Cuba and the Proclamation.
"The New Yrk Evening P.ai publish
fcs the -u'jMiiied article from an old and
valued eouiributor to th-d journal, with
ou iiiV-tirliiig to express an opinion up
on the poocv r practicability of annex,
ing Cuba to tut !i-ublift
Cuba The Presiden1 has ppn fit o
issue a pro lanr'tion in regard to the
Island of Cuba, in winch we eslerdav
ciiled the a'lention of our readers.
the t" ol Congress ) p' it winch ti is
founded, intended ut prevent the levy
ing ol troops and filing ut of expedn
lions igamsi friendly jmiw r. are stiffi
cipiiMv familnr to thp people of ttis
country, having feti repeatedly referred
to, and more ihn onci put m Torre do
ring the troubles on Hip T x ui fron'ter,
and the sympathising anadi-in insur
rection of 1837 and 138
At that hmv li-f-re was no secret
movement, no cnnee-ded conspiracy; no
proclamation was necessary to apprise
the country of the fact that men were
being raised and armameniB fitted out.
The friends o! Canada" and "of Tex
as" met in broad day, and without any
disguise, concerted their schemes.
Now, boyever, the case is very dif
ferent. No names hip given; no plan is
designa'cd. It j not even knnu
whether the obj rt s Cuba or Mexico.
The whole thing is a myster. The
proclamation is rucessanly bied upon
the reports ot spies and informers.
W. oppose. the duty of government
in thewe matters to he pfain. I is the
Lu-mess of the 'tuition i s to enforce
the faws, to provide courts of jice,
and to see that the reqimre mH-hmery
of a judicial system is kept to ful v gur
to punish crime.
IJut it is nut the duty of any govern
ment, least of all ours, to main am bands
of epies and gangs o informers, and on
the sligh'est suspicion ol an intended
violation of the law, io proclaim ihe
offence by anticipation. V no knows
.but what the reports on wh.ch the' pro.
clamation is founded are pure inventions
and fabrications? Who knows hut the
President-has been made n gull? Who
knows that he has not been made a
mere fool of to answer some knavish
Commercial pupo e? Does he suppose
that he can scatter about such procl.i
roauons without throwing commerce in
to a ferment, and the trading community
into a pari'-?
When Ue case arises, when armed
expeditions are actually levied and troops
rnx d in our terrt'ories, n will be ti ".e
enough to proclaim them down. With
the command of the n v and custom
lipase, the government can probably
discover and prevent offences such as
these, witfnuii reiying on the rascally
ppv, or the infamous informer. Lei the
cabinet watt and get correct and post
tive information, before it issues us
threatening protocols and scarecrow pro
clama'ions. There mny other re neons why, at
t! s unit', our government should not be
excessively alert to m ke Hsell a cat's
dtw of any of the poweis f Europe.
It will not do while a degeneraip Na
poleon disgrace the name of ihe French
people, :id the Russian hordes are en
camped 01, the Danube,hiie Italy bleeds
to the core, and ihe freemen of Europe
ore sick with disappointed hope, it will
not do at this precise moment, for this
government to make itself the tool of
pain, or any of the decrepid oligarchies
i Europe.
It is jdle' to suppose that Cuba can
long remain in a cub.nnl condition.
'I'he fettets are on ll sides lallm. ff i
from the colonies of this continent, and
it is not in h least hkeiy that Spun, one
of the'weakest of European powers, can
retain her's Nor is it probable that
Cuba will become independent. She
has strong sympathies and strong ne
cessities hat tend toward-this rvumrv,
and the question will no doubt be, wheth
er she shall be annejed to this republic
or. whether he garden and the key of
the fiult o' tvlextco shall be surrendered
to England. , That issue nnv be upon
tissoo er thin we ihmk.
e recommend 'Jen Taylor to rp
eerve Ins proclamation till that limp.
It will require all he vigor, bth ol
liimseif ani his cabinet, to earn out
t' e oon-tniervention acis of (.'ungress a
gainst tlie interests of ihe country and
the sy mpa,thif d of the people.
Ahbot$ford-Editburg.-l?,xTc from
ttleter, 'ojdressdbv a tiafve of Sco -land.'
who hud heen long resi-ient m A--merica,
to ns fr.eud in 'he Cty ot N w
1 ik, dated
, 'Edimburo, July 19 1849.
