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Our dispatches continue to report na val preparations, indignation meetings, and official expressions of a determination to do all that the circumstances cf the case demand to vindicate, any American right that has been violated, and to take more efficient measures to protect the in terest and lives of citizens of the United States hereafter. So far so good. If a case of outrage to wards the United States can be establish ed—as there certainly has been a great outrage upon humanity—the general sen timent of the people will sustain the Ad ministration in redressing it by any ne esary measures. But we repeat] our con viction that this atrocious affair will not of itself lead immediately to war between the United States and Spain, because Spain cannot afford suchawar. But there arew to bitterly antagonistic and influen tial parties in Cuba arid in this country, which may precipitate a conflict by their extreme measures—parties which subor dinate every other consideration to their own purposes and passions. Wo allude to the so-called “Volunteers” in Cuba, and Iho active, agitating Cuban sympathisers in the Unined States’. The Cuban Volunteers are’a'party of rich and interested planters and others on the Hand, chiefly monarchists and friends of slavery, who constitute a kind of “power behind the throne, greater than the throne itself”—who have on sevtrnl occasions forced the Spanish authorities to extreme measures which they would not else have adopted, and who are believed to rave in stigated the late butcheries. The great danger is in this party committing excess es which the Spanish authorities would not allow but to appease them, on the one hand, and on the other hand, in the Cuban sympathizers in the United States waging lawless war upon Spain, and thus involv ing tlio two nations. If boththeseparties can be restrained from excesses, it appears to us that there is little reason to fear hos tilities between Spain and the United States. In this connection, wo are pleased to find in the Washington correspondence of the Louisville Courier-Journal some re marks attributed to Senator Morton of Indiana, in an interview with the Presi dent on Thursday, which we regard as eminently just and sensible, and perhaps, considering tho relations between the President and Morton, significant. Sena tor Morton is reported to have said after this interview : The fact of the Virginius having an American register and sailing under the American llag would of course in every rospect make her an American vessel. Admitting that she was captured on the high seas, such capture would he techni cally illegal and a lit subject for the seri ous consideration of tho Government of the United States; but incontrovertible evidence of a hostile purpose in view' would debar the vessel from the ordinary protection of her nationality, and subject her to lawful capture by the agents of the Government against which the hostile purpose was entertained. Or in the event of her not being so seized, it would be the duty of tho Government to take posses sion of her on account of her violation of the laws of neutrality and our interna tional obligations. Should it bo shown that the vessel was captured in English waters, the Senator thought that our part in the affair would be quite subordinate, as, in the first place, it would be a viola tion of English territory; in the second, au assault upon the American flag. The Senator expressed his opinion, based, per haps, upon his conversation with tho President, that the whole difficulty would be adjusted in the usnual course of diplo macy, and without the necessity of a resort to hostile measures. This, however, took into consideration the case as it is now understood upon the meager accounts re ceived so far. is a ixis it nxi i-:. The yellow' fever still claims its victims in Bain bridge, and the latest accounts represent the spread of the disease as still unchecked. There had been foitv-fonr deaths in all, up to Friday; and it was es timated that the ravages of tho fever had made over one hundred orphans! This is a terrible report for a little city like Bainbridge. The cry of destitution and suffering from want also comes to us. Tue authorities of Baiubiidge have ap plied to other localities for help, and the citizens of Albany and Macon are hasten ing to Rend them immediate relief. But they will need contributions also from other cities, and their case appeals most strongly to the people of Columbus for sympathy and aid. Cannot something be done for them here? We think that the present condition of Bainbridge must cause a modification of the commonly received opinion that frost and ice put a stop to the spread of yel low fever. They have had both in Bain bridge, on two or three nights, and yet tho disease spreads. It commenced there late in the season, and while it has died out in Shreveport, Montgomery, and other places earlier infected, it still spreads in U.iiubridge. The fact indicates that the disease has a course to run, and that so long as there are persons in any infected locality, the conditions of whose systems would make them liable to it at any time, they are liable to it even for some time after eoid weather. ' In other words, the state of the weather is no protection to some persons in a city in which yellow fever n.ui obtained a foothold. Such, at least, is the experience with the fever of this year, whether it diffois tioiu the com mon yellow' fever or not. The full returns from Virginia shows that the Legislature wilt stand as follows: Senate— 33 Conservatives and 10 Repub licans ; House —100 Conservatives and 33 Republicans. This gives the Con tvvf - tives a majority of 01 on joint ballot —a Conservative gain on joint-ballot of 2. Official returns from 87 counties and cities, and semi-official returns fioai the remainder, except tin op, give Kemper a mijorityof 20,310 —a Conservative gain of 5,5G3. 'These figures will be slightly changed by the full official returns. The New Orleans Picayune of Satur day reports the return to New Orleans of Kellogg’s war steamer Ozark, from Grant parish, with seven prisoners—all of them leading citizens iff the palish, and not one of tho villains engaged in the late outrages upon Miss Lscour and others. The prisoners were committed to jail, “subject to the order of the Hon. United States Court.” The New Yotk Times of Saturday pub lishes a dispatch reporting the killing of seven of the nine negroes known to have been eugaged in the outrages committed when Miss Laconr was violated by one of them. The repo t of the death of Miss Lacour is contradicted. Kellogg's war steamer Ozark was return ing from its raid upon Grant parish. •* Close. —The New York State Senate is .Politically divided thus: Republicans 17, Henna-rats 15. One of the Republican Senators was elected by a majority ofon >y one vote. YOL. XY. EX-SECJiETA.iIr ROUT H ELL. His View s on tiie Financial Situation. We find in the Louisville Courier- Journal of the 13th inst., a report of a lecture delivered the evening pre vious, in Louisville, by Ex-Secretary Boutwell. Thoroughly acquainted as Mr. Boutwell is supposed to be with the fi nancial system of the country', and occu pying the relations which he does with the Administration of Gen. Grant, his opinions are likely to be influential. He is a United States Senator elect for Mas sachusetts, and it is not unlikely that ho will bo the Chairman of the Senate’s Com mittee on Finance. We are therefore en couraged to learn that he is opposed to an expansion of the currency by the issue of more greenbacks, and is not at all dispos ed to sustain the gamblers of Wall street at the expense of the business interests of tho country. The last reported declara tion of Gen. Grant, to the effect that he intended to submit to Congress a plan for “rendering the currency more flexible, and preventing it, if possible, from being used, as recently, forgambiing purposes,” is also eneourageng, because it indicates that he will not propose any immediate ad dition to tho currency. The inference is that he will favor a p.lan somewhat simi lar to that embodied in a bill introduced in the last Congress by Senator Sherman, of Ohio, which provided for tho inter changeability, at tho option of the holder, oi Treasury notes and Government bonds —bonds of small amounts being sold so as to facilitate this exchange. The Presi dent is reported as saying that ho would, if possible, prevent the currency from being used for gambling purposes. With this restriction (if it be