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"The Second Invasion." Maceo's Triumphal Progress Through Pinar Del Rio. Mail and Express. Habana, Cuba, March 20.-The io sargent generals are still outwitting and OQtgeneraliiog the Spaniards with a completeness which would be ludicrous if the horrors of the Spanish attempt at brutal conquest were Dot always pres* | ent in one's mind. Maceo's invasion of Pioar del Kio bas already attained such importance that it is designated "the second inva? sion." Although he bas not started oa his return a brief summary of the events which have already occurred will show how important this invasion is to the issue of the war. The first event occurred two weeks ago when Maceo, who had been moving eastward through Mataozas, turned back toward the west. The seven Spanish colamos, which I have so often referred to, were suddenly called apon to check him. Gen. Wey ler's staff planned a maneuver which would brio g all the forces into con? junction surrouoding Maceo's army at a point one mile from Golisea. The orders were sent by telegraph to Gens. Frat, Linares and Aldecoa and Col. Hernandez requiring them to make that place at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The telegraph operator let the message go correctly to Gen. Prat, bot changed the hoar to 6 in the other message ; and when Gen. Prat came apon Maceo he had about 3,500 men and the rebels 0V8r 8,000 cavalry. Gen Prat was forced to retreat with the column badly shattered. A second combination was attempted two days later near Limonar, where Macao was apparently ioteodiog to cross the Hoe into Habana provioce This also failed, for the reason that Col. Tort with the Almancea battalion, a newly arrived body of green recruits from Spain who bad never seen f?ghtiog, at? tempted to hold the vital point on the lines. Maceo's veterans swept down upon them and broke through the com? bination with a fierce fight which wiped oat the Almancea battalion. The Spaoisb retired in the direction of Limonar, carrying about 100 wound? ed ; and, besides the 19 dead they oar ried away, left seven on the field, which the rebels buried. With these victories Maceo's road was clear, and after a few engagements of minor importance came the barning of the important towns of Batabaoa, What the Spanish did to defend it is best told by their own re? port: "When we saw the establishment, El Canon, belonging to Mr. Ricardo Ganidera. the first boase barned, was in flames, the troops, in anticipation of what might occur, retired to the forts." They were so whipped oat that Gen. Weyler, the day after the burning of the city, ordered the payment of $10 to each man in the garrison to enable bim to buy clothing. Here a gunboat lay out io the harbor and shelled the town while the insurgents were burning it, but Quintin Bandera happened to have four cannons, and when these un? expectedly opened upoo the gunboat she put ouc to sea. Io this fight the cannon shots were passing over the roof of the little cable station where the line drops off shore, and the operator had to stand outside waving a lantern constantly to enable the gunners on the water to direct their shots over him or to one side. He bad to take his chances with the rebels when their cannons began to take part, and at one time he set down his lantern loDg eoough to telephone io Habana : "Good-bye, boys. It's all up with us, and-" There the wire was cut. He waved bis light again until he saw the gunboat leaving, and then lay fiat down on the grouod and waited. It was three days before the line was repaired aod he was able to send word that he was still alive. While this was going on the Spanish were setting a third line in a combina? tion of troops to keep Maceo within Habana province and out of Pinar del Kio at any cost. Coi. Hernandez and Col. InclaD, with nearly 3,000 men, were hurriedly sent in front of Maceo by trains down the western railway, j Gen. Ochando, the chief of Gen. Wey- j ler'e staff, said that morning, the 13th: "They have entered the province again, but I have just given orders to bar their way into Pinar del Rio, and, j although I don't kuow whether they ! will succeed in getting there or not, if j they do they will never come out; alive." Two dajs later Maceo's forces de? feated Hernandez and lucian at the estate Neptuno, rear Mangas, between Artemesia aad captured the mules with ! the ammunition aud rations. The next day occurred one of the j hardest fights of the iuvasion The I troops of Gen Linares had begun to! arrive to assist Hernandez and lucian | They brought cavalry and artillery. The Spanish forces were moving along the road which lies between Candelaria and Guanajay. It was raining in tor? rents. Suddenly the whole divis-j ion found itself io an ambush ; 4.000 | rebels were behind stone fences on both sides