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SCOTT AT CHARLESTON IN 1899 "a

But less discretion on the part of SCoTT, in the
momentous and delicate business with which he
charged, would have precipitated fatal catas-
trophe. Regarding the propriety and prudence with
which he noted, we have the reliable testimony Of
BENJAMIN WATKINS LEIGH, ESQ.,, who went u
Charleston the bearer Of certain resolutions n
the Legislature of Virginia, intended to restore pa
chic relations between South Carolina and the Fe-
deral authorities That gentleman, in letter. thus
speaks OF the conduct Of Gen. ScoTT:
81 was at Charleston when he arrived and assumed
the command which he did without parade or fuss No
one who had not opportunity Of observing on the spot
the excitement that existed have an ADEQUATE con-
cepton of the delcacy Of the trust Gen. SCorT had
large acquaintance with the people of Chareston-he
was their friend but his situation was such that many
the great majority of them looked upon him as public
enemy He thought that the first drop Of blood shed in
civil war between the United States and one of the States
would prove an immedicabe wound which would end in
change Of our institutions He was resolved IL IL was
possible, to prevent resort arms and nothing could
have been more judcious than his conduct Far from
being prone to take offence he kept his temper under the
srctest guard and most careful to avoid giving oc
cason for oence yet he held himself ready to act If
should become necessary, and he let that be distinctly
understood He sought the society Of the leading Multi
hers, and took care to say word to them on the
subject Of political differences he treated them az
friend From the beginning to the end his conduct was
as conciiaory as II was firm and sincere evncng that
he knew his duty and resolved to perform it. and yet
that his principal object and purpose was peace He was
perfectly successful when the least imprudence might
have resulted in serious collision"
No one who rightly appreciates the facts Of this
most critical passage Of American history can fail
to understand the trying position in which Gen.
ScoTT was placed in relation to it, But his extraor-
binary sagacity, selfcommand, and devotion to the
Union served him this as all similar occasions
IN his eventful lfe and the result illustrates the
infinite resources of his mind, no matter what the
exgency may be that calls upon him for counsel or
action. In the present instance he made himself
the agent Of peace while he was ostensbly the
servant Of war; with all the insignia Of offensive
intentions and authority he contrived in fact to be
recognised as Offering the olive branch to the mis-
guided spirits who we're in open revolt against the
sovereign laws Of the nation; and with magazine
beneath his feet which the least spark of indscre-
ton might have kindled into an explosion that
would have rent the fabric of the Union into atoms
he succeeded in averting the jealousy which his
own presence in the scene was fitted to excite, and
in calming the local agitation which had precluded
the influence of national and patriotic sentiments
North American
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FROM rHE NEW york coMMrnc1AL ADVERTISER

MATrrHs II cUBh.-Tho Journal Of Commerce. has the
following information from gentleman from Havana
On the 9th instant fifteen persons all Creoles were ar
rested in that city, of whom ten are males and five fe
males In their dwellings discovered 10 900 cart
ridges, twelve demons Of powder and twenty arrobe:
900 lbs.) Of lead
On the eth the arrested parties we're examined, and
three Of them sent to the Cabanas fertilization.
During the week ending August Ia a good many young
men were arrested, and others invited 20 to Spain
They viii be permitted 10 return when they Obtain di-
ploma Of loyalty.
These events created quite stir in the Government
Offices, and evidences Of alarm.
The Journal also gives extracts from No Of La VOC
ddPaeto, which, it alleged is printed and circulated
in the island Of Cuba We should require very direct and
complete evidence that such paper is printed and circu
lated there before quoting from its columns and this for
two good First that of the tyranny
and watchfuness of the Government to exercising
police surveillance every Creole family" being true
the publishers Of such paper in Cuba could not escape
detection. The thing is moral impossbility! Second
that the morning press Of this city imposed upon
just such matter prior to the Lopez invasion They
simultaneously published certain alleged revolutionary
ProHHndos said to be extensively circulated and mys
teriousy posted up various places in Cuba preacng
such documents with editorial paragraphfurnshed
course by the concocers Of the forgerydecarng that
they had respectively the originals Of said false docu
ments when the fact subsequently out that the
papers were the intention Of certain parties in New York.
and BY no means originating in Cuba The parties that
barefaced fraud had the cunning take copies Of these
documents to the press Sunday evening when prob
ably every responsible editor absent his sanctum
The fac smile character Of the simultaneous publication
editorial paragraph included Of course put svenng papers
their guard and was easy for US to avoid falling into
the error but it destroyed confidence in all
presentations about revolutionary papers published in
Cuha
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CONGRESS,


