The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-18

may not be able to execute his designs or dc.
sires, and that his orders for that purpose
may be disobeycd, and we may as well
begin now to calculate the Responsibility
which viii rest upon Us as Government II
they are disobeyed; but we must not forget
that cur duty as a civilized nation, amena.
Die to the requirements of positive as well rs
| indefinite civilized international law, de-
| mands patience in this extremity. We can
afford 10 wait reasonable length of time for
developments, and to trust the honesty of
Ca,i9Iar's purpose until Congress meets.
| The war power Of the Government. it must
| he remembered. rests with Congress, and
While it must be admitted that we have
calisc Tor serious complaint, prudence re-
CURES that the utmost caution should char
| actcrize the deliberations of that BODY. Let
! The press possess its soul with patience, and
remembering the gravity of the questions
involved, t0rbcar from exciting and incen-
diary appeals TO the unthinkinS prejudices
Of the people.
VIEWS OF PROMINENT MEN.
Hon. William NJ. Evarts, of New York,
in conversation with n reporter said he
had not been able to give sufficient time to
the Cuban question to give any opinion on
the subject. If the fact was proved that the
NirginiuS was captured in British waters he
/ thought that might give 4 phase on the affair
different from that it now presents. Hon.
-. Cox, of New York, said he felt certain
there would be no war with Spain. Judge
Edwards picrrcpont, of New York, thought
that war was inevitable if the facts were as
reported.
VOLUNTEERS FOR CUBA.
ri 4 r. J,o
mcnt New Jersey State National Guard, at
Trenton. and several companies of other
regiments, have rendered to the adiutant.
general OF that State their readiness for ac-
ccptance by the General Government for Il
Cuban war.
TIE SENSATION At NEW YoRE--wAR TALK IN
TIE CLUBS, ETC.
New YORK, November 16.-About fre
thousand persons visited the hayward yes
terday, many OF them being in search of
WORK. Not taxing into account those who
went there from purely personal motives,
the officers Of the yard say ut no time since
the war has the general public eyinced such
interest in the affairs of the maynard. No
secret is made of the fact that orders have
been received from Washington to prepare
all the available vessels in the yard for active
serviceas soon rs possible, and wel-informed
parties say orders have been issued to pre-
| pare for sea at once every vessel in the
United States navy. The frigates Minnesota
and Colorado, each carrying fifty guns. will
| be ready for sea within TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.
Captain Ransom does not believe there i
no vessel in our navy to compete with the
| Spanish frigate Aropies, but believes one of
our monitors can easily put a shot clear
through her and disable her machinery. It
| is not true that orders have been received
| from the Navy Department to stop work on
| the AropIeS.
At the hotels aud clubs the Cuban diff
Guilty and the complications almost certain
| TO arise from it are the universal subject OF
| conversation. 1t is generally conceded that
unless the Madrid Government consents to
| ioin intervention in order to restore tran.
| uuiity in Cuba and punish the perpetrators
OF the recent outrage, war with Spain is in.
| cyitahlc.
a majority of the speakers are unanimou;
in expressing the belief that everything will
he done to uphold the natioHaI reputation
The Secretary Of War. who was in the city
Yesterday. is reported 10 have said to III
intimate friend who called on him You
are aware that have been considered some
what bloodthirsty i'll the mltter, but the
entire Cabinet are now Of my mind. At The
| Cabinet meeting held yesterday We were /;
| unit, and if tho American people are not
| satisfied with tue measures resolved upon ii
that ,nnelil,. 10 yindicatc the national honor
they must hc very hard 10 please
MOVEMENTS AT TIE PHILADELPHIA SAvY.YARD
PHILADELPHIA. November 16-Scycn hun
drcd men, the full force of the maynard
were at work to-day from halt:past : O'Clock
4. NJ. until S O'Clock this evening on tho
monitors Manhattan. Ajax, and Canandai.ua
| The Manhattan will 20 into commission to-
| morrow. The Ajax will have her turrct
placed to-m0rYw. The Pinta. Il large tn.
| is being made ready as n dispatch-boat tC
sai between Key West and Havana. There
are being put aboard four nne-inch pivot
guns. From New York. tss Powhatan and
| Monon9ahcla are expected daily. The for.
inrr will act IL Il convoy TO the Manhattan
| In the latter vessel workmcn are engaged
placing torpedo boom>. Hundreds of peo
pie We're around the nary-yald all day dis.
clls,iuS the situation.
| ALLEGED DISCOVERY or A CONSPIRACY.
| HAVANA, November 10.-Thc Foz nc CuJG
SAYS that Il conspiracy has been discovered
in HoI1uin and the surrounding jurisdiction
for Il rising simultaneously With the landing
of the Tirginius expedition. The plot ha,
extensive qualifications throughout TIL
island, and was to have been carried into
execution on the 1st Of November. Man,