of the road, and as soon as the fighting began they closed in front ? and rear. There was fighting for two j hours. The rebels used the ammuni- j tion they had captured the day before. I They captured two cannons and more ammunition and inflicted such losses upon the Spanish that a special train was sent out from Habana to bring in the dead aud wounded. It was even given out at the palace that the troops had suffered two eaptaios killed, lieutenants wounded and 57 so wounded. There were about 5C Of course, it was called a Sp victory and it was aunouoced "we persed the enecny with ba charges." The next day, the 18th, at ( jabos, the rebels took possession o burned town for a camp. Gen nares, Col. Francis and Col. Ii attacked tbem. Col. Francis ar first. Gen. Linares and Col. Ii heard cannonading and rifle firing hurried on. Tbe fight here lasted hours, and the Spanish had four tains and seven lieutenants killed, killed and wounded soldiers Dumb nearly 300., The rebels capt 1,000 rifles, and, on account of strong position in the town, got thr< the day with abput 80 losses dead wounded, as nearly as oan be lear Col. Francis was wounded and brought back to Habana yesterday. This is an outline of the invasioc to the present. It is sufficient to 8 that Maceo's march has been atter by every effort which the Spanish ci exert to prevent his progress, tuat t resources have been taxed to the ul most, bot they have failed at ei point. He is still on his march. Spanish are behind him. Of his '. 000 men he has suffered no apprecii loss ; but has captured some of enemy's artillery, disabled one of tl best leaders io Colonel Francis? ta 1,000 Maasers, and more than all tb combined, he has utterly destroyed effect of General Weyler's proclai tion declaring that Habana and Pi del Rio were cleared up and closed the rebel armies. General Gomez's movements wit the past three or four days are fully significant as Maceo's invasion. Ap rently satisfied that his lieutenant-ge ral is perfectly safe in caring for hi self, Gomez has gone back in Sai Clara, and crossed the Spanish mil its lines of that province without firing shot. Gomez had entirely disappear from the official reports for three da] and then this was given out : "It believed that Gomez is in Habana pi vince." As if Gomez and 6,000 m could disappear and move around uno served in a district hardly larger th Long Island. Since then not anoth word has been given out and three da more have elapsed. Gomez's move has doubtless causi some embarrassment in the official r ports, because they had him beir "driven" desperately into Santa Cia two weeks ago, then be was being "hs rassed'' back again and wan "forced make a union with Maceo," and lat they were "forced to separate.Whi Maceo was being fought and disperse at every point on bis invasisn, Gom< was standing at a point near the ceoti of Matanza? watching the successft begining of Maceo's march, and f< some reason the reports dropped hi there. The reference to his bein "believed to be" in the province ma bave been due,to the disappointment < his having gone into Santa Clan while all attention was being directe toward Maceo. The Spanish merchants of Haban are rasiog a subscription in the shap of pledges, with the purpose of orlerin a reward of $50,000 for "the head ( Gomez, dead or a?iv<\" and ?30,00 for the head of Maceo, under the sam conditions. This is generally coo sidered here as one of the most practi cal su jgestions which bas yet bee made for ending the war. Elbert Rappleye Take the Offensive. Rebels Vigorously Active Since Receiving Arms. Habana, March 28, via Key West March 28.-Immediatel after the landing of the Bermuday expedition Maceo, Calixto Garcia and othei ieaders, with a long stringj of pack mules, moved southwest in the di rection of the capital of Pinar del Rio provice Rumors have been current here for two days that the city has been attacked and captured. It is impossible to obtain definite news at all ; the wires are down. General Weyler has sent nine columns of troops, about 40,000 men, in pursuit of Maceo. The lat? ter lias 12,000 men and arms, am mu nition and rapid fire guns landed by the Bermuda. The government is still silent in regard to Gomez's whereabouts. Other sources locate him near the capital of Santa Clara province which was entered by the rebels Monday. No official report of the result of the attack has yet been made. During the week a hali dozen im? portant towns and cities were attack? ed. The insurgents have taken the offeusive since the Garcia and Col? lazo expeditions arrived. Weyler's recent order, declaring small bands of insurgents in Habana and Pinar del Rio provinces, bandits, is de noudced by the Cubans who say it opens the way to wholesale slaugh? ter. I The three brothers, Ferrar, Ameri? can citizens and owners of Estrella j coffee