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Spanish Maritime Power,

For some years the idea of the necessity of
naval armament has been unpopular in Spain.
Now, however, public attention seems again d.
reced to the increase in strength and efficiency of
this arm of the service. Ii would be idle to COM
pare the Spanish navy of the days of Carlos ILL.,
with that Of the present century, but it will be seen
that there has been great addition TO its power
since 1888.
In 1888, Spain possessed one frgate, one sloop-
of-war, nine briggs, twelve schooners, and two
steamers. Besides these, there were few gun
boats on the northern coast, and several guarda-
costas in the Philippine Islands. AT present, Spain
has one ship of the line, FIVE frigates, six soops of
war, twenty brigs, eight schooners, Two soops.
thirteen steamers, four transport vessels, and two
floating bridges. In 1888, nothing was added to
the naval force, either by construction or purchase
During the past year two steamers, called the Colon
and Pizarro, have been constructed in London.
One Of them has already reached Spanish port.
At Cadiz vessel Of 800 tons, called the General
Valdez, is nearly ready for sea. At Ferras, another
the brig Pelazo, will soon be launched. There is
also another at Carthagena nearly ready to be
launched At Havana, a steamer Of 40 horse
power is completed, and waits only for its boiler
and machinery.
In 1888, the reserve consisted Of four brigs. two
schooners, and eight gun-boats. At present, there
are four divisions, composed Of the following ves-
sels three steamers four briggs three armed sloops,
and twenty-three smaller vessels. II will be seen
from the above that the Spanish navy rapidly in
creases, so that a squadron, Of no contemplate
force, lately united in the Mediterranean under
the command Of Don Jose Marin Bustillos, who
escorted TO the Italian coast the expedition Of Gen.
era Cordoba, and participated in the occupation Of
Terracina and Fiumicino in the Papal States. Thi,
squadron consisted Of one ship Of the line, three
frgates, four sloops Of war one brig, ten steamers,
two transports, and several smaller vessels. In
1885, there was no naval college; youths destined
for the service entering their vessels without any
professional preparation At present there is an
excellent college at San Fernando. The marine
corps has been placed in high state Of efficiency,
and-what we have not-a well appointed corps Of
marine artillery has been organized
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MINNESOTA.

In the journals of almost every section of the
country letters are published from this new Terri
tory, giving the most fatterng accounts of its ca
pacities and resources There is every prospect
that, in very few years, it will possess large,
intelligent, and industrious population, which bids
fair to be CLEANED from the most energetic and en-
terprisng of the West Not 80 fertile certainly as
some other sections, it has yet mineral resour
ces, inexhaustble forests of pine and sugar maple,
and convenient water communication rendering
all ofthese available. more healthy country does
not exist within limits and it is far more arabic
and productive than lands of the same latitude
nearer the Atlantic coast Settlements now extend
as high as ago, and the beautiful chains Of lakes
with which the country is interspersed will lead
them much higher. 1t may not inaptly be called
the Cumberland Of America. 1t has one great ad-
vantage over almost the whole West, in the fact
that the ague and fever is entirely unknown.
Under the fostering care of the Government it
cannot but rapidly advances and there is very little
doubt but that, when admitted into the Union as
State, Its weight will be thrown into the Wing scale
of the balance. The Territorial government has
been organized by the Hon. Alexander Ramsay,
appointed some months since, and affairs are al
ready conducted with as much regularity as in any
other portion of the Confederacy.
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The Kingston Camaica) Morning Journal con-
tains the following card in relation to General Santa
Anna
SIR Those persons who have attempted to
wound the feelings and larnish the reputation Of
this illusrious Mexican chief can If they choose,
call at the office Of the Morning Journal and peruse
General Santa Annals manifesto to the Mexican
nation, published in Mexico in The month Of March
last. wherein he gives perfect detailed account Of
all his proceedings, from the day he left the Ha-
vana to take charge Of the Mexican army against
the oggressors Of lis country
Impartial men will Immediately perceive that
General Santa Anna did his duty, and more than
his duty and that he is free from those poisonous
arrows which have been directed against him bv
masked, unprincipled, and dastardly towards.
a FRIEND OF JUSTICE.
KINGSTON, June ~, 1919
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leon; and he may think the relations of country
separated from his own by three thousand miles of
ocean, of secondary importance to those of the
Kingdoms and countries around him, which seem in
general commotion.
ltls subject of remark in journals of every class,
from every section of the Union, that since the in
auguration of Louis Napoleon, no official reference
has been made TO the United States either by the go
yernment or the papers which are presumed to be
IN It's confidence. Even in the message no ausion
was made to that government which had been the
first to recognise and congratulate the Republicans
OF France ON the reconquest Of the right tn think
for themselves. The impression has gone abroad
that this neglect is premeditated and that an effort
is being made to distract the attention of the people
from that country, after the government of which
their own is modelled in theory though the quiet
and orderly manner in which administrations fall
and rise here has as yet found no imitation in
France. II might seem that the practical demon
sration aiordedIby the United States, that the mass
OF the people, In peace war; can manage their
affairs better than others regulate them, is sought
TO be kept out of view, and the axiom to be incu-
Gated that executives and ministers are no the SER
wants Of the people, but their masters.
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, The French used cajolery and threats, but the
ROMANS steadily resisted az advances and in
most dignlhed manner refused yielding TO the sum-
mons OF surrender issued by 0udinot on the IIth
breach was effected by the French in the walls
ana position taken--ther troops then entered The
city This report led to the belief that the struggle
was over, but II appears that on the l2th Oudnot
issued letter to the trumvirs making Inc, az
peal to them, endeavoring to throw upon them the
responsibility Of the lives los, and blood smiled.
IN the event of refusal
In the German States, bordering on the Rhine.
where general insurrection is gong on the Prus,
SLAMS have now advanced, and struggle has taken
place at Manlchetre, but the result is not known.
m IN England nothing OF interest has taken place
There has been bat little change in the sta,e Of hn-
siness afialrs during the past week The prodpee
market Is moderately supplied, bal there is no ex
ten'lye demand Holders are firm, and asking suIt
iates.
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FEDERALISM.

