Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1873-11-14

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For heating water for Bath Rooms, the Water Back of the Century is unequalled. Call and examine, at ASTON, TAYLOR & HUFF'S, 90 NORTH HIGH ST BRET, sepl6 3m COLUMI1D8, O. State Imrad. Officei High, Pearl nnd Chapel Sits. . M. COHLT. S. H. SMITH. A. W. riMNOIacO. COALY, SMITH & FRANCISCO, Pl'BllflllCRS AND PROPDIGTORB. JANES M. COMLY, Editor. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY ' Board of Trade Report. Copies of the Weekly Ohio State Journal, containing the full and able report of the Secretary of the' Board of Trade, can be had at the counter of the Journal counting room ready for mailing. Every one should feel enough interest in the good, showing of the trade and growth of our city to distribute this document liberally. Send it wherever it will serve as an advertisement for "the most promising manufacturing city in the West," as Columbus is now conceded to 1. Matters of Local Interest will be found on the second page this morning. The Report of the Officers of the Woman's Christian Association is very interesting and important. There is also an urgent call for more teachers for the Industrial School. Many a mother's heart will beat with quick responsive throbs on reading "Put ting Away the Toys," on the second page to-day. It is one of the best of "Sharlie's" poems. - A communication from Doctor Babbitt, replying to Caliban, of the Enquirer, is crowded over. Nichols of the Springfield Republic is now called Mr. Fivecents. That's what he gets for having such a centsiblc name, The Springfield Republic yesterday did not invite us to "See its inside." Its manly form was pied all to smash. Compliments and regrets. The ZaneBville City Times is preparing trouble for itself. It nominates Comly for President in 1876. If we had time we should make at least one vigorous effort to put that times out of joint. Tub Dayton Journal supposes that it requires some "reason" to induce the Cin cinnati Gazette to make mean, lying insin uations. These rural people Dayton and the like are very unsophisticated. The earnings of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and branches, including the Ohio divisions, ior the fiscal year ending 30th Sept, 1873, were $15,644,508.83 ; for the previous fiscal year, $13,026,677.31 increase for 1873, $2,017,831.5:.. The Cincinnati editors are as quarrel some as Doctors of Divinity. It was pro- posed at one time to get up a Local Press Club, such as other cities have ; but the editors were all afraid that if they had a Club they would break each others' heads with it. 1 1 ' The Cincinnati Commercial wants the Gazette's "Pilgrim" to print his observe lions in a volume. As they would still run on and on forever in the paper all the same, we don't see what good it would do the readers of the paper to have them put in a volume. The Dayton Journal is very right in saying that " Toledo is by no means equal in manufacturing interests to Columbus, but the noble Festus is mistaken when he says that Columbus ' is also far inferior to Dayton." In the language of the apostle, Much Worcestershire hath made thee mad. ' , . The soldiers at the Dayton Home will give an entertainment on the evening the 27th, for the benefit of a comrade, Ellas Anderson, who was severely injured by the premature discharge of a cannon while firing a salute in honor of a visit the Home of the Miami Valley Pioneer Associations, on the 10th of September last J" J. B. McCullaoh ("Mack") takes the trouble to write a card all the way from St Louis, furnishing proofs that somebody on the Cincinnati Gazette bos been guilty of falsehood. Since Mack has concluded to engage In that business he has made a requisition on the Department for all the Postal Cards that can be turned ont for Ax months. '.; r , Do We Want Cuba? . We wish the United States had a decent pretext for taking Cuba. Yet we do not find any such pretext in the arguments advanced by various journals, which favor seizing Cuba on account of the capture of the Virgimus. These arguments are, in effect, that the Spaniards are brutal; the sugar trade is valuable: molasses, if not itself the Btaff of life, is a palatable addition to that article, when it comes in the shape ' of flapjacks j '- the Spanish men are cruel, and the women delight in bull fights ; the island of Cuba is a constant aggravation to us as a Span ish possession, and the North Americans are the boys to take the island and run it in strict accordance with the great princi ples of Bunker Hill and the XVth Amendment, and bo forth. All this is true, as well as that we have to pay the bloody Spaniards a high duty on our su gar and molasses. And we would be glad to find in any of these facts a reason why the United States Government should tear Cuba like a jewel from a decayed body, and hang it on the soft warm Southern bosom. But we can't. There ought to be no fear that our sys tem of government is not capable of indefinite expansion. It is like elastic suspenders short enough for the smallest boy, and long enough for the tallest man. The adjustable feature is, localized State and municipal government The cohesive feature is, centralized general government. With these features properly balanced it will fit all creation. We need not fear that Cuba would be trouble some to govern by our Bystem but we can't feel that even that is a sufficient reason for stealing the island. Yet, we have made an ignominious failure in trying to find a precedent for not taking Cuba, merely because we have no right to take it. From the time when God's chosen people butchered all the in habitants and took possession of Palestine, down to this last of all the nations, we are unable to find a precedent for anything but violence the forcible taking and carrying away of such scraps of the vineyard as the Lord and the strongest battalions made