The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1873, Page 10

Ww SPANISH BARBARISHL OONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE. Han be engaged for next Tuesday evening. He whid he objected to Tammany Hall, because he did Bot want this movement to have ‘ANY PARTY OOLOR AT ALL, tashe would object to the republican head- marters for any such purpose. General Van Jen's proposition was referred to the Committee of Six, wich, on motion of General Knox, was in- creased to nine, including Colonel Lockwood, the Secretary, and two other metubers of the League. The Executive Committee then adjourned, to meet again at three o’clock this afternoon. Captain George W. Brown, Who has been organ- duing the meeting already announced to be held on Wednesday next, at Steinway Hall, Sppeaten ve- fore the committee and anuounced the steps he had already taken, When the Committee of Nine ‘was appointed Mr, Brown desired to be named as one of the members, but General McMahon ob- jected to it,,and he was not placed on the eom- mittee. The following correspondence, however, passed between the League and Captain Brown Bubsequently, and, as will be scen, there will mow be BUT ONE MEETING HELD: Cunan Leacue ov tae Unrrep States, New York, Nov. M4, 1873. Captain GC. W. Brown :— Dxan Sin—While the members of the Executive Com- mitive fuily appreciate the zeal you have. shown in tak- ing steps tor a meeting of the friends of Cuba, they re- gret that there should be any division or collision of eftorts at such a the as the ef Onba, and think it would be an advantage to the cause if you would give up your own. project for 4 meet- ing. Very truly, yours, HARLES WATROUS, V. P. New Yor, Nov. 14, 1873. ‘Mr. Cuartes Warnovs, Vice President League :— Dean Sin—Your letter of this date received. have taken steps for a meeting in behal resent among the friends In rept ir friends, to take place at Steinway Hall November 19, and have engaged en Wednesday evening, he “hall tor that puro sek wil aubrender the hall to for the same purpose, that there may De no div! BP sympath: or theerest ym the Cuban se or in this matier, Yours truly, OEORGE W. BROWN, Later in the evening the committee authorized ‘to arrange for A MASS MEETING ‘under the auspices of the League cugaged Stein- way Hali for Monday evening next Jor that purpose, Interview with General Zambrana. Antonio Zambrana, member of the Cuban Con- gress, stated to @ HERALD reporter yesterday that ‘the views of some Americans upon the Cuban ques- tion were singularly one sided and unjust. A great deal was said about 7,000 Cubans staying in New York when they ought to be in the fleld fighting. There is a glaring exeggeration of the number. There are no more than 500 Cubans in New York who are capable of bearing arms, These men are all ready and willing to return to the isiand at any moment. But how are they to gor Spain, while protesting that Cuba is tn a@ state of peace, has the coast lined with a cordon of war ships. They are even to be found in New York and outside of Sandy Hook. All the Movements of the Cubans are watcied, and, when they do happily get off a small expedition, the weakness of their efforts is langhed at, wnile, be- cause of the attitude of the United States, the greater the venture they might make the stronger ‘the probability o1 1te being captured and destroyed ‘by Lhe American authorities, as was the case some tume ago with the Pioneer. THIS SORT OF TREATMENT looked very like binding a man to tree, spitting in ‘his face and then deriding him because he could Dut resent the insult, itis true that Cubans bad meetings and made speeches, Itis in the nature Oi them to like these things, but they can do more than get up meetings and orate; they can fight. It ‘was not by meetings and orations alone that they have kept the fleid for now more than five years against all the Jearful odds that Spain has been able to bring against them. They have, according to statements in the Span- Ash Cortes, killed or disabled 85,000 Penin- sular troops sent to Cuba. Inany Victories and captured hundreds of Spanish risoners, few of Whom suifered deat. This is do- ing more than calling meetings and making Bpeecies, While Cuba has aman leit or a cartridge to burn. All that the Cubans ever expected was a fair chance of getting their vessels recognized as be- | longing to a power that has bravely won her status gs a belligerent. They can and will of themselves free the island. It must not be iorgotten that all ‘the foreigners put together who had sailed in Cuban expeditions did not exceed 110 men altogether. Foreigners are welcome to Cuba, ana their assistance will be gladly re- ceived; but it is necessary to make How this statement to show that Cubans them- ®eives have accomplished all that has been done— mach or littie—since the war began. Let the United States but recognize the belligerency of the Cubans, or, in case of a rupture with Spain, put ships into Lhe hands of the patriots, and the world will soon see the island cleared forever of the bated Spaniard. The Cubans in exile, here and elsewhere, have their families and the wrecks of their fortunes, in addition to their hearts’ warmest affections, in the isle of their nativity. They had made and were every day going through sacrifices that few, if any, eople under the sun were obliged to offer at the shrine of freedom. Men who knew not the use of arms and who were reared in the lap of luxury had given up ali that 1s dear to man and followed the for- tunes of war in the forests of their island home. These sacrifices, it appeared, were taken into ®mall account by those who belittied the Cubans and their cause. It should also be borne in mind that hardly a Cuban man in New York capable of bearing arms but who had served irom one to three years in the liberating army. Some of them haa been taken prisoners by the Spaniards and ex- Ppelled from their dear Cuba, and all of them sighed Jor an opportunity to return there to finish the struggle, which opportunity he trusted in God Would soon come about. War Feeling in Brooklyn. Yesterday alternoon the announcement by the local bulletins concerning the additional, or third relay of butchertes, fired the hearts of the patriotic people of Brooklyn to a fever heat, There was Dothing else talked of but the repetition of sangui- wary atrocity and the utter contempt of the Span™ dards in Cuba for the American nation. Upon every side high and Jow expressed the opinion that there could not possibly exist even the most remote shadow of an excuse on the part of our government for longer delaying a demand for im- mediate reparation on the part of the blood-thirsty rutiians of Spain for the barbarous comtempt shown lor all civilized usage in the treatment: of ‘the unfortunate men of the ill-starred “Virginius,” The excitement over the last carnage ran so high in the latter part of the day that ex-Congress- | man Barnes hoisted the national flag at hali-mast ever his establishment, wit the Cuban colors above it, from the flag: A conference of several leading