The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1873, Page 4

4 THE WAR SENTIMENT. The Metropolis Aglow with Patriotism. THE DEMANDS AGAINST SPAIN, Yow All Classes of People View the Prospects of National Vindication. WAR DEEMED IMMINENT. The Germans’ War Mass Meet- ing Last Night. THE PEOPLE EAGER FOR WAR. ————— Bow All Classes of People View the Out- look—Cuban Affairs in the City—Spies On the Havana Mails and Steamers, The excitement which the metropolis awakened to yesterday morning upon the publication in the HERALD of special despatches from Madrid giving details of the various stages of progress of tue diplomacy upon the questions now at issue be- tween Spain and the United States, together with the terms ol reparation and atouement, amount- ing to an ultimatum, presented by the government ofthe United States, lias not been equalled since the receipt of the news of the execution of the vic- tims o! the Virginius. The Jact is that it brought the possibilities, or rather probabilities, of this in- ternecine complication directly to the eyes of the people, and did more to eStablish confidence in the administration than anything that has yet trans- pired. Everywhere it wag recognized that the government had quietly and in a dignifed way made out a case for de- mands honorabdie to the nation, and which would if acceded to by Spain, unquestionably allay all further chance of trouble, But it was equally rec- ognized that, though these demanas did not do more than meet fully the expectations of the peo- ple of the whole country, they were such as Spain would find extreme dificulty in granting. Ninety- nine persons out of every 100 expressed the belief that they did not see how Spain could possibly concede so much, for ‘i SPAIN IS VER¥- JEALOUS, even punctilious, on matters involving her na- tional houor, though she be ever so regardless of the rights and courtesies due to the nonor and sentiments of other Powers or their peoples, In this view, therefore, it certainly brought the question of war so closely to men’s minds that they were startied by its nearness. They seemed surprised pwhen the evidence was placed before them that the government had taken such oficial steps a4 must finally dispose of the question, for they saw there the open issue. The nation had assumed its position officially. It seemed almust impossible that Spain could accept the conditions required, and our government could not retire, having made its demands. Atew minutes’ evoiution of these propositions enabled the most sluggardly minds to see-that war was, therefore, not possible merely, but actually probable, and the rosult was that @ vast tide of excitement swept through the community. The people, 28 a people, had in many ways during the past week expressed treir distrust in the resoiu- tion and vigur of certain members of the Cabinet, and now, when the ultimatum of the government Was laid before them, they lelt that THEIR UTMOST EXPECTATIONS fad been fully met, if not actually exceeded. At all the downtown resorts and in commercial and mercantile circles the utmost excitement pre- vailed from early morning; and when, shortly after miuday, despatches were received announc- ing that the American Legation at Madrid had been made the object of a riotous demonstration, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1873, mg venenten while ne 1s eating it and ts not at all times very solicitous about bis next weal. That, sir, 18 my dex Of some o! the causes o: popularity of this war fever, But deep down in the hearts of the people, too—!f mean, o1 those who are notin actoal necessity—there 8 a ‘ecling tiat the rigats of the nation, its Cy igen and humanity uave veen grossly outraged, and they wattit atoned.”’ AT THE CUBAN HEADQUARTERS |. in Exchange place there was the liveliest interest manifested by the Amigos. ‘hey look upon war a8 aluost a certainty and Lope for its early precipita- tion, On their own part they are vigorously at Work and are unanimous in the expression ol taeir, opinions, to tae efect that they iesire to see the ited States absorb aud annex the isiand of Cuba, as indemuification for the cost of tac war. ‘They go further than this and assert, in he most confident terms, that, siould war be deciared, the Uaited States need only to jurnish arms to equip 50,000 native Cubans, and they will dnd them RISING CLAMOROUS FOR WEAVONS in every part of the island. Satd an oilicer of the Society o1 Amigos de Cuba,” yesterday :— “Give the people of Cuba rifles and ammuni- tion—never mind anythins about clotnes—just the fighting material, and they wi'l drive Spain out of the island in six weeks. Thousands upou ihou- sands of them stay at home because tues koow they cannot get arms, anu they do not waut Lo de- clare their hostility to Spain when they bave no arms to give prooi Oo! their leelings, and Would be executed for expressing their opinions." Iniocmation was received by the Amigos that among the PERSONS RECENTLY ARRESTED and at present in custody in Lavana is Protessor Sautiag» Cancio Bello, agentioman who heid tne position Of Professor of Spanish in Cambridge Unt- versity, Massachusetts, trom 1960 to 1806 or 157. He 18 & naturalized citizen of the United Staves; but his property tn Cuba had been sequestrated, and the Spanish goverameut decoyed him to Ha- vana by promises that, upon payment oi a per- centage on the value of his estate, it would be re- turned to him. He went to Havana about three weeks since, and was arrested about tie same Hine $8 the passengers on ti.e steamer City o1 New ‘or: it isa particularly noticeable fact that the post office authorities of Havana have lately redoupted | their vigilance in espionage of the mays passing torougn their hands, Wituin the past t- ouass ) three letters received ‘rom Havana by Cubans, resi- dent in New York, bave been seen by a HERALD reporter, all of which had been opened, and Lore uniistakabie evidences of the lact. One of them, from a lady in Havana, addressed to a Cuvan lidy in New York, had a mourning border on the envelope, The tuin end of the envelope had beeu Split open and then finely closed With an invisibie am. it has lately transpired, too, that on all the steamers plying between Havana and New York there ure SPANISH SPIES, WHO TRAVEL AS GENTLEMEN of business or pleasure, and whose duty it is en voyage, tu giean inforwation of the personnel and objects of their ieliow travellers. Americans, a3 Weil as Cubans, visiting or returning irom cuba, ‘will do well to vear his fact iu mind and deport thethselvos in conversation anu expression 0/ sen- timent accordingiy. Among shipping circles it was reported yester- day aiternoon that the steamer Niagara, which 13 to sail this a.ternoon tor Havana, is lo take oul & large quantity 0: guns end ammunition ior the Spanish government, Also thar sue had been pur- chased by the Spaniards. A HERALD reporter.poon jound his Way to the office of Mr. J. bk. Ward, the weil Known shipbroker of Wall street, who con- sented to give tie loliowing explanation, Wich is more or less satisiactory:—"lle Niagara has been purchased by Mr. J, de Rivera, of fearl street, Who Will, doubtless, give you any iniormation that you may require. The vessel is being toaded = with potatoes and — provisious Jor | Havana, There are no arms ou _ board as lar as I know. Ihave slipped some time Lack the