The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1869, Page 5

Policy of Captain Genera) de Rodas, were Particulars of the Fight at Baga. Spanish and Patriot Reports of Operations. THE CUBAN CONSTITUTION. Movements of the Patriots in the Various Districts. General Rodas Master of the Situation—Ie- lease of Prisoners—Reported Overtures for an Arringemeut with the Insurgents—The Volunteer Klement—Banishmeut—Sequestras tloue—Unfavorable News from the Interior— Another Issue of Bauk Notce—Suppression of Foreign and Spanish News by the Cable. HAVANA, July 17, 1869, General Caballoro Rodas continues master of the situation so far. If any Governor ever was fit to keep it it would appear that heis the man. He geoms fully equal to the task. Yet, situated as he is fm the most auomalous position possible, and being surrounded by so many discordant elewents, arising from a@ variety of tncongruities, it is questionable whether even he will be able to get clear ont of 1t to the satisfaction of his government, the Spanish regidents and the different Cuban partisans, Caballero Rodus appears traly to be a tombre gustictero, He very soon @iscovered that of all the imprisonments mae on political grounds the ma- fJority arose from persenal acts of vengeance, or from mercenary motives. If public ramors mht always be beileved, it would appear that even the City Gov- ernor has been whispered in convection with these; ‘Dut this may be a calumny. Several, however, of the so-called “political prisoners’? bave been re- Jeased, simply because Rodas gave bimself the trou- Die to have their ‘cases’? invesligated; and not only ‘was there no evidence brought against them for such imprisonment, but in many in- stances no “cases? whatever were found to exist! ‘This very Jaudable act of the first authority seems to have mightily displeased some of the Spaniards, especially our over zealous citizen sol- diers, ‘The Captain General's circular of the 7th to the Lieutenant Governors, published in the Matanzas 4Aurora—a translation of which was duly sent to the HBRALD—bas produced so much sensation sere that @ commission is said to have gone to the Captain Generat for the very absurd purpose of inducing bis Excellency to revoke it, It is further stated that ‘the Governor of Matanzas, who seems to have given Mt for publicuiion without authorization, is being sent to Spain, not exactly under arrest, but to report Dimself at Madrid, or bajo partida de registro, Tieavn irom a respectable source that the Captain Gevera! has communicated to several wealthy and Prominent Spaniards the telegraphio orders he re- ceived from the Madrid government to come to some arrangement witn the insurgents, Itis added that meetings bave been held on that account, in Which 1% was proposed to prevail on the “humbier” Classes of Spautards, who show the greatest op; silion to any negotiation or compromise, to relin- quish thelr objections and render overtures more practicable anu agreeable. bhe citizen soldiers are reported to be quite Infu- riated with Caballero Rodas. He took a ride on hor on Taesday evening and as he passed the Plaza de Vapor he was, itis said, hissed at; and, in order to asceriuin if they dared to insult him, be has since gove on foot Lurough Muralia street aud other woinent thoroughiares Where they mostly abound, joching, however, fas occurred to draw his aiten- A splendid country house, in Marianao, nine miles from town, having been offered to the General, Wherein to pass the hot season, he courteously de- clined the oiler, be that his busiuess was in Havana, and that should the capital become too hot for him he would take up his residence at the Cabanas fortress, whicn, peipg situated on the high Dill across the bay, only 200 yards from tie city, 18 exceedingly cool, picturesque and strong; in fact, three large saloons aave already been prepared for hint whenever he sila) think proper to take up bis quarters cere. ‘Phe orders which he has received from hts gov- erijment are very severe, 80 far as maumtaining all due respect to the autuority, aad, as tue force av hia commana in town is uot very imposing, it 18 not Surprising that his Exce.lency should have made due provision to make himself obeyed under any Cirgainsiadces whatever. Tt is given Out that the citizen soldiers contemptate disbanding themselves ev masse and with contempt, in view of tic government not adopting the rigorous measures Which they are so long accustonied to, AD ahopymous ict cr is said to have been sent to Caballero Rodas, saying that if Dulce has gone away Alive he (Rodas) will remain to become a corpse. I eannot vouch jor the truth ol suca an act. Weare assured (iat Sejor Maicampo, the Spanish admiral on this stauon, hax been recalled jor not having done anything to prevent the deposition of General Dulc: rule, mm Joxe Antonio Echevarria, manager of the Villanueva (Havana) Railroad, was recently arrested a bre sent to report himself at Madra; aiso Don Pascual Kiesgo, formerly editor of La rensa, gud later of the Aipeciador Lweral, It is rumored that two of the volunteer commanders are also to be gent to Spaia. Among others Senor Quiros is also meniioned, the ianious Commissary of Police, en- pe the coniidcace of the government jor 8 num- years. ‘tie cause of having lost it 1s said to arise from the discovery made by a person who was Kept ‘as ate in tie Cabailas, denounced as dis- Joyal, bat in reality vecause the vicum Was @ credi- toro. a friend of (juiros for $3,000, this step having Deen resorted to not to pay the vebt, ‘Whatever 1uy be the true state of ailairs here the @equestration of property of the wealthy does not cease, Your readers have seen thet more than 300 families in Principe have lately been inciuded fa the ists, Bat it will surprige tied still more to ieara that a circular has been passed to all the notaries public ordering tien Coeubargo the Immense pro- atin of Sedors Domingo aad Migael Aldama. This id not appear in ae Gazelle Wil jaet night, as no doubt it would draw too much attention to see so large a numer of Wealtay und prominent citizens Concerned im the insurrection, La Voz de Cuba has an exceilent communication from u subseriber, Bigung thal (he Sequestration Voard, receiving the Pose ol the embargoed property, 13 equaily und WO discharge tue debts of creditors holding & Jawiul len on saca property. it is quite evident that among the instructions which Genera! Rodas took with him from Madrid @ariy and elective measares of retrenchment in tie bed expendiiure here were to be resorted to, ong cthor cconowies already introduced his Px- colency has suppressed the ollice of inspector of prisons, thus forming ove branch more which the “Direccion de Adiain‘stracion’’ will have to look to Eo bs in accordance with the decree of the oth The atuirs in the mtertor continue unfavorable, A volunteer, inobillze 1 in Lersuudi’s time, just re- Reta ney fat seat eae sige nn and Alia) cl ry & muaichete, understood to have deviared that Friucipe is almost left in the power of the nts, because they enter and leave the city when Shay pleake, and rap over different localt- tes freely, all which the limited torces there cannot revent. ‘Ihe last accounts trom the Patriots state jat General Valmaseda kept in the victuity of Santi Espiritu, wounded in the leitarm, and his troops are so enclosed that they cannot move. This, they say, fe why he hus not yet arrived here, as Rodas ea- to have @ conference as to wha: