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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02

A LAUaHABLE During a
hard winter, reverend clergyman in Yer
mont, being apprehensive that the accumula-
ted weight of the snow upon the roof of the
barn might do some damage, resolved to pre-
vent it by seasouably shoveling it off. He
therefore assembled it, having first, for fear
the snow might all slide off at once, and him
self with it, fastened to his waist one end Of
a rope, and, giving the other to his wife, he
went to work but fearing still for his safety,
he said:
"My dear, tie the rope round your waist"
No sooner had she done this when off went
the snow, poor minister and all, and up went
his wife. Thus, on one side of the barn the
astonished and COMPOUNDED clergyman hung,
while on the other side hung his wife, high
and dry, in majesty sublime, dangling at the
other end of the rope. At that moment,
however, gentleman luckily passed by, and
delivered them from their perilous situation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
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. V ID 81
PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER.
WE have the most extensive and complete
w sortnent of STOVES ever in this market, to
which we call the attention Of the public. Our
stock embraces:
Extensions Top Goohing iStove-wiH Cast
Iron Boiler and Tin Heater attached
Improved Egg IStove- Open or Air Tight;
Gas Burner IStoves-for Heating one or
t,1o Rooms;
Oriental IStoUe-dH sizes;
Morning GIory-GH sizes;
And great variety of other Stoves for Wood
Coal. Those desiring Stoves will please leave
ders early. MILLER & SMITH.
CharIestown, September 8, 1868
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
JAMES M. JOHNSTON,

HAVING added some Of the finest New Ma
j chinery to the ShannOndaIe Factory, now in
use in the Valleyof Virginia, is prepared and will
continue to manufacture
OLLEN GOODS,
LINSEYS, PULLED AND PLAID,
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND TWERDs,
ana with his improved and superior facilities, is
satisfied that he will be able offer the public
an article of GOODS, that cannot be surpassed, il
equalIed, by any other establishment.
Or Baltimore Prices paid for W DOL in Cash.
He solicits orders.
JAS. NJ. JOHNSTON.
March 10, ls5s-tE
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
AND MACHISERY

We employ none but the best Mechanics and use
the best Material. The community can rely upon
quick, and substa ntal work, and at prices to
suit the times. Weare determined to do work as
low can be done in the County for CASH, which
will be required for all transient custom.
We will make to order Tn eshing Machines and
Horse Potrers of the latest patterns; PLOUGHS of
different kinds always on hand, amongst which
will be found the celcbrat ID three horse Livin gEon
two horse do; the old fashioned thTce-horsc Bar
shear AfcCormick do, for two and three Lorscs !;
also, the three horse Page Plough; also inn
proved Kentucky single and double g ovel Plough
Plough Irons-such as Shares, Coulters, Shoyels,
(singlc and double) Mould boards CT all kinds,
Open Ringe. Open Links, &c; Special attention
paid to Mill work in Steel and Iron. Turning and
Boring in Iron aud Steel. We now have in opera
ton
FoUNDR
and able TO furnish Castings of good
quality o low can be bought elsewhere.
All work entrusted to US Will be done with die
patch. and guaranteed to give satisfaction. The
highest price paid in Cash for Old Iron of all kinds.
Give US a cali at the Jefferson Mar hnR Shop Stone
Row. WERLICH & WELLER.
Charlestown Jan, %, 1858.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
New Goods.
GREAT DECLINE IN PRICES

n HOWELL IL now opening large and well
-. selected stock Of goods. Consisting Of DRY
QueenswaIe, Woodeuwsre, Notions, Cashmere,
&c, TO which he invites the attention Of all wishing
barg aims.
He would ask the special attention of the gentle
men to his stock OF CLOTHS and CASSIMERES,
T en-, man ever 9e!ore-coLn an
and Tricot Cloths for Overcoats and ClOsks, Black
French Cloth, Doeskin Cassimcres, All Wool Rer-
sevs. Drab and Gray Linseys, Sattinetts, &c.
These goods have been bought with great care
and at prices much below thoFe Of last Fall. All be
asks il a trial.
October 10, 1868.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
HARNESS, SADDLES AND BRIDES

HARNESS, SADDLES AND BRIDES,
MANUFACTURED OR REPAIRED.
At Charleston, Jefferson County, Virginia.
TTNHEundersigne ed respectfully announc- GA
l. to the citizens OF ChRrestOwn an, I'm
vicinity, that he is constantly making and Z
repairing Carriage, Gig Buggy, Goa CHI nd W gcn
HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDES, HALTERS,
&c, in the most durable manner, and the most
modern style of work ship, and at short notice
and upon Giving" terms. My work commends
itself All ask i share of the public patrona &C.
GI-Call upon me at my establishment opposite
the Garter House"
HENRY D. MIDDLEKAUFF
November 7. Is66-Iy
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-02
TO TRAVELLERS.
WINCHESTER AND POTOMAC R. R
TIM e TIA BIZ E.
TaAINs GOINe wEsr.

