The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-04


by the sympathies OF majority OF the population,
are compelled TO take refuge in the forests We need
inter disregard Of truth which is the inevitable
characteristics OF Spanishes dispatches than the
OF one o. s soce o%a wbo in sas
published in Diario de Ia Marina OF Havana, on the
Path Of June, 1853, affirmed that oil the oncal re-
out Invariably triumphant and unhurt, are men,
dacious. -, A., .,,-
"a late ss the 7th of December last by which we
learn that the force OF the Cuban army was then
armed and equipped as we could desire, were well
organized, under the following leaders:I
nder-in-Chef-General Manuel Quesada.
STAFF.
Cnief-General Thomas Jordan.
Chief Of Artillery--Major Breauvilers.
Brgadier Major Of ordersIBerna6e Varona
Sanitary Department-Adolfo Varona.
FIRST DIvIsIoN-ARMY OF oAHAGUEY.
Observation-Disclosures Agramonte.
First Brgade-Colonel Miguel BOsse.
Second Brigade-General Francisco Castillo.
Third Brigade-Colonel Cornella Porro.
Fourth Brigade-Colonel Lope Recio
siXth sSth BrlkSade-CoIonel Manuel Manuel Asramonte.
First Battalion-Coonel Pedro Recio:
Second Battalion-Colonel Jose Luis Boca.
Third Battaon-Rafael Bobadia.
sECoND DIvIsIoN-ARhY OF oRIKNTE
Observation-Disclosures Aguilera
First Brigade-General Donate Marmol
Second Brigade-General Luis Morcano.
Third Brigade-Genera Julio Peralta-
THIRD pIvIsIoN-ARKY OF DAs VILLAS.
observation-disclosures Cavada.
First Brigade-GeneralC c. Acosta-
second Brigade-General salome Hernandez.
Third Brigade-General Adolfo Cavada-
xnch AZ il found in a camp it is composed, accord
ing to our Constitution, OF the following officers
elected by the House Of Representatives at Guimaro
on the nth Of April, 1867
President-Caros Manuel Cespedes
Secretary Of War-Francisco v. Aginiera-
Secretary of State-Crstobal Mendoza, now Ramon
Cespedes
nf tIa aInfnr -Ef
A Congress- or Chamber OF Representatives, as it
is called, composed of delegates from every portion
OF the island now held by the Cubans has been
sitting alternately at Guirnaro and Sibamcu, two
towns at very small distance from one another
ever since the 10th of April last with the exception
of short recess Besides enacting the Constitution
OF the republic, by which form OF government
similar to that Of the United states Is established
the liberty Of worship, OF the press, OF petition, OF
public meeting of ssshn sTs 0ssT nasn hssn
framed by that body, of which the following are a
few OF the pr1ncipal:-
s2,OOO,OOo iegal-tender paper money, the republic
promising redeem it for specie at par as soon as
this enactment the New York Junta had, at the
request Of President Cespedes, caused to be en-
grved in this city and sent out to Cuba the currency
July Q, 1ses.-Iaw organizing the different de-
partments OF the army ordainiDg that every citizen
between the ages loI eighteen anu nity should be
obliged TO bear arms.
AUGusr 8, ls69-Law regulating the administrs-
Court second, In criminal Judges. Third, In civil
Judges Fourth, In Projects and sub-Prefects.
Fifth, In Courts Martial
Each State OF the republic is divided into various
judicial districts, with civil Judge, criminal
Tdge and an attorney ioT & the %
rs is possible in the midst OF civil commotlon.
Among other facts which denote the impartality
with which these courts administer justice, we will
cite the OF a Cuban named Borjes, who was
tried by them and condemned to death for having
murdered Spaniard named Manuel Cobza, native
OF Santander.
AUGUST z, 1s69.-Law describing the powers OF the
administration and the functions OF the Secretaries
OF State together with those OF other civil oicers.
Every State has q civil Governor. The States are
divided into districts each one OF which Is governed
by Leutenant-Governor, and again sub-dlvided
into prefectships and sub-prefectshps All these
functionaries are elected by the people.
The gravest dinnculty with which the Cubans have
hitherto had to contend is the difficulty OF procur-
ing arms and ammunition. Almost the whole OF
what they possess have been captured from the
Spaniards, who often abandon their weapons In the
neld, the better to escape their enemies. While
Spain has enjoyed the most absolute liberty to obtain
arms and armed vessels In foreign ports, ships
sided Interpretation OF the neutrality laws, which
we are informed by some OF the most eminent law
yers OF tins country and OF England is contrary
the spirit in which the neutrality and enlistment
laws OF both nations were framed. Yet the Cuban
patriots have been enabled 10 receive from time to
tine several shipments OF arms
The address proceeds TO quote the statements OF
various papers published In Cuba showing the
consider the revolution an AFFAIR OF moment, and
concludes in the following words-
Spain has sent to Cuba within the last three
months IL, 900 men, and she continues TO send
more She has trebled her navy on the Atlantc she
has taken thirty gunboats from New York She has
collected together an immense mass OF war supplies.
All these are preparations for a winter campaign;
for during the summer her army and her resources
have almost disappeared. Have such formidable
armaments ever been made against contemplate
enemy or against conquered foe?
To the friends OF free government here and else
where, who have comprehended the projects and
rejOiced in the prond5 OF struggle we desire to
impart the hopefuness which Is In our own hearts,
BE assured, within the lines which shut our COM
patriots from the world stands devoted and deter
mined population, who know what freedom is
though they have never enjoyed 1t; who are willing
10 die, need be- TO achieve 1t, but who not will
ing longer to live without 1t.
We are called incendiares and accused OF wan
tonly destroying the wealth of the country. We
Tgill say that we are only putting in practice the
pdAlicy with which our oppressors have uniformly
threatened us Tor the last thirty years.
SCUBA, shall be Spanish or African, {"
said ,Unce distinguished statesman In
the Spanish Cortes. Dioneso Alcala
G3aano, long editor OF the Diario de Ia kdrGnG OF
Havana, and one OF the most influential men
OF the Spanish party there, in pamphlet entitled
sCuba IN 1855, - used these remarkable w0Isis -"If
the question OF independence had once been raised,
we (the Spanish party mad resolved 70 sally forth
with musKet In one hand, an incendiarf torch In
the other, and with the terrible word Emancipation
oA naa oienaed Divine Providence to enable us 10