The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-07
truth or tell it without wounding almost
everybody's feelings.
Aguero Versus Henderson.

HAVANA, Feb. l. 1873
And now steps down into the arena Of wordy com.
bat to enter the lists against Mr.. Henderson, poless
person than Manuel Emiliano Agtero, the Cuban.
Spanish ofiiccr who acted as his interpreter. In
something over two columns OF the Dtarto de Ia
Marina Mr. Aguero, stung by what he terms Hen
derson's ingratitude, gives a disconnected state
ment OF his connection with that gentleman In
words to the following effect. Declaring his sur
p-ise that such men ever exist that can write SO
falsely and pervertingIy OF truth, as evidenced by
the letter OF the HERALD of the 10TH and his regret
at ever having been associated with henderson,
he commences first to
| EXCUSE HIS OWN SURRENDER TO THE sPANIARDs
and acceptance OF service under them-which he
declares only occurred alter three years and hall
service In the nsurgent ranks, and after his own
conviction that the immense majority Of the
leaders OF the instruction had abandoned It, con-
WINGED that party passions and the consequent
splits had ruined the cause, and that Cuba would
never be prosperousy governed by itself, on &C
count of the different elements OF Its population
! and thinking to serve his native country. his
friends, and also the government Of his country by
aiding to secure its peace, and besides, forced by
THE BAD FAITH OF FORMER COMPANIONS.
| who sought to compass his death, he offered hir
services to Brigadier Francisco Acosta y Ala
and was appointed sub-heutenant OF v9,..sss'n..
and aid on his stan, his most frequent 80; =. .s
in peaceful commissions destined s,,. =. w..
| pacihcation OF the country witt '"
m ruv Avn WIN own TIL, ISsURGENr LEADERS,
uno,, -. Ill -, ~, OF his duties, he states.
wnom -, ~ wen Mne" Henderson. whom he styles
| W ,. -. r~- . and shame. He cites Hender-
sor,s mora -,hess for the attentions shown him
NV pr,aaS, xcosta and the naccuracy of his state
roonts Guarding the trip from Mercedes to San
An. TO- which was without any danger whatever,
| >. he previously advised him. The suppositi0n
that he (Aguero had received orders to make that
trip is denied. Measurements of Hendersons
are called up to prove his bad faith. "He saw
seventeen Remington rifles at viamones, instead
OF eight" Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo offered no
objection to his reaching the Of the encounter
Of the thirty; but on the contrary, diverged three
leagues from his road only to allow him that oppor
tunity. Absolutely no one could have limited to
Henderson of there being
ANY DANGER WHATEVER IN THE TRIP.
Regarding the number OF dead insurgents, let
Mr. Henderson recollect he did not care to con-
tinue counting them up. He counted five whites
however; and the noosed rope to which he refers
was but laZo wound about the body Of one OF
the negroes who had been killed in the fight" Also
pended in the Central Department for four days.
They were suspended only at Najasa, and solely
against the band with which Henderson wished to
confer.
AguerQ states his inability to report what oS-
cured with Henderson -'f''~
IN TIE REBEL CAMP,
but is assured that his interview with Cespedes is
entirely imaginary. He also devotes paragraph
to the remarks Of Henderson upon the treatment
OF Cuban ladies by Spanish officers; that he never
was called upon to interpret any obscene or in
sulting language, for he never heard any; and to
declare that the women they met, who were ladies'
Of good conduct, were accustomed daily to hear
gross and insulting words as stated by Henderson,
shows evil intentions and perverse conduct in
all his proceedings. Aguer0 declares that Hender-
sons only wish is now
TO PUT HIN IN FALSE LIGHT
and on bad terms with the government and with
Spaniards in general, but the result has not re-
bounded ut all to his satisfaction. Further that
Mayorga has but lily designed and written out the
imaginary dialogues at the suppostitious inter-
view with Cespedes, and shows but slight
knowledge Of the instruction, or else
he would never have placed Cespedes
and Agramonte seated together on the
banks Of stream but would have been aware
that Cespedes and Agramonte are bitter enemies,
and that Cespedes is held In very little esteem and
respect In the insurgent camp. So great is the
contempt entertained for him that the greater part
Of the families in the country hide away from him,
and more than once have attempts been made to
force him to leave his quarters by shots ared at
them at night In parenthesis Aguero reminds
Ramon Cespedes Of the circumstance which oc-
CURED
ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 10, 1870,
and finally that over year and half ago Cespe-
DIES went to the east end OF the island and had
never again returned. To make along story short,
he declares that the IL, 900 men dwindled down to
1000, and the 200 unarmed to $1,000 All this ap-
pears very much like extracts from q pamphlet on
the instruction written by Aguero's protector
Brigadier Acosta. Regarding his stay in Santiago
de Cuba, Aguero states that Henderson appeared
well satisfied at the attentions paid him, and re.
peatedly expressed his
SURPRISE AT BEING so HOSPITALITY RECEIVED
by all the Spaniards as ne had come to Cuba under
the impression that his countrymen were not only
hated but also i'll treated, by the officers and pri-
Yates Of the regular and volunteer corps. At
Santiago he passed q number OF days, feted and
feasted on all sides, and waiting for an opportu-
nifty to leave with some column on q campaign of
operations, until one evening, at saloon, Hen
derson was informed that the DidrtO, OF Santiago,
on the following day would contain an article
dedicated to him, and requesting his opinions and
Impressions. Henderson replied
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE SUCH
as he was a correspondent Of another journal, the
NEW YORK HERALD, and should furnish all his
CUBAN news to his employer, and begged that the
article in question might not be published. Aguero
noticed Henderson's evident alarm at this intelli.
gence and endeavored to dissipate it. The follow
ing day Henderson found that the article had been
published and requested translation, which
seemed still further to increase his alarm, and
later on he requested the transmission Of the
following telegram :-"Dtorfo requires me, In
name of volunteers to report what l had
seen and give my opinions'-a telegram which
Aguero refused to translate, as there had been no
exacton at all in the article, and less 80 on the
part OF the volunteers. But Henderson insisted
that he SAW through the subtle intentinns of the