competent, by the servant of the Lord and the master of the battal ions. Emerson says the English mon- archy was established by Norman thieves who landed at HastingB, and the pious 01a mother has never stopped longer than to count her ships and ask God's blessing over any similar job of thieving ever since then. Our godly forefathers built churches and shot Indians with equal zeal, until they had prayed and massacred their wav into possession of this goodly heritage of the saints. The Spaniards themselves robbed and murdered the ong. inal proprietors of Cuba, and if there is any such thing as national justice they have no more right to own Cuba than Captain Jack had to own General Canby's uniform. - - ' ' " With all these things in view, we still do not Beo why we should steal Cuba. Still less do we (up to this time) tind a reason in the capture of the Virginius,. if the case is correctly reported. The United 8tates is certainly not bound to protect a pirate, merely because she has once been registered as an American vessel, and haB one Irishman on board who claims to be an American citizen. Yet that or something near it is the case of the Virginius as at present stated. Ryan was a soldier of fortune, who has probably sought his destinv of a cracked skull in every sninay thin his reach since ho was able to handle a shillelah and attend a fair or a wake. If he chose to drop his American tizenshio and take service under another government, he voluntarily abandoned all claim to our protection irom me enemies of the government with which he took service. If such an adventurer chooses to engage in unlawful enterprises againBt our neighbors, he does it at ms own risk, and he is not to call upon the government, and use his citizenship as a pretext for getting him out of the scrape. If that with which he took service is in deed no government, then he simply engaged in a piratical foray against a country with which we are at peace and amity, and he should have been punished for his crime by our own government, if it in stead of the Spanish government nad cap tured him. He violated our own law and the law of nations in using his American citizenship as a screen for that form of pi racy which is politely named Jiiumienng. We are not to consider wis question as a matter complicated with our dislikes and Grievances against the Spanish butch' ers in Cuba. It must be decided upon principle, just as we should demand that it be decided, if we were aeienuani wiu Cuba the complainant in the case, iiow' ver much we may sympathize with the American eagle in his more sentimental ind tender moods, we are obliged to make precedents that may return to plague us, when we settle points of international law. Whether we steal, Cuba or not, (and we confess to a strong desire to at least capture her) let us not do so under any such shabby pretext as this nowever cruel and aavage the ewift execution of the cantured. It is certainly proper to in terfere on the score of humanity, and protest in the name of the whole civilized world against such bloody .uaroarism. But the facUhat an officer of Spain so far defeated the desire of the home governmentfa Republic, let us remember) as to destroy bis victims before the order to save them could reach him, furnishes us no pretext for committing a burglary on Cuba. The perpetrators of the massacre deserve to be hang, drawn and quartered for their inhuman barbarity, and if there is a decent pretext for America to inter fere to that end we shall be cheerfully jol. lv. The American people can icci no pride in their government if it does not nrotect with the whole force of its army and navy if need be, the rignisjoi 11s hnmblest citizen against either home or foreign oppression. It hi one of the most admirable things in mother England that she has shown her readiness to spend any necessary amount of blood and treasure in rescuing a half dozen of her citizens whose liberty was at stake in the almost inaccessible and wholly barbarouB region of Abyssinia. It is something to make an American's heart still swell with pride, that a naturalized citizen, Martin Koszta, was unceremoniously yanked outof a foreign vessel in which lie was detained against his will, and contrary to his rights as an American citizen. Let such a esse be made out in favor of any American on board the Virginius let it be shown that her capture was contrary to international law and against the peace and dignity of this Nation, and we shall be ready to back any reasonable demand for satisfaction to the uttermost. ' ; .-.-i-.t.i .hi.. 0 ii : virtaia t The Canton' Repository . Is flow, m il j fiftyeighth yean 'iTho founder of the pa-1 BY TELEGRAPH Congressional Apportionment. The Cincinnati Enquirer complains of the present Congressional apportionment of Ohio, and invites the State Journal to furnish reasons why a reapportionment should not be made. It is not difficult to do so. First on general principles, it would be a bad precedent, and forever hereafter would be cited as a reason for changing the apportionment at each change in the political complexion of the General Assembly. Such a precedent would be a continual source of mischief, and only mischief. Regarded as a wrong by one party, it would both tempt and excuse retaliation on the part of its oppo nent We of course speak of parties in a general sense. 2. Although the Constitution does not forbid reapportionment once every year, for that matter, its obvious intent and meaning are that the State shall be redis-tricted but once in ten years, unless extraordinary reasons shall require otherwise. This view is fortified alike by analogy and custom : analogy in the consti tutional provision as to apportionment for members of the General Assembly, and the unvaried custom of apportioning but once a decade. We believe there have been very few, if any, exceptions to that practice, and that the State has never been redistricted for purely partisan reasons. The Constitution provides that "the apportionment of this State for members of the General Assembly shall be made every ten years," by Btrong implication forbidding it to be made oftener. The same public reasons requiring this rule as to the General Assembly apportionment, equally require its application to the Congressional apportionment, and if the rule is proper in the one case, so it is in the other. 