Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-12-02
The Revolution in Cuba.

1t IS now more than month since The
eastern provinces of Cuba have beer
disturbed by revolutionary movements
All the available Spanish troops have
been concentrated there, dozen en-.
gagements have been fought, and the
insurrection is still in full vigor. From
a letter published in the ".Messagel
Franco-Americain, we learn that The
seat of war is confined to the mountain
Gus part of the island, east of Puerto
Principe, and that the contest. from be;
ing guerilla affair, has become wal
conducted in true military fashion. A
provisional government has been estab-
ished at Bayamo, at the head Of which
are Francisco Aguilera and Carlos Goa
pedes, the first rich planter, and the
second a distinguished lawyer of-Baya-
mo. Though large shareholders, they
are both in favor of the abolition Of
slavery. Some twenty other persons Of
wealth and influence in Eastern Cuba
are embarked in the movement.
Most of the insurgents have liberated
their slaves on the condition that they
shall aid in securing the independence
of Cuba, and in all the guerilla bands
are to be found "a certain proportion Of
negroes, who fight courageously by the
side of their former masters. In the
insurgent ranks are also several hum
dred veteran Dominicans who have
grown gray in the ,ciEil wars of thatre-
public, and, strange to say, number of
young creole and mulatto women, WHO
handle and6re their muskets like old
soldiers. Some of these women, it is
said, belong to the best society, and ex-
ercise marked influence upon their
leaders and fellow-soldiers. The Pro-
vision,.. Junta proposes soon to send an
agent to Washington to demand OF the
United States Government a recogni-
tion of their rights as belligerents, and
will show that the revolutionary army
already numbers over seven thousand
men, and that the Spanish authorities are
utterly unable to make head against it.
Several severe engagements have al
ready taken place, in which a body of
Spanish troops under Colonel Quiros,
and another commanded by Colonel
I.ono, are reported to have been deci-
dedly worsted. Meanwhile, telegraphic
communication with Puerto Principe is
cut off. 1t is not known whether the
revolutionary movement projected in
that city has been commenced. but there
is no doubt that several hundred Cubans
from the neighborhood have gone to
Join the insurgents at Bayama. Ru-
mors are rife of an attack upon Santa
go de Cuba, to be aided by the inhabi-
tants of the place. In view { these
grave complications, the Captain-Gene-
raj, Lersundi, has recalled General Raw
enet -G,oHman1ing {, 4 in Eastern Gnha Ifa nd n?
tinguished himself during the invasion
of the island by Lopez in. 1854. He is
expected to act with promptness and
viyor, and has been promised.large rein
forcemcnts. This will leave but two or
three thousand Spanish troops in Wes-
tern Cuba The result of the revolu-
ton will depend largely upon the atti-
tude of the districts of Matanzas, Vuel-
ia Abajo, Cardenas and Havana:
The latest accounts from Havana
dated on the 18th state that the govern
ment troops-eleven thousand strong
were besieged in Manzanillo by Il large
force of insurgents who were only three
miles distant. The Spaniards, mean
time, were throwing up barricades in
the streets for protection. Accounts
from Santiago report that a large force
of insurgents were within four miles of
that place on the 9th. Great panic APP
pears to have prevailed, for it is said
that hundreds of families had cleared
out for Jamaica. The confusion is re-
ported to be immense all along the coast,
and a significant cry for aid from the
United States was prevailing every
where. Some of the wealthiest families
understand have linked their fortunes
with the cause of the insurgents. All
the towns from.Puerto Principe to San
tiago except three aseaig the hands of
the insurgents. So disastrons has been
the result of collisions in the interior to
the Spanish troops that they are afraid
to venture out of .the towns. The New
York brig Jenny Clark, with arms and
ammunition, had been seized at Nueviss
tas by the authorities, and load o.
arms for the government troops, also
from the United States, had been cap
tured by the insurgents.