The New York herald., 1869-01-05

travelled mas been 187h miles by the Odometer &C
animals has been about 200 fG
Breyet Major General =, Grterson arrived at this
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. J. McConnigIe, Quar-
termaster leaves here tomorrow for Fort Arbuckle
for an additional thirty days supply.
+ aai sA al CUBA.
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Cuban View or Eyents-The Course Of tho
Cnmpaign-Iersundi and dvalmaseda-SIaver
to be Abolished BY the Revolution. ~
New YORK, Jan. 1, 1869.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The following information in regard to recent
events in Cuba is derived from well informed native
sources in Havana ana win be found interesting as
1t gives the diverse Of the Official reports which
come from there's .@ 0
The arrival OF the Count de valmaseda here caused
no little surprise ana the organs OF the Spanish gov
ernment stated that his object was to confer with
the General; but later the truth OF the event
was ascertained. The Count de valmaseda, when
convinced Of the imposslbnity to deceive the
Cubans, sent telegram to Lersundi, informing
him that the whole country was in revolt;
that II he gave battle and should be routed oil would
Ds lost and he won nothing @ would a. be rghss GAINED a.
the insurgents SO considerable that they could soon
preserve their positions. To this Lersundi replied
vaimaseda vr therefore endeavored to avoid light,
and by roundabout roads went to San Miguel in or
der not to pass g. e SsS sea
prisoners Il he had not quickly placed himself under
the protection Of tine guns OF the vessels Of war; He
received BY Lersundi was asked II he came to give
an account OF his shameful routing by handful OF
men, badly armed and novices IN the art Of war.
He was ct once ordered back by Lersundi to take
understanding between these TWO Spanish chiefs.
disoDsdencs, @ in order to " explain his com.
munication, that It would be the same
V Hns or to AZ ssa ne sSeod e
allowed $1,000 men, but Lersundi objected to Espi-
mars taking possession In the same manner Ler-
command OF Santiago de Cuba, because he would
not recognize the provisional government: In Ha-
vana It IS believed that General Lersund win refuse
to deliver up his command to General Dulce, which
win cause serious struggle. The Brigadier Garcia
Munos ocially requested Lersundi to send him 5000
country was excessively agitated. Lersundl replied
that he could not make soldiers. MunOS then en-
deavored to pass the command to Colonel Queros:
who however, declined. In fact, the utmost discord
is said TO exist among the Spanish authorities Ben.
egasi has been completely routed between Sara and
Hoguin, and when his men refused to go on he, Ike
General Etna advanced and was seriously wounded.
The insurgents in possession Of Holguin have for
The aon or tne o order
manded by Colonel Nevita, composed OF 500 rank
ana ne, IS reduced TO 200 men by desertions. or
the troops arrived from Spain and sent to Benegas at
Jibara, 200 returned refusing to fight against Cubans
who were struggling for liberty This incident as
santiago de Cuba entire Companies Of volunteers
have gone over to the insurgents The Spanish
officers have learned to commit excesses Mena
caused two young telegraph operators to be shot In
Port au Prince; Vamaseda set fire to the plantations
Of Altagracia st. Isabella and the Union, and ad-
vised the negroes to murder the proprietors; he
poisoned the water at St. Isabella and two sacks Of
SALT returning in order to SOW the latter well and
prevent the act being discovered, but In his hasty
at the Trapiche estate. Quiros IN Baire caused
all the bodies to be cast into the
Eng and w a. an O
to the neck to'the cemetery. In his march on H0l-
gum Benegasi caused all the Children aged people
and women to go ahead Of his army, which fact Is
asserted by many persons worthy OF credit. Camio
Cepeda has died IN the prison Of Havana, ana there
is every reason to suspect tnat he was poisoned.
The Spanish officers In Cuba wish TO act In the
same manner as they did at St. Domingo, where. after
committing all kinds OF cruelties, they retired TAX
and filing the wells and springs with corpscs. Al
though Garcon Machin was found by the insurgents,
badly wounded, he was assisted and placed ut
liberty on giving his parole not to take up arms
against the Cubans.
The Journals OF the independent portion OF the
island write In favor OF union, and the government
issues anonymous and doubtful pamphlets tending
TO divide parties Neither the Spanish soldiers nor
the established peninsulars wish to continue the
strife, therefore the situation OF the Spanish auth0
ties Is terrible. Zulueta, Ibaher, Duran, Argudin
and other colored persons Of the island have told
General Lersundi that the conduct Of Valmaseda at
Port au Prince Is unbecomng, as he deyastates
plantations and provokes the negroes to commit ir-
repuarites that cannot be tolerated on any account
These the bosom friends OF the first authorities
on the island. The spanish government is so dis
concerted that the military operations are not con-
ran, who ia q defender Of the negroes.
The Oubans are heartily grateful TO the British sub
jects, from whom they receive the most efilcacious
asylum, and, further because they have stopped
working at the copper mines and are busy making
cannon for the insurgents. When this work s
ss attack &c On Gsa I S be a
results. The English, wherever they are. remain
purely English and work increasingly for their coun
try. Those belonging to the copper mines have un-
derstood that the revolution must triumph and that
the good services rendered to-day viii cement closer
ties In the union OF tomorrow, and have prohfed by
have further private information that viii hand
to you later In order not to prevent the execution OF
that the revolutionsts have formally declared tnat
slavery VIII disappear on the banner OF liberty being
rnised and II they have not already Joined the
and because some must cultivate the soil In order
to provide for the wants OF the berating forces be-
take In anything that tney deny to the negroes.
This is the reason why the chiefs Of the revolution
await the time when to liberate their slaves and
them for the redemption Of the country. We are
assured that steps are being taken 70 establish
school in Bayamo for whites and blacks which VIII
certainly yield good results.
The Cubsns in general earnestly hope TO be recog-
nzed as belgerents by the government Of the United
by that country is OF a. much importance TO the
cause that they are supporting as It IL to the CON-
mercial interests that exist between the two
countries, which now reaches about thirty millions
annually ana may be considerably more ased IN the
future.
AS Spain has declared war without quarter the
Cubans do not wshto fight against the poor soldiers.
and therefore attack the ocers with greater vigor.
Out OF forty oifcers that accompanied Valmaseda
only i've were left. The Cubans think that the
spanish onicers who are the authors OF such acts
should also pay for their faults.
THE MERCHANTS UNION EXPRESS COMPANY
To TuE EnFroE oF rHE HER,LD:-
SeYprnl months ago we were informed tllnt