes military honora eouF-
HAVANA. May 1a-Ihe tnsurFGn.s claim success
10 engagements near Puerto Princ!pe. letter
Senots senluta and Iparcs arc going 10 Madrid
confscatng the properly Of Cuban refugees, fear-
log the enforcement Of the dec1ee Will lead TO re-
Adyices from Trinidad sth. state That the lnsur.
gents we're near that city, nnd great panic pre-
| vailed ...-.
released and taken to Janatca by tho British gun
Insurgents have rcappcanc,l IN the vicinity 0,
| Santa Cruz 1t is ru1nored that Falmascda has
had an engagement with the rebels untier Cespe.
More plantations hare been burned around San
ttago It IS estimated mat the plantations which
have hceu ttestrprv In That Jurisdiction produced
annually Il. 600 hogsheads Of sugar.
WIsN1saros, Nay 1t-A letter from Treasury
ot1lceF ii beaufort " C., stated that the schooner
| GFAre*hot, bouud from New YORK Tor FAfnodtn1
JAMa,cz, put IL there for Tepst14 % the 2ith q
april. As she vas laden with arms and munitions
Of WAr, and had thlrtf-fH passengers, me tol
lector AZ Beaufort teleg.aphed 10 Collector Urn
| nell, at New York, anil received reply that INT
| Grapeabot WAS regularly cleared iof tanontn
| consequently shc wAx not detained rev CAV
after thIs new Collector was appotn1ed 1t btan
revenuc service. 10 investigate the matter u'
replied that It had been thoroughly lnquife1! intt
| by hts predecessor, and therefore declined TO &C
| IN thu case On The 18th Of Mar the Gsapes"e
still lay In the hart,ot Of Heaufoft
NEW YoRK, May 1A-tntel states Aarsns
ganlzcd armed md equipped expedition has saie
from this port for Eutia aimee the commencement
uf the Cutan ttuuhles- He believes that nan
men. since the commencement OF the tnsuifcEfiof
have taken pazsAge from this port Tor Cuba, Pc
nap8 10 asslst the rebels, and much wRr tnaseff
a,l went ostenstbly a passengers and the war M
: tertal osteusiUly as freight regularly consYnss
that most Of the men went snGlJ OF Ii SINAI! "a
ties md the war material WINS sent IN snaA! qua.
t1ttct By yari0us vessels, and that Is al 81 stnl
tpese IA In the sensation reports about Cufian C.
| I peditIon4
9 NAH1No1nS, May IA number of yeNels
different ports suspected Of being In the Cuban
: terrst arc closely watched By puT revenue cotte
< | and parAl forces. Assurance has been gwen IN
= our government will enforce the neutrality Aw 4
il uiTAHA, May 1+-TheausnA Accounts Q! An Z
+ been received, all Of which are magnlneo anu =
= ranged to suit 10th PARTIES CharKcs 81 atfocio
i | assssslnatious and crimes are made bJ 1ontnt
:, and hy private ettera Altogether the wat ne
i 80 far recriye1l is unrt1table and The cEhting,
: | cortltuK 10 impartial correspondents, ns9n
4 | can't. ...-.
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