Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-20
General News,
Capture Of the Virginius.


Havana advices to the sth instant were
Drought by the steamer which arrived in
New York on Wednesday night. giving
full details of the capture Of the Virginius.
the trial of the prisoners and the first
executions. and reports of the extravagaut
demonstrations of the Spsniards over the
events. The Virginius let Jamaica on the
! u nit. 1t WAS the intention to sail direct
| for the shores of Cuba. but a slight damage
TO the machinery obliged them to enter a
| port at liayti. This they left. touching at
| Port au Prince (IIayti) and another port
! of the same island. until the 3Oth, upon
which day they concluded to sail for Cuba
and attempt the landing. On this day
the Spanish consul at Kingston advised the
governor of Santiago de Cuba that the
| Nirginius was in the vicinity of Morrant
Bay. Jamaica. The Spanish man-of-war
| Tornado had that morning arrived at San
tiago de Cuba. and Governor Buriel i'm
mediately communicated to her command
er, Costiila. his information, which caused
! her to leave four hours afterwards.
MOONLIGHT CIAsE-THE CAPTURE.
On the afternoon of the following day.
the 81, the Tornado. while cruising near
the Aserradero. under full sail and wiki lit
Tie steam on, as some slight repairs were
/ ptiti- maui va Iti ttiitulltTk. came
| sight of the Virginiis aud at half-past two
o'clock began chase, going at the rate of
thirteen or fourteen knots an hour.
and gaining steadily on the flying
| steamer. Night come on hut the moon
! shed her light over the waters. and made
the forms OF both vessels distinctly visible
The chase lasted until 10 AT night. aud by
this time the Nrginius was within cannon
shot OF the Tornado. The corvette then
Tired gsu ~ 4 summons for surrender hut
no notice was taken. Three or four Others
followed. and capture was complete being
effected within very short distance ofthe
Jamaica coast The commander of the
Tornado gives 1t AT twenty miles. Not the
slightest resistance was offered bv those
on board the Virginiu-; all were made
prisoners. and brought ou board the lorna
do. During The chase the Nirgiuiu> wa,
engaged in throwing overheard everything
that could help to tighten the ye>>el->ry-
Ell horses. cannon. and cases of arm. A nd
ammunition. aud large quantity of pow
der: and hams, tallow aud petroleum were
used for the furnaces ia the vain endrAvor
tn escape. Al the time OF the capture the
Nir.iu.u> WAS living the American dag.
bnt this was pulled down by the spanish
officer and the spanish ensign hoi,tcd in
IL place, although the papers OF the vessel.
thih Fhtftfl tffF tsstblt. were handed To
hlu. The vessel at the time WAS in Brit
18Th waters. and within 4 league OF the coast
OF Jamaica, The Spluiari> sag that when
Barnahe Narona came on board he cx-
pressed a desire ~ speak with the spanish
commander. and his request haviu. been
granted he spoke a. follows: II CON
graduate you On the capture " hich YOU have
just made, aud the importance of which
YOU cannot well appreciate in thi, moment
GA are not aware of the materials
which we were bringing. nor do YOU know
the effect which thew would have produced
had they been spared, through the island.
The capture ofthc steamer Virsinins NAV
quite well put an end TO the in>urrection."
JOY AT sANTI,Go pE CrBA-CoxbUcr OF
HE PRISONERS.
