New-York tribune., 1869-03-27


bretbren in the lurch 10 their own eternal webelng
The article from which have extracted Is supposed
70 have been inspired by the Captain General 10
overbalance whatever moral allowance 1T yields I'D
the rebels the Toy treats their military leaders as
idiots or knaves. The Marquis OF santa Lucia u
spoken of as one ruined by his vices poor OF spirit
and cowardly of heartn who has gone into the war
10 recruit his depleted fortune. Francisco Sanchez rs
"a haciendado of small intelligence, completely nun
TO education Quesada Is "a condemned tnioi'
who escaped the penitentiary. Manuei Arteags 10
man of "despotic instincts" Emilio Iaidivsr iS
"half imbecile.v Angel Castello is bankrupt who
cheated bis creditors Bernabe Varona had conspired
with negroes Domingo Barreto was an old bandit,
well known to his victims in the jurisdiction OK
Nueyitas.
On some points OF biography can, perhaps, sea
the foregoing authority right and have at any rate
something more to say about those who signed the
late proclamation in Camaguey giving freedom 10
the blacks They among the very worthiest men
in the island. Salvador Cisneros. the Marquis OF
Santa Lucia is cousin of the late Betancourt Cs-
neros the father of the cause of annexation ana Is
esteemed by the Cubass the heir to his ideas and
the natural leader of the annexation party OF ths
Center Francisco Sanchez is also cousin of Betan-
court, and wealthy planter. The brothers Agra
monte are doctors and lawyers, accomplished gradi-
ates of the Havana University, and were bue
lately married Zambrano was considered in
his time the first scholar in the Unlver-
yity here and left town to join Quesada with the
first expedition which reached him from Nassau.
Manuel Arteaga Borego, second or third in command
to Ouesada in Camaguey. is o wealthy and popular
planter Who the Cubans say, commanded at the
fight in the Sierra Cubitas. Neither nc nor the
brothers Arango the sons of leading Annexationise
who died in New-York in 1853 actual signers OF
hut Tn
toned here as among the most important leaders on
the war in Camaguey Quesada distinguished HIM
self as guerillero in Mexico and intends to carry OH
in Cuba the same kind of war he helped MAINTAIN
there The scandal which a certain class OF the span
iars keep aoat with reference to his character ana
antecedents may have to be taken for what such
stories are usually worth.
MANY others of those who are called the cdtoeilds
of the insurrection not, even accordingto tho
admission of their foes, what they are sometimes de
scribed-thieves incendiaries vagabonds, ana men
of no worth OF those who led the small outbreak
in Jacuey the best known were lawyers, farmers,
and oyerseers. Scriveners, lawyers mln7oWners'
planters. merchants, and railroad director went
into the rebellion in Cenfuegos. Manuel Ruiz, ex-
Iieut Alcade of Trinidad, is among the cdoecuds.
Zavas Bazar Governor of San Miguel de NneVltas'
was lately reported killed on the side OF the rebels
| Col Machudo not long ago an editor in Via-Clara,
was badly wounded or killed the other day by tno
| Spaniards. Jimenez, adOctor of Remedies. Is ono
of the guilleros in that quarter. All the princpal
| leaders of the rebellion, were men OF property ana
| position, and not mere adventures. Many planters
| in the island having been in debt, according to
habit of their class, it has been said, as III
the case of Santa Lucia that they have gone into the
revolution to better their fortunes. Perhaps they
have Whatever may be the eventual character or
fate of this promising movement OF the Cubans cer-
tain it is that they have enlisted in 1T their hearts
and their purses. They have already SO much mn
pressed the enemy with the desperation OF his prop-
lem. or at all events have so far exasperated him.
| that some of the most intelligent of the Spaniards
hero are now urging the Government to arm the
blacks forthwith. That Spain will decide this par
ticuar question in any way different from that OK
Jefferson Davis, there is positive reason to be-
lieve But the subject is worth your attention.
THE WESTERN INSURGENTS.
HAVANA. March 6-The one-sided story daily read
| in the Havana papers moves the suspicion that I'm
Cuba trumpeting is as good part of the actual art
of war as fighting. Everywhere the Cubans ara
beaten; seldom do any Spaniards get killed or hurt;
and STILL there are great many heroes. SpanlardS
are born to war; and il perhaps true that the ILL
| armed Cubans very seldom wait to encounter solid
fire or charge of numbers but there must have been
unrecorded instances where tho chance has been
given them to stand their ground. So thinking, the
friends of the insurgents count several wecontested
| combats and victories IN the Eastern Department,
where the loyasts say they had mono whatever. Tho
insurrecton at any rate is still rebel in all its parts
| Railroads telegraphs, and plantations, bear a new
sign-manual of their hostility. Troops in four or
five directions have been sent out across tho
country to find them. Sometimes they are found
and beaten according TO report but often they ara
not for the rebels have way Of doing much mis-
chief and hiding themselves. Yet for once the Span
isrds confess they were fought. AT Maguaraya, in
tbo urisdicton of vfIlaClara the insurgents held q
bopso and IT'S surroundings against body of cavalry
and infantry under orders of the Governor
of Sagua but were beaten at last say the Spaniards,
with loss of % killed One of the nsurgent leaders
was O haciendado of the neighborhood. Daniel
Araoz young man who bore the commission OF
! Brigadier was captured and publicly shot in the
town of Sagua "Tho most terrible duty of justice is
DONE" says the Sagua paper Of the execution; the
| pen drops from our hands. God take him TO his
BOSOM" Whether this act was done before or after
| the alleged assassination of seven Spaniards near
Maguaraya there is no knowing; but the Spaniards
make sure of the latter tragedy by printing the
words of lament uttered at the grave of the VIC
| tins by the aged Senior Ruiz Seco. Look, my
| children said he, these bodies murdered of
men honored, who were guilty of no other Offenso
than being born in Spain, and having come to enrich
this ungrateful soil with their work. AS they were
barbarousy killed. will be your father guilty also
of their crime, if he falls into the power of tha
| traitors But if / succumb in the conflict, do
not stop to give sepulture to my body; go forward
with your brothers; bury my bones IL you find
| place Mt your return" These NAV have been elo.