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ST The following gentlemen are announced
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Tax Collector, at the ensuing election :
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EDMUND MORRIS.
SAMPSON B, MAYS,
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From the Temperance Advocate.
;.PLANK ROADS.
Mr. Editor,-1 would like to call tbe
,rsattentio of the people of. South Carolina
no the mode of improving their bighways
Er b nieas~ ;lank roods., I ppars to
pie that thiews thevery estspossible inn
liositmpraeticable; and nevenafg atone
3e u pater. tshe nature ofjbsIowilwould
be the worst for that kind of-imrprovemen't
'nwhile it-is the best possible kind of road,
et there are many situations where,either
" Srom the nature of the 'country, or the
-stnallness of its products, the .expenase -of
constructing them would not be justified..
Q The railway is more adapted to the
exigencies of a great highway. where a
; large and regular supply of trade requires
the power of steam to transport it, The
communications to this greats highway
are the positions where the plank road is
quietuired. Upon them any kind of vehicle
: f may be used, which is not the case with
the railway, which, from its nature, e
c? eessarily confines the transport to a par
; ..ticular kind of vehicle, which cannot be
used in- other situations. Thus, though
generally, the railway is the best kind of
road, there are situations in which the
plank road is its superior.
These riads, first made in Russia, have
been use in Canada, and a portion of the
State of New York for some years, and
are highly approved of. There are now
in Canada, some five hundred miles ol
--them in successful operation, and many
~more mites projected. In fact, in an~
-situation where timber is plenty, they are
next to railways, the best possible kind ol
*'road.'both for ease of draft, greater uni
-'bri-ityjduring alt kinds of weather, anad
2' resenting the greatest. faihiities for re
.-&pars.
- Te mode of constructing a plank road
is ery ~simple; two pieces of scanthing,
*hfour inches square, are laid in the directioc
6- f the road, and .at the proper distance
apart-these timbers are entirely imbed,
*:2:dd in the earth, and upon them, anc
~~acdsuithe road, three inch plank is laid
~tiinbers, hut without being fastened tc
$-theni in any way; upon the plank abou
;~~Cgesn inch of elea sand is strewn. This
:a 49 ith side ditches for draining, similar ti
those made on other roads,-and especiall:
necessary for this, completes the track
Cimaieful experiments mnade to. this object
fihis'determined that the friction of vehi
~li,T of the amount of. power required ti
~draw them, on a good gravel road, amont
tone-sixteenth of the weight; on a Mc
Adamized iload, ond-thirty-sixth of tha
.eieghi; 'on a McAdamized roed,. will
M aed bot tom, one-fifty-first ofthe weight
.~eawell made payment, one-seventy
O -:srt ortheweigh; on ant oaken plank road
4 ..eleinety-eighth of the weight;' on
ri a iilway bar, one-two hundred ani
Aehtt of the weight.-From which
::hIbe seen that a plank road ranks nex
~u.thes ailway in'th'e power required z
r~tspel freight over it..
I :btiokiftmy be .assumed... that th
~ ___ OO~tor a railwaywiah a bar. no
cedog 50 lbs. to the yardeor.77 ton
ewl e ftfeenshousand dot
-hemite, in this portion of tlie Stat
Soang.track, esl
~*"uolwing is the-estimate ofthse cm
noaij~tack or .plank .roadi one mil
C1igitie wande: 126,720 feet- boar
\e,.auie~3ch plank, and 14,080 feet
~-w 4'y~~ia'~T~atling, in all 140,800 fei
board mearure, at seven dollars per thou
sand, is $985 60
Grading and laying highest price
per mile, 400 00
Engineering and toll houses, 200 00
$1,585 60
Say 1,600 per mile.
The actual cost of working a railway
with a heavy bar and steam power, will
be as follows : Locomotive power, per too
per mile, 0.219 cents
Repair and ren'l. of track, &e. 0.401 "
" cars, 0.430 "
Miscellaneous. 0.200
Total cost per ton per mile, 1.250
This is supposing that the railway bar
will transport two millions of tons, which
is a large estimate, and above that which
has heretofore proved to be the case.
