, 1870-05-10

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Lat evening reporter Of the World called
IN General jordan, At his freaidenco ia West
Fcrty-thisl street, to obtain from him such
PARTICULARS as he might be wiling to give con-
.erning the present position, past successes or
ban CAUSE General jordan. who loolzs well
md not It all wea1ied or brokcn down by tho
severe duties Of hin winter campaign, received
The reporter with much courtesy Of manner,
and entered ut length intn VARIOUS details
called for BY the questions put to him- The
dialogue Was substantially; md almost Liter
ally, as follows:
Reporter. Genaral, have you found that
republics are ungEateful2 Understand that
you have been received With much colaness by
the Cuban Junta Of this city. Is that SO?
General Jordan. Not Ut AL On the con- |
ttaIy, their chief meu met mo at the chains on |
the pier, and hare been with no ever Biuco- !
Those gentlemen whom you Just aav here arc |
aIinister--vho, unfortunately, j. It present
sick in bed-and othesa, sano OF tho best and
t4ueat friends OF the Cuban cause-
Reporter When did Jou leavo Cubs, and
howf
General Jordan. Wo were on the eoast from
March q to April s, when wo left our anchor
sRe. VIC then went to Naasau aud thence
came on hers. OF cnurae do not mean to
Reporter. Prior to your departure from the
island how had you been engaged1
Geue1al jordan. Immediately previous to
it in what We call the winter campaign You
know. ot eourse, landed in tho Bay Of Nipa
with the PERT expedition. I WAS not then IN
save a. passenger 70 Cuba on board tho
steamer. That Was on May II, 1863. IN An
gust was in Ca1nnguay, and on December Is
took the chief command. Whils in that po-
sition We met the Bpauiards severl times and
whipped them.
would, doubtless, be Of interest.
General JottlAn. may state that Camaguay,
or Principa, As the SpAniArds call it, IL the
chief seat Of tho rebellion. It is the Virginia
Of Cuba. There il tho government, there is
the ay lfofss If sT are onr
The people are hgh-spirited, courageous, war-
like. They aso the best families Of Cuba.
There was never much slavery there, and
there is none now. AL the alayes have been
manumitted, and have been made soldiers Of.
Here had command. The Spanish soldiers
were led on By Pueblo, leadcr OF some ropu-
tation. On December Is I was taking ny Christ
,.:; dinner with an American family OF tho
ncighborhood, when word WAS brought me-
that Pueblo vas coming. had been expeet-
ing him, and WAS prepared to meet him. He
lad como down tho Royal road with eome
fantry, 40 cavalry, aud q riaed mountain how
itzer, carried On mule and worked By some
eight men. Nc prepared to meet them 1T Las
1linas. had but ten rounds Of ammunition.
When they weto approaching We knew all their
movements. for they drilled By bugle note,
mics. The battery was maskod. They camo
within thirty yards Of us. Tho f1s-t thing they
beard was Tueqc-"fEe." We swept away
thcir advanced guard. They then formed in
column and charged in as pretty uannor as
lever heard Of We drovd them back. They
charged again, and the man III chnsge Of our
artillery having Withdrawn, lett our flank
open. Wo poured in on them, and our SOL
diery with the fnacheta did tremendous e1ecu-
tion. Finally We retired and left tho cuDny
in possession Of the eArthwork. Hal ne an
other round OF ammunition not soldier would
not dare to pursue us, but remained where he
wAa and buried his numerous dead, burning
sorno Of them He retreated back End forti-
fed himself in strong position.
Reporter Did you attack him?
General Jordan. It would hare been r.a-
ness He had four pieces Of artillery; I had
but one. He renained at Raoyhando, and his
men became completely demoralized, although
shey belonged to the finest troops Of Spain.
Among others, bastalicns Of taReyna L
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men. He left zoo dead on the field Ihsd 3
brush with Goyaneche also. After taking
GajassA, where It WAS stated We had our stores
and factories, hut where he only found some
reams OF note paper and 800 psir Of shoes, he
attempted to Join his forces with those Of
Pueblo. I took up position between them At
3 central point, whence I could advance to
meet either. endeayozed to concentrate tho
forces Of tho republic, hut had somo difficulty
in doing this. went to meet Goyaneche, and
/ t-$l kArrA $-N 1xSx yAar. l.,
cinity dug ditch acrosa tho toad-a rine-pit
with dead log above it. When his officers
came to .econnoitro they thought that We hsd
abandoned the place, and that wo had been
frightened by hia approach We had here :
auaa}l fight. l YVES not as successful ns
hoped to be, bnt only lost three men.
