The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-11-22
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KINGSTON, JAMA1oA, November 10.
per steamer. pia ST. NIANAs, Noyetnbe.
20.-Great excitement prevails In King.
eton over the capture OF the steamer
Virginius, which left this leland with
consular and custom house clesrauueB
for Simon Bay, Costa Rica. 80 farss sthe
circumstances and locality Of che Virgi.
MUS surrender are not actually kpown
IN Jamaica, as no telegrama ,between
this colony and Santiago relating to the
subject have been permitted to pass out
OF the telegraph Office there. We only
know. through telegram from the Go
vernon OF Santiago. addressed to the
Spanish Consul at Kingston, that the
Vireinius was captured on the 3lst OF
October, and on the 9th, the leaders of
the expedition We're shot. Every effort
to elliott facts through cable has proved
aboF.svs. There was no coroealmcnt
made Of the actual erraud Of the Virgil
MUS, while here. 1t was notorious that
the officers. had dancing parties OH
board, and public meetings were hold in
honor OF Cuban independence, at which
the consignee OF the Virginius occupied
the chair. The steamer was repaired
while in port, and coaled at the expense
OF Cuban refugees. The Virginius fret
attempted to effect landing on the
26th of October. Three days after she
left Kingston, she was driven off by The
Spanish troops and chased by Spanish
frigate. but escaped, and reached Port
eu Prince on the 27th. While there,
several OF the Jamaica mechanics on
board, all colored, being alarmed by the
chase, ran away, but were forcibly taken
on board By the Virginins officers, and
put in irons. The acting British Consul
at Santiago being cnt off from immedi-
ate communication with the British
Conaul-General at Havana. by the inter.
ruPtion OF the csble between Santiago
and Batabone, Commodore De Horsey
despatched the gun-boat Niobe, at mid
night on the 7th, to inquire into mat
ters. and to advise the Consul to request
q delay in the carrying out of any hasty
senteaoe that might be passed upon the
Jamaicans who were captured. TIE
British schooner Brilliant. which left
Santiago on the evening of the 9th, re-
ports that just before the capture of the
Virginius, Varona advised the blowing
up Of the vessel, rather than to fall into
the hands OF the Spaniards; but the
captain persuaded him that being under
the Ameaioan flag and in neutral waters,
they would not dare touch any man on
board. Varona and his followers there
upon became satisfied, and shortly
after, an officer from the Tornado
boarded the Virginius and demanded
her papers. After inspection, he stated
that they we're correct, bat he made all
on board prisoners. Varona replied,
that he surrendered under the protec-
tion OF the American flag, and said he
was q prisoner because there was not an
English or American man-of- war near to
witness this scandal on the laws. of ma
tions.
A reporter for the New York Tribune
had an interview, Friday. with General
Oscar V. Dayton, who left Havana on
November 9Th, and was present during
tho carnival which followed the frat and
second butoheries. He said that tho news
came on the day of the arrival of the
new Captain General; that the voiun-
teers were wild with excitement; that
his quarters were with friend at the
hotel San Carlos; and that, while ad.
moniehed that his life would be in peril
If it were known by the volunteers that
he was an American, he was enabled to
overlook from the balcony the entire
scene of rejoicing. All the streets. he
observed, were decorated with the Spa
nish colors-red, white and red-ex.
tending from one side to the other,
overhead, and the volunteers marched
back and forth, maddened with liquor,
the bands playing the national airs He
said that the air rang with their curses
upon Americans; that these demonstra-
tions continued for three days, con.
stantly increasing in their madness. and
that, during this carnival, he did not
consider it snfe to venture into the
streets. Ho said the constant threat
was that they would get rid Of the "pi
rates, as they were called, L.fere there
was chance of Interference. He re-.
lated the following incident, as illus
tratipg the desperation with which the
patriots fight: The volunteers demanded
Of an acquaintance of his an OK for q
barbecue on the eve of one of their
battles with tue Cubans, bnt when the
fight was over, 30 great had been the
slaughter OF the Spanish troops, tina,
there were none left able to indulge in
the feast, and the OK remained uncon.
sumed.
BAYoNxE, November 21.-Don AL
phonso, brother to Don Carlist, ha.
been appoitted Geueralissimo the
Carlist forces. Intelligence has beea
received here OF the annihilation of @
band OF Republicans, numbering 400,
in tba provipoa Ne AIpoiro frhay ,pasf