The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-19
His Despatch Showing SPANS Desire
to Borrow $50, 900, 900 to Sus-
tain Slavery in the Antilles.
CUBAN WAR STATISTICS.
Pifty-Seven Thousand Insurgents and $4,000
Spanish Troops Slaughtered.
THE SANTANA BAY SPECULATION
Suggestions Touching the Discovery of the
Bones of St. Philip and st. James.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1873.
Secretary Fish's justine alton for Writ
ing His War-on-Slavcry Despatch to
Madrid-General Sicklcs' Previous De-
spatch-Cuba Wants to Borrow Sixty
Millions or Dollars.
The attitude OF the United States towards Cuba
has been prominent topic Of conversation here
since the publication Of the remarkable despatch
Of Mr. Fish to Mr.. Sickles, dated october 20, 1872
Whether Senior Manuel Ruiz Zorilla was warranted
in his assertion that he knew nothing OF this de-
spatch cannot be known until it appears whether
General Sickles read it to him, but Mr.. Fish has
shown to several members of the Diplomatic Corps
and Of the Senate the following important de-
spatch from our Minister at Madrid, as having
justified him in writing what he did,
Received September 81
UNITED STATES LEGATION, /
SAN SEBASTIAN, August l6, 1872
SR-I have the honor TO transmit herewith for
your information an official publication Of a de.
cree, accompanied by report OF the Colonial
Minister authorizing the Treasury of the Island Of
Cuba to issue bonds amounting to $50, 0oO bear
ing eight per cent interest, and pledging for the
payment Of the interest and principal OF the loan
the proceeds of the tax, estimated at S. 100000
sources OF revenue, ordinary and extraordinary.
1t appears in the report Of the Minister that the
$780, O0o-$12, ooo,O 900 of this were borrowed
to pay the expenses of the several expeditions
ing $3S, COX, 900 have been advanced by the bank
toward the expenditure incurred in the present
war in Cuba. The whole amount Of $50, 000, 900 was
loaned by the bank IN paper money, and this large
addition to the ordinary paper issue OF the bank
has it brought about
financial crisis in that portion of the island held by
the Spanish forces: 1t further appears that the
the last fiscal year $12,oOoooO. the loan is to
be negotiated in two parts. The proceeds Of the
to reimburse the Bank Of Havana the amount Il
advanced to the Cuban Treasury to pay the cost OF
inc Spanish contingent oc Tor the expedition
amount advanced by the bank toward the
expenditure incurred in the attempted reconquest
$s,OO6,o0o in Bills of the Bank Of Havana, the same
being part OF the sum loaned to the Treasury for
paper money of the bank issued on government
account to $ao,ooo,ooo; fourth, the balance, say
meet appropriations made for the prOsecu-
ton of the war, and for the ordinary expenses OF
The decree also provides for leasing the en-
bargoed estates for q term not exceeding SIX
years, the proceeds OF which, together with GER
tain Treasury credits and the income OF the Crown
property in Cuba, applicable to the redemption
!. OF the remaining thirty millions of paper money
issued by the bank on government account. These
sources of revenue have not hitherto, it is under
stood, produced anything; so that 1t may be pre-
for the gradual redemption OF the outstanding
paper and the prosecution OF the war.
Subscriptions to the loan are to be invited on
and London. The negotiation, the application of
the proceeds and the administration OF the reve-
nues appropriated to the payment Of the principal
and interest are confded to commission Of fifteen
persons, three Of whom are to be chosen by the
bOndhOlders.
You will remark in article twenty of the degree a
provision char actererlstc Of all Spanish legislation
for Cuba. The Captain General is authorized to
suspend at pleasure any determination made by
the Loan commissioners.
1t will thus be seen that, after four years OF war.
without quarter, in Cuba, and having exhausted
the resources OF that rich and productive COM
monwealth to sustain cruel conflict, Spain Is
money pledge OF the revenues of the island
TO continue struggle intended to perpetuate
the slavery Of the greater part Of the colored in:
habitants and compel the unwilling allegiance OF
large majority of the sorely oppressed native
population.
recent publication in the impartial, semi
official journal in Madrid, OF which the Colonial
Minister was director until he entered the present
Cabinet, that from the beginning OF hostiities in
Cuba $4,000 insurgents have been killed in battle
laoctones de goe,1a) and 4a,5oo taken prisoners,
side arms, and 1891 horses have been captured;
G9,64O insurgents have voluntarily surrendered"
, AS 1t is believed that all prisoners Of taken
+. are shot or garotted, 1t would appear taking the
total OF killed in battle and prisoners captured,
that more than ffty-seven thousand Insurgents
have fallen since the war began. The Spanish loss
is not stated, but 1t is known from official
that their force under arms in Cuba exceeds one
hundred thousand men, and, as more than half of
these troops unacclimated, their casulties
cannot be estimated at less than fifteen per cent,
Spanish loss OF go 900 since the declaration OF indie
pendence pronounced at Yara In October, 1859.
10 show that this estimate would be exceeded by
,the official returns IL they were published. am,
&C, ID. f. SICKLES
This despatch, Mr. Fish says, with preceding ones
,0f the same tenor, fully justified him in writing
what he did to General Sickes II necessary to
Justify him he will also furnish these other de-
spatches for publication rather than shelter himself
behind any diplomatic subterfuges.
Credit Mobilicr Encorc-Who Is To BE
Convicted Of Bribery!
l. lSono Of tho fourpencehalEpenny Yankee Repre-
pseLtatives are getting the correspondents of pro-
ivincal newspapers who sound their praises to an
nounce that they were never offered any of the
Credit Mober stock No one but an idiot would
e%er imagine that they were ever offered anything
ys1h the hope that their influence in return would
do any good.
Cakes Ames is getting little FESTIVE
under the attempts of different Congressman
to make him their scapegoat, and he may
yet make clean breast OF his business
relations with them especially Dawes, whe did not
Know enough to invest a thousand dollars without
running around the House to ask advice. These
fellows now talk about having Ames expelled nom
fhe House for bribery; but who was bribedf No
man can be convicted OF murder unless the corpse
found, or, rs the lawyers say, corpus detectS
Dcw, who has found the ccrpse' Who has been
bribed by Amcs? Certainly net Dawes, Garfield
Bingham and Co., by their own showing. Where
then Is the body to be foundS Will Mr.. Ames tell
what these gentlemen either cannot or will not
slater
II. X. Garrison was before the Poland Committee
to-day AMI on being questioned as to the truth of
ave rumors in the press about his ownership OF
MnbilieI stock denied positively ever owning dol
lar,s worth Of the stock or OF having any knowl-