The New York herald., 1863-12-10
ARRIVAL or THE ROANOKE.
Details of News from Mexico
vi and st. Domingo.
The States of Vucatan and
Campeachy at War.
Arrivals OF RefnfOrcements
from France.
Progress Of the Spaniards in St
Domingo,


Domingo,
&A, &C.. r.
The steamship Roanoke. Captain f~ow, from Havana
I'd inst, arrived at this port yesterday. She
tered continuous northsastery gales tho eotre
Oar Havana Correspondence.
.f u.,r rf f-a HAVANA. Dec. Q. 1868
Guerilla Operations IN me FnterioyA Mes,ca~ Woskfao
tor-Y Y,edta~ fn,aded BY Saer Sat-A J,a,la Rero,
isiion Nipped-Au Quiet a. No amo.os onthe 2is t1.--
81. -Dossinoo-7A> March 10 BanH Hacana Local Nous.
&c dc. e
s not uaiikeiy that ths steamer Evening" Star which
did not sal, unta yesterday morning. may carried
from here all tho have had from Mexico and 81
Domingo. iuciudiag evea the additional details published
Closed my letter; but lest by aay chance such
should not be tho case will add on occaSion such
items as and wort b transmitting, though cannot say
that they possess much interest, They are fact moth
log than accounts, through roac,onary or
imper alst newspapers OF guerilla skrmshes, cooted
perhaps 10 suit party nteres but such rs they and
for want OF better material wherewith empioy my
ses for benefit your readers interest," u will give
thcm Tor il they do mossthau help to keep up
the thread OF the story they may be worth somehog
Tho most important Of these minor military operations
tho destruction by Mexican force or mperiasts
of the capital Ths town I'd long been famed aud
feared headquarters OF formidable Of high
W. men. fellow who made entirely upon thet
book and u their Interest, and had always been
able hold ther gronnd against the small parties
dsodge thom wing to the nature OF the couatry the
heart OF which lay Ajsco On this occasion they
not so Fortunate The dense woods around the town
nccd by toe attacking party who quietly awaited
the effect Of this Franco ARerns mode OF warfare, which
completely destroyed, aroa told aud the ohabitanis
driven out 10 seek shelter safety Nothing
said Of Killed. wounded captured. and probably there
| wore ,a ,sa m
Avc,ory Jearist gueria party al Tlapa ia tho
State OF Gaesrero reported. in which pieces Of
tiiery. with lot OF small aud horses, cap.
| tured. aa'7
The district OF Tulancugo adherng to the order Of
things. 70 far from quiet. 0uerillas bavo appeared al
2seatiso and 10 fact all the district rights have
occurred at various points, and the mperasts claim
victory in every instance. AZ Zacatan tho guerilla
leader Cabroto, who had succeeded IN occupying
that town beaten ssrmish at that place aud h,s
followers out, sixty remaining prisoners 10 the
aasas :" INC vG"rs % Among tae prisoners was s.or,o"
Al San Fedrito also In the same district, the Jvsrsts
uoder one Merida who ha1 saerestea 70 getting losses
the neghbring towns who advanced TO the cry Vva
Not bad idea On the part OF the imperaIsts 10 en-.
dsayor 70 make appear religious war. Make note
A~sns cihsl i.ems and communicates from Js,ars
sigoed T. Marques General OF Division, dated October
Stating that the writer occupied that The 2:d q
that ninth. But the p0nt is this. tod, direct
from the capital. taas Marquee had soOo with General
Ber,hier 70 horeiis He might get from J.lapa tho
liza; but u ~ the nrst lime hear OF his having been
Jaapa, which. we tod taken possession Of by
from there 10 Vera Cruz and watching the movements Of
the ek Governor, Diaz Miron. II 10, however, Of very
which Mexican news comes 10 us aud the ,,ic
reliance 10 BE- placed in It. ti.e.l tt..
swarnns and doing odd Jobs Tor themselves - occasions
present A large party among whom wore some o. tho
drove ont the tnerveDtonst garrison with the project
| Col Falcon. and occupied the town and surrounding
wnse sne ,ney we're YER n a possession on Tue 2ssn
| from them since.
