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Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26
THE CUBA SCHEME.

The Savannah correspondent Of the Boston Cou.
rier. writing under date of April l6 says that the
: Cuba movement was found to be little prema-
ture-arrangements not being complete. That
such project is on foot cannot be doubted. The
bonds Of the ne,c Gooernn,ent that is to be soie
Cuba is revolMionixed hare been selling here all
,ciater to raise the needfal funds. They have
been taken at ten cents on the dollar (rather dear
at that price, you may say) j suspect the report
Of the purchase of atsteamboat is premature.
The adventurers are hard 70 please, as they want
one that will run well. y The Creole was little
too slow, though able to get out of the way of her
pursuers. Some of our citizens who profess to
be in the secret are sangune that there will be no
mistake this time. But see no better reasons
. for expecting success now than last year.'
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A CUBAN Vessel SElzRD.--We learn from
New York that Mr. TALLMADeE, the United States
Marshal, having received intelligence that The
steamer Cleopatra had been chartered by certain
persons, and secretly supplied with arms and am
munition, for the purpose of being employed in an
expedition against the Island Of Cuba has seized
the said vessel, and now holdsher in custody qFa
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BURSISe OF GRASp GULF, MIssIssIPPI.-The officers
of the steamboat United States which arrived Mobile
the 18th instant confirm the telegraphc report of desruc
tive fire having occurred at Grand Gulf Mississippi the
18th. AT the time the steamer passed, eara from the
Mobile Daily Advertiser, |" The FIRE raging earfuy
the wind was blowing high; half the place in ashes
with other Of quenching the flames than by carry
ing water from the river in buckets There hardly hope
that the town has been saved from entire destruction.
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STEAMBOAT ExPLosIoS.-In the afternoon of Monday
last, the British steamer Comet preparing TO leave
Oswego N her boiler exploded with such force as to
wreck the vessel and her to sink In five minutes Royal
Davis and James Carroll engineers Of the boat John oCon
nor and James Church. waters and Thomas Quggn, fore
man. were killed. Three others missing, supposed to
have been blown into the river The jury returned verdict
that the explosion occurred from the want Of water in the
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Major General WINFIELD ScoTT left Louisville
on the 18th instant, on the steamer Belle Key for
New Orleans, accompanied by Adjutant General
JONES and Surgeon General LAWSON. Although
Gen. Scott remained in Louisville but day, and
arrived there unheralded, he was called upon by
hundreds Of citizens of the place, and greeted with
warmth that must have gratifed the heart of the
veteran chief. s98r sEa % kt betg5a E.sHsllt.l
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The njudicious and fanatical course Of the North
ern Abotionists has had the effect to tighten the
chains Of the slave, and to render his condition
worse than it was before. From fear of insurrec-
ton, the shareholders have been compelled to make
more stringent laws for the regulation Of the slaves
and to take away from them many privileges which
they had previously been allowed. Instead offree-
ing the slave, The Aboltionists have only riveted
his chains. /, 1ef n aa a5a5 "a. .s aFsst
Such are the fruits of fAbotionism. Their twenty
years warfare against slavery has only STAYED off
emancipation, and bound the slave in stronger
chains. Emancipation has been retarded by the
injudicous and fanacal conduct Of these professed
phianthropists." Not only have they retarded
emancipation, but their conduct has tended to put
the safety Of the Republic in jeopardy. Disunio1
is rearing its terrible head, and is fast becoming
familiar and welcome word in various parts Of the
Confederacy. Such state of things cannot long
exist. If the Abolitionists continhe their unwise
much further, disunionism will succeed, and
civil war; anarchy and military despotsm will fol-
low. In such a catastrophe, the fetter may drop
from the limb of the negro slave, but will be used
to fetter the limbs of millions who are now enjoy
ing liberty and free institutions such as the sun
never before shone upon.---4N. II. Democrat 6s
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The NULLIFIERs OF THE SoUTH AND OF THE
NORTH are laboring in the same cause, and en-
Ploy the same language, SO that many Of the ar
ticles in the Charleston Mercury and in the Boston
Commonwealth might be interchanged. and, with
very little alteration might ft the other extreme
than that for which they were intended. Since
they are the parties to blame, how great is the pity
tina. they cannot be the parties alone to suffer. Il
would be delightful arrangement if the Abolition
lists OF the North and the Nulli6ers Of the South
could meet together and fight il out between them
selves. All the rest Of the Union would make a
ring and look on with judicial mpartiality to see
fair play. Every blow would be blow for the
country, no matter upon which Of the combatantsi it
ell.--Proridence Journal.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
t'. 1 I A PROCLAMATION. .....

