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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-31
OUTRAGE ON AMERICAN CITIZENS.

The Spanish Government About TO Pass
Sentence Of Death on United States Cit
fzcns-Thcy are Ordered to Present
Themselves ut the Jail mt Havana
Secretary Fish Called Upon to Inter-
fcre.
Spanish insolence toward the United states Is
daily becoming more aggressive. as the following
edict lately published in Havana Will show. Three
OF the names mentioned are those OF American
citizens resident in this city, who long ago elected
to- become subjects Of the United States, in prefer
ence to longer enduring Spanish tyranny. The
following are the names of the gentlemen who
have
SWORN rEALTY TO THIS GOVERNMENT,
and the property they own in Cuba, although now
enlarged by the Spanish, may be roughly esti-
mated at from five hundred thousand dollars 10
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars:-Pedro
Bombarer, Miguel Barbarossa and jose Portuonao'
The two Apcaricas mentioned, now fighting In
Cuba are nephews of che wealthy Cuban resident
in this city OF that name, who short time back
u,anumitted all his slaves resident on his various
plantations. The following is the proclamation In
question:
PROCLAMATION.
DON LUIS vILLtIoNGA AGUIRRB, Military Com
mapdant OF the City of Havana
whereas 1t has come 70 my knowledge that the
following individuals, named respectively Miguel
Barbarossa, jose Portundo,, Pedro Bombarer,
Jose Navarete, Miguel Angarica,. Manuel Angarica,
and who are accused OF disloyaty to Spain, have
absented themselves IRON the island OF Cuba
Now therefore, IN virtue OF the powers invested
in me by the King our sovereign, and 10y his
royal ordinances addressed to the onicials OF
of the Island OF Cuba ordain az follows, by these
presents: That the aforementioned Individuals
are cited and ordered to appear In person at the
common jail Of the city OF Havana within the de-
lay of thirty days from the present date, and upon
their surrenderinq themselves the question Of their
imprisonment or being put at liberty VIII be
argued.
Should the before Indicated men not put In an
appearance, as hereby ordained, they Will be sen
fenced as rebels by the Council OF War OF Havana,
and sentenced to the grovest punishment ~ the
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hands the King Of Spain, without further notin-
rms notice has been duly afixed and publicly
displayed according to law
FRANCISCO vIvsRo. Secretary.
HAVANA, Jan. 10. 1879.
Naturally. none OF the individuals cited to appear
by the 9th OF February will put in an appearance.
and, as matter OF course, they will be sentenced %
DEATH BY THE GARRorR
by order OF the military court, which will be soon
held 1t was reported yesterday In New York that
remonstrances will be sent to Secretary Fish hv
the American subjects whose names are h6rein
mentioned also asking for the protection of the
United States. The amount OF property alluded -
In the proclamation Is estimated az $1,SOO,00Q
belonging to Cubans and citizens Of this country.
Several Cubans in this city, by way OF reprsal.
intend to indicate to the local government the
names of many Spanish merchants doing business
In this city and large holders Of real estate, whs
have failed to become United states citizens or -
declare their intentions SO to do.
The following Ia q copy Of the original document,
published in the DtGrt0 de Ia Marina the 18th Of
this month";
Don LUIS vILLALoNGA Y AGUIRRE, Coronel Sar-
Hablendose ausentado de esta isla los paisanos
D. Miguel Barbarrosa, ID. Jose Portuondo, u. Pedro
Manuel Angarica, quienes estoy procesando por
ei delto de inndsncia usa-ndo de la Jurisdiction
que ell Rey Nuestr0 Senior tieno c0ncedda en-
estos casos porsus Reales ordenanzas d los
0fciales del EjercitO pOr ell presente otto.
lamO emplazo, por este mi primer edicto pre-
gon dichos tndviduOs, senalandoies Ia carcel ma
cional de esA plaza donde deberan presentarse
personalmente dentr0 del terminO de treinta dias
que sc cuentan desde ell de Ia fecha dar sus des-
cargos defensas, de no c0mparecer en- ell re-
fordO plazO, Sc seguira la causa Sc sentenciara
en- rebeldia por ell Consejo de- guerra de Ia plaza
pOr ell delt0 que merezca peIy4 mae grave, sin mas
llamarles nj emplazaries por ser esta la vountad
de S. M. Fijese y pregonese este edicto para que
venga noticia de tOdOs Havana, 10 de enerO de
1873. LUIS VILLALONGA.
or su mandate, Francisco Viver0, Secretarlo.
