Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-11-19
CUBAN MATTERS.

Our Government has, probably, advices
from some authentic sources of considerable
interest regarding our relations with Spain
and Cuba Within few days several Of
! our efficient naval vessels, including the
Miantonomah and Swatara, have been or
dered to prepare for sea, and the Albany has
been ordered to load war material and sta
toned on duty in the West Indies.
There viii be shortly forthcoming from
Cespedes' agents, in this country, a general
petition invoking public sympathy with the
cause of the Cubans, and imploring the in
teryention of our Government in their be-
ha,f
The document referred to afirms the reso-
luton Of the reyolutionists to sustain their
chief in bis manifesto, declaring the de-
strucfion by FIRE of the cane fields of Cuba
to be necessity, and sets forth in figures
the loss to this country-to both govern
meut revenue and the pockets Of our mer-
chants They put the amount Of customs
duties We would lose upon sugar and tobac-
co at S25, 900, 600 annually, and the loss cf
trade to our merchants and manufactures in
provisions, machinery, ETC., at some SIS,
600 600 or $40, 600, 900 more
There may be deal of truth in the peti-
tion Of the Junta, and its facts may have
bad much weight with our Government.
The Junta at New York and IN Washing
ton have been necessarily laboring in be-
half Of th,ir cause, with what success we
shall probably learn in the early part of the
approaching session of Congress.
1t may be that the President and Secre-
tary Of the Navy expect such Congressional
action as may require strong naval force
in Cuban waters, and are thus deliberately
preparing for an exigency.
The cause of Cuba at home does not at
present look encouraging The last advices
irom the island tells as of a decisive victory
for the Spanish troops and a general retreat
Of the opposing forces, with loss in killed
OF one hundred and fifty, including several
prominent officers.
Since the overthrow of the rebellion In
Sarago>sa and Valeutia quiet has been re-
stored 10 Spain, though a number of Prim :
adversaries, who retreated to Lisbon, are
said to have armed themselves, and are or
ganizing for further opposition. The mer.
chaats Of Madrid have promised the Regen-
cy material support in quelling the Cuban
insurgents agreeing to furnish ten thousand
troops By December
Tue war cloud over Cuba is growing dark
er. When it is broken and dissolved, what
the condition of the Island viii be is ques-
ton which is exciting attention, particularly
in this country. Thus far, President Grant
has preserved a strict neutrality, He has
defeated almost every attempt to ilbuster.
aud has failed to encourage, by his official
action, the Cubans at home, and their rep
resentative Junta here.
The actions of our Government officers
during the cxcitements of the past year
have been in accordance with a sense of
national justice, and in obedience to inter
national law. We have confidence in Gener-
al Grants Cuban policy for the future, and,
no matter how soon the crisis may arrive,
We believe he viii recommend 10 action that
viii not prove creditable to himself and nee
essary to the public welfare. The Day.