WHEREAs there is reason to believe that Mall
tary Expedition is about to be fitted out in the
United States with intention to invade the Island
,f Cuba, a colony. of Spain, with which this ceun-
ry is at peaces and whereas i is believed that this
expedition is inssigated and set on foot chiefly by
foreigners, who dare to make our shores the scene
uf their guilty and hostile preparations against a
Friendly Power, and seek, by falsehood and mis-
representation, to seduce our own citizens, espe-
ciay the ycung and inconsideraee, into their wicked
scbemes-sn ungrateful return for the benefits con-
isred upon them by this people in permitting them
to make our country an asylum from oppression,
and in fragrant abuse Of the hospitality thus extend
ed to them sss lsg, t4,r ,si -ge u
And whereas such expeditions can only be re-
garded as adventures for plumber and robbery, and
must meet the condemnation Of the civilized world,
whilst they are derogatory 10 the character Of our
country, in violation Of the laws Of nations, an
expressly prohibited by our own statutes, whH ;h
declare that if anyperson SHALL within the ter Ri
.tory or jurisdiction Of the United States, begin OF
sset on foot, or provide prepare the means for
any military expedition or enterprise, to be car fied
on from thence against the territory or domin
Of any Foreign Prince or Stale, or Of any col ony
district, or people, with whom the United s tates
are at peace, every person so offending shs III b
deemed guilty Of a high misdemeanor, and shall
be fined not exceeding three thousand dollar J, and
imprisoned not more than three years g
Now, THEREFoRE, ! have issued this my PRe-
cLAMATIoN, warning all persons who shall 9 onnec'
themselves with any such enterprise or expe diticn
il, violation Of our laws and national oblf ,atoRs
THAT they will thereby subject themselves to tht
heavy penalties denounced against such 9 fences
and will forfeit their claim to the protection of shis
Government, or any interference on theil behalf
no matter to what extremihes they may be reduced
in consequence Of their illegal conduct Al I'd, there
FORE exhort all good citizens as they sgard oul
national reputation, they respect their own laws
and the laws of nations they value tht blessings
of peace and the welfare Of their coun try, to dis
coun.enance, and by all lawful means p event any
such enterprise; and call upon ever Z officer q
this Government, civil or military, to W ,e all efforts
in his power to arrest for. trial and punishment
every such offender agninst the laws Of the country
Given under my hand the twenty-ff il of April in
thu year Of Lordone thousand eigh hundred and
ffE-one and the ssSeny-ffh Of the D adependence %
'le ..a MILLARD ] rILLMoRE
BIZ tie President: ]. Il @ 4,.. ss,.. a4 s,..,s A
gaas ". s. DnnnroK, .Aeting Secretary 10. State
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VERDICT AGAINST 4 RAILRoAD ESsISEER.-At the Co
roners inquest held Geneva, on the body OF Mr. Rey
killed by collision the railroad at that place few days
snce jury returned verdict that the accident was caused
by the gross caeessness Of Robert Dixon engineer Of the
accommodation train, and recommending that the coroner
cause him 10 be arrested. fgt :. yft,
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FRoM LBERiA.-The brig Haieyon, Captain VooRHrRs,
from Monrovia the 18th Of February arrived New York
on Wednesday afternoon.
The United States soopowar Dale sailed from Monrovia
for Porto Praya the day with the Halcyon.
The brig Pmpoise was at Monrovia to .ail few days
after the Dale, for the same station. a.da'N43 sa-
The soop Portsmouth and the brig Perry were at the
windward when the Halcyon sailed.
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The New York City papers Of Wednesday give ac-
the celebrations on the day preceding of the
Anniversary ofthe 81. Georges Society, prominent
benevolent society Of that city, composed chiefly if
not entirely Of natives Of England, and Identifying
itself with the historical. literary, and political asso-
Citations of that country, without detrment to those
of the country in which they reside. AT this Ami.
versary. besides the highly respectable gentlemen
Of whom the Society is composed were present,
besides other guests, the Minister Of Great Britain
to the United States (and with him his Nephew
and his Secretary and the Presidents Of all the
Benevolent Societies Of all Nations in New York.
The incidents Of the evening, and particularly an
of.handed Speech delivered on The occasion by the
British Minister--of which no report has reached
us--are well worthy Of somewhat particular notice,
and will, in all probability, occupy column or two
in our mex, number. 1.s
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fHE SLAVE SIMS AT SAVANNAH.

