, 1873-07-14
AID FOR CUBA.
Tho SUCCESS Of the bolivar Expedition
..TIao KtelnnrIEnbie Crltiso OF tho
K4rnfni11RA

Tho SUCCESS OF tho Bolivar Expedition
..'Tho Remarkable Cruise OF the
vargtnius.
From the Ncp pork Herald, Ja!Y II.
The stoan,or Virglnius, Capt. Williams, aailod
from Aspinwall, Guiding the vigilance Of a strict
gpanisla blockade, on tho ntght OF July l. nnd
landed Oh tho isand Of Cuba, July 7, q large car
go Of brooch-foadng arms, powder, and medi"
cinoB for tho use OF the Nberating army. Tue OK
podition WAS fitted out In Aspinwall, undor tho
Supervision Of Con Manuel Quosada, and tho Vir-
ginius closely watched by the spania man-of-
War DazAn. Aftor her departure Bhe WAS chaBod for
about l,yndfea rtles by tue Bazan, hut readily
outsaiod aud finally eluded hor pursuer. Tho
entire cargo Of arms powder, maolotoa, 1nodi-
cine, clothing, etc., was safely landed and tue
retnra on "Wednesday, July 0, Tic. ozpcdition.
Brig. g.-Gon. Kaphaol Quosada, brother Of tho In
vinciblo General.
slsssa 5 'as i Il ssss sssssf 6s"%Hs 6aSs % s
latter part of 1a7o. Con. Manuel
Quosala. ombarkod in hor on Oct: 4,
from which place, nftor somo delays the oxpedi.
| ton reached Cuba in June, 1871. She landed
hor cargo, safely and, Guiding the Spanish block
| aiding squadron, wont into tho port OF ABpln~
wall. She waa thon 1aid up for eomo time, dur
| war which lay OF tho harbor. In tho beginning
of 1879 mon were aont down TO Aspinwall to re-
| muir hnr, and from that timo Bho has been q con-
| tinual source of trouble to the spaniards.
| Threats wero froely uttorol in Aspinwall
of setting fire to the steamer na 6he
! iny in hor dock. At last on April Is, 1879,
| slie loft there conveyed by tho United Statos
stoa1n corvette KansaB, Commander Chatiioid.
and pursued by The Spanish war vessol Plzarro,
both Of which vesaola tho Virginius outsatletl
moro than five miles in about two hours SUE
| proceeded tl,ence to Puerto cabe!lo, Venezuela,
| whore she was blockaded by soyon war vesaols
Tho Corona, Arapiles (now in Now York harbor) 2
pizarro, 1Iernando Cortez, Tornado, 1sa,ol Ia
eacl, othor in this service, nld tho oxponse
to Spain exceeded sSO0,0O0 god. :lhts lastet
from May IL to Sept. 4. 1879, but the Virginiu'
quietly rot rendy ns usual and eacapod: a nigh
or two previous to sailing Capt. Charies Smith
ut TINT Lnlo olluar III command, was approached
by MI officer Of tho Yasco Nunez dc Bnlboa, an
M offer nude Of $4,000 in gold if be lsm.th
would run tue Virginius ashore. The office
patd Capt. Smith $500 al a guarantee Of goo
faitl. This fact was reported at onco to th
agent Of the Republic, WHO WAS on board th
steamer. Capt. Smith was faithful to his true
and to tho cause Of Cuba.
Tho Virglnius loft ou Sept. 7, 1872, havint
on board Gen. Manuel Quosada and staff, m
was chnsod BY the VaBco Nunez do Balboa viii
out SUCCESS. Thence the adventurous httl
steamer proceeded to Maracaibo, Venezuela. I
. . ogcape all Spanish blockade. She could not
followed, as thero are only u feet Of water Q
tho bur, aud the water outside il too deop II
: anchorage. After remaining there from sol
ten1ber until December, 1879, the Virg1nilis vel
! to Curacoa, since which time she has been var
ously employed i'll the service Of Cuba Libre'