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despatch continues:
The united command. Of Brig. santences ana my own
sninng tae poreros Of slsuanea Yaqusno and OJo de
ir td1re wh b .s s.. Point 9eHs 9res on our
OF the rcsiment smincas the nrst guerilla and the
direction Of the nring, and ~ the latter had
essssd It too< the road TO suara where II arrived
AL 5nis si ace saara) thg whe force was detained
while tho same tune passed proper ordcfs Tor the
general ORDER. u which Aaye the honor to hand
| copY. Notwith-tanding that | was aware that tne
aas fyc he sSsoa OF the o3 tS 1 Dses sass
orders that the day should be utilized by masng a
mounted forces. which fcsucd 10 An engagement with
wounded aud two horses k,eu ADD capturing from
them one Remington carbnc and four slddlcd horses,
completely dispensing tSe enemy. "''"''' '''''
| At Ivuara tho despatch states, the forces
were divided into four commands of about LOCO
men each. the writer OF the despatch, Bris.-Gen.
bajle taking the strongest. Each OF these
commands was incessanty, night and day. ha-
raised by the enemy, but they performed prod
lales OF vdlor thus the command Of Col Lo-
tth1O, wv strong, win one gun, managed TO
turn si1ty.two abandoned huls and to capture
| four female negro slaves. whom 1t took along to
sell OF course, leaving lot Of white women
and children. Tue other commands destroyed
any quantity OF huts and growing crops.
However, the summing up OF what this forco
| OF nearly 300 men really accomplished 10 a
nine days march through the country Is best
tt9ld IN the commanding officers own words.
Convinced a. ! am that the loss inflicted on the
enemy !: heavier than wha Is stated IN the despatches
ceua never get At he olttem ~ facts the result so
men killed. nve wounded, horses Aed and seven.
.thIee eaptured cuuntlss IA ies anu mules. twelve
and hogs driven Oh besides ies rowing several ned. Of
sa y n .Is lr ans aTa
ismae negro slaves refranlnf froui bringing along
OF the commands.
The following confession Is important, al
though Con. Bayle little thought at the time OF
/ Al q Has nj .
have evidence that the lead r, Msrmo Gomez after
informing ne people IN his INN edise OF
ssosssd the lrocna into a. central Departms1t be.
escort and few other confidential persons Of whose
numbers have Just no" no exact data " Judge but
VINO. iron all eau learn did not exceed hundred
The fact OF Gen. Gomez having gone Ito Cam
aguey Ia perfectly true. The President sent for
bin to confer with hun about the details Of the
coming campaign. lie went, with merely his
| own body guard, from the western end Of the
Villas, and crossed the .Trocha into Camaguey
vi hout being once molested by any spanish
| force. He had his conference with the Pres-
dent and hts secretaries, explained To Congress-.
| government, the probable nature and require
n.ents of the next campaisn was appointed by
has already returned across the rrocha into the
Villas.
by the Spanish Generals own confession. the
Cuban COMMANDER could 20 from one end Of
these villas Depar ments to the other with
simple escort Of mot over a hundred men,"
and was not once molested, while he tBayls),
with a force Of i've thousand men. was inces-
sanity harrassed on ten days march through
the same section OF country.
Gen. Bayles despatch, which We regret we
cannot sudre space to publish In exteuso, con-
cludes With atroute Of praise 10 the men
Who proved themselves superior TO fasae every
sort OF unerns In tue Present season wadins rivers
shd Smo .c % 9vsr esas ana through passe.
which frequently spoiled the ratons in their hayer.
bear tue voice or the example OF their oncers, aud
IL * aer tsue 10 measure Es arm IS
with tie enemy.