'A'ter spending a 'ev dis u. Liver
4roU I started fiir Hits c.i, hy railroad,
jit 8 ut the morvng, ntid had a very
pleasant ride fhrouh a beautiful and
highly interesting cooo'rv, ihe'valhes
decked with orcliards. fl wer grder,s,
and fieltfs of waving gratinAJtodd'Og wrh
grscojji dignity to tht gentle bie-ze;
tl hi'Jn w-foinw wi'h cntie, and dl ed
Co their ijtoftiits jth the' whfte fleeces
j: sheep, and IKptiier c ve.nng i'f tt -r
lau)iit; :iie wo'ds j.ngug wttti ihe rheer
ful songs of ti bird's : l; fact, which
ever way I looked, tt.b w;jS face oflhe
couri'ry partook otatnrft's inchest garb,
1 nnd spoke o", in appe.ran. " least, a
iiappy people. dcV. i, da o v' o Ab"
tutslord, .Mtlroseand l)tU)s'h Ab'
bey, and was grieved at spemg Abbott
ford, and ltd attractive and rare contents,
exhibited as a show, for motiey by a
pedantic, mincing, dressed-up English
man. Shades of the heroines ol the
author of Waverlv, was there not a
oun!ry woman.'of Sir Walter's, with
iip pHre idiom, to be founds ra pa ble and
worthy of such a trust ! Many altera
tions, and improvement have laksn
place m the ancient capital of Scotland
since I was her." last, insomuch that I
scarcely recgn'zed "nans of ihe old
landmarks arid places which 1 had been
familiar m boy nood. T; e home 1 was
born and reared in is so much defaced
and torn down that I could not have
known a nook or corner of its, to me,
sHcred wai's. 1 walked the streets of
my na'ive ccy, an unknown stranger,
scarce met a face I had ever seen before.
Many of the changes in Edinburg are
real improvements, bu I would have
recalled the past had it been possible,
and taken one mre look of the laces
and the scenes I had knyw in years ne
ver to return,"
The Secret Armed Expedition.
The V ashingfit Republic lias a letter
from its New York correspondent which
furnishes ihe following reliable account
of the Expedition wjiich cal ed lorn the
receni Proclamation of the President of
the United Stales ;
'i have been engaged during the las
two das in seeking aupipulic informa
tion relative to the suhj ct oi the proc
lamation of the Pres dent, and benere
tnat 1 have not nude ihe eflort in yan.
There is not the slightest room fop doubt
that a wel! concered movement has been
in progress here for some time past,
and ais at New Oilear.s, in order to
enlist men tor an armed and hostile ex
pedition against Cuba.
" I have myself conversed with tndi
viduals who were approached on the
subject by the agents of thpse engaged
in the movement Hi Cub and the Uiii
ud States, and phep all credit in their
statements From their account it ap
pears that about three months ago, cer
tain persons, who are well supplied with
pecuniary means, and are duly author
ised to act for wehhy planters in the
Uiand ot Cuba, sought their aid on this
military expedition, making the mos
liberal offers, and promising the most
rich and tempi ing rewards in case ol
success. A great many men have been
enliied in this city for this work, and,
had it not been lor an accidental and
unexpected failure in effecting the pur
chase of a vessel, this branch ol ihe ex
pedition would have sailed some, weeks
ago. ll ha- not yet sailed, but I have
reason to believe '.hat it w nl leave ihis
port in a short time, w inout the possi
bility of detecnoii. Another bi inch ol
the expedition has been organ-zed at
New Orleans, and the remaining por
tions are alreddy encamped on an !
land iu the gulf.
VThis movement has been contempla
ted. for some time, and all the p.eparato
ry measures have been taken uh
ereat deal qf judgement a,l(j prudence.
1 he fir-i development of ine plot was
made a week or two ago, m the corres
p ndeiice of one of the morning papers
here, and th s leaking out of the secret
is to be traced io thp imprudence of an
influential ageni at New Orleans, hose
name I rould commua caie.who blabbed
the business in some public pi ice in that
city.
is not for me to speak of the course
taken bv ourGove; nmnut m tins matter.
