Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-22
The WAR-CEOUD.
The Spanish Plot Thiclxens.
The Scene Shifts to Madrid.
The American Legation Assaulted
Twice.
SickleS
Wounded.
Reported
Can CASTELAR, Control the Mob I?
Intensified Activity of the Navy
Yards.
The Diplomacy OF Secretary Fish.


al organ, to which he gives nightly bud
get:
sour Government viii firmly insist upoI
reasonable dispatch in the investigation
1t will confront all demands for unreason
able delay with such force as to compel tn,
speediest settlement possible under the cir
cumstances. The possibility that the
Madrid Government will not be. able t
compel the execution of its orders for re-
ciamation has been considered, and the as
surance is given that whatever reclamation
may be yielded acceptable to the United
States will be realized to the fullest extent
Ii the Spanish Government is unable to
execute its own orders, the way will be
found by this Government to secure that
execution. Spain has already virtually lost
control of the Island of Cuba, and it is
therefore, not improbable that contingency
may arise requiring this Government to in
terfere in its own protection to secure the
execution of such orders as may be issued
in response to our demand for reparation. y
Sour Government continued Mr.. Fish,
'While asserting the principle of peaceful
arbitration, as in accord with the spirit of
the age, has been careful not to commit
itself iTTevocably to that policy. In short,
we have not maintained that wars can not
and shall not occur as the result of inter-
national differences, and we are ready, as a
nation, to-day to accept war as the result of
the ags ressiOn of Spain the same as we
would have been had we not become a
party to the Geneva arbitration"
The above conversation shows that Mr.
Fish is sensitive to late public criticisms,
which represent his victory at Geneva as
disinspiriting him for the adoption of a
physically aggressive policy, when the hon
or Of the nation may demand it. Few per-
sons believe, however, that it will be prac-
ticable for the United States to be merely
the executor of the Spanish Government,
and do its police work at Havana.
What Gen. sherman Says About the
Army.
Special to thelLouisville Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-In case of war
Gen. Sherman has no fear that the Ameri-
can soldiers will be able to give as good ac
count of themselves in Cuba as they
always have elsewhere. He thinks that if
war shall be determined upon great saw
ing in expense could be effected by raising
the number of men in each company of the
regular army to one hundred. In this man
ner fifteen Thousand men could be added to
the army without the necessity for addi-
tional officers. 1t is no uncommon thing
in the armies of Europe for a captain and
two lieutenants to handle as many as $50
men. This idea of Gen. Sherman's is I'M
questionably a good one. The great trouble
in our late war was that so many of our
patriotic citizens who desired to serve the
country wanted to do il with epaulettes
upon their shoulders, and of all the tenders
OF service that are made now, none come
from those who are willing to be high pri-
Yates. In case there should be difficulty,
the government would save a very large
amount by adopting Sherman's suggestion.
The General says there is abundance of
everything in the way of supplies for the
army at the different depots, and that the
arsenalS and magazines are all well stored
with arms, ammunition and all warlike ap-
planes.
A Madrid Mob Attack the American
Legation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Dispatches re-
ceived from Madrid by the Secretary of
State states that mob which collected in
front of the American Legation, was prompt
" dispersed by the government. There is
III lANAN III CiiC1GS BllJ bllG
thoritieS at Madrid are fully capable of
preventing any outbreak. The position of
Minister Sickles is very uncomfortable, but
it is not believed violence will be offered,
as SickleS telegraphs that the Spanish Off
Gals are equal to the emergency. Minister
SickleS is hourly in communication with
the State Department, and his dispatches
indicate the existence of a very strong feel
ing against the United States. Mr.. Fish
submitted number of telegrams from him
to the Cabinet meeting to-day, and the ses-
sion which has just commenced is probably
one Of the most interesting and serious
meetings since the commencement of the
present complications. The members of
the Cabinet this morning seem to be
Very Serious
in their demeanOr, and there seems to be a
more extended discussion in all places as to
the probabilities of war than has yet been
noticed. At the same time, so far as has
been made known, the official advices from
Spain have not varied in assertions of the
honest desire of the CASTELAR, government to
preserve friendly relations and to command
calmness and dignity during the progress
of negotiations. The excitement of the
pOpulace in Madrid does not seem to be
shared by the government there, as is
evinced by the expressed opinion of the
Secretary of State here that there is eXag-
geratiOn in the official reports, and the as
sertiOnS of Mr. SickleS that the Spanish
government is able and has suppressed hos
tile Indignation against the American lega-
ton at Madrid.
Naval Volunteers, Etc.
The Secretary of the Navy returned to
this city this morning. and was at the de-
partment at very early hour. 4 large
number of naval officers have been ordered
to duty to-day to their ships. Heavy ord
nance is now being fitted out for immediate
service. The naval recruiting office has
been ordered to be opened at New Orleans.
The Navy Department has received up
to this time $50 applications for service
under the government in case of trouble,
from eX-vOlunteer officers of the Navy, and
applications are constantly being received,
the reply being that they will be duly con-
sidered should an occasion arise for such
action.
simon Cameron and Congress.
Senator Cameron, Chairman of the Sem
ate Committee on Foreign Affairs, had an
extended interview with President Grant
this morning. In subsequent conversation
he stated that if Spain refused or was UNI
able to make proper reparation, he believed
Congress would authorize declaration of
war.
street RumOrs and COnjectures.
More excitement than heretofore prevail
ed to-day consequent on the latest intelli-
gence from Madrid, and the probabilities Of
war with Spain were freely discussed. All
kinds of rumOrs were in circulation, adding
to the widespread excitement and causing
numerous inquiries at official quarters as to
their truth, only TO Get assurances that the
government was without official advices
confirming them. The State Department
is making earnest inquiry for information
TO be forwarded to Minister Sickles as to
the legitimate rights Of the Virginius of all
privileges and protection guaranteed to an
American vessel GA the high seas. The
subject has been thoroughly invest
igated in the Navigation Division of
the Treasury Department. There is
no reason TO believe that any
irregularity exists in the registry papers
Of that vessel. This fact has been com
munioated by the Secretary Of the Treasury
10 the Secretary Of State, ana was one of
the subjects that received attention at the
cabinet meeting to-day, Mr.. Richardson
producing copies of her papers and records
of his department concerning her. The
Cabinet session was the longest ever held