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ENLARGEMENT OF THE CApTTOI. q

ENLARGEMENT OF THE CAPITOL
IL The Committee on Public Buildings of the
Senate, having been authorized by resolution of
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nWING to the late revolutions and counter-revo-
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THE WEEKLY DISPATCH

Whole number of Representatives 1913.
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FOR THE SPRINGS.
AIDES retiring to the springs country, will
IL find at PARKERS, just opening, "A fresh
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The Government q the United states OF
AmsEioa, A. D., 1861.
: TIE Executive.
MmLaRD FILLMORE, OF N. r., President
WILLIAM Il. KINc. of Ala, Pres I of the Senate.
The Cabinet.
DANIEL WEBSTER, of Mass. Sec of State.
THom.s CoRwIa, of Ohio,- Sec. of the Treas.
CHARLES NJ. CONRAD, Of La. Sec. of War.
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of N. G Sec. Of the Navy.
A. III. III. STUART, Of Va. Sec. of Interior.
NATHAN X. HALL, of N. Y. p M. General.
JOHN ]. CRIrTENDEN, Of KY. Att. General.
The Judiciary.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
ROGER B. TANEr, of Maryland Chief Justice.
JOHN MCLEAN, Of Ohio Associate.
JAMES M. WAYNE, Of Georgia "
JOHN CArRoN, ofTennessee "
JOHN McKINLEY, of Kentucky "
PETER v. DANIEL, Of Virginia /"
SAMUEL NELSON, Of New York /"
BENJAMIN Curtis, Of Massachusetts GO
RoBERr C. GREER. of Penn. "
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Dn 30 WIS COMMERCIAL REVIEW,

A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRADE AGRI-
CULTURE, COMMERCE, COM
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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-29
Soott,s Noble Generosity.

In 1888, Father Richie, the veteran Democratic
editor, pronounced the following just tribute TO
Gen. Scott, in the Democratic Enquirer
''TLere is so much Of noble generosity Of charac-
ter about Scott Independent of and bravery
as soldier, that his life has really been one of
romantic beauty and interest. You rceullect his
conduct when on his way to take the command Of
the army engaged in the Black Hawk war. The
corps he had with him were all sticken down with
the cholera, before he joined Gen. Atkinson. What
was his conduct Did he leave them to their fate
and fly TO the army of the gallant and accomplish
ed Atkinson his warm and personal friend, in order
that he might snatch from him the laurels for which
he had toiled so long, and which he vast just then
on the point of winningi No! He chung to his
sick soldiers, dying all around him with the dread
full pestilence, aud exerted himself day and night
to save them from the grave, to the imminent hazard
of his life. He could have taken the command of
the army: it was his righti but behold his magma
nimity! In this scene of Gen. Scotts life, he
shines more brilliantly, in my estimation, than in
the most glorious battle he ever fought"
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The Cuban Affair.

The N. Y. Commercial of Saturday P. NJ, says:
Information from various sources leads us to be-
lieve that many Of the difficulties that have so
threateningly doomed up from the national and po-
litical horizon gradually dispensing and will soon
altogether disappear, thanks TO the wisdom and
moderation of Mr.. FillDore's Administration and
the sober second thought of the American people.
The difficulty at Cuba, if dispatches from Wash
ington are to be relied upon, will be very satisac-
torily terminated in few days, in n manner becom-
ing the dignity of the United States. 1t is under
stood that the President and Cabinet do not approve
of the tone adopted by Capt Porter in his bevy of
protests, but Will require him 10 conduct himself
hereafter more in the spirit of that amity which
lists between the two Governments, and is guaran-
teed by solemn treaty, which Spain has not nfring-
ed. Especially and justly does the Government
disapprove, we believe of his styling himself
officer of the United Strtes navy this relation his
visits to the port of Havana being only in the capa
city of captain of merchant steamer, and it is un
derstood that certain expressions in his protest will
require the Government to disavow his language.
The ground very properly assumed at Washing
ton is that the United States Government hasno
right to force the Cuban authorities to admit into
their territor es, especially at time when local dis
affection is with difficulty suppressed, any person
whom they suspect of acting IN concert with the
diSa1ected, or by any means engaged in promoting
disquiet: They may wrong fully rightfully
spect such person; of that by all international law
and usage, the Cuban Government is the compe-
tent Judge; and by such law and usage her declara
ton that she has grounds for such suspicion is
counted sufficient justification for her protective
measures. So that if the matter is made TO rest
simply npon International law, the Cuban authori-
ties have right on their side, and the matter is no
way altered by the allegations that by this course
they are circumscribing American commerce, &c.
Such is n instrumentation.