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CUBA, {Herald Special Report from Havana. Vaunting Opinions of the Span- ish Press. An Inkling of the Demands Made Upon Spain. Biokles Instructed to Say That if Spain Did Not Act the United States Would. SPAIN BEGGING FOR TIME. Some Old Cases Which the Spanish Govern- ment Won't Like to Hear 0f, 'The Alleged Conspiracy at Holguin. Probability That the Manzanillo Attack Was a Cuban Victory. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Captain Fry’s Last Letters—The United States Without Just Motives for Ac- tion—Will Not Be Intimidated—Too Cool te Heed the American Press. Havana, Nov. 19, 1873. Captain Fry, previous to his execution, wrote letters to President Grant, to his wife, Father Hubert, of New Orleans, and Mr. Walton Fry. PRESS OPINIONS. The Voz de Ouba says:—*‘We are sorry that all hostile enterprises against Spain find favor with the majority of the American press. WHEN YOUNG CRITTENDEN WAS EXECUTED the press took the same course as now— mamely, to work on public passion from mer- eenary motives. We have no fears of any serious questions arising, for they can have NO JUST MOTIVES, ‘The fact that American vessels are ordered to Havana implies nothing. If, unfortunately, it should mean the contrary, and IF WE ARE TO BE UNJUSTLY INTIMIDATED by a display of strength, in that case above all Spanish honor must have everything sacrificed to it.” The Diaro de la Marina says:—‘‘We are strong in our right and firm in our resolve to comport ourselves properly. We have SUFFICIENT COOLNESS TO LISTEN TO THE AMERI- CAN PRESS ‘without returning insult for insult. Only re- stating threats in nowise intimidates us, be- cause to-day we repeat what we said five years ago to the supreme government:—‘Save the honor of the nation, come what may.’’’ The Roman Catholic Bishop Announces the Conversion of Twenty of the Vir- ginius’ Crew Before the Massacre—The British Consul and a British Captain Interview the Captives in the Santiago Prison. Havana, Nov, 19, 1873. The Commanding General of this department has received a communication from the Roman Catholic Archbishop, saying :— “A great jubilee fills our hearts when we an- pounce to Your Excellency that among the crimi- nals of the Virginius’ crew 20 freely and spor- taneously asked to become Catholics, divine Providence having seen fit to crown the efforts of our worthy priests, through their means contribut- ing this brilhant triumph to our holy religion. The prisoners were turned over to their spiritual ad- visers (puesto en capilla) at eight o'clock in the morning and shot at four in the afternoon, thus giving our priests only eight hours’ time to con- vert the 20.” THE SEVENTEEN AT HOLGUIN. The Voz de Cuba publishes a rumor that 17 prisoners nave been shot at Holguin on ac- count of the recently discovered conspiracy to co-operate with the Cubans on the Virginias. There is no oficial confirmation of the report, ‘The same paper says editorially that the laws ought to be enforced energetically against the conspirators, without consideration, either little or much, for what strangers may say or do. We are the owners of our homes and are well able to menage our own affairs and defend our rights, 4 BRITISH CAPTAIN AND THE BRITISH CONSUL AT THE PRISON. Advices from Santiago de Cuba, dated the 12th ‘inst., suy that on that day the captain of the Brit- ish steamer Niobe and the British Consul at San- tiago were in the prison and had interviews with the captives who remained alive. It was expected at Santiago that the United States steamer Wyo- ming would reach there on the 13th, A Bull Fight in Honor of the Tornado— Spanish Rejoicings on the Arrival of the Virginius. Havana, Nov. 19, 1873, Agrand bull fight isto be given to-morrow in honor of the officers and crew of the Tornado, REJOICINGS. ‘The Spanish colors are displayed in several of the streets of Havana on account of the arrival of the now so-called national steamer Virginius at this port. Press Opinions and Current Rumors at —Ex parte Statements which be Contradicted—Some Details of the Arrests of the City of New York’s PassengersA Herald Correspondent Receives a Lecture. Havana, Nov, 13, 1873. Your correspondent forwarded by yesterday's steamer all the particulars then received regard- img the capture of the Virginius and the execution, or, in reality, massacre, of her captain, officers and crew. Various slips have since appeared in the Spanish Havana journals, purporting to be taken trom private letters, highly eulogizing the couduct of the crew of the Tornado in their pursuit of the Virginius and the activity and zeal of all the om- cers and authorities engaged in the formation ana ‘trial of the cause, SOME OF THE CREW OF THE VrRGrNtUs, Among the crew of the Virginius were found Ignacio Alfaro and other important persons in Cuban affairs under fictitious names. The Spanish journals generally attribute to Bembetta the decia- Fation that this was the last effort of the Cuban Junta; but this statement is entirely ex parte, and similar ones have been attributed very frequently by the same press to Cubans of importance alter being put out of the way. THE MASSACRE OF THE CREW. Peering the exgcution of the captain and 96 of the crew, already reported, this was done in the public square and by the marines of the Spanish Navy. Twelve other persons taken from the expe- Gitionists were also executed the same day at the usual place, near the walls of the slaughter house, no doubt very appropriate for the carnival of blood, THE FIFTEEN LEFT. No further news has reached us, but public re- port states that there remain but 16 persons out of the 165 taken who have not yet met their doom. The Tornado has already sailed trom Santiago de Cuba, and is expected to arrive here on Saturday. It is stated that she brings the 15 remaining pris- oners to this place. FEARS OF THE HOME GOVERNMENT'S INTERFERENCE. This precipitate action on the part of the authorities ‘must have been due to fears of interference from the home government and orders to spare lives, ‘These orders have come, beyond all doubt, but have been entirely disregarded. The efforts of the United States Consul at Santiago de Cuba to secure treaty rights for all American citizens among the prisoners were not only set at naught by the authorities at San- tiago de Cuba, but ‘he himself was insulted. CONSUL GENERAL HALLS ACTION. Mr. Hall, the United States Consul General, im- mediately after the receipt of the news of the cap- ture of the Virginius, addressed a communication to the Captain Generul, claiming all the rights and considerations to which the treaty of 1795 entitled such American citizens as might be found among the