Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-12-04
SPAIN AND TIE u. STATES.
THE w A 4 CLOUD.
LATE NEWS rEcL AAJa1D.

Hrst animation yesteidby OF prohabie
change of the administration in Spain,
with Marshal Gerranno as dictator, came
through British official sources 70
.iay the story is varied inanother quar-
Ter. namely, that tile Castelar, govern
inent is TO be oyeihrown by combi-
nation Of ruling STANDARDS. The plan
IS said ia he to include the establish
,nent of Marshal Serrano as regent for
the young Duke Alfonso.
Our government has no official adyi-
ces on the subject, nor does it consider
these reports trustworthy.
MADRID, November PA cabinet
council was held yesterday, whereat q
note to be sent to lie United States was
under consideration.
1t is denied that the Spanish govern
ment is disposed to submit the Virgin
us question to the Emperor Of Gerna-
NY for arbitration.
PH1IApEIPuIA, November 26.-Ihere
is increased activity in the navy yard.
Admiral Porter inspected the vessels
yesterday The Dispatch boat Pinta
has been ordered to sea.
New YORK, November ga dis
patch to the Herald says; s'On Tues
day evening Secretary xzRobeson re
ceived information which 'qnickened, if
possible, the activity of the department
in rrepa ling for the crisis. Orders,
peremptory and plenary, were issued
by the secretary to the chiefs Of bureaus
to put the navy in the best possible
condition without awaiting for the APP,
proval Of the secretary The next or
ders issued were to Rear Admiral Case
commanding the European squadron
to leave but one ship at Cadiz, and to
proceed with the other vessels under
full steam to Key West Dispatches
were then prepared for the rear admi-
rails commanding the South Pacific and
South Atlantic stations, which are now
on their way, to order the vessels Of the
feet to Key West, under steam, and
report to the navy department at that
roint. A telegram was sent to the
commander of the East India squadron
informing him of the gravity of the
situation, and to issue orders at once to
every vessel of the fleet to prepare for
any emergency"
Per contra, The Times, in double
loaded editorial, says: ''We have reason
to believe that the negotiations with
Spain have assumed shape which pla
ces the prospect of war at much
greater distance than was the case yes
terday.' -,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-At mid
night it is positively stated that the ne
gotiations between the United States
and Spain have been concluded by the
latter agreeing to surrender the Vir-
ginius and salute our flag, to surrender
the prisoners taken with her who are
now alive, and to punish the officers of
the Tornado and, Gov Burriell: also
money indemnity to the families of
the, prisoners who were shota This is
undoubtedly authentic.
A letter from Havana SAYS tie peo-
pie there would refuse to allow any or
der from Madrid to deliver up the Vir-
ginius or make other reparation for her
seizure. and the execution of her crew
to be carried out. Preparation for the
defence are being rapidly pushed for
ward. Advertisements appear in the
different papers for an unlimited mum
Der of ,laborers to work Oh, the arsenals
The volunteers have orders to drill two
| or three times a week
The Voz de Cuba says in regard to
the report from Washington that Cas-
telar has telegraphed the Captain-G Gen
eral to execute no more of the Vireini
us prisoners. -a,4
1t cannot be true; since the sentences
have been imposed by tribunal of JUS
tice, in accordance with our laws, the
Executive Of the Spanish republic has
not sufficient power to issue such an
! absurd order
1t says the Captain General of the is
land, in order to extinguish the rebel
hon; has power to impose the death
| penalty to any one taken in acts of trea-
son and force against the Government,
and asks: 49,
How, then, would the Executive Of
the Spanish republic dare to govern ill
contraveution Of the law, and to over
ride justice, exposing his authority to
i contempt merely to please certain for
eign pirates.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9th, 1878.
Tire widest excitement exists here
this evening growing out of report
that dispatches have been received at
the State Department to the effect that
General Sickles has been denied his
passports, and that the steamer Viz.
ginius has been sunk in the harbor of
Havana.
WASHINGTON, November 27.-The
State Department has become entirely
silent. 1t is stated that cypher dispat
ches from Madrid have been received,
upon which experts were busy ND to
o'clock this morning, without having
concluded their transaction.
1t is statedsto night that one. point
of the United States demand has been
settled by the scuttling and sinking of
the steamer Virginius in the harbor of
Havana
A general impression, which seems
well founded, exists ofrenewed compli
cations. The silence of the wires from
Madrid and Havana and the reticence
Of functionaries here indicate it.
NEW York, November 27.-The
Herald will publish the following speci
al cable dispatch tomorrow:
Paris, November 26.-The follow
ing dispatch has just arrived in cypher
from the Herald correspondent in Mad
| rid:
Madrid, November 26. : The situa-
ton is grave. On the 18th. General