New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-19
BY TELE EGR APH H
BurrisPs Attempt to Corrupt Cfspedes-
santa Rosa Reported Safe Ladies'
Arrested in HRxnnn Oh Suspicion.

Burrisrs Attempt to Corrupt Ce-pede--
SANTA Rosa Reported safe Ladies'
Arrested in Havana on Suspicion.
HAVANA, November l7--Santiago dates
of the twelfth states that Burrel, before
shooting Cespedes, endeavored to persuade
him to betray his father, President Ces-
pedrs.
II is reported that Santa Rosa landed from
| a schooner, with forty tour others, and was
not aboard the Nlrginius.
Two gentlemen aud eight ladies from the
| steamer CITY of New York, which has just
! arrived from New York, suspected OF being
insurgent correspondents, have been ar
| rested. The owner of the Bombaler OK
! press has also been arrested ALL are con
fined at the headquarters ot the ShSsf OF
| police.
sentences Of she tress OF ahe sir&iniuss
! OF the Eirginius crew not executed, four
I were condemned to the chain gang tor hte,
| three to eight years imprisonment, elght To
! four wears iluprisonment and three set at
liberty.
| 9rrP<cd at Havana
. The steamer Nrgnius arrived here
! this evening, flying the Spanish colors
at her mast. The procession consisted OF
.he Isabella la Catolico and another man
| Ntwar in advance. the Eirginlus following
| and the Tornado in the rear
|
Owing to the continuous cutting of the
telegraph wires in the vicinity OF Mama
! Milo ne Ts from there to the fourteenth has
| lust been received bv steamer, and from
thence telegraphed here. The people were
in fear of another attack from the Cuban
| forces, who still encircle the town, and have
cut all communications between the town
| and the interior. Additional arIicades
have been constructed, and some OF the
I streets leading toward the interior are COM
! pletely Obstructed. keihforcements had
| reached the city, and the crews of a few
! gunboats in the harborcome ashore at night
to do guard duty and assist in defending
! the city i'll case of another attack. large
number of families have left the city, while
| others, especially the women and children,
are aboard the gunboats and other vessels
| lying in the harbOr.
Names OF Some of dhe Shot.
The followin. are the names and ages OF
CubaRs shot ON the eighth instant Arturo
Lavet- -Mala, eighteen years six months;
| Augustine NarOna. twenty-eight; Oscar
Varopa. nineteen; Guillermo Wales, twenty
four; Jose Bate, twenty-six; Salvador
Panedo. twenty-three: Enrique Castellanos,
twenty nine; Augustin Santa Rosa, forty;
| ,usto Gonseuuera, twenty-five; Francisco
| Parrapita. nineteen: Jose Otoro, twenty
seven; IIermirce Quesada, eighteen.
ALI the above were we'll known in the
Island, several having already seen service
| ias fhe Cuban army.
Reported Killed.
Il Is qumored that the Cuban General
! Vicente Garcio was killed during tha attack
on MANI anillo.
Yhs Sirginius ss es Taken to havana
British eIan-Ot-Nar Mt Santiago.
SANTIAGO pE CUBA, November l2.-The
! isabella la Catolico has arrived, and will
convey the VlrginiUs to Havana. The
! ;4uthoyitits Ssist upon der treating her
.. Il pirate. No more executions lsave
occurred, bot trials a,e progressing.
The British man-oi- war Niobe is still here.
Sears foe the safety of The Ada.
KINGSTON, November BIT is feared the
United States steamee Ada, which left
kingston with forty officers and 3Ien
.,bo.rd, hsss been lost with all hands.
The Flagship Worcester.
koRTREss MONROE, November iS-'Uhe
syorcester, the flagship of the North etlan
tbc squadron, passed here sJ-day S,r Santa
g. de Cu5a.
1na yirginius in che e'ablnrt-ao New
Developments Lscresiiins %,o the
Nnvys
WAsHINGroN. Sovemb Der sS-se the Cab
met aueetiI. to-day tie Hirginius massacre
eas the subject ali renewed discussion, but
no new features are known, and The de-
cieion Of the government until the asSem-
bling of Congress is settled. Th~re were no
Gew determinations. All the members were
J present except Secretary Robeson, who is
4 ia Sew Work experimenting naval move
mests. No additional official dispat ches to
those already Published have been seceoI ed
ap to- this evening.
The Nave Department haSesta~ isHsd va-
Gruiting .ttices at various points, and the
pasy i! ts recruited ustO the fol stand
ard
Comparative Strength OF the Spanish ans
American Navies-Superioriiy of the
American Sesseis-hey West TO be
Made the Base of supplies of the North
atlantic Fleet-Spain Will EndeaSor
.oAvoid n War-0rders Issued.
2 was generally believed the Cabinet al
she. session to-day would have additional
information a an official character from
either Minister Sickies or Consul General
Ieaii Stlatlve to the recent outrages at San
flago de Cuba, bat there was nothing 10
: engage the attention OF she meeting further
than what has already been made public
, 4 ieseur OF she conversation to-day at che
| session was the existing activity N naval
? UIttstrs.
nher~ i. general satisfaction with the
0 rronlptitui. VI naval officers and employees
rens rally in responding 10 the ORDERS Of the
department. TO the end that the service
shall sU0so DO IN state of efficiency. Naval
L. officers lave been approached relative to
the comparative strength OF the Spanish
and American nayies. While a majority OF
| them know, from reports which tor some
!. wears past haze been officially sent to the
department, the formidable character of
I she Spanish war ships generally, they have
| no fear from that fact.
Even should war result, it would Lot be
. excepting SO far as the isan of Cuba il
concerned, "a war of invasion on our part
and the naval warfare would not be on the
, high seas, but confined 70 the Cuban coast
and to the ports Of the United States, which
; ruany prominent officials here think would
be Thoroughly protected by ironclad moni-
J tore and torpedo obstructions.
SlI naval officers who have seen active
service on our ironclads, even before they
were brought 70 the present state of eff
clencv, declare without hesitation that one
OF our monitors could sink Spanish man
sa-war in close contest in a few minutes.
Our monitors having but little of the hull
visible only eighteen inches above the
water line, are practically invulnerable,
and even the part exposed could be stll
further protected if deemed necessary by
means OF tenders.
, A SpaniarG could. of course, decline to
light by running away from the monitor,
, and the latter not being constructed fer
speed, could not make successful pursuit,
but after the action should be commenced,
and the two vessels were in close quarters,
our monitor would soon disable its OPP
ponent. The Spanish war steamers which
are represented to be Of such formidable
character are plated with iron TO the extent
of four inches thick
But this would be considered Of little i'm
portance III the face Of one of our fifteen
inch guns. in whcn are used from eighty 10
i. hundred pounds of powder at a single
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