4ReporteT. How many fmen. General, were
there then in that district opposed To your
General Jordan. Nearly 5000, but they were
unahlc to combine, and they were almost incf'
leagues Of both Pueblo and Goyaneche witt
only An escort OF ei1 men, and I Was Aa il the1
were not there 1t all.
Reporter. We read, General. good deal II
the D1drio ot the presentations Of that re
gion. What truth WAS there In these r1nors
General Jordan. Tho only use Of these sol
hers in that region vas to capture Catalans
women, and children, and to induce few O.
the men to surrender themselves. Thcs.
were those who "pTcsented" themselves Rnt
| nakeu ZOE 2un8stg. CAD h5aule you VIC Wel
well nd Of them.
Reporter- What VAS your success, General
in this winter campaigns
General Jordan. Up to the time I left, th
enemy had in that quarter from 5000 T.
5000 men. In o1z various actions ha'
honor aa soldsez 70 this. CIhis was said yer
. emphatcalIy By General tor.lan.} On th
, / other hand, the SpAniards, according to thei
Own accounts, had 800 men and 10 officer
killed and wounded.
, Reporter. That being 60, why did you leav
cuba7 Did you fly, a. il alleged7
not put 70 eh s9RassS fhsn s%iios NJ Sa ss CO..
i tinucd.) ! see BY some papers that I Al
charged with flying because my salary was nc
!, raid. I need not say that that Was. not til
REASON Of my coming.
Reporter. Well, what was it2
q General Jordan. To represent to the Junt
i the necessity Of getting a1ms, and to poi1
+ out way to them Of having them landed 81
:. curely.
Reporter. How are you supplied with Gun
/ and those Connecticut machetas you mention
i General jordan. We hsd but 1000 a4zna sui
!; cessfQIly landed, and all Efforts to land mo.
+ have been stopped think can present
3 plsn which will win the confidence Of ii
! Junta-
j Reporter. have you such plan7
!. General JoEaAu- OF course, and so has th
. Norn- I read an article in your paper
q Cuba, showing how the thing might be dom
hssa sas1 naopa, .s ss spys s1 hs to c''
a Reporter. That was "the man with tt
! white hat
4 General Jordan. Yes He is . fne fellov
- one in whom I have great confidence: he
= my cl1ief Of caysl1y. He 10 thorough disc
!, plinarian and good soldier
= Reporter. Do you not want men as well
= aTms?
. General Jordan. They would b Of servi'
= to us undoubtedly; but rather thsu embre
q q Of men, would prefer to remain content vi
= our native soldiery-Crban or negro Th'
!. are ane fellows ws-courageous and eaai!y d'sci
y lined; most edective maxksman. and 9eaEf
y with the deadly nancheza In their hands The
Z negroes have been manu1nitted in good fsit
. | and are now led By their former masters.
- Reporter. How do the islanders regard Il
~ Americans who have gone there?
= General Jordan. With favor. They hA'
y commander. They have frosted Ryan vel
~ no one could b more feted and caresse
= = There are not 1Any Americans on The islam
~ u but those that are have been we'll teated.
= eas or WlliamsE has published letter At '
~, 1i1nce with these vlews. He was never On
e etat7, - asserted, and may state that there
~ Substantially no truth in his statement
~ ~ Reporter. Suppoeing it to be granted u
" " either according to your plan or the Ho'
~ pfan, Of which you epeak, atms could DO Ian
~ cd, where a1e they to be got?
- General Jordan. The J1nta here have bo
- arms and money
he Reporter. Do you expect to accomplish 80
~ present mission eoon7
h. General jordan I do ..-.-.
ev Reporter And then you expect to return
y; Cub2:
n General jordan les.
~ Reporter. Viii there be any fighting u
~ SUMMER
Of Gen esa1 Jordan. It would be preuatuEe
tor Say. Ih1t season il ve1J heavy On EaroPeA1