captured of the steamer Virginius, and, fur- thermore, requested that no sentence o! death should be enforced upon such citizens until the same was approved by the government of Spain and the government of the United States made acquainted with all the facts, CAPTAIN FRY. Captain Joseph are fexroneauaay: called Free), the commander of the Virginius, was, during the war in the United States, engaged in the Confederate service, and won considerable distinction for his defence of Mobile Bay, He leaves a wife and family of seven children in New Orleans, ‘A SPANISH CANARD. A report circulated widely yesterday that a launch, with some 16 persons on board, all promi- nent persons in the Insurrection, endeavored to make their escape from the island, but were cap- tured. This is glaringly a spanish canard. THE MANZANILLO ATTACK ANOTHER SANTA CRUZ VICTORY. Notwithstanding this disaster to their enter- prises afloat, the insurgents have been actively engaged in the field and spare no chance ot inflict- ing a blow on their eremies, Yesterday the fol- lowing telegram was received from the Governor of Manzanilio:— MANzantL1.0, Nov. 11, 1873. st eleven Manzanillo was attacked’ on all %¢ by numerous forces of the enemy, but by ‘clock they were all repulsed. Spirits of all y: Very little comment is made on the foregoing. The Diario takes it, however, as it has taken every action of the insurgents, “as the convulsive and expiring effort of the insurrection,” Rather a prolonged “expire,” which has lasted over five years, When details reach us of this affair it will undoubtedly be seen to haveybeeu another Santa Cruz victory—that the imsurgents entered the town with a determined object and succeeded, and then retired witn provisions, plunder and booty, and the “heroic defence,” which does not seem to have caused much enthusiasm, falls to the ground in the convulsion of ever ‘‘expiring.”’ THR CITY OF NEW YORK’S ARRESTED PASSENGERS. The details of the arrest by the Chief of Police of a number of passengers who came by the steamer City of New York is given by the Voz de Cuba to the following effect:—It appears that the Chief of Police had private advices which caused him to wait at the Casilla, the landing place or barge office, for the passengers to land, and made a strict search and kept watch over them. One of the passengers, Ricardo Lamis, seeing how strict the search was, threw a package of papers through the iron grating into a small Jane near the land- ing piace. This act and suspicious benavior caused the Chief of Police to arrest him and the persons who accompanied him—who were Mrs. Domitila Delmonte vominguez and her young daughter, Mrs. Isabel Perez Lamis, and three sons; her sister, Catalina Perez,{and their relative, Joaquin Lamis, a young man engaged as clerk in Havana, who went to the steamer to bring his relatives ashore. in consequence of the search made of the Reape &C., Francisco Bombalier and Winceslao Galvez and Alfonso and José Francisco Gutierrez were ar- rested. In the house of the latter named person, . eee very important documents have been found, PRESS ATTACK ON A HERALD CORRESPOMDENT. The Diario de la Marina of this morning attacks | our correspondent regarding a recent letter of 18 published in the NEW YoRK HERALD of October 27, in which he states some disagreeable facts concerning General Concha—whose name the Diario 400s not mention but conceals under a row of stars—and other high persons, and gives the candid opinion regarding tne then probabilities of his return to Cuba as Captain General. The letter has very much displeased the editor of the Diario, who thereupon declares that the government of Spain has the full mght to give the superior command of the isle of Cuba to the most suitable Spaniard and the one who will best serve the nation in determinate circumstances, without any attention whether this action is tothe liking of any other nation what- ever—whether the United States, France, Eng- land, Russia or Tarkey—poor Turkey—has any right to interfere in the interior affairs, and con- sequently the least step towards intervention ought to be and would be considered by the na- tional government as an unmotived act of ag- Fe nm, which should be repulsed, The also states that the word “intervention” strikes roughly in its ears, and rejects it, with the firm resolve never to consent to it, Is all the foregoing meant to intimidate the United States and foreign Powers on account of the late massacres in this island? Or is it the Diario only that 1s making efforts to overshadow nations with Spain’s power ? Details of the Spanish Exccutions of the Passengers and Crew of the Virginius— How the Victims Met Their Fate—The Ship’s Papers Regular—Captain Fry’s Protest—Spanish Press Defiance—Bur- riel’s Manifesto, Havana, Nov. 15, 1873. Regarding the most prominent affair in the minds of all at present, the capture of the Virginius and the fate of the unfortunate found on board of her, 1 fina the following in the columns of the Bandera Espajiola, of Santiago de Cuba, of the 8th:— “At a quarter to five this afternoon (the 7th), at the usual place, 37 of the crew made prisoners in the steamer Virginius were shot to death. They met their fate with the greatest resignation. Twenty-seven were foreign pirates, and ten Cubans, named as follows:—Joseph Fry, captain; William Baynard, James Flood, J. C. Harris, John N. Boza, B, P. Chamberlain, William Kose, Ignacio Duetras, Antonio Deloyo, Jose Manuel Teiran, Ramon Larramendi, Eusebio Gariza, Edward Day, J. 8. Trujillo, Jack Williamson, P. Corvison, ?. Al- faro, Thomas Crigg, Frank Gord, Paul Khuner, Barney Herrald, Samuel Card, Jobn Brown, Alfred Haisel, W. J. Price, George Thomas, Crequiel Dur- hap, Thomas Walter Williams, Simon Broyour, Leopold La Rose, John Stewart, Henry Bond, George Thompson, James Samuel, Henry Frank, James Read, A. Arce.” Further advices received from Santiago ade Cuba state that besides the 37 executed on the 7th inst. 67 more were shot on the 10thinst. The names of these are not given. On the 11th the following were executed :—Mola, Oscar Varona, Agustin Varona, William Valls, Boitel, Tenulo, Castellanos, Santa Rosa, Consuegra, Porras Pita, Otera and Quesada, THE CREW was executed in the public square—butchered rather, as private reports state—that the marines who fired were fully five minutes completing their horrible task, as they were miserable marksmen, PARTIES WHOSE LIVES WERE SPARED, Persons well informed of the proceedings state that only about 18 will escape with life, mostly colored boys shipped from Jamaica—boys from 10 to 18 years of age—and also two of the engineers, THE SHIP'S PAPERS, Private advices from Santiago de Cuba tend to prove the fact of the possession by the Virginius of regular documents—clearance, register, &c.