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yy _ = <= % THE VIRGINIUS. Hirai Special Report from Madrid. Demand for the Restora- tion of the Vessel. Woelight of the Dons Over Secretary Fish's Denial of Her Nationality. ‘Minister Sickles Insists That His Resigna tion Shall be Accepted in Washington. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. + “Lhe following special despatch to the has been received from Madrid, by Sl a Pants, Dec. 21, 1873. A Henaxp special telegram, in cipher, from id announces that Spain demands the toration of the Virginius, and that there is t exultation in the Spanish capital in con- jsequence of Secretary Fish’s admission that o Virginius is not an American vessel. ‘The Spanish demand was delivered to the American Minister on Friday, 19th inst. MINISTER SICKLES’ RESIGNATION. Minister Sickles has telegraphed to Wash- Jngton insisting upon the acceptance of his re- gignation. THE CASE IN WASHINGTON. Gmportant Rumors in Official Circles— The Attorney General Decides that the Virginius Had Forfeited the Right to Carry the Stars and Stripes. Wasuineron, Dec, 21, 1873. It has been known for some days that. the ‘Spanish government has furnished evidence with regard to the Virginius and her claim to ithe right to bear the flag of the United States, ‘nnd that the President has submitted the evi- Ylence to the Attorney General for his opinion thereon. It seems now to be understood in ‘official circles that the Attorney General has given the opinion that the vessel had forfeited the right to bear the flag of the United States, and at the time of her capture she was carry- ling it without right and improperly. In view of this opinion our government will, in ac- wordance with the terms of the protocol, institute inquiry and adopt proceedings st the Virginius and against any of the {persons who may appear to have been guilty (of illegal acta in connection therewith. As Spain has proven to the satisfaction of jtho United States, according to the Attorney General's opinion, that the Virginius was at ithe time of her capture carrying the United States flag without right and improperly, .the wsalute to the flag, on the 25th day of Decem- Will be dispensed with as now not neces- ily requirable ; but the United States will ‘expect a disclaimer of intent of indignity to jits flag in the act which was committed. From the proofs submitted by Spain it ap- ‘pears the cleafanco papers of the Virginius swere obtained by perjury. The Department of State has no informa- tion concerning the complications between Great Britain and Spain. ‘Was the Virginius Entitled to Carry the American Flag!—The Answer of the State Department to the Questien. Wasuinaton, Dec. 21, 1873. The Spanish Minister is confident that the evidence he has prepared will show that the Virginius was not entitled to carry the Amer- fican flag, and in this he is sustained by the members of the Diplomatic Corps. The Span- fish government claims she was owned by the Cuban Junta of New York, and has evidence ito prove that the money was furnished by this organization to John F. Patterson and J. K. ‘Roberts. The State Department will an- Swer:— First—That the sale of the Virginius to John \P. Patterson by the: United States establishes flue character of the vessel. * Second—That John F. Patterson, being a ‘citizen of the United States, had a right to purchase the vessel and receive a register. Third—Though the Cuban Junta, or foreign- ers, may have furnished the money, yet the spurchase by Mr. Patterson was perfectly legiti- mate, and did not prevent the parties furnish- ing the means from holding a lier: on the rveasel, Fourth—That the records of all the American Consulates show that whenever the Virginius thas entered and cleared from a foreign port it was done strictly according to the prescribed regulations governing our officials, and as there is no evidence of the sale of the vessel after the register was taken out in New York there could be no such thing as ownership by subjects of Spain. Fifth—If the reputed owner of the Virginius ‘id sell, transfer or lend the vessel contrary to the laws of the United States, by our own statutes.sho is forfeited to the United States, snd was at the time of her capture by the ‘Tor- nado, in intondment of law, the property of the United States; therefore the United States government refuses to accept the proof offered 8 conclusive of foreign ownership of the Vir- sinius, and maintains that, original ownership having boon in the government—to wit, first by reason of hor having been purchased by ths Confederate government, and by such act, iy intendment of law, becoming at her pur. ohawe the real property of the United States, and again by forfeiture to the United States for debt—her obaracter as an American vessel