The New York herald., 1872-12-19
the means used by tteir officers in enrichine them
| selves, vast sup OF money being needed TO

the means used by TIER Officers in enrching them
selves, vast supi OF money being needed 10
President Cespedes next adverted to what he
termed the savage barbanty OF the spaniards bat
were bound to show no mercy. His chiei ground
OF complaint was their treatment OF the women ana
chi0ren. whom, he said, had been ruthiessy Dutch-
1--WE stll maintain the CUSTOM the President
went on to say ''of killing the wounded That plan
Is observed on both sides. may tell you however,
that such course was inaugnrated by the Span
iards themselves We take no prisoners, having
no place to put them, and So after ALL you see our
warfare is simple, though severe. Prisoners OF both
sides found in hospitals are killed. In fact, no
quarter is observed anywhere. Lately the Span
iards have been more barbarous than before while
we have been making an effort to inaugurate
more civilized and humane system. Upon several
occasions recently we have spared the wounded
that have fallen into our hands, aud when we were
compelled to leave them on the field, have fur.
no effect upon the enemy. Indeed, ten days after
we had thus acted in the past summer, the Span
hospitals containing our sick and wound
ed, all OF whom were killed. Now the
poor Cuban farmers who live in the country
particularly In the region OF tine insurrection-are
killed by the Spanards wherever found, simply be-
cause they are supposed to sympathhze with the
surrender themselves to the Spaniards. ] have
come across many body with this notice at
.POR NO HABER Sc PREsENTApo"
as a warning to others to come forward and de.
clare their allegiance to Spain. Let me add, sir,
Divinico, Vista Hermosa and others are com.
letely at our mercy. We could destroy them II
we desired, but we know they are inhabited ny
Cubans, VINO are our friends and who will finally
rise to help us.
1t was unnecessary to question President Ces-
pedes as to his ultimate hopes OF success had
already observed the strong conviction he enter.
tanned on the subject and thought that further al
iusion to it would be superiuous. He, neverthe.
less, dwelt upon 1t in cheerful manner, and HIS
sentiments were shared in by the officers who sur
"Ahl SIR" Cespedes exclaimed "with a force Of
5000 Americans we could secure our independence
effect would be to make every Cuban in the land
rise to free his country and drive the Spaniards
from the soil don't believe II possible that any
every Cuban that has deserted from our force and
surrendered to the Spanards would be glad to
come back to the rescue If he were satisfied there
was any prospect OF success"
THE REVENUE OF SPAIN FROM CUBA.
II come 10 another point which Is of no little i'm
portance to us rs you will perceive. war such
as spain is now waging against us cannot be car
ried on without money. but what has been done
to augment the revenue Of Spain from Cuba
Cuban patriots-thc rich and wealthy Cubans that
joined our cause-have destroyed large portion or
the property on the entire island, burning their
own sugar estates among others. in order that
tell you the revenue from Cuba now Is much less
than the expenses OF the war, that Spain cannot 0-
low up much longer we can continue Tor an m m
troubled condition OF affairs In Spain at the present
time will surely not contribute to her victory In
Cuba. The revolutions there will prevent Spain
from sending out any more troops and those now
on the island cannot last very long Nearly half OF
the Spanlards that came to Cuba have died from
Are your troops never anlicfed, Mr. Presidents,
"NOthing more than an occasional intermittent
fever and they have discovered what is claimed as
an excellent substitute for quinine 1t Is called
aguadica, and In many respects is as good as the
other-at least 1t has served us just as well. For
dressing wounds we have substitute for nitrate
OF silver in vegetable known as guao. For manu-.
featuring pantaoons We have plant called
pitadeheniquer, while threads for sewing purposes
are made IRON pitadecorrOla. The guacacoa bark
Is made into blankets by simple process and we
never want for leather while SO many wild cattle
abound. We have our shoemakers and, in fact, we
want for nothing"
General Agramonte subsequently informed me
that he had $500 men in the Central Department.
Some OF the soldiers at his order at once proceeded
to show me the skill with which they used the lasso
to capture wild cattle. Having thanked President
Cespedes for his Kindness, took my leave in the
afternoon, accompanied by the same party with
which had started out. We travelled for seven or
eight miles, visiting several camps precisely SINH
morning At nearly six O'Clock in the evening we
encountered Major General Vicente Garcia with
about two hundred men. Having exchanged saiu-
tations, we pursued our way to the spot where !
first met Agramonte. President Cespedes spoke in
very
and the officers were quite enthusiastic over him.
The President hoped the day was not very remote
when Jordan, at the head OF American volunteers,
would rally around the Cuban flag all the sons OF
the much-Oppressed isle.
The misunderstanding once existing between
President Cespedes and General Agramonte was
appeared most cordial; and was informed subse-
quently by Agramonte that there were at present
no difficulties or differences whatever among the
Cubans. All were united against the foe
Before leaving Generai Agramonte he gave me an
abstract OF the engagements that had taken place
in the Camaguey Department Tor year, ending
August 81. This shows that scarcely day passed
without its engagement.