In its zeal for genealogical claims, the
Unton undertakes to trace back the pedi-
gree of the party, which prevailed at the
late election, to the old Federal organiza-
ton, Of which Messrs Buchanan, Hub
bard, asd other friends of the late Admin
istration are among the surviving fathers
Il is remarkable that our contemporary
who has indicated Of late quite taste for
classical parallels, did not go farther back
in his heraldic assumption--to the rape Of
the Sabines, for example. Two-thirds Of
the present generation of voters, who
threw their votes for General TAYLOR,
would feel the twinges Of guilt quite as
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eSThe Locofoco press, following the
wake Of the "sole organ of the party in
Washington, assert most positively that
General TAYLOR is only the eighth of a
President, and forthwith go into Mysteries
over the caiamities to the country which
they conjure out of such fractional sort
OF representation Of the Chief Magistracy.
Some idle gossip about cabinet meetings
and the manner in which business is trans
acted therein, is the only foundation upon
which they build problem which causes
them SO much grief If they wish to dis
prove what they denounce as disreputable
to the Executive dignity, the way is easy
enough. If they will only apply to the
ex-Secretary Of the Navy-Mr. ]. Y. Ma
son-and other government officers who
were concerned under the last administra-
ton, in fitting out the war steamer United
States, in violation of the laws and good
faith Of the nation, they will ascertain to
their entire satisfaction that General TAY-
LoR is seven times more of President
than they seem to account him, The par
ties engaged in that miserable attempt to
set at naught the solemn treaty stipulations
of the country, its written laws and long
established policy, got sight of the other
seUen- 'ighths of the President in the person
of General TAYLOR himself, under circum-
stances which make their statements a
trihe better than the tattle with which
idlers solace themselves and comfort news
mongers. The enemies of order, the vio-
laters of the law, or the plotters of in,
ternationaI mischief, will be apt to get a
glimpse Of a whole President before they
get through with their Vaccinations against
the peace of the Union.
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hitherto and econd il is also doubtful if the lands
planted will all continue to be cleaned and cultivat-
ed till they come into crop"
We are however, glad to find by The accounts
from Ceylon, received by the last mail, that the APP
nrehensions mentioned in the former accounts, 10
which we have referred, as TO the safety OF the
growing crop, have greatly, if not entirely, van
ished The Colombo Eraninsr, OF the 18th OF
April, says; "our advices rom lhe interior, at
Their and consequently have relieved the planter
from much of the anxiety which was felt concerning
the blossom, owing to the continued dry weather
In most districts plentiful showers have fallen, and
the blossom is described having been most luxu-
RANT. ,'-The Economist
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THE MORAL INDIGNATION CAMPAIGN

