Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-26

~ Hpunieh. The artillery tUfcc. shl
have been siaiioarl 10 the bsrkrrouni
nov advance aud drive ihcir clumsy car
+; riages caFrlessiy ever their victims Set,
eral iimes Is ihis part a. tie ceremony
!, repeated, aud i i By that time supposed
!. that al are dead. The dead wsgOus are
! then beaped with oOrTses. amoag which
/. is sometimes seen a still quivering body.
A hali-Hile away they are buried, aud
, the soldiery are then dispersed 10 their
, barracks. The slaughter.house is Scared
aud spaitored with ballots on the northern
side. Here ate inhamanly slaughtered
psissns Of all ages aud both sexes. The
Spahiards show no mercy 10 gfay-haired
patrlarehs, women nor TO children Three
5ears ago a little girl. four yesrs Of age.
was lead forth 10 her death. The cTenee
was the refusal "a MAKE known her fafker's
hidirg-plaee. The days Of execution a e
gala-iays in the city. Hundreds Of men
women and children pour fourth from Us
streets aud press forward ia the ihrong.
As the victims fall dying in the trenches.
these crowds push madly forward TO view
the bleeding bodies the military give way
for a moment, ahd not until that nomeni
arrives, arc the apPeiiles Of the blood
thirsty spectators stated.
The State Department il making ear.
ness inquiry for information to be for I
Narded To Minister Sickles as to the legi. /
mate right Of the Virginius to all the
privileges and projection guaranteed TO
an American vessel on the high seas. The
subject has hcen thoroughly investigated
in the navigation division Of the Treasury
Department There is no reason 10 he.
lieve that any irregulariiy exist in the
registry papers of that vessel. This fact
has been communicated nv the Secretary
of the Treasury to the Secretary ct the
State, Mr., Richardson producing copies
of the papers asl records of his Depart q
went concerning her. a
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics :
furnishes the following description Of the n
steamer NirginIus, as recorded in the q
American aud Foreign Shipping List of D
1872: A Side-wheel steamer. schooner .
-igged, 46l tons 6prhcn; home port.
Ne" York built in Glasgow ia 1864 of .,
ron; two oseilating engines; two boiler, il
al feet draft. ~
In his -cport, detailing the capture, the Fl
nmnander of the Tornado saw: "OL Il,
DC night OF the Both, after cruising along ca
ne coast without having seen anything oh
nusual, the Tornado stood cut TO sea. pc
his done, sail was made with the ohiec, To-
oconomlzing fuel and. after running Ic
oeut eighteen miles to the westward. the he
noSe OF steamer was discovered on thi
e horizon. From the direction IN which lhl
was approaching the captain had no wa
'ubt that it was the Virginius, aud es. bal
ciaIIy as the stranger suddenly changed siil
r cousc towards the southwest. Tn PIE
ase commenced at halfpast two in the af: du,
rnooa Orders were given to the Ell. anC
1eer to drive the engine to the last ex Da
unity, and, running al the highest speed, in
use on board the Tornado were near cha
ongh at sunset 10 make cut The two finn. aga
Is aud masts of the Virginus By this try
le there was ony distance of five she
les between the two vessels. and in the MOI
rEness 1t was feared that the nyins OF ,
amer would disappear. But such was pro
enthusiasm ct the crew. says the can con
n. that allow and alofi all followed with Ton
ger eyes tn, movements Of the chase
l. thanks TO the light Of the moon. we No.
re able To keep her in sight. ard | wa, Cen
re conhdcnt than ever that we should ava
le up with her before reaching Morand Fw,
h'' as our speed was greater, and ev- ing
moment she became more clearly Wis. mos
}. AT half past nine fred five shots NIT
II The bow gun. at the fifth shot she of |
t to. Having recognized her as the his
glnns, and being certain that there with
a'Cuban expedition on board, | low. the
two boats aud sent them alongside. ted
l orders TO take possession, which was part
10 the name of the Spanish nation. tenn
prisoners were transferred to my yes. be r.
ana at eleven o'clock at night We gard
red our course for Santiago. The car. } I'D.
1 arms and Ammunition was thru. n tenn
board during the chase, and The emp. Salu
asses hoated past my vessel, so that of 7,
ing has been found on board except Juds
ridges and other effects. The en;hu time
n of my crew was Undesirable. We proc
rcd at Santiago and anchored at five iusct
ck IN the afternoon of the lst of No shou
Der, amid great enthusiasm"
-Severa dispatches relative 10 Difficult. ood Nv
w" munster olcSles and tie Span III tn,
'fllcals at Madrid, one of which nur. him
I'd that the General had been mobhed wante
even assassinated that thousand sal. .1und
were guarding him, etc, have since ipten9
denied. s,iJ i
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