The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-24
FIRST EDITION
CUBA.
The Captain Generals Pro clamation and
Order of the Day.

The Captatn- q enerai's Pro clanatiOn and
Order Of the Dnys
The following Is the text of The proclamation,
OF which our readers have been advised by
telegraph
THE SUPERIOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT or THE
EVER FAITHFUL Isle OF CUBA; HAVANA, Oct;
Cuba-The present head OF the government and
administration OF this province, aud guardian
siiy, and fulhlliug "a great oblgation, now ad-
dresses you. Grave events nave come to pass
In the mother country with astonishing
rapidly. The ocean Intervening, the telegraph,
with ali It's deficiencies and incon veniences, is
the only M edium mp to the present upon wnich
we rely TO learn wnat passes. and in making
you scquain ted recently with the news Receiver
through that medium l officially announced
what on should consider rs certain, II Is nJw
my duty 10 add that q profound political COM
motion has Immediately resulted in the depar-
tore from the Spanish soil OF the august lady
who ruled It's destinies, ana that a Provision u
Government Is being constituted, In which
the Duke de IA Tore lakes the Initiative aud
aciIon. My authorized voice can add nothing
more respecting events which are taking placo.
/ do not consider, loyal inhabitants of Cuba.
that it is my mission at this moment, rs the
first authority of this island, to discuss these
events; nor could there be, perhaps, an ocol-
sion less proper for doing so, inasm as it Is
useless to reason when the stimulus of feeling
is controlling. Duiipg these passing events
Sentative Sen of the Spanish government ii in o9 this
province, II Is now my only duty to watch over
the great interests which are conflded to me,
and 10 have reliance on your well tried patri-
otism, SO that you wait in tranquility, trusting
in Iny care for your welLbeing the solution OF
this great crisis. In moments like the present
patriotism alone saves the people, the same as
individuals; and believe that your hearts,
Spanish bloc blood render all other interets rs how. how.
ever high and respectable they may be, sub
servient 10 that which is highest of all in the
respect TO the laws and the prosperity and in
teRrity OF the country.
unequalt 10 the magnitude of the events, my
heart does not sink because 1t is animated by
the holy fire OF country, upon whose affairs, on
occasions like the present. all must place. as
do, not only the narrow aspirations OF partisan
interest, but also the most lee ttimate personal
affections. Let us wait, therefore, calmly and
peacefully; events will develop themselves, and
In whatever manner, they will nnd US tranquil
and faithful to the sacred interest which binds
the slightest suspicion that an unpremeditated
act of the Spanish nation can disturb you in the
through the labyrinth of your Internal
'ef rs wait; Divine Providence has 'g; always avs
watched over us, and you know 1t because his
Tory aes,s M Span "a hersef 81 81 any
as type of heroic virtue, profound prudence,
and infrangible faith in her destiny From her
bosom will come forth, do not doubt, the sou-
tion best for our interests. which are the inte-
rests of the country. Meanwhile rely on you
hope, and my heart Tells me that do not de-
ceive myself in relying on your civic virtues,
SO often tested by your ever faitnf9l adhesion,
vigilance. and inflexible frmness of your Cap.
tain General, the Superior Civil Governor.
FRANCISCO LERSUNDI,
The following General Order is also pub
lished:-
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Oct. IL, 1861
Soldiers, Militia, and Volunteers:-In the me.
tropolis grave events have taken place. which
have gone to such an extent that the end cam
not yet be seen, but fortunately practical tran
quiIlity now prevails throughout the peninsula
Under such circumstances l have only to re-
mind you that you are Spanish soldiers, that
the country has confded to your loyalty and
care the peace and integrity of this territory
of the Spanish nation, and the aid and protec-
tion of its honorable and industrious inhabi-
attempt against these dear subjects L expect
that you will as always fulfil your duty as your
Captain General will fulfil his.
FRANCISCO LERSUNDI,
Captain General of the ever-iaithful isle of
Cuba