The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-22 00:00:00

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we heard big rum. Ibis was he Maas into the rod for,
se. We nuaraltect Won& • olf the bat betook no
opposition, to s on t.,, fin th
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that •111••• `tag lie. b.. watch a pro seta
se The wounded in vs ham ~_
At an emart, eng,ge w &read/ aue p or b the lox cli, I
___ —.ems, only volunteers wen- for the and mow took the dru Th. ,
weary trndge along the Weals ii. AMpenee. As .e. loprosetold away, but the dog followed and caught hint, end they
that *fill.t.'• •ltri h.". Gam. ar Wem the be.Y. a.. 1'0..4 rolled on the ground together. Darlii..7 the struggle
• case of claret, some Inesers of water, and 00 'O/1 bottles of
brandy. for which we were not anima. Pd, and the follow- rlsoner mansged to get hold of Lb • '.'o,/ two front
log dace's landed :—Commander Laketon's, of the Argus Fogs, and threw is into the dock, which Was 22 feet
(having reeoTeeng trove the wooed, ,eoel.ett at Canaan), below. Pritoner than tatted Witneell by the throat,
with Lieutenants Young and Bare 81•11 a minion Lucas, and , dragged liiM siong, and tried to throw him into the
suiaLleithenaiit Sanderson. From the !Jewry Came Lieusenlina
next thit diversion Fisher, with • boatewsto laid twenty man. 1 dock. Ifs litoshlitwits.i.""L called thfo: help. and. some Pellmil°
we toiled that WO villageis were before ne—Akimploo, I prieoner WA Oven into
waa 4...b.d..".,,,,,,aaiaaaaaa, an, jtasi a mu, f mentody. W Oreatotex,As blacksmith, was for.
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further on Ampenee, which had helstid • nag ol .1.11....• l g at "the time, and siten he went to
OE the heathen trewitat thhewillegre ley the otroW. of 'Reilly's sanietenos the attjautker bsid sist him °al the
fortunate ffantae,with the head so d right arm see.'ret very ralgela the dool, auffbild he. not -COM. up at tide
body. A m; M. n ee was brrut to tee around, beta man.e prinime momelhe it would hard been tdo late, and meet
except eau, bate, and rats, wl,irt, ..., pedant the Lett, came I probably tho than would have been drowt.ed.
of the &inns hi great nuMlierr. Ine enemy attected the alt The Jury found the yreto. ner Guilty.
a ttrereity, and enured themselves to a veney 'tat the
bluojicket• of the Deity, which laid msny of them low ; iierbort Reeves', ',Miler at C Adboth-fieklo, proved
they then tried the other end, but were again beaten a/ thirtem previoua convictions against the prisoner, and
with lose, and wounded only one of our men. They lied one of coven years on the 20eh of March at there
some rifles among them, as we could tell by the peculiar sessions for • robbery from the dock'. He was a
I 0,.,1 of the ballets in the err. These wore pinhably regular river pry' ate.
Intel& The Judge sentenced him to be kept in penal
The General :would not allow • pursuit into the bean, the
sun beteg low end the men lath:tn.& At 426 he embarked seryitth'e for eleven years, and then to be kept
on hart the Decoy, 1041 was kindly offered a pamase. We usd sr pollee supervision for seven ye-am—The
arrived at elute Coot castle at seven p in. To ilit ,d toe watchroan Reilly was then ordered to stand for-
wounited toll follows : -11vse officers, viz. Colonel McNeill, word, The Judge. said he had received the follow.
thinheto Freamales, and Captain Forbes ;16 floussas. two of tog preeentment from the grand jury :—" the grand
whom died, two marines. two hlowjeteete, and three jury in the cise of Daniel Donoghue, charged with
tebewers. stealing 161 b. of metal, the property of Donald Johnson
Let us now ootudder what is the value of this affair. 101 - and others, from their doek, and atesolting Terrence
IL emery ode's slOrmblting, it to rattled to muck teapot,
lands by the experience It has rielesid and the morel effect it Reilly, with intent to prevent his lawful apprehension,
hall proditoed. /he Fsnbeetsre rejAced to fled that thane. having heard the evidence of Terence R-illy, &eke to
Geronof will lead tame to batim.hineself, and they also expreiis their appreciation of the oonragoods Way in
admire the skale In which he carried out his enter- which the witness succeeded in securing the prisoner.
0 6.- The "tack on Mr"..." wa• • as"the .urPH" ' —W. Tweedie, Foreman." He said he entittly cu-
the suttees bed. Do thlie to remove their powder, Ineir
clore7l t..l:Le opinion of the grand jury, that he bad
oitO, their sheep, and their eon,. muskets and .Ironiii
and powder belts were found in the village. • mother acted with great courage, Sail he should order him, to
ran stray leaving her ' MALI behhai. That the Aehantem, receive a reward of £2.
Mao deal la earpellee Were beaten at their own cords by
the White Men. la woe-also a complete day. work. Alto-
gether ert'lthatilemllibes were destroyed. What Is the con-
strain-not? ' the lesteees are now willing to light ; they have 1
...Saoneo io the xuare who le to lead them. . .
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THE SANTIAGO EILICIITIONS.
The following telegrams are from the American Coe-
reap mdent of 2'he Tima
PitniAngtelifa. Nov 17.
The British Legation has been fit "mad that 17 British
mijects who were among to. prisoners captured on board the
Varginius were shot on Wedneeday.
It Is reported that an order has been sent to the British
Admiral at Beandula to ooleentrate ht. fleet In the Cuban
waters with the flagship at Havaninah.
the American Gi vernment have requested the Spaniah
/dintster to give an assurance that the Gcvernment decree
for the r lease of Am. ries° property seized In (tuba is being
canted out The President &girt' that the ,lccrie should be
immediately obeyed.
The Seoretary of the Navy to-day Inspected the ironclad'
at League Inland.
Now Yong, Nov. 17.
intelligence from Cabs announces that the authorities at
flavannah refuse to allow mails and newspaper. to be hawed.