guns which are now ou Morro Caste. Last year Mr, Hivera purchased the Saratuga steamer, \o run between Santiago de Cuos und Havana, and now he has becom: the owner of the Niagara, wich registers abent 1,000 tons, Next week i umn going to send out the sailing ship H. DL. Stover to Havana, and she wiil also take out a large amount ol provi- sions. The Spaniards in Cuba depend u,on New York for what they eat, drink und wear, witle we depend upon them ior smoking. New orleans also sends provisions to Havana." AMONG THB POLICE FORCE. Yesterday morning's news creaved untyersal ex- citementin the Police Department. ‘Tue ieeling among the rank and file was strougiy hostile to Spain, and, in the ev@nt of war being deciared, the yoiunteers ior active service irom tne ranks wil be numerous, Severai oi the caprains wuo have ai- Teady been in the feid have declared their inten- tion oi returning, and the general desire to see the country’s honor sustained is very apparent. AMONG THD HOTELS AND CLUBS. The “Situation” Discussed by Men at Their EasemSecretary Fish’s Good Taste Criticised—*War to the Knife!” | The excitement overthe special despatch trom Madrid printed In yesterday’s HeRaLp spread itseli into the various hotels throughout the city and continued to Increase and intensily during the day, until it passed FROM BLOOD TO #BVER HEAL, late in the evening. All day long and far into the and MINISTER SICKLES THREATENED, and that the mob had demanded that his passports should be given him, the teeling was intensitied a nundred fuld.” “1 don't see how war can be avoided as matters now stand; and, allowing that this despatch con- cerning our demands 1s (rue,’’ remarked a member of the Gold Board yesterday to a well-known poiiti- clan “Well, nor do J,” replied the latter gentleman. “The lactis, I think, our government has rather ex- ceeded the requirements of our position, and I have hopes that the reported fifth condition em- braced in tae demands, re.ating to the abolition of slavery in Cuba, is not correctly stated. Of the egos truth of the report there can be no ques- on, for 7 IOP yp 18 MINUTELY CIRCUMSTANTIAL as to the order o! ocenrrence of events in the dip- tomatic negotiations, 1 tuiuk that the question Di slavery ip Cuba might reasonably have been leit to be determined by other and subsequent evenis, and that there is at present everything which ex- isting circumstances would demaad embodied tn the other four afticies, which Would as fully have satisfied the majority of our people.” ‘This sentimen! prevailed amoug a very large pro- portion of the community yesteruay, and they were not siow to express the that opinion the governe ment was at present dealing oaly with tue Virginius affair, and that If WAS SUFFICIENTLY PONDEROUS without having any dead weigut im the shape of anreasonabie demands tagye The next diticulty in the p countered by spain, it is conceded, is m the demand for the pumisiiuent of Barrel, Many Cubans with whom the HERALD reporter conversed expressed | the opinion that Spam would not consent to this course, arguing that the government would not dare to attempt such a procedu: ‘they claim to understand the racter and tue temper of the Spanish people very rouguly, and assert | that any attempt to degrade Lurrie! Would retroact upon the people avd OONVERT HIM INTO A DEMI-GOD— make him che most pepular man in Spain. What Burriel has dune, it is claimed, however mucb it might be regretted by the government, has met with the cordial approval, evea_ the a | arous vindication, Of tue masses of the | people, Wio are Jairly represented: by the Span- | ish Volnuteers, Suci an order emauating irom Casteiar’s Ca»inet would be met with the most re- bellons resistance in ail the eities of Cuba, us well as by the rauk and file of tae Spanish iorces im that island, But it is thought that spain, in order to relieve hersef ot the dileuma in which she 1s placed, would very giadly concede the surrender of ‘toe Virginius aud those. Of her company who sur- vive, aud that, with some litte dickering, she Would agree to indemnity tne heirs of those per- sons Who were murdered Uy Burriel’s orders, In saloons, restaurants, cates, readimg rooma, everyWie'e that men assemble, the ther | ali day and last night was intense and deep-seated on the whole question and resembied strongly THE OLD WAR EXCITEMENTS OF 1561-2-3. In the sear, Windows even tiere are evidences of the national situation in the peculiar cartoons, cards end hgures, iu a Bowery store 18 displayed & mauikin prize-lighter, baviny the Stars and Stripes about his waist,as His “colors,” and before him the reeling form 0. @ bruized antagouist sailing from the effects of @ “sockdGager” on the jugular vein, ‘His waist belt 18 inscribeu “#i Gallo ae kspana,” the Spanish rooster.) A Nassau street usiness oy displays the American fag, having be.ow it he inscription, “Ampie Satisiactiun guaranteed by US.” Uf course these are the mere humor, 80 to Bpeak, of public fancy, but they indicate an: mistakably the drift Of popular teeling, and as such indices only are they worthy of note, A VECULIAR FEATURE of this sentiment eX\sis in the fact that the pros- pect of war is hailed by many a6 @ biessing to the Masses, as a diversion which Will serve ty relieve the country trom the immediate effects 0; the bt a and financial prostration which had just | bet in. “We are on the verge.ol a desperately hard win. ter, and are threatened With an umount Oo! sutfer- ing among the poorer and working Classes that has not beem equaiied for twenty yea: 8 gentieman yesterday. *Ihis 18 one hr a on why Many peopie will welcome War, which, 1 coniess, Seems at vest but despert Teimedy, Already you have seen its eflect at (the navy yards throughout the country, whicn | have ren erermne 6 10 the past lo. days to not Jess than 10, idle shipwrights, blacksmiths and Jaborers, Several thousand saiiors wiltbe enlisted An the course of the next tortnight, loo, and we mext thing may be a cali for 25,000 oF 30,000 MEN FOR THR ARMY. The country has rarely seen so many thousands of its worsens ‘01 both sexes idle as at present. The army navy will create @ demand for uni- Jorms, aid ghe ghousancs of women who have heen thrown out of work in the cotton mills of New England will find employment jor the winter, save night the halls, corridors, pariors and billiard rooms of the different inns were crowded wit groups of travellers, guests and residents of the metropolis, ali engaged on the one impo: tant topic | of discussion, to wit, the insolent attiinde as- Sumed by the Spanisn government, and the hostile and ingulting conduct and tone of | the Spanish people and their press towards this | trebly outraged nation oiours, But one opinion prevaticd among ali—at least, {1 there was a sec- ond, nobody risked the unpopularity which would have been sure to follow fast upon its expression, That opinion was, that THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE of the United States were long ago sufficiently cuffed dha kicked by those treacherous’ Spaniards to render any other nation beside itself with rage; but that now even this patient and most forbearing | people have been literally driven into taking such | Steps a3 Wi!l Most Effectively chastise the insolent | nation that has bas so long taunted and outraged us With apparent impunity, and Will make such an