The New York herald., 1869-01-29

CUBA.
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Affairs n Glbars-Evacuasisn sf Helguin-
Burning Of the Town-COnditieu Of tho
Country.
GBARA. Jan. 2 lsoa.
On my arrival here found that the troops were
having light with the insurgents about milo
from the town. They attacked the place, and had
u not been for the artillery In the trenches they
would nave taken II. Gibara Is the only place In
this vicinity tnat the spanards hold. Holgnin has
been TAKEN ana the insurgents have started paper
there called La Estreua De Cuoa Many Of tho
Cunsns ns pssn assssa on suspicion Of bsns
The Spanish troops from Holguin were not able to
return here by the direct road but were forced to
lost i5o men on the road. Spanish CAPTAIN re- Ts
marked In my presence that to put down the revOlu
lion In m me Eastern department would require $1,000
the town Of Holguin has been nearly destroyed
BY IRE and the remaining houses were sacked by the
span,sn troops The place Y ruined and probably
At this place the Spaniards have constructed
trenches, which enclose the town, and i've forts.
All beyond the trenches ts held by the insurgents
who also possess the river and the side Of the har
troops In garrison here, and the officers openly state
that the insurgents number 5000 men.
The defence or H0lgutn lasted f0rty-hve days,
during which the troops got out Of food and wero
obliged TO kill and eat four horses. Here the gar
Mh e 2 neor q is c1 o The
cavalry have TO forage mile out to get grass and
they are often driven back into the town.
At the present moment the troops are afraid to
leave for Helguin, the trenches on the road are
too strong for them. The Jurisdiction s ruined You
rences here; but they are not at ali correct, being
full OF Spanish lies. l have told you what have
seen. tf
The New Electoral Observation-Disclosures OF vo-
tcrs-Elcctoral Districts.
HAVANA, Jan. 20, 1889.
The ocscial Gazette OF January p publishes the
long looked for Electoral law, from which extract
the gist as follows:-
The Colonial Minister says he has applied the same
electoral legislation to Cuba and Porto Rico as to
the Peninsula In order that the elections he made
with complete freedom, he has suspended the royal
tans two articles Imperiously demanded by circum-
stances-the rst authorizes the political governors
ces 81 Should this FOR reasons Of pubic order be
unavoidable; and by the second the provisional
government reserves to itself the designating Of the
tune when the elections should take place, In order
to allow opportunity for forming the census, which
has to precede that most important act.
According TO the decree the basis for the lorna
ton OF the electoral districts will be the fiscal dvi
sion existing, grouping or constituting these)
the territory Of the financial administration nearest
Cuba-Firsr district the administrations Of Havana
and Pinar del Rio. Second, Mafanzas villa Cara
and Trinidad. Third, Puerto Principe ana Santaso
Each win be divided into as many electoral dis
trlcts as 1t may have OF municipalities, and each
municipality into as many sections as there may be
justice courts, provided they have number Of
10 be an eiector it s required to be Spanish sub
ject and more than twenty-five years OF age in full
enjoyment OF all rights and paying twenty ave dol
The members OF scientific and literary corpora
tistes Of all PROFESSIONS the regular clergy the EN-.
p0yes Of government general officers and chiefs OF
the army militia ana navy the directors o. INDUS nous,
nD mat Hsvs oSsa1sd
lishments all will have the right OF voting.
Every elector may be elected excepting In special
compatibiiity- instance, those who have ever
been condemned for onences punishable by the de-
cree repressing the slave trade. the deputy who
electoral districts win take option at the presenta-
ton Of his last acts by the province ne desires TO
Considering the exceptional circumstances In
which the island Of Cuba finds itself and the
% sus %s WIN the
when the elections for deputies TO the Cortes should
Schedule OF the free population for the election ac-
cordfng TO the census Of 1S62:-HAyana, 2SS,032:
Pinar del Rio "A, ,oss Total, 800, l31. lSeven depu
dad g. 40. Total, $50, 7lS. tSix deputesD Puerto
Principe l07 934; Santiago de Cuba 15o 0s5. Total,
2Ss,olS Elve depusies.) Grand total ssS,ssS.
The Capture Of Bayamo-An Inside View ef
the Insurrectiouary Govcrnnent-Cespedes'
Reasons for Burning the Piacc-Women,
Children and Prisoners First Sent on.
fFrom the Diario de 10 Marina, OF Havana, Jsnu-
airy 23.]
Last evening we received letter from BatabAno,
containing several interesting details Of the evacua
ton OF Bayamo, and also some OF the circumstances
that preceded tine event. After beating the insur-
gents at Salado and in the Canto del Embarcadero.
and completely dispensing them, General vaimaseda
continued advancing till ne reached Bayamo, which
city he found almost reduced 70 ashes Not being able
to camp there he proceeded towards the sugar estate
Ne he