, 1873-12-29
Their Arrival in New York
Yesterday.
Some Account Of Their ImprisOn.
mcnt In Spanish Dungeons.
Barbarities Praotioed by tie In
human Jailors,


Sreeta. Dispatch 10 This Ch3caac Tribune,
New YonK, Doc 28.--The Untoa States a1oop-
of-war Juniata, nlldor Commander Draine, hny-
ing Oil hoard tho aurviv,ng panacngors Of tito
VtrgininH, arrived hore to-aay. Sho anchored off
Quarantine at 1880 o'clock this morning, and,
altar hoing inspected by tho Hcatl.- Oflloors,
weighed anchor and stoa1ned up tho bay, md
anchored OF tho Battery ut 8 p. m. I.ator, so
was towod to tho Brooklyn Navy-Yard. sho loft
Santiago do Cuba ut Q p. m. on Dec. 18. Whom
only fow hours out allo
ENCOUNTERED TERRIFIC STORM,
Which drove her many miles out Of ler course,
mud continued with varying severity uutil E,o
reached this port. When 8llo arrived of tho
Battery her supply Of GOAL was 40 nearly exhaust
cd that al1c Ind to be towed to tho Navy-Yarl by
tag-boat. sho was intercepted In tho Lower
Bay by O royonuo-cntter, which bore orders to
her commander. Soon aftor bho calno to anchor
OF tic Battery, q revenue tug brought
out to her United Statoa us-
trict-Attorney Bliss, ARslstant District
Attorneys Trcmaino, Post, md purty, throo
stenogrnphcre aud an interpreter. They uoro
conducted to the cabin by Commander Draine,
whero they at once teGun
An OFFICIAL EXAMINATION
Of tho Virgtnius prisoners who were on board.
4HG EANuLtbk bEtlHEf WIS IuE9tfEu LII E0nuuCtlHE
peay r r. nGm ne GnS hcS
ccodings allowed to bo present, Tho SURVIVING
passengers wore poorly dressed and tile common
castle. Ono bv onn , fhnv wero
summoned before tic til court Of inquiry, 3 WHICH
did not adjourn until aftor Tho Junintn Ind an
chored OF tho Nayy-Yaril,
Henry Knight. Antonio Constantio Manuel
Lindsay, and tguacio Valdos we're exnInined dur.
ing tho uftornoon.
1uE NATURE or THEIR TESTIMONY
cou1d not he ]onritod. Init il il 1,,lorstood to hc
concerning promises said TO haye been hold cut
to them. When they took passuge, and tic nl1or-
ed carryiuy nf Munitions Of wnr 1,v tha VIZ.
ginius,
The cxa.nlnstion will be resumed Tomorrow.
Officers OF tho Juniata kay there Boemg to bo
CONCERTED r1AS
among tho SURVIVORS of the Virciniue massacro
tn Dr9fosn ,tter iennrance of tho ,nt,,ro NJ In
Virginills' 1niaslou at The tino Sic wa cantret
and all facts relating to her. Officer, who hayo
tnikcd with them s1y there In r Rtrikinr nin
laritv in their ptnrinR. whinh nm oniv In No..
counted for in this war, lhoy 1nvo arrood ia
tl;s schcn,e. h ia sunnosed II nrf1or r. oro;,}
trouble with the United States Government. IN
cnse it should be proved that tho ne1,trnlitv
lava wcro v;o1ated 1'no ~ Tow foots ,rI,lai,
could be learned from tho uayal officers WIN lad
cnnyorted viii thu nnssonra,u ~ ia vir%;nirn
20 to show that the lattnr'a
TREATMENT wAs 7ynrrcuFn
On l,einp 1anticd from tha Tornado +,,nv .vara
alI. uearly 200 iu number. thrust into I io,e
dark, dirty, poorly-yontilatod DUNGEON oniy 50
feet long by Ii foot wide. and hero tbnv wcro
detained Until released. Some woro led
On boara Of tic Juniate. which Ind boa11 senr % to
recoiyo them. This duneoon wns so foul oa to
bo aimost gtiflinr. md tlo food s,,nni;oa una
not nutritious Of noor oualitv and fInGauaicent nt
in ouantitv.-so much TO- in fact. that r,on
thnv waro Mt 1nncth rnlenaad fhnr .varo oodl1,
on,scatod Ind most Of tho,n vera coverea oa with
yor1nin. - "''~~
COMMANDER nRa1yr a.va
| that during tie fIret four DIVA out of santiapo
do tuha 1e too 1,,,on1eially I'm stetsmants ~ ,,t 81
oac unsson ecr eoparatnlr. mid Inv rcro MI
stantfnlfv fla aaue
Mo SAYS lint. Willie hia vopsel was anchored at
snntn., do C1ba' ho wne ,nfnrmad i,v fr;o,,as ~
thut scllemo lad been devised bv W the peailonts I
Of tlo town for boarding and cupiuring Liz yce1 e
sat a,,d tin ni~ht a., xh;r,' thee otton,,
us %aa to 10 mnde was nron 't.J tnla Ai,au. In,
Acting d, tlis Information. he Ind oari,,n' Inc.
notiines mt no arn1nd lie wv vcsse1 D1''u nn'l
Kart nxtra ,yntch mt tho rnrn nrorr n;5,,t +Io,.
wcro in nort. hit no onon tlomonstraf,nr .wn wna
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