fo Admiral despatches one to ~ CANNONADING AT MATANZAS U. S. Warships Shell the Shore Batteries. SUNK A U.S. The story of the bombaniment of Matanzas is reported from Key West to-day, purporting to come from the flagship New York. It is told in the same spread-eagie style as the first despatch, marking the work of 9 the yellow reporter. It ends' by leavinte everything "hid from view" by smoke, and remarking: "What became of the soldiers Seek an Panta Gorda is not known. Seme_de- clare they saw them running to the brow Of the hill, where the freld bat- tery was thought to be stationed, But this, as well as the estimate of the efemy"s number, which ranged from 400 to 4,060, was purely suppes tion, distance and smoke preventing urate know kxige-. f about S00 ptteng were fired during the bombardment, 10: of which were from the New York. The total cost of the bombardment was about So, 00, expended entirely in ammunition. The most characteristic incident of > bombardment of Maranzas eurred in the sick bay of the Nagship. Iii sailors were tying there, Ustening to the shots. all eager to get on deok, Suddentiy, as if moved by common ie pulse, four of them Sprang from their eots. One had malaria ; two had gripp. and another a high fever; but their allments were forgotten as they rushed WAR VESSEL. who were captured by the gunboat Wihningten, on board a small schoon- er bound for Matanzas, were put on shore at Santa Cruz, 24 miles from Havana, by the United States scout boat Algonguin, formerty the steamer ki Toro. The lieutenant was on far- tough, and was going to see his wife umd infant child, The latter was bern last Friday, and the father had not seen his child. Under the circun- Stanves, Rear Admiral Sampsen de- cided to let the Spanish officer and his qpderly go under parole. STOPPED A BRITISH VESSEL. The Luciline Boarded but Discreetly Allowed to Ga. Havana cable: News fram Hay ana reached the squadron this even- hig that the Rritish steamer Luciline Was stoppad by the flagship. The Lu- cline is commanded by Captain uckor, She hulls from London and was boand from Havana for Bermuda and ?Phila- delphia. She has about 200 Cubans men, women and children, on board, besides a oa horses and sugar. she is the first boat known to have left. Havana since last Friday, when the bloeKade was commenced, She was seen coming out from El Morro about +P m. and was about & miles from land before the New York started on her tral, "<aptain Tucker gave proofs of the Luciline's identity He satisfactory out to their gun divisions and took their usual stations. Despite Mier ei) treaties to be allowed to stay they) were ordered back to the sick bay It was reported to the Nagstip its return to Havana station that Wo} torpedo gunboats had endeavored to} run the blockade during Ute Gay and} Vana uN | vis |; Ameroarn Winsiow arrive! from Key West last | night. The night was quiet and nO in- eldent of interest occurred. j Ker--Wpst--cabtie says The pre court of inquiry, appointed by U.S Judge Locke at Jacksonville on April) M4th, to adjust the questions relat | ing to the capture of prize Vesseis, met this morning im Secret session. The case of the Catalina, whith was | captured by the Detroit, and valued) at Si00,000, was the first to be heard. t may be saki upon the authority of United States District Attorney | Stripling that the captured crews and; passengers, in"ajl about 250, are not) i althou®h the officers | are: as Witnesses before the! Attorney-General Griggs direct that all possible conskieration Bhould be- shown ta the captured Spaniards. A report from Washington to effect that the prizes would be turned to Spain bas eaused 'keen appointment amoug naval men he the re- dis- Provisionima the Pleet New York report A despatch to the World (vellow) from St. Vincent Says: The departure of the Spanish fleet has been again postponed, and the vessels are still here. It is rumored that part of the sjuadron will sail for the Canaries. The fieet is busy buying up all the provisions on shore and from steamers calling in here. The batth ships Vircaya and Oquendo have had their funnels painted Black since their arrival from Porto Rico. The transport Ciudad de Cadiz has been working daily trans shipping War materials