Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-02-16

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Battles OF San Tome, CambronaI, Las
Mst@s aud Neyba.
From translation in the New York Tribune
okH DIS, DPms4csh paper, received by
fent a!kal, we have the following:
E#y "On the 22d Of December the battles Of San
Tome and Cambronal were fought, both com
mencing at the same hour The battle of San
Tome lasted five hours; that of Cambronal a
little less AT San Tome only small number
of|Dominicans were actually engaged, although
they had the moral support of large body Of
reserve This was not brought into action, as
the generals did not consider it necessary.
They thought it would be waste of powder
The two armies disputed the victory for a while,
but at last victory declared for our heroic sol
diery, whose impetuous charge nothing could
resist. The four divisions of the enemy, in
complete as they were, could not have amount
ed to less than 5000 men.
"In the middle of the battle, Brigadier Gen.
eral Jose Maria Cobral engaged La6eur, the
commander in chief OF the hostile army, in
single combat, and killed him on the spot. He
sent the spoils of the Hayden commander to
Santana, who has forwarded them to his CAPT
tai, where they are now to be seen. Six hun
dred and ninety.fye of the enemy have been
counted as slain on the field Of battle, and IS
military chests, among other things, were taken.
Colonel Martinez pursued the enemy with
500 cavalry, overlook them at Las Matas, and
from that point drove them from our soil. In
their disorderly fight the Haytiens lost great
number killed; it cannot be ascertained exactly
how many. 5 a
Cat Cambronal the enemy left upon the
field of battle $50 killed-among them their
COMMANDMENTS Chief, Garass; and, as the
prisoners say, two regiments had full employ
ment in carrying off the wounded.
"They intrenched themselves at Neyba, where
General Loza, acting in accordance with in
structions from General Santana, besieged them,
and, cutting off their supply of water, made
dispositions for an assault, on the oath. The
enemy, however, fed under cover of the night.
GAS soon as our army we're appraised of this,
occasioned immense loss to the enemy EVERY
where he has been shamefully routed"
The Vice President Of the Dominican Re.
public, Manuel de Regla Mota, in two procla-
nations, enclosed the f,llowing reports from
Santana:
"On the 24th / received from General Loza
detailed account of the battle gained by him
in Ell Cambronal, on the 22d, and the affair at
Neyba-the brave regiment of Neybra being in
the vanguard. The upshot of il is, that the
field of battle was garnished with 2S7 of the
enemy killed-as nearly as they could be count
ed-a great number of wounded, three prison
ers, military chests, guns, munitions, with
other articles, including some documents. In
this battle General Dadas, who commanded the
division, was killed"
"At o'clock last night gave you notice
that had the enemy blockaded, that his sup
plies of water were cut off, and that our ad
vanced guards were near enough to speak with
the enemy; but as the time of day was not pro-
Fpitious for the attack we waited anxiously for
day break. At evening, however, comprehend
ing from what he had suffered, that another
battle would be complete destruction to him,
since the orders had given were 10 charge
with lance and sabre Immediately after the first
discharge, and assault their intrenchments, the
enemy, having obtained notice Of my order,
left the village under cover Of night with the
greatest silence, and without setting fire to it
as is their custom AS soon as our advanced
guards perceived from the silence, after their
departure, that they were gone, ordered an
entry into the village and sent two battalions
Of troops in pursuit of the enemy.
ave have buried more than 800 of their dead,
without searching in the ravines and thickets
where they hid themselves. The prisoners
whom we have taken say that so many were
wounded that it took two regiments of the two
divisions which took part in this action, to
carry them over to Hayti the day after the at
Tack
Col. Martinez writes to Contreras and Perez,
the generals in command in the south, the fol-
lowing account Of Las Matas:
Towards night we took up our position in
front of the Village of Las Matas, which was
held by the enemy. We gained possession Of
the fort, and turned one piece of artillery upon
the village. The enemy was Immediately
thrown into the most complete disorder, and
evacuated Las Matas without even setting fire
to it. Our troops are following, and will pur-
sue them beyond the border"
BE- A suspected poisoning in Manchester
by son of father for the purpose of getting
a life insurance of f200, case of two children
in the same city, drugged 10 death by the
parents for the sake OF f5 fee from a burial
club, have shocked all England "For years
says the Tines the calendars of English
Assize have presented in almost every shire,
especially in the mining districts, cases With.
out number of poison administered BY wives 20
their husbands, and of fathers to children, for
the purpose OF obtaining some small pittance
from the burial clubs so common in England,
and whose cases were but miniature of this
Palmer picture These are the deadly fruits
OF the mammonism of English life; and they
will be repeated here and everywhere where the
same vice infests society.