The New York herald., 1870-01-27

along the coast, n overdue and momeataxny eH
pocted She VIII doubtiesg furnish with the mi0r-
nation anxiOusly desired. Tne DtGr0 acc0unM I0r
city Of steamers touching on the north slds. ana
adds that the gunbOaS 0nce prepared Tor sea con-
ss% w be x'ps p npso.n reports Of
encounters IN the Cnco Villas Notwithstanding the
Oft repeated assurances OF the complete pacincauon
constant and active prosecution OF whi0h they have
been the object IN Trinidad has obliged vilAmu anu
nus band 70 retire to the most lnacce.sole o. me
tion. where they united with Martinez and vivas.
Learning Of their whereabouts In that place Lieuten-
attack rhem following them from place 70 place, and
Causing twenty-fOur deaths, capturing the usually
- iargs qaanses q arms Provsons ,sa %s
ia one or the encounters recently.
In SANTIAGO dc Cuba . considerable number Of
without encountering any insurgents, VINO keep out
OF their way. report was IN circulation on the
lssn among the cubans that great ngat had taken s
bGnderG Esp0aOl1 OF that date, which claimed that
perfect tranquility reigned IN the locality re-
The Papel0n Nacton0l. or Cienfuegos, mentions
the discovery OF conspiracy among some laborers
on the estates Constancla Cienequta, san francisco
and Smpatia, with tne object Of reducing the others
and joining tue insurgents. Five OF the negroes on
Constancia had been convicted and confessed and
were to suffer condi2n punishment, whatever that
may be- Fourteen slaves had escaped from the
same estate and reached the insurgents.
From the same journal we learn OF the recapture
or the cOaStinR SlOop Catalan. This vessel sailed
from Mansani0 on the 2lst OF November for Glen
lueg0s and was captured by the insurgents OF which
Learning OF her whereabouts the commanders OF the
war steamers Guadalquiver and Garr0n left their
anchorage at Santa Cruz on the 1tn for ner capture
At three r. NJ they arrived or the stream Micurlie,
up which two boats were sent from the steamers
carrying elghty-fve marines ana troops and one
piece Of artillery They succeeded in taking the sl00p
tw0carblnes, destroyed another burned TWO ranches
and two boats, ana caused the enemy, VINO offered
some resistance, to n.y. The account states that the
insurgents had constructed two large canoes, in
which to bring arms from the Keys, south or the
island, to the coast and that the Catalan was em-
pioyed to 60 to Canan to tighten SHIPS so that her
destruction Will prove serious loss to the insur.
The Onfcial Gazette publishes what purports to be
an address from Joaquin Carvallo late an insursens
chief, to the Cubans. calling on them TO lay aown
their arms and claiming that the provisional gov
eminent has granted to Cuba all those rights to
cure which the revolution was inauglrated.
From some captured documents OF the insurgents
1t seems election has taken place in Trinidad by
which G. Antonio Lorda was elected Governor and
G. Mariana Jimirlz Lieutenant Governor
There Is foolish rumor here, TO which the Dtdrto
has gwen place In It's columns SAID to have origl-
mated III Puerto Principe. tnat Quesadd and Mar mol
nave been relieved nom command ana subjected TO
court martial, ana that Jordan mas been made COM
mander- in chief.
portion OF the village or Saito, in Cienfuegos has
been burned TO ashes by the insurgen CHEF Benito
Noe.
The Voz dc Cuba OF last evening published re-
sufn6 Of operations IN the Cinco Villas during
December, from which It appears that only ten or
the thirty days OF that month passed without an
encounter with the insurgents, wnich argues well
for the complete paclncatiOn' OF tnat district.
Colonel ID. Francisco BenegasI has at last been
heard from. lie arrived here on the 10th, and mas
been for some time suffering from severe wound,
received. as say tile journals now, on the march be-
tween Gibara and HOiqun. With the usual reti-
cence OF tue opanards, IN anything at all unfav0ra-
Bile to their cause, no mention was made OF the
General
Valera, Colonel OF the reserves OF Santo Domingo,
in Sagu La Grande, VINO accompanied the last con-
vOy to Las Iunas, Is now Governor OF that place.
Additional accounts concerning tue passage OF this
convoy nave been received. They place the loss OF
the insurgents ~ ninety Killed. but otherwise afford
nothing new.
In SANTA Clara has been shot D. Ramon Maria
Gra5, accused OF dlsloyalty, and III San Juan MS
brother Ricardo and Dr. Moraoo, charged with the
same offence.
Lieutenant Colonel victoriano Mendiguen recently
The Third battalion OF volunteers OF this city has
gone to the Pinar del Rio to relieve the Fifth.
The foreign legion or this city Is fast completing
its organization One hundred Germans, 200 French
men, TWO EnglishInen and one American have thus
far joined IT, II VIII turn out Tor the nrst time to-
morrow.
The property OF the following persons has been
embarRoed:--D. Francisco Garcia Osuna, now re.
siding abroad, and d. Paplo Jose Casanas citizen
OF Gagua also abroad. Eleven hundred and fifty
five c0nhscations have taken place in Puerto Prln-
clpe.
young man named james G. Hill, photographer by
profession, and British subject. His passport was
duly vised by the spanish Consul In New YORK, yet
for some cause on landing ne was arrested and sent
back aboard the steamer. AZ unuer the passport
the action Of the Columbia IN bringing him here was
iustitaoe, Captain Van Sce naturally objects 70 MS
ship being made boarding house for political
prisoners, and threatens 10 send the man OH his
vessel unless his fare is paid 10 New York. The
British Consul has interested himself IN the matter
but up to near the hour Of the steamer sailing n0tn.
ing has been done.
The steamer Pelago, from Gibara and Nuevita,
arrived here this morning, having LEFT the latter
place on the 18TH Nothing whatever had been heard
OF the column OF Pueblo. Rum0rs were afOat, but
there was no trust IN them. One OF them was TO the
effect that Pueblo was fortifyIng at Gualmaro
Goyrueche had arrived at Puerto Principe from Ciego
de Novle without firing . shot, ana had gone Oul
again, though MS destination was not known. II
was supposed he would move towards Najasa.
Cholera had again broken out In Principe. Five
alter their arrival thirty were dead from cholera