—of an American vessel, and her clearance in due form from Kingston, Jamaica. THE AMERICAN CONSUL BULLIED. Mr. E.G. Schmitt, the United States Consul at that place, did his duty nobly, and was most active and zealous in his efforts to induce the authorities to proceed more slowly and with more humanity, and pay some atten- tion to treaty rights; bot all in vain, as all his efforts were set at naught. He was threatened, bullied and insulted. He promptly protested formally against the action of the Gov- ernor and all concerned, and also filed his protest before the Marine Court, which was engaged in the trial of the crew, as soon as he got the informa- tion from the Consul at Kingston of the fact of the Virginius being an American vessel. COURT MARTIAL. ‘The court trying the crew sat all night from the 6th tothe 7th, Upon the Governor of Santiago de Cabs, receiving @ despatch late on the 6th from the NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, Britisn Commander at Jamaica that he expected no execution would take place, and Her Majesty’s subjects, 16 of whom were among the crew, would have a fair trial, and for this purpose the corvette Niobe had left for Santiago de Cuba. The crew was executed on the 7th; the Niobe arrived on the Sth, CAPTAIN FRY MARCHING TO DEATH. Regarding the manner in which Captain Fry and his companions marched to their fate, these ad- vices show that they were landed on the 6th, at about nine o’clock in the morning, from the steamer in which they bad been confined, tried and condemned to death, and taken first to the Cap- tain of the Port and then to the jail. About midday of the 7th inst. the fiscal, or prose- cutor in the case, Captain J. M. Autran, of the gun- boat Cuba Espafiola, handed to the Vice Consul, Mr, Schmitt, a permission from the Captain of the Port and Commandant of Marine, Don Ramon Brandaris, to call and see Captain Fry at the jal who desired to see the Consul. The latter immediately proceeded to the jail, where, after the usual formalities, he was admitted to see Captain Fry, who informed him that he had been asking for that privilege, or that right rather, eversince he had been first brought to the port, but without avail, and he had ly been granted this boon now within a few hours of his death, as he was to be shot at four. and de- sired to make his declaration and protest, having been captured, with his steamer, upon the high seas, and therelore protested against all and every part of the proceedings. This protest was concluded at about two P. M., and the Consul im- mediately transmitted a copy to General Burriel, The declaration and PROTEST of Captain Joseph Fry be ore the United States Vice Consul, after being sentenced to death, was im substance as follows :— ‘That he was the master of the American steamer Vir- ginius which had all ber papers in complete order, es pecialiy the register of the steamer, crew list and art cles, passenger list, clearance trom Kingston, as also despatch trom the Custom House, dc. Sailed on the 23d of October, 1873, with all his crew and about 108 passengers: ‘after a few hours at sea sprung @ Jeuk and put into Port Haytien for repairs; sailed from the port of Cuimit, of that island, on the 30th day of October, and, while between the islands of Cuba and Jamaicg, about 20 miles or more trom Cuba. was chaser ‘steamer, and overtaken and captured about 18° miles north of Morrant Point, east end of the island of Jamaica, about ten ‘o'clock at night, the Spanish vessel previously firing sev- eral "shots over the Virginius and compelling them to surrender. The steamer was then taken charge ot by @ boarding officer, who stated that he did so on his own responsibility, knowing her to be an American vex. seland under the protection of the flag of the United States of America, The master, Joseph Fry, with the crew and passengers, were placed under guard, and all brought into the port of Santiago de Cuba on the Ist day of November. On the evening of the same day, after havin; over all the papers belonging to the Virginins, he was re- fused permission to apply to his Consul for aid and pro- tection, and this was only ranted him after being condemned to death with the major part of his crew, under no known public law or pretext; uni, as Captain Fry was hurried to make his preparations for death, he could make no further statement, but declares that the foregoing is his true jail, at two o'clock, on ours previous to his delivered declaration, which he signed in the 7th of November, 1878—two execution. This protest was approved by several of the pores Consuls, with whom Mr. Schmitt advised. But, His Excellency, Governor Burriel, was highly incensed at the Consul’s action and informed him he had demanded the revocation of his exequatur. Another insult was put upon the Consul, for just revioug to the moment on which the prisoners left the jail three soldiers as guards were stationed eat the Consul’s residence—one at each corner and one in fropt of hisdoor. It happened that the French Counsul, his chapcellor and several other persons were at the time with Mr. Schmitt, and as the time was too short to demand an explanation and have the soldiers removed—as every ong Reapnes to inquire if the United States Consul was under guard—joined in making a verbal of the circumstance. TO THE PLACE OF DEATH. At four o’clock P.M. precisely the condemned were marched out of the jail, which is not far from the Censul’s office, and filled past four by four. Most of them, in passing, saluted the bare flagstaff! of the Consulate by inclining their heads, The last to go by were Captain Fry, Mr. Harris and Mr. Al- faro, who, besides saluting, waved a mournful goodby to the Consul and groups of gentlemen standing on the piazza of the Consul’s residence, All the unfortunates marched unwaveringly to the fatal spot, and the mauner in which they met their death is already related in this letter. NAVAL MOVEMENTS. The United States steamer Wyoming, at Aspin- wall, has telegraphed the Consul for intormatton, which was furnished, and it is probable that Cap- tain Cushing has sailed ere this for Santiago de cuba. The British sloop-of-war Niobe arrived at San- tiage de Cuba on the 8th. [tis understood that a nutnber of the crew were British subjects, 16 in all, and England will naturally feel indignant at the outrage to her subjects. The Governor of Jaratca and the British Vice Consul made representation, but without avail. Pending the arrival of an American war vessel the American Consul has applied to the British man-of-war jor aid. Later advices state that the Niobe had sailed again