The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-13
NEWSOF CUBAS STRUGGLE.
sPdNIARDS MADE PRISONERS IN
TIE INTERIOR TOWNs.
The Strength Of the Liberatins Army-A Pitt
able state Of spanish Finances-A Loan
that Finds very Reluctant subscribers.


The Strength Of the Liberatina A rmy-A Pitt
able state Of spanish Financer-A Loan
that Finds very Reluctant subscribers.
HAVANA. July cor military news since
my last letter have little to report. The PAGERS
OF this ty state that tho inactivity lie the natu-
raj result Of the late very heavy rains. but 10 Is
an open secret that the spaniards are besieeed by
the Cnban forces In all the interior towns of tho
Central and Eastern Departments, and that even
in the villas md In this Western Department the
Spanish forces are SO few, so unreliable, and so
scattered that they remain entirely on the de-
fenslve. or the numerical force OF SPANS army
actually on the island II Ia difhcut, 10 not impos-
sibe, to form even approximate idea. Men
die or desert BY the hundreds, and stil figure
on the reeimental pay rolls. It's very far from
here TO Spain, and the paymssters and reei-
mental officers laugh at the possibility OF expos
ure or punishment.
Prom friend who has lately arrived here
from he Dep irtment Of East Villas. and who
has furnished me documentary evidence Of
having visited the headquarters OF several divi-
sion commanders of the liberating arm l
learn the following details OF the army corps OF
tns J1 ,o Iy nov wess 81 o. VIZ e.rs'," ormv
now on this side OF tie Central Department:
This entire force consists OF over l,OOO men, OF
whom about 400 are @ valry, we'll mounted,
armed. and equipped. Gen. Maxine Gomez In
person, whose headquarters are close TO Sancu
Eat tritu. Is In command OF luis army COTpfs
Under him are Brig. Gen. Manuel Calvsr, who
conn, ands ESQ, whom he brought with htm
from the Eastern Department In January last
brig. Gen. Julio Sanguili who comm ands the
cavalry operating in the villas (some 900 men)i
aud brighten. Harry Reeves, known as III
americana who has charge OF some LOO cav
alrv wnIoh form the vanguard Of the army. and
who has done most Of the estate burning In tho
jurisdictions OF Sarua. Remedies. Colon. and
Matanzas, and who Is now In this western De-
That the roads are had, almost I'm passable for
n is a the SDaniah ASSERT. n
fact. The deduction, however, which tiIey dr,w
from this fact is entirely false, They have to
thank the state of the roads that Reeves has not
been able to advance further westward, sup
ported, as he would be. by the army Of Gen.
Conner. The Snaniards have nothing to oppose
to II, with any hope of successful resistance.
STRENGTH or the PATRIOTS.
Although the main tendency OF the Cuban
army In westward To this city, their strength Is
strov any spanish force which attempts to move
bv land In either the Central or Eastern De-
partnlent- he cities NJ Puerto Princf. ., Tunas,
Bavamo, Holguin. and siHnzanino, although
held Oy the Sp tnards. are so closely besieeed
by the Cubans that 10 force dare leave them.
large tram Of OK carts aud pack mules
which lately attempted to leave the port Of u IA,
on the south coast, Tor tho relief oi some gar
risoned est,tes In the lurisdic. Ion OF Trinidad,
was captured a few lie .eues from its starting
point anu the entire escort, com posed OF span
isb regulars and volunteers, put to the sword.
comprised 1900 Cartridges, whtcn, according to
all accounts. is~l the Cubans lack.
Tue hnances Of tue Spanish Government are
in a more pitiable condition than ever. III TT
temp,s at raising loan In London aud In Madrid
have signally failed, as war evident they must.
As "A piece of true Sp nish buster tue Madrid
Cabinet mapnan I'M ously auth OF zed the Treasury
OF this COLONY 10 draw upon IL for tbO,DO daily
~ make up the little dencit VI OF pensss over In
come. Hut so fs< the treasury has not only
erUsity OF the ho1e Government-for the best
Reason IN the wOriu, that NOBODY would buv Tue
bills-but has actually been summoned. and
summoned most peremptorily, To remit at once
-cOntddO rtOlcnt0 they csl N nsre-the little
| sum of t6OU0OO IN gold for some very pressing
requirements OF the Madrid c binet. The oney
was cent to spain bv st steamer. The attempt
to sell oils on the hadrid 1resesrv to tue
amount of $4,000 failed because the directors
| OF the bankrupt Spanish Bank-its paper Is
worth under ~ cents on the doltr-refused To
buy them. 10 escape the dire vensesnce ~
Captai General JOveildr The directors of tn
bauk agreed TO take the drafts, provided tho
Governments In Madrld deposited wi,n It's agents
In tbdt CAPITAL the money for the payment of
said drafts. Tni, the Alfonsst Governmeut de-
ciIued--pOur eduSe-to do. Gen JOvellsr, then,
a. II last iesort. offered to authorize the bank to
pay tue draits py an over issue II bank bills said
bills Ia Oe used by the Government Tor Its daily
deem SAID over-issued oils as fast as the IN onev
was paid to ITS agents In NJ drid. and To destroy
| them as fast as redeemed. his scheme also
! fell to tho ground, because the banks and
mnueyed men saw gOid III the near future ruling
at Nv I. SO premium.
THE LATEST DELCsIoN.
| Both these grand financial schemes having
COLLAPSED, a new Iarce IL, learn, 10 be brought
! on tue stage. loan II to Ds hoated f"r forty
| or nfty uliOns Of dollars on tue guarantee 4
| the Custom House receipts. Tue present plan
10 To place four hf1ns of tnem here and one-n ltn
| In Mad ID. | presume for the purpose OF faCiii-
| tAting tho enter rise, tne papers OF this city
| have for tho past few days been busy In at
| tempting To ptoye-and oy figures AT that-th Al
! although last year the iu,ports and exports were
lar below those the vear preceding, the reve-
nues derived thereIrum werr euorn Ou~ly gre. l.
erl | u We no reliable means on Judging of tbs
average IN. diligence Of the aurid Ga italists
VINO are suppo-ou to furnish one nth, say eighi
or ten millions Of collars. toward This new loan
bu l can vi th all confidence predict that not
one dollar of II will Ue take here. To IT'S ac-
ceptance mere there are sundry Masquerade Ob-
tue planters cannot borrow dollar on standing
crops the Cuban torch has taught tue CAPT
tals.s how iisky that class OF security Is and
tlird. the few people VINO have money prefer T.
Keep II and use IL Ia shOrt loans on security uu-
| der tnen control. l Understand that Zulueta
| joe Daro q partner OF Mr.. J. ". CeOaliOs OF
| your citN) Don Tomas Terry, ana otner wealth,
planters, VINO are now residing abroad, and wac
would nave taken their estates with them bat
the been trans .,or aole, are 10 be teioarap hel
to, IN ploring them 10 prove their PATRIOTISM bl
subscribing to this 10 q. Not one will lend
I dollar They know too much. When, however
tue plan 10 ripe, aud the troops become . litti'
more claporous for back pay, meeting will o'
called & the palace, some dummy will appeal u
the Toy 1T oil the assembi ge, a few millions
will be subscribed for nominaliy and the gr Al
success OF tue new loan VIII be tTumpeted,
mean caoled, abroad.
Tue I. CT l.. the pl nters, bankers, and capital
lists OF thus fertile island a,e alike on the verg,
Of bank uptcy, aud you can't yet blood out Of
stone.