New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-20
BY ELE APH.
CUBA.
Rnmored Shooting Of Prisoners at Hol.
guin-sentiments of the HRvnnn Gov.
ernmeut ORGAN

| recently discovered conspiracy to co-ope-
rate with the Cubans on the Virginius
There Is no Official confirmation Of the re-
port
The same paper says editorially that the
| laws ought to be enforced energetically
| against conspirators, without consideration,
! ''either little or much" for what strangers
may say or do. 1t adds: 1--WE are the own
ers OF our homes, and are we'll able to man
| age cur own affairs and defend our rights. F."
| Visiting the Prisoners at Santiago.
Advices from Santiago de Cuba, dated
| the twelfth instant. say that on that day the
| captain OF the British steamer Niobe and
| the British consul at Santiago we're in the
prison and had interviews with the Nir-
giniGs oaptives who remained alive.
The Wyoming Expected.
Il was expected at Santiago that the
United steamer Wyoming would reach there
on tho thirteenth.
Remarkable Letter Of FeIicitati0n from
the Bishop to the Commanding Genernls
The commanding general of this depart
ment had received q communication from
| the Roman Catholic Arch bishop saying: "A
great jubilee fills our hearts when we an
nounce TO your excellency that among the
criminals of the Virginius crew twenty
freely and spontaneously asked to become
Catholics, Divine Providence having seen
| fit to crown the efforts of our worthy priests,
and through their means contributing this
brilliant triumph TO our holy religion. The
prisoners were turned over to their spiritual
advisers at eight o'clock in the morning
and shot at 4 r. NJ, thus giving our priests
| enlv sight hours time to convert the twen-
ty"
Great Rejoicing in Havana.
| A grand bull fight is to he given to orfor-
! row IN honor of the officers and crew of the
| Tornado. The Spanish crews made dis
play in several OF the streets of Havana on
account of the arrival of the now so-called
national steamer Virginius at this port
The Hnvaun Mail.
WASHINGTON, November l9.-The Post
office Department here has no official ad
vices Of the detention of letters at Havana.
There is, however, 10 treaty regarding let
ters through Cuba. 1t seems understood
thai commercial letters be ALLOW ed to pass
without detention.
The President and Secretary Fish.
The President has had long interview
with Secretary Fish. No other visitors ad-
mitted.
Secretary Richardson Interviewed-Unan-
unity Of Feeling in the Cabinet-Accord
with the President-The Country Will
Approve Their Action When it is Made
10 Garry on a War-Confdence in Sec.
retary Fish-The History of the Vir-
sinius.
AS an evidence Of the entire unanimity
of the Cabinet on the existing compica-
ton growing out of the Nirginius CD pture
and its conseQ uencas, 1t may be mentioned
that all of the Cabinet officers, though
guarded In their expressions as to what
diplomatic action has been taken by the
government, or what will be the result of
it, do not hesitate to speak in regard to
their entire confidence in the President and
the approval by TIE people OF the course
pursued when Che same shall become
known. 1t Is Il noticeable fact that in these
expressions there IS all evidence of q thor
ough accord between the President and his
Cabinet.
Secretary Richardson. in a conversation
with the representative OF che Assucia ed
Press to-day, stated: Il have every conf
deuce in Secretary Fish he will do Just
What Is hight, and you may rest assured
That Le will Dot be carried away by excite
'nent, neither will he yield one bit of the
national honor
In e ference o>he ability of the United
States 20 wage a successful war with Spain,
should it be found necessary t. resort to
arms. he said s'Shouldisuch d course. be de-
tetmined upon. the Treasury Department
is July prepared; We have enongh money to
commence with, but exactly as to what
would be done atterward. would depend
| upon she p-0lonCltion of war; though,
| have no doubt, that it would be o.
short Duration. As Congress will be
here In two weeks, it is vtly certain that
there Will be no difficulty in raising all
the means We want. war, of course, will
be expensive, us it requires large sums of
money TO move armies and 10 fit ont ships,
but we are equal to the emergency" He then
asked the question, DO you find the Cab
inee warIlke!' and upon being answered
that the sentiment seemed to be to upheld
the national honor, he repeated that, "the
opinions of Mr. Fish are correct, and the
Treasury d. partment ID prepared TO main
sain these opinions"
QHestion-Do | understand, Judge, that
yoli a.e in ftvcl Of the annexation oi Cuba!
Answer tafter significant silen.rl--
While do not say what / am in favor of.
do say that l VIII stand by Mr.. Fish and
whatever the State Department does be-
l,"ve the Secretary of State to be careful,
eau ,at,s and judIcious man, and that he
Will not get u5 into any embarrassment
That 10 my decided opinion | have not
given much attention to the subject In its
present state it belongs entirel to he De-
partmrnt Of Safe. l assume that if we
had a war with Spain it would result in the
annexation Of Cuha.
The Secretary was then asked if the ac-
QUESTION of that island would not materially
disarrange our tariff system, to which he
replied that, of course, at first it would
upset everything, as we would lose u large
sum of money during the first year from
tue import duties on sugar and tobacco
which We now receive, but after that our
internal collections on these articles.
especially on tobacco, would much more
than compensate for that loss"
QuestlDn-Would it not be necessary to
keep large army Of customs officers there
Answer-fes, it would be a great place
tor smugg Ing; 1t would necessitate the es-
tabllshment of customhouses all along the
coast; many persons would have to be EN-
poyt q to guard them.
The Secretary was asked if the depart-
ment knew any hing, officially, OF the past
history of the Vrginius. He replied that il
iid. Tho vessel had been twice owned by
the government; once belonging to the
division OF captured and abandoned prop
cry OF the treasury, by which she was sold;
and again in 1870, she was seized at Mobile
Tor the debt Of u defaIlting assistant trea-
snrer. Sac was then brought here to the
Potomac, and sold to a New York man
named Patterson. Her name Wa then the
Virgin, but upon being taken TO New York
her name VA. changed to Virginiu.. | be,
;ieve that III" Firginirs and the vessel
which captured hec we're both bri!It on The
Clyde, b. the same builders, FOR blockade
running durng tie wac.
The Washington Navy Yard.
Unusual activity prevails ia the Wash
Ingt' navy yard, and in some OF the de-
paTtments over tine IS being made. a large
furcn is at work on the steamer Shaw mut,
third claas, three guns, beiaugin. to The
North Atlantic station. and the T;til4pnusa.
4 transport paddle wheel steamer, = heinz
rapidly rrps'rea. A large f1rc,. is engaged
in tie nrdnanec Geparrment nakIns a1L..