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

1t is now more imam a mOHGH SluCe Cl1e
eastern provinces of Cuba have been
disturbed by revolutionary movements.
All the available Spanish troops nave
been concentrated there, dozen en-
gagements have been fought, and the
Instruction is still in full vigor. From
a letter published in the Messenger
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 a war
conducted in true military fashion, A
provisional government has been estab-
Iished at Bayamo at the head of which
are Francisco Aguilera and Carlos Coa7
pedes, the first rich planter, and the
second distinguished lawyer ofBaya-
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 a certain proportion Of
negroes, who fight courageously by the
side of their former masters. In the
insurgent ranks are also several haT
dred veteran Dominicans who have
grown gray in the civil wars of thatre
public, and, strange to say, number of
young creole and mulatto women, who
handle andfre 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-
visional Junta proposes soon to send an
agent to Washington to demand Of the
United States Government a rccogni-
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 donbt that several hundred Cubans
from tho neighborhood have aonc to
Join the insurgents at Bayama. Ru-
mors are rife Of an attack upon Santa
60 de Cuba, to be aided by the inhabi-
tants Of the place. In view Of these
grave complications, the Captain-Gene-
raj, Lersundi, las recalled General Raw
-comman1in ing il, Eastern Gnha- fnd
sent tlither General Munoz, who dis
tinguished himself during the invasion
Of the island by Lopez in 1854. He is
expected to act with promptness and
visor, and has been promised. large rein
forcements. 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 a large
force of insurgents who were only three
miles distant. The Spaniards, mean
time, were throwing up barricadcs in
the streets for protection. Accounts
from Santiago report that 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 significant cry for aid from the
United States was prevailing every
where. Some of the wealthiest families
iinstheisland have linked their fortunes
with the cause of the insurgents. All
the towns fromePnerto Principe to San
tiago except three areaip the hands of
the insurgents. So disastrous has been
the result of collisions in the Interior to
the Spanish troops that they are affai9s
to venture out Of .the towns. The New
York brig Jenny Clark, with arms an and ID
ammunition, had been seized at Nuevi7
tas by the authorities, and a load Of
arms for the government troops, also
from the United States, had been cap
tured by the insurgents.