The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-23
SPAIN.

SPAIN.
General siclles' Despatch to the Ministry
What the Note Said Of Cuba-The Spanish
Furor-Wili Rise Gas Ono NTan''-Iron.
Clads, Thousands Of Troops and War
Sickles Very Cool-Qucen IsnbelIa's Inter-
est In the Island.
MADRID, Sept. Q, 1869.
Without having seen the despatch Of General
Sickes which was sent to the Ministry OF State on
Saturday last, your correspondent has another
person connected with the Department who has
seen IT, and without pretending to know more than
he does know. II his memory and eyeslght OF
It serves him correctly, tho following is q
reliable version Of the diplomatic document
which has caused such o Juror IN Madrid.
General Sickles sent note on Saturday after.
noon to the State Department here stating ''that
his government had requested him to communicate
TO the Spanish government that the state OF public
opinion in America was 80 strong In favor Of Cuba
that it would be extremely difficult to withhold
much longer the recognition Of the Cubans as bellig
erents Furthermore that II the war In that island
continued that for humanIty's sake IL would be in
cumbent upon the United States government to take
immediate steps towards the recognition Of the
belligerency Of the Cubans. The reports from Cuba
from special agents were OF 30 serious nature
to take this COURSE"
Here we have as good an account Of General
sickles' despatch az II the General himself had fur
nished tho HERALD with o copy Of 1t, and In more
cOmpendious and comprehensive form. The ex-
element consequent upon its appearance has not
abated In the least All classes are being stirred, II
not to action, to the encouragement Of each other
to make more determined effort to the reduction
OF the Cubans to obedience to the mother country.
SIX Thousand men Will leave In q few days for Cuba
and further number or $4,000 Is spoken Of as pro-
badly bound for the same destination.
La Postttcd, Serran0s organ, speaks in this wise
of Sckles' note:"But II General Grant is work ing
thus unconstituonally and has given directly these
instructions General Sickes with the intention Of
annihating the Spanish nag, entire Spain will rise
as one man to protest, with the energy
Of glorious times, against these intimations. No;
we will hear nothing Of emancipation
in such way. No; nothing Of cesslon. No. nothing
Of abandonment Meantime. while we prepare fitting
response to this Yankee nOte our iron-clad neet
must instantly prepare to sail for the waters OF
Cuba with 10000 men on board while oil who can
bear arms on the peninsula Will hold themselves in
readiness to march to Cnba at moments notice.
The sons Of the llustrious warriors who conquered
the New World Will show tie Yankee government
that they will not abandon Cuba except with honor
to their beloved flag; that they will fight becomes
the Iberian race 1t matters not against whom
against how many. Before this force, before this
grand demonstration Of power the rebellion will be
speedily extiDgushed, and the United States shall
see how Spain Will treat oAc'ous and insoient inter-
ference.o
The iberian organ OF the Council OF State thus
agaln:-"Geueral Grant, to-day president OF the
United States in view Of these reports may take TO
memory the gentemanly procedure Of Spain during
the late civil war III America, who alone OF the
nations In Europe knew now to preserve the
feel inclined 10 believe thar the American govern
ment will worthily correspond. What favorable con-
ditons have the Cubans for this interference Of
American None. Their army-and We must be
pardOnei Tor calling 1t 0ne-ls ther disciplined
to meet The Spanish army face to face IN the field.
What battles have the Cubens galneds What cities
have they takens Under what walls have their
arms trlumphed. Nobody can answer"
La Correspondence, Et Pne6tO. Ell Certdnaen, N
Centiurlo del Pueblo, the Opinion Nactond., &C.,
are very belhpolent and do not content themselves
with doubling the existence OF the letters a. E1
Ipdrctat, but excite the masses to meet to assem-
1 In AL al the paz nsn i soad ooM
General Sickles understands diplomacy to be
always reticent and guarded to answer questions Of
unaware That ne mad Written any very great and
important despatch, and the members or the Lega-
ton preserve the same CommeDdabe reserve. From
the Legation nothing can be CLEANED.
Minister Roberts has written q letter to his gov
III in but the sov
eminent of Spain win not Immediately despatch
10, 900 more mon to CaballerO dc R0das.
Queen Isabella, 1t is rumored, has offered to cede
Cuba to the United States II that government Ito
part will undertake to rescind its recognition Of Scr
ramos government and recognize herself as the
riQhtful Queen OF spain.
Generals Dulce and Pierrad are seriously III, the
former on the point Of death.
The reports Of Sickles' despatch has seriously
anected the Bourse here. On Saturday the 800
bonds Of Spain were negotiable al 20. On Wednes-
day they had fallen two per cent, for this was the
day after tho Ep0cds rev0catiOns. Yesterday, from
the continued illness Of Napoleon and the insurrec
ton Of the volunteers, they had fallen to twenty
three per cent.
Complete tranquility has been established in the
capital, though the troops are still under arms. 1t
was a time or intense anxiety last night but all
passed off quietly.
The Spanish Refugees from Fernando Po-
Their Arrival at Queenstown and Names.
QUEENSTOWN, Ireland, Sept. 8, 1860.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, NEW York;
sIR:-I have the honor to lnfoIm you that ON the
4th Of last month we had the chance to escape
from the island of Fernando Pc and from the Spanish
iron yoke, hope, forever.
We arrived here on board the steamship Congo,
". II. Croft commander, for coal; and we proceed
nesses OF the hands OF Captain Croft and all other
oricers on BOARD, aud for which we are very much
The number Of persons escaped is thirteen, and
their names are as folIUws-Messrs. FREDERICK Poey
Jose Antonio MOya, Francisco Marrero, Cayetano
Rosello Carlos Baln9, Santiago Walls, Jose Walls,
Rafael Morales, Carlos Morales, Manuel Aujica,
Juan Anduiza, Felipe Peren and the one who has
the honor to sign this letter. All are Cubans trans
,,nrt al iinruta Qriar nj tho