example o: her us will deter every other nation irom tamyeriug with our honor and our rights 1or many generations to come. A grou geutiemen stood in the hall of the St, | Nicholas Hotei yesterday aiternvoa discussing the “siiuation” and speculating ou the PROBABLE COURSE OF TLE ADMINISTRATION at Washington in view of the impending crisis. Une of the number, who, it must be | said, found nobody present to disigree with hun, spoke inost bitterly of the conduct of becretary Fish from the first day when the Cuvan question became of interest to the American mind, tie vaid that the mere i905 of Mr. Fish holuimy such an Ofllve as Secretary of state ut ull, while his son-in~ law retained tne position of a hired aavocate and | paid agent of any ioreizn government, much iess | that of Spain, was A PUBLIC SCANDAL that could not be too vehemently denounced, Everybouy had acmired the good taste that pre- vented Mr. A, T. Stewart frou becoming sSec- | retary of the Ircasury, when he wos named for that high and desirable position by Pr ident Grant over foor years ago, No- body for a moment suspected that Mr. Stewart would ever be indvenced in his action as the head of our finance department by the interests of merchants engaged in the im- portation Of goods 01 joreign manwacture; bu the action by wich the estab ishmeut ol suce a ques tionable precedent was prevented at that time was not ouly a matter of good taste but of good policy. Even the law steps in to iuteriere in such @ case, evidently requiring that CABSAR'S WIFE shouid be above suspicion. Yet how trifling would be the irregularity in the case of A. T, stewart and the gross scandal of secing tle loreign relations ol our government adinimistered by a man whose son-in-law—Wiose own cuild, consequently— as personally and pecuniary int rested this country’s suffering wrong and shame and outrage at the hands and _— for direct benedt of that narticwiar nation whose gain in. this acwusphere must be always our loss! You may talk to me (continued the speaker) of the possibility oO: Mr. Fish not being imfuenced or swerved irom fis duty in any way by the interests and iortunes of his -on-in-\aw, Mr. Webster, | coulu believe in that possibility, perhaps, u I] knew nothing oi the pubic EVENTS OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS. Under existing c.rcumstances, I must be excused ‘om believiug tp anyth ng 80 prepo-terous,”’ “[ don't belleve, imyseli,” said another gentie- man, ‘that.our government tas ever dove the square, manly thing in tii8 Cuban business. It can’t help itselt now, however; it must act ut once, jor the peopie’s bi ov is up and they’re now going to stand auy more bonsense. in that case L believe in taking the HeuaLp’s advice—never mind what the administration has done or not done heretotore, and let us support it now when it does try to do something.” 10 wuiek the Lystand- ers accorded an Unuuimous “Amen.” When the evening Newspapers artived AE VHS FUT AV ENUR HOTEL last evening it was next Lo tpossibie to get n a nows stand. It wasexpectod that the despatches: which were read im the HekaLy in the morning would be supplemented bys» ime /urtner infurma- tion am the evening journals, and the latcer had never known 80 rapid a sale be. fore, Tneir contents were rapidly devoured and repeated to tiose wao coud not s-cure papers ior themselves, and, though their news was Hot as important as it Was expected It mgnt ve, it created consideravle excitement, Th: ellect of Yesterday's HERALD’S Madrid bews on the oficial and private ciicles at Washington Was commented on, especially that paragraph which hinted that the government had received and withheld similiar information, VRE CONDITION OF OUR NAVY formed bertions ¢! every grouy’s conversation, and the administration was héartily condemued tor themselves from ster Taha and — perhaps from something worse, by coming tatlor= ol chro ke Mul Mt nak gt ‘ofa - 8 OF thd PESplé are oe bal be ists. "6 peep very Rtn is. Give & conscious of ‘ber pigs, the Sittato Shuey man ‘his dinner eid he 1s allowing that branch of the public service tu lapse into its present state of Coiiparative inefficiency; but the general sentiment, notwithstanding our admitted uoprepareduess, wae to strike an Lnme: the Secretarysiip of the Treasury coufpared with | | Sessions “tue sun Dever set,” and what were they | years ago, and now the se: vants 01 the people must ; Wind this duty it tuey would not be branded with | | the stamp of ingratitude and dishonor. ( diate blow.at the insulters of our fag, even if we have to dare the issue with armed mudscows and cunalboats. * At wil the clubs last evening there was only one topic of conversativon—the dil ty with spain— and only one single solution proposed or thought 0, namely, IMMEDIATE ACTION, Wherever the inquiring reporter went, among high and low, rich and poor, inteiligent and otherwise, with all our citizens, there was to be found the one feeling of an- ger and indignation, and the one unar- umous cry of “War to the Knife, and the kuue to the hit.'’ The Irish cried for it and glorted in the action of their New Orieans countryman, Mr. Kennedy, as announced in the evening papers. The Germans shouted tor it, and every American Said “1b is iuil time it came.’? It ought to be addes that the few among us who pride themseives on being aliens and snobs have the impudence to 4is- courage the eagerness of our people to resist an attack on the honor oi the American nation, THE GERMAN WAR MEETING. “Free Cubal” the Watchword of the Germans of New York—A Great Gath- ering in the Germania Assembly Rooms Last Night. ‘The Germania Assembly Rooms were densely crowded last night witn German citizens in sym- pathy with Cuba libre. Every inch of space was occupled, The assembiage included the most prominent and respectable Germans in this city. Prussians aud Bayariins, Austrians and Hes- sians, Catholics and Protestants, republicans and democrats, all were equaily represented in this great gathering, The call for the mecting was signed by the following well known German citizens:—William Radde, tion, Jacob Gross, Herr- man Betjer, Ph, Bissinger, General Franz Sigel, 3. D. Sewards, ©, Godirey Gunther, Fr, Kunne, David Koehler, Major George W. Sauer, General Scnwarawaelder, Anton Eicunoi, Joseph Seliginann and 100 others, The call was as follows:— “Free Oubal—The German citizens of the city of New Yoik are herewith invited to attend a mass meeting in the Germania Assembly Ruoms, on Fri- day, November 21,.in order to protest against the insult to the American flag and the crueities perpe trated in Quba, It is our duty.as adopted citizeus Oi this Republic to aid in vindicating the honor i the country and THE LIGERTY OF ITS CITIZENS.!? The meeting was a very enthusiastic one, and undoubtedly expressed the views aud jeelings en* tertained by more than nine-tenths o1 the German population of tus city. The first o: the speakers who ascended the platiorm was Mr. Algernon 8, Sullivan, who was yreeted with an outburst of applause that rung through the house, At eight o'clock Mr. Heinrich Hera called the meeting to order, and Alderman Wiluam Radde was calied to the chair. Alderman RappE was received with cheers, Ke said in German that every German citizen felt sympathy for the Cubans, who were now crusned under the Spanish yoke. Tney ail knew that it was the supreme