Is to be done for the future. ‘The river Canto and otter have been passed by the troops, by cal women ana chiluren over on tier should their own enfety, as the insurgents dare not ry them, for fear of kiiling their own fuinilles, whego Ore. ° ‘The steamer Pajaro, from Santiago and Nudvitas, arrived late om the izth, with 126 troops and gixteen Diicers, many Wounded and sick, aud others to en- wr of the Guardia Civil, Among the pas- eengers Wes brigadier Amavie Escalante, from Minas, im very bad healt and reileved on application. there were a large number of families waiting tn Naevitas for sicamers ta come here or leave the fsland, Passengers té that the Spanish camp in al Ug¥a Was Wot surprised, but that the troops wei rto the insurgents; (here were only four Boldiers found dead, because they were killed by the rest for refusing tu follow thelr example. It would ve fag reneye mr ae gins tan project said to agitating among the regu- Jara to ask the government to aive. the insurgent enemy quarter wien captured, beeanse the rebels always hold ss ierer, number Of Spanish prisonors than the ta apture of Cubans, aud the latter may kill many by way Of retaliation. The troops that have come from Principe deciare that the insurgents there bold over 500 Spanish prisoners, and that Gon- eral Letona kept himself shut up without molesting the party that entered the cown, in order that the In- surgents might not shoot any of those prisoners, ™ of them pee prominent aaa » Including employés of the High Court of Principe and of the eoraiat bairation, W }0 endeavored to leave the isiand, o s:—Eloven of Aselegram irom General Lesca tne Guardia Civiand titty voluntoets of tho war Bt. Domingo had several encounters with small partes of uaurgents between Jicotes and the hills of Colonel mry Oceatia, kill EAN Se captnNaKe hi besides me arms. Col ‘Trio and Talay in sierra of Mans reconnoitered the enem, three for days consecutively and after beating fim In Saguita they had another encounter at Loma Azu) and Loma Alta, where his losses were important, while ours were insignificant, The disp: rsed enemy was beaten im Quemado Hilario by the Guardia Civil at the catue farms Caoba and Esperanza, ‘The Captain General mas further received 8 tele- m from the Commandant General of the Eastern partment, stating that “to amplify his previous communication relative to the disloyal conduct of some of the volunteers of Imias, in allowing them- selves to be decoyed by the pandit Policarpo Rustai he informs his Excellency that the necessary fore were immediately sent from Guantanamo and Bara- coa to nip in the bud the aforesaid evil. Captain Gimenez, of the former force, found and dis; the rebels at Vega Batea, killing six and recapturing it horses which the enemy at Veguita, Co. xican General Tamaya, and, after sustaining an action of two hours, charged te rebels at the onet, com- pletely routing them, killing thirteen, wounding many and capturing a large quantity of materials lefty ‘in the enemy's camp. Among seventeen rigonera taken was Lieutenant Colonel Bucelo, of Herans, who landed lately from an expedition at mn "the newspapers do not say that the insui ita have agato taken possession of Holguin and Tunas, and that Principe continues closely besieged. This ls no donbt strategic, ‘The war steamer Churruca gatled yesterday for Nuevitas, with medicines and other elects for the military hospital. She algo took in tow a vessel with 800 tons of coal, to be kept there to meet the necessi- ties of the Spanish war steamers. Iv ty again atated that the Banco Espafiol is about Making anotuer tsaue of notes, to the extent of eight molions, in aid of the public treasury, as tie re- sources of the government are becoming exhausted, and orders from Madrid demand remittances to meet tle precarious condition of the government finances, It appears trom statistic accounts Jately taken that in Havana and suburbs there are more than 5,300 houses unoccupied since the late emigration com- meee Rents, of course, are decreasing preity rapidiy. The ‘merchants are complaining bitterly about the government suppressing a great part of the news that comes by the cable; the subscription entails a heavy expense, and is paid by them in advance, Some of the most imporiaut items of news are inva riably suppressed, a8 is seen a week after by the English newspapers received. Arrifal of PoclioHis March with Five Hun= dred Murines to Surprise Insurgents at Baga~Sixty Were Enough to Sarprise Him The Treops Returned Exhausted to Nucvie tas—The Spaniards Ignore the Fatal Loss at Sabaun Nueva—Progress of the Cholera. Nueviras, July 10, 1869. On the 6th the mail steamer Pelayo arrived, bring- ing the remainder of the regiment of marine in- fantry, various companies of which had arrived the Gay previous 1m the mail steamer Moctezuma. The Dominican General Poello, who has super- seded General Letona and takes the command of the troops operating in this jurisdicuon, bas also arrived, The dark General was received by the Spaniards very enthusiastically, They expect now that the insurgents will soon be driven out of this department. To them everything seems to depend on changes. Brigadier Mena, reiteved by General Lesca, filled them with hopes; the latter, superesded by General Letona, had the same eile and now it is again the same case. All generals that do not succeed—on the theory of the Spantards—are sold to the Mambis, as they call the insurgents. They are never satistied, nor will they ever be so with any of the commanders gent here. They thirst for blood, and not till some general is sent to this department and commences to mow down the heads of the pa cifle Cubans in the cities indiscriminately will tney be satisfied, A butcher general would be very popular among them and would quench their thirst for blood. The same night of the 6th, General Poelio em- barked with 600 of the marines battalion in the gun- boat, Coude de Venadito, and crossed the bay to From there he started to surprise a party of insurgents who were sald to ve in the vicinity of the plantation Santa Margarita; but instead of he sur- poms. the insurgents they surprised him by open- ing Ore on his column, although they were only sheltered by a Cluster of paim trees on the road lead- ing to tne Santa Margarita, Here a party of sixty lusurgents, led by Colonel Francisco Castillo, sus- tained the fire of tne regulars, led by ¥ for nearly half an hour, and despite the superiority in numbers of the Spaniards these sixty insurgents retreated in the most perfect order, Keeping up the firing all the time, According to the accounts given out by the Span- jardg, who returned in the afternoon of the 7th, the iiring was very lively. They had only one wounded, who has since died. ‘The troops returned very mucit fatigued and nearly exhausted, aud having recently arrived from Spain they cannot stand the piercing sun of the tropics and the elects of tne climate; mony haa to be carried trom the steamer. to the hospital on stretchers. According to all aceounts numbers of slight en- gagements have taken place in the vicinity of Santa Cruz, Puerto Priscipe dad the rauroad line to here. But it is unpossio'o to get tne details with any cer- tainty. Both parties claim the victory. No doubi the Spamards suilered most of the casualties; and, althougn they, —. remain the masters of the bate ground, it is not @ deieat of the insurgents ac- cording to the strategy they observe in this