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LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

THE THIRD VOLUME of Hon. w. Beach LawrenceN
"Commentaire sur les Elements du Droit Interns.
tional" Is just published by Brockhaus, of Leipsic
and contains much important matter on the ques-
tons of naturalization, repatriation, domicile,
conflict of laws and the rights Of married women
under the laws of various nations.
Mr.. GLADSTONE declares that the story OF his be-
ginning every day with Homer conveys very I'M
true impression of the demands of his present
office, and that, in truth, he has not read Homer
for quarter Of an hour consecutlvey for the last
four years.
The FOUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF the birth
Of Coperntcus will be celebrated on the 10th of Feb
ruary, 1873, and will be sgnalized by the publica-
ton OF centenary edition OF his great work, "De
Revolutionibus OrDium Celestium."
ONE OF THE NUMEROUS FAMILY of Macdonalds
Duncan G. F.) has written a very good book on
seattle, Sheep and Deer" which all lovers Of
mutton, venison or beef would find toothsome
reading.
CLAYTON Co., Philadelphia, announce for early
publication 1.-THE Hemlock Swamp" and "a Sum-
mer at the White Sulphur Springs" novel, by
Elsie Leigh Whittlesey.
PROFESSOR HENRY MoRLEY's short 'Hlstory d
English Literature" is expected to be ready in Jan
uary.
SWIFT said the reason certain university was
learned place was that most persons took some
learning there and few brought any away with
them so 1t accumulated
DIR. HAvILAND has published very interesting
work on the geographical Distribution OF Dis
eases in England" in which 1t is shown that
scrofula and other maladies have an intimate rela-
ton to subsoi drainage
ONE OF THE ECCENTRICIrIEs OF the late Theophile
Gautier was to dress in red velvet pour.potnts.
He was an Orentalist, born in Gascony-the most
brill ut Fran ma in y,Oda ttorot rvro
JoNCKBLoErs "History OF Netherlandish Ltera-
turen has been translated into German by W. Berg
and f. Martin. The German edition contains
full list of Netherlandsh authors and their works.
THE Animal Kingdom, new paper is to be con-
Quoted in the interest of the dumb animals
JAMES r. OsGooD h co. have undertaken the
publication of an American edition Of new Eng
lish periodical entitled The Practical Magazine.
THE ONLY Books in the English tongue yet
honored with concordance the Bible, Shak-
speare, Milton Tennyson, 'Keble's Christian
Year" and the constitution OF the United States"
"a SCAMPER TO SEBAsToPoL AND JERUSALEM"
by James Creagh, Is very tedious performance, by
an egotistic Englishman.
EDWIN FORESTS Shakspearian library, which
had taken years to collect, entirely destroyed
by fire, with the exception of q single volume of
Halliwell's edition. fine copy Of the first folio
Shakespeare Of 1923 was consumed, all but few
inches OF the centre. The copy was worth between
81, 500 and $4,000. 1t was bought some years ago
at the sale in this city of the library Of william e.
Burton, the actor, for $780, 1t may be curious to
note that by the loss Of this volume the number Of
copies of the first folio known to exist is reduced
% thirty-nine,
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preach the necessity OF industry they mean that
others should tell and sweat while they enjoy the
fruits OF the labor. Just now the slave owners are
In q state OF terrible uncertainty. The purchase of
slaves has been almost wholly discontinued since
the appearance OF the article in the HERALD insist
ing that slavery should be abolished in Cuba as well
as in Porto Rico.
THE FULL FORCE OF THE HERALD LOGIC
Is felt here, and If the reforms should be carried
general stampede among the slavers here The
sentiment among the native population Is very
much in favor OF the abolition OF slavery, but the
Spanish immigrants feel that 1t would weaken
their hold on the island considerably and therefore
are almost TO man opposed TO the proposed change.
