Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-07-07
THE UPTON EXPEDITION.
The Truth about the Latest Cuban
Blunder-A Hard Story Of Sufferia 9
Some Ing Concerning the Ss ~
York Junta.

BIunder-A Hard Story Of sufferia &
Something Concerning the Nc "
York Junta.
Havana June III Cor. New York Times.
Further particulars of the Upton expedi
ton have reached Havana, and they dem
onstrate that great deal of carelesspes'
and neglect was observed BY the leaders O
the expedition. The sworn dispositions o
three members of the expedition, whose
love of life undoubtedly caused them to bt
so prolific, their declarations filling severa
closely printed columns, has shown the
manner in which these expeditions are or
ganized. display proving that only good
luck, and not talent, has ever enabled tho
Cubans to land either men or arms. The
first declaration is signed by Louis Medal
As the documents are very lengthy, shall
limit myself to making extracts. Mr. Medal
begins by stating that he wishes it to bt
remembered that he was taken unarmed
with five companions, that it was his inten.
ton to surrender, and that owing to his
sickness since landing his companions had
abandoned him. The landing was effected
on the night of the 23d, the steamer cav.
ing in the morning and returning Oh. the
succeeding night, bat still without ,eine
able to discharge all her cargo. The men
landing being commanded by Gaspar Be.
tancourt. All we're busily engaged i'll hid.
ing the landed arms and ammunition on the
beach. On the 29th, Spanish gunboat ap-
peared off the beach, and sent some men
ashore, who. / understand, were driv, n
back. Colonel Betancourt then gave the
order to leave. abandoning seven or eight
sick person. Medal says he and his asso-
ciates tried to see if they could find some
troops to whom they could surrender, aud
on the afternoon of the 28th they met four
men on horseback, to whom they told their
story, and who brought them near the spot
where the fourth company of artillery bat
TALON were encamped. The men on horse
back then turned and ran, the troops firing
on them and advancing. which resulted in
the taking of some and the killing of Carlos
Alvarez On the 29th, Medal aud company
left with the column and arrived
on the beach where the landing
had been effected on the after
noon of the same day. when their
companions, Benavides, the brothers Fus-
to and Pedro Aparnio. and the colored man
Jose Valdes, were executed. On the 30th
q quantity of the disembarked goods was
found, and on the 3lst Medal went as n
prisoner aboard the gunboat Evo, together
with Jose Ysidro Fernandez and Thomas
Almeyda, also of the Upton expedition
Medal also wishes to state that two more
expeditions are to be undertaken within q.
short time; one from Colombia, command
ed by Leno. and the other commanded By
Quesada; the latter Is said to be due in a
steamer armed as aman-of-war, and the for
mer by the Upton. And now Mr.. Medal
makes some serious charges, beginning
al e.<. hat 49,
living liberty Cuban liberty is created by
a club of men without faith or conscience,
and by them forced upon weak and sickly
minds; also that it would be difficult to
make the people understand at once that
the so-cailed Junta of Cuba and Porto
Rico New York Junta) is only a society of
assassins who live covered by the mask OF
patriotism, and have no other aim than to
send inpumerable brothers to dle-brothers
who imagine they are sacrificing them
selves on the altar of their country
What did the Junta mean, he asks,
by sending an expedition to the beach OF
Pnnta Prava. place in possession of
the government, and without comm ssnica-
ton with the inLerior2 Whs. ii@bel.cai
idea possessed it to lose this cargo and the
lbs or 130 men who came by the Upton ?
Al III Wnob akiahtOA1Chso hao oCCh tihdC
with those who we're to receive these arms,
when it was altogether impossible for them
to reach the beach 2 This bitter and pain
full truth brings the bad faith of these men
(the Junta) to light, and Medal, who. with
many companions of the expedition, had
been wandering lost about these noun
tslns, hungry, naked, burnt by The fiery
sun, and worn out with thirst and fatigue,
ba rnrayad God IN havo oorsa r,oseiot IN,
him and to wreak vengeance on the
perfidious. The document / refer to is
signed by Louis Medal, and the other
two are couched in similar language Thos
Almeyda, who, l believe, at one time was
secretary OF the Cuban Junta ut Key West,
added the following particulars in his dec
laration relating to the treatment on board,
namely, that they were treated badly on
the Upton; that the officers lived sin clo-
YER, and did not even care whether the
men had anything to eat or not. Also, that
there was no organization Whatsoever; that
the Cuban leaders were no soldiers, and
that those who were did not speak Span
ish. Almeyda confirms the statement that
Betancourt sent the sick men into the
mountains without provisions, and that
they lived on the few crabs they could
catch. The third prisoner, Garcia, repeats
the same story Of hunger and despstic
treatment aboard. The three prisoners also
requested, in writing, that the commander
of the gunboat should intercede in
their behalf And now comes the story of
Spanish generosity toward these sick and
defenseless prisoners-men who surrender
ed without having fred shot and without
being in possession of arms. These men.
who pointed out to their captors the hidden
arms, were taken to Puerto Principe and
had q conversation with the Captain-G Gen.
eral, who generously ordered verbal court
martial to assemble, which tried them rs
prisoners, and they were executed behind
the Jail st Puerto Principe on the I'd of
June. They had far better died without
writing line, but they were led to hope a
great deal from the kind behavior of Lieut..
Olivarez, of the gunboat, who, however,
had no power to interfere in their behalf.
How THEY ACT At EUROPEAN BALLS. On
Saturday night the Ministre de Ia Guerre
gave a grand ball; there were stars and or
ders, aud diamonds. and jewels Of all
kinds, and the toilets were most brilliant
before the ladies wen; into action; but
alasl five minutes after they had got on
the floor, the ground was covered with
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