practicable) the scheme of optional interchangeability of bonds and currency might bo instru mental in affording relief to the interests most deserving it. But it needs no argu ment or illustration to show that iHthout such restriction the plan of interchange would be the very thing that all gamblers in currency' and money changers would desire to facilitate their business. They would have far more po /er than the Sec retary of the Treasury to make money plentiful or scarce as their interests might require. But we are straying off from Mr. Bout well’s lecture, and come back to it to copy the following extract: Mr. Boutweil said that he should try and be as plain and explicit us possible touching the immediate financial situa tion of the country. It is a season of great embarrassment. Men aro pressed and uneasy. The process of machinery and the produce of manufactured articles have gone far ahead of the process of population. lu ISfiO there was an excess of cotton goods—an excess great enough to cause a panic among tho manufac turers. But the war came. The cotton supply was cut off. Thus the manufac turers were saved and the lost equilibrium between supply and demand was restor- ! ed. Now there is no such event to cir cuinvene between the overcrowded man ufactories and tho over-stocked market; ! and hence the strain on the manufac- I tilling interest, which has reacted on the j country at large, and produced the gen- j oral stringency in money. We have cur- j reucy enough. The trouble lies not * there. We have a sound currency dis- | counted at only eight per cent, for gold, ! dollar for dollar. There is no need to expand or contract it. If we expand it we merely put off the evil day of redemp tion and a reaction which is sure to come. If wo undertake to contract it we shall attempt to take a short cut to specie which will cost more than it will come to. We should take the middle course and let Wail street go. “Better to sutler the ills w r e have. Than By to others that we know np‘ of.” The real trouble lies in the fact that our banks are allowed to become borrowers and to pay interest on deposits, lie op posed this with great earnestness. It is, he said, the foundation of Wall street. The cities, towns, and villages are thus drained iu order that Wall street may speculate and ruin the country. How ? In this way: During the summer months, w hen the farmers and small traders have no need for their money, they take it to their local bank and lend it for an equiv alent of 3or I per cent. The local bank cannot afford to hold it and sends it to the New York bank at a little higher rate of interest. The New Y’ork merchant can not afford to take it and so it goes into Wall street as a gambling fund, and when a crash comes tho whole coun try feels it. Mr. Boutwell argued the in terest of keeping home money at home and standing by the national currency at all hazards, as the best and safest outlet to the present crisis. It is not advisable to rush recklessly into specie, as it is not advisable to rush recklessly into more pa per issue. If we had two hundred millions of gold suddenly tluown on the market it would do almost as much damage to val ures as the same amount of paper. But the truth is we have paper enough, and if it be left to make its way we shall have gold enough. Tho Government credit has been established, and that is the foun dation of the whole fabric. The people should sustain this and not be too eager to jump, perhaps, from the frying pan in to the lire. The speaker closed with some admirable remarks on the origin and na ture of our currency, meant to support and illustrate his previous argument. TUE BLOW AT MAC OX. The Telegraph, of Tuesday, says j that its observation of the results of the storm there, and inquiries of j its direction and ravages elsewhere, lead it to believe thas the effects iu Macon were the result of a conjunction of two tornadoes —one coming from the direo- j tion of Atlanta and the other from the di rection of Columbus. They met some where near Macon and formed a cyclone, which went whirling across tho centre of the city. While there was a general blow of great violence, experienced all over Mv ; con and iu the suburbs, tho real track of the cyclone was less than one-eighth of a mile wide. It entered the city from the west, passed almost directly across, j and passed out in au easterly direction. It was in this narrow track that the great est damage w f as done, and the great est consternation was produced. - There was great consternation and wild excitement in the city while the storm lasted. There were few buildings in the track of the cyclone which were not more or less damaged. The Laboratory build ing was unroofed and otherwise injured. The Mess Hall of Mereer University had three i bunnies blown down, and their fall injured the roof. A portion of the roof of fct. Paul’s Church (Episcopal) was torn off. All the chimnies of Wesleyan F nnale Oottege, except two, were blown d)wn, and considerable other damage was done to the premises. The colored Methodist Church on Washington avenue was entirely destroyed. The roof of the Lanier House was almost entirely ruined. The east side of the roof of Christ Church (Episcoj a') «ras torn off. 'lhe Judges Stand at Central Park was overturned and many of the trees blown down, ’ibe damages were greatest along Mulberry, Cherry, Magnolia and Second streets. Very many residences were injured by falling chimnies, torn roofs, Ac. No one appears to have been killed or seriously qurt. Col. Clarence Prentice, the only surviving son of George D. Prentice, deceased, the eminent editor of the Louisville Journal, was killed on Saturday last by being thrown from a buggy, near Louisville. It is no less singular than sad that after many narrow escapes during the war, in which be fought bravely iu lire Confeder ate cause he should be slain by the up setting of buggy. His son, George 1> Prentice, a youth of 12 years, is the only remaining child of the Prentice family. THE WEEKLY SUN. ALABAMA. Summary of Gov. Lenin’ Message. The Governor prominently brings to the attention of the Legislature the finan cial embarrassments of the State—says that though serious before, they have been enhanced by the crisis in money circles; that they commenced over two years since in the[experiment of constructing impor tant lines of railroads mainly by State credit; that the theory that a railroad, while in progress of construction, could pay the interest on the bonds issued to build it, has been shown to be false, and that the failure of the roads to pay the interest has devolved on the State a debt, the means of paying which has not been provided for in the assessment of taxes. The State is in default of payment of interest on some of these endorsed bonds since January, 1870. Weinakean extract from the message : The whole of the last issue of State bonds could have been sold for eighty five cents on the dollar, to parties inter ested in the endorsed bonds of the rail roads, provided all past due coupons were paid. But tho State did not have a sufi ciency of bonds to discharge all these coupons, andpr.y the interest on the direct bonds of the State. If the act of the Legislature entitled an act to maintain the credit of Alabama, approved February 25, 1873, had authorized the issue of two millions of bonds, there would have been a sufficiency of funds at the command of this department to have paid off all the interest passed due and accruing on both the direct and endorsed bonds of the State, during the financial year just closed. But the Legislature having authorized the issue of an amount inadequate to meet all I the interest debt of the State, no sale i could be made of the bonds authorized to be issued. This department has been nil- : able to sell for money any of the State bonds, during the present administration, being forced to follow iu the footsteps of its predecessor, in raising money by hypothecation of the securities of the ; State as it best con’d. I recommended that for the purpose of redeeming the bonds of the State that are now hypothecated, that anew issue of bonds be authorized in such sums as the General Assembly shall find to be neces sary, redeemable at the pleasure of the Stato, to run not exceeding ten years, bearing interest at 8 per cent., the cou pons to be receivable in all dues to the State, iu denominations of one hundred dollars, or more each. Such a security will command a home market, and it is hoped, will inaugurate the domestication of our debt. Much surplus money in the State, timid