It is only neces-ary that 1 should sta'e
,,mt ,l,e Prup nuerference it the Ad-
miriistraiioti lias inspired fresh- eon 3
dence in them in tie minds of this great
uuili.liritiai U(MOtnuUll , Wtl()ll Ve III)
desire to see the prosperity and pt-ace
o.f the country put injeop.rdy by any
mac? sctiemes of adventurers or hot-
bratned outig men, who wish to se k
ulorv in a new field ot vvrl ke rtdv-Mi
lure. I expeet l be enabl d t Com-
munic i if .-nine quite important mforma
tion on Wie 6Ut)j-et in a day or two.
A Picture for Abolitionists. The
following, winch we tike irom the Vic
toria Adcocate vreBrut. hji runtent
in lavor oi ihe insu ution of fcjiavery
which cannot be mistaken. Similar
circumstances, we knowledg-. ire not
very fr qient, but in mnetv -nn e cases
out ol an nundred- the Southern Mave
w.uld sooner remain a b ndm tn thun
ri-k the teachings o' Ahoimonists, who,
in fact, are their greatest nemies.
'A family of negro s tfia: had been
emauciMieu ny iheir oias er, and set
lied in Cincnnati, wheie they h ,d livil
for several jeirs, passeo thrtur, Victo
ria, Texas, a lew dts since, nt) their
way to Sagn.e, in earch of'their former
nns'er, wtio they herd had settled in
lexas. T" y siated thatthey pieUrnd
serving their old masier and his children
to living in a free Slate, among Aboli
tionists. This is a modost rebuke to
those that desire to send the negroea to
Liberia.
The followingjei d esprit, the father
of which wp happen to Know, has been
running for ten day--, iSii such a dis
ease as the shin pit sV Ves, M be
sure," Galen "Then I have got it for
certain,'' said thp pr.ipnr 4,for the roof
o1 my mfh is broken out in a doz
places."
Whiggery and Abohtionism.The
foliowiiig'is frorn the Huston Atlas, one
of ihe moat prominent W hig papers t
the North, and we now challenge the
production of any conflicting opinion
from any Northern W hig paper, or a
succesttildeniHl of tne facts here sta
ted, by any Northern Whig paper :
TV? Slavery Question. Our rea
ders wi,l hear us evidence that we have
endeavored to present the slavery ex
tension question fairly and candidly.
We have st:t!cd what every person
know to be trup thai eve-y Whig;
member of Coi.gress Irom tle free
Sotis woulc vo'e in tavnr i.f excluding
slaver fi.r t tie teiriiories of the(Jnion,
and would exercise his talents ana his!
influence to t fleet such n result. W e j
know of noU hig paper in the lieeSiates i
n..w u. ... me- mcoiairs
that does not stand uncompromisingly
upon the platform of the non-extension i
ot siaveiy. We know of no W hig that
does not. We now believe that a large i
portion of JJerrocratic Congressmen
from the free States will take the same
Illinois. Indrtna. and M,chl4i.iu.who will !
go agaiur freedom ; while on the other
. ,r Ll ' !
h-ind, iftere are Whig members from
slave Stdtes who will vote for h. Mr.
Clay, we believe will ; so will the two
W fvg Senators from Delaware ; and
Mr Houston, th representative of that
gulant dtate, has always voted for ti.
J'here is no doubt that ben Taylor will
afrit his signature to a bill containing
toe Proviso. We look upon the lurther
extension of slavery upon this continent
as u moral impossibility.
W'e will not extend this article further,
but we ask ir readers to mark the ad
missions contained in tne foregoing ex
tract. Every Northern W hig member
of Congress, every Northern W big pa
per, indeed every Norineru Whig, is in
favor ot the W ilinot Proviso. So says
this leading organ oi Northern W big
gery. Where will the Macon Journal
and Messenger now look tor us noble
Wings atiheNonh! Macon Tele
graph. Facts in Physiology. Elephants
live tur two, mret, and even lour bun
dled years. A heaitny, fuiigrown ele
phant consumes thirty pounds, of grain
per day.
uats, in India, are called nying foxes,
uud measure -ix 'eet irom up to tip.
sheep, in wild paaiures, practice sell-
dtrfenctr bv an arrav in which rams stand
foremost in concert with ewes, and
lambs in the centre of a hollow square.
