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The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15

ST. CHARLES THEATRE.
Managers LUDLOW & SMITH.
stage Manager. .'..''''.'b DEbAR
r1- Fourth Night Of Mile CELESTlNE FRANCK and the
great Ballet Company, from Paris
trANOTHER NEW BALLET.
CUkDAY EVENING February 10, 1851, will be performed the
OUR MARY ANN.
with Sos Mr. T. Bishop
To DC followed by (iast tlmel the
THE GODDESS OF THE DANCE.
The oher by Leon E,pnosa Miles Vcorns
Ffanck, Emile Baron etc. etc.
Alter which, the newt Comic Ballet emitted
LES AMOuRs De VILLAGE.
Principal Character .........by Espno'a
THE DUMB GIRL OE, GENOA.
Straphio
tF- TUESDAY-Next Nigh oil the Ballet Company.
II Doors open haltpast performance
otrce utreulln Ipt O'clock
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15
NEW OIL f A n S:
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, I S51

ARRIVAL OF THE PRoMETHEUs-Ihe steam
ship Prometheus, Capt. Miner, arrived yesterday
from Chagres, which place she left on the Sth inst,
making one OF the quickest trips on record. She
left in the port of Chagres, the steamer Philadel-
phia, to sail n~a few days for New Orleans.
The following Is list of passengers brought by
the Prometheus:
Grons, z Garter. g Ovens, Watson D Council, II War
Graham, pIenkey, W sshsn, W il Yst. A RoRineii, il
" Esrie j q Taekinbone, W Roberts. Il Newton. y
Gykss, Duncan, Barton, Brochsndye. Mieahsl,
ds1 WsIsy Bowie ssS . SsSss s.oa
Terrell shuy, u o0riaa. il HUGHES. Il Il Hqsot,
Bfowae Cooper, W Wa1ace Cary brother. W
.d sq Gs1'Sn
a4n sIs cla Ssssd'es De.%oa Dy Gs"ss s
~ RiseWa a; W fiIiyer. Gbidles,, Yoh',
" Henry, Letona, Paiierlon. w Il York; T HaIb.
o wesa1S. Ps Hr Mft saG H Hss
j Henderson A Movies. + Cunard, ID Lasswei Nor,
Graham, 3 + Faber, Colon, II e JAWS. d Burnam,
Prer. J ? and Thos Coa'es.
In speaking of Ex-Governor Fish, the candidate
for U. s. Senator from New York, the New York
Mirror says "The Express states that Governor
Fish has written letter to the President in which
he pledges himself to stand by the doctrines of the
message and the compromises of the constitution
Ii so, he will do. But if there is the least smell o.
the "woolly head about him, hope Senator
Beekman will stand out till doomsday."
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15

MADAME DWELL
d RESPECTFULLY Ladies Gentlemen Of New
IL Orleans that she Europe and
suited her residence 49, Old and Esplanade
The Present, Past and Future Consultation
Gentlemen 81 Ladies soc fell iw-
MADAME EMERY,
The Seventh Daughter OF the Gypsy FAMILY,
EGS LEAVE of New Orleans that she
ID her residence, 2Ss Magazine between
Joseph happy inform
them the PRESENT and the FUTURE
P. SLtes and Gentlemen know the circumstances
which surround them. their will do
well by calling Madame E. Price
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15
List of Vessels in Port Not Cleared.

Passengers.
Per shin Balmoral, from Liverpoo-430 in steerage.
Per ship Pster Marcy from Liverpoo465 in Storage.
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15
AUCTION SALES.

