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NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 81, 1869. peared on the plantation of Abren, about o%ne miles Governor Moreno, with 8 Golomn composed of forty’ civies, & sec tuon of the Governor's guides (yelunteers), the ‘They wil be vigniance of the harbor, visitin Bpection of the loading aud vhe examination, classitica' from this city. CUBA. Political and Military Situa- tion of Affairs. 5 See a 7 praiwsement and oer dry goods nedwarey trans amber of imaty to represent “ne duiferent bran fy seventy-eight in f rest as be inmmerce of cach place and the interests of the rf venues, The four gections are to meet at least twig’ @ month, forming a Board with the collectors of ¢ ,astoms, for the any abuses that may occur and a rms 23 Ti .y be necessary to amplify an: this end it is advisable that be accompanied with comuniasions are ou- two compau! (volonteers) and the section of vavairy volunteers, ly formed, the Wide [ores Fevels-had 10 the mean! arn estate, Without domyg "uch dam: ny of volunteers remained here for want of troops. Was alierwards said that the On dhe return of the cavi we learned that the rebels were the piaptauion, Only one negro ‘The rebeis took the ditlerent estates, and and two more whites, The wards where tho plan- jocated are called Yaguey and Guanl. under one Severino rebels intrenched of trade ‘18 156 bout 300 men, Matanzas aud Sant found convenient to of the Dolores ‘The first com- enemy numbered SPANISH ACCOUNTS OF OPERATIONS, expedite business. the mvolees of iny the consular cert’ ilcates. thorized to send ‘geleates to the other porta when an cages Bet fraud ms cosine: convoke a mé Ing, preaid: ovel the Intenden’ ¢ gud assisted by his omicers, to nacer tain whethy , such fraud has tionally, & 14 if so, a report of the case 1s to be for- ed t@ jhe Captain General without prejudice-to by the business mn mercuants. provisions from Patriot of tue overseer General Activity of the Patrio and two tor ny of the rebels were Deg! Hamoa. At one of the estates behind the engine, setting fire to the sugarhouse. risoners Were brought to town yeaterday, 14th a force composed of twenty regulars of the Andalusian Chasseurs waa added to that unde! ro, and the column marched to © simbas, Where they encountered @ vau, which Lieutenant Gonaalez defeated, aud harp fire the enemy fled. Having captured some documents and correspondence addressed to Cespedea, on the death of the chief, who was picked out wud Dotly pursued, it was discovered that ne @ #o-called Brigadier Kafael Rawon frista, a native of Sania Clara, Wio cawe to rged with organizing the lacendiary (ing there, aud compel the slaves of deemed expe ont, een commitied mten- from Havana ‘Phe steamsn!p Eagie, Ceptain Green Poly 24, via Nassan July 26, arrived st tals port yos- ferday wit passengers and merchandise, Below #e give the Jatest mail totelligence from CHOY 4 of the men OF this city, particularly the forely: Its ef ct will be “a, lesson” to the fiscal employ Mero points than one, and it WHI teach them Low to cond act that department very differently to that hity erto managed by military men ana others, vo- t of commercial pursuits and customs. Ty wili not only put au end te smuggling tn th tm House, bit it will tend to the advancemel ¥ocitimate ‘trade, fair competition and licrease in the revenues. ‘The Oficial Gazette contatns the following: His Excellency the Colonial Minister, after votifying me by telegraph to-day of baving entered on his high duties, directs me to express bis most cordial feheftation to the aithful ioe Captain Quinte: Suppression of the Hernld—Reteaso of Amert~ can Citizens=Decree of Coket Surveillance Modificd—News from ti Ivhabitante Fleeing from the Interlor—De- wirnction of Horsea=Great Havoc by Diss ‘taxe—The New Captain General Sclects His was yobody jess than Seat of War—The Remedios chai parties aiaraud tue piantatious to enter the rebel illes, ail from ff- teen to iifty years old, To-morrow we expect tne column from the inte- rior commanded oy Commaader Forbun. Tae Sub-Commandaut of Marines, Seior Orero, 13 reported to Lave died of the vomito in Vabarien. Havana, July 24, 1869. ‘The Captatn General is said to have become tack. Warp, preserving mysterious stleace, 0 Visits but Of persoss the’ never politics, among whom are fe Mar ares tims qthers of his gjass. It 1s nevertheless kuown thet his Fxcelleacy is gret se which aiairg-are taking in the interior, and also owing to the Want of resources in which sustain the good name of es resorted to Jo their ab- dj and it aiforus te great pleasure ymaxing it puvile for BALLERO DE KOD! He receives | Spain and the tonum meddied With ues of Alayen- SANIA CLARA. ~~ Another Court Siaxtial—The Sentence Sent for Appreval to the Captain General Planters Organizing Additional Forces. SANTA CLARA, July 20, 1869. Some of our planters have determined to piace twenty-live mobilized cavalrymen on each estale, at their cost, besides the Guardia Civil already or- July 20, 186%, , Tn consideration of the>resolutions adopted by the govern- ais, duly reported by the Spanish Min er date of the Lith inst., ment of the Unite tly displeased with ithe aupreme govern- nd essential articles. LLEKO DE RUDAS, agh vo@aing isheard in public, itis e 1g mot altogether free of appre- y turn up on the part of stated that be has boen e taken from them, with Lthese are needed for the In consequence itis sald, bonght rifes and car- ut, delivering up those of tho government; but the other battalions, particu. erly the Second and Fourth, which have a number of poor men in their ranks, without the meaus of having a costly outit, are rewainmg en cuadro. be no doubt that General Rodas has had ts prepared Tor him in the Cabanas fortsess; his partisans believe that he apprehends soine oppo- sition to the departure of Espinar, fixed for the Cadiz wail steamer of tae S0th instant, and it is fearcd that by that time some disturbances may occur, uniess matters are managed so as to obtain some important trmph, wherewith to occuy the The government has also compre- Bonded that the emigration of wealthy persoas constitutes one of tie dreadful arms entployed by the insurrection, and it looks for all the means In ts power to stop it, The press has been applied to to write on the subject, and if nothing be got by that system of “terrorizing” may be resorted to, The her day a gentleman, rich and well known tn this eity, was about leaving the mixed up iu politics, and on applying to the City port this functionary stated Havana, July 18, represented tha’ epyion (hat something the citizen soldic: desirous to hay @ve caution, hintisg th army of oper on does not matertaily affect the which originally consisted of 43 published in the HERALD