J lliee tluosoii s Hay dogs draw a
ltd,e, loaded with three hundred
pounds, fiheen miles a day.
yJit jiatr of pis will increase in 6
ytrtis io 1L150, aking the increase av
14 iiu'C-s per ninum.
pair oi sheep in the same lime would
bear but 64.
A m.gie female house-fly produces in
one season 30,080, 320 eggs.
Phe flrta, grast-bopper and Incus,
jump 200 nmeajheii own length, equal
to a quarter of a mile lor a man.
of the
Decanter.
There was an old decan
ter and its mouth was
gaping wide ; the
rosy wine had
ebbed away
and left
iiscrys' .
tat side ;
and the ".ind
went humming.
hu.tnmipg,
up and
do n ; the
w md it blew,
and through the
reed like
b"Uow netk
the wildest notes it
ble-.v. placer! it in the
wiudu'."twherp the blast was
blowing fren,airl fancied that its
pale mouth Rang llir queerest strains to
me. 'They n lime-puny rurquertirs' the
Plague has (lain his ten, and w-r his hundred
thousand of the best ot men ; but I tas
thus the bottle spake- bat 1 have en quered
u:ore that) all your famous ennqnerurs. so
feared and famed n! yre. 'I'lieti coin- ye
youths and maineus al.; come drink from
out inj cup. Ihe bevriagp thai dulls ihe
brain and ourns the spirits u(; that puts
to shame ynui cui.q-ierors that slay
their scoi-s below ; h i i his h .s de.
luged inilliens with the lava Hue of
wo. I ho' in the path of bit tie
darkest streams ot bloo-l may
roll; yet while 1 killed the body,
1 have oamiieo the Very sot;!.
1 he cholr-ra, the plague,
i'he sord. such ruin nwer
. wjo't, as I. in (iiMth or inal
ice, ou the liiiiucent hae
b.'o't. And soil 1 tire.airt
upon hem,6tihey 6hiink
before uy bream and
year by year rrn thou,
sands tread tne dus
ty way of death."
A Tiung lellow by ihe mine of Wise
ly residing somewhere " out West," in
a in oi jeaou.-y , recenny attempted o
stab anoitier by the name ol luvxctll.
It seems the V'Ung lady wuo caused
tne dispu'e. was
'One who loved not Wisely ,bu iTo c W' t ll.
Tlie Ruin- Rev. Lfoindas G. Polk.
J li.stiop oi L'u siina, is a; prtsent on a
j T.sit lo'hia rtlaiives in Raleigh.
Scraps for the Million.
('snaiMtt hfl irs are in a very "dis
turbed condition. Dispatches trum Mon
treal of the 20th say i ha' iheio h-ve
been numerous no: s, and thai th' IV 'CP
have fired on the people. A Lyons
Hotel, where an inquest ws being held
on the body of Mason, a lrge crowd
was eoileced, and the Poln e fird on
them and wounded several. 'I lie No
tef was subsequernly discovered to be
on fire, and the utmost contusion pre
vailed. The soldiers charged on the
crowd hd disperse them An absolute
revolution is deemed inevitab'e.
I he law in Connecticut against sel
ling spintous liquors, impose a fine of
10 lor the first offence. 20 fur Ihe
Berond, and d- obie for nuj offence
0j which he sh..ll be convicted. One Mr
ol wnicti lie snu oe convicieu
Wood has 25 i'-ish pending aj
the last ol w loch, H found gt
against inm.
gutl y, tub-
jecw him to a penalty of SI 4.490,98o
54,360, ?
We earn from the Nashville papert
that the cholera was almost decimating I
e ,own ot T""",, 7" ' ,Q. l"e !
o ' instant, adoui aeatns na
ta-
ken place, and the inhabitants had fled
in every direction.
The whole number of deaths at St.
Louts during the filuen weeks up to
Aug. 6, was 4,9"3 9, of which number
4.060 wereot Astatic cholera,
I he brig Adam Gray, arrived from
Havana, i. 8 (l-i)s passage, Confirms the
statement brought by the Falcon, at
New York, that Rey was in pns n, ac
know leoged that he was abducted, and
that his declaration to ihe country was
made under threats.
