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• THE ROME COURIER. B PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY JIORSLVC, BY J. KNOWLES &. Co. . VRaRRItCS* The OoDRiEU will bo published at Two Dol ton per annum, If paid In advance; Two Dol or Thrco Dollars at the end of the year. Isom. Advertisements will' be Inserted with strict attention to the requirements of the law/at thh usual rates. ; .Miscellaneous advertisements trill be Insert ed at Ono Dollar per square of 12 lines or loss, for tho-lBt. and Fifty Ceuta for each subso- qnent insertion. Liberal deductions Will be made in fltvor of thosewlmidvertis^i^tiivvo^ *Prmi Sartain’s Magazine, • CHRIST AT THE WELL. I,* „ . , BV CHARLEE W. BAIRD. ' ’’So let the favored twelve depart., And leave their Lord to other cares ; There Is an humble woman's heart ■' More riady for his work than theirs. . Yes, daughter of a (elthlese race,— . They soil the erring elave of lost— Come, for hie wlse.impartail grace Commits his worship to thy trust. : Stillat a long forsaken shrine , •: The formal Jew in darkuese bends ; Still .the new dawn of truth doth shine Bat dimly on the Savioui’e friends ■ For gorgeous rites end golden dreams Alilds their wandering thoughts amuse, i Too busy in thelruorrow schemes 1 . 1 His light and easy yoke to choose. -JL^l'Itu liubdlh uTunpardimed tin, Without a Saviour to atone. Without the hope of Heaven to win,— She hath no lingering dreams tojeeve, No clinging pride to cast away: She eon but llsleh end believe, Repent and worship and obey. The unhallowed alters of her sires On yonder lowering mount ere built j But even her clouded mind requires Some eurer refuge for her guilt. The courts of Salem’s holy place Are crowded wtth their wortbippere; But she, of foul Son aria’s rtee, May not pallets their rites with hers. O blessed faith ! whoso tenns demand Ho tilled clalmiof long descent, But welcome all in every land, Who seek Its blessings ond repent. O blessed worship! that creates 'A holier fane then priest hath trod, Where'er s true heart consecrates Its first affection to Its Mod. Then let the favored twelve return . With silent wonder to their Lord; The lessons they have yet to leom, Within that women’s soul ere stored, And from her contrite heart shall rise, In burning lave nnd glowing praise, A pnnr Rome of sacrifice Thin all the priests of Solem raise. ; VOLUME 7. ux ter, ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1851. NUMBER 10. WE WERE BOYS TOGETHER. BV OEOROE T. MORRIS. Wo woro boys togotlior, And never can forget The echonl-house near the heather, In childhood whore wo met ; Tho hamblc home, to memory dear, Its sorrows snd Its joys, Where woke the transient smllo Or tear, When you nnd I woro boys. Wo were youths together, ... And cnstlos built in air— Your heart was like a fonthor, And ralno weighed dpwn with cure. To yon came wealth with manhood’s prime, To mo It brought alloys— Foreshadowed In tho primrose time, When you and 1 wore boys. WeVe old mon together— The friends wo loved of yore, Wtth leaves ofnntumn weather, Are gono for evormoro. How blest to age the impulsu given, Tho hopo time ne’er destroys— Which led our thoughts from earth to Heaven, • When you and I were hoys I A HOUSEHOLD DIRGE. BT BERRY WILLIAM STODDARD. ' I’ve lost my little Moy st last! She perished in the Spring, 1 When earliest flowers began to bud, And earliest birds to ilng; J I laid her In a country grave, l ; A green ond soft retreat. A marble toblet o'er her heed, And violets at her feet. [ I would that she were back again, In all herchildlsh bloom: .My joy end hopo hnve followed her, My heart is in her tomb! . 1 know that she is gone away, I know that she is fled, | mias her everywhere, and yet I cannot think her dead ! > ■ 1 wake the children up at dawn, ia ' And say s simple prayer, draw them round the morning meal, it «)e to-wanting there! Ire.. little choir apart, A little pinnefare, ind Memory fills the vaeency; If I As Time will—nevermore ! ! sit within my quiet room, h -Alone, end write for hours, i And mile the little meid again ' yfmong the window flowera, fyrd miss her with her toya beside My fiepk jo silent play; | And then 1 tun) ajod look fpr her, Bat she hie flown away! f drop my idle pen, and hark, j And catch the faintest sound; .) She' must be playing hlde-and-seck ^ In shady nooks around; .She'll eonre and climb my chair again, , And peep my shoulders o'er; i hear s stifled laugh,—but no, Sha coineth nevermore ! Jr .waited only ycster-nighl, ‘ / The evening service read, I lingered for my idol’s kiss, Wore she went to bed; . .siting she had gone before, ' In elumbere soft and sweet, Bonument above her bead, >-j|nd violets at Jier feet. RIDDLE. ire my birth I have a name. li'hflriJliose the sgme'; ““ \’jn laid within the fjimb, “Jj* nanie assume; 5 days together, From Major Jock Downing. (Wo wero really rejoiced yesterday to re ceive tho subjoined letter from our old friend and (hvorito, Major Downing, who, from his long sllonao, wo had began to fear had gono to that bourno to which ho scorns to appro- hend wo must ourselves havo departed. We hopo now to hoar from him more frequently. —Eds. Nat. Int.) Dow.NiNavn.LE, Down East in Maine, November 10,1851. Mr. Gales So Seaton :—My dearold friends, if you are yet in tho land of the livin, I long to hare a little talk with yon about the affairs of the nation. And if you atnt In tho land of the livin, but have dropped offslnco I’vobcon away to the gold dlgglns la Califomy, if you’ll contrive to let mo know it, I’ll go to one of tho “aporrit rappers” (cousin Nobby knows one of ’em) and fay to havo. achit wr. Ana my old friend Mr. Blchte, too, I want to havo a chat along with him. But I don't know where to find him, for Undo Josh ua tolls me he isn't In the Washington Union paper now, and tlioy’vo “carried him back to Old Virginia.” Now that’s very bad; it’s trea son agin the Government. How can tho coun try get along through a Presidential campaign without Mr. Richio 1 They nevor havo dono It, and it can't bo dono; it's Impossible. I don't know who they've got In hlsplaco in tho Union, nor I don’t care; but I know thoy nev er will find ono that can fight agin the Feder alists like Mr. Blchlc. ltow many times he's saved tho country from being eat up by Fed eralists ; and what very remarkable, lie could fight agin em for years and years after they was all dead, jist as well as he could when they was alive. There's to bo a great battle for tho next President and wo can't get along without Mr. Blchlc. He ought not to a gone off so; ho owod his services to the country, end he ought to bo kotched and brought hack to Washington under tho “fkgitivu slavo law.” That law Is carried out everywhere hero to tho North, and we expect it to bo carried to tho South. What is saas for goose is sass for tho gamier. If tho South wants, to keep tho North III tho Union, sho must give some good strong proof that sho is willing to fulfil and carry out tho fugitive slave law. And oho couldn't do .lt any bettor than to ketch Mr. Ritchie and carry him back to Washington, and shot him up in tho Union paper office, and tie him down in tho editorial cliair, and put a ream of paper buibro him and a pen In Ids hand, and set him to writing about tho next Presidency. Then tho dark Ihg that now hangs over the whole country would begin to bo hlowcd away, and parties could begin to seo where they are again; and the luiots ami tho snarls of politics would begin to bo nnravclled, so that we could all tell where to take hold and pull with a fair clianco of doing somo good. Then wo might stand a good clianco to got a President noxt year. But as things now go, tho chanco looks slim enough. Timos Isn't now ns thoy used to he, when wo hadn’t only two parties, aud every body could toll who be was flghtin against. Then a single blast from Mqjor Ben Russell in the old Boston Sentinel would call out all the Federalists in tho country, and mako ’em draw up in a straightllno; and thenanothor blast from Mr. Ritchio In the Richmond En quirer would call out tho Republicans into another lino—and when thesotwo parties woro called out there wasn't nobody left but women and children—and then the two parties had a clear Bold before ’em, and marched up face to Ihco and had a fair fight, and thoy always knew which got whlpt But tilings isn’t so now-a-days. There’s more parties than you can shako a stick at. And they Dice in ail manner of ways, so that when you are flghtin for ono party it would puzzle a Philadelphy lawyer to tell what parties you arc fighting against, or to toll who Is whipt when tho bat tle’s over. I didn't know things was in quite so bad a snarl till I got homo tether day from Oalifomy, and sot down and hod a long talk with Uncle Joshua, who told mo all about It. Uncle Josh is getting old, but ho holds ills ago remarkably well; I think full equal to Mr. Ritchie, and I don’t seo hut ho keeps tho run of politics as well as ho used to. Soys I, “Uncle Joshua, what’s the prospect about the Presidency!" " Well,” says ho, “ Major,"—he always calls mo Major—says he, "Major, there alnt no prospect at all.” "Howso,” says I, “liow can you mako that ontl” " Well,” says ho, *' thoro's so many parties now, and they are all so mixed up, hlggledy pigglody, that you can't soo through ’em with the longest spy-glass that was over made.— That’s why there aint no prospect at all.” "Well, now uncle Joshua," says I, “jest name over all these parlies, so I can begin to have somo idea of them.” "Well,” says lie, " we'll begin first on south- side of Mason & Dixon's lino. There’s tho old Whig party, tho old Democrat party, and tho party of Union Whigs, and tho party of Secession Whigs, and tho party ofUnion Dem ocrats, and the party of Secession Democrats, and tho party of absolute, unqualified Seces sionists, and the party of Co-operation Seces sionists. And then If we come to tbo north side of Mason & Dixon’s lino, wo find tho reg ular Whig party, and tho regular Democratic p^rty,and thoUnion Whigs,andthoAbolition -Whigs, and tho Union Democrats, and the Ab olition Democrats, and tho Silver-gray Whigs, and tho Wolloy-hoad Whigs: and tho Hunk er Democrats, and tho Seward party, and tho Union Safety Committoo party, and tho regu- illlir Freo-Sile party, and the regular Voto- youreclf-a-Farm party," Hero Uncle Joshua paused a iittlo, and Aunt Kczlah laid down her nitln-work, and looked over hor spectacles, and says she to me, “Your uncle Joshua must havo awon- derful memory to kcop all them hard names jp his head; for my part, I don't soo how ho does |t." Then cousin Nabbyshe clapped hor hands and laughed, and Bays she, "Now pouslq Jack, which party do you belong to!” Says I, “i'll be banged if I know. If the GlncraL was q||yo—I moan old Hickory—I’d go with his’ party, )ot Ji bo wplch 'twould; fbr then I know 1 wqs going for the country.