Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-05-21
s...,.h .,roc,,,e. and Cuban suaerings.

spau tsh Atrocities and Cuban Snaerings.
The New York Sun sayr, . civil EN-
nloyee of The Cuban Government writes
20 friend residing 10 this city IS FOL.
lows: 81,
10 notices Of the atrocities shieh the Spa
n;.rd, commit, bu, | 10 no. believe YOU
can imagine to what, length they cary
their b,rbari,iss. Cutting children oil Elk
or seven years Of age in halves. quarter
inc prisoners alive, striking old women
and violating young ones. are "s''eI' OF
e,ery dsy occurrence. Parties OF 'oiun'
,es,; 90 on, 10 Kill people for sport 'hey
leaving the corpse on the roadside sno
nothing 10 said sbou, it. Not long since
, p.ny of them Surprised. on hrs Plania'
,ion. near Moron. an old man. bis vile.
daughter, and liule grsndchild some i've
wears old, and cot their stomschs open
with their swords, pulled oui their mites
tines. and poured boiling water into the"
still living bodies.
I'VE, however, are unable 10 punish
Ines. beasts by dong the like to them
for our Government wishes US 10 act % .
civilized nation, and all We can DO - to
give no quarter 10 The enemy.
A friend of ours ia lhs division CON-
m.nded by Gen. Modesto D:sz writes:
ado no, inquire sfier any relation OF
friend; oil have been either ss's''ina'ed
,reacherousIy or killed in battle, and The
Spaniards have made desert OF Msnzan-
lilo and Raysmo. This las. jurisdiction
especially. has been utterly depoPula'ed.
because the troops Of that bloodhound
Vslmsseds, have rot spared the life OF a
single woman. old or young. The times
Of The conquest have been re-enseied. and
The Bay smeses have been wiped oil me
face OF the EARTH
A doctor in Csmaguey ~ri es:" Ihe
youhR men. the children. snJ the old men.
all fgh, here. as II We had nothing el'e
all our lives; but there is no help Tor 1t 40
long q. the Spsniards remsin IN Cuba
Our people ere resolved 10 triumph or
die, aud the indifference shown BY Amer
lea. instead OF arousing indignation. serves
only to strengthen our resolve. and we
will fight unaIded with gresier energy IN
The face Of The whole world.
"If you we're TO see me, Cuban Ia
DIV writes 10 q friend OF hers in this city,"
"you would be a.ionished n the dress |
wear; i, is worthy place 10 any museum:
no beggsr in the world would dare 10
wear il. But never mind {; rs long as ]
am no, a slave to the Spsniards. ! prefer
i, to all the fine dresses | had before The
war;"
Another writes: "My children have ab.
solu,ely nothing wherewilh 10 cover
hemssIves. and myself hardly know
how TO array myself with The bits Of coats
and pant. out Of which have managed to
make dress with which TO pIoieci my.
self from The wesihpr."
Another says: "W hen our men kill
Spsniard, we divide his clothes between
US, and so manage 10 GET along as best We
can, consoed 10 the midst Of our terrible
sufTerings with the though, that at any
rate We are not under the dominion OF the
tyrsn,,."
"As far as clothes are concerned. my
dear friend" soldier Of the liberstng
army writes. ave see some hire ocrs-
sionslly. and then only when We take
them from the Spaniards. Every rag Is
at once sen. to the camps OF the women.
for these poor creatures require for Them
selves and for their little children ,v'ry.
hing that fills into our hands"
'Itis pilisble," another writes, ITO see
our women. SO elegant and so veil cloth.
ed in former days, dressed now, as il 1t
were carnival time. with any rage they
may have been able to scrspe together;
and it fires The hear, 81 the pa'rio, to know
tina, they are happy even in their dreadful
misery. and that from the love Of Liberty
alone they gladly accept the situation
with all iis fearful trials. | had no idea
that woman w.s capable Of such immen'e
sacrifices. What We most wan, hero is
clothing. no, only for ourselves. the sol. /
diers. OF whom many clothe themselves.
Gud knows Row. but for The women and /
LILLE children, Who are suffering very |
much. We see a shirt perhaps between /
Christmas and 81. Johns day. BIT ou, OF |
rags. scraps Of leather, and the 6bres OF
iree.. We work wonders. All This is very !
ssd. bu, gr,nd when taken a. proof Of
what nation will do wheo battling for .
ito independence.
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