On a plank road, the first and third items
will be divided among the many who
transport, and will not be easily estimated,
but will probably be 3 times as much as
the railway, say 2.000 cents
Repairs and renewal of track, 0 200 "
Miscellaneous, ' 0.100 "
Total cost per-ton per mile, 2.300
Of this not more than 0.300 will he re
quired in payments, while the whole a
mount of 1.25 cents per too per mile must
be paid in cash to maintain the railway.
if we allow seven bales of cotton to the
ton, the cost will be in one case, 33 cents
per bale, and in the other, 18 cents-on a
road of one hundred miles in length, this
will amount to 18 cents, and 33 cents,
which will be the absolute toll required for
keeping up the improvement. The inter
est on the cost is another consideration.
The railway costing ten times as much as
the plank road, will of course require ten
times the trade to support it, or the trade
being equal, ten times as much toll on a
single item transported. This makes the
consideration of the expected trade an im
portant item in the choice of an improve
ment.I
To sum up all these different considera
tions, we arrive at the following conclu
sions: That the plank road will cost but
little over one-tenth as much as a railway
-the same power can transport upon it
one-third as much as it.can upon the rail
road; though the cost of money paid will
be one-sixth for keeping up - the. road. - It
pan be made in. places where, from. the
sniall quantity of product, a railway would
not besujrtedandai ggradesthat would
-binadmissible u : thei -
i ce-an -power-w
.thelate pidjtis farm'toiroduce:
s crop, :in less bsy times,'be used to
transport that crop. to market; "
I have not entered into any calculations
to show the advaitage of a good road over
a bad one, as I suppose there are but few I
who do not already know this advantage
as well as I could demonstrate it. 1 have
nierely wished to point out the kind of ,
road which would be-most suitable to car- E
ry out the proper principles of
ECONOMY.
Roanoke Railroad.-The proprietors of
the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroab have t
declared there determination to perform
the. travel between Portsmouth and Wel
don in three hours; between Portsmouth
and Gaston in three hours and a half;
and from the latter to Raleigh in three
hours. They state the run from Balti- t
more to Norfolk or Portsmouth can be
made in ten hours-so that' the whole line
of travel from Baltimore to Raleigh, when
it is in complete operation, will probably 1
be performed in sixteen hours and a half.
The di'stance is 350 miles.
We learn that these gentlemen have
sent on a heavy order to Richmond for
T iron to commence the wvork of re-laying
the road. Their expenditures within the
State (to which it is their intention to cou
flne them as far as practicable) must ne
cessarily be very considerable-and they
go upon the cash principle entirely.-Nur
folk Herald.
The Crops of Missisippi.--We are
informed by gentlemen from all parts of
the State, says the Mississippian of the
16th ult., that the crops of this year have
never been excelled in appearance at this
season.
The oat and wheat harvests are over
and the yield is abundant. The quantity
of corn will undoubtedly be tmmenae.
More land is planted and the woundrous
growth excites the admiration of all be
holders. There may not be more acres
of cotton than there were .in some past
years, hut the present appearance gives
promise of as fine a crop am ever has been
picked. Take it for all in all the earth,
this year, has and will give a greater in
crease than we have ever received.
A Keen Repl,-iohn Wesley, in a
considerable party, had been maintaining
with great earnestness-the doctrine of voz
popati voz Dei, against his sister, whose
talents were not unworthy of the famile
to which she belonged. At last thy
preacher, to put an end to the controversy,
put his argument in the shape of a dictum,
and.sidr
"I tell you sister, the voice of the people
is the voice of God."
"Yes," she repfied, mildty. -"It cried
crucify him, eructfy hirn,crucify him !"
A more admirable answer was. perhaps
never given.
A toad, which was buried :under a re
Sversed flower put, three feet beneath- the
fsurface'of the ground, on the 14th of June,.
disinterred, and instantly commenced
skipping about. Its mouth was closed up
with a white skin, but its "eyes were as
sparkling as when, on that- day twelve
months, it was put below the ground.
AN EASTERN FUNERAL.