- Tbs old Ginoral was always ready to fighf ' Well, now,” says Unelo Jinhun, “ how do you suppose wo are going to work to mako a Presldent'wlth all those parties in tho field, flghtin’ cross-handed, and catty-corners, and every which way." " I’m sure I can’t see,” says I, “ unless wo con got up a party thatwillsuround the wholo of ’em, as tho Irish-corporal surrounded the half dozen soldicn that he took prisoners,” "What do you think of Mr. Calhoun’s plan,” said Uncle Joshua, “that’s laid down in his works jest published 1” “ What’s that 1" says I, “I don’t jthlnkI’ve heard of It." "Well," says he, "he recommends to chooso two Presidents, ono for the North and ono for the South each side of Mason & Dixon’s lino; and no law of Congress to becomo a law till it Is signed by both Presidents. How do you inmR that would work V "Well, I guess,” says I, "if tho country depended upon laws to live on, It would starve to death; as sure as tho ass betwoon the two bundles of hay.” At that consln Nabby spoke up, and says sho, “More Ilko tho country would bo like a bundle of hay between two asses, and yrould got oat np pretty quick." “Well, you’vo ihlrly ran It Into the ground now," says Undo Joshua, “and I gnosawe may as well let It stick there. I’m more troubled about electing ono President than I am two or twonty; and I should like to get your Idea how It can he done. I know Gin- oral Jackson used to think a great deal of your opinion, and may bo you can contrive somo plan to get us nil out of this hurly burly that we are in, so that wo can moke a Presi dent noxt year when the time comes round.” • "Well,” says I, “ Undo Joshua, according to what yon say about the parties now-a-days, all split up into flinders, and, cross-gretnod every way, I don’t think there’s much chance for any of ,om to elect a President, especially if Mr. Richie don’t help. But, for all that, I think tho thing can bo done, and I think thoro's two ways of doing it. Ono way Is, to got up a now party thatshali surround all tho other parties—I moan a real constitutional party, an out and out natloual party; a party that will stand up to the rack, fodder or no lbddor, and go fbr tho Union, tliowliolo Union, and nothing but the Union, live or die. This party would have to bo made np of tho twen ty portlosyou havo named, so I guess wo might as well call It the party of ‘National Come outers'" “Tho ’tothor way would bo, to'get up a sort ofrerolution-annexatlon-msnlfest-dostlny-glo- ry party and have a great banner painted, with Cuba on one end and Canada on ’tother, and what there is left of Mexloo in the mid dle ; and get up a great torch light procession from ono end of the country to tho other and hire Kossuth to mako stump speeches fbr our candidates through all tbo States. If wo didn’t elect him, I’d go into retiracy and set tle on tho hanks of Salt River for lifti. “ Well, Major,” says Unelo Joshua, “I think a good deal of your notions, and.I wish you would think tho matter over, and draw up some plan for us to go by for it’s high time wo was doing something.” So Mr. Gales So Seaton, I remain your old friend, MAJOR JACK DOWNING. visits of morey, and cheerfrilly wont any dts- tanco to impart comfort to the disconsolate, or to aid thorn in tho burial of tholr dead Sho was excellent at Amorals, having a very lhst walk; andjvascvcratthe aerrtco of tho-in- flrm and agod on such occasions. Sho would load a procession fbr miles foster than any horse over known In this region, and yot not go out of a walk. And what shall I say more, ex cepting that, In a single sentence, sho ia tho moatperfoctofber kind, and her loss to me is great and Irreparable. Dear Kate, shall I novor seo your pleasant faco again 1 A liberal reward has boon offered fbr Infor mation leading to her recovery; and I engago suitably to lncreaaoit,lfncecaaaiy,toanysum not exceeding a hundred dollara. I am wil ling to buy her of any ono who has unwitting ly purchased her of the thief, and will secure him from loss If he will giro hor up; and If the thiofhimself will bring her hook twill give him the reward and ask no questions. That you may know what kind of an ani mal sho Is, I wlU describe her as sho was when stolen. Sho Is of medium eixo.chcsnut color, boautlftiily formed, flowing mane and tail, deeply cut in tho mouth by the bit; is very fleot, having novor boon struck with the whip; her fret very small, the hind ones white, witli wtndgalls and marks of Interlining; has no superior os a lady’s horse, was the delight of my daughters; Is old enough to be a grand- motlior, but Is os sprightly os a colt, and is marked with tho collar and saddle very slight ly. Couldyou soo her turn out in a Whigpro- cosslon you would think her foot hardly touch- od tho ground. I nevor knew hor predilec tions, howovor. for she is a prudent animal; but I always fancied that when sho turned out In a procession of