The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-19
Cuban Ahirs.

The Havana correspondent of the
New York Times, in a recent letter to
that paper, says o 7Fs
The present state of affairs in the
island, the raid of the Insurgents IN the
Cinco Villas, and their destruction of
valuable plantations unmolested and
unhindered by the Spanish forces ; the
very unsatisfactory state of the fnap-
cial question the efforts of the govern
ment to enforce the payment of taxes
due on previous DEGREES; the knOwl-
edge that Captain General Concha's
resignation has been accepted by the
home government, and that Valmaseda
is to replace him, and the dispiriting
accounts of the military operations of
the Spaniards against the insurgents,
who are at present so actively engaged
in this half of the island-al these
circumstances give rise to a most alarm
ing and deplorable state of things.
The Voz de Cuba shows the Unsatis-
factory outlook IN the following plain
language
Gold and exchange have risen, but
this time we can to certain degree ex-
plain the rise. The call to arms of
20, 900 men in Spain, as announced to
us by the associated press telegram,
cannot, however, be considered salts
factory. And it is difficult to arrive at
a favorable solution in Cuba, when the
chief authority changes every sixmOnths,
and above ali when these changes obey
the oscillations of politics on the
Peninsula. The intelligence, also
furnished by the associated press, that
Is, 600 men would be sent to this island,
cannot either be considered satisfactory
until we receive full particulars. How
and under what circumstances will
those 10, 900 men come VIII they be
drawn from the ranks of the army,
taken from the 10000 men called to
arms? OF the two sources, the latter
appears most likely to be chosen, al
though a part may come from the ranks
of the army. Again. how and when
will these $1,000 men reach Cuba
Unless {, 200 are sent at once, to arrive
at the latest by the last of next
month, and take advantage of the
months OF April and May, the last of
what is known here as the winter cam
paigD, it is like doing nothing at all.
Other accounts in the same strain
follow. The Official Gazette says:
"The column commanded by the
chief in command of the Cumanayra,-
qua Zone, composed of forces of foot
artillery, and part of the Cardenas bat
talon, Cumanayragua Guerrilla, Guines
cavalry, volunteers from SagUS, and
CamRTrOnes Guerilla, in all a force of
1865 men, encountered the insurgents
(abOut the ID inst.,) at the Quinones
cattle farm, near MANAGES. The rebels
numbered 400 mounted men, com
manded by Gonzales, aud an infantry
force after an energetic resistance.
made by the artillery, the Cardenas
and Cumanayragua Guerrilla, during
which the column lost $50 men, the
commanding officer was Obliged to
order a retreat, although it is. believed
that on account of the severity of the
encounter the enemy must also have
suffered considerably. The enemy, di
vided at times into small parties, have
set fire to the cane-fields OF several
estates, causing considerable damage,
but owing to the activity of the col
umns in their pursuit, have been IN
able to fully carry out their work of
destruction" r....