The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-17
RECENT FIGHTING IN CUBA.
EN.MivrMO con MFz'SniTTLE WITH
GEN. JOTELLIB'S ARMY,
The Cubnns Cutting their Why Throush the
Spanish Lines- Burning Cnno Fields in the
sneua District-A Wedding in Havana.

rue tubnrs cutting their Nny ThrouNh the
Spanish Lines- Burning Came Fields In the
snsua Distriot-A Wedding in Havana.
HAVANA, March 11.-Private letters from
Con. Maximo Gomez have been received hore
t,e l-st a led the day after the fight at Cafs,Ai
ac Gora1i,7 where tho dccp-laid plans % 0eu.
Iov.ll.r wsre 10 slgnally ba1lod. Gen. Gomez
says 10 was la command there, and that the
SVlnin~cs would have been even worse beaten |
o. "a the, were Lad It not been that portion of |
hi- 'r'ats vera left without ammunition at a |
critical ltom.nt, 10 which Circumstance the |
hc v, lys5 the Cubans In editing their way |
tLroush tho enomy, Is, he says, attributable.
no Reports that he he'd co men killed, that he |
does Aot know the number tho spaniards lost.
but that the rear Of his forces gathered up 81
carbines and 40 horses, with their saddles aud
other equipage.
After breaking through the Spanish lines,
the Insurgents have resumed operations in the
| Sagua district and neighborug points, aud
hear that they have destroyed the cane fields Of
several estates, among others the Manyavares,
the Indio the Carolina, the Dosenyano lone Of
the same name had already been destroyed In
| Colon, the Socorro and the San Rafael. Several
| hundred oxen are said to have been hamstrung
on these estates, and these nlono represent
value Of many thousands Of dollars. Some
negroes have been taken on other estates,
| among others, from the San Augustin. An
ats,S was made, by the n.yfgents on thG W., W.,
| LACE of Cruz DEL Padre, but the Spanialds claim
to have repulsed the assailants without loss TO
Ths situation Of affairs in the Central DEM
mont, which was represented ~ ,,uproving
| under the active direcitO" the new C,oysrnnr,
Esponda, Is now s'.l to be less satisfactory to
cattle .uo spanlards were, II appears, sur
pr''sed, and allowed the Cubans 70 stampede
guerrllas managed to lose considerable
nlmter OF nre rus so that those VINO went
hand, an oficiSl report Just published claims
that the column Of Alba de Formes met and
dispersed body OF 201 rebel infantry ON the : b
inst, at Pozos Cerrndo, killing one man and
wounding several, without suffering any loss
themselves. The troops captured four horses
win their saddles, twenty hammocks, and
quantity Of provisions.
we except a brld / in the family Of the Captain-
| General, whos0 eldest daughter, Donna Cutina.
eespo9sed on lhnrsda, last 81 M,ontes, , one ~
! tnnL nlA.a "a tha PAlae.-thal ~ O "oloc. IN
the evening. Many Of the chief personages Of
~ branches Of Havana society were present.
lhe bride was magnincontB dressed in white
satin. trlmmcd with brussels lace, orange buds
IN sprgs, ana little funRcs with puts OF Allen
soy, She wore very tasteful wreath Of orange
en1 looked very bccominsiy IMPRESSED with The
ceremony. She was given away At the altar by
her aunt the Senorlta de Barv1Jo and Gen.
Joyellar tie koyal C5mmjss,on Ka.i stand,
closed the evening and ut midnight the young
While these festivities cnlivcn the palace tho
pressure oi financial c'ficultes becomes daily
heavier both on the government and on md;
viduals. According to the statement published
to-day the funds ia tho treasury amounted yes
isrday to sll,I2i 20 In sold and silver, and ST.
l26 30 IN money. This Exhausted state 81 the
treasury occurs when the same publication says
that he pensions OF the Government arc unpaid
since November, or rather that the Pension Du-
Ieau has ouly just received the funds TO pay the
months OF September. October and Noyem-
Der OF last year. \ new paper, the BOlct de loo
IOlUhtiTf1s, calls attention to tho fact that the
! sinal pay due TO thc bands and subordinate
| been given them for many months. and In some
r regiments nos Tor wears. The los dc cuba has
, | ken up the question To day. ana cOmplai lbs
that this neglect u the Jus, claims of the volun-
y ! tecrs. who have made sucl great sacrifices of
: | tier time and property should have continued
= | IN. nj which Bubi c,nceiYes md naturally great
O | opposition among the persons whose salaries are
In uduccr uf suppression.
In commercial circles thero are premonitory
symptoms 81 a hard time coming and ru-
Il ors Of pending arrangements vita credttors 20
avoid the necessity 81 suspending payments
l. have eel 10 citcul ltion lately respecting one
or two IAties who nud Themselves unable TO
1T ud tie losses due TO the paral, z5d condition
are, however. said 10 De solid, but are nor uOing
II their usual amount OF business IN any line
c sales ~ imports have been, he,r. extremely
p difficult, and unusu9l lpqucyments anu CON
- diuons have been .iahted to Well-knOwn buyfrs
" to secure the,, trade. lhe banks are not dis.
"a posei 10 discount paper which previously was
a sought after, and planters IN general tina them
selves In Cieat Htralta. lhe prices OF sugars are
:, 40 untemuner"tiye that they are naturally 70.
N ljr,.- TO sell. hopihg Tor change which seems
e n The thier.. nee from the country tells the
: same story Of short -. .1nS' and many estates
nave other alre ady nnishGd gr"u.,S or WIN NeI,
a soon 90 So. which is quite unusual at t"'- '
e season. The complaints about excessive tax
ntion are lnnumerabe, aud II Is supposed the
Government must take somo measures u read.
N Just the burden at least II not to diminish the
fe a