men was held last evening, when it was resolved that the Demos cratic General Committee of Kings county would hold a meeting this evening at No. 9 Court street, with a view to perfecting arragements for noid- | ‘Ing a MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS of Brooklyn, irrespective of paity, for the purpose of protesting against longer submitting to the ac- cumulation of outrages and contumely in Cuba. immediate action will be demanded of the govern- ment. The mass meeting will be heid at the Academy of Music on Monday evening. There cau be no doubt bat that the assemblage will be one ofthe largest and most enthusiasticever wituessed 4m Brookiyn since the early days of the war for the Union, Lively Times at the Navy Yard. ‘The excitement at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yes: teraay continued unabated. There is a genuine metallic ring about the place which, im the par- Jance of the day, means “business.” Naval officers are generally of the opinion that the honor of the country is at stake, and manifest the greatest will- ingness to participate in any movement inaugu- rated by the government that will tend to reflect honor to the national fag, which, by tue recent | ‘outrage, they think has been dishonored. The government oficials have vot been idle. Not since the famous “war times” have the chief& of the different departments been so busily engaged in complying with requisitions hastily made upon them. There is a commotion in the yard which simply re-echoes the sentiment of the community at large, and biended with the duty of tne several officers is a PELE of earnestness and cheery vig- Hance which betokens a hearty appreciation ofthe i rtant task on hand. ice Admiral Rowan was down at tue wharf at an early hour, and, having witnessed the final and satisfactory completion of the arrangements (or ie BAILING OF THE GUNBOAT KANSAS, which left under sealed orders shortly before eleven o'clock, hurried back to lis office to further the preparation of other vessels already ordered w sea. In this emergency Admira) nowap has eheited general admiration for the remarkable Promptness and executive ability which he has po eats to his Indefatiganie efforts may be SrEpaTanea ceo mavner in which the preseut inter. Navy Yard are being pushed The Kansas was thorough): fui, and went oufunder commander eek, Hor destination: is unknown, but itmay be interred th e will probably Louch at Key West, and thence proceed to Havana. She was supplied with ail the ap- Prior to aterg art and erm oficers and crew, , expressed their Shel prospective pleasures, ean hah GERA POURED INTO THE NAVY Yesterday irom all quarters, anxious to wiwnens the prepureticns, and seemed to take much gratifi- eaten in the announcement that vessels were ett d burried off with dispatch, Every depart- @UCRt Was Juli of businese—inJact, the euuipment. | They have gained | ‘The war still goes on, and will continue | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 187%—TRIPLE SHEET. ordnance and omecers sewnging to the engineer force had their hands fuli from morning till sun- set, The famous sioop-of-war Juniata will be the next vessel to leave the port. She will be com- manded by Commander D. L. Braine, who recently returned from the Arctic regions, where for iour_ mouths he prosecuted the vigorous search tor the Inissing crew of the Polaris, ‘TRE JUNIATA carries eight guns and is 828 tons, new measure- ment, She will have most of the officers and crew that accompamed her onithe trip to the nerth, and trom all accownts all join in the hearty appre- ciation of the geauine stand the government has taken. She is now taking in coal and stores, the sails are being bent, and her armament will prob- ably be on board by to-morrow mght. Prominent among the energe' officials of the yard are Messrs. Rausom and Roach. The latter gentieman has taken the Tennessee in hand, and will prob- ably have her in readiness within twenty days. Commander Meade, of the Ordnance Department, is pushing matters forward In true naval style, and altogether the prospects at the Navy Yard are ex- ceedingly gratilying. Opinions of the Press. [From Ei Cronista, Nov. 12,} ‘The enestion of the capture of the Virginius, with all its incidents and precedents, has exclusively occupied public attention and the columns of the press. This, as usual, in place of pacifying the feeling, of enlightening the public and seeking for the origin and the reason of things, has been pleased to irritate the masses into vituperating and outraging Spain and the Spaniards and in sharpening the government, so that, commg out from the prudent reserve which belongs to the rep- resentatives of @ decent and illustrious nation, they mighé launch into exactions and pretensions which they themselves until now, coniess have no foundation on which to base them, * * * * * * * * ‘The news that Santa Rosa was shot is prema- ture, and as he has been already tiree times lib- erated from the action @f justice by the carnivorous lerocity of our grace, even now he may obtain a fourth pardon, so that in future he may pray for his victims when newly he enters into combat. Ashe is an American citizen, protected by the HERALD and a particular friend-of Mr. Fish, every- thing is possible. IT 18 NOT PROBABLE. Under the above heading the Cronista nas the following:— Certain information from Washington, having the appearance of truth, says that Mr, Fish bas showna telegram from the tamous Mr. Sickles, in which he assures the Secretary that the executive power of the Spanish Republic has, by cable, ordered the Captain General of the island of Cuba to not exe- cute any others o! the Pracnere of the Virginius, This cannot be true, because the sentences were imposed by a tribunal of justice according to our laws, and the Executive of the Spanish Kepubiic has not suficient power to order so great an absurdity, . * * * {From La Independencia, Nov. 13.) To-day, in the face of all the civilized powers, and in the bright noon of the nineteenth century, an American ship has been chased, whether in free or foreign waters does not yet appear; she has been boarded: and, torgetting the banner which she floated, and without inquiring, if they were passengers or not who were aboard of her, if there existed, or not, a right to capture her, she has been dragged to port, and, without previous trial, with- out taking any of tne steps that are the indispen- Sabie guarantee of ail justice, the victims that appeared most prominent have been picked out— those who best satisned the caprice ol the moment—and there, in the corner oj @ filthy slaughter house, made to kneel down with their | eyes bandaged, and in the midst of a hellish clamor of jackals, they have been shot in the back. Can the American people content themselves with notes, more or jess artificiaily labored, by Castelar, when the blood of Ryan claims ven- | geance’ Are the most generous and heroic tradi- uons of the Union lost to the degree of allowing Spain—the imbectie, cowardly, miserable—to tread them in the shameiul