New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-15
THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
THE PRospEcTs-Two PROGRAMMES.
fvRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

oD+ down 10 the Eastern Department to bring about
a peace on the basis of complete amnesty, has re-
turned to headquarters. The Government and Its
Newspaper appurtenances, mindful OF this mission,
have been more than limiting that the war was
soon TO close. You have the Captain-Generaps own
word to that effect in late order gagglng Tree
speech not because as he said there any danger
10 be feared from the Ever-fathful but because he
dreaded making the present crisis any worse but
now we have living proof Of the vigor OF the On.
proverb of Cervantes, that many 60 out LOT WOO "l
come back shorn The rebels will not treat OF PeCv
Some say that the Commissioners did nor anu 'oSaa
not oven see them. Others aver thai tnoy .Jpo -
conditions which they knew 1t to DE lnPo0o, ,S
grant. such as tho immediate autonoin! u 80 49,.
tbe INCORPORATION of the rebels with tneii ans
The militia of the country. We know tha' INC AZ
$3.50 - not surrendered and that peace has not
come The burning of Bayamo meant somethhg'tDeh'
and Cesnedes is q man Of meaning-tOo shreWd hol
IN know how far be may be the master OF the sltua-
tion: how much he can count upon the hatVe eie-
ments necessary to make a long and exhaustmg war
He is doubtless aware of several facts: fHs| 'na'
Spain is revolutionary second, that 1t Is great"
off: third that all its promises are without guar
antee; fourth that there are Slerrasi hl'h' .n"'
There are half q million OF slaves. 1heee VnlnSs
considered, he counts equally upon cause anu
camnaiqn. He will not be ready to accept the Re-
or the Captain-G eneralship of Spaiu The half
measures of an unsteady government, in practice re-
6uced 10 meaner fractions not therefore the best
Offering that can be made to a live rebel who has
avery moral clement of the Cuban problem III MS
favor - -
A umor of alarm has come up from Villa Clara, a
cv 100 miles at least nearer the Capital than Puerto
Principe 1t is consequent upon the reported taxing
of the latter by the forces OF Quesada out appears
10 have other foundation than meIe surmse ana sus
picion The Loyalst papers say that the story OF ah
impossible uprising of a local garrison had thrown
the town-people into panic, which was speedily
oueted Late orders issued 10y the Government OF
the place have, Notwithstanding confirmed the I'M
preston that the peace and safety of the Villa Clara
region were not assured. All native and naturalzed
citizens are commanded TO register themselves IN the
roluneer militia as il is called and give report OF the
arms which they possess All masters OF sugar-mllls
and other rustic industries arc bound 10 give
immediate notice to the authorities of every sus
picious gathering in their bailiwicks. Lieutenants
captains or officers of higher grade, to whom
this news may be directly brought are en-
powered to act at once their own respon-
sibiity The various captains will make count OF
the citizens capable of rendering aid to them IN the
areas under their command. They will establish
camprounds and nght-pOsts to warn the garrlsons
ut once of the approach of any hostile party. 10
avoid alarms groups of more than three persons can
not be formed in the streets, and countrymen VIII
not be allowed to make their horses rum The editor
or writer who directly or indirectly aids and com
forts the rebellion by words will be punished Mill
tary power will resume the upperhand in Villa Clara
the moment the public tranquility is disturbed or,
In other words martial-law will be declared. These
stringent provisions indicate that the force OF Que
sada from Principe, with whatever insurrec-
zion it might stir mp before it in the advance, has
been formidable cause of apprehension.
Little news is TO be told out Of the occurrences OF
The struggling campaign being fought or perhaps en-
bured in the eastern quarter. The loyalsts affect
or believe that Valmaseda has again done good
thing by the taking of the small place called Iguani
land now" SAYS Gen. de In Tore. who announces
the fact at Santiago de Cuba. we shall soon see the
return of peace and tranquility in all the Eastern
Department" 1t is announced that Yalmaseda has
captured five petty leaders of Instruction but the
usual brag about prisoners does not appear and 1t is
probable that Iguan is in itself Of extremely little
Importance to anybody At Guantanamo Santa Cat
nina Sagua Cobre Escuadras, Manicaraba, Caney,
Eipiabo Camaguey Hoguin, and other places, rebels
were Loyalty set to have been seen, met beaten, or
dispersed 1t was hardly known that the insurgents
were active in so many spots at once and that the
Epaniards had gone to the trouble of whipping them
all round, piecemeal number of young men cried
out in Sanct-Spiritus for free Cuba, and were sup
pressed 10y the volunteers there kindred to the fell
lows who shoot in full file at audiences and In
provided saloons Several officers of these volunteers
have lust been compmented for buying Pea
body rifles for their commands at their
own expense chiefly That the rebels are busy at
something is the inference to be derived from the
sertion of one of the Government papers that the
partisan leader. Marmo continues making hor-
rble depredations in the neighbOrhood of Santiago
de Cuba where lately he burned several sugar and
coffee houses, the property of Cubans." This is by
no means certain. and must be taken with many
grains of allowance like most stories which come al
together from the Government side. The latest
stories bearing the loyal imprint that Aguilera
has been captured and another rebel leader arrange
assassinated. The latter story the Didrio accepts
without q wink, and blames the murder upon
Quesada, who had quaueled with Arrange for en-
PERTAINING opinions favorable TO peace and surrender
The Vos de Cuba goes further STILL and takes for
granted that the Marquis of Santa Lucia is dead and
that FigueredO has committed suicide. At the same
time the man Cespedes has quite gone under flood
of mishaps and losses Here you have half-adozen of
the principal insurgents killed of at once, and with
out any trouble As the bard observed, it is easy
as lying.
statement and appeal made by the Junta of well
known Cubans who have their sttings at the house
OF the Marquis de Campo Horde and number several
other titled men, is important rejecting the
conservative view of the island side Of hat may be
called the Cuban question. The appeal asks, in be-
half of Cuba, What with such brilliant results has
been tried in Canada, where an almost incredible
prosperity las been reached by efccting the amaga-
nation of elements the most discOrdant." Moreover
it asks for the expansion Of liberties claimed by the
Commissioners of Spain in fhe ,Junta of