The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-20

/ October 18th ard made toward Cuba
with tie intention of lsudiBg her Pas
-engers ard cargo In aid Of the taasah
i eaa-s. she was eoa1manded oy tap
tsin Fry. an American, graduate q
ANNAPOLIS Naval AeaSsmy ard Al
! officer in the rebel army during the
I..4 war. From some quarter news Of
the v,cfnsxe Of the Eirglnias was des-
matched % the Spanish Governor Al
santiago d. Cuba, and within four
bo1rs the war steamer Tornado vas
in pursuit aud sighted her esriy on
the 5ist. The Tornsdo'- msehiBery
being slightly cut ri repair, repairs
were made and the vessel put On .
foil head Of steam and rapidly over
hauled the Sirginic-. who at first sup
posing her TO be sailing vessel had
no. changed Der course, bat who loS
turned toward Jamaica. ard icing
short Of coal began to burn petroleum,
fat meat. dc, from her stores on tsoard
add kept fair hssiFsy. The lorna
do however, gaining, 90: within gun
shot and With few shots brough. the
yirsinia. 10 and sent armed boats
aboard aud took possession 81 her and
mad. prisoners OF all on board. At
the time ofthe capture tie E.Fginiu-
was fyirg the American flag, tut this
Eas palir. down 81 = spanish officer
ard the Spanish ensign hnsstsd III IL
place. The next tao hours acre en-
uloyed in transferring the prisoners
to the Tornado and putting prize
crsw On the Vi.giuius. ~ midnight
the ,1o vessels started foE -analsg9 de
Cuba and arrived tie following day at
5 O'Clock r. u. having been joined by
spanish steamer Cantabro
Their arrival then wa the signal for
zrsa, demonstrations o' joy, the Cow
ernor giving a brilliant reception, the
town Illuminating, &c Next morn
ing a court martial vas held o. the
Tornado. aud all the prisoners we're
condemned s. pirates, and, with the
exception Of B-mOelia, Jesus de-. e2i,
Gen. Ryan and Pedro Gespeie-, sere
sent to the city jail. The Governor u
Santiago De Guba, il i aid, coo!Iy
a.kef that all the prisoners should be
turned over to him -ish tie exception
OF Captain and crew, sho should be
sent to Havana at the disposal Of the
Commandaute General D-larina's,
and declared within = hours after
wards that all should ue tried aud ey-
ecuted in order to avoid any eonFii-
cation with the exferior-that is, f"F
eign Intervention He also detained
q telegram which the t'pited States
Consul decided 10 forward II the RI
ted states Consul at Kingston report
ing the capture aud inquiry a. to the
nationality OF the Nirginius. The
Nirginius had her papers in order and
was dispatched for Colon, all her pas
sengsrs appearing on the papers a.
iaborers for railroad building there.
Accounts differ as 70 the position Of
the Nirginius a. the time Of her cap.
ture One gives the capture as having
been effected 20 miles from Jamaic
aud official account states l. miles
The summarily convened court mar
tiai was speedily followed BY the shoo.
ing of the four leaders named above
Bambella, del Sol, Ryan aud Cespedes.
Friday, the sth, 81 Of the crew Of the
Virginius were taken TO prison t. re-
main until the execution, which was
ordered for that afternoon. Capt. Fry
. noble looking old man, fully head
taller than the rest Of the crew when
he met his men on the wharf previous
to the march to prison, -atatei them
all. The salute was returned with AZ.
fiction. At i:i5, Capt. Try aud III @iEs-
GERS aud men were publicly -bot .sa~
pite the protes. of Ill the earo 4@.zt&
foreign authorize. IL r1as sss
were seven m ease. k&.i ~ - s.@sE1-
cd prisoner 7. s@eaaert ~ ~
would nevsr Gassau A. esF ~ s..
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pa>s .r.e .sr.g r-.rst n ,..saee lret
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aeqe z.e@s. nj es~-ei areey og .a4re
! my mt ~ seae tps entire rsrantnda
" p~rson. .i.o we're m t,oaFi The ID
tatai chip and shooting them dow
There were iG5 officers, crew and pa
sengers-if not one Of them lives
tell the story, a. the dispatches no
have X, there are few atrocities in hi
tory more outrageous. The later e
ecutions were made, If made at all
spite Of the efforts Of The represent
tives OF foreign nations aud against tt
instructions and orders of the non
government.
: The policy Of our government,
indicated by its movements and /
the statements of prominent official
is to procure the fullest and mos! a.
curate possible information III regai
to the affair and st the same time
prepare for the worst 10y pushing VII
orous!y all possible naval PREPARATION
1t il said that nothing is to lie dor
hastily or ineonsderately, ana 90 f.
as any actual declaration of war
concerned, Of course Congress alone
competent to decide.
Cuba, to-day 80 prominent betJr
the eyes OF the world, j. the largest
the West India Islands, lying al II
outlet OF the Gulf o. Mexico. IT. poi
uiat!on il not positively known, TT
is always estimated a. being betwee
200 oo0 and 500 900, not one bali i
whom are whites. II is the first Ian
OF Importance discovered by COLUMBIA
in the first voyage -, ii9
In lSiS, President Polk, through II