Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-27


| lie an informal expression of his views on the
Virginius case. He aid his advisers feel as
| indignant as any at the conduct of the Span
| iards. and are determined to protect American
citizens, and to compel respect for the Amerl-
/ can flag but they are still unwilling to act ex-
cept upon full and trustworthy Information
which has vet to come. The Virginius, the
President said, if properly cleared, had a
right to enter any port in the Spanish posses
sions, and Spain had no right to interfere IN
any way with our merchant ships upon the
| high seas. Potatoes are now worth more per
bushel than wheat Congress will be petit
| toned to suspend the duty of fifteen cents per
bushel on the important tubers, so as to let
them in from Canada. Nova Scotia and tie
Bermuda Islands.
THE War and Navy Secretaries are receiving
kilograms and letters by the score from volun-
teer officers in the late war rendering their
services in case of hostilities. Many of the
ex-Confederates have also written that they
would like to have chance to serve the Gov
eminent if difficulty should arise -. a Wash
| ington dispatch says the Secretary of State
has received unofficial information from Madrid
of the determination of the Spanish Govern
ment to concede in the most prompt and
liberal manner consistent with an official ac-
quaintance with the facts, the EXTREMIST
demands of the United States. Secretary
Fish, it is added, feels confident there will be
no war.
INTERNAL revenue receipts for the year,
s114, 000, 900. :. A Washington dispatch says:
Secretary Fish has persistently alleged that
the Government will not be prevaricated with
by any policy of procrastination which the
Spanish, after their style of diplomacy, may
seek to adopt. Assurances have been re-
ceiyed from the Spanish Government that all
reasonable demands from the United States
Government will be complied with.
Foreign.
THE latest advices from France are not
favorable to the millennial condition of things
which was promised by the dispatches of sew
ersl days past. The statement has been made
that the two parties had effected an agreement
the basis of which was that MacMahon's term
should be prolonged for five years. but that
he should accept the designation of President
of the Republic. Ii now appears, however,
that the Right will not consent to this arrange
ment, but will insist upon the unconditional
prolongation of MacMahon's term for ten
years. The report that the Tichborne case
had been adjourned for year was false. The
trial is again in progress. Many of the in
habitants of Greenland are starving to death.
The famine is produced by failure of the
potato crop.
SPANISH credit is at a lower ebb in London
than ever before. .. The London press express
the opinion that the recent Spanish outrage
has virtually settled the fate of the island of
Cuba. Victor Emanuel, in his opening adj
dress to the italian Parliament. on the 5th
inst, declared that the experiment of making
Rome the capital was a complete success and
that while the Italian people respected the re-
ligieus sentiments of the Pope, he will not be
permitted to NEEDLE with secular matters. 49,.
The committee of the French Assembly ON the
prolongation of MacMahon's term made their
final report the 18th inst, in which they
recommend that he be granted only five years
power, and that y Committee of Thirty be APP
pointed to consider constitutional bills. There
was much excitement over the conclusions of
the committee. The revolution in Paraguay
has been suppressed.
President MAcMAHoN sent a message to
the French Assembly on the 18th inst, ask
ing that his term be prolonged for seven
years, but insisting that this action should not
be postponed until after the consideration of
the constitutional bills The committee as
sented to the first part of the recommcnda-
ton. but dissented from the last The British
and the Ashantes have had severe battle. in
which the latter were defeated. Great Brit
ain, it is announced, will hold Spain to strict
accountability if another British subject is
murdered
The Spanish Cabinet, according to a Madrid
telegram, are unanimously in favor of sat-
isfactory and honorable settlement OF the
yirginius difficulty, but regard the main
tenance of the integrity of the Spanish ter
ritory essential. The rumored sinking of the
yirginius had no foundation. A Havana
telegram Gays : OF the members of the crew
of the Virginins not shot at Santiago de Cuba,
four were condemned to the chain-gang for
life, three to eight years imprisonment, eight
to four years imprisonment, and three were
set at liberty
The capture of the yirginius and the
slaughter Of her passengers was celebrated in
Havana by grand bull-fght.. Havana advices
to the 10th inst. state that many persons on
the island hitherto unsupported OF completely
with the insurgents were being arrested and
shot without mercy. AL American vessels ar
irving in port are Immediately boarded, and
the passengers seized and searched. Six of
the passengers of the steamer New York,
three of them women, were arrested and
taken ashore, and, it is rumored, were shot
without trial 1t Is reported that seventeen
prisoners have been shot at Holquin, Cuba,
for alleged conspiracy. In the French As
sembly on the 18th inst, NJ Rouher's propo-
sition to submit the question of the pro-
longation of MacMahon's term to vote of the
people was defeated by large vote, and
the motion to extend his power seven
years adopted by majority of &C.. News
has reached New York of most diabolical
outrage perpetrated by the Spanish
fends at Santiago. When tidiDgs of the
capture of the yirginius reached there the
Spanish volunteers, in their fendish exulta
ton over their triumph, visited the widows of
the Masons who we're shot in 1868, and brutally
outraged the helpless women, and in the
struggle Git is stated four of the women we're
killed. seven have since died, and several were
in such a dangerous condition that they cam
not possibly recover. The Spanish Minister
of War has ordered all members of the reserve
of the army to report in person at the depots
of their respective corps within a fortnight.
Political.
THE Minnesota Legislature stands as fol-
lows: Senate-Republican. "a: Opposition,
IA. House-Republican 60; opposition, IS.
Republican majority on joint ballot, %.
General.
THE atrocious butcheries perpetrated by the
Spaniards in Cuba have caused intense excite
ment all over the country, and public meet
ings are being held in many of tie large cities
to express indignation at the outrage. The
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