The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-11

FROM ~ .WeW 1OTk f1cfds~
Advieeu frsm The Cnban Junts,
/ The Cubans hays received. by the arrival Of
the Georgia, full and late advices from their
revolted brethren in Cuba We are indebted
for the following to the same parties from whom
we derived the declaration OF independence and
other previous advices from the patriots.
/ The Cubans assure us that the news which
follows, they have received directly from the
field of battle. from their own friends, and that
il may be relied on as correct.
The Cubans assert, likewise, that the govern
ment accounts, ~ published in the Havana pa
pers, are utterly false and that their very false
hood confirms in several important Instances the
news now received from the patriots
The news from the patriots informs us that
at several other important points than last nd-
vices, pronuncienitnfos had taken place, and the
insurgents were in the field.
/ The government announce on the contrary,
that all the rebels had been taken or shot. and
that the utmost quiet prevailed in all parts OF
the island, the instruction having been entirely
broken up AT the same time. when they say
that all is quiet, they publish official dispatches
from Principe, Las Tunas, Sibanicu, Cienfueg6s,
Trinidad, Villa Clara and Santo Espiritu, stat
ing that all those places are infested by rebel
guerias.
The above-n named places comprise all the chief
towns, from one end of the central department
to the other, in length 500 miles, and embracing
full one-third of the island of Cuba.
From the government, therefore, it will be
seen that the revolution is very general, even
were there no such combinations and glorious
news as we now publish from the patriots
The following is the statement Of the Junfa
LiJertadora Of Puerto Principe, issued on the
22d of July, from their headquarters, at the
Cascorro mountains, near Principe, 450 miles
| from Havana. 1t is an address TO the Cubans,
in order to inspirit them and gives detail OF
| operations from the 4th to the 22d of July, the
latter being the latest date from headquarters.
| A copy of this address and statement has
been transmitted by the Junta Libsrfadora OF
| Principe to the JuniG Guiana in New York
The original, which we have seen, is translated
as follows:
TO THE PEOPLE OF CUBA
CuBAEs-Your brethren of Puerto Principe
address to you, from the mountains of Cascorro
where they have established the provisional GO
vernment and headquarters of the liberating
army, a summary of their operations, and de-
scription Of the engagements which have taken
place between our brave Camagueyanos (natives
of Prncipe) and the hreling army of the Queen.
This, better than anything else, will convince
you Of the real impotence of the Spanish gov
eminent, and that the triumph of our cause is
SURE, if you cooperate with US by rising at va
rious points and Districts principally 10 the wes-
tern department. from Guanajay to Mantua,
whore the broken character of the country v i'll
secure safety to the first movements, and where
you will be able to maintain firm ground and
plant your headquarters
We await anxiously the news Of that rising,
Il d th<,r Ia
and Matanzas.
At Trinidad, which is in open communication
with US, a rising is to take place on the oath,
according to communication from the president
Of the Jna.ta Pafri0ticd there established.
Manzanillo, Bayamo, Holgua, and Las Tunas,
have already raised the cry Of liberty, and many
of their brave sons are fighting by our side, Civ
ing to the world examples of valor and patriotism
Santiago de Cuba, though as yet quiet, awaits
only the moment when some Of its bayonets may
be withdrawn from it to make common cause
with us in the conquest of our imprescriptible
| rights and you already know that its people
gave public proofs of their sentiments in 1896.
We raised aloft the banner of liberty on the
4th inst, in the districts (poriidas) of Guayamaro
and Sibanicu, with the small number of two hun
dred and fifty patriots. We remained there till
the 9th, when, in concert with another band
which rose in Holguin, we directed our march
upon the town Of Las Tunas, which was gar
risoned by comp any of the regiment of lara
CORA, but circumstances, growing out of the dark
ness Of the night, led to meeting of the two
parties at twelve o'clock before the appointed
place, and the commander of one gave the
challenge, "quien pire!" to which the other ear
ried away by the force of habit, answered
"Spain," whereupon, alas the order was given
to fire and charge upon them, which charge
lasted Till they could recognise each other in the
midst of the combat
The result of this unhappy affair was the loss
of fire from the Holguin party, ard twenty eight
wounded between the two. However this
disaster did not discourage our brave patriots
they Immediately united and fell upon Las Tunas
with the swiftness of lightning They attached
the barracks by surprise and, after short re-
sistance, which caused some wounded, the CON-
pany of Spanish troops united with them en-
masse, at the magic cry Of liberty. The Lieu
tenat Governor of that jurisdiction was so cow
ardy that he implored our mercy, and in pity,
we left him at liberty, taking from him only his
horse, sword, and pistols, and $1,000 belonging
to the funds of the despotc government
Thence we marched upon the districts (parti-
das) of San Juan and Santa Cruz recruiting our
force, and on the 9Th We were in Cascorro, with
$50 no rse, and 200 foot
The 9Th and 9th were passed in organizing
four divisions under the command of the patri-
OTIS who had most distinguished themselves at
Las Tunas; and on the 10th three of them
marched out, the other remaining on the noun
tains. The one commanded by Don Serapio
Recio, advanced towards Santa Cruz, and shortly
before reaching the river Najassa, was Informed
that four companies of the regiment of Can
tabria were marching in the same direction, under
command of Colonel Cont but that, the river
being swollen, they were occupied in making RATS
TO cross il.
Our commander, Recio, Immediately ordered
march towards that point; he watched the
enemy's movements, and when sufficiently near
without being seen, he planted his two hundred
and fifty men in ambuscade, md waited till they
should begin the crossing on the raft. That took
place, the commander of the enemy crossed at
the head of the first company, and landed, and
the raft drawn back by the ropes, returned to the
opposite bank to bring over the second; our pa
triots remaining, meanwhile motionless, and