3. The right of revising the apportionment rests with Congress. The Constitu. tion of the United States is very explicit on this point. It says: "The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislatures thereof; but the CongresB may at an ,1mA. h 1" 1 -" M L C illations, except ns to the places of choos- ine Senators." We presume, tlieretore, that if there is any real necessity for amending the apportionment, Congress is the nroncr body to amend it. We have intimated that the State might Dronerlv be redistricted at other, and oftener. than the usual times, provided extraordinary reasons of a public nature require it. At present no such reasons exist. The linouirer tmnKS 1110 preaenv apportionment unfair, and this is the na- rapidity. tureof its argument: "is it rigiu iimt the electors who voted for William Alien should have a majority in eight Congres- sional districts, while those who supported Edward F. Noyes should have majorities in twelve?" We answer that this is not an accurate statement of the case The present apportionment was made without regard to the vote for William Allen or fiovemnr Noves. nor does that vote prop erly represent the relative strength of parties in Ohio. Even if it did, docs the F.nnnirer mean that we are to have a new apportionment after every election? If are to apportion according to tne rela tive strength of parties, then of course we must take as a basis their strength at the time the apportionment 1b made, and not that of one, two, three or any numttor 01 vears of afterward. ' The Enquirer says the reason tue uemu-cratic General Assembly of 18C8 did not TOTirmortion the State was, that the fed eral census wsb to be taken in 1870 and it was not deemed expedient lo alter an ar rangement that had bo brief a time to run. Nevertheless wc still tliinK ine reai reason was that the leading Democrats saw no partisan advantage to be gained by it. They had also, perhaps, a righteous fear of intervention by Congress to put a stop to any attempt at partisan jeremand-. ering. Possibly they will see things in the same light again. ' per was John SaxtotiV brothef. of Joshua, of the Urbaha Clllzch, T,,W.,M now proprietor.. lie is a sen of J oli n., : . Ho was born in the nrfice; and rolled lip in the blanket of ah old :Rn)i(ige'Jtress; and fed on quads and interrogation,; points. He performed the ceremony of ju-eparing the paper for use in the usual way, the day he was born a striking '.instance of the precocity of human: nature. .'; . '. The ZanesviUe Signal, appreciates the beauty: of our. Newark .correspondent's unapproachable effort. ...The Cincinnati Times Cleveland I'laiqdetfer,1-New York Tribune, RookeMei tfcityicrat, and other papers, we are sorry o- say, miserably failed to do him: justice..: Our .correspondent, letter' sold, an rttra edition' equal' Jo' the who(e dajty circulation of the" Cinojnnali Times, in tKewark alone. Such power is coloisal-r-to say nothing of the sweet pretty things; ; ".'!' 1 ; ,:n ', ' in Ttrn nmn am a tw, .rnrrc w r J,,VV.,Mxun i I ' The Springfield Republic says:' ' . , Some people are everlastingly growling. They were barn growling.. ; The more you do ior them the more they demand of you. If you should pump their mouths full of maple molqsses they would spit it out and growl. '. ., . .." , Of course they would, if you didn't tie the molasses up in a buckwheat cake, Mr. Wilkie ColIIns's Beading, y Tribune, 12(h.-, '.'' ' In spite of the unpromising weather a large and unusually intelligent audience assembled last night at Association Hall to hear the first of Mr; Wilkie Collins's readings in New York. He came on the stage soon after 8 o'clock, and was receiver! with rlpmnnntrations of heartV ffood will. He began by explaining that he waB not in any senso an actor, and that he should not attempt to enact tne story he was about to read; but the explanation was quite unnecessary, as Jhe sequel showed. For though he does not transcend the discreet limit of genuine readine. he certainly exhibits enough dramatic power 10 ena ble him to take no mean rank as an actor if he preferred that style of inter pretation. He reads very wen, wan perfect unnreciation. with arrest clearness and distinctness of enunciation, with an adequate degree of dramatic expression, and with enough ot tnnse lecnnictu which are found in the reading of every amateur, to give a not unpleasant flavor of individuality. His voice is a pleasant one, at once prepossessing the hearer with tho nromise of a character of native courtesy and refined culture. The entire . ' J l - r.ll!- .innn 1ia impression uiuue uj iur. wmm. ujiwh .ho platform is that of a winning and amiable sincerity, which seems to deprecate his own weil carned fame, and conciliates an instantaneous good will. . Ah Other I'n. Toledo Dlailo. . : , ; i The State Journal has been making a vigorous efiort to show that the Capital City has prospered during the past year, whereupon the Sunday News, of that city, charges it with having put forth a false report. . NEW YORK." ClIAntlKS AGAINST THESHirpiK&COJHMIK-MpSJB,,-,.'s'v)t.