Fine Mahogany and Walnut Furniture, Carpets.
At The Old Auction Mart. 81 Camp street.
BY WIN. p. SCOTT. AuctiOneer.
THIS DAY February 49, hafpsst 10 ociock-Wh be told at
l. anction without reserve
srrtnent Of Secondhand Mahogany and Wal
FURNITURE High Post Bete ds Armoirs Blu
Washs Chairs o. all kinds Cr0c and Glass
coosiog and fine Brussels and Tpssiry
Carpets also plen ID String Natures, etc etc e
BY VINCENT a. CO.
J. EUGENE ToURNk, Auctioneer,
THIS DAY, February Is at 10 o'cioek-w ii be :, D.
rs lots and pack Of DIZZY GOODS srch
s.ss muins Tame Checks Dfap dEte nens Prints. Psra,o
Lawns itado bached md brown Hosiery Jenny Lind
sets, Italian csv.s Taretons Muslin
Fine. House hold Furniture etc.
BY WEYMOUTH, DRAKE a. CO.
CATuHDAY February Is o'clock - viii be sold No. IS
y Dauphn sIe Fist Municipality, between Cusomhouse and
Beuyii reeL-
eu,ni!y Of fine Household FURNITURE, Carpets etc,
10 Sale positive
Terms cash juiicstion. feI5
Olives and Soft Shell Almonds
BY SYKES, HYDE L. CO.
CATURDAy February i5 Io o'clockW be sold auction
| y al No. 81 Magazine street.
10 qasrter casks Seville Olves
81 81 raj, Soft Shell "a Almonds;
| rails Hard do do
| Landing from bark Sophia McKenze from Cadiz
| Terms at 50 e. ieli
Dry Goods. Dry Goods. ........Dry Goods.
BY j. l.. TAYLOR Il CO.
SATURDAY. February I5 at 10 Will be sold
| - auction sales room, 81 Chartres street
general assortment Of Fancy and Domestic DRY GOODS
consisting Of Bonnet ard Dress Lawns Moslnx,
Prints, Six Handkerchief ETC. ETC. f.i3
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15

V Notice is hereby given that application has been
made 10 the Louna Of Dupcate Cer
cate 1873 January 1885, 80 shares aii PAID in
the Louisiana State Bank Of JOSEPH Fo"LER,Jr
which been lost mislail W BOGhRr
ja1sOi Curator of the Estate Of j. Fowler, Jr
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15
GNS! Gus! Gus!

GNS! Gus! Gas!
ECONOMY IN GASi
A l.. SCOVlLL'S PATENT Gas BURNERS
"A. can be procured at II Poydas st., ssirs. The Pa
tent Gas Burner gives more Brilliant light and saving
compared with the old burners proper person will be
sent 10 put them on.
fel2 A. X. BAKER Il CO., AGENTS.
GREAT SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
Ea9l5sss - a -
Our Package and Parcel Express is dispatched weekly
from I'll Camp street,
NEwYoRK from whence forward, at reduced rates.
10 BosToN BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON,
and all the other Northern and Eastern cities,
ton with Harndens Northern Express.
fV~ No Fac a received after the Way Bills are
closed fed
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15


For sale at who iesale the most liberal terms.
olJ iii j. BREWSTER, ~ Common st.
NOTTCE-JogNG G.. WEBER, having disposed
l of his Boot and Shoe Store corner of Camp and
Duplautier sis has enabled 10 add to his former
extensive stock, Mt his hM Sta,d corner Of
= 'arondaet and Julia sts., elegant assort-A
ment of Ladies', Eentemens and h.iren's
Bous shoes which he etem,ne to sell al rrduced
prices The public, and particularly Ladies', respect
fully solicited call and his fresh stock OF gooes
les I'm
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15

IT, Notice to Gas COnsumers.-The consumers OF
notified that from the first day Of January next ali Bills
be paid monthly, without epou
and oil complied with before thu ezp
ration month, supply Of iu be suspendsd
By order of the Board Of Directors
dis On p N. WOOD, Treasurer,
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15

ECLIPSE STABLES,
RATES FORDNEY, PRoPRIEToR-On PHI
- Hppa street, opposite Union.-HOEes at all
tunes let, either in harness saddle. SWx4N
,fN Several fine Horses hand for sale, R,W
N FsO Also, a prime lot of Kentucky Mules Ank1kA
HILL for sale, reasonable terms. oa II
}elANO FOHTEs - The subscriber respectfully
nounces to the public that he has the LekEaIl-u
entire agency gin this ety) for the sale Of the
celebrated N D ! manufactured byY m ~ nj
MINIS y CLARK, New York, and J.u VI v
ChGhERlNG, Boston: and that he has at this time a
very large Stock comprising ali the varieties Also three
good second hand Pianos.
ola stf HENRY PARSONS. 10 Camp street.
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-02-15
NOTICES.