of whe ssed arucle reads as follows:— f this island the tof denounced F themselves suspicious, to the the Weaties betwee Great Britain to} iy, and if, im the exer ‘The volunteer companies of chasseurs and Lesca’s been supplied with new Remingtons. was held on the 16th, ab hai-past mit themseives in thelr tr Vortilo, the military commandant, for the trial of three citizens, named Juan Gambas, Barto- Jome Falp and Leonardo Perez—tie fist two under a@ charge of having yivea ald to the rebellion and the latter for highway robbery besides, The si been forwarded to the Captain General for app The secoud lieutenant of the Andalusia Caasseurs, Sixto Herrero, was buried ou Saturday, having died of the endemk, enemies of the i carry them into port for the territory (hey vestigation aud juigment accordingly. ence of tie unceasing eforts with the t consul, as Well as ssors, Theodore Cabias, an American id whose letter to Secretary of State was pablished in tue HERALD Was released on tie 7th from his board the steamer Beaufort, together wiih Jose M. Ortega, Sebastian intado ‘and Antonio Gutierrez, all American citt- zens, keptin the public prison since January last, The two former are Cubans, aud Le last named is a Mexican by birth. The Commandant and Governor of Pinar del Rio has ordered tae owners of ranaway slaves to give imimediate notice of their fight, under greater part of the Rey batialion of Uoned at different points nad returned to towa, The Cadiz mail steamer Espatia, via Puerto Rico, arrived here on the 18th, but brought no troops. Among the passengers we noticed Don Fernando Fernandez de Rodas and other magistrates, as also Count Lombillo, ‘The war frigate Fernando ei Catolico, in company with another steamer of war, sailed the other day to the east coast, in consequence of a report that @ sus- picious vessel was in sight near Bahia Honda, such vessel, however, was descried, el Catolico got aground, and bas not been got ciear yet. Mr. Charles Bacot has been authorized by the Captain General to do the duties, ad interim, of the (Agencia Comercial) in Car- goverument made by our pre: NTI ESPIRITC. long durance and shipped ox Movements of the Rebelse—Brigadier Goy- eneche and Lieutenant Colonei Arminan in Pursuit—Tho Railrvnd Depredations. Sanvi Espinity, July 19, 1809, go meeting on the 11th of planters and proprietors at the residence of Commandant Goyeneche, for the purpose of discussing important matters, the nature of which did not transpire. To-day Brigadier Goyeneche marched with a column ana some artillery, personally, to ascertain the enemy's forces wpich left Camaguey, and to pur- There was 8 | pubile atteution. regulars sta- Under date of the 14th a large number of our citizens signed an address to all the inhabitants of forth the great evils of the in- surrectton and calling on them to join the authori- es in putting it aown, tat has.published oMcla! communi- cations to the following effect:—On the 9th a party of rebels were carrying away the negroes and cattle from La Ceja, Machado’s estate, with a force of fifty-tive guerillas, a section of the Rey cavalry and twenty-eight volunteers was soon on the spot, killed thirteen men and captured 162 Lieutenant Colonel Armiilan, of the Colon Chasseurs battalion, ampusgaded a party that were killed one of them while shouting “Cuba Livre!” and captured many arms and two horses. On the eth, having learned that the enemy was near, Ensign Lieutenant Was sent with thirty-five troops of Coion to reconnoitre, and he received twenty-five men more afterwards, while the Orst force were attackin: result was the loss on the rebol side waa The same officer reports that two young order of the rebel chief Honorato del Castillo, one of whom Was only tweuty- one years old. ‘The manager of the gas works haa sent a card to the Diario dela Marina, petards found among the coal on that estabiisnment Oo, inust have been placed there by The company, ta fuct, nd, in order not to be The Fernando | the district, showin, Governor for his p: that he would not ref oon as he left the col desuie orders to eubargo and the consequence the latter bad no al- | American Consulate Captain Cassola, ared that Bom greater part of t r sold or mortgage era. Sefor Adama had 7,009 boxes of sugar pu Ic store, and although he knew that the govcera- nto embargo the property, ie rders for the sale, because, It 18 made o negotiation Bank abroad, mortgaging all his properties, the produces of lus several estates. seqnestrations it is will arise, because ¢ emoargoed are complications sor has again prevented the sale of the ved by the steamer Eagle, y of St. Jago, the Pourrier des Etats Uni ‘ro morrow being the saint's da; patron saint of Spain, the Captain General las in- vited the grandees of Spain and other ttied folks, all public functionaries, both civil and ecciesiastic, aud tie navy, military and volunteer corps Lo be present at the celebration in the cathedral. r just arrived from Nuevitas states that more than 200 of the sick troops die there daily of Ment had an intenu would not give any pWO mansion is pal part occupied by the e real by government offices. The villaof Don Fraucisco Fesser has been adver- fised for iease for the last fortnight, but nobody @eenis inchiueu to rent it: and aituough it has been offered gratis to the Britigh Consul General to occupy it that gentleman has respectfully 80 that it is sald government empioyes are going to fake possession 0/ it, 1 am told that the authorities contemplate embar- going aii Lie properties of Don José Baro, a weaithy Calaian, mercbunt and planter of this city, whose seven plantations have produced no less than 48,700 boxes of sugar this year. sicamers for New York, and is now suspected of having given money for the insurrection, with a view that the insurgents shall not burn any of his estates. The truth 1s that although some of these are situated In the midst of the insurrection none of them have been in any way touched. terior Inuny persons have arrived and more ar coming, ruuning away trom the misery which pre- fne insurrectionists in Trinidad enter is reported, whenever they please, buy Jatthe stores and sicep at the taverns, Without avy eifurt being made to prevent or capture A jieutepant Just arrived from Santiago is that bis battalion was likely 10 be hired, Arrival of the United States Squadron—Ex- pianations Obtained Regarding tion of Speekman and Wycth—The Insure gents Attacking Garrisoned Plantations—Ar- rival of Sick Troops. SANTIAGO DE CBA, Jaly 10, 1869, Admiral Hoff arrived bere on Sunday, July 16, in the Albany, accompanying the monitor Centaur. The Getiysburg arrived at the same time from Hayti, The Admiral’s ship did nos come up to the town, but stopped near the harbor mouth. The monitor, which lay abreast