cannot be disputed, while the legitimate sale to a citizen of the United States establishes her right to an American register, and her pur- chaser is responsible, under our own munici- pal regulations, to the acts and penaltios pre- scribed, which regulations the United States declines to permit a foreign government to traverse in support of any dereliction of duty on the part of either her officials or citizens. PROOFS OF THE VIRGINIUS' NA- TIONALITY. The Vessel’ ‘all Record—Her Oareer During the Rebellion, Her Possession by the Government and Her Sale—Ar- guments Why She Was Fully Entitled to the Protection of the United States. Wasainaron, Dec, 21, 1873. ‘The Treasury Department has furnished the fol- lowing to the Secretary of State as to the real character of the steamer Virginius :— She was originally known as the Virgin, bafit at Glasgow, Scotland, in 1864, and owned by a firm in Liverpool and Mobile. She made one trip to Mobile, and after the Union fleet passed the forts was bought by the Confederates and loaded with cotton to run out. After the fleet entered the bay the cotton was taken out and the vessel run up the Tombigbee River, several hundred miles above Mobile, to escape capture. In the fall of 1865 she was brought down to Mobile and turned over to the Collector of Customs by the military authorities. Under instructions from the Treasury Department, with tife concurrence of the Navy Department, and after a Cabinet consultation, the Virgin, with other blockade runners, was, on January 22, 1866, turned over to the Freedmen’s Bureau. (See Treasury instructions, January 9, 1866; letter of Secretary of the Navy, January 13, 1866; receipt of Governor Swayne, January 22, 1866; report from Collector, January 22, 1866.) On February 14, 1866, the vessel was sold at Mobile, under direction of the Freedmen’s Bu- reau. ©. M. Godbold and J, M. Moody became the owners. ‘The vessel was\ admeasured at New Or- Jeans March 2, 1866, and inspected March 30, 1866, Registration was granted on application of God- bold at Mobile on March 12, 1866. (See certificate copy of register; Inspector's certificate.) The Inspector's certificate was issued April 10, 1866, at New Orleans, On June 30, 1866, she was again inspected at New Orleans and licensed to carry eight cabin passengers. In the meantime it appears the ownership of the vessel had become vested in Miles T. Steele, of New Orleans, to whom, as sole owner, @ register was issued at that porton June 23, 1866, as appears by the bill of sale next re- ferred to, which sets forth the act of registration at length. On May 14, 1867, Steele executed a bill of sale in due form to the United States of the steamer Virgin and appurtenances for the sum of $5 (see original bill of sale, dated May 14, 1867). It is stated that the actual consideration of this transfer was to indemnify in part the United States for the defaication of T. B. May, formerly Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans. This bill of sale was duly recorded at the Custom House in New Orleans, May 15, 1867. The vessel having thus become the property of the United States, first by capture, and second by purchase, re- mained in the possession and under the control of the government on or about the 27th day of August, 1870, when it was sold for the sum of $9,800 to John F. Patterson, of New York, to whom a regu- lar bill of sale, dated August 27, 1870, was exe- cuted and delivered by the Solicitor of the Treasury, acting im pursuance of law for the United States as owners. The bill of sale recites that the title ofthe United States had been acquired in the collection of a debt due the United States, referring to the bill of sale from Steele before mentioned. The sale appears to have been made at Washington, fron: whence the vessel was taken to New York, where Patterson made application for a new register to be issued to said vessel under the name of the Virginius. It further appears that the general practice of the department has been to allow vessels pur- chased by American citizens from the government of the United States and entitled to register, to be registered anew by such name as the owner or owners might adopt, being virtually regarded as in the position of a new vessel. (See Treas- ury instructions to Collector, New York, August 16, 1865.) A register was accordingly issued by the Collector of Customs at New York, describ- ing the vessel as the Virginius, formerly the steamer Virgin, and giving the same dimensions and ton- nage as expressed in her former register. The new register bears date the 26th of September, 1870, and was issued to John. F. Patterson as the owner, F. L. Shepherd, a citizen of the United States, being then the master. The State Department having established own- ership, the effort of the Spanish