II is almost impossible to arrive at the opinion othe
are sunk in the deepest ignorance, but many
among them are people Of education and refine
ment It's, however, dangerous for them, or they
think 1t Is, 70 be seen speaking TO me- for, some
how or other, everywhere l go the people think
that there is something very important in my mis-
sion that does not meet the eye. The government
OF the United States is supposed to be very deeply
interested in the state OF the island, and public
opinion does me the honor OF thinking that repre-
sent not alone the HERALD, but am also
COMMISSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES
government My efforts TO enlighten people In
the few instances In which undertook it seemed
only to have the eject OF deepening this impress
sion. so leave the people now to form what con-
lectures they please: II IS Spid that am very
this Is true or not have no means OF of knowTC
not being acquainted with the secret police. As
have told them exactly what wanted and what
wiser for their attentions, from which do NOT eX.
perience the slightest inconvenience.
IN RELATION TO THE INsURRECTION
probably there Is more known In New York than
here. Since leaving Havana have heard nothing
but rmors- The TACT Is, the government only tells
as much OF the truth as 1t thinks absolutely
necessary. An important rumor has reached
here from Puerto Principe OF the seizure
OF Agramonte by an act OF treachery
on the part OF a Spanish colonel who made
him prisoner during conference held
under flag OF truce, at the request of the span
iards. The most tempting offers were made TO
Agramonte to surrender all OF which he refused,
alleging that he was lighting Tor principle, not Tor
money. The Colonel had promised to bring him IN,
dead or alive, and on his refusal TO accept tne
proffered conditions, informed him that he was
surrounded and was now his prisoner Agramon y,
seeing that resistance was hopeless suffered MIN
self TO be taken, but his captors, were next day al
tackled by
A COLUMN OF SIX HUNDRED CuBANs
and DESTROYED. with the exception OF three
soldiers, such Is the Cuban story ana IN its man
high In command here; but IL has not been allowed
to see the light. except short paragraph Ia Tue
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-13
LITERARY NOTICES.

Among the noteworthy articles contained ir
the last weekly numbers Of THE LIVING ACE
including that for December 18TH are the follow
ing: The Growth of Commonwealth, by Ed
ward A. Freeman, Fortnightly Review /; Eng
fish Dictionaries, Quarterly Review Lives and
Letters of Beethoven, Edinburgh Review; Hol
land House, Quarterly Review; The Iron
Mask, Edinburgh Review; The Missing Bills
an Unsolyed Mystery, BIackwood; Growth and
Decay of Mind, Cornhll; John Stuart Mill's
Autobiography, Spectator; Married Life in
China, All the Year Round Emotional Ian.
guage of the Future, Saturday Review
Temper, Blackwood; Insect Civilization
Spectator; A Railway function, or the
Romance of Ladybank, Blackwood Car.
features, Spectator The Government.
and the Panic in America, Economist Seine
Fishing, Saturday Review Prerequisites to the
Resumption Of Cash Payment--America and
France, Economist; The United States and
Spain, Spectator; with instruments of "Ihe
Parisians," by Lord Lytton Edgar Wayne's
Escape" by Mrs. Oliphant; "sukie's Boy"
by the author of 1.-THE Huguenot Family and
poems by w. W. Story and others, and the usual
amount of shorter articles, miscellany etc.
With f1fty.two numbers, of sixty-four large
pages each, (aggregating over 5000 pages q
year, the subscription price (ss) is very low; or
still better, for $40, any one of the American "a
magazines is sent with The Living Age for a
year. Littell Gay, Boston, publishers.
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GENERAL HOwARD,s CASE.

\ The charges of Secretary Belknap
against General Howard for fraud and
malfeasance ia managing the affairs of the
Freedman's bureau, have certainly very
bad look. M F M
REGULATIONS amounting to s25S, 578.6G
could only have taken place under Grim
inal negligence on the part of the manag-
ing officer, i he had been ever SO honest
personally himself. We publish q very
full synopsis Of the communication of
General Belknap, and the indictment he
makes is strong one. The Baltimore
American takes up the ,cudgel in favor of
General Howard, and says that it is not at
all certain that he has been deliberate
criminal. 1t says that he had under him,
as the agents of the bureau in the Southern
states, some of the greatest rascals outside
of the walls of a penitentiary, who plum
.dered and defrauded without stint. Unfor-
tunately for Gen. Howard, he was RESPONSE
BILE for their appointment and populations.
1t was equally unlucky for him that his
associations have been with certain gentle
men whose use of the cloak of religion
as shield for sundry violations of the
Decalogue has recently been exposed.
