New-York tribune., 1871-12-16
ATROCITIES IN CUBA.

TIES.
fTbe following account of the treatment OF
Cuban insurgents by the Spanish authorities In Cupa
frpishe by Mrs. Lila waring DE LuaceS whs ior to
years with her husband, Dr. Lnaces, In charge OF nos
,,,. within the insurecnt lines Although Mrs Luac's
has bcep in America since last Spring, this narrative w
hitherto been withheld publication out OF conS"ei
alton for the safety Of her husband who rems'".u ~
Cuba His estates have, however been destfoso'' "'
40 great is the auimosy against him that u ~ Nv"
arded as impossible TO aggravate his danger even Wy ~
publication Of such acts those given belo"'-h''
TO the Editor Of The Tribune. ,o,
SIR On the sth OF April, 1869. the FANNY VI "'"' %
A Acosta was In hut hidden In the woooS vi 'uo
banks of tho river Canto. in Cuba A. De was o","e
the place one day he fell into the hands OF Nd
,aers who bayoneted HIM and dragged him 70 the house
Al the sight Of him delugcd In booo' HIS nv n'
children and his sisters set up cry Oh h"rF'i '" WV
over the victim But the spaniards are not nen' anu
were perfectly unmoved. Manuel Acos'a was ho' 9c.
dead They found man named Grant son'in-'aw OF
Acosta and Grants brother Domingo. and placed the
all with the ladies in the middle OF the column wmcn
started ON the road to Bayamo is needless to speak
a, the treatment the prisoners on the way nor OF the
Hby cpbcts with which this brutal sodicry onendcd
thea. ladies' On arriving at CantO Embarcadero,
tho blood was ponrnG out Of Manuels wounds. and the
insults to which the ladies Of his family were suo-
Iectcd drove lin crazy 80 the savages TO avoid fu her
the river His wife, desperation. tried to fling herself
in after him. but was withheld The sanards then took
Grant aud Domingo behind the cemetery ana shot them
In Angus, Of thc same year Gen. Maximo Gomez sur
priscd thr Spanars in Bare In the jurisdiction OF Jg
ami lie Obliged them shut Themselves up In the FORT
rcss IIc rescued several families. and set fire to the
town. when Gomcz retired. the spaniards murdered
very family that had not been able to escape The FOL
lowing September the Spanish troops OF ManabOn Hol-
gu retired 10 Pu"rto del Padre burning their houses
ami ramparts. killing all the prisoners they had ana de-
caDifaiao scr,n ,rontn and fire children. In October
the Spanards attacked Ramon (SaDtiago de Cuba) ana
murdered all tie eck that In the hospital there.
These strung up to the beams Of the house ahu
burned alive In 1t. In November, 40 cavalry SOL
diers attacked the Cuban camp at Mgiai Uiolgnih)
which was undefeudrd and took 20 prisoners Among
the latter were CaIos Teez, lawyer and Antonio In
fante "a plarttr Those two had THAR eyes goueed On
and then the, Killed with the rest In December
spaniad named AranJo manager OF bank IN Irindad
proposed at meeting OF the Spanish Casino that every
cuban and every member women hnd children ihciu"eo
Of their FAM les should be bcheaded. The proposition
wns adopted with great applause
some time In January 1870 Gen. Puellas troops, when
the, began the march which ended in their rout 10y Jor
dan NJ La Nina took. near Descada In Camaguey, Fran
cisco Alonso R,mos prisoner He 20 years old
They tied his hands and feet together behind. making
circle Of his body and in this position they hanged him
10 tree Ivy his wrists and kept him there all night Next
,ay they killed him. off his wrists and left him un-
buried Iu the following April Narciso Tamayo from
Maestro wrote TO the Department as follows:
"A month after my three brothers had been killed. the
rpaniards assaulted the camp where my family lived
The fr,t news that reached that they had only
killed father and brothers. JUAN Pacho and Ga
v,no but Lately have learned that nobody escaped. My
mother and sisters also murdered by these saw
ages In the following month the spanards, from their
camp at Las rarras Canagucy). surprised little hut
woods They knew that patriot had been there
recently. and not being able to find him they vented their
rage on u who had just been delivered, and on
her babe only few hours old. Both were hacked to
pieces Salvador Cuevas OF Villa Clara under date Goth
OF January, 1870, wrote as follows:
Some troops TO rancho at Arroyo Blanco, where
,a % Srar II ss1 3 " Hrf e u Mth hi them XsTe
juan 20 years ol Icona. and Jose Celestino, young
santos Medina Ramon de Leon and two other children.
Medina and Juan escaped after struggle, the first with
three bavonct wounds In his chest and arm and the
second with four Ramon de Leon fed into the woods
and then the brutal soldiers tied Dona Carload and the
two old and burned them alive In the hut, The
"hFS snt s? ss%siaSs hs..%s sssh
In they found the we IL 1d 6e Oy M
,empted run away but III: mother retained nm b 6
age wond save him from the fury those tigers. Butn
spite of all and entreaes they broke his thigh
poor mother they rushed upon her. dragged him from
her threatening to kin her 4 she ~ S9xed and then be-
and gashed and stabbed him to DEATH
In JuIy $50 the traitor Iolo Bentes at the head Of
party Of volunteers attacked Rto guan and captured
~ prisoners OF whom two were old men, two were SICK
and the rest women and children. They were all
killed. and the cUrpses mutIated
In November OF the same year. after fight between
the Spaniards and Cubans at La Aguada (Tunas) the
former surprised the peaceabe citizens Macias and Man.
uel Fornes They had taken part In the revolution
With these victims the Spanards added to their brutal
cruelty the fearful blasphemy. They enacted amid
oath- and profanity with these the fearful tragedy
Of Calvary They stuck OF thorns upon the heads
OF the victims, whom they made TO carry Crosses and
crucifed They then chopped the crucifed TO death.
In the mouth of October 1870 shortly after the massa-
cres OF the Cabalcros nd the MOnas column surprised
Manuel Montco, most quiet and respectable old gen.
teman ~ seventy years OF and Francisco Bena
vdes. a young man. on Mr.. Montejos place, San se-
,erino three leagues from Guasimal the OF the
Molina murder. With Mr.. MontcjO was his daughter,
charming young married lady When the column
up dragged out OF the hut and the old man,
who very infrn seated In chair. His daugh-
ter with her round the dear old fathers neck as
sured the commander Of the forces that her father had
intended to present himself long but that he was
weak aud Drm that he had not been able to make the
Journey. long to the She spoke to brutes.
not One raised the butt end Of his musket and
aht TO brain the old man, when she fell across her
father taking his head in her bosom and received her
back the blow that would have killed him. Her fial
love was vain She fOrciby dragged away. and the
hands Of the old man. of Benadves and Of mulatto on
the place were bound. The victims were then taken
hundred yards from the hut and gashed and sashed and
stabbed TO death. The corpse of the muatto laid
across the other and the then returned to
the hut and told the poor, solitary defenseess half
frenzed woman to "Go aud bury them If you choose"
and she did.
In the early part Of January last, Mrs Agucro with
her two daughters Leocada and COtlde aged eighteen
and fifteen respectively were living retired life on
their estate La Gloria distant four leagues east Of
Puerto Principe. the sibanicu road. Mrs. Aguero,