A funeral is described in a letter from
Alexandria as one of the most gorgeous
spectacles in that region for years. It was
that of the Pacha's' son, who died while
absent from Alexandriaand whose remains
were landed there from the French steamer
Osiris. The places of business, on the day
of the funeral, were closed, -the flags of
the shipping hung half mast high, and
minute guns were fired from the admiral's
ship. The procession was as follows:
1. One hundred camels, laden with
bread, provisions and water. in two lines.
2. A number of bullocks and sheep,
driven by butchers, to be slaughtered, tic
:ording to the custom of the country, at
the place of interment, for distribution
amongst the poor.
3. Six regiments ofsoldiers, with arms
reversed, and bearing the usual military
insignia of mourning.
4. The National Guard in two open
lines, between hich, in procession, were
the household officers, in their beautiful
state uniforms. -
5. The principal native merchants
bankers, &c., all :ressed in the Nizam
costume, with white mourning turbans.
6. Twelve boys, in two files, each bear
og a copy of the Koran on a brilliant
salver, and covered with elegantly em
>roidered white and scarlet satiu nap
tins.
7. The naval and military officers.
8. The native clergy, with white mourn
ng turbans,
9. Twenty-fotir men. dressed in em
troidered satin robes, bearing incense in
:hastely-designed gold and silver vases.
10. One hundred blind boys, in white
urplices, who chanted the usual funeral
ion;, (and which seems so closely allied
;o the Irish funeral cry.)
11. The ministers and chief officers of
state, in two lines, between which was the
tier, covered with the richest. Cashmere
sbawls, and borne by twenty boys.
This was followed immediarely by his
ughness Saib Pacha, as chief 'mourner ;
md immediately followed, by the Euro
Lean consuls general, a body of- French
aval officers in uniform, and the principal
Europian merchants. -
These, aga'nj *erecloseup by a d
Vas matamna.e ":h the "greatest regulair
ty, and its general.effect; was peculiarly
mposing. Scarcely an accident occurred
-a fact strikingly singular. where there
vas an accumulation of something very
ittle short of 50,000 pnrsons, and a large
troportion of these nearly savage. By
s ofthose happy schemes for which these
seople are retnatkable, the rabble- was
intirely kept away from the procession
sy an officer, who rode considerably in the
,ear, and who distributed quantities of
tiall coin along, the line.
Extra services have been since perforni
id, both by day and night, at the family
nosque. and the populace aie nightly re
paled with coffee and pipes, at the grounds
adjoining the cemetery.
Dr. Franklin's First Paper.-We like
o see the craft flourish, have great pleasure
n acknowledging an Exchange, in which
nerit and capability are discoverable.
re yesterday received a 4isiter in the
orm of the "Pennsylvania Gazette," pub
ished by one Benjamin Franklin, the same
udividual, we believe, who was once ex
tmined before the British Parliament and
;ave answers perfectly satisfactory-to
timself. The typography is not so good
is it might be, for the types look like an
army at the close of a long march-rather
n a straggling condition, and the impres
tion they have left is not of the neatest.
[he sheet has merit of the right sort, and
ire shall be glad to receive. "copies" fre
iuently. To speakc plainly, we have been
'avored wtth no loss than a per feel fac
timile of the very firatuumberlof the Penn
rania Gazette, edited by Dr. Franklin,
he date being. Sept, 25th, 1729. This
is a great curiosity, and so well executed,.
sven to the color of the "pot" sized sheet,
that it would deceive even the critics. It
has Dr. F3ranklin's address, in which he
apologises for not continuing the printing
in his small vehicle, of Chamber's Diction
ary, which had been commenced by his
predecessor. He says, in excuse, that the
references, from one year to anothet,
would be sometimes ten y'ears apart !
This facsimile of a very scarce and remark
able paper, has been prepared for No. 2 of
"American Historical and Literary Curi
osities,'' edited by J..Jay Smith and John
F. Watson, about to be published. The
same number will contain, also, a copy of
the original of Lord Corn wallis' Surreader
at Yorktown, signed by himself, and rmany
other very remarkables original documents.