mire ignominy? = * * That agitation in the country of Which the press to-day gives us account 18 @ protest that to-morrow ali America will translate into deeds, and Spatn in the end will receive coudign punishment ior ler crimes, (From La Revolacion de Cuba, Nov. 13.) The press of the United States has protested unenimousiy and energetically against the new | crimes of the Spaniards, * * * * » * | From a diplomatic point of view Cuba and Spain | are not at war; Spain bas always denied tt, and the United States, ceding benevolentiy to her sug- | gestions, have not proclaimed Cuban belligerency. Only in a state of war could aship of the United States be detained on the high seas, examined and conducted to a Spantsh port a8 a criminal, accord- ing to present treaties. For this reason the capture of the Virginius is an act of piracy. Whether the Virginius had or not conducted an expedition of arms and material for the Cubans is @ point not officially axed; therefore the Kansas lent her protection a short time ago, with the approval of this government, in the port of Aspin Wail; besides, the ship was Lot amenavle after pe concluded her voyage; and, lastiy, the Spaniards, to rob her of tue American flag, hoisting their own in its place at the masthead, and puutshing with death various American citi- zens found on bvard, did not comply with any | formality of those required by the respect due to a friendly nation. They did not perform a slow and impartial examination of the matter. There was | noformal trial, The nation whose flag was com- promised was not heard. The accused were not granted the guarantees o1 defence. No attempt even has been made by the spaniards to excuse the outrage. In all the newspapers—above all the HERALp, numerous writings will be jound fuil of the indig- nation which the case requires. * * * We think that the outrage can pe compensated for. If the government of Madrid is disposed to acknowledge that the Captain General of the Isiand oi Cuba, in illuminating his palace asa sign of re- joicing for the consequences of insult to a triendly nation ; the Governor of Santiago, who pre- pared the scaffold jor the victims, and the com- Mander of the Tornado, in capturing the ship and stripping her of her flag, have behaved badiy, and chastise energetically them and ali the other func- tionaries who are directly responsible in these Savage acts, the government of the United States should rest satisfied and contented. {From La Revolucion de Cuba, November 15.) Itis said that we wish the United States tocon- quer the independence for us which wedo not know how to win. This is far from being exact. Eut if we aspire to an alliance with the United States we are not to be censured for that. The Cubans do not pretend to be as strong as Spain. They hope to conquer because they combat for liberty and because the special conditions of the country Where the war is being carried on are ta- | Vorable to them, It is no disgrace in them to solicit the support of a poweriul overn- ment, interested in the triump! of the principles which the Cubans defend. ‘The most powerful nations of Europe procure aluances with other nations when a war breaks out. Mexico, perbaps, would not have seen herself tree from the French invasion if this government had not intervened; and no one, for this reason, has ceased to admire and respect the indomitable energy which the Mexicans demon- strated in the struggle, The United States, with- out french ships @nd gold, would have struggied much longer than they did, and would have thea biuch more biood than what was spilied, to accom- plish their independence; but no American, on this account, ceases to remember with pride the combats in which thetr fathers, mingling wito foreign soldiers, commenced to extinguish, with the chains o/ servitude, the hard and unjust domi- nation of Kurope In this beautiful continent, But the Cubans have not pretended even once alllance with any power on earth to defeat Spain, They have the valor, self-abnegation and perse- verance that are needed to obtain success with- out Joreign support. They wish belligerency, be- cause it humilates them to be considered as pi- rates and as bandits; because, with belligerency, | the United States would be obliged to maintain a | strict neutrality, while thus far, with Spain a iriendly power, she is favored in'everything pos- sible, She here constructs ships, and buys cannon, | and prepares armaments, while the Cubans can only take muskets and ammunition as legal ar- ticles of commerce, and in @ form in which neutral- ity could not prevent it. The Cuban Threat to Execute Secretary Fish. | To Tue Eprror or rig HERat! Tam ene of the oldest resident Cubans in this city—a naturalized citizen for more than twenty years—and I am as well acquainted with the Cubans of this city as any man living and as fully Mformed of all their movements, I think I can Speak by authority, therefore, when I pronounce yas ert herpes addressed to Secretary . referred to in a morning paper yesterday, “a weak invention of the eharg intenaeapot course, to bring odium on the Cuban cause, ‘Its autuorship could no doubt be traced, if it were Worth the troubié, to the editorial sanctum of the Spanish newspaper publisned in this tity, whicha few days ago advised the killi creature on the Virginiua, an Me aareciad atte same time that Secretary Fish Was not a passen- ger. Respectiuliy, J. M. MAOLAS, NoveMuer 14, 1873, THE FEELING IN PHILADELPHIA, Cuban Meeting—Fearfal Excitement— One Max Tears a Gold Chain from His Threst, Another Gives His Horse and Carriage’ 1e Be Sold for Cuba, Another Sti, a Wawrk. PHILADELPAIA, Nov, 14, 1873, It would be impossible to describe the state of excitemens ir which the Cuban residents of this city are at present involved, or the indignation which pervades every tudiyidual of the band, though comprehending only about 200 males, Busi- ness with them is virtually suspended, and they can be found standing in certain localities aroused, animated, nay frenzied, beyond all ordinary meas- vure, pleaging their energies, their properties, their lives, everything, to aid thetr island at this critical and turaing point of its desziny. A brief telegram announced to the readers of the HERALD this morning that the Cubans of this city had held a meeting last night, and that during its progress many VITUPERATIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEASURES were indulged in; vituperative when Spain was mentioned, enthusiastic when the name of their island was spoken; but, intended as it was to be secret, the public press of this city generally nad no means of ascertaining the full particuiars of the animated assemblage, and even had it possessed the means it would have lacked the power to de- scribe the madness and the clamor of that hour, butchery the United States would be compeiled to reooguize its duty and take a hand in the issues of the moment, One speech after another caught the spirit of the Cuban heart, and the wild excitement and demon- stration which prevailed it would be