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About Daily morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1850-1864 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1853)
WP KIVB 1)01,1,AUS PKlt ANNUM. HALF YKAHI.Y IN ADVANCE 7j»fV' 1 \yr1mw04 ”• ‘■I ?• ."■■I'viv'ic.'-S.. ...... tKv- VOLUME IV. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. TWELVE CENTS A WEEK—8IN0LE COPIES THREE CENTS publihHku DAILY AND TUI-WEEKI.y 11Y JOHN M.COOPtiIt. WILLIAM T, THOMPSON, EDITOR, TERMS: The *’ DAILY Mohninu Nkwb" ia delivered toCil) otrtcriberxat FIVE Doll AM per nnnuin, payable halt- early IN ADVANrB.urftirTWKi.VK oBNTm uwenk, luysble lutbn Carrier*. Kinfflocopies,thhrkcunts. The "Thi Wj-.kki.v AIokninu Nkws," (lor the odimtry.) i:«mtaiii)»K nil tho now mutter uim new au- voriiai.innntM ol the Dully, la furnished for TtlHi'.lk vollaho pur uimum, liuulvumut. Ailvortuuiuvnts iiunrloU ut lliu following rutea:— 41 t i :a fo irth* of Ihe above i* iiucrtlou One Month :..M UO Two ", ... .I‘J UU Three *• R 12 flu Four WUU 111 ba chargeJ, 1. ceut«. ..74 " Duo Woolf $160, Ao.Ao. Logal Advortlsonouts Inserted at the usual rate*. 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The deceased has been n distinguished man in this Slate, and to his numerous friends his sudden dsuili will he a cause of deep regret and sorrow. For up wards of twenty-five yeure he has been a pro minent member of the Georgia Bar, and at one time was Judge of the Superior Court. Ilo whs a native of Netv Jersey, but for the prist forty years a resident of Georgia. Tkach Thicks in Bloom.—We wereyestor- duy shown by a gentleman, scvernl twigs taken from Teach trees on Hutchison’s IhIuiuI, oppo site the city, which aro full of buds far ad vanced, ami some of them entirely open. Our infotiner slates that many of tho trees on that island are nearly covered will) blossoms. Tho inild weather for some days pnsi, has cuused the vegetable kingdom in tunny instances, lo assume the livery ofspiing. Tho poach tree which has put forth its buds, wo fear, will bo Masted by some uncongenial northern wind slight indication of which wc felt yesterday. sr We understand, says tho Charleston Courier, that the Chainlwr of Commerce, at its meeting yesterduy, unanimously passed u ie- solution, instructing the Tresidont to iuyite Capt. Ericsson to visit Charleston with tho propeller bearing his nutnc, nud worked by the new motive-power which promises to effect so entire a revolution in the field of commerce and manufactures. This indicates a laudable interest on the part of our Chamber to gratify our citizous, as ail muat bo curious to witness (lie operations of this new wonder in industrial science, and we trust that it tnay be comput able with Capt. F.ricsson’s engagements lo comply with tho invitation. + umnusol' nuiiifoaliog itNiilf. lint, lit lliti sunift limo tlrnl you rnhuka llm ut tempt nf dm jnotnl litter- inmldlnr* by a Hut refricsl or your snliritnf .imtinii, y«,u emasculate wbat o| virtue tlno be 1.1 your bold resolve by tlm strong*'*! p (Iona tha you aim not at disturbing their quietude •out equanimity. And aa If to give thnu ampin aa- aurauce t lal you covet not tho poaaeaaiou which they lime »u deeply at lieurt to protect against yoilr graap, you ttiginntizn nil thorn who are lu tlio Imist suspected of being dirertly or indirectly connirned in any undertaking (lint may give Spain tlio l> (JiapluaHuiu concerning it. They are all “mnraii uera"—lliosn who engaged in the tiulortuiiute expe dition which terminated in tlm Amro* slaughter, n* City, luuul light!* worth struggling ell an tho in iudiviiiual and m lor. Wbat strange live huudred youth*, who betook tbemseh ttnuignlminl, where they knew they would uicet live hundred tliounaud of their equal*, guurdrd ami ilr fended by twcuty-tive thousand united auklien wi\i* liiag their approanh—who, upon lumling, aou buck the buuyunt bteanmi Him had brought them t< tlm unwelcome ahoro, with a Iohi uditiii to tlnur iin tivo land, und then sugnged in that dnatlly ^trti^ul. which was to terminate m the oitfrauehisenmut ** the Maud, or in eouauiiiination of their ruin—who left, wherever they went, but indelible t heroin devotion, and aguiuM whom even S| a» yet, ottered a word of reproach thul could ■ralily of tlicir aspiration! W SPEECH OP MR. MMJLK. In Sknate, Jamtakv 25,1S.*3. The .Senate having rosumed tho cousidct lion of tho joint resolution "declaratory of tlio views of tho United Stuioa respecting co lonization ou the North American continonl by Kuropeun Towers, und respecting tho Island jf Cuba”— Mr. Soule said: Mr. President, the aole object I h>ul iu view when, ou a former occa»ion, I nu.vrd a |Ni*tponemvnt of thD debate, was to protect myself ngmust tha daugvr of too busty an expression of sentiment with reference to so grave and inomnunti* u -ulijact as that in which it had originated. I felt ionic mi willingness crudely to commit my judgment •ip**n uuv scheme of apccuimivo uud abstract policy eoiicoruin^ luiilters winch, iu the aiguiticant langunue of the di»linguiaiied Soiiulor on my right, (Mr. t.'asa,) were so liablo to present theiusi-lvos from hour to horn for praciicnl consideration. Aud I »i«lied for time, that I might school my inind and prepare it to face the stem exigencies which I could not hut anticipate would arise from the issue* put iu notation. That time wua mo-t liberally allowed me; and I am now ready to let what opiiiious I have bean ufilo to mnluro go to thu country iu tlm iiuum- IdtioiiM form uiider which it will lm my purposa to present.them to tho Sonato. Before 1 prucocd, however, I will nsk lenvo. Air. President, to express my deep regret thul 1 liavu m disugreo on any of the point* in controversy with the two otniiiont Senator* who spoko flr^t from tin* side of the chamber, (Messrs. Cuss und Mumiu.) 1' ruimot joiu them in tho favorable opiuiuu which they have been pleased to express of the course pursusd by this Administration ini the occasion of our tale difficulties with the officials of the Hpauisb (iuvernment at Havana. The policy of the Ad ministration iu that, m in most other instnures in which our interest* huvo boon in roullict with those of u foreign Power, has struck me us pactiliurly uif wise und uiiiligiiiilud. While it hequeuths to tlmsa have tho control or the Government id dungers, it of difficulties ban lowered itself to t coutesl in which . Ihe mighty hand of the Ilepuhlic ready t buvi • strikes verdict « innoccut aud isolated individual, the country baa docidedly gone ugi ludi.posed to quastiou its justice or to weakeu its •ignincaitej* dir, when these questions came up tho first time for our consideration, 1 felt great anxiety lest, by being prcuiulurnly brought into debate, they might embarrass uud cripnln General Pierce's adniiiiisira- turn. May 1 hope that the dangers 1 thnu appre hended can Mill bo averted T 1 will certainly not bo found recreant towards making any effort that may secure so desirable a result. Yet I cannot forbear asking myself the question, why was the corres pondence on the tripartite treaty called fort Ha.: * **" ' icssogo informed honorable tho President' w Hetiatori of its bearing and^import t Did resolution origiuatiog Uio cnll intimate a thorough knowledgoof Ha character t Or did Henaturs mere ly wish to give themselves the enjoyment of it* rhetoric? They could not have mount opening tlm wuy to u roinoiiMtrancu aguinstKiigluuduini Frunce; tliat would Imvo been in opposiliou to their udmitlud priurlplc, au d hardly in keeping with tlm pruisea they had so freely bestowed upon the manner iu which the intrusive step of the two great Powcts eoocemsd in the matter bud Iraeu mot and retiuknd. rhe mover could pot have eutertained any dissatis faction oa account of the Presidcul’a answer : that was all right and proper. What was it, then, that prompted the inquiry? Nothing, I am sure, but tue best of motives; aud yet wliut could it briug lorth—wnat has it brought forth—bill a lngiDtuata triumph to the distiugtiiiilmd ututcsmiilt who tills, 'villi mi much credit to Itiinsell, tho chair of Hlalc, ****** obstacles, tlifficuliles, mid dahgers in the way of •ho coming Administration ? rf*V° ra con, pi*'". however, that tho mystery of ,* Ltihau corres|>mideuca bus been let out. Why ?. >• it because of the disclosure that we had made up J»ur iniqds to purchase Cuba ? Hut iu tbe same Dreatfc they avow tlwir settled purpose still to imr- *btse it if it should be for sale, la it because tim ■mouBt ufTcred was divulgeil ? But they proclaim vvV ,hl - v aro rp “ d y lo purchase it nt uuy prico.