Thomas Sims, the fugitive slave who was the
object Of SO much litigation at Boston few day.
ago, arived al Savannah on Saturday last, ant
\ was dalisrfru 70 The agent of his owner. In mon
tioning this event. the Savannah Republican EN-.
braces the occasion TO pay the following deserved
compliments to the Judicial and other authorities OF
| Massachusetts II, .#,. \. ss.G....
pleasant duty to accord to the authorities and peo
pie Of Boston great credit for the firm and energetic
ia which they have demeaned themselves II has been well
remarked that perhaps nothing could have been asked Of
ton dsastefu than the surrender Of runaway slave
but the city authorities the there the police the pub
Lie, have asked what they liked but what their duty
and that duty they have faithfully discharged What gives
importance this case apart from the Difference exhibits
for law that in the law both of the State and Of the
United States the abolonss have been allowed full swing
in the exercise of all their legal qubbes and their legal
genuty, and that they have been beaten in them ALL The
Supreme Court Of Massachusetts, has unanimously decided
against them The United States District Court has decd-
ed against them The Commissioner of The United States
has decided sganst them They have legal point to
stand upon Indeed every point that has been suggested
probably that be- in regard 70 the constutonay Of
The law and the scope and effect Of s several provisions has
been decided There is henceorh for further qub
bling The law has been authoritavely expounded and
fixed in its character. Il a ae al t sfas
It is only when viewed in this light that enabled
realize the importance Of this The decisions Of the u
8. District Court, Of the u s. Commissioner, and of the
Supreme Court Of Massachusetts,, full clear, and
consistent and the conduct Of the State and United States
officers has been prompt and determined that think
further doubt need be entertained either regard the scope
and efficiency of the law, Of the ability of the Government
10 enforce it. %5a 3s8. at# b.D
.That the Abolonists at the North will still continue
their dirty work. and that the Dsunonsts the South will
persevere in deuouncing the law inefficient do not
doubt Such their vocation, and should they it, they
would fall back into the ndsnguished to which they
belong The patriotic and sensible, however, comprising
vast majority Of the American people, will experience de-
gree Of graifaon a the result seldom felt on any occasion
where merely the enforcement of law involved. II is
hoped that the troubled waters will henceorth be STILL and
that the people will rest quiet in the consciousness that they
live under Government possessing the will and the power to
maintain in laws !" alW tsag @ saf as
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A PROPOSED COMPROMISE.

Mr.. Boris has submitted compromise in the
Virginia Convention 10 settle the vexed question Of
representation. 4 He proposes that the House Of
Delegates shall consist of l5O members, as from
east of the Blue Ridge, and rs west of I'll; the
Senate to be similarly divided and elected BY dis
tric.s He also proposes uniform ad valorem
system Of taxation, except where specially exempt.
ed by twothirds Of the Legislature and to prevent
the creation Of a public debt, without at the same
time providing for its payment by increase taxa
ton. Appropriations exceeding certain sum, be-
fore becoming law, must receive the vote Of a
majority Of all the members Of each branch Of the
Legislature. siaastmg s,si .a,s3 lts a A5s,ees
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

'VIsrERs TO THE WoRLD's FAIR.--The British
small steamship .a}Tiea left New York on Tees
day fr Liverpool, with .s55s 1898 in specie,
and one hundred and seventy five passengers.
The COMMERCIAL Advertiser states that the
,sseamers and paket ships between New York and q
Liverpool continte tocarry as many passengers az
they can accommodate In the c ase OF the .afrsoa,
so great was the denand for pas sages in her that
the crew gave up thsir5u'aks 70 accommodate them.
The packes-ships ,1nsericaa Eagle and Priace
.a1ela which sailed yesterday, had also full lists
The steamer .fsia, to sail the7th May, has but a
few berths snengaged; and the names already on
the books Of the American steamer Pacific, to said
she 10th Of May, show that that vessel also will be
crowded. 5s g549. .i 5af,@sL .9st aglf 3s
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ARREST OF coUNrERFErTERsIN IN MICHIGAN.

