The New York herald., 1873-11-11

ship, regularly pursuing an honest business b.
tween the West Indies and England. honestly
owned By Engiisllmen and honestly carrying tho
English nag. Hence the disavowal BY our govern
ment Of her capture by Admiral wilkes. ON tho
other hand tho Alabama. throughout her whole
cruise. sailed with an English register. pro-
tending to be an English owned vessel
just az the virgnius new pretends to be a.
American vessel in virtue OF her having On
American register; but 1t Is msintaineu BY the ad-
mIsistration that she has no more right to dis
homer the American nag by makingt the iraud-
ulenc cover Of illegal enterprises than the aabama
had to- do the same thing with an English segister
and an English flag, neither OF wlhch prcvenfe0
her being attacked aud sunk bY the Rearsarge ie
may turn out that the VirginiuS Is entisleu
to the protection OF our governments, but thar
does not yet appear, and the Spanish officer who
captured her acted just our naval OF GERS did IN
many case. and siguaily In that OF the Engitsw
registered ship Florida, cut out from a. port I'M
Brazil by Captain Collins, brought to the UniteG
States and sunk in Hampton Roads. What our
government may finally do can bc summed
up AZ foiiowss-H 1t siioad appear here
AFTER that the Virginius waa entitled
20 the protection OF the United Stxkes la her
attempe to land soldiers anu mr2isions<f war In
Cuba, and that therefore her. capture BY the Tor
nado was In derogation OF the rights of tine United
States, and II, when chat shall have been made ap-
parent the Spanish government shall dissvow the
act oftheTornado and punish her captain for IT,,
and express regret to the United states for the
thing having been done without authority; and so
also IN regard to the execution OF the Cuban !
officers by Colonel Burric, that will Of necessity
he the end or the questson for governments do
not 60 to war with one another on accounI OF the
unauthorized escapade OF some subordinate naval
or military officer, unless that act S defantly
assumed and defended by his governments, and tits
morally certain that Castelar's government will
not wantonly provoke war with the United States
The discussios Of the affair OF the virgntus is not
alone confined to our government officials. 1t Is
also the subjecs OF animated talk among tipoma-
lists, whose memory is vet fresh with the payment
in September OF the Geneva award. and much in
dignation is expressed in view of the notorious
fact that the Carlist invasion insUrectson in
Spain depends entirely upon Great Britain for tha
means OF attacking the Spanish Republic. One OF
thu, prominent European Ministers said to-day:-
'It is singular spectacle, after so much import
ance is attached to the Treaty OF Washington, to
find Great Britain on the one side and the United
states on the other aiding and abetting rebeif0ns,
to prevent which that treaty was adopted, II nos
in letter at leastin spirit"
Ex-President johnson Gets Back Some
OF Has Special Deposit.
Among the depostors who to-day received
thirty per cent OF their deposits in the First
National Bank the first distribution OF the assets
Of that institution, was ex-President Johnson who
received nearly $4,000 out Of the $4,000 he hadon
deposit there.
A Proposition from Jay Cooke g. 90.
One of the depostors in the banking houssoi
Jay Cooke Co.. OF this city, says the proposition
has been made by tnat house to pay fifteen per
cent? money and the remainder In NorthcrnPa-
cidc Railroad bonds IN satisfaction OF creditors
In the bankruptcy cases brought against Jay
Cooke Co.. w. II. Tenney by his counsel to-day
entered disclaimer or being partner IN tho
firm
Appofn tmen OF Civil Service Examiners.
Assistant Treasurer Hhhouse and Special Dep.
uty Naval officer Burt were to-day desig-
mated members Of the Board for the district
Civil Service examination at New YORK.