of the wharf, caused Intense exci and proved a fortune to the hoatmen, who were constantly at work conveying curious crowds for a nearer inspection of the monitor. Known that the Admiral cameto make_inguiries about the execution of Charies Speakman, and I hear from goverament sources that he was quite satisded with the explanations given, an a the government perfectly justified in what they did, ‘The Admiral \eaves this afternoon with bts squadron. Jt was proposed to get up a ball in his honor, but [ believe he declined the civility, Governor on Tuesday, Aud the cail was returned next afternoon. There has been a great deal of skirmishing in this neighvorhood during the past week, the imsurgents having attacked a number of the garrisoned sugar lous. At the “Cruz! estate the overseer, ‘elix Mancebo, was shot dead, but whether by an insurgent or by @ negro of the estate ie not kuown. The steamer Guantananio brought 160 convalesceut troops from Mayari yesterd: General Jordan is be men had been shot by declined to do #0, 10 40, forth that the an enemy of the gus works, He left by oue ef the last ‘ r To-day a band of rebels {a aaid to have approached at six miles from the town on the south side, and carried away ali the horses and effects from two estates. A party of 200 has burned the houses on the estate of Don Geronimo Suarez, about twelve miles from here, on the north side, and aftewards pro- yeded to Viyabo, on the margin of the Zgza, To-day we were informed that the ratiroad bad been cut and the bridge and station of Guasimal ‘The rebels are under the orders of one José Hernandez, of Trinidad, and aniong them are are old, With maoy colored peopie he loswes sustained by tions are not less than $15,000, ‘ay about sixty negroes belonging fo Don Roque de Lara, laborers i the vicinity of Guasimal. Briga- dier Goyeneche, with 450 men aa as gone in pursuit. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, From the 10+ It_is generally boys of fourteen nd Cainamen, ¢ $ understood to lave ‘said They also took broken op in less than a fortnight without having had one singie fight that could be called an achon; an fact, the rebel tactics of fring at the Spaniarda and Tuvuing away bad completely destroyed the force. Tus oxicer, it appears, had Leen wounded b; Youngster of sixteen years who came up with on the road. His opinion is that the revolution can- It is stated that Brigadier Esca- dante, who lately returned sick, deciared that it wouid be necessary to send 100,000 troops out from Spain to put it down comp etely. ‘Lhe Municipality and the Court of Puerto Principe, are sald to have made a representatioa to the Captain General not to allow G ello to be Governor oi ig a colored man, it wouid prodace a very to greater dig yel arrived at the city, despite having ice left Nuevitas for that purpose. ule this to the reaistance he met with from the in- furgent forces on the way, and others that he is keeping himself in the fi A physician writes from Puerto Princrpe that since the order to destroy all horses army, besides tiuose seized by jurisdiction alone more than 1,600 autuiais Dave thus rendered useless, and that at this rate the es- aud farms wil evelong be withont any horses © inutspensadle there); besides the stench produced y the aecomposttion of so much animal matter cannot bul increase the havoc already maue by tue He waited on the NOt be Suppressed. ~ the American Squadron—Great Sensation—Salntes—Attack by General Jor- dan on Five Garrisoned Plantations Simul- Sent to Reinforce the Contramnestre— Arrival of “Audiencia,’’ or High uf een this place and Bayamo, Policarpto Rustan, with the remainder of the Bal- teguert (of the Grapeslot) expedition, jpassed over from the Guantanamo neighborhood this week, and, it is belteved, has joimed Jordan, tancously—Troops DetachmentsFight Cowt Martin! on Prominent Citizens. SANTIAGO DE None of the journals of this accounts about the movements in this jurisdiction, which fact leads to the belief that since the 6th inst, the detachments aud fying columns have not had any encounters Worthy of notice, though there may still pe a few maranding perties in this part of the that discrict, oe- effect and give ri oBa, July 16, 1369, ity contain any offictal Some attriy- SPANISH ACCOUNTS. A New Destructive Insect Threaten Laborers and Others with from Fernando Po, unavaliable to the the troops, im that Misery—News Maranzas, July 92, 1889, in the Valle @e Yomurian insect has of late ap- tens to destroy every sort of plant It is. @ sort of worm, During the past week two events occurred that oc- One was the arrival on the 1ith of the American Admiral Hoff, with a squadron composed of the Irigate Albaay (or Contoocook), the monitor Centaur and the gunboat Gettysburg. other incident was the attack made simullancously by the rebels on severe! sugar plantations, The American mouttor has vaturally awakened great curiosity here, 1 being war ship entered thia pore, ness such @& powerft peared which thr existing in the neighborhood, to which the peasants have given the name of ia madre, very Much like the comejen, which desiroys even the houses built of stone; bnt tt ditrera from the comejen in that the former is green and the head of it Inhabtta the root of the bunialo, or otato, Where tt deposits an tufinity of e ‘ng small white worms, which get into potato and leave such a repugnant smell and taste that the cattle will not eat the tnfected buniato. ‘The insect has increased to such an extent that it has become a complete plague, and very few estates are exempt from It. remedy be discovered to exterminate the evil the laborers will be thrown into complete misery and the owners of animals will suffer considerably. A letcer from an giticer attached to the garrison at Fernando Po has appeared in the stating that the poiitical prisoners sent there Havana are doing well, a bulate about the streets, and that the majority ti in “comfortable” houses rented by them. only complain, says the letter, of the great scarcity of provisions, in consequence of their large number, for which the traders were not prepared, an evil which would soon be remedied, cupied public attention. La Vou de Cuba ironically asks “What has become f the fifty carbines that left the Navy Yard in Feb- ruary or March, and were taken by artilierists a8 far called Santa Rosa? ery good ones, and that the volun- teers of some place we do not remember counted ut found it necessary to supply themselves by purchasing others et their own cost.” ‘This refers to a sort of an We only know that they were ne firat Ume auch a it was imposing to wit- i engine of destruction here. A the plaza, and the customary salutes were exchanged by the hatte ‘The Admiral’s visit to the returned on the following day, Wednesday. terviews