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Show THE SPANIAHD3 WORSTED- MattTea of Carolina Inltinde Kepot tha Invaders. In-vaders. San Francisco, Feb. 16. A private letterfrotn the Caroline islands gives an account of further lighting between the natives and Spaniards, in which the latter were worsted Last November the Spanish governor sent an expedition, consisting of three gunboats ami one transport, against tho village of Matalames. The sailors and troops lauded and after a loss of sixty men made the natives na-tives retreat. The Spaniards were reinforced re-inforced and six days later attacked the natives. The latter were behind a barricade.armcd with muskets and two small cannon. The Spaniards were repulsed re-pulsed with a loss of l-'U men. It 's expected ex-pected that a general uprising of natives na-tives will occur. The govorner has dispatched ships to Mannilla for troops. |