This celebrated despatch, worthy Of immor-
tality. AMI really fair sample Of the dispatches
written 10y spanish officers from the fields OF
operations during the past eight wears, Is dated
at " Ciego de AVila, Attn OF July. 1879"
How, when, or IA what shape Dng.-Gen. Dayle
got back from Ciego de Aviia to Sancii- Esplritus
with ali his prisoners. horses ana other trouhies
Including his sick and wounded. we have not
been informed, but that he got back l. sure, be-
cause We learn that the Spanish Casino Of that
tue llth OF july Ia consideration OF his having
| swept all taat section Of country clean VI
/ rebels
Unfortunately. on the morning OF the l2th
UT, the very next day after the feas', the Gu
bans gave very convincing proof that a few at
least were sun loahns around. Iunas, on The
south coast, Is tho port from which Sancti Es-
piritus draws Its supplies. and where tue sugars
OF the Jurisdiction are stopped. IL Is connected
by rail with SAnct E-piritus. from wuich
II 10 distant about tweui, three miles. On thls
railroad. through this country swept clean OF
Rebels IL Is still customary to use irOnclad
cars, and engineers aud stokers stu earn high
wages. one OF these trains laden with urOyis-
tons, clothing, medicines, arms. and ammuni-
ton, brsdes the small sum OF $4,000 in gold,
s,ncli- spiritus, LETT Tunas Oh the morning Of
the l2.h uf July guarded by ali escort Of spanish
Regulars. 1t was Intercepted and wrecked on
the road ny body OF some iUJ Insurgents UNI
der Gen. Ruor only SIX spAniards escaped
aud carried the news into Sancti Esprltus. Tue
Cubans took tho cash aud everything else that
/ was OF any use To them, ana then set fire to the
cars. Tue locomotive WAS not injured, and the
engineer, fireman. and conductor were allowed
/ to 20 unharmed ms took place close TO the
/ CITY of Sanctl-Esplritus, which wa At the time
fun OF troops. Que report states that cavalry
| force was sent out from the city and returned
after having been severely whipped by tue
Cubans.
This 10 the condition of affairs In what the
! Spaniarcs call the Eastern Villas Department,
| as per Latest received advices.
| In tbs Western villas Department fortune
! seenst = he equally uGpropitOus to the brave
Spaniaris, who are, or Father we're until lately,
commanded by a Brig Gen. Armihan, with
account OF what his tust occurred there are
Indebted 70 Spanish merchant OF this city,
! Of tue occurrence, and who reached this city by
the last Havana steamer, On the 22d ult. a body
! OF Cuhans, which our informant estimates AT
/ Reeves, surnamed Ell Americana, all well mount
! ed, equipped, and armed entered tho place. Inc
spanish garrison at the time numoeroi Loo men.
but not shot was ufed, not "a single spanish sol
der showed In the streets. Whether they were
| hppIehruslVe " heiNy reserve Of CuoAns out
| SIDE, or whateYor may have been the cause OF
| such apparent apathy or cowardice ON the part
Of the saTrlsOu,is not stated. Reeves loaded his
| tram ~ pack horses and mules with arms am-
munition, and whatever else he wanted. aptur-
ed $2OOD In gold, burned all tho Guyerumout
| storehOuscs with what he left In tLom, anu TO
tired perfectly unmOlested.
OF tuls V.li Clara affair, various and widely
differing accounts have been published. In one
| letter from Havana, from tue pen, of course, Of
| a Cuban LbOTdHts. We see the loss OF the span
| iards set Gown Il 26J Killed. Tho Spanish paper
Of this city, Las AOredades, In Its issue Of / le
| 9Th inst. speaks 81 tho matter in very dole
| ful strain, and inyeighs against " tbs news
p ipers OF Cuba, PRINCIPALLY III 4AI Of Santa
Clara, who attempt IN VAN 10 dlvest he m air 4
lie serious character. 1t says the loss Of tweuty-
| four regulars and volunteers killed., AND the
| stcking and hrng Of stores lled with cloihin :
| aud provisions, which are adDtted by the Con.
! eral IN comm md in his official despatch, prove,
however unpeasant II Is for us to confess IT, that
tne vigilance q the military authorities Is MT
| what II snould be-"
1t Is stated that Brig -Gen. Arminan, at the
une ~ the attack on Villa Clara, was away with
~ family enjoying tue sea bathing at 5 lgua Ia
Grands.
Grand result Of tho whole: A despatch from
II 4Nauh announces the arrest Of Gems. ia le and
ATmln an aud their incar or 81 IN, previous 10
tflhl, IN the fortress ~ Is. tttaha.
Al tho same line that the successful raid was
male upon VIA Clara, the town u Moron Ell a.
ate close To tho north coast u the sl iud, ana A
strategic point of much lmvlftancn a. tha
northern extremity ~ the celebrated trOcE.l.
which divides the villas Department from Cam,
Hguey, was attacked by portion of tho Ilird
Army Corps Of tho Lbsraling Army, unt er tina
i,,,tp i.fa a,tftf and Ia