and coal to the 2 Nothing is known of rumored Porte- Guese interference. ere is a great deal of signalling among the ships-of the sqtaaron nightly, and sometimes electric searchlights are used. The to boat destroyer every night on a cruise. Ready to Sight Lomion cable : According ww <¢ special despatch received .here to-day 'from Madrid. the Spanish Minister of Marine, Admiral Bermejo, received a cipher message from. the Spanish Ad- iral in command at Manila, Admiral Gomtejo. announcing that after taking mae t squa awalt the coming of the United States fleet. BUYING BRITISH GUNS. The British steamer Georgian which arrived this morning from Lon- dou t a large quantity of guns and ammunition, consigned to the commardant of Brookivn Naval Yards The guns are rapit fir~ ing Maxims. SHENANDOAH NOT CAPTURED. The Spanish Seem to be Living Up to Their Proclamations. i Cork cable says: The steamer Kil larney, which has arrived at Bristol, reporgs that she spoke Ameri ship Sheua = was reported fast week had fallen into the bands of the Spaniards. : Stery of a Capture Om board the ship New off Havana, April 26.3 p m., via Key West, Fia. April 26 1.25 a. m. RBOOR ho stra hare I The said that the people in Havana did not know that war was in progress Engiish ConsubGeneral Mr Gol- lav, had salt nothing to him, so Ca tuin 'Tacker atiegesi about the" war and the blockade. When asked what explanation was given in Havana, for the appearance of ships outshie Ei Morro, Capt. Tecker saki he had not both- & it and had not > Were hO CY @NCeER wad, of starvation in the city of Hav- ana, His Cuban passengers--many the shikiren-in-arms=were being taken out of "oan general principles" heunt that more mines were takt in the harbor. Capt. Tucker de- clare? What he had not read any of the Havana papers A & careful inspection, Lieut. Martie left the LuoilineThrea_o were given ds he went over the side. A Cavalry Patrol. About 200 Spanish Caraliry were seen On the beach about 15 miles from Ri Morrogthis afternoon. The flag ship was lying at mo great distance from the shore, amd they were with- ih sy range; but no shots were firexi. It is believed the Spanish cay- atry is establishing a tral to pre- Vent a repetition of such incidents as the Porter landing last night. The El Morro batteries were believed to firing at something about 3 pon. bat it was @upossible to ascertain defin- itely whether this was so or not. Madria Press Opinion \ Madrid cable says The zer- eral tone of the eveuiue papers "bear out the opluion last eabed that the i & lomgr ome. AS Senor € the <issident Cor- said, Spain has ab the material advantages resulting from the possession of Cuba, bat will fight ta the last on the {UES tie of maintaining the flag, pre ferring to fight America openty rather than America seeretly fomenting in Lrrections. The result of defeat Senor Silvela says. will only mean a loss of what has already come.-sikee Rurane woul! HOt allow aun army of oceupation in Sypsun, pemding the payment of war imlenanity. 'rhe Couservative leacer Says: "lt gaily becomes clearer that America iras bdlunderai into a war that wilh be disastrousiy expensive to her, Whatever the outcome. The fault es With the jingo papers im urging Amerivan Statesmen beyond the bounds Of reasonable Gemands of geo govertument for Cuba. America is jas. -- O8 that point, bet not beyor.i _ Phe general opiniun among Spam inrus is that Jumerica Cuba from the first. auced cpinion, held by a few, is that She wished to secure. a pea te atretes Caba, and j the trae interests of Sta > self-ueferce, until the expeeted geweral confia- station of Europe agalust. Anglo Saxon domination iS brought about." Sums determination to set the werkt, ablaze, rather tham to with- draw from the conflict dishonored, is very uarkesé " Continuing, the Liberal says: "It Sppears- that a coup de main wpor Manila is row tended, bat t Spaniards are quite confiient that the result will be disastrous to t Se eee et nee meyer bn Nerrazean waters has giver? tise to apprehension concerhing the several well-known New The lmparvial of Madrid stuys. in- genuousty, that the yachts would be worth capturing, as those in Mediterranean alone at the present time represent several million dol- ars. Several