war. ‘The particulars and the manner in which the Spaniards lost their detacament at Sabana Nueva ave enlirely ignored by the 3) itis ramored here that the oifcers Were shot by order of General Guesaaa, in retaliation for others shot at Minas by r.gadier Ksculunte. A young man by the name of Mevina, a lieutenant in the insurgent ranks, was also shot at Puerto by order of General Le. tona three days ae s Various plantat 1n the vicinity of Baga beling- nese mene Rarer, been burned by fhe in- ‘The cholera has somewhat diminished tere. In Puerto Principe the fatal discase uas brokeh out and carries off @ great many. At Minas from twelve to Soon peers: dio daliy of it, It is said tnat this epideniic has also broken out in some Of the 1asur- geut ecampments, but to what extent ig ts digicais to say. Genera: Poello left this morning In tho train for Puerto Principe, taking tus troops rue. Last week General Letona, at the head of a column of 1,200 men, marched with the intention of attack- ing Colonel Porro at hts pianiauion, c@ied the Seco, not far irom Puerto Principe and about five miles from tie railroad line, Porro having about 700 men there, weil armed ant eqipped commanded by American, Spanish and Mexican Officers. But we have only heard that Levona’s coiamn arrived at the plantation of bon Gabriel Fortan, one of tie insurgent chiefs, Who was formerly a captain of ar- tikery 1a the Spenish service, mua found the house fortified, put abandoned, @id he burned it to tne ground, His colamn was upon by the in- surgents on his return and several of the soldiers were wouuded, We have nothing later. Unbinsscd Account of the Baga Affair from su American Eyewitnes=—New Orgauiza- tion of the Insurgents? Army—Peabody’s Bayonets Much Needed=Quesada’s Rebaf! to Letoua’s AdYancesVomito Among the TroopeAdventures of an American Engie neer—Dr. Tinkvr Safe and Alive. Havana, July 17, 1869. ‘Tho readers of the HERALD will be glad to peruse the following iuteliigence, in connection with the recent encounter between a small force of insurgents and a battalion of marine infantry at Baga, the ac- count haying been furnished by an American citizen and an _¢yewitness, and therefore more reliable than ould pe expected from either party 1u the strife:— Mr, Robert Fullerton, of New York city, jast ar- rived from Nuevitas on the steamer Pajaro del ‘Was engineer on the San Antonio estate, a three miles fom and the of Don José Planes, a very promi- open for fie rocopnion of Gener’ ‘al rValmaseds a eocee epi rala y Letona and ail other Spanish omoers of hi fan having becn Jateiy burned Mr. Baga, nging to Don Pablo Villegs ban, aud which Was burned about two montus ago by order of the bin Gi gil chief, Ignacio Agramonte, now Major General of the Central District, in order to prevent the Spanish troops from encamping there- on; the sugar house, however, was saved, and the Rentocs, cattle and cane fleids have been cared for, The soldiers quartered in Neuvitas and Baga have Deen in the habit of sallying about to a certajn dis- tauce tn oun of less than & hundrea men, whe purpose of watching the plantations and causeways, On tle 34 inst. Colonel Francisco Castilio, brother of General Angel Castillo, having been informed that a squad of the troops Waa about starting from Bay. for @ suort raid invo the interior, went out with only #ixty men to encounter them, He was eén- Caiped three days on the Santa Margarita, waiting for the troops vo appear, ‘These only left on the 7th, ‘anid instead of the Usual squad @ force of 800 regu. lary and twenty volunteers ay red the same day, commanded by Geuerat Poello. Despite this unex. poctedly large number of troops Colonel Castillo, Who had bis iien screened by @ grove of palm trees, instantly opencd fire upop the troops, which was rovurned and kept up for thirty minutes, General Poeilo heen im command of discipline he could have capvated man of the insurgents there; but fact ts that these new (100) hearty enough and hale, but young and evidently inexperienced in war, ‘airaid of the atilt dreaded machete, and result Was that despite the vocifernting threats and en- treaties of their oMcers the troops could not be In- duced to charge .the insurgents with the bayonet, EE every z 8 “NBW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1869—TRIPLE SHERT. ‘eee the insurgents sponded, by cr: out in Our macheles 1 which only tended to an in creasing seare of these new troops. The insurgents had one man slightly wounded in this . Castillo retired in perfect order, leading his men anely the open field, and in full view of the Span! towards the firing all the time and without being by eRe ir. Fullerton was on the Santa Margate: oe the fight took place, but as soon as w had en to bis horse, which he bad ready to J into the woods, the volunteers having previously threatened to bring in the head the can mombt, a8 they had their suspicions more than two months previously that Mr. Fullerton was employed by the insurgents. Tne following day he entered Baga, and was immediately arrested, Finally he was sent under an escort to Nuevitas by order of Geueral Poello. The General had meanwhile re- turned with his troops to Nuevitas, and Mr. Fullerton at once reported himself to the General, who, under the promise of giving his prisoner a position on 111s Btafl tried to duce him to act as guide to discover the rebel encampments. Mr. Fullerton, of course, declined that honor, ‘The General then said that a8 (here was no evidence agatnst him and because of the friendly reiations existing between the two gov- ernments he would release him, with the clear un- derstanding that Mr. Fullerton was to leave the island ep ols Thereupon a delegation of the volunteers, after they had had two meetings for de- Hberation, waited on General Poello demanding him to have Fuilerton shot as a spy. The Get then placed him in safety to prevent his being assassl- hated, tll the leparture of the steamer Pajaro. Mr. Fullerton was kept three days in coninement, and on before his departure he was escorted on hoard by a high government officer and @ Veteran soldier, In a great measure Mr. Fullerton owes his safety to the successful tntercessions of Mr. Leopold A. Price, the United States Consul in Nuevitas, and he expressed his gratitude in cor- responding sentiments, r. Fullerton states that he had neard quite re- cently that Dr. Tinker was not only alive, but safe With the insurgents in the Holguin district, whence the undaunted Colonel intended to embark tor the United States by the firat expedition tat might arrive, with a view of getting out more Americans and to fight un.er American banners. Seflor Cisne- ros, be my informant, was in company with ihe Coloue! From the same source I learn the following items:—The sentipel squads on the ratiroad line do duty in encampment, because they are fired at whenever they advance fitty yards by the Cuban scouts in and about the woods, When the troops need provisions or war materials they are compelled to go im bodies of 400 to 600 men. General Poeilo 13 80 very foolhardy that the Spantards apprehend that he will be shot ere long in the jurisdiction he now commands. In the Principe district there are at east 1,000 Cubans that are ready to take the Held, and can do nothing ull wore arms are received; those Which they reaily stand in great need of and are anxious to arrive are Peavody’s and Remington’s, with the bayonet. As it 18 they live in the woods as best they