- ' 1 New York, Nov. 13,--The New Vork Ship- Owners' Association declares that Captain Duncan, United States Shipping Commissioner, has assumed to monopo lize, in his office, the entire business of engaging and shipping crews, and lor tins purpose has thirtytwo agents employed, whom ho pays out of the fees' received. Instead of returning the amount of said fees into the United States Treasury. One report of Commissioner Duncan shows that he used $20,000 of fees to pay subordinates. METHODIST MISSIONS. ' The General Missionary committee of the Methodiht Eyiecopal Church resumed its meeting this morning, Bishop Ames ? residing. The committee on the East ndia mission recommended an appropri ation of ?37,944 for that object, which was adopted. The sum of $04,342 was set aside tor salaries oi missionaries, and other (urns amounting to $70,376 were appropriated for the cause of missions in the East Indies. The sum of $13,000 was allowed for general expenses of Italian missions, $3000 for the extension of missions in that district, and $7000 for the removal of mission headquarters from ISoloiina to t iorence. All appropriations for mission schools have been discontinued., l IMMIGRANTS. RETURNING. The officers of the German steamers Kccnis William which sailed vesterday. and the Cambria which sails to-day, re ceived a large number of applications trom emigrants wtncti nad come out by them to work their passage back, some of rrx .01 ' I jIcH ImtiA .nX-iwJflrfJ ,&irm'i 4Rit tnc!!Hti-I seen. ; 11 'Tornaao. TO ,ni!rni-."i' Detailed .Account erf tM Pur-suit VjBLntl J Capxiirei : 1 'X .. , .'".i .n B.4J?abv! ,dii.i - . .,.,-..-.' ,, ,f, ... . Tho Prisoners Tried on Board as Pirates. nomination and Rejoicing in Santiago. United States War Vessels Preparing . for Service. ' , , Feeling in Washington About the Massucrc. Our Gulf Defense Strengthened. lo be CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CAP-TUKE OP THE VIROINIUS. New York, Nov. 13. A letter from Havana gives an account of the steamer Virginius, from which it appears that on the 30th of October the Spanish Consul at Kingston advised the Governor at Santia go de Cuba that the Virginius was in the ikon, nlni all tl,o mo. the Imil lofi vicinity of Worront Hay. llie Spanish for the privilege. Such a thing has neverf"1, eamer Tornado had that' morning ri. m.mm.s Trifle Ht AuMterdam. The diamond cutting and pousunns iui the world is done here. Diamonds are cut with a fine wire and diamond dust. The dust is put on the wire and the wire is drawn rapidly across the diamond. The whole diamond cutting and polishing is in the hands of the Jews, whom we found exceedingly polite and communicative. Tho diamond milts for polishing are worked by steam. They work about one hundred men and boyB on one floor. They Btand side by Bide in long rows, and l.f..r them a little steel wheel, about one whirls around with great rapidity. The wheel turns like a millstone, and on its surface they lay the dia- monato uepuiiwiw. ..v is put in the end of a piece of nmalgam-ized lead and zinc in the shape of a hen egg and about half as large, and then placed on the surfaoe of the steel wheel. From time to? tiuio a . small nf itinmnnd iliwt mixed with oil is placed ou the wheel. Uy rapid whirling of the wheel and the friction, Ilia nm ultra. m Sum! ball holding the dia mond becomes soft. The workman takes hni.l nl it wiLh nincars. turns it and then diDs it into water.; The ball becomes i.a-,1 anil hr Minlies it strain to the Wheel. In this way the diamond is kept in the ball and turned, ims amaigaraiaeu uw : ntnMil nn an iron handle. Every dia mond passes through six hands before it is finished. They can be purchased nt i,. mill hv tlm carat, but there is a very poor display of diamonds at the Bhops. They are mostly sold at Geneva, Paris and London, nnd are set in these cities. Paris artisans buv and set more man hid balance of the world. The Jews are the commercial men of the city, and Amsterdam owes much of it prosperity to their energy and enterprise. They have contributed more than any other class of people to the revival of the commercial prosperity of the city and breathing again into her declining trade new vigor and strength. occurred before, and the officers have taken as many as possible, though they have been able to employ only a very few of the numerous applicants. So many men are out of employment that newly arrived emigrants have been unable to procure work, and the panic will proba bly thus prove a serious par to immigra tion. , ...... ' , ., " I'l'llLIC Ill'GIESE. The American Board of Public Health continued its annual session this morn ing, i Papers were read by Dr. Lzra M Hunt, of New Jersey; Dr. Geo. M. Beard, Dr. Henry Hartshorn, J. P. Gil- more, Dr. James GorJen und Dr. K. Har ris, on the general topio ot sanitary laws and measures, and quarantine principles and practice. It was determined to hold the next annual meeting at Philadelphia on the second Tuesday in November, 1874. .... THE NATHAN MURDEH. Police Superintendent Matsell says that Irving, of Nathan murder notoriety, has promised, if accepted as a witness, to make further revelations respecting the murder, and that the District Attorney will inquire into the worth of Irving's story, and if it is found to be of any value, will give him promise that he shall not be tried on pending indictments for burglary. , BANK OP ENGLAND CASE. The Police Commissioners say they can not give a decision in the case of the Bank of England againBt Captain Irving and Detective Farley, until they have thoroughly read the evidence. I he evi- on waB not admitted by the Commission ers on the trial. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. A meittinir of Influential Americans who sympathize with the cause of Cuban independence, was held at the Astor House this afternoon. Acommittee wasoppoint- ed to arrange for a grand mass meeting to be held at an early uay. ' BOOKS SEIZED. Tho lmnlcs nf Aufl'iuard & Co., silk im porters, have been seized on a charge that the tirni have unaervanieu uiiur imi. .... lions to the extent of $200,000. ' : , . MISCELLANEOUS. The twelfth juror in the Tweed cose was sworn in this afternoon, end the ciife opened by Mr. Peckhain for the prosecution. I Five hundred laborers were set lo worn to-day by the Brooklyn Board uf City Works. ' 'i - A rumor circulated in Wall street this afternoon that a discrepancy to the mount of $600,000 had been discovered in the accounts of an officer of some Western Railroad company, and that onethird of this deficiency was to be made good by the defaulter. ; : .; i Warrants have been issued for the arrest of contractors of the Fourth Avenue improvement and owners of the boilers that exploded, causing loss of life Tues day. - . arrived at Santiago de Cuba, and in four hours after the Governor received informa tion of the irginius went in search of her. CHASED BY A SI'ANISU WAR STEAMER. The following day the Tornado, under full sail, and but little steam, as some slight repairs were being made lo ner machinery, came in sight of the Virginius, which probably supposed the Tornado to be a sailing vessel, as her course was not changed. On the Tornado every effort was made to hasten the repairs that were going on, and at two o'clock. the chief engineer pronounced them completed. All steam possible was immediately got up, and t lie vest el was headed for the Virginius, soon reaching a speed of fourteen knots, and slowly gaming upon ner, ' EFFORTS TO ESCAPE. .. The Virginius had in the meantime kept on her course, but divining the hostile intentions of the Tornado, changed toward Jamaica, and, being out of coal, commenced to burn petroleum, grease,. fat and other combustibles from the provisions on board, such as hams. etc. Night closed in, and the vessels were in the same relative positions, tue lorna-do, however, gaining. As Boon as they got within gun-shot, the Tornado fired a gun, followed by three other shots and shell. This brought the Virginius to, and two armed boats from the Tornado came alongside and took possession of the vessel, and made prisoners of all on board. SPANISH ENSIGN SUBSTITtTTPn -- At tne tirrMfrW&pt'ure the Virgin ius was flying the American fla, but this r.ia milled down bv the Spanish officer. and the Spanish ensign hoisted in its place, although the papers oi tne vessel, duly dispatched for Colon, were handed over after the capture. The next two hours were employed in transferring some of the prisoners to the Tornado, and putting a prize crew on the Virginius. At midnight, the two vessels started for San-lingo de Cuba, and arrived the following day at five o'clock in the afternoon, having been joined by the Spanish steamer Cantabro. WASHINGTON. The total amount forwarded to Mem-ni.i. bv James M. Comly was Eight Hun dred and Twentythree Dollars and seven .nt i"S823.07). A Bum nearly equal in amount was forwarded by various Orders to their Brethren in Memphis, and a private subscription of over one hundred dollars was sent through another agent before the Citizen's Call designated General Comlv as agent. lie" now requests that notice be given by all city papers, ii they will be so kind, asking any persons desiring to make farther contributions, to forward them direct to A. D. Langstan, President Howard Association, Memphis, Tennessee. We are not so sure that the Enquirer is exactly correct in its ' nomenclature. The Enquirer speaks of it as an "apology for Spain" for any one to hesitate about stealing Cuba, because the bpanisn authorities have been guilty of coldblooded crueltT. We don't want to apologize for Spain. The Spanish butchers deserve death first and eternal infamy afterward, for their atrocious brutality. But that no reason why we should send a Doctor to the Penitentiary for prescribing Span ish flies. ' ' ' Yellow fever has broken out again Bainbridge, Georgia.- - 3IIchlevoon or Irredeemable i-nper. Wn ilo not recall a single instance in the history of mankind in which the resort to inconvertible paper money did not tulminate in disaster and disgrace, rrom limn in the thirteenth centurv. when the Tartar chief of Chins, Ghengis Khan, opened the sluices of an irredeemable issue and so deluged the - patient and pru-j.t nsnnla with miseries of all kinds r--i ----- .....j , j that they rose m rev"t "t nasty and for five centuries since have abstained from paper as from poison down tn 1 l.n m.lUT nroni CHUMI. MltUtJ IW but one tone to the experiences of the n.iinna The terrible laie oi ine reiau of the assignats in France, when society wm tossed alternately irom ireim speculation and wild debauchery tojnore p i t : - i : i in jAana;p u nu old story for every reader. Nor is the narrative of the. sufferings of our fathers f ilio Revolution because of the con tinental money, which rose from three millions to nine, to thirty, to tortynve, jo nobody knowa what, and which fell in wnrth as it rose in auantitr. tin tne pos- m nf thousands was too Door to buy a hat-band, any tbe less familiar, uui t. Karpiton. in lien mark, in Kussia, in A nutria, in Italy, in Buenos Ayres and Brazil, everywhere tne lesson is always the same : the nse or paper money is tue abuse of it; and their unbroken testimony is that tne Dins, wnicn are wnuen nmmic to pay so much value on demand, nntrVit to be written "We promise to pay, . . . t i : sooner or later, so muvn levennn excitement, so much gambling, so much revul-ion, so much spoliation and robbery, so 1 much stagnation oi inausiry, so defalcation and bankruptcy and distress and ruin." That would be inscribing the truth in the place of the shameless fiction which they now bear upon their faces. liUIIAN MEBTINU. i Wabhinqton, Nov. 13. Arrangements are in progress for holding a public meeting in this city, to give expression to pop ular sentiment in negnrii to iaie evenm in Cuba. ' REPORT ON TllU WAWAHSKT DISASTER. District Attorney Fisher, in his report sb to the burning of the steamer Wawas-set last summer, says there is nut sufficient evidence of misconduct or inatten tion to duty to convict any oihcer or em- Eloye of the crime of manslaughter, and e will not institute any criminal proceedings. As it is clear from the evidence that the captain, maio ano engineer vio-lnted the law bv not beins licensed, he will, uulcss