tho opposite party her hood and fail rather drooped; but sho always, wont cheerfully when borrowed on such occasions, and was but slightly Influenced in her feelings by tho company she was in, or was too polite to show it. Governor Johnston paid a visit to this place after sho had been stolen, and, I say It with great reluctance, that ho novor Inquired about Kate, nor came to condole witli mo, nor offered to Issuo his proclamation, although tho crime was so base and had been committed within tho precincts of his official rale. But, " I write this more in sorrow than In sngor,” ho is justly punished for his official delinquen cy. Lest iny efforts to recover Kate should foil, I Invoke your aid, citizens of Now Jenoy. I do earnestly solicit all benevolent, kind-heart ed editors, for such Kate loves, to Issuo ibis my humble address to tho good people of tlio Commonwealth, that all may know tho cir cumstances of the cose, and unite their efforts to wipe off from tholr State (ho grerious stain of giving harbor to tho black-hearted villlan who would bo'so mean as to steal a minister’s horse. May ha nover know what It Is to havo a flincral sermon preached over him. HENRY A. ROWLAND. Honesdale, Fa., Nov. 12,1851. Howard for a Stolen Hone. rnOM THE NEWARK DAILY ADVERTISER. The reverend gentleman who has so touch Ingly depicted his loss as to secure a free ad vertisement in our reading columns, and in so forgiving a disposition withal, Is certainly en titled to havo his case made known, and if the thief lias any pity, or the “ honor " said to be long to his kind, tho lost proporty will bo re stored without any other reward than tho con sciousness an honest and benevolent act af fords. To lie Citizens of tie commonwealth of New Jersey greeting Dearly Beloved: Know yo that I was pos sessed of a beautiful mare named Kate, and that, on the 21th of September last, sha was stolen by some dculzcn, I fear of your State, and was traced to Dcckertown, whore tho trail was lost. I trust you will not therefore regard it os impertinent in mo if, in these affliettvo circumstances, I invoke your aid. That you may know something of tho dopth oftliis affliction I will recount somo of the ex collcnt qualities of this quadruped, which are many and great. She is very kind in hor dis position, and, whotlior in harness or under tho saddle, sho is pronounced by thoso who know her best to bo tlio most complete of hor spe cie's. No terrors can alarm hor, no accident can provoke hor to ran; and she will jump so gently over a hemlock log that may havo fallen across the roud, if you are in a sleigh, that you hardly know any thing bos happened. Sho is a real missionary in her feelings, and delights in nothing more than in bearing hor master out into tlio destitute settlements to preach.— Sho is punctual in attendance upon the Pres bytery; hut snuffs at thoso deacons who, when thoy know that the Presbytery is meet In their piaco, havo no oats yot thrashed out Hnspitahlo in her feelings, sho loves to sec this kindness exemplified in others. Site loves to havo a good preacher’s horso drop in of a Saturday ovening; sho clieerftiRy wel comes him to a stall by horsldo, and Is willing to share with him her last morsel. When her master is wearied with study, sho loves to hear him out on Iittlo excursions, in which ho may obtain, by means of his fly-rod, a beauti- Ail supply for Ids breakfast table. She knows every good trout stream and hole within ten miles of tills piaco; but will trot past a pickerel pond without deigning to notice it. Sho thinks ministers of tho Gospel do right to presorvo their cnlllng, and in ac cordance with apostolic examplo, many excel lent doctors of divinity, who havo sought ro- crcqti.qp qnd health in tho country, sho has borne on excursions of this character, and re ceived their warm commendations; while she, on tho other hand, lias highly esteemed them as sensible men. She alms to do every thing from correct principles, and could not bo Jhdnoed, for the sake of cxerelso, to neglect aelnglo known du ty. She was nover known to turn away from tho poor and tho afflicted because thoy were in hnmble circumstances, hqt would stand by ' ’to ' ' made narigablo at all seasons, our own metro polis, Mbbilo, wlll'nbt only got all tho t ratio of all this portion of Alabama, but a largo por tion of tho trado of North-western Georgia.— Will hot our Legislature do something for this important interest of our State 1 COOSA. From tie Jacksonville Republican. The Upper Oooaa and ita Steam ere. It is well known to most of your roadora, that slnco tho winter of 1845-’B this portion of tho Coosa River has been, during tho Winter and Spring, and a portion of tho Summer, suc- ccssflilly navigated by steamers. Capt. Laf- forty, has the honor of having flnt navigated tills beaut! Ail river, with a steamer, tho Coosa, built by himself, at Grecnsport. About two years since, Capt. L. sold the Cooso,'toan on terprising Georgia Navigating Company of which Col. Cothran, of Rome, is a prominent member. This Company had about that tlrno, launched at Cedar Biufl’, a now boat of their own building, the Alabama, which has since been playing between Greensport and Romo, during tho business seasons. Neither the Coosa, nor tho