-U. S. Gqx.
Method of supporting Tre.-T he
branches of irees when loaded with fruit,
may be kept from breaking in the following
manner : C nnect with cords all the
heaviest brai shes, commencing with the
lower ones, and fasten the ends to the
upper part of the trunk. Branches when
thus secured together cannot break. This
plan is far superior to the' old method of
props,
New Speculatian.-Mehernet Ali has
found 6 new source of revenume, iir the fiue
anen in which 'the imariie denosIte' ef
muia iit wrapped, by applying it to
theriua eture' of paper. Calculations,
foudi '' mummy statisties, mgke the
linens age of the ancient Egyptians
.or:, 0,006. This is better than
steali 'ies from the eyes of dead
men: '
N. 0. Delta, 22d inst.
L r[hORTANT FRoM MEXICO.
Am " Newe Orleans-Latest from
.Vera Crux.
T Anahuae, of the 15th inst.,
ea s vate express arrived here
night be east from Puebla, bringing
very :n tzlng intelligence from that
place, lexico, and from Generals
qdk!u and Pillow's trainE The
etjres 5uebla on the 3d inst., and
broug1 te letters dated the same
day had been received the day
previou , n Mexico, that three Com
missione ifl been appointed by the
MexiEi ernment to confer with Mr.
Triuta ..Martin Tesmelucan, eight
leages'f Vuebla, and it was supposed
theywos eet him on the 4th of July.
Theeitp :der met with General Cad
walla arN Pillow, and their respective
cowiai' *iPerote. They had beery
attacki Hoya, and had completely
routedtli 'my, having sustained but
little I property was lost, and
bothj ratn arrived ia Perote; which
plate' pogdent says, they wereto
leave;o= thiinst.
en a letter dated Mexico. I
July 2dZ writer .says that he does
not doiut- t a treaty of peace would be i
onlrudO ce by the commissioners.
He alsos' !that the Peace party has i
beeome, siderable in the Capit'l, t
that itlj aita Anna (who is ever i
on :theist the strongest) will soon 1
prondune self in favor of peace. The t
Mexican still fortifying' the City of
'Meico b means of the government
wereso It tiiat we do not doubt that I
iLwill be than a day's work for
Ge Sc eimolish all the Mexicans
vedon iOe months, in case they I
ould sho istance. I
* ebla, which was writ
ia efore the, express left t
t t plue tes.that there had been 4
s niasit n ong our troops. We do
nptvpo era the whole contents of I
this each iLns'fullbfromora which
Iad~ote mit jhe'latest'dates."
&nstionfrom the City':
ro a. iitnissiitner; in the
Don' ward de Cooistizo, Don
MenuetBa rIoda 1tad Jose Muria Tornel,
hadbeen 'ppoibid to open i conference
with'Gen. diScot ;'who, on his :part, had
comiiissioneddMr. Trist to the same of
feet.
Lieut, Ivhipple-His Capture and Sup
posed Murdec.-Extract from a letter from i
one of our corr'espondents, dated I
VaRA Cauz, July 13, 1817.
As to news, there are so. many different
rumors constantly afloat here that it is i
almost impossible to get the right end of I
anything.' On our arrival on Sunday
evening. I learned from the Quartermas
ter, that on theprevious evening, an officer j
of the U. S. A. Lient Whipple, (who was
also adjutant.) of' the 9th Infantry had i
walked out in the evening towards the i
Cementery," a short distance from. the
walls of the town, accompanied by a ser
vent, and in the presence of the attendant,
he was lassoed by one of the guerrillas,
made prisoner, and carried away, the t
Lord knows" where ! A patty, under i
the cominand of. Capt. A. M. Duperu i
(who is 'yet in camp,) were despatched on i
the following' morning; but they were
unable to discover any traces of guerrillas,
or anything whatever connected with the i
hard fate-of 'thei unfortunate Lieutenant.