For the sake of his reputation, it is to be
hoped that General Howard may stand in
no worse position than that of victim
of others. But it is hardly possible that
series of fraues and pecala i,ns, extend
lag through years of custodianship on his
part, could have come to light now for the
first time. without such negligence as
amounts to actual criminalitv. An honest
man should have made known to his
superior officer the first act of delinquency
on the part Of subordinate, unless
his own hands were tainted by the
transaction.
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BANKRUPT NOTICES.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-rha, IN IN.
18th day OF October, a. d., 1878, war
rant In bankruptcy has been issued out of
The District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District OF Virginia, against the estate
OF Andrew J. johnson, OF Chesterfield coun.
" and State Of Virginia. who has
been adjudged bankrupt on his own
petition: that the payment of any debts, and
the delivery of any property belonging to said
bankrupt to him or for his use and the transfer of
any property by him, are forbidden by law; that
meeting ofthe creditors ofsaid bankrupt, to prove
their debts and choose one or more assignees of
his estate, will be held at court of bankruptcy
to be holden at Richmond, Virginia, before
W. w. Forbes, esq, register, on the 18th day
OF December, a. d., 1873, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
DAVID B. PARKER,
: no zI-FzW ". s. Marshal
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THE Wing is sharp on scissors" il
not on the pluck Of The Dispatch. 1,
ridicules the idea that Governor Kemper
should be ''Goyenor from early morning
on the first day of January, in the face of
the fact that the constitution provides that
Governor Walker shall continue in the
discharge Of his duties until his successor
has qualified" But how about the power
OF one Legislature to postpone the meeting
OF another so as 10 prevent the Governor
eject from qualifying as provided By the
Constitution ? If the last General Assem-
bly, could constitutionally postpone the
meeting Of the one elected in November
one hour beyond the time in which it is re.
quired to count and declare the vote for
Governor, it could make the postponement
an indefinite one and retain Governor
Walker in Office for the whole four wears
of Governor Kemper's term. Let the
Wing hit the real constitutional point
involved, if it desires others to "possess
their souls with patience" No lodging
the real issue, or wasting time on sand.
when hard.pan is what we are after.
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THIIs Is TO GIVE NOTIGE-That ON the
Il 18th day of Noy'ber, a. d., 1878, a warrant in
bankruptcy was issued out of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern District
of Va, against the estate of Plummer, Young s.
Co, Of Dinwiddie county and State of Virginia,
who have been adjudged bankrupts on their
creditors petition (: That the payment of any
debts. and the delivery of any property
belonging to sold bankrupts, to them or for their
use, and the transfer of any property by them
are forbidden ~ law I: That meeting of the
creditors of said banlrupts to prove their debts.
and choose one or more asslgnees of their estate.
will be held at court of bankruptcy, to be
holden at the registers office, Richmond, va.
before w. w. Forbes, esq, register, on the 9Th
day Of January, a. d., 1874, at 10 o'clock a. m.
- @ DAVID B. PARKER.
no So--W2w ta u. 3. Marshal
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SATURDAY EvENG. DEC. 10, 1873.

TIE banks OF The United States are
authorized by the federal government to
take and use, in lending their own and the
governments paper on interest, about nine
hundred millions Of currency, so-called.
They are paid, instead of being compelled
to pay, for this exclusive monopoly, about
thirty millions annually. The interest on
the whole sum in circulation, say about
eight hundred millions, at seven per cent,
amounts to fifty-six millions. Thus, it will
be seen, the people of the country are
taxed eighty-six millions annually to
help fill the Golfers Of few thousand
bankers. The merchants and manufac-
turers, as class, do not pay this tax.
The one adds it to the price Of his goods,
and the other deducts it from the wages
of labor. In this way the whole burden
falls upon the laborer. When this sum
is added to the enormous taxation which
the government now lays, directly and
indirectly, upon the laboring or produc.
ing class, the wonder is that the Oranges
did not spring up out of the earth, like
the armed men from the teeth of Cadmus,
long before there was any popular move
ment of this sort.
We admonish the present Congress that
something must be done to lift this IN
equal burden from the shoulders of our
laboring classes, or the day Of political
Judgment will come before another two
years shall have rolled over their delin-
quent heads.
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l.. II. CHANDLRR
ALFRED MORTos
FOR SALE.
LAND FOR SALE.

