The New York herald., 1869-08-13

20 over to The enemy when in sgktl they mostly
OF uass that society will lose sothing Dy II tney
| do So A Telegram has been received nom Boca del
Mo Sta ing mat the four companies OF coored militia
lad AZ rived Al Sogua "a Granfe on Mouday evening"
The steamer Concrete de Cardenas from Nuevitas,
has conveyed some comp anIes Of the Simancas aud
| Clicana TO Sayua Ia Gftilue.
1t is no fault OF @ neral Pueblo that he IS called
coored man. 1t is W reported that the battaons
| of Chicsna and Andaucia do not want to be under
his orders. Troops were required 20 guard the
Principe and Nueytas nailroad ana this was one OF
the reasons why the coiored militia were To nave
| gone there.
| Don an ique TrIllo, the military commandant Of
Sagua la rlnce, arrived here some days ago III the
steamer Alnendares, and his name being very poru-
lar the officers Of the Generals Guides or the art
| lery volunteers and OF some of the other citizen
| soldiers gave him spi ndid serenade. speclai
commission arrived also to beg the Captain ,a Gen en-
| Excellency acceded. and Governor rrilio has re-
turned to MS jurisdiction, accompanied as FAR as the
| Moro Castle by mis- friends and admirers.
Sehor Vall said to be relative Of the Amerl-
can Consul In Sagua was brought here IN che same
TO the 3lst ult. mention further encounters with
the Insurgents. The aid of the Chlefaln Genera Her
nandez had been tried by court martial ana snot,
| having been captured with five followers by For
| tun'a cavalry volunteers.
| On Monday fifty furloughed troops wiz leave ior
| Cienflegos TO garrison two plantations IA saiu
| juris lictlon.
general Lesca, the commandant general of the
| Cuairo Villas, telegraphs TO tue Governor:-"lne
| enemy in Sabana Nueva Was beaten by the Verdagon
| detachment killing eight rebels and capturing
| twelve horses and some arms column OF The de.
tachment and some volunteers LETT ia9uaya anu
destroyed three rebel camps in GuanlbanaDo Kill
ing sixteen rebels and capturing $50 horses one nag
| ana some arms. Tie troops had one wounded. The
| column OF Colonel Mendulla surprised the enemy III
Mamoyer, killing seven rebels and capturing tWen-
tyone norses and some arms. The column Ol Lieu.
tenant Colonel Perez, vaIlods encounters Killed
nine rebels and captured fifteen horses and some
arms. The enemy has burned the Iefssa antauon.
Despite the great popularity OF General Lesca
among the volunteers people report tnat ne has
asked TO be relieved on tue plea OF SICKNESS.
Passengers from sanu Espiritu state that the in
surgents intend to burn no other than the property
which the government eabargoes, IN order that it
shall aer.ve no benefit from these The insurgents
have determined also TO pursue the bands OF robbers
and others thas InJure the Cuban cause.
IL Is given out that General Valmaseda has been
beaIen near Santi Espiritu and oollged 70 iall
back with the small force he had there asking for
relniorcements TO force passage. This may or may
not be true, but till 1t Oe confirmed may be doubted.
Your readers Will have wondered how it Is, ever
since this Cuban revolution broke OUT that accord
ing TO the Spanish reports (.'accounts is more pro.
per IN this instance IN lights lasting for many hours
so seldom any OF the Spanish soldiers appear TO be
killed. ain positively assured that the numbers OF
their killed are not concealed either from any ma
uona fanaticism or patriotic zeal nor even from an
that this Is only accounted for that as long as the
death OF soldier is not given his pay is put to ac-
is thus am told that while Spain only has army
here of 10000 men she was charged for much
larger number supposed to be on the island, but In
reality many dead ana others furlOughed.
The Captain General has awarded freedom to four
slaves belonging to Don Juan Bantista Madrgai. a
Cuban in Santi Espir1tu for having apprsed the an
thories there OF the concealment on his plantation
Of six boxes win arms, which were thus discovered
The action Of the Captain General Is in accordance
with article 80 OF the Slave Regulations and Law 3,
title ~, part 4.