the swiftest vessels of the Spanish navy have been dered to cruise about the Straits of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and in the Engiish Channel also and make prises of-any of these yachts they may intercept. Since early ins March six. Americans, Cornelius Vanderbilt. Anthony J. Drexel, John BR. Drexel. Eugene Higgins, Henry Walters and John E. Brooks, have been cruising in the Mediterranean in their yachts Of these gentiemen, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Brooks are in no danger, as they are sailing in yachts flying the British flag. Mr. Vanderbilt charter ed--the Catania, owned by an Eng- lish baronet, and Mr. Brooks' yacht tsof English register, Mr. Brooks is « New Yorker, who tives in London, When last heard from tle Catania was at Naples. and the Andria. Mr. Brooks' yacat had pasedeut through the Straits of Gibraltar, heading for England, Unless the other--\meriee have been warne?l to keep within same neutral harber. they i are Att Dr. Recently, Anthony J. Dréxel and a large party sailed from Venice on the Margarita for Naples Eartyr in the season Mr. Drexel wrete to an acquaintance in this city that was his plan to make the trip through the Suez Canal ter in the season. rexel ed on Santana from Nice two weeks ago. and when last heard from Eugene Higgins had 'left Nice on his vacht, the Varnia. Robert Goclet's handsome steam yacht, Nahma. kit Newport ten days ago for Glasgow to undergo some repairs, and should by this time be near her destination, Ran the Havana Blockade. Hevana cable trahs- st is ap pears, not the only vessel which has reached this port since the blockade was established as the arrival of the steamer Aviles, fram Nuevitas, is also reported. It ix announced from Cayo Frances that two United States mon- itars captured two sshooners loaded with coal, but discovering that they were German vessels, they -were- Tre wasai ~Despatehes from Matanzas say an Americar torpedo boat des troyer has twice enteral the port of Matanzas The secom! time, it is ener , GEN LEE US WY ie COMMANDER WINFIELD S. SCS the | wdded, six shots were fired at ber and L&EY, U.S. N. She retired The Italian cruiser Gio- yaunl Bausin arrived here en Satur- day. Her band played the nish national hymn, and the forts and |) Spanish warships answe thelr i bands playing the Itallan national hyran,. The usual aalutes were ex- changed, p REPORTED FIRING, The Spanish gunboat Ligera, it is announerd here, encountered at Caro Piedra, not far from Matanzas, an American torpedo be destroyer, "whieh opened fire on the Spanish war- ship. The gunboat, it is added, an- swered with eleven shots. It is claimed: the American destrayer was dam- aged ami retreated The Spanish steamer Montzerrat, from Cadiz. on April 10th via Las Palmas on April isth for Havana, has arrived, it is announced, safely at ( She had on board three millions and a quantity of ammaunitioa.-- WILE HELP SPAIN. it is officially announced that the insurgent Brigadier-General Masso has been authorieed to form a division of natives to fight against the United States Grooms, The Spanish officials say well-known insu t feader Juan Delgada with seventeen 2etol-hin-fetiowers has hee Ri Hear | Cano The situation here today is one of expectation and quiet, patriotic enthusiasm, combined wit a upper the part of the Spaniards for the opening of real hostilities May Wait Till Fall. Washington deateh > The war sit- uation is substantially this: The Woekading Squadron remains passive before Havana, with no present pur pose of bombanting or of afrawing the fire WF the shore batteries. he Strategic purpose of an effective Nock- aude of the Cuban capital is being accomplished to the entire satisfac tion of the authorities here. is no indication that a part of the fleet will be withdrawn for the purpose of affording additional pretection to North Atlantic ports. POSTPONED TILI. PALL. In. the War Department there is a growing belief that the campaign pro- per. in Caba will net be im fall swing before next fall, when tie rainy season has emled. The belief, however, has hot prevented the officers whose daty it is to get the troops together from pushing their work with the greatest energy. BELONG TO:CHATHAM, ONT. The