The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-27
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The spaniards Brought 60 n StOnd-MOre Con-
HAVANA, Aug. 21.-General Lesca has gone TO
Spain, and, If the reports in circulation are to be
credited, there Is good number of other officers
who are exceedingly anxious to leave the island
This feeling Is largely shared by the soldiery
There is no money with which to pay the troops
and the disattection is becoming very great. The
GovernOr-General is now visiting Cardenas
Matanzas, and other towns in the in
terror and on the coast. His reason
Tor doing so at this time is said
to be an apprehension that the volunteers will
remove the governors of some of these towns,
as was lately the case at Matanzas. At present
eight large men-Of war are here They cannotgo
out cruising, because they are short of coal and
can get none 1t is estimated that the Govern
ment already owes the coal companies 80, ,000,
UOO and 1t has been determined on their part to
furnish no more coal, unless for money paid
down. This will occasion considerable embar-
rassment in the matter of naval operations.
A rising" is reported in the jurisdiction of
the Candearias, which is in the Vuelta Abajo
country, Western Department. The laborers
on three sugar estates revOlted, and were joined
by other country people. The insurgents are in
the Sierras awaiting an expedition expected to
arrive with guns and munitions of war This,
1t is supposed, will land on the northern coast.
Inc insurgents are making headway in the
jurisdiction of Colon and in the colony of San
Domingo. They have been, of late burning up
all the sugar estates in those regions, and the
country is full of rebels The Gdcetd of yester-
hrg NOhltlluS u ucCTCt Ol lnB neutrality-suspicious.
with respect to balances of money and accounts
current pertaining in any way to or growing out
Ql transactions connected with the Havana
Railroad. These accounts and ba-
lances are all declared null and of
no effect after the 30th inst. The object is to
confiscate the interests of certain rich Rebels
who have shares in the road Alfonso Morales,
Lemus, Aldama, and some others, have been sus-
pended as directors in said road +. Montalvo
y Romero, j. NJ Morales, Nicolas Gutierrez,
Anto. kessel and General Rafael Clavijo have
been named directors, and the last mentioned
Administrator-Gene
Spanish Account of Portals Defeat.
The PreHSd of the Goth has the following
Our readers will remember that in our last semi
weekly review reference was made to q report
| that a force of Spaniards had been defeated by
| the insurgents. In different journals this news
| has been published. Unfortunately the news is
| true, which is not extraordinary, inasmuch as
| we learn that there were only 80 Spaniards en-
| gagged, while the insurgents had 1900 men, well
| posted. The Colonel of the Spaniards Portal,
| was killed, and those of the troops who escaped
did so by flight, leaving everything behind them.
1t is disgrace to us, but such things will hap
pen in this class of wars.
| Reported Landings.
| The LdbOrdnie says that steamer has sue
cesstully landed six leagues east of Neuvitas, a
| cargo of 360 men, three parts of whom are Ha-
| vanese and the rest Americans, besides 5000
| stands of arms, ~ mountain pieces, 1000 00C
| cartridges and caps, several barrels of powder,
| a large amount of clothing, medicine, and 20C
| sacks OF salt. The LdbOrdHte further adds that
the Havana periodicals stated on Sunday that
] Quesada had marched toward the coast to cover
/ a decentralization, which statement is not true,
| us the landing was effected at the moment of
| the attack on Puerto Principe"