The Session of Congress is at length drawing tc
close, If no change take place in the determine
ton of the two Houses on the subject, tomorrow
week viii be the last day of the present session
Considerable progress has been made in the pub
lie business during the last two weeks, notwith-
standing the yet prolonged debates all out of order
and only permitted because they are so, on matters
wholly irrelevant to the topics actually under con-
sideration Making, however, all the dispatch that
is practicable during the proposed remainder OF the
Session, many important public bills besides al
most all depending private bills must necessarily
fall through, or at least lie over to the next Ses-
sion Fortunately, from that Session to this the
interval will be but three months the result of the
Presidential Election will have been ascertained I:
and, freed from that hindrance to the proper dis
charge of their proper duties, the two Houses will
be in a condition to re-enter forthwith upon the
consideration Of unfinished Bills and Reports Of
Committees, and dispose Of them with less obstruc
ton than they have pountered from extraneous
causes at the Sessi0 ich is just closing
In referring to the hindrances to the dispatch o
business, it gives pleasure to state that the fnan
cial committees of the two Houses, upon whom SC
much depends, are in no degree chargeable on that
score, They have discharged their duties with ex-
emplary fidelity and industry
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CUMBERLAND Coal CosrAsY.-we learn from the New
York papers that the attention directed Cum
berand Coal was for the first time sensiby felt in the
stock market there on Wednesday, the prices Of the
shares Of the Company, and multiplicity Of orders APP
Peanng in the board all at advanced prices rapidly
from 90 TO rs per cent 81 the share The transac
tons in the stock large and both sellers and buy
ers appeared to be- for the part strong brokers As
usual with such rapid advances the rates fell off after
the orders at the second board supplied and closed
at 74i per cent bid
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A Letter in the New Orleans Picayune states
that on the Both ultimo Governor WoDEHoUsE
went from Belize (Honduras) to Ruatan, which
island together with those of Bonnacca Utilla, Bar
barat Morat, and Eline, are by order of the QUEEN
proclaimed to be colony of Great Britain, under
the name and style Of 'The Colony of the Bay
Islands" The Picayunes correspondent says that
the whole of these Islands belong to the State Of
Honduras, and the taking possession of them by
Great Britain is regarded as masterstroke of poll
cy They all have good harbors, some Of which are
very Secure, and capable of affording an excellent
anchorage to the largest line of battle ships in the
world; and their situation is such that they are
key to the Bay of Honduras, and most eligible
station for her Majestys vessels and troops in case
Of any war in the West Indies or on this Continent
We learn from the Picayune, in addition to the
above, that the Legislative Assembly now sitting
in the Island of Ruatan has declared it to be free
port, vessels of all nations being admitted on pay
ing the nominal sum of one dollar harbor fees and
duty of two per cent ad valorem on all goods i'm
ported for consumption. A very liberal constitu-
ton has been granted allowing the people to elect
the members of the Legislative Assembly, and pro-
claiming universal suffrage.
We give this news as we get it, without being
able to say how far it is to be regarded as authentic
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which the Americans have 50 Unexpectedly appealed is
decidedly against them and, while we regret that mea-
sures calculated to rate sensitive nation should have
been SO hastily adopted, constrained to observe
that their own proceedings have been equally recptae
and that such views expressed in the senate are
i'll adapted to promote settlement of the dispute It is
credit to either State that its first step Oh an occasion
like this should have been to equip steamers for &C
ton and trust that the awakening of 10th coun
tries may speedily dispatch the affair by NOR reason
able appeal"
We cannot but think it singularly fortunate that
on subject which had slumbered so long, andyith
which few even of the intelligent and wel-inforhed
people of the country knew so little, Mr.. Wh
sTER should be able, on the sudden, and with NO
possibility of reference to books or documents tc
state the case so clearly as to be understood by all
and that his statement of the question should be
satisfactory to impartial judgments even on the
other side of the Atlantic.
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The Tallahassee Sentinel gives an extract from a
letter recently written by Mr.. CABELL, the Repre-
sentative in Congress from Florida, which says The
Wing party Of my State have decided to sustain
him, Gen. ScorT,) and win acquiesce in that
decision. | certainly cannot support Gen. PIERCE,
and agree with you as to the probable consequent
ces of his election.
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FROM the NEW YORK ExpREss.