plantation near Al ?quizar, j have filed a protest with the consul j general stating their residence was j bombarded with grape cannister, ! shattering the doo^s and windows, on March 21 while occupied by their families only, the wife of one brother enciente. The small children were in tlie house at the time. No insur? gents were present. The troops looted the wardrobes, and jewelry and money were taken from the houses. Workmen were searched and 12 laborers taken were treated the same as prisoners of war sum? mary court-mariialed. Ferrar claims damages. Gen Bernai, command? ing the troops, made an official re? port next day, describing a brilliant victory and dislodging the enemy with artilery and capturing 12 pris aners on the Estrella plantation. Pomingo ?etarte, a French citizen and owner of the Oyalita estate, has arrived here and filed a claim with French consul for the destruction of his property by Spanish troops. He described the killing of 13 employees as previously reported. Ile says Duarte, manager of the estate, was shot down while wrapping in the French flag. Another Frenchman named Drake, owner of the Saratoga estate, has filed a protest claiming! Col. Molina threatened to burn the buildings and shoot all on the estate in case Drake foiled immediately to notify him whenever rebel bands passed near ?he plantation. A mob of 200 persons followed 20 prisoners through the streets of Habana Wednesday. The pinioned men were truck, kicked and stoned Gen. Ahumada dispersed the mob. Ye?terday 106 prisoners arrived from Sagua. Weyler has ordered all 6tores mt than 500 metres distant of towns ano hamlets closed, and goods removed. Rappelye, correspondent of the New York Mail and ICxpress. was expelled by order of Weyler Thurs? day on the ground that his presence here was prejudicial to the govern? ment, his articles criticizing the troops and volunteers and army oper- j ations creating a wrong impression ? abroad. Rappelye observed all the rules and regulations while here, apparently incurring displeasure en? tirely by treating the war from an American rather than from a Spanish standpoint. Clark. Sad Sabbath Soakers. Doors of Pour Thousand Bars Bolted in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, March 29.-After the clocks bad chimed the hour of mid? night last night the Raine's liquor law was in force in Brooklyn. The man? date had {?one forth to Commissioner Welles and District Attorney Foster L. B?ckus, that the law would be strictly enforced and every saloon? keeper within the jurisdiction of the police was notified to comply with its provisions to-day. That they did so was apparent everywhere and saloons, sidedoors and all, were closed tight and every facility was given to the police to observe that it was not a preteose, but a positive fact. Blinds in ali the liquor stores and in cases where glass panels obstructed the view of the bar from the street, they were thrown open. Never in its history as a city has Brook? lyn.experienced such a dry Sunday. ! The restaurants and clubs were just as ? dry as the saloons. People who were! accustomed to visit a favorite restaurant 1 i"or their Sunday dioner, found the sup- j ply of wine unexpectedly cut off. Not a cold bottle was to be had anywhere, . which was particularly galling to men j whose liberty in this respect had never | before been interfered with. The complaints were long and loud and will eventually reach the legislature j Even in the outlying sections of the ! city, where it was thought an effort ! wnuid be made to defy the law, the liquor dealers reluctantly obeyed. ' There are over 4.000 saloons in the city acd nearly all of them complied with the provision of the Raines' bill. A ; noticeable feature of the day was a Dumber of people who surreptitiously drew dark coiored bottles from their pockets and drank some of the contents, j The police found a large number of i these bottles lying about empty. It was supposed that the habitual topers had made provision to meet thc coining emergency. Police Superintendent McKelvey ! said tonight that of 4,000 and odd sa- ] loons there were only 273 violations of ?he law reported and two arrests made. Just what propotion of this actually sold intoxicating driak he could ryni ; say. Ile believed that their failure to i comply with the law in most cases was due to the fact that they had not made the necessary preparations toward that end. The actual number of violations was very small. Reports from all the precincts, specially called for by thc superintend . ent showed that there was not a single case of arrest for intoxication to dav. This is unprecedented in the history of fhis city. Violating the Navigation Laws. Washington, Milich 30 -The col? lector ol customs at Charleston, S C., has informed the treasury depart? ment that an engineer on the steamer