TIhe general. belief here is that he has been
murered-anid from what I hear myself
about it, I have 'no doubt thiat he has. i
'IMPOR.TANT FROM TAM PICO. I
Thesteamship New Orleans, Captain
Auld, arrived this morning, having left
Vera Crus .n the 1yth, Tampico on the
18th, and Brazosr St. Jago on the 20th;
ins.- 'Ca pt. Auld reports that Gen.'Pierce i
left Vera Cruz on the morning of the 14th i
ins,, with' 2500 maen, and train of 150
bggage wagons. The N. 0. strived at
Tampico on 'the morniug of the 15th inst.,
and the: captain 'was informed by Col.
Gates, that Col' DeRustiy, with a detach
met of Lousisiana .Voltunteers, and part
of Cp. Wise's company -of artillery,
Capt'Boyd,'ith one company of infantry
amounting,'in all to 115 or 120 men and
oicersleft.by theiway of the river on the
8th 'inta~foritlie purpose of .relieving the
AmericanD-prisoners, and landed 60 miles
up the river, from' the' steamners Undine
and Mary ESummers, without seeing an
enemy,-and the boats 'returned to Tam
pico at 3 o'clock, P. M. o'n the 15th in
stant.
An-express arrived at Tampico from
Col. DeRaissy1 stating that they had been
permitted to move on uninterruptedly un
til they got into a very narrow pass near
HuejultaYwhenZ they wvere surrounded by
1l00 or 1400? men,;.undler Gen. 'Garay.
Col.DeRuuig'ts command had suffered
consderabile~loss, y but withb the assistance
of Gapt. Wise's .artillery,~ they had cut
their way to the river,' anud there awaited
for'reinforCemnts.
Col. Gates despatched' the' New Orleans
ack to Vera-.Cr~z. with a requisition- on
Cel dlseforfourgLeompanies of infan
try eHe liadsaiso.sent~ the steamboats
UnlineandflaStflSuma se thle uiver
with 150 men to Cul. DeRussy's assis
tance.
The New-Orleans arrived at Vera Crus
on the 16th, at 2 o'clock, P. M., ant
found the city in a state of excitement
Gen. Pierce had miardhed dut as above
stated, ancamped. about ten miles fror
the city, when the advance guard came
in and reported a heavy force of Mexicani
at the National Bridge, who were march
lug towards the city. Everything ra
got ready foreaction. The shipping wa
removed from between the castle and the
city. Gen. Pierce reinforced 'his com
mand with 700 men, making in all 3200
In consequence of this. difficulty, the re.
quisition from Col. Gates on Col. Wilson
could not be complied with. The New
Orldans had on board 25 marines, from
she U. S. sloop Saratoga, on the morning
>f the 17th inst., and sailed for'Tampico,
previous to which Gen. Pierce bad march.
'd out to meet the enemy.. The New
Drleans arrived at Tampico on the morn.
pg of the 18th. A detaehment which
Sad gone up the river had returned, and
eported, as follows, as near as we cid
tacertain.
The troops under Col. DeRussy had
naroled within seven miles of Huejutla,
in the morning of the 12th, whe the
tlexicans commenced a heavy fire on
hem from all directions. Capt. Wise
;ot his piece of artillery to bear on them,
vhen, after receiving six or eight rounds
f grape, which cut a lane through their
hie, they gave way and fled to the cha
>arral. The Americans continued fight
og their way back along the road towards
he river at intervals until the morning of
he 16th, when they were relieved by a
einforcement of 150 men. They re
urned to Tampico at a late hour on the
6th, with a loss of 20 killed, 10 wounded
rnd 2 missing. Among the number was
apt. Boyd, who fell in tli first charge,
vith three balls through his body ; also.
is First Lieutenant, who fell mortally
rounded and was left dying on- the field,
Col. DeRussy had several balls through
is coat. Capt. Wise had his horse shot
om under him. The men and officers
ought bravely. The names of the offi
:ers from Louisiana - who accompanied
'ol. DeRussy are not recollected. The
Vexican lose reported by a Lieutenant tc
re 150 killed, and 120 wounded.- The
\mericans, also, last 12 or 15 horses and
n pacli mules.