were of the most course all gorts of conjectures were formed ag to the ovject of this visit, and there were not wantmg per- sona who even thonght that the t render in conseqhence of reparattos Ou getting them, of the volunteers Jamna’s mansion, Who Was Absent on the above plautaion wien Dulce sent La Vor de Cuba says:—“Scarcely ® day passer, flattering character, neral Lesca wok the command, bat we are oliclal organ of some Dew acbieve- ave troops in the Cinco Villas, 1D had to sur- of some agra- acks of the rebels, the Governor late occupation of the estates en- » mmand of the forces sent was entrusted \o Colone| Cimora. The enemy commenced the attack at an carly hour of the morning, believing that he could surprise the detachments stationed on lous, none of wiih exceeded twenty- The rebels attacked five estates simulta neously, over au extent of eighteen miles, with @ Joree of 609 to $00 men, but thay were vigorously re pulsed, and they ie! ment by our t ghouid this not have be Lesca telegraphs to the Captain General rora newspaper AS regards the a! ays’ pursuit the cavalry of 7 lonel Perez, re- eonnoitering Sierra Alta, d i point which the Dope BRA NOt penelrati cova; Killed thr On the lsth Colone Dis staty, arrived her loss of men in action, by sickness, desertion and other casusities, lis battalion of mo! bas been broken up. oy the rebels, and the volunt ‘wapted to kili him. Spain, but ashe ha yors dead bodies in ‘ » With sighteen men pelied 200 rebois to feo from the Santa Isabel, fteen of the enemy, who were Jeft im th fier this thé whole force of @ they were commanded by Jordan and cano, aod tt is said that the intver and ason of EB. ‘The troopa bi jeaths, including Don Felix Machaao, a apnive of tin slty. Yesterday 150 troops of tho Reus batialion arrived onvalesceats from Chol ae we Joarnied thar a party of incendiaries of the Cobre band burnt the vouses Masforroli'a cattie farm. Shiai ccceng Tt in stated thatthe der Commandant ( ago, had safely arrivec ull thelr appearan 1 Acosta Alvear, with a few of Via Batabano, A Coort Martia} Held for the Trial of Two Disloyallsts and of One C What with the rrying Armes. CARDENAS, July 22, 1 An “order ot (ne day’’ notifies that a court martial 18 to be held to-morrow for thé trial of Don José Benito Lauiler, the free mulatto, Julian Rall, and the free negro, José M, Diaz—the two frat accused of disloyalty and the latter for carrying prohibited The chief of the Napoles batta- ors to convey the His estate has bi of Sanu Espiritu a was to go to een Of signal service in the iled npou to try and orga- ré, and public notices have Marmol were wounded. mize another battalion hn been piacarded abou! with that view, it has been remarked tn the as Santiago and Trinidad, that t are neither there wor at their t the municipalities scarcely hold any sess ‘want of members, rn ee ‘The Captain General has issu “general order,” a3 a sample of his temper tow those not appreciating service in the tropics:—« x GENERAL ORDER OF THR ARMY. from Mayart. era and yomito, arms on his person. lion has given th accused by an escort to the pla hecossary or’ column of 200 troops, 1n- here Frithout any obstacle he river C . Here they were attacked by upwards of 1.000 rebels, under General Jordan, put, despite their auperior numbers, they could not stand the fre for more than ten minutes, when they dispersed, leaving dead and one prisoner, while ¢! loss of two wounded to the Lroo; Six of Our most respectadie cit A A.A, and B.O.—have bee ‘used and tried by court mar> ound any proofs asea from solitary several daye OMULNLY Of Lats CIty. ed the following sptcy SAGUA LA GRANDE, Rumored Capture of a Schooner with Arma The adjutant of the for the Rebels—Confiscation of Provisions by Don Juair Cuveta Rainos, ula, there.to continue his ‘avalry militte regiment of Havana, leave to go to the penin: and bis Excellency the SAGUA LA GRANDE, duly 18, 1869, It wae rumored yesterday that the armed steamer Isabel Laisa had captured on this coast @ schooner , for the rebels, but nothing is hey only caused & a. trene--0, v., J. A, Been pleased to pro D % Excellency the Minister of War for the action which th y deem proper to adopt with ref loaded with arms, & known oMictaily of any such capture, Near Citucntes some heavy loads of provisions Were captured, unaccompanied wiih the requisite documents whence they came, They were evidently wotended for the rebels. but the court not having Wer nnweAit 60 nent ma again jt them they have been rele rity of bie Exeelloney in ormat cM of ail gradés of deaee of the Capt Pi Abe ein jexxree of the Captain General cor oe are w be established at all the pote entry in ODA Som and after the | arse Of supervising and superinten Pi Nenagerent of the respective cries houses, The €oMmissions w twenty-four meXphants | as and Sant Sacua, Trimidad, suevitas ny elected, upon the 1 *ommeu: con’ en Doha laabel Perrer de Cisneros diet ago, to the regret of the co: At all the ports of aUof Auyust next, Rebels Renuppearing in Flight—Kebel Chief Trista Kitled=Orders to Compel the Slaves to Enter the Files. ReMpviog, July 17, 1869. On the 14th @ Remedion—Their | Omicin| Keporte of Encountere—The Rebels Never Exterminated, MANZANILLO, July 16, 1800, Several official communications have appeared in Rl Voluntario newspaper of this city. Commandant Vatielorepoits from Jivacoa, the fiscal w Havana, tweive im Ma- Tho rebels are again molesting. perty of 260, whi¢h somp accounts swell to 700, ap- date of the éthi—The united forces of detachments from the Ballen, Ouba, Habana, Eepate and Ante guere regulars, and @ section of cavalry, marched on the 24 for Mercedes, eighteen miles from the Jibacoa camp, reconnoltering the farms Punto Nuevo, where General Modesto Diaz, with 00 men, had encamped the previous night; on arriving at Nagua found it destroyed and uninhabited, In Sam- busubia captured the chivfa Torres, armed, father and gon; had them shot, with two followers, and took under our protection more than 100 men, women and children. Next morning marched for Chorsoa, Lajas and Purial; found a few reves carry- ing provisions to their Juawa camp; bad four savt; ihe rest escaped, though wot Lieutenant Commandant Vicente reports from his camp at Gua, under date of the 9th:—Hav- ing learned that several bands under Friaa, Tito Ca'- var, Matamoros, Angi Cancino and ia were a Chivos and Agi, I oruered my forces to mareh at daynreak thus:—Sixteen contra-guerilias under Blt: an equal number under Manzanedo, and twenty horsemen at my own commaad jor the former point. and cen eontra-guertlla for ae rates leaving the rest of my forces for the protection te many famiiles c result of the auiack W: Matamoros’ party, and the reat were dispersed, with the exception of eighteen dead left