The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-29

the movement in this district has no doubt lost
much OF rs impulse from the early encounters
witn the troops and the necessary evacuation of
plguanear which had been selected as its central
point, 10 is plain from the Spanish reports OF |
operations and successes that it has not been
suppressed. Bands of insurgents also hold the
elu In the portion OF this district contiguous TO
the northern shore of the island and the recent
order of the Spanish commander for the with
drawal OF all the country stores to the garrisoned
towns indicates that peace is not restored
:, ID the district OF Santi Espritu, lying east of
Trinidad, from which it is separated by a very
billy section of country, operations are on q
limited scale on both sides Recent operations
are reported in the vicinity of Mayaiigua and
frequent excursions OF the troops are announced.
The district of Puerto Principe has presented
for some time the most formidable movements
against the Spaniards, but no reports of serious
operations have come recently from either side.
q General Lesca some time since succeeded in
conveying relief to General Mena who was and
still is besieged in the city of Puerto Principe,
and recent accounts state that an attempt to
obtain further supplies for the Spanish troops
from Santa Cruz resulted in their capture by the
insurgents. General Quesada is in command in
this district, and is variously reported to have
in his army from ten thousand to twenty thou
sand. Though we doubt the truth of many of
these numerical reports, we have reason to be-
lieve that his command embraces many more
men than he can arm and equip. This state of
things which is found also in the other revolu-
tionary districts, constitutes the chief embarass
meDt of the revolution. The weakness of the
Spaniards here is shown in the fact that they
have not been able to open permanent commu-
nication from the coast to Puerto Principe.
Bayamo was TOR some months the head
quarters of General Cespedes. the first who
pronounced and who is looked upon as the prin-
cipal leader of the revolution. 1t was subse-
quently occupied by General Vamaseda, who is
second in command in Cuba on the Spanish
side, and he still remains there. But the coun-
try all around him is reported to be infested
w frau n
Spanish successes there are found in the
Havana papers. His communication with San
tiago is kept up by strong conveys only. The
principal military operations in this district and
that of Holguin, lying north of Bayamo, have
been those for the occupation of Mayari, to
which place General Cespedes withdrew on
leaving Bayamo That the insurgent chief still
carries on the war vigorously there Is evident
from the fact that the Spanish Colonel Benegasi
fell back from Holguin to Auras, and reports
that at the latter place population of seventeen
thousand persons is gathered under his protec-
ton. The recent reports of Colonel Lopez
Camara, who drove the insurgents from Mayai,
indicate their presence through all the surround
ing country.
From this review of the nsurrection in Cuba
it will be seen that the Cubans are operating
with little or unanmity of action or plan. and
1t is, perhaps, their greatest weakness, apart
from the immediate want of arms and ammuni-
ton. Both Spanish and Cuban accounts agree
that every Cuban is q reVolutionist, and this
gives them the force of numbers But numbers
can be effectual only through unity of counsel
and action. This will be effected when the in
surgents shall have formed government which
all will recognize and obey in behalf of one
common cause. Thus far the world has not seen
| an organized government rise in Cuba, and this
fact deprives the cause of Cuban independence
of moral strength outside of the circle of its
friends and promoters. Cespedes is thus far
merely the incarnation of the Cuban idea and
hope, and should receive a more formal recogni-
ton of his authority from the other leaders and
the people. While he remains in the field Spa
nish accounts of the suppression of the revo-
| luton will be wanting in the chief requisite
belief