The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-14
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dent Mcmahon four years beyond the
duration Of the present assembly he.
come part of the constitution after
thc constitutional bills are voted upun.
PROVIDENCE, H. l., November "a
stephen i. Wamell, cashier Of the
commonwealth National Bank, h n
delaulor for 10000,
ST. Louls, November l3.-!rhe COM
mltlee appointed 10y the Merchants
Exchange 10 lay before Congress the
requirements of the people of the Mis-.
sisslppl valley for the Improvement of
water courses organized by electIng
William Samuel, President, and Colo
uel W. NJ. Grosyenor, Secretary, Colo
mel Grosyenor will open correspond.
ence ut once with the Boards of Trade
and Chambers of Commerce Of the
principal cities,
LOUISVILLE, November u. 49, The
Ohio Falls Car Company's statement
shows II million dollars assets and
half Il million dollars liabilities. The
creditors granted IN extension and the
works will resume IN few days. They
employ seven hundred men.
LITTLE Rock, November lS,-The
Legislature stands; Senate, Republic
cans 10, Democrats 50. House, Repub-
Leans 81, Democrats so.
PHILADELPHIA, November 10. -
Judge Cadwallader has set the 20th
inst. for hearing the petition to declare
Jay Cooke d Co. banNrupts.
New York, November IA Havana
letter, under date OF the Sth, gives the
following particulars Of the capture of
the Virginius; The Vlrglnius, shortly
after the departure of the French
steamer for Santiago de Cuba, left
Jamaica on the 9th ult. II was the
intention of the eXpedititonsts on
board to sail direct for the shores of
Cuba, but II slight damage to the ma
chinery obliged them TO enter the port
of Hayti. This they left, touching
at Port-au-Prince, Haytl, and another
port of the same island until the 30th
ult., upon which day they concluded TO
sail for Cuba and attempt alanding.
On this day the Spanish Consul at
Kingston advised the Governor mt
Santiago De Cuba that the Vlrginius
was in the vicinity of Warrant Bay,
Jamaica. AS it happened the Spanish
man of war; Tornado, had that morn
ing arrived at Santiago De Cuba, and
Governor Burrill Immediately COM
municated to her commander, Castel-
lar, his information, which caused her
to leave four hours afterwards The
Tornado was under full sail, and had
but little steam on, as some slight re-
hnip,, n,aIn IN hpr mnpnln-
cry, when she came in sight OF the
Virginius, which probably supposed
the Tornado to be Il sailing vessel, as
her course was not changed. On the
Tornado every effort was made TO
hasten the repairs they were engaged
in, and at two o'clock the chief engln-
Ger pronounced them completed. All
the steam possible was Immediately,
gotten up, and the vessel was headed
for the Virginius. The Tornado soon
realized speed of fourteen knots, anu
soon gained upon the Virginius. The
latter had in the meantime Kept on
her course, but divining the hostile III
tcntions of the Tornado, changed /,
towards Jamaica, and being out OF coal
commenced to burn petroleum, grease,
fat and other combustibles from the
provisions on board, such as hams, elc
Night cloesd in, and the vessels were
in the relative positions, the Tornado
however, gaining upon her prey. Inc
bright light of the full moon kept the
Virginius in plain sight, and her Two
masts and the dense clouds OF smoke,
on account of the nature of her 1uei,
were clearly visible to the slowly gam
ing Tornado. Further TO iaciiitavG
their fight, they tarew oVerpo"l y,
horses, cannon and many cases Vi
arms and ammunition, afterwards sta-
ted to be 1000 Remington rifles, mt
rilleuse, seven horses and quahtity
of powder and small arms. AS sooi
as they rot within gun shot, the Ioriia-
do fire a gun, followed by three otner
shots and shells. This brought tue
Virginius to, and two armed Doats
from the Tornado came alongside, .ooh
possession of the vessel and made priso,
ners of all on board. AT the time Oh
the capture. the Virginius was Tying
the American flag, but this was pui lieu
down by the Spanish ofllcer anu 'iie
Spanish ensign hoisled i'll us pace a.,
though the papers of the VeSsei, 1uiS
dispatched for Cuba, were hahueu y; 70
him. The vessel at the time was III
British waters and within q ieague
nositiyely of the coast of Jamaica
On this point all accounts uiiie,.
One gives the capture as having Deel'
effected twenty miles from Jaiilaicu'
and tho official account states tweise
n,iIoa mia Dinro states it at twenty
three miles, tho Journal Of Santiago
do Cuba eight miles and tweety lililes,
and the version of the Voice OF CUBA
twelve miles. The commander OF 'n'
Tornado publicly stated in Santiago ue
Cuhn that an hour later and the VIZ
,,in;,,s couId have saved herself by en-
tering some port or Jail'aLca. 80
the capture the next TWO ho,rs w IN
employed in transferring sohle " tno
prisoners to the Tornado ana putting
prize crew on the Virgi MUS, Inc to,ul
number of persons on boaru a'iioui.eu
70 one hundred and siXty-Hve ofwnom
ninety are said to be natives OF inc
Island and the remainder Foreigners
oftbe one hundred and sixty-hve per
Mans siyty-tbree are thought to DC the
crew At midnight that night tne
tro vessels started for Santiago u,
Cuba, and arrived the following Gay ,;in a.
Ave O'clock in the afternoon, having "
been joined by the Spanish steamer
This fact alone of seventeen AG our
steaming would tend, TO pra11e s,anc "
they were ut u considerable uis.'"o ~
from Cuba and very hear y t'rn island,
i y no %iI much more than one hundred n1,,
miles n les The following day (the 2d y,
nnnr r martial was held on board th'
form Tornado' which commenced at . an.
terminoted at 4 o'clock. All w .,'
tried as pirates and the findings o. ~, IN,
Contain General and Admiral in sea lI,'
packets. After the court bad con ,.ar,
III - toak all the prisoners Wei,