The New York herald., 1870-03-31
9 y B A
Unsatisfactory Results of the
Winter Campaign.
Hard Fighting in the Eastern
Department.
Spanish Hostility to For
eiEn Consuls.

HAVANA, March 23, 1870.
On Tuesday last arrived mere the steamer Tri-
unfo having on board that repentant insurgent Ma
poieon Arrange who came, as s said, upon the invi-
taIon OF the first authority. Be that as 1t may he
immediately waited his Excellency. and soon after
they were seen walking through the principal streets
together, followed BY brilliant stan. Unqueson-
ably this demonstration was for effect on the
people and to show that the policy OF the govern
ment was one of conciliation. Now, the Spanlards
arc very weary OF c0nciliation They are not natu-
rally inclined tnat way, aud the attempts which have
been made have not resulted In manner calculated
to tncite its continuance.
The organization OF tue volunteers throughout the
cities and villages OF the siand the sending OF thou
sands Of soldiers from Spain at an immense cost,
were not for the purpose OF conciliaton and after
campaign Of three or four months
which had promised 80 much--to see
their Captain General receiving and aying the most
marked attention IN the most public places to re-
pentant REBEL indicating that he still relies on con-
citation to greater or extent for the return OF
peace, has caused feeling OF intense bitterness
And not only this, 1t has affected their hopes for
they say certainly this humiliation would have
been spared had the government been certain OF ls
strength" Meanwhile his Excellency Is beyond
hearing OF their cavillings for time. On the even
ing Of the same day he went on board the war ves-
sci Isabel la Catolica and sailed for Neuyitas and
the capital Of the Central department., still accom-
panied by Arrange. THIS ia q visit he has for some
time contemplated, but 1t has from time to
time been delayed on account or his sufrerngs from
an old wound. Nevertheless the stories as to its OBJ
jects are many and various. The Journals state that
he goes TO take personal cOgnzance OF affairs in the
| (amaVuey and dictate such course as NAV D0
required for the restoration OF peace The rumors
are that ne goes TO receive tne surrender OF
prominent insurgents. That a great effort IS to be
made to bring the insurgent leaders under obedience
to the government. In which arrange is to play
prominent part ana the immediate return OF arrange
would seem to indicate some truth In this ana again.
that vigorous campaign IS to be lnaugurated, IN
wom ne Is 70 as nr nrobaS Ters s 81 little
doubt that the journals are nearly II not quite, cor
rect IN their statements, and that nothing Of much
importance will result from the VISIT
Another cause OF complalnt-wonderful to say--is
that the Captain General has mad the audacity 10
interfere with the independence OF the judiciary.
IG win be recoIected that some time since. his
Exceency saw ft to imprison the members OF a
council Of war Tor infcling too lenient q punish
ment on an unfortunate accused OF i1ldtenciI dds
loyay IL Is not recorded that any fault was found
with mis- Excelency for his acJon on this occasion;
but there OGences and 1t VIII not do TO presume
AS the readers OF the HERALD are aware the police
recently broke In upon the meeting OF Freemason's
lodge here held contrary to law II appearing tnat
fui character in the proceedings the foreigners pre-
sent at once discharged and the others, Span
iards and Cubans having been detained for q few
days, were brought up before certain Judge and
after examination were also discharged. With this
the Captain General was dissatisfied ana the result
OF the matter was the Judge was sent to Spain This
caused the greatest excitement among his fellow
Judges the lawyers DOCTORS literary men and others.
and much fine talk has been INDUCED in concerning
the liberty OF the subject, the independence OF
the Judiciary, and other things regarded as OF much
interest when Spaniard Is affected, but Of no i'm
porance otherwise The affair Is not likely to lead
to important results, as the Captain General by
virtue Of his extraordinary faculties is above all
law.
Though the death OF Sorredondo, chief Of the in
surgents, has been officially announced, and his
statement previous to his execution made public
still the Cubans BY no means admit the fact. but, on
the contrary stoutiy deny It, IL is positively stated
that his relatives In this city have recently received
a letter from him, stating that he was alive and well,
and that the report Of his death was a Spanish
candrd, resulting from their chagrn at the insur-
The Bdyd7aese ESpGOl OF the Goth has letter which
states that the Matanzas volunteers serving In that
locality numbering about 400 on the l2th near Rio
Abajo beyond MaIibacos. encountered 1000 insur-
gents, commanded by the chiefs Modesto Diaz,
Fieuerdo, Vicente Garcia. Pancho Vega and Others
An obstinate fire was kept UP for two hours when
two well directed charges OF grape, followed by q
bayonet charge, completely routed the Cubans who
left sixty -four dead bodies the ground The Spanish
loss was seven dead and twenty wounded. The same
journal reports encounters on the 18th and lith IN
which some deaths were caused. On the l5tn Val.
maseda left Bayamo for Canto del Embarcadero, ac-
companied by his chief OF stan and an escort nom
the squadron OF his name.
There had arrived at ManZanilo the necessary m A..
terial for telegraph line between Bayamo and
Gignan.
Dates from Puerto Principe to the 18th mention
that ID. Bruno Michel, formerly q prominent mer-
chant OF Cascorro had presented himself A letter
from the same place. dated the 18th. states that
negro who had been captured gives Information or
the relief Of Jordan as Generain-Chlef as 1t was
thought he could be or more service at some other
point. certain Agramonte was appointed TO sue.
ceed MIN. AS Ignaco Agramonte, the only one or
the name who could be appointed TO the command,
Gently lett for the North account of the death OF
his rather there can be no truth in the statement.
The Cu6ans here state than Jordan IS the vi.
cinitv OF MorOu.
1t is undoubted that very considerable fight took
place near the river Caut0 recently in which Mo-
desto Diaz commanded the insurgents and batta-
ION Of Matanzas volunteers made up the bulk Of the
Spanish forces as say the accounts through the
journals and Official sources. The accounts are
various and the statement OF losses equally so.
Valmaseda, in his report places 1t at thirty to
the enemy and says that his resistance was owing to
combination Of the rebel bands in Las Tunas. The
Cubans claim 70 have Information that the Span
iards were defeated with heavy loss, and the fact
that preparations were beng made at Manzano to
bring the wounded TO Havana gives color OF truth
TO this. The Spanish papers place the Cuban force
ct 000 and admit that they fought with great auda-
city. Valmaseda further reports that the last con-
resistance. In Cuba the contra guerilas con-
tinuing in pursuit Of the insurgents. In despatch
OF the 18th he mentions that small band had been
encountered at an estate called Ingen0 Grande and
dispersed, In which the chief, FaustIno Caballero,
was killed; also the well known lDsurrects ID. Juan
Nap0las ana d. Jose Antonio Alvarez.
A letter published IN the Prensa says that the
night alluded took place at Salado three leagues
and says Jordan was in command The volunteers
| had gone out, not knowing the insurgents were
there and for the purpose OF clearing the road for
the convoy.
The Diarto OF the 2sd publishes letter, dated at
Cascorr0 the 10th, which says that presentations
continue at that point, at Sibanicu and Ell Oriene,