Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-09
Eastern Dispatches.
Spanish War PreParatiOns---Ame
can Ditto-The Virginius to he Sur
rendered

Spanish War Preparations---Amer
can Ditto--The virginius to be Sur
rendered.
NV YORK, Dec. 1T is said the
Havana steamer City Of Mexico. the fast
est vessel on the coast, has been altered
to a gunboat and transport to be used in
case OF war.
The Herald's special says: The United
States naval officers at Santiago report
officially the number of men captured on
the virginius at loo; of these So were
executed IA of the number living are
naturalized Americans; the remainder
OF various nationalities.
WASHINGTON, Dec. TT can now be
asserted that the Virginius will be de-
livered to one Of our naval officers within
the next ten days, and the surviving pas
sengers and crew will DO transferred to a
United States ship at Santiago in open
day. A vessel will soon be designated
by the Secretary Of the Navy to perform
these services.
The wooden mills start on large Gov
ernment orders for naval blue.
Resignation of Minister Sickles,
NEW YORK, Dec. THE Herald's
special from Madrid says Minister Sick.
les to-day rendered his resignation in
consequence Of Secretary Fish ignoring
him and acting directly with the Spanish
Government.
The Minnesota, Dictator and Swatara
are being rapidly put in order.
Boston, Dec. Orders have been re-
ceived at the navy-yard to-day to have o
new torpedo boat ready for sea in 20
days.
Recruiting is going on continually.
and the United States-Death Of
Judge Underwood---News Of the
Kansas.
CHICAGO, Dec. S.-The Inter-O Ocean
Washington special says the New York
Tribune will print tomorrow dispatch
from Madrid announcing the resignation
of Minister Sickles. The reason he as.
signed is that he cannot endure the hui
initiation any longer. His resignation is
anticipated here by our authorities, and
it will not be much out of the way to say
that it is very satisfactory. 1t has been
necessary to ignore him to great extent
for some time past, and his absence from
Madrid will render it less difficult to set
tie the questions pending between the
two governments. Under all the circum-
stances, the resignation is equivalent to a
recall.
The suggestion OF the Captain General
of Cuba that the Virginius might be de-
livered to some neutral power pending
the adjudication OF her case, was sent by
the Spanish authorities to our Govern
ment, and received by the latter as an
endorsement of the request. The De-
partment has not, however, received any
dispatch indicating that the CASTELAR,
Government does not feel abundantly
able to carry out the terms of the pro-
tocol. The latest information is to the
effect that there will be no further
opposition to the delivery Of the
Virginius outside the port of Ha-
vana. 1t is believed here tonight that
all the remaining crew OF the Virginius
have been delivered to the officers in
command of the Juniata, the first ship of
our fleet to reach Santiago de Cuba. An
officer from that ship has arrived at Key
West, and is now on his way to this city.
The Secretary of the Navy has dispatches
from him, but declines to make known
their purport. The statement that they
convey the information Of the delivery of
the prisoners is credited by persons
known to be duly acquainted with the
details of the situation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-John c. Under
wood, United States District Judge for
the District of Virginia, died suddenly
last night Of apoplexy, at his residence
in Washington. During yesterday he
seemed to be in better health and spirits
than usual.
A dispatch, received at the Navy De-
partment, from Commander Allen Creed,
of the United States steamer Kansas,
dated OF Bermudas Islands, Nov. "a, an
nounces the arrival of the vessel there on
the evening Of Nov. 20. She encountered
a heavy sea and violent squalls when
about $50 miles to the southwark and
eastward Of Hatteras, and was forced, as
matter Of safety, to keep away before
it, and stopped at Bermudas to get coal.
They intended to leave Bermudas on the
evening of the 24th.