New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-08
CUBA.

PROCLAMATION OF GEN. DULCE-yALMASEpA
MARCHING UPON BAIAMO - GIBARA AND
OTHER TOWNS BEsIEGED BY THE REVoLC-
TIONIsTs.
HAVANA, Jan. last night, nv order OF the
Government all the Statues VI queen Isabella and other
symbols of the late dynasty, removed from the
squares and public buildings in the city. Capt..Gen.
Duce has issued his auxiousy awaited proclamation. IL
Is addressed Cubans. lie says: 81 VIII brave every
danger. accept every responsibility FOR your welfare
The revolution has swept away the Bourbon dynasty,
tearing up by the roots plant so poisonous that u put
fed the air we Dreathed To the ezen sha De returned
his rights 10 man his dignity. lon Nh receive an inc
reforms which You Ieaalre C92sns Ia la spaiar1I
a province of SPAIN Freedom Of the fress me rlsi
OF meeting in public, snd representation IN The National
are granted YOU" gen. pulce concludes follows;
Cubaas aud spaniarslsl speaking In tho name of our
mother SPAIN adjure you forget the past hope for
the future aud estahth union and fratcry. The news
received from the interior to-day Ia To the eeet tna
Count Nalmaseda Is marching toward ba!"mo; me
revolutionary forces strong IN numbers are hsleging
Gibara and other towns. and 1900 OF item are holding
Col Louo IN check nj runs lie Marquis 9I santa LUCIA
and Gen Castillo, ut the head ~ rebel bands, remain IN
the neShborlood oi Fn,rto fIlhelp9, ItoNlsons are
arriving at Santiago FOR The troops ana vanishing people
OF the interior. Senior Nasquez, who was killed by
Spanish officer Yesterday. buried at early hour
this morning Many Of his friends accompanied the corpse
from the house OF the deceased To the cenetry and While
on the way Cubans excited sedtOus cries; but
otherwise the affair passed of quietly though the CubanS
Intended to make the funeral political demonstration
FACTS AND RUMORS CONCERNING THE INSUR-
RECTI0N.
IRON As OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
EASTERN DISTRICT or CUBA, Dee 2J.-Bal
mnseda has ted to open operations and with that
purpose left Nueviias tho 22d; but hassed 10y the
insurroconists he obliged halt and according
the latest accounts NE had only advanced nine miles In
three DAYS OF march. with loss Of sos nun There is
rumor prevailing that Bdlnascda WAS wounded ana
taken prisoner by the patriots, hut II has not Oeen CON
irmcd.
TIE Instructions have summoned the surrender II
Santiago de Cuba 10y sending To Cot. MunOL "a patla
mentary, whom he received ia ms palace very politely
giving him escort when lie LEFT. The result OF the H.
terview until now ~ completely unknown 10 ms.
Bamaseda has 1900 600 are veterans and the rest
recruits lately arrived and convcts set al liberty 20 fight
for despotlsm OF these have been court maraled
aud shot for crimes lately committed.
The slaveraders, to warm the Revolution are clfeuai-
Ing Slavery Will continue but there j. no doubt mat
the Cubans fighting for universal freedom The
Iuna OF Sibamn declared that 10 not necessary 10
arm the slaves 10000 Cubans In the camp aud
need only the cooperation of the negroes 10 cultivate
the lands the support Of the beratng army that the
slave will be freed without having Ia fight for his indie
peudence Even the Of the Revolution confess
that ~ all the districts occupied 10y ITS ol
lowers and that confirmed by private Information.
In III Cobre they ARE earnestly engaged In manufac
turing cannon, and they have the necessary apparatus
To make rifles and carhines cuban, Don Jose Maria
Zaias published pamphlet exh0rting to peace lie dis
trbuted II gratis hut 10 returned and public opinion
has branded him with the name OF traitor.
IL IL rumOred that the Mexican General Porfno Diaz
has landed ia la Tuna with 800 men IL is certain that
there Is general sympathy In Mexico for Cuban indie
pendcnce.
II is more than likely that very the Republican
flag will cover the whole island without the help OF
Cuban revenues tho Spaniars cannot carry for
which u will bc necessary TO sacrifice more men anu
dollars than they able 10 make In the present state OF
things.