can. They will not enter the town as they would surely be shot, ‘The insurgents are organizing into regular infantry corps, bemg arniva to those aces by foreign ofl- cers of diiferent nations, ‘ihe cavalry corps of the Central district are under tie immediate command of Brigadier Generai Angel Castillo, Who 1s the terror, is appears, of both tne Spanish soldiers and the volunteers. Under the new organization the insur- gents have now only tivo major generals—Jordan a the Bayamo district and Ignacio Agramonte the Jeutral. General Letona sent word a week ago to the insur- geut Generalisimo Quesida to know if tuere was not sone way of stopping ihe war and preventing 80 much bloodshed. No reply was given, athough some silght allusion was wade tv the late conduct of the Spanish oilcers. ‘this statement is by no means isuprobable, as it is well known that the sni- ferings irom different diseases and pestilence, on the part of the Spanish troops, independent of their continuous losses aud hardships, is by lar greater than the privations sustamed by the natives, Vomwito 1s ever rarer tn Nuevitas than at many other ports of the island, but it had broken out among the troops there, and may Increase consider- ably later in the season, Mr. Fullerton further states:— Ihave frequently conversed with most of the in- surgent ieaders, and without a single exception they are all in favor of annexation to the United States. What they are figiting for 1a to enjoy liberty be- neath the Stars and Stripes and not to suffer des- potism any longer under the iron heel of Spain, ‘The Oubdans say they are unjustly branded as cow- ards because they have not captured any towas nor held any ports, It was impossible for them to have suceeded tn such an enterprise hefore they had any cannon, and these they only received when the Spaniards had already strengtheue. their strong- hoids with increased forces and extensive arma- ments. That they are not a warlike people 1s natural enough, having been kept down in ‘kness and delusion for more than three centuries. “Give us cannon,” say they, “and we will not only retain those localities already ours, but will take others until we shall be avle to tarow of the Spanish yore altogether.’ All the Jeaders, from the highest to tue humbiest, are determined to put into execution a ceriain pixn that has peen unanimonaly resolved upon un.ess the strugete is snecessiul, But liberty they fight for, and they will have it, ‘those Cubans that have been educated in the Nortu—aud there are a great number that have had those advantages—receive a the of the New York HERALD With ag much joy as a Cuban report of a Cuban victory. It 1s the only newspaper of mterest they ever look at, and when 1¢ does reacn them It traverses [rom one extremity of the rebel territory When ti0 ed the Insurgent camp of th Vhen tue news reache: ins t e arrest of the Junta Cubana in New ork, tae were Jor a time inelancholy aud despondent. The leaders: declared that they could stand the bullets oj the enemy, but an attack from thelr friends—the Amer!- cans— Was rath upon them, coi BB At cid, so unexpected'y; nevertheless they have great con= fidence in thy gyi of the American people, knowing, 43 they do, that the people o1 the United States ever sympathize with any people that strug- gie for liberty freedom, especialy those that are 80 near tothem as the Cubans, ‘There sre several Americans, male and female, ta the courtry, between Principe and Nuevitas, who are alratd to enter the towns for fear of being shot by the volunteers because they reside or dwell on the bttle fleld, and are never out of danger, suifer- ing hardsmps and inaumerable privadons for Wan of mediciues, salt, clothes, shoes, &c, The prisoners captured by the Cubans are treated with respect and considel if not kindness, only excepting the volunteer are tried by a court martial immediately after capture, and when convicted, invariably nanged; bat their podies are never mutilated before or death, as some of the Pape age accounts are apt to report, with sinister motives. The Cubans im the district of Principe have established a tannery in the interior, with tue object ot making boote and hoes, both tor the army and the people. Several hundreds of their soldiers have already been supplied with shoes from this establishment. On one of the plantations an attempr ‘was made Ro ee re ealty bur 1 proved a jure, Or jantity produced was barely suft- cea a sot Conctal Poello. TC he expose: t propos Jencrel Poello. e xX! 8 himsel! tn gach a foolhardy manner as he did the other day at the encounter near the Santa Margarita he will be “popped off ere jong, He was ever and anon en- couraging those young marine infantry tn a most exemplary manner, jeading them on and exposing himself, butt vain, Those bioomy Buropeans either considered him too dark and daring or else they did not fancy those long, sitiny Knives called machetes. In benaif of tie iriends of an American citizen, born in Cnva, named Charles Polhamas, whose parents are Americans, I would wish to say that some tiree weeks ago 1 learned that he had arrived on the island, with the tutention of joiniog his brothers in arms, one of whom is on the staff of General Queeada, as engineer, Charles arrived at Santa Cruz, but | am sorry to say that I ‘was informed @ week ago by Colonel Pancho Castillo that the poor fellow hau been shot by the Spaniards in the following manner:—Not being properly ac- juainted with the state of adatra on the island and ‘osiring to get to the interior he applied to the au- thorities for the privilege of gomg out bunting. Their suspicions Were of courae at once aroused; they granted the SO and young Polhamas, gun in hand, weut olf, But he was secretly followed by aspy, Who fonnd that he was making of with the intention of joining the insurgenta near Santa Cruz, and he shot him dead, SPANISH ACCOUNTS. SAGUA LA GRANDE. Activity of Governor Trillo—Resalte to Great Parpose, SaGuA LA Granoe, July 14, 1840, We bave the following from the hills of Escam- bray:— The operations of the column under Governor Trilio may be succinetly told. Le left Sagua on the 4th, with three companies of Castilla mobilized, Some forces of Guines militia and Sagua mobilized cavalry, which, including some of the Guardia Civil, made ‘up a force of about 400 men. On the night of the 5th bans arrived at the plantation of Vicente Abreu, @ league and a half from Villa Clara, The column under Colonel Talaya, 300 men, joined on the ¢th, Both marched mext day, and on the sth encamped in the Sierra. Next day, near Sagnita, the rebels were ft sight. he Filth and Sixth of Castilla were ordered to attack. The enemy opened his fire at the same time, but fled, The route was extremely dense at intervals, and so narrow tiat oniy a goat could poss at a time, so that before the cavalry could open a passage the rebela were of into the woors; e@ infantry, however, had killed several. They ‘Were attorwards flanked, and the enemy again red. We captured forty horses and killea the rebel chiet Oalleja~-at least a document was found on a corpse purporting to be his passport from magaravomba to Guaimaro. On the 10th the troops took a contrary direction and marched for the iuiis of Suazo, Newt the river Agnbama an insurrect advance fired on our militia, kiting @ horse. dhe column eed to the hills of Arroyo Blauco, witere No we learned that the band of Buegta = Wi intrenched on the highest hi, called the A: 4 tothe