The New York herald., 1873-12-23

equal to the demand, they sent present Of
100 blankets ON board the Juniata, for which
they declined to accept any remuneration.
ON FOR NEW YORK.
The Pnta arrived in Santiago at noon the
same day, with dispatches for Commander
Braine, ordering him to proceed Immediately
to New York with the prisoners
CRUELTY MOST REFINED.
The suffering of the prisoner during their
confinement, as described by themselves, tells q
tale Of refined cruelty hardly credible in these
days of advanced civilization. 1t appears that
their jailers, not satisfied with reducing their
physical condition to the lowest ebb by starva-
ton and brutality, kept them in perpetual
mental torture by
THREATS OF INSTANT DEATH
On Wednesday evening they were visited by a
Spanish official who told them to prepare for
death, as they were to be shot next morning
The priests came in soon afterwards and
passed the greater portion Of the night with
them, administering the comforts of their reli-
gion.
THIS HORRIBLE COMEDY
was even kept up next morning, and then they
were huddled into the fiat that was to take
them to the Juniata. They were told they
were going to execution.
ACTIVE wARLIKE PREPARATIONS
were continued around Santiago Harbor up
to the time the prisoners were actually handed
over.
GROSS INSULT TO OUR FLAG.
The volunteers also made demand on
Wednesday morning that the United States
flag should be hauled down, o request which
was answered by Consul Young in person,
who stepped out and told them they would
have to take it down over his dead body.
THE DAILY MURDERS.
The brutal marders committed daily in
Santiago by the Catalan volunteers are lit
orally horrible, as not a day passes without
some suspected Cuban sympathizers being
marched off to trial who are never heard of
again.
FMD1sH ToRTURNG OF CUBANs.
A few days ago IS Cubans were arrested and
taken to On adjoining village for trial As no
evidence of a condemnatory nature was pro-
duced they were acquitted by the Court and
told to return to their homes. On the follow
ing day one of the party arrived in Santiago
who had been shot in two places, and told
how they had all been fired upon and brutally
butchered, and himself left for dead on the
field.
PERSECUTION OF THE PRESS.
A poor editor, who stated in his paper that
Ryan and others met their death bravely, has
been fined $500 and sentenced to the chain
gang for Is months.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
1t is generally understood in Santiago that
Burriel has been sent back in disgrace, and
that after he has been sufficiently humiiated
by carrying out the orders of his government
and saluting the Stars and Stripes on the 25th
of December new Governor will arrive to
supersede him.
THE COMING BRITISH GRowL
The two English men-of-war, Woodland and
Niobe, are anchored in the harbor and large
English feet is expected soon. It is rumored
that the British lion will have growl to put
in as soon as his persuaders have arrived and
can enforce his demand
THE JUN1ATA AND KANSAS.
The Juniata left Santiago at seven P. M.
on Thursday, bound for New York,
where she will probably arrive next Friday.
The Kansas remains at her anchorage in
Santiago harbor, and the Canandaigua is
expected at that port daily.