utterly im- possible to describe, The very moment A SUBSCRIPTION LisT ‘Was opened each man of the number made a simultaneous dash to the table upon which it rested, as if every man was anxious to sign his name first. Some were poor, some had no mouey; and I venture to state that pinching to them as their constant poverty must have always been, there never was & time when they feltit so sorely. One man, with agesture which swept his whole person, and signified that he had no cash to give, suddenly grasped a massive and costly gold chain which hung about his neck, and, With tears standing 1n his eyes, stepped forward and placed itupon the table. It was his all—the last jewel he had; @ Keepsake Irom a dead parent. I understood that he had caretully guarded it about his neck turough all his poverty, and which no other extremity, save that in which his country was placed, could have wrang from him, Nor was this all. Another mau, bemoaning his small amount of cash, suddenly bethougnt himself of a horse and wagon which he owned, aud step- ping up to him who held the subscription paper put these also under his name, to be taken at any moment and sold for his country’s good. Another still, but one who had subseribed Jargely and generously to the fund, as if he, at such a time, could not do too much, came forward with a watch of rare value and beauty and directed that it shouid be sold to increase the amount of his al- ready liberal donation. ‘Trinkets and valuables of every kind were ireely given, and such a SOLEMN, SAD AND VENT. moment has seldom been witnessed. When a man would go up to subscribe a silence would prevail like that of death; the next moment those behind would bend over the shoulders of those in front of them, and eagerly look to see how much it was. Then the tumult would break out airesh, the ex- cliement would know no bounds, and then again, as another stepped up, all would be silent as beiore. A great deal of what was going on, ander the cir- cumstance of the ‘dialect, was unintelligible to the ordinary American; but no one, no matter whom he might have been, could have witnessed that gathering without being warmed into heat with the fervor and fire which pervaded it, nor could he have witnessed the UTTER DISREGARD OF LIPR AND PROPERTY that led those present to give ali they had for their country, without ieeling for that little island trom the deepest depths of his heart. But few know how deep will be the anguish and labor to fulfil the pledges made last night, for in | Signing that p*per many gave all the money, nay, everything they had in the world. Here, upon the borders of @ dreary winter, in the midst of national crash and failure, such patriotism, such wholesale devotion to country, nas seldom if ever been neard of, EAGER TO FIGHT. One of the members of that meeting, when inter- viewed, said, “if we were permitted, we ourselves would nan these war vessels which the govern- ment of the United States has ordered to be made ready lor service, and which are now lying at League Island. Our men are now more than ever ready to join our brethren in .ne fleld, and fully believe that this country Will assist them because Americans are now the victims of Spanish merci- lessness. In behalf of her citizens, ii notin behalf of common humanity, America should speedily call Spain to account.’ This morning, in passing down the street, a native of the island who knew my present business here, caught me by the arm, hustied me off trom the rush of the crowd and, gesticulating wildly, went over pretty much the same sentiments ut- tered above, half in English and haif in Spanish, partly coherent and partly not understandable, Tne Cubans of this es may be said to be incensed toa point oi fury and madness. They find it im- possible toturn from the awful developments of the day to pursue either business or pleasure. The Cuban women are as earnest and demon- Strative as the men, nay, even the children con- gregate, and in their childish and impulsive way, hurl all sorts of malediction upon Spain and Spanish barbarity. “With us,”? said one of the elder Cubans, i is of no consideration—we are our country’s, old and young.’”* Such, then, is the STATE OF FEELING AMONG THE FEW CUBANS of this commonweaith, Can | say that none but Cubans joined in the demonstration of last night? No; for the feelings which moved the natives of that island to such measure as were effected last night, though in a more subdued and, perhaps, less vehement manner, found an echo in the heart of every American present, and 1 speak but a po; ular sentiment when I say, that at a moment's notice, Pennsylvania would frnish 20,000, nay, 50,000 veterans, to avenge their inhuman butchery, and crush to earth all that have dared to disre- gard the American flag. THE FEELING ELSEWHERE. Rhode Island Exeited—Demand for Im= mediate Reparation, PROVIDENCE, Noy. 14, 1873, The feeling here over the atrocious massacre of | the crew and passengers of the steamer Virginius is one of unusually intense indignation against the Spanish butchers, and instant resentment of the insult and outrage is strongly favored. The Journal, the organ of Senatur Anthony, who possesses largely the confidence of the administra- tion, boldly expresses its demand for speedy punishment of the barbarous Spaniards, and sug- gesta possibile means of aiding the struggling Cubans should the government hesitate to act in the matter. In an article under the caption “Free Cuba” this journal says:— A FEELING OF HORROR, The first feeling upon the perusal of the news of the execution of the captain and forty-eight more of the crew and passengers Of the Virginius, is one of borror and indignation. ‘The fact is that this sSWwilt massacre will result in giving liverty to Cuba. The popular mind will follow the popular heart tn deCiding that such unnecessary and heartless exe- cations can oniy be the work of a government utterly debased, wholly unworthy the confidence o1 civilized people and powerless to actin a delib- erate, judicial and dignified manner, While, of course, the administration must and will pursue the even tenor of its way, according to law and precedent, there are thousands of Ways by which individuals may aid, within the letter cf the jaw, the struggling Cubans. Nothing which the Cuban ieee could have done or omitted would so ave FIRED THE AMERICAN HEART as these atrocious acts. They are deeds not only of desperation but of imbeciiity. The Cuban gov- ernment has assumed the criminality which tc w bound to prove; it has rushed into a possible coi fivt for the home government with a near and poweriul neighbor. it has roused the sympathies ol one of the Most excitavle pations in the world in behall of its insurgent foes, It has for the mo- ment, for the great masa of the people of the United States, taken the issue out of tie domain of law and remitted it to that of popular sentunent and popular vengeance, WHOLESALE MURDER, The Press, the organ of Senator Sprague, is equally outspoken, and demands instant punish: ment of the murderers, It saye:— ‘The