Alabama, however, wero of sufficiently light draft, to ran succcssAtlly at extreme low tldo. Profiting by the experi ence of two years, thlB spirited company built, during tho passed summer, another boat of lighter draft, tho Georoia. This beautiful little steamer, -under tbo command of Capt. Cummings, mado a successful trip a few days since, from Leotl, where sho was launched, to Romo and back. Tho extremely low tldo at which she lias made this hip, gives evidence that tlicso enterprising Georgians have now dono all that tho skip builder can do, to mako tho navigation of tho Upper Coosa practicable at all seasons. Only one thing remains to be done, to give them a complete triumph over all obstacles in the way of a successful naviga tion of tills river, during tlio wholo year. A few thousand dollara expended under the supervision of a competent civil engineer, in removing such trees as lean over the chan nel from tlio banks, and such drift logs as have lodged in tho channol; and In wlng- damlng somo thrco or four shoals, would, it is bolloved, make the river navigable at aU sea sons of the year, for such steaioetias tho Geor gia, from Grecnsport to Rome. Docs it not tliciL behoove tho Legislature of Georgia, and Alabama, to look to this matter 1 Ought not stepatobo taken to havo tills matter inquired into, ut least—to havo survey mado by com petent practical engineers, in order to ascer tain tho practicability of removing these ob structions 1 I seo that Governor Collier, In liis late ablo message, has called tbo atten tion of tho Legislature to tho importance of this subject, with reference to nearly every stream in Alabama of possible steamboat ca pacities, except lie upper Coosa. Was ho ig norant oftho foot that tho gonius ofFulton had visited this beauti All little river, anil had been, for six long years, without patronage from State or Prince, laboring to raise this long neglected cornor ’of Alabama from poverty and obscurity, to enviable distinction 1 Or docs ho suppose that tho Legislature of Ala bama, will give no aid In this quarter, be cause Georgians alone are interested to the navigation of this river 1 There surely can be no good reason for ex pending money on tho lower Coosa, or the Black Warrior, which does not apply, to the case oftho upper Coosa. True, at this time, all tho produce transported on this river, goes to the Eastern cities; but this lsalsotrao of what is carried offby wagons from this region, god Will continue to be truo, until the Ala- River ** PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. Fellow-Citizens of tie Senate and of tie House of RtpnttntaUva— I congratulate yon and our common consti tuency upon the fovorablo Auspices under which yon moot for your first session. Onr country is at peaco with ell the world. Tho agitation which,for a time, threatened to dis turb tho fraternal relations which make us one people, is foit subsiding; and year of general prosperity end health has crowned tho nation with unusual blessings. None can look back to tho dangora which are passed, or forwatd to tho bright prospect before ns, without fooling a thrill of gratification, at tho same tlmo that he must bo Impressed wtth a grate Ail senso of our profound obligations to a beneficent Providence, whose paternal care It so manlfost In tho happiness or this highly favored land. INVASION OF CUBA. Slnco tho close oftho hut Congress, certain Cubans and other foreigners resident in tho United States, who wore more or less con cerned in tho previous invasion of Cuba, in stead of being discouraged by ita failure, have again abused tho hospitality of this country, by making it tho seeno oftho oqulp- raent of another military expedition against that possession of her Catholic majesty, in which they woro countenanced, aided aqd joined by cittsons of tbo United States. On receiving intelligence that such designs were entertained, I lost no tlmo in issuing such In structions to tho propor ofilccra of tho United States as seemed to bo called for by ths occa sion. By the proclamation, a copy of which is herewith submitted, I also warned thoso- who might bo in danger of being inveigled into this scheme of its nnlawAil character, and of the penalties which thoy wonld incur. For somo tlmo there was reason to hopo that these measures had sufficed to prevent any such attempt This hopo, however, proved to be delusive. Very early la tho morning of Uio third of August, a steamer called tho Pampero, dopartad from Now Orleans for Cu ba, having onboard upwards of four hundred nrmed men, with cvhlcut Intentions to mako war upon tho authorities of the island. This expedition was set on foot In palpablo viola tion of tho laws of tho United States. Its leader was a Spaniard, and several of tho chiefofficers, and persons composing it, how ever, wero mostly citizens of the United States. Before the expedition set out, and probably before it was organized, a slight insurrection ary movement, which appears to have boon soon suppressed, had taken place in the eas tern quarters of Cuba. Tho Importance of this movement was unfortunately so mnoh ex aggerated ia the accounts of it published in this country, that these adventurers soom to believe that tho Creole population of t’ie is land not only