New-York tribune., 1870-05-07

machete, long knife, cut hs bowels open, took out
his entras and filled the cavity with the liquid sugar.
II they catch at work they spare HIM II he
Is idle ho may escape This policy is carried out to break
up agriculture want to ruin the country and force
the people into submission At present the spaniards are
not burning the villages and plantations, but they
cutting down everywhere the bananas which are the
main support of the people.
Under no circumstances, says Gen. Jordan, do tho
Spaniards spare prisoner and their policy has forced
the Cubans instances to rctaiate Gen. Jordan
has however opposed this retaliation from the outset
report that he shot occasion 800 prisoners he
pronounces utterly false He only shot three who had
sent his quarters from OF the districts In the
Cnco Villas On the march these tried to escape
Gen Jordan had place send them to- and the Canara
had passed law that under such circumstances
prisoners should be shot Before that was done, how
ever a council of held TO see what the law was
The prisoners sentenced and shot. Gen. jordan
indorsed the proceedings, because 1t was the law OF
the Camara said that he would do so no more When
Ouesada ordered him to shoot the first prisoner he
captured he refused. Gen. Jordan is, however, OF
opinion that the Cubans arc thoroughly JUSTIFIED
in killing their prisoners, because the Span
iards don't spare one. Ho regards IL as per
fectly legitimate retaliation. The Spaniards have
even shot insane men, and unarmed and even wounded
men whom they have surprised. They also poison food
and leave 1t in the way OF the Cubans and on several
occasions have flung dead into the wells which the
patriots obliged to Once they put five of their
killed into well, and Gen. Jordan and command for two
days drank the water without knowing 1t.
The patriots hold theirl own in the Cinco Villas and
Cenfugos districts where they have destroyed very
large portion of the canefelds With their limited re-
sources the Cubans have done incredible things
There has hardly been fight in which the Spaniards
were not five times than they, yetffrom
the Of the country they carry on the war With
out possibility Of the Spaniards cOnquering Them by
this course however the country will be laid waste the
women compelled to go almost naked, many will die
from sickness the island will be well, nigh depopulated,
and the people left thoroughly demoralzed.
The Cubans have money, but they don't want
money. What they need is arms, and the introduction of
military method in carrying on the war. In obtaining
supplies, Gen. Jordan does not propose to violate the
neutrality laws He believes arms can be sent to Cuba,
and powder too without any breach Of our international
obligations. At the time, he protests against al
lowing the Spanars free to markets for arms
and ammunition and fOrbiddng equal facilities to the
Cubans.
SKETCH OF GEN. JoRDAN's OPERATIONS.
Gen. Jordan left New York the 4th OF May 1869, on
the Perrt He did not leave in command OF an exped-
ton but to Cuba to organize the Patriot army lie
landed on the island the 18th Of May and was then
placed in command OF the Cubans who also sailed on he
| perrt IA well as those who to remove the arms
into the interior He remained until August in command
of the Department of the East, when he was called to
Camaguey to become chief of the Generals staf and
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army and remained duty until the middle OF Decem-
ber when Gen. Quesada turned over to him the entire
command and he placed in charge of operations by
the Government Of the Camara
Before however, he could concentrate the troops
which largely scattered Pueblo the Commanderin-
Chief of the Spanish forces in Camaguey took the field
with corps about infantry four pieces OF
artillery and 200 cavalry and moved out to disperse the
Government, the seat Of which was then at Paloque-
mado, Guaimaro, beautiful village which lluesada
burned under false policy. Pueblo is San Dominican,
brave fellow, who Joined the Spanards in their war
and distinguished himself greatly. He is an educated
man. having been brought up in France. The Spaniards
took him theircrvce where he has remained ever
since Pueblo not the author of the plan of the cam
paign-that drawn up by man named Fara, per-
son Of decided talent Had Pueblo only carried 1t out
well and moved with celery, would have been impos
sibe the Cubans to resist him. AS it was, he allowed
Jordan to study his movements and to be prepared
for him with a masked battery.
Gen able to get together in his front
force Of less than COO and piece Of artillery.
Here behind their ntrenchments the patriots awaited
their approach The Spanards charged twice. and were
twice beaten back. At the third charge all their ammu-
milton being gone the Cubans had to retreat Pueblo re-
manned the field long enough TO bury his dead, then
ntrenched lay weeks besieged by the patriots
Meanwhile Goyeneche came out with $500 men to his re-
lief, but previously made descent upon the region OF
Naas where supposed to be the workshops OF the
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simply the capture of 800 pairs OF shoes and ten reans OF
paper though it was announced in the Spanish papers
| that the column had destroyed the workshops. The
shops, fact, which of value, had been aDa-
doned and fire by the Cubans, and the movement
of the spanards did not interrupt the making of powder
| for a single day.
Afterward Goyeneche marched in the direction Of
Guaimaro to relieve Pueblo, who had not been heard Of
After going to the battlefield and finding traces OF Pu
defeat and that he had retreated to the seacoast
and gone back to Principe. Goyeneche retraced his
steps by the royal road to Principe. Gen. Jordan lay In
wait for him at place called Cueco. He advanced and
would have been surprised as Pueblo was but for the
premature discharge Of a single gun
The battle then commenced. In part OF the Cuban
lne about 100 yards occupied by some raw leves
| from Villa Clara, under an untrustworthy officer.
As soon as the battle opened, these raw levtes
deserted their positions leaving the line open
| and the gap was seized by twenty Spanish soldiers
without opposition This broke the ne and the patriots
| had to retreat innicting however, upon the enemya
loss at least hundred and with but three killed and
hundred wounded in their ranks In the battle OF
Las Mnas Spanards slan and the effect OF the
victory upon the Cubans such that they would have
made Gen ordan Emperor if he had desired such a po-
| sition.
| Goyeneche then retired TO Principe. Three weeks
later he the direction Of Gamaro and
and dispersed his troops the villages Of Sbanicu, Cas-
| cora and GaimarO all Of which In ruins, having
been burned at early part of the by the Cuban
| At the time another column under Pueblo moved
again from Baa and occupied the three large sugar
taes of FL Oriente San Barolo and San Miguel The OBJ
| ject OF these movements and posts was to collect
| the families about them and thus force
the to go in. Since February the Spanish forces
have occupied in this way thus losing the greater
part of the suitable for active operations They
have really succeeded in gathering persons OF any
genuine Importance and have only released the Cgbans
the burden Of supporting these families Most Of