of investment in new enter prises, might seek such a security, and the denomination of the bonds would present a rival security to the banks of deposit which pay interest to its deposi tors. I would respectfully suggest fur ther that all trustees be authorized to in vest fiduciary funds in these bonds, by an act properly guarded. The negotia tion of such a security would relieve the State from its present embarrassment, in respect to its hypothecated securities, and enable it to use its means for the future according to exigencies. Such an issue of bonds should bo accompanied with an act, that the Auditor’s warrants should no longer be received in payment of the taxes of the State. The funding of (he warrants now outstanding would afford great relief to the present wants of the State. Tho Governor renews his recommenda tion of last session, that taxation be in creased to a rate necessary to meet the wants of the State. He says, “we can have no reasonable expectation of deriv ing money from any source except that of taxation.” He also advises the cre ation of a State Board of Equalization to adjust assessments to the Value of prop erty and make taxation equal and uniform. He recommends the requirement of a de posit of security with the State Treasurer by all non-resident insurance companies, to secure the payment of policies to citi zens of the State. He says: “Your laws in respect to the disposition by re-sale of lands which have been purchased by the State at tax sale need revision. The State has quite a large amount of taxes tacked up iu such lands. Some officer should have authority to re-sell the same, on ap plication of purchasers, for taxes, interest and expenses.” The Governor urges strict economy in every branch* of the State Government, as a requirement of the times. He reports (he Alabama A Chattanooga Railroad in the bauds of receivers ap pointed by the Circuit Court of the Uni ted States, and say-s that he has no infor mation whatsoever of the condition, man agement, receipt-, disbursements, out standing certificates, or other matters connected with said road, nor has any authority to obtain the same. The South & North Railroad only has complied with the provisions of the $4,- 000 per mile Subscription act, by cancell ing its bonds endorsed by- the State, amounting to $3,032,000, and it is now entitled to the State’s absolute subscrip tion of $4,000 per mile. The Governor says: “Though all the roads entitled to the benefit of this act, except the East Alabama and Cincinnati road, have noti fied this department of their intention to accept the provisions of the same, none of them have taken any other step m that direction known to this department, except the notice of their acceptance of the terms of the act. No settlement has yet been made with Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad under the authority of “an act entitled an act to authorize the Governor to settle with the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad company, approved April 13th, 1873,” though this department is advised by those in the interest of that road, that the settlement authorized will soon be made.” The sale of the Selma and Gulf Rail road on terms that would indemnify the S;ate has not been effected, and the road is now in the hands of receivers, appoint ed by the Selina Chancery Court, and is sought to be subjected to a lien of certifi cates to be issued, and disbursed by- the receivers, whose lien w ill be paramount to the lien of the first mortgage bonds. The Governor has instructed the attor neys for the State to resist this step. He recommends the creation of the of fice of Commissioner of Railroads and In surance Companies; also the requiremert of the several successive boards and sets of officers who have had charge of the swamp and oveiflowed lands of the State to appear before a Chancellor and adjust their respective chums for services. He regards the late management of the Penitentiary as only experimental and provisional, and makes no report of the success of any branch of it. The State certificates are at a consider able discount, and the prevailing pauic defeated an arrangement for making a large portion bankable. He recom mends their destruction as taken iu. We copy what the Governor has to say on the subject of the Educational system. Your special attention is invited to a careful supervision of the laws and ma chinery which govern and control the subject of education. It is respectfully submitted that the benefits which our present system has conferred on the youth of the State are not in proportion to the great expeuse which attends it. Its most zealous advocates cannot deny that it has been in operation long enough for a mere experimental test. The number of offi cers and the expense are too great for our scarce population. Ihe uncertainty and iufrequenev of common schools; the absorption of the revenues of some of our higher schools, by the useless multiplica tion of professorships, not needed for the instruction of pupils; the complication of the machinery placing the supervision of all these interests so far from yonr immediate consideration; the great ex- COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,1873. pense entailed upon our impoverished revenues by tho unnecessary multiplica tion of salaried officers, diverting so largo a portion of the public funds from the cause of education, without any corres ponding benefit to the cause of education, are matters demanding your prompt at tention and resolute action. It is believed that both economy and efficiency demand a thorough revision by you of all our laws on the subject of education, both fundamental and statutory. SETTLING DOWN'. There is abundant evidence that the | trade of the country is accommodating itself to the contraction or shrinkage that has been effected, and that if only let alone—if not again unsettled and inflated by the issue of more money, so-called— it will soon find a healthier and more substantial basis than before the panic. 1 The immense amount of goods—particu larly of dry goods—that has been sold at the greatly reduced prices, shows that the shrewdest business men are accepting the situation as a permanent one and are : doing what they can to make it so. The great sales of the house of H. B. Claflia & Go., of New York, were the first dent- j onstration of that kind on a targe scale. ; In a few days they sold millions of dollars worth of dry goods at an average reduc- ' tion of about 20 per cent., and thus re lieved themselves from imminent embar- I rassment, indicated a standard of prices j ; above which it would be unsafe either to J hold or to buy goods, and compelled j others to placo themselves upon the same j ; basis. The house of Peake, Opdyke & j I Cos., followed the example of Claflin, by ] ! selling at the reduced rates of the latter, j | and A. T. Stewart marked down his goods : accordingly. Throughout the country, : ; merchants are accommodating themselves •to the situation as thus changed. The shrinkage or reduction of prices of dry ’ goods is as great in tho retail stores of j tho South as iu the great jobbing houses of the North. Those who first accommo dated themselves to the change are reap- ing the most benefit from it by the rapid sale of their goods. Now, the question arises, who will be benefitted by another inflation and the restoration of old prices ? Who at the South, particularly, will be benefitted? Will our merchants be profited by having to pay to the manufacturers and jobbers of the North, for their next stocks, the prices that ruled before the panic? or is it not to their interest to buy their future stocks at prices as low or lower than those at which they are now selling their goods on hand? Will the consu mers at the South be benefitted by a re covery of the 20 per cent, reduction that has occurred ? How, in the name of com mon sense, can it benefit the cotton plan ter to return to the prices of merchandize that ruled a few weeks ago ? It will not bring him any more for cotton, because the great controlling markets for the sale and manufacture of cotton are not in this country, but in Europe, and it is a com modity whose price is legitimately and healthfully governed only by supply, de mand and consumption—the amount of consumption increasing with the cheap ness of goods and the ability of consu mers to buy. Iu any view which we may take of the case, we will find that another inflation, consequent upon the cheapening of the currency by largely increasing its volume, will be hurtful to every interest