instructed otherwise, bring suits to recover the amount of jienalty, the forfeiture of iflOO in each Vase. THE PRESIDENT' OA1.LKKS. There was a large number ofWitore at the Executive Mansion to-day. Amongst those who had interviews with the President were Senator Morton and Governor Washbnrne, of Wisconsin. Wenther Probabilities. Washington. Nov. 13. Forthe North west and upper lakes, and thence to the lower Ohio valley rising temperature, northeasterly and northerly winds veering to southeasterly, increasingly cloudy weather and occasional snow on tue laaes; for the lower lakes northwesterly to north- Msterlv winds, very cold and partly cloudy and clearinr weather, occasional ngnt snow; lor tne eastern ana oiiaaie ouiies northwesterly winds, cold and partly xlnnHv weather: for Missouri. Kentucky and Tennessee southeasterly winds and increasing cloudiness; for the Southern States northwesterly winds, low tempera ture, generally clear weather with frost xrnt in Western Gulf, where south erly winds, rising temperature and partly cloudy weather may be expected. FESTIVITY AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Upon their arrival in port the intelligence spread like lightning, ami attracted an immense crowd of people. The Gov ernment palace and other public buildings were illuminated, ana an me aiiinonues, iMvil ami military, went to felicitate the Governor, Burriel, upon the news. Bur-riel in the evening gave a brilliant recep tion. 1 he vessels were surrounnea in ine bay by a number of boats filled with Danus oi mumc nuu uikkuwk .imuuvcv.u. The festivities were kept up late into the night. ' :- - : ' ' ' . THE COURT-MARTIAL. On the following day, the 2d of November, a court-martial was held on board the Tornado, which commenced at nine o'clock and terminated at four. All were trinfl nn titrates, and the findings of the court and the sentences were sent to the Captain General and Admiral in sealed packets. After the court had concluded iia tunic, all the nrisoners. with the excep tion of Henheta. Jesus Del Sala, General Ryan and Pedro Cespeses, were transferred to the jail of the city, escorted by a force of one hundred volunteers and a nnniljer of marines. ;" on board, was given, tbe authorities at Santiago de uibe."- "' : lROS OtADS OETTINQ READY. New York. "Nov. 13. Snm nt tli nffl. cials at the Breofcfcn Nary Yard profess ignorance lisewerd to' the receipt of. orders Irom-iv asuinf ion, put at tbe same tune every man tuat could be obtained was set to work on the vessels of war Powhattan; Kansas' and Juniata. The Kansas received a supply of stores this afternoon, and it is thought that she will sail to-nieht. ' The. Juniata will be ready to sail to-morrow night. The lirooklyn Jugle says executive officer Un n. f tl. n 1 1 uanwii, 111 ,ud ... . . j.iu, in uu iiii iicn, said orders hod been received from Wash ington about fitting out vessels, but he was not at liberty to make them public. He thought there was a prospect of war with Spain, and that the Government would undoubtedly proceed bv taking Cuba. The Spanish frigate Aripts, which has been undergoing repairs at the navy yard for the last two months, has hod her plates removed, and could not possibly be got in trim for service in less than ten weeks. ' ; - J ; , , Confirmation op the butchery feel- lUti IN WASHINGTON. Washington, Nov. 13. The news from Cuba, received yesterday, was so startling in its character, not only trom the atrocity of the act reported, but from the fact that tbe (Julian authorities were ordered by the Madrid Government to stay further exe cutions, that it created at first, in official circles, doubts as to its truth, but these now have -been removed, and while the credit of good - faith is given to the Madrid Government. emphatio condemnation of the Cuban authorities for their swift vengeance and disregard of the commands of the home Government, is everywhere expressed. The Secretary of State yesterday, on- receipt of the dispatch announcing the wholesale execution at Santiago de Cuba, telegraphed to Consul General Hail, at Havana, to instruct tbe Vice Consul at that port to inquire into the matter, and to enter earnest protest against the haste of the trial in the face of the orders ot the Spanish. Uovernment for delay until a full examination could be made into all the facts attending the capture of the Virginius. Hall replied that the Vice Consul hod already protested in strongest terms against the proceedings, but that his action was. seriously obstructed by: the : Spanish officials, all avenues of communication being closed against him. The telegraph line between Santiago and Havana being interrupted, he was prevented from telegraphing to Kingston in order to make inquiry relative to the Virginius, when she was brought into port. There was nothing left to him but the slow process of mails, and this mode of communication was of no advantage under the circumstances, i: Immediately on receipt of Consul General Hall's dispatch the Secretary of State instructed Minister Sickles to enter with the Spanish Government a Btrong protest againBt the proceedings at Banuago, characterizing them sb an outrage on civilization and humanity, and an in. suit to the American Government Gen. Sickles has replied that he had an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and acted in accordance with his instructions, and further, that the Snanish Government, duly ini pressed with a severe responsibily, had promised to act in such a manner as would show its disapprobation of the pro- rafjlVraatHsntisRcuand at the same time The Spanish Minister had a long conference with the Secretary of State to-day, and 8ir Edward Thornton, the British Ambassador, was afterward clos-atoit with the Secretary. The French Minister was subsequently admitted to an audience, but on a different subject Thin i what is called' "Diplomatic Day," one day in each week being set apart for foreign