The exciting intelligence from Havana received by the
Crescent City, has produced profound sensation among
the Cubans resident in this city, and large class Of
citizens who have frequent commercial intercourse with
the gem of the Antilles" The so-caed Cuban Junta,
whose heads understood to have planned the
Lopez expedition win probably be convoked again. and on
all hands it is than likely vigorous and renewed
attempt will be made to stir up the sumbering ee-
ments of rebellion We already hear much Of certain
secret publications confidential circulars" and pa
triotc pronunciamientos,e emanating from whom
body clearly to know, doing the desired work at
Havana. Hence the and imprsonments
i of which are advised
These being the facts in the case it is well to conclude
at that the Lopez ragedyis to be played again
The fools not all dead yet" and have doubt
enough of them be found here and there to try
again the pitiable experiment of making Rebellion in
country where there Rebels-a Republic where
there are no Republicans. They do with their
eyes open to the consequences The Moro Castle the
garroe and the square of Abrato pant for Victims
and victims they will have, if the warning voice of
Crtenden and his companions is not heard by the na
tuated enthusiasts who still hug the delusion that Cuban
Independence is only to be achieved by foreign invasion
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FROM THE PHILADELPHIA LEDGER.

CUBA-The newspapers endeavoring to create
another Cuban excitement and letters teeming with
cusaons of ourages and tyranncal expressions the
part of the Cuban Government very freely scattered
throughout the country These attempts 70 excite an
odum against the local government of Cuba but the
continued efforts of interested parties in this country
whose falsfcations recent occasion led astray so
many Of our countrymen, and brought number to sud-
den and terrible end That catastrophe is not vet for
gotten and it will be vain attempt to create any prac
cal sympathy in this country again. till the Cubans them
selves show by bold show at least that they have the
courage defend their liberties and to resist the
oppression of their governmental masters
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TIE FL1Busr1ERs AGAIN AT WORK

The hardness with which the laws Of the United
States against violations Of the law Of Nations ard Of
our own country have thus far been enforced by the
judicial tribunals before which persons have been
arragned to for their misdeeds in this respect
the impunity, in word, which such outrages
against the laws have hitherto experienced, seems
to have encouraged the conspirators against the
peace Of their own country as well as that of the
Spanish domnions to renew their intrigues tending
to the same enterprises as last year inveigled so
many improvident and misguided young men to
slavery and to death. For the present, abstaining
from any comment of our own upon such proceed
ings, we shall only ask the attention of our readers
to the following notices Of this subject by our CON
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MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE What is become
u KossUTH? We have looked over the English
papers in vain for some geographical allusion to
hls whereabouts and movements, present and to
come, but not able to discover the remotest re-
ference to him. save only and except four lines in
Liverpool paper chronicling his arrival there under
the nam de guerre of Alexander Smith" Can
any OF the numerous revolution-mongers in London
or Paris, who look after the solidarity of the peo-
pies in their correspondence with city paper here
give US light 2-Nelc York Express.
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Total four years. So, O7S, O46

