The New York herald., 1869-05-12
CUBA.
" sne<al MarmOl's Reply 10 the Recent Procia-
nation Of Count Vaimasedn-War 10 the
Knife and to the Hit.

" sne<al MarmOl's Reply Ia the Recent Procia-
nation Of Count vain,aseda-Wnr TO the
Knife and TO the Hit.
private letter from Santiago de Cuba OF the Goth
OF April states that q column Of 1000 troops had
left that city few days previously TO operate
against the insurgents in the vicinity OF Jiguani,
and that on the first days march they encountered
them at "Suena del Aqua" where the troops re-
ceived o severe check. II also states that the In
surgents occupied Santa Susana and San Luis and
that the Spanish hospitals in Palma soriano were
filled with sick and wounded. The writer adds that
the American nag had been raised and saluted in
Camp FL Ramon, the headquarters OF General Mar
mol, who had issued the following proclamation in
reply to the recent one Of Count vamaseda, COM
mander of the spanish forces in the Eastern Depart
ment--
To THE PEOPLE OF CUBA
FELLOW CIrIzENs-The Spanish General valma-
seda issued a proclamation on the 4th instant to
the Inhabitants OF the country the object OF when
Is to authorize arson, murder and disregard OF pro-
perty, and to sanction all the horrors which vile
mercenaries, without conscience religion are
capable Of committing.
is an evident proof OF the most barefaced cynism
The prologue Is the song OF praise OF conduct when
has not been observed The proclamation is the
Official sanction OF practices that have been enforced
for three months.
The senor Count prides himself on having par
doned US; OF having offered protection TO our
mothers and to the women we had abandoned; and
this same most excellent Count, wishing TO make
chronological event in his personal history threatens
us with new era, to begin on the 14th inst when,
TO quote his own words, 1.-THE man of yesterday VIII
be no more.o
Cubans-On the 18th of January the Spanish
general occupied the place whereOn Bayamo once
had stood-now covered with rubbish and ashes:
Almost three months have passed since that iatal
day. and this period Is stained with the blood OF hun
dreds OF victims and the burning OF their quiet
homesteads.
While the ''lustrious' Count, hiding his obesity
In the tower OF Iarragoltla, Keeps up tne appear
ances OF an lndulgent tyrant. his soldiers and the
Spanish volunteers--hateiul tools OF numbering
Jupiter OF modern times-murder women, children
and old men nurn houses, ROB- v,oate the we fto oe
and invent, IN their fury horrors that the most bar
barous ferocity would shudder at
The blood OF their victims is still warm; the mutt
lated body of Miguel Manes; that Of Palalo, mur.
dered before his mother, wife and 'sister; that OF
Ramon Martinez and his son Lucas, the one aged
and crippled and the other mere STRIPPING; that
OF Adofo Rodriguez and Florenclo Vilanova botn
quiet young men, with no other crime than that OF
having preserved pure in their hearts the sacred fire
OF liberty; that OF Bernardo Camacho, torn from the
arms OF his wife after scarcely month OF marriage:
that loved their country those OF the brothers
Nuviola, Luis Mestre, Francisco Puente Agulrre,
a Frenchman eighty years of age, murdered
In his own house, where he lay covered with leprosy
those OF Luis Reyes and great many others whose nose
disngured remains were abandoned on the high
roads to the mercy OF birds Of prey-hese, all these,
are the bloody proofs of the kind indulgence Of the
never too highly to be praised humanity OF the gen.
tlemanly and phianthropic Count of Valmaseda.
And while he authorizes the execution OF these
impious slaughters do you know the protection he
offers 10 the women taken by force TO the ruins OF
Bayamo and JluganiP My blood rises with indlg-
nation when l remember that they serve
as pastimes to his licentious troops. officers
and soldiers without respecting a mothers,
wifes or a sisters grief force their way into their
houses scof at their afction and take pleasure IN
repeating to them that the objects Of their love are
dead win die at their hands. and using vio-
lence, protane the sanctuary OF grief converting 1t
into an impure spot by menacing with sword or
bayonet the unfortunate woman who resists their
lasclvious proposals.
Ciizens-The General valmaseda who for three
months has authorized these butcheries and atroci
ties has the boldness, the unheard OF impudence TO
present himself before you as the indugent and low
Ing father OF so many straying children.
Brotners-Your country needs all your efforts;
come ALL to die II necessary, fighting and unring to
save Cuba from the hateful tyranny OF Spain. There
can be no waverng between dying like sheep at the
hands OF the Spanish eXecuuoner or dying on the
battle field defending our holy independence.
Brothers, everlasting curse be upon Span; let
vengeance make us tigers, let hatred swell our
and let die before surrendering; let us ny
together to the fray, for we Will be strong united
and victory will crown sacrifices.
Patra y Libertad. DONATE DEL MARM0L.
HEADQUARTERS AT Ell RAMON, April o. 1859.