The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-06-01
WHEETJNG WEST VA TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE l. 1869

Schmidt was no longer in the concern.
The young man put himself at the head
of a body OF insurgents and did
some gallant fighting against the
enemy. While passing part of
his time with his men near one of the
Cinco Villas he was attracted by a
bright-eyed Cuban damsel; he passed
and repassed before her house several
times. and, as is the custom ofthe coun-
trv in case one is enamored, finally
smoke to her. She received his atten-
tions kindly, and matters seemed to be
progressing we'll for both. Every night
he stole away from the camp and
repaired to the window of his lady love,
where sweet converse made the time
pass only too rapidly. Some evil:eyed
Spaniard got wind OF this love affair,
and accordingly went off TO the Govern
ment officers and explained to them
how Schmidt might be bagged. A night
or so afterward he was seen at the ac-
custoned window, and in few
minutes thereafter twenty-five Spanish
soldiers surrounded the house. Schmidt
drew his pistol. ready to sell his life as
dearly as possible, and refused to sur
render, Thereupon, a dozen balls were
fired into his body, and he was instant
ly killed. The Government organs
published this affair as brilliant en-
gagement and made much boasting of
the successful capture Vi oCuLulOL. anu
the rout of his troops!
The Spanish journals call upon the
Government to force all the pacific
country people to go TO some one of the
towns. In other words they must all
consent to be hedged in by the troops
OF the Captain General. Mention is
made of the fact that these people hide
themselves in the mountains when pur-
sued by the soldiers of Lesca and Leto'
ma, and there is no way OF reaching
them. In this way alone, it Is argued.
can 1t be easily learned who are for and
who are against the Government; and,
of course, If the authorities adopt the
suggestion, 1t is probable that an order
may be issued to shoot every man
found outside any town or village tndi-
Gated as the place of abode by the COY
ernment. All the country houses WILL
in such an event, be robbed OF every
thing within them, all the stock pc
taken of, and no means or living Will
be left these poor people on their return
home. And how will they be led IN
the towns and villages, where there ls
not now sufficient food for the soldiers?
A party of twenty-five troops (SPan-
ish) went few days ago to place
within six leagues ofTrinidad. AT their
coming along the road every one hedI
except one Laureano Pena, man
called Corel, and one other poor 1ellowI
whose name is unknown. These were
mercllessly shot down without ques~
tions or answers, and the soldiers were
very much dissatisfied because one Lu-
cones, whom they saw ahead, made
good time and escaped.
This, in connection with various oth-
er cases lately reported of men being
shot here and there without cause,
when found in the country, makes it
certain that already the suggestion
which has been thrown out is now being
put into practice, and that war OF
determination has not only been deter
mined on, but is now being carried out
actively against the children of the soil.