The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-11-27
UNITED STATES VS.. SPAIN.
The Several Counts of the Indictmen

The Several COunCS Ol Lie luuiCIlueHI
The following are the principal counts
in the indictment which the United States
has found against Spain -
The overhaulsing of the United States
achooner Lizzie MAYOR on the 10Th OF
March, 1868, upon the high seas, by a
Spanish frigate, and taking two passen
gers from on board to Cuba.
Proclamation of Captain General De
Rodas in May, 1868, authorizing the
search of vessels on the high seas, in de
iauce of treaty with Spain.
The seizlre on the 2lst of january
1869, of the United States steamer C2lnet
Loyd AspinwaN, while in use as a United
States despatch boat, by the Spanish man
OF war Herman COrtcS, and her detention
for ninety eight days. Spain paid the
owners Sl9702 50 in gold. Outrage to
the flag unatoned.
The seizure of the United States schoo
ucr Mary Lo,ceN by the Spanish war
steamer AadaluSiu in British waters,
March l5, 1869.
Attack upon and stahbing of Messrs.
johnson and Foster, citizens of the Uni
ted States, in the streets Of Havana, Feb.
ruary 6. 1870, by Spanish mob for the
"crime" of wearing blue neckties. The
murder of the German citizen Greenwald
at the same time, for being in their com
pany and on suspicion Of being an Amer
eau.
Insult to the American flag iu the out
rage upon United States Consul Phillips.
in March, 1870, at Santiago de Cuba, by
a Spanish mob, and forcing him to fly
The couGscatiou of Consul Phillips estate
Murder at Sar tiugo de Cuba of the sea
men Speakman aud Wyeth, citizens of
the United States, who were shipwrecke ed
on the Cuban coast, and guilty of no
crime.
Embargo and con6scation of the pro
perty and estates Of American citizens in
Cuba under Valmaseda's proclamation in
April, 1871.
Inhuman proclamation of Valmaseda
in April, 1871, ordering every male OF
over Is years of age in Cuba found away
from his habitation, aud not having sufi-
cicnt motive therefore, to be shot.
Diaboical proclamation of Valmaseda
in April, 1871, that every unoccupied
habitation and every house not flying a
white flag should be reduced to ashes.
Execution of the eight boy students in
Havana in November, 1871, by orders Of
court martial, under the bloodthirsty
dictation of the Spanish volunteers, for
an imaginary insult to Spauiard's grave.
Condemnation of the American citizen,
DR.. Houard, 10 December, 1871, to i'm
prisoument on false charges, and sending
him to Spain in chains.
Summary arrests and imprisonments OF
American citizens, military execution
without pretext, arbitrary embarsoes Of
property, and other acts done by Spsnish
authorities in Cuba to the persons and
properties Of citizens Of the United States,
in violation of the Treaty of 1885.
The butchery of the wounded and pris-
oners OF gar aud mutilation of the dead
in encounters with the Cuba forces.
The repeated murders of Cuban women
and children suspected OF sympathy with
the Cuban forces.
Seizure of the United States steamer
Firginius, on the 3lst of October, 1878,
upon the high seas, taking her to Santa
go de Cuba and there butchering the
citizens of the United States and others,
under the protection OF our flag found on
board Of her.