government to show that under our own laws the Virginius was not entitled to an American register, as she was built in England and was not captured as a war prize, or judicially condemned for violation of our Navigation laws, is disposed of in the following manner:—The Virginius was purchased by the Confederates, and, they being: rebels against the federal government, she was by intendment of law all the time the property of the United States. Inasmuch as a so-called rebel government has no property against a legitimate government, the legitimate government may take possession of a vessel of the Confederates in the United States without any process of law, just a8 it takes possession of abandoned cannon belong- ing to the confederates. if the vessel in question is m @ foreign port the United States government might need tne assent of the foreign government to take possession of her. Ia this way the United States government took pos- session of the Shenandoah in the port of Liver- pool, sold her and gave a title without any process oflaw. In the same way the United States at the close of the war took possession of two Confederate ships in the harbor of Havana, brought them to the United States, sold them and gave “good titles, under which they are now sailing. Such is the nature of the original title of the United States in the Virgin. The United States took possession of her as a rebel ship and as such, in the eye of the law, was the property of the United States, although in possession of rebels to the wrong of the United States. That was the legal condition of the Virginius on the day she was turned over to the Freedmen’s Bureau. The question has arisen whether the act of the Collector at Mobile in giving a register to God- bold and Moody, who bougtt the vessel from the Freedmen's Bureau, was, lawful, that ts, whether it was justified by the letter of the act ot Congress or by any established construction of the letter of any act of Congress. The United States answers that its government may buy and own ships wherever they were built. Whether on the Sale of such vessel by the government the vendee may get aregister is a secondary question. The vessel would at any rate be American property and entitled to Ay the fag of the United States whether ene had a register or not, and would “be entitled to the protection of the gov- ernment and tho facts in the present case. If Godbold did not get a good title from the Freed- men’s Bureau, then the Virginius still betongs to the United States government, was the property of the United States at the time of her capture, and as such entitled to the full protection of her owners. As to her subsequent career after transfer tovohn F, Patterson, according to the records of the Treasury Department, the United States cannot Ot this time enter into discussigy, Mr. Patterson bought the vessel, subject to the navigation laws | Of the United States, and wit be Held, according to bentigs d Of the protocol, td a strict accounta- ye The argument’ for the government further gives & Tecital of acts of blockade runners during the War, to what extent tne rebellior in the South Was nourished by: the receipt of arnus, munitions of war, quartermaster, and medical stores tn there vessels, hin ago by them of cotton im payment of the Confederate dent contracted in England, and the treatment of the parties 1ound on board of these vessels by the United States, all of which was’ done at the risk of capture and confiscation by the United States within our waters, but mever on the high seas. ‘That ail the acta recited against the Virginius show her to have been nothing more than a smuggler, or @ filibuster, not fitted out in the United States, and running the ordinary risk of capture for violation of the municipal laws governing the colonies of Spain within the waters of ber jurisdiction, but mot, under any plea or argument, suject to capturs on the high seas, Finally, that the grievance which the Spanish government compiains of against the United States was one which should have been settled in the ordinary course of amicable rela- tions between two friendiyPowers ; and while the United States government does not intend to assert its authority except in vindication of its honor and sovereignty, the reasons alleged by the Spanish government why the American flag should not be saluted, as stipulated, cannot be ac- cepted as valid, and an observance of the terms of the protocol will not be waived by the United States except other evidence be presented before the expiration of the time agreed upon for the final disposition of the question. SPAIN’S DEMAND DISCREDITED. Wasuinaton, Dec. 21, 1873. ‘The report from Madrid that the Spanish gov) ernment has decided to make a demand upon the United States for the revurn of the Virginius