desired to throw off tho author ity of tho mother country, but had resolved npon that step, and had begun a well concert ed enterprise for effecting it. Tho persons en gaged in the expedition woro generally young and ill informed. Tho steamor in which they embarked lcftNcw OrlconsstaaKhilyand with out a clearance. After touching at Key West, the sho proceeded totbocoostof Cuba, and, on night betwcon the 12th and 12th of Aagust, landed tlio poreons on board at Playtas, with in about twenty leagues of Havanna. Tbo main body of tliem proceeded to, and took possession of an inland village, six loagues distant, leaving others to follow in charge of the baggago, as soon as tbo means of trans portation could bo obtained. The latter, hav ing taken up their lino of march to connect themselves with tho main body, and having proceeded about four leagues into the country, were attacked on tho morning of tho 18th, by a body of Spanish troops, and a bloody con flict ensned; after whleh they retreated to tho place of disembarcatlon, whor s about fifty of them obtained boats and ro-erabarked there in. Thoy were, however, intercepted among tlio koys near tho sh 'jo by a Spanish steamer cruising on tho coast, captured and carried to Havanna, and, after being examined before a military court, wore sentenced to bo public ly executed, and tho sentence was carrlod in to effect on the 10th of August. On reoolving information of what had oc- cureed, Commodore Foxhall, A. Parker was Instructed lo proceed in tho steam-frigate Sar anac to Haraonah, aud inquire into the charges against tho peraons executed, tho circumstan ces under which thoy wero taken, and whatso ever reforred to tlieir trial and sentence. Copies of Instructions from tlio Department of State to him, and hii letters to that Department, are herewith submitted. According to tho record of, the omamina- tion, tho prisoners all admitted tho offences charged against them, of being hostilo inva ders of the island. At tho timo of their trial and execution tlio main body of tho invaders was still In the field, making war upon the Spanish authorities and Spanish sub jects. After tho lapse of somo days, being overcome by the Spanish troops, thoy dispers ed on tho 24th of August, Lopez, their leader, was captured some days after, and executed on tho 1st of September. Many of his remain ing followers wore killed or diod of hunger and fotlguo, and tlio rest wore made prl uoncre, Of theso, nono appear to havo been tried or executed. Sovoral of them were pardoned upon application of tlieir friends and others, and the rest, about ono hundred and sixty in number, woro sent to Spain. Of tho final dis position mode oftheso wo havo no official in formation. Such Is tho melancholy result of this illegal andill-foted expedition. Thus, thoughtless young men have been induced, 5y folso and fraudulent representations, to violate the laws of their coantiy, through rash and unfounded expectations of assisting to accomplish pottl- cal revolutions, in other Statee, and have lost their, livea ip tbo undertaking. Too severe a — being better informed themselroa, have yet led away the ardor of youth and iU-diroctad love of political llborty. Tlio correspondence between tills Government and that of Spain relating to this transaction hr herewith com municated. Although thoso offenders against tlio lam havo forfeited tho protection of their country, yot tho Government may, so {kraals consis tent with its obligations to othor Countries, and ita fixed purpore to maintain and enforco tho tows, entertain sympathy for their tinof- fondlng fomllics end friends, os well ns a feel ing of compassion ibr themselves. According ly no propor effort has been spared, and nono will bo spared to procure tho release of inch oitisona of tho United States, engaged in this untowAtl enterprise, as- are now in confine ment in Spain; bat It is to bo bopod that suoh interposition with thogorornmentofthatconn- fay may not bo consldorod as nflbrdlng any ground of expectation that tho Government of tho United States will, hereafter, fool Itsolf under any obligation of duty to intercede for the liberation-or pardon of such poraons as flagrant offiindcra against tlio tow of nations and the laws of tlio United States. Those tows must be executed. If wo desire to maintain our respectability among tho na tions of tho earth, it bohooves us to onlbroo steadily and sternly tho neutrality acts pass ed by Oongrcss, and to follow, as for as may bo, the violation, of thoso acts with condign punishment. But what gives.a pcsnliar criminality to this invasion of Cuba 1s, that undor the lead of Spanish subjects and with the aid of oltl- sens of tho United States, It had its origin, with many, in motives of cupidity. Money was advsncod by individuals, probably In considerable amounts, to purchaso Cuban bonds, os thoy have boon called, Issued by Lo pes, sold, doubtless, at a very forgo discount, nnd ibr the payment of which tlio publlo lands and pnbUo proporty of Cabo, of what- ovor kind, and tho fiscal resources of tho peoplo and government of that island, from whatever aonreo to bo derived, wore pledged as well as the good fellb of tho government expeotod to be established. All those moans of payment, It is ovklent,'wero