Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1878 — Cuban Affairs. [ARTICLE]

Cuban Affairs.

A late letter from Havana, Cuba, has the following: The surrender of the insurgents, armed and unarmed, continues in different portions of the island, and only one of the prominent chiefs, named Macco, is still holding outin the mountains of the Eastern Department, with, it is said, about 400 followers, mostly colored. A proclamation, signed by Gen. Martinez Campos, has been made public here. The proclamation declares that peace has been substantially re-estab-lished in the greater part of the district lately in rebellion, and that it is now necessary to heal the wounds occasioned by ten years of strife; therefore, in accordance with article 2 of the peace conditions, and by authority of the home Government, the General decrees: 1. The authorities of the pacified territory are to observe the most complete oblivion for past events and strive to prevent a resuscitation of by-gone passions. 2. All persons now in imprisonment for treason, rebellion and sedition, or for being accessory thereto, are to be liberated and returned to their hqmes, if desired, and those who have escaped punishment are' not to be proceeded against. 3. All cases now pending before the tribunals of the island for such crimes are to be abandoned immediately. 4. All persons banished or deported for such causes are to be permitted to return home, and are to be exempt from molestation or persecution for their previous conduct. 5. All persons included in the foregoing articles, and those residing in foreign countries, are to regain the rights of citizenship. 6. All deserters from the Spanish forces, who are still in arms, to be pardoned if they surender by the 15th of April.