The New York herald., 1873-11-27
the commanders or

Of war, in dinere' ..nrrisn and OF American men,
ana pays. As times, inside OF neutral ports
strau9n O. - With the history OF the admin
the T. = Lord North before us, and with what
abouf -@pfish~American author has written
r.n,c the hoerty OF the seas. we have
rlment has always proceeded with ships that
ane n1er neatral nag had aided their ioreign
T. mies, or their rebel subjects IN Ireland Scot
she Dutch in 1850 and 1881, in Europe and in
America, mas no parallel; and In particular what
the wicked Robert Vaughan carried on In the
island Of San Eustaquio, where, according to the
same writer, his cruelty and rapine soiled the
glory Of Admiral Rodney. We VIII say nothing Of
what the English have done In tins century 10
neutrals; IL Is sufficient to remember their horrible
dolngs in Denmark, which cost so many lives and
millions OF dollars TO those who were not even
With respect to American puhlicsts we viii only
say that they cannot deny that the virginius Was
u pirate shIp because she sailed under no otner
flag than that Of the Cuban rebels, which nobody
had recognized Notwithstanding the Amerlcan
professors OF international maritime law agree
that II the yirginius was discovered in Spanish
waters and pursued on the high seas. getting INTO
English waters. the British government was Ine
| party bound TO make reclamation. The
| American people complaining OF the protec,
| tion which the Confederates found IN neutral
| ports accused the English government OF having
permitted the arming, manning ana senulng out
OF Confederate priyateers from ther ports.
If The commander OF the Kearsarge retired seven
miles rom The coast OF Cherbourg to hight the Ala
bama IL not so much, as he said In his report,
10 avoid reclamatons because the strong iron-
CLAD ship Couronne, OF the French navy, went out
with the two beIigerent vessels and under certain
circumstances she might have interposed between
weak. But as the combat was delivered seven
miles from the coast the commander OF the French
ship did nothing to prevent 1t. Consequently II all
the ships OF the British navy had been present
they could not have rightfully prevented the cap
The Florida was captured under more aggra-
waiting circumstances. The Confederate ship was
IN Of ae o an
empire. She was boarded at three O'Clock in the
morning and taken, without resistance, not With
standing the complaints OF the authorities OF
Brazil. When the Brazians established just
reclamations against the United States for this
act, the Florida, anchored in Hampton Roads, was
sunk. and the reclamations went down with her.
From all this IL appears that absolutely nothing
applying to international maritime law can be
said TO determine the antecedents OF the Vrgnius.
The English, Americans or Russians can reclaim
nothing for taking the prize where she was found.
Even had the virginius arrived to within few
miles OF the coast or Jamaica, without either
fort or ship TO shelter her, the reclamation would
Those who speak about reclamations find them
selves in more difficult position than those who
Those in the United States either English or
American by birth, who allow themselves to be de-
ceived into taking part in these expeditions do so
at their own risk This admission greatly smplifies
the question The reclamatons OF foreign consuls
and minister's are thus disposed Of
The question, then, remains reduced to cOnsid-
erati0ns ofhumanity. The reclamations OF neither
England nor America can be listened to, II we
We have only to remember the system Of setting
price on the heads OF rebel chiefs in India, during
the last rebellion, to give an idea OF the ground
less recamations which the English government
would bring against the legal action OF our tri-
bunals.
The following extract is from the Federalistd,
published In Madrid on the 4th inst. =
The ambassador OF the Casino ESpdHol of Havana
has been newly installed in Madrid, and opened
his sumptnouS saloons TO his friends and sympa-
thzers. The government has substituted the con-
Pieltain. Mr. Cancio returns to Cuba as
intendant, under the patronage OF Mr.. Zulueta,
after assuring the latter that he wOuld adopt no
violent measure either politically or with respect
10 slavery, and after accepting as condition for the
support that the people, and in particular the
nothing less than the assuming OF the payment or
the Cuban debt by the government. The republican
party In Havana have been kept down by the
friends OF CASTELAR,, and even prosecuted in the
Great Antille; where the sending out OF military
chiefs who were TO replace the 2hsolutist General
poned.
The possessors OF slaves In Cuba interrupt radi-
cal meetings they did in 1870 when reconcilia-
zion was e1ected between them and the conserva-
tiyes, and have separated without being able to
agree upon anything but the law Of M0ret, with
counting from the termination Of the civil war.
The conservatives and slave owners have accom-
plshed the sending out OF Jovellar and The voyage
OF Soler PA, as well as the introduction into the
citation. Yesterday, abolition and the representa-.
tive regimen. popular city government, the return
OF confscated estates amnesty peace, democracy
were the order Of the day. Now, the status quo,
with the same-absolutey the same-pretexJs as a
year ago is staring US IN the face.