only to be ob tained by a process of bloodshed, war, and revolution. Nono will deny that thoeo who set on foot military expeditions against foreign States by means like these, are for more cul pable than tho Ignorant and tho necessitous whom thoy Induce to go forth as the ostensi ble parties In the proceeding. Those origina tors of tho Invasion of Oaba scorn to have determined, with ooolnots and system, upon on undertaking which should dlsgraco tholr- country, violate Ita laws, and put to hazard! the lives of U1 Informed and deluded men. Yon win consUto whrt>r Amber legislation bo necessary to prevent the perpetration of such offences in frit tire. No Individuals hero a right tobazsard tho peace of the country orto violate its tows up on vague notions ofaltering or reforming gov ernments in other States. This principle is not only rcssouubfo in itscl( and In accord ance with public taws, blit Is engraAed Into tho codes of other nations ns well os eut own. But while such are tlio scntlmente of this gov ernment, It may ho added that every inde pendent nation must bo presumed to bo ablo to defond Its possessions against unauthorized individuals banded together to attack them. The Government of tho United States, stall times since its establishment, has abstained and has Bought to restrain tho citizens of the country, from entering into controversies be tween othor powers, nnd to observe all tbo duties of neutrality. At an early period of tho Government, In tho administration of Washington, sovoral taws, wore passed for this purpose. Tho main provisions of theso tows were re-enacted by the act of April, 1818, by which, amongst other things, it was declared that If any pcison shall, within tho territory or jurisdiction of tho United States, bogin, or set on foot, or provide, or prepare tlio means for any military expedition or enter prise to be carried on from thence against tlio territory or dominion of any foreign princo or State, or of any colony, district, or people with whom tho United Slates are at peaco, ovory person so offending shall bo doomed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall lie fined, not exceeding three thonsund dollars, and imprisoned not more than thrco yean, and this taw lias been executed and enforced, to the frill extent of the power of tho Govern ment, from that day to this. In proclaiming and adhering to tbo doctrine of neutrality and non-intervention, the United States havo not followed the lead of othor civilized nations; they have taken tho lead themselves, and havo been followed by others. This was admitted by ono of tho most emi nent or modem British statesmen, who said in Parllamont, while a minister of tho crowns that, if ha wished for a guide in a system of neutrality, he should lake that laid down by America in tbo days of Washington and tho secretaryship of Jcffeison;" and wo see, In iket, that the act of Congress of 1818 was fol lowed, tho succeeding year, by an act of the Parliament of England, substantially the samo in its general provisions. Up to that timo, there had been no similar tow in Eng land, except certain highly ponal statutes passed in the reign of Gcorgo II., prohibiting English subjects from enlisting in foreign scr- vico, tho avowed objoct of which statute was, that foreign armies, raised for tho purposo of restoring tho houso of Stuart to tho throne, should not bo strengthened by recruits from England herself. Ail most seo that difficulties may arise in carrying the laws reforred to into execution in a country now having three or fonr thousand miles of scacoast, with an infinite number of ports and harbors and small inlots, from somo of which unlawful expeditions may suddenly set forth, without-tho knowledge of Govern ment, against tho possessions of foreign States. Friondly relations with all, hat entangling alliances with none, has long been a maxim with us. Our truo mission is not to propognto onr opinions, or impose upon our form of govom or self-government, and the sdraatagm of Am self, and mako anil alter ite political MM* tions to snit its own condition sad 1 cncc. But, while we avow and ■ neutral policy ourselves, we i seo tlio same forbearance on the i nations, whoso forms of government ■ fcrent from our own. Tho deep iiMmt which wo feel, lu tho spread of liberal ' * pics and the, establishment o' ‘ ments, ami tlio sympathy a ness every struggle agnir that wo should bo indifferent which tho strong arm of a foreign p invoked to stifle public sentiments i press tlio spirit of freedom in any conn! ENGLISH AND FRENCH INTEItrEBENCl,. Tho governments of Great Britain Franco havo issued orders to tholr naval eoaw mandtra on, tlio West India station to prevent by forco, if necessary, this landing of adven turers from any nation on tlio Island of Cuba with liostllo intent The- copy-of,a memoran dum of a convention on this subject between the Charge d’ Affairs of Her Britannic MajM. ty nnd tlio Acting Secretary-of; State, and of a subsequent note of tbo former to the DvparV ment of State, are herewith transmitted; fax. gotiior with a copy of a note of the Acting . Secretary oftho State to tho Minister of the- French republic, and of tbo reply of the tot: tor, on tho samo subject. These pepen wfit acquaint yon with the grounds of the Inter position oftho two lending commercial pow ers of Europe, and with, the apprehension*,! which this Government could! no!t fall to «•- torfotn, tlut such interposition, If carried fax to offoct, might lead toabuscs in derogation, of tlio maritime rights oftho U. States.. Tkts- maritime rights of tho United States are founded on a firm, secure, and well deflnetk basis; they staafi upou,tt;p ground of Nation, •llndopcudonco nnd public taw, and will be maintained In all their foil and Jnst extent, ' Tlio principle which this Government, ha*, heretofore solemnly announced, it still, ad heres to, and win nui!ntn!n,uinU.'