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civil war at the four ihost strategic points of the sea-coast. But I know
that the gen-
eral is following with avidity the trail of those intrigues, and that if
a "Virginius1
should make its appearance here, there will also be Costillas and Burriels.
In short,
I can assure you that the great 'majority of the country is with Spain, and
with her
worthy representative, General Sanz. All from our inmost hearts thank the
govern-
ment presided over by the 'Duke de Ia Torre for the excellent choice it has
made in
sending to us for governor of this island him whom its capital had three
consecutive
times elected to represent the Spanish party in the Cortes of the nation.
  As respects the military, the captain-general has not yet adopted any important
measures, as he is awaiting his chief of staff, Colonel Don Manuel Cortes,
sent for a
third time to Havana on account of intrigues of Rilibusterism. But his excellency
has
already caused to be brought from Ponce and Mayaguez the two thousand muskets
which Mr. Primo de Rivera had withdrawn from this post, leaving it without
any
reserve. With the muskets have come 140,000 cartridges, which had been takein
witl
them.
  I finish ths letter hy saying that the departing general began to make
his expiation
on emharking. Nohody, not even his aides or his friends, accompanied him.
He went
alone, sad and abandoned, on board of the Pizarro, at the same time that
Mr. Sanz
was the subject of the enthusiastic ovation which has been referred to.



                                 No. 558.

                          Mlr. Adee to Mr. Fish.

No. 193.]                    UNITED STATES LEGATION IN SPAIN,
                           Madrid, March 14, 1874. (Received April 4.)
   SIr: I have the honor to forward, herewith appended, copies and
translations of decrees dated the 10th instant, accepting the resignation
of General Jovellar as captain-general and superior civil governor of
Cuba, and appointing as his successor Capt. Gen. Jose de la Concha,
with the titles of governor-general, captain-general, and commander-in-
chief. I also annex copies and translations of two other decrees of the
same date, one of which suppresses the office of civil governor of Havana
and creates a mayoralty in its place, while the other changes the title
of the superior civil governor of the island to that of governor-geIieral,
and defines the powers and functions of the office, creating at the same
time two general directions of insular administration and finance, under
the control of the superior authority. You will observe that the last
paragraph of Article II provides that all questions relating to interna-
tional matters are within the exclusive cognizance of the governor-gen-
eral. As the powers belonging to that latter office depend upon the
colonial ministry, and are not merged in the captain-generalcy, as has
been heretofore asserted in some instances, it is to be hoped-that all
ground of conflict between the military and civil orders emanating from
the home government and affecting foreign citizens, will hereafter be
obviated. Since his nomination was decided upon, General Concha has
been in almost daily consultation with the president of the council, Gen-
eral Zavala, concerning the course to be pursued on taking supreme
command in Cuba. It is understood that his plan of operations has been
submitted to the government and approved. It is stated that, in an
elaborate memoir on the subject, General Concha deprecates the assump-
tion that the insurrection in Cuba is near an end, and needs but a final
energetic effort to crush it. He is represented as saying that the
resources and number of the insurgent forces, and the difficulty of con-
ducting operations in the territory held by them, point to a protracted
contest, in which Skill rather than numbers must prevail. The rumor
that he had demanded large re-enforcements is contradicted, and it is*
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