and passengers and crew is not credited here, for the reason that they were delivered to the United States by virtue of the protocol between the two countries, subject to judicial proceedings. BEFORE THE SURRENDER. The Prisoners at Santiago Afraid for Their Lives—Burriel, the Butcher, Feted—The Seizare of the Virginius Without Examination. Kary West, Dec. 21, 1873. Advices from Santiago de Cuba up to December 14—that is previous to the surrender—represent that General Burriel was received on his return with much enthusiasm. The press and public endorsed him and are deflant and impertinent. The HERALD correspondent had another inter- view with the prisoners at the hospital. The pris- oners were reticent and afraid for their lives, Philip Metzler stated in whispers that the seizure of the Virginius was made under circumstances of gross indfgnity to the United States flag; no pa- pers were examined. There was no formality whatever, ADMIRAL SCOTT'S REPORT. ‘ vise ea Names of Americans on Board the Vir- ginius—Captain Fry's Defence—Post- tion of the Ship when Captured. WASHINGTON, Déc, 21, 1873, Rear Admiral Scutt has sent to the Secretary of the Navy a large mass of documents connected with the capture of the Virginius, and the execu- tions which followed it, These include the list of 108 who were in the prison at Santiago de Cuba, 18 of whom were shot. Among the survivors appear the names of Manuel Morases, of Philadelphia ; Philip Meitzler, of Charies- ton, S. C.; Samuel Gray, of Harrisburg; Pa.; Alfred Parker, location not given. These are all the Americans among the number given. Those who were executed, in addition to the 13 above mentioned, were in jail only a few hours, with the exception of Captain Fry, who was not taken to that place. According to the OfMicial report concerning the mode of trial by the martial court, Captain Fry de- clined to answer all the questions put to him, pro- testing that by the laws of nations he and his crew had committed no offence that justified his or their imprisonment or trial as pirates, claiming to be in command of an American merchant vessel fur- nished with all properly certified papers, which he had delivered to the boarding officer of the captur- ing vessel. J. N. Rowe, of Rockland, Me., deposed at Kings- ton, Jamaica, that from his knowledge of naviga- tion the Virginius, when captured, could not have been less than 70 miles from the coast of Cuda. COMMANDER BRAINE’S REPORT. Wasuineton, Dec. 21, 1873. Commander Braine, in his letter to the Setretary Of the Navy, dated Santiago de Cuba, November 30, communicating the information he obtained about the Virginius, says :— You will see by my letter to His Excel- lency Sefior Brigadier Commandante General Morales, and the protest that I protested against any further punishment to any of the oficers, crew and passengers of the Virginius, irrespective of their nationality, and if any more were ordered to be executed I must be informed before it took place, as I claimed the American flag protected all. I have taken means to circulate it ashore in the city, that if any of the prisoners taken from the Virginius are executed I will sink every Spanish gunbout and other Spanish men-of-war here that I can get at. I feel assured that this rumor has had a good effect and I believe, should our government demand the persons taken from the Virginius yet alive, the authorities will surrender them. You will observe by my interview that the General asks, in reply to my - suggestion that an easy partial solution to this alreaay complicated affair would be to deliver up all the People now alive belonging to the Virginius, “In what manner could that be done? leading me to believe it to be really a wish of his to deliver them all to the United States. I replied, “By put- ting them in boats and putting them on board the ship I have the honor t6 command, restoring them under the flag from which they were taken.” The Governor replied he could uot do so without orders from his superiors. Commander Braiue asked if the people taken from the American steamer Virginius were exe- cuted by the authority of the bighest ruling ‘power in the island or by the order of the government officials here. The Governor an- Swered, “By the government here.” Commander Braine said, “Could not the same power that ordered their execution order their release and delivery to him?’ The Governor re- plied in the negative. The people taken from the Virginius were execfted by an order previously issued by the Admiral commanding the naval forces of the island; others were executed under authority of an order issued by General de Rodas, Commander BRatnk--But were there not pas- sengers on board the American steamer Vir- ginius? The GOVERNOR—You must recollect that there were many Spaniards among the passengers, and one ofthema deserter from our army on this island. Commander BRratwr—Yes; but they were taken from an American steamer on the nigh seas. The GoVERNOR—On the night of the arrival of the Virginius at this port, in looking over the papers an order was found issued by the late Captain General, and it was under his order that the trial and executions took place. Commander BRaINk—But I have to remind you that both the United States and British governments protested against that order, and told the Spanish government that they would not allow any such interference, and that the most that the Cnited States government could admit would be the con- fiscation of the vessel and cargo. Commander Braine, having» received assurance that his despatch to the United States government would be forwarded without interruption, thanked the Governor for his courtesy and withdrew, after delivering In person a written protest relative to the officers, crew and passengers of the American steamer Virginius THE PRESIDENT A' AT 8T, LOUIS. NEW YURK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1873—WITH SUPPLEMENT. KAISER WILHELM. Herald Special Report from Berlin. peabecialy *ick ta The Emperor Stricken with a Slight Attack of Apoplexy. Universal Anxiety, but Conceal- ment at Court. TELEGRAM TO THE NE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Heratp has been received from our corre- spondent in the Prussian capital: — Berur, Dec. 21, 1873. The Emperor of Germany has had a slight attack of apoplexy. Much anxiety prevails with respect to the probable result of his illness, and efforts are being made to conceal his condition, English Report of His Majosty’s State of Health, Loxpvon, Dec, 22—6 A. M, A special despatch to the Daily Telegraph states that the Emperor William bad a slight attack of apoplexy yesterday, which causes uneasiness at Berlin. ‘ Preparation for the Government Assault on Cartagena—The Insurgent Forve Demoralized. TELEGR'M TO ‘THE NE NEW YORK HERALD. “LONDON, Dee, 22, 1878. The correspondent of the Standard, near Carta- gena, telegraphs that three men were killed by the recent magazine explosion. The besiegers received reinforcement Of 1,500 men on Friday, and 4,000 more are expected to arrive before the assault, which will probably be made this week. The insurgents are demoralized and desértions are frequent, Contreras has arrested Barcia for advising sub- mission. SLAVERY IN CUBA. Special Hewla Senet from Havana. | INTERVIEW WITH coLovet ZULUETA. | The Slaveowners Preparing for Emancipe: | tion by a Gradaal Process TELEGRAM TO TWE NEW YORK WERAL?. | Havana, Deo, 20, | Via Ker Weer, Deo, 21, 1875. 5 To an interview had with Sefior Zalueta, President of the Casino Expaiiol, and one of the largest slaveowners on the island, your correspondent learned that the disposition of the majority of the slaveholders are in favor of the abolition of slavery after a gradual plan, GO BOWL. He says that they recognize the necessity of abolition, and propose « plan for its gradual accomplishment, so that no sudden shock or disturbance may occur to the interests in- volved, CIRCUMSTANCES. Sefior Zulueta owns 2,500 slaves, and is pre- ared to accept the issue at the hands of the believing that it is when complete eman- to the BOWING TO government at Madrid, | only a question of tim cipation must occur in deference opinion of the civilized world, WHAT PROLONGS THE INSURRECTION. He thinks the insurreetium would have been long since crushed if it had not been for the venality of the contractors aud others in the conduet of public affairs, THE LAW-ABIDING VOLUNTRERS, While there are some unraly spirits among the volunteers he believes the majority are orderly and law abiding. He holds that they showed this trait of character in the quietude BRITISHERS HOVERING ROUND CUBA. " Yesterday afternoon a HgexaLD reporter made his way up town to the resfdence of Mr. Archibald, the British Consul Genera), at West Thirty-fifth street, to see if that gentleman could give any in- formation respecting the orders lately given by the Lords of the Admiralty for British war vessels to concentrate near the Island of Cuba. Mr, Archi- bald was found in the act of sitting down at the head of his dinner table; but with great seif-sacri- fige he left the teeming board and invited the re- porter into his library, and kindly consented to be “qnterviewed.”” The following is the conversation which took place :— REPORTER—I suppose you have seen by the HERaLD to-day, Mr. Archibald, that it looks as if Great Britain were going to take some action, in dependently of the United States, on behalf of her citizens who were massacred at Santiago de Cuba by the S| eclere on the occasion of the capture of the Virginius? Mr. ARCHIBALD—No; [ have not seen the HeraLp soaN