The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-11-27

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y In February, 1869, Capt. Gen. L.
g 'undi was superseded by Gen. Dulc
'' who had previously made arrang
e ments for the shipment to Cuba
Is all the hard characters in Spain, wh
!. could be persuaded or forced to vo
s unteer. Gen. Dulce Immediately d,
: clared martial law throughout th
! island, and, as steamer after steame
r arrived with volunteer reinforcemc cnt
more activity was manifested ia th
field. A series OF guerrilla eacoun
ters then commenced, and have con
,inued without interruption until tn,
} present time. While the insargent,
have generally been forced to retrea
with considerable loss, the Spanish
troops have been 20 constantly har
ssssd that they have rarely been able
to obtain any decisive advantage, in
spite OF their superior numbers an d
arms. The insurgents OF the Central
Department of the Island elected
delegates to = House of Representa-
tives, vi icll, in the early part Of 500
decreed the absolute emancipation of
all slaves in that department, .nd al
80 sent an address to Presiden, Grant
on his inauguration, asking recogni.
ton as bellgerents. About this time
heavy force Of ships OF war and
troops succeeded In capturing La
Granaja, the only port in the pos.
session Of the insurgents.
In April, representatives from all
parts of the Island met at Guaymaro
and formed the hrst legislative body
Of the Cuban Republic. Cespedas
was elected President for six wears.
and Quesada was appointed General
10 Chief Of the Cuban forces.
The Spaniards now commenced
barberous policy OF killing all patriot
Cubans ard destroying all their pro.
perty. In the early part Of April,
1869, Count valmaseda issued a pro.
from Bayamo, after it's
capture, in which he gave notice OF
the following outrageous DEGREES.
Every man, from the age Of Is
years upward, found beyond The lin.
is Of his farm. shall be shot, unless
proven. !
Every hut that IS found vacant +
will be burned by the troops.
Every hamlet where . white flag is
1ot hoisted in token Of desire tor
peace, will be reduced to ashes.
Further DEGREES by Dulce ordered
ha. every family which could not
ccount satisfactorily tor the absence
# any Of it's male members should
&c banished from the island and the
property coufscated. Under these
Iecrees, hundreds of families were
endered destitute and were DR. ven
o various adjoining islands and to
he United States. Over 1000 per
ons immigrated to Key West, Flor
Ia. AMI thera established cigar man-
factories.
The first pitched battle Of any con- ;
equence took place in April, 1869
/, Altagracla, in which about 5000
1en were engaged on each side
he result was draw, the Spanlards
eing repulsed, but the Cubans with
rev the following night. In May
battle was fought At Las Minas, in =,
,hlch the Span,ards were defeated
nth loss of over 400 men.
In June, Capt. Gen. Dulce was ar.
ested in his palace in Havana BY the
Toluntcers, forced to resign, and to
cave the island Gen. Espinar was
empo-arily chosen 10 take his place.
The former had failed to satisfy the
olunteers by reason Of his mild
ess, and some more cruel Governor
ras desired. Accordingly, the Span
III Govern ment sent Gen. Caballero
10 Rodas to Havana with absolute
,ower to proceed as he saw TT
This officer had acquired in Spain
he nickname OF the Catcher of
cadlz," from bis brutality IN crush.
ng thu Cadlz insurrection, and it
vas supposed that he would not
,nly speedily put an end to the
Cuban iusurrect,on, tut that he
would also lie able to controle the
volunteers. His tirst act, on arriv-
ny in Havana in July, 1869, was the
,romulgation OF decree declaring
II the south coast and most OF the /,
Iorth coast OF the island, except GER :
ain ports, IN state of embargo
The other articles OF his decree have
10 importan: bearing upon the case
# tho Vlrginlus; they were a. iol
ows:
Arr. g. Vessels carrying gun
powder, arms, and war-like stores
vill be judged in accordance with
he law.
Art. 3. The transportation OF in
iiyldua,s in the service OF the in