Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-12-17
NEGRO RISING IN CUBA.

Discovery Of the Plot-Brutal Torture Of
the PictiHlS-FloqgiRg E5ctrd0ndHa19f-
The Details-Erogress Of the Var.
BY the steamer De Soto, Just arrived
from Havana, the following letter has been
received in this City, viz.
MACURIJEs, Nov. 90, l869-On the lst
of next mouth 400 volunteers from the first
battalion Of Matanzas will leave for the
Aldama sugar estate, where they will be
quartered to guard the same; staff and head
quarters at Santa Rosa, which is a mag
nificent plantation.
The rising OF the negroes at Quemados,
(Carahatas) which Trillo, the Governor Of
Sagua, pTetends to have discovered, has
taken place upon the following estates, viz;
San Isidro, belonging to More Il Ajuria;
.'Lugardita, to Eattellano; Santa Ter
era, to COppinger; 'Esperanza, to
Alfonso, "San Francisco, to the Count
0'Reilley; 'Margarita, to Francisco Ar
menteras; "Capricho, 10 Bias Muro, aud
the Eco, to Stocker, which together con-
tain about 700 negroes. All the hands,
both free and slaves, upon the eight estates
referred to, have been horribly iogged and
afteTward made to give their evidence at
the Santa Terero Three of the number
we're shot, one was fogged on three different
occasions, receiving IN all 500 lashes, aud
one of the best negroes on the place, a
vigorous man, was whipped almost to death,
and amid his suferings, while repeatedly
fainting and falling to the ground from
sheer weakness, was made to declare what
he knew
Another, upon receiving the order to lie
down and submit to be tied and receive
punishment, fell senseless. Nevertheless,
he received !, ZOO lashes without the slight
est sign of life. A Creole negro, suspected
to be, though not implicated in the plot,
received l, 200 lashes
The hands Of the estates were collected to-
gether upon the Esperanza, and there, in
the presence of 1000 negroes, the ringlead-
ers Of the conspiracy we're hogged in gangs
of tWenty-one at time, two executioners
being detailed for each victim.
At the same place nine were shot, and in
the punishment inflicted no distinction was
made between free and slave.
A cartload of the chastised freedmen ar
rived at Sagua Ia Grande, headquarters Of
the district, and were thrown into JAIL lying
with their faces down because their wounds
prevented them from assuming any other
position. The head physician OF the charity
hospital called there to see them, and de
clared that it was useless TO treat their
wounds, because he was sure that they
would all die, and added that if they were
carried to the hospital it would only be to
soil the wards. These sufferers we're nine
in number and near death; bet iti is well
understood that if any of them miraculous
| ly survive it viii be to be shot
4 white man, accused Of ineendiary in
tentons, was condemned to be shot to death
! by drum-Lead court-martial, which In this
country, Is merely the dictum Of any com
mander. The plan Of the negroes is sup
posed to have been to rise on Christmas
Eve, kill the whites and join the Insurgents.
At Santiago de Cuba a landing Of arms at
Mayari is still spoken Of, and the newspa-
pers for the first time make mention Of
I L0ui Marcano, and say that Generals Jor
dan aud Joah Marmol are marching upon
Gibara 1t viii be remembered that Lou
Marcano was reported by the Spaniards to
1 have been assassinated by his own men :;
but the story was generally disbelieved. a
detachment Of Catalan volunteers has been
completely anuihilated by Bembeke upon
the line Of the Puerto Principe Rail
way The frigate Lealtad is soon to sail
for New York. Look out for the Dons, for
they rave and rage as the insurrection grows
stronger and hastens their final withdrawal
/ from this neighboThood.
IAN official dispatch has been received from
General Cavada, dated the 18th November,
near Trinidad
We have reliable information from the
Trinidad District that the Spaniards were
repulsed with heavy loss in a formidable at
tack made on the rebel position at Maeazus,
and Subsequently heavy column of troops
was routed at Aquada del Santo, in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the city of Trinidad, and
pursued by portion of the patriot forces
up to the very suburbs of the city. These
attacks took place on the 18th and 3th of
NoYemher-M T. Weekly Times.