on the feid, Immediately we attacked the four camps, aud de- stroyed all that was found in them. ‘The same officer writes on the l0th:--After @ plus café | ordered the guerilias to scour the Chivo woods and gather the famiiies requiring our protection. We encountered the evemy on the top of a nill, whence lie opened ive, which was quickly answered, and onmy slouuing tomy men, ‘At them,” they all fed in precipitauion. Here, also, we found a number of famiies unprotected and took them along, bura- ing the burs. We returned this aiternoon ab three ociock, ‘The volunteers of Jibara captured the in+ surgent chieitain, Pedro Cordero, and his comrade, Jose Vila, and | bad them both snot, ‘A column commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Vi- cenie Villaves, wiich left ov the aight of the 12tn, on board the war schooner Huelva, arrived at this port, ‘Yhe volunteers of Vicana and Media Lona were Jorined to receive the troops, ready to accompany them ti pursuit of the socailed Colonel Kufine and his party, who were errauting in the swamps aud and bills of Sierra Mavatra. TRINIDAD, Cholera in Santa Cruz—Kebel Depredations= Cannon Wanted, TRINIDAD, July 21, 186% The war steamer Neptuno, trom Santa Cruz, brings the news that cholera prevailed there, The rebeis continue their acts of vandalism, rob- bery’ and murder, Seflor Carnero, a vaccinavor by profession and aman much esieemed in ali the dis- tricts, has been murdeved by them for no cause whatever; also an overseer of a coifee plantauion. the Polo Viejo coffee estate has beeu varued. What we want area couple of mountain pleces, not only fore town, but also for the valley and surrounding ul CIEXFUECOS, Troops Scouring the Jurisd redations, CignFruEGOS, July 18, 1869, This morning early @ column commanded by Commandant Carrataid, of the Guardia Civil, com- posed of four companies of volunteers, a detachment of cavairy volunteers and a few civiles, with & EAN lo howitzer, left here to acour the jurisdic. ion. Nearly all the plantations are being armed, as the rebels respect no parties, Several of che planters have contracted for sections of regulars, twenty-five for each estate; but It will ve didicult to get a suf- ficleat number t cover all the plantations unless they are induced to come trom Havana. ‘The following are the plantations that have been burned:—Cantabria, of Sarria & Co., Cubans; Flo- resta, of Echemendia, Cuban; Kioja, of Grau, Cur ban. Near San Juan de Lieras, at the Pastora of Francisco Villa, & Spaniard, the fire was got under by Lieutenant Perez aud is men. The cattie farm of Consuegra, & Cuban, has also been burned, ou=Rebel Dop- PUERTO PRINCIPE. Departure of General Letonn—Address of General Poello to the Camagueyans, Troops and Voluuteei PUERTO PRINCIPE, July 17, 1869, El Fanal, journal of this city, contains the address of General Poclio, on his arrivai here, to the inhabl- tanta, soldiers and volunteers. General Letona left this city on the 18tp for Nue- vitas, whence he was to sail in a Spanish ship-of-war for the United States or some other foreign country. Sines the 12th inst, the cholera bas diminished in severity. ‘The train expected on Wednesday iast did not appear till the following day, the ihe being inter. fapted. When it arrived at the Spanish camp, Which 1s in Punta de Plion, to leave provisions for the troops, a number of engineers, vigilants on the Toad, were advised to stop the trai, because large groups of revels were found on tho line. 4 smali detaciment was sent Immediately to reconnoitre, and goon returned, not having observed any obsta- Shortly afer, two companies of voluateers, a small force of the Chiclana regulars, went, with the engine and two cars, to reconnoltre the road, On arriving near the bridge atorce of the Union regu- lars advised them not to proceed, as the bridge wag cut, and in such a way that it cou'd scarcely he ob- served. The forces had to return with the train. The following day the bridge was repaired, and the forces arrived without further oostacies or accident, We will now be better supplied with provisions, ‘The piananee Saga Antonio, of Don José Pianas, has been burnéd, and others are reported, bat the names not stated, The Ups and Downs of President Suluave— Again Strong Near Aux Cayen. Sr. Tuomas, July 16, 1860, A letter from St. Maro, dated the 5th, says:—The revolution is Aourishing. Things were in a bad state, but the arrival of the Colombia, Captain Jephson, nas set gli to rights, The Delphine (alias Florida) is in the bay, as also the Ciara Heleva; the latter sails for Kingston to-day. Everybody here ts very sanguine of success eventually. Ali the Del- phine’s officers aud men are going to leave her. ‘rhe latest advices are to the 10th inst. Since Sale nave had an engagement at l’Anse de Veau, and was defeated there, he has been very dispirited, owing to the Joss of his war slips, and the arrival of two rebe) steamers for Domingue. Letters from Port au Prince, dated June 29, say:—General Salnave was within half aleagne of Aux Oayes, directing strong uillitary operations in persen against that town. His friends feel confident that he wiil this time succeed in crushing the rebeliton, but as the place is weil fortified and the Cacos determined to show baitle, no one can venture to predict the end of this revolation, General Vil Lubin holds the military command or Port au Prince, HELL GATE. When the combination of engineering skill and in- genulty engaged to remove the obstructions in Fell Gate is fairly set to work there is every reason to hope that before the advent of winter the dangers of navigation in the neighborhood of Hailett’s Point will be very considerably modified. General New- ton, with his own special corps of workmen, Will be very 400n earnestly occupied in operaing on the rocky reef oi lalletv’s Point, Sheiourne, who has @ contract with the enginecr department, is ex- pected to have iis drilis and machiuery in working order in the early part of next week, and will go to work on Frying Pan Rock, over which his buoy Is now floating, just as soon as he feels prepared to commence regular and permanent operations, Pro- fessor Maillefert haa as yet to complete hig contract with the government, but in the tnierim he intends to try his hereiofore very successful method of sub- maarine blasting on Pot Rock and Way's Reef, Sliould the Protessor make more rapid progress than Auelburne or Newton he may finally secure the eatire credit of making Hell Gate @ sale and navigable channel, “"AKODY” THE BLACKSMITH, Some days ago a despatch was received from Chief of Police Crowley, of San Francisco, asking if “Reddy” the Blacksmith was wauted in this city, Ab aMirmative answer was sent by the Police Inspec- tor, and on Thursday evening a despatch was re- ceived