Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-14

in order to keep from being swamped.
Again and again they were on the verge
OF destruction, the waves WashlnS Over
the boat and filling her to the very
thwarts After three days Of constant
anxiety and struggling they managed
to put in at Rio Nuevo, IN u pltlaDle
condition.
The names of the crew are DR.. u. u. E'
Vieta, Northumberland; Commanders
Miguel Ayrona and Felix V. Prevail; cap
tains Arthur II. Joyce and Luis X. Ma
randa: I.eutenants Carlos Bordelios and
Carlos Moreno, and sub-Lieutenants Juan
Veneter. Adolphus Casanoyas, Alberto
Diaz. Juan Calodeyen, and Lorenzo VI
cente. During the voyage Carlos Morehe
acted as pilot, and several of the others
as sailors.
IL is suspected by the authorities hers
that some of these names are hcutlous,
and that among the party are several
important revolutionary officers, who arc
travelling incognito 1t will be remem-
bered last year that Carlos Rolon, the
leader of many expeditions to Cuba, ar
rived in jamaica under the nom de
guerre Of Charles Roberts, and described
himself as an American journalist. Ii
was not until after his departure for
Cuba that the Spanish Consul at King
ston became aware of his real character.
Whether the suspicious of the governs
ment are well founded or not, 1t IS hard
to say at present, but in few days the
real facts will probably become known.
OF the twelve men composing the party,
four are invalids. DR.. Vieta is now
living in Kingston, tenderly cared for by
the local Cubans. He is suffering from
a sickness induced by months Of trial and
privation. Another is suffering from
a bullet wound in the thigh, third from
a bayonet wound in the shoulder. and a
fourth is not expected to recover from an
| internal complaint aggravated by the
severe effects of the voyage.
But their spirits are not daunted. Glee-
| fully they talk of the successes OF the
rebels and of the defeats of the Span
| iards. Their privations and sufferings
are. they say, as nothing compared with
what the Spanish troops are undergoing.
LETTERS SEIZED.
| Tn an interview with the Associated
press correspondent, they complained Bit
terlv OF the action of the British officials,
( for the visiting health officer had arbl-
7 trarilv seized a number of important
/ letters and dispatches designed for the
J Cuban Junta In New York. They had
nrotested against this action but the Of
l acials replied that a breach OF the postal
/ regulations act had been committed, and
that the letters must be forfeited as a
penalty
Nearly eighty letters were taken from
DR. Yieta alone, and there is no prospect
Of any of them ever reaching their desti-
! nation.
NV first inquiry was with reference to
| the rumor that General Maxine Gomez
had been killed. This was treated by
All tho patriots as simply canard cir
culated by the spaniards in the hope or
nersuading few deserters 10 join their
ranks.
srhe revolution" said Morena, SIS prIn-
cipalIy confined at the present moment TO
the Orient and the Camaguay District.
rrhe Standards are I'm possession OF one
or two small places. but they suffer very
severely from the want Of food and am
,runition. Their camps are decimated
) nv sickness. and numbers are DESERVING
! every day 10 join the ranks OF the in
surgenJs."
DR. Vieta says that the Cuban troops
are in good health, and have a good sup
i nlv Of food and ammunition; that all are
! well armed and that the principal dif-
| dcuIty Is to keep them In clothes.
| Tho election of a President was COM
,,enced I'm the month OF May. and there
| bas heen a genuine display OF patriotic
! feeling on the subject among the Cupans
| rrha result will not be made known until
sentember The candidates are General
| Garcia. General Masso, and Seymour
| capote. Dr. Hernandez Is also among
the nominees.