The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-29
The Failure Of the Spaniards to Sup
press the InsurrectiOn.
yALMASEDA'S RESIGNATION.
A Spanish Official in League with
the Insurgents.
NEGRO SLAVERY IN A NEW FORM
The Exploits Of the Filibuster Fannie and
the Latest Fighting.


HAVANA, June %, 1872.
The superior authority OF the island, Captain Gen.
eral valmaseda, arrived at this capital from the
field OF military operations, after an absence Of
three months and five days. last Saturday evening.
Whether he has In reality achieved anything towards
the final suppression of the insurrection is question.
able. The fact remains that for over three years,
before and since he has had supreme control OF the
government here, he has been in active campaign,
and the military achievements to be recOunted OF
him are his march to Nuevitas from Puerto Principe
his passage OF the River Cauto, the actions near
Las Tuhas, his shutting himself up In the town OF
Zarragoita for several months and his famous order
dated at Bayamo, April 4, 1859, and others ne ts-
sued subsequently. The greater part Of the time
he has been In the field has been taken up by in
trigues and efforts, first to obtain and after
wards to retain the chief command Of the island.
The insurrection still lives, although His Ex-
ceency In conversation, since his re-
turn, with a prominent government official
here, whose name l am not permitted
to dlvulge, remarked that what remained Of tho
instruction was not dangerous to Spain nor to tho
integrity Of her territory He calculates the number
OF insurgents at present in arms against Spanish
rule OF the island to be less than fifteen hundred.
with but small proportion OF whites and white
leaders. Assertions Of this nature, however, have
been 80 frequently made by yamaseda as well as
by his predecessors that they have no hold in the
belief Of even those who have access to him.
The Instruction, instead of being subdued and
queled within the short time promised by the gov
eminent, and thought to be an easy job, has now
nearly ended its fourth year, and since its COM
mencement large numbers OF troops have arrived,
almost every mail steamer from Spain bringing re-
Inducements, which are at once hurried to the
front; the war expenses and amount of property
destroyed have impoverished the land; rivers OF
blood have been uselessly split, thousands of Gu
bans innocently slaughtered or expatriated and
their property connscated or Enlarged by the
government. Upon each return from the 'war-
PATH OF either Cabalero de Rodas or Valmaseda
the speedy pacfcation has been prophesled the
number of insurgents stated to be insgni1canty
small and the insurrecti0n generally to be ON Its
turning min out to be on his last oohod as
Captain General OF the ever-faithful isle.
A SPANISH OFFICIAL PLAYING TRAITOR.
The highest and innermOSt OF official circles In
this city Is In ferment over the startling discovery
that the Cuban insurgents have found ally in the
s come to @ tSps Se W
numbering among Its adherents Cubans as well as
native spanisrds who are eagned with the patriots
Depar tment in Madrid The name q this ofllcal is
S S"r mnrcay Hfn,rs in the Hinistry If STAT
The alleged traitor in the citadel Is accused ss
Government for the suppression OF the Instruction
to the Iaborantes in Madrid who have commune
YORK Thus ir Is charged. the plans OF the govern
ment were thwarted before they could De carried
into execution the Cubans being able to rOrestall
them Inv means of the Information received through
their ay in the Spanish State Department..
THE FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITIONS.
Dstrust, therefore, Is predominant and the re.
n q EuVlr Stewart
and Fannie. which latter vessel safely landed men
and material On the main land south of Cayo Ro.
mann n iong Eev IN the north coast of the island
running along the coast from Moron to (iuanaja
augurs everything bnt a speedy termination to the
strnuo,c Tho safe LANDING az thes, filibustcrinu
exneditions ia Of great annoyance to the SpanardS
The nrccautions Of the mosaito gunboat Meet prove
m hc nsnless and GA silv eyade1 and the eudn0 nr
these useless crafts ia npparently nm eesv
task 30 FAR these runboafs have failed "a
Some time since in the HERALD. they were bnilt
at an enormous cxnense AMI q large amount NJ the
money paid for them was used for corrupt purposes
IT mist t not no thought strange that tbe fonnt
ahomiI estimate M se low Gwnrc th~ nnmbcr ~
in NC ,S aoa,ns Snaia not month
400 he stated To Consul at Santiago de Tuha THAR
nSSm h 70 No annt tmran ahonaanI onI ohnrt CIV
months AGO onIy 400 under arms: and so the i'm
nortance az the nsurrecton In been denreciated At
narios tn snit nojitira nnrnosea auI tccn
the ..impatients', in trim with false statements
vALMAsEDA's RESIGNATION.
As 70 his leaving the island Valmasada states he
does not know himself Anything definite; that he
resigned, but received an answer per last mali to
the effect that az yet no proper person had been
found willing to place him, talmaseda' Is enemies
and he has ac1uircd a large numb ,r-leclare that
he has in fact Accomplished nothing toward the
pacincalion of tho island and that the psurrecton
Is as potent now as IL was n wear ago They assert
that his successor will soon arrive ana thcy await
with marked impaicnce for tic 6inclal and positive
report or his relief
IL is also affirmed that valmaseda has new ana
decidedly original plan ready TO carry into exccu-
t,on to enable spain to protract her waning power
over this island and regain possession OF the con-
tested dist,icts-namely to hasten The completion
OF the great Central Railroad which is to connect
Puerto Principe Santiago dc Cuba and all the prin-
cipa cities ami towns with the city OF Havana and
TO ajopt n system of military colonization along its