Pursuant to decree of the District Court of the
United States, Eastern District of Virginia, 1
will offer for sale at the Hague, Westmoreland
county, Va, on the SECOND SATURDAY IN
DECEMBER NEXT, at 10 O'Clock m, the fol-
lowing property belonging to the estate of Sam.
mel r. Jackson. bankrupt, to-wit:.
!. FARM called "Green HILL" on Noming
river in said county, containing about 400
ACRES, with good DWELLING HOUSE.
Barns, Stables and all necessary out-houses.
2. A FARM containing about 200 ACRES,
near Montross in same county This Farm is
almost entirely covered with very fine timber
TERMS'-One.fourth cash; balance in six
twelve and eighteen months. -ls t.-a....
la SO ROBERT M. MAYO, el-+a
no l4-2aw3w
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENrs,
THE WATT PLOW
CONTINUES TRIUMPHANT.

NO CHOKING when bright and smooth; NO
LABOR to the plowman /; ONE-THIRD LESS
DRAUGHT to the team; thorough BURIAL of
weeds, grass, &c. great STRENGTH, durabil,
ity and economy in its use, and complete pull
verization of the soil.
made great improvements In the WATT Pillow,
and can, with greater confidence than ever,
recommend 1t to the farming community every.
where. r GEORGE WATT.
Premiums received during the last three
weeks of October, 1878:
Virginia and North Carolina Fair, October 4,
1s73-All first premiums awarded on
Flows. Tested in sandy loan, weeds,
&C., four to six feet high. ~
North Carolina State Fair Raleigh, October
l4-All premiums awarded on Plows
Piedmont Agricultural Fair, Culpeper G. H.,
October 14--An premiums awarded on
Flows. Tested in hard and stiff clay
soil, not plowed since the war and covered
with running briers. The WATT PLOW
run seven inches deep. fM X
Virginia State Fair, Richmond, October 2s--AE
the premiums on each size, right and left
hand. Also four special premiums. Tested
in heavy sodded and pipe-clay soil. ~
Western North Carolina Fair, Salisbury, Octo-
Der 7-Highest premiun. 4;
DARLINGTON, South Carolina, Fair, October To-
Highest premium 14 gts
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THE Secretary of the Treasury is anx.
ious to realize some thirty millions more
than the present income of the govern
ment from taxation, and proposes an
additional tax upon the poor mans industry
toget 1t. We warn Congress against putting
on the screws in this direction. Let it
stop the bonus of thirty millions now
paid to the national banks, and the secre-
tary's necessities will be provided for. @
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&. If Congress is ambitious to do its duty
commercially, it will turn its attention al
once to the financial question. The back
pay blunder has already done all the harm
it can do, and can wait its turn to be
repealed. But the business interests of
the country do not admit of delay. They
are urgent and imperative in their demand
for solution. If there is any wisdom.
therefore, that can be exerted in the res
toration Of lost confidence, let it be re.
sorted 10 at once.
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ENCOURAGING accounts come to us
from the manufacturing districts of the
North, and great improvements are
reported at all points. Many mills which
have been standing idle since the com
mencement of the panic have resumed
partial operations, while others have
materially increased their working time.
The great mill proprietors in Massachu-
sets and elsewhere. report themselves to
be in sound condition and expect to be
soon at work again, possibly at reduced
wages or time, but they do not think of
remaining idle. The Lowell factories are
now nearly all working on full time. The
Fall River mills, whose entire stoppage so
lately seemed imminent, have considerably
increased their operations. Some of
them are now working full time, and there
is scarcely doubt that all of them will
do SO on the lst of January. From the
manufacturing centres in Maine and New
Hampshire the accounts are almost inya-
riably favorable. In Pennsylvania, the
textile factories are again starting up,
and from Paterson, New Jersey, comes
news of the resumption of some of the
silk factories at that place. Our own
iron works in this city, and other parts
OF the state, are also giving evidence of
increased business to meet the substantial
demands of the iron market and there is
reasonable assurance that in this particular
staple, the worst is over. Everywhere
the business outlook is of more en-
couraging character than it has been for
two months past
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If any one has forgotten that several
years ago commission was constituted to
codify the laws of the United States, there
will now be occasion to stir up his recollec-
ton. The work Of that commission will
soon be presented by Judge Poland, chair
man of the committee on revision of the
laws, and it is expected that the newly
codified laws will be adopted early in the
session. It is a work much needed.