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

- iltrtfle" vita a pfpuiihcuf scnaiar IRE,
i 3 dent Grant u said 70 have used ihs 10
long language: "Whuu the Gorsrnnscl
makes every preparation for an aggrcssi'
or defensive policy, fts out il navy al
does every hiag TO make the army effe,
tive up 70 the limit Of calling for trcoI,
you can tut whatever construction yo
please on such activity. IL we're {
Judge Of such movements as civilian
should say they were warlike. do no
remember Of anything Of the kind havinl
= been done IN this country which vas nv
ct preface TO pesce or satisfaction for su
m offended hsnor. So far believe our bis
=, terry suslairs me IN this assertion. II N,
q message TO Congrass does not convey thi,
Is iira il will be because forget the word,
lie 10 which 10 express it,
IS Capt Macarthur Of the British sehooop.
r. er Brilliant, VII eh arrived at Kingston
on the 9th inst having left Santiago de
5 Cuba on the evening Of the 5in, reports
D that Just before the Virginlus was CAP
tured, Varona advised the firing of The
, Ts"der magazine, snl the consequent
blowing up Of the vessel. rather than that
? they should fall into the hands of the
S1anisrds, but Captain Fry convinced
Gen. Narona that, being under the Amer
lean hag and 10 neutral waters. they would
not dare toach any man on board. 81 ert-
ly after, the officer from the Tornado came
on board the Virginius and demanded her
papers, aud, after inspection. stated that
they were correct. but made all on board
prisoners. Narona replied that he was a
prisoner because there was not an English
or American man-of.wai near to witness
this scandal on the laws of Dations. He
added he could have blown up the vessel
with all on board. but he had not done 50
since her papers were ctrrect. and she /
had not been seized in Cuban waters
The American flag was, he considered
their protection, and he surrendered, he
said, under tie protection of that flag.
but beloved he would be victlmized since
the Spanish government alone hated him.
Capt McArthur witnessed the execn.
lion of Ryan, Varona, Del Sol and Pedro
Cespedes, and gives the following account: .
Tn the morning Of the 9th they we've re-
moved TO The place of execution. about d
nile from the Jail. The four victims were +,
surrouedcd by Ntreng escort Of Spanish :,
soldiers. Faroua and Ryan were calm :,
and collected, and marched amid the wells II
and voclterations Of the mfuriated Span. =
Sh rabsle. Arrived at the place of exc =,
cutlon, they forced Cespedes and Del Sol :
to kneel, IN which position they were sho, ;,
n the back, The soldiers next directed ),
Ryan and Valona to knee in the same =.
way, but they refused, and were seized ~
lad thrown down, hand .cufFcd all the time
The victims begged their tormentors to ~
How them to die standing. RYAN was =,
lot instantly killed, bnt the Spanish officer =,
topped forward and thrust his sword =
through Ryan's heart. Varona died ems. ~ ~
y. Then down came urou the corpse. :"
I'LL warm with life, the blood.thrstv mob w. ="
everlng the heads from the bodies. and -.
iac'ns them on pixies, they marched ~;
nrough the city. Fifteen officers of the w.
panlsh army, who had been made =.
rlSoners on the battlefield by Varona. n,
ere present when he lanied, and they -;
eat to The governor Of the city and beg. -,
ed that his life should be spared, since "'
had given hem theirs. OF course a"'
lis was refused. we
The foreign vessels at Santiago were ~" mO
'eVcnfed from leaving in order to pre ~ -
ut the circulation of the news. The ~
'anish took possession of the telegraph ~
ID would not allow any person to com. ,"''
anIcate through them not even the for. h -"
90 consuls. The American consul nm w" ",
arlhg that Ryan was to be shot, waited 49,
the governor aud demanded his restor. Voc
ION as an American citizen, but the GOV. III
her refused to listen ON the ground That VI"
consul was not well informed in re. ~, T%'
rd to the matter. The Spanards in -. ~
'med the consul that they were acting go,
'heir own responsibility, and did not s
ehd communicating even with the Mad. ."
government. There were also II ia. e ~,
leans on board the Virginius, two of ' W
ON were boys Of IA years. " "o',
d gentleman just arrived in New York sias
0 mas resided for many years in Cuba arr
uiSnes the following description of the o'elc
&c where the VirgLius captives were VEN
chered 4; The city of Santiago is on =
southern side Of a gently slipping hill. tv h
'in the harbor the caIle del Theatro ;sb
Us INTO The center of the city. Alta mort
lahee OF several hundred yards from and
harhor Is the prison where the can. dior,
y are confined 1t is a low, gloomy. been
,lng structure, only two stories in
nj, and Is built Of stone or granite r
executions always take place in the Jo.e
ighter.honse, about three. fourths of s,d;n
distant. On the morning of ao exc. y ba,
Ion the battaliau of volunteers arc enm thr.,
'ei at an early hour from the barracks in III
proceed TO the prison. The prisoners day
LED forth, bound, aud the solemn pro. some
ion then takes up its death march obta;
ms van are the musicians, whose oulv won,
'io"'' ''o ''e ufums which are beat split
wv U ~" sound and measured the b
liarl, The street leads out of tho cove,
toward the west, past the Hotel The was I
the Office OF the United States con rece
10 an eminence, which may be seen the d
every portion Of the city, aud where neigh
DIS the building where the victims which
II IS low, whitewashed structure the
'oroldding aspect--an adobe house the h
. steep roof, which projects far be- by tn
hn;,a;a; =" o''ner s'de. Around upper
"oHcil' INTO which the was C