— ,' hy should tlm Administration bn taproved for iiavmg done orucinoly what wc lioaitatn not to do '•iirst'lves ? Hud hoiiornhln StilutlorH denounced lliu A'qiiinistratioo in uiiinitiguled terms of reprobation |«r huving transferred to tbe public gaze a transsc ‘km hidden in a mysterious safe, where it ley under ***l. surrounded with oil tho paraphernalia of a so- erstof State, I might uudoraland them. Butthulbey i no( Attempt to do ; «nd it will be fur someone f , b* Afford us, ie ibe progress of this debate, au c*»ght into what circuinstnuceaconuected with that correspondence should have imposed upon our pro- »BAl rulers the obligation of keeping it eut of the public view. A hand of yn*uthful and entlmsins'lc adventurer* ongrogatein a Homhern port, at tho call, as they .n i # l * u ff" r *®g brethren, end ttake wbat of lilo n?r “* tkere i* in youth upou a dread sdveu- “re. Bpain lakes the alarm, aAu, under the prompt- J«g»of tbe President’s proclamation, which hramta i ".** outcasts, dooms ikmn to indiscriminate U "Otreudered—which soon per- .... * Vi w ^f",P°P u l»ti«** inhabiting this tbe most valuable AW the W of tho poeseMioM of that wkuiTaSrT* lb * w “*or»thai bathe this continent-- iinntn *" cr * l * t *** bar fears, and prompts her to 'More England aud France to come to her rescue, »u A&u i*T whiell she may be cm nuhed in thedominian which she holds over if •kv Vri!:,' M wHl th *» •* CJovorninem, la, Httaiut the Crittenden end bis gullmit fidlowei marauders, or vile pirates t Hen bow they died I How proudly that boyi.li chief who Imiulud Hie baud confronts bis fate, uud protests uguiiut tlio de grading o.xuctioiiN thrmHi which ha i* required lo houtl his knee before ills executioners: “I kneel to ' none Imt God ! I defy your tortures I You tuny * kill me, hut you cunuol bill thn hopes that hound ‘within me,and arruigu >uur eruclty at the Imr ' ‘tho future I" Why talk you of inaratsiers ? L fayelto uud Kosciusko were just such muruuders.— The nun has his picture hung up in thn other Hum of tin* our National Legi-dalure, and the other h impress wherever beats the American heart I What aro the lutn conquests of England iu F.n* aru India, of the French in Africa, but tuaraiidll upon • lergn scale? What has been the courso < llrituiii within the lust century, on tlm const of Co mil America, but u cnutiiiiious tituraudiuj? Why should Heuutoraabowthumaolves sokuprcmely fasti dious about iiinrau.liug, when they admit themselves, while speaking of the vexed acquisition, that they but aw ait Tor thn ripening of the fruit ? Will the pluckiug of it when ripe lie less ‘'marauding than the plucking of it while still green ? I had thought that honorable Hniaior* would have recollected Inal at common law the taking of the fruit from the tre< is hut a trespass, wliiln the tuking ol it after it Iiui boon separated from thn parent turn is larceny.— at them beware lest thu fruit rut while they uwxit • ripening. Henators protest against stouling their ighhur's property, uud yet wouhl Imvo ‘ hold it under precarious tenure tonppuq ihflinselvos. They would not rommittboft, but might •nseiit to rcceivn the stolen gootls ? Senators speak of ualiunul honesty. I rove for 1 know but too well that nut ions are very losing tbeir power when their begin to I use ■en*« of justice. Rut while seuators speak of tlielr abiding respect for the rights of other nations, th hesitate not to denounce (tie Government of a friei ly Power ns the worst Hint over existed, and im llmir willingness to cxtoml tlio hand •hip to those wlm may succeed in overthrow- tog it Monitors commend the I' with reference to our Irmih thorities. I would wish t< blent for Itis ci with tlm Ciihni now wImt of it limy Hit Purser Hinith wills certain nir •io affaire InCtibe in the followijq jTlio United Status mail steamship ut. D. D. Porter, cutninaudiug, arris .... • • a|gbt( Ao#( frolu Nv Cresceut City, ud at this por v Orluaus, vis Mr. Smith, foi " Wo are indubted lo tho | prompt delivery of momorauda. Then follows u succinct uccountuf Ihe exciteinnn created in Havana liy tin imprisonment of n larg> iiuiuhcr of (Tool*-* in lojihxomn dungeon*, Ac. A let er addressed from New York to the Iliuro a ilavuna, briug* tho matter to the aUeutioit of Ihe Cuban authorities; and thereupon an order issue from Alnrttn Galiano, Secretary to the CapUiuUnu erul, uud udl>esscd lo the consignees of the steamer where is to lie found the following: Ski i KMiir.it 4, 1H62, “ If Purser William Smith, or any othor person shall in luturo venture lo i’uiii.imii in tiij: Amkkica: 1'Al'l.ltS ANY TII I NO ItKLATIVK TO lltr. AVI riug such otTundiug persons uiod entry u ' “ I hnviuK itry into the po dally, is on v board shnli . .. laud; aud Mr. Smith, especially. Is on uo nccouut to bo permitted to return here, under )M-oalty of the order being carried lain effect, aud the steamer dismissed Ilia port." Iu vulu dues .Smith, us early us thn 21*1 of Ocli her, deny, under oath, his connexion with the publi cation III tlm paper above alluded lo, refr.-nug to thn affairs of Cuba. Iu vain does Lieutonunt Porter give every assurance that hn i* innocent of thn luid lo his charge. The President condemns Smith, aud, by un order emanating from Ins I’ostunuiter General, suspends tlio sending of tho (Juiled Ml, mail by tlio Crnscant City, “ or by anvothkii t Hitt, with Mu. 1'uiiftRR Smith o* ,-oakd." Why iliis T “ Fur u reason which does uot furnish, in tlm ••pinion of the Government, cveu a good presump tive ground for such a prohibitionso reads the Preaideut'e Menage; "tor a punctilio in .-efereaen ■ o the purser of a private steamship, who senuis tu have been entirely innocent of the matters luid to his charge;" so anys Mr. Everett. Hut itisailegcd that "tho President has patiently submitted to these 'ovJIs, and hu* continued kaitiikully to give to 'Culm tho advantage* of I hose priuci|des of the • nubile luw, under the shnller of which sun (Culm) ‘ hut dopnrted, in this case, from tho comity of nu- 'lion*.' And why lias tlm President exhibited such a forbearnucr t Tlio only ruusou I can liud for it is that ** the Captain General, notwithstanding, i* * an officer apparently of ail upright and concilialo- ‘ ry character." Much is lliu assurance givcu us by Mr. Everett; and that "his conduct (so says thu ‘ President) towards thn steamers employed tu carry ‘the mails of thn United Hlutca to Havana has, with ‘ tlm exception uhovo ulluded tu, broil murkeil with ^kindness and lilmralty, and iiulicuto* no gnneriU 7 purpose ol interfering with Ihe homnierclalnorreH- ‘ poudeiicu and intercourse Imlwcen the Isliunl of ‘Cuba and this country." Ilinl the President—had Mr. Everett—forgotten 'Whut occurrences, previous to this lust nffxir, had taken place, which were far from cxiuhitiug the di« po-iiiou* of the cUinf umgislrulo ul' Cuba in thn fa- vorabln light iu wricIi they ure presented in the message of the President and in Mr. Everett’s let ter ? Had they forgotten the treatment met ut Ihe liuutls of that officer hy the steamship Ohio, then comniaudml by Lieut.Hchunck. of tlm United State* Navy, who was refused communication with thn shore, and was ordored lo anchor 11111101' the guns of tlm Moro Castle, while engaged iu peaceful mid lawful commerce, and though no charge could lie laid uguilivt any pnrsou 011 hoard of her) Had tlm v forgotten that tlm Falcon, while on her usual pasauge fiOm Chagres Ul Havana, had been tiled into uu thn high seas, uot far from thn isiaud, and was boarded I overhauled uuder the llippnnt pretence that tlm icera committing that indignity were ignorant of the character of tho steamer, though she Usd borne tlm (lag und mails of the United Hlutca a hundred limes into the port of iluviuiu, Olid was as well known to the Hpmiisli cruiser* mid ntilliorilies ne lo Ailiericmi officers in the norts ol Nmv Orleans mul New York ? Hud they iWgmtnn tlio outrage per petrated on the steamer Philadelphia, whilo on her route Irom A*pin wall to New Orleans t This steamer, with mail* uud two hundred uud tweiily-livn passen gers uud tber.holeru on board, bad lost twenty-seven tserson*, and bail mauy more prostrated ami lying in agouy. She entered llm harbor of llnvuuu iu the forenoon of tlm 37th of June last, und anchored some distance from the roal wharf. The Capluin immediately reported to the health officer ami ill- formed him of (Im condition of the ship, staling thul it was indispensable lo Imr nullity und lliu lives of tho puhsengern uud loanable him tu proceed lo New Orh-uim, lo procure supplies of coni, provisions, wuter, and medicine*, lie ordered thn ship 