The New York herald., 1869-01-07
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DETAILS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Reinforcements to the Besieged
Garrisons.
MOVEMENTS OF COUNT vALMASEDA.

MOVEMENTS OF COUNT vALMASEDA.
BY the steamship MORO Castle, Captain Adams
which arrived from Havana yesterday. we have re-
ceived correspondence to the I'd inst from that
port 1t will be found to contain full and interesting
details Of the revolutionary movements going on
there. We thank Purscr Albert for valued favora
The Capture of valdes Torre-Angcl Castillo
an Insurgent Leader-Ainirs at H0Iguin-
Reinforccments from ST. Jnso-OnicaI Re.
ports. t rot -
HAVANA, Dec. 2s, 1868.
BY the arrival OF the Spanish steamer Pajaro del
Oceano from Nueyitas we have news from that point
to the 2Gth. Nc sY eH Nrf
Your correspondent writing under. that date,
says:-All the troops which have arrived here were
concentrated at San Miguel, and on the 22d Val
maseda started out with a column 1900 strong
mostly infantry, moving in southerly direction,
which would bring him to Las Tuhas. Cannonading
distinctly heard here all the day and until night
set in. We have heard nothing definite since. l
was told by an officer this morning that he en-
camped nine miles from San Miguel on the night Of
the 22d without let hindrance, but hostiltes
menced on the part OF the insurgents on the Esd.
Many rumors are In circulation, but nothing that
can place confidence in.
At the council OF insurgent chiefs held at siban-
con recently, as mentioned in my last, 1t was de-
cded to let the slavery question rest for the present
Manuel yaldes Tore, an insurgent chief, who was
captured In the recent encounter near Maron, will
be tried by court martial and no doubt shot, His
whereabouts was betrayed by deserter who had
been forced into his ranks. The troops came upon
his force OF 400 men while they wers sleeping; the
Killed, wounded and captured numbered about 200,
and the rest were dispersed.
On the 10th two men OF the at.alion OF Order"
from Matanzas, were shot by sentence OF o drum
head court martial for outrages committed. An in
surgent recently CAPTURED near this place by an
onlcer and six men. When called upon to surrender
preached him he drew pistol ana shot him through
the body, when the soldiers Immediately cut him to
pieces.
The leader Of the lnsurg .nts who hovers around
valmasedas column is Mr.. Angel Castillo, one OF
the old "blue blood" families OF Puerto Principe.
He is about thirty-iour years OF age and weighs
not over lao pounds, all nerve aud not very indefa-
tigable. lie Is a determined and enthusiastic char
acter and has the faculty Of inspiring courage and
an older brother, married to New Hampshire lady,
and Nazarin, younger One Francis Is q COUNSEL
lor rather than lighter and the other quiet and tacl-
cellenVmarksmea Casti0's band consists OF about
1fty mem mostly young and brought up on hls plan
and there Is not one but would lay down his life for
him.
tas," az reported and no meeting Of c0nsus. There
are but two herc-vz., Mr. Richard Gibbs United
states Consular Agent, and T. Sanchez Doz, British
Vice Consul; no Prussian and no French. am In
formed that Mr.. Gibbs, like the other merchants,
considers mis- business ruined. The French gunboat
Sarcouf arrived on the go and left on the 25th An
American vessel would receive 0 hearty welcome
from the few Yankees here.
From other sources learn that Loflo who had
hppn ar Or
also started on the 22d the movement being COM
bined one on Las lu1as.
waiting news from Colonel Benegast at H0lguln.
The insurgents were In considerable force on tine
road between the two places, and there was no COM
The Paaro left Santiago De Cuba on the Esd. No
change mad taken place In the situation General
Simon de Latorre, the newly appointed c0mmandant
OF the Eastern department., left Batabano on the
26th. per steamer Cienfue2os for Santiago with 700
The ODlcsal Gazette in lis issue Of the 26th pub
fishes Communication to the Captain General from
Colonel Acosta, commanding the mobilized v0un-
tcers del oden, dated Puer.o Principe. December 81
which gives the following account oi the action OF
.farIy on that day we commenced our march,
divided In two columns, In the direction or San
Geronimo. eighteen miles from this city. Arriving
there we found the enemy In position and well en-
trencned. TWO OF our companies opened fre, and
the enemy's camp was taken 1t the point OF the
bayonet causing an Immense loss IN killed TO the
Insurgents The balance ned to the woods, abandon
ing all their munitions, many arms and large guam
tty Of other materials we captured 400 servceable
horses and J0J more which were rendered useless
The insurgents reforming In the adjacent woods
and swaInps, we made u second attack on them,
tEe result OF which brilliant and successful as
the nrst causing them new losses ana putting them
learn that the original telegram nom Acosta
stated that the insurgents lost 800 dead and tine
colonel and iOur captains. The wounded on both
Cubans that they were killed on the leid. =.
The Qncidt Gazette OF the 10th sayss-.We are duly
authorized 10 declare that III Cf0nisd published In
NV York. under the direction OF Don Jose Ferrer de
Cont0 Is N no manner whatever an organ OF tine ex-
listing governments OF Cuya, nor docs receive any
Inspiration thcrerom. The honor OF spain and the
dignity OF ITS representative the United States
CON, el us to make this declaration That paper
incxpncaDe. lhe conduct Of Senior Com. who Joins
the dignity with the Interests OF the pafrtd in the
onlce e hills, Is justly esteemed by all good Span
Caspar Agurro Betancourt, the insurgent chief re-
Gently captured 10y Nalmaseda, has been tried by
ment at Ceuta, in Alrlca- During his Imprisonment
here he has been furnished with every luxury by
known persons. lie has been allowed to q inverse
in French and EngIish and the Captain General 1t
Is sald has commented with some bitterness on the
difference Of hls treatment and that OF his lLer-
sundi's) nephew, now held by the insurgents Ut
Baynno, vino, 1t Is reported, treated very badly,
though this Is denied BY insurgent sympathizers.
Advance from 1IanznmilI0 ON Yara-A Trip
Up the Caufo-Mattcrs nj 81. Jago-Re-
ported Fight by valmascda.
HAVANA, Dec. 30, 1885,
BY the arrival OF the steamer General Dulcc at
Batabano we have dates from Santiago to the 25th
and from Manzanillo to the 26th The Pelago with
General simon de Latorre, the new commandant Of
the Eastern department. with rcinforcements. had
arrived at the former place. There was no change
In the situation.
An encounter had recently taken place between o
government force consisting OF ffty regulars and
$50 men from three small war steamers from Man
xanilo and q body OF insurgents. at the bridge OF
Yara on the road to Bayamo. The latter were found
intrcnchcd and were disiodgcd at the point Of the
bayonet as says the spanish account. Seven dead
bodies we're found where portion Of the column
operated. The rebels took ght and the troops burned
about thirty houses in Blanquizal. which had been
occupied as their headquarters. They also destroyed