Cataline Releasediand Allowedite The Catalina, which the Americans eaptured the other the finest boats of the Penille Line. y ---- AW SS ' \ . nS. in sijver day, is one of. and was laden with a valuable cargo" of staves, the of the Suther- jand-Innes Co, of Chatham, Ont. She sailed New Orleans on April Qund, for a. eee Immediately on learning of her cap- ture Mr, Innes communicated with Sir Jullan Pauncefote, British Ambassador at W -- is ing him oD ig tesa hewwer' gel and ask 'Interfere: mn : mat t mot. Word has been recelved by the company that the bont and ura had been released and were on their voyage In safety. And That is a Fraud. We shall lose in precious blood no one knows how much by war = and plague, In treasure wy the hundred millions, load oursely : the infinite which war brings in Its train, a Sacrifice is here! 'There is only one compelling and splendid a to offer for our rash intermeddling it makes the heart-throbs quicken an fires the soul: and it will serve. We do it for humanity's sake.--Springficld tenublican, BOMBARDING MATANZAS. Story of a Yellow Juurnal Given for Whatisis Worth ~ A New York Herald despatch gives the following story af the bombard ment of Matanzas, allegeds to have taken place yesterday : At Matanzas the New York found the monitor Puritan and the cruiser Cincinnati, that have beeu blockading the port. Admiral Sampson ceciaad to Jmake a reeonaissance in ferce for the purpose of locating the batteries, dis- covering the kind of guns they mount- ed, and if possible stopping the work of fortifying. , Matanzas lies at the head of a bay, xbout four miles from the sea. This bay at i mouth Is three miles wide. On the west side of the bay is Point Rubaleava, and on the east. side Point Maya. O82 Points have a very slight elevation abore the sea, but the configuration of the harbor is such as to give the be on them a commanding posi- btohine back from these bat- ® towering hills, and it was the guns had been mounted somewhere there conceiled by the shrubbery. The New York led the way into the Ray of Matanzas. The behind a slightly greater distance astern GO the starboard side. The _ tines tirawn fron sii, t Ship would have made almost perfect tri- ea At a few minutes before I @elock there was a puff of smoke from the east shore, an an eight-inch shell whiazed toward the New York, bat fell ~ y had the re- port Wied away than anot F Smoke Moated upon the Point Maya _ side. nid-easity dew 4 ¥ This shail also fell short. + Was neariy flagship promptly opencd? fire ith one of her eight-inch gans LURID LANGUAGE The engagement in agfew minutes MNOS BIN? merai, anid were covered with smokes, while the hollow between the hills roared with the cannonading. Continuing to cut loose with her guns starboard and port, as well as fore ant aft, the New York steamed guickiy In and circled around to the westward toward Point KRubaleava, while the Puritan swung to the star beard to he Maya batterioe. The a New York ignored this battery after a minute, and proceeded to pay ali her would suddenty rbe from her side, the ere following the di- rection of the shot. wouki se an in- stant later a great cloud of dust and fragments of concrete and mortar fly high iu the air. Then Wound come the roar of the piece, suction and heaxy.- : New-York iad Soon reduced? the range from 7,000 to 30G0 yanks, a SOO Was tossing shells into Rubalceava at the rate of about three a minute with. womlerful precision and appar eutly great destructiveness in the meantime the luritan Was taking care of Point Maya. It was a long shot to that battery. it was sO well masked that the only went smoke when the Er ranmce her shells burst every tame within the fortifica- tion, ami great was the explosiom therec Nigh up in the air woak! go «a cloud of dust-~atoms of the Span t-- looking for all the worki like the ex- plosion of a m pris- matic powder. he Puritan was deo- ing fully as much harm toa the vast side of the bay as the New York was doing om the west . All this time the Cincinnati had re- bigt gums on the Peritan followed It was the best shot of the dar. . It streck the battery bast where the < gam was, tore its way Into earth- works and exploded, doing great de- struc tion. WORKS IN A COMPEIMENT.