Ministers. The Secretary was occupied till a late hour with these and other callers of various legations. One nf the points about wuicu mere is much solicitude, is the position of the Virginius when she was captured. The f,rt. Hisnatnh to Secretary Fish said she was captured six miles from the coast of Jamaica, while at about the same time a dispatch received at the British legation said the capture took place in British waters. The President being restrained by constitution and lama (mm mulcim? war on Spain by at tacking her Colonies, all that can now be done is in the way of correspondence with the Madrid Government, tne omcrai tuner tn hn laid before Coniress for such action as may be due to the dignity of the nation . in yinuraiiiun i u, - i honor and full protection of its citizens. The Government, nowever, i mesnwhile making preparations to meet fight between several parties.' Before Foreman died he killed two of his assailants, one of them a member of the Chesokee Legislature. FOHEIGN. all The wvra two yellow fever deaths in Memphis yesterday, caused by relapse of old cases. . - Death ml mm ex-t'OBarresMuakt. Burlington, Ia Nov. 13. Dr. John F. Henry, for many year a prominent citizen of this city, died last night aged eightyone years. He was a physician, nd bad formerly been professor in the Ohio 8tate Medical School and in the Pennsylvania Medical University, but was a native of Kentucky, when he was prominently identified with public affairs, having represented that State in Congress. tiUMMART CONDUCT OP BUIUilKL. General Burriel. it is Baid, coolly asked that all prisoners should be turned over to him, with tho exception of the Captain and crew, who should be sent to Havana at disposal of live couiuiandate, General de Marinato, and declared within twentv-four hours afterward that all should be tried and executed, in order to avoid any complication in the wny of foreign intervention. He also detained a telegram which the United States Consul desired to forward to the United States Consul at Kins-ston. reporting tho capture, nnd in quiring as to the nationality of the Vir ginius, ' i hn v iro-initti nan ner paiiers in onier, anA mi dinnatnhed for Colon, all the pas- r . ' , f sengers appearing on the papers as laoor- ers for a railroad building mere. CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS As TO THE WHERE ABOUTS OF THE VIRGINIUS. All accounts differ as to the position of the Virginius at tho timo of the capture. One gives the capture as haying been ef fected at a poini iwemy luuen iium roaica, and the official account twelve miles. The Diaro states it at twenty- three miles; the journals of Santiago de Cnhi ateicht miles and twenty miles, and the version ol the V ose oe vuoa is twelve miles. The commander of the tornado publicly stated in Ssntisgo de Cuba that in an hour later the Virginius could have saved herself by entering some port oi Jamaica. THE MOVEMENTS OP THE VIRoniirK BE FORE THE CAPTURE. ' It seems the Virginius, shortly after the departure of a French steamer for Santiago de Cuba, left Jamaica on the ajih nlL It was the intention of the ex peditionists to sail direct for Cuba, but light damage to the machinery obliged them to enter a port of Hayti. This the lrfi tnnchinir at Port au Prince, H.vil and ennther port of same island. until the 30th, upon which day they concluded to sail for Cuba and attempt a londinar. and upon which day the infor mation that proved so disastrous to those ENGLAND. .' BULLION FOR AMERICA. London, Nov. IS. It is rumored that William George Harcourt, member" of in Parliament for Exford City, is to be an-' pointed Solicitor General. ( . - -i the steamship Celtic. Irom Liverpool for New York to-day, carried out 15,000 ';", pounds in bullion. ' A TOURIST'S IMPRESSIONS MISSING , 1 STEAMER. At a public meeting here tn-niffht. nf which Edward Miall was chairman, Cor- . yell William, who recently returned from America, gave an account of his visit. He praised the voluntary religious system, and especially commended the public schools of the United States. ' The Inman steamer City of Montreal. which sailed from New York November vv 1st, has not arrived. It is supposed aba has come up with the missing steamer. City of Richmond and taken her in tow. - - , . BfAlSI. HEAVY FIRE AT CARTAGENA. ' Madrid, Nov. 13. The insurgent forts -i at Cartagena have opened a heavy fire up- on the land and naval forces of the Gov .t ernment. ;f. : - . i - ,-i,s.-. ii iim u ',) : FBASCK. .ir.:-i . n DISRESPECT PUNISHED. " (' " Paris, Nov. 13. The trial of Colstoffee"?' at Versailles, for using language while r J giving his testimony in the Bazaine court- martial disrespectlul to the public prose- . cutors, was concluded to-day. He was found guilty, and sentenced to three-months' imprisonment, and payment of" costs. '"i"-a ''J '. : MEXICO, ?v!'--T .H-Sflal REVOLUTION SUPPRESSED. ' ' , si'' '" ', '.- i Herald Bptelal. .- vrti City os1 Mexico. Nov. 11. The ravo- I lntionary Government near Taluca, wjiich , pronounced against the new constitutional reforms, has been dispersed, ' and the 01 movement suppressed with a loss of rUg'i? lives. . -. - ' . i . ' ., (i -i-viii Billiard Mateh. .:: ni Chicago. Nov. 13. In v the billiard -im tournament this afternoon the first game , ; wai between Joseph Dion and George.. ; Slosson, and was won by Dion in eighty-' two innings. Score Dion. 400, 61son "" I'M. Largest runs Dion 31, Zo, 3;.blos-t .' . son 30, 27; winner's average, 4 72-32. ', , The second game, between. Maurice Daly and John Bessnrger, was won by Daly in seventysix innings, bcore 4W to 329.- Largest runs Daly 60, 20; Bes- . surger,24,33,-5; winner's average 5 20-76. , Both games were very slow and devoid of interest. Snow storm In Canada. Quebec, Nov. 13. A snow storm prevailed here all day yesterday and last night. Drifts are two or three feet deep ,i and sleighing excellent i f -. Pltubnry; Live Stock Market. East Lirksty, Nov. 13. Cattle Arrivals. 