duty of Congress to recug- nize Cuba's independence three years ago, and had Congress done this the recent butchery at Santiago de Cuba would buve been prevented. (Applause.) ‘Their duty now was to insist that Congress should recognize Ouba as a belligerent power. (Applause.) They all knew the enoimous wealth and tne vast resources of Cuva, aud it only required this action | on tue part o: the Uniied States to insure the Speedy liberation of Cuba, (Hearty applause.) THE VICE PRESIDENTS, The foilowing list o! Vice Presidents was then i—Fh. Bissinger, H. Brunhold, iierm, Betjers, rghaus, Di, Brandis, K. Blancke, I. Van Bianckenstein, Bromberg, H. Clausen, Herman Canton, Ani ho! tichuoi, Aug. kggers, Alex. by Faver, Bberaard Faver, Godir, Guntne, Theo. G. Giauvenskiee, Wm, 4 Guentzer, Charles Gartich, John J. stiner, E. F, Hall, G. N, Herman, ‘theo. heidenield, Win, F, Havemeyer, Alb, Klamroth, Peter Kenr, veorge Koco, Adoipu Kessier, Day. M. Koehler, Wiiltain A. Kobbe, William H. Knoepiel, Wiliam A, scamitthelwer, Jonn ‘Thels, J. P. Strack, stein, Wisser, Jacob Hau- bert, G. Stem, F. Ww Bieckwenn, . Kurtz, Joseph A, Montfeimer, J. Maidhoi, D. Lesow, A, Liebeurotn, Anth. Mayerhofer, W. Mann- hein, ?. Molier, G, #. Molier, J. Molthan, slarcus Oltervourg, Oswald Ottendorier, b. Velvermann, A, H. Poppenhusen, Bd, Plurre, V. Prieat, P. Rolle haa, A. need, Fr. Kauchtnss, H. A. Rost, H. Roenali, Dr, Ad. Reisig, Francis Sigel, kmit Sauer, G. We Sauer, 5. D. Sewarus, Coarles Schwarawaelder, Jos, seligmann, td. Salomon, Fred, Scmwedler, Carl Schwealer, Dr. F. Seeger, F. 5, Stallknecnt, M. Scurenkeisen, A, stoulmann, Dr. Wiliam Schirmer, Woll Selgmann, Jesse Seligmann, ff. pehack, KE. Steiger, J. W. Starbner, Wiliam Stein- way, Tueodore steimwar, L. J. Stiasay, H. G. midt, L. W. Senmidt, E. A. stohimann, H. EB. | Suckwann, Herman vhl, Fr. Ulrichs, Augustus Weismann, Law, Woiney, Williaa Wade, Jacob Windmutier, Huo Wesendonck, bernnard Wester- mann, weir Zollikouer, Secretures—Theo. Lesow, H. Hertz, H, A. Lin- den, Charies Memnecke, Louis le. Dr. AUGUsT FRECH was then sutroduced, and al- lused, in German, to the pecuiiar historical de- Veluj ment oi Cuba aud Spain, There was no nbution in Furope that had sunk to such a depth of corrupuon, rottenness anu tmmogrality as the opanisi people. (bravo!) Spain was once the kingucim Whose prince coald say tuat In bis Sel now? Dr. Frech thea spoke 0i the baneful moral effects 01 the Spanish inquisition, Kurope was amazed at the degradation, at the villany and S.ame of Spain. Cnuhappy coudiry which plunged evers iand it touched into degradation! Mexico Suffered yet trom the terrible effects of spanish in- | humanity and Spauisi bratality. What was | the spectacle that was presented them in | Cubar A icw men defying the thousands | of bloodthirsty hurelings “sent by’ spain | to suppress them and crush them. Spain | | had ound it possible thus far to keep down this haudiul of men. it had been the duty of this gove ertment to extend its aid to the Cubans some 1avo.) | trod- | e duty Tue American flag on che Virginius nad bi den upon and traued in the dust. It was t, of the American people to VIND.CATE THEIR SOVEREIGNTY, ternational law. A failure to vindicate these principles will, in time, bring eater evils and sorrows than war, In the case ol the Virginius my judgment is clear ana posttive, { ‘the *ollicial action of the Spanish authorities in Cuna Lowards the Virginius, her flag, her oficers and her passengers, Was an outrage on every principle of the law and duty of nations, was violation of our rights under solemn treaties, was astudied insult to our fag and national name, and was a wi@ked sequence and coneluston to long bistory oi misrule in Cuba, | on @ system of oppression and despotism never | surpassed, of plunder that never could be gorged, ol corruption that knew no conscience, ol greedy, pitiless aud remorseless slavery aud of polttical measures altogether uncongental to the American States, The reparation ior the past and the security for the futare must be most ample from Spain, and by the excesses in her conduct and jrom ‘the certainty that Cuba, under such a government, must always be & py to us, Spain has virtually justified the United States im _ dictuting any measures con- sistent with public law and self-protection, ‘There is One important topic in this conuection which requires frank observations, It is suggested in a morning paper that ‘ear of party complica- tions or party advantages may aifect tie course of men in relation to our demands upon Spain, I preler the country's honor to any party, and will encourage and support tie President in any wise settlement of our dificulty. If adjustment be impracticable on a right basis and war shall ensue,» I piedge to General Grant, a8 President, my vest efforts to up- hotd him and his administration in vigorous war jor a just aud honorable Under such cir- cumstances I scout the idea of party caviis and captious opposition, It has fallen to@ republican administration to take cale of the honor and iighis ol the nation, To strengthen thetr hands jor taat good work shal) be my consistent course, aithough mm ordinary politics Ihave been a steadiast oppo- bent. A number of letters from prominent Germans, who were unable to attend, were tien read. ‘ihey all breathe a deep sympathy with Cuba Libre, Ex- Governor Edward Sa.onon wrote to say that the inhuman conduct of the Spaniards deserved the severest punishment at the hands of the American people, aud that if war were necessary war should be aeclared. (Applause.) Hon. 8.8. Cox—who appeared, however, at a later hour—wrote that “the RAPACITY AND BLOODTHIRSTINESS of Spain cvald have no sympathy irom any humane race oa the globe.’ (“Bravo !") Dr. ADOLPH BERCKMAN addressed the meeting in German. He had been devoted all his lifelong to the cause of freedom. He had come here, not to appeal to their hearts, but to their rainds, It was a leeling of true patriotism whica had inspired thus splendid gathering. Ue knew, full well that the couniry had no better patriots than could be jound among its German citizens. (Bravo.’’) Spain was the marderess of itberty; it had sinned agaist the Netherlauds, and it had also sinned against Aterica, Their hearts must have bied jor the poor Oubans and their frames must have tingled with a teeling of humillation and shame as they saw the hesituting and wretched conduct of tle American govern- ment, Uh Res ‘The American flag, the sym- bol of their houor, of their patriotism, was lowered and trailed in the dust and the Spanish flag was hoisted. He spoke mercly as a manand as a citi- zen, and he protested against ali diplomatic delay, all vapid excuses and a1 promises of indemnity, whtea Would surely never be paid. (Bravo! bra- vol’) He merely asked, merican nation, waat is thy duty??? (Cries of “War, war!") ‘The Vir- ginius must be brought back to the United States, aud the United States MUST RECOGNIZE CUBA asa belligerent power. (Applause.) If the gov- ernment would continue to act as it haa done thus far it would surely be branded us a government of doors and cowards. (Appl.use.) What! they sald that there were no ships, I'he country tiat threat- enei England witi war only a short rime ago should it stand aghast at poor wretched Spainy They had also said that there were no arms, but @& great many arms had