Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-11-27
CUBA.
The President Explains the
Situation.
Capt. Fry's Appeal for His Crew.
THE SPANISH ARAPILEs.

er Arapiles, now being completely fl
ted out at the Navy Yard, have re.
ceived orders to take their vessel to
Cuban waters as soon as possible. OH.
GERS at the yard say it will be shame
to allow her to depart. They fail tC
see why the United States should be sc
considerate when the presence of the
iron-clad would be hostage for the
| Vifginius at least. i"
FEELING IN WALL sTREEr-G9 & EAT .AC
| TiVITY AT TIE NAVY YARD. t-
In Wall Street, affairs have been in a
| fever..sh and unsettled condition with
wide and frequent fnctua lions in diff.
ferent markets on advices from Madrid
in regard to the demands of Minister
SickIes and the defiant attitude of the
Spanish Government. Gold rallied
and stocks sell off ON the sensational
kilograms from Washington that war
was inevitable. 1s-.. .s.r 9.
The same authority reports that Gen.
Sherman left last night on a tour of ia
spcction of the Atlantic and GulfStates.
Prominent naval officers in this city,
commenting upon the great activity in
preparing vessels for sea, say that with
in thirty days there will be in Cuban
waters at least twenty of the most
powerful vessels in the United States
service. Secretary Robson had an
early interview to-day with the Bareau
officers of the Navy Department, in
which he reite ,ated his instructions
that the various divisions of the naval
service shall exert their utmost efforts
that all vessels being prepared for sea
shall be in frS.-class order in every re-
spccS, al an early period for active ser-
vice. 81.
EEII-sH SUBJECTS ON The vtRG MUS.
NEW YoaK, Nov. 22-Et Gro .asta,
the Spanish organ in this city con aims
variety of fresh correspondence from
Cuba. From this it appears that si-,-
teen men captured on the Vi,giuius,
who claimed to be B-,,ttish subjects, and
VINO sought the protection of the Brit
ish Vice Consul, which DGr 'iel refused
to acknowledge, werenot neglected by
the B-it:sh authrities at Kingston, Ja-
maica. After the Vice Consul found
his efforts in vain, the Bri.ish Com
mander at Jamaica took the mater in
hand and telegfaphed to the Governor
of Santiago de Cuba in the following
Wo ds: -.... sy..4a-H -
"Jn the einte-ests Of friendly relations
existing between our respective Gov
Iernments, 1 beg you to delay the exc
cution of the alleged English subjects
on the ViIginius until the Captain of
the British frigate Niobe can commu-
nicate with you. The Niobe leaves to-
day for Santiago" To this request
Burr;el replied by telegraph: 81 do not
POSSESS the authority to accede to the
petition you send me. The law must
he fulfil ed" The men who claimed
to be q il Sh subjects were executed
without allowing any time for investi-
gation as to the t nth or falsity of their
claim.
CAPTAIN FRY's APPEAL
to the Spanish authorities is published.
In it he asks nothing for himself, but
jail for the crew, manyof whom were,
he says, entirely igno.alt of the desti-
nation of the Virgiaius when she left
Kingston, and for several equally in
nocent passenge s he pleaded strongly.
Capt. Fry closes his letter as follows:
s'The consul knows well that lam not
pleading fol my life. 1 have not pray
ed to God for it, nor even to the bless
ed Mother. 1 have neither house nor
country, victim of war and pc seeu-
tionS, the way of prospe' ity being closed
to me to such point that / have not
been able to p ,ovide bread for my wife
and sev en- children, who know what it
is to suffer for the necessar:es of life.
My life is one of suffering, and Hook
back upon what has happened to me
as benefitter of God, and it is not for
me therefore to ask favors of any one.
COAST HAEBORS- AT TNEw.LoNDON.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. 22-The
Chief of the Engineer corps has ordered
officers in charge of Coast HarbOrs to
put them in proper defence and torpe-
does with the necessary electrical ca
BILE, instruments, tackle. &C., to be
planted along the coast. The Navy
Department has been Informed by the
commandant of the New London sta
tion that on the night of the 10th ult.,
two men, representing themselves to
be Naval Engineers, tried to force their
way on board the Dictator, and when
resisted by the watchman fired at him.
They then made their escape.
New YORK, Nov. %, 1873.
CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH OF THE
PRESIDENT.
Washington specials 10 New York
papers contain the following: During
an interview with-a prominent Senator,
President Grant is said to have used the
following: "During an interview with
a prominent Senator, President Grant
is said to have used the following lam
guage. when the Government makes
every preparation for an aggressive or
defensive policy, fits out its navy, and
does everything to make the army eff
fective up to the limit of calling for
troops, you can put whatever construc-
tion you please on such activity. If II
were to Judge of such movements as a
civilian, | should say they were war
like. / do not remember of anything
of the kind having been done in this
country which was not a preface tol
war, or satisfaction for our offended
honor. So far believe our history sus-
sage to Congress does not convey this
idea, it will be because | forget the
words in which to express it"
NO VIOLENCE TO sICKLEs. ARBITRATION
SUGGESTED,
neutrality-suspicious. 22d.
The report that violence has been Of
fered by the Madrid populace to Gen
eral Sickles are pronounced false. Pres
ident Chartelan had a long conference
to-day with Leyard, the British Minis
ter. The result of the interview is fa-
vorable to the continuance of good re-
lations. The idea of submitting the
case of Virginius to arbitration is much
talked of. Should this course be agreed
Ito the German Emperor is indicated as
the probable arbitrator.
The population of Cuba amounts to-
about million and half. or these
upward Of seven hundred thousand are
of pure European stock, of whom one
sixth, only, is composed of Spaniards
from Europe. The slaves amount in
all to three hundred and seventy thou
sand, or less than fourth of the whole
population. The remainder consists of
free DerSOus of color and n com ma rafiye-