, 1874-02-08
Proclanations by the Captain
General of Cuba.
The Entire Island Declared in a
Stats Of Siege.
Gtadstone's Defeat Accomplished Be-
yond Question.
CUBA.

CUBA.
PEoc14a1AT1oSs OF cArr.~G.v. JoVELIAR-
HAVANA, Feb. 1.-TWO pages Of to-aay's o.
jicidI Gazette a1e devoted to rroclamat!ons OF
Caps.-Gen- Joyellar, lately relnvested with ex-
traordinary powers The first gives full e,-
position OF the present state Of the insur1cction
and CAUSES Of its continuance; also assurances
that peaccable, citizens may live securely under
the protection Of the laws. Tho second declares
the entire Island in d st.te Of Siege All rebels
and persons accused OF sedl.lGn, murder, and
similar crimes, arc to ba tried by court-E1artlai
Persons charged With other crimes and misde-
meanozs arc to be tried before ordinary courts,
the Captain-GeneraI rescryine tue right to turn
them over to a coart-ma1 tia1, if the gravity OF
their crimes require 1t.
Tho tA1rd ordera for tho mobilization for &C.
tive service Of four volunteers out Of every ton,
this mobilization to begin Immediately, sud con-
t1nue six meaths. Ali persons between the
ages of &C sud IS not volunteers on the lst O.
Februa1; arc to l,1 a2roled in the mlGtin- folun-
tary enlistment Ii to be for one year. aad anr
volunteer who may enlist Tor one year WILL ne
exempt from all future drafts. Every drafted
volunteer will receive 800 bounty. Drafted
volunteers will be allowed TO furnish substitutes,
bur tho payment OF money to be received from
service will not be allowed. No one subject to
draft will bo permitted to leave the Island uolcss
in case he il drafted. All persons over IS years
will have to furnish for tue mobilization ono
man out OF egery ten OF their number 1t they
cannot enlist sufficient to cover this demand.
they must pay 81 900 gold for each man wanting
to complete the quota. Quartermastors WI!
furnish tho necessary accoutrements TO drafted
persons, who will receive the same treatment
and be subject to the same laws and re6uia.-.
tious as regular soldiers. Those drafted WILL
be organized into bodies Of 800, forming two
IL; II mi mai zach battalion.
Two-thi1ds Of those drafted will remain IN gar
risop and the other third wll take tho field. &C.
| compapjed by regulars. Every SIX months tho
third ia tho teld will DO relieved By ona Of the
other two-thirds performing GARRISON daty. i9o
artillery and engineer corps will be reinforced IN
| tho Same manner as infantry: The fourth Proc,
lamaton orders that the mi1itin shall be divided
| into four classes, according to ase, ana rEas
every male person Of age shall be included IN
tho nilitio al to bo liable to military duty un-
| der certain restrictions md conditions. Tho
fifth provides that free colored people enrolling
| in the militia shall be subject to the sane con-
| ditions Is whites, and be mobllzed n the safna
manner
| shall give one out Of every one thousanu IN sne
! island TO work in camps aud on the fortilcationz
| nuh in the treuches. At the end OF the CAM
naieri the Government will Iberate these slaSea,
| paving their owners II 900 for each.
| The seventh augments every BATTALION IN she
] army By tr7o companies.
| The eighth creates Jupta for the inspection
| Of all items Of expenses OF the war
| The ninth organizes vigilance committees il
the interior, who will take note OF everything,
| furnish eu:de8, aud act as home-guards. Ilus
gygtom Of vigilance is to be paid for, aud is In.
! tended to prevent communication between rebel
| symuathizers in towns and armed insurgents.
! inus ieolating the latter.
| The tenth orders that all officers and aoloiefs
eball be paid in tho future gold, or i.s c4Wva~
The eleventh increases the kallowances and
| food Of soldiers in the field
Tho twelfth relates to towns and settlements
in the Interior ordering th:t only such new se;-
teEaents be preserved as may DC sosa ,tan. "a
| pearance cannot produce any alarm or cause &C.
| ssertiops to the enemy. Tho Inhabitants OF de-
| gr1o Ycd towns will bo removed to the nearest
! preserved towu, and receive land Tor tlua2o
| known to be in productive condition. Able
bcded males will DO enlisted as local guerrill1s,
! their families to receive Government Fations-
| Towns NAV be taken from the:- preEens cites 70
| others. aud new towns built according TO pre-
| scribed plans. ,,..,r,
| throughout the ialnnG, and the spaniartls nuF-
nose ther will be sufficient TO crush tbs rebellion
| within six month";
| MILITARY MOVEMENTS
t letter from Ha1eaiu ssys it is beloved tnero
| that MARQUIS Banta Lucia called to 10 PRESIDENT
| ~ the so-callet Republic in place Of Cespcdct,
| has passed through the jurisdicticn Of has .,s
| T.n,ias. pursued BY tho Spanish column, In t!ic
direction OF tho Central department., where 1t u
said ali tho rebel forces ere concentrating
| THE COOLIES
New Yonx, Feb. lin chingnan, nem. 70
ber Of the Chinese Commission to look a1teI tne .!
condition Of tho Coolies in Cuba, has arrived N
this city. and viii sail. with his associates, foi
Havana about the 10Th INST The condition oi
tho Coolies in Cuba he says, is very bad al @ho
contracts and arrangements by which they are
induced to 20 there set aside OF REGARDED a
nulIit;es, and they are reduced to tho co4o'''''
| OF slavery.