cf the country except the speculating one. and the precursor of another panic more dam aging than that through which we we are now passing. SANBY MERLIN IXXE It ORLEANS. He Is Enraptured with its Cosmopolitan Female Beauty—l'he Boundary of t lie French and American Populations Longstreet and Beauregard The Great French Market, &c« City Hotel, ) New Orleans, Nov. 12, 1873 ) Dear “ Brilliancy:" —Turning our steps towards Canal street, the great thorough fare for elegantly dressed ladies, magnifi cent stores, and everything that is re cherche. we passed the forenoon most pleasantly indeed, in watching the going and coming of the immense crowds of in dividuals, each of whom seem to be walk ing for a wager against time, or “going for tho doctor.” Casting our eyes up the street, we would see a saucy piquant little French craft, bearing down, with all sail set, and streamers Hying, with her black eyes dashing and sparkling turning again, and we could see coming from the opposite direction, a magnificently equip ped Anglo-Saxon clipper, as beautiful in dress, form and feature as that of the na tionality first mentioned. In truth, Mr. M., never have we seen a more handsome sight than that vast moving congregation of ladies—made up of all nations. The queenly step of the black-browed Spanish maiden —the light and quick tripping of the rosy-cheeked, laughing French wo man—the slower waik of the German— tho black-eyed Jewess, and last but not least, the regal bearing of Louisiana’s most beautiful daughters, all flitted to and fro before our eyes lika “apples of gold in pictures of silver.” The stores—espe cially the large dry goods establishments —were crowded with customers, but whether purchasers or lookers, you corre spondent is unable to say-. Canal street is the boundary line, be tween the French and American popula tion; and if you but turn to the right iu going from the levee, at once the differ ence in nationality is made apparent, not one w ord of English will you hear spoken, even though y-ou continue your waik for hours. French sights greet you—French accents strike upon your ear, and you are gradually persuaded that you are not in America, but have beeu, by some myste rious “merlin,” transported to La Belle France. On the other sidd of Canal street, one feels a sort of “hoincness” in hearing American idioms and witness ing sights familiar to the eyes. in reply- to a question concerning Long street and Beauregard, a friend simply said, “nothing,”—politically dead, and memory abhorred, and if possible, the latter thought more illy of than the form er, inasmuch as he went many lengths ahead of Gen. Longstreet, in his conces sions to the blacks—concessions, disgrace ful to the white people of the State. The star of Beauregard’s destiny will no more flash along the unclouded sky of fame and glory, startling the people with its pu rity and brilliancy, but will remain in the grave prepared by the hands of one whose pathway it was wont to illuminate. ’Twas an unfortunate moment, when the chival rous Beauregard turned his back upon the people w-ho loved him so well, and joined himself to their oppressors. One thing a man must not fail to do when becomes to (his city, that is to visit the great French market. Os all sights that was ever vouchsafed to morta eyes, we think this, the sightliest. No people possessed of other ideas than French could by any manner of means so arrange, at tend to, and dispose of things as are here seen. There is au eternal hum heard rising and falling, as if regulated by note, amidst which, we in vain endeavored to catch a familiar sound. Curious dishes at the coffee stands, queer sights at the diminutive bazars, and oddities of other kinds make the strangest whole imagina ble. Huge pilesof beef, mutton, venison, and game iu immense quantities greeted us on every side; while the hurrying back ward and forward of the dense crowd give it an appearance of great excitement over some terrible scene of disaster, each seemingly trying to get there first, and others endeavoring to get away. YVe passed an hour or two in profitable study of human nature, in its manifold phases. We have had the pleasure of meeting with several prominent citizens, formerly residents of Georgia—some from Colum bus. who inquired very particularly con cerning old friends whose names have in many cases beeu dropped from the roll of the living. Others there are who still live in yonr city, and to them their Crescent City friends send greeting. Y’onrs, Sandy Merlin. GEORGIA XEWS. The United States Circuit and District Courts, during tlieir late term in Atlanta, disposed of Ist! cases. Forty-four crimi nal cases in which the United States was a party (mostly for violations of ttie reve nue laws) were tried, and of these there were verdicts of acquittal in 23 cases, and of conviction in 21. Conductor Matthews and Engineer Frazier, who had charge of the lreight train on the Southwestern Railroad at the time of the late fatal collision, had their preliminary examination in Macon on Saturday, before Justices, and after hear ing the testimony and argument, the charge against them was dismissed. Mr. Cyrus Sharp, Clerk of Monroe Su perior Court, informs the editor of the Forsyth Advertiser that about sixteen factors’ liens have been foreclosed iu that county, to date, aggregating thirty thous and dollars. The first load of ore from the Bell Greene copper mines, iu Greene county, Ga., passed over the Georgia Railroad two or three days ago, en route to Baltimore, to be tested. The ore has reached Balti more, and the Constitutionalist learns that the indications are that the enter prise .will prove a success. The Gainesville Eagle says tho moun tains in Northeast Georgia above that point are covered with snow. Sale of Augusta Factory Stock. —Col. C. V. Waiter, auctioneer, sold yesterday Ihirty-two shares of Augusta Factory stock, as follows: 4 shares at $l7O per share; 5 at SIG 4 per share; 1 at $lO3 50; 7at $lO3 per share; 2 at $lO2 87k per share; 7 at $lO2 50 per share; 4 at $lO2 25 per share; and 2 at $lO2 per share. — Chronicle loth. \ Samuel Lindsay, an old citizen of Lee I county, who had successively filled most j of its county offices and been a Represent- I ative to the Legislature, died on Thurs day night, of a tumor in the^neck. Henry county, according to the report i of the grand jury, is out of debt and has $4,700 in the treasury. Independent. —The people of Worth, Colquitt, Berrien, Irwin and Coffee coun ties are probably the most independent and contented of any in the State. They live at homo and board at tho same place, and tho citizen of either county who has nut enough to subsist himself and family and a few surplus dollars for a rainy day, is considered a shabby member of the community. They raise their own horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens and children, and have never failed to produce enough corn, sugar, syrup and potatoes to supply their wants. The panic has iu no way disturbed them. Their cribs and smoke houses are full, their stock is fat, their women and children are healthy and hap py, and nearly every man has greenbacks to pay his way and cancel his obligations. —Albany News. Robt. Maxwell, who killed 0. C. Wood ruff in Meriwether county, a few months since, by stabbing him while Woodruff was endeavoring to prevent him from forcibly entering his house, was tried in the Superior Court of Meriwether, last week, and convicted of involuntary man slaughter. The Franklin Hews says that the farm* ers of its section are much disposed to plant large wheat crops this winter. The AY us advises them to use their cotton seed as a fertilizer for their grainjerops. The Bainbridge Democrat of Thursday prints the yellow fever death roil of its city up to that t rue, amounting to 41. It says: “Business is totally ruined, and our oucelprogressive little city set back a decade. Much destitution prevails on account of Ihe scourge, and we take the liberty of calling the attention of our more fortunate countrymen at large to the fact, believing that to be sufficient to enlist their aid.” The petrified skeleton of a human being was found under an old stump in a swamp, about three miles from Augusta, on Fri day last. It had the appearance of a stone image. The Chronicle thinks that it was buried in the spot where founds before the tree that grew over it had sprouted—per haps a hundred years ago. The Chronicle reports the elopement of a negro man and a white girl from Au gusta, a few days ago. They went over into South Carolina and were