TRAINS Come WEST.
Leave Harper's Ferry at a 10 A NJ and rs PM.
Leave Shenandoah at II NJ and % p NJ.
Leave Keyes' Switch at 81 A NJ and 81 PM
Leave Halltown at SO A NJ and % NJ.
Leave Charlestown att 81 NJ and 81 P NJ.
Leave Cameron's at s IL A NJ and 9 05 NJ.
Icaye Summit Point at S 80 A NJ and I6 PM.
Leave wadesviIle at 50 A and SOP NJ.
Leave Opeqcon Bridge at Sc NJ and IS NJ,
Leave Stephenson's at 9 II A NJ and . a PM.
Arrive at Winchester at IS NJ and So p NJ.
TRAISs GONG EAST.
Leave Winchester ut 10 30 NJ aud 20 n.
Leave Stephenson,s at 10 &c A NJ and 3 80 PM.
Leave Opequon Bridge at 10 81 A NJ and 81 ~.
Leave Wadesville at IL 90 A ii and OIL p NJ.
Leave Summit Point IL Il NJ and % NJ.
Leave Cameron at IL 25 A III and II p M
Leave Charlestown at IL SO A n and SO p NJ.
Leave Halltown at II "a NJ and IL NJ.
Leave Reyes Switch at IL So A NJ and 5 26 PM.
Leave Shenandoah at - oil NJ and 5 10 p NJ.
Arrive at HarPer's Ferry u Os A NJ and IS P NJ.
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sTuDENT5
THE CELEBRATED

Can enter at any time, as there arc no VACATIONS
Special individual instruction to all Students
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22
The Influx of the English Actresses,

1t frst the yellow haired beauties OF
English burletq que were novel and attrac-
tive; but if many more troupes come to
this country, the public will be surfeited
beyond endurance Ship-losds of them
have been dumped upon these shsres I;
and, 50 strongly hss tie sontsgion of
theig example prevailed, that many Of
our own performers have lost their wits
and rushed to the dye-pot and the walk
around. That sprightly Journal, the
Reskly Rsufese, in discussing these facts,
says:
"The result for the local stage has
been q sea of imbecile nonsense that has
very nearly drowned out all dramatic art,
aud even all pretense of it. Eight thea
ters in New York are q this moment
presenting burlesaue, ballet and panto.
minnie entertainments. Nor is this the
worst Of it. New consignmeuts Of these
yelloW.tressel Eogliah burlesduers are
even nov ct hand. -Four weeks from
this time there will be only two theaters
in New York that will offer dramatic
works. The rest will be show shops,
having as little to do with dramatic art
ss so many corner groceries. Ii is very
true that free and easy performances are
best adapted for the summer season bat
that pos,plaie is iscladed In still broader
one nov prevalent, which asserts the fit-
ress Of such performances for the whole
year round. Upon the fnal result OF this
doctrine ana practice those who are
chiefly interested in the matter usy be
left 10 dwell Froth is froth, aud sooner
or later It must evsporate and dap
pear"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22
ROch Beer.