MEldCAN PRISONERS IN MEX
Ntte MdbftlnbroEub~Ie~'c:e
;itnt1en itucky Volunteers Vwho-is now
I prisoner in the city -of Mexico.-It wil
>e recollected that he was, taken prisoner
vhen in command of the escort of a trait
mut to pieces by- the Mexicans. After the
)ublication of the paragraph in this papei
,vliich elicited the letter, intelligence wat
'eceived of Lieut. Harbour's fate, yet the
etter is interesting for some of its details,
tId we give it, omitting paragraphs of a
rivate nature. The letter will awaken
ie alarm for the fate of the handful of
crave men now prisoners in the city of
Mexico. The perfidy of Santa Anna in
he case of these prisoners is suflicient to
ustify every stigma which has been cast
ipon him, It is eminently cruel and con
emptible, and far more shameless than
nest of his -unworthy acts, for often the
nan endeavors to propitiate universal re
;ard by traits of apparent magnanimity 1
CITY or MExitco. June 29, 1847.
Dear Sir-I was surprised on receiving
number of the N, O. Picayune of the 5th
st., to find thstt nothing was known of me
mnd my command since our capture on the
4th of February last. A correspondent
if the Picayane sopposes that we were
nurdered and the editor concurs with him
n opinion. I had written repeatedly and
tand confidently hoped that some of my
etters had reached their desination; in.
leed, I wvas very certain that my friends
n Montarey had received intellijgence of
s. I regret this the more, as it has doubt.
ess caused my family and friends much
mneessary uneasiness.
On the 4th of this tmonth 190 of our pri.
loners (among whom were Charles and
Iohn Swigert) left the Castle of Santiagr
a this city for Tampico where we were
old they were to be released, but it is with~
'egret that we learn through the city pa.
>ers here that they were stopped at an In
lin village 150 miles from this by order
if Gen. Santa Atnna, and that they were
atarving. Gen. Garay, whoe has them ir
:hrge, writes to the government here, thai
-e cannot obtain provisiotns, &c. I refet
you to the paper EL Republicano, which I
tend you.
We have suffered great hardshiips, parti
:ularl-y the men. 'They have been in a
tate of nakedness, famine and disease foi
he last five months, and many of then
would have died had it not -been' for the
roreigners here through whom aid wat
iven them. We havebeen on our parol4
ince the 20th of Aprif ratt, and this cit3
is assigned irs as our charter. The Govern
ment has paid us during part of this tim,
rour rials (50 cents) per .diem and thei
charge us thae same to- obtain it ; so in fec
we get nothing. But we have not been ii
rant, for mercantile houses - here are wil
lng to-suipply us with whatever funds w
want.
It is known oftciolly that Maor Gafae
and Borland, Capt. Clay, Hesady an
Danley, Lients. Churchill and Davtdso
were agreed to be exchanged at the battl
of Angostura. Capt. Smtth, Qunarterm
tr, Midshipman Rogers, of the navy, an
myself were not provided for. But ti,
Govert meat or rather Santa Anna, has n
- idea of releasing any of us. It is his wish+
to send us to Acapulco on the Pact
The most rigid and compulsory. measu
I on the part of our Government will [alone]
do us any good, [There is evidently i -
word wanting in this sentence in. the orugt"i
nal, and we have ventured to supply it. It
is but a conjecture.] -
As I tend this by the British courier
thence by the packet via Havana to Ner -
Orleans, I cannot mention any news oflow '-=
cal or military character, as it would eter;
promise his neutrality.
lespectfully your friend and serv't.
WM. T. BAlIt3O1t -
GENERAL SCOTT.
The N. O. Bulletin makes the followin
estimate of Scott's forces, at Ises accountsS
Gen. Stat. as hsat as w* eat
ascertain fromt ou- enquiries.
had with him when he joined
Gen. Worth at Puebla, about 7(K& md"=
He was subsequently joined by
Col. Childsr with tie garri
son at Jalappa. 1400 "
Glen. Cadwallader's columu is 1400 "" '
Gen. Pillow has with blot 1800
Gen. Pierce was to leave Vera
Cruz on the6th and 7th with
a large trula, and will have a
force of 4000
Making together, 15.500.