married. G. E. Lanceford, clerk at the National i Hotel at Atlanta, died on the 17th, of ap- 1 oplexy. A correspondent of the Atlanta Consti tution writes that Sunday night’s storm demolished the Female College iu West Point. The citizens have resolved to re build it. Loss will reach SIO,OOO. No one injured. Several houses in the town were unroofed. At Fan-burn, the Court House was unroofed. Mr. John Bird of that placo, who was sleeping in his store, was killed by a brick wall which was blown on the house. Bishop Beckwith has accepted the resi dence tendered him bv St. Philip’s Parish and will in future adopt Atlanta as his permanent home. Tho people of Augusta are much pleas ed with the Chinese as laborers on the canal enlargement. As far east as Augusta the storm was severe, unroffitig houses and blowing down fences and trees. Bob Addison, colored, charged with I murder, effected bis escape from the jail of Stewart county on Satuaday before last. The blow of Sunday night was severe in Atnericus, prostrating trees, fences, Ac. It was also accompanied with hail, some of the stones of which, the Republi can says, weighed two or three pounds! The Atlanta Constitution learns that on Saturday- morning at Graysville, on the Western and Atlantic Railroad a Mr. Tay lor Wilson was deputised to make an ar rest. A man named Brown attempted to interfere with him three times, when Wilson threw a stone at Brown and killed him. Saturday night someone set fire to Gray’s lime kiln, and the entire works were destroy ed. A visitor to the Executive Department reports to the Atlanta Herald that most i of the old Western A Atlantic change bills have been taken up by the State Treasurer; also that the teachers of the ’ public schools are being paid off as rapid ly as possible, but that the school fund is still in much confusion, as left by Bul lock, and it is doubtful whether the sys tem is growing iu popularity-. A LA RAMA XE II S. John Reid received the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Mobile. The last vote stood 33 for Reid, and 17 for Ad mirai Seiumes. Admiral Semtues was nominated for City Tax Collector. In a diffidulty at Thompson’s Station j on the M. A E. E. R, last Thursday be- I tween Mr. E. Napier and Mr, Clarke Thompson, both were severely wounded | by pistol shots. Mr. Thompson was shot in the mouth, the ball coming oat in the back of his head. Mr. Napier was shot in the stomach. Both are iu a critical condition. In Scotsboro, Alabama, corn is selling at 50c., pork retailing at G@Bc., beef at j s@oc., unu sweet potatoes 50e. per bushel. Madame LeYert, formerly of Mobile, well known here, is giving leadings iu New York. The Seottsboro Herald learns that a fire broke out m Cluttsville, Madison county, last Wednesday, which swept through farms burning cotton and corn i crops, and on one pjlace belonging to a widow lady, the dwellings burnt down. Iho Ore continued its march for miles, crossing the State line into Tennessee. The Selma Times announces the failure and assignment of M. R. Boggs, a large merchant, of that city, by reason of hav ing made heavy advances to planters, and the failure of planters to pay for said ad- I vauces. It is claimed that his assets are much larger than his liabilities. Bold Robbery.— As Mr. Henry Nixon was coming to the city last Thursday morn ing, from his home near Hunter’s mill in this county, he was met by three negro men in the swamp of the branch three miles above town on the river road and 1 robbed of all the money he had—about five dollars—and such articles of clothing as they wanted. He says they were con cealed in the thicket, and after having committed the robbery fled through the woods. They- are described as being young and well dressed, and well armed. The act was committed very early in the morning before sun up . —Eufaula AYif s. loth. 1 ALABAMA LEGISLATIVE. This body met in Montgomery on Mon day, with a quorum in both branches. In the Senate. Mr. Grayson, tlio new mem ber elect from Madison, was sworn in, and in the House, Anderson Smith, of Dallas, was sworn in as anew Represen tative. In both Houses resolutions in reference to Cuba and the Spanish butch ery were introduced, and there was some ; talk, but no definite action. The negro members go for wiping out Spanish rule ; and negro slavery in Cuba before break fast. Several bills were introduced in the Senate, and one of them passed—a bill by Mr. Harris, of Russell, to repeal an act to secure justices of the peace and notaries public in their fees in certain j | cases. The House raised a committee “to iu j quire and report what action should be taken by the General Assembly in view ! of the recent outrages on American citi zens by tho Cuban authorities.” It also made the special order for Tuesday, at 12 m., a resolution favoring the inter changeability of Government bonds and greenbacks. (A cue from Washington, no doubt.) Tuesday, Nov. 18.—In the Senate, C. W. Hatch, the newly elected Senator from i Halo county, was admitted to his seat, af ! ter an unsuccessful attempt by some Sen | ators to have a serious charge against him : investigated. (The charge was that he was a defaulter to the U. S. Government.) The vote for admitting him without in vestigation stood 13 to 12. A number of ; local bills were introduced and referred— among them : To repeal an act requiring publication of semi-annual exhibits of re ceipts and disbursements of county funds; to amend section 7 of the act regulating elections (so as to elect tax assessors at the same time with tho collector); to pre vent the sale of liquors within three miles of a church in Salem, Lee county. Tho last named was passed. The Senate pass ed resolutions of respect for Senator Mur phey, deceased, end adjourned. In the House, D. E. Cood, white Radi cal, claimed the seat of Henry Cochran, postmaster at Selma, Ala., who, it ap pears, has not formally resigned, but who, Coon says, ought to have resigned, and would have resigned if he had not thought an objectionable man would be elected in his place! Coon ran at the late special election and got some votes, though he ■was badly beaten by a colored Radical, and now he wants to get in because he was next highest and two vacancies ought to have been filled. His claim was refer red to the Judiciary Committee. Among the new bills introduced in the House— Clarke, of Barbour, a bill to repeal sec. I 2 of the net in relation to the issue of I county bonds in aid of any railroad in this State, approved February 17, 1871. so | far as the same relates to Barbour county-. I Internal Improvements. Also, a bill for the protection of agri ! cultural laborers. [Gives a first lien from | the time the crop is planted on both lands and crop.j Judiciary. Williams, of Barbour, a bill to define the duties and fix the responsibility and compensation of warehouses and places of like kind. Judiciary. Also, a bill for the relief of George j Webb of Barbour county. Local Legis- I lation. Also, a bill to establish anew charter for the city of Eufaula. Corporations. Also, a bill to repeal tho act making Pea River a public highway, approved Febru ary sth, 1840. Public Roads and High ways. Speed, a bill to provide medical atten tion for the poor and destitute within one j mile of the corporate limits of Union j Springs. Employs a physician for the ; poor and pays him S3OO per annum.