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The importance Of Cuba 10 Texas Consists in
this; If wa in the hands ar unfrienfy
maritime power ii would Be impossible Ior States
bordering on the Gulf TO ret their afanles to mar
kets in our southern ports III Is therefore dues.
ton which they could not longer escape and
which must be disposed Of in some form He adj
United, with the Gentleman that II vas the duty
Of the Goyernrnent 10 suppress all private enter.
prises to invade the possessions Of i nation with
which we are 1t neace. and the enrraanonlence Of
Mr.. Buchanan, under President Polk's admins
tration shows that directions were eiyen to every
public officer t, sunnreaa every exnedition against
Cuba. But this Administration could not even
prevent the Pamnern from going ont. Therefore.
the gentleman cnnId not accuse the Democrats
adrninistra ton Of winknr at such exneditons. or
being negligent If ito dn33v n th;a reapect
he was in favor Of the Monroe ,ioctr!ne. hut was
not inclined m sns,a;n . csra;n rssnlmt;on intro
dnced in The Senata -, M G.ss sr;v;na notice to
the world thai whsneyer anv fare;an ns,wer shall
attemnt 10 ms Ia satts,ne,,;s mon his continent
we viii cnna;dsr II 'mnfr;andiy and. ) canse far
var Rnt ube,,evsr =, Enrn;,ss !, o. under.
takea To Be sattiar a,ta - IL rape,;csn cont
nent and Nth o. aa;onai ;n.ereats and
safety. then he wonId he wiI;no to resort to the
last arpnment If this aha il hecome NECESSARY.
If rema;ns nnder the no,uer If Snain and
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GENERAL CAss's RESOLUTIONS. The Demo
cratic ''Ion,'' writing in yesterdays Baltimore
Sun, says: 'sis s@1'see sr'a 5#ta rs,+...
General Cass.s resolutions reafirmins the
Monroe doctrine, and defining our position on the
subject of Cuba. are considered as rejecting the
policy of the incoming Democratic administra-
ton. 1t is to be presumed that they are brought
forward for adoption, and not for abandonment,
after the fashion OF the resolutions of last winter
which carried so much dismay to European des.
potism.
"The first resolution is warming to Great Bri-
tain against the continuance of her Central Anne
rican enterprises. This will be an important mat
ter, and troublesome one for the incoming ad-
IninistratioD; for they likely to be committed
in advance to more energetic policy in regard to
it than the present Administration has pursued.
General Cass puts himself on Mr.. John NJ
Clayton's first ground. and if the next admins
tration go with him, Great Britain will be obliged
to pull up stakes and be off out of Central America
General Cass's resolution concerning Cuba is
very good, and may, 1t is hoped, control the next
administration; bit 1t will not content Young
America. The resolution does not fix a time for
the acquisition of Cuba-not even ]. c. Adams's
period, which wants twenty years of completion.
Nor dues it declare that our destiny concurs with
our policy in determining that we will have Cuba
at some convenient time. This 10 the declaration
repeatedly made in the recent discussions in the
House and in the press; and, perhaps, the world
understands it as we'll as if General Cass had put
it in bis programme. But the next administra-
ton is not, fortunately, to be committed BY this
resolution, to war for Cuba, nor to any projects
for Fastening its acquisition
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Congress-.

In the Senate yesterday the debate on Cuba
was postponed till Wednesday next. Messrs.
CAss, Downs, and CHASE, made personal ex-
plantations respecting the treaty with Great
Britain concerning Central America; and, after
some unimportant business, the Senate adjourne
ed to Monday.
The House of Representatives took up and
considered the bill for the prevention Of frauds
on the treasury of the United States; but,
without coming to conclusion upon the sub
ject, went into Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union, where matters relating
to our foreign policy were discussed.
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The Coming Cabinet.

