The New York herald., 1869-01-28
the SLAUGHTER At THE THEATRE.
General Dulce Declines to Proclaim a
Free Government.
Erect Of the Amnesty Pro-
clamatlOn.

The patriots Of this city admit the fall OF Bayamo
but afect to treat Il as or small importance In its
cfect upon the insurrecton. and. In fact they make
very fair case. They say there never was any
reason to suppose that Bayam0 could hold out
against the superior discipline arms and artillery OF
the troops any more than any other city. 1t Is prac-
ideally as remote from the seaboard any other point
In the island True In direct line from Manzanillo
the distance IL short, but the road Il impossible.
This Is evident from the fact that Valmaseda ap-
preached t from Nuevitas on the north stde though
the distance was three or four times as great AS
the result It required large concentration Of troops
and expenditure OF money to reach there. The Span
isn forces were harassed at every step by the que
Tila forces Of the PATRIOTS and their losses must
have been great All this, say they, Is followed by
barren victory. Bayamo is Of no Importance to the
patriot cause in strategic point Of vew as base
Of supplies, In any manner whatever, and on the
approach or the troops it was abandoned. There
had been concentration Of force to defend It, and,
IN reality. little fortlfcaton. The stories In refer
ence to the proposed desperate defence to be made
there were only for the purpose Of drawing large
force thher at great loss and expense to the enemy
while. In the meantime, the warm weather would be
coming on and the patriots would be In position to
inaugurate their combined movement westward,
which has for some time been determined upon and
which Is be followed by uprising Of the people
sible exertions are being made to Introduce many
arms as possible In the localities where the rsings
are to take place. and Is anticipated that the move
ment win be one sriumphal march across the island.
1t further stated that Cespedes has expressed the
earnest desire ana, in SO far as his authority was
recognized has commanded that no uprising
ss IN the coe es' a beng the e
employ all the Spanish troops In the East to harass
and wear them out nntt the yellow FEVER season
nvt.iv n n
movement west. AS an evidence ol the truth OF
these statements Ia pointed out the fact that the in
surgents Of Puerto Principe for the most part did
mot Interfere with vulmaseda's march, but allowed
him to go while they concentrated large and
name either to attack it or otherwise, as circum-
stances might dictate; also the fact that Quesada
with his arms and force, permitted Valmaseda to
proceed without any effort TO attack or turn him
aside.
ment made by the Dsorio de Ia Marina Of this
morning:-"Ihe Commanding General OF the troops
IN active service through tne military commandant
OF Manzano, manlfests to the Captain General that
on the l6.h at twelve O'Clock he entered Bayamo,
1t having been set fire By the enemy, as had been
and the act OF Saiado where the insurgents lost
11) killed and an immense number OF wounded,
caused them dlsperse and give themselves up to
plIage to procure prov preparatory to concea
Ing themselves in The mo intains."
The oalcai journal Of last evening contains the
same sta enenE telegraphed by the Military Com
mandant az trinidad VINO received 1t from the same
Anotner peace meeting was held on Monday even.
Ing 1t the res.deace OF Don Miguel Cardenas, where
y vas ageed 10 nccert the report OF the committee
tions 70 enc single point namely-"the right Of self
government for the island OF Cuba with all or ITS
guarantees of the insurance OF permanency, to put
a end 60 the evis which have beialen the counryD
commission was named, consisting OF SenOrs
Sssrns nofaes en, Lema oa Bacner a1nre M0raes e
J. Poey, pianer to consult with the Peninsnlar or
spanish party. More than sixty persons were pre-
sent from among the most distinguished In the city.
Tne DIayi0 OF yesterday states that the first COM
pany OF conra-guerllla volunteers which had ar
rived al Moron were " leave on the nth to recon-
s.snS COMPANY Y, seSS cSSssfia Ct ih 81 TSG yS
Captain Lacasa Ia command recently left here on
the steamer eayo. The same Journal states that IN
tnss part Of tue jursdcuon q pqeFlo frlnc,pe &
small parties were seen which may be considered
ralner as bands Of maieactors than insurgents. A
respectable number Of troops made up OF cavalry,
1niliraa ana volunteers there stauoned frequently
40 over the territory IN recommending parties
me liberty OF the press here continues to manifest
tsof by some very striking peculiarites. La Preis1
Wnich should have existed some 200 years ago, fills
ma.niy for the purpose Of combating the liberal
publications wnIch have appeared OF late. In Its
number OF yesterday betrays It's animus and that
s'Indcpcndcnt OF the causes which may have indu-
enced she insurgents, causes far from being noble
sies 40 oer them amnesty. II they DO not scce ,t
ff they persist In their determination to pro-
scribe the race OF their fathers; II they de-
sire to separate from spain, deliver themselves
up to the United states, expel the Spaniards and
give away tns properly q .ner compas1ios born IN
viii md ourselves under tue necessity, without any
boast Of PRIDE 10 nnlsn with them by force OF arms;
and II BY series OF extraordinary events we should
be attacked by foreign enemies allies OF the insur
gents, We would, as we have said ut other umes set
Catholic kings and which has grown and developed
far more than other countries close at hand, until
nothing Is left but ashes and ruins.n
La Ierddd. tue new liberal paper started here Is
meeting with success which has no precedent IN
this island. The publishers have already issued
just appeared, Il being published but once in five
days ~ present, but VIII DO made cally after the
In an article responsive to one appearing In the
vos de Cuta, spanish liberal paper, It says:-"Ii
yaImassda commenced to treat with the re.
volutionists OF Puerto Principe who have
were were disposed to iay down their arms PROVIDED
positive guarantees were given them Of liberal re-
lorms, and Lersundi having denied these not being
made, It says 'As to the assertion tnat the lnsur-
the echo or the pubic voice, and the simple TACT OF
she continuous sending OF new forces " the points
correUt Besides this the government creates alarm
by preserving the most profound silence, which
leads 70 the spread OF rumos more or less grave IN
character, deal OF which turn out true. secrecy
and silence In these cases are ominous. With re-
spect to the war call OF races alleged TO have been
copy of that document lCespedeJ proclamation OF
emancpatlon) end We regret that, owing TO the law
Bur we are ready to convince our colleague that
there is call to OF races. In conclusion, we
desire the V0x dc CUBA, which justly boasts OF being
frank and cordial. never to infer anything from our
expressions beyond what we say, as We intend
nothing beyond thatn
since the nrst rumor OF valmasedas taking OF
Bayamo spanish gold has been selling at tour " ive
per oent premium. IL II now nrm at the latter
ngurc. The sugar market shows symptoms Of
activity.
The French nagsnip semiramis having on board
the French Admiral Of the Antilles station, shortly
expected here from Port an Primes.
The sugar estate OF Colonel Acosta as stated BY o
person recently from Banti Espiritu has been de-
Volunteers Of Order.
Among the passengers that arrived on the i,th in
tno French steamer from Vera Cruz was Mr.. Emile
,e, Ae 5ere, who has obtained tho concession OF the
Ienuantepec Railroad under certain mOdincatlons
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