~ spesiai mesfins Of ue Company win /.
- hefd al the Engine house, SUNDAY the ieh
ins, , at 10 o'clock, A NJ. BY order.
fell GEO MAYNE, Secretary.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
SPRING ds0GEsS.

4 have received AID opened Al my old stand
4 in Glasgow, very largo and extensive
stock of sg0>ouaA'c Goods comprising British.
French, India and american Dry Goods.
Hardware and Cutlery, Quecnswure, China
ware and Glassware, Groceries, Dye Stuils,
Castings, Nails, Window Glass, " This
stock embraces great variety Of patterns
and the newest ard most fashionable styles,
both for Ladies and GentlCncn'S wear. This
is the most eEtsuSice and cheapest stock OF
Goods have ever offered in ills market ana
assure my friends and the public that will
sell as low Is goods Of a similar quality can
be purchased IN any h 1u>c in upper Missouri.
Grateful for past tuyUrs earnestly solicit
a continuance ofpatronuge. Amos, all kinds
of produce received in exchange for goods
Those wishing to purchase good ana CHEAP
goods are invited 10 call
May |, l"5l. T. \. SAVAGE.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
STRAYS POSTED IN MAY.

NorlcE TO CLEEKs.-The Stray Mott.
ces are published the FIRST THURSDAY in
each monrh No letters taken from the
Office on which the postage is not prepaid,
and no notices published unless the fees are
sent with them.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
GROCERIES,!

NV Z have now in store aud are daily re-
w ceiying additions to our stock Of
Groceries, Iron, Liquors, &c, which enables
us to offer the most complete and extensive
assortment ever offered in this market, which
we will sell at the lowest possible rates or
barter for every description of produce.
PERRY d. BARIWOLOiF
Glasgow, April 3, 1851.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
GREENUP BIRD, Clerk.
PIKE COUNTY.

Taken up by Joseph henderson, Cuivre
township, a sOrrel horse colt, 2 years old,
star in the forehead, right hind foot white;
appraised to $l5.
By Robert w. Breadley. Salt river town
ship, q clry bank mare, years old, 10 hands
high, dar name and tail, oil feet white nearly
to the keees; appraised to $50.
BY J. P. D. Mcqueen, Calumet township, a
bay marc, 8 or 8 years old, l43 hands high;
appraised to $50.
Also, q sorrel horse colt, year old past,
left hind foot white; appraised to $40.
BY Peter Carr, Calumet township, bay
mare, years old, Is hands high, right fore
and left hind foot white, white spot back OF
the left flank, blaze face, appraised to $50.
By Johnson Hendrck, Cuivre township, q
black mare mule, 3 years old; appraised to
rs dollars.
Bp James Keer, Spencer township bay
mare, IL or IA years old, ID hands high, all
feet white. bald face, bride marks on the
neck, gihirted, shod before; appraised to
50 so.
By James Lewallen, Spencer township, o
light bay fiiley, 2 years old. 49, hands high,
white oh left hind foot, white hairs in the
forehead; appraised to $25.
s. F. MURRY, Clerk.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
Dress sSOO.lS.

10 p. Cinema and Fancy silks Rich and
80 beautiful
l. ps. PoPiins
50 ps. Barcgc de Lanes beautiful goods
- ps Embroidered Grenadicns and
Tissues, for salc by
Nav H. I. A. SAVAGE.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
THOS. J. MARSHALL, Clerk
CALDWELL COUNTY.

