The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-31

state that II VIII be an easy matter for her to ~,
sns oaa.o river, got quite another thing .or her 10
o1strueted - :" anu e"'NJ
The best families in both clv,shaye len. Al Man.
s 1,snr ,ne enange no d necesstated among the
S S. Il Is not az epidemic, however, those
having having proper 100, do not take 1t. or the three
died IN one day from IT,
III uie 'Jital there lay an nsurgent who had
sew POUNDS In his body including rife bali
a1u : payonet thrust. which passed through him.
Ai.eI We was shot down the troops marched by
"nS ne lay, and number OF the men amused
y'smselves by giving HIM thrust. No vital part
was touched however, and ne was finally taken up
and brought to the hospital, where he is IN fair way
to recover He viii then be tried by court martial
and shot, as was another nsurgent captured at the
same time also severely wounded
IN tne marches made by the troops since the
far more from the climate than from the weapons OF
their adversaries. Even those VINO have been the
island for considerable time and are considered
accnmated are found to be unable to endure the
efiects OF sun at this, the coolest AS
ample OF this Is mentioned the column OF ouiros,
which left Santiago in October 600 strong. IL re-
turned, after campaign OF five weeks with 800
men, but fifty Of whom.were able to walk; the others
Meru pro n IN wagons. similar results are ot
Insurgents that the warm weather OF spring viii
XII on the new troops almost to man.
Inc insurgents who have presented themselves to
the authorities for pardon in answer 10 he many
pr0clamations issued generally return after little
| time. They are received kindly by the government
and fed for day or two after which they are LETT 10
SHIT for themselves, and being in destitute circuin
stances they are compelled to return.
Ihe local papers here announce the arrival OF two
prisoners arrested In consequence OF the capture or
certain correspondence from the insurgents. They
state that nothing OF importance has taken place In
| the Eastern Department.
rumor has been very extensively circulated here
during the past lew days that the English schooner
SIR Robert Peel, formerly trader between New Or
leans and this port and very fast sailer, recently
landed party OF armed men at Cochinos bay, on
the south side. headed by Csneros late editor or FL
Idt and that they INN ediatey started towards the
Interior, In direct line for Las Bermejas.
me negro volunteers are to be sent to the seat OF
war; There are many who doubt their fealty to the
government ana claim that when opportunity Of
iers they WIN go over in body to the insurgents.
ton OF corps OF mobilized volunteers to
contra guerias On the 10th the steamer Antonio
on the $50 the IsIa de Cuba, from the same pac e,
with $40 troops, having landed ia at Porto Rico.
There has been rumor anoat that revolutionary
demonstration would take place on Christmas Eve.
IL, however, passed with the usual degree Of frOhc
and revery and nothing more.
General Lersundi entertained General A. J. Smith,
President OF the l. o. 7. Co., at o dinner in the
palace on the evening Of the 23d There present
Captain Irving, ofthe United States ship Gettysburg
number OF the foreign cOnsuls and Of Spanish Off,
cials. Speeches were made and tOasts offered, but
all political illusions were carefully avoided. In the
General thanked the Captain General for his uniform
courtesy to the consular body and expressed feel
| lngs OF regret at his intended departure.
The weather in this locality has been very stormy
during the past week, and number Of the steamers
have been behindhand in their arrivals.
The French steamer Washington was detained at
Very Cruz several days awaiting the ''conducta"
from the capital. She brings one and half millions
The balance will be brought by the English steamer
General Espinar, who recently arrived here to take
the place Of vamaseda as ''SegundO Capo," does
not intend to take the field but win leave the latter
in charge of operations. This has caused much I'M
favorable comment, as it is known that yalmaseda
Is anxious to be relieved. General Simon de Ia
OF the Eastern department, intended to proceed to
his post at once but as he s not acquainted with the
country ne has been advised not to go, and is at
present acting on the advice.
The Gazette of last evening publishes an official
statement that among the effects captured from the
insurgents on the 5th near Moron were pots OF
strychnine, which were intneded, as was afterwards
ascertaned to poison the volunteers at that point.
This statement given in the most prominent part of
The journal, has caused much merTiment among the
Cubans.
A rumor has been current here for the past few
days that General Dulce had died when two days out
from Cadiz and that the feet had returned to Spain.
It created much excitement and was denied
Ii Pals, the only paper published here in, in
the interest of Caba and tubans, suspended
9e IN on ns Hs The ca
public contained in its last issue:-"Crcumstance
known to all, causes entirely beyond our control,
present the publication OF this journal 1t not being
permitted us to discuss with fun liberty those ques-
tions which consider most important and vital to
the country, and as according to the positive
which we have by the last packet It Is still
m ns wefpeSer We are astaSsssv 81 have our
replies mItilated and rendered disconnected by
strange hand and one hostile to our principles, al
though they are the same rs are now held In the
peninsula It has become impossible to sustain our
position. For this reason, awaiting better times
now terminate our task, thanking constant
patrons for their valuable and heartfelt support,
without which we should have long since thrown
down the pen-a useless arm In circumstances like
oursfor at present can, consistently with Dig
nifty and our convictions, only be used when un.
fettered. Rather than vegetate In the mpotency to
which we have been reduced we prefer to observe
the strictest possible silence.o
In the same column Is the following, under the
heading at Is impossible to notwithstanding to
the last accounts 1t Is cold at the Poles that il
Is necessary to be necessarily muflled up and 1t Is
Impossible to take out the hands to write. The
natives are DESTROYS to themselves free from SO
much cold and hope that the day OF fire may arrives
Ell Pals has been practically suppressed, as with
Its principles 1t could not longer continue under the
rigid censorship TO which II subject Its termi.
nation Is striking commentary on the policy OF
Spain toward Cuba. Its closing words are received
and adopted by the Cubans a declaration of war,
that this is no time for the pen, which must be laid
down for the sword.
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