The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-03
ALLEGED BARBARIT1Es IN CuBA.-A
dispatch from Havana, dated the goth ult.,

ALLEGED BARBARITIEs IN CUBA.-A
dispatch from Havana, dated the 29th ult.
says: -
A rumor prevails here, which is gener'
ally credited, that the volunteers IN the
neichborbood of San Juan Remedies roast
ed man alive, first running stake
through his body. 1t is said that the vol
unteers were caught by Spanish officers
while engaged in the act. The outrage
has greatly incensed the people, and many
murders on both sides have resulted. An
American gentleman stopping at a hotel
one day in the beginning of the week,
heard of two volunteers being murdered in
their beds in single night.
Four hundred persons, mostly negroes,
who had recently surrendered at Puerto
Principe, have returned to the woods, i'm
PEELED by hunger. They thought 1T pre-
ferable to die by Spanish bullets than from
want or the smallpox, which is raging
fearfulIy. A few were seized while at
tempting to escape.
A Spanish gunboat left Sunday for Mas
sau with two persons on board intended
for spies upon the expedition expected
there, one from the United States and one
from Colombia.
A Spaniard who was with the last con-
voy which conducted from Marathon to
Las Tunas whole family, composed of
old men, women and children, who lived
on farm called Ocijal, six miles from San
Geronimo, informs me that they were as
sassinated by Spanish troops.
An expedition was safely landed on the
southern coast, near Trinidad. A whole
company was seen by my informant, well
uniformed and armed. r-
A SINGULAR WnL.-A will which was
admitted to probate in Cincinnati last
week, bequeathed one-third of the testa-
tors estate to his widow, and the remain
der to his daughter. The will says that
the widow shall receive but one-thifd, the
amount demanded by law, because she has
an ample fortune of her own, and because
she deprived him of the opportunity to
make more money by inducing him to give
up business sooner than he otherwise
would. He desired that daguerreotypes
Of himself shall be presented to two of his
friends, and that a work got up by him,
containing the original play-bills of Edwin
Forrest, shall be given to that gentleman,
to be preserved in tho library which Mr..
Forrest proposes TO give for the use Of the
dramatic profession at his death. lie pro-
vides that his executor shall pay to the
trustees of Spring Grove cemetery $500
to keep in repair his lot and makes the
remark /: "When old folks die and their
money is distributed. their graves are often
neglected" He also leaves 800 to keep
in repair his mothers grave, in Newcastle,
Delaware and adds in connection with
this bequest, that when in Philadelphia he
searched in vain for his fathers remains,
desiring to lay them besides those of his
mother, shut the heathens sold his bones
to build big churches. This is called
Christianity Heathens would not do So"
To friend of his youth in Philadelphia
he leaves his flute and fageolet. ~
TOUCHING OFF GAsoMETER- "A Boy
BLOWN THIRTY FEET. On Sunday anum-
Der Of boys were playing on the old gas
holder in Fair Haven, Conn.,, out of use
for over year. The capacity of the lold-
er was about 40 900 feet but at this time
there were only about 1000 or 5000 feet
of gas in it. John OBrian, aged fifteen
years, opened the man hole, and proposed
to light the gas. One of the boys warned
him Of the danger but O'Brian replied
that he would do it if he did get killed.
He lighted match and threw it into the
hold. r
An explosion followed, causing a shock
which was felt all over the city. Young
OBrian was thrown some thirty feet into
the air, and fell striking the heavy iron
framework and then the top of the hold
or. He was instantly killed. The holder
was tipped toward the west, and the body
rolled down nearly to the edge, stream
OF blood marking its course. Two spans
OF the iron framework were broken and
thrown to the ground by the force of the
explosion the rivets of the holder We're
nearly all torn out, and the holder itself
was blown into a shapeless mass. The
other boys, it is supposed, got out of the
way before the explosion, though fears are
entertained that one or two may have been
blown into the river. %
SUICIDE OF YOU'VE MARRIED WOMAN