Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-06

SrS.ip oi captain j. II. DorSt, OF tht.
United States cavalry. The Leyden al
So carried !, large quantity Of arms
and ammunition. The tug landed five
men, with four boxes OF ammunition
ana two hon>es. General Acosta also
landed and penetluted to the interior.
where he communicated with the forces
III the insurssnis. L. l.eyden lay to
outside until five o'clu X in the 1nurnin.
Mhen, observing &. troop of Spanish
infantry approaching, she put to sea
aud got safely away. The same night
she proceeded to Ma;anzas, and Tues
day afternoon landed another small
PARTY there. Fearing attack of t,lt.
Sranirls. She looked fo, the Monitors
Terror and -Amphitri;e which are on
Tie blockade i'll that viei1l-
Ky. ana on being unable to iocttc them.
the LeS,len returned to the original
handing place. aching there early Yes
;erdsy morning. Here she WAS met by
.tcua,,a and about 200 Cubans half of
Maon We're armed with rifles. They
united with the men on the tug and an
E.it,cmpt was made TO land the relnun-
ing arms and men, when a troop of 200
uf the Villa Eicesa cavalry swooped
down on them. and q fierce engagement
of q half hours durations followed. The
tupans finally r,pulSed the enemy,
driving them into the woods During
This sa.enent several rifle bullets
Went through the Leyden's smoke
stack. but no one was injured. The
islucky little tug chen went in search
OF tn. fla g..hip. found her Lying near
Havana. and reported the story. Rear
Admiral Sampson sent the gunooat
Wilmington With the Leyden. The TWO
vessels reached the scene of the land
ing Yesterday afternoon and found the
Spanish cavalry in Waiting TO welcome
another attempted invasion. The Viii
lliugion lost no time in preliminarles.
hu. promptly opened fire on a number OF
small houses marking the entry TO the
,.!s ce. The gunbuat tired tour SHOTS.
which immediately drove back the
spaniards, and Captain Dorst, with the
ammunition, landed safely last night
che I4eyuen returning here
News reached here today of the ar
rival at Havana yesterday oil the Hllt-
ish cruiser Talbot to take OF british
subjects who desire to leave the city.
The Talbot was held UP by tho block
aiding vessels, but asked permission w
the flagship to go in, which ltear AL
m1al Sampson readily granted. AZ
tni,al Sir John Richardson. command.
ing the British West Indian NaNal
Station was on bcoard the Talbot.
The Erieishers had not heard the news
81 the Manila victory and when they
learned 1t they heartily congratulated
Admiral Sampson and the other DIN
GERS OF the fleet.
Further Information from the b2sles-
ell island is to the effect that General
lslanco is urging the provincial nu-
thorities in every locality To stir up
the patriotism Of the people. which Is
said to be rapidly waning under the
influence OF hunger and disease
The Spanish soldiers captured on the
Arngonauta last week were sent north
this morning on the steamer Key
West They will be lodged in Fort MIC
pncrson. Five members of the naval
reserve arrived today on the steamer
rarpon and body OF army engineers
nom Wnlels Point on the Malor,
liner Alamo.
The monitor aIi,utonomah arrived
from Philadelphia today.
dispatch boat, which arrived here
today, brought intelligence OF an en-
gagemcnt between Spanish troops ana
insurgents In Havana province. In
&-hch Colonel Juan oclrado. the In
surgent leader and four men We're
killed, and the Spanish lost u. No
further details are known, and even
these are obtained from hearsay in
Havana. Even the date Of the engage
nient is not given, although it is UNI
o!orStood to be nf recent Occurrences.
The steamer Glivette will reach here
tonight. but Win no, he permitted to
enter the inner harbor. owing to the
new port regulations governing the
movement of vessels here during the
war. Commodore Watson is a pnssen-
ger on the Ol;Nette.
correspondent Of the Associated Press
tonight that the division of Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron. already Indicated
from Washington. will, in all proha-
biity. go into effect forthwith. Com
anudore Watson will raise his flag on
the cruiser Cincinnati and his COM
l,.ard will include other cruisers and
gunboats. -
Commodore Remey, who will com
mand the other division Of the ntc1.
Fear Admiral Sampson being COM
n.a1Ger OF both divisions, is expected
here in :, few days.
The conditions of the Havana block
AIDE remain unchanged. the line being
rightly kept by the Montgomery and
other cruisers under Captain Con-
verse. who is still in temporary com
nand.
The censorship Of dispatches here
continue very strict.
Captain Lyons, OF the gunboat Dol
ph.n, which has been cruising for elev-
en- days along the western coast OF
Cuba says there is great activity on
shore throughout that section and es-
peciaily i'm Bahia Henda. Groups Of
SLs.niarGs can be seen working on i'm
rrovisad Notifications of all kinds
i.arthworks have been thrown up all
along The coast, and apparent prepara-
tlnns against invasion are being made.
During the cruise the Dolphin held
up eighteen vessels, all of which were
released except the Spanish fishing
schooner Lolo, which was sent in here
the other day. The Dolphin had pre-
viously taken the Loln. but had relfas-
ed hc! on her captains promise to go
in shore and remain there
Not long afterward the Dolphin
again found the Lolo cruising and an
paTently signalling information to
some one on shore The Spaniard was
then captured. despite the captains
protestations that she was not signal
ling.
MAY INTERCEPT THE OREGON.
U3y Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, May "a Key West
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