OF Principe. Nuevitas, Tunas Manzanlio. Holguin,
Bayamo, Jlguani, Santiago, Guantanamo and Bara-
Goa contain more than 800 sugar estates Assuming
their value, compared with that OF other jurlsdic
tions they may not exceed thirty. The wealth OF the
above districts-the focus OF the insurrection--is
more properly represented by the cattle raising n
| terests, which not many years ago numbered more
than 234o haciendas. lilo cattle farms. 227o small
| tions. Tne territorial extent Of the above
| named ten districts, which, when the island
as at present three departments formed the East
| ern and now Is the Central Department. may be as.
sumed at one.hali Of the whole island Its entire
$25oo0 coo, whereas the other half OF the island, or
the od Western Department, represented about
SlO5, 900 prior TO tnat territorial division. The
ten districts in question, before the revolution had
about $780, 900 inhabitants while the other half OF the
ton of whites and cooyed was in both de paltments
smilar but that OF the coored predominated III the
Eastern Department or the 800, 900 Inhabitants In
the latter there were only slaves. The
NAV at this moment be Of interest to your readers,
and perhaps worth the attention OF our American
Inc Spanish governments having conceded, says
an ofilcal notice dated the I'd instant the e1eQlatu
to the appointment made By the President OF the
United States In favor OF Mr. Edward Plumb for
Consul General In Havana, the Captain General Or
ders the fuldlment thereof and Its publication for
| general Information.
The emigration Of Spanish families at present ex-
favored point just now. The press Will take 1t up
| ana committee is being formed to dissuade the
| Spanards from leaving the island.
Senior Menendez Valdez, ex Governor Of Trinidad,
having gone beyond the bounds by decreeing con.
scription there, was promptly removed, and Colonel
Demetrio Quiros has been appointed in his place.
The wealthy planters OF Trinidad. Seors Iznaga and
Cantero are here and It Is supposed tnat they com
In fact Is stated that they represented to his Elk.
ceency that the policy OF the Ex-Governor tended
divide instead Of uniting parties, and 1t Is thought
| ihat the General removed him on that score.
Brigader Goyeneche has Just been appointed Gov.
| ernor al interim, Of Santa Clara.
| BY order OF the Captain General thanks have been
rendered to Don EeuterlO Nazarteta engineer OF the
Cienfuegos Railroad, for his audabe act OF saving
train with passengers attacked by the irsurgents)
from destruction and furtner that the fact be re.
ported to 3 the supreme to reward m
on Sunday. the ist instant, there was O general
meeting Of the STOCKHOLDERS OF the Havana Railroad
preventative for the government; as shareholder,
he represented a the shares OF persons whose pro.
| pertes have been seq lestrated, thus holding the
majority OF votes and in virtue thereof be proposed
to annul the recent acts Of the Board OF Directors
especially that OF continuing the salary Of &c.
year TO Sehor Echefarra, vino was sent to Spain Dy
| the government or course the motion was carried.
Tae ROAD VIII now be entirely in the hands Of the
government, whereby the Cuban employees Will be
discharged and spanlards take their place. What
may become OF the interests OF the shareholders can
only be surm.sed. With some OF the other railroads
similar Incidents may occur, ana probably with
| similar results. SeAor Qulros, hitherto of the Police
| Bahia and Matanzas Railroad. Gonzaio castanon,
proprietor Of the voz de Ca6q, is proposed for the
Havana Railroad. IL is understood that all the COM
panies will be expected soon to charge no fares or
freight 10 the government for the conveyance of the
military, war materials and other goods for the gov.
| ornment.
The following report Is given OF last Sundays
| una in the Palace, The object was to again dschss
| the propiiety OF armin2 the people; but the com
mandefs of the volunteers opposed It, stating their
| conviction that there was not a single Cuban that
inspired confluence. The General IL said to have re.
Piled that II such were the case the cause should he
| abandoned, inasmuch as when there was no conh-
| dence In people resistance was useless. Nothing
| was determined. IL is also rumored that General
| Rodas has urgently asked the government to admit
his resignation, not being provided with the power
| to sustain his authority | mention the runor for
| disbelieve It.
The 6thor day the police surprised FIVE gentlemen