The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-12-27
DoNAIDsoNvILLE, La SATURDAY, DECEMBER q, 1873.

highest ability should be in command here .
1t is stated the designations of several other
! officials had been sent in, and that the feeling
against the United States is most bitter and
uncomfortable.
The United States steamer Juniata arrived
at Santiago de Cuba ON Nov. 26, and her COM
mander visited the 101 Virginius prisoners
then remaining there. He telegraphed to
Consul Hall assuring him that no other exc
cutions except the thirty-seven had occurred,
and that if the American Government de-
manded the surrender of the prisoners no
difficulty would be experienced in obtaining
them.
The London Times of Dec. publishes an
official list of the British subjects taken pris-
oners on the steamer Yirginius, and after
wards executed at Santiago. The Times CON-
ments on the act, and says the British Govern
ment, while demanding the surrender of the
survivors, must carefully avoid committing it.
self to the proposition that the seizure of the
Virginius was illegal.
1t is stated on the authority of a private let
ter recently received at New York, that
Meximo Gomez, to avenge the shooting of
those captured on the Virginius, had attacked
and captured a number of Spanish fortified
camps in the vicinity of Santiago. He made
over two hundred prisoners, and marching
them close up to Santiago, shot them in full
view of the Spanish fortifcations and then
sent word to Burriel to come out and bury
them.
A III l1af,x
man and Spanish Governments, growing out
of the seizure of some German vessels by a
Spanish war steamer In the Philippine Isl
ands.
Archbishop LedochoWsi has replied to the
demand of the German Government for his
resignation, refusing to comply and declaring
that he is responsible only to the Pope.
The cholera has appeared among the troops
of the Dutch expedition against Aeheen, and
together with the bad condition of the roads
prevented active operations.
The London Hour says that it has trust
worthy information that by the privately ex-
pressed wish of Plus TX, the cardinals have
been in consultation and selected Cardinal
Pecoi, the Archbishop of Perugia, for the
next Pope.
The United States naval officers at Santiago
de Cuba report officially that the number of
men captured on the Virginius was one hum
dred and fifty-fye, and of these ffty-three
were executed. OF one hundred and two
now living, fourteen are native or natusralized
Americans, and the remainder are of various
nationalities.
The New Orleans Times publishes a state
ment made by the officers of the steamer va
zoo, direct from Havana, that two Americans
were brutally murdered on Nov. %; but the
precise circumstances under which it was
done are not stated. 1t was not considered
safe for any American citizen to appear in
the streets, as the feeling on the part of the
spaniards toward Americans was intensely
bitter.
a London dispatch of Dec. says: The
crew Of the Loch Erne, which ran into and
sunk the Vile de Hayre, have arrived at
Plymouth. They were brought into port by
the British Queen, which took them OH the
Loeb Erne on the 29th ult., at which time she
was in sinking condition. The account of
the Vile de Hayre disaster, given by the res
cued crew, represents that the captain and
second mate of the steamer came on board the
Loeb Erne shortly after the collision and did
not assist in saving any of the passengers, and
that majority of the French crew exhibited
lalnentable cowarlice.''
grand funeral service for those who lost
their lives on board the steamship Vile de
Havre was held in London, on Sunday, Dec. Z.
A Madrid dispatch of Dee. says: "The
Government batteries keep up steady fire on
Cartagena. The insurgents are reported in
good spirits. They made a sortie yesterday
Gen. Ceballos gives place to Gen. Sayille in
the command of the besieging forees.n
A recent St. Petersburg dispatch says that
ukase has been issued requiring that six
men out of every thousand inhabitants of
Russia, including the Polish provinces, be
drafted into the arlny