The New York herald., 1873-11-14

ant Commander George N. Bache to ordnance
duty at Washington Navy Yard
Lieutenants zera L. Tanner and Charles II. Black,
having reported their return home, have been
placed on waiting orders.
NO ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL NEWS RECEIVED.
There Is no additional oflicIal news to-day from
Cuba concerning the recent executions The
newspaper accounts giving the details Of the
capture OF the virginius and subsequent proceed
ings, while they serve to crafty anxious seekers
after intelligence, do not furnish q suficient
foundation for governments action.
PUBLIC MASS MEETING CALLED
Arrangements are in progress for the holding
Of public meeting In this city, to give expression
to the popular sentiment In regard to the late
events In Cuba. @oa
The Latest Phase OF the Question:
Promises OF Atonemcnt from tho Ma
drid Government Accepted-Congress
To BE Given the Whole Correspondence
for Action. }41
formation regarding the recent occurrences on the
Island Of Cuba to enable 1t to act definitely and s
in fact in possession Of no information beyond
that which has been conveyed to the public through
the press 1t has not been satisfactorily ascertaned
that the virginius was within three miles Of the
shore OF jamaica at the time OF her capture. and
it is therefore impossible to declare at this time
whether the capture was made In British
waters 1t is the impression at the State Depart
ment that the chase was In direction parallel
with the coast up to the time when the Tornado
overhaued her. The Spanish announcement as
printed in the Oo1cial Gazette at Madrid. distinctly
asserts that she did not reach that point before the
Tornado overhauled her, and adds most positively
that she was "six miles 'front.' coast" Questions
also arise regarding the registry Of the vrginius.
Up to this time the Spanish authorities have raised
no point against the popular allegation that she
was an American vessel. 1t is possible the
Spanish authorities may have some information
regarding this
MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE NATTER;
but our government stands ready to maintain that
she was an American vessel, and will do 80 most
earnestly unless proof is brought forward to show
that she had forfeited her right to it's protection
by the terms of valid sale to parties who nave no
claim upon the United States The Spanish Minister
Of State has assured our Minister that the Madrid
government would intervene to prevent further
executions, and that the United States need not
make any further demand In the premises, as the
Spanish government was ready to yield without
cuch dornord orv roc,o cco+;cv %ho< ~ror ~ -
quired by the usages Of civilization the laws OF
nations or treaty obligations. Our government
has accepted these promises as the utterances Of
men who made them in good faith and with an
honest intention to fulfil them to the letter. The
interruption photographic communication between
Havana and Santiago undoubtedly prevented ~ 2
THE FORWARDING OF TIE ORDERS FROM MADRID
and the Spanish commandant at Santiago will
assert that on this account he did not receive the
order to stay the executions. The American Vice
Consul at Santiago did everything in his power to
prevent the butcheres Oficial dispatches
from Consul General Hall give him this
credit, and unoficial information has
been received sufficiently in detail to
show that he exerted every resource at his COM
mand to accomplish the desired object. 1t has been
municate with his superior at Havana by tele-
graph the Spanish authorities intervened, and as
the government has full control Of the tele-
graph the Intervention was successful in pro-
hibiting him from sending the dispatches
which he had written. No doubt exists re-
garding the authority thus exercised by
General Burriel or his associates over the tel
egraph as the wires are owned and exclusively
controlled as monopoly by the government.
THE WIRES WERE SUBSEQUENTLY, CUT OR DIsCoN-
NECTED.
No proof exists to show that this was otherwise
than accidental but the prohibition exercised in
preventing Vice Consul Schmitt from sending his
dispatches, before the wires had been cut, to Con-
sui General Hall, is construed as an unlrendly act
the part ofthose who are responsible for it, and
as an evidence Of cruel predetermination that the
murderous object for which preparations had al
ready been made, should be accomplished without
the possibility OF intervention from higher author
ity to prevent it. Our governments accepts
this also as the most reasonable and de-
served characterization of this disgrace
full feature Of the affair. The evident
deduction TO be made therefrom is that the voun-
teers the island, under the control OF the Casino
Espahol, are, in effect, Independent OF any au.
thorty except that which is dictated by their own
inclnations. Our government win accordingly
proceed at the proper time upon this assumption.
THE PROMISES MADE BY TIE MADRID GOVERNMENT
are to be fulfilled In the time fixed by themselves,
and in the event OF non-fulhlment the whole mat.
ter will be referred to Congress-
The Spanish Minister had long conference
with the Secretary OF state to-day and Sir Edward
Thornton was afterwards coseted with the sccre.