St. Croix avis

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Royal !n—(luy direet for Aux Cays for the

protection of British interests, aund, if

necessary, leave that place and proceed

wherever the Haitien corvette Alex. Pe

tion may go. A mail to be forwarded

by her, will be made up at the General

Post Office at noon to-day.

CUBA.

We learn by private letters received

here on the 191 h of the arrival of H.M.S,

“Royalist” at the Northside, bringing

despatches for the Commodore. The

reported rising in Cuba sometime ago

appears to be confirmed. It broke out

at Bayanno, headed by a Dominican and

two Cuban Generals, who at the head

of 1200 men attacked some places in the

interior aund carried off the public T'rea

sury. We learn that the cause of this

movement was the heavy taxation lately

imposed on the public. The negroes

were quiet. Large detachments of troops

had been sent acainst the insurgents.

No place of inportance had joined in the

movement, and it was generally believed

that the insurgents would soon be put

down. Insome parts of the Island the

telegraphic wire had been cut, so that no

reliable information could be received.

PORTO RICO.

The Niario de la Marina publishes an

extract from a despateh from the Gover

nor of Porto Rico to the Captaio-General

of Cuba, to the effeet that on the 23rd

September, Don Manuel Rojas of Ven

ezaela, man without any representa

tion or importance in the country, suc

ceeded in sedueing some foolish people

in the town of Lares, with the ery of

Liberty. lis first act was the sacking of

some villazes; but the authorities, so

soon as they were made aware of this

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

St. Croix avis. (1868). Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.], 1868-11-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84037526/1868-11-03/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: St. Croix avis, 1868-11-03.