Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-19
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Latess Parsicnlass Of she Outrage
FormalExprsAslon OF Popular
I~ndiHnation In var,ous
Parts Of the Ceuntry.
The address of General Burriol /
Tho soldiers 10 very bombastic In d
scrtbing tho chase and capture Of Ii
Virginins. lie says: "The Tornad
beichcd forth flames instcnd of sinok
fand WINS going at her full speet
when she finally camo up with nu
captured tho virQinius, which W.
taken possession OF with refcarr
cries of ''tira Espdna,n from, u
TorEado's valiant crew. Witbor
the slightest resistance 1853 men d,
livereti themselves quietly up, lavin
cowardly thrown overheard ,iuriu
tho chase, the arms wlncl, they ougi,
never have gfasped, aud tho iniiitnr.
Ieqnipege cuifideh to them to t,ren,
their ignohie hus This goes /
show and 10 confirm the poverty n
our enemies, antl demonstrates thci
imp0tencv against tie armies a
Spain VIII oh, Providcuca manifesto,
iayors."
NOTHING NEW.
WAsHINGToN, Nov. l4.-Th.rc mr.
no now features in the Cubn oucsiio,
to-day. a letter from j. 4, IInrris
ono. Of tho Virginins victims, has bee,
received in this city, dated Kingston
Jnmaica, Oct. %. After stating tina
tho expedition would leave tho uiuh
uf that day, he said prospects 10,
SUCCESS were good, and probably he
fuTc the letter reached lis drstiua,io,
there wau!d be fighting in Cuba
Much. he added, depends upon The
success of his expedition and cnnbi.
nations abroad. We take ouiy 900
mrn from this port but we viii be
joined by two Other parties, ami am
confident Of success. The writer SAWS
the boat WAS in debt, and that much
money had to be collected, and CEN
rr;l Verona collected 1t. The writer
of The letter is Major j.. G. Harris, OF
Louisa county, Virginia. lie hnn
spent several Years on the Western
plains and in the mining regions OF
the Pacific slope, and was ever actu.
atGd by y rcstl, ss spirit of adventure.
New YORK, Nov. 15.-The K,urs
county Democratic general commits
tee will hold inass m. cling in l:rouk.
Ign to express thcmscl,e To on Cuban
SOMETHING LIKE BUSINESS.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l5.-Srvcu
hundred mcn are filth. ike monitors
Ajax aud Manhattan and the slnon nf
Cananda'9ua Tor scrvi"c. The
carry tiitce;; inch D~ahlurecu
and the Canau6aigua carries ion
guns. The monitors will DC placed
~ commission carly next week and
sloop of war within a fortnight.
-lie necessary repairs To her boiler.
the delay. To hasten lhr
on The Ajax workmen on tho
s!oop of war Quiuuebou. have
,een transferred to her.
THE GOVERNMENT IN EARNEST.
New YORK, Nov. 15.-At the
'rooklyn Navy Yard orders were re.
last night, directing the i'm.
iediafe preparation for sea the
ri9ates Colorado and Minnesota.
ice Admiral Rowan saws the Colo
ado could probably be got ready for
ca III thirty days and the Minnesota
one or two months. The Juuiata
iould be ready in u day or two. The
'owhatfan was ready to sail. Work
AS continued OIL the Spanish iron
lad Arapidcs which is in the dry
ock at the yard.
PROVIDENCE, II. L.. Nov. 15.-Thr
'sslppee arrived NJ Newport early
us evening. She will take u supply
torpcdoes and probably sail To-
ight for Cuba.
RINGING RESOLUTIONS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. l5.-Thc
ceiling at the court house Tonight.
express the sentiments of the nco-
c regarding the execution of the
'sscngcrs and crew ofthe Virginius.
ms the largest yer held in This civ.
Rotunda and court house were
cked to Overlooking, and out-door ,
ceilings were orgauizcd AT both, the ]
st al;d westsHings of the building. +,
I'll. Nathan harnCy, n soldier OF tile I
AZ OF 1872, presided. Speeches c
're made by Mayor Brown, Ex.
!tornry General Baker and II dozen ,
her local speakers, ali of whom took !
strongest possible grounds in :.
OF ~vIndlcatiDg the National +
nor aud wiping out the recent i'll =
IT. 10 their flag and the outrage TO :
'!iization and humanity, BIZ visit i
: summary vengeance upon the =
operators of tie inhliman butch y
=. The war feeling in the crowd
! very high, and there was Il re-
expressed desire TO take
'ciu'c possession Of Cuba and am
y 1t 10 the United States. A reso-
to this effect, and urging the ,
'vern'nent 10 take speedy and Wig d
rus measures In obtain reputation "
Tue WRONGS committed, was uuaui- G.
'usiy adopted. A grcut crowd still lt
mains at the court house, unu the II
continues.
DISGUSTING DETAILS. |.
via KEY WEST, Nov. Is. W
he following account Of the vents b
&c Cuba have been re- "
we'd here: On Friday morning, h
; 7ih, 81 OF the crew of The Virgin Il
were brought OH shore and taken nj
10 remain there until their II
.culioh, which MAS ordered lor that Il
ernoon. Capt. Fry, "A noble lock HI
old man. fully Il head taller than oi
rest OF tile crew, when he met his iii
II on tie wharf previous TO their b,
lch TO prison, sulu.cu item all.
Z salute was returned with aIcc- sc
II. AT 4:45 Capt. Fry and Sc men. SC
| officers We're publicly shot, ies-,re
c the protest of all compctent,, ii
authorities. The marines I'll
re Il
SEVEN MINUTES KILLING &C
wrctchcd prisoners, and il seemed ~,
.hongh they would finish. -
last the sail RS marched oil and ;,
troops filed past the long row OF IT,
pses; then the dead carts were -,
'rled up and loaded with the f..
'igled remains. The American r,
1sul has done all that could have ~
II done. Indeed, it was threat y
q that his papers OF ofiiciul rccog- ,o
on would be withdrawn for his -.
rtious in behalf of the prisoners. -"
lis interview with Gen. Burriel "
t officer yelled at him and other
c treated him disrespectfully.
!. British Consul also made an
protest against the exccu-