The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-07
q u B a.
Outrages by Spanish Naval Officers
on British Shipping g-JOhn
Bulls Back Up-Repa-
ton Demanded.
Men-of-war to Seek Redress.

Tbe snanish officers of the West Indies fleet are
in fair way TO embrol their Government IN serious @
nished you full particulars OF the capture by them OF
the British schooner Galyanic % and OF the American
British Custom House officer, and both taken in Br-
tish waters. must now inform You that the British
authorties have to-day two additional causes OF
lust and serious complaint against the spanish Gov
ernment resulting from two instances OF violent dls
regard Of the rights and mmuntles oil BRUSH
The first relates to the British sloop Jer. Davis Of
Nassau N p, engaged in the sponge fishery along
some of the lesser Bahama Islands. This vessel was
ptured on the 18th, in British waters, and not more
t1an a mile or from British territory, by the
Spanish steamer Concha, once merchant steamer,
but recently purchased by the Spanish authorities
and changed into man-of-war. TThe Jeti Davis was
in baast and had her papers regularly in order as
sponge-ishng vessel, but had on board TWO cuban
that the officers OF the Concha pretended TO
inow had been engaged in the Cuban nsurrection and
were ON their way to the United states as agents OF
the provisional republican that o ne to naa @
sengers might very well have come on board without
the sloop having gone TO the cuban Goast ior Ine
British waters, the commander OF the Concha took
torcible possession OF her, and brought her with
the captan crew, and passengers as prize 10 Cal
barien There naval court indorsed the seizure,
and conflscated the vessel The captain and crew
are in prison. heavily roned, and are TO be tried for
piracy The two passengers murdered by
crowd of volunteers, while being taken from the YES
sci to prison. 1t seems they were extensively IN
suited and hooted at by the volunteers when landed,
which induced one Of them to de1antly shout back,
VirG Cuba Librel ViUa Cespedes! Whereupon the
volunteers fred upon them, killing both instantly.
This hellish deed has led to arrests whatever
the part of the authorities Of Cabarien The two
murdered Cubans were named Jimenez and Faero,
and their killing you see, differs somewhat in its in
cidents from those first reported and given to you in
The second outrage upon British shipping by the
Spanish West Indies fleet Is the overhauling and
armed search of the British schooner Britannia also
engaged in the sponge trade OF the Bahama Islands.
This Vessel, when in British waters, and not mile
from the coast of an inhabited British island was
taken possession OF by boat load OF armed men
,,rf forn on examination
was made from stem to stern Not hnding anything
board that appeared suspicious the spaniards left
to their vessel without offering single word of
apology for their arbitrary conduct These two cases
within their own waters, and OF direct invasion of
British laws, have very naturally aroused arouse no small
of the Bahamas, and the British Consul-Genera
at Havana, the Hon. J. Graham Dunlop has
remonstrances to Captain General Dulce and
their spirited representations to their home govern
ment. The already complicated relations or Great
Britain with Spain become from them very evidently
still more complicated The quadruple outrages Of
late committed against British interests and prvi-
leges by Spanish menof-war are, indeed, OF no small
consequence and magnitude, and may well lead to
face rhe most outrageous and insulting one of the
four to the Government of her Britannia Majesty is
perhaps after ALL the one that Will be the most easily
settled and arranged by diplomacy, since there are
clear indications that the Spanish authorities are
preparing to back down from the high and arbitrary
positiops they assumed at the start, and will make
the anlende honorable returning the Mary Lowell and
In the case of the schooner Galvanic, however,
to say anything to the affairs OF the Jelt Davis
and the britannia since the Spanish authorities have
furnished as vet no ntmation of what shall be their
line of conduct about them, we find the questions at
dispute more clearly marked anu @ @ & anu
war The Spanish authorities have Enthusiastically
and plainly taken their position adversely 20 tne yes
of the first, and trying the others for, and finding
them guilty Of piracy and certain dansG@ IL ms nom
resort is rendered whether they shall be shot or
not If any departure from the actions resolved
only under the forms OF favos and concessions But
If understand the British position, as ably assumed
nv the energetic consular representative OF Grea
Britain here-and believe do--favors and conces
sions are neither asked nor desired but rights and
spanis6 naval and civil authorities of Cuba in the
ease OF the Galvanic resisted and reparaton de-
in British waters, considerably north of Lobos Key
an English possession with an English lighthouse
Were a ali in order regularly made out for Puerto
Plata in the Dominican Republic; no arms were
found on board and II her passengers were Cubans
none had up to the time of the capture of the vessel
engaged in acts of hostility against the Spanish Gov
eminent am anu n sVem @ right to take u them .e
on board of his vessel ana carry then from Nassau
to Puerto Plata 9e t5 O ae an ege@
of no weight and farccal The men were shown
no justice or fairness, We're denied al an Kind KIND OF OF
To communicate in their emergencies with their
Consul and have the benent OF ms presence
the demands OF the British representative are there
fore for rights and justice and not laYors and con-
cessions They require that the Galvanic British
vessel taken In British waters, be returned to her
owners and her captain crew, ana passengers set at
liberty, and that damages be paid by the Spanish
Government. With such vide dnerehces anu as
crenancies in the views OF the Brltlsn ana spanish
anthortes as to this case, may not be well said to
be fraught with peris 70 the peaceiul reaIlohs OF
Great Britain and Spain? And may II not assist II
not directly conduce, the former natloh IN resolving
10 give the second good thrashingY know many
4Cubans hope IL may.
~ ON Yesterday the British armor-plated war steamer
Fayorite OF ten guns, Captain MeCrea, and with
saIntes with Fort Cabanas and the divers Spanish,
American French, and Prussian war vessels IN the
harhor 1he arrival OF this powerful representative
of FnQland's navy at this particular Juncture Is
aomeWhat extensively commented upon ahd pe-
neye has proven acceptable TO the Brltsh Consul
General and the English residents OF Havana.
here are now three British war vessels III port; tc
nsher two besides the Fayorite being the gunDoats
C,heub and Heron. This looks somewhat slgnincahl
OF wal.
shall the Cubans he RecOGnizedf
Eue ly,ag and Macy Journal in the course OF an
,rS,cIe entired "Cuba and the Confederacy-A Con-
trast rot Parallel" says:- . ,,,,,
Gpain followed France and England III thelr swn'
,ecogtion OF the Confederacy, ana WITHOUT con-
,nItino our Government The spanish "hoyal De
.ree1 OF recognition was dated on the litn o. Jue,
nIv thirty-fye days after the procianatoh VI Juech
Victoria and II was much more elaborate H..
n began by declaring That queen lsapeim laa Le ~
trngele undertaken between the Federal states o.
te Union and the Confederate states ol te Svuth,
snd n nroceeded to put these TWO .To"SIs oh ~ ~
sIsct par. though the Rebels had then Iought 1 no
battle, save the boodless attack on s % bsfoTe
news had been received but nye or sx Weshs @ re
ueMe sose ~ Shaf gnain had the motive Tor nef