North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-30

prisoners, and atonemenr demanded of Spain for he
recent atrocities.
The President was requested TO call an extra ses
/ sion OF Congress to consider these matters.
MIR. Cadwallader spoke earnestly in favor of the
resolutions. and followed by others in support Of
| them.'
! A meeting was also held in Nashville on the 25th,
at whic h Resolutions passed expressing indIg
nation at the brutal murder of the captured Ameri-
cans and calling the government to enquire into
the attack on the Falcon. The right of the President
to prevent persons from leaving the country assist
the patriots was strenuously denied a committee
was appointed to raise funds assist the Lberators
and procession was formed bearing banners, with
the motto God and Liberty for Cuba
The Savannah (Geo.) News, speaking OF the re-
ceipt of the late news in that city, saws:
The news was read out from our Office door, and
produced the most intense excitement. The regrets
for the fate of young Crittenden, Kerr and their gal
liant comrades were heartfelt, but all regarded as an
earnest of the success of the Cuban cause.
There was before no lack of sympathy or enthusl-
in the of the patriots, but the Spanish bar
barity displayed in the murder of their patriot prs-
oners if true stated in despatch, will rouse
spirit in this country which will rest until it has
swept every vestige of Spanish tyranny from the
beautiful island whose soil it has so long polluted.
Cuba SIeeting--3OOO Citizers Assembled in
Mass Meeting.
One of the largest meetings ever assembled in Sd
vannah, convened last night in city, to express
their sympathy for the struggling patriots of Cuba
Though the call was only put forth during the day
having appeared in neither of the morning papers
the throng which assembled at the Exchange was
immense.
Solomon Cohen, Esq, having been called to the
chair addressed the assembly briefly and eloquently,
receiving enthusiastic applause. Messrs. w ebb and
Mitchell having been appointed Secretaries, it was
found that the Long Room of the Exchange Crowded
we'll nigh to suHocaton as it was) was utterly made
quate admit the mu!titude-an ad iournment was
thereupon made to the Pulaski Square, where the
audie foiclbIy addressed by Dr. R. D. Ar
rod and K. H. Griffin, J. Bil6o and Thomas S.
Daniel, Esqrs.
A committee having been appointed to draft resolu-
tons to be submitted meeting to be assembled at
the same place to-night-an adjournment carried
The enthusiasm throughout wds unbounded.
The Square was illuminated with honhres, while
rockets. ever and anon, blazing through
the air.
OF the subsequent proceedings in Savannah, the
Georgian, of Friday last, gives the following:
100 GUNS FOR CUBAN LIBERTY!
large number of our patriotic citizens assembled
Yesterday, and pr oceeded to the Bluff, where they
fired 100 in honor of the occasion of the land ng
of Gen. Lopez the Island of Cuba. The different
printing offices, the Exchange Dr.. Humphrey drug
store and large number of dwelling houses had the
Cuban patriots flag flung to the breeze early in the
of persons assembling the Exchange, attend
meeting called express the sympathy of our ctl
zens in the glorious cause"
Ola Cuban meeting held in Montgomery. Alabama,
the Advertiser of the 18th instant says:
's A very large meeting of our citizens was held at
the court house Thursday evening last, which was
addressed by Gen. Henderson, of Louisiana and
Col. Wheat. These gentlene came down the rail
road the 18th. and made speeches the occasion
by invitation. We heard portion of Gen. Hender-
sons talk in which he depicted most gIowingly the
wrongs of the Cuban people. and was particularly
causc the Fillmore administration for its extraor
binary exeTiions prevent Ameicans from going to
the assistance of the PATRIOTS
The information in regard to the whereabouts of
Lopez is still contradictory; and indeed ali the ac-
counts from the Island are of the same If
he can hold out until the who went in the two
steamers from New Orleans effect landing, he will
be in fair way maintain himself against all odds
for the future.
Our readers will find, under their appropriate heads,
in to-days paper various items of news connected
with the movements in Cuba and the reader will
see, under the head of Latest Cuban News - the
very last intelligence hand up to the time of going
to press