We (The Times) have received the following from
the Foreign Ottice
t. Mr. Crawford, the Acting British Consul-General at
Havannan, have been tnetrected to watch the case
of the frivolling, and to obtain a lilt trial for any
British so iecte who might be among the rienners, reported
on the llith lat, that the chess of the Virginia mean and
her C ipture was affected on the nigh sea teal eu spite of all
effort. of the 0 vernor of Jamaica and others, sixteen
Mash sutojects, f. riming part of the crew of the Virginia,
were shit o-t Sauttaeo oar the 7110 tat , and that there were
still Coven British surjects remaining am nig the prisoners,
of whom CM were under age. Her Majesty's ship IV ioNs
arrived at Santtsg ton the day after the executions.
" On the receipt of this intelligence instructions were sent
by Wegner:it-, Her kiej -sty's /Master at hi eirid, the,Act
lod
Cooosui General at Havannah, the Vice-C00..0 at Santiago.
end the Governor ort, Jamaica, to the eft, et that thr Asjosity'e
Government would reserve the question of the executions
which had allreaey taken place, but that they would bold the
Spar ish Government and MI persons concerned responsible
for any further executions of British
n A telegram from, Her Majesty's Minister at Madrid,
dated the Ifich iDst. report+, that Senor Castle an had sent a
telegram to the Capteno-Gearel or Cuha oroirring the sus-
pensions of all father executions of British subject@ or
others
" rids hos been telegraphed to the Acting British Consul-
Get oral at Ii avanmah, the Vice Consul at Santiago, and the
Governor f Jamaica.
"In reply to an inquiry addressed to him by telegraph,
the Acing British Concul-Geueral at ilariumah has reported
tnat toe mimes of the British subjects aecn.ed are as
fcilows:—James Flood. second mote; Henry King, arts-
taut engin Cr; Pima, Ciro iv, fir. man ; Fr ,k Go oti, fire-
men : Barley Gerald, firemiso ; Fleury Fri In, coal. trimmer :
James Read, c iel-trioctrier ; Samuel ti ,rd, c oaltrimmer :
Aloed ilessell, coal trimmer ; Walter Plabea, coal. tilmemor ;
George 1 hom.s, oroal-orimmer ; Thomas Walter, chief
steward ; Simon Brooms, atC lid stewar r; Wioliam R. ss,
seaman;Gauzy Bond, seaman ; and George ThuMplOa.
" The anrvtaiint prisoners on the iith inst. were :--,lydney
Robertson, Wiliam Curtis, Samuel Hall, George Wineter,
klarchell, Abraham Penton, and George Burke.
The hot six are coloured lads."

A Washington (1.-spalth tt the 7th of Nove:nber
says :
" roe capture of the steamer rirginius end the summary
shooting of tour of nor officers and crew by the Cowin
anani..h ant*oritisql create much mu.Pement here. Some s.l
the men were well known. The At air was the soil cc of a
two hours' discussion by the Caller. Up to the hour et
which the Cob eel be, to up the Government had received
no information except through the puhlic press, awl the
President and Cabinet were Is.debted to the courtesy of a
journalist for tur,resation ef the teeth II General Ryan
and three of his companion.. The Secrstary of State, how.
ever, said that he was constant, expecting despatchee
relating to the matter, and 1.0 it was de,ueel trit ons.
ally to-day by the Ca' hat No opinion le expremed by
any member of the Government as to the right of the
matter, uor is anythit.g SAW alto what rune the Govern.
melt will pursue. It wee acknowledged, however, that
the act would prot'ah.y lead t. serious dip.omatic compli-
cations, in which It hi oculist s Ragland may be a party.
Frcm the Aiwal despatches subsYquently receive" by the
0,,tlf101:11. n: at Washinatou, It aptness that the Virgin.tus
sew captured six mile; fmtn the c ,ast of Jamaica. As the
instance it Minteter Sickles instructions seers sent from the
o svernment at Madrid to await orders from the Home
Government before Inflicting penalties on the passengers or
men slam Vtrginitee. rills order was probably rec-ivesi on
' the everting 1.,t the 5 IL or morning of the 6th lust, too late,
es It appears from the despatches ramartai from Cuba to, day,
to be respected. lu regara to the nationality of the l'irginius
reglet,s granted to restels continue Until they are sold or
c,ange their nan.m. N. Intelligence relating to either of
thews points sato the rirginitts had reached the department.
The honks of the Treasury repo., ment show that the register
origlually granted to the Virginius remains unchanged."

