| Show ACROSS I 1 PORTO RICO gen brooke reaches a suburb of san juan san juan de do porto rico sept 5 maj haj gen john D brooke his staff and escort have completed tiro two thirds ot of 0 their journey across the island toward this city the march has been like a tour through a friendly territory on saturday gen brooke stopped at cayey yesterday he reached caguias t twenty wenty milea miles from here bera this afternoon he entera rio Pedras one i of the aristod aristocratic ra tp suburbs of ban juan where he will establish his ble headquarters gen brooke brooke has line accepted the boshi bality ol 01 capt gen maci baclaa as who graciously graas offered him the use of his private residence at rio pedra the column though email small la Is aud is making a deep impression aa As it wound its ita way over stately mountains covered to their summits with coffee and tobacco plantations and down the valleys gen brooke with his chief of staff rode at the head of the column the natives who had bad news of the coming of the americans americana lined the streets their faces showing their pleasure although there i were no demonstrations demonstration a at intervals along the way the spanish soldiers of the guards civil presented arms as our troops passed at cayey and caguas caguias the spanish commanders received gen brooke with marked courtesies cour tesie and the th Al caldes paid official visits extending welcomes to their towns at caguias where 1000 spanish regulars are stationed under the command cf col rodn enez the one ceremony was pretentious the spanish butlers gave give the flourishes for a major general upon our arrival houses have been set apart tor for the accommodation cf ef gen brooke and his staff the infantry and cavalry companies camped in the outskirts ot of the town were visited by spanish soldiers there was no display whatever of ill feeling spaniards and americana americans mingling freely fraternizing and exchanging buttons as eon venire already many of the american soldiers are aye spanish flags flew new at cayey and ca juas but as guests in an country we showed no colors eave t the be cavalry guidon our stalwart soldiers and massive horses borses caused ceaseless wonder to the natives accustomed to men of email small stature and nimble tooted looted little ponies gen brooke brouke will have arrived here in advance of the american commissioners who are expected on wednesday by the seneca the city of cadiz of the spanish transatlantic trans atlantic line arrived this morning from corunna coranna Cor unna the farst ship direct from spain to reach here bince cheter the termination mi nation of hostilities she carries th the 6 mails malls is bound for havana and will then proceed to new york the french steamer notre dame de i saint which was to embark the first installment of spanish troops for spain consisting ol 01 the eick in the hospitals and a few spanish officer aground on entering the harbor today |
