Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-27

i0ngatiOn OF his term 1oc seven years. ~
committee consented to the proposition.
A Havana dispatch Of the 18th says the re-
port received from Cicnfucgos that ffty-scver
more Of the Virginius prisoners bad been exc
cuted was not confirmed by later advices from
Santiago. A dispatch dated Santiago dc Cuba,
November 10, says q man-of-war had arrived
there, to convoy the Virginius 70 Havana
The attitude OF the authorities was unyielding
They insisted On their perfect right TO dispose
OF the virginius as pirate In accordance
with international law, and that no one had
right to interfere with them. There had been
no more executions, but trials were progress
ing eH
The German Government has addressed q
rcmonstrancc TO France on account OF a pas.
toral issued by the Bishop Of Nancy, ordering
prayers for the recovery Of Metz and sfras-
burg. $50 y a1
II was stated in London on the nth, on
official authority, that the Foreign Office had
instructed the British Minister at Madrid, the
Consul at Havana and Santiago, and the Gov
ernor Of Jamaica, that tho English Govern
mcnt reserved its decision on the question OF
executions which had already taken place at
Santiago, but would bold the Spanish Gov
eminent and all CONCERNED responsible for any
additional executions Of British subjects
The Paris Patrte Of the 18th reports that
plot for the establishment of the Commune In
Lyons had been discovered, and several arrests
were made.
Dispatches received in London on the 18th
from Sir Garnet Woolsley, commanding the
English expedition against the Ashantees, give
favorable accounts Of its progress and express
strong hopes OF success. The General writes
exultantly Of the excellent moral effect on the
troops Of recent skirmishes with the sayages.
According to Madrid dispatch Of the 18th
the Spanish Cabinet were unanimously in
favor Of q satisfactory and honorable settle
ment OF the yirginius difficulty, but regarded
the maintenance Of The integrity OF the Span
ish territory essential. @
A Havana telegram Of the 18th says OF the
members OF the crew Of the Virginius not
shot at Santiago do Cuba four were con
demned to the chain gang for life, three to
eight years imprisonment, eight to four
years imprisonment, and three were set at
liberty.
Costello, the commander Of the Tornado, In
his report Of the chase and capture of the Viz
ginius, says: "Thc enthusiasm Of the crew
simply battles description, when success
crowned our efforts. The prisoners were
treated with such consideration a. their char
acter deserved and the necessity OF their safe
keeping demanded. In addition to the severe
lesson given to the enemies Of Spain, the cap
ture has made the inhabitants Of Santiago de-
lirious with enthusiasm"
The steamer virginius arrived at Havana on
the afternoon OF the 18th. She entered the
harbor with Spanish colors at her masthead,
the gunboat Tornado following. The shores
were lined with citizens, and there was some
cheering "a the Tornado passed
A report was current In London on the 10Th
that Thomas Barring, the founder Of the bank
ing house OF Barring Brothers, was dead.
In the French Assembly, on the 18th, the
committees report on the prolongation OF
MacMahon's term Of Office, was amended by
extending the time to seven years.
The East.
Active preparations were being made at the
navy yards on the 18th getting vessels ready
for active service. At the Brooklyn yard the
Kansas received her supply OF stores In the
afternoon. The Juniata was nearly ready TO
sail. Executive Officer Ransom said that or
ders had been received from Washington
about fitting cut vessels but he was not at
liberty TO make them public. He thought
there was prospects OF war withSpain, and
that the Government would undoubtedly pro-
coed by taking Cuba.
Oranges Of the Patrons OF Husbandry have
been recently formed at Harvard and Danvers,
Mass, and State Grange Is to be formed on
the LIST of December. On the 18th there were
thirteen Oranges In Massachusetts, including
the Boston Grange, whose charter Is In dis
pute, and the Order IL rapidly extending
throughout the State.
Two German steamers recently sailing from
New York received largo number of appli-
cations from emigrants, which had come out
by them, 10 work their passage back, some OF
them offering all the money they had left for
the privilege. So many men are out OF en-
ployment that the newly arrived emigrants
have been unable to procure work, and the
panic will thus prove q serious bar TO immigra-
ton.
Work continued In the navy yards on Sum
day, the 10th, seven hundred men being en-
ployed at Philadelphia, getting monitors
ready for service.
A fire In Hayerhill, Mass, on the 10th, des-
troyed eighteen buildings. Three men we're
burned to death. Eight hundred hands were
thrown out Of employment by this fire, which
destroyed several leading shoe factories.
Several inches Of snow fell at the East on
the 10th.
The steamship Cleopatra, which arrived at
New York on the nth, brought back the
newspaper mails she took on her outward
bound trip to Havana The Spanish author
tiles refused to allow them to be landed.
A mass-meeting Of American and Cuban
citizens was held In New York on the night of
the 18th, at which IL was unanimously resolved
that the Government ought to take the
promptest and most decisive measures In re-
lstion to Cuban affairs, and invite war as
preferable to submission to the late outrages.
Continued activity was manifested at the
navy yards on the nth. II was stated that
work upon the Spanish iron-clad Arapides,
which was on the dry-dock at the Brooklyn
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