The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-29
CUBA.
progress of the War--A Lady's State~
menL of the Exact Condition of Affairs
-Independeuce Certain.

progress of the war--A Lady's State-
ment OF the Exact Condition of Affairs
-lndependeuceC Certain.
The New Haven Palladium publishes extracts
.from letter written by 81 Cuoan lady to a
Friend in that city. The letter bears date
Havana, March IL. We quOte:-
secuted with redoubled vigor You know That
INV sy IN pat HES are entirely with the revolu.
pendence, and believe that that prayer will
be granted. II 1s quite certain That the people
Of this "evei faithful isle" are determined in
the stand they have taken, and that they Will
never suspend hostillJies until the freedom
I of Cuba is won. l can assure you that
There never was braver army than that
which is under the command OF General Ces-
pedes-a man whose heart is in the right place.
land whose sword will never be sheaGned until
Ifbe war on the part of the revolutionists shall
have been crowned with success. He is one OF
he noblest of men-a patriot in every sense of
the word. The people almost 1dolize him,
= Icould tell mucn about The atrocities
(which the Government troops are constantly
perpetrating,a and now they seem to take tiend-
[ish delight In inflicting these barbariUes. 1t
was only day or two since that a'Cuban
named Martinez-a wealthy gentleman, owning
large plantation some fifteen miles in the ia.
kerior-wss attacked while riding along a road
hot far from his residence and brutally MUIR
Iiered by some government soldiers. 10 was
subse equently sscertained that Senior Martinez
had been marked, owing to the fact that he was
Known TO favor the revolution. He had not
blthough his money had helped to swell the
means for carrying on the revolution. Many,
many aSsdeslnhllOub OF Il similar nature are
Constantly being committed. + l receive The
american papers by every steamer, and am not
lat all astUnished to hnd thai they are but
poorly informed In regard 90 affairs on this
slsnd. This is owing % the fact that the Gov
Eminent exercises a most arbitrary censorship
bver The press Of this city, as also over the Jele-
2Rraph II the kilograms from Cuba, which 1
see inlhe New York papers, are all that are
Kent over the cable, mus assure you that
they are very Inaccurate in their statements, ,
nnd are so manipulated as TO create an
impression that the Government is conduct
ling the war on the most humane principles, and
kthat the revolution Is fast coming 10 an end.
kHee isct ls, that the patriotic people of his
slsno ore subjected TO a ceigu OF terror. Toe
Slightest suspicion against any persOn, high or
bow. Is sufficient TO induce the bloodthirsty
5pan19rds to either kill MIN or place MIN in
Tome dungeon, there 10 be treated vii n every in-
igniJy, and perhaps finally shot with hardly
moments warning. # u Before |
loseimy letter must say something To Won
about matter IN which know you must Ieel
The deepetl interest. mes n the recognition
pf Cuba by the Government OF the United
Rtates. The impression is general mere anon ~
pil patriotic classes that your new Presidenf =
General Grant IaVors glVing US a recOgnition
fsf least S belliRerenJ power or as an inde,
after. but would extend 10 the former a uoosi
Hateful welcome. l think that Cuba is entitled
~ recognition by the United states and
celieve that IL will not be many days before
|she will receive IL.
iThere is one thing that the American peonI,
Snay rest assured OF, and that is-Juoa is goinl
:. oaip her independence. The glorious Euc
80 NAV be some time distant, but 1 viii
antnre the prediction that before the close a
~ canning SHmmer the Spanish troops will b
asxen ~ from the island and the independents
~ cnba recorded in history PtVG CubGi