There are two styles of political contro-
versy. One employs bard language; the
other employs hard facts. The Union ex-
GELS in the former; the Republic contents
itself with the latter.
The Union charges US, for instance,
with "scurTiious personalities. This is
hard language; but it amounts to nothing.
II would have been more satisfactory to its
readers for the Union to have produced
some scurrilous phrase, word, or aIlusion,
to warrant the epithet. II should have put
its finger on something specific, which
would, at the same time, prove its asser.
ton and justify il. We will see if we can
give specimen Of the other style of con
troversy.
The Commissioner Of Patents, during
the recent Presidential canvass, wrote a
letter to Democratic committee of Nashua,
New Hampshire, in which he said, among
other things
!. That the Wing party were enemies
Of their country.
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1t is singular enough that each of these
distinguished men has been the mark, at
some time, of the envenomed shafts OF
the senior editor of the sole organ. The
People, however, stood by their gallant
servants, and they we're all made Presi-
dents, though they were not favorably
"known" in Richmond. We have culled
few excerpts from the linton and En-
q1irer in regard to General TAYLOR and
General JAcKsoS-from which il will be
seen that they stand about on level in
Mr.. RrTcHE's judgment
We cannot consent 10 lend hand towards the
election Of such a man as Andrew Jackson"
Richmond Enquirer, edited by Thomas Richie.
/" Without Experimentation information m
civil maiters--haying no confidence in himself
General Taylor)--lit will Of his own, and ne
cessarlly dependent upon others for advice and as
sis'ance The Union, EDITED BY Tboma Richie.
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T H E R E ? u B L | G.
WASHIN GTON:
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 6, Is49.
o FICIAL.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
JOHN d. Cook, of Missouri, to be At
torney of the u. S. for the district of Mis-
souri,, vice Thomas T. CAN'T, removed.
ABEL UNDERWOOD, of Vermont, to be
Attorney of the U. S. for the district Of
Vermont, vice Charles Linsley, removed.
WILLIAM H RINGo, Of Arkansas, to be
Receiver of Public Moneys at Helena, Ar
kansas, vice Lorenzo ID. Maddox, de-
ceased
SYLVESTER Brown to be Collector Of
the Customs, Washington, N. c., vice
James K. Hatton, removed.
Thomas LAKEWOOD to be Naval Officer,
Norfolk, Va, vice C.. c. Robinson, re,
moved.
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COFFEE IN CEyLOS.

In a recent article upon coffee, we published the
satst ics Of the progress Of coffeepanting in Cey
lon for some years past, derived from an official
source in that island. In the year ls44, IS,
acres had been planted. IN the following three
years 24.s72 acres more were planted. The coffee
plant comes into bearing in the third year, so that
taking ordinary circumstances, having the quantity
Of land planted il is easy TO calculate in each year
what the crop should be, apart from those acciden-
lnl causes which affect the quantity irrespective Of
the breadth Of plantation. According to those sta :
tstics the quantity Of land coming " into crop" IN
each Of the following years is as follows
Planned To give crop Acres Crop would
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The beautiful place Of Mrs. Sgourney, in Con-
necticut, is likely to be destroyed by line of rail-
road purPosed to be run through the grounds in
close vicinage to the house. An appeal has been
taken from the award of the persons authorized to
assess damages, and an injunction applied for, but
IT is not probable that in this age of activity steam
will he likely to yield the pas to poetry.
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Lieut.. Lynch, U S. NJ, having appropriated a
large portion Of the proceeds of his account of the
recent exploration of the Dead Sea to the benefit of
died while on the expedition, it is matter of con-
graduation notice the remarkable sale of the book
which surpasses even the expectations formed of it,
appealing, it did, to the sympathies and traditions
of all classes of the community
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CEnro, the danseuse, has, according to the late
advices from Europe, just concluded an engagement
at Copenhagen. On her arrival at the outposts Of
the Danish army towards the duchies, Gen BONN,
who was in command sent flag and escort to nc
company her to the German pickets.
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The foreign papers and correspondents speak
most favorably Of the success Of Mr.. HEsRY
DRAYroS, formerly Of this city, as vocalist He
has appeared at the Academy in the music of
BoiIedieu and Mayerbeer, to the Perfec, satisfac-
ton Of a critical audience. Mr.. d. will, ere long,
visit the United States
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THE REPU BLIC.

keenly at the imputation of an hereditary
responsibility for that event in Roman his
tory, as they do now at the charge of
Federalism. The word has neither point
nor Specification, so far as they are con-
cerned. 1t is suggestive only of things
obsolete, exploded, dead-''dead as the
bulrushes round little Noses" as one of
our poets sings. A few gentlemen of the
old school, and few Democrats of the
new school, such as our late Secretary of
State, may catch an inkling Of what is
meant when they are twitted with FEEDER
alism; but the new generation, who have
come up in their turn to take part in public
affairs, and fulfil the conditions of the re-
publican system, and whose sympathies
and dealings are not with the buried ami
mosities and traditions of the past, but
with the interests and demands of the
living present, recognise the fitness of the
appellation as little as they do of that which
the party in opposition assume to them
selves, of Democrats.
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The story Of the substitution Of another body for
that Of Coolidge, the murderer, who committed
suicide in the State prison Of Maine, has been ex-
PlicIily controdIcted by the testimony of some
twenty persons, who, at the disnterment of his
remains, deposed positively to their identity
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The Mexican Government has recalled the at
tentlon of its officials to the laws prohibiting the
@blishment of colonies in the Republic, except on
certain restricted conditions
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PERSONALITIES.

