The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25
CUBA.
The Captnin-ts encraI aud the Volunteers Re-
cent Troubles In Cnrdcnns ns-Execution of
Cuban Prisoners. ........

The Captnin-ts eneraI aud the Volunteers Re-
cent Tronbles In Cnrdcnas Execution of
Cuban Prisoners. ..-..-- .-.
HAVANA, Saturday Feb. 19.-The irrepres-
sible volunteers are beginning to ''haul in their
horns" to a certain extent, and they are no
longer permitted to have their ownway in every
thing. Rodas has not surrendered to them in
single instance, and if the Spanards are once
enabled to retire their troops from the seat of
war, or If respectable force of regulars should
be quartered in Havana, the Government will
quietly but firmly take the power once more in
its own hands. Rodas will not permit the rabble
toD constitute itself judge, jury, accuser, and
hangman. Seven volunteers who had COM
mitted various crimes, from attempts to assassi-
nate to burglary, were sent by the last steamer
to Spain as prisoners for Ceuta; among them was
the drum major of the 7th Battalion. Five
members of the 9Th Volunteer Battalion who
were connected with the cowardly and brutal
assassination of Greenwald are in the Cabana;
their friends go from house to house and threaten
to wreak vengeance on the persons of such as
should dare to declare against the assassins but,
nevertheless have no doubt that the Govern
ment will be enabled to accumulate sufficient
testimony in order to shoot the principals con-
nected with the assassination.
THE TROUBLE IN CARDENAs.
The row in Cardenas, or rather the one at
tempted, ended very ludicrously. The Gov
ernor and people demanded that the Govern
ment grant the necessary permission to hold
fair, which was acceded to. But the Governor
sold permission to some gamblers to open their
establishments, and monte, faro, and other
hazard games were openly carried on. The
Captain-General heard of it, and Immediately
sent to Col. Arnaor the Governor an order to hold
himself in readiness and report himself at
Santiago de Cuba for further orders. The vol
unteers hearing of this action, sent telegram
to the Captain General requesting him to annul
his ORDER and declaring that they would not
have any other Governor except the one who
had Just accepted brbes to allow gambling. The
Governor himself telegraphed to the Captain
General that evening that six thousand people,
between volunteers and citizens, were then
before the palace, all of them anxious that he
(Arnaor) should remain. Rodas replied coolly:-
"Never mind the six thousand; you will take the
first tiain in the morning and come to Havana, de-
thing Is committed contrary to law in your city,
shall take measures to have the offenders seriously
punished"
Did the volunteers rebel {? Nothing of the
sort. The commanders of the different volun-
teer battalions sent telegram to Rodas on the
following morning, disavowing, on behalf of
themselves and their commands, any completely
in the telegram said to have been forwarded
Rodas grinned, and that ended the matter,
except that Colonel Arnaor, as an old friend
and acquaintance of Rodas, has been more
severely punished than any other officer would
have been.
| THE SCHOONER HERALD.
| The Nassau schooner Herald, which drfted on
the reefs near Gibarra the 10th inst, during
| heavy norther, had thirty-siX Cubans on board,
| among them two colored men and Chinaman.
| The expedition was commanded by General
Goicouria, of Lillian, ETC., fame, and if the
norther had not interfered, the schooner and
her cargo would undoubtedly have been landed
at Punta de Mulus. The Captain of the schooner
was Eley Camacho, the former Purser of the
| steamer Comanditario, which was captured by
| him, and then recaptuaed by the Spaniards, and
| is now doing duty as gunboat under the name
of the Gorrion. The Gibarra volunteers, after
1a,. s,Oh I'm bad nkn
as they could get out went in search of the fill
busters and managed to meet them at the Res
balona and Sierra de Socarena. They killed
seven and captured four, who were executed at
Holguin on the 14th inst. One of the four had
been n clerk in the Havana Post Office, two were
telegraph operators in Havana, and the fourth
was q ship carpenter from Regla. After landing
they were reinforced by ten Cubans, commanded
by Priscillano Cardet, who was killed in the
first encounter The ilibusters resisted bravely,
killing two Gibarra volunteers and several SOL
| diers, besides number wounded. 1t is stated
| by the DiGrio that the remainder of the eXpedi-
| tion was surrounded in the Sierra de Socareno,
and that they would not be able to escape.
Those who were shot stated that every man on
disembaIking took only rifle and twenty. one
| rounds of ammunition.
| SANTA ANNA.
The veteran Santa Anna is still in the city, A
| plan is maturing to smuggle him out of the city
| by some means and enable him to reach Mexico
| Should his friends attempt to do this, they
would find but very little difficulty in carrying
out the idea. Should this not be done, how
ever, Santa Anna may be found within few
days in Nassau.
| THE NEW GUNBoATs.
The new gunboats have replaced the men-of
war which have done duty as cruisers and
blockaders. The Astuto, cruising on the south
side, discovered an insuTgent camp near Santa
Cruz del Sur, and went there for troops. The
| gunboat could not go near enough to shell, sc
the troops were embarked on lighter cannon
placed on it, and the camp attacked on the morn
ing of the 1lth, resulting in the killing of two
| Cubans, the burning of several houses, and the
capture of a Cuban yacht, which, as the DiariC
observes, caused great satisfaction in SAINT,
| Cruz, as this yacht had kept all passing mer
| chant vessels in a continual state of alarm. How
is this? The Dtdrio, or any other Spanish jour
| nal never mentioped that an old sallboat coult
| frighten Spanish sailors, and that the Cubal
| squadron was no myth. But if the Diario wou
tell what it knows IL would say that over twenty
| five craft of different tonnage are making regu
| lar trips between Nassau, Jamaica, Hayti, an
the coasts of this island, and that some of theI
beat the Spanish Correo in the regularity G
, | their trips. ....f I..
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