10 qnurnutiiio nt unco, whither site proceeded, but, di rectly after auchonug and bloeiog off steam, was ordered outside of thn harbor by the captain of (lie pori. The cuptaia of tlm ssnamnr assured him that Much 1 milsiiln, until he could despatch tho Empire iiuotlier of the United Mtntcs mail steamships, m port, Iq )ier«Mi(Uao«. This waiilto rtfused, mud nil communication bmwonn llm ship und tlm shore intnrdieled. The cap! a in of tlm port tlmu ordered • he ship in (lie moat peremptory ninnonr, to go to sea immediately. Capt. Milclicll bad no allnma live but to obey, aud lo proceed lo sen, destitute of nil necessaries for his voyngn. The Umpire Uily was rompcllcd.ns soon us possible, to follow nud overtake Imr, aud to change her own route to New York instead of goiugdircci to New (Jrluuiis, whiiher "Im wua bound by tlio compuuy'a cdutract with the Goveriiiimiil. This ruse was also made tlio subject of a prmrd by tlm cqinpany's agent at Hatniin. ru the disposition* exhibited by tlm Cap- ul—dispositions which seem lo liHVerou- him the good will ami approbation of tlm Govern men 1. Hut, strange to say f while our ruicis here were ImapiiiK ceusure and cuiuleuioa lion on tlm company's president, (Mt. Law, j aud on llm officers and employe* ou hourd thn mail strain ers, the ('jptain Genual himself, sutisfmd with I’ur* *cr Hmitli's ullhlailt, was revolting ilia order ox- eluding l'lirscr H11111I1, nud any vn-.se! which might have him on hoard, from tlio shores of tlm inland.— Mr. Law's course iu this whole mollcr, ihnuuli made hy some the object of severe censure, wan lull thul of a spirited and iudn|»cndcnt American. Couscioii* that 110 fault could attach lo tho officer* 011 board of his ships, nud (but tho L'ubun authorities, iu ibe language of the Fresbleul, had uot even a good presumptive g.mind for llm line of condNct which (hey had adopted, Im hesiliiied not lo vindicate at all risks, and 10 maintain unllinchiugly, bis rights, nml llm rights of thosn tinder him. And is it fur this that ho is unmercifully branded, iu the very hull of thu Menatc, ns it dangerous and recklnss in luruicddlor, und a* nu auemy to his country Y Nor had he acted incautiously. In 11 letter dated Octo ber (i, 1853, besets lorth his grievances, nml unk* to lm advised an to whether the Government of Tuba is in*iifinhlc iu the course it hus been pur suing. lie reiterates the same request in a second letter, bcuring date the *J7lh of ibe same inoiilh.— VVhat answer is givcu bun t Why, the Oovcr^meul dccliurs giving nuy ; aud Mr. La v, left lo bis own jinlgment, benrs no more of the Government, except Ihroiigli President Fillmore's letter to iltigb Max- well, through the orders trunstuilleil by thn Post- muster General to tlm postmaster iu Now York to withhold tho mails from his ships nud through tlm dismissal from their romiimnd of olllconi allowed him from the United Mtntes navy. In all this the Government is invariably 011 tlm side of Hpaiu, and ngninst our eiti/.ens. Milch hud been its nlti.*. J e in tlm deplorable affair of tin. l.o- pex dpeditiou. When approached by Commodore Parker, and wln-u asked why had tlm Atarez victims been executed without being allowed u trial witliiu theguarniities atipl||ated in our treaty with Spain, t'aptniu General L'oucliu answers tliat it is bornuae " he considered them a* pirates, they having been so denounced in tlm prooluiimiisii of tlm President of tlm United States." Ami when Consul Owen make* n solemn appeal to his clemency, llm unbend- iug proconsul rebukes him by the remark Unit "lie is doing what lie must know lo be ogaiustllio wishes of his Government." Hut we are told tliat the conduct of the Captain General, in tho mailer of thu Crescent (Tty, " hat hern made the tmhjtcl of serious rrmunttrance nt Madrid.” Ilosit, inJrnd I Wo may easily anticipate what tha niliwer of the HpanDli Cabinet will bo.— Will they not any, We claim tha benefit of thoar principles of the public law under which, according to your own utlmfrMou, we sland sheltered t There cun be uo departure from tlm enmity nf nations im puted to us n* long as we remain thus protected by your own avowals? And Imre, mill the case of the Lopez followers, wn will he told you have ubsolvrd Ami uow, recurring ugaiu to tlm coiiimeudntions Inch Senators have so lavishly bestowed upon the idei winiurudatiou* Im e, I will ask km f tin f the President's proclamation—of tlm llnviiua butcheries under it—ot the Government's forbearance umlnr tlm insult* offered to our (lag—of Gallium's edict— of thu Meorctary of Htutn'a letter to Mr. Law—nud of the President's letter to Hugh Maxwell. Hat though Muualors are unwilling tu wrest (Julia from Mpuiu iu auy manuer that onglil be construed into a violation of ihe high pledges repeatedly made lo lists contrary, yet they will not have thn President to repudiate its uequisiiioH on NC'-ouiit of any scru ple Im may eulertaiu us 10 its expediency. And here Senators find themselves again at points with him.— They are for purchnsiug at nuy linm and for uuy price; the President is ugainst purclmsma nt pres ent. Ills unwillingness, Munators will see, is nol ah- solutn. Hn finds difficulties in his way. ‘ Were thn Island* cinnpnrntlvoly dastiluto of iuhnb- Uants, or occupied by a kindred rare, tlio President should regard It as a most dt-sitablo acquisition ; but, under existing circumstances, ho should lock upon us incorporation into the Union as a very liasardous mua- And Im isopposod to acquiring it at present, cvri with the free assent of Spain, llisveiy able niu shrewd Secretary of tilutn goes suumwhut further uud urges domestic re.isous as militating again* Those 10,000 several Onlunlos iu America will lids important Place nol only enorglly buiugfurnieifd k maintain'd hy ye »—.1— ..ill QgpqY. uf nap to England; for that another of Faroes Imlag Iso there will, with greater certainty, Conor, that Place than 4U.UUU tnen would to he seat from Britain, ItecSBee they are Innr'd to tlm American Climate, and will live soberer than llritalnscaa ho prevail'd to do. Uy these forces, and by thenioaly, every nunof jadgmeal win kuuwe vo situation ot 'bat place, and will apeak with troth and canduiir, wljl lay it dowa as a Fact dial It Is t<» ba valu'd, with great csrtulutr, in y# way pro pos'd; and If it can bn iluu gsirnid, upon simii easy tui'iiis to England, it would be ollci iug nn affront to yo understanding of Qvory man of sense to pretend to vo- conut tlio unlimited advantages wlilrh must srerue to tircat llrilsiu from its being posses'd uf tho Island ol Cuba alone. If tha Conquest of Cuba is slfsetcd, a small part of the Farces which does that, may, with very liule trouble, take Porto Kico AM. Augustine if It will appear ad visable so to do. The British Cwleuy a iu America ly lag so near tlio object iu v iea. before yo knowledge of ye propos'd nttempt can reach tu Korops ye whole design will ha carruted. It mny be asked, Low it is poosilde logo upon ye pro posed Kspedition without its being known by Iiuiubi- 11vc dellgenlforeign spits, sluoe ships..r Warr are to Lu sout from Englnnd ) In answur to tliat, ’tie to bn Imp'd England can ho ae I'ulitlu us llur Nsighboiirs, (viu:) louk one way aud sleor ye ooutrnrv. It may, tor 1LIs purpose, be given out by some that Lnglsnd is going to reinforce sumo of itsColnnys, liy others ‘hat she is going to resume tho settlement ur l>ariea, Ac. In (k*H there's no human appearance of this siteuipU mlsc. ry iug if the knowledge of It is routin'd tor. Cabii Council, A a It person appointed for ye Chief Cnmmai The proposer is so well ths Transport*, Aiterad. J, uf his own knowledge, be brought, by proper proposed, tlust lie will undorfak< 'gbt, b; . id raise the •mpIDIi it by his in wmiens citner view or incli- mvoniing of auy l'laou or C0111- i|uiwitiuii ut | booiHim dosirnhli! that its ucquisilio Is tlm mis nxisliiig icqtllro itv 1 iglii, iii coi tui iml lo our suloty iully, pominr iq»o ihmnselve. exist now and may uoi exist hereafter ? wait until Ijord Pulmerainn'a view s with the policy which should prevail i people uf (Juba, will bet woe 11 that island .... ... ,. _ oust be uvidcut that if the tmgio populutuni of ITibu vyeiw rnmlnreil free, Hint fuel wouhl ornuto 11 nost powerful element of rusiHiuiicn to uuy vcheum or nuimxing Cuba to the United Mtntes, where duvnry oxisia)" Do Moullmriiijiiiiuloia uinlorstuiul tliat ovru iu thn Opinion of Air. Fillmore, aud ofhis y of Mtale, (Julia is bound lo he eventually ours t Ami hear they not the portentous waruiug ►out forth through* thn lleraldo of Madrid, which proclaims lliut " it is well for all lo know, whether native or foreign, that the 1-laud of Cuba can only lie Mpunith or African," mldiug that, " should the day come when thn Spaniard* should bn found lo ubundoti her, they will do so by bequeuthing tbeir ray to the blucks." Are MBiialors mneoro in their pmlunsioiiH V Do they mean sortously to purchase (Julia ? They give up, then, thn sullied policy of thn past, and hello mated asseveration* made by Ainerii-u s ii, that her only wish was that Spain should * possession. Wn play into the bauds of those Rtiluli writers who denounce our duplicity to lie world, and maintnin that while wn seemed to u*|Mct (Im intentions of foreign l'owera aguinst Jubn, we had all ahiug uu eye on making it ours. tuuiitod, nml uiispiiringly taunted, with tlio charge 'hypocrisy, uud with lining addicted toiiucoiiirol- luhlo grit-plug propensities. And we ore culled hy ugly names, indeed; undone can hardly supprcsi. itli the vulgur abuse with which we ure so often - u.