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Show THE VIRCtNIUS AFFAIR. Madrid, 16. There arc rumors that a Ministerial crisis is impending inconsequence of the Virginius aflitir, but, their truth is denied in otiicial , quarters. A delegation from the Spanish Colonial Club waited upon! the minister of war to-day, and asked him to keep Captain General Jovallis' at Havana. The minister replied that he would be unable to decide tin-1 til he was more fully informed of re-! cent events in Cuba. The Cvt-ftn-p-jiisia contradicts the current report that Jovcllar has resigned. j London, 17. The Time this morn-, ing, in a leading editorial says if the, Virginias affair had occurred during , the ascendency of the Democratic, party Cuba would have been immediately imme-diately tumcxetl, It draws the con-' Irast between the conduct of the Span - j iards in Cuba and the lenient treat-1 ment by the American gorernmcut of foreign blockade runners during their rebellion, and snyj if England is called upon to act in consequence of the execution of any of her own subjects there is no reason why she should not acknowl-i edge the independence of Cuba, especially es-pecially if the act would cheek such outrages. It recommends the adoption adop-tion of. that line of policy by the United Uni-ted States. The Daily 'hUy,vjtJi contains con-tains an article similar in tone. Both journals concur in the opinion that Spain is powerless to enforce repara-, tion, anil that the United States may! possibly be compelled to intervene, j even though reluctant to do so. I New York, 1G. About 5,'00 per-i sons visited the navy yard yesterday, I many being m search of work, not taking into account those who went there forpersonal motives. The oiheers say that at no time since the war has ! the general public evinced such' in-1 tercst in tlic nlliiirs of the yard. Xo secret is made of the fact that orders I have been received from Washington I to prepare all available vessels fur ae-1 tive service as soon as possible; and i well-informed parties say that orders-have orders-have been issued to prepare for sea, at once, every suitable vessel in the United States navy. The frigates Min':soi and O)",.., each carry fifty gun., They will he ready for sea within twenty-five days. Captain Ransom docs not believe there is a vessel in our navy that is competent to contend with tho Spanish frigate Araju'ihs, but believes one of our gun boats can put a shot clear through her and disable her machinery. It is not true that orders have been received re-ceived from the navy dciarlment to stop work on the -Lvyj.e.v. At the hotels and clubs the Cuban dillieulty and the complications almost certain cer-tain to arise from it, are universally univer-sally the subject of conversation. conversa-tion. It is generally conceded that unlcs the Madrid government consents con-sents to joint intervention in order to restore tranquility in Cuba and punish pun-ish tho perpetrators of the recent outrage, war with Spain is inevitable. The majority arc unanimous in expressing ex-pressing the belief lhat everything will be dune tu uphold the national reputation. The Secretary of War, who was in the city yesterday, is reported re-ported to have said to an intimate friend who called on him : " You are aware that I have been considered somewhat bloodthirsty on this matter, but the entire Cabinet are now of my mind. At the Cabinet meeting held yesterday, wc were a unit ; and if the "American people are not sat it tied with the measures resolved upon at that meeting to vindicate the national honor, they must lie very hard to please." Key. Mr. Bceeher, in his sermon to-day, made a powerful appeal Lo the sympathies of the American people in favor of free Cuba, lie denounced the ciieeuiions at Santiago as an outrage out-rage against humanity and civilization, civiliza-tion, proceeding from a cruel love of blood. He thought, however, Government Gov-ernment should act thoughtfully and not rashly, and if Spain cannot stop such abominations, let the hand ol national ju&tice fall Hot only upon the perpetrators, but so as to give knowledge knowl-edge and freedom to those who de served liberty, ami llie ncip ui ever; . h'.jmV. heart on ihe