New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-29
BY TELEGRAPH.
CUBA.
Representatives Of Republican Cuba

Representatives of Republican Cuba.
New YORK, November 2S-M Quesada
and Carlos Del CASTILLO publish card stat.
ing that they are the only representatives
OF the republican government of Cuba
abroad and that the collection of funds for
suffering Cubans is without their authority
and against the commands of their govern
ment.
Havana Defiant and Preparing tor De-
fense-Orders from CASTELAR, Declared
Illegal and Will not be Obeyed.
A letter from Havana says that the people
there would refuse to allow anv order from
Madrid to deliver mp the Virginius, to make
other reparatiOn for her seizure and the
execution OF her crew, to be carried out
Preparations for defense are being rapidly
pushed forward and guns are being mounted
at all suitable points. An advertisement
appears in different papers for an unlimited
| number of laborers to work on the arsenal.
The volunteers have orders to drill two
or three times week. The TO= de Cuba
says, in regard to the report from Washing
ton, that CASTELAR, has telegraphed to the
Captain General to execute no more of the
Ntrginius prisoners, that it can not be true,
since the sentences have been imposed by
a tribunal of justice in accordance with our
laws The executive of the Spanish repub-
lie has not sufficient power to issue such an
| absurd order.
The Captain General of the island has an
| order to extinguish the rebellion, and has
| the power to impose the death penalty on
any one taken in the act of treason and
force against the government, and it asks:
How, then, would the executive of the
! Spanish republic dare to govern in contra
| yentlon OF law, merely to please certain
foreign pirates ?"
Labor Mt Brooklyn Navy Yard.
! Work continues to-day by the 2SOO men
! nmnOVp1 the RpnnylvD vorI
and there is no decrease in the activity in
| preparation of the war ships. A large force
is at work on the Colorado, and her cables
were taken on to-day. Increased activity
is noticeable on the ships Minnesota, Florida
and Swatara, and the engineering depart.
ment this morning began the work of re-
| tubing the boilers of the monitor Dictator,
Many mechanics are working to-day on the
! ROanoake.
Getting Ready for Sea.
Captain Ransom today turned over the
| business of executive of the yard to Captain
| Chandler. He Captain Ransom) has been
assigned TO the Colorado, which will be
ready for sea the latter part OF next week.
| Her guns, anchors, chains, etc. are being
put on board to-day. Work on the Mime
sofa is progressing rapidly. She will not be
ready before a months time. The slOop
| Florida will be ready about the same time,
| and the Dictator about the first of January.
The Spanish ironclad Arepilas will be
| tiOated out of the dry dock on Monday,
| probably.
Labor at Fortress Monroe.
FORTRESS MONROE, November 2S-This
morning, twenty mechanics arrived here,
for duty in the ordnance machine shops.
They will work on the tifteen-inch gun car
! riage, now being constructed.
| hey West and Charleston 10 be Put in n
State of Defense.
Two machinsts will leave. in the morn
| ing, tor Key West, and two for Charleston,
to put the guns and carriages, at those
! points, in order.
Prolonged Cabinet lIeeting-Press Dis
patches NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pending.
WASHINGTON, November 2S.-There was
a prolonged Cabinet meeting to-day. The
| Secretaries are uncommunicative. 1t is
probable thPt press kilograms from Havana
and Madrid are withheld from the wires.
| Negotiations are still pending in the Nir.
giniIs matter. Further movement will
depend on the tenor OF the dispatch from
! Spain.
The Delicate Condition of Negotiations
Satisfactory Results Expected.
The Cabinet was in session two hours and
half to-day, giving earnest attention to
| the questions pending between the United
States and Spain. 1t was remarked BY a
Cabinet officer, after the ad dilurnment, that
! the business was in such a position that a
| single telegram on either side might change
| the whole course of proceedings To night
| 1t may be confidently said that the question
has assumed more favorable aspect than
it bore this morning, and that there are
strong reasons Tor expecting results entirely
| satisfactory.