The number of lives lost in 1850 was mainly &C.
casioned by the explosion of boilers on board two
steamboats,, and the burning of third crowded with
emigrant passengers.
The present year already registers greater num-
Der of victims than even 1850 Without looking
further than the steamers Atlantic, Henry Clay,
and st. James, we find total of at least FOUR HUN
DRIED, and the year is but little more than half gone
Surely life is but unconditional of Commerce
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Heroic CoSDUcT or a LADY.-A few days ago son Of
Mr.. John H. Nichols Of Salem, Mass went into the
pond Lynnfed to bathe and getting beyond his DEPTH
came very near drowning. He seen by Mrs. Hunt
ngton wife Of Asahel huntington ESQ., who, at the peril
Of her life and with great presence Of mind rushed
into the pond and rescued the lad and brought him to the
shore. When taken from the water he insensble,
but restored to consciousness by the application Of
friction BY Mrs H--SaLera Register.
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FROM THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER or sArunDA,

We learn from New York that nearly all the prominent
managers Of the Cuban expedition are now in that city
not the fighting men, but those whose heads planned the
invasion, and whose purses paid the expenses 1t is
fact that The Jta has been dssolUed as was reported
when the disastrous result of the Lopez oray was known
Should the advise US Of continuance OF
the arrests and consequent excitement Havana depend
upon it there will be work on hand for the United
States Marshal in the New York district
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ARREST of FEMALE PAssERs or CoUErERFErT MoxEY.
On Friday arrests made New York Of several e-
males who have been extensively engaged for many months
in passing counterfeit notes on the Salem Bank Of Mas.
sachusetts Lancaster County Bank, Pennsylvania and
Merchants Bank Of New Haven Connecticut Of the de-
nominations Of 81, $2, 49, and S. The parties taken
into custody are Eliza Donnely, aged about As years
her two daughters also Philip McArdle and his servant
girl Alice Gray upon each Of whom we're found several Of
the counterfeit notes and large quantities Of rich goods
said to have been purchased with the spurious bills,
which are well executed A goodlooking woman, Of
large proportions, named Eliza stllwe is alleged to be
the principal in these dishonest operations but she sue
ceeded in eudng the officers who were IN nursut Of her
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BREADsTUFFs.-In consequence Of better adyices and
larger orders by the Canada than expected the New
York market became quite animated Friday and prices
materially improved There was also good home de-
mand for -four in addition to the purchases for shipment
Previous to the last two three days the market for
breadstus here was without animation, and il is mpos
sible tell how long the present buoyancy will continue
Ne1p York Journal Commerce
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DEATH or SISTERS OF CHARITY.-The Catholic Mirror
says The death Of Sister HoSoRSA lately of 10 Mount
Hope Institution in Baltimore, who fell victim to dis
ease at Panama. has been announced Scarcely had her
companions reached San Francisco when ono Of them,
sister MARY lGsATA commenced letter for the purpose
o. conveying to her superors the information Of their
rVa but she had not yet finished IL before she herself
was Frustrated by sickness which terminated fatally
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The Funeral Of Mrs. TAYLOR, widow Of the late
President TAYLOR, took place at New Orleans on
the 18th instant, from the residence of Col Bliss.
All the Officers Of the Army who were in the city
were present at the obsequies and also some Of the
civil officers Of the State. OF the family Of Gen.
TAYLOR there now survive Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR.
the only son Of the General, who is a sugar planter
in the Parish Of St Charles, and Mrs Bliss the
lady Of Col. BLISS, who resides in New Orleans
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The nomination of the Hon JOSEPH r. niger
SOIL to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pie
npotentiary to Great Britain is understood to have
been confirmed by the Senate on Saturday.
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fatal AcDENTAn accident resulting instant
on wednesday at the Queen City Mills at Black Rock New
ueorge Smith, aborer mills while walking
ing the floor In the Of the building m
70 the ground foor striking his head
ing his neck Mr. Smith Engshman
Ok children residing at Black Rock wholly
sons employed in the mill rascd fifty dollars r The amY
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The Supreme Court Of Mississippi have decided that
when the trustees Of corporation which has forfeited its
charter have collected enough Of its assets TO pay the
debts Of the incorporation their power ceases and no
suits can be maintained to collect the remainder.
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On Friday last young named ssnburn hunting with hs
cousin Badwnsv county York and by
means the cousins gun was accidentally discharged The contents
head killing him instantly The young man who was the
cent Of this terrible accident Affected as 10 BE- almost 40
prved Of hie
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CRUEL sUosEsTioS.-It is proposed by correspon-
dent Of the Providence Journal that the alcohol used
purposes should be doctored with tartar
TIC to prevent its an intoxicating beverage The
|" Journal" thinks this little too bad
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investigations made by committee of Congress
show the following losses of property and life the
rivers and lakes of the United States in each of the
last four years, not including the present:
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ANOTHER ISLANDER REFUTED

