New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-16
ruou saNTO DOM,.GO.
Rexiev NJ the War from March 10 May
The Spanish C""se ON the w"ns--The
spaninrds sepuIscd ni Porto PLATA
kan Csristosai Occupied by the Span
iards and Again Evacanted-Aisack
an Monte Christi.

| tr,o, the Turk. ], snds Royal Standard, June T.
| py recent arrival from Cape Hayti We nave
news from Santiago TO the lOth May Correspondent
W., - do war news from the latter part Of March,
dom Which we have cuGcd the following eItraets;
The Spanish cause is fst on the wane. yet the poor
nn,n,ans i'm their want " resources are by no means
=; @ viale nsiton. The fighting has certainly all
hcen In cir favor; they mold possession ol the vast
interior the Spanarls being reduced 10 thIee OF TOUT
,i,el noints of the coast still they are capable OF
,ain,np deal Of harm and mischief II the Spanish
| 6nances are breaking down, tho Domincsns are rs
had buttheir wants much more limited anu easlel
satisfied plata ,ras -, pas,.r s,ndov
when the new Spanish CON mander made an ,tsny Oh S
prowess IN an attmpi 10 anu STORM lhe 'ol,
can lines hue he received severe an" oh Nuc
,a, nu,nber of men, that hebas not hred single gun
since He is u distinguished WARRIOR nom tie cochlh
China campaigni ms name Is ralenca ara ~ - ~.
usr similarity In the names Of tho two opposing c'is
On the l9th Of April, san Cristobal having only a
| small garrison Of so DOmincans. was suddenly Az
tackled by an avalanche OF $500 Spanish troops ne
h,ect ot the expedition was to open fhe communication
by land between the city OF ST. Domingo and A1ua u
aying long been disgrace 10 Spanish military tacues
that y should be in possession Of these w Important
cities without any means OF COMMUNICATION between
them but by though the distance IS niue over sA
miles.
Of their spproach by the Dominic9ns under the ahe
direction Of Gen Don Benigno dc Rqlas. the eruunn
being disputed inch by inch but they ultimately LOOK
the entering IL Win
| ing the wounded. The place was immediately sur
rounded by shnrpshooters who allowed the sPaniafds
no day night, they could neither supply 70, N,
selves with prov sions nor water. All "h2 app4o1.n.
the river we're shot down. women were then forced I"
din up water for the furnishing soldiers they also were
sacrlccd battery vi artillery was planted TO cover
the watering place. the HoidieIs ai'ebpuig 70 tuPpg
| themselves with water undW the canopy "i eabn"n
balls but they Jared no better Aiter holding TIE town
five days, the Spaniards evacuated H. setting hfe 70
every house On leaving They suffered many casualues
haiu hot Z
line of ther retreat Is estimated they must have lost
in this dIsas truus affair at least one thousand men
killed and wounded. besides an enormous number oil
sick who always succunb after such excul sions.
On the retreat number OF pacific females ana enid
rem we've surprised in the houses and made prisoner
thor modest cottages being AZ once bufhed 10 tle
grou A aud thei: lti.c farms destroyed. reward on
from ten 70 twelve doubloous PAID by the command
ing OF for each family kidnapped III TINS wa! ny the
| Spanish troops.
empoyed ~ prisons the confinement Of this class OF
NELSON'S Strong boys WaSherwonen aud stout active
younl men--the blackeT they are the more they are
preeI rel-are picked np wherever they can b. caught
and LODGED in these den whence they are drafted az
night 10 cleaners az snchoT of the port IL - SAID
taese miserable creatures nre sent 10 spain of Nor
civilization, but strong presehtlncht pr'ah thh'
thew are landed and conveyed - the interior Of Cuba
being there gnoricd watched sud locked mp ~ night IN
their sleeping quarters how are they ever 20 coninun
cafe their wrongs to the outer world One hundred
such persons would be- worth above t<1Ouc-no d'-pc-
able lt-bit 20 any Captain General. ii amounts Ia
nothing LEES than revival a The save'tade under
new phase
Al Monte Christi there he's been long promised an In
yason Of spanish troops and Dy last adFces sos "a
have been effected this day, May ~ but thcTv sro no
| Appearances o. it. execution as Jet.
foicr dies thln De foregoing inform that the
Spanish expedition against Monte christi arrived Z
that place MAY H. Seventeen transports conveyed
10y nlniber of meR-o war, landed ~ taat DAY about
5000 troope 90 uulcs, and large quantity ol war
material This FrTison Is 10 boz made baee u opera
tions for marching santiago snd occupying oihfr
places in its Vicinity. Already tue SpGB.arls have lost
heavily from the Dominican sharp slDOtsFs, who hang
about the lanks and ouipost8 OF their army shooting
every soldier and capturing every mule thht sir~y
from under tho gums tho main body. 40 the npan-
iars have 50 far carried out heir plan 81 opcrotons 10
remains 10 b. ecen whether they vii be more sacoesu
in the interior tL sde than on the SOUTH SIDE o. tbe
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