San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-10


Ammunition All Safely Landed.
NEW YORK, April l0.-The
Herald this morning prints the
following correspondence under
date OF Puerto Cortez, Honduras:
The steamer Bermuda, which
was detained in New York Harbor
on Februory %, "a she was pre-
pairing to leave for Cuba with
large and enthusiastic party OF
prtriots and an ample supply Of
arms and ammunition has arrived
here. The story of her voyage
ending in the safe disem barkation
of the fiilbusterers and their ar
mament bristles with dramatic
incident. The log was read by one
OF the officers OF the steamer who
told his story in a matter Of fact
way which rather served to in
tensify than dull its interest:
"I'll tell you the story" said he
beginning with our departure
from New York harbor. You
know that on Saturday March IA,
we lay at anchor off Bedloe's
Island. We had some trouble in
engaging a crew owing to the pre-
vious difficulty with the United
States authorities. But after we
got our agents at work everything
went beautifully. Sunday morn
ing following we weighed anchor
and slipped through the Narrows.
During the night OF Monday
March l6, we went up and down
the coast at half speed and when
day dawned the Bermuda was a
changed ship. Men had been set to
work in the night to change her
red funnel TO black. This was
necessary to avoid immediate iden-
LITIGATION in case we should fall in
with any Spanish man Of war and
the events proved that the pre-.
caution was we'll taken.
"The sun rose brilliantly as If in
favor Of our enterprise, and as the
sea was Frightening under his
rays, our heart sank like lead at
sight few miles to the leeward.
There lay a Spanish man OF war.
Sho seemed only two miles away
and do not know yet how 1t was
she let US 60 by unchallenged. We
did nothing but watch her appre-
hensively until she sank out Of our
view at the edge of the horizon.
Tuesday morning the Bermuda
cast anchor off Ascatague Island,
Va, and took on aquantity OF lum-
Der, eight boats and four seamen.
The seamen were badly needed.
In the afternoon she was headed
northward again. Next day the
Bermuda came to an anchor early
in the morning off Atlantic City.
Here Gen. Garcia came on board
with p Cubans and among them
was Senior Nunez. In half an hour
she was heading southwark with
her band of Cubsns who were in
good spirits. All went well until
March 10, when a stir southerly
gale freshened the sea. The fol-
lowing day the gale increased, the
waves rose still higher, the ship
labored considerably and then a
marked change came over the
landsmen-they were dreadfully
seasick. At daylight land was
sighted, but the engines
broke down twice that day, once in
the morning and once in the after
noon. This caused a delay OF four
hours. During the lull the arms
and ammunition were brought on
deck and distributed to the
Cubans. Fine weather and a
smooth sea ushered in the Sabbath
and the Cubans busted themselves
in making into small packages the
munitions of war for greater facil-
ity in landing. The Bermuda
passed Turks island on March %,
and on Tuesday the 24th, hove to,
three miles off shore, about seven
miles west of Baracoa In the south
eastern end of Cuba. 1t was an
anxious time for the Cubans. A
accommodating party composed OF
volunteers from the ships crew,
including the New York pilot and
five pilots, the whole commanded
by one of the ships officers, went
ashore. A signal had been arrang-
ed with the ship. II the reconnoit-
ering party found nothing suspic-
ious, the signal was to be given for
lowering the boats and In effecting
landing. Fortune favored the
expedition. The discipline was
perfect and in q remarkably short
tima the men and cargo were safely