The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-31

I have foI ten. We followed her into
cienf'legos Where she landed a lot OF
slaves. III re- had seen s.ooo Of them
Of them had died ON the way over. The
survivors w,re corTalled In . pen under
guard and were lying about in a hrolling
aun. Under a bamboo shelter there were
tub. Of rics and water into which tho
and hands
when after discharKlng tho human
part Of her cargo the Spanish vessel
anchored out near the hArbor entrance
under the s..ns Q. .As forts. Ne tied mp
to buoy and kept watch over her. The
captain Of the port In re~ponse 10 q signal
the Spaniard made 10 the fort canne out
to un and insisted that by international
Law we had no right TO leave the port
until twenty-four hours after the other
We demSrred. Ne threatened 20 fro
on ne. He was told 20 90 ahead; that Ne
would answer When the Spaniard
hoisted her anchor at midnight we cast
on and made after her. our guns ready,
hut the forts kept silent.
There was q good long stern chase.
the SpaniArd making on toward Cape
Catoche. Yucatan. Tho officers Of that
port refused to deliver the vessel to Ne.
aging that u was state affair and that
WAS al Nsrida a. ws WSV,t 10 cam
peachy Raw and anchored oppoaite Si~al.
hfty-eight milea from Merida. There
we're no trains. bait there was a fine ma
cadan road Iinsd nth ma1nolia tTeea In
bloom.
Commander Stevens was determined
20 make the journey. and he took i've
officers. myself acting a. secretary. IN
! In m ola s,ahle wss ar ancient Snanish
coach which the DroDrietor 81 the inn
said had not been mad In ion vears The
Comnander made him clean and oiI II
Then Win Ave nonies quilting. with two
Indians ON the hox' one With the reins
ma ths oshsr ~;,h = hin ara Nth s;,h
: a hottl. ~ As.xiean whiskey we stavted
oH
We chang.d hor.e. exerv tan miles
ana r~,ch~t N.r,d. =, :, o'Slo~-k in ths
mornins There The C,overnor told M
the, ,hs ,ra,,ar "a. No, v;ehin hi~ nrov-
nee and that ws would nave 40 70 tn
Nexico civ
We'll. II was a ive day trim. but We
ynada M - pvs.ident Iaar~g 80 Ms
,@r,,,.",or a. 49, -.n, hSs-E ~ sal
and sook the ar,aniaTd Shs Iater became
the fiIih,,ster FirgiDi,,s
Soon after ms M. Sonoma want out
Of .ovo,ni..io,, ana 1870. mr., ~, nr,eo,.I~rn
~, : Is.x. ~ snsI,ns.. .lssss5 - ~
houoa in penn.Vlvania and m NV nav
c.IisJ on C.oN, TtIrtin mo 80 nv vreSt
unT,s ia a.Lsd me ~ h~ln Mn In
Organizing the Pennsylvania Veteran
Rsseryes have newer se~n II siat~d
.nywhsrc h,,i thess rs.sT~@- garc Ire
Cs;,., ~ \ a. hsing stoDn.sd n, Cs,tv.-
b,,rg wbc, n. saw ,bcm drawn ,,D
,hsrs T.-e ,houwht ,hsv we're Clrant.s
troon. sra ,hst Grant had o,,trnarrhs-d
sNhso 4 r.t,,rnsd Ia Rr,ok i'm ..-i.,.1
i..,,, -Coi Lone "a rsorSanils. he Thirtv
a., Naw York RssiUen, He AID r..
s,,,ld have me annoint.,i a NaioT I'm m.
r.S,,n,n, Sss .ent - to .be front -,
S,.nt out wi,b she tcr,v-.igb,h p.,,-
.,.Iy.,i.
we ~s-. With The second prigade
SECOND D,visiun of the ninth ARMY Corps
~. fail - RiHSm"J ISs rsg,,n.sn,
L,'d ,Sa,,., "a ,ns' ,,in;r., ~ ,l,,, liza
eaton AZ JS,.rsburg ~aS on. q,
~ ,'il ~. ,'',h ~, su ",ns 80
=, ,,,,ny .,i5is,s Inion as yell n. Con'
Sa,...a,. -. 4 H.,
Il ga. m. onIv ON. ~ the five ,ha,
s,rv,vaJ md I 1as n,c,, 81 ,,n for dsa5
shell hir me on the forehead Here
,bc C"l,'ne; sbov 81 as,,erai bla,i, sea,s
IN his beai
az fer P:cby,ond fan . bs re.ur,..1
Il uas A. c.rrn 4 b,nhorazo an the jaUSs
Rive- Tor A time but Ie,s- had The rriII-
49, di.tr,ct het~san Richmond and
ps,,-.i,,rg with hsado,,art,sra a. po;,,
- KoSSsS - o,,t inSnec,ins M
n,,bt ~ hen a aash oT Ightnins, rsS.aIs,d
. r., - h,,.Lu ha,.ks,. - .it,ns - 70, ~. ~,
~. I'D. Of cr~~k They tired a yo,lsy
ana one ~ the buileta ~ snt tbroI,gh ms
,.hs.t i,,-t ahove IN. haart 1 80 ea,,r
10 1,,b an 1.rd.rIv ,,nd ,h.., feu g,,,,,
,,,, hor.. haig !, rnil.s frou, h.ado,,ar,,rs
yss taLsn 10 the hoase on CoI Taiho,
. olantey his danght.r nnrSed me h,.c.