tor Jamaica, and rumor has it on account of her commander being snubbed by the Governor of Cuba. BRITISH INQUIRY AND THE SPANISH REPLY. Lord Granville telegraphed direct to the British Consul here to demand a fair trail for all British subjects; but the “Superior Authority” here re- plies that the authorities at Santiago de Cuba had acted without awaiting instructions, anda the authority at Santiago de Cuba states that he had only obeyed orders from ‘Superior Authority.” CITIZEN CONSTERNATION. These occurrences have cast a heavy pall of gloom over the native and foreign Ly Aine of the island and have filled all their heads with con- sternation. The Spaniards are content with the result of the affair and have satisfied their desire for vengeance, ‘The liberal press of Havana scarcely dares to treat the subject, and the journal that has attempted to do so has only spoken in muffled phrases. SPANISH DEFIANCE. ‘The conservative press—the Diario, Voz de Cuba and Constancia—all approve of the action of the government, and dely all nations, The following article from La Constancia is a complete pattern of all the journals, and a refiec- tion of the epinton of the Spaniards in this islan In our latest edition we have published advices from Santiago de Cuba. according to which the tribunals are fultiling their delicate duties. It is paintul for an officer Of the army or navy to demand or vote for the penalty of death against a inan. But has not society a right to be detended? And those untortunates who lose their livesin its defence, have they no right to have the authors of their misfortune punished? And ought not whey be considered as such authors of the misfortune of the soldier who dics, or becomes wounded, or of the peacetul inhabitant who loses ali he had, those pirates who land clandestinely upon the shores’ of this island and furnish arms and ainmunition to these sem ‘age men, who, from the virgin forests of some de- riments, fire upon the soldier of the country on his way from ace to another? Back, timé-serving philanthropists! Back, subtle declaimers! and back, finally, invermeddiing toreigners! On yesterday precisely, and but a few hours before the arrival of the Bazaar trom Santiago de Cuba with the news that our tribunals were actively engaged in the causes of the pirates of the Virginius, we received papers from the United States, in which ‘we find a number of impertinencies, concerning which we do not care to occupy ourselves. But suffice it to fay, that notwithstanding how much our country has declined during the last five years, the great mass of the spanish people has not degraded to the extent of being terrified by those who would pay dear, should oc- rise, for their temerity and insolence. In the ‘which affairs have arrived the country we, who lament the evils tion, far from fearing foreign comp! haps ought to desire them, to tree at’ once from miserable party intrigues; for Spain has not de- eVil passions calm when the question is of atoreign war. This is well known by the politi- cians of powerful nations, and this should not be for- gotten by those intriguing politicians to whom Spaniards untortutiately give wore importance then — they merit. ‘hen the news of the capture of the Virginius was received in Havana, we said then, that some plot or other would be hatched to prevent the rates from receiving their merited punishment. this Treason we felt obliged to remind the democratic hilanthropists, both foreign and national, how the eral democrats of the Unite tates nad pro- ceeded in many cases, We remember that of the unfor- tunate Mrs. Burrage a respectable woman, hanzed, some eight years ago for complicity, more of: less proven, in ‘the political crime which cost’ the President of the Ke- public his life. Latterly France has acted towards the communists in th All have been sub- punished as rob- fected to courts-marti: rs, incendiaries and’ assassins. low, then, are’ the expeditionists of Virginius less an the accomplices of Booth, hung in the United States and the French Communists? (What ‘a striking parallel.) We wish the author of an article in Teatdad (Kepublican) entitled “Nuestro Coragon"” ticle to which the Gonstancia refers was a very peal in behalf ot the prisoners of the Virginius well disguised, but which told the authorities that they ind.—Vorrespondent) ply definitely to this question. ‘This claimer will not do, because he never answers rically this kind of questions. In the artic! ferred to, whoever may be its author. isto be seen a marked tendency to recommend moderation and avoid diMculties to the government. Why does he not say at once what he thinks? He sufficiently explains him- selt by the following paragraph : “Those who raised their hand against their country nm the name of liberty aimed it to strike their fathers and brothers, History can never judge them as worthy pa: tricians. Those who see bo other expression of jus- tice but extermination, and desire to impose it in the name of love to the country, conduce to the destruction of their brothers and children, and history can never judge casion ai state in nerated, an them as just, but as cruel and barbarous. Only this Was wanting that history should pndge as worthy patricians those who, in the name of liberty, thrust a Tinto the bosom of their mother. ‘Ihe 1n- tention of this phrase is what we should examine. In the name of love to country, cannot the exter: mination of those irreconcilable enemies, who spare no means to destroy | Joyal ones, be Proposed? is yoursell, declaimer. ‘subject to the watchword of the cantonal federals, what should we do with the men of Maxiino Gomez and wit the expeditioni irginius ? The Diario says in its semi-monthly review, published this morning :— The exact, the positive, the indisputable fact is that how we are’ atthe beginning of the end of the war, and although the capture of the Virginius may be the deat! blow to the insurrection, we should not rest on our | Tels, we should not give’ up the struggle as termina’ 4nd’ much legs should we believe In a fabulous and (mit Gjate end, ‘The enemy are tenacious, the t ography ot the country tavors them, a war of five years has given them certain astute strategy not to be despised, &c. The Diario has not yet treated the wholesale Slaughter at length; but, not unlikely, we shall soon be treated with articles as to what the Span- jards were in the times of Pelayo, the Cids and other gentlemen. and what they Can We, The Vor de Ouba glories in the whole proceed- ings and advocates the law of suspects, the expul- sion of all Cubans trom the island who have sur- rendered, and the extermination of the laborantes. ‘The bitterness of feeling expressed by this