Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-11

others, commanded by Maj. Rafael PereS Morales. They reached Cuba. Jan. 3, and formed part of the forces of Gen. Ruiz Rivera iAmieva was with Gen. Rivera when he was wounded. He says that at this time Rivera had only one hundred men and fifty carriers. Several columns attacked them suddenly at Cahezabas. Nearly all escaped except Rivera, who suffered from heart disease and tainted at a critical. moment. Col. Baccaloa and Senor Terry remained with Gen. Rivera for the purpose. of assisting him. Short ly before the arrival of the regulars Amieva had been ordered to retire with the wounded, otherwise he, too, would have been captured. Terry resisted cap tures and was fired on by the Spaniards and, wounded. Gen. Rivera, as Is well known, was also wounded.
 sz Col Am1eve missed his way after the recent light at Dauragano plantation, near the trocha. He remained concealed for a considerable period of time, but the Spanish troops finally surrounded him.
 Col. AmiSva then threw aside his arms and offered flag of truce, surrendering. He was brought into the presence of Gen. Fernandez Terror. Fearing for his life, hs. did not acknowledge that he was a colonel in the insurgent army and said nothing about. his American citizenship. Gen Terror produced the log book of the Dauptless, captured on the scene of the light, and proved that he was a colonel in.the insurgent army. Amieva says that ne did notreseape as did others on Lhis occasion, because he was suffering from Yaricocela- When he was transferred to
 Havana he suffered from malaria. How eyer he was well treated by the civil guards along the line of the road Ar irving. at Havana, he was delivered to the soldiers, who treated him roughly, hafdcuffing him, etc. Up to ahe time he was released at the fortress he was we'll treated by Gen. Garrich and other off -cers.gsst~. gro, C.
 Col. Amieva says Gen. Rivera is very sanguine of the final triumph of the revolution. He insisted upon remaining in the Rio Hundo region, where he was attacked seven consecu i've times. Three days after Commissioners Jorey and Pc returned from Rivera's camp he was at tackled by Gen. Velasco, a number of documents which were seized revealing a .0lsagreement existing among the in surgsnt chiefs in the province of Pinar del Rio and eastern Cuba. Seven peas ants, 1t is reported, were alta cked on the Pujol highway. in the province of San.n Clara, recently. They left the city in s:arch of foed and vegeta bles. It is of1- cially announced that all were "hung as spies by the insurgents.
 The insurgents recently raidsd the town or Vereda Neuva, sacking the stores and burning the houses. They were finally rfSo1. --9---..
 General Ruiz Rivera and the other pris- oners captured with him have not been sentenced yet. The report that they were to have been shot within twenty TOUT hours was untrue. It Is an inva- rlable rule on the part of Spanish au- thorlt1es not to shoot prisoners until completely recovered from their wounds.
 Many persons were in waiting in the vicinity of Christiana station hoping to catch sight of General Rivera upon the occasion of his arrival there. For the purpose of avoiding trouble the officers having General Rivera in charge contin- ued to Regla, transferred their prisoner to the fortress from that point. General Rivera was placed in communicate and could not be interviewed He will re- main in solitary confinement until Prose- cutor Ordens considers it advisable to issue other orders.
 Rumors that Batabano had been cap tured by the insurgents are pronounced untrue. The military commander of Batabano. lieutenant and two minor officers, left the town for the purpose of meeting, according to official advices, the representatives of the Cubans They were anbushed and the military com mander wounded Two of the officers were killed. Lieutenant Colonel Bolger will investigate the matter It is quite generally believed that the officers left the town for the purpose of indulging in brief walk and that they were sur prised by the insurgents
 Colonel Amieva has been set at liberty His release is in accordance with the iedict of Captain General Weyler order I ing pardon for all who will surrender and leave, the island.