The Cairo daily bulletin., 1871-12-09
THE REIGN OF TERROR-WHAT
COMES NEXT?

Cspecisi correspondence o! the New YORK
Herald.)
HAVANA, Nov. %, 1871.
The readers Of the Herald will have al.
ready been informed by my telegram Of
| yesterday, OF the events which occurred
during the last two days, and which have
cast u heavy pail Of gloom and disrnsy
over the native, foreign and even part Of
| the Spanish inhabitants of this city.
1t appears that last Thursday 4 college
class Of the first year Of medicine, com
prising some ffty young men, aged from
sixteen 10 twenty years, were At the ceme-
terry. While there they commenced, like
students all the world over, TO skylark
and cut up pranks, but unfortunately al
lowed some Of their party to desecrate the
tomb OF Gonzalo CAstansn, jealously con-
sidersd by the Spaniards A. . martyr to
his country for having been shot, it will
be remembered. in January, 1869, BY
some Cubans at Key West also the grave
Of Major Ricardo Guxman was slightly
tampered with. The damage done 10 the
graves Of Castanon and Guzman consisted
In
BRIAKISa THE oLAss cAsHs
which covered their inches, pulling down
the wrsatbs Of immortellss and other dec
| oraiions Of the graves. The chaplain Of
the cemetery endeavorsd TO demonstrate
with them, but Of no avail. The spirit Of
mischief had got into them and they
thoughtlsssly followed up its prompting.
1t was even said that they insultsd the
| captain and stoned him, but this has been
denied by creditable authority. On Fri
| day the class again attended the cemetery,
it is said, for the same purpose Of desecra-
tien and Of committing other excessss, too
L pp,l 10 AA
rumors were set aAoat IN regard TO their
| doings and industriously circulated among
| many Of the volunteers for the purpose Of
inHAming their hatred. Your correspond
ent has il from reliable authority that
THE REAL DAMAGE
done to the graves mentioned consisted in
breaking the glNs, covering the inches
and carrying OF the wreaths Of immortel.
les and replacing others in mockery there
Of composed Of garlic.
They were all arrested on Friday by
guards stationed in the cemstry for the
purpose Of intercepting them as they ar
rived. Unfortunately Sunday afternoon
grand parade WAS held in honor Of the
Acting Captain General-the newly ap-
pointed Segundo Csbo General Romualdo
Crespo-at which over ten thousand vol.
unteers passed in review.
BY midnight nearly twelve thousand
volunteers were under arms, and the
scenes of June, 1869, which compt lied the
abdication of General Dulce, were
repeated, and which this time answered
TO their demands In granting them an in
slant. .drumhead court martial.
General Crespo attempted TO stavs Of
the matter at drst, saying the court mar.
tial had already been ordered in this case,
| Al L. tal -nulA ha ~ ;Al np
the morrow. "Now, now p was the
bloody shout, and the captain general Wa
Obliged to give in to the rulers Of this un-
fortuna.e land. The scenes in and
around the Plasa de Armas, in front OF
the palace were terrifying. Excited and
half drunken volunteers shouting, yelling
some standing on pillars harangueing 1.-THE
crowd, others shouting and keeping up
FEARFUL ExcIrEhxSr.
The court martial formed Al the Jail BY
two O'Clock and commenced it's session. i
Was composed Of six captains Of the regu
lar army, and one from each battalion
Of volu nteers, elected by the men, th
whole presided over bya colonel.
In the morning the Captain General
untsers begging them to wait the sentence
Of the court martial, and fattsring then
by calling them
THE YIRMIsT SUPPORT OF oRpER,
and public tranquility. At about two tn
council terminated their otico an
marched from the Jail TO the captain gen
erals office, escorted by numbers of vol
untesrs. There the sentence was read fror
the balcony 70 the crowd
Eight 10 be shot, eleven t
serve six years in the chain ganl
nineteen 10 four years in the same, four
six ssmonths' imprisonment and only tw
released. The Captain General immed
ately approved the sentences and ordel
we're given for the immediate executio
y. Of death upon the 6rst eight.
Of Tho execution took place between 70,
and five at the Punts. Thousands were .
ssmbled witness this slaughter and 1t passs
in of quietly enough. The boys met the
" deaths
BRAvgRY AND CALMLY.
70 One Of them-Alonso AlvNex dc
Campa--sndsavored to take all the blan'
upon himself, thinking, bravo youth,
,r. sxculpate bis schoolfellows from all punis
mont. Many Of the youngest natural
,r. trembled and paled, but the majority ;
havsd like men.
,b. After the execution the streets we
I'd comparatively deserted and quiet was
stored. Fears were entertained that y
/. ther excesses might be committed, but
nd thirst for blood at present seems appare
ly to be sppessed-how soon to break
again no one can tell the most triai
Ter cause may again enrago those who in re
ity govern-the authorities being impot
] In thoir command