undoubtedly been sold to the Spaniards in Cuba, aud tuere Was no doubt that muny a poor Cuban bat been shot with American arms. (‘frue, true.”) Bat a few years ago Mr. Seward saved Mexico trom the clutches ol France, and could it not gave little Cuba irom the Spanish bloodhounds. (“bravo.”) Let them all rally round the standard Of liberty, and let their watchword be ‘Cuba free 1”? (Tremendous applause.) Hon. s. 5. Cox was then introduced and received with cheers, | He sat jad not had an oppor- sunity since the election of thanking hi feliow-citizens lor sending him to Wasnin; the question came up in Congress, a declaration of war would mean tuxation, loss oi lives, destruc- tion of property; but he would be reudy to vote any nuniber of men, aby amount of money, neces- sary to redeem the honor of the American flag. (“Bravo.”) ‘heir vessels were A PART OF THEIR TERRITORY, and it a vessel ag the national flag no na- tion had a right re whether good or bad men were On this Ps (“Bravo,”’) ‘Tne people of, this metropolis we vindicate the flag they love by men and by money, even if it should req tie occupation of Cuba and war upon §| (“Bravo.”) Americans had always believed in a iree sca. i.ven during tie siave trade the fag ni and vindicated ali who were on e shi Suppose American Minister was mobbed, suppose the crew of the Virginius were executed, it was clearly their duty to concede bel- ligerent rignts to the Cubans as aj it Spain, to save all the surviving members of the crew, and to keep the Spanish man-of-war in this in exchange for the capt of the Varginius. Mr. Cox thea read a written “proposition,” showing the flagrant tion of all international laws on the part o! the commander of the Tornado. Now, could this government iorego its obilgation to proteci every nau who had been induced to go on board the Virginius, {celing that he was prac- ucally on a part of American soil? te did not care whatsort ofa man Ryan was, Spain had no more rignt totake 4 bad man from under their protec- tion than a good man. Lawiul courts of justice should have Leen held at Santiago de Cuba. ‘The American flag Was sacred because it was the flag oi the country which was an asylum tor alk ra (“Bravo.”) If the government would ont VINDICATE THE GLORIOUS OLD FLAG, then, for one, he, as their representative, would vote money and men to make tnis beautiful island one with tem, as it sould be. (umu.tuous cheers.) They were endeavoring in this countiy to vindicate republicanism, | and they wad aiways believed that they would strengthen their native iand by the absorp- tion of other races. ‘ihus it had been when Florida Was annexed, Now tley had the opportunity, and il they tauied to occupy Cuba within the next two weeks, tuey would fail in their manilest destiny and go backward, i: they did not go forward. (“ravo,”) He knew that Congress would vindicate the flag which they all loved so weil. (Cheers.) ‘Three cheers were theu given Jor the Hon, 8, 8S. Xe Professor GLAUVENSKLER elivered an oration in German, They had sougut liverty when they came to deciare Lo the wuole wert that taey would not permit sucn Wholesale murder, aud to ceiend the Dationai flag even fi it take the lust man and the last drop of blood, (Chcers.) Ample reparation inust emauded immediately, (Applau they, | as © ns of the Cnited states, had a right | to tell the government that ‘if war were ne ry Lo Maintain the honor and independence O! tne country, it shouid wt once be declared. (Ap- | P urreices 0) to-day in Madrid a very seriousone. They Plause.) Arter the o Lhe situation had beco: Dust be prepared to figut Jor numanity’s and | liberty’s saxe, and for the honor of their wdupted | country, ‘heir tives, their prope.ty they must Facritice on the aitar of human (Appiause.) ‘Great principles were involved in this | struygie, the same principles whch in- | spired the members of the first Congress of the | United States and had marked all the tre and | giorious progress of mankind. He noped that every one would do his best to bring this glorious strugule to @ successful and triumphanr issue, (Applause.) ‘Tnen the music struck np, and the band played the | ¢ foreign | “Was Ist die Wachtam Khein?” and the following resolutions were adopted :— Kesoived, That we claim it to be the duty erniue dof ail loyal ct the gov. United »: our Weck e dociri great Jeu by Daniel Webs'er and. agam einvod.ed in a despateh of Wiillam L. Marcy ui 1833 to | the then Unied Staves Consul at (amburg, W. ©. Bram. | berg, #s folic t- ‘T!e rwie laid down by the distinguished person who first wld the office of -eeretary of stale, Mr. Jeffurson, ta veosel bearing the American waz shall be that the reamen on board are Ameren and terwards it way fes'aced, with no loos precia € 01 the most eminen: © {their prot ‘dhis is the principle Which wil. herea: ter— Joss than .eretoore—be maintained tn 1 the wovernmen: oi the he olved, that we Bia) ¢ ting that tow: ernment ot the United san Vongress in the of humanity and eavili- gation, ant inorder tor ute sop to the barbarities in Cuba wnd to prevent thelr repedton, to accord w the Cuyans now A shting for their iniep. ndence the rigits of Deliigerents, aud, as soon Cuba as a ‘Fee Kepublic, Rosolved, ihat we twriher a an. Congress demand irom ible, to acknowledge that this government the Spanish government in adrid, w& Well as of the ueting authorivies in Cuba, {1 satisfaction ior the insult toour fog and the e-ueliie comuuitied by the Cuban volunteers. and to cuforce th demands wiih ali the menus in their power. ihe band then struck up the pational hymn, after which Mr. Alge:non 8, Sullivan was introduced, He said, amidst laurhter and appliuse, “seh wilnsche dass ich heule Abend Deutscn sprechen konnte? (IL wish that Lcouid speak German to-night). Mr. Sullivan’s masterly bngiush speech was deliy- ered in @ highly efective Manuer and was tre. quently, in fact constantly. tulerrupted by shouts oO} upp ause, wilch wade the ta'ters ring, The following 18 the gist of bis remarks (the answer to his question, “Shall we have wart” was a s.out ol “Yes!” that proceeded from a hundred voices at the very least) :-— Mit, SULLIVAN'S SPRECH. The crisis in respect to Cuba is ry grave one and calls for counsel irom the best minds and the best men of the nation. The questions invoived have aright and a wrong vide. We must tuke the Wight im a mora: point of view, Morality is ag ine separable irom navonal honor as .rom imuaividual houor, No mere technicality will justiy @& man, Of avowdabie war, | gay, let it acevrsed, Bat hazerd ot war must not deter @ a hation from maintaining tue inviolability of Its territory, imcinding tne decks of its ships on the high seas; from protecting its citizens and resi- dents, on fts soil or ships’ Jecks, from egal vio+ ; from the Nerth Pole | mnust ve deliv eri nt, und wali the butchers must be summarily | executed. He was in lavor of an immediate CALL FUR FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS. (Applause.) very mer, every boat tn tuis | country, slonid be pres: | (Here were cries of “Concinde! conciade!’) to tms country, and they should deienu liberty to the South Poe, They | should be careful to avoid unytiing which would | retard the growti of repuvlicanism in Spain, | kmuto Castelar was a high-minded, yreat repubil- | can; but tuis was no reavou Why they shoud conuive | at