Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-02-04
THE CUBAN PRISONERS.
A pretty smart debate sprang up in the

can citizens lately imprisoned and pardon
ed by the Queen of Spain. Mr.. BAILY, as
chairman of the Committee on Foreign AT
fairs, reported the bill, and stated that it
was estimated by the Secretary of State
that the sum of $4,000 would be sufficient
to bring the prisoners to this country
They were supposed TO be still in Spain,
unless some charitable Capt, or the Queen
ofSpain, was bringing them home. Messrs'
CARTIER and CAMPBELL, of Ohio, opposed
the bill, for the reason that the prisoners
were acknowledged to be criminals who
have violated our laws. The latter gentle
man said he had constituents, who in pur-
suing honest purposes had lost all their prop
erty on the Western waters far from home,
and were left to return as best they could.
Mr.. BAILY defended the bill on the score
of humanity, and stated that when the term
of a convictin the Virginia Penitentiary ex-
PRED, or when he was pardoned, he was
furnished with money to purchase clothes
and to bring him home. The bill was pass
ed by the House on the next day, after con-
curing in an amendment offered by Mr..
CARTIER, providing that nothing IN the act
shall be construed into an appreciation of
anv interference in the domestic affairs of
Cuba by any of the citizens Of the United
States.
During the debate, Mr.. BAILY made
happy retort in reply TO the fanatic GID
DINGs which is worthy of special no.
tice. Awaiting himself of the opportunity
when the House was in Committee of the
Whole, GIDDINGs delivered long speech
in favor of intervention" When he had
concluded Mr.. BAYLY remarked, that he
did not propose then to discuss the doctrine
of non-intervention, but simply wished to
pass the bill for the relief of some poor de-
luded citizens of our own country, who had
practically tested the expediency OF inter-
vening in the affairs of foreign countries.
DEATH OF THE Rev. Jos. D. TYLER
The death of the Rev. Mr.. TYLER, at his
residence in this place on Thursday moru-
ing last, after an illness of nearly two weeks,
cast gloom over the town which was ex-
penenced by every class of our citizens
For the last twelve years Mr.. TYLER had
resided here, as Principal of the Deaf Mute
Department Of the Virginia Institution for
The Deaf and Dumb and Blind, and by his
kind and gentlemanly manners had secured
the cordial esteem of wide circle of friends
and acquaintance. He posse ssed refn-
ed taste and highly cultivated mind and
was Justly regarded as an ornament to the
community. HIS death is public loss
The pupils ofthe Department over which he
presided, to whose instruction, intellectual &
religious, he was assiduously devoted, will
greatly miss him, and the friends of that
noble charity, throughout the State, must
sympathize in the bereavement, On Sat
urday morning his remains were attended
to the grave by the officers and pupils OF the
Institution and large procession of citizens,
and on Sunday an appropriate funeral dis
course was preached in the Episcopal
Church by the Rev. Mr.. CAsTLEMAN.
Some other friend more competent to the
task, will doubtless furnish an extended
tribute to the character of the deceased
this much our feelings have prompted us to
offer.
BANK IssUEs.-The National Intelligent
Ger publishes letter from gentleman in
New York, distinguished fol his intimate
acquaintance with the moneyed concerns
and operations of the country, in which the
opinion is expressed ti.at the January re-
turns, when in from all the States, will
show the Bank issues to be one hundred
and sixty millions, or over, with only about
forty millions of specie. The circulation OF
the New England States is thought to be
nearly thirty-fve millions, with little if any
more than three millions of specie. Paper
money should only equal the specie IN the
Banks and SubtreasuFy-now it is nearly
four times as great. Nothing but the high
credit of American stocks in Europe pre-
vented general bank explosion during the
last summer; but England is getting shy OF
our Railroad Bonds and it is probable that
no more can be sold there. The writer
concludes as follows: i
SIN view of these facts, who can doubt
the tempest and whirlwind that must come
next SUMMER and certainly, if we find no
market for our breadstuffS, after the cotton
crop is at market, feel that waited all
done that can be done to avert the terrible
distress that must ensue. The more the
Banks are compelled to take in SAIL the less
will be the general disaster, and the smaller
the number of Banks of the fleet that will
be dismasted and ship-wrecked."
asp A correspondence between the late
Governor of Virginia and the Duke OF Wei
lington has been published. In November
last, Gov. FLOYD sent the Duke by the
hands of two young virginians, bronze
COPY of the gold medal voted by the State
to Gen. ScoTT, at the same time writing
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