The New York herald., 1870-08-18

spaniards Quick to Dec othsrs Faults, bus
Blind to Their Own-Frtuxs offered the
Opportunity to Both sidss whioh Neither
Availea Themselves cf-War Nsws-
voluntsers Eadorsins Gen. Rodas.

HAVANA, August Is, 1870.
These people, now that the Franco. Prussian qucs.
tion has begOten war, are impatient to hear news
or some great battle Where the French may have
won, for 1t Is notorious the Spanish eaveh In the
lump OF humanity In Cuba favors France. We poor
sIevils-outsders soiourners In the land foreign.
ers-who care very little which siae wins naturally
ask why don't they arrange their own affairs at
nome IN an expeditions manner instead 0f allowing
matters to drag along In this snaNana tto.norrow)
way OF doing things Not particle OF doubt exists
that had the ipaniards displayed activity, common
sense ana practical zeal theS could have crushed
TINS rebellion longago, and ts equally certain That
mad the Cubans when they opened the ball er Yara
two years since been reasonably well prepared they
could nave dictated terms toos Iefsj's,1dres. But
they lacked everything essential success save the
occasiol.- material OF war, men IN The ned, pluck
and mother Wit. Niggors and Chinanen have, since
the beginning, been ready to move, had there been
sufficient numbers Of whites TO render them the
moral support they needed. Niggers because OF
the hope they might thereby gain Their Liberty
john Tor the loaves ana fishes. The whites Cuban
born, disposed to side with the insurgents. have
for the most part, avoided the field spending thar
time IN the towns along the Atlantic coast or the
united states, or In this captathoHe in this cry
keeping quiet Tor fear Of bodily hsrm or loss to their
peeuniafy interests. Besides the Cupans have
tongues longer than poor mans hope; tongues
that are pivoted and play at both ends, and they
often forget Spanish proverb, not the worst
among the many this beautiful language can boast
of--"He who talks, sows; he who avoids salklng
reaps."
On the other hand los renfi,su,oyes are no r,von
to bombastc notices OF encounters had IN Eastern
Cuba encounters unworthy tile name OF skir
mishes-scrimnlages that can by no possible means
aaeot The haa resllt--pusa wacsing Dgnts. in faut
Tsfl.l sttnh
damage done Is all on s,de--tbat among lore On
ers resident IN Cuba, even among those most DIS
posed rom political DaS interest 10 size win tho
Spaniards are forced 10 sraIn q poIut TO give ere
dence to all such Items published as oiIioai There
E,ay ue saa IN eNtenuatlon, ON both sides, tist
Spsnisn is flowery language, anu We matter OF
lact Northerners apt 70 tich the iul s,.r
nilcation TO the words tnat have, IN The minds Or
tnose 10 tue manner born, but o limited meaning In
proof of the foregoing. the great ma ory of Killed
among the lnsu gents are negroes or Chinauen
anu an Their plans reach The ears OF the authorities
mere before they are pat In way execut,on ana on
the other side fne spafiarls are making te1ce OF
luss IN the papers and nc special MEETINGS nhont
q speech Dag Quin,ero made In The spaniah
Oofsoz The Voittnteeisp perhaps II is needless to
assert it--are power In the lan: they saved Crl,a
10 OSpain and have done nothing, so TO speak save
9 lew battaitons In active service In the field one
nal o. thoss under arns could be spared from their
would suffice TO exterminate all the iItsurgents
Several teegrains have passed bet cen the Minister
OF Warln Madrid and General KOua, reariye 10
sending reinioruements iiodas rytued he needed
nOne,eXcept To cover losses from sickness ,yc In
one o tne esiegfalis General Rodas states the total
USE ~ tle Stahisn FORCES SINCE December 1882 To
9ae mas been 1900, and that the probabie loss
aarllg tne next three months might equa; Il not
from Bay aluo e. Cuba is again S.'pn "a one. 1,so
ratio., alter having beon cut ant DESTROYED
repealedly by the Insurgents during near
two years There has been II, moyen. .nts Of troons
IN Tue eastern department. beyond reconnplssances
Official reports trom the con.uaner or the aroons
nj hoguin report the presenting OF party OF
n M ffill
Two deiachments of sold mad encountered in
separate Localities Two bodies OF insurgents number
ing oversee strong EACH From other parts Gf the
inslrrecuonary district ter mails nor private ao-
Wees nave reached havana with news OF import.
ance.
Thursday night OF This week, in accordance with n
lhg9faHiiHe agreed on, companies rcprgs tntng tile
.tncfeht yoluiieer orsanizanons IN ths city, with
lVii hnids % nhtsi' iuarched down 10 the palace,
hnu tlNongha committee, iicscnted General sodas
win ypaluteer unborn, which lie wore dnrng the
.e,nNiniel OF he perLornanoe. There speeches,
ctcdS ana mas ttcdS, and grand time generally.
iHa tliviays~.lairs Eayorabie far blse s,s,pes--
selss.ess.
lRiAiDAp, August o, 1870.
TINS jurisdiction - qulet IN tie extreme. Heavy
r4ins favor the growing cane, what Is let of II.
Mud aud sickness, smallpox, cholera ana vomito
place an embargo upon military operations. Tne
steamer Rapilo arrived at the port OF Caslda yes
terday from Manznilio, and ptiful sight she pre-
serted, filed with sick ana wounded soldiers most
OF whom ina evidently taken passage to tlc other
side OF Jordap. Lengthy memorials from yolun.
te"rs here nave been sent To Havana protesting In
uilineaaircu terms against the DiaZ Qulefo speech
Ihe Havana newspapers are Hlied will these and
olneis o. similar Import lrOm different parts 0i CUBA.
Ii Tie volunteers III tilis island patriotic and
loyal to span why don't they turn their PATRIOTISM
and loyalty TO some practical account II from the
10000 volunteers undcr arms TO silstan spanisn
au,noilly III tupa, AMI ;hey probably exceed this
number, one-foArtl should employ themselves tn
exploring lbe hills back OF Trinidad ana other parts
oi eastern Cuba, we would soon hear nothing or the
instirreetlon Ta'
The volunteers did well in sustaining Spanish
poner on this island at a critical mone.t, aud they
are nVlnE on Tue reputation tnea gained. The
trouble Is one common Tie Latin races-thcy talk
TOO much, aud do very little else.