Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-11-20
Or RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.
the FEELING IN BoIH COUNTRIES ARp IN cU5A.


uculars Of the Virxfntus Massaere-
More Spanish Atrocities. Ae.. &c.
Cable dispatches of last night state tina, Il,
Spanish minister Of war has ordered all mem
beers OF the reserve of the army to report in per
son at the depots OF their respective corps within
a fortnight. The deputies Of the republican
minority In the Cortss have requested the i'm.
mediate convoc alton of the COTtes TO consideg
the complications with foreign powers which
they alege, the government has caused.
More About the Virginius Siaugh ter
EGHT HOURS TO CONVERT TWENTY VICTIMS.
Havana dispatch says:-''The command
ing general of this department has received
communication from the Roman Catholic arch
bishop, saying: "A great jubilee fills our hearts
when We announce to your exeellency tha,
among tie criminals OF the Vrginius crew
twenty freely and spontaneously asked TO be
come Catholics, Divine Providence having seen
nj to crown the efforts OF our worthy priests
through their means contributing this brilliant
triumph to our holy religion. The prisoners
were turned over TO their spiritual ad visers at
O'Clock in the morning. and shot at in the at
ternoon, thus giving only eight hours TO convert
CAPT. FRy's LETTERS TO HIS FRIENDS.
Herald special, dated Havana, 10th, says
capt. Fry, previous to his execution, wrote
letters TO President Grant, his wife, Father HUI
bert, OF New Orleans, and to Walton Fry"
THE BUTCHERS REJOICE OVER THEIR BLOODY
WORK.
A grand bull fight is 10 be given in Havana
to-day in honor OF the officers and crew of the
Tornado: Spanish colors are displayed In sew
eral Of the streets of Havana on account of tn.
arrival of the now So called national steamer
NirgInius at that port.
TIE HAVANA PRESS ON THE TRAGEDY.
Inc Voz de Cuba expresses sorrow that ali
hostile enterprises against Spain fnd favor witt
the majority of the American press. When
young CritteDden was executed the American
papers took the same course as now, and en-
deaVored 10 Work upon public passions and
merceDary motives. 1t has no fears OF anv Sc
flous questions arising between the two coun
tries, there being no just grounds therefor. The
TACT that American war vessels have been or
dered TO Havana implies nothing. If, unfortu-
bately, the contrary should be the case, aud II
unjustiy inundated by superior strength, il
that case above all others Spa nish honor will
command every sacrifice from her sons.
The Diario says:-"We are strong in out
right and trm in the resolve, and comfort our
serves well, and have sutfc ient GOODNESS to heal
the American press without returning insul.
for insult, only again stating that their threats
IN no wise intimidate us, because to-day we re
peat what we SAID five years ago to the suprem
government - Save the hcnor of the natior
come What may"
More Spanish Atrocities.
Letters have been received IN New York city
under date of" Santiago de Cuba, via Jamaica
Nov. TO-" showing that the Spaniaris IN Cuba
in addition to the bloody cruelty exhibited in.
the case of those on board the Virginius, have
also recently been guilty of other atrocities.
The facts are thus related IN one of the letters
1t is known that on the night of the It'll inst.
after the Nirginius had been brought here, the
volunteers, together with the crew of the Tor
nado, wound up their internal orgies by making
an excursion outside the city, where the widows
OF the unfortunate Master Masons executed In
1868 lived in poverty. Shortly after the out
break of the Cuban revolution, the Masonic
fraternity IN Cuba were forbidden to meet in
council. The then Captain General issued an
order prohibiting the contemplated session OF
the Grand Lodge at Santiago de Cuba. The
officers ignored the prOnunciamento, and a
company of Spanish volunteers were sent TO the
lodge room They broke open the doors, seized
the officers and placed them in irons. The next
day they were taken a short distance from the
town and shot. The widows and orphans of the
murdered men were sent into the woods and
oenied subsistence and clothing. They wer,
also forbidden to leave the territory, under pen
atty Of death. Since the year 1863 these out
casts have lived on what WAS surreptitiousIy
sent to them by the humane Cubsns. on the
night Of the tn inst, when the news of the cap
ture of the Nirginius reached Santiago, the
Spanish volunteers, in fendish exultation over
their triumph, visited these poor creatures
The ruffians brutallv outraged the helpless wo-
men, and in the struggle four of them wert
killed. Sever others have since died, and sew
eral are 10 such dangerous condition that they
cannot possibly recover
The y. Y. Times Says:-in view of the above
terrible statement of facts. petition is now
being circulated in this city, which is being
signed generally by the Masters of Masonic
lodges in New York, and Past Mas tiers OF lodges
residing here, calling for an emergent session
of the Grand Lodge Of the state, to take such
action as may be necessary in the matter.
oimllat action on tne part OF the Masonic fra
ternity is being taken also in New jersey AND
Massachusetts.
CRY FOR MORE BLOOD.
The NoZ de Cuba, of Havana. publishes a
rumor that seventeen prisoners have been shot
at Ho!quin, on account of a recently-discoyered
conspiracy to cooperate with the Cubaus on the
Nnginius. There is no Off cial confirmation OF
the report. The same paper says editorially.
that the laws ought to be enforced energeti
cally against the conspirators, without consider
alton, either little or much, tor what stranger
may say or DO. We are the owners of our homes.
and are well able to manage our own affairs and
defend our rights.
Our Naval Preparations.