Taken up by Christian Smith. Rockford
township, u sorrel horse flax name aud tai.
hinh feet white nearly to the hook. blaze face,
Ii hands high, 3 years Old this spring; aP-
praised to S35.
By r. e. Murray, Blythe township, brown
horse, saddle marks, name on the near side,
knot on the right side near the flank, had
on large bell and hickory yoke; appraised
~ sl3D
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
NEW GOODS

TINlIE subcriber respectfully announces to
i his friends and customers, and the pub.
lie generally, that his spring and summer
goods orenUw ready for public inspection and
sale. He has taken great pains in select
ing them and cun assure his friends that lie
will now show them stock Of goods seldom
cqualled and never cHcclIed in this city. Iii.
stock Of dress goods Is exceedingly
Rich and Beautiful,
and the attention oI the Ladies' is especially
called to them.
DRESS GOODS.
Super 81 and Ii Yadcto Silks
Super III and Al black Gro de Rhine silk :
Super Black figured ruilcIa silks
Rich Chcnc and Brocado pOu de Soirc
Chameleon glace silks
Super Barcge De Lanes
silk Tissues, silk TyrolicnnCs
Rich Donna maria.
Domestic Goods.
American and English Chim'zcs d Culcun-
BlcuchCd and Brown shecrngS and shi.t.ugs
Apron checks and bed tickings
Hickory shittings and Republican pllids
Bird Eye, Russia and Table Diaper
Dlcachcd end Brown linen DrilinEs
Irish Linens and Holland
Chumbrogs, Cut,Uuades and Naukrcns
Cassimcrs, Cloths, TwecdS aud Sallinul-
White, Rcd and Yellow flannel
Scotch and Manchester Giughams.
Fancy Articles.
Super Embroidered Grape Shawls
plain Grape Suawls
Blk Lace, Wells aud &carls
Chcuc Scartaud Bonnet Ribbons
" Twisted silk Egyptian mats
: 1... ! - 4
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
CHARLTON COUNTY.

Taken up by Jno. Black, Proirie town.
ship, a chesnut sorTel mare, 7 years old, 10
hands high, branded A S on left shoulder,
star and long snip, saddle marks, dim black
and dim white spot on right side oil rumP,
hind legs white half way to the hook, shod
before, uots and PAGES well; appraised to
$75.
By Robt Kellerson, Charlton township,
a yellow sorrel mare, snip on the nose
white hairs in the forehead, IA hands 3 inch'
es high. 8 or Q years old this spring; APP
praised 10 80 dollars.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05

Super 81 and Ia Taielo Silks
Super III and Al black Gro de Rhine silk
Super Black figured TuilcIa silks
Rich Chcnc and Brocadc pUu de Suirc
Chameleon glace silks
Super Barcge De Lanes
SILK Tissues, silk Tyrolicnncs
Rich Dom maria.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
MONROE COUNTY.

Taken up by Marcellas Able, Indian
creek township, blue roam mare, 4 years
old this spring, II hands 3 inches high,
black legs, name, and tail, a good PAGER;
appraised to 50 dollars.
By T. B. Ryland 6 miles east Of Clinton
Washington township, brown horse, eight
years old, fifteen hands high, left hind foot
white, small star in the forehead, snip on the
nose, big jaw; appraised to 20 dollars.
By Villas Johnson, Jefferson township,
a sorrel horse, years old, 10 hands high,
blaze face, left fore loet white, saddle marks,
large seer on the right side; appraised to
55 dollars.
Also, q mouse colored horse, years old,
15s hands high, fax name and tail, blaze
face, left hind foot white; appraised to $50.
By VIM. Williams, two miles north east
OF Clinton in Washington township, sor-
rel horse. Is or 10 years old, l6 hands high
star in the forehead, white OH right fore foot,
left fore foot large, left hip knocked down;
appraised 10 10 dollars.
By Henry Johnson, Jefferson township, a
chesnul sorrel mare, II years old, IA hands
high, blaze face, some white on her hind
feet: marks on the back appraised to Sl5.
By John G, Miller. Marion township, a
sorrel mare, nine years old, blaze face, left
hind foot whine, saddle marks; appraised to
25 dollars.
I By Benjamin H. Morton, Jefferson town.
ship, a scuball horse, 5 or years old, Is
hands high, large bald face, hind feet white
to the hooks; appraised TO $50.
By Robert Smithey, Jefferson township, q
dark bay or brown more, / or IL years old,
Is hands high. white on the right shoulder, q
sore back, shod al round; appraised to $40.
wv DENIM TIarL
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
Es0nEs and sItNrn,

q 40 Pair Mems & Boys Calt Kin Boots
4 L W 800 pr. Mems nnd Boys Calf Zip
and Erogln shoes
4 large assortment of Ladies, Misses aul
Chilur.u's shoes for sale cheap
May ~ +. iIAGE.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
VIM. S. POLLARD, Clerk.
CHI III A u IL :, coll NrnNA-