-vailcd by the Krilivli press, ivc already alluded to the vast system of hucca- rmg pursued by Kuglaud iu Kust ludia, and by Franca in Algiers. They arc both welcome to fmd fault with u> on account of the pretended filibuster tendencies exhibited by our people. If such nodes do uctunlly exist, we have from whom Iniin the iuheritiuicn. I hold iu my hands a curious and interesting acliemu of bin caneer- lug, bearing no curlier date than liny 14th, 1730, originally deposited iu tlm nrrluvox of England, and original of which, under cifCUiKsUtirae which niiin-eessary 1 should state, liss found its way ils continent. It ii worth perusing, amt I hope I shall uot bo deemed intrusive while imparling it lo EngUi cau Colony*. If tha Crown n( Ragland mild become pusses* t Britain! iu tha Key uf all Americi •Ini not go out ut nuen tlm guard-ship had Imr order*, which was understood to liman that she wouhl lire on tho steamer. As soon us poMihlu tlm Philadel phia proceeded to tlm outside buoy, perhaps two miles nut to sen. Tlm coal lighters, ordered by the company’s agent, were towed out and brought along side j a lew tons were taken on board, when the captain of the port gave them forty minutes lo com plete their coaling aud watering; al thu rud of rhich lime, uuder (hn remoustrauers of tlm officers f tlm steamer aud the appeal* of thn suffering pas sengers, she was driven off with only a small quuu i ity of coal uud uouc of lliu water, ttu* lighter with (lie latter being withiu fifty yards of the ship at the Mlie hud no ultoriiativn hut lo uhundnii her l to Now Orleans uud attempt to make Key I. Hud not llm captain uf llm slimmer been exempt from the disonse, aud hud not llm weather proved favorable, thn ship would have been lost with all on board. Coal could nol bn procured ut Key West; and. after much delay, a sailing vessel was chartered «* take the mails ami a portion of-Im passengers (o New Orleans ; thn residue ware de tained, under great suffering, until an extra steamer could be dispatched by thn company from New York. The company's agent, through Ihe American (Jousul nt lluvana, entered a pretest ugainst thosn proceeding*. And how could thn President und too Secretary of Stale have forgotten that, u month Rflnr tho above occurrences, the El Dorado, having left Aspi’iwull witli two hundred und uinety passen gers, the California mails for New Orleans and New York, and $1,700,()UU of hulltou. was also ordered uot to enter the port of U ivaaa! The health officer approached her off the Moro, aud ascertained that a few deaths had occurred on the voyage from (he Isthmus fever, and that throe railroad laborers were sick of that complaint, but that there had been uu rase of cholera or infectious disease on board. The Captain General, who is president uf tho board of nnnllh convened the board, and the result was to ou Hoard them, whieh. If order llm fchip to sea forthwith. The captain asked to go iuto quaruutlno ouly long enough to procure supplies; urging that thn ship was perfectly healthy. This request was denied. The ageat thru desired that lb* ship night remain at her nation, a mils that tin <1 nt tho whole Trade of tin .... .mil if tho simple privilege or Hading with thoAo l’oople, upon very high Terms, is now luKxiuie uue or the greatest Prises coutended for bfr all tho powers lu Europe, sure England will not neg lect auy opportunity w hfch is offer'd of acquiring such a possession ax must Infallibly Neeure that whole In- valuitde trade to iu subjects alone, especially aiaco Great Britain is now iu a fair way or looeiaa all the Trad# Mio has hitherto had with those parta. It Is pro pos'd, therefore, to take Cuba without puiiiug England lo may Material .Expeuee, or trouble, iu ye following manner, (vis.:) For a person of conduct and oxroriancoto be Commis sion'll from lieuue, for the Chief Coutinaud in this Expe dition, to tako Cuba, Aud. That un soon an suoh person is so Commission'd aud proporly Instructed, llo is also to repair, with all Expedition, to America, nud at the ■anio time another proper person should be Commis sion'd A seat CO Amv.io, with Instructions, to begin at the most Northerly Colonr, aud proceed from one pro vince to another, and acpiy to ye several Uevuruments fur each of them, auoonliag to their Respective Capa city*. to furnish their Quota of proper Transport, with tf months provisions iu each for as many men as they will severally carry ; and that each Frov luce, aoaord- iug to tho number of Trausports they severally furnish shall raise a sufllcieut number of men to till them, com pletely arm'd with air aoivion, A«'d. -That tha nutulmr uf ineu thus rais'd and arm'd shall cousist of in,non ; and at the sumo time vt suuh parsons aro commission'd ami scut away it will be uecoasnry to send Instructions of the same import, to ths several Uovernors tu Ameri ca tu Iosue orders, aud give their best assistance to ttu out, witb all Expedition, suuh Transports, Acd, sad men so equipp'd. That w bon aaab Province has furnished their Quota of Transports and Men, according to their abilitys.these shall Immediately repair to one Flace supelnted.wiiich may be at South Carolina, aud from thence proceed, u-der tho command and dirm-tien of the persoa te be CommissiQR'd from 1 hoy may (if it shall an- S uar advisable) in their passage make a faint to take t. Augustiue.and having manag'd that stratagem prop orly, they are to proceed to tho Island of Cuba, and Laud in the Bay or Matanoes, that being a good Harbor * of raj Acquisition* it is presum'd no mxterial objection ran bo ■undo tu the nature of the Propcsall. It may bo urged indeed, y t it will be Dishonorable to mah* such aa at tempt while there's a Treaty on Foot with Spain; but such an objection must stand or fall by the VVisdom and at ye Discretion of Ills Ma,< .tys .Ministers; thu* tiahumbly presumed If the w«rd Klitick be notan empty »>unJ, that ohj mtiua, nor none like it, can hold. It is to te observ'd that If ye preparation of yo Traus ports and mao propos'd is not lo be set on Foot 'till it ia seeu that notiiing ran bo dono with ye Cuurt of ftpaiu, by Treaty, for the advantage of ye British nation, It will thou bo too Into to huglu to prepair and culuot them: It ie presum'd they should bo enquir'd as souu us possible, lu order tu bo relucted, aim ready to go up on the Attack v* lieu necessity may make it proper; and if it ahall appear that th. re will bu u» orensmu to make snnh au attempt, after they are got in rerdinuss, the design may be laidasido without iaoonveuteney to En gland In either case. it may be ask'd, were Cuba Uk<-n, how it would be Garrison'd without Forces from England ? for 'tia to be tinderoto‘-d that ye American People who are pro pos'd to be rais'd must not be eoni|>ell'd to stay in ye Garrison against their own Inclination. In answer to yt 'tis suttl't now to say that ye prupos'r lias also con ceived a pretty cortaiu method to linrriruii, uot only that, but nil yo l'lnce* mention'd, if thoy aro tnkuu, without utuuli oxponco to Eiuland, but woh he l>egs leave to reserve to himself, It Icing too long to iucert Imre, ‘till he secs how this pioposxll will be nppt'ovod off. J. II. Eudorsed Proposal I for taking Cuba in America. In Mr. Hamilton's of May ye 14. IJ3J. llud I suppressed but thn date of that document, Senator* uilglit have r.upiMiseil that I was reading from some stray paper, fallen from thn portfolio ot General Lopez. Hut it is Indy a British concep tion, und thul it wua cntnriiiiuud hy tho British Government, .Snnntnr* will have hut little* doubt, when, upon perusing tlio correspondence sent ii* yesterduy l»y llm