Several victories have been reported for the Cubans during the last few days. They appear, however, to have been of no greater importance than the majority of the battles that have taken place during the war.
Several filibustering expeditions have reached Cuba in safety, but the Dauntless has had the misfortune to get into trouble again.
Word was sent to Washington that she was taking on men and arms for Cuba, and the United States cruiser Marblehead was sent down the coast after her.
A few miles south of Miami, Florida, the Marblehead came upon a tug carrying a cargo out to the Dauntless, which
was lying out at sea, with steam up ready to start at a moment's notice.
The Marblehead seized the tug, and sent her back to port. The Dauntless, realizing what had happened, started off down the coast as fast as she could steam, the Marblehead in hot pursuit.
At last, after a very long chase, the cruiser captured the filibuster, and took her to Key West, where she will be placed under arrest, and treated as the Three Friends was.
It seems as if the time had come for the governments of Spain and the United States to find a means of settling the Cuban question. This idea is so strongly impressed on people's minds that the news of battles and filibustering expeditions is not half so eagerly listened to as are the debates on Cuba in the Spanish Cortes and the American Congress.
The Porte, as the Turkish Government is called, lost no time in sending a reply to the note from the Powers.