that he had beenjarrested. The police oflicials esterday implied that the antnorities did not want ‘ariey, and probably Would not send for him. At a fate hour last nignt, however, it was oficially ascer- ned that Captain Jordan, of the Sixth precinct, wili this morning despatch two men to San Francisco b Aad cuarge of Mr, Varley and escort hun to this "THE. FIREWORKS EXPLOSION, Avother Death—Investigation Before Corouer Keenan. Yesterday morning Michael Mulcahey, tweive years of age, Who wad so dreadfully burned by the premature explosion of Dreworks, as heretofore fully reported, died in the New. York Hospital after suffering tho most excruciating pain. By permis. sion of the Coroner the body was removed to the jate residence of deceased, No, 62 Cherry utreet. Coroner Keenan, who has the case {u charge, yes- terday empanclied g jury, and after viewing the bodies of both Lhom: 5 ily (who died on Thursday afternoon) and Michael Muicahey, adjourned the in- vestigation til ten o'clock this morning at the Coroner's office, No. 11 City Hall, If able, the saterers from the occurrence, bow in the hospttal, Will Make statements tohching the catiae of the ex. aud al osler persona Known to the Coroner 0 oho KY IMDOFTAnL tealmony Will be examined. ROCKLAND COUNTY MYSTERY. A Married Woman Dies from the Effects of Poison Under Sus- ‘picious Circumstances, jering of the doctor, hop hood #0 disagrecal would have ‘o jeave the place, sold out his farm, stock and furnil away, no one knows whither; Tho Corpse Exhumed Eight Months After Burial and Found to be in a Perfect State of Preservation. THE CORONER’S INQUEST. scenes that knew her 80 well, dud cannot be ly of the deceased have no ioubt WI Was poisoned; but tiey believe, or affect A very mysterious affair, which ia at present creat- ing no small amount of excitement m Rockland eounty, has just been brought to Nght in Ciarks- town, alittle village about five miles inland from Haverstraw, on the Hudson. Judging from the facts that have already been developed during the investigations that have been heid in relation tothe matter, it wonld seem that @ cold-blooded murder was commitied in the place about a year ago, and that the crime has during all that time remained un- discovered, owing to- certain “influences” and cir- cumstances, of which more may be sald in the that tue doctor gave the poison tp bis medi« cme thronghjignorance. Tne piaysician’s recorded pre- scriptions, however, Whici tally exaculy with thos@ recorded at the Nyack drug sloré as having been used he aged, and Wihic: Contain DO poIsonoUs Le gredients, dispose of this belief eutireiy. ‘THR INQUEST. < On Thursday even:ng the inquest on the body wag. begun before Coroner voiin Quackenbush und a jury, at Haverstraw on the Hudson, first called was te father of tae de TESTIMONY OF BREWSTER BROOKS, He testitled as foilows ou being sworn:— Tremember tiat J was bere ou the 16th of Apris. last (1869) and idedlified the body of the ae who was my daughter. (ere his deposition as ta the identilication was read to hii, which he I saw iny dauguier Woed she was On the 17th of August, 1868, a practising physician revious to tie suuday When she dieds named Jacob Henggeler, who resides at Clarkstown, was called upon by the friends of a Mrs. Sophia L. Nickerson, wile of Nathan R, Nickerson, a farmer, and urgently requested to go at once to Nickerson’s house, as Mrs. Nickerson was dying. He called to see her, and found her so low and prostrated and complaining of such pecnilar symptoms that he was at alosa what to make of her sickness—at least so He endeavored to find out the cause of was unsuccessful. Ue Saturday sue appeared the previous was Saturday about twelve o'clock wien i went to Nickerson’s; sie hada very sore mouti, and couid not take any nourishment Without har pain; she Was In that conaitivn down to her bowelas ; slie did not take much ne Wok medicme while I give it to her; it may r or gone one of the ysont Who gave it to her; saw aphysician there; (do not know his name; £ was toid he lived Close by ther wards, When he came to sé¢ ine; | did Dot speak to him atthe house about wy daugnter’s case; I did not enter the room wie Le was ‘here, but 1 stood nd couid hear iim talking to her, J saw him after my daughter's deaths. he came once to my shop and ouce w my houses he spoke to me In referenes to my daughter; I tol him she had been bualy used; he replies asked me several questions aud I told him my opine ton was that he iad giv.u ler something that: burned her up; I aso suid that 1 didn’t mean to charge that it was given to her on purpose; the doctor said, I did not suspect his cualness until Lhad got home; he had been there two or three hours asking qued- tions; this was the first time ne called; the second time he came he ouly wanted to have his horse shod and 1 would not do it, 88 My Mind Was Not very weil towards him; he asked me some questions concerning my daughie hin that that was a subject I dtd 1said that that quarrel be- better be setued; this ug her and giving ber sue sufered a nourishment, on was there; 1 saw some pers have been elther her totu otaer ladies who were pi iNness, but The wowan’s 1 saw him atter- be very anxious and the doctor was mot asked by any of them his opinion in regard to the diagnosis or prognosis of the case, and thatalthough he made frequent careful examtnations of every organ of the patient's body he was unable to discover any natural cause or disease by which to account for the peculiar symptoms shown during her ilmess, He, however, says that Mrs. Nickerson had improved so far by the 2ith of August that there was every pros- pect, ofa rap recovery, but that on the next day, to his great surprise, she had a relapse, the cause of which he endeavored to ascertain, but with no better success than had attended his efforts to learn the The patient on this occa- sion complained of the same kind of symptoms she had during the frstattack on the 17th of tne mont; bat they appeared to be in @ More aggra- vated form, and on the 30th she died in the tost During her entire sickness the poor woman was attended by her husband aud some- times by her mother, and at other times by two unmarried ladies, named Stevens. The husband always obtained the prescriptions from the doctor, and had them made up at a drug atore at Nyack, WAS MURDER DONE? Several weeks after Mrs. Nickerson had been buried Nathan Nickerson got into distculty with tae doctor in relation to the payment.of his bill, or, as it is alleged by others, on account of Nickerson’s taunting him gbout the way he had prescrivea for According to the doctor’s story, Nicker- son accosted him in asiore in the village on the bth of October, when he paid the bill, and asked ‘The doctor says when Nickerson went so far as