The Norfolk Courier publishes the following let
ter addressed to gentleman in that city, giving a
denial to a remark said to have been maze by Gen,
ScoTT in conversation with Senator WADE, of
Ohio, and which has been recently blazored at the
head of nearly every Democratic paper South for
political effect
WASHINGTON, AUGUST Is, 1852
SIR had the honor to receive your note VI the 10th
instant, stating that the head of Democratic paper
published at Elizabeth City, IN. c.. called tie g Demo-
cratic Pioneer, is the following " SOONER CUT
OFF MY RIGHT HAND THAN LEND SUPPORT OF
sLAvERY."-Gen. Scott to Senator Wade.
All can say of the above is what have frequently
said of it since it has been floating about in tie papers
that Gen. Scott made such declaration me or
in my hearing, nor did | say, preten that he
ever did, and believe it to have been fabricated with
view to prejudice the Southern people against the old
General And permit to add that the morbid sens-
tveness of the Southern mind this subject lenders
peculiarly liable to such mpositons, and Northern de-
magogues knowing this win not fail to take advantage
of it. Very respectfully yours
B. F. WADE
VIM. H. CRANBERRY, Esq.
The Norfolk News, Democratic paper, in pub
fishing this letter, says:
ave sincerely glad that this denial has BEEN made
public, and would like to all false issues Oh either
side scattered to the winds As ourselves We have
never placed any reliance the truth of the report and
have not suffered the charge to appear in cumns
though we readily imagine how il has been believed
by Others"
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lowA.-The result Of the election in this State
Is highly encouraging to the Wings Heretofore
the Democrats had both members Of Congress and
all the State Senator's except four and all the mem
bers of the Lower House except FIVE, but now the
Wings have elected one member Of Congress and
have almost annihilated the Democratic majority in
the Legislature
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FROM THE FISHING GROUNDS

The Boston Daily Advertiser has advices from
Halifax TO the 18th instant and dates from St
John to the 18th.
Com. PERRY and the Officers Of the hssssipp landed
Monday forenoon under salute from the Citadel and
proceeded from the Queens wharf in the carriage Of the
Admiral pay their respects to his Excelency the
Governor.
The accounts from Newfoundland do report any in
references with United States fishing vessels in New
foundland the Labrador coast where the liberty Of
fishing is conceded by the convention Of 1873 the
French fishermen are interdicted The st John Morn
ing Post says under the head Of Important from La
brador -
The Charles and portion Of the sapphos crew had
driven twentynine batteaux and hundred French
men off Belle Isle, without their having caught FISH
The state that the cod and seal fishery had
been good, the salmon fishery bad