The sun., 1873-05-21
TIE SPANIARDS ALARMED.
STRANGE RUMORs CIRCUIATING IN
TIE CIIy OF HfYANH.

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| auie'ed-wbat the New Captain-tcuerai
! says-Mischici PIouirg Amors tue yoiun'
| tecrs-Kise In the Price of i!Oid.
| Correspondence OF The sun.
| HAVANA, May ST. arrived here ycster.
day from Matanzas, where everything is as dun
as ditch water, altho Ugh one must suspect the
Iermentng of the lava underneath.
Strange and important rumors are circulating
about this ill-starrcd city. The splniards are at
fever heat and apparently afraid Of their own
shGdows. Indeed, they have enough to keep
them in continual state OF excitement. The
appearance Of the British man-of-war In tho
harbor Of ManzanillD has disquicted them. Her
commander wanted MIR. O'keily, aud the Span
iards remembering the formidable English
squadron which paid visit to this port In l7Go,
will swear that they only detained O'kclly for
fear Of the Laborantcs, IA they call the patriots,
might scratch his eyes out or otherwise inJuro
him. Good for John Bull.
the YANKtEs PREPARING.
Another reason for the disq ddo observable
among the Spanidrds here Is the receipt Of news
| from the New Orleans correspondent Of our
papers here, to the effect that the Spaniarls must
keep a sharp lookout on account of the myste-
I rious conduct Of the Yankees. The latter, Ii
would appear, are putting up formidable fortin-
cations at Key West. the Tort isa,. and several
other places. II ia zycn out that these prcpara-
tOas against NJ xico ana although, every
I one knows, this power has no navy nor any
! thing like one, nothing Is easier tina to build
and equip one. and then + course it would be
/ all IN with Brother Jonathan. So there DO
| 10 question about it, these preparations Of tue
: | nitcd States are in anticipation OF trouble
| with Mexico, not with Spain.
WHAT THE SPANISH RULERS SAY.
Riding the other day in the Ccrrr horse cars. =
! met His Most Eminent and lustrinus Excel-
| lercy the lntcndcnte. Mr. Nillalnil Il not .
| handsome man. lic looks Ike huckstcr and,
"a fnf hN Cd
. n ccrtain M 'lea-ant aroma; but In business he
is ~ smart ~ stccl trap. Never helcSs he
/ twenty million dollars. f. on two ppinta these
patriotic volunteers are fully resolved they will
part with their dollars. | should not be sur
| Ursed II he mnde another nasco in his last pro-
ject uf insisting t1at the half at lc - of all du-
ties shall be henceforth y id In gold coin. ON
| the occasion when met him in The c9ts over
| heard him say to a friend alun side. " cannot
understand how INV predecessor allowed duties
| to be paid In paper money; they ruined the
finances of the country 10y their folly. In future
/ shall insi ist that onc-huf ~ ~ duties he pht
In gold. Are It the Yankees doin, this2 Let
us initiate about the only decent example those
Ills Excellency also stated that "thc Captain
General was fully determined tnat the troops
should he paid IN preference To all - her credit
considerable, and the Captain-Gencral thinks
that the only wsyto keep the troops from nre'k-
,srtons Is to Eay uB what Is Que TO TIE p,di, msn;
| innumcrabe cnuses of the rulnntion of the
Yo" wsSS aHp haray El becye "" M %
said to his friend, but very many officers even
N the In insuracnti." I thinE 5bout Ills TIME ne he
suspected somebody was listening ~ HIM, for
he suddenly CHANGED the convers itipn.
voLUNTEER PROJECTS.
The officers Of the Volunteer corps had q
meeting ON the 6th inst, under the pFotext OF
discussing grand projected review This Is
about all they are 1t for. and not sorF nt for
that The brutal murder ~ the youni students
was concocted ut a review. and from all can
learn some similar dpvilish plot IL uatrhins now.
| heard one of these volunteer officers the other
dav say that this tIbau question never could he
settled by the commission Of rharous acts,
and that the short. and best way t. settle Il
or Cubnns / dilu't natter viii h. il II for tho
presence AT this meeting to Sh.ch alluded of a
few cool men who have some propcr'v to lose,
rank and Gle. those Nandals wo ~ long einre
have prcciultatcl the coVntrv into an uufathom
able abyss. | believe they will yet
THE NEW CArrAIN-GrSERAL.