numbor of men, Who were to be joi by the band of Jaraiillo, to Attack the t Governor ‘Triflo ordered an im- mediate atta Commandant Talaya taking tho Toad to the Pelada hill to wait there till Trilio should appear by another road, fight and defeat the enemy, by the a regulars enciesing him in the Creex, Inthe time it began to rain In torrents; nevorthelens, halting at 100 metres from the on the it, entering the fording a river and opening ‘on the enemy, ‘WAS Almost effected instantaneously, to his great and the enemy’s intrenchments were soon taken at the bayonet, with Jitte resistance. The enemy fed, anu the troops maxched for the planta- tion Romero to rest, their only logs being one wounded, fhe following day, finding the enemy did not appear, the troops marched for Villa Ciara, NUEVITAS. Arrival aud March of General PocllomRebe} Encounter on the Santa Margarita—No Re- sults—News from Puerto Padre and Gibara. Nueviras, July 12, 1869. On arrival of General Poello with hia staiY and 800 men the Catalan volunteers gave them au enthu- siastic reception, Having been informed that there were several bands of revels bent upon burning plantations Gen- eral Poello, instead of going directly to Principe, took the battalion to Baga, Here forty soldiers of the Espaia regiment, quartered in Baga, joined his force. Two columns were formed, one under his own ordera and the other commanded by Colonel Suances. They took different routes, in order to fall on the plantation where the rebels were simultaneously from different points. In two hours the firiug was heard im tue di- rection of the Santa Margarita plantation on the van of the Colonel, which had arrived at quick march and attacked tie left wing of the enemy, to compel him vo fall back on the rigit and thus enable the General to cut off a retreat, But this was found im- practicable, and it was necessary to attack the enemy's iront, Being aiso attacked on his tlank he could not resist tue tre of our guerillas but for a few minutes, and then fied, disbanded, We have no words wherewith to express the ardor with which the General and his guerilia men conducted themselves; but it was useless for infantry to go in pursuit of a moantea enemy—no resulig would have beeu obiained thereby, We have ‘vo regret the los3 of one Man wounJed by a ball, from which he died in a few hours, ‘ae loss of the enemy cannot be ascertamed with any certainty, but it must have been considerable, as several were seen to fali, and much biood was Observed in @ rivulet which Wey had vo ford in thelr Might, When the tiring ceased the troops retired to the plantation, and after an abundant ainner they marched back to this town, where they arrived at six I’. M. On the 1dth General Poeilo tvok his battalion to San Nignel to surprise & baud encampea close by. ‘The surprise, owing to inevitable causes, Couid not be consummated; but the troops came up with thein aiterwards aud Caused the enemy a loss of sixteen men. ‘Tue troops left to-day for Principe py railway, The cars are ali trou-clad, itis rumored here that the rebel General Peralta has been imprisoned oy order of Quesada, cause une kuown. 1t has also been stated that quesada has gone two or three times to Nuevas Graudes, on another expedition, whue some say for the purpose of leaving Ube islaad, Letters irom Gioara to the 10th state that tho war schooner Guadiana had received auder its protection 160 fugitives on Lhe coasts of that jurisdiction tlee- ing trom the rebeis, aud landed thei at Gibara in the greatest miscry, it waa rumored that a sinalt band had appeared in sigat of Hviguin. The bat- talion of the Espada moviuized had ieit for Tunas, In Puerto Paure, to the 7th, abundant supplies of provisions had been received for the troops there aad a¢ Maniabon, aud the public heaita was good. PULRTO PRINCIPE. Sabana Nueva Being FortifiedQuesada Re- ported ay Wounded=Tie Rebels in Force at Sibanica~Keport of a Filibuster Captured— Vomito—Dearth of Ground Provisions and Cattle—Coutra Guerillas. PUERTO PRINCIPE, July 10, 1869, Including the train to Nuevitas on the 6th instant thirteen trips have been made in the course of two months and a day. The works of fortifylag Sabana Nueva are about be- ing concluded, forming an important point on the line. The intrenchments are to be surrounded by great ditches. ff One of the cavalry soldiers that escaped from tne slaughter at Sabana Nueva has arrived here and he ae that General Quesada was wowuded in that ight. Don Agustin Socarras y Bonora, sixty years of age, accused of dieloyalty, was tried oy court martial aud shot on the 1st inst. A numerous party of rebels sent. il “page near Sabanicu @ column of artillery left here to surprise their camp, but on arriving there the enemy had fled, Some oi the rebels were dressed, we are told, in women’s clothes, ‘The estates of Don Martin del Castillo have been embargoed—accused of being tmplicated in the re- bellion of Camazuey. An official telegram from Nuevitas states that the war irigate Leawad bas capwred and taken into port anotler fliibuster; netther the name of the ves- gel nor the Mag 13 given. The black vomito has broken out here, so far only among the troops. We have had abundant rains lately. The municipality has ordered ali traders in pro- visions to jorward @ list-of their stock on hand and the railroad employes are to sead in the pardculars of all articles Conveved to said corporation. Cattie are geting excessively scarce. A cow which, in normat ines, con be had at seventeen dol- | Jara, 18 now Worth thirty-tive dollars or more. The Eon Bing af whic so:d ai ten cents per pound las ad- Jo twelveand a half cents; with bone it is now worth ten cent, seiiiig. usuaily at six and a quarter cents, Bananas seil at six and a quarter cents. All ground provisions are exess8ively scarce, Of outside provisions a fair supply has late.y arrived, a8 also of otner foreign importauions, We understand that the coutre-guerilias, like those of General Vuilmeseda, will soon be deiluitely or ganized for this jurisdiction. VILLA CLARA, el Mendaina Active—Defcat of the RebeleTriul id Exccutions. VILLA CLana, July 12, 1869. An ordinary council of war was held on the 9th for the trial of Don Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba, for disloyalty. The sentence has been forwaraed to the Captain General for confirmation or disapproval. On the sth @ party of rebels, entrenched on the road from Manicaragua to Sethabo, fired on the col- uinp of Co!onel Menduiiia, but at a distance that they aid no » They disappeared into the swamps, ieaving three killed on tne field, 4wo of whoin were colored, as likewise elgut horses and some arin. Jose Pita, Pastor Pita and the mulatto Manresa have been captured by the Guardia Civil, and shot on the 9th at Potrerillo, being accused of assassina- tion, incendiarism aud robbery. Tue coiumn of Colouel Acosta, in combination with Lreutenant-Colonel Laquidian, attacked and dispersed a party of rebels in Sipiabo, destroying thelr camp and trenches, On the Lith the Gaines column of militia cavalry, under Colonel Menduina, put to fight a strong force of rebels who burned the house of the cattle farm Consvegta, killed six and wounded many. The rebeis being better acquainted with the Youds than our troops, succeeded in escaping. SANTI ESPiRITU, Horses Unservicenble to the Army to be Des stroyedEucounters aud Skirmishes. Santi Esrreirv, July 11, 1869, The funeral of Captain Brananobo, of the