II con. idsred qutea wonder that convoy OF pro.
visions should reach Vera Crpz from Jaapa witnoat hav
ing been attacked, or, | would respectfully suggest
robbed by the guard. which consisted Of avo hundred
Apropos OF convoys there is gentleman At Guada'aa.
who enjoys tho OF Joseph Washington and styles
| himself "Citizen Military Commsudapt Of the stale"
evidently Juarta but who appears TO have the drol
eat Of reconciling fact and fiction. In recent
despatch Of his he says hc left Tepattisn in charge
OF a convoy for Guadaiaara, distance say OF twenty
| miles with an escort Of two hundred men that he
attacked by from hnndred thousand Of the
enemy at Arroyo Preto about har way that they
pletey surrounded him. that he selected his best
and charged capturing small field piece, &c. &c. lie
admits no loss whatever his part gained complete
victory, OF course but returns 10 Tcrstan whence he
had started without CONVOY which he says bo ert In
the road in charge OF ther ~ho he promises will
"arrive here tonight" Take II altogether, the gallant
wushingtous despatch is much more daring thin his
| cblrge. wonder who he s The OF the writer,
than the absurdity of the despatch attracted my
attention and induced me To pfeseut him 20 the pubc
How valuable acquisition be would be secretary TO
some OF our generals IN the bed Ieave to your
Judgment to determine, while for my pir intend keep
ing an eye as well "a notebook his track aud hope
! he may show himself often.
The States OF Yucstan Cam e,chy like couple OF
/ Env fpay are M an
war each other their account troops OF the
latter invading the former on some question Of r,veoue
probably heard OF beore- never did have beon
.czed ny tho invaders aud the authorities imprisoued
The Governor OF iucaan cas tho people to come to
FOR bss s I"S no.
fierce aDd "bearded ike he pard 10 40 his bddag, in
the great city OF lssmal What the Campecbanos say
we know not for they have not told us, but we can
easily believe that they consider the Iucstecos the scum
OF the earth is wonder that the planets evoive?
The present Yucaecan government Is IN favor OF the
an officer tried TO effect revolution against the govern.
ment bat the nrmness OF Colonel Soils commander in
chef o. me army o. eighty men, saved Governor Navar
We have dates from Na,amoroe TO the 2lst, at which
time all was quiet There is report here that are bad
broken out In the town hat day, aud caused some
alarm. but II proved to be nothing serious -
ST. DoNISG0
The details OF the occupation OF BAN show thai the
insurgents simply fed before the spansrds, who, how
ever. did not pursue them beyond .he town II would
sp erstossi to Bani The Insurgents retiring ss the
spsnards advanced; yet very little damage 10 either side
s reported The Domincans under one iloreniino,
and their strength estimated at two thousand
men, four or Ave hundted Of whom had come
from CIbao under Duperrcn. supposed from
bis French name TO be q Hsytan. The Spaniards
took one prisoner, who was found at Banl-a very
small prize certainly after their arduous march Forty
houses in that were des,roycdby far the larger
part very likely. The spaniards claim 10 have routed
the ominicans Well, they certainly them before
them but that does not amount to roui. 10 rout
enemy means 10 break him in pieces, from the Latin par
ticple rofs broken The capture of prisoner shows
hal ha rofre WI
they could not be SAID 10 have been routed like 10
proper expressions used and protest against retreat or
repuse being called q which is quite fre
quent 10 other than spanish army reports.
More troops leaving Cuba for the revcted Islands
about thousand hsv ug from Matanzas aud Puerto
Principe within the last Ave or SIX days
From the details nnd in . letter from an officer 70 |
General a Gsndsras column, the spansrds must bAse
suffered considerably the march To Bani thoueh the
writer does say word On that point In one place
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