journal surpasses belief, and finds expression in @ manper unequalled by the most savage people on the globe. GOVERNOR BURKRIEL’S MANIFESTO, The following is a translation of a circular issned by Governor Burriel, Commanding General of the Eastern Department, on November 6, 1873, and ad- dressed to the lieutenant governors and other loca! authorities of that departnent :— POLITICAL GOVERNMENT OF THE v EBastenn Devantuxnt ov tHe Istanp oF ConA, SANTIAGO DK Cuna, Nov. 6 1873. The enemy, disconcerted and afficted by the terrible blow just sustaine i by the capture on the Virginius of the principal chiets, who have alreaay suffered their well merited ‘punishment, and " wanting — thove moral esourees | and the materials this eae: brought on _ board, ordered that the moft active and zealous perse- shall, he kept up in all part® This cannot, now. 6¥er, as © ious as is desired, un’ eas Us ee le powd ly co-operate on their part, and the} aihior ities give their most energetic aid to the chiets of brig- dee. to those of columns and the military commanders of the towns. Therefore, 1 tecommend to said authorities that they spare no means whatever to second them in cir umportant task. Furthermore, as the enemy short of provisions and resources in the field, you will observe an also see that such 1s ob- served—the greatest vigilance in. the towns over those who may be aiding the rebels, or suspected of doing so, arresting and punishing them in the act, or, according to circumstances, placing them at the disposition of the military commanders, to be sent to this capital at the disposition ot His Excellency the Commandante General. In, this understand: and at the cost of whatever sacrifices may be deemed necessary, and in union of all the loyal, you will take especial care by day and night, and at all times, that the enemy does not communicate with the towns, and that all who assist or aid them, directly or indirectly, openly or secretly, shall be imme- ct yely taken. ith these dispositions, and working with gnergy. and keeping up unwavering faith in our. triumph, the pro- pitious occasion has arrived to see this important depart- Ment completely pacified in a short time, as, it the enemy is unable to receive aid trom abroad and unable to obtain means trom the towns, they will be combelied to erish, like beasts, of hunger and fatigue, in their idden retreats If they presented themselves the wore always sure of pardon. On our side. we have al- ways shown ourselves generously disposed, and the roclamation I addressed them on. the 27th of Septem: er last from my headquarters at Guan namo {s stil! in ‘force, and consequently, if hey do not improve ‘the opportunity _oifered the: them by it. they will show a temerity and persistence— blind in not hearing the ce of reason and of clem- eney nor in corresponding to the sentiments of humanity with which J have always offered them, forgiveness and pardon by the authorities of the island, rejecting such ‘with Insane temeriiy, us happened a short time since in the jurisdiction of Holguin, where a number huve passed over to the enemy, leaving their families, at the side of whom they lived peaceably, and under the pro- tection of our waich(ul authorities, Those who act in this manner put themselves out of the pale of all law of humanity, tor they are the frst to reject erefore T recommend to you the greatest activity and zeal in all I have stated, because the moment bas arrived to make a poweriul effort—perchance the last of the war—to restore to the island the long wished tor peace, each one in particular and all together putting forth their efforts to effect this end, for which they will severally and collectively all persons of influence who can aid them in your district. giving them to know the intentions which now animate us all, and which the government expects from all, to obtain this important JUAN N. BURKIL, < object. ‘fo the LIsvrENant GoveRNon, at THE ATTACK ON MANZANILLO. Your correspondent, in his last, communicated the news received by a telegram from Manzanillo of an attack, on the night o1 the 11th inst, on that town by a large body of insurgents, and their | expression of regret and assurance of jusuce for once will not be accepted | by our government without accompanying reported repulse, Further advices have | been received—al!, however, trom Spanish | sourees—to the effect that the insurgent forces comprised some 2,000 mep, com- manded by Modesto Diaz, Ricardo Cespedes, Panchin Rustan, Rafael Catmasi, Juan Ramirez, Francisco Estrada and Martinez, and attacked the town on Monday nignt at eleven o’clock, but that the attack ceased with daylight, when the insur- gents were repulsed, Great eulogiums are passed upon the heroic conduct of the soldiers, volunteers and the marines who disembarked irom the gunboats Ardia, Ericson and Venadito to take part in the defence, and that Lieutenant Colonel Gutierrez, in the absence of Governor Lamela, bravely con- ducted the defence. Three cannon were brought into play, and their shots are said to have been very effective. The insurgents are reported to have left 16 dead, only one of which was a white man, and the Spanish loss is given as but two killed and 17 wounded. The Insurgents entered into the heart of the city, the Plaza de Armas, and sacked a number of stores and burned several houses. 'I'his fact, and also that they did not retire until dawn, would lead one to suppose that they succeeded in al! the probable ob- jects of their attack, although the Spanish reports give an entirely diferent and glowing report to the contrary. TERRIBLE TALES. “Perfectly reliable” parties arrived from that place state to the Diario, Voz de Cuba or Constancia that everyone who had a blunderbuss, trabuco or shotgun peppered away at the rebels. an eye- witness, “perfectly reliable,” of course, states to the same journals that he counted 14 dead bodies in one corner, and next morning his eyes could distinguish the rebel dead scattered around the lots as thick as blackberries, and all black too; put then such stories always get just the exact amount of credit they deserve. BULLETINS OF BATTLE. The following account has been received regard- ing another hand-to-hand encounter between the Spanish forces and the insurgents. The telegram from Puerto Princl is dated the 12th, and states that Brigadier Baseones, at the head of a column of a thousand men, jet, from the point called Juan Gomez on the 4th, ane op the march toward the Sevilla River, and, giter killing off three straggling insurgents who tere found in the thick of the Spanish recon- noitering parties, arrived on the 6th at San Bias. ‘The insurgents made a night attack upon his en- campment, but were