Commodore has made a statement to him that the Commodore recently landed on her last trip from Charles ton a lot of arms and a body of men on Cuban soil. Tho vessel's papers on the trip were taken out for the coastwise service as far south as Tampa, Fla , and ??id not permit her? to touch on foreign soil. The collec-1 tor has turned over the information j to the United States district attorney, | j and ii the engineer's statement is j corroborated by other testimony, tue j vessel will be proceeded against for violation of the United States navi? gation laws In case of conviction, I the Commodore is liable to forfeiture, under section 4,337 of the revised statutes What Will we do About It? The Outrage Perpetrated on Americans. Habana, March 30, via Tampa, Fla , ! 30.-Here is (he story of the three brothers, Ferrar, all American citizens and joint owneis of the coffee planta? tion, "Estrella," in Habaua provinoe, near Alquizar. It does not differ greatly from the experiences of many other owners of estates in the interior, but as these men happen to be Amer? icans and have made sworn statements, protesting against 'be excess committed by Spanish troops, and demauding damages, the affair has become one of officias record and cannot be brushed away with a general denial. The papers are now in the hands of Consul General Williams, and Miguel Ferrar, ono of the brothers, bas furnished me with a copy of his statement. It is as follows : TI?E STORY TOLD. OD Sunday, March 21, the dwcll u0U8e of the coffee plantation Es? tella was the object of a wanton attack by a column of General Bernai, oper? ating in that region. The said build? ing received two cangon shots of grape and cannister, breaking the door, one window, several piazza columns and greatly endangering the lives of the families of my brothers, Don Tasio and Don Luis Ferrar, both American citizens, the wife of the former being enciente. There were two small chil? dren io the house. From my informa? tion, it appears that the troops mention ed had sustained fire from a rebel band io Paz plantation, a quarter league from Estrella. The rebels having fled toward Pedroso and Buena Esperanza plantations, thc government troops ad? vanced toward Estrella, io quite an opposite direction from tba t taken b the rebels. On arriviog at the borders of Estrella plantation, the Spanish col? umns began firing cannon at the dwell? ing house, which was immediately in? vaded by soldiers, who ransacked it, carrying off from the wardrobes all the jewelry and men's clothing which they contained, as well a? a sum of about $60 in money. They also took away everything found io the workmen's dwellings, arresting at the same time twelve of the occupants, whom they conducted to Alquizar, as insurgents. lt should be observed that the canoon were fired solely at the dwelling house of the owners, although there were 20 other buildings on the plantation, and the place was entirely clear of insur? gents DAMAGES DEMANDED. "In consideration of ail the above, and particularly on account of the dan? ger to which his relations were exposed and also for the unjustifiable looting on the part of regular troops io the ser? vice of a constituted government, the undersigned does most solemnly protest and asks an immediate indemnity for the damage suffered, which he values j at ?5,000, as all work has been stopped j on the plantation aud everything aban doned." "English as She is Wrote " Augusta Cnrouicle. We have all heard the expression "English as she is spoke," but after reading the collection which follows of sentences which have not only been written, but published in news? paper advertisements, the average man will be ready to admit that Eng? lish, as she is wrote, is even more fearfully and wonderfully made than the spoken article. An English pe? riodical recently offered a prize for the best collection of curiously word? ed advertisements taken from news? papers, and the following was the prize winner : "Annual sale now on. Don't go i elsewhere to be cheated-come in here." "A lady wants to seil her piano, as she is going abroad, iii a strong ! iron hame." "Wanted experienced nurse for bottled baby." "Furnished apartments suitable for gentlemen with folding doors." "Wanted, a room by two gentle- , men about 30 feet long and 20 feet broad." "Lost a coll io dog by a ni ari on Saturday answering to Jim with a brass collar round his neck and a muzzle " "Wanted, by a respectable girl, her passage to New York, willing to take cart? of children and a good sailor/' "For sale-a pianoforte, the prop? erty of a musician with carved leg*." "Mr. Brown, furrier, begs to an? nounce that lie will make up gowns, capes, etc . for ladies ont ol' their own skin. " "A boy wanted who eau open oyster? with a reference." 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