san Quintin battalion, was attended by a large con- course, including Brigadier Gonzales Goyeneache. An order has been received from the Captain Gen- eral to inutilize all horgea unfit for the army service throughout the territory in rebellion. Omcial news has been received from the Colonet of the San Quintin battalion in Moron, stating that op the 7th, In conjunction with the commandant of said Jooaiity, they attacked au insurgent camp in Naranjo, which, after a vigorous attack with the bayonet, Waa completely destroyed, and the reveis dispersed, The troops bad one kilied and three wounded, The logs on the part of the enemy could not pS ascertained, owing to the density of the woods. The same ae the volunteers of Orden, in con- junction with the tacked another rebel camp near Sipiabo, After the foremost trench was takeu the enemy fet, not stop- ping to deiend tweive others they had buiit on the road. All were destroyed. The troops had two wouaded, and the revels lost three Killed, Tie coluuin operating in Netva has taken another camp ten miles from Pedro Barba, aiter pursuing the rebels, Whose forces may have amounted to 120 column of regulars of Baza, at- | any of the foreigners in their comman: ity of being immediately ahot withou mercy. v are further threateved of having their houses burnt if, on arrival of lis troops, any of them should be found a1 ; and whomsoever does not present himself within forty-eight hours betore the said tunetionary will be considered as an chewy and shail be tried by @ counell of war. Seray Horses and Cattle Ordered to Be Seized—Appearance of Colored RebeloIu- cendiarism—i he Volunteers. 'YRINIDAD, July 14, 1869 Affairs look bad, although the operations in the field do not amount to anything worth notice, Orders have been issued that all the stray horses and Cattle in this jurisdiction be seized and brought into town. The people who hive on the outskirts of the city fare badly, as they lose all. The volunteers go rather beyond the intention of those orders, and old on to ail they can Jay hold of. It is even feared that they will soon overhaul all correspondence, if such has not already becn done. There is great need of an American or British war steamer, there being none here at present. Business is in a periect state of stagnation. It was reported some days ago that some rebel bands, mostly colored, from Principe, had ap- ters ri our borders, and that Colonels Lamela and ninchilla had beaven and dispersed them. Many houses of estates located on the adjacent hulls have been burned by the rebel marauders, ‘The enlistment of volunteers proceeds siow!y, but steadily. ‘The battalion will soon number %50 men, ‘with tie section of astiliery, Rastav, or under per CIENFCECOS. Garrisons Relieved—Arrival of Artillery— More Families Leaving the Isinnd. CIRNFUEGOS, July 1, 1869, Yesterday arrived the column commanded by Colonel Arias, consisting of two companies of tu- fantry and two pieces of mountain artillery, This force comes to replace the garrisons hitherto sta- tioned at the different towns, and which are to reheve the troops in operation after ‘he fatigues these have undergone in continuous marches and countermarches, ‘The steamer Villa Clara brought five pieces of beavy artillery, iatended for Manzanillo, provably to strengthen the Jand fortifications, Among the many passengers that took passage in the steamer Kapido was Sefior Don Tomas ferry, the wealthy Merchant, and family. He has bequeathed a fair bul for the relief of the poor. PATRIOT ACCOUNTS. Cuban Republic—War Bulletins. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF S War DErAur™ Citizen Colonel Chico Valdes has forwarded the following reports to this department:— On the 16th we had an encounter with the enemy on the margin of the river Najaza, two miles frou the port of Santa Cruz. We killed four and wounded several, Our loss was two wounded and six horses killed. The freshets prevented us irom pursuing the enemy. On the i7uh we had another encounter, in the vicinity of the plantation Esperanza. The firing lasied two hours, ‘he enemy sustamed a loss of tweuty-tive men, and was torced to take re- fuge in the intrenchments of the courtyard, Our Llosa was one man. The galiant soldier Juan Brizaela was killed, a ball having ergssea him, and being be- sides seriously wounded. Putria and Libertad. CHICO VALDES. CAMAGUEYAN CAMP IN GUAYCANAMAR, June 22, Thave this moment received the following from citizen Captain Lorenzo Xiqu ‘The enemy, to the namber of 150, was foraging for eattle in Cainxacs, iid on his retreat 1 eded fo ig bin bat tle. We kiled ten or twelve, whose bodies were carried olf, a8 usual, The number of thetr wounded fs auinowa. Un our part we had one wounded; eeat to the hospital. Particular Inention ought to be made of citizens Jose M. Ceballos, Cap- tain Ramon Sanchez, RK. and Captain Jose M. Abreu, who, to- gether with their men, distinguished themselves by oghting most bravely. Patria aul Libertad. CAIMANKS, June 21, § Pubiusbed for general information, Putria and Libertan. CHICO VALDES. CAMAGURYAN CAMP IN GUAYCANAMAR, June 22, 1869. All which ts made public for general satisfaction and information of our army. Patria and Libertad, The Sud-Secretary of War, PEDRO PIGUEREDO. SABANILLA, June 24, 1869. OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, DerakestEnt OF WAR, ‘The following reports have been received by this depariment:— GENERAL QUARTERS IN BIJaBo. On the 7th inst. 1 directed the citizen Major Gen- eral to reconnoitre the positions and forces of the eneiny on the railroad line, Under yesterday’s date I communicated to the Secretaria the action which took place in consequence, According to oiicial docaments takea from the >paniards the result was that the enemy had the following losses:—An ensign killed, one corporal, three soldiers and two horses wounded. In consequence of said reconnottre 1 determmed to attack their camp, situated between Sabana Nueva and Camaguey. 1 leit Pehon witit #00 infantry and cavuiry at two o'clock in the morning and arrived there at ay- break. Iseatmy aids, citizens Julio Sangult and Tomas Batista, with soe soldiers of my stail, to ex- amine the pomt, The enemy was there. | ordered citizen General Angei Castillo and stad in advance, besides the two aforesaid aids, citizen Commandant Fenando Zayas 5: and the squadron of citizen Commandant Canti. They opened fire on the enemy’s rancho. Our mea immediately captured “the ware, besides their horses and sacidies, Tne Spaiiigrds, sheltered partly in the trencues kept, and and = paruy iz~ the houses, up a wick tire towards” tile. souta cast. ordered tie imtantry under citizen Cow- mandant Tomas ©. Mendoza to advance. ~A sguad of Caonao cavalry joined them to support both flanks, After aa obstinace contest for one hour the evemy abandoned his positions and fled with pre- cipitation to the city. limmediately ordered the cavairy to charge, and the followmg prisoners were taken:—A commandant captain, a lieutenant cap- tain, @ cavalry lieutenant, a Nentenant ensign, a Heutenant sub, two sergeants, one corporal and seventy-two soldiers, among whom were seven wounded. All the arms they had were captured, together with their ammunitions, horses, saddles and suudry documents, which 1 forward, besides others which I reiaim for data when neede?, Citizens General Angel Castillo, Nasario Castiilo, aids Sanguili, Tomas Batista and Fernando Zayas, of my stail, and Jose Ignacio