act was murder, and our government must show itself a government by demanuing the proper reparation, which i the punisument of the real ders. If they be the Cuban hounds who di- rectiy committed the act let Spain hang them, and if there has been any secret connivance by the Madrid authorities let the United States send down a lorce to take satisiaction by seizing the Isiand of Cuba and putting it out of the power of the savages ever to repeat the atrocity. The admin- istration has now an excellent chance to show its metal and its power to comprehend the demands of the country inthe matter of Cuba, Although Ryan and some of the men with him were not the kind of men to be encouraged, that does not justify the violation of our flag nor the slaughter, withont color of law, which was per- petrated upon them and the parties taken with them. The people are not only ready to sustain @ strong and Courageous policy, but they insist on it amd will drop the administration tf it quibbles over The mews received yesterday in Newark to the effect that the Burriel butchers of Santiago de Caba had completed their bloody work and shot down dead every soul of the crew of the Virginius created great, excitement, and throughout the afternoon and evening was the main topic of discussion in*,all the public resorts, Men not usually given 0 dgmonstrationg clinched | aud passengers of the Virgipiuy excites tho, The members felt that alter such an inhuman | their teeth and fists, and hissed fierce anathem on the heads of “the Spanish hell-hounds.”” Others confined their denunciations not entirely to the Spaniards in Cuba, but included our own govern- ment and especiaily the State Department. Against Secretary Fish and his palaver Fs for years loud denunciations were uttered nor, was the President spared, The excitement in Newark was also swelled by the announcement that Colonel Dick an old Mexican fighter, has commenced organizing @ batallion, and up to noon yesterday had enrolled ninety-six men, who declared their willingness to go to the Antilles and fight for Cuba Libre, a8 soon as belligerent rights were granted to it. The feeling runs so Migh in Newark, and there are so many men out of work, that it is thought likely if a dozen batallions or more might easily be raised to do service in the cause of cul independence. Cuban Demonstration in Baltimore. Bautmmore, Ma., Nov. 14, 1873. This morning a large number of Cubans and American sympathizers congregated at the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore streets, for the purpose of indicating sympathy with the Cuban cause by parading through the principal streets and holding an indignation meeting in Monument square. The procession carried the Cuban flag, draped in mourning, side by side wita the fag of the United States. Arriving at Monument aqaere the meeting organized by calling Colonel E. M, Yerger to tne chair, A pumber ol vice presidents were ap- pointed, after which speeches were made and & committee was appointed and resolutions passed in lavor of giving belligerent rights to the Cubans, ‘The meeting then adjourned, subject to acall from the Executive Committee, The Feeling in Richmond—A Call for Vengeance Upon Spain. RicaMonD, Va., Nov. 14, 1878. The feeling hereis intensely indignant to-day over the newest reported outrages in Cuba, and the people are ready to fly to armsto avenge the insult to the flag and the slaughter of American citizens, All feeling of resentment towards the North is forgotten and swallowed up in this new ebullition of patriotism. The following editorial article, which will appear inthe Enquirer to-morrow morning, expresses fully the feeling in Richmond :— The egregiousness of the Spanish government’s brutality in permitting its officials to slaughter in cold blood the entire crew of the Virginius is without parallel in the history of civilization, and should be prompuly rebuked by the American gov- ernment, whose citizens have been slam tn con- tempt of all precedent, and im violation of de- ceney. There is no reparation possible that can be acceptable. Our citizens murdered in cold blood and our fag insulted! No trial, no time even for these poor people to make their eace witn their God. <A bloodthirsty, de- liberate, brutal assassination of American citizens, and yet parley in reference to reparation and demands of explanations! Great Britain, true to her principles ef direct, positive and unceasing pettecten of an English citizen, has instructed her Consul to ascertain if any of the victims are her citizens, Every intelligent reader kuows what this means. What has Grant done, oppesed to the government of a people who has officers of such brutish instincts as to murder our citizens by tens, untii the tens number by the hundred? We tmust ask for a minister at Madrid who does not appear in 80 questionable a shape as the “Hon,” General Daniel Sickles, a man who, if report speaks true, 1s already more Spanish than the Spaniards, and whose ambitious aspirations to the Spanish empire through his new Spanish wile have been thoroughly canvassed. We have no faith in this man, and believe him as capable of selling bis country for a foreign crown or coronet now, as in other days he bartered his honor for gold. With such @ man at Madrid to represent General Grant’s too timid counsels, what have we to expect ? We doubt him, fear him, and believe, as we urge, that the first step in this business snouid be his recall. He is ot the man to defend the honor of the flag and the interests of the nation in an affair of such mo- ment as this with a government of which he boasts himself the god/atner. We shall doubt all things, and believe only that the nation is to undergo new humiliation so long as this man is our representative at the Spanish court. His re- tention at his post at this juncture cannot but prove disastrous to our couniry’s interests and Jatal to the national honor, We have nothing in common with Spain, They area Sey eneanes corrupt and brutal monarchical government, while ours is said to be the home of the brave, the land oi the iree, We of the South have suffered every indignity at the hands of the North. Since the war our professions of reconcilia- tion have been spurned, and our oath of allegiance doubted, Treason has been charged upon us, and the terms traitor and rebe: huried at us through the press. But here ts offered the opportunity of showing to the world that our intentions were honorable. We have sworn to rotect this government and uphold our American anner; and, lor and on the part of the South, we venture to say to General Grant that if he cannot summon up bis hosts, disbanded at Appomattox, the little band that then surrendered will come forward at the tap of the drum to avenge upon Spain her auaacious, impertinent insult to the “>tars and Stripes,” and the brutal murderer of our ‘ellow countrymen. War with that nation and the annexation of Cuba should now be our ultimatum. Make no demand. No apologies, no amount of indemnity, can pay for the lives of butchered American