The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-27
THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.

The War No Longer Fought 20 Restore the
Power of spain-Troacherous Butchery the
Opuient Planters.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA May 16-There was an
engagement near here recently, at Remangana-
qua, in which Brigadier Defense was utterly de-
feated-so disastrously as to make it necessary
to prevent the publication of any intelligence.
Although he conceals something of his defeat
he has been obliged to confess that ''he never
saw nor heard of such determined resistance on
the part of undisciplned men again vastly
superior forces well disciplined and supplied
with artillery"
In this action, for such tits called here, Fran
cisco Herrera, captain of artillery in the Spanish
service, was wounded six times and killed. OF
the artillerymen,
NOT A SINGLE SOLDIER SURVIVED,
and the heavy column of infantry sent in sup
port were barely able to save the guns protected
by Casper Herraras, which were brought back
to Cuba marked by more than two hundred
bullets At this place there are more than one
hundred men horS de combat The column was
compelled to retreat on Santiago de Cuba, its
commander Defense, being wounded. Donate
Marmol commanded the patriots.
The Governor told Mr.. Phillips the truth when
he said he could not protect him against the
volunteers He did not add whether he would
protect him If he could, and since the so-called
civil war raging in Cuba has been neither more
nor less than robbery and plunder, accompanied
by assassination when deemed advisable, and the
Governor of this city has large share In the
distribution of the proceeds, it is more than
questionable whether he would have interfered
in favor of one who
PLUCKILY WROTE THE TRUTH.
1 speak, of course, only of what | see going
on here. The war may be carried on by the
Spaniards in other parts of the island for the
legitimate purpose OF restoring the dominion of
Spain; but openly assert that in this jursdic-
ton of Santiago and, from what learn from
reliable sources, in the adjoining ones of Man
Zanillo, Holguin, and Guantanamo, any inten-
tion of fighting for Spain, either monarchical or
republican, never enters the brain of the Spa
niards. l speak of officers superior and interior,
and of the rank and file. l am convinced that
were there no coffee, sugar, chocolate, or
tobacco crops to seize--in fact
NO MONEY TO BE MADE,
not Spaniard could be induced to leave the
cities, or risk exposure to the heat, fevers, pri-
vations, and hardships which they incur in their
forays.
The last thing they want to meet is a body of
Cubans.
How can it be otherwise? They are ignorant
of the country, and when they move from one
point to another of the interior, find themselves
daily and hourly harassed by an unseen enemy.
But the spoils are great and the soldiers are
the poorest of the poor.
This is the ordinary routine of the small
foraging expeditions. They go out from here
say in body of 200 to $50 men. This place is
surrounded by once fourishing sugar, coffee,
chocolate and cattle estates. The body is sub
sequently divided into small squads. One of
these arrives, say, at coffee place. The owner
is at home. He Invites the captain or lieutenant,
as 1t may be, into the house and entertains him
Hospitality. The twenty or thirty men of his
command find out meanwhile how much coffee
the planter has on hand, and how much still
remains to be picked. The captain inquires
| whether he has been annoyed by those robbers
and murderers called the Cuban patriots and
on being told by the planter that they have
never been near him, the latter is at once
ORDERED OUT AND SHOT
on the spot No charge-no trial. The proof
is deemed conclusive that if the Cubans have
not plundered him the planter must be SYM
pathiZer. The owner thus disposed of, five or
six men are kept on the place to see that the
coffee is remitted to the robbers cave" IN this
city, and the highwaymen go on to the next
estate, where similar scene is enacted. OF
| clearer proof could be adduced of his being in
the patriot ranks. Thus if he is at home he is
shot because he has crop; if absent his crop is
| seized
In the above 1 speak only of the spols cap
tured for pro rata division among the men and
| inferior officers. Valmaseda's raids are on far
larger scale, and he allows no participation. He
has dealt only in cattle, and his speculations
| have been of O nature to make your Western
| graziers
GNAsH THEIR TEETH WITH ENVY.
Mogotc was not failure as has been erro-
neously stated. 1t is true the Spauiards were
driven out of it with loss, but the possession of
the place was not the object of the apparently
idiotic movement. 1t was decided success,
for Valmaseda bagged $50 head of cattle. In
the neighboring jurisdictions of Holguin, Guam
tanamo, and Manzanillo, his raids have been
equally successful. From the last named place
his booty has been brought here by sea. He has
still on hand considerable herds pasturing on
estates near this city; but he realizes as fast as
possible. and is said by people who should sbe
good judges to hove already netted over $500, 900
in the business.
SPECIAL NOTICES.