PERSONALITIES.
The Union says "The Republic is fast
descending to scurrilous personalities.
This sort of accusation is usually the last
refuge of habitual and exposed maligners.
In so far as the editors of the Union are
concerned, the Republic made no allusion
to them, individually, until they presented
themselves separately in their own col
umns for the purpose of adding might to
an attack upon the Administration, OF to
disparage gentlemen holding appointments
under it. If the conductors of the Union
expect to obtain impunity for what appears
in their paper, by saying the ''senior
editor" don't know this man, or the
"junior'' does know somebody or some
thing else, they imagine vain thing.
While the Union speaks as an imperson-
atty, we treat it as such; but it must not
be supposed that, when the editors ex-
hbit themselves in their proper persons,
all the world will keep silent.
"Scurrilous personalities, forsooth! If
we had said of the editors of the Union
what they are in the habit of saying, or
permitting others to say, in their columns,
of the President of the United States, we
might be charged with uttering "scurrilous
personalities. - If we called them s'dolts,"
"cheats," stools" "Neros, "cyphers,"
ga disgrace to their country and 'to
their position" or GLARS" we would adj
NIT that we were getting little personal,
however the public might think the cpl
thets Justly and truthfully applied to those
who use such language against General
TAYLOR. II is not violent presumption
to suppose that the people regard a series
of patriotic and brilliant services, Of hard
ships endured, and perils encountered IN
their defence and for the glory OF their
country, quite as good claim for an ola
soldier to respectful and courteous consid-
Grafton, as they do like period employed
in fawning upon men in power, or ira
ducing the purest and most exalted citi-
zens of the Confederacy title for editors
TO deferental and ceremonious treatment.
The Union boasts It's observance of edi-
torial amenities, and yet that paper per-
mits itself to speak of the Republic as a
''parvenu," journal of "sickly exist
ence," as destined TO a "speedy exit"
sc. This style of remark may be held in
esteem at Richmond, and by writers who
are "known" there; if so, il is the only
part Of these United States where gentle
men so appreciate it. No one rates at a
lower value the merely personal squabbles
Of newspapers than we do, or deplores
more the loss of influence and considera-
ton which public journalism sustains by
them. Yet we have not reached that de-
gree of meekness which brooks without
complaint more than one evil turn. Until
we find ourselves spiritualized to a saint
lier mood, the Union must expect to re-
ceiye as well as deal blows. If we are
new corners, we are here for good; and if
we are sickiy, we shall strike the oftener.
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These official calculations are exactly borne out
by the actual imports Of 154S The last number
Of the Colonial Magazine doubts the accuracy Of the
above estinales, and publishes a letter from the
colony giving deplorable account of the prospects
OF the growing crop No doubt the estimates
which we have given are made without regard to
accidental circumstances affecting the crop Of par
tcuar years and, moreover, in our article of the
10Th ultimo, we pointed out two circumstances
which were likely to interfere with those estimates
VIZ First it is doubtful II at present prices the
same quantity Of native coffee will be shipped as
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1t is worthy of remark, says New Haven pa
per, that, in the sixteen villages of Shakers, dis
persed in different States of the Union, there has
never been a single case Of cholera originating
among their members
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Brew Brig Gen. r. B. Mason arrived in this
city, en- the 4th inst, on duty connected with his
late functions as Governor Of California. Gen.
Mason is at present at Wizards Hotel.
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The remains Of the late Major General Worth
are to be brought to his native State, New York.
The Common Council of the city has made appro-
PIRATE arrangements to receive them.
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A letter, dated Newark, Ohio, June 80, informs
us that the fine prospects of the wheat harvest in
Licking county, Ohio, have recently been much
blighted The red-rust has done great injury, both
to the quantity and quality of the crop
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THE FARMERS Of the valley of Virginia are now
harvesting one Of the most productive crops Of
wheat ever grown in that section Of country, and
is probable that Throughout, the State the crop is
more than an average one
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The Hon. Richard Ward Greene was, on Friday
last, unanimously elected, in convention of the two
Houses of the Legislature of Rhode Island, chief
justice of the supreme court of that State.
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On Monday night, FIRE riot occurred in New
York, at the partial burning of Rushton's drug
store Several persons we're very severely injured
by missiles, &c.
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Letters have been received in Philadelphia, from
an adventurous printer, who emigrated to Califor-
MA, stating that the wages in the Offices at San
Francisco were $50 per week.
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The Hon. Mr.. Petit of Indiana, has announced
his intention not to be again candidate for re-
election to Congress
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The corner stone of the dry-dock at the navy
yard of Brooklyn, N. Y, was laid on the 4th Of
July, by Com. Smith, chief Of the bureau Of docks
and yards, with appropriate ceremonies.
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To the coffee produced in these plantations must
I've added l0,5O0 900 lbs the average production Of
Natipe' coffee and then taking the production Of
the plantations at cwt to the acre we should re-
ceIve