citizens. Away with all timtd counsels! Now 18 the time to strike! It is the best opportunity that has ever offered or that will offer, and why hesi- tate? Are we not strong enough to cast precedents behind us, to close the book o! nations, and strike out upon a new line of policy for the maintenance of our national honor and tntegrity and the security of the lives of our American citizens in any part of the world, no matter What flag may, for the time being, float over their heads? We cannot afford to waste these precious moments and lose the food of the prosperous tide that has ebbesl so opportunely in vain discussion, in red tape diplomacy, in chopping logic, when we should be cutting throats, in untying Gordtangknots when we should be severing them with our swords. Let the President once more declare, “I propose to move at onze upon your works,” and a whole country will rise up and with one voice applaud the manly sentiment which shall become the watchword of the nation, of peace and reconciliation at home and respect and fear *abroad. These impudent Cuban volunteers{must be taught a terrible lesson; they must be made to feel the power and vengeance of the flag they have so grossly insulted, and now is the day and the hour for the “bioody instruc- tion.” Cast away all timidity; proclaim now the true American policy of this Continent, which time has ripened even unto mellowness, aud which already foreshadows that ‘manifest destiny” that can only be achieved and established by a rejec- tion of all entangling alliances abroad and the rigid enforcement of our rights on land and sea by the sword. Let us move at once upon Cuba! Indignation in Norfolk. Norroik, Va., Nov. 14, 1873, The news of the Virginius outrage when first re- ceived here created a feeling of great indignation, and as the particalars reach us it does not subside, For years the Spanish government has insulted the American fag, and this Jast outrage, in the opinion of our citizens, cannot be overlooked by the United States gov- ernment, as the Virginius had the American flag fying, and was sailing under American papers at the time of her capture, and diplomates cannot overcome this breach of neutrality. The people of the South have ceased to jook upon Ouba with a longing eye, and the slavery existing there; but they want the bloodthirsty Spaniards to respect vessels sailing under the Stars and Stripes, which they have not done since the days of Pierce’s ad- ministration, The news received to-day does not help the cause of the prrecnens, for, with all their prepa- rations In our Navy Yard in fitting out vessels, they think that the bd Sickles will have it smoothed over, and the blood of Captain Fry and his crew will be washed out, not by blood, but by Jetes and suppers in Madrid. The feeling now 1s to have the government recognize those battling for the freedom of Cuba as belligerents, and send the Spanish cut-throats back to Spain to settie their own affairs, and not keep this Continent in trouble continualiy. The Feeling in Wilmington. WILMINGTON, N. C., Nov. 14, 1873. Deep interest i# manifested in tlls city concern- ing the fate of the crew of the Virginius, and ex- pressions of contempt for the tame spirit which dictates the non-intervention policy of the federal government as to Cuban affairs are fre- quent and emphatic, It 1s not gener. ally believed that the condition of the Coban atraggle for independence has ever demanded a recognition of Cuban nationality by the United States, inasmuch as tue revolt has failed to exhibit the force and consistency usually pre- scribed as the requisites of recognition. The feel- ing of the South is altogether Cuban and condem- natory of the atrocities which have marked Spanish policy in the ii id, In this city the fate of the Virgins and her crew acquires ad- ditional interest from the recollection of the presence in oar waters four years of the Cub a ago privateer of the Coban service, offered chiefly by ex-Confeder: ‘The Cuba put into Wilming' mn im distress, and, being seized by the federal authorities, her officers were compelled to make a protracted stay, during which @ decidedly strong Cuban sentiment was created in Wilmington, Condemnation of Spain is much intensified by the news of the cruel massacre of the officers of the Virginius, Itis not pelteved that with Southern statesmen in power at Washington this Ergenmee insult of Spain to the national flag would be tolerated. In the South the government is condemned as practising a licy at once weak and disingenaous, and it is Heved that humanity dictates nations the repreasion of Spanish cruelties. Exasperation in Charleston, CHARLESTON, 8. C., Nov. 14, 1879, ‘The news of the terrible butchery Of the crew greatest horror and indignation among ali classes in this and the neighboring cities, The old ex- rebels of the Confederacy are utterly exasperated, and they express the hope that the government Will resent the insult offered its flag and avenge the murdered men. Captain Fry was well known here during the war and universally liked, and his brutal murder is universally condemned, News and Courier, the leading paper in the State, calls upon the President to carry the war into Guba at once and wipe out the Stain offered to the flag. This sentiment is re- echoed by all the leading papers in the State and Georgta, both democratic and republican. The white people of this State are anxious to have Cuba annexed to the United States, hoping thereby to get rid of the carpet baggers. Tue sentiment among the colored people tends very mnch in the same direction. They openly express desire to see the Cuban slaves emanceij d, and it is stated that two regiments of the State National Guara (colored), at this place, will at once volunteer their services to the Presi: dent, in the event of hostilities being apened. The people of this section are very rarely stirred up on questions of national interest, but prompt action on the part of the general government at this period would bring thousands of ex-Confederates quickly to its support. The action of the national government t# awaited with breathless anxiety, The Feeling in Aug a, Ga. Avausta, Nov. 14, 1873, Profound feeling is awakened in Georgia by the Virginius butchery. The press and people throughout the State generally are indignant at the atrocities of the Spaniards, and demand that the government shall promptly avenge the in- juries to its citizens and the insulted national honor. The murdered Fry is well known in this State and his sad tate ts deeply deplored. Some few profess indifference, but such sentl- ments are not shared by the great majority, who think the time has come when the United States must interfere. It is evident Spain is unable to control the volunteers in Cuba or restrain their excesses, and the people think our citizens should receive the protection of the government. The warmest sympathy is felt for the patriots in the struggle for treedom, and this feeling is intensified by the butchery at Santiago. Some believe that war would heal the divisions existing between the North and South, and efface ali remembrances of past bitterness and hatred, making us once more a united nation. People here could have excused the execution of Ryan and his comrades, but when the captain and crew of the vessel—whose worst offence was attempted block- ade running, American citizens, sailing under the American flag—are tay aa is murdered without allowing any opportunity for interference, then the South, believe the Spaniards should be speedily taught the value of the life of an Ameri- can citizen. The South i# ready to sustain the government in demanding the ampiest reparation jor this bloody act, with suMcient guarantees for paye ae good conduct of the Spanish authorities in Cuba. The Feeling in Savanuash. SAVANNAH, Ga,, Nov. 14, 1873. There is a universal expression of indignation at the slaughter of the Cubans and crew of the Vir- ginius, and it is said the government should take Prompt steps in the matter. The Cuban Question in St. Louis. Sr. