The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-01
New Orleans Times Democrat
TaHE SITUATION IN CUBA.
The Position HELD ny AguerO and
Some reformation About the Hsl

| nv O"AssOM uuCuW ny A&MCEO dMen
Some Information About the Hsl.
and.
In response to request from some of the
Cubans living in New Orleans to one of their
compatriots living in Iiavara to send such de-
| scnption 0f the island would allow the many
people unacquainted with its topography TO
form some idea how Aguer) and other revolu-
tionary chiefs are situate d, the following descrip-
ton and statistical information has been for
wardcd. The figures gi wen are said 10 be those
| oi well-known engineer. He SAYS that the po-
sitfon OF the country in which Agncro has taken
up his headquarters ia situated Immediately in n
sugar centre, and that there are no less than 1919
! sugar plantations in what ~ termed the Dis
trict," that there are 698S1 inhabitants in the
dis rict, and that the pri 1cipal city of that
| Ito is the Oity Of Colon, which numbers l. 271
| int abitants.
| he correspondent argues that il ia great
| fall icy 10 suppose that oecapsc Aguero has his
fOr es in the swamp (and is 8, ii tn be surrounded
| by 1000 Spanish uOOls), that he cannot get
out and adds that not only is it impossible, from
| the very nature of the CO lntr, TO surround him.
hut that Aguern has aCtu ally made many sOrties
anc short expeditions to plan atoms within easy
| dist ince from his camT Ranchco, at Zienega
LaF lta and cites, rs proc Ot this assertion the
Cut an chiefs operations a, "Manguto,"" Qua
tro ISqninas," La Coin ena" "BeneditO" and
oth plantations, not foi getting his conquest on
the 26ih OF last month at the Alcave Major
plat p entirely in another district besides which,
1t ls argued, that being right among the runs of
the Wild cattle he is enab ed to get all The pro-
visions necessary to sustain his men, and has
every opportunity To gather fruits and other
nail raj products.
Ole of the divisions OF the revolutiOnists has
its cad centre Mt Matar zas and is commanded
by imcnrZ. MaanZas as Il population of 30
139 2eOple and is situated to the east of Havana
abo'y twenty-five leagues, or sixty-s;x miles,
from that port.
ST qua la Grande a cit, of I 900 inhabitants, is
the headquarters of anOth er division as is Sancti
Esp rilu. having pOpua ion OF 1893 souls. 1t
was here that Chief Angel S0lOr was so badly
roul ID by the Cubans and had to retreat ut full
run In the district of which Sa cti Espritu
is Il g principal city there also thirteen vii
lag' :, whose people are employed purely in agri-
cult lra pursuits and where cattle are raised i'm
INN ensc herds
Plcrto Principe, which boasts &c, ,6S5 inhabi-
tanls is the head Of another district where the
Cu ans are gaining considerable strength and
are 10 be joined shortly by the veteran General
Bor achca. In this same dstrc, there are eigh-
teen settlements each of which is estimated To
br licher even than the chief city and number
lars cr population all told.
l he correspondent then remarks that any one
acquainted with the richness and productveneSs
"t he country close by Agnrro and his aids
W" I'D not wonder at the possibility of his being
abb IN hold out. The island OF Cuba, he says
Is $40 aglcS lOng, reaching from I'll CahO San
An on" To De Masi and A. leagues wide from
Cfln LucrccIa To la Cruz, and that in the cen
ire ut the island is the mountain OF FL PicO dc
Tu 'qun" having height OF S,682 feet and two
oil or ranges known az FL Piro lie Potrevillo, FL
Sil Juan, FL Pan de MatanZas and FL Pan Qua
jal 'on. 27O feet high and adds thai Cuba has
70 inhabitants to each squar, league, and total
of ,396,530 inhabitants, together with 1926
n chcs Tor cattle raising 36J sugar planra
t ms, 996 coffee plantations 5.7:,S pastures and
IA ges Tor cattle feeding alone, 9492 tobacco
pl inlatons and ,9S4 farms Tor bee culture