Laterfrom the Brazos.-The steam-ship
James L. Day at New Orleans, frorh the
Brazos, (urnishdsd toe itemzs of interest
which we append. "
The Mexican forces at San Louis Pole -
si are variously reported at from four thou
sand to fourteen thousand men, and are
commanded by General Yalencia. It was -
reported thot be Was en route to join Baatk
Anna at the city of Mexico. The San
Louis papers state that Gen. Valencia.:
had about 9000 regular. troops under his
command.
The troops at ifuena Vista number2900
men, in good health, under Cen. Wool.
Gen. Taylor *hs stillst Welinet Sp'i .S
awaiting the arrival of reinforcements."E.>
has 120,000-rations, 800 wagons, and200( .
mules, waiting to move forward.
Gen. - Urrea, it is.possitively asserted, -
was at-Victoriignot long since, and arrested4
the Governnr.ft hat plaiceid sent DDimi&r
the city .of Mexit cha . a nilh- treinibe
against Jih M.iseaxi.'G f. cut' -
Tbe 'ted tbat0aneil't
shot~
ir i Rtche' her 'pasagefranth
mouth of :theriver to Matatinoro They
were in thedemployot the Quartermastetr.
at the timhes
ISLAND OF CUBA
The New York Sun 'contains some most--.
oxtraordinary revelations with regard atd: ,
the Island of Cuba. The following state
ment will excite surprise :
"Cuba by geographical positionr of ua &
cessity and right belongs to the U. Staten,
it may 'nd murst lie ours, The rbotent --
has arrived to place it in our hands and --
under our flg. Cuba is in the nrket (o .
sale, and we ar.e authorized by parties ; ,
eminently able to fuifal what they propose,
to say that if the Utiited States will offet
the Spanish government one hundted meli} 1 L d
lions of'dolfars Cuba is ours, and that ,iftt
one week's notice, tbe whole amount will
be raised and paid over by the inhabitants
of the Island. One week is all-they asks .
if our government will only make the offex -
for them to act upon, and which Spain is
ready to accept. This is no vision, but a
fixed fact, of which we have seen, and noW -
hold! the most undoubted prnofs." -
The Editor of the Sun presents several -
forcihle reasons why the island of Cuba
abould he the property of the U. States,'
We say hands oli Let us not furnoisih au .,
pretext for the interventihir of the Eures
pean powers. The .two great maritame .~
States ofEurope, France and England,
will never be segniescit under an arrange' .__
ment, by wvhici ie $Jniied States, bacone'
ing possessed Cuba, e'oufdacontrol the cea
merce of the Gulf. And how would such
a manifestation of territorial anggrandize.' .,
mnent stand by the side of a treaty -witir. -
Mexico, if one should he formed,- the pre
amble to which would, perhaps, diselmit
such aggrendizemnent int her case 1. Ouir
poliey with regard to-thes Island of Cuba
should be passive,but Watchifrl. No tempt- .~
ing bait heltd out by the a'uthorities -and
people of C'u!!m, or even by thi* government.
of Spain, should fure us from this pathr of
sa fety.-Een-. i$ewe. - -
A Mayor of one -of the interior cities of
France has made a curious ec'leulation,
which he had laid before the consideratibE s
of local auth'orities. Assiined by a mem-- .
ber of the municipal eouncil, he has ascar-.
tained that there are in-the town 502 dogs, t-,
and 163 jpnupers, and he calculatei thats.
tbe food consumed hy the dog.. wouldh-b
more thats eougl tbt the-suppori of all' the.
poor in tire whole commune. % .
-C. Fremot.-The correspondent
:the lIqew York- Her'ald stares that the sq
mueb talked of THit Carson will not onlv 4
s take Mrs. Vremuount out to her husband-is
i Californta, but also a commissie to- tls.4
m gallant and judeiotns Colonel, appointiu
a hiss Governeu of the Terrirory, so latel
Sn cnntest between Commodgre Sveetou
I and.General Kerney. This will--be o .
a of the very best appointments say. the
o correpondentfot'the whole campaurga