The New Orleans Daily Democrat

CUBA.

A Letter Giving Interesting News Concerning the Revolution.

A letter from Ex-President Vicente Garcia, General-in-Chief of the Cuban Army, to Col. Ricardo Cespedes, now in New Orleans, contains some very interesting news. We glean the following from the letter:

On the sixteenth of March a meeting was held at Barajera and the following resolutions were adopted:

Resolved, 1. That a committee be appointed to revise the constitution and laws of the Republic, allowing it to leave in force only such provisions thereof as are of immediate application to the actual state of affairs.

2. That a provisory government be chosen with four members to be elected by the people.

3. That as soon as this government shall be inaugurated it will proceed forthwith to appoint a General-in-Chief and Adjutant General of the army.

4. The government shall invest the General-in-Chief with all powers to act.

5. The General-in-Chief may be impeached on the charge of any citizen before the government.

6. The government shall negotiate terms of peace only on the basis of independence, and shall be responsible for its acts before the people.

Pablo Berla, "vacales."

The government having been duly inaugurated, Col. Vicente Garcia was appointed general-in-chief of the army, and Antonio Maceo adjutant general and chief of the department of the Orient.

On the eighteenth of March the government issued the following proclamation:

1. No emissary from the enemy unless he be the bearer of peace on the basis of independence will be allowed on the territory of the republic.

2. If an emissary of peace is sent on these terms, he must report to the government or to the general-in-chief.

3. Every man belonging to the enemy's party, and who is not an emissary of peace, shall be treated as a spy and shot.

4. Any citizen who is aware of the presence of a peace ambassador, and who does not apprise the government of the fact, or does not send such emissary to the government, will be traduced before a military court.

5. Any emissary of the enemy convicted of having committed treason against our cause shall be shot.

"I send you the letter," continued the General, "to show you that we are still fighting for our liberties, and that we are firmly resolved to continue the war to the last rather than accept the shameful terms of peace of the treaty of Camaguey. This treaty was forced upon us through the cowardice and venality of a few traitors; but the patriotism of the 'true Cubans' will prevent the future of our republic from being darkened by tyranny.

We are already reconstructed; we profess the same principles and aspirations as formerly. The troops that have capitulated have been deceived: they were induced to believe that I and the other chiefs were disposed to accept the terms of peace as proposed by the Spanish government. However, facts are more eloquent than words. The majority of the troops in the Orient are in the field and we are fighting. Martinez Campos has published that war is over, but I hear the roar of battle swelling in every direction.

"With these facts before you I am confident that with your well known activity and zeal you will make an appeal in our favor to the exiled sons of Cuba, who, I am sure, have always been ready to undergo the greatest sacrifices for the welfare of their country."