The Delta says that the men collec
ted at Granu Uland, hi l!io (Jul! of Mex.
ico, for the m stet ion exp ditnn allu
ded to in I he Presidents Proclamation,
does n t exceed three Hundred in num
ber. Gen Twiggs has ascertained that
they had not a single &taa ol arms a
mongst them-
A California adventurer writes from
M izulan: We all lri.veled through
Mexico without passports, and were
treated very well except that ihey sto'e
every thing from us they cou d lay their
hands on.
Pimples on the Face. Touch them
with spirits of turpentine pm'e in six
hours, and they will soon take them
selves away. To bring them on agiin,
all that is necessary is to touch a little
"spirits and wa:er."
The U. S. Government has offered
for sale to the Mex can 'Uthonties, the
whole stock of flint lock muskets which
have rpcenilv been made disposable
by tne substitution of peicussicm locks.
There cer'amly are manifestations of
civilization in California. A fellow,
for whipping his wiie, has been oamstied
for three months to America.
The Cotton Crop.Tle Mobile Tri-
buue ol Thursday says:
A letter from King's Landing, Dallas
county, received in this city, dated 15ih
mst. says mil within the previous three
or four days the wor.m had appeared and
committed; serious ravages upon Ihe
cotton.
Another dated Havana, Greene coun
ty August 10, say s it is r d iced aimo-i
to a dead certainty that in th s section
planters will not make more than t alt
a crop, even it toe so is i-.i should prove
ot ihe mosi Uvor.pie character.
Two of the Field OJirers in ihe ffun
garian aruij aie it-., a; s. I hnv dresj,
in mate atlne, v.eir -words bv itieir
sides, lead the 'egiment m o battle, ai d
mauitet vo muc'i bravery and enthu-i
asm as u inspire ihe soldiers withal
mosi irrenistable vilor.
The Italians, nt then mre'ing in New
York on S- utd n in-lit, gav time
cheers loi Mr lirwn, th. Amcncan
( -onsril in Home lor off nog shelter to
vezzan und-r bis own roof, in spit
of ttie threatening o Oudinot.
We clip the foil w ing from a Western
paper: l tent, a h us" on Mellow
Avenue loca ed untiodmeU a'onwide
(d a fine p urn gaid n liom which an a
bundant supp y . f ihe most delicious
irun may be ftoteri duuu the whole
ceason. Rent low nd the greater pa't
taken in plums.
Tne following toast was lately "iven
Oui fire-engines may the ne like
old maids, ever ready bui never wan
ted" It is with heartfelt pleasure we nn
nunce to ur rea!e. (-a h Phila
delph '- Evening Bulletin of Mondav)
the disa,pe..r ioi ' lie ( n l ra in this
cny not a single cv?e ari'ig ucevred
during the last 'orty right huurg. I he
iioaid oi Health hav Uisc ouli'nued iheir
silting.
A husband and wife travelling through
the Woods in haste met wi n a melan
choly accident, winch is icoided in
the lot. owing feiicitou- strain-;
"And while retreating through the woods
And through ihe ianled ff-rn
He tore his mustenM-meittiou ems.
And hau io put on her'a.'
The notorious Maria Monte, who hat
been, leading a most profl g;e life m
New York, was arrested on Thursday oj
Ui week, the Five Points, for stealing
$14 irom a :nau hu n she had enticed
into that den of infamy.
It gire pleasure t
arrival, on W edue-oay "
Dr". Hnvis, and hs lami
In sddit ou to former
io the agrirnftufil irf
surh as the Cashmeri
Ox n, ihe D- etor i
brought with them l
Gnat, a pair of Hrah
sortmenl of us-ful Pou.
)eed adapted to ur clu
these animals are brougl
of bke temperaiure wni
S;ate, ypf the sui.ilaray t
rather of elevation above tht
of latitude. That we may b
understood, we would state tl.
a particular elevate. n above tt.
the sea in Asia, the CanhmPr
and Angora Cats preserve ai
fixed their fine woo led coats, as
Vicuna and Alpaca Snepp c
Amepca.y pi in precisely the san
peratute in o'her localities a te.
io rlef erinrrtte is nnnarent in thest
mH. ?. w.thsiandintr thL Her
r :hev afP un foiind ,u be V(l!uc
d"ons ,o the agricultural resources .
the countries where they have been in
troduced. In the South of France, tho
Cashmere cr.s-ed upon theScmde Goat,
produce a better fleeced animal than the-origmalCashinep-.