ST. CHARLES COUNTY.
Taken up by julius Mullinckrodt, Femme
Usage township, a light black more years
old, dark stripe on her back, left hind foot
white under her dewlocks, left fore foot pig
con toed, Is hands high, old sore on the right
hind leg, collar marks on her neck; appraised
to $40
BY John Johnson, Galloway township,
cark sorrel mare, 6 or years old this spring,
blaze face, sacdle mark, shod all rourd, Ii
hands high; appraised to $40.
BENZ. EMMONS. Clerk.
AUDRAIN COUNTY.
Taken up by Woodson Jennings, Cuivrc
township, a light chestnut sorrel are, or :
years old, blaze face, saddle marks hind feet
pigeon toed, ll3 hands high appraised to
$50
Also DIRK brown horse colt, 2 years old
J. B. MORRIS, Clerk.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Taken up by Edward Tuggle, Union town
ship, u sorrel mare, 10 hands high, or L
years old, small blaze in the face, spot on left
thigh, shod all round; appraised to $40.
FRANCIS PARKER, Clerk,
ADAlR COUNTY.
Taken up by Elijah Grant, Wilson town
ship, bright bay marc, 3 years oil, black
name and tail, 10 hands high appraised to 40
dollars
DAVID JAMES, Clerk.
SULLIVAN COUNTY.
Taken up by Joseph Stephen, Ileasan
| Hill township, neabitten grey horse II year
ole this spring, 10 hands high, name on LET
side; appraised to 80 dollars.
ALLEN CELESTE, Clerk
NODAWAY COUNTY.
Taken up by Thos. B, Hedghspeth, Hughe,
township, Light bay horse, years old, /;
hands high, star in the forehead, snip on the
nose, saeelo marks, hind fsot white; apprais
ed 10 10 dollars
AMOS GRAHAM, Clerk,
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
EsEsENYS.
EEGEslpNfics, 40.

24O E p, Sr? sd @'% sSas ooa o ~1ss
FOR sale very low nj f. A. SAEai
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05

TNlIE subcriber respectfully announces to
i his friends and customers, and the pub.
lie generally, that his spring and summer
goods are now ready for public inspection and
sale. He has taken great pains in select
ing them and can assure his friends that lie
will now show them u stock Of goods seldom
cquaicd and never c%ccIed in this city. HIS
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-06-05
Rich and Ncau{ilmI.
DRESS GOODS.

and The NLtonlIUn VI Inc Ludics IS Especially
called to them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-16

soon. The invaders seem to have
found no sympathy here. They
have lost a great many mem
'.The official account to-day says
that $50 men only remain, and that
they were expected to be soon taken. .
HAVANA. Aug. co..
eve trust that in few days tran
guilty will be again restored, and
business take its ordinary course.
In the absence of any transactions,
sugars remain without change, and
prices nominal as last quoted, Mo-
lasses is firm ssand scarce at 24 rails.
Freights nominal. Exchange is
again down, at 4 per cent and no
buyers. .
ssSome late arrivals of Rice have
sold at l2a rails.
arrived from Charleston, brig
Argus, Kean, Matanzas; schr. Isabel
la. Havana.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-16
The Garote.