When the great phlloso phlcal statesman OF
England described the Cabinet formed by Lord
CHATHAM, he foreshadowed the heterogeneous
composition of another Cabinet that will soon
appear, scintillate, and explode before the eyes
of the American people. "He made an ad-
ministraton," said Mr.. BURKE, $50 checkered
and speckled; he put together piece of join
cry so GROSSLY indented and whimsically
dovetailed; cabinet so variously inlaid; such
a piece of diversified mosaic; such tesselated
pavement without cement; here bit of black
stone, and there bit of white; patriots and
courtiers; kings friends and republicans;
Wings and Tories, treacherous friends and
open enemies; that it was indeed very Gu
rious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and
insure to stand upon"
1t is the memorable condition Of General
PIERcE's election, its manner and circum-
stances, that his Cabinet must be of the
checkered and speckled fashion, and that his
party must split into fragments at the very
outset Of his administration. Composed as his
on no principle but that of the spois-the main
wings Secessionists and Abolitionlsts, some of
them so stepped in Dlsunion that they were re
garded by moderate and patriotic men as very
little better than traitors-it happened that
General PIERCE received the votes of the
debted for his election. In vain did the WH1Gs
appeal to the true friends of the Union, to know
if they would aid in placing power in the hands
of the SoULEs, FoRsYrHs, VENABLEs, and
DAvIsEs, on the one side; and the DIxEs, VAN
BURENs, CLEvELANDs, and KINGS, on the
other. It was like whistling to whirlwind.
The UNION men were impressed with the idea
that Gene raj ScoTT had involved himself with
the Abolitonists; not by any overt act, but by
treating them with undeseryed comfy, and by
refusing to come outas promptly and buddy as its
friends would have liked in written explana-
tion of his views in regard to the Compromise.
This was grossly unjust to General SeoTr, but
it was the madness of the hour and prevailed.
The Wines proper stood by their flag, many
of them with fainting and doubling hearts
for they saw the disadvantages under which
they were going into the contest; they saw
That Uen6Idl IlEkCE udu UdldHCC Va poWcl
party with him--that he had the prestige of
Unionism and Nationalism with him-and that
General ScoTT was tainted byla suspicion of
sectionalism, which was likely to prove as ia
tai to him as actual sectionalism had proved to
Mr.. CALHOUN. sa2 ID aetaatseg S3&@*a =
The men who voted for General Pierce un-ss
der these extraordinary illusions are just as
good friends of the Union, just as warm ene-
mics Of Secessionists and Abolitionists at this
day as they were on the day ofelection. What
will these men say when they find instead Of a
truly national Cabinet, such as General Scorr
would have called about him, an administration
mainly composed Of Secessionists and political
FIeesoilers2 Mainly composed, we say. We
do not mean that these factions will have the
majority in numbers Of the Cabinet, but they
will have the preponderance Of intellect
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TIL E REP u BLIC.
WASHINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1853.

As the letter of Mr.. CHAMPION, of the 23d
April, on the Cuban business, published in our
impression of yesterday, purports to be conf
Dental, it is we'll perhaps that we should call
attention to the fact, as stated in the report of
the SECRETARY OF STATE to the PRESIDENT
communicating this correspondence, that it
was at the Instance Of the Department-not of
the French and British Ministers-that the
early portions of it were considered as conf
Dental, for temporary reason which has
ceased to exist.
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FRoM THE Rio observation-disclosures from Browns
vile to the 18th ult. confirm fully the previous
counts received here by way of Tampico of the
entire success of the Mexican revolutionists in
the State of Tamaulipas. Victoria, Tampico and
several other important towns were in their pos
session, and Cardenas, the Governor, had fed to
Queretaro. The commander of the government
forces at Matamoros had expressed his determine
ton to stand by Arista, and was making barricades
and other defences to prepare for siege, as he an
ticipated an attack from the insurgents. The town
had been declared under martial law, or, TO the
technical language of the proclamation, sin state
of siege"
Carvajal was said to be in Guerrero, at the head
of a large Mexican force, and Trevino, one of his
officers. was guarding the Paso del Zacate, also
with considerable number of adherents.
The Brownsville Flag says that no Americans
arc engaged in this quarrel 1t is family affair,
and the Mexicans fighting it out amongst
themselves.