the wholes chertes perpetrated under nis | Presiden: man-oi-war Vornado d over to the United States gov- | into the naval service, | and then the stripes and tars would soon wave | over the jorts of Cuba, (knihustastic cheering.) | In jess than three days a German origade could be | got ready to go to Cuba, and he was willing to be | ove of this brigade. (Bravo!) ‘The bund ; layed another national bymn, and Dr, AUERBACH then addressed tie meeting in German, | Their duty toward Cuba was clear, bus he thought | the adiministrajion liad done allit could to vindl- | cate tie national fug. (Faint applause.) What had calied them together? ‘the cry of horroc which arose @ Week ago re-ecnoed still from ail parts of this country, An American ship, the Virginius, commanded by an American captain, Was captured by @ Spanish see ae: r. Aueroach then related the weil known story ot the executions at Santiago de Cuba (interuptéd occa- sionaily by cries o: “scntuss!”) Tue american | government ougiit todemand ample reparation for | these terrible outrages; but there ousht to be no haste "in deciaiing war against Spain. Dr. Auer- | bach concluded with some verses gloriiying Peace, Dr. PHILIe MaxckLe said the crimes which Spain had perpetra: againss the United States woald have been tmpossibie if an Audrew Jackson had been at tne heli of the state. (Bravo!) He would recall to them munds tiat President Pierce, In 1853, When the liberty of the HUNGARIAN REFUGEE KOSTA was endangered by the aciion of the Anstrians, saved hum sunply because be had declared his inteution of becoming an American citizen. Had they had @ Jefforson, & Jackson or a@ Lincoln in the White House tuese outrages in Caba would never have been perpetrated, (Srayo.) Let them all hope that the government would yet do all it could to redeem toe national honor, and he was sure they woud all raily round the fag, —TRIPLE SHEET. which Was so glorious @ symVOl 1 their uberty and independence. Jduuge KeYMERT delivered an address in English, after which, with three thundering cheers for Cuba, the meeting dispersed. FEELING IN JERSEY CITY. ‘linia The excitement on the Cuban question in Jersey City rose to a high pitch yesterday afternoon. The evening papers Were snatched up with avidity, and theexpresasion, “1 hear war has been de- ciared,” dropped from hundreds of mouths, . Great anxiety was manifested with regard to the ru mored attack On our Minister at Madrid. [t is the universal Opinion that the treagnerous Span- jards would hardly hesitate to force General Sickles at the risk of lis ibe, to leave the country, The HERALD representative encountered fot a single apologist for tue buvica of the Burriel type. It was suri that tie members of the Fourth New Jersey regiment would meet in their ory and imitate tiem comrades of the Third an! her regt- ments ol the State by tendering their services to Governor Varker, but no action o the kind was taken, Several veterans o1 our late war declared lence; irom exacting complete recogaiion towlrus the fag and the soverewnty it symoolizes, of all rignts secured vy treaty sipulations and In- their readiness to answer tye first summons to Labtié, ni DEMNITY. Gold in the Balance Against Innocent Blood. FOR MASSACRE, How Nations Are Compelled to Right the Wrongs of Individuals. —_+___ THE “GOLDEN RULE” APPLIED TO SPAIN, The only paraliel to the Spanish butchertes at Santiago de Cuba in recent times is to be found in the slaughter of French and Russian subjects ac ‘Tien-tsin, in June, 1870, by a mob or by tue Chinese local magistrates and military mandarins, The suf- ferings and death of over 100 English in the black hole of Calcutta is an old story, but it is worth re- lerring to, because prompt punishment was in- flicted on the monsters who had caused them, The families of the victims im allsuch cases are con- siderev in preparing the demands made for atone. ment, and in any ultimacum presented by our goy- ernment in reference to the capture of the Vir- ginius ample indemnity for the families of the passengers and crew so inhumanly slaughtered should by nomeans be overleoked, The estab- lished usage of civilized nations favors this course, and even Spain herself, in her late war with Mo- rocco (1860), exacted a large pecuniary compensa- tion for the outrages committed on ber slips and for the murder of her subjects by the Kabyies or Ril pirates, THE ATROCIOUS AND BLOODTHIRSTY conduct of the Mongolians at Tien-tsin closely re- sembles that of the barbarous volunteers in Cuba, The Christians were not without warning that an attempt would be made at the first favorable mo, ment to exterminate them; and missionaries, whose safety wag guaranteed by solemn treaties, had been assailed and murdered at different points of the Empire during the preceding year. In tact, the ignorant and sanguinary Chinese put to death all Europeans that they could with safety. The uuthorities at Pekin were weak and powerless in the provinces, like those of Spain in Cuba, They were unable to control the mandarins and magis- trates at a distance from the capital, just as Cas- telar’s Ministry 1s disregarded in the Antilles, The hatred and vengelul feelings of the lower order of Chin€se against subjects and citizens of tae West- ern Powers were as blind and deep as those of the creatures of the Casino Espaiiol against the insur- gents and thelr sympathizers, The story of the massacre at lien-tsin can be briefly told, but the Jesson to be learned irom it isin noting the meas_ ures taken by the representatives of the Powers aggrieved on that occasion. THE MASSACRE, On the 2ist of June, 1870, a mob of Chinese at- tacked the Cathedral, the French Consulate and the establishment of the Sisters of Charity, which they totally destroyed. At the sound of the gongs— the usual fire signal—all the fre guilds rushed to arms and were the most, active in the work of de- struction. The first assault was made on the Con- sulate, where the inmates, including the Consul himself and the Secretary of the French Legation and his wife, were murdered. Ten Sisters of Charity were also put to death. The atrocities connected with their assassivation were horrivle and flendish in the extreme. In addition, several native Christians, as well as the servants employed in and about the mission establishment and Con- sulate, were killed, A portion of the mob made for the Protestant chapels, all of which, eight in number, were despoiled of everything valuable aud their walls in many cases torn down. Another part of the mob, yelling with rage, started tor the foreign settlement with the avowed purpose of Killing all toreigner#and sacking the place. THREE RUSSIANS WERE KILLED while flying from the city. To all their appeals for mercy the reply was, ‘No matter, we will kill all Joreigners.”” The magistrates and military officers assisted im the work of burning and massacre. The mob was encouraged and directly led by a military mandarin namea Chen, When the news of the massacre reached Pekin a meeting of all the repre- sentatives of the treaty Powers was called, to con- sult upon the measures necessary to adopt for the Mutual protection of theircountrymen, It was agreed to address a joint note to Prince Kung, call- ing attention to the necessity of adopting meas- ures to restore order and quiet. ‘The Ministers said:—“The occurrences at Tien- tain prove, in iact, that foreigners are not every- ‘where suficiently protected by the Chinese local Buthorities, It is, theretore, for the interest of the imperial government itself to demonstrate by the clearest acts its firm intention to assure the saiety of all foreigners who, have trusted themselves to its fidelity wherevef the: may be within the confines of the Empire, «If such @ catastrophe ag this could happen only 80 iiiies irom the capital the undersigned cannot but Jear that uvless (he gulity parties are promptly punished new attempts will be made at piaces further from the capital, wuere the authority of the centrai power has less efliciency.”