The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-10

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The Negro Element in Cuba- Fears al N IRIS.
ing-The Cruelties Praciised by Both sidcs-
Suderiuas of aforementioned Lcsca Re-
| Hevcd-Operati0ns I'm the Eield-BurninG Of
Estnfes-Arrival OF Tro0ps-New Issue by
she Spanish Bnnik-Dispositlon Of Political
1 Pris0ners-sequestrati0ns.
HAVANA, Dec. 4, 1869.
There Ia growing feeling among those whose
duly or interest," IL IL 10 waicn the progress Of events
IN thisasand that The negro element, IN form
| another, Will, and ut no distant date, enter into
thcin more prominently and directly than has been
| dreamed Of Without as mass, possessing the in
teigcnce OF the slaves the Southern States owing
to Their different mode OF treatment, they begin to
realize their thraidom, and not only this, but their
power. Those who have studied slavery In the
United States know with what snbtety and qulckness
Ideas spread am ng lis victims or the African
| The same thing IL ODservant here and nom the
many free negroes Of the island, anu still from
thcll brethren ~ under the banners OF the In
suTgents, has come 10 them u knowledge which may
cause an outbreak soon which shall appa the world
Should this cake place it win prooab.y be primarily
IN favor Of the insurrecton, which, in far as lis
power les has struck or tner chalns but let IL be
| shown ,nat the insurgents have no immediate pro-
| Bpcct OF success and they may await the action Of
/ the Spanish government when once It's authority is
! restored Should such action be quick and deter
inmate. well; otherwise they Will rise as Que man.
ana every white person VIII become objects Of their
rage Let 1t be understood that this the express
SION Of ieeDg De@ Inning to be entertained. cit Is
thought moreover tnat they are guided Dy an INTEL
I lgence OF 4 high order, but under The pro-
! foundest secrecy. A color Of truth is given
| TO these ideas ny the recently discovered
| conspiracy among the negroes near Sagua, the
main incidents OF which familiar to the readers
| OF the HERALD The Spanlards naturally enough
endeavor 10 create The impression that 1t had nothing
to do with the nsutrectol, and that the purpose of
tie negroes was to rise, Kill every waite man and
declare themselves free. 1t ls lar more probable
however, that tney acting under instructions
AIRY influence and IN keeping with the claim Of the
Cupans tnas the laborcrs al through the island
dlsaaected towards the Spaniards and ready aud
prepared to assist in tile destruction OF properly
which been inaugurated. The worse than savage
cruelty with winch these consprators were treated,
which crueites purposey exercised In presence
OF large numbers OF slaves, VIII have an eject
| very e1crent RON THAI intended, as IL WA Only
eXasperave them The more, ana at ANY moinenb We
| may learn oil hundreds OF estates abandoned ana
destroyed even IN those Localities wnere the least
danger Is appfeAeaicd.
Herein have olly intended TO open the eyes OF
your readers 10 III ieast Possibility, leaving 10 The
NJ dlsaat future TO stamp the Ideas As erlonecusy
or correctly entertained. mere recently in
Santiago Cuba troi the seat OF opera tons Ger
man gentlsmaD who mad accompanied the Spanish
troops to the ueld having IN view the writing oi
BOOK conceralng Tie lusurrectlon. lie was Tor u
time prisoner AMONG the insurgents ana declares
that t1e crueities practiced on both sides would
hardly be ue.ieyel. AS examples ne mentions tlie
| case oi Two Insurgents WHO were condemned TO be
shot, instead Oh wnich the volunteers cut them To
| pieces wih knives, psrpetraiinS the most horrid
I and Indecent crueiiies upon ME unhappy victims
while sui awe. ON Tie otnsr nand he meatoiis The
! teafs; belag Condemned the cnief pushed
| them o,lt OF the door, ealing to ms
noment they were sec upon VITA knives and cut to
atoms. lie con1inS Tue suffering among the
insurgents Tor want oil c,otntng, anu says That young
women arc Competed " 20 ab0ub III
state OF nudity. lie bel1eves the Cubans weary OF
the lnsurrcction and ii iii Snnesty was offered By
the government ana they could be assured tnnt lis
terms wouid be Carried out peace would be restored
at once. As il Is me Volunteers and troops shoot
those who present themselves III defiance o the gov
ernment apd Its orders inc gentleman PROCESSES
! himself Wen treated by the Insurgents, who per-
Intted HIM to depart opportunity offered.