The votaries Of Gambrinus, all the way
from Munich to Milwaukee, says recent
Northern paper, have been holding their
annual revel during the last few days
upon that most delicious of Teutonic
tipples-bock beer; and yet il is doubtful
if one in ten of those who have smacked
their lips approvingly over it, or one in q
hundred of the many who noticed the
pictorial and pugnacious goats lately
rampant in saloon windows and the coll
umns of German newspapers, has any
just notion of the difference between ple-
5eian and everyday lager and the aristo-
cratic and May-dsy beverage lately in
season. According to the Handbuch of
the learned and enthusiastic Gumbinnen,
published twenty-five years ago, it is ex-
actly half century since some magnan-
imous brewer of Munich conceived the
idea of doubling the laalt, lessening the
hops, and keeping the liquor thus OBJ
tanned five or six months in store, thereby
producing a beer as far superior to
lager as champagne il to cider, of
Sparkling Catswba" to the domestic
juice of the grape. Caliban himself was
not more enrsptured with the brave
liquor" in Stephano's bottle, than were
the worthy burghers of the Bavarian cap
ital with this new beer; aud during the
first week in which it was exposed for
sale in the speedily famous Bookseller,
no less than twenty-five hundred gallons
were consumed. For years its use was
almost exclusively confined to that city,
and it found such public favor that from
May to July in each year it is still en-
joyed in large quantities by all classes
even by ladies--and no well-ordered table
could possibly be without it. Various
fanoiful explanations have been given as
to the origin Of the name, but Gumbinnep
is doubtless correct in saying that it owes
its specific title to its alcoholic strength,
which made the first drinker stagger
about so much like man who Is getting
the worst of it in collsion with goat
bock-that the lively fancy of the lockers
on transferred that name to the beer itself,
where it has ever since been retained.
Lacambre, 10 his treatise on the "FFabri.
cation des Bieres, states that the season
Of book beer is proceeded by that Of Sal
vator beer, which begins on Easter
Sunday and lasts three wsekp. Common
b,varian lager contains about four per
cent of alcohol, Salvador beer about
five and half per cent, and book beer
six per cent. This prince of drinks"
is distinguished by particularly sweet
and pleasant taste, resembling that of
English ale, and by q strong aroma of
malt ia appearance it is clear and
sparkling, but somewhat darker than
ordinary lager, and has golden, yellow
froth. Salvador beer closely resembles
it, bq: is paler in color 1t is only twelve
or fifteen years since book beer was first
made in this country, bul In some parts
of the United States the "bock season "
is already carnival among beer drinkers. |
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

Queen Victoria daughter Beatrice
has frank way of saying things. On
the death Of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, the vacant See was sought BY seve-
raj Bishops, among them by the Bishop
Of Oxford, who visited the Queen at
Windsor. On his way to the royal apart
ments be was met on the stairs by
Beatrice. Talking to the Bishop the
Princess said; Has your lordship come
to see about the Archbishopric of Canter-
sury7. You have no chance at all. Her
Msjesty won't have you at any price.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

A movement has been commenced in
Michigan fer the construction Of lines Of
telegraph oyer that Stste. There are
similar movements ia Indiana and
Missouri. II is proposed to transmit
messages BY the Peoples Line at postal
telegraph rates, that Is, twenty cents for
twenty words any distance under FIVE
hunssed miles,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

: An olive oil refinery has been estAb,
lished in San Francisco. The supply Of
crude oil is obtained from San Diego,
Los Angeles and other places in the
southern portion Of the State, where the
olive tree fsurishes luxuriantly and its
cultivation proves very remuuerative.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

A battle took place at q Methodist
chapel in Yorkshire, England, q few
Sundays since. The parties were the
trustees Of the baiidinE and the Sunday
school teachers, the latter having been
ordered out Of The house. Tie uespons
used were bibles and hymn books.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

An echo 10 Woodstock Park, Oxford
shire, England, repeats seventeen sylls-
bles By day aud twenty By night The
most remarkable echo known is one on
the north sids Of Shipley Church, ia
Sussex, which distinctly repeats twehty-
one syilables.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22
A male infant was recently found in a

A male infant was recently found in
wood in the vicinity of Paris by two men,
one OF whom made declaration to the
Mayor that be would adopt it. When all
the arrangements were made, what was
the mans astonishment at fading 20
600 francs, ia bank notes. attached TO its
chemise, with note that other presents
would follow nntil the child attained the
age oftwentY wv
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

A circus performer in Illinois broke
bis back while practising the other day,
aud the strange scene ensued Of clergy
man performing the last tfices Of religion
By the side OF dying man in tights and
spaBglss, stretched on the saw dust Of the
rips
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

There have been 200 patents issued at
the Patent Office, Washington, for velo-
cipedes during the last twelve months.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22
m piCAL,