repulsed after killing one and wounding another. Ts Spanish column continued its march by Loma Aita to Las Pulgas. They fell in with four other straggling insurgents, who were incontinently shot and their arms taken as trophies. yn the 9th the column arrived at Naranjo, and on that afternoon leit towards La Sacra, where ng met the Cuban patriots in Jorce, 1,200 strong, one-half mounted. A most desperate action took place, perhaps one of the bloodiest and severest of the entire war. ‘The Spaniards confess a loss to themselves of 54 killed, 47 wounded and 16 missing, although, in extenuation, they declare that the loss of the in- surgents must have been over 100, and that the column encamped on the battle ground, Activity of the Council of War in Shoot- ing the Twelve—Neither Expeditionists nor Crew Dented Their Crime. In reference to the execution of the Cuban chiefs captured on board of the Virginius the Diario of the 13th says:—“The council of war which has condemned, after identifying their persons, Ber- nabe Varona, Cespedes, Jesus del Lol and Ryan, displayed the same activity in imposing the last penalty upon twelve more of the expeditionists, who were shot in the vicinity of the Slaughter House, the usual place of these executions. Neither the captain, the crew nor the expeditionists have pee bo to conceal their crime, but, on the con- trary, have confessed that they brought a cargo of arms—we believe 2,000 guns—munitions, provisions and other materials of war, and came to land them on the coast of Cuba with the object of giving new life to the rebellion and to extend it through the country. We do not consider it prudent to enter more into detail at present, it is impossible to do so with exactness.” NEWS FROM SPAIN. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Press Comment on the British Protest— Seeking British Counsel—The Republi- can Minority Request the Convocation of the Cortes, MADRID, Nov. 19. 1873, The Zmparcial (newspaper) to-day particularly remarks the moderate tone of the protest of the British government in regard to the Virginius affair. CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS, Sefior Figueras, President of the Cortes, to-day held a protracted conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs—for what purpose has not transpired, SEEKING COUNSEL. It is reported that Sefior Figueras starts for London this evening. REPUBLICAN REQUEST FOR THE CONVOCATION OF THE CORTES. The Deputies of the republican minority have re- quested the immediate convocation of the Cortes to consider the complications with foriegn Powers which they allege the government has caused. VIRGINIA FOR WAR. The Imprisoned Fifteen of the Virginius’ Crew Demanded—Burriel and Others of the Butchers Should Be Surrendered— An Appeal to Confederate Soldiers of the War, RicaMonD, Va., Nov, 19, 1878, The entire press of Virginia is unanimons in its expression of indignation at the butchery by the Spaniards of the American crew of the Virginius, and neariy all of the papers have imperatively de- manded that this last outrage on the American flag shall be atoned for by the delivery to the United States of those of tne Virginius’ crew yet living, the surrender of Burriel ana all others con- cerned in the outrage to the United States author- ities, t0 be dealt With ag they think proper, aud | against any. | Sent to extend two days, became 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 that Spain shall co-operate with tne United States in securing to Cuba a free democratic government. That Spain will not ‘ee to these propositions they concede, in which event the ultima- bo et Bee, od the annexation of Cuba to the cy 5 ¢ following appears editorial, in the Enquirer of today eee 7 “The people of the South are eager for a retri- butive movement against the murderers of the otlicers, engers and crew of the Virginius. They teel that the flag of the country has been insulted, that the laws o! civilization and humanity have been outraged and that the interests as Well as the honor of this government demand prompt and positive action on the part of | Congress. Let us have a Cuban meeting in | Richmond. Let us have @ public expression of | opinion here in this matter. Let the old Con- federate goldiers of Virginia deciare to the | country that they are in favour of a vindication of the name of the nation and of such conduct on the part of Congress as will bring the question to aclose at once, What say you, men of Richmond, in view of the butchery at Santiago? Cuba ought to be American territory, and now 1s the time to make it so.” IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON. Some Light Thrown on the Action of the Government—Instructions to Sickles Laconic and to the Point—Spain Plead- ing for Time—The Virginius Beyond a Doubt an American Vessel—Ugly Cases in Point for Spain. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1873. Another exchange of telegrams took place to-day between Secretary Fish and General Sickles. Their contents have been guarded with tne usual strict- ness, but are represented to be, on our own side, rigid in tone, They are also understood to go further toward sustaining the view that the Castelar government is on it knees, but still contending for a delay that our Minister 18 not permitted to grant. The necessity of fuller and more authentic mformation concerning the whole transaction, beginning with the departure of the Virginius and ending with the last batch of executions, is pleaded, as well as the usual necessity of fixing the extent of the responsibility incurred by the several Spanish officers engaged in the capture and execr- tions, before settling the proceedings to be taken But our government, it is rep- resented, contends that the principal facts are suMciently well established and understood to warrant and require AN INSTANT DISAVOWAL OF THEM by the Spanish government, and that the removal and arrest of the immeaiate actors may be ordered without awaiting the result or the investigation of details that the Cabinet at Madrid wishes to im- pose upon us before definitely acting at all. It is strongly suspected here that the mere diplomatic acts of energy and power against the insolent and insubordinate officers in Cuba, even though these are all that the Madrid Cabinet can safely offer, while popular feeling is as strong in Madrid asin Havana or as strong as the popmilar indignation is im this country. On the other side, as the government of Castelar is believed to Know that it possesses the sympathy of our own government to a greater degree than any that is likely to follow its down- fall, it is suggested as possible that some softening of our demands may be