WEST INDIES.
Advices received from Havana to July 4th, give the following intelligence : — "A portion of the native population on the 29th ultimo, openly declared for the independence of Cuba and a separation from the Spanish Government. On the lst inst. a light ensued between the insurgents and the Spanish troops, the latter being considerably worsted. The insurgents, heavily reinforced, took up their positions in the mountains. Troops were being dispatched from Havana to suppress the rebellion, when the news came that four Chilian steamers had arrived at I>uevitas, and two thousand troops of the allied South American republics had a foothold upon the island in that vicinity. With this assistance the revolt was becoming general, and it was believed that the insurrection had extended its ramificatious throughout all grades of native society.
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Southland Times, Issue 552, 3 September 1866, Page 3
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133WEST INDIES. Southland Times, Issue 552, 3 September 1866, Page 3
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