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The RHODE Island LIoUoR LAw.-J1dge Cur
hs's Decision.-The Providence Journal, in com.
mentng upon this decision, calls attention to
tain facts which of importance in properly
estimating it. In the first place, the law is not de-
clared to be contrary to the Constitution of the
United States, but to that of Rhode Island 1t does
not therefore decide similar laws in other States,
but the provisions with which it conflicts are those
general provisions which are in almost all the
State constitutions. The Journal further says:
at does not necessarily decide the question in
this State, except in cases to which citizens of
other States parties; for the supreme court of
the State is not bound upon question of State
constitutonality to accept the decision Of the Uni
ted States courts. Still, practically, such will
doubtless be the effect. Great respect would be
paid to any opinion of Judge Curtis, and it doubt
less carries an intrinsic weight with it, greater
even than the weight of authority. We do not
suppose that the decision will be overruled; nor
that an appeal will be taken to the Supreme Court
at Washington, as may be done in a case of this
kind, without regard to the amount involved.
s'The decision, understand. does not go
against the vital principle of the law the destruc-
ton of the liquor kept for illegal sale, butt goes
against all the stringent measures which give eff
cheney to the principle, and without which the
principle cannot he carried out without new pro-
visions, which it would be difficult to frame 1t
requires such description of the liquors to be de-
stroyed as il is very difficult to give ~ 10
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UNCLE Tom THEoLoeY AND THEoLoGIANs.-
The last Jamaica papers come to hand, we see,
contain elaborate reports of lecture delivered at
Kingston, by the Rev. Mr.. Garnett, black cler-
gyman, tolerably well known in this part of the
country. His theme was, the origin and effects of
the Fugitive Slave Law in the United States, and
the numbers of people who came to listen TO him
are reported to have been enthusiastic admirers.
iEGarnet came to Jamaica as missionary from
the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
Among other statements designed to freshen up
the nobility of Fl. b M. 70 subjects in that part of
creation against the rascally shareholders in the
Unit ed States, was the following:
"Uncle Toms Cabin had produced a woncrous
sensation, not only in the United States but in
Europe In the United States. at the South, he had
heard of white ladies who hid the book under their
Clothes and read it at night; they had been
whipped, too for the act" ,as.
Now, VIGOROUSLY ignorant as many OF the ia
maica people arc of society in the Southern States
here-quite as ignorant rs their transatlantic gov
ernesses, the Duchess of Sutherland and her Stat
ford House cotere-can it be possible that bare
faced an untruth this could pass for sober truth?
1t lie difficult TO believe it. The reverend Garnet
must at all events have bad an elevated estimate
OF the intelligence of his white hearers when he
was humbugging them with such stories as these
These "whipping white ladies' stories, by and
by. will make US only great nation of Haynaus
in the eyes of the Uncle Tom worshippers over
sea.-Welo York Express.
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THuaspAy. January S, 1868.


TUESDAY, January s, 1853.
4 Nos. % and 30. The United States IS u Gus
mansand v. Rillieux's heirs.-Appeais from the
district court of the United States for Louisiana.
Mr.. Justice Catron delivered the opinion of this
Court, reversing the DEGREES Of the said diptrict
court and REMINDING these causes with difections
to dismiss the petitions of the claimants.
{ No. 81 PHI De Lime et. ali, appeiiants, ~. A.
B. Moore ct al.-The argument of this cause was
continued by Mr.. Bradley for the appellees, and
concluded by Mr. Butler for the appellants.
4 No. 40. The Vincennes University, plaintiffs in
error, vs The State Of Indiana This cause was
argued by Mr.. Judah for the plaintiffs in error,
and submitted on a printed argument by Mr..
Smith for the defendant in error.
No. ~. Jacob Deloye, appellant, ps. James H
Lucas ct al-This cause, from the circuit court Of
the United States for Missouri, was dismissed for
irregularity in the proceedings, on the motion of
Mr.. Geyer, of counsel for the appellees.