gi.iiv. ' J, St. Louis, lti. Coi. L. M. Saiiin, ' of this city, having telegraphed to J Gov. Woodson. protVring a regiment of infantry for service against Cuba, 1 thai gentleman has replied as follows: " 1 wish 1 had the pour .it "iico io ; accept ihe services of your regiment : but v c must abide by the action of the general authorities. Accept my,' tlu.nks for this manifc-tation of: energy and ualriotism, and rest as- Hiireu when the time tor ai Liun eoiucs' you will be remembered; and that-time that-time will soon come, unless the Gov-j ernment is oblivio is to the demands ! of patriotism, and humanity, and the1 voice of the people. i Philadelphia, io. Seven hundred men were at work tc-day on the monitors .V-uiiuf'-tii, Jlar, and Cn-aiidiii'iur. Cn-aiidiii'iur. The M-'.nn'Ha.i will go into commission to-morrow. The Mux will have her sheets placet! then. The Fi.ito, a large tug, is also being; made ready, a a dispatch boat be-1 tween Key West and Havana. From New York the 1'uirialftin and Motion-; .A- ht arc expected daily. Tho former j mil act as a consort to the Manho.iUm. Aspinwall, 0. A dispatch irom j Kingston says it is rumored that Jiy-! an and Verona, not dying easily, the! Spanish oiliccr thrust hi a word , through the heart ofliyan, and that; the blood-thirsty mob" severed the j heart of the dead men from the UaIv, , placed them on pikes and marched them through the city. The Vm(ji:t-i'frf Vm(ji:t-i'frf is reported sunk at fe:. lago. There is great excitement in l'ana-j iba. where Ryan was well known. It ia reported that the U.S. s.s. K'p,,,'! sails to-raorrow from Aspinwall for Santiago de Cuba. New-" York, 17. Recruiting wt- men and marines for the U. S. navy is progressing at the usual ollices. j Tnc fine Spanish iron-clad Aytvi. stiil occupies the dry dock with the red and "yellow flag ilying at her' po.ik. Work on this vessel has not bcuu suspended as reorted. Admiral Ad-miral Brown contradicts the published report that orders have been given to eonLme the crew uf tho Anrt-, :--.-- u, the limits of the navy yard. Committees having in charge 'the arrangements for the m:vs mcet-! mcet-! iug at Steinwny Hall insure its puc- cess. Win. M. Evarts will preside. The following named gentlemen have 1 promi.-cd to address the meeting: i i'C'CU. X. P. Banks, S. S. G.cc, Henry1 Wanl Bccehor.Wnrd rien'c-pont. and !0en. Geo. H. Sliarp. Tiie committee on resolutions will meet at three to prepare suitable resoiutir-ns expressing expres-sing the sentiment and feeiingofthe , meeting on the recent outrage. Ciiicag.i, 17. A Was'ningiuii speelnl gives a reported interview with eol-iector eol-iector Caey, of Xew Orieans, on tiie Cuba .juestion. He says Gen. Long-street Long-street has, lor a year p:n, been or-iianiing or-iianiing an expedition in Xew Or-ie..ns Or-ie..ns lbr an ;uivance upon Cuba, at the moment government should be embroiled, which event he has all , along anticipated. This expedition 1 enrolls ten thousand men. lie says Havana can be starved out. Eight I dollars a head is the d.ity upon the importation of Texas cattle to the Island, Is-land, and ten dollars for horses. I The entire cavalry reliance of the Island is dependent upon this importation im-portation the use Casey sys that I (.very member of the cabinet is stiil' ; for mantaining the dignity of the .country. Tho President, he says, is particularly earnest, but he is too I considerate to adopt , war mea- sures before Congress meets. : i Chicago, 17. The tone of the west-, : empress generally on the Cuban' I affairs- is favorable to prompt and eu-j lergctic action on tho part of the United States to punish the insult to' our ilag and avenge the slaughter of jour citizens, but the majority are op-' posed to the annexation of that is'and j under any ciicumsHuecs. The press ' of Cincinnati, with the exception of I the E'fjitii cr, are notable exceptions , to the above statement. The Com-;;;,-, ridiculing tiie idea of War j with Spain or any interference with : Cuban matters by the United Suites, I and the lutuUc Liking the ground I that the 1 iyinius parties were iili-j iili-j butt ere who have no claim to cither the i protection or .-ympathy of the United States government, and whose fate was no worse than they had reason to expect. |