New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-16
WASHINGTON.
Personal.

| WASHINGTON, March l5-Colonel Case
has gone to New York. Colonel Lewis an
Mr.. Burch are at Worm1ey's, Governor Al
tome is at Q private boarding house. Judg
Pardee appears personally before the Jud
ciary Committee of the Senate t0.morro,
to make some personal explanations.
| Political Probabilities.
They are polling the Senate for William
tor st. James, vice Schenck. Fish is ais
mentioned in connection with the mission
to St. James. and Judge PiefrepOnt an,
Andrew D. White, president of Cornell
University, as successors to the State De
partment.
The Senate confirmed paymasters aul
| other army promotions; also, L. Cass Car
penter, collector of the third district O
South Carolina, and NJ. d. Brewster, col
lector of the first district Of Texas.
| The Raleigh Possmastership.
| The North Carolina delegation visited
the President Oday urging Governor
| HOlden's removal from the Raleigh post
| mastership.
The Settlement Of the Virginias Matter
The Secretary of State to day communi
Gated to the Senate, in accordance with 6
| resolution Of that body, the correspondence
between the United States and the Spanish
government in relation to the claim for in
demnity from Spain for the execution ut San
tiagO de Cuba Of Americans who were or
| board the Virginius. The Secretary reports
that the claim has been disposed Of by an
| agreement entered into by Minister Gushing
and the Spanish Minister OF Foreign Affairs
The correspondence dates as far back as
November %. 1879, giving the origin of the
Virginius difficulty, and includes the Fish
protocol, also the report of the naval court OF
Iny vs,Io. a I~,, n
January 30, 1874, which shows the remote
causes of the loss of the Virginius were the
weakness of the hull resulting from age
and neglect, and the deterioration of the
boilers from the same causes, which detcri-
Grafton was not fully appre ciable when the
examination was made of them at the Tor
:ugas. The board say the conduct OF
the ofiicers in charge were praiseworthy
and becoming throughout. In July, 1874,
among other things:
II entertain confident belief that with
steady but patient pei eisistence of reclama.
ton. We shall, in good tune, reach q salts.
factory solution Of most, if not all, of the
unsettled questions growing out Of the cap
ture of the Virginius."
In November, 1874, Secretary Fish com.
municated to the President the information
which came to his presence, confdentially,
"hoU CpdIu PIVPOeCO W UO LOT
Great Britain. From this it appears the
number of British nnfOrtunates was nine.
teen, ten white and nine colOred, $500 for
each colored person.
Minister Gushing, on November 25, in
formed the Secretary of State that the
Spanish government would do the same for
the United States al it would for Great
Britain. Secretary Fish informed Minister
Gushing that the United States would not
take less. Secretary Fish's Instructions to
Minister Gushing are as follows. They are
dated November %, 1874: "In settlement,
all tho crew not claimed BY Great Britain.
and tor whom she did not receive indem.
nifty, must be treated as American seamen.
No less sum can be received for any than
that paid England for white persons.
namely, not less than $500. Captain,
mate, engineer, purser and doctor should
be allowed more. Three of the pas
sengers claim, it is understood, to
nave been American citizens, and
must be allowed for the same as the
others. You will ask indemnity for deten.
ton and imprisonment and for losses sus-
tained by those Of tho crew and passengers
who are American citizens who were not
executed. We understand the number to
ba fifteen OF the crew, including two engi.
neers and assistant, and four of the passen.
gers, nineteen in all"
During the correspondence between Min.
lister Gushing and Minister of State Ulloa,
Novemb Der 81, the latter says:
IL believe that in those lines have fully
to how high point the
Spanish government carries it's conciliatory
entlments, and it's desire to maintain, with
that OF President Grant, worthy and
cordial understanding, founded on recipro
Cal esteem"
On the thirtieth of December, 1874, Sec
retary Fish wrote to Minister Cushing as
follows:
"SIR-Your dispatch, No. III, with which !
was inclosed a copy of the elaborate note of |
Mr.. U!loa on the question of the Virginius |
II reply to your communications and of his |
private note forwarded at the same time. |
has been received. l have read the note of |
Mr. UllOa with interest and careful atten.
ion. While l can not agree with many of |
lls assumptions and arguments. l must |
express satisfaction with the general tone
Ind tendency-with it's temper and cocilia.
ory expressions. In this view 1t ia in
marked contrast with some of the
'apers which have in the past ema-
lated from the officials of Spain. So
ar as the questions in difference. are
Concerned the general correspondence of
his department with Admiral Polo and of
'0urself with the Minister OF State fully
resent the views Of this government.
'urther argument would amount to repe-
ition. In fact Mr.. Ulloa's note is to be
AIKEN as an answer to your communications
o rs to complete the record. / must, how
yer, express my regret that Mr.. Ulloa
hOuld have deemed it necessary, even if
D Difference to public feeling in Spain, to
efer to the executions at Santiago. The
trict fultillment of the laws in special cir.
or as called for by the 1mpe.
inus voice of duty or to take from
he moral effect of the indemnity pro.
osed by characterizng the raparation
8 actuated by sentiments of piety con.
equent on duty fulfilled and
s caused by q desire to alleviate
he misforJunes of those who suffer through
unishment imposed on others BY the law.
could have hoped that review of all the
acts attending the executions and a con-
Iteration at this late day of those bar.
arous anSDuel acts, happily without par
llel, would have deferred the ACCOMPLISHED
llnlster OF State from the use of aDv
xpression and from allowing himself to be
ommltted to any view tending to Justify
hose executions. While such expressions
an offer of settl. ment may
OF prevent the acceptance of the offer, this
overnment would fail in its duty did it not
gnl1y lts dissent from expressions tending
justify or apologize for these acts, and
us may be done as suggested by you and
pproved in my telegram of December ii,
counter protest or JOINT memorandum,
reclnding any inferences adverse to the
ositiOn Of this government in regard to the
cts complained Of without considering |
hat supposed necessity may demand such
n apparent Justification. / can not but |