The Tornado. with her prize in tow, ar
rived AZ Santiago de Cuba about 1--we +. NJ
on the 1t. aud the excitement when the
capture became huown was intense Pco-
PIE scarcely knew what To- do. perhaps
from the absolute want OF practice in re-
ccIving such trophies. Steamers with
steam mp blew their whistles. all rung
bells. and several crews checrcd Al M
tcrvals the spanish vessel, in the harbur
haiS;ed more iiaE> as fast a. they cou d
hunt iAcm Up. The chef demonstration
MAS made By the Don Juan DE Ausiris. a
sort Of cross bttH cen a gun-boat and a
bathing machine. and only remarkable for
~ extreme antiquity. This vessel fred
five guns. no doubt Ia celebrate the cap
ture aud IT. own retirement into private
life anti the next expedition. The Viz
glnius Was brought in With the Spanish
hlA flying, the American flag which had
been holsted during the chase being twist
ed about the tailrail. On the return 10
- g I l.. 4
In. So much water that it was necessary TO
run her on shore. Forces from the men
of-Har guarded the prisoners to the shore,
aud aided by volunteers. conducted them
10 the prison. They walked four in row
aud with their arms tied. mostly all in
their shirt sleeves. and hal generally a
dirty appearance. Nearly all walked firm
~, with their heads up, and with a reck-
less look on their faces. Many were slnil-
ing; none appeared much affected by their
sltuation. Bcmbeta was landed by him
sell about half an hour amer. He also had
his arms tied aud was escorted BY four
marines. = corporal aud an officer. He
marched firmly up the street 10 the jail
SOME OF TIE Prominent MES-NINE
AMERICANS oS BOARD THE yGHGINfUs-
SKETCHES OF TIE CAPTAIN AND OTHERS
NEcU TED.
The following is Il list of the principal
persons who were on board the Nirginius
captain Joseph Fry in command: Chem
Baza, Pedro Aliaro. Enrique Canaleo.
Ermnio QueSada (>on of General Quesada
Th.-y-Fourth street, Enrique Castallanos.
Iudalicio Trujilo, Ricardo Truiiio,
AuGnstin Narona. Oscar Narona, Pedro
Rio. Neraiin Rodriguez, Andres Beancn,
juan Ortiz. Jose Aaron. Francisco Santi
y. POrri>pita. Seraiin Saldo Y. Rubiera,
y. Boitel. Menises>y Castor Ramon p.
Bello, +. Cabrearo. Domingo Dia- Manuel
Socarras. Sirino Otaza. y. Walo and
Arturo Mola. Besides the above there
were 100 other Cubaus on board. six Bug
lishman. including an officer of the British
army. and nine Americans.
New Orleans despatch states that
Captain Joseph Fry commander of the
Nlrginlus, was Il native of Florida and 46
years of age. He entered the Naval Acai-
envy at Annapolis in 1874 and remained in
the navy until 1861, when he resigned and
entered the Confederate service. lie leaves
IN New Orleans, a wife and seven children.
the oldest cripple and the youngest Only
four years.
TIE CAPTAIN AND CREW AND TWELVE OR
SIXTEEN VOLUNTEERS SHOT AT SANTIAGO
iON IN his GU N
TRY-sTRONG FEELING IN THE CABINET
WAR VESSELS ORDERED INTO CoMMIs-
SION.
HAVANA, Nov. l2.-On the 18th instant
the captain and Sc of the crew of the
steamer Virginius were executed at Santi-
ago de Cuba, and on the next day (Sth)
twelve more of the Cuban volunteers on
the vessels were shot. Among the latter
was Iranrhi Alfaro.
A despatch from Santiago de Cuba, an
nouncing the execution of Captain Fry and
crew of the Virginius and twelve more
of the Cuban patriots, says that Franchi
Alia-o, who was among the latter number,
offered the Spanish authorities a million
dollars if they would spare his life. The
Spaniards say that Alfaro came to assume
the presidency of the so-called Cuban
republic.
FIFTY-SEyEN MORE OF THE vIRGINIUs
CAPTIvES EXECUTED-THR TRIAL OF THE
PRISONERS-ALL But EIGHTEEN con-
DEMNED TO DEATH-NAMEs OF THE VIC
TINS OF THE SECOND MASSACRE.
HAVANA. Nov. IA. Eyenng.-Th Diaro |
of Cienfuegos says fifty-seven of the Vir-
ginius captives were shot at Santiago on |
the 10th instant. No particulars of these