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Show THE VIRGIN. US CAPTURE. 1 New York, 13. A letter from Ha-: vana gives a n account of the I'iiyinii's nfihir rrom which it appears that on Oct. 30th the Spanish consul at Kingston advised the governor at Santiago De Cuba that the i'ir:inin.s was in the vicinity of Morraut Bay. Tho Spanish war steamer 'Jonnido had t li lit, niorningarrivctl.atSantiagode Cuba and four hours after tho gover-1 nor received information of the IVr-. ;hiins went in search of her.ThefoI-1 lowing day 'l'onwlo undttv fhll s:iil . :iud but little steam as some slight: repairs were being made to her ina-1 chinery.came in siglifc of the Yirpinl- vs which probably sujiposcd the T--r-1 nutlo to be a sailing vessel as her course! was not changed. On the lurnaifo' every effort was made to hasten the repairs thpy were engaged in, and at , D o'clock the chief engineer pronoun- j cod them completed. AH steam possible pos-sible was immediately got up and' the veji-el headed for tbe 'hiiii'i.t oon . reaciiiug ft ppecd of H knoU and hourly gaining upon her. 'Ihe 'Vr- iniiis had in the meantime kept on1 her course, but divining tho hostile intentions of the Tonwdo changed it towards Jamacia, and being out of coal commenced to burn petroleum, , g roast), lat and oilier 'combustibles from tbe provisions ou board, such as hams ete. Night closed inaudthe: vessels were in the same relative positions pos-itions tho Tornado however gaining, i As soon as they got within .gun shot j tho Tu.-nado fired a cun followed by, three other shots and a shell. This brought the yirginius to, and two i armed boats from the lorn-iio came alongside, took possession of the ves-5ol, ves-5ol, and made" prisoners of all on board. At tho time of the capture the Yi,-jinis was fiyingan American rlag but this ws pulled down by the Spanish oriioer nnd the &piish ensign en-sign hoiitcd inits ste;id, aiLhougu the ' papers of tiiC vessel, duly dispatched i ! Ibr Colon, were handed to him a:'Ur, j the Ciiptnre. Tho next two hours were employed in transferring some jof the prisoners to the u1 and pulling a prize crew on the 'V,--yiiniun. At niidniglit t lie ve.-sei.-i started fur S.vntisco be Cuba and arrived ar-rived the following day at " p.m., i havir.g l-een joirieii by the Spanish j pteamer Cunftlro. Their arrival i created immense exci'oment and rejoicing re-joicing ;unou tiie Spanish. The , Governor t'encml gave a reception iwliicli Listal all night. The next ,day a com t-martial was held j w;is he'd on loard the Jornmio which commenced at t a.m. .and tennmalcvi "t 4 p.m. Ail were tried as pi rato1 and the findings of the court and sentences were sent to the Captain General and admiral in sealed uaek-eu. uaek-eu. After the court nad concluded ; itd t;isk all the prisoners with the cx-' cx-' ception of Bamb. tta. Jesus Del Sol. iliin. Ryan. and l'edro Coipedes were , : tninsterrcd to tiie jail of the citv cs- curled by a lurce of one hundred vol-, vol-, untcers. and a number of marines. 'Gen. Burriel, it is said, onoly asked that all tlie prisoner- should be turned iover to him with tiie exception of the '(Captain and crew who should be sent j to Havana at the dim-al . of com-j com-j mandant Oon. DeMaratinas, and de- i clarctl that within i'i hours afterwaixl all sliouid be tried and executed. In oaier to avoid any complication from , foreign intervention, he also detainetl ja telegram which tho U. S. Consul j desired (be forwarded to tbe l".S. Cou-, Cou-, sul at King bW,n reporting tlie capture (and inquiring as to tie nationality of j the Vi.yi.;ii. The I i,:;ii,s had. I papers in order and was dispatched! . for Colon, all the passengers appear-' ingon papei-5 as laborers Vor railroad J building there. AM accounts diiler. j as to the position of the i 't'.-:tiiiin at : the time of capture. 0:;e gives the j capture as having liccn ctto-icd at j 2i mnes from Jamacin, and the oiHeial ; account states 11' miies. Tiie DUwo I states it at 20 miles, the journals at eight and twenty miles and the i version cf the the iV-zt-CV.-a twelve; 'miles. The commander of tuc 'J'or- ' ti'ido publicly stated in Santiago De' Cuba that 'an hour later and the IV- ffiitiv.i could have saved heiself by I ! entering some pert of Jamacia. U. .seems tiio Vi.yiuius shortly after U"e r ( departure a French steamer for '-antiaja De Santiago left j Jamacia on the 24th ult.'it was the! intention of the expeditionist.-; to sail; j direct for Cuba, but slight damage to; I the machinery caused them to enter! the port of Havti. This they left, touching nt Por au Prince, Hayti! jand another part of the same Island tuntil the 3uth, Uxtn which they con-: j eluded to mul for Cuba and attempt : : a landing and jpen whicli day the' i information that proved so disastrous' , to those on boaid was given to the, j authorities at Santiago De Cuba. I |