Connecticut western news., 1896-07-30
MACEO'S HEROIC END.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN BATTLE FOR
 cUBA's FREEDOM.
Periious Trip of Cuban Envoys In an op~n Bc.t-Be.rinE Messages Prom Come. te the Junt. In New rerk-D~msg~s Ar~inst spMin-


 Bo..-Be.rinE Mss.asss Prom Come. te tbe Junt. Tn New rerh-D~msg~s Against Spain.
 NEW YORK, July ss-The Journals correspondent Grover Flint sends the fol- lowing from Nassau, N P.s
 Colonel Enrique Cespedes nephew of vioe President Masso of the Cuban repub- lio; Captain Mario Carillo, son of Isaac Csrillo of New York; Eduardo Laborde a brother of Captain Laborde, who was taken on the Competitor and your oorre- spondent have reached here In . 27 foot whaleboat
 We msde the trip from the Cuban coast in three days and the journey under the blistering tropical sun was one of most awful hardship throughout We left the vicinity of Nuevitas on the gath. having a few days before parted from Commandcr In Chief Maximo Gomex. We carry im- portant dispatches for the junta in New York. the nature of which cannot at pros ent be disclosed. It was necessary that those dispatches should be delivered at the earliest possible moment We did nos dare attempt to bring them through Ha- vana, and to wait for n largo vessel to land an expedition and take us or on the return trip was too uncertain and might take too much tina
 We had pilots who knew tho Antillian sea as policeman knows Broadway, and we felt no doubt of our ability Co make Nassau If VIC could avoid tho blookadina Spanish ships.
 The boat was hidden In an inlet until the lookouts from the highest peaks In the vicinity reported the ocean was quits clear of sails. Even then we waited for dark.
 At last we put out, and with oars and an improvised sail made fair progro~s We wore soantily provisioned. and before we reached Nassau our d1nklng water was in the condition Co bc expected after three days exposure to the blazing sun. How ever, we were used to hardship and ex- posure
 Jos. M~oeo's Heroic Death
 We had been for months maruhlng about in the interior of Cuba, now fight ing, now retroating; short of provisions. with staggering. sore backed horses; hid Ing out in the oaneflelds with nothing be- tween us and the pelting rains which st this season beat down on Cuba. We were used to being hungry and used Co being cold, SO we all stood the Journey all right The last action l witnessed in Cuba was that at Lomo del Cato, where General Jose MaocO was klllod. lt was M tue NgTY hottest period of the battle. The Spanish infantry were directing bot fire into the Cuban ranks, and it was absolutely neocs- sary that they be dislodgcd from their po- sition. The Cuban cavalry formed for a mschete charge General Msoeo was not the man to permit a subordinate to lead such daring venture. He sprsnR to the head of a column, and his fieroe cry rang out;
 Al maohetel Al maohetoi''
 His blade was waving above his head when the sheet of lead from the Spanish ranks found him. Down he went, with four bullets through his body. He raised himself once after he fell, and. though the blood was gushing from his lips he cried again;
 Al machctei Al maohetelh
 His men charged on without him. and his death was many times avenged before tho Spanish lines broke Nothing could stand before that charge of cavalry, mad dened by the loss of their leader.
 From Nuevitas to Nassau 10 is iao miles Consequently the yenturcsome party toiled along in their little craft at an average speed of only t0 miles day.
 Nuevitas, on the north coast of Cuba. Ia the seaport of Puerto Principe oity. the capital of the province of the same mama
 Colonel Enrique Cospedcs Is veteran of the ten years war. He was very badly wounded In one leg in an engagement at Iguara Dec 1b, 1898, and was specially mentioned in the general order Issued that day for his bravery.