Exeeulivn, they will coinn to that part of it which hringii »o light a letter from Sir William I'ultnuy lo Admiral Vernon, heuring dale August 3*.lh, 17*3. whore, speaking of (Juba, " take und hold” I* said to he the cry, and in which the hold adventurer boast* (lint •• whru ire (the British) arc possessed of it, llm whole world will uot bn able lo dispossess us affair." Nor should Spam ?how herself over sensitive about such undertaking*. Know wn uot that hula few years ago a ffuiicrul of soino repute (Flam) found the coffers of llm Queen Mother open to him, that lie might organize uu expedition to conquer Equndor uud establish a moimri hy there, under one of Christ iua’s sous hy tho Duk> of Kianzare*? IT tlm pupern of that day deserve any credit, Isturilz, who was then ut thr heard of the Spanish rahinul, so far favored Ihe unde risking that lie allowed FloresTo tuke from the ranks of llm army some of the host officers, frirnialiing them with pa>s- ports that they might engage iu the adventure with out losing their rank ut borne. Men, under their lend, garnered from nil purl* of thn kiugdom, and assembled to llm number of two ihwiisumi ulHaiilan- dur, Where they could publicly he seou during two entire month* parmliug wlfti Flore*’* color*. The whole scheme wn* ufiM ward* dnfnateil through the agency td‘thn British Gaveriimenl, which, dissatis- tied with tlm state of uffuii* in Hpwiti, and especially with certain transactions in unich Christina wa kupi'.oscd to have favored the interests of Franci stopped the gathering of an equal number of troop already enrolled uud about lo depart ou board n the t stand (lint w pousihkf for viiuturers of any nation Culm—its ii‘America bud t she never permitted. But ( I * er* to iiitcrlVrn with otir concern*, ar.d to'die s to us wbat policy wn should parsuaT What i llioto relations now trebling hctwenii those there ore Morins iu tlm answer. I turn hardly account for thn fnrttcurimco whieh wc have of Inin been in tlio hubil of oxliihllihg, whenever wn liuvo found out »rlvn* iu run Hint wills foreign •,aml espociully whenever wc Have hail meet llm exaoth world know iht our»ehcs In (heir eyes, i position whirl! we call S. oil-board. Bat we cain character u* one of the unless we jealously if KugUnd. Thn ruuuo! bn willing (■• disparage Ba, Mm] to ■ Iiiluuger ihe high an *u easily ludd nt their roun- lunger Government there is more essential providing for llm exigrm ii Power* of Ihe earth lOliugeticies may And of nil ilm duties imposed upon liccoinpIMimriit is minis th,iit that of Impoffili^f ftiturc. 'J'he right of telf-nriwervulioii is paramount to ail OtllOl riu’lit*. and lends MMtlOH lo WltffWPBI M«a sure# necessity may impel a nation to pursue in order lo vindicate and maintain it. Undcrwhut requirements our country mav Unplaced by the late demonstrations through wliirfi France and Kuglaud have manifcsHul their restlessness with reference to our ilirreusiug strength and power, it will he for those, nml lur thosn ulone, to determine who, whru a proper occasion arises, shall ha at thu hriul of the Government. In tho mean lime, however, I nm indisposed to yield my ussnbt lo any policy that would divorce us from those great piiuciplea and dortiiurs laid down by those eminent men who, under thn pressure of u feaiftil crisis, look counsel from thnir duly and not from thuir fears. Thosn principles ami doctrines have been presented lo Ilia Helium by (lie distinguished Metinlor from Michigan (Mr. Cos*) with such lucidity of exposition and force of urgium ut, that I had imagii.ad it would hardly bo contested thul ihov constituted one of iho main articles ofotir political and diplomatic creed, and oktttlitfnd to all couiiugnncie which might have arisen, or may hereafter orise, out of tlm position whieh wn have occupied ever since ID2I, and still now occupy, this eonlinriit to the other po»- * my aurpr’ gret, I find ssiv friend from Virgiula (Mr. Mason) urruyed iii full aitnur afumst those principles and doctrines being allowed a virtue through which they might bn extended beyond llm narrow circle of tbu incident* in which, it i« said, they originated. Thn merits of that ioilier new view of tho question are well worth being lestcd. L«t ii* Imvo a fair understanding of it* term*, lit his message of December 3.1, 1833, Mr. MunrooUy* down (ho two following propositions : " First. "Tho American continents, by tho free and hieli they have assumed and . indlth maintnin, arc henceforth uot to be cuns.Jered as jsets for future coloniiatloa Wy any kurupoaa Fovrsr." Haeond. " Tha United Htates consider any attempt on ths of European Towors te extend their ip’t-u» to ohy portion of this hsutisphoro aa dangerous to their fatire and safety." The uegoiiations brought about between this Gov- orimieut and that of Rusaia, iu consequence of tlm ukase through which the t'zur hud assumed thn sijpruiiincv of tho Norllmrn I'uciilc sea to tlio exclu sion of other Tower*, hud been dimmed by Mr. Mon- roo u proper oucaslno for ussnrtiug tlm principle in trolved in the lirst of those propositions. But thr iiiuiivcs of his proclaiming it to the world were foreign tothosr negotiations, which had been brought to a close, and hud cuded in impractical recognition by the (Jzur. Its reuasertion iu tho mc.’sngn look od, therefore, tn other occurrence* w hich hud thru lately trauspircd, and lo mcvi which tlio policy im plied ill the second proposition hsd been adopted. Now, what were tlm circuinMnncea that gave hu th Co aud furnished all occasion for llm proclamation of such a doctrine ? Wn* it any demonslruti'-ti of hostility oil the part of uuy of thn Kuronnau Bow ers against America ? Not ill tlm least. It was "the illiscllied state of Europe;" the fact that "tho allied Power* had thought it proper,ou a principle satis factory lo llicoi.elves, lo interpose by force in tbe internal couccru*"—of whom t Of America ? By uo menus; but "of Spain." And why ihi* sensibility about nu intrriKisilinn, on tbe part of Kurrqnran Powers, with Ibe concerns of Hnuili Y Wo have It iu llm words of Mr. Monroe himself, lie says : " The question of ths extent lo whieh such iuterpo- tlilrd I* "an act in a lawful war;" und that •uggrst an idea of conquest. Tho fourth i« consent of the iuhnbitunte;" and this looks to their Imlcpetideuco. The fifth is " llm overruling necSMi ly ol self preservation and (hia lay# open before ua the full scope uf all those complications 1 had oc- « arionto allude tu, ahlcli may, from hour to hour, nsk at our hands prompt and energetic action Ycl, air, how far i* all from the true atoto o ibe uatioiiui scnlimnnl ou the "anw subject I 1 an for disguising nothing. Truth is not only a virtue it is n wisdom. Perhaps the ilum is uot lur distant whon tho question of tho )»fiwi'isli>w of Cuba mny liava to ho weighed u- a couiost of powor in the srnlonf war. And while it i> lor ua openly Id avow wlist unbending exigencies a Meru nml proximate future may have in stora for our comiug rulers, let Spain herself ponder on wliht her peril* way be uuder tho pressure of such exigencies. Hit, I um ugaiu-1 parchasiug Cuba. Tha idea must be sliaudom-4 ; flieobsolete. Whoever know* anything Of tha high tonfld susceptibiliiles ofCsi- llilan pride could liardly prosuiue lo counsel tha up- prniu h of soOeliculn u queslion ua of one that could hn iliMilt with through mere dollar* und coni*. I uni unwilling to wound those atisccptiliililioa. And they nia not thn only obstacle* in llm way of a purchase. Thera nro still other susceptibilities which ought to Im spared. One could hardly conceive of any in ducement which could prompt the inhabitants of (Juha lo join us in thn attitude in which they would l*e placet! by u purchase. They arc alio proud and haughty, and might be unwilling to acceptevnaheir liberation, if purchased at such a sacrifice of what they denned to lie their dignity and honor. Wen- it nut bettor ft*r Spain to lake counsel from lh« past, and to turn to profit too lesson* of too history of her own rotation*, ns well us that of the. relation* of England w ilh the colonies nf tills coutineul t What line it availed them to resist the wisdom of those dtion might bo carried on the * itictjde, •lot s dome ? Why, I nm afraid tlio ccuj.y It v *, and defeated the whole plan. Have u e the iden'-' -ul vessels, restored nfrerwaxl* u Christina, in part compensattpn for her minus, conn: ami ply iu thn ivu.cr* of ihe under llm mimes of llm Catra uud Tri- tva* soiiiHthiiigof general, who, in 1813. misreading (lie inslruciimis given to him by Mr. Moaroe, then Secretary of Statu, took forcible pursessioti of Amelia l*l*ud aud Pensacola; and even in Mr. Monroe himself, who, while diutvowiM*' ihe met of the uuuiindlul general, tdvised the retain ing ol the poiuis (akcu for uu amicable adjustment with Hpuin. In his letter of April lOlli. of the same (year to Mr. Mitchell, Goieruor of Georgia, Mr. Muuroo »aya : "The policy of tha law and uf the President Is not rest lliu provinco lorcibly from Hpuin, hut oul.v to ^ with u view to prevent Its tetttnK Into tho ,ny foreigu power, and to hold that pledge existing peculiarity ut tho circumstance* of tho Spanish monarchy, for a just result in au amioablc negotiation with Hpsin." Mo was a " till Luster" (Ifumiltnu) who, in lVG. strovo so hard to orgaui/.