— i Read twice and referred. | Speed, a bill for the protection of ag | rieultural laborers. [Gives them a lieu, I from tho time of planting, on all crops; ] said lien to be subordinate only to the I landlord’s lien,and authorizes its satisfac tion by attachment.] Judiciary. Mr. McCoy-, a bill to prevent liquor sales within two and a half miles of Da viston Academy and (Spring Hill Church in Tallapoosa county. Passed. At 12 o’clock, the special order, being the preamble and resolution yesterday offered by Mr. Parsons, was taken tip. The resolution was as follows: lie it resolved, That our Senators in Congress are hereby instructed and our Representatives requested to urge the passage of au amendment to the several acts regulating the currency by which it shall be made the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to pay iu legal tender notes on presentation l ail bonds of the United Stales which bear interest at the rate of 0 per centum per : annum or upwards, and to redeem all legal tender notes with bonds whenever ! said notes are presented at the Treasury for that- purpose. Mr. Taylor, of Lauderdale, opposed the adoption of the resolution. He approved the object of the resolution, but thought the means proposed to secure the i desired end were certainly hazardous. Government bonds, he said, were at a premium, and if they w ere offered at par ■ by Hie Government the speculating capi | talist- would buy all of them and realize at - once a profit equal to the present premium on ffie bonds. Hence he thought that instead of inflating the currency the | scheme contemplated by the resolution | would result iu withdrawing still more largely from the circulation of the coun try. i Mr. Parsons said he was not wedded to any one theory and hoped that the gentle i man from Lauderdale would propose | something better. His object was to j inaugurate a movement for some change in the currency laws in the hope that when once begun it would ripen into something that would relieve and bless j the country. Mr. Boyd congratulated Mr. Parsons on the able assault he had made upon the financial policy of the Federal Govern ment, but believed, from the result of the j late elections iu the North and Northwest, 1 that a plan would shortly be matured which would releive the country of its present financial and other embarrass ments without resort to special instruc tions from Legislatures to their Represen tatives or requests to the Representatives of the people in Congress. Mr. McUaskey moved that the resolu i tion be referred to a special committee of five, upon which shall be the gentlemen from Talladega and Lauderdale, with in s'ructions to modify and revise the same if necessary-, and report without delay. Carried. CUBAN AIEAIRS. Havana, Nov. UJ. —The Vuz de Cuba publishes a rumor that 17 prisoners have beeu shot at Holguinee, on account of a recently discovered conspiracy to co-ope rate with the Cubans on the Virginius. There is no official confirmation of the report. The same paper says, editorially-, that the laws ought to be enforced energeti cally against conspiracies without con sideration, either iittle or much, for what strangers may say or do. We are ow ners of our honor, and are well able to manage our own affairs and defend our rights. Advices fnn Santiago do Cuba, dated the 12th instant, say that on that day the Captain of the British steamer Niobe and the British Consul at Santiago were in the prison and had an interview with the captives who remained alive. It was expected, at Santiago, the United Statessteamer Wyoming would reach there on the 13th. OR.TECTS TO TIIE PRAYERS. Berlin, Nov. 18. —The Bishop of.Nan oy has ordered prayers for the recovery of Metz and Strasburg. The German Gov ernment has remonstrated to France 1 against the Bishop's action. THE FAIR TUI SLY ATTESTED. The F. S. Bankrupt Court Decides in Fa vor of 3lr. John King. Special to the Sen.] Savannah, Ga., Nov. 18. —The weather is very fine. There is no crowd to wit ness the Savannah Fair. The display thus far is small but will be better during the remainder of the week. The races are good. The suit in tho U. S. District Court to force John King, ex-banker, into bank ruptcy, lias been dismissed in Mr. King’s favor. This confirms tho assignment. Gen. Denning, Col. Mott, and Messrs. John King and S. G. Murphy leave Sa vannah to-night for Columbus. The Fair—Sabre Tournament—Faying nf the Cathedral Corner Stone. Special to the Srx. Savannah, Not. 19, 1873. The day is very cold and blustering. The hotels are filling up,and the prospects fora better attendance during the remain der of tho week are more flattering. To-day the visitors to the fair grounds exceeded those of yesterday. There were no races. The Sabre Tournament took place to day. The contest was one between the members of the Georgia Hussars. The first prize was won by 11. P. Miller, the second by Gen. R. 11. Anderson, the third by Lewis Ryals. The laying of the corner stone of the Catholic cathedral brought forth an im mense demonstration. The procession was a grand one. It was composed of military companies, religious societies, schools,priests and delegates from Macon, Columbus, Atlanta and other cities. Sev eral brass bands were in the line. The ceremonies were very imposing, and the concourse of people was vast. An elegant address was delivered by Bishop Gibbous, of Virginia. The entire programme and its exe'eu- j tion was on a grand scale. In the erec tion of this cathedral every Catholic in Georgia is deeply interested. Sidney Herbert. THE EXECUTIONS AT SANTIAGO. How <’apt. Fry and Ills Comrades Were Butchered. Special to the N. V. Herald. Havana, via Key West, Nov. 15, — The j following account of events at Santiago j de Cuba have been received here:— On Friday morning, the 7th inst,, 37 ! of the crew of the Virginius were brought j on shore and taken to the prison, to re- j main there’until their execution, which, was ordered for that afternoon. Captain Fry, a noble looking old man, fully ahead taller than the rest of the crew, when he met his men on wharf previous to the march to the prison, saluted them all. The salute was received with affection. BARBAROUSLY SHOT, DESPITE CONSULAR PROTESTS. At a quarter to 5 p. m. Captain Fry and the 3(i men and officers were publicly shot, despite the protest of all the competent foreign authorities. The marines were seven minutes killing the wretched pris oners. It seemed as if they would never finish. At last the sailors marched off and tho troops filed past the long row of corpses. Then the dead carts were hur ried up and loaded indiscriminately with the mangled remains. BURP.IEL BULLYING THE CONSUL. The American Consul has done all that could have been dono. Indeed, it was threatened that his exequatur would be withdrawn for his exertions in behalf of the prisoners In an interview with Gen. Bnriiel that officer yelled at him and oth erwise treated him disrespectfully. SIXTEEN BRITISH SUBJECTS KILLED. The British Consul also made an inef fectual protest against the executions. It is reported that 10 of the victims were British subjects. WASHINGTON ITEMS. Washington, Nov. 17.—The President to-day signed the commission of Wm Gib son, Postmaster at Austin, Nevada, and appointed Henry Oscar Wagner, jr., of Illinois, Consular Clerk. The Postmaster General to-day issued an order reducing registration fee on do- j rneslie letters and packages from fifteen to eight cents, commencing on tho first of \ January next. Outstanding legal tenders $3G2,109,011. Her British Majesty’s steamer Niobe sailed from Jamaica for Cuba on the evening of the oth. The American fili bustering steamer, Geueral Sherman, entered the harbor of Aspinwall on tho 3d inst., under the name of General Aviza, and was at onee seized by Oapt. Cushing, j of the U. S. steamer Wyoming, for using ; illegal ship papers and sailing under the ; ilag of Honduras; while it is claimed she j is an American vessel. Her Feizure will be ! decided by U. S. Courts. GERMANY AND UNITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Washington, Nov. 19.—An arrangement has been entered into between the United States and Germany for an exchange of ; postal cards between the two countries, ! io go into effect on the Ist of December, j 1873. The postage on postal cards sent | from the Fnitsd States to Germany is i fixed at two cents, prepayment of which j is to be made by affixing to United States \ postal cards an ordinary one cent United j States postage stamp in addition to the | stamp priuted or impressed on the card, but insufficiently paid postal cards will j not be furnished in the mails between the two countries. TWEED CONVICTED. New York, Nov. 19. — The Tweed jury found a verdict of guilty on all the counts. The defense took exception to any except j a general verdict on all the counts. The j defense moved to arrest judgment on the ] ground of want of jurisdiction, and that the act creating the Board of Audit was repealed by the act of 1873. The Court j replied, it was useless to waste time, as j the Court was convinced on these points, j The defense remonstrated. Judge Davis J replied, ho had no intention to wound I the feelings of counsel for the defense. : Defense said the answers by the prosecu tion to points made by defense were humiliating. The prosecution calling them trifling. SOCIAL EQUALITY DECISION. Washington, Nov. 17. In the case of Catharine Brain, colored, against the I Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injury in being put out" of the ladies’ car, the Supreme Court to-day affirmed the judgment for the plaintiff, holding that the Court below had jurisdiction, and that action was properly sustained against the Company. This does not decide the general question of the right of railroad companies