The Merino Sheep,
carried from i's original locality, also
degenerates ; but in Saxony, crossed
up mi a coarse woo'.ed rheep, makes a
supen -r and more valuable animal than
the Merioo in pa n. With sqch facts'
and results, up have strong hopes thai -the
prai-ewnrthy enterprise of Dr Davis,
in introducing these animals, may turn
out advantageous) to the State, and
beneficially to himsel. The climatp of "
tfie South, and the absence of calcart
'U-nes9 in our soils, render it improba
ble that theSouth will ever, t any great
extent, be a grazing ciiuntr , but there
can be rio doubt ol" its perfect adaptation
to broAsitig animals, such as tlio Goat
family, the Vienna, Alpaca, &c.
The aer Oxen are va'uableiu bog .
gy is, and the icmales are good ;niikv
ers. On our rivers and swamps, whero
the keeping of larg'e herds of common;
catte is irnpracucable, ihrt Water Ox
would b in hit! proper 'element, as o
favorite practice wnb them n hot wea
ther is to fay all c'ay in the water, with .
then nose onlv above tfe surf-tec.
The Urahmm catile make fine beef,
and are used for carnage and saddle
purposes. Tbey pace and canter. well,
& requemly travel sixty miles in a day.
i hey have a fatty protuberat.ee above
the withers, which prevents the saddle
dipping forward, add when killed (his
hump is a great dainty for the epicure. ,
They a re beautifully limbed, with a da'
velopment of muscle similar to our
quarter racehorse. t
The Doctor has also interested him
self in apoiher enterprise of great im
portance to our City and State a di
rect communication, by a line ol steam
ers, between Charleston and Liverpool,
For this a direct proposition has been
received from a wealthy and lull .ential
company in 'he li'ter cii-,atd as s on
as we can procure, the necess-iry docu
men's, we will pibii-.ii it, oid urge fif
the scheme the nearly and rfivient c
opprati n of our wh-de nierc-iiit'le ud
agi .cultural coiiiinumtv .-"Lharhst&X'
Mrrcvry.
The First M irriitge Marriage is
of a date prior to si u i's I', ihj only
relic of parad se tri.it is left us -one
s nilf that God pi faij hi on the world's
nuioietic'-, lingering and - laving still
upon it-, sacred visage. 'IV firs- oiar
riage wascelebralrd bef.jreGo.1 himself,
h fil ed in disown person the offica
of Guest, Wuness and Priest.
There stood the two god-like form?
of innocence fresh in the beauty, of
their mis aintri naiure. I he ll iil wed
shade? of ineg tid n in i the green car
peted earth -miled upon so divine a pair;
thp cijstal waurs flowed by, pure and
trai sparent as ihey. The unhiemished
ffjAi r- biea'lwd incense on the sacred
air, answering to llieir upright love. -An
art ess -otind of joy from all tho
vocal natures, was the hymn, a sponta
neous non rai harmony, such as a world
in tune might yield, ere discord vas in
ven ed Religion blessed her two chit
dren thus and led them forth in'o life
to begin her wondrous history. Tho
first religious scene they knew, wastaeir
own marriage before "he Lord God.
They learned to love h in as the inter
preter and sealer of iheir love to. each
othe; ud it tl ey h id continued in their
oprigtitoea9, lite ru.id have been a
form of wdded worship a sacred mys
tery of p.riiU"Us oneuesai and comma
nion. '
I'hey did not continue. Curiosity
triumphed over innocence. They tas
ied t;n, a d knew am fall. Man is
chang; wooiki is charged; man's
neari and woman' hear' ire no longer
w tiat .the first hear's 'ere. Ueauiy is
1'leinin ed. Love is debased. Sorrow
and teats are in th world's cup. Sin
has swept away ail paraditean matter,
and the world i bow d under its curves.
Stili one thing lemiins S it was God
mercifuly soared one of the innocent
World and that the dearest, to be a sym
bol tor ever of the primal love. And
this is marriage. Thii one flwer
of paradise is btoomt- g yet in tho desert
ol siD. . .
Ret. Dr. Buthnth