The New York herald., 1869-03-30

aQhast very httle is said OF them by either party,
yet 1t IS certain that the eyes OF prisoners nave been
gouged out, their mb5 cut from their bothe5 one Dy
one and their mutllated trunks cut to pieces untu
happily vital point was reached or exhausted ma
ture yielded. Again. wounded men wrthing IN
agony ON the battle field are finished with the bay0
net or pistol ball. and prisoners are shot down IN
groups and ,! tnmb,ed into pit lke carrion. IT the
OF any nation boastng Of civilization, are daily emu
lated In tins nineteenth century. The bitterness OF
feeling between the Cubans and SpanIards surpasses
belief and 1t finds expression IN manner unequalled
by the most savage and barbarous people on the
globe The better class Of Spaniards IN tner coolest
to the sword and so annhllating them, a. were the
original inhabitants BY their forelathers and II CON-
viii only do so when they have rendered it desert.
burned every city and hamlet. destroyed every es-
,ae snS armed the Africans and nced them to rapns
less bitter and Is mingled with the supremest con-
the spaniards who como here arc Of humble
origin aud are .shopkeepers by habit and instinct.
BY thrift ana industry they acquire fortunes and
generally return to Spain. The Cuban, who WIN
tion, desplses the vendor OF . pound or sugar or
yard Of calico. II permeates all classes too. Said
moving in the most arislccrstic circles. and yet in
the briiliancy Of whose eyes might be seen that n
evitabie line Of blue which indicates the blood Of
Of negro In my VEINS but thank God, not one drop
Of Spanish.n And this is not unusual. The great
g nas Of
Peninsular. what . civil war between such foes
with the innate cruelty OF their common Moorish
origin. g. must be. can be conceived without the
Our news from the interior Is not favorable to
with the branch nom Las Cruces, is IN i running
order but each mile is guarded BY seyenty-nve men,
which, Is they are on duty at all hours. requires an
nred upon by rowing bands OF insurgents and one
or two killed. They sufer much from the sun. the
heavy rains and t6s dews. and many OF them are
aiCk. At hOth tho uOrLhprn anuthArn oYGremf.
ties OF the road sugar Is coming In very rapidly as
all the planters are hurrying It forward as fast as
and putting up, and r0m mol lew OF the boxes the
molasses runs freely. Letters from that vicinity
duced, while in other places further east it viii be
OF but little value Morales Rios chief OF the artl
lery column, had been wounded in the leg, but was
The insurgents have Withdrawn from Alvarez, in
the jurisdiction OF Sagua. On the arrival Of the
was tranquil. While there the rebels disseminated
three Spanish citizens. Tney took the road Car
thagena, in Cienfnegos. Encounters had taken place
in Magu0raya, M0ta and Santa Cruz. Great &C
tivity prevails with both combatants.
By the arrival OF the steamer at BataDano we have
ceny our IN that
Fiftyeight volunteers all Cubans, had arrived from
Bayamo. They met several bands OF insurgents on
the way, but escaped m0lestatlon by feignng to be
rebels. The place is still beseged and random firing
occurs every night along the picket line.
Of Lorda. the insureent chief The i've dollar notes
mentioned heretofore as having been issued by the
insurgents rendered the inhabitants BY them In
payment OF supplies. and they require change, II
any in gold on the l4th the train ran for the frst
time from Sagua to Las Cruces. Since the action at
that town. On the Goth $50 Of them, well armed,
took possession OF Agabama. The insurgent chief.
Florencio Jiminez, had presented himself for par.
don.
In Santa Cruz the Goth, large supplies Of stores
had arrived to be sent to Puerto Principe and other
or the wq 10 bs T was
the line Of the north coast and moved toward the
south.
for some reason TO have abandoned, had been re.
duced to ashes by order Of ex-Consul Cabuda, as
also the hamlet Guinia dc Miranda. The situation is
much worse than has been represented, and much
damage was being done. An encounter took place
recently at Palo viego, twenty miles from Trinidad;
cluding Otto Schmidt, Consul of the United States
Information has reached here from Cardenas that
an expedition Of some sort Is expected there and
precautionary measures have been taken. Seven
hundred troops had left for Macagua and reinforce
ments are expected from Havana.
In the jurisdiction OF MatanZas number OF cane
fields have been burned, and continued movement
Of troops and volunteers indicates the presence Of
In Santiago de Cuba, the 18TH the government was
about returning the arms taken from private
Governments has received information that a yes
sci has left the United States with 400 men, 800 of
whom are American citizens. They have been be-
trayed; captured In Cuban waters they VIII surely
On Saturday afternoon arrived the Spanish mail
steamer Madrid from Barcelona VIA Porto Rico, with
Spanish transport steamer San Quintin arrived on
sunday last, with $50 troops and several oficers,
from C0runna VIA Cadz, Glbara and Nuevitas.
owing to the urgent cali from various quarters Of
the island for renf0rcements as many OF the v0lun-
teers Of this city as possible win be sent to the field
General Duce IN his address to the volunteers after
review said as much.
new company OF artillery volunteers Is being
orsanlzed from the spare hands and outdoor work
n
name OF Maestranza de Artileria.
The nifty prisoners sent here by Lieutenant Gov
ernor Armian have been sent back for hum to "dis-
pose OF" In accordance with the law.
The chief Alcalde OF ManZanillo has without leave
sent to General Dulce the necessity Of reinforce
ments there.
The recent news from the United states OF the pro-
posed sendlng Of iron-clads TO Key West, to be at
hand In case OF complications arising here, and the
increase OF the North Atlantic squadron have caused
much speculation here the Cubans are, OF course,
Among the Americans the propriety Of getting away
before any such complications arise Is generally
conceded, as their lives would not be safe from the
volunteers and the rabble thereafter.
Spanish gold has looked up again. One and
quarter to one and hall premium Is now asked.
Outrage ON tho American Flas-Csse or the
Brig Mary Lowell-statemcnt Of the British
Observation-Disclosures In Nassau-The Peruvian
Monitors.
HAVANA, March "a, 1850.
Tie British gunboat Cnerub arrived here on Mon
day evening" bringing from the Governor OF the
Bahamas to the English Consul General here the
sworn statements Of the Collector at Ragged Island
and other parties concerning the capture in British
waters OF the American brig Mary Lowell. OF New
York, by the Spanish war steamer Andalusia.
The Custom House oficer, Mr.. Walter Wilson, who
had arrived at Nassau in the schooner Margaret,
with the view OF bringing the matter to the notice
OF the Governor, states that he vas on board and
In charge OF the American brig Mary Lowell In the
capacities OF pilot and custom house offlcer and
that he had been so for period OF eighteen days,
and that be bad the hatchways sealed down with
the seal OF her Majesty's customs. lie says:-"0n
the afternoon Of the 15h about twenty minutes past
four O'Clock, was 10 the act OF removing the brig
Mary Lowell from manof-war anchorage to safer
place, known as "the harbor.n when I was ordered