Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-04

Vice-Consul of the United States com.
planning that he had not been properly
notified of the seizure of the Virgin
ius, and that his kilograms to the
American Consul at Kingston had
been detained by Burriel's orders, the
"You ask me if it is true that ii was
bv my order that telegram sent BY
you to the Consul of the United States
at Kingston, Jamaica, asking for in
formation as to the neutrality of the
steamer Virginius, taken on the high
seas as a pirate by the Spanish war
steamer Tornado, was detained. In
my wish TO meet properly the requisite
zeal displayed by you In this matter
should have answer ed your communi-
cation at once, but as / received it at
q moment when I was compelled to
devote myself exclusively to grave and
peremptory duties, and as, further
more, the past few days have been
feast days on which our officials, de-
voted like all the world to the medita
tion on the divine mysterious of all the
saints and the commcmmoration of
the dead prescribed by our holy relig.
ION, are not accustomed to frequent
their offices, 1t was not possible for me
to, till the earliest hours OF the next
day, to fulfill your wishes, which were
mine also. In now replying l have to
say to you that in fact, although was
sorry to be obliged to do so, did
give orders to the chief of telegraph
station you refer to to detain your tel
egram."
Farther on this pious butcher says
"And, furthermore, you may direct
to whomsoever you will all the pro-
tests which you think proper, as you
announce and do in your third com.
munication, /, for my part, being COM
pletely certain that they are and mus,
be entirely unfounded in so far az
regards the fact to which in your
three communications you refer. And
they are unfounded in SO far as that
Mr.. Ryan. of whom you came in per-
son verbally to request that you might
be present at the drawing of the
will he wished to mako as q North
American citizen, according to You
contradicted your assertion himself
Mr.. Ryan having confessed that he
was an English subject. as having beer
born In Canada. Such conduct on your
part, after the fiscal official had in,
formed you that Mr.. Ryan was al
Englishmsn, compels me TO appeal tc
the government aud request that Il
may withdraw your exequator to ex
ercise this vice consulate, since a func
tionary who addresses protests TIM,
slightly founded, and who thereafte
attempts to entrap Spanish authoritie,
| VINO are accustomed to act with no,
torious rectitude and frankness, can
not fall to compromise even the repu
tation of the country he represents
and to bring about vexatious cues
tions between friendly nations bount
to mutual respect. God help yo,
many years. j. N. BuRRIEL.
It 10 evident that an official who was
tog ether with his subordinates tot
much occupied with his "holy relig
Hon" to heed the opportunities of tn,
American Consul, or the entrcatie
Of the condemned for mercy, is worthy
OF the Spanish race. He emulates tn,
Infamous Immortality of Alva WHIT
was sent to the Netherlands by PhiliI
with ten thousand men, and who Ii
the name of the "holy religion
burned fifteen thousand hereto dutch
men at the stake.
Among other things which Mr.. Sec
retary Fish should insist upon In hi,
negotiations with Spain, Is that tn,
hendish Governor of Santiago De Cabs
shall be brought to trial and condigr
punishment.