, 1873-11-21

FORMER SPANISH OuTRACES.
TIE cAsE OF TIE srEAaisn1r FIuRtpA.
From she !ytw PORK Tribune, kov. 1a
~ The following faota concerning tho steamship
Who owned hcr .at tho time Of her capture by
Bpknish war-yeBBo1s, mud may hayo soino intcr-
eat at this tmo, 'irho outrages on the Florida,
81 st; Thomas ana NASSAU, in 1871, by tho
spanish gunbosts, have neyor boen atonod Tor
Tho United statos. Acnce, Spain, knowing hor
immunity In tho past, has committed thoso
fresh outrages on tho dignity Of our flag by
the capture ot tho Virglnus aud tho murder OF
per passengers. Mr. Fiel, Secretary Of State,
has refused consideration Of my claim agninnE
Spain, aud told mo 1t waB mono Of my buBiness
90 know what etcln ho Ind taken toward obtain
ing from Spain M apology, or some other roparn-
to taa Th worst featus Of the c1so s at tho
lay quietly 1t anchor at st. Thomas, under the
Rssurance Of tho Spanish Captain tint ho would
not intorfero with tho Florida, and the outrage
waa committed under Ills worry nose. Herowlth
Captain
Ns@ Ho.s q xhieh vessel snoi. psrE ti'is ct Nsa
Fork e the registered owner, being duly eworn de-
posed that bec a. 1871, ho dopartcd unlor sail
aer propeller bctns broksn-trora the port Of St.
e portot NV Yorf at On that ay a thay Snl Love
Mort, md ses foTesan and natnsal att q; m: tho
i % hs, S 3 sy aas4 :. At
was thon sean p.sstng Wsor 1sland under steam and
;sseamer, which bare cast-north-eaat, distant
threo miles, M =, e!swed up her sails md boro
sos1 On e TG1ds A. 1910 spoko Of steam
hauled TO the uorthward, in parallel with that
Ct ms flosds The strange stcsmoF proved to 30 the
then bore dorm on tho Florida with her ut quar-
ters, and guns run out ready for action. Whom tho
blank shot at TIM Florida ard 0yere heat nearlv tn
the water's edgo. Tho said mossor had the United
States fsg hosted she Florida, and took further
notice Of tho hostile denomination. Ton minutes
ater nring tho frat gun, tho var steamer fired scc
'ond gun snd tho shos xss seon to rieochet astern
and cutter from tho war steamer came toward them
On FE1day tho 18th, bost from tho Vaeco Nunez tic
Balboa came slongsde and an officer and interpreter
camo on baatd tho Florida and requested to hcs
thsir examination they woro returned. Tho oileer
md tho astor considering TINT It would 10 ,lseess to
contend against the superior force, ncquicaced. Tho
sa o t0 u s s oa s hashHsay Ssn SssR
, cor and Interpreter then lof telling Tho master ho
eeeded with ali poasble hasto to Now Yori,-ths war
Faa Tx affeag yl + f M r n e
astorn. Thereafter ths Florida proceeded OH hcr
voyage, but was com1eod to nut into Nasaam TOR
= ea aos " the as Thso
her voyage to Now York, tho Spanish gunboat
psseubrlaor following the shp out q port. At
Florida, the gnnboat fired bunk shot. The
national nsg WIS then hosted tho Florida At o4o
the 91n % tired sq Ts came
falling III tho water 200 3o0 yards distant.
They then backed ts fore.opeafl aud hove tue ship to-
Ide the Florida in boat with boats Harmed.
The officer cano on hoard the Florida md requested
permission 70 go through between dccks, to which tic
s k : @SisS sss ss all ss
Con. Darr says further: SAN unsatisfactory
letter WAS Writton to MO nearly ten months after
tile outragos on my ahip. Tho witnesses in the
esss are st livlng What can Te hope for il
neeses have been tloughlfully murdered by the
'oaniarda? Here is tic lettor
~ "'Rss1aTnss4 %asaIsoEes, Ss asas1 h1s. ,s,a}
"...F.r.1aet. n Darr, Nep York:
t.,d, Department hha received your letter Of yes
toxard fixing waat stops, Il any, have been taken
tGs nc 9utr.ea committed on tho Florida by e Span
hss sanpoas ~ ~. st. Thomas and NASSAU. In reply
y tSs Svs51ea ~ GSe S1
70 the course ct witch Il is not usual, or deemed
which, es SssSoa Il e hs e
e Ell IS n.naeh hGhrE z SD
Tie capture Of fho Virginus secalls in t'Ina daes;
lnd other circles The fact that during tho seslon
of 1870 the Senate callod upon tho President 10
Government showing whether, during TIT hos
'll!tiea in Cuba, any American had been exocuiad
Without proper trial. Or any American vesBois
had been .seized upon tho high seas, or tile
asoatod Or embargocd, eto. Tho ProHidontta
reply embraces $50 printed pages Of correspond
ence, and statements showing, among other
things, that tue Mary Lowell land the Aspinwall
es init 4gyea Gny S'ssa sgar BY sa1sh 4s 6h sps
Prize Court for adjudication. Tho Champion,
also. had been seized, and detained ut Santiago
90 Cuba, place whero tho protection afforded
to tho livea aud interests Of American citizens
vas very inadequate. Those ineidouts, romarkod
Con. sckles to tho Spanish Minister OF State,
bad caused most painful impression, and that
be had boon directed by our Government to ask
TOR an explanation Of tho apparently Intentional
indispostion to aocede to the just aud reasonable
demands OF the United States. Tho Lloyd AS
pinwhn was bound on = legal voyage from Port
au Prince to Havana, bearing important dis-
patches from the Minlatcr Of tho United States at
Aayti K to thIs aoyernment, and alao dispatches
sells Of war Of tho United States in COM
mand OF the West India squadron. She waB ar
rested by tho firing Of a gun from Spanish
mhn-of-war, ind thon boarded and taken to
'Nueyitas Secretary Fish, iu letter to tho
Spanish Minister at Washington, called his at
tention to deoreo thon lately issued by tho
Captain General Of Cuba contemplating inter-
ference with the commerce Of tho United States,
and asserting that the freedom Of tie ocean Gun
nowhere, and under no circumstance, bo yielded
BY the Unitod States, the high sens contiguous
10 those Of the Island Of Cuba being tho direct
pathway Of a large part OF tile purely domestic
trade Of tho United StatoB. Il Spain. ho said,
be- at war with Cuba, the United statos will
submit to those rights which public law con-
cedes to, belligcronts: Such sazures wore
characterized BY tho Secretary aB wanton in-
jurieH, and the United States could not allow
such acts to pass unquestioncl without full rop-
eration. After much correspondence. and o
delay Of throo or four months, the Lloyd Aspin-
wall WAS sot at liberty aud proper compensation
subsequently made. It appears TINT thb Gov
eernoE Of Santiago do Cuba, quoting the words Of
East said IN an oiiIcia sommnnlcatios, @ that "a % By
tho national laws, every foreigner setting foot. in
Spanish territory in tho attitude Of war, aud
who Is taken with arms in his hands. Is liable to
the penalty Of death without process; conao-
quently bpaakuan and Wyoth suffered punsh-
nient without Nh ascortain1neut OF their nation-
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