Castellanos, all did sig- nal service in this action by acts of personal daring aud auimating the men by words ana deeda, It 13 with deep gret thatl have to notice the great joss of citizen Lieutenant José Agramonte (brother to the citizen Minister for the luierior), & young and gallant soldier. It was his tirst cam- paign, in Which tie conductod hiniselt with the of a veteran and the conviction of a patriot. Cit Leandro Lopez, a valiant soldier ot my escort, also succumbed, iD bravely assauiting ue rancho. ‘hese two killed and seyen wounded—the greater part slightly—are the losses we Lave bad. Aiter taking up the summary process and data ob- tained from the declarations Of tue prisoners relative to the operations, tie number of tie enemy's lorces and the positions, | Haye ordered the oiilcers (o be shot—(oue of these, named Eduardo Gowez de la ‘Torre, Was of the prisoners captured at the taking of Bayamo and absconded after having iaken his oath noi to take up arins aAgaim aguinst ihe republic)— and iat the soldiers be Kept prisoners for the pre- sentin safe castody, Tae object which has guided me im tus i8 to induce desertion in the Spanish army, the soldiers of which are very dtssatiatied, and to insure tue faciiliy in fature of capiuring de- tachments without great resistance, which would Bot be the case were they to expect a cercain death, Twenty of the euemy’s dead remained on the field, wiiich, added to the number of prisoners taken, compose the complete number of the detachment. 1 had te fourranchos occupied by the eneioy burned, as likewise a handcar of the railroad, Latta and Libertad t ‘The Geueral-in-Chief. JUNE 20, 1500, COLUMN OF OPERATIONS, Thave the honor éo inform you that in view of the enemy’s operations | haye establisted a via of com- munication on the side of —— for the better security of our correspondence, because the enemy has cov. ered the live from Vegaita to Cauto, My eiforis to get the enemy away trom Veguita have been cou- siderable, but f have not been able to obtam any other result tiaa that of having caused him man, losses during the six days of coutinaous fire which have poured on him i all the 1cursions 1 bad in. tended to make. Yesterday Lcame here to co! MANUEL QUBSADA, ty BayaMo, erence with General L. Marcao, and not tinding him here, because he was on an excursion near Gua, 1 determined to re- main here ti!l now. At about seven A, M. L learned that the enemy Was ewly approacuing Gus the enivance of Nayua—and T proceeded t ately with my oflcers and the few men whom neu. All arms Were found there, a large number of horses, plenty of beef and vegetables and many pigs. SANTIAGO DE CiBA. A Flaming Proclamation of the Commandant of a Petty Town—Great Fent of Aran Which Only Reports the Encmy’s Losse SANTIAGO Dz OvpA, July 8, 15) The military commandant of Baragoa, in a com- Munication dated the 2d, states that with a force of regulars and volunteers he had beaten 150 rebels, under the Mexican chief Fraucisco Tamayo, well intreuched at Veguita, after a fight of two hours, ‘The troops captured the insurgent Colonel José Bu- cclo, a native of Havana, who landed with the expe.” dition 10 Lias, and had him shot, Tie other losses of the enemy ainounted to twenty-nine killed and many wounded. ‘The losses austataed by the troops have not wanspired. The commandant, Dou Julian Gon: Bales hat ‘ado, lasued a flaming proclamation lo tae inhabitants of Jo} shelter or to the chi Warning them not fo render any Tamayo and Poilcarpo cand had left here. The action soon commenced, with my few officers in watson with citizen Uolonel Codina, who, ov the open fel, at the Savala i’aas, sustained # briiiant tire with the cavalry, and com: peiled them to abandon their horses aud continy the fight on foot. The action then beca ne general, All foughs wiih heroism jor two hours, colamf was repuised at the Roulop . It was conipoged of 400 men, with tts correspon | artilery, We susteined the fire, alti we only numbered re » and had only one wounded; this Ww. papt Poriirio Gonzaiez, bub not dangerous), being iu the hand and leg. On the enemy retiring, citizen Captain Frias, With 100 men, well armed and supplied, sent to our aid by General Marcano, fell on the Spaniards with epirt. tere Frias | lost two good soldie:s, but caused great loss to tag ralaus eneny; among the wounded were two ¢ from Manzanillo, Who were in the van, carrying six pallets and AL OX cart with the dead and wounded, ‘The result Waa a triamph, and had we beow provided With more Men at the onset not one of the eneny would lave escaped, as the position was a spleadit one for ga, Vid Guoa! Viva le Republice 1 Pacrie Gnd LIVE Te npn Sara: NAGUA, June 16, 1809. brave General Diaz has camp of Veguita, above referred to, On the lvth the enemy, knowing that our troops were far from the plaat mo Saoanilia, assent this pince, assassinating and mutilaung five sick citizens that had been left there. Our men hearing 01 this, tried to cut off his retreat, but found this impracticable, and the enemy sheltered himself on the plantation Esperanza, where he 1s well im trenched. In connection with this estate it may be siated that the owner, Citizen Francisco Roare, is @ Frenchman, and it is high time the government should know all about him; he objected to the read- ing to his slaves of the emancipation decree; and the citizen pegs, Facundo Aguero, in obedt- ance to the civil Governor, brought away five of the freedmen that were slaves of Roure, who in order that the rest might not face the same fate, lied to the commandant of the enemy’s force in te Cruz for aid, which force encamped on his said plautation, where the enemy being well intrenched sustains the coutest already known to you from the reports which I have forwarded to you. Putriaand Libertad, CHICGHO VALDES. CAMAGUEYAN CAMP, June 20, 1509. All which ts published for general information and satisfaction of our army, Patria and Libertad, ‘The Sub-Secretary of War, completely destroyed thé PEDRO FIGUEREDO, SAaBANILLA, June 24, 1369. Tue Caban Coustitation. itiago Randera Espaitola, of the 8th, ‘ollowing, reproduced by Zl Diario de The & contains la Marina: CUBAN REPUBLIC, Political constitution to be in 1orce during the war of the independence:— Anricis 1. The legisiative power will be vested in « House of Representatives. Axz. 2. An equal number of members for each of the fomr Ssates, which from this moment divide (be iainnd, 10 com lore, "3, These States are:—The Eastern, Camaguey, Las and the Western. ‘Au’. 