? + THE REPARATION EXACTED. The countries that had suffered the greatest in- juries were France and Russia. It was aiterwards discovered tiat One of the murdered sisters of Charity was a #ritish subject, a native of Ireiand, It is true Mr. Low, the American Minister, was at his post, uphke the Cousul at Santiago de Cuba, who was absent without Iéave. But Mr, Low's sympathies seemed to have been with the Chi- | bese; ior in his first despatch to secretary Fish, describing the horrible aud unprovoked massacre, he reters to the attempts o1 the unioriunate Sisters of Charity to escape irom the infuriated mob With most unbecoming levit He says they endeavored to take “French le ” However, the action of the French and Kussian representa- tives Was prompt and decided, A lage naval ioree was at once collected at Tien-tsin and 16s vicinity, ‘Yhe reparation demanded was the decapitation of the two local oilicials—the magistrate and the wai itary mandarin—aud a number ot others woo parucipated im the rot, the execution to be in Public and to be witnessed by Frenen officers; also the payment of 2,000,000 francs indemnity to the relatives of the murdered men and women and the rebuilding of the edifices destroyed at the expense ol Lhe Chinese government Prince Kung acceded to aii the terms except the decapitation of the mayistruie and military mandarin, The two lai- ter were degraded and banished to the region of the Amoor to work at hard labor ior life. on the lyth 0; Uctober, 1870, four mouths siter the imas- sucre, 16 of tne murderers were taken ont and be- headed, and the money agreed to be paul was handed over. ‘Ihe Russian and mngiish govern- ments received simfiar sausfaction, A MONEY INDEMNITY Nt It isa practice with great maritime Powers, in dewling with countrics wnere the central authority is week or disregarded ai points within tieit con- fines, to insiruct their naval comman iers to act promptly and eiiciently on the spot jor the protec- tion of their citizens and for tue redress of any wrongs that may be perpetrated. The argument in fagrant cases of outrage is tbat of foree, and ali the roundabout bustuess of red-tapism is thrown to the winds, it cannot be disputed that the government of Onba comes within this cate- gory, and as far as enlightenment and wumanityare concerned, its Members are pot a wiit superior to the ruiers of China, It is a question even if the magnaces of the Casino Espafiol come up to their standard, Casteiar’s authority in Cuba is even jess than Prince Kung’s in distant parts of the Chinese Empire, and when a governor of @ province remote irom Pekin imirtoges upoa the righis ol & huropean he is held to responsibility, and repara- tion 18 either yielded or exacted vy a dis- play of iorce that cannot be successiully resisted. Cuba now would seem to be entitled to ho more considerate treatment than any other semi-civilized country, 1618 a colony of Spain, but Spain is powerless within its imits, anu, taking the precedent of the Tien-1sin massacre, in addl- tion to demanding the surrender of the Virginius aud the murderers of her passengers und crew, there should be a heavy indemnity required jor the veneft of the relatives of tue men taken Irom uu- Gein American flag and barbarousily put to ath, SARY. SPANISH RUPTURE WITH MOROCCO, ‘The Spantards themeelves have noi hesitated to exact, in very recent times, pecuniary compensa. tion from @ neighboring Power for aJeged wron: inflicted on her subjects, ‘The war prosecute against Morocco in 1659 waa for interierence with ships sailing under the Spanish flag on the high seas. Spanish pride was greatly inflated by the result of 18 and the dons of the day londiy proc that the ancient military glories of the nation were revived by the successes then achieved over the Moors, it is reqarkavie that fh several re- spects the relations of the beligerents resembled the position of Cuba towards the United States, The Straits of Gibraitar divide Morvcco trom Spain. ‘they are even a narrower sien than sepa- rates Florida trom Guba. The Modrs of the kur coust—that 18, of the bay immediatdly adjacent to the straits—had for @ long time byen extremely troublesome to kuropean shipping and particu larly devoted thelr attention to panishs vessel which were plundered, and thets crews erth murdered or sold into slavery, a syecies of chat | gang service, In 186k and 1460 Frowh waive were boarded and robbed by Kabyle pirates, and in 1988 @ Prussian vessel waS treated ina like manner by the same parties. But the presence of snips of war of these countries in tue ports of Morocco was suilicient to obtuin suitable indemnity, AN IRRESPONSIBLE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, In 159, under some Unusual fanaticism or ag dacity connected with the general ierment caused by an insurrection in toe country, the pirates raised forces on shore and mude regular assaults on the garrisons in the Spanish possessions im Morocoo, Satis‘action was demanded jor the ine sult to the Spanish flag, The Sultan replied that he was not responsible; that the acts ot aggression and bloodshed committed were condemned by hii but that ie was unable to check tue excesses ol the Ki! men. The latter, like the volunteers in Cuba, would only act as their malignant passions dictated, and, being engaged in fighting inst & portion of the subjects of the Emperor who were in arms against hig authority, defied both Spain and their own ruiers. This was not satisfactory. Reparation was required, and WAR WAS DECLARED BY SPAIN, and active measures taken to prosecute it vigore ously, A large body of troops were concentrated at Algesiras, occupying towards tne princiyae Moorish seaports & position similar to that of Ke! West towards Havala, A Dumerous fleet was col lected at the same point, and t e principal Euro- ean Powers approved of the measures which were intended to restore order and security in a count where civil war raged and where a lawless an bloodthirsty faction dominated and detied’the au- thority of the Sultan. Marshal U’Donnell, with & large feet and 12,000 men, landed at Ceuta, No- vember 18, 186¥, aud intrepched himself at thas point, During the year his lines were constantly attacked, ‘ihe late Sultan, Sid!