sf4 $as tW.t- fIF qIU reffasF a4.
The Detroit papers Of the 2lst instant confirm confirm
the statements contained IN the suojoined para
graph from the Cleveland Herald OF the same date.
The arrests were made at different points by Y. =.
Marshal MINER. Sheriff BALDWIN, and City Mar
shal WARREN, who were accompanied bby posse
of sixty deputies from Detroit, besides having the
assistance Of some officers from Calhoun and Der
rien counties. The persons arrested (thirty-three
in number) are alleged to have been organized for
theperpetraton Of all manner of crime Their names
are published, and include some persons who were
recognised as pursuing respectable yocatlons, and
whose residences were, principally, Leona, Centre,
Jackson, Michigan, and Detroit. We defer copy
ing their names until we see the result Of the pre-
liminary examination, which was to take place
without unnecessary delay. s9.4.4
IMPORTANT ARRKsrs- Michigan has long been infested
by organized gang Of swnde pcsndares and counter
eers which has been Of dread to s citizens For
the past year two disguised police officers have been admitted
members Of the fraternity and have made themselves ac
quained with all It's On Friday Cha lssh) extra
train from Detroit and along the iue Of the Gen.
al road and thyone persons arrested members Of
the Infamous conedescy. The captain had previously f
Detroit for Buffalo the MayAowe but also arrested
by officer board and taken to Detroit There Is no
doubt that this gang fired the Depot Detroit and had made
arrangements for doing again Our informant says that
they had machine which, lighted by slow match and filed
with camphine, would burst at the proper Time, almost
tainy ensurng destruction Of the building in which was
placed. The gang had also attempted to destroy one
of the passenger ans but owing information from the two
police officers hwarted Arrests important these
have recently been made in the Wes-Cereland Herald
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

Gen. LESLIE CoMBs has received the unanimous
voice Of the Wing party for Congress in the ASH
land district Of Kentucky, without district Con-
vention. The Commonwealth says that no other
candidate is thought Of, and convention is de-
cined, although the General himself suggested the
calling of one w. ..-.la.. k.- -n. .-.. lNl
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

Governor Ramsey, the Governor Of the Ter
ritory of Minnesota, arrived in Philadelphia on
Wednesday from st. Paul, the capital Of the Terri
tory, and was warmly welcomed by his numerous
friends in that city.
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Judge BUTLER las reported in the Charleston pa
pers admits that South Carolina is not united, be-
cause of the strong opposition OF the commercial
interests" He might have added that secession
would make Charleston in very few years as
complete ruin as the waye-c0vered fragments Of
ancient Tyre. The /" commercial interest," fore
sees something of that. .s5tg
Judge BUTLER also admits tha. to be "permitted
to secede peaceaby," to be lei alone-the very
thing they have SO long asked for-is that which
they dread! The fame or glory of such an heroic
achievement as secession would be lost. There
would be none Of it. The knight errant and his
squire would trudge on their lonely way, with no
people on earth to sympathize with, hear, or to
combat them. ISOLATION from all that is human,
all that Is kindred, all that was common with
other communities all that is great in country go-
rious in memory, or beautiful in the future
tioa, complete, dreary, blank, and black as the
solitary confinement Of the lonely criminal, awaits
that State, which, in its madness, shall fly from the
Union!
Peaceable, in one sense, we doubt not, secession
would be- The Senators and Representatives Of
South Carolina may Withdraw if they please. The
People may 60 on with their ordinary business,
without being invaded. They would simply find
themselves isolated from that happy Republic which
all the earth enyies!
But there is another aspect Of the case in which
secession cannot be peaceable; and no one ought
to be deceived on that head. The laws Of the
Union which levy duties on foreign commerce, and
all other laws, must be enforced. The President
is sworn to execute the laws, and he has no power
to resist them. When foreign goods enter the port
of Charleston the duties must be paid But, if
South Carolina secedes, and secession is carried
into practice, then somebody must resist the pay
ment Of duties; and that somebody becomes, by
that very act traitor If he acts only as an indi-
vdual, he will be convicted Of treason and proba-
bly, hung. II, however, there should be an armed
resistance Of the community, then the President
must bring the arms Of the United States to enforce
the laws, and they wiA be enforced. ..a.,
a ... 4. rCincina1fi GnSeffe
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

