The New York herald., 1869-02-25

the amount found ia the banks cofers exceeded
100000. A very miaute account. made up by
naon Ins aon the
on saturday nsvht last there was meeting Of Of
property h9i9ers At the Palace upon the invitation OF
the CaptAlJ. General to provide resources for the
municipality, which Is In . decidedly bad way. A
structQlis to submit report to Duce.
The censorship Of the press Is far moro rigid than
ever before ana communications by 'sle, gSs
noz dc cuba has been 80 severely treated by
the censor Of late that Il u at loss FOR something
up, he same paper Qiberal professsdly) In its issue
of ehe 18th says i does not complain q the rigorous
p'y the
emily means OF saving the country. and the nrss
authority Of this province who Y OF our opinion,
Gently arrested:-Senor Ecay Cupan Chief Justice
OF the District al interim, and Sehors Castro, Bam
rez, Rodriguez and Falerio, nOtaries.
Her Britannia Majesty's ship Royalist lately len
for Jamaica via Nassau. Before sailing one OF
Dusce's spies gave him notice that Cuban poll
ucan, Implicated In the present troubles, had been
a.owed 10 take refuge on board or her. Whereupon
his Exceency quietly replied:-.Let him go, else
we shall have to ndlct the British officers Tor s'v
Her Britannia Majesty's ship Heron arrived here
this morning from santiago de Cuba and will remain
The religious services on board the flagship Con.
toocook are at present very extensively attended,
many Cuban Catholics and some Spaniards being
present every Sunday. An application was recently
made 70 General Duce to permit service on shore.
He very gSey 1 emo q .nai NJ
hoped TO be able to within month. Service has
been held on different ships IN the narbor under der
direction OF brother James kaur, chaplain OF the
ContoocoOk, and 1t WIN be continued.
An onicia publication from the Captain Generals
Headquarters on the 10th says that the Command
ant General OF santa Clara has communicated by
telegraph, dated yesterday to his Excelency the Cap
tam General tsas Goone f Morales de los aios CHIEF
counter vita the insurgents In Manicaragua, where
they were 1000 strong, defeating and dispensing
them, and causing them thirty killed.
An onlcla order appearedsin the Gaceto yesterday
resembling all permits hitherto issued to citizens to
carry arms.
|. The Diaa.io de la Marina has advces from San
tiago de Cuba the sth which say that order and
tranquility had almost been completely re-estab-
lshed in that Jurisdiction. Colonel Quiros had
rived at Jguani with thcs convoy under his charge
without having encountered the least obstruction.
In Caney the public health had remarkably i'm
proved thanks to the precautions taken BY the au
thOrities.
We are still in the dark in reference to valmaseda
He is understood to be at Jiguani.
From Gibara we learn that part OF Colonel Bene-
gazi's "0rden' volunteers had arrived, without
having been hostilized. 1t was stated that the
rebels had disappeared from that vicinity, as also
letter from Trinidad, the 1ltn. says that place,
also Cenfuegos, Sancti Spiritus and villa Clara
have been declared IN q state Of SIEGE Large num-
bers OF creoles from those places had taken up
engagements had taken place. The Consul at Trini-
dad had been requested by the American citizens to
apply 1Or manOfwaf LOT prOtecuOH ana III case OF
need for refuge and he had done SO. Another letter
from the same place says that the Cubans have
risen all over the island destroyed the telegraph
wires and stopped the mails.
Great excitement and general feeling OF inse-
curity is reported at Cienfuegos. and the American
Consul there has also asked for a man-of-war.
A letter from Nuevtas, dated the l1th. says:--We
are in very bad condition here, the doors have
been opened for the banditt to pliage the estates
and carry or the negroes who are told that they are
all free and the best OF them selected, thereby
running the Jurisdiction For the last two months
we have had 2,000 spanish troops here They have
done nothing under previous commanders, and re-
Gently came Brigader Lesca, and 1t Is evident he is
not the man who invented gunpowder On the 18th
he went with the whole OF his. column to San
Miguel and burned part OF the town. They returned
on the following day with twenty men and lieu
tenant missing. Subsequently body OF troops
went out and came upon small party OF Insurgents
who stood up manfuily, and though 1t Is reported
that the former had no reverses they left
eight soldiers dead on the field. The IN
was colonel, DR.. Rafael Arjlagos and some other
persons OF note. The rebels were in Paso de
Arenas, waiting for tile troops who, fortunately for
havoc would have been very great SO far the insur-
gents hold their ground, and the opinion Is that 1t
will cost spain great sacrifice TO retain this island
There great many Spaniards In the rebel files
the latter going about committing depredations IL is
now hve months since oil communications
with Puerto Principe has been shut of.
and the people there are said to be
| with hunger rather than remain longer under the
| corrupt Spanish government. That city is destined
to be place OF horror. Many families have already
been totally ruined. The roads are impossible.
Spanish authority, and the rains have no end. At
present military operations not TO be thought Of
There are more than hundred sick Ia the hospital
here and there will be many more soon when the