The Buffalo Commercial, speaking
of the garote, the Spanish instra-
ment of death, by which Lopez has
been executed, says:
Perhaps the guilIotine is more
merciful mode of taking life, but we
doubt it very much. The machine
has a far more terrible look, and all
the accessories are of more revolt
ing character Both are instantane-
Gus in their operation, depriying the
victim of sensation so suddenly that
his torture only continues for an indi-
visible point of time In the guillo-
tine, the axe descendS from a sufficient
height, with such velocity that the
eye could hardly follow it, and sever
ing the head from the body at sin
gle stroke. The garote resembles a
large handkerchief folded so as to go
about the neck. The prisoner is
placed in kind ofchair, with high
back, to which his head is fastened
by means of an iron clasp. The ga
rote encloses his neck, and is at
tached to bis back with screw At
a given signal, the screw is rapidly
turned, and he is Isuffocated in the
shortest possible space of time. I'll
seems horrible sort of business to
institute comparisons between differ
ent instruments of torture; but we
may be permitted to say that no civ
ilized nation has a more awful mode
of inficting capital punishment than
hanging by the neck on the gal loEs, |
practised in Great Britain and the |
United States, with the exceptions of
the Russian knout-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-16
Gralai!oas Advertising.

We are oft en- asked to iasertI little
notices Gust to fill up by people
who sometimes don't even "talSe the
paper" They seem to think t bat il
costs nothing; and to all such welcom-
mend the. following little extract
We have q certain rule in this re-
speet, beyond the bounds of which
we cannot go:
There is no such thing as doing
any thing 'gratuitously' IN printing
office Somebody must pay for every
thing that is done. Not line can
be Sc 1t that does not cost money for
the setting Either the printer must
pay the " Whole, or the advertiser must
pay his share. The only question,
therefore, to be asked by the pub
Usher who is to pay the money for
the labor, is, what ground has this
company or individual to require me
TO pay for the promotion OF its or
his objects? }
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-16

The CRop.-The cotton croI
in this county will fall far below
that Of last year. In tie hills, there
will not be made more than one
haH of the quantity made last sea-
son. We hear from all parts of the
State complaints of the same char
acter. This is attributed to the
want of rain in the hill lands. In
mediately on the river the prospects
are better. The river lands, how :
ever, comprise but small portion
of the cotton region. and even OH
them the crop will not be heavy.
We have conversed with many in
telligent planters and merchants
from different portions of the State,
aud all speak <gloomily of the pros
pect. The corn crop from the same
cause will also be very light. The
caterpillar has appeared id the cot
ton fields in some of the Red river
parishes ieksJmy True Issue.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-16

BY reference to our report of Gu
ban affairs, ID another column, it viii
be seen that Gen. Lopez 5has been Ia
ken Iprisoner and garoted. This will
probably end the revolution, and the
Gem Of the Antilles will continue to
lie under the onero us burdens heaped
upon it by the mother country. TIE
colonial govern ment of Spain is one
of the worst forms Of government in
the world. 1t allows the people no
share in the administration of affairs,
even by the expression of opinion;
there is no freedom Of speech, Of the
press, or Of occupation; the despot-
ism Of Russia is not m ore severe or
more hateful. On a population Of
little more than million, including
the slaves leyies an nually, by an
arbitrary system of taxation, and er-
cry sort Of yexatiouB excuse, trib-
ute of twenty-four millions of dollars.
With partof this sum, the Spanish
governmq mt supports twenty thou
sand soldiers to keep the inhabitants
in subsection, and the entire Spanish
marine, WHICH has its principal sta
ti0ns in the ports Of Cuba. No trade
or business can be pursued without
first paying for license; no company
be entertained CT amusement take
place in any residence, no removal be
made from place to place, without
the same ceremony. The produc-
tons Of the plantations are taxed,
most Of them ten per cent. on their
value; tithes are exacted to the
amount Of more than quarter of
million OF dollars; yet the inhabitants
are obliged to support tn cir places Of
worship and cemeteries by subscrip-
toni No islander is ever allowed to
hold any Office, civil, judicial, or mil
itary; every place of hon or, trust or
profits held by natives of old Spain.
The isla nd is allowed no representa-
tive in the Spanish cortos. The
Captain General of the island is as
absolute as the Grand Signor, and es-
tablishes any law which his caprice
may dictate. Under his rule, the
slave trade, which is now tolerated in
no other civilized country which |
even Brazil has now suppressed in her
dominions-is actively carried on,l
and large cargoes of men and women
from Africa are constantly arriving i.