to state that he (tie doctor) had killed hia wife by the medictues several other occasious (so says the doctor) Nicker- son methim gud always seemed anxious to learn whether or not he (ibe doctor) actualiy knew what He alieges that Nickerson’s juestionings in regard to the cage, and insinuations that the medicines ne had furnished had killed his wife, ied him to think very seriously over tho matter, scriptions he had given Mrs. Nickerson (a record of which be kept in his memorandum), and found nothing whatever in them that couid, under any circumstances, have causcd the woman’s death. The prescription records in the drag store where the Medicines had been obtained were also cousulted, and his prescriptions were fowad to tally exactly ‘with his memoranda of what ha had prescribed ior the patient. The more he thought over the case and remembered how nouplussed he had been during the woman’s illness to ascertaiu the cause of the pe- culiar symptoms she complained of the more con- me that there bad been ioul piay fe studied over the case thoroughiy and consulted the best medical works on symptoms ad nally made up his mind that the woman had been poisoned, and on the th of No- jppeared before Coroner Sioat and made the following afidavit:— Roctiand Cuunty, 1.—Jacol ly sworn, ding tn the town of Clarksows, ta Say of dj that on the 17th da 14 upon to vislt, in his profession: by the door ai ke @ reasona- to my houses suit “Good day; he cause of the iliness itself, illness, and | tol not want to talk avout; tween him and Nathan hud vislt was made two or three montis after my daugh- ter's death; it was alter tie didicuity nad happened between lim and Mr. Nickerson, TESTIMONY Of MELA BROOKS. Merca Brooks, being auly sworn, testified as fol- ockland vounty; { was the- mother of Sophia L. Nickersoa, deccased; I first saw her tn her sickness Mouday oveuing previous to the Sunday when she died; | cai't say wha month it was; {found her ia a very delirions state she was out of her mind, but not so much so tha she did not know mo; she sald, Oh, mother, I ant very sick: ever since I took that first dose of medl- cine I have been burning up;” she was been tuere about nall an hour “You find your 3? he sad, “She ut £0e 18 better nuW;” he then sal down and taiked Lo me about my own health and then spoke to disease that woul take hes 2way; shesald, “Oh, mother, I never can get Wei; he said, “On yea, you will get better;’’ he stayed avout twenty minutes; she Was reatiess all night; tue neal Mornibg she was 2 little easier, but had deiir.ous spells; we could not give her much nourishisent; wiut we did give her she said hurt her so sie cuulun’t Lake it; this was om she Was at this time quite bad, quive out of her mind; on Wednesday morning she wi sometimes and sometimes delirious, and rei in this state during the week; when the doctor came he told me she was getting beter; [ thor she Was getting Leiter, ay 1 thought the derstood the case betier than I did; she was night; on Wednesd: Misses Stevens stayed up with her; about the middie of the night she said she tad # change, said, “Oh, mother, 1 am getting baek iu my right mind;” when the doctor come on Monday hé said she was better; Frida: and would be soon ai of her sore tliroat ae gave washed her mouth with it mind and remained swart ti Friday-alternoon shéToic me she was er husband seat—i tuink ue seni then, and he came; she said to me before jeed me with want anything to terribie agony. lows:—I reside 1n t day of the sometimes; I had when the doctor came in; he sat daughter very sick,’ I replied, was very bad last week, him what had ailed his wife, he made some ie had given her. he said she had no his wife had died of le examined the pre- he said ene was gelt wheu she com er a wash, aud Nathan she was in her right Saturday mo 5 OR vinced did he Henggeler, of sald county ® practising physician, re- | randy; 1 don't 3 bruw when I leave this worid;’’ I would not iet nim give ber brandy and told Ni not to let him; when he (the doctor) came he the brandy to wash her wouvh, and Nathan took the cup away from him and put it on the mantelpiece; he (the doctor) said that if sue Wook ner medicme she would not die; on Saturday, ail day, she was rest- less, but knew everytuing tuat was Sunday moraing she dieu; sue was sick two weeks; she died on the last day of August; house the last tume about two weeks be- fore she died; it was on @ Saturday when she visited seen her before for some her; had been doctoring—with said—and told me what had been doctoring for; I asked her Af she felt better ana she said she did, and felt quite smart; she was sm: jay; she on Saturday night; she told me, when I called to eee her during fier sickness, that she was taken sick on Sunday pignt with #sort of cholera she laid abed on Monday all day, night was taken very bad, aud sis that she was given ‘the first dose of medicin that she was burning up ever since; We felt sal with the doctor's treatinent; be taiked about haying @ consultation; he spoxe to Toying was capacity, Mrs. Sophia aa BR. Nickerson, residiug” in town of Clarxstown, as bein; dying; that de- immediately calle uaul he | suth lay of aforesaid inclusive; that on the (80th) day of the nal of August at the tows of Clarkstown aforesaid, Sophia Nickerson died ; that deponent further says the peculiar symptoras of ber tin i her, he, deponent, has reason to be hia Delroy) Gre! — the eff hina in re to her by some person or sd suns to this depouent unknown. iia ACOB HENGGELER, M. D. of December, 1868.—Pr: ule attending upon Sworn before me this SreveNB, Justice of the Peace. The Coroner at first manifested a desire to push the matter to an issue; but, a snort. time afterward, for some reason or other beat known to himself, he came to the conclusion that he bad no authority to exhume the body, and advised the doctor to go be- fore the Grand Jury and make a forma) compiaint to it useless to waste time with this @ applied to Coroner John bash, of Piermont, who at once determined to take hold of the case and see what was in tt, He ingly proveeded to Ciarkstown to have the body exhumed, but uo member either of the Nici family or of the tamily of Willing to show him where the grave was. de.voring lor two days to find out where kerson had been buried, some twenty moun- tatneers, all armed with cluos, appeared upon te sceue, and did all in their power to trustrate his In the meantime Nickerson, who had mean- while left Ciarkstown for parts unknown to any per- sons but ls Immediate friends, was velegraphed for by his frienda to come to Clarkstown, but he was, fortunaiely for the Coroner, not informed as to what he was wanted Quackenbush from him where tne grave finding out what the Coroner intended to do Nicker- son Warned him on his peril not