4. Oniy, those citizens of the republic that are over twenty years of age can be Representatives, ‘Aur. & Lhe duty of representative ia incompatible with all others of the republic. Ant, 6, Whenever any vacaneles gocur in, the representa. tion of a Slate the Executive thereof ts to dictate the neces sary measures for a new election, Avr. 7 The House of Representatives will name the Pres dent charged with the executive power, the General ia Cl the president of the sessions and his ‘other employes, ‘The General-in-Obief is subordinate to the cutive, and his duty is to give it an account of his operatic 8. Should th wer be occasion fo , the President he General-in-Chief and the Inembers of the rajgned before the Houso of Representa » accusation may be inatituted by any citizen the House deem it important, te accused 1e judicial power, House of Representatives can freely dis ‘whose appolaiment pertains to the ‘Aut. 10, The legislative decisions of the House, to render yatory, heed the sauction of the President. J. Shon this not be obtained they are to be returned to the House for reconsideration, and the objections made by tne President will be borne in mind. AR? 12 ‘The Pr (fs bound to communteate hig appro- bation to ihe projects of law, or the coutrary, within the term ‘Aut. 13. When a resolution of the House be passed the second time, his sanction thereto will be compulsory. ‘Ant, 4. The tobowing ougat tndispeusably co become o¥- jects of law :—The taxes, public loans, ratification of treaties, oo a cad termunagion of, War, mitborization to 166 ae, the raiding and maintain- ia ining of @ navy aad uf Peprisais against the enemy. The H ise of Representatives constitutes iteelf ou from the moment tue re, reacttatives 18 fundamental law until (he war be at am anent #1 people raiity th 5. The executive power will be vested ia the President olic. TP to be President the candidate must be thirty youre of age or more and have been vorn in the island of Suont. 18. The President may make treaties, but with the jeatton of the Hor eases e ffe will appolnt the ambassadors, ministers pleut lary and. consuls of the republic in foreign countries Poe eto reveive the ambassadors {rom other countries, take care that the Jaws be faitatuiy executed and to all the employ the repubt en OTe sec retaries ot oliice Eons appointed by the ¢ suggeation of the Presiden! z roe, ae The fquicinl power 43 iadependent in itself; ite veil be the object of a special law, eof he an elector the same conaitions are required 1 jected. as or being othe iibabitanta of the republic are absolutely of the republic will consider them- ting army. quizes no tiles, special honors or ea Whatever. tie Pere “The citizens of the republic cannot admit of wap honors or distinctions from @ foreign con A Ant, 23. The Yet rar — na > Wy ene conscience, nor the liberty of the press, pacillc meet " struction and the right of petit in, nor avy right whatever inherent to and inaljenable from te people. = ‘Any, 28 This constitution may be revised and corrected whenever the House (inanimousiy determines it. The foregoing was put to the vote in the free owe of Guaimaro On the 10th April, 1869, by eluzen Car- jos Manuel Cespedes, President of we Cousiituent ‘Assembly, aud the cilizen Deputies Saivador Cisne ros Betancourt, Francisco Sancuez, Miguel Betan- court Guerra, Ignacio Agramoute Loynez, Antonia Zambrana, Jesus Rodrignes, Aatonio Acaid, José Tzaguirre, Houorate Casullo, Miguel Geronimo Gutierrez, Arcadio Garcia, —Tranquilino Valdes, Antonio Lorda and Eduardo Machado Gomez, orgs free. Mir, 5. AN the cittzer Death of General Steadman—Fight Thirty Miles from Town—Lnsurgents Strongly Ine trenchedGeneral Jordan Joins Figuerede in Great Force withia Thirty Miles, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 8, 1869 With deep regret I have to announce the death on the oth of General Steadman, United States Consul at this port. The General only arrived on the 20th ult, and was soon after attacked by yellow fever, On Saturday tis condition became critical and de fled all medical skill to save him. The funeral took place on Wednesday, and was attended by a large official concourse, incinding the Governor, the con- sular corps, officers from the Spanish frigate Leal- tad, British sloop Vestal and North German steamer Victoria, The cofin was borne from the cathedral by American citizens. The Genera.’s death caused profound sorrow in town, although from the recent date of his arrival he had made but few acquatnt ances. Pending the nomination of General Stead. Inau’s successor the business of the Consulate will tended to by Mr. A. E. Piillips. Taore hws Vee a good deal of ighting within a short distance of town, and the government de. spatches are bare U2 Lhe subject. Lieutenant Colonel ‘Yorrero, in a despatch publisned on Sunday last, claims to have defeated the insurgents at San Simon and Mijial (within ten leagues of herej,.and to have killed fifteea—tne damage to the troops, a usual, consisting in ® few contusions. The disiodgment have taken place at all or to have been only tempos rary, a3 redable news reports them intrenched strongly and to be m great force, Generat Jordan having jotaed Figueredo, The Bandera Espagi says General Jordan is a fugitive and lying op moun. tain rats; but, as the Bandera’s news 1s more gener ally a statement of what its editors would like to happen than that of what actualiy las happened, 1 think there is no doubt that Jordan 1s, as reported, witiun thirty miles of Santiago, ‘fhe Guantanamo party of insurgents and filibug- ters, under Tamayo and Rustan, have been deloated, according to cillcial accounts, with loss of half thelr force, The Baracoa Governor is apparently ambt- tious of {mitating Valmaseda, and has tssaed @ prd- clauation modeled on that the general, and is and bucaing with acuity ia the district be- 29 and Baracoa. n no late arrivals from the United els of war here are the Lealtad, the Vestal tora. ‘the former 18 about leaving for e. ihe ve and the V Nuevitas. PORTO RICO, Arrival of tho American Steamer Heree ta Distress, Suspected as a FilibusterNews from St. Domingo) osition of Duties om Articles Hitherto Imported Duty Free. St, Jouns, July 2, 1960, The Amor! steamer El Heroe, bonnd for the Orinoco, from New York, arrived here in distress on the 30th nit., alter touching at Puerto Plata and Samana. When in the latter port tt was given out that she was a dlibuster fitting out to make a de» scent upon this island, It was afterwards reported as such in @ despatch from President Baes himself to the Captain General, who imme diately set oat with his mountain arti lery, and placed them in positions where an atiack might most likely be attempred, 1t turaod ont, however, that she was expressly bulla, under another name, for the navigation of the river Ormoco. She let New York on the da oj June, and afver touching at Samana steered for st, Thomas, but paving suffered some damage, pul in here te ropair, 1048 stated that she Janded men end arms. wi Samana, although the captain declares that bis vessel had been bouglt by a Veaezuela company for navigating the Orinoco, ‘The Captain states that the steamer Telegraph had a figtit in Samaua bay with two armed scaconers of the Vacs poverument, and, alter having disaiad them, she loft Samana in the night of the 2h. Genera) Hungaria was there ab the time with some twoops. Our Oaptain General, accompanied by his staff, the Ouief of the Milrtry Sanitary, embarked lately on board the War steamer saseo de Garay, with te vie of visittag sonte of the principal localities of this isiand., Un his revura he was received with public demonstrattons of satisfaction by tne Manick pality and tie merchant, The deputies seut to the Spanish Cortes, and te ta seat in Congress, have sailed. send yous note of the new duties Imposed on ‘he imports, which, since January 6, 1 wore free, ‘Tie neW system is to come in force on the Ist of January, 1979 STAPF OF GOVENNOR STBARNS, OF New HaMre Sitite.—Lis Excellency Governor Stearns has ape polnied the folowing gentlemen as members of hie Stal, all with the rank of colonet:—sason W. pan, of Bradford, chief of stam, and & A. Straw, Al the last date we bave been informed that the Maucheater M. Wheeier, of Dover; Charles H, Beli, of Exeter; 1kpOr, of Keene, atid Ly B, Losking, of Lysaggi, of the insurgents, however, Is believed either not te _ \ ‘7