The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-11
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Jesus dc Sol was born of wealthy and
honorable parents in the partido of Carta-
gena, i'll the jurisdiction of Cienfuegos. Be
fore the outbreak of the revolution he oc
cupied himself in rural pursuits on n mag
nificent cattle estate which he owned. lie
bought and bred and fattened cattle, and
enjoyed unlimited credit.
On the declaration of independence at
Yara he was one of the first to rush to the
defence of his country, giving his personal
services and all his fortune to the cause of
her INDEPENDENCE. On the 9Th of October,
when the district known as the Cinco Villas
threw off the yoke of Spain, lie headed the
movement in his partido of Cartagena at
the head of 200 men, and since that date
his courage, his probity, and his love of in
dependence have ever been worthy of all
praise. He ever occupied Il prominent posi-
ton in the revolution, was the object of in
cessant persecution by far more numerous
bodies of the Spanish forces than those he
commanded, and his courage and intimate
acquaintance with the localities and his ma
tural instinct made him perhaps the most
dreaded guerilla chieitain on the island
During his active operations in the Villas
he pardoned numberless prisoners who fell
into his hands, and his memory is unstained
by a single act of cruelty.
AT one time the Spaniards tested his 10y
atty to the cause of his country by offering
him, through the chief of oper tons of that
section, the Marquis of Santa Maria, a full
pardon, a sum of $4,000, and colonelcy in
the Spanish army. He spurned the propo-
sition in terms which would have CALLED
anybody but Spaniard. Later on, when
the Cuban fore rs in the Villas district had
been almost annihilated by sickness and by
the incessant persecution ofthe numerically
superior Spanish army, Jesus del Sol, whose
men were entirely out of ammunition and
who was dangerously sick himself, knowing
that he must inevitably fall into the hands
of the enemy, surrendered to the Spaniards
and left the island. He was thirty-six years
of age, and leaves four children, two boys
and two girls, who are now in New York.
GEN. RYAN.
w. A. C.. Ryan, for six or seven years
past identified with the movement in this
country to fecure the independence of Cuba,
was born about 1884 in Canada, and was
brought to the States when but child. In
1853 he served in New York regiment as
lieutenant, but leaving it after service of
a few months, went to the West, where he
remained until 1868. Returning to New
York at the close of that year, he was en-
ployed by the Cuban Junta to raise rcgi
ment of cavalry for the Cuban army. While
engaged in this duty he was arrested by the
| United States authorities and held to bail,
| but Immediately entered upon the business
of recruiting, made his headquarters on
Gardeners Island. during part of the sum.
mer of 1869, and after the capture of his
men by the Untod States marines. disap-
peared for time from public view. lie
next appeared as publisher of society
paper of short life, and figured in the courts
as defendant in n suit brought by Taylor &
| Co., bankers, of Wall street. When the
yacht Anna went to Cuba, Ryan accompan-
led the expedition, having previously COM
marded the cavalry of the Cubans under
Gen. Ccspedes.
Ryan was tall, WELT formed man. OF
pleasant address, and of an adventurous
| spirit He had unbounded confidence in
himself, and was fond of relating the won
dcriul occurrences in which he had taken
| part. While not altogether dangerous
member of society, he was not scrupulous in
| his dealings with men, and was remarkable
for his blind reliance upon fortune.
DON PEDRO CEsPEDEs.
Don Pedro was younger brother OF
Carlos Manual de Cespedes, President OF
Cuba. lie joined his brother in his efforts
to obtain the freedom of his native land from
the tyrannous rule of Spain, and although
he never entered the army, owing to his
weak health, he has in every possible way
in his power labored assidouusly and unre.
mittingly in and out of the island for tho
cause of her independence. lie was at one
time Project of one of the districts in the
Eastern Department of Cuba.
CUBAN TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
The following, which we translate from q
late number of the Diario de IL Marina
the official Government organ Of Havana
is fit counterpart to the brutal execution
of the passengers captured on the Virginus
and shows cohclusivcly the different treat
ment which Spanish prisoners experience
at the hands of the Cubans:
son the 10th one sergeant of the Regi
ment Havana, one private and eight Others
who had been taken prisoners, and who be.
longed to the column of the unfortunate
Lieut.-Col. Dieguez, came into Barre. II
Jiguani another soldier came in who hat
also fallen prisoner to the troops of Vicente
| Garcia"