, 1873-11-19

ufactoricH.
Tho frat pitched battlo of any consequence
took place iii April, 1860. ut Altagraoa, in which
about 200 mon wero ougnged OF oach side. Tho
rosrlt 'San lraw, tho spanfards bo'ug ropulaed,
hut tho Oubans withdrew tho following night
III May, baltic was fought ut Ins Nlnaa, In
which tho sraniar1s we're dofantod with loss Of
orcr JON lnell.
III .r,,nu, Capt.-Ge1. Dulco WAS arrostod In l,is
palnco in Hayana by the Volunlcora forced to
roA!gn, and to 1cayo Tho island. Con. EBpinar
was temporarily oloson to tako Ills place. Tho
forlnor had fnilcl to Batiafy tic Volunteers by
reason Of l,in n,i!1noss, atd so,no moro cruel
Governor was dosired Accordingly, tho Spanish
Government sent Con. Caballcro dc Rodas to
Havana with absolute powor to procccl "a he
saw 1T. This ofilaor had acquired in spain tho
nickname Of tho " Butcher Of Cadiz," from hs
brutality In crushing tho Catliz nsurrcction, and
It WIS supposed that llo would not only speolsly
put al eud 10 Tho Cuban insurreotion, but Tint
lie would also bo ab1o to control tho Volunteers.
Hs first act, on arriving in Havana in July,
1869, WAS tho PRONUNCIATION Of dooreo doclnrng
all tho south coast md moHt Of tito nortl, coast
Of tho Island, o1oept certain porta, in q stato Of
embargo. The othor articles Of Lis deorao havs
an important bearing upon tho case Of tho
Virginiup; they woro aa followa:
Ant. .. venses carrying Cunrowlcr, arms, and
warliko etoroa Will be judged In accordanco with the
law.
Anr. Q. The transportation Of indiviluals In the
service Of the insurgents 10 fur more aerlous thhn that
Of conraband Of war. uud will be doomed an net Of
decided hostility aud the venael and crow regarded ~
enemies Of the stnse
ART. 1. Should tho intyiduals roiorrod to In Art.
como armed thtH will bo regarded dc fdcto ns
proof Of their intention, and they will bc regarded as
pirates, rs will also be tho caso with tho crow.
In May, tho Cuban Republic had boou racog-
nized Us q be1ligoront by Chill and Poru, then at
war with Spain. During the winter Of 1870, tho
Lloyd Aspinwau, an A.nozican merchant steamer,
carrying dispatches from Roar-Admiral Poor, in
Port nu Prince. to tho United States Consul
General In Havana. Was captured as prize by
a Spanish war-ehip and carried into Havana.
This capture resulted in considerable diplomatic
correspondence botwoeu tho two Governments,
but finally Admiral Poor proceeded to Havana
| With = fr1Knto and TWO monitor ron-cIads, anu
took the Aspinwau out from under the guns OF
tho Spanish 1eot and forts, having previously
announced his intention Of fighting If interfored
with.
In tlia winter campaign Qs70), tho Oubana do
foatod tho spaniarda in two pitched battles at
Najasa and Guaymaro, and, at tho endot tho
year, De Rodap, having bocn NJ unsuccessful Ii
Dulcc, was relieved by vaImasoda.
Tho cost Of the war in Cuba in 1870 was stnted,
in tho budget presented to tho Spanish Cortes
to amount to see 900 900. The number Of troops
| aent to Cuba sinco tho outbreak Of tho inaur.
rocton is little over $4,000.
During tho whole Of theae yoars, the Spanish
Volunteers havc Ind uncontrolled possession oi
| tho ialand and hayo committed innumerablc
outrages upon the native and foreign residents
In November, 1871, they executed eight medical
students for trining matter which had nc
political significance whatever. Since theA the
Volunteers hare been kept In tho large towns az
gawisona, and the regular troops have mot with
varying succoRs in the fold. II dcfeated in one
place the insurgents appear in another, and
have hitherto held just about ~ much territory
as they started with.