GKoReE PARcELL, bar-keeper in the Franklin House,
Columbus Ohio, shot dead on Sunday night last BY
Thomas Spencer Of Adeph, Ross county. No explanation
is given Of the motive for the murder. Spencer
nit,ed TO jail.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

The NEW ORLxASs COMMERCIAL BuLIErrs.--Ws no
ce the re-appeaance Of the Bulletin in a It's former ample
Dimensions, entirely and beautiful dress hs but
few weeks since the establishment was totally destroyed by
fire. since which time the paper has been issued sheet
altogether Inadequate TO the extent Of Its great advertising pa
n !, now broad welflled and handsome paper
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

The Southern Rights Association Of Kinds coun-
ty, Mississippi, has been convicted of subscribing
for several copies of the vilest abolition sheets pub
shed in the country for the purpose Of circulating
them among he people. The object, Of course,
was 10 heighen the evaporation felt towards the
North. N Such conduct deserves universal execra-
ton.--Richmond Whig.s @ta ,2a@ sae
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

THy American PoRroIsE, NEW SPEcIEs.-Professor
Aqassz hs. determined that the common porpose Of our
waters which has generally been regarded identical with
the Phocoena Comuns Of Europe, distinct Species and
hitherto undescrbsd. Prof. Agassiz proposes for
this new species that of Phocoens Americana.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

The Erie Railway is completed. A train has
passed over the whole line from the Hudson river
to Lake Erie. The cars reached Dunkirk on Tues
day evening, amid great reioicings of the inhabi-
tants. Freight trains are forthwith to traverse the
entire road, and regular passenger trains, connect
ing with Lake Erie, will be organized and put in
operation early in May. The Journal of Com
merce gives the following history Of the building Of
the road: 3s.l l5 tal..
a The New York and Erie Railway Company was charter
ed in 1882 Il then estimated that the road could be
built graded for double and laid with single track from
the river the lake for less than five millions dollars and
one anticipated that period Of than six eight
years would be consumed in its construction. Nearly nne-
teen years have passed since the Company organized
and the road is just completed, Of about twenty miA
lions Of dollars. II was not however, till 1885 that the mL
lion Of dollars required enable the Company to commence
operations was subscribed and from that me for period Of
ten years. little was accomplished that in s45 when the
present Board organized, only fythree miles Of the
four hundred and xyfve which is the length OF the
track including the Nswbugh Brancb completed and in
operation and for miles Of that distance the present
Board called defray the cost Even this hffy-
three miles in dapidated condition that had vr
.uay be reconstructed Indeed, till the present Board
Of Directors assumed the management Of s Affairs msfor
extavagance have perpetuay thwared its
progress and hrea'ened il with calamous destiny Half
the capital originally invested in it lost, and notorious
had weakened public confidence in the
caby Of the enterprise that nothing but the faith which
,untans could be relied for cooperation in
effort to Iesusctae it. Happily that faith existed, and s
fruit has maured in achievement which, for magnitude and
commercial importance, has parallel in any similar enter
prise yet accomplished this contneDt This result is due
to the public spirit Of those Of merchants and others who
in time Of need advanced money in proportion their means
to the liberal policy Of the State Legislature and especayo
the Board Of Directors, who. in their corporate capacy have
manifested the energy, efficiency, and wisdom that the
individuals who compose known to exercise severay
10 the conduct Of their private business. 3cci aI
After the subscription the stock had been completed
in October. ls45, nearly year lost to labor in waiting
for the legislation necessary to enabethe Board avathem
Ives Of the desirable for the extension Of the road
that in fact but little than four years has been
sumed 10 the construction ofthis great work.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-04-26

Mr.. CLAY arrived at Louisville on the 10Th in
stant, where he was received by large concourse
Of people and national salute from the Louisville
Guards. He left on the same day for Ashland.