to make regu lations separating races on the cars in the absence of charter provisions. UTAH AFFAIRS. Salt Lake, Nov. 17. —The memorial to Congress for legislation thus far Las over 3,000 signatures. In the Mormon District Court the suit of Hawkins vs. Wall, for the possession of | the well-known Widow’s mine, at Little j Cottonwood, involving nearly $2,000,000, j was dismissed to-dav, on motion of plain- i tiff. Travel west, on the Pacific Railroad, is unprecedentedly large, and daily increas- ! iug - Me MAHON ON PROLONGATION. Paris, Nov. 18—President McMahon’s message asks the prolongation of the present executive for seven years. He I deems it is h s duty to indicate guaranteeF, i otherwise it would be imprudent for him to accept the task. He points out the j bad effect of postponement of the be- j ginning of prolongation until after the ! Constitutional bills are voted on. He will use the powers gianted in defence of conservative ideas, which he is convin ced are those of a majority of the na tions. After adjournment, the committee on prolodgation agreed to seven years, but refused to yield other points. Gerrit Smith has published a letter in which he takes strong ground against granting State or Government aid to pub- Re schools. He urges that tho school be left like the church, in the hands of the i people. I NO. 42.. OEX OS AXT OX THE riSOIXIVS AEEAIJi. Washington, Nov. 17.—The President j to-day in conversation relative to Cuban j matters, said that the Government had thus far acted on such facts as had reaeh | ed it and was now engaged in collecting from all available sources further iufor | mation concerning the capture of the j A irgiuius and particulars attending re volting executions which'followed that event. It was desirable that all information should be of such character as would leavo I no doubt whatever as to its reliability. The ! policy of this case was too evident to re | quire explanation. The Government be ing careful in what,‘it is t now doing and j " it may hereafter do, acts upon facts j and not upon assumption in nncon j firmed reports. It was esssential that we I should be prepared to maintain our posi tion. | Iho President said he had changed none j of the views heretofore expressed by him j concerning events in Cuba, but had more : ( han ever been confirmed in tli»m by re ! cent events. He shared with the public j tllo denunciation of the capture on high | seas of vessels sailing with a regular clear i ance under the U. S. flag and the startling events which so quickly followed. Spain never having conceded the Island of Cuba in a state ot war, and there be : ng no pioclauiation by the United States accord ing belligerent rights to the Insurgents. The Virginias was regularly cleared for the Island of Cuba, and had a right to enter Havana, or any port of the Spanish possession. This Government does not recognize any right on the part of Spain, in the. present state of affairs, to interfere in any manner with our merchant ships upon the seas, except in usual rights in her own ports, and within one inarino league of the coast of any of her domin ions, and of these facts she is aware, as a matter of course. It is the determination of this Government to protect our citizens iii all their rights,and to’ compel respect to our flag. The present naval preparations were with I this view,not to incite war by the President, ! that power being vested in Congress, but i to be prepared’ for all possible contin- I gencies. Upon the meeting of Congress all facts in possession of the Executive De- 1 partinent relative to Cuba would be laid before that body, with such recommenda- j tions as the occasion demanded. To-tnor row, he said, he would commence the pre- i paration of his message, but would defer j that part relative to Cuban affairs until i within a day or two of the meeting of Con- j gross, desiring first to obtain all possible 1 information upon the subject. During the brief ’conversation the Pres- ! ident said he should, in his message, j again recommend legislation on Utah af fairs. Ho would, in calling attention to financial subjects, submit a plan, not yet fully matured, rendering currency more flexible, and preventing it if possible from being used, as recently, for gamb ling purposes. CUBAN MEETING IN NEW YORK. New York, Nov. 18.— 1 lit: Cuban meet ing was very enthusiastic. There were repeated cries of “War! War!” The meeting resolved that the people of the United States look to the’great soldier who now presides over our Gov ernment to take the promptest and most decisive action consistent with the dignity and past proceedings of our Gov ernment ; that we adopt the language of Thos. Jefferson in 1793, when he, as Sec retary of the State, wrote to the Spanish Representations in regard to the outrages commmitted by Creek Indians in tlio Spanish Territory of Florida, upon Amer ican citizens which concludes : ‘‘lf we cannot otherwise prevail on the Creeks to discontinue their depredations, we will attack them in force. If Spain chooses to consider our defense against savage butchery as a cause of war to her, we must meet her also in war, with re gret, but without fear.” A LONDON DAILY ON CUBA. London,! 7ov. 18.—The Daily Telegraph of this morning has a leading article on the Virginius affair, and says : “Consid erations of policy and humanity would lead England to view favorably the an nexation of Cuba to the United States, but that the American Government will await the reassembling of Congress be fore taking action in the Virginius matter is evidence that its policy will not be governed by popular clamor. We do not despair of a peaceful solution of the question in view of the difficulty the United States would experience in re taining possession of Cuba, if annexed. We would advise the Government of that country to acknowledge the belligerency of tho Insurgents and ultimately guaran tee the independence of the Island, asking in return the abolition of slavery.” WASHINGTON ITEMS. The Cabinet anil the Virginias Affairs— The Navy—lndian Bow-wow. Washington, Nov. 18. —At the Cabinet meeting to-day the Virginius massacre subject was renewed, but no new facts are known, and tho decision of the Govern ment is withheld unti tho assembling of Congress. There were no new determi nations. All the members wore present except Robeson, who is in New York su perintending navy movments. No addi tional official l dispatches to those already published, received up to this evening. The Navy Department has established recruiting officers at various points, and the Navy will be recruited up to full stan dard. INDIANA. Oov. Hendricks on the Cuban Massacre. Indianapolis, Nov. 18.—Gov. Hend ricks telegraphed yesterday to a commit tee of New Y'ork Cuban sympathizers as follows : Spain cannot be permitted to maintain the authority in Cuba, by means which civilized nations rejects as atrocious, and in the cause of humanity aud good government the United States should now extend their sympathy and power over that Island. I think this is the senti ment of the people of Indiana. FROM CUBA. Burriel’s Artifice—More Arrests, &c. Havana, Nov. 18. Burriel, before shooting Cespedes, endeavored to per suade him to betray his father, President Cespedes. It is reported Salvo Rosa land ed in a schooner with forty others, and was not aboard the Virginius. Two gen tlemen and eight ladies from tho steamer City of New Y’ork, jnst arrived from New Y'ork, are suspected of being Insurgent correspondents. Tlio owner of the Bom talier Express was also arrested; all con fined at head piarters of the police. GREAT BRITAIN AND SPAIN. London, Nov. 18.—The Foreign Office has issued a circular that the Government reserves its decision upon the question of the executions already made at Santiago, but will hold Spain aud all concerned re sponsible for additional executions of British subjects. THE VIRGINIUS. Santiago de Cuba, Nov 12.—The Isa bella la Catoiica arrived with the convoy Y’irginius for Havana. The authorities insist upon treating her as a pirate. No more executions, but trials are progress ing. The British man-of-war Niobe is still here. THE VIRGINIUS’ CREW. Havana, Nov. 18. —Os the Virginius’ crew not executed, four were condemned to the chain gang for life, three to eight years imprisonment, eight to four years imprisonment, and three set at liberty. SPAIN ON THE TOPIC. Madrid, Nov. 18. -The Spanish Cabi net are unanimously in favor of a satis factory and honorable settlement as to the Virginius difficulty, but regard the maintainance of and integrity of Spanish territory as easential. A SINGULAR TRAGEDY. San Francisco, Nov. it!.