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14, 1873. A despatch which was posted on ’Change to-dav, stating that the remainder of the persons on the Virginius, numbering 111, were shot, created a good deal of excitement, and the war feeling Tan pretty high. The matter was the subject of much comment during the afternoon and to-night, andthe general feeling is that our government should use prompt and energetic means, not only to vindicate its honor, but to punish the authors of the fiendish butchery. Some even advocate a proclamation by the President suspending the neu- trality laws for sixty or ninety days to give the incensed people of this country an opportunity to go to Cuba and inflict summary ven- Keanoe upon the bloodthirsty Spaniards and wrest the island from their control, A large num- ber of prominent merchants and other influential citizens, believing that American honor requires, as common humanity urges, prompt and vigorous action on the part of our government, signed a call to-night for @ public meeting at the Court House to-morrow evening to express the public feeling on the subject. STRANGE, IF TRUE. A Jullbird’s Story of an Interview with the Captain-General—$20,000 Gold Offered to the Organizer of a Cuban Expedition That Would Be Betrayed—is It a Parallel to the Virginius? Boston, Nov. 14, 1873. The Spanish outrage, which now commands the attention and excites the indignation of the whole civilized world, is attended with many stories going to show the disposition of those engaged in supporting @ desperate cause. As long ago as last summer @ HERALD corresponpent in this city had an interview with a young man, then under arrest, ‘who volunteered @ statement of his experience, which, in view of the Virginius affair, is at this time of peculiar interest and importance. The in- former's name is John W, Young, & young man of about thirty-five years of age, of rare talents and @n experience with the world which few of his years have ever attained. Omitting for the pres- ent the story of his live and adventures, I will pro- ceed to detail the events which have a particular and important BEARING UPON THE CUBAN MASSACRE. In the summer of 1872 Mr. Young, in company With his wile, leit New Orleans for Havana. He was Dot a stranger in those ports, having served prominently among the insurgents a few years be- fore, and his arrival there was expected by the Captain General. At this time friends advised him to keep away, but being of an adventurous spirit he ignored ther warning and determined to continue his journey. Approaching Key West he was taken sick and obliged to remain over for a while. Upon the arrival at Havana of the steamer on which he had taken passage it was discovered by the agents of the Captain General that he was not on board. That official immediately telegraphed to Young to come to Havana and see him as soon as he could. Inas- much as the tourist expected to visit Cuba incog- nito, particularly so far as the authorities are con- cerned, he did not now propose to continue the trip, and the matter of how and by what means the Captain General learned of his intended jour- ney was A SERIOUS ENIGMA, He answered by telegram, declining to visit the isiand, fearing that his past exploits there with the Cubans would secure his summary execution. The Tequest was several times repeated by telegraph, but Mr. Young positively declined to go. Finally a special messenger came from the Captain General to Key West and informed him that if he and his wile would accompany him to the isiand the Captain Gen- erai would see that no harm befel them, and that they would be safely returned to the United States, Upon this assurance, with the word of honor ot the messenger, Mr. Young and his wife acceded to the requestand started, Immedtately upon ar- pinnkys | in the harbor of Havana the steamer was met by @ small boat, and Mr, Young was taken from his wile and disguised and privately conveyed or Captain General's palace, Here he was IN SECLUSION FOR THREE DAYS, during which time he heard nothing from his wife, and only came in contact with those who were guarding him. Mrs. Young during this time was being hospitably entertained at the Captain Gen- eral’s country residence, At the end of the third day Mr. Young was brought before the General, and, after a preliminary conversation, there ensued the following ;— ia A DRAMATIC CONVERSATION. CAPTAIN GENERAL—Is this Colonel Young ? Mr. Youno—Yes, sir, CAPTAIN GENERAL—I understand you have been in the Mexican service with Maximilian ? Ww YounG—Yes, sir. JAPTAIN GENERAL—D) anit id you make any money Mr, YouNG—No, sir, CAPTAIN GENERAL—I understand, also, that you have been with the insurgents ? Mr. Younc—Yes, I have. CAPTAIN GENERAL—Did you make any money out of them? Mr. YouNa—No, sir. CAPTAIN GENERAL (in a low tone, with a quizzical Jook and placing his hand famiuariy on Young’s shoulders)—Do you wish to make some money? Mr. Youna-—Yes, certainly, CAPTAIN GENERAL—Well, Qolonel, I have @ scheme by which you can make a nice [ittle sum, and if you are willing to enter into the arrange- ment we will proceed to business. Mr. Youna—{ would like to know what the scheme is and will listen Pi CAPTAIN GENERAL—You know I have been in command here a long time, and We have had com- paratively no success and no victories, The mother government is becoming dissatisfied with my administration of affairs on the island and is tiring of it, If we don't any victories soon I shall lose my position, and insurgents will soon get tho mastery oF ns. ne Un- derstanding that you are a great organizer and a man that can be tyusted, 1pow coulide to you my Le lan of action. I wish you to return to the United tates immediately and set about ORGANIZING AN EXPEDITION for the rehef and assistance of the insurgents. You must raise money, enlist good men to assist in organizing, get arms, ammunition and all sorts of supplies in as large quantities as you can raise, and enlist all the Cubans and Cuban sympathizers possible; also obtain a slow sailing steamer for