ob- tained if the position of affairs should not be made worse by what may occur in Cuba or in our own country within the next 10 or 15 days. This, however, is but conjecture, and the deepatches of to-day are not considered as giving any encouragement to the hope of an abatement of our very firstdemands. What makes the pending matter worse for Spain is that the | question of THE EMBARGOED ESTATES of American citizens in Cuba has become neces- rily connected with the case of the Virginius, and an imperative demand for their actual release is pressed with the same persistence as the other, at a time when it is doubtful whether such @ demand can be much better met, The threat of Secretary Fish to the Spanish Minister as to What the President would recommend to Congress if these estates were not returned to their owners within the brief time named by the Secretary to the Minister, and which the former would not con- TERRIBLY SIGNIFICANT OF ACTUAL BUSINESS Mr. Paterson, of that city. A technical question arises, under the act of 1864, upon her change of name from Virgin to Virginius; but no impor- tance is attached to it, as the law clearly implies # fraudulent change of name for purposes of con- cealment, while continuously a mrerchant vessel, and the register for foreign trade issued at New York recites the fact that the vessel to which it was granted was the steamer Virginins,.hereto- fore known as steamer Virgin; so there was nO fraudulent concealment of former name, andthe Custom House officers recognized the legalityyor changing the name ofa vessel bought out of thet public service, In addition to this the question WHETHER THE VIRGINIUS HAD COMMITTED ANY OFYENCE affecting her right to protection was fully investl. gated by General Hurlbut, our Minister to Colum- bia, before he applied to Commander White, of the Kansas, to convoy that vessel to sea when block- aded by the Pizarro, in April, 1872, at Aspinwall. He found that all that could be proved was that she had run the blockade of the Cuban coast, witn men and supplies for the insurgents, from Venezuela in 1871, and that not having been captured her Habillty ceased for that offence on the completion of the voyage. It is held to be a fair inference that she was doing no worse on her late voyage, and, although there may have been a prima Jacie right to seize her for the offence of the moment, there was no taint on the vessel at ail. The pre- vious blockading of the vessel in a neutral port on two occasions before was without any legal warrant whatever, and the last outrage is considered and made worse by the previous treat- ment of the vessel. It is suggested that the sum- mary course of the Spanish officials towards the Virgintus was probably dictated by their resent- ment over THE CASE OF THE HORNET in 1870, That vessel was three times seized in three months at three different ports, and each. time released in the absence of proof against her on giving the bonds required by the Neutrality act of 1818, under whith she was seized. In December of the same year her seizure was again demanded by the Spanish Consul at New York and refused by District At- torney Noah Davis, on the ground that no proof or evidence was furnished under which she could be proceeded against if seized, and that she had nothing aboard to justify her seizure, Minister Roberts appealed agatnst this to Secretary Fish. quoting the latter’s own words in reference to England—that the municipal law is for indi viduals, but the law of nations is the rule of duty for governments. To thia Mr. Fish retorted in « caustic despatch that the quotation was inappli- cable, a8 it related to an organized state of war, and he then INVITED SPAIN TO ACKNOWLEDGE A STATE OF WAB IN CUBA, or refrain from objecting to its recognition by others, or else cease to claim and exercise bellige- rent rights over vessels of neutral Powers. Itis remembered, too, that much recrimination oc- yeurred over the case of the filibustering vessel George 8B. Upton, wherein the at- tempt of the Spanish government to libel the vessel in our courts for violation of our neutrality laws were defeated bythe points set up by our prosecuting officer :—First, that the vessel, after her filibustering operations, had passed into the hands of innocent owners; and, second, that the former owners, officers and crew were exempted from punishment by an incidental passage. ain the President’s neutrality proclamation of Oc- tober 12, 1870, where notice was given that all offences against the neutrality laws thereafter committed would be rigidly prosecuted; also that the proclamation itself was a necessary notice to American citizens that there was any neutrality to be violated, A TROUBLESOME FACT FOR SPAIN in the pending discussion is pointed out in the tact that in June, 1870, the Spanish government withdrew from its Minister at Washington the limited authority granted bim in the previous August to settie questions arising with this government out of the Cuban insurrection, putting it on the ground of the improved situation of affairs In Cuba, and from that time onward strenuously objected to any imputa- tion or act calculated to sustain the to Admiral Polo, when coupled with the fact that General Sickles had been ordered in laconic terms to say the same thing directly to the government at Ma4rid, in the first despatch about the®execue tion of Ryan and his three fellow victims, namely, that if the Spanish government could not and did not act at once and effectively the United States would act for themselves. It is gen- erally known now itor the first time that this question of the failure to execute the decrees tor releasing embargoed estates was in itsel! assum- ing large and dangerous proportions When overshadowed by the affair of the Vir- ginius, the President having all along determined that he would not let his message go inte Congress without either positively saying that the property taken without due course of law, and, therefore, in violation of the explicit terms of the treaty of 1795, had been actually restored, or. recommending *hat the means be put at his dis- posal for executing the decrees himself, The per- sonal question of damages suffered by the owners of the estates was, of course, intended to be left to the adjudication of the Spanish-American Claims Commission in session here at Washington; but the acts of embargo themselves were griev- ances suffered by this government, and therefore not within the jurisdiction of the Claims Commuis- sion. It ts quite certain from all this that WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL AGGRAVATION of the capture of the Virginius and slaughter of those on board there would nave been a