«- *H. olreemr- stanceaaudot ail hazards. That principle Ift. that In every regularly documented-merchant vossol, the crew who navigate it, and those on board of It, will find their protection- in. th* flag which to over thorn. No American, ship, can bo allowed to be visited; or searched, f» tlio pnrposo of ascertaining tho character of individuals, on board, noroan there ho allow ed any watch by the vessels of any foreign na tion over American vowels on tho coasts of tho United States or tho seas adjacent thereto. It will, bo seen by the, task commnnlcattoe* from tho British Charge d.'Aflhlrs to- the Do- pertinent of State, that ho to authorised to as sure tho Secretary of State that every, can, will ho taken, that, in oxcarting the- prasean tlvo measures against the expeditions, which tho United States Government itself has da- nouneed as not being entitled to the protec tion, of any government; no interference shalk take place wtth. tho. lawful commerce of oaf- nation. In addition, to tho correspondence, on- fob subject, herewith, submitted, official Informa tion. bM boon rocolycd at tbo Department of State, of assurances by- tho French govern ment that, In tho ordors given to. the French. I naval forces, thoy wore expressly Untrue tod. inany operations they miglit engage In, tor* ' sped tho flag oftho United States wherever it miglit appear,.snd to commit no act of bow. till ty npon any vossol or armament under Ita protoctlpn,. SPCNISR CONSUL AT NEW ORLEAX* Ministers onicoosula of foreign.nattocs a* the moons and agents of communication ba- twcon us and thoso nations, and it to oftho ut most importance that, wbilo residing In. the country, they- should fool a perfect security so long asthoytkithfolly discharge their to- •poettvo duties and are guBtyof no violation of our laws. This to the admitted tow of nations, and no country bos a deoper Interest In maintaining It than tho United States.— Our commerco spreads over every sea aad visits every dime, and our ministers and con suls are appointed to protect tho Interests, of that commerce, as woll as to, guard! the peaco oftho country and, maintain tho honor ot'lta flag. But how. can they discharge those dutips unless thoy- bo themselves protected; aad, .If protected, It must bo by tho tows, of tho country In which they reside.. And; wh/st to duo to oar own publlo functionaries- sesklhw In foreign nations, Is exactly the measure- at what to duo to tho functionaries of other gov ernments residing here. As in. war, tho bear ers of flags of faucoow sacred; or olsa want would bo Interminable, so In. peace, embas sadors, public ministers, and,consuls, charged with friendly national intercourse, oro-objects of especial respect and protection, each ac cording to the rights belonging to, bis rank and station, In. view of these important prtiu- ciplcs, it is with deep, uprtiAcrtfon. and Re gret I amiounco to you, that, during the ex citement growing on* of' the- executions .at davano, the office of her Catholic- Majesty'* consul at New Orleans, was assatledlbya mob, his property destroyed, tlio Spanish flag found in tho office carried! off and, tom in pie ces, and ho himself imluped. to flee tor hto personal safoty, which he supposed to bo ,b» .danger. On receiving intelligence of'thoso events, I forthwith directed tho attorney of tho United States, residing at New Orleans, to Inquire into tho focts.and tho extent of tha pecuniary loss sustain,dl by the consul, .with the Intention of toying thorn before you, that yon might mako provision for such, indemni ty to him os a just regard, for the- tower of friendly power might, in your judgement, seem to require. The correspondence upon this subject betwcon tho Secretary of Stato andher Catholic majesty’s minister plcnipct- tentiary, is herewith transmitted,. The occurrence at Now Orleans total mo to give my attention to tho state of onr tawa in regard to foreign embassadors, ministers, and consuls. I think tho legislation of the country is doflelont IunsAproviding sufficient ly cither for tho protection or tho punishment of consuls. X therefore recommend tlio sub' joct to tho consideration of Congress.. ' - ] INVASION OF MEXICO- , It is nwsh to be deplored that the Internal tranquility of tho Mexican republic should again bo seriously disturbed; for, since th* peaco botwocn that republic and the United States, it had enjoyed such comparative re pose thntthomost fovorableanticipations f“ tho future might, wtth a degree of oonfldar- havo been indulged.. Tlu»o, however, boon thwarted by thonvuit onto -State ofTnmaulipas, on t! Rio-Bravo. Having^ that i