4 Tho symptoms of liver
Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in the side.
CIuu0VW somehmes the pain is in
NlMMUND the Shoulder, and is mis-
taken for rheumatism.
The stomach is affected
ts with loss of appetite and
ka-z-zz-snzzz-az~a sickness, bowels in gene
erai .costive, ssmetimes alternating with lax.
The head is troubled with pain, and dull, heavy
ser nsatinn: cnnsiderable less ofmemory. accom-
4 panied with painful SEN
sation of having left un-
done something which
lived ought to have been done.
LiIEn s0ften complaining of
hweakness.' debility, and
low spirits. Semetimes
some of the above symp-
gn.z-zzzzz..z-szz<.-s toms attend the disease,
and at other times very few of them; but the
Liver is generally the organ most involved.
Cure the Liver with
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22

erai costiye, ssmetimes alternating W
The head is tioHbled with pain, and dull
Ran ga tim cnnaid arnhla Lass o e m am nrr
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-22
PUBLIC LEDGER

The PUBLIC LEDaER Is published every At
ternoon Except Sunday by e. WHITMORE
and ]. j. DUB0SE. under the firm name Of /
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

During the Egyptian campaign of
1898, the difference Of level between
the Mediterranean and the Red Seas
was calculated by tho French eDgi-
neers to be .85 of metre. The re-
suit obtained in making the survey
for the Suez Canal in 1866 was SO Of
metre. The accuracy of the ear
lier survey is very strikingly confirm
ed by the close coincidence of these
results. They differ by less than
25-of an inch. A metre is 80
inches English measure.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

It has been ascerlained by engi-
neering experiments that the great
Desert of Sahara is several feet below
the level of the Rid Sea at the point
nearest to it, and that he depression
a-ses towards The interior. Il is
- to cut canal seventy
- flood the Desert.
Immense 10
say that
but il
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24
PULASKI. TENN
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC.24. 80
For tie Cihzen,J
Scientific and Statistical.


The science of astronomy dates
from an antiquity far more remote
than any other scines. many impor-
tant discoveries having been made in
it at a period anterior to all writ
ten history. In the book of job,
which is usually admitted to be the
most ancient book in the world, we
find reference to Arcturus. Orion, the
Pleiades and the twelve signs. in the
beautiful passage,
Pleiades.?
Or loose the bands of Orion,r @S-
Can'st thou bring forth Mazzaroth in Lis
season
Or can'st thou guide Arcturus and his sons?"
showing that even at. this early Pc
Rod names had been given to some
of the consultations and stars. We
can easily understand why this
should be SO. Every one of US when
walking alone on clear night, when
the moon has set, and the whole con-
cavs of heaven is studded with innu-
merable stars, must have felt an anx-
ious desire to know something of the
history and motion of those bodies.
This desire was felt in the early gss
of the world, and ia the East, where
the science seems to have had its
origin, The settled weather, the clear
ness of the air, and the cloudless-
ness of the sky. would all render
these observations more easy. In
those early days, too, men lived far
more in the open air than in the pre-
sent day. Shepherds. for instance,
often watched with their focks dur
ing the whole night, and thus they
would have frequent and favorable
opportunities for watching and no.
ticing the movement of the stars
This occupation too would serve we'll
to beguT1e the otherwise tedious
hours of night and We find accord
ingiy that shepherds were the first
astronomers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

A new Asteroid was discovered on
the 9th October. by Dr.. Peters, of
Hamilton College, N. Y. It's the
1O9th number of the list and shines
as a star of the tenth magnitude.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

It is estimated that the volume of
water at Niagara Falls produces suf-
fcient power to do the manual labor
of 100000 men.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

1t is a noticeable fact that out of
thirty noblemen who died in England
in 1868. twenty passed the age of
seventy years, and two or three reach
ed the advanced age Of eighIy-nine
years. They were good livers.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24
\ eolumu@
] column

Advert lust be paid fiE4
yearly in Those inserted for threes
mont be accompanied with
the money advertisers are permit
ted to renew quarterly free of charge; flrther,
renewals charged one dollar per square
Advertisements from a distance musSoe
accompanied with the cash in every instance
The advertising of IA house or firm will be
strictly limited to its own immediate bust
ness
Calls on persons to becoga ndidates,
and Elitical circulars char as adver-
Il Is. and viii not be insel5 a without
Il sh in advance
itorial advertisements and personal
mUnicatiOns viii not be inserted unless
a for in advance at double the regular
sItes.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

Why can't the captain of a ship
keep memorandum of the weight Of
his anchor, instead of weighing it
every time he leaves port
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

The thief who stole a box of fans
probably we'd to raise the wind.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

A speaking, raachiue has
Gently invented in Germany. It
ia said to 2rticulate various words,
and even to answer questions. and
simple sentences with wonderful dis
tinctness. This is by no means the
first invention of the kind. Wolf
gang Won Bempeien, the inventor OF
the celebrated chess automston. con-
structed a similar machine about the
year 1900. The new machine, how
eve-, is said to be more perfect than
any previous invention.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

A Michigan squaw was asked if
her papoOse, which was quite white,
was not half-breed, Whereupon she
replied: ''NO, not drop of white
blood about it-half Indian and half
Missionary"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24

a short time since, two young la
dies were holding high converse over
the virtues Of new dress.
land does it fit well ?" asked one.
eft ? as if I'd bean melted and
poured in
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-24
Tradesman and

Professional man, in the county
, 1869-06-08
co MING WEATHER.
ded.)