crisis in our Cuban relations about this time, but on the assumption that the stronger the Castelar govern- ment became at home the easier the crisis could be solved by the actual restoration of the estates, The final demand was drifting along towards the meeting of Congress, and was so caught undelivered when the event of the Virginius came suddenly upon both governments. One cause of delay, however, is alleged to have been the ex- pressed wish of the Castelar government, when the question was brought before it, to have the decrees executed by the new Captain General it proposed to send to Cubs nd it 1s persumed that General Jovollar brought out with him orders for the release of the emvargoed estates as among his most im- portant duties. The attempt of the Spanish gov- ernment to delay any momentous action upon the Virginius case until full imformation is received on all points is taken in some quarters here as un in- dication of the intention of that government to DISPUTE THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES over the vessel by attempted disproot of her legal American character, and this opinion is held to be strengthened by the tone and position of the press of Madrid and Havana, as far as reported. De- spatches from this city have already, in the past day or two, raised doubts as to whether the Virginius was, after all, entitled to the protection she had received from the navy, or her slaughtered passengers and ship’s company the atonement now demanded for them. A strong presumption was raised against her by the publica- tion of the absence of her name from the list of registered, enrolled, licensed and numbered ves- sels, required by law to be kept and published by the Bureau of Statistics. This omission would not have been fatal, if true, the Custom House record of a veB8sel at her home port and at ports where she has taken out temporary papers is the original proof of nationality; bot an overhauling of the Treasury navigation records took place to- day for the satisiaction of the authorities, and it was found that SHE WAS ON THE LIST OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS. and doly numbered, thougi by clerical error or misprint she is reported under the name of the Virginia. In the oMce of the Registrar of the Treasury her full record was found, from which it appears that after being turned over to the gov- ernment as part of the assets of @ eiauiting Treasury officer at New Or leans, after the war, and used for @ {ime as a revenue cutter, she was sold and documented as a merchant vessel at Mobile in 1866, under the name of the Virginius, her name having been, while in the government service and before, the Virgin. She was again documented at New York on her sale to her present legal owner, view that anything more than a seditious combination existed in the Island of Cuba, By this course it is now contended that Spain took away from herself the right to exercise belligerent rights over vessels of neutral Powers and stripped the Tornado of the right even to seize the Virginius at all, especially on the high seas. Your correspondent has been authori- tatively assured to-day that the position taken in these despatches a few days ago, to the effect that the Spanish government will only be aliowed to set up allegations and prvof of the violation of our domestic laws of navigation and neu- trality in mitigation of damages after the principal acts of reparation and future security are performed, is correct, and he was referred to the following quotation from Wheaton, significantly lying on the desk of his informant, in every regu- larly documented vessel:—‘The crew would find their protection in the fag which was over them.” The State Department Without Further News—The President and His Cabinet Entirely in Accord on the Cuban Com- plications—Secretary Richardson Inter- viewed—He Sustains Fish—History of the Virginius—Converts to Annexation and the Keasons Why. ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1873. The State Department has received no recent news from Madrid which can now be made publie, nor has any late intelligence been received from Havana, THE CABINET UNANIMOUS. As an evidence of the entire unanimity in the Cabinet on the exciting complications growing out of the Virginius’ capture and its consequences it may be mentioned that all the Cabinet ofMicera, though guarded in their expressions as to what diplomatic action has been taken by tite govern- ment, or what will be the resalt of it, do not hesi- tate to speak im regard to their entire confidence in the President and the approval by the people of the course pursued, when the same shall become known, It is @ noticeable fact that in these ex- pressions there is evidence of thorough accord be- tween the President and his Cabinet. IMPRESSION THAT WAR 18 NOT LIKELY. ‘The impression is general in oficial and other circles here to-day that the Spanish government is disposed to make every effort to settle the impend- ing difficulties, and gentlemen who hold intimate personal felations with the President assert their belief that war will not arise from the present com- plications, inasmuch as Spain, through Castelar, has given assurances that all proper demandstrom this government will be compiled with, ROBESON COMMENDED, The energy and promptitude of Secretary Robe- son in presenting @ bold front by our navy have been @ subject of much favorable comment here, and the fact that the eMciency of our naval service is being demonstrated so completely is set forth as one of the reasons for the impression that war 18 not likely to resuit from the pending troubles, UONGSTRERT TO THE FRONT. A letter was received in this city to-day from General Longstreet, offering the services of 25,000 men to the government, should a necessity arise therefor. SECRETARY RICHARDSON INTERVIEWED. Secretary Richardson, in conversation to-day, stated:—‘I have every confidence In Secretary Fish. He will do just right, and you may rest as~ sured he will not be carried away by excitement, neither will he yield one bit of the national honor.’? In reference vo the ability of the United States to: wage @ successful war with Spain, should it be found necessary to resort to arms, he said:— “Should such @ course be determined upon the ‘Treasury Department is fully prepared. We havoi enough money to commence with, but exactly asi ‘to what will be done afterwards de- pends upon the prolongation of ® war, though I have no doubt it would be of short duration. As Congress will be here in two; weeks it is very certain that there will be no diM-, culty in raising all the means we want, A war, Of, CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE,