The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-06-23

n. Css.n v,e,ims Of spanish Tyrsnsy.


victims Of Spanish despotism In Cubs, FsArcsoo IA
yrrp vlLrlsrpA has published In Spanish an admir-
able narrative Of what he and his companionsLsuf-
fered during their terrible exile, and also the fruits OF
his observations OF Spanish misrue, not only In Cuba,
| but in Africa wo sincerely regret than this very
Interesting volume has not been translated Into Eng
| lsl Published in popular form, II would readily
nnd hosts OF readers for 1t Is corroboration OF the
old adage that truth Is stranger than felton,, and
| tho crcumstsntial and welLauthenteated details oil
the excuses committed by the spaniards in Cuba.
| with which the work concludes, could not fail 70
Gre the heart Of every American at the thought Of
his having been though Internationally, an
| alder and abettor Of such atrocity.
| The Author was taken prisoner in Remedies ON
the 14th OF February, 1860, and conducted In COM
/ pany with nnythreo other prisoners from bis
| neghborhood, to the Cabaha Castle In ha-
| vana. In this Jail, with the volunteers OF
| Havana for jailers, these men. against whom
| no charge was ever even brought, suffered un-
| heard-of torrents for one month. On the 2ist OF
| March they were shipped on board the steamer San
| Francisco de Borja for Fernando Po Speaking OF
the arbitrary arrest and exile OF himself and his
| companions, tho author says: "Conhnement In
| Fernando Pc IL penalty as bad II not worse than
DEATH and the right to impose arbitrarily so COM
pstey nulhnes all the rights Of man, so completely
destroys all law that Is better to live among the
Karnrs than in q country where an autoorat can tel
you at any moment, Make your will and settle your
business. because you are going to die apart from
everything you love, island peopled by savage
tribes, In the most unhealthy climate In the world,
and two thousand leagues away from your cherished
country Hear me- eHclaims the hunderstruek
citizen. NO. replies the man in power. Tell me,
| Al least why you sentence me to DEATH No, au-
| .vers the other; 1T ia enough for you TO know
| that such IL my win" And, incredible as II
4 may appear, no further formally was com
piled with in the case OF any single one Of
| these two hundred and city victims OF Spanish
despotism. Worse still, many OF these unior'
tunate beings were arrested aud shipped
OF BY mistake for other persons This"
| tho author says, twas how arrests were made
The police agent goes TO the house OF John
Smith, for instance for tho purpose of arresting
him. lie IL told that John Smith Is out. And you,
who are you asks the spy. 80 and 80, who have
. | como also TO look for John Smith Where were
| you born, and where do you liver i am na'iNs
OF the island and live in such place. Very well,
It's all the same; I'll arrest you instead OF smith,.
Twin relate . few facts, that the truth may not be
questioned:
"a spy went TO arrest jose Ambrosio Chavez He
was not at home and the man arrested jose Maria
Chenay, installing the names When Chsveh
learned OF the mistake he presented himself to the
, | both went to Fernando Pc.
"Jo.6 Manuel Mora, young man, had Just ar
;. rived from Europe; his father. the distinguished
patriot jose Maria Nora was being hunted Tor, and
In order to give him chance TO escape, for he wal
Q In the same house the youux man said ho was Tho
I | person they were ookins for. His sacrifice saved
d his father, and although all the spaniards in Ha
vana were cogniEint Of this Artion which coward
alone would not applaud, young Mora was sent tS
Fernando Pc.
n Alexander Aeosta y Romero, ahafidiot boy, was
!. sent by his employer into Rene iio- on some er
:, rand on horse whose tail cut. On that verJ
day large party OF INSURGENTS had appeared In the
N | neighborhood OF Remedies. They were all mount
ed horses with docked tails, and this fact alone
ia was enough to send this poor boy, the most harm
less being in the world, to Fernando Pc.
IAN old man, Nicolas Donate Garcia by name. 70
70 siding in the rural district OF Camluani, In III
y Jurisdiction OF Remedies. had three sons SICK, tw
ID them seriously, and daughter had just expired
III In dire anguish he LEFT his daughter to be buried
y tie neshbors, jumped his horse aud rushed int
IN town for medicines for his sick sons. He bougl
them and was rusling back TO his home when
was arrested by the volunteers. The tail OF h
10 horse locked. and the medicines might be ic
-, some wounded insurgenti He was taken TO prisoi
!, and the Alcalde, Alonzo Rubiera, shut him up in
narrow cell. and kept him there three days witho'
bed, without food ana without wafer. n SPANS
a soldier recently arrived from the Peninsula' WI
III happened TO be on guard, heard Ills groans' proi
the lock OF the cell, gave him food and water al
L came near killing the monster Rubiera. Nicol'
ir Donate Garcia went TO Fernando Pc.
"Another old man. Manuel Abreu covered wi
NJ sore. and very III, went to recover a sum fro
Jo.H Foyo an Asturian living In Remedies, wi
had inst got out OF jai, where he had been connn,
~ many months for forgery. Foyo was ayounteer, Al
said To Abreu, Walt here for mo In my house !;
w will return Immediately and bring you the none!
He went into the street and returned In Anew mi
H. utes with two volunteers. He arrested Aoreu' ev
he ded paying his debt and poor old Aoren was sent
IS Fernando Pc"
10 Arrests were made for personal revenge ana u
m | personal interest A few OF the arrested manss
s to purchase their freedom by heavy ransons, pu'
=, the $50 eriles on the Borja the case OF not a 81
" gle one was ever Investigated.
Gu As may be imagined, the passengers were uraS
N from every rank and class OF lie. Among 'he
re were bankers, merchants, lawyers doctors prom
to- sors and planters. Every profession ana eve