Mr. Olney however, persuaded him to do as Spain wished, Minister de Lome having explained to him that Spain would graciously pardon General Sanguily if he acknowledged his guilt.

So the farce was played according to Spain’s wishes, and the innocent Sanguily declared himself guilty, that he might he pardoned for an offence which he had never committed.  He was thereupon set free, and made the best of his way over to America and security.

This Sanguily farce has been made to answer another purpose.

Spain is very tired of Weyler, and the complete failure of the great campaign in which he was going “to eat up the Cubans at his leisure,” has made Spain lose faith in him.

The constant battles in the provinces which he had declared pacified, the ease with which Gomez crossed the Trocha which had cost Spain so much money, and the repeated defeats of the Spanish arms, settled the business, and it was decided that Weyler must be removed from Cuba.

For some unknown reason, Spain does not want to disgrace Weyler, in spite of his failures, so they have allowed him to use the release of Sanguily as a pretext for disagreeing with the government, and resigning his position in Cuba.  The Spaniards seem to be most careful of their friends’ feelings, and most polite in all their dealings with one another.  It is a pity that this very delicate code of honor does not prevent them from murdering helpless prisoners, and insulting defenceless women.

The release of Sanguily has aroused some very bitter feeling in Havana, and the Spaniards are saying that Spain ought not to submit to it, nor to General Lee’s conduct in regard to the murder of Ruiz.

These murmurs are so loud and threatening, that all the Americans who can do so are leaving the island with all possible speed.

Should the Spanish attack them, they have no means of defence; the Consulate is an unprotected building, and Consul Lee has no men at his disposal to protect them.

Gomez appears to be advancing toward Havana.

From the last reports a large body of insurgents was seen at Cienfuegos.  They mustered about 5,000 men, and were supposed to be commanded by General Gomez himself.  The news was brought by bands of Spanish soldiers who had fled at his approach.

They said the army was marching in long lines, two foot-soldiers abreast, with the cavalry covering them on the two sides, one horseman behind the other.

Cienfuegos is about two hundred miles from Arroyo Blanco, where Gomez won his great fight.  To reach this place he has crossed the great Eastern Trocha, and is now but a hundred and fifty miles from Havana.

It is reported that General Weyler came back to Havana suddenly and unexpectedly, and it may have been in consequence of the approach of Gomez.

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The filibusters are busy again.

Word was sent to the Treasury Department the other day, that a large steamer, supposed to be carrying arms and men to Cuba, had left Barnegat, on the Jersey Coast.