New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-22
CUBA.
TESTIMONY BY GEN. PELAEz OF The ATROCITIES
COMMITTED BY THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND
THE VOLUNTEERS

TESTIMONY BY GEN. PELAEz OF The ATROCITIES
Committed BY THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND
THE VOLUNTEERS. .. .. ...
This officer has, since his arrival in the PENN
sua, published refutaton OF the Infamous charges
brought against hun by the Volunteers Of Cuba He
makes some unpleasant statements against his aecsers
as will be seen by the subloined paragraphs:
The Instructions which received from the Superior
Soer Every head officer Of the insurgents was to be
shot Every person who In the opinion Of the chiefs OF
columns contributing by his personal Influence TO.
ward extending the nsnrreotion was TO be submitted to
process OF and should the charge be proven was
to be shot, verbally ordered 70 cause TO be shot
every doctor lawyer notary. and schoolnaster, who
might be found among the Insurgents The reason given
that this class OF men were the authors OF the rebel
Gen Lopez de Letona and arrived at cienfqegos
in February and about the LIST OF March went 10 villa
Clara. Don Juan Modet was ordered TO place called
Lechuzo to overlook the navigation Of the River Damui
and persecute Bullion aud the factions or Iaguamawas
and Cienaga dc Zapata
1.-TWO young men, OF the ages OF 10 and l6 years pre-
sented Themselves before me for pardon granted IL,
but tho volunteers were greatly disturbed They ered
aloud, Let the insurgents de- The excitement grow
Tie Volunteers demanded that ali the Insurgents shoId
%h eHo with the greatest diacuty Cen Ietoaa and
succeeded in saving his life.
Modet sent an nsnrgent chief, Juan B. capote, to
Cienfuegos For this he was relieved OF his command.
An msensae multitude presented themselves before the
door OF the Governor and cried out for his murder.
The next day CourtM Martial was held and Capote was
az volunteer officer presented mo seven insurgents
who had accepted the pardon offered. For the moment
could not give them passports. ordered them home,
but the were brought before me at three other times
the nth Of May learned that the insurgents we're
in large force at Csmarones but coud not find them
on the lith returned from my search to centaegcs In
PARDON they besessa by
the volunteers, and took 10 flight Being captured they
%ss @ accused ss or for MONEY!
the Cubans moved with maryelons exaeutnde. espe,
they were only 10 small bodies they enabled to pass
rapidly through tho different Jurisdictions and gave us
nocturnal surprises In 81 days ieexpedtons were sent
Tine compander OF Las Lojasrcaptureda peasant who
msrdeed him In the evening " the day another
poor fellow was captured he was handed over to 9e
former charge. denauded Information on the subject
Of a ne mes ss al T, 10 T rcSs s o da
commission OF volunteers demanded Of Modet that ho
SS0a esSo9s y S1SeT o 70 s ss1 fc y ssa
me saying that must grant no inore pardops; nay,
more that no ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS should order any
thing 10 be done without their consent paid aten
ton TO this aud issued passport erward 10 Herman
returned to Cenfaegos on the 10Th Of May suppcsng
that had been relieved OF command, The volunteers
whether should be permitted to embark or not dor
Iiaynna) But went 10 the wharf aud on board soon
i"uud my place OF lodging" t.
THE PROGRESS OF INCENDIARIsM-rH SIrUA-
TON AS SEEN FROM 0IENFuEGos.
A Spanish merchant of Cicntnegos writes to
OF his correspondents In this city, under date OF Jan
During the week part of the fields beougi 20 the os
tates ConsIanela aud La6ernto, LeqaeluO La Rosa.
America and Jacinio were destroyed. On yesterday The
caue-nelds al the estate recourse FIRE for four
hours In irnh each day disasters Of this kind are IN
crcasng Al present no one thinks Of having lumber,
for during the iasurrecuon It Is possibe to have cut
aud tran sported, for which reasons cannot MI your
order Nearly all tho sugar which arrives from the oun
try OF the ordinary refining class really the most OF
II L. very inferior Up to this moment saee have been
spoken Of"
Anoher gentleman, writing from tho Same place undor
same date, says; +" Rarely does day pass that some
estate u not destroyed Recently portions ~ tho follow
ing estates were burned santa Elcua or Lomba, La
Estrea % Medina, ban Francisco at Ssntoe Santa Rosa
OF RNalta. Jarioo, Ina Nuetas III sagui rva Ygern,
vcIu santa fabe together with tho estate 0f Mabran
and may uthers. Tho names OF which do not now IL.
member, beside a gleat nunber uf cattle farms and
country seats as 10 tho pending conflict all say ia
that Is more or lees active. the past aud th dot
outstanding tho many reports published III the Journals
To tho entot that many insurgents have como forward
ana have ohouucod their caUsc, ayo not thu rst
QUO"