When the case came up, there was no evidence of any kind against him, and
he was immediately discharged.

He stated to the court that he had had nothing whatever to do with fitting
out an expedition for Cuba. He had given his word not to return to the
island, and he meant to keep it. He had gone South to escape the damp
atmosphere in New York City, which made his rheumatism worse, and it was
in search of health and a warmer climate that he had gone to
Jacksonville.

The Cubans were very indignant over the arrest of Sanguily, and the
Spanish consul was apparently somewhat ashamed of the part he had taken in
the matter, for when the case came up he refused to give any evidence.

* * * * *

Spain has more troubles on hand.

There has been a revolt in Porto Rico, another of the West Indian Islands
which belong to Spain.

This revolt was of no very great importance, and was very quickly put
down. It would have been hardly worth mentioning, but that it followed so
closely on the news of an outbreak in the Spanish provinces on the African
coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that it became noteworthy as a sign of the
breaking up of Spain's vast colonial system.

Spain has now five different quarters to fear, five different revolts in
various portions of her domains. Her enemies are within her own borders.