and, therefore, can’t tell to what you remne reporter produced & H#RALD ad instantem and replat read to Mr. Archibald the. allusions as to the rendezvous of the British West ludia fect off the “Ever Faithful Isle.” nf Archibald listened with courtesy, and then said :— STATEMENT OF THE BRITISH CONSUL GRNERAL, “This order to rendezvous off Cuba is probably the echo of instructions recently given to our men-ol-war fo. be near that island in case Of new developments; or, in other words, in case their services anould be required.” RerorTteR—Do you know whether the English g0) ernment is about to demand of Spain satisigo- on for its butchered subjects at Santiago? Mr. ARCHIBALD (smiling, with a diplomatic nod)—Well, all that kind of information must be obtained by your paper at Washington, Iam nos able to give it. RerorTer—Do you think this naval movement looks like decided action on the part of your gov- ernment ? Mr. ARCHIBALD—Well, I really cannot tell nse you will Observe the despatch is dated Key West, facturing news. I really cannot give you any off- cial information on the subject. RgrorteR—Do you know Captain Gore Jones, naval attaché of the Britisn Legation at Washbing- ton, who, I beileve, is in this city atthis mo- ment, and could he give me any information on this subject? Mr. ARCHIBALD—Yes, he is down stairs taking dinner with us, but I am pretty cer cannot lve you what you newspaper men call “points.” The reporter thereupon apologized to Mr. Archt- bald for detainin, pen 80 0p sue and resolved, after the trouble he had given to Archibald, not to attempt to bother the family circle any more, by asking that Captain Gore Jones allow himself to be interviewed. WEATHER REPORT. sedans War DEPARTMENT, } OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—1 A. M. Probabilities, FoR NEW ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC Starts, GENERALLY CLEAR WEATHER WITH ° TINUED LOW TEMPERATURE vite “PREVAIL DUE THE DAY, FOLLOWED BY INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND RISING TEMPERATURE IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES, For the lake region increasing cloudiness, with areas of snow, the winds in these districts gradu- ally backing to southerly, with increasing force and Jess pressure. For the South Atlantic States north of Fiorida continued cool and generally clear weather, with northerly to easterly winds. For the Gulf States, and thence northward over Tennessee, fresh and occasionally brisk easterly to pee td Winds, rising temperature and raiu, ecially on the Gulf coast. ror the Ohio Valley leas pressure, slight rise of temperature, northeasterly to southeasterly winds and partly cloudy weather during Monday, fol lowed by threatening weather by Monday night. For the Northwest partly cloudy weather with Het J temperature and areas of snow in the northern portion of this district. For the canai regions of New York, Pennsyl- vania and Ohio the temperature will remain below freezing during Monday. The Weather in T' hin City Yesterday. The following recora will show the changes in the temperature tor the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last re, indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HBRALD Building :—~ 1 1872, 1873. . 32 82 +80 80 is 23 . 6 2 rature yesterday . wey STNG Average temperature for corres} ig date jast year seasons vos 28% THE SPRAGUE DIFFICULTY, The Mills To Be Running Full Time in a Few Days—The Repeal or Modifi- cation of the Bankrupt Act Will Not Affect the Trust Deed. PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Dec, 21, 1873, Z, Chafee, trustee under the Sprague mortgage, announces that he is prepared to issue to the creditors of the A, & W. Sprague Manufacturing Company and of A. « W. Sprague, the notes se- cured by the deed of mortgage hearing date No- vember 1, 1878, in exchange for the obligations of the corporation and of ae Ww W. 8] ot iy ah x pects that the print works 7 all the milis will in the course of a few days be rimning full time, The trastee wishes the creditors to understand “st. Lovrs, Deo. 21, 1873, President Grant met a number of old frienas at an informal dinner at the house of General Harvey after which, accompanied by his son eed who came with him, he left that the repeal or the modification - Fapt See we ion of the Bank. of the A. & W. pretense Tague T the. tornie of thelr tent ce will to stand uy that it = i a ant aa which you must admit is a great place for manu- | not alter or in any wean affect. the Boo bi Manufacturi pay tele cred | and Virginius. DENMARK,» TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YCRK HERALD. CorpBNHAGEN, Dec, 21, 1873, ‘The gasmen have struck work and the city to- night is in darkness. THE NEWARK LIBEL SUITS. 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