General Lcsca the wei known ana popular com
mander OF the CincO Villas, has been relieved, and
viii be succeeded by the Segundo Cauo, General
Carlo, who leaves for Cieniuey0s to day. THIS
aclion grows out OF no dissatisfaction with General
tesca IN his operations but rom some difficulty Of
other character. Ii IS stated and with snow oil reason,
that General ae Koas Is desrous to have the promi-
nent positions the island ied by the "Unionists'
| members or his own party, ana this removal pri-
mariy grew out OF this.
Tue CHARACTER OF ded operations remains the
same. me spanish journals report the capture Of
Mosaie the strong insnrgent position IN the district
OF SANTIAGO dc cuba. but the entire absence OF an
details pombast concerning tie
tional ncgrityp and "gores Of Spaia' certain TO be
paradcd wnen nothing has been done render IL
very improbable. Valmaseda has ordered every
| person belonging to the MOvlliagadoS engaged in
protecting e5tases) to provide tnemse ives with
Certificate signed by his Exceiency giving the name
aud esiatc also 10 wear cerSain insignia upon their
uniforms IN default Of which they Will De regarded
as insurgents The Havana papers Of the past t.o
DAYS publish reports OF engagements in that district
whicl have aready appeared in tine HERALD.
From Manzanlo IL IL rep0rLed that all the bridges
In ue jurssd cton have oeea repaired by the military
nd N q wnrnt "A
appearing. Troops were moving about, but We're &C
| cumpisnng nothing OF importance.
In trinidad all the estates have commenced grind
ing and The greatest ACTIVITY IS manifested; more
| than The usual number Of hands are employed 10
season be shortened by fires as much may be accom-
pushed as possible. The insurgents mad made sew
| era attempts ut burning cane out no great dam
age had been done though IN n few cases wofh mai
been suspended Tor few days a tile factory near
! the cts had been burned by them Detacnnens
were moving about, but without hnding the insur-
| genus. Inc usual NUMBER OF encounters are re-
porsed in the Cnco Villas The P3beibon OF Cicniue
Cos announces the destruction OF three additional
estates names not gwen. This OF date the 2oIh ut.
| Recently TIE insurgents pulled nnnber OF spikes
ing along rapidly, run or killing one Chlnanan and
severely bruisng many on board
| The force IN opcriuon against the Cienega de
Zapata has WITHDRAWN 'convnce1 that there Is nos
| even nucleus Of the tnsurrecis there.n the Cap
tain General has ordered mat from the proceeds OF
the sequestered estates : 900 per month be paid TO
me Governor Of Bayamo 10 enable hun t. attend 10
the wanGs oil the suffering families III that jursdic-
| lion.
The "Volunteers OF Madrid,v which arrived here
on SUNDAY last, sailed yesterday morning on the
Barcelona for some port on the NORTH side,
PROBABLY Nuevitas. disturbance arose among
IA during thcr stay here and seitons cries
uttered by of them. II Is evident some
OF complaint has created much dissatisfaction
among them.
on the Isl arrived here the war steamer Isabel In
Catolca having on board twelve officers and SER
gents ana S52 men OF The First battalion of
infantry and 10 soldiers taken from the force IN
Porto i,icl.
Tue s,yountarsos &c Coyadonga from As;ura
are expected To arrive tins morning, and very
tended preparations are ia progress Tor their recep
l ton.
The VOC re Cubn announces that during the drst
days Of December 1000 men will dlsembark CUBA.
provided with all essentials and composed OF Two
oatahons OF volunteers ana one OF marine iaautry.
fbs is the patron SAINTS day OF the artillery OF la