The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-28

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reaR6 6eteasK Of stheCl lew Xpsk SIN writes
as follows. under dste of The 18th:
just before De Rodas left here. 7 be-
heye on the s1eth ultimo, peeiine IF
volunteer officers was held III the scluH
room Of the Louvre, and from aSaong
their number committee was chosen to
wait upon General De Rodas and request
MIN to garrison Fortress Cabanas and
Spanish troops 60 into the interior to
open the fall campaign. General Her
rera was spokesman for the committee.
They called upon and were received by
De Rodas in the Governors palace.
General Herrera represented the advan-
tage to be had by placing the few thou
sand Spanish troops face to face with the
insurgents. General De Rodas saw, or
thought he saw, the situation, OF what it
might be If he acceded to this appeal.
He became excited, and in an angry
voice hushed General Herrera by thun-
dering out: II am not General Domingo
Dulce, reoolieot, and should the volun-
teers attempt to dictate the law to me, I
want you all to know that I an, deter
mined to reduce the city Of Hauana to
ashes"
"You may go now," continued De
Rodas. ''and tell them to keep all propo-
sitions to themselves"
This stung the volunteers pride. It
hurt them 80 deeply that they do not
brook 1T with suppressed hatred OF De
ttodas only. but now and then the at
tempted pent-up volcano mutters some
exceedingly ominous sounds.
1t ls no secret here that all the I72
guns of Fortress Cabanas are double
shotted, or that tho half hundred heavier
ones at Moro Castle are kept in the
same condition. The Spaniards who
are quartered in those two strongholds
anticipate trouble, sooner or later, with
the volunteers. No artillery of account
is in the hands of the latter. The guns
that point over Havana from the massive
walls Of Cabanas and tho Moro would.
If set at earnest play, soon bring Ha-
vana to terms They cover the whole
city most perfectly. Yet, for I'LL this
caution, few people retire here at night
who would be greatly disappointed if
reused from sleep by the rattle of mus
kerry and deeper thunder of artillery.
Curlously enough, tho Cuban chief
tains, contrary to all expectations, and
not the Spaniards, have initiated the fall
campaign: They have swarmed into the
Clnco Villas District; they appear in
larger or smaller columns before every
city jgarrisoned by Spanish troops, from
Eardenas to Cape Maysi; they threaten
Puerto Principe and Trinidad; they have
massed their troops of the Sabanilia Dis
trict against formidable garrison, and
they have achieved triumph over their
enemy. They have harassed almost to
Its ruin the largest convoy ever sent
across the island.
Ihe revolutionary leaders have plan
IN employing incendiarism against their
enemies. They have not DESTROYED the
sugar mills of the island, as alleged, but
have disabled the majority of them.
they allow the sugar cane to grow, but
1t Will never be ground by either Spa
n!ards Or Cubans, except in districts
where Cuban authority preponderates,
and they can house the crop after it is
made into sugar. When the tobacco
crop OF Vuella Abaja ripens, it is to be
burned Just so far rs it is necessary to
prevent It's being made o source of reve-
nue. for the Spanish Government This
is blow dreadful to contemplate. for
though 1t brings ruin to Spanish Golfers
1t brings individual ruin also. Let this
war continue, and Spain will not obtain
90 PoA @SouS: @ Vi Her usual revenue from
CUBA. Millions and millions of dollars
worth OF green sugar cane covers vast
regions OF cane-producing lands, but un-
less the war soon ends, it will all 90 to
waste. except such parts of it as Cuban
authority can hold.
The Camarillas, secret society of the
tried and true loyal Spaniards out of the
army, has been very active of late. A
few months ago. they had single club
room, at No. ID Gala de Mercederes
Ihey met seldom. Now there are fifteen
societles. They meet every night, and
deliberate up to morning hours. Some
say they are plotting for the expulsion
OF the Spanish authority, and to sustain
the volunteers. Others say that they
mean to organize move in favor of Ces-
pedes' government, whenever signs point
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