*. on invasion uf the Spano- Amcrtcaa colonics umlcr the protection of tin* Government, or.d in concert with General Mirmulu, with a view to help those colonies toward* their independence. There wore " fllil»u*t*ra" among those who iu PID, 30 und ’31 rushed from ourshorc* lo (lie Mexican main, with arm* und nmuidtion, and so efficiently assisted in bringing about thu overthrow of the Hpanish rule, there, and among those who, ill 1830, could be seen par Ail lug publicly in the street* and thoroughfare* of New Orleim* under the iuspiriug eye ol (sen. Andrew Jackson, prepara tory to tbeir joiuiug the Texan* iu their struggle* against Mexico. Ay, sir, I havoshnun that (here might be found some *• filibustering" iu tbe P.'asi- dent's Iiiessate; but I assure you tliat there is much of .1 iu Mr. Everett’s loiter—u document which need* nuculogio* of mine, us it goes now tlm round* ol' tho country, escorted hy tho well- deserved coinmondntion* of llm highest intellects Of llii* Innly. lu it tlm Secretary of Statu dindiiius - ' * ■* ■ * ‘ ■ ~!UHlitl|MC^ ** " Hu imi claim* l the ie! that " the comlitioo of Cuba iu que»tion. n This, I supimso, iufficiuut reply to thu assertion ustruclions to Mr. de Hartige, Of the Island is of uo I—m. ions nxisliiig between tlm great hM i of ftp ‘ ' say olliu prjpsr obq to ye Havana, llers they shall land 7 8,01*1 urea, wore or Dm, m necessity shall require, s with that Force to March dean and pieh at a properdi*- tencotosarrenad the Havana and call of all maausr af provision*—goiag thereto hy land, that tome ship* shall lj r bef.re «h* j ruvisions or rollof coming t» it by atioa that lairortaai Pisco mast sarrenaer in a vary short time. In order te reader thisConqueel both sum and Expeditious, it will b« ueoeexary to send 0 or 8 60 gun Ships and 2 Bomb Kaehus, with about 2.000 Troup* ou Board them, whloh. If necessary, may be Joya'd by Noma of ye station shqts now iu Amn io i. Thtse Ships •t Wav-rare intended, some to lye before Uavaua to gainst ya town and cat off mil ret ter sad Provls- r ava, white tbe Aiaarieao Faros# Bostegss it by sad to tb# rest ot Ihe ULlge arc la take care of i* intended to be a m Mr. tie Turgot's " that tho oomlilioi portuiico to tlm rela mnritinm l*owor* self. Anil he proudly dnclinea entering Into obligi lions llml would luipuso a puriuaiiont divuhility oa tlm Auiericun Govonmieitt, ami prevent it, “under nuy future change of circumstances, from doing what has been so often done tu Ilum past;" for llm posscsxiou of the isiaud might, under certain con tingencies, "be almost essential to our safely.” Ila Vindicates the law of progress, which is " a* organic uni vital iu llm youth of Slate* us of individual But mark how careful he ii to remind Spain that while tlm President will never, by word or deed, piestion her titlo or shake Imr possession, he i.i un willing thul slm should iudulipi-dnccitl'iil dream*. Speultiug of llm present condition of ilm Island, hn nsk* the question whether "it cun Im expected to last very long Y"—adding, with marked emphasis, it resist the mighty currant iu thu fortune* of uildf And lastly, referring snow to tha on- trndeucice of our people, how ronlciuptunudy aches upou the impotracy of coureutious to arrswt "the law of American growth aud progreMl' But while I am moat willing to join in avery com- tiMiudnlhin which ha* herb bestowed uoon that most important document, I cannot ovo: look its remiss- s iu not rebuking ilm iiui>oriiimut threat implied Im very first aenUuro* »t both tlm communica is aeut to Mesrr*. Do Haillge und Cramptou hy (Jahiueia of Pari* nnd Ht. James. With the ex ,i| of the paragraph ihrmgli which Mr. do Fur- ... reminds thn American (iovernasent of the order* sent to the nrilish and Krem h naval force* in the Gulf of Mexico, with a view to protect the Island of (Juba aguinst uow attempt* at invading it, and where in he uamrta that the great maritime Power* have, in the destiuie* uf that island, au interest equal lo iliat ofHpaiu Imrseir— with that exception, the two comniuuioaliouB are identical. And thn presuinp- tuous inter meddler* ho*ilul« uot lo declare that we are lu ho m-nln responsible for any repetition uf such "attacks as have lutely been niudu un tlm Island of (Jub« hy lawless hands of adventurers from ihe United Stales for "thorn attack* have engaged the soriotii attention of their Majesure Govemmeuta —the mure especially as they are mure anxious that Km friendly relation* now rstetlng between iliuse Government' and the United Hlalc* fllloi'LD NOT BK endanokhrd, as they might be by a rcj>euiioa of such attacks." Are you not struck, Mr. President—are nol Sena tor# struck-—with the haughty toua which pervade. ihoHOCoiniiiuuicatioii* < Do wo moan lo Imar that Englnnd aud Franco should apeak to ua Iii so arro gant and menacing a Uuguagof Are we io bond submissively to their dictation f And must ?*• pul uf with such revolting todignitiea t Had we met them as it behooved a teigbty nation like o^rx,whra they prcauined to career tltefr fleet* over Use Gulf, and to crane with them bet wee* Cube and our shore*, with llm avowed de*»g* of consliteUag tbenwlves the supervisor# of our movcmcul* in thosn water*, and of inquiring into anddeieruuniiq: "with what lutem ' adventurers of ANY NATION might attempt to land ou the Isiaud uf Cuba; had wn insisted upon those oxplunatiun* buiug given which Mr.Criticinicii, then y of State, had required al the baud* I ini.ter; il will hardly be supposed at this day he appruerhrd ia tbe supercilious siyte with which we aregfrruto under ilch all iudoponduut Powers wIiqho tlovorim: ilifforuU from their* were luteresled, nvon the most mute: mid surety none uv>rn to than the trailed Slat For llm siulosiHcu of that day, if I may he poi tml to use the language uf n must accomplished uhlu writer on American dipl'imacy, (Mr. Henry Winter Davi*,) the quexioo was uot •• whether the thrcatcuiiig cloud aruae iu Europe or America, !• whether it was likely tnburstnpoa us." Bat wchn Mr. John Quincy Adams'* aiuuraiico tlmt both the principle* I have just quoted from Mr. Monroo' message were mount to beenfurcad ns u permanent ruin of American policy. In hi* niasauge of Mai 15, 183(1, ho tell* uh that tlm principle (referring llm uoit-colnuisBtion by Europeuii Power* of nny pun of this hcini-phcrc) hud " —' -” -*ala; ally i ilh llm exception of the existing Euro- |*caa colonies, which it wa* iu nowiee intruded to •lilturb, the two contiimnls consisted of several sov ereign and independent nations, whose territories covered tliair whole surface;” and because ** by this thr ir independent coudition, tho United States en joyed the right of commercial inter'course with every ' llmir poHseMsion*." And lie goes uu asserting abruad willi tho domestic coiirurua of tlio Aiucricau govirrnnmnts." And should not (hi* satie ty my friend from Virginia (Mr. MAsON)tlintthe im port of those two principle* extended further thnu llm circumstance* dial gave them birth ? I huve -till ronto nddiiiouid evidence to show how strangely misltikcu he was wheu Im thought Im diicutcred iu Mr. Hush'* Notes oil Ills mission to F.iigluud convin cing mi Dilations of his having cqlrrUiMed, ia refer- euco to llm suiiie question, tho resli icted view* which llm houorahle M-nalor has oxprossed. In his com- municatiou to the American Hocretary of Slate, dat*d April 3U. 1833, S llml Km Impressive remark, hat ho is "fully miuIMs of the magnitude of the subject* to lie treated of, und of llmir momentous bearings, ia present and future n^es, upon the inter ests, Km welfare, and tlm honor ol tha United Hintus." These doctrine* hud originated iu tlm principle of proximity! which all writers on public law admit tu Im tlm paramount ruin of n nation’s policy with reference to all matters that mny euduiieer it* safe ty. Kufua King, while uur Minister to England, in iVtll, hud an eye to that