The Nets York Times, commenting on the effect of
the news tit the city, says :
Since the capture of the Virginia the most profound
feeling has existed among the t worn residents of this
city : but the news received esterday that the leaders of
the patriots who were en routs to Cuba had been sum
madly tried and the death sentence carried out caused
the greatest distress. As soon as the intelltremce
was circulated crowds of Cubans and their sympathizers
collected in the I iwer parts of the city end gave, expression
to their hid tguatlon in the strongest term.. Some could
not credit the news contained in the dispatch, as no
conflimation of the report had been received by the Spanish
C.. 1.1 At Vie Conan head-quarter@ several pr mluent
leselers assembled, and the unfortunate circumstance was
discossed nib felines of despair. The msjoilty of rhose
on board the Virginia were known to the r country-
men In this al y ; especially were the leaders wed
k gawp, and most parilcala it Brigadier-General Ryan,
who was horn in this city. Almost all of the men
left New York for Kingston, Jamaica, where pre.
naratioi • were completed and atoms paced on hoard the
Yin:Mains. The elpedltion has ben the test el non the Me-
worat.l • one which as signally 1.11-4 in July, 1,71, wed, not-
withstanding thet Spain has brought into use all her aria .he
forcet -r the pro:esti.. of Cuba, lt is rated that this 'Mt e-
ditmu would hare resulted victoriously tithe men arms, and
•romnoltion had been set ashore four mon, hs *lnce. The
leader., accompanied by Captain Joseph Fr,, woo whs in
charge of the veinal, took their onstage in the steamer Atlas,
and arrived, without arousing any suspicion, asfcly at
Kingston. An attempt WU nail to enter the port .4 gou_
ttago rie Cuba, hut the Virginia was espied by • Swinish
cruiser and got underway. Tue Spanish war ship kept
clrwely behind her until she got near Kings on. Tel. war
the last li formation head from those on board and by their
fiends hers."

The following letter appear in The Times of Tnee
day :
Public attention is at present attracted to the came of the
Virpf:istis and the execution of a Bundler of tOose found oh
b 4rd I.y the Spanish aur,h.ditees e Uantiago de Cuba. The
wind se.ins he.tioered, and the action ot she Spaniards very

generally condemned.
It is, therefore, well your readers, who are world-wlde,
should understand the Cane, that they may be able to join
in tellisently of itn merits. Will you klud.y allow me to give
• synopsis of it
The Virginitis is sometimes described ss • "blockade
runner," ...mu is obsionely in, orrect, seam, the cowl of
Cuba is not blockaded, all forelan and <I. militia tennis hay-
ing free Wren e to all the port• of the island, If engaged in
legitimate commerce. Internally the railroads and telearaph
linen are all operating curler the ip,vernment of the 'Vanish
automates, and there Is no sock thing as war by wh•ch th •
outward world are affedted. Cabe is no more blockaded than
is a house whose proprietor has fears ..1 an intended rookery,
and who seta a watch to frighten off or shoot the robber in
the attempt
The no-called “IneurreCtion " In Cabs consists of adven-
turers—a few Cuban., H..ytians, Coetalirmeroe, and Arne
?leans, and • good many negroes and Chinese, which the
es espaperiln the United States style ' the Ineurgent army
but they are hidden away in the mountains, In the eastern,
uneettled part of the island, and their exploits oonsist
principally in raids, unworthy the name of war; and even
these winid long ego have ceased had they not been con-
stantly supplied with arm. and ammunition from the United
Stares, and recruiting from them's. •ith men.
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The Virginius Is one of the craft that have kept up this
state ot toitge, causing the Spanisrils immense trouble and
espouse for a long time back, paralysing commerce, and in-
volving resrly as much lon of life as an Minolta war. Now
the Virginia would long ago have been peaceably disposed
of, but for the Oki ct protection an i Intervention of the
United State. au to titles and navy. She has berm hemmed
begat and again by the Spaniards at Cebu and other place.,
and (for instance, at Coloii) jolt alit, had taken on board a
cannot guns and ammunition from the American mall steamer
coon brought direct from New York, the Spanish .mmander,
aiivised her captain we would overhanyver if she went to see.
the commanderof an American nian-of- war dared the Spainard
to touch her, as she wee i ezitimately under the United States
file, tin repeated ~it of last such acts being that .be
ealled direct for Cuba, and in the night Waled her c r.ro aud
" paseengers," coonniently to reinforce the afore-deecrlbed
.losurgent army • " and even when the British auth,rities
seised her at Kingston, on account of being nefariously
loaded, an American officer demanded her release, and lit 24
hours shit was again off Cuba, and chased away by the
Spitinarda.

The man styled General Ryan has been more than one hi
Cuba, and repeatedly warne i not to return—Yours. de 3 ,
Lloyd's Nov. 17. ONI WHO KNOWS THE INLAND WELL.