—Joseph Far radv and his friend Charles Dodge, went to the theatre last night. They went out to take a drink between the acts, when Dodge became suddenly ill and died. Farrady seems to have thought he would be accused of poisoning his friend, and blew his brains out. THE LATE BUTCHERIES. THE CABINET ON' THE SITUATION. Setleence of Cabinet Officials —Their I on - fhlcnec iu Grant—Secretary Eichardson Interviewed—His Opinion as well as that of Prominent Men on Annexation of the “Ever Eaithfal Isle’-—Activity in the Various Departments—The Na tion's Wards to the Front—Will There hr War ? Washington, Nov. 19.—As an evidence of tho entire unanimity in the Cabinet on the exciting complications growing out of the Virginias capture and its consequen ces, it may be mentioned that all the Cab inet Officers are thoroughly guarded in their expression as to what definite action has been taken by tho Government, or whnt will be the result. They do not hes itate to speak in regard to their entire con fidence in the President, and the approv al by the people of the course pursued when the same shall beoine known. It is a noticeable fact that in these expressions there is evidence of thorough accord be tween the President ami his Cabinet. Secretary Richardson, in conversation with a Representative of tho Associated Press to-day, stated, ‘‘l have every Con fidence in Secretary Fish. He will do just right and you may rest assured he will not bo carried away by excite | ment, neither will ho yield one bit of the ■ national honor.” In reference to tho | ability of the United States to w T age a I successful war with Spain, should it bo found necessary to resort to arms, he said: “Should such a course be determ ined upon, the Treasury Department is fully prepared. We have enough money to commence with, but exactly as to what will be done afterwards depends upon the prolongation of a war, though I have no doubt it would be of short duration. As Congress will be here in two weeks, it is very certain that there will be no dfficulty lin raising all tho menus wo want —a war jof course will bo expensive, as it re i quires large sums of money to move j armies and fit out ships, but wo arc equal j to the*emergency.” He was then asked ! the question : “Do you find the Cabinet | willing?” and upon being answered that (he sentiment seemed to be to uphold the national honor he replied: “Tho opin ! ions of Mr. Fish are correct, and tho i Treasury Department is prepared tomain ! tain these opinions.” Question —"Do I ! understand, Judge, that you are in favor | of the annexation of Cuba ?’’ Answer, i after a significant silence—“ While I do not say what I am in favor of, I do say that I wtll stand by Mr. Fish and what ever the State Department does. I bo lieve the Secretary of State is a careful, : cautious and judicious man, and that ho | will not get us into any embarrassments. That is my decided opinion. I have not | given much attention to tho subject. In its present, shape it belongs entirely to the Department of State. I assume that if we had a war with Spain it would result in the annexation of Cuba.” The Secre tary was then asked if the acquisition of that island would not materially disar range our tariff system; to which here plied: “At first, of course it would upset everything, as we would lose a large sum of money the first year from the import duty on sugar and tobaco, which we now receive, but after that our internal col lections on those articles, especially tobacco, would much more than compen sate for that loss.” Question —“Would it not be necessary to keep a large army of custom officers there.” Answer —-“Yes; it would he a great place for smuggling, and would necessitate the establishment of custom houses all along tho coast, and as there is such an extent of coast many persons would have to be employed to guard it.” The Secretary was asked if the Department knows officially of the past history of the Virginius. He replied that “it did, the vessel having been twice owned by the Government—once vhen belonging to the division of captured and abandoned property of the Treasury, by which she was sold, and again, in 1870, she was seized at Mobile for the debt of a de faulting assistant Treasurer. She was then brought here to the Potomac and sold to u New York muu named Patterson. Her name was then the \ ngin, but upon being taken to New York, her name was changed to tie Virginius. I believe the Virginius and the vessel which captured her, the Tornado, were both l uilt on tho Clyde by the same builders for blockade running during the war.” Unusual activity prevails in the Wash ington Navy Yard, and in some of the departments over-time is being made. A large force is at work on the steamer Shawmut, a third class vessel belonging to the North Atlantic station, and the Tallapoosa, a transport paddle-wheel steamer, is being rapidly repaired. A large force is engaged in the Ordi nance Department, making ammunition. Lieut. Fletcher has reported at the Navy Yard as a recruiting officer. His headquarters is on tho ship Relief, lying at tho Dock. Already some men have enlisted, and a large number of enquiries have been made as to terms. The volunteer movements to raise troops have thus far been among the col ored people, who, though, there was no official intimation to stimulate their ac tion, apprehend the Government will have need for their service in the field. The less exciteable and by far the larger portion of the population are settling down in the belief that the services of these first to declare their willingness to enlist for Cuba will not be required. Prominent gentlemen who have hereto fore been opposed to tho acquisition of Cuba, now express themselves in favor of such a measure. They say tho Spaniards received from the United States many million dollars annually for such articles as we import from Cuba, while the United States are, owing to restrictions and arbitrary trade regulations almost exclu ded from commercial advantage on the matter of exports. As one instance of this truth the export of flour amounts to near prohibition, it being carried first to Spain and thence to Cuba, at a duty of eight dollars per bar rel, and so of other American products. These gentlemen would prefer anew com mercial treaty, provided one could bo ob tained on just and equitable terms with reasonable guarantee for its faithful ex ecution, but as the Spanish Government has shown itself powerless to enforce its authority in Cuba, and from the further fact that our commerce has been frequent ly interfered with by the Spanish author ities, the most certain way of relieving ourselves from present and future trouble would to acquire tho island in the best way possible. At present tho Spanish Government is opposed to a separation of her Colonies from the mother coun try, but, hereafter, their might lie a state of affairs which would not ad mit of a previous consultation with Spain on that subject. There were not only outrages in the West India waters to re dress, but those against American citizens residing on the Island. These have been the subjects of negotiation which have been ernbarrasued by Spanish official de lays aud the opposition of the Cuban au thorities, the latter being controlled by the Casina Espagnol, more potent than the throne itself in Cuba ; besides there is no way of putting an end to slavery and the cruel and barbarous Coolie trade under present circumstances, if wo have to depend on the promises made by the Spanish Government, which have thus far failed of execution. Reforms in Cuba and Porto Rica in these respects have been pressed by our Government, but without a practical result, for the reason, as already stated, the Spanish Government is impotent to enforce its authority. They say tho most common observer must see that this state of affairs cannot exist much longer; the public patience is nearly exhausted and there is no telling when something mcra t! au protests and the asking for explana tions on our part will be unanimously de manded by tho citizens of the United States to secure peace on our border and to guard American interests and honor from future molestation and injury, and furthermore, to terminate for ever tho repetition of barbaraties toward prison ers, whether taken in insurrection or otherwise, which, while they received the strong condemnation they deserve, have more than once been officially condemned by our Government as contrary to the humane and Christian sentiment of the age.