REVOLT IN CUBA.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 16, 22 November 1843, Page 4

REVOLT IN CUBA.

The Journal du Havre , contains the following occount of the revolt in the island of Cuba, of which only very slight details have been given in the Madrid journals : “Oa tbe night of March 27, about 500 negroes, belonging to the several sugar plantations iu the Bembo district, rose to execute a plan which they bad conceived of killing their masters aud burning heir habitations. The slaughter was commenced in Penalves plantation, at oneo’clcok in tbe morning, by the murder of three persons, viz., tbe English engineer and his two assistants. It was the moment of relieving the watchman, and the alarm being given, the great bulk of persons employed got safe off. , ; Tbe insurgents immediately made for the Louisa plantations, where they expected to be joined by other slaves; but the alarm bad been given there also, and only three persona perished. Thence they advanced in Military order, clad in their holiday clothes with colours flying, and hold* ing leather shields to keep off* the balls. Thus they proceeded to the Aqtiilar property, all the inhabits ants of wbioh were proscribed. They were saved by the presence of mind of a, faithful negress, who came out and persuaded the insurgents that they would loose their time„ju going further, ai her master had fled. They then turned aside, and dispersed themselves through the country, pilliaging and burning all the plantations. As soon as the first burst of terror bad passed over, the inhabitants who had fled, armed such of their negroes as had remained faithful, and repaired in small troops towards Bembo, when in a short time 150 men were, assembled. The insurgents soon came to the tinging songs of triumph; and when they had ads vanced tolerably close to the village, the whites, although imperfectly armed, charged them. The insurgents resisted the shock, and in their turn made a dash, and forced tbe whites to retreat. The latter again attaoked, but were repulsed with loss. The insurgents then obtained possession of the village, and set fire to some of the houses. The whites, ashamed of such termination to their attack, determined to try another charge, and this time they held together so firmly, that the slaves were at first shaken, and finally routed. They fled in every direction, leaving 50 dead. This .advantage wa 8 decisive, for in a few hours the insurgents bad lost all appearance of organization, and the day was ■pent in banting them down. The next day everything appeared at an end, when intelligence was brought that 150 negroes from the Cardeoal railroad were advancing, spreading fire aud destruction on their passage. They were easily dispersed, and 63 of them killed. Aftertbese defeats, tbe woods and sugar cane fields were filled with fugitive negroes, against whom an active pursuit was instituted. By astrauge calculation, the inhabitants endeavoured to screen them as much as possible from the search that was made, offering them an assylotn and pardon. Tranquility was soon restored in the Bembo district, but new insurrections were spoken of in the direction of Manriquez, where a number of the fugitives had collected. The Governor of went there with a detachment of dragroom. Out of 556 negroes engaged in the revolt, 150 or 200 vf ere either killed, or put an end to themselves in the woods. About 10D more were made prisoners.”— Glasgow, Herald, May 29.