priuciple, *bcu, inking ihe ntariii ut the rumored cession ol LoiiLiuuu hy Spain lo Franca, he presume* tu interpose his objeriio to let any European Power nmke new acqui*itio on this continent, and to iu»i«t that Imuhiaui ' remain in thn possession of Hpuin, if u had fall into tlmt of the United 81ate*. How wittingly tie quote* the niiaput iiiff sarcasm of Montesquieu, who remark* that " It 1* huppy for trading Pow. Hint God lias permitted Turk* ami Spaniard* to io Km world, aitu-c, of all nations, llioy nrn tho m> proper to potsrs* a great empire with insigiiiflrmic Mr. Livingston, tlran our Minister to France, is still more revticss than Mr. Kin' himself. While iudui triuusly engaged in sceklug iaformation with refei •Mice lo the true state of things, Im lakes ocensio lo allude to certain mischievous proceedings hud, on lliu part of SpuiiDh officials at New Orleans, wards citizen* of tlm United Hiatus, and uncereii •iiuusly exprevse* the wish that our Government may avail ilneJr of llm pretence Hpuin hus given Uf, ul once to lake possession of Louisiana. "It will he best," says lie, “to trout with (lie subject in odr Thus early spruug up iu tbe minds of our states men the consciousness of the uiqmiiding danger at taching to any enterprise through which foreign Powers wight seek to resume or extend their do minion over this continent. And when the days of Mr. Monro* came, whui had uisumed but tha form of a suggestion iu 18ul grew up la the dignity of s axiom. And uideed, sir, it mailers iiule whether t nol Mr. Monroe’s sentiment on this ull-important subject were intended to reach other case* than that ou Km ocoashn. of which Ire thought propet claim Ilium to ilm world. They Imve so far infused themselves Into the public mind that the powr i*ls not ihat ran divust them of their ominous sigui- Heaney. Thoy are deeply soured in every American heart, and dislodge them thence wno cau. Beside*, sir, wliat is the u*e of debating whether they were intended for future agcxY Are they uot adapted tu our present coudition? Aud shall wn repudiate them wheu wo are taunted with the threats of Pow ers smarting under what they consider to be the iu- riicliun* of our growing greatueffs? Hir, I nm aguinst this Government favoring any scheme through which uu attempt might be made I wrest Cuba from Hpuin, in v olatinu of Ihe stride, precept* of the law of nations. Hot it were idle for u* to disguise that there are contingencies- i which it inivht not be possible for ns tu avert the ooc«ssi*y of laying bands uver ii. Why, Mr. Ever itt himself cannot forbear setting forth those clr- cuurctence* which might, in the future, bring the B eat crisis within tbe pale of immediate action. ow candidly does lie avow (hat uo Administration uf this Government, however strong In tire public confidence in other respee.is, could eland a day un der the odium of having entered witb Km great Pow er* of Europe into stipulation* through which the exigencies arising out of those eircuauUuces might he repudiated ! Most skilfully dims his letter pm- sent to th* consideration of the British and French Minister* the variona contingencies that might pres* •poo u* the necessity of iu acquisition. Bra bow guardedly, and yet how pointedly they are enumer ated in the cto*iug page of that most curious and in tercsting document. First, "a chouge of cireoui- stance*. Wbat toooe circumstance# may he it is not for ure to say; I will, however, take it for granted thul they have some reference to those domrutic a MASONS which disincline tho President at »UC«- Etr# to effect its acquisition ou uuy terms. The se cond i* the — * - * - . r prudence of the colonies I Had she nut better brave ly face the future, and ask !rer#olf if it be u«l time for her to realize that mighty boost of (Tanning with respect lo wbat remains of her cohmiee within the water* of this continent, and to call a new nation in to existence ? Mightahn not, by tteaty, secure what there is valuable ill thu commerce of that island with Kir mother country Y And would not till* political diild of her old ugi-. willingly coins forth, uud, ns- •lining It# sliuro of lire bunleu* which *o licuviiy loud her, aid toward* tho restoration of her lliiau- aud thereby facilitate thow» improvement* which of late have marked a new era in the leudeuciea of Hpain, and may prepare for her destiuie* worthy of her past ? To us, Jtyr. Presidcut, the independence of tuba is just a* desirable as her umrexation to this Confed eracy. That there ia a spirit amongst its inhabi tant* which must, sooner or later, rouse ihem to a decisive stand aguinst Uudr p rear tit rulers, cannot hn tho subject ol a doubt with uny thinking man. The very disuMer* which have befallen tlioso who, in times past, hoisted the beuncr nf rubclliou, will bn but now inducement* for renewing tho attempt. Misfortune W nerves tho#e whose hr***'* shelter noble aspiration*; and while great and powerful emotions spring from impending dangers, a host of rirtupsrise in arms to bravo them. l«et not Hpain be deMived. Let her not slumber, wrapt iu doceitful security. It would notdo fur her to indulge in enervating dreams. One ~* pel tho invasion of advancing years by bruiicr* of youth. (Juba cannot long b ils becoming Africuu would uot redeem itslos*. We cun have no wish Hint it bocoiti* n hone ul conleu lion between Iter and u*. As long a* lire Power* of Europe shall not presume to interfere with the re lations wlii' h it* proximity to our shore, and Ihe possibility of its bei.'g made an oh*lruction lo one of our great commercial outlets, create between her and us, she need apprehend no taiu|M-riiiff on our part with euy ucheniethrt may lie devised ngaiurt its remaining longer under her dominion. Should, however, her sons assert and riudieat* tire eternal right* of freemen, and being grown to manhood, claim to bo their own rulers, let Irer not take offence at our pursuing towurds ihem ilm course which we pursued towurds her oilier colonies when iliey were preparing for Iheir iiidepuudoace. Wheu a country reaches ihat amplitude of consequence aud power whi<ffi reveals it* ability to suffice to it* own government, w* deem that it Irecoine of right eotitled hi independence of Htute. I am also unwilling to disguise Dial hy suffering England and Franco to aseume over her a kind of tutorship, end to become the guardinnamid ap'iuaor* of her sovereignty, Spain hu* surrendered her main title to the dominion of melt possession* as she thus jiIucch under tho strong arm of those Power*. Tire complications arising from that very state of thing* are but too well calculated to produce tlm very necessity which, underpm uliar circuinatunre*, and with the law of naliona pieudiug for us, might justify ou our part one ol iIiish decided measure* which are not uncommon in the history of nation and might entirely invert ihe relations iii which v aland lo her. TIU* 1 most emrueslly wish to avoi And whatever there i* in reserve for ua. In a mu or less distant iinure, I urn willing to leave for ll untrammelled wisdom of thuae iu whose keeping our destinies will soon he. Rot let not Mpniu hn iiilduiiiidftil of her true post lion, uud think that she cun by unworthy devices, protect Irer possession* against their impending doom, lu vain would she direct Irer minister* to lei tho island sink into the ocean rather than see it transferred lu any oilier power. HhoulJ the hurricane rage, tire island would still Ire found looming shove the waters, and milling upou the angry wave, while her coveteignity might disappear iu (he storm. Wlreo the lime comes, neither Ihe surge* of toe *eu, nor her forts, nor her cannon, nor her gnrrotr#, nor the edict* ofhci Guliunos, will save her from our mighty grusp. JI"iis llm historian: "Iu vain did Hub- inns piece aiiccstrutstufons upon the threshold of tlio gales of the capitol, that they might prevent tire 'weruy from penetrating, torch iu hand. Tho very eagles supporting tire arches took lire and communi cated il to the edifice." RECEIPTS OF COTTON. Ac.. FEB. 7. Per steamer Lamar, from Augusta— UJ97 bates Cotton, 381 Sheep Skins, au J Mdse, to f It MUD. G W Qanaa- ujr A Co, Stark* A Biyaon, Wsshburn, Wildor A Co, N A llanteo h Co, Boston A U Jnb), and order. Por steadier Chatham, from Augusta—1043 bales Cot ton, and Mdse, to E Molynettx, j il Burroughs A Son, W C O Drisoof, W W Garrard, U U Johnson, SUrka A Urrson. and ordor. Por sloop America, from DarUn—2G bale* 8 I Cotton, 301*) bushels Roush Rice, 30U bushels Cotton Setd. to N A llaruee A C<>, It Habsrshsw A Men. R 1UU«. llrl.li.m, K.li.v * Co. W W O.Tn.ij/Vi] Neisoa, U