The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-08-05

| Further particulars Of the InslIrect;on al
P"e"Io Prlnci re-Deciurd.ion 0t The Rero-
! lYtsontsls.--IHc schooner (" Pap,r,s- :, Cap
tam Townsend. which areiVtS 3 CIV
! York ." The 27lh ult., from Ncuv,ss,
wh.Icr she sailed OH the Eth uIt j, hri,g3
| IAN parucua: 5 ot the outbreak I'D Puerto
! ir'n'ii'c III letters from the CuDan rcvoiu-
! i"iss 10 their irirnda. We have received
says lhc New York Tribune, the following
pIsi,c""rs Iro'n several Cuban gentlemen
"i rcspectno.I!y, together with a copy OF
ihc Manifest and Declaration ut lndepen.
icncc u thr pc ,pic o. prnC,pie. These
adVlceS arc ;hc most direct OF any vet re-
"s'f's'!r AID may DC considered us authentic.
mc ",!ic:ai account IN the Havana pa.
hera oi TIE ,hsurreciion at Port Principe
'ciertei only 10 a small skIrmish on the
''!d "l Jny, IN which Joaquin Sanchez
MAS taken PRISONER, and few arms cap.
Inred by the Spanish troops.
The news by this arrival is up to tho
ll,n o! July IRON Puerto Principe, being
eleven dny> Later lhan the last accounts
The pro"uicsamealo tO. Independence
WAS made on HE lth oI July, on which day
The hrst real battle for Liberty may be s;l Id
1" have taken place. The Government,
ifo'ps previously sent out To make PRISON.
c!> oi the rcSolul'on!Sts came up with the
guerrilla party OF Joaquin Agnero Y Aguero
ii the iout OF The Cascorro mountains, and
about Tour or hvc miles from The village OF
That name. The Cubans, numbered 200
Incn, ana The S,,lniaris 300, consisting oi
100 imucers and 200 infantry. ALcr a
sharp chgagemcn. The Sp,nlards lied
Their captain and 20 others ocino killed to.
!'Cthcr "ith IL wounded. The Cupans had
y Two or three wounded and none killed
iMcivc Spanish soldiers came over To the
Cdban SIDE. This battle inspired very
great confidence among the people, and lln-
mednlcly the nImocrS OF the insurgents
increased rapidly. At the last accounts
hey were known 10 number 1000 men
and more. These were divided into five
guerilla parties oi 200 men each, under the
commands o! Joaquin .Agucro Agucro.
f'anci>c" Agucro Y Estrada, and Ubaldo
Arln'ga y fena. These parties are sta
TONED around IN the strunYholds in the vi
ctniy OF CasCurro and Puerto Principe,
dr'l'tng aud ausmcnIlng their numbers.
Al"r the battle Of the 4th, the Spanish
troppS hurried back 10 Principe, II leagues
from cascorro. When the news of the
dc.crt reached Principe, there was a great
"Nc''cm"n, among the people, aud nothing
Dul The !dEGc number ot soldiers prevented
n genera, rising and massacre OF the troops.
The mliTSon IS over 1000, hot nOlwith.
s'inding tbs large number, Gen I.emery
!id not dare 10 Withdraw single man to go
on ~ pursuits OF The Cubaus for fear of a ri.
islng, hnt awaited the arrival OF reinforce
mcnlsir"ln Havana, having sent for 1000
Iryn. The last news from Havana stated
that hnSc troops had sailed for Principe,
40 miles distanl) Thus while General
I.cmcry was confined at Principe, the
CLhans were gathering numbers and
strength.
At The last accounts from Prncipc many
o! The CnDans had LETT the place tn Join the
gIcrIlas From the town of Baymo n
party oi 200 men had gone up. from Villa
Clara 100, and numbers from Nucvitas, and
all the towns in the vicinity of Principe.
As last AZ TIC news spread the people sent
oil parties to Tho mounta,ns, so that the
mum. CT of the insurgcn Will have become
very formidable before the Spanish troops
crn be brought agnnst them, but the Gu
oh'3 ere 20 r.y armed and labor unde.
many disadvantages. Aguero Sanchez was
confined IN prison at Principe ho is the
son OF one o! tho most influential men in
tho place, 1t is supposed no will bo sho,.