10. Now in the case Of the elliptical
orbit or path, in which the Moon travels
round the earth, the earth is not in the CEN
ire c, but in one focus S. When the
moon is nearest the earth as at A, and
she is then said to be in her Perigee, "a
Greek compound, meaning about tie eartA,)
she is much nearer than when she is at
the opposite extremity of her orbit, as at
nj ; when she is at M, being furthest from
the earth, she is said to be in Apoqee.
which means far from tie EARTH" DR..
Dick says in his capital work Celestial
Scenery, 1.-THE eccentricity of the Moons
orbit, which is in The form Of an leAi;pse,
is 1890 miles, or about 1-37th part of
its longest diameter" In the ellipse I
have already described, the ecceutricity S
Q is half of S H, the distance Of the foci
from each other and in the moons orbit
round the earth, the distance S*H Of the
foci from each other (being double 1860
miles,l.. must be IS, 900 miles. II ii clear,
that the moons least distance A s differs
&fS#& NM& lH4E{N* NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
, 1869-06-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

11qHE following cases will be discussed
~ at the meeting extra ordinem of the
Colonial Council Thursday 10Th June:
l, The End discussion of the proposal for
an Extra-Grant to the Budget for 1869
10, Item E.: to lend an amount of the
Colonial Treasury's funds to some of
The planters this year.
2, The end discussion of the proposal for
an Extra-Grant to the budget for 1869
20, lem d. 7: for increasing the addi-
tional pay to the non-commissioned
officers and privates, consequent on the
prevalence of high prices.
3, Resolution regarding the furherance
of a letter from member Faber contain
Ing a suggestion to the Colonial Council
respecting the supply of rain-water in
the towns.
, 1869-06-08
TUESDAY, 9Th JUNE 1869.

The Gtpsey, Capt. Bernbaum, arrived
here on Sunday morning, having made her
voyage to New York and back here in
thirty two days. Through the kindness
of her obliging commander we are in pos
session ofNew York dates to the oath ulto.
The following is the latest news.
EUROPE.
The cable kilograms are dated May 90.
The famous English yacht Cambria was
beaten in a recent contest with a number
Of other yachts Of the Royal London Yacht
Club.
Minister Washburne was formally pre-
sented to the Emperor of the French yes
terday. General Dix babe adieu TO his
Majesty on the same day. The elections
were progressing favorably to the govern
ment. The French Derby, yesterday, in
H#ss-&MT&E f3&Ea11tR<N Ea& - ~
, 1869-06-08

which fourteen horses run, was won by
Consul.
Admiral Topete has been appointed Co
lonial Minister od interim. It is now ru-
mored in Madrid that Prince Augustus of
Portugal is about being brought forward
as a candidate for the Spanish crown.
CHINA.
The difficulty between England and the
Chinese government about the missionary
troubles has been settled. The mandarin
who countenanced the persecution of Chri.
stians has been removed from office.
CUBA.
A fllibustering expedition, numbering
800 men, is reported to have landed near
Gibara, on the northern coast of Cuba. On
their way into the interior they were at
tackled by the Spaniards, losing eighty men
in killed and wounded and two pieces of
artillery. The Spanish loss is stated at
%thirty-two. Severe fighting is reported
near Trinidad and Cienfuegos, with heavy
loss on both sides. Both Spaniards and
Cubans are committing the most appelling
atrocities, and small bands are raidinlg over
the country killing and robbing the inhabi-
tants.
The reported defeat of the Spanish forces
attempting to reopen the railroad to Puerto
Principe is fully confirmed. The loss of
the Spaniards is put down at 1000 men
killed and wounded, who were left in the
hands of the Cubans. The patriot forces
captured ten cars laden with provisions,
arms and ammunition. During the battle
400 negro troops in the Spanish service
shot their officers and went over to the
Cubans.