H Dunbar. K Pareous A Co. J V Conn CHEAPEST t'Ai I^KOM this date until nuxt April, the sul ewaa’i" 1 ' 1 ^ n llrco, OmtUrm.fr m d Plantation Drj tioads, at VEHY tiBIJATW REDUCED PRICES! I’o induce tb# greatest number Ibvour makla* fv In disputably thorr interest) te so! L t r SOU Ull Dfara csK, bat alsoJo• eatloipste future want* ia {•reseat parchesse. Dor stock U naaqaallsd ia extreme • hoapness and varUtv of shotes In sIium% overvelsM of good!, that arc hatter quaiitio* hod cutes ter thuir respective price* than cau be Lad e'webers la Bavaa- uah, and oompHaet partly a large a*Mrta*atfC FLANNRLB AND BLANKETN, "S* r BED (JOMFOHTKRH AN1) QUILTS. (/NOERSMIUra ANO IIKAWF.rfs. I.ADIKK’ VK8TS OK KVERV KIND. WOOL, MUItINO AND COTTON HOHIKHV. OINUIIAMH, OAUCOKS AND OIIINT/.KH, MUH1.IN DK LA1NKH, CANTON CU)TIIS,lii.».rKQM«ly, MMtINOEH AND ALfACAB, nr.ACK AND COI.OKBD 81LKR, I ron: very lew priutd te riekeat Imported. KMIIH()TDi2RlB8, very cheap, (JLOTIIH AND CAH8IMERES, - . ‘ WIDE HIIKKTINGH, hllAWl.H. VERY CHEAP, LMimoiDEKED HANDKERCHIEFS, ’MAKHMLUEH 0V1I.T8. WINDOW CLHTA1NR. LINEN aOODS, >11 Oar stock Is so ndusiautly ly very cheap, tbu phrchaaers of a small and large paatiUee. ora be • a greater number of artKtes, and thereby eflhet greater ae ring, than ie aay other store ia Savannah. MckOSkfcK k TREANOMg III CougrcHiHii., next «• Hallrag., jenlU Aud opiusite the Pulaski Uottra. PORTER’S Bxtenshe ('losing Emporium, X s .^V A " ,,r^fr, ■ u#,, » StmL lit, Mubrcriber lake* pleasure ia announcing to the •'itissns of Savannah, and (be public generally, ^•totoravafotiffUte largest arrival ofTaU amJ v\ inter CLOT KING ever offered in the Southern Btatea. Ia this eetabllskmcnt "an be round every quality and style of Clothing to please the taste of the moat faatidi- fsetured, expressly for this market, and of ths ULc&iuiroto"* 1 " “ J '" llon * M * - » ® w a,, which he offer# nt prises that cannot fail te meet th# view# of parents, who wifi eeamlt tbeir own eoaveai- ence and economy by making their r-nbsns ofhitB m _ imt DkpaavMKXT. ^ GKNTLBMHN>h CIiUTHING, Contain* Frock nnd Dreaa Coats, ol every qqalit/, from i>o. JProok and Dnra^O^Tt^V'MSv^rtre^aud greeu, fi*oin -w.47 to flag O—r-O—U. • mnaiu, ,.ibrM<l<n4 Ko*. •nth, fr»m...._.. M e*» * ~—- 2.UJU pair «f Faau, of every quality and 3SF FUIihlHIIlNil KiioDN. Contain* burnishing Good* of every dosoriptloi* for Ueutlaniou'n wear— oonslHting or acarfr. era rut# wutorlord tios, 1'riium Albert ties, spring stoehs' merino shirts and drawers, cotten do*, suspenders! half ho#*, gloves—ail kind*, beat quality 3otu* { patent joke shirts, o tiuoasasortmeat, Ac. ^ 3o Dki'*arux.vr. NBGUO CLOTHING. CoeUins HU0 suits of Negro Clothing for hense at nic tation we. hickory shirt*, red Ssno#l canton Flannel under shiru aad drawers—pries of full suite from V 25 to $4 00. 4tw DarAutamrr. INDIA HIJHHKU liOODK. Contains a large nud well seleoted stock of India Rag. her Goods—eouMstreglnpnrtof saok ooate, white aud bluok i frock ooats, two colors; logging *n— cloaks, tl rumen’s ooats— knrranted io stand280 ue- io* M be>t ’ ri<1 tog and driving giovea, haras covers, 0TII DcViKTMIVT. _ . . . caphanbiuw. Contain* hafsand eape, flue mole «H*. a larxe iwrU meat aad latest styles. * 6tu Dxra ttTKJurr. THE BAZAAR. This splendid establishment, oa the left wing of the main department, ft; foot deep, la fitted up at great ex pouae expressly for ladies accompanied by their ebil- drou; here will be found every quality and stria dr CfllLDlf i:n>h umitiiing. and or Kid latest Pari* fashion#, consisting of lufkara robe*, christening caiw, splendid emb. rape, suite ooa- ancted aud separate for every age. JeUDj Linds, Felba •ack*. frock*, over ooate, with an-WHhout rape*; rad luaoy other good* too numerous to maatiee ia this ad vertisement. Taranto nnd guardi*u* are ospeeifkllr aolteiud to sail, a* groat pats* have keen uk*a to add to t>r —•o’fort and oouveatenoe of perohaaen. No abate*uient from prices Aral naked. w llAKIJAINN! BAHUA1NB! DRY GOODS AT OOST. Y l/ C. WADSWORTH will cam.,enM 41. V e poling uf lu* rich end valuable stock of AM- * AND MTAPLK DK V GOODH, Thi. a v . !>•«. M.w-y^k C0«. ’ oJSIe;|uS5 iri?is S3a25"«i , f 2t52 • l-ougbt atany other house in the oitj. We will aet lumerste prioes here, bat invite all to rail, aasnrlra qtefkJtSfiy* 8 " VUi b * !»*••• wi,Uh ^ hd SVire undor Marshall House. Heed Cane! l l- Vi UffiforsigumU* prepared to sapply ordera ter RLLDCANE in any quantity, for shipment, M00B1 Strict attention ,/icen " is for order* a Ison, W. W. 1 niug New*, i THOAlAb, Juuc*-*lroot. J* 21 Wood Yard, Ferry Wharf. , . -gent, dee 4 Co. U II Johnson, 8 M Letfitoan, AV U May 4 Co. I W Morrell 4 Co, Kluchley. fo>ckett 4 C-\ J A Mayer, S Z Murphy, McMahou k Doyle, T \V McArthur. T H Mill*. J G New combo, J Fools, Philbrtok 4 Bell. T U ihoul.l ■* Re’teaeau. J Stoddard, A A Solomons 4 Co. J C Thornton, NBtll Weed, It 11 Walker, W Warner, U t Waring, T H Wayne, C B Hcally, and order. I*er echr L ilray, from New-Vork—T It Mill*, T N Wayne. J II Carter, Brigham, Kollv 4 00, A Veit. I W Morrell 4 Co, W W Goodrich. G II Johnson, Kibbeo 4 Ilodgers, T W Coshery, M Prondergast 4 Co, Claahorn 4 Cuunlngham, C Hart ridge, F A Mange, J U Boss 4 Co, J (J Nawcoinbe, McMahon k Doyle, Anderson* A Co, Webster 4 Pslnie#, Cohunl Tarver, and order. Per steanisr Gordon, from Charleston-S M Ijstffte__. T 8 Wayne, Atkin 4 Burn#, A Hay wood. W 11 DavU. J B Cubbodf*. passengers. Per steamer Gordon, from Charleston—T D Dexter, It Clinch, II T Palmer. D 8 IlcmGrton. Capt Wo.k1, n F Aikia and ffsvt*. E M Laitoo, B N Gargul, A A Kane. Miss Illnrk, Master Gibbons, T T Miner. Col Fegan, M W O'flyrno, C White, A O Rblnd, Rulllvnn, RKamvey, J E Took#, W 1£ Walker, L Getty and lady, J N llen- dersou. N Taylor. J Munson and sou, M Myers, J F Mil ligan. J F 1*#W. Mis* CoLb. MU* Wood, C Hearing and t, G Parks, I.x mar, G W Troop, and & deck. COMMERCIAL. itevnsY Dares. Liverpool..Jan. 22 | Havre.. Jan. 2U I Havana... Jan. 29 Havannnh illarltri, February 8. COTTON.—There was liule inquiry yesterday, aad the salea reached ouly 431 bales, vis i 0 at 8, 8 at 8/i, 14 at 9S. 124 at 9^. 01 at 10. 223 at 10>{, and 6 at 10) 4 ct*. Price* remain nnehaugsd, and tbe market l* f rm. Kavannab Exports. I.irxarooL.- Ship Iowa—JU89 bales Upland Cotton, 53.47S foet P. P. Timber. Caudejias.—8chr. Siam-77,891 feet P. P. Lumber. Poari-Axn.—Schr. Georgla-88,0iW feel 8. 8. Lumber. A Pobt IN Lunora.—Brig Othello—868 bale* Up- laud Cotton, 1,430 feet P. 1*. Deals. Mavannnb Import**. CABDirr, WAUUt.-3.07a bars Kailroed Iron, for the Auguste aud Waynesboro’ Railroad, 22 tons Coal to A Low A Co. 636 ban Iron te N II A 1ft Weed. CHARLESTON, FEB. 7.-CuTTOM-Tho demand on Matardar was only moderately fair, with sale# of 1.901} hale*, at front 9&l8)to. Friew about tbe la«t quotation#. WOOD! WOOD !1 nniF. SUKHCUIBEK keeps coustaatiy on hand a I Urge ■mraly ef Oak aad Black Jaek, which he will set! on a* good term* as wood oan be bought at any wood* yard ta this eity. Ord-r. l»n at AlUnt Co.'s yard^r ^ residence corner of Wem Broad and Brcra*te_ will he attended to. (fit ly) NOTH If. - I HTII.L continue the TANNING and CURRY ING biiflinohs, near the junction of tho LodiftyOlo “'.‘I. A ,\'P,"* ta ‘V'ffi}?' Tf 1a RVf V** Metnbante snppUod with Hide* and 8klns uf all kinds on reabonablo term*. All urdvr* promptly attended te. ^ O- U. LUFBOSROW. VJdNDRIKK. T ~ " Ik/y 170 bble be gar floase Mulaues. » •• Rectified N. O. WhtoAj. 30 •• High Proof White “ %1 /'# end »* Pipe* 4th Proof Brandy. JO Casks nu and lu do qt« Porter. . “ u “— "«•-! 100 Boxes New Healed llsrrlnn. 1U0 •* Now m. R. Raisin*. 60 “ lAyer do 20 " Hope Mill* around Pepper. 2U) “ Family, pal# and No. 1 Aeas. W » Colgate's Pearl Stareh,^ 20 Half >»» BlMk T«. ^ Selected llyaeu. i* 601 SR Boxes « AO Packages Bnekwheat Flour, aw bbU Pink-Eye Planting Potatoes.! ltlOde E. Phelp s Gin. rvwoM * P. and It. Cunnectiout River Qia. » »“■* tnm —1# hy KCIIANTON, JOHNSTON A 00. Landing and foe rale by steamar Alabama* J U»T KUCR1VKI) p.. flbbla West India Orange* 5 boxes do. do. djl 25 boxes Fresh Fig* 20 box#* Baitjns 10 hall boxes Raisie* 40 quarter do. de. 20 bbls. Apple* A firkin* best Goshen Batter corn) is th* prospect <un " amicable arr*ug«mi>ui hwe-iftk brig ( • ilh Hpain; and tbit, I *appo#e, means* purchase, I EppiegAKi tooold ever Spain wake up her mind lo **!!. The I 8hhr Georgia, ALBANY. FEB. 4.—Cuttoh.—The market during tbe past week has been inactive. A few lots have been •old at a decline front V to Lo. on last week's tioa*. Prices hare ranged front 7A* te 8J#o. .
