New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-20
THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
rHE WESTERN OUTBREAKS - TERMS VI
PEACE AND WAR.
,vpow orr OWN CORRESPONDENCE

now the Cuban epidemic IL has broken out newly
.hout Cienfuegos and reports OF rlslngs az vi no"
Trinidad Sanctus-Spritu, Sagua-la-Grande' M''"sua
VIM Clora and in the VuetaBaia have follower
like a succession Of shots These places are ~ 'no
center and West. All the fresh outbreaks ns so,D
caugbt impulse from the appearance u SN09"U"
,abels in the heart of the Island lie hau COMIC dc
far as the district of Villa Clara, having p"SSou
Puerto Principe without an action, perhaps UecduSe
that civ ia we'll defended with artillery and stiil
moro lv tbe families Of his soldiers perhaps, also,
bocause he needed to advance far and fast 10 wake
mn his friends in the West. lie has, am well
told seven regiments of men, plenty OF money
and wants only more feld-gun and trained officers
These he expects, no doubt nom heAico anu INC
limited States But the presence Oh Sues"u"'
80, Il NOT 70 ho confounded with the demonstra-
,,oto that has grown out Of the City OF villa CARA
itself Right near it q large encampmeh1 mas peen
formed Of citizens, who have lied 10 JON the
rountrrmen round, and raise the nag Oh
insurrecton and now the loyal papers say their III
toni demand is autonomy, after fashion of Canada,
Of complete independence. These reOeis anu Suo-
,adas win account between them for the destroying
uovements made north and south of Villa Clara.
pet1een there and Sagua[a- Grande mounted IN
,uroents have been cutting wires and tearing mp
ails In the south from Camerones, near Clenfuegos
n strong force gathered from thoroughly pro
pounced neighbOrhOod have been doing the same
From Cienfugos to Trinidad, and thence to Sanctus-
Spiritu the people are up Disturbances iurtheI
west have not made Roadway yet, but have meaning
enough An outbreak was lately reported at BeJ"cai'
hardly more than six leagues south OF H"'an" pu'
the fact is it took place at Man"sua Point som.
miles nearer in billy country ana Oh inc ~
which connects Havana WITH the sou'n 0o"''.
lovalists have il that the Managuans were party OF
acarecrovs who escaped from the back Of mill on
catchnO sight of file Of soldiers; but we hear OF
circumstances which explain their dOings more
..r;ouav Deposits of arms have been taken, one at
Santa Maria. nearer the capital. Detachments are
sent ont and prisoners are brought in and the an
nouncement is Just made that the telegraph line Oe
tween here and CienfuegOs has been restored Inc
Government and the military, along with the reck-
less confusion of the town rumors, prevent US from
knowing the truth, except by pecemeal' anu ai'er
patience and sc arch. All that we positively Kno"
from the Vuelta-Baja the extreme western country
is that the Governor of Pinar del Rio has been warn
ing the people by proclamation. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Guanes and Mantua. and making prisoners OF q num-
Der of suspicious farmers. But the rumor gains
credit among all opinions that the western polht
has been carefully mined forrevot and that the Gov
eminent has had cause for more anxiety thereabout
than it cared to make known. Arms were found hid
den Mt Mantua. and it is told that prisoners were
made at CaiguanabO in the mountains. and not
great way from the coast north Of Pinar. We have
trouble and rumOrs of troubles at all points of the
compass. The loyal papers say that an attempt has
been made to blow up the powder magazine at Puer-
to-Prncipe and that similar one has been detected
among the Notifications of Havana. Around San
tiago de Cuba the rebel leader Marmol has fired 10
plantations and set free their negroes for reasons
satisfactory, he thinks, to his conscience. band
near Jibara in the northeast, have burned sugar
mill or tive. The campaign north Oeot wac compare
lively unnterestng, but it is about to pause Win an
event of significance Count Valmaseda has marched
the advance of his forces into Santiago de Cuba
put oppositon and there it is probable he will await
the arrival of the forces which he daily expects from
Spain In this way he will acknowledge his incom-
potency to encounter without further aid the elusive
and destructive war the rebels have been maintain
ing. do not doubt that Valmaseda has been bar-
raised and worn out between Cuba and Nuevitas
The latest news Of the war; wIite is that the IN
surgents who pronounced on the west side Of Glen
fpegos have gone far as place called Jaguey, and
that the Governor of Colon has sent small force to
meet them. Their object evidently was to tear the
railroad TO Havana. They rest upon the swamp will
derness Of the Cenaga de Zapata, aud 1t may be di-
6cnlt to do anything with them.
To meet the new disturbances, Cap'.-G Dulces
PVO"'DNo
with the means at his command. lie has ordered
5etaehments from Matanzas, Cardenas and Rene
dos with others sent from Cienfuegos, TO march
through the rebel country and probably TO unite
ON Villa Clara. The present destination Of the
northern detachments is said TO be Managua, which
is the terminus Of the railroad from the capital
They 60 there to defend the railroad if need be-
but also to march Villa Clara. if they can. Gen.
Dulce has ordered the raising Of five battalOns
of volunteers, while he places portion of his pres
ent force of city guards in the field and awaits the
arrival of share of the 1900 troops sent from Spain
some of which to go straightway to Yalmaseda.
With the forces thus at hand, and perhaps more to
come, be counts upon an active campaign The small
bodies at present sent out against the rebels though
all that he is able to send sign that their
bers are overwhelming, but it ought to create a
reasonable alarm among the loyalists, to hear them
estimated by the stanohest of the Spanish journals
rs $500 strong in the neighbOrhood Of Villa Clara
and Cienfuegos. The PiRdr journal thinks that a
rordon OF few thousand soldiers wonld suffice Ia
guard the country between there and Havana. The
paper at CienfuegOs says that about 5000 men well
armed would make everybody happy thence to Villa
Clara and Sagua-laGrsnde. Then il would certainly
require 5000 veterans to deal with Quesada and tn
insurgent people of Camaguey. of which Puert
Principe is the city. Besides these, Count Yalma
soda halcOnfesses that he needs all the reinforce
ments that can be sent to him. to cope with Cespede
and Marmol around and among the mountains of tn,
Copper country between Cuba and Yara. Hence il
looks as if the Captain General would need 15 900 OF
2OO0 soldiers to meet merely the apparent and
not the possible danger He is reminded that the
section now invaded contains the principal wealth
industry, aud population Of the isle. There are in il
lbs sugar mills 800 coffee plantations $50 farms fol
live stock and 6,2Ss vegas Of tobacco. Cienfuegos