Judging from appearances and from the talk
of some Of the leadi volunteers. Pictaln Is
| trying to fool the tuhans ON the ltbC ri dodge
| ofGen Dulce. 4 certain ZuJirana. Il dry goods
Importer, a scmi-piantcr, and wholesale trade,
In slaves. paid n visit To the Capttin-Genoral
and made HIM certain business proposals in his
backbird line. Ills ExcoIlency replied that his
tLubrana'sl ideas were a disgrace t. the cOuu-
try. and that lie had better drou thcm; that he
Pieltain) had come to the island with the inten-
uon Of ruling II on literal, not on brbarous
principles; that he had deposed Gen. Portillo
because the latter had acted dishOuurably In
prustituting his position hv becoming a cattle
dealer. and hy thous md other acts preIudiclal
10 the interests II the 60 lnt-Y.
The Trthlmo the other day was pretty hard on
this samo Gen foitislo. II accused him Of hay-
ing stolen from est ite- IN hi jurisd ctou no less
than seventy thousand head II catl =, not rths
charitable and lauddhle purpose of feeding the
hungry, but 10 sell to those WHO could afford 90
ray rthcm. For thes" aud other q 'eds backcI
than ic his ENcclloncy has removed Gen. Por.
Gen. Iirltan expresses him elf unresorvedl,
on the disappointment he h seXpcT,enccd since
10 meet high-toned CastilRn nonility of char
seler he has come across cross noihng et, , i3w-ored
aking, and who care not how they earn IT,
THE RISE IN GOLD.
on the same day, the 9th inst. another meet
ing was held of unlicensed brokers, who at
the price of gold. winch Is rising and must riss
in spite Of the Intendente. The Gr,t speaker,
the rdscally foreign merchants ur scd the bank
IL sell exchange 70 the extent u many Thousand
that the onlN way to do 1t was fur all the brokers
To bind themselves not to do business for
Mere to i've OH" SAID GGara. t% n'| tlsrs here
are plenty Of soft-shcll crabs On the beach
and a%ay up. iAe i GcSrs i and 'S cu ~8 " ,hc e. nav, W.
have lately passed resolutions That ~ wont
The sp.nish Bank is plny.s a curious game
one day it announces puhGly that il viii sell
gold. The following dal tn q rector "ife dies
bank doors no ous ness doins.
INC NhHillol puIi'A ~ NatlllElllNNlls llhfI
also. Meat i excessively scarce. and worth t
most Its weight lu gold. Many Of IA, Aldermen
are butchers. and they ave stuck up meat las
tne roast pig on q creased pole at country iar--
man must climb pretty htsh I" got %. Then
the Common touncil sep in la a body, deter
min' TAT least they saY sul 10 stup su't eNtur-
u"nate prices and So they open LILLE meat
stall at which tine price of meat i reg dated ~
them at nity cents per pound. Bat thp aid ,tl.
is open only at oclocl, IN The morning, AMI
whoever cant come al that hour goes without
meat
Gold Is quoted at p per cent. premium, but 4
you 20 TO Ouy 10 they tell 80 II has risen To e.
Sterling exchange, 4t.lt~ per cent. premium
with hourly fluctuations, but always ON the rls'
ing scale.
+. S-God is up 10 81 premium. Boncgasi .
dead. lne volunteers are preparing to ttLth
the ohce Of tho republic IA plp,r, ~ ire,uH1
Purtllu has been replaced IN MS command.
The Reason why our soldiers KiIi NJ foW
NOGOC-,
lo NE FdHor of ne SuH.
| SIN. In thn l.uyD5J N1,,u .I.,,,11' O.,