to open the grave; but the oficial was determined ay The coin containing the remains was at once taken to Haverstraw, when another difficulty Investigation that the body shoul preseated tiself, It was necessary at the outset of the sone person Wito had known Mrs. Nickerson i lite. Every member of her family and that of her husband at first refused to recognize it; but her father fually concluded that it would be best to act graciously in the matter, and #0 recognized the corpse as that wife of Nathan The body was found to be in aimost as perfect a state of preservation as when It had been laid in the grave eight montis before, and the bridge of the nose were the only parta it showed signs of decay, and when the kuile was inserted into the muscular tissues the flesh found vo be as red auu as fresh looking as thouga life had left the body but a few minutes, Dr. Govan, Point, periormed the autopsy, and the and certain other portions of the body were forwarded to Prof. Doremus for analyzation. WAS THERE MOTIVE FOR MURDERY Of conrae the exhuming of the corpse on the sus- picion that Mrs. Meikerson had been poisoned created An immense excitement in tie immediate neighvor- It seemed to be when it was made known that Dr. Quackenbush had determined to take up the body, and it still seems to be the Opinion of almost everybody im the couuty who has taken any interest in the affair unfortunate woman but who the murderer is seems to be rather a It ia alleged by the phyalcian wo rescribed for the deceased that some time after he ip his mind that she had been foully dealt with he met her husband ou the street, and on his broaching the subject of his wife's death in- rormed him that it had become clear to him that she had “died in amysterious way,’ and added, “Bat [understand her case lately The more 1 think of 1 th At tuis the physician saya Nickerson ag his bg menacingiy towar Dutch doctor she morbus pain; timid oficial, ert Nathan about ity the deceased was he said she had no discase that could take her whe here” she seemed nervous, and he said, * you to see what confidence you had in m was at the house during the daytime sometumes 1b and sometimes Natuan gave ner the medicine; there were but two Kinds of umediciue Wale I was there; one Was a solution tn a bottle and the other pills; be- sides the Misses SteVens there was another lady who: Vverai ladies called In trom Une ww tune to Kee her; those wae Caled in did not admin- ister any medicine; there Was @ servant girl in the house When | went there first, but she wen! away; when my daughier cae vo see ine just previous to her death sickness sue drove up; she said sie was not tired; she nad at the ume an infant ten months. old; sue Was nursing it thea and nursed it up to the Ume of her sickness. By « Juror—in the daytime I saw the medicine that was given to my dauguter; oue Kind Was a soiu- uiow in a bottie, What color 1 don’t remember, and the other was pills; 1 dad @ daugnter of mine with me at the house for two days aud a night; no medi- cine Was given Sopa. bat tuat prescribed by we doctor, and BO nourigimeat Yub what 1 xed; at night time the iadies gave wer Wat | gave her in the daytime; the Misses Stevens were there when the first dose of mediciue, Wisc sue complained was buray ing her up, was given (o her; all the nourishment given to her was ordered by the doctor. The inquest, at he Comc.asion ot the testimony of Mrs. Brooks, was adjotiraed to next week. wher Prof. Doremus, Dr. Govaa, br. daggener and seve~ ral other important wiinesses wil be examined. Coroner Quackenbush notilied the Jury that. he had received @ letter from Prot, Doremus, In which Wat gentieman stated he had fuand no metailic stains poison in tose portions of the budy Which had bee placed at his disposal for analyzation; but im tho let- ter he was unwiliing to state that the deceased did dd therefore reserved his fuil opinion of the case until be is formally ex- CAN A PROPER INVESTIGATION ‘There are a great many obstacies lo be overcome by the Coroner in prosecuting a thorot tion into the cause of tie death ui the deceased, not the least of which is the fact that the Nickerson Jamiiy have @ great deat ol influence and # great ¥ {rieads 1 the county, Who are willing to do anything that lies in their power to keep the: disgrace, if tt should bap- yen to run ony risk of bemg disgraced. Nathan ickerson should not by any means be considered a8 having been instrumental in causing bis wite's. death until the proper evidence will have proven that fact; but, someaow or other, U jon in the inimediate neighborh woman died seems to have inked him with the cause of the death of his wile in @ manner that is. Nodouvt tue fact of his having sold bis farm and. gone to parts unknown but his family connectioas, and his failure pear to aid the authorities in ascertaining whether his wife had been poisoned intentionally by some m or through the vluudering of # ‘as nine hasbands out of ten who thon wives would be ex; the people to this belief, the coroner has witnesses su will give very to certaim Utterances of Mra, Nick- just before her death, showing spected that se had been poisoned inten> he investigation, atal events, should be Ould be thurouga and seareh~ 1a nalural death the sooner the people are positively agsnved of Vag Jact the bet ter jor those Who have probany unjustly been ans pected of committing an awial crime; bat if there Hae heen soul ploy howning should dever the coroner ty in the master by fringing: be buoy Whe Hiey may, attended her; was located. had the body be revognized by R, Nickerson. not die from poisoning, hood of Clarkstown. died an unnatural mooted question, family name from I can see througn clearer it is tony him, and told talk about it,” ler adds:—Judging actions at thistime that I was on I waiked a littie ways of from him aut 1 Was going to have tno matter in- vestigated; that the trutn muat come out and that the guilty party must come out too, and thut if L Was the guilty party I wanted to know it. Mr. Nick- erson On Dearing this dropped his head and did not re to look at mo any more.’ On the 2iat of ie met aickerson again in the village laughing and ei would | repent In his statement Dr. Hengegel from Nickerson’! the right track, and told him tl that as - song evi- several boys ent tinued to do so after the pliysician had been Starting under accusation Which Nickerson had made agains’ him sone tine previously of liaving killed ia wile by his prescriptions, he spoke to him rather curtly, re- marking tiat he sp eared to be very happy since lig Nickerson too’ ue novice of no mere formality. tt si the place some if the woman d wife had been Kiet. the remark, says the dos or, “but pal Over hie evOR And ayopped hie head on hy jrom dotag fis Whole the reas ermia