The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-16
rIfE sTRrooLf,G crHlNS.
Progress az the war f,r Liberty Another
Year NJ strife Predicted.

IlAvANN, Dec. 0.-The Cuhans look for
ward to mother wear " war. and THAT n they
can fus ain thcmselvc4 twelve mot lbs longer
they will certainty achieve their tndopendence.
A the rebel lc ders not ou'y promise to ke'pthe
wtru but also to maintain themsclvc. IN the
villas, MI ahO are Interested In the fort nos II
the Young republic appear suntuinc Of success.
Tho spaniirds have had several encounters
latcis With insursent columns, ana 30 Is said that
tic latter have captured two conveys, one Of
some importance. The ofli'id reports rccoiv
hcrc.bctween the 2jth OF November and tho 18th
ilet. speaN Of an attack on the vilsc of r.
harcadero, where Ave houses we're burnt w tue
suburbs withou' any casualties to the garrison.
Another urtack by a large body Of Cubans ON tho
town of Cumanavarua was repulscd nv the CUR
rison IL that place without oss to itself, though
the patriots had nine nien killed and over thirty
wounded. according to the spaniards.
The operations throughout the Island during
the past fortnight have been Of slight imDor-
lance, hut there are rumors that two Of tho
combined movements Of Count vamaseda IA, We
failed Of their object. which was the enclosing Of
Roluh and Maxine Gomez in "ftngs Of IRON"
and u tcrly annihating them. This proceeding
tncy uecidcdlv objected to, and with their Gus
tom nv skin they Doth managed to csc pc nom
the tolls SO laoorionsly prepared for them, and
when the spanish forces closed in upon tho
spot where they ex 'ected 20 hnd their enemy,
tueN lUNUu tntlF NfUpTdl nNl Nttu ONt-ftidf-
a. iVred, nj me Inbans under IN tWmediAte
command Of Eolof aud Goulilrz had rot to tho
rc1r Of the Spauirds, aud Wero brskiY attacking
them.
rnc financial combinations - sr. Rum have
not Vet greatly amclipfatn1 the condi ion Of
affairs, nut II IL Just TO add That the
KIyal Commissioning shows a thorough
determination 10 r. form the aduiuisfra' ion.
TIE determination " Ruhi to r't ril OF petu-
laturs g. tkcly g. bring MIN M coi o. 4 with tue
Captain General, b.. ho las thr rrpu atom ot hav
ing among ii3 ncrs NAL friends ruulc very hard
case iutcnd. II oven su y i-ed that Naimt-
scda VIII Leave the island soon. ara b. -uccc. d.
G hN Gen. Sau1, ui Porto Rico nutOrlcti. who *
cN1sctcd ncre io-day ur %. morrow. Con. S.nk
T. extremely uuuui WITH the Nltrs--u u.su
plttN here, and prcpafau ms are being made TO
The Dtufi No 10 Mrinr nus publ .hcd an mr.
tiule on he resilts of tie ! ~ crop 90 this
island. ana dcducc~ from the tables ID publishes
that ths y H." of the tutI rNuuf II THIS ar
least; fnd CLAIMS THAI tins amount would nave
Oc 90 ~tIl larger hal not she weather UDeu 80
Dnftypia'ie and thg iIl.c- 81 almost ali the
III ind prO luce 80 unfcmuuoratiNo.
IL view Of tie success ut ending the Efforts OF
thu ~uauidrd. to keep ~ TIE agricultural pro-
duCtuu IF tuhi. ia spit 90 tie GcsttucNDu Of
50 many est t"s pt tusur2enis M Dilfil la ISIS
tuat the triumun " fasir party Is the uniN -Olu
II aule .. iier for r. Igncrs or ISLANDERS. and
con epuentlN cal. anon tn reh j. to make un-
conditional omission, whtcn VIII no dOIut he
rppoudcu to bY Spin win unconditional ar
solution ut the Thousand ga, .tiuuS Involved ~
the rcrciii ~, I'd 90 IN uatiunt should use
their iuilu nee to hasten sucn a termination Of
the struggle.
Vt 4 pl,ce called Fnerta de Gomez rebel
prisoner named Antonio tOmeX was snot % duV
or Two ago. together Vita a culured buS suid TO
nave hrrn IN communication with ihc re- cts,
ANA 10 have supplied them with some necessa-