Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-06
Washington National MOnumel

As several communications from Val
parts of the United States have T.
the board Of managers Of Was
ment Society suggesting the prdPV
.pediency OF having boxes placed A.
ent polls during the approaching presids0e5l
election, to receive contributions for the nat
tional monument, now IN course Of erection in
th, city, the board in accordance with these
suggestion, respectfully request The judges or
commissioners of election. the postmasters Of
the respective localities where the elections are
held, or any other patriotic and public spirited
citizen. or citizens, to undertake this duty ~
having boxes fixed up at the polls with the Ia
bel contrit utions 10 the CIV sshington Monu-
ment," DC and collecting and trans shifting the
amount so deposited to the treasurer of the so.
ciety, j. B. H. Smith, Esq. Any expense which
may attend these collections will be paid and
the service thankfully acknowledge by the
board of messengers.
By order:
GEO. wATTERsON. see,y.
The press throughout the United sts&ss that
may fell an interest in this object win conlsr !
favor on the board By paOlisAiee ~ &oys-
Correspondence Of tie Nm Yorl Times.
WAsaskaroE. Monday. Sept II. l6sa.
From the sudden disappearance Of number
Of we'll know Yillih2stiess, whoss hssd quar-.
ter " y hess siaee the fail
y. il u conjsctu-
red that dAotlllz i nearly ready to
set out for the shores II tAat lslasd TIE
Spanish Government i erisvously alarmed.
our good Senior Calderon haa taken into hen.
ing large additional for1a X spies asd eos-
riers. who keep him = wsll iDforned upon ~
movement Of the Lone STAR gentlemen, and
other spirits Of their order, as Il poesible 10 any
country where the institution Il not ! legal IL.
stitution. This Argus eyed vigilancs secusea
the viceregal Government against the hazard
of surprise, and the power Of the mother coun.
Try is yet amply sufficient to protect her de.
tendency from the attacks Of any secretly or.
gained band Of foreign assailants who NAV
escape the repressive measures of their OWL r,,-
lers. The truth is, Cuba is and will be safe.
until the time shall arrive when the state Of
parties in this country will admit of the add.
ton of the Island. as Slave Territory, to our
confederacy: ard that. unfortunately for Fill.
bustersm, is SO connected with the doctrine OF
compensatlons, that We cannot get Cuba until
Great Britain is ready to allow her Provinces
upon our Northern border to form counter.
poise-by throwing their weights into that end
Of the scale That an extensive disaffection.
however,e exists il Cuba Itself. there is no doubt:
but it will avail nothing until the National flag
of the United States lcgitimately floats from
the standard of those who 60 to their relief.
Humphrey Marshall set out to-day on his
Mission to China where his principal function
will be to act as Commissioner Of Chinese En-.
gration to the United States. That human
hive which from the remotest ages has beer
the fountain o: population in the World is now
sending out its swarms il new direction and
there is a prospect that the children of the
tiowery land will make an impression upon our
national character second only in depth and
permanency to that Hibernian mark which will
endure as long as our country.
THE GREAT POLAR OCEAN-At the late meet
ing of the London Geographical Society, Lieut..
Osborne, member Of the British Arctic ex-
petitions, argued at some lenght in favor Of
the support OF the existence of a great Polar
Ocean. He said that in Wellington channel,
he had observed immense numbers of whales
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