No. 361.
General Sickles to Mr. Fish.
United States
Legation in Spain,
Madrid
,
December 14,
1872. (Received Jan. 6, 1873.)
No. 505.
Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith a
translation of a report, taken from the official Gazette, of Mr.
Cisa’s interpellation respecting the sale of slaves
held in Cuba by the Spanish authorities. The reply of -the minister of the
colonies is substantially the same as that made by him in the senate to a
similar inquiry reported in my No. 501.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Further interpellation of Mr.
Cisa respecting the reported sale of
embargoed slave property in Cuba, and reply of the colonial
minister. Chamber of deputies, December 12, 1872.
[From La Gaceta de
Madrid, December 13, 1872.]
(Extract.)
Mr.
Cisa
. Four days ago I
addressed an inquiry to the government, and now that the colonial
minister is on hand, I desire to repeat it. I have read in the
Correspondent that an order has been issued for the sale of the negroes
which have belonged to the insurgents.
Moreover, in the same journal it is stated that the first mail-steamer
will carry out to the colonies an order authorizing the embargoed
estates commission to proceed to sell such personal property as may be
liable to damage. I wish to know if this order is a fact, and by virtue
of what law this personal property is sold?
The Colonial Minister. The Cuban debt
commission proposed to the intendente the sale of slaves not employed on
plantations belonging to embargoed estates, and also of perishable
personal property. By telegraph authorization to sell the slaves was
denied, and to-morrow’s mail will take out an order for the sale of
personal property liable to damage. This is all I can say to the
honorable gentleman.
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