-Moaamed, wno died &@ few months since, procluimed a holy war and his soldiers fought, wiih a courage worthy o} the Moors ot Granada, ‘the spanish fleet destroyer several towns. O'Donnell commenced his march toward Tetuan, and on January 2, 1360, defeated t e whole Moorish line, 40,000 strong, with a loss to the Moors of 1,600, his own loss being 600, Om the 1st of Kebruary he occupied the heights above ‘Tetuan, and on the 4th fought another vreat bat- tle, the result being the capture of the enemy’ camp and the surrender of the city the followi day. For this exploit O'Donnell received the title of Duke of Tetuan and a git: irom Queen Isabella of the ground on which the action was fought, On the 26th of April, 1360, A TREATY OP PEACR was concluded, by which the Sultan agreed to pay Spain $4,000,000 aud to cede all che territory com. prised “from the ocean joltowing the heights of Sierra Bullones as far as the road of Anhera,’® which was valued at $37,000,00¥. Spain was granted the right to have a Minister re- side at Fez or wherever else she mignt fiud it most convenient, and was to remai in possess.ou until the indemnity was paid. the conditions o1 the treaty remained unfulliiled up to the summer of 1861, ‘he Kabyles, or innavitants of Rul, reiused to Ovey the mandates o1 the Emperor and surrender their lands, and throughout Moroces there were indications of iusurrection which the Emperor lacked the power to suppress, THE INDEMNITY PAID. Spain meantime heid the important city of Tetuan, which she was authorized to fold by a garrison until the iuifiiment of the treaty, and made prepa- rations ior its permanent occupation. Unwili ing to relinquish this tnportant post, Sidi-Mohaa sent his brother Mulay-al-Abbas, the present sul- tan, to treat with the Spanish government or more javorable terms, He succeeded in negotiate inga new treaty in wuich the paymen: of $3,000,008 in Ave montas was guaranteed and the payment of tne remuinder of tne indemnity made a liex on the customs receipts, Spain agreed to evacus ate Tetuan alter receiving tue first instalment. Ig Jannary, 1862, a conveition Was concluded bee tween the late Sultan and tue British government by virtue of which the Sultan ovtained a loan of , $2,000,000 at five per cent atv @ discount of 1f per cent, to be reunbdursed from half the reve hues of the ports, is money and the balance re- maining due were subsequently paid to Spain, INDEMNITY TO FAMILIES OF AMERICAN VICTIMS, ‘rhe jamilies of the American citizens murdered at Sanuiago de Cuba are undoubtedly entitled te an indemnity, and spaiu has set the example her- self in her dealings with Morocco, where a state of things existed resembling in many respects the present condition oi affairs iu Cuva. In any de- mand tor reparation made by the Uniced States tis importunt matter will undoubtedly not be overlooked. ‘the Uniuese and other Powers are obliged to satisiy te demands for the crimes com- mitted by their insubordinate subjects, and the rule should be enforced in the case of the volun teer cutthroats in Cuba. CAPTAIN FRY, LATE OF THE VIRGINIUS. — A corespondent of the New Orleans Picayune writes as follows concerning Captain Fry, the American martyr for Cuban liberty :— We understand, on reliable authority, that the statement in our telegraphic despatcnes, repre- senting this gallant gentieman as having received severat thousands of dollars in consideration of nig services. on the Virginius, ig iucorrect, The Captain, after vainly endeavoring for many months to make a living by commercial pursuits in this city for his large family, consisting Of a Wile and seven children, leit here on the 26tn of July last lor New York to get employment in his profession. Shortly alter his arrival there he was offered command of tae Vire ginius at a comparatively small salary, which oller, considering the pressing necessities of his family, he at once accepted. We understand thas, considering the great public services of Captata Fry during 20 sears in the /ederal and iour years ta the Coniederate navy, his noble cnaracter and spotless reputation, some of his iriends and ad- mirers are ra 8.ng @ testimonial to be preseated te his aflicted iamuy. RELIEF FOR THE FRY FAMILY. Fifty Dollars to Head the List. New York, Nov. 21, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— We have received the following telegram froma# correspondent in New Orleans :— ‘The late Captain Joseph Fry, commander of steamer Vinganius, leaves a Widow and ‘seven children in ex: tremely hecessitous circumstances. Will you fay the case bevore your Votton Exchange and benevolent citi+ zens tor action t We think your columns the best medium of mak- ing known the wants of the uniortunate family, and it Would be an act of charity if you would Muke @ public appeal for their reel. We enciose you @ Check jor $00, to wiich we hope large addl- Uons will promptiy be made. ours, respectiuily, WILLIAMS, BLACK & CO., 126 Pearl street, A Simllar Movement in New Orleans. Citizens of New York, who sympathized with the family of the massacred Captain Joseph Fry, the late commander of the Wl-lated Virginius, will learn with pleasure that Brizadter General Rajael Quesada (brother of the celebrated General of that Naue, how in tins city), and who has made two suc ul landings Of arms and men in Guba, trom on board the \irginius, has wade an appeal to tue pubic of New Ori» im benali of the family of the basely murdered captain, THS CUBAN RELIEF BENEFIT. To THe Eprror or Tie Herat Allow me to corféct an error that has occurred in the notice of the benefit which will be given at the Academy of Music on the evening of December 20, to aid the destitute Cubans and the widows and orphans oi the Virginius massacre. The headquar- ters of the League of the Lauguters of Cuba is not No, 67, but 59 West iwenty-ourth street, where the Lickets are for sale now, and auy donations Jor the same purpose will be thaukiully received. Very respectiuil, iy EMILIA 0, DE VILLAVERDE, Secretary. CANADA MoNnTREAL, Noy. 21, 1873. Parties are circulating subscription lists among the friends of Riel and Lepine, in this city, the funds thus raised being Intended tor the defence of the accused murderers duting the coming trial in Maniroba, ‘rhe weather here continues cold, and ice is form- ing rapidiy in ail the vasing. Ali sea-goiny Vessels have leit this port, except the steausnip ida, which Wil sai to-day. BELLEVILLE, Ont., Nov. 21, 1873. Navigation on Bay Quinte is closed for the season. Fire at Ottawa. Orrawa, Ont., Nov, 21, 1873. A fire here this morning destroyed a block ot stores on Sussex street, Opposite Clarence street, tne property of Alderman Heney, The principal snuverers are Morian, boot and shoe dealers, Uarl- non, clothier; Bougette, Wholesale iiquor dealer; Kgelston Brothers, eiothiers; Groule, clover; Goulden, clover, And Alderman Heacy. The ex timated 1088 is $79,000, BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A WOMAN, Her Ante-Mortem Statement, Coroner Herrman was yesterday morning called to Bellevue Hospital to take the ante-mortem state- ment of Rosa Carpenter, wo seems to believe she 18 going to die from the effects of violence sie re- evived on Wednerday Jast. Rosa stated that sie went to Jersey sirect, near Muiverry, to cal upon a_ friend, whose siden hame was Mery McKinuey, On going up Stairs and opemug the door Mary's husvand advanced towards her and pushed her ow cue &to p, followed ter down stairs, and, Miter pushing her over, kicked er in the back and neck. The man, Whore hamedoes Wok appear in the state ment, Was arrested by the Fourteenth precinct po. hee and iweked wu A verdict Wis rendered avainst the accused, and Coroner Herrman sent hin to the toups to awa't the death or re. covery Of his vicitm. The woman ovater proves to be Jaines Molguey. whose bonic 18 at No, 13 Jersey street