transporting your men and supp! and see ton nit that “she 48 Well equipped and manned by an experienced and loyal crew. You can organize at any American port. on think proper, but it appears to me that New rieans is best adopted ior the purpose. Keep me informed from day to day by cypher telegrams of your progress. Let me know the fastest speed the steamer can make, alsothe dayon which you will sail from top pons you select and the course you wili take and the point where you will pro- hably land, also give me such other information as willenabie me to select a faster sailing steamer and have her cruising on the course which you se lect, 80 that we can OVERHAUL YOU AFTER A SPIRITED CHASE, you having done apparently all in your power to escape. When taken, make every appearance of resistance you can, and talk loudly about the cause Which you are seemingly engaged in. Do this ana enable me to capture the steamer which you command, and I wili give you TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD and half of the proceeds from the sale of thé steamer, arms, ammunition and supplies, Young, after considering the mutter, replied substantially as follo ws:— “This is ail very well so far, but I wish to know what will be done with the men captured,” CAPTAIN GENERAL (wit! a shrug of his shoulders) —Oh, they must be shot. That is the principal part of the scheme. The public will demand that Younc—Great God, General! do you wish me or ask me to be the murderer of hundreds of innocent men? It is @ desperate piece of business; but if 1 consent to engage in it I think tt will be necessary to enlist and engage, some thirty American men who have seen service in the rebellion to work with me. That will give character to the expedition and in- spire confidence and enthusiasm among the men. Icannot consent to any arrangement whereby one of my own countrymen will lose his lifes What will you do with them and now can [ PREVENT THEM FROM BEING SHOT as well as myself ? CAPTAIN GENERAL—Before you sail, manage ‘to. send me a list of the names of those whom you desire to save, and I will manage to have you and’ them apparently escape, in a Manner which will blind the others, and when executed they will not know but you are to share the same fate. Youna—General, I have not the heart to do it. It seems to me like murder, aud @ cause that re- sorts to such means cannot succeed. CAPTAIN GENERAL (producing papers which he nad previously drawn up and all ready for signa- tures)—You know you are in my power and your life is nothing here. Were it known that you are now in the castle, I could not protect you from violence or scarcely protect a self, Enter ito this agreement and sign this. paper and you can leave the island safely with your wife, If you refuse the very worst conse- quences will follow. ‘The result, as may be tmagined, was that Young IMMEDIATELY SIGNED THE PAPER, and apparently entered heartily into the treacher- ous and damnable conspiracy, but at the same- time was praying for deliverance from the island and from the snare the Captain General has so- adroitly led him into, The young aaventurer’s. rare accomplishments 1n the persuasive and conf- dential line now served him, and the General was- made to believe that Young was earnestly and heartily devoted to the work. The details were arranged in a very few days, and, with 4 BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY OF FUNDS, sone left Havana with his wile for New Orleans. . His departure was as secret as his arrival, for if his presence heen discovered by the volunteers he would have been torn to pieces and fragments of his body retained as relics. Once im the land of the free and nome of the brave he, of course, abandoned the expedition which he had so faithfully promised to command, but not until he had made one or two drafts on the Captain General. The latter, however, through his agents in this country, soon learned that he nad been duped, and funds were, of course, no longer forthcoming. Now the natural conclusion or the natural question will arise, Was the Virginius fitted out in this way, and were the 100 or more men so cruelly murde: the innocent victims o1 the congpitney of one who, in order to save his own reputation and prolong a weak and dying cause, did not hesitate to con- ceive and execute one of the most diabolical and inhuman outrages known to civilization? IF THIS STORY OF YOUNG'S IS TRUE, Those who know the man, and have listened to it, have tull conddence in his veracity. ‘There are grounds for the belief that the Virginius and her crew were the victims of a similar conspiracy. The HERALD telis the story as it came from Young him- self, and it was listened to by a HERALD Corre- spondent as long ago as last August, and the correspondent has had no interview or communi- cation with him since. It certainly deserves the serious attention of the government, and, in order that Secretary Fish may pe enabled to find Mr. Young, your correspondents will disclose his whereabouts and a few interesting inciuents of his eventful career. HE IS IN JAIL IN CHICAGO, awaiting trial for forging post oftice money orders. Generally tLe statements of jatlbirds and would-be heroes are of no account, but in this case there are reasons for believing that the whole story is true. The statement was made four months ago, and when taken into custody he had a trunk con- Geet Several passports in Spanish, a commis- sion, issued to John W. Young as a deacon of a church in Wisconsin and a policy of insurance upon the farm buildings of the father-in-law of Young to the amount of $40,000, which are believed. to be forgeries, Among the clothing in the trunk, was a richly embroidered military coat, which Young asserts he wore when an officer under Maximilian in Mexico. There are also CARDS PASTED ON THE TRUNK, showing that he had been in Cuba and Mexico, and a multitude of documents, printed and written in Spanish, together with several communications from the Captain General, all of which go to con- firm his story. THE ASSAULT UPON JUDGE UNDERWOOD, RicumonD, Va., Nov. 14, 1873. W. N. McVeigh was before a United States Com- missioner to-day on a charge of assaulting Judge Jonn C. Underwood, and thereby interfering with and obstructing a United States officer in the dis- charge of his duty. The case occupied severab hours, and at the conclusion the accused was bailed in $1,000 to answer an indictment in the United States Circuit Court next April. McVeigh’s coun- sel admitted the assault, but maintained that it was not done with inteution to obstruct an oficial, fe that he assaulted the individual and not the judge. THE HOGAN-ALLEN PRIZE FIGHT, Omana, Neb., Nov. 14, 1873, Jack Looney, the referee in the Hogan and Aller prize fight, which is to come off on Tuesday, arrived from St. Louis this morning. Numbers of roughs are daily arriving, and tickets are being sold rapidly at $5 each. The fight will come off some- where in lowa. A train is advertised to leave here, t nine o’clock A. 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