The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-22

our machefes ~ which only tended to increasing
man slightly wounded IN this array Castillo retired
In perfect order leading his men leisurely through
me open e ana IN 1a view ,% q the T non
being pursued by the troops
Mr.. Fullerton was on the santa Margarita when
the fight took place. but as soon as II had ended ne
took to his horse, which he had ready to gaop
into the woods, the volunteers having previously
ntdn.bf as they had their suspicious more than two
months previously that Mr.. Fullerton was employed
BY the Insurgents. The following day he entered
was sent under an escort to Nuevitas by order OF
General Poeo. The General had meanwhile re-
at once reported himself TO the General, who, under
the promise OF giving his prisoner position on his
tie rebel encampmens. Mr.. Fullerton, Of course.
declined that honor. The General then said that as
there was no evidence AGAINST him and because OF
the friendly relations existing between the two gov
ernmens he would release him, with the clear I'M.
derstanding that Mr.: Fullerton was to leave the
volunteers after they had had two meetings ior ae-
liberation, waited IN General POellO demanding MN
hum TT ssS as s
mated, III the departure OF the steamer steam 81
paJaro Mr.. Fullerton was Kept three Gays a IN
escorted on board by O high government oficer and
q veteran soldier. In great measure Mr. Fullerton
Mr. Leopold H. Price, the United states Consul in
Nuevltas, and he expressed his gratitude IN cor
Ir. Fullerton states that he had heard quite re-
Gently that Dr. Tinker was not only alive, but SAFE
with the insurgents In the HoIgnn district, whence
the undaunted Colonel intended to embark Tor the
United States by the first expedition that might
arrive, with q view OF getting out more Americans
and TO fight UNI err American banners. Senior ClSne'
ros, says my informant, was In company with me
Colonel.
From the same source 1 learn the following
items:--The sentinel squads on the railroad line do
duty In encampment, because they are fired Mt
whenever they advance fifty yards by the Cuban
scouts in and about the woods. When the troops
need provisions or war materials they arc compelled
to 20 IN bodies OF 400 10 800 men. General POeO -
30 very fooihardy that the Spaniards apprehend
now commands. In the Principe district there are
at least 1000 Cubans that are ready to take the HELD
and do nothing TIL more arms are received; those
which they really stand III great need OF ana are
anxious to arrive are Peaoody's and Remingtons,
with the bayonet. AS it Is they live in the woods
they would surely be shot.
The insurgents are organizing into regular infantry
CORPS being urllled TO those taccs by foreign OIL
GERS Of different nations. The cavalry corps OF the
Central district are under the immediate command
OF Brigadier General Angel Castillo, who Is the terror
it appears OF both the spanish soldiers and the
volunteers. Under The new organization the insur-
gents have now only two major generals-Jordan
has the BayamO district and IgnacO Agralnonte the
Central.
General Letona sent word week ago to the insur-
gent Generaslno Quesada to know II there was
NOT some way OF stopping the war and preventing so
much bloodshed. No reply was given, although
some slight allusion was made To the late conduct
OF the Spanish officers. This statement IL by no
means Improbable, as it Is well known tnat the sui
ferings from different diseases and pestllence on
the part OF the Spanish troops independent OF their
continuous losses aud hardships is by lar greater
Than the privatlOns sustained by the natives,
V0mito Is ever rarer In Nuevitas than at many
other ports Of the island, but 1t had broken out
among the troops there, and may increase consider
ably later In the season.
Mr.. fullerton further states:-
have frequently cOnversed with most Of the IN
surgent leaders, and without single exception they
are all In favor OF annexation to the United States
What they are fighting for ia to enjoy liberty be.
potlsm any longer under the iron heel of Spain.
The Cuoans say they are unJustly branded as cow
ards because they have not captured any towns nor
held any ports. IL was impossible for them to have
.ceeded In such enterprise before they had any
Spaniards had already strengthened their strong
holds with increased forces and extensive arrna-
enough having been Kept down in darkness
and deueiOn for more than three centuries. ''Give
US cannon say they land we win not only retain
until shall be able to throw OF the Spanish yoke
altogether" All the leaders. from the highest to the
humblesI are determined to put into execution q
certain plan that has been unanimously resolved
upon unless the struggle IL successful But liberty
they fight Tor, and they VIII have IL.
Those Cubans that have been educated in the
Nortn--and there are great number that have had
those neutrality-suspicious. a file Of the NEW YORK
HERALD with as much Joy as Cuban report OF q
Cuban victory. 1t Is the only newspaper OF interest
they ever look at, and when iG does reach them 1t
traverses from extremity Of the rebel territory
to the other.
when tne news reached the Insurgent camp Of the
arrest OF the Junta Guiana IN New York they were
fOr time melancholy and Respondent. The leaders
declared that they could stand the bullets Of the
enemy, but an attack ron their frIends-the Amer-
cans-was ratherha upon them, coming, a. 1t did,
SO unexpectedly; nevertheless they have great con-
70 snS Sympathy Any q h the nso n e
States ever sympathze with any people that strug-
gle for liberty and freedom especially those that are
80 near to them as the Cubans.
There Ere several Americans, male and female, In
the country, between Principe and Nuevltas, who
afraia to enter the towns for OF being shot
the battle field, ana are never out OF danger, suffer-
ing nany hardsnips and innumerable piivations for
wapv Of medicines salt, Clothes, shoes. &c.
The prisoners captured by the Cubans are treated
with respect and consideration. II not Kindness,
only excepting the volunteers; these are tried by q
court martial immediately after capture and when
convicted, invariably hanged; but their bodies are
the spanish accounts are apt to report with sinister
motives.
established tannery IN the interior, with tue OBJECT
OF making boots and shoes, both Tor the army and
the people. several hundreds OF their soldiers nave
already been supplied with shoes from this
Establishment. On one OF the plantations an attempt
was made to manufacture salt, but it proved a
failure or the quantity produced was barely SUM-
Apropos OF General Poello. II he exposes himself
In such fooIhaldy manner AZ he did the other day
"popped orr ere long. lie vas ever and anon en-
couraging those young marine infantry In most
exemplary manner, leading them on and exposing
himself but IN vain. Those bloomy Europeans either
considered him too dark and daring Or else they did
Hob IuiiCy tnose iouB, AItNes
In benalf OF the friends OF an American citizen,
born in cuba, named Charles Polhamas whose
parents are Americans, would wish TO say
had arrived on the island, with the Intention
or joining his brothers in arms, one OF whom Is on
the staff Of General Quesada, as engineer Charles
arrived ut Santa Cruz but am sorry to say that
was informed week ago by Colonel Pancho Castillo
that the poor fellow hau been shot by the Spaniards
in the following manner:-NoL being properly
quainted with the state OF affairs on the island AMI
desiring to get to the interior ne applied to the au-
Their suspicious were or course ut once aroused;
they granted the request, and young Polhamas, gun
In hand, went OH But he was secretly followed by
q spy, VINO found that he was making OF with the
Intention OF joining the insurgents near santa Cruz,
and he shot him dead.
SPANISH ACCOUNTS.