The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-08

many among you state that those whom they had for
ons granting to those White and eoSre
to circulate my last proclamation Of longer granting
so@pste pardon not g those who
representative Of the magnanmity Of our nation in this
Shall Surrender under he oliowIns conditions ",
ARTICLE Free pardon TO all those who have fought
as pryates in the nrreei,on either white or black and
ART 2,iieads Of families who present themselves alone
Arr a~The chiefs of bands who surrender with their
Arr -From the conditions of this general pardon are
themselves Ministers Of the republic the members Of the
BY their followers, have made tlensevss ssourge e
these are not 10 be received without the law exacting
strict for their criminal conduct such Sgnacio
Diaz, Ia and Felix Figueredo Ynclan, Garrido Qther
Borrero and Jesus Perez. . ~
CAuTo DEL EaBARcApERo, May H. lS72
ATTACK ON A SPANISH GUNBoAT.
For the first time during the instruction the in
surgents have at last obtained an opportunity Of
firing upon Spanish war vessel and the Span
iards report the affair with evident modification.
1t appears that about six O'Clock on the
was about leaving the port OF Banes and at the
most narrow part of the channel at its entrance,
voey OF musketry was fired into the vessel from
the heights on both sides OF the passage, where the
insurgents were posted, woundng the first officer
and several men, and Kidding the awnings and
MEETINGS. The gunboat Immediately got ready and
fired two rounds OF grape, but without any visible
result. The insurgents kept up their fling until
the mosquito gunboat had passed out to sea. Much
Importance is given by Cubans to this affair, and
they assert that an expedition was landed close by
the port OF Banes and the expedltonists, followed
by the Argos, had beaten her OF.
The official resume of the scmi-monthy Spanish
report, published the 10Th and 30tt of each month
for the spanish mail, gives as the losses caused TO
the insurgents IN two weeks ending May 81, ninety
six killed and iortyeght taken prisoners, and 292
! presentado or surrendered, comprising women,
children and old men. The government losses are
stated at ten killed and thirtysevcn wounded The
same review further gives the details of the usual
misunderstanding Of cabins, capture OF inollensive
country people, shooting OF some-generally added
to the total of insurgents killed wounded not any,
capture OF arms, horses, salt &c., and mscellane
Gus garbled account in general
The farm OF Brgadier Acosta Alvear, known
san Ramon, was on Friday, the Gath, attacked by
a party OF some thirty insurgents armed only with
machetes, and the overseer, named Jlminez killed;
another employee named Penton was wounded.
After sacking the houses, Selling what arms they
could ana and all the provisions they retired
telegram received yesterday from Moron states
that The Cuban chief Felix de la Tore had been
executed Another telegram from Puerto Principe,
dated yesterday, gives an account OF an engage
ment between the column OF Colonel Bergel ana The
from the railroad line between Nuevitas and the
beforenamed city.
COMMENTS ON THE ENTERPRISE OF THE HERALD.
The Voz de CUBA In yesterdays issue has the fol-
lowing Notwithstanding occasional mistakes the
HERALD repeatedly gives signs of marvellous actv-
ity and journalistic enterprise worthy to be imi-
tated elsewhere 1t affords great assistance to the
nquring public in its efforts to be first in the pro-
mulgatlOn OF news. witness the great ana costly
African expedition in search of DR.. Livingstone and
the publication few days since Of all the cor
respondence and documents which have lately
passed between the American government and that
OF st. James concerning the Alabama indirect
claims. These documents were sent by the Presi-
dent to the Senate Monday and that body decided
to keep them secret and they were, therefore, read
and discussed In secret session. However, nOtwith-
standing all the precautions taken to keep the matter
from the public, the HERALD published complete the
four dispatches and eighteen kilograms exchanged
between Mr.. Fish, the United States Minister at
London and Earl Granville, which occupied about
eleven columns OF small type, or $500 words tee
graphed from Washington It's unexpected publ
cation took Senators and diplomats in Washington
by surprise, and COMPOUNDED those who had partcu-
lar interests in keeping the contents Of these de-
spatches from coming to light"