42 cars; best $Sfr DO; medium . $3 90 , , 5 ztk common 3 00(154. . . itogs Arrivals 17 cars; hest l'lulaaeipmaa $4420; Yorkeri $3 604. - , ..' hheep Arrivnls 3 cars; best selling at , H B0(g)4 7.5; medium $3 r0(3i4; common 2 75 (o325. ",; - 1 . - Rosenweig was finally discharged from arrest yesterday. The Casslmere mill, in Cavendish, Vermont, belonging to F. Whipple, of Providence, has been burned. Less, $110,000; insuranoe, $100,000. Dudly and Wales, indicted at Pittsburg for a conspiracy against the Government, and robbing mails of drafts and forging signatures, have been found guilty. Henry Harst has recovered $8000 damages from she Indianapolis and St. Louis railroad, on account of injuries sustained in being thrown from a box car, while rid ing on a iree pass. An excursion train from Detroit, via the newly opened branch of the Chicago and Canada Southern railway, arrived at Toledo yesterday, ' bringing officers and . prominent citizeiiB of Detroit. . Whitman C. Bester, partner in the banking house of Riggs & Co., of Washington, committed suicide yesterday by shooting. He leaves a wife and four chil-. dren.,: He was in easy pecuniary circum? ; stances, but had been complsining for several days on account of office fatigue and dyspeptic symptoms. iamea which may arise, even if they should require force, and this fact is ap-parent in the present naval movements. The n-ansis nas Deen oroereuiiuuicui-nteio- in Knntino-o de Cuba, and will be commanded by Commodore A. V. Reed. In addition to this vessel ana ine wano- n anil Manhattan iron Claas. me 'nwhattan. and OsBipee will alBO be ordered to active service in the North Atlantic squadron. The War Department will strengthen the forts in the Gulf, having already taken meas ures for strenginening ana nuuiuunuiij garrisoning Fort Jefferson, in Florida. r . . 1 ! : nn 1,.m tlm I Vinirmu. acting 011 the recommendation of the President, will promptly take action on the questions to be presented concerning our affairs with Cuba. .. . CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. A Keot ol't'onnlerfeltera Broken Vp, txii-rsviLLE. Nov. 13. Several days in,.e a vnunc man named Harrison pass ed some dangerous $30 notes on firms in this city. Detectives traced mm 10 Lex ington, arrested him and brought him . n '. . .. 1 .1 n: --.1,- her. wnen ne airecteu ine ouicen, w me residence of one Stout, on the outskirts of the city, from whom he obtained money, d, Vnn rreateH veaterdaV. and sixty- three $30 notes and one hundred ana eightylhree 50 cent pieces, all counterfeit, were found on his person. The parties will be examined to-morrow oeiore me United States Commissioner. Officers think Stout has been some time in the business. He came here from Lexington one month since. The counterfeits are splendidly executed. .. Benutlfat incident. . . Obeilin Times. , . While in Oberlin, Rev. Newman Hall ' ' was the guest of President Fairchild. In the morning, the eloquent divine obeyed the comfortable English custom, and sent his boots below for an obvious purpose. Later, the reverend gentleman appeared in the breakfast mom. in slippers. 1 Some- 1 ' how the President notioed this and at the same time noticed a pair of London boots, . , wearing a dim countenance, sianuing ",.. waiting and expectant attitude, in an-' other place. The matter was kept sit quiet as au engagement, but alter breas fast and morning devotions, our dignified President might have been seen bending anxiously over some London leather olid , f ' .,1 1 ; .v.- i-nl ' applying eiuuw lugu:, wmio urn preacher pondered over lefs secular mat ters, an unconscious 01 "IB mliini i"-terprise of his host. This was only another circumstance, confirming the truth, that no man, whether his station be high or low, ever comes to Oberlin, but that in departing, he carries wim mm, in miux . lorm or oilier, more or ibw ui mu polish of the place. ,1 DlabttllrM Attempt at amwraer. Wholesale Memphis. Not. 13. The accommoda. tion train Irom Brownsville for this city na thmvn from the track near that place yesterday morning, by a bar of iron tied on the track, and the engine and one car wu wrvekMl. Ittilv one Kweiwr, airs. A erne- MeKenna. of Boleaville. Ark., was seriously injured, she having her collar bone broken and a cut in the forehead. A car loaded with laborers from Chicago was demolished, but save slight bruises and cuts none were injured. Tbe engineer discovered the obstruction in time to tir.lt the air brakes and check the speed of his train, else more would probahly have been killed or wounded. Denersnto Ammtmmt. Si. Louts, Not. 13. Advices from the Cherokee Nation my that on Monday last a Cherokee detpendo named R. J. Foreman, was aseMinatrd at Tahlcquah in a The I'ae ar both Hands. A writer stiirirests that it would be a good tiling for men and women were they taught in childhood to nse their left hand-equally with their right The nse of the . right hand only for certain actions, such as writing and working with mechanical tools, is entirely conventional; and there does not appear lo be any reason why Sle should not ne amoiaexier in every of manual work. Persons who have lost their right hsnd by accident frequent ly acquire great laciiuy wun ine leu, after some practice; but grown-np persons have not always the patience to betake themselves to the necessary practice. By children the thing would be acquired insensibly, if means were taken to lead them to tne practice ot 11. vnuuren living in houses where two languages are spoken acquire both with great' facility; and what is true of tongues would be equally so of hands. Four or five hundred Chinese made exit from this country on board the Colorado, which left San Francisco Nov. 1. ' Among them were twenty-even women recently imported. IF I OD WANT AS1 Letter Heads Fr.ntcV CALL ATTHB - ' . ' STATE JOURNAL OFFICE WlOfl AtCD HAITI WORK. - . s- ROBERT A- OAWUR, pro. J3aent1Te-r H.UU