The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-20

neen gong ON. Most especially has the admins
traClon .f the vast estates OF Adama'S enlharg0ed
property seemed to have been considered fair
spoil. The Marquis OF Montelo, WHO IS one Of the
heirs in succession, married to q sister OF Don
Miguel ALBANIA, naturally eatertans hopes OF the
property some day returning TO ITS owners, struck
BY the discovery that some OF the administrators
had rendered .cfcit IN their accorntS TO snch q
scandalons extent. ana even had the courage or
bsre!acedness to demand irnds from INC govern.
plantatlcn. examined into the matter ana iiscov-
ercd such a mas, Of recuIation,
FRAUD AND RoEBERY.
That, upon representation 10 the government,
several OF the administrators have been arrested
and close inquiries rs to their management Is to be
instituted. Ii would require many columns OF the
HERALD to enuncrate In detail the frauds carried
on how tho property OF innocent people has been
confscatcd and disposed or how widows and
mlno have been LETT destitute or support, eman-
cipated negroes sold and accounted FOR a3 dead
negroes OF the age of sixty Kept In
entered entered as ayo Yeas Of agc, 50 as not TO
b coInprised IN the law passed by the
which Affairs have been carried Oh in this Island Is
so manifest that even the Spanlarjs acknowledge
them and predict sad future II radical Purifying
measure are not rescrted to.
The lately appointed political Governor, Don
Grcg0ra Iabiza, who has been In o'.ica but about
| seven weeks. and who has run the gauntlet OF
yellow Jack, has bocn relieved, and his successor
il 10 be Don Perez Ri7aa. Zabllza also fails under
the general public condemnation, and T. reported
to have been ~ corrupt az possible to be, unoush
STEALING RIGHT AND LEFT
ana MAKING his nay Wnic the sun OF NlltnascIa
shonc. During tn, Short time he has been In COM
been been committed and more l,wessness relgned
than durug any ono year preyioug. lie has con-
nived at the re-cstnbllshmcnt OF gambling saloons,
which Governor Moreno so thoroughly broke NJ,
to line his pockets. But with tie new CHIEF OF the
island strong hopes arc entertained.
Ceballos has 9 good record. lie was years ago
colonel OF the Napoas regiment, stationed in this
island, Governor OF Matan2as, and IS popularity
supposed TO be model solder ana an honest man.
students on account OF which trouble was antici-
pafel, during yailnaseda > absence in the field,
shows my 80 ec%a spur aaa HIM d So
Of thia island, telling them that His Majesty
ton which he sent In on The Goth OF
May; that most powerful reasons had caused him
to request this separation, which would prevent
him from obtaining tie laurel OF being the .pac
cator'' exactly at the time when there was pos
sbihty Of announcing 70 tn, governments speedy
October, 1865; but that events are superior to
the will OF man; that he believes 1t imposs
S c m na the enae Gssdfs can s i've %o
resources deail and dispersed its coryphcus, and
deprived OF tho expeditions which sustained its
fantastic hopes. He goes on enuueratn4 all he
has done and established to the benefit OF the ex-
termination OF the Instruction, and closes, saying,
always, and wherever may be, my heart shall
Cuba under the hammer OF Spain" He also Issues
the customary addresses to che army, navy, militia,
TEE RESURRECTION.
The news lately received fiom the lnsurrec-
Unsy The s
In my last, has been fully confirmed. The
spana,,s confess to ''lanentable" losses. The de-
sureents at the village Of Lama have been re-
ceived The insurgents IN the ,dasr'cts o.
Las Tdn ai9ua a Cuba IN
struck severe blows the spanish columns opeTat-
these attacks OF the Insurgents are said to be about
ono thousand commanded by Modesto Daz,
Maxine Gomez and Vicente and CallNto Garcia.
fagua 20 Hcguin, and the spaniards confess severe
5000 ratIsns, vhlch were co,npsteIy cap.
Sy the eight day
upon the village OF. Sand, and were in
possession Of the town the entire day, sacking It
completely. The place was garrlsoned by about
forty soldiers and 100 volunteers, who, In tie attack
lost eleven OF their number, besides large number
tower, from which the nsrgents were .I repu I
The patriots burned number OF the houses, after
Selling all tho provisions ana clothing they could
discover, and having held the town from six In the
morning until evening, finally retired with the
booty carryng or over 100 horses ana 900 beeycs
small. The Spanish report give It as seven killed,
which they LETT on the teld.
DEATH OF COLONEL HUERTAs.
The famous Spanish Colonel Huertas, Governor OF
Holgnip, so soon as he beard OF this disaster
started with his column to cngag: the insurgents
between Tasaiefa anl Danos. There q severe en-
gayament took piece. The Spanlards recovered
effects taken by the insurgents at sand but ii the
encounter they suffered heavily. 4 number OF SOL
diers were killed, and Colonel Hnertas also lost
O'Clock In the afternoon, which discouraged tue
span.ar.s nom continuing tho engagcn,ent, and
d ca two hours afterwards Colonel Eucrtas was
sdevsd one OF the bravess officers in command, and
ashcen actively engaged against The insurgents for
mf past and Y Tewa Of ms 5srvicss was
Gnin. The troops are indignant ut the beatjngs
they have received and the success OF the nslir-
gents. The column Which for four months Colonel
Eascnnes has commanded In the District OF Las
Tunas has been dissolved. Colonel Bascones pub.
fishes Glowing address to his solder, In which he
mspd OF Vicente Garcia. 1t : to be remarked that
tnis the Journals IN thia city publish. following
the description Of the attack on tho town OF
Sama. stating that Vicente Garcia was IL chief COM
ElanC &c.
MisCTLr ANGUS NEWS.
A telegram fOam Puerto Principe states than on
the 81 Colonel Nuesada, with column o! Tire Key
regiment, overlook at Guayamd the tnsurgent band
commanded by villan,i ana Mag'n p;a2, and, as
usual in all such tcegfaias, dispersed them. A
despatch also states that the band commanded by
the Venezuelan Enrique had been defeated.
The following are the last reported ntencoG Of
the court martial held at Puerto II nclpe Pedro
MERCER and Mariana Brlto, to banishnent; Enrique
Torres, 10 TWO years, ana IIuHcsCo Saits Diib 10
SIX years cham gang. AZ Trinidad, young prl CT
sixteen years, named Maria Rosario NLaOnat, to
ten years imprisonment. This young lady was ac
cuscd OF cmbroidefng a banner for the insurgents.
Juan Escalante, to ten years. chain gang. At
Santiago de Cuba. Joagan Qucsada Cespedes. TO
ten years, chain gang Besides, all the property OF
the iOrenamed IL contscatad.
on Monday morning last two bold but ,hers ct the
Tacon MARKET having difference, challenged each
other, and drawing their long knives, settled
It by cutting each other severely In the side. ono
OF them died shortly after and was buried the same
afternoon with military pomr, as he belonged to
ono Of the battalions of volunteers.
The rain has been somewhat t0rdy In making it,
appearance, but al last Jupiter Pmvins has opened
ali the valves, and for the past few days the rain
has been prOdigally falling in this at present
blessed, or, rather, unhappy city.