No. 43. E. T. Perry. appellant, vs. Joshua B.
Brant.-On the motion of Mr.. Lawrence, this ap.
peal from the circuit court the United States for
Missouri was dismissed for the want Of prosecu-
ton. r5ets..5r1 EEgz a. s.ss.see~
No. a. VIM. Christy, plaintiff in error, 81. j.
D. Hnley,-The argument of these causes was
commenced by Mr.. Bib for the plaintiff in error.
Adjourned until tomorrow IL O'Clock a. m.
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Central America, and Mr.. Clayton informed him
that it did.
Mr.. WELLER said he was surprised to hear the
Senator from Louisiana express astoniahment at
any act Of Mr.. Clayton, no matter how. stupid.
He never knew Mr.. Clayton to be engaged in afv
matter in which he did not show himself to be ex-
cessively stupid.
Mr.. DAVIS called the attention Of Senators 10
the historical fact That in l7s0 Great Britain &C.
CURED ~ treaty with Spain certain rights in Hon
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COMMITTEE ON FRAUDS.

Mr.. HOUSTON submitted the following resolu
ZION, which was agreed to:
Resolred, That the select committee appointed
on the 9th Of August, 1852, to inquire into abuses,
bribery, fraud in prosecuting claims, Sc, be re-
dent of the Senate to fill the vacancy on the com.
mittee; and that the committee be authorized to
employ clerk. sssss--=-e -.,-.~=---.asas
And then, on motion e, s, J.. g-..
The Senate adjourned to Monday. l. II
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The Hon. RICHARD Yates has communi-
Gated to his constituents Of the Sixth Con-
gressional district Of Illinois his determination
not to be candidate for election at the close
of the term for which he was recently chosen.
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Disasters ON THE LAKES IN IS52.-Captain
Rounds, of the Northwestern Insurance Company,
has prepared table of the losses this year on the
Lakes. We content ourselves with the footings,
follows:
Total loss of property for 1852. 1892 ,659
Total loss Of life. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 296
Whole amount of loss by collisions. S26l, $50
Do do other casualties .......... 73O,709
The amount of loss by steam vessels has
been ..................... 633, $40
The amount of oes by sail vessels has been 359 039
Do do American do, GOT ,4S7
- Do do British do. So, l65
The loss of life is considered to be very much
underestimated, the number lost ON the Atlantic
alone having been thought by good judges to be
greater than the whole number given above.
Six steamers, seven propellers, and thirty-fve
sail vessels have gone out of existence entirely.
hfilscaukie Sentinel.
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Yesterdays Union has dispatches from IL
linois, announcing the reelection of Judge
DOUGLAS to the United States Senate. The
Judge received 75votes; GILLESPIE, (Whig,)
I9; CuLLENs, (Freesoiler,) |.
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tits estimated by De Bow that the trade of ia
pan with this country. if she opens her ports, will
be worth $500, 000, 900 annually. This is more
than the entire value Of the annual exports of the
United States to Great Britain. The population 10
put ut fifty millions
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J., FRoM LAKE SUPERIOR. Dates to the lst of De-
cember have been received from the Lake Superior
region. At Ontonagon the river was &closed with
ice. and the snow, two feet deep The accounts
from the mines are favorable, though tie miners
are somewhat disheartened by the failure to get
their copper shipped last fall. Over 900 tons
remain behind. The Qntonagon river low
last fall which made it difficult to ship from the
mines to the lake. The plank road nov construct.
ing from Ontonagon to the mines will obviatc the
difficulty hereafter A letter from Portage lake
cient pit TO the depth of 70 feet, in the rock the
vein has been not less than 5 feet wide, and has
carried copper the entire depth. One mass taken
out estimated to weigh over l 500 pounds Some
Is tons of copper have been taken out, and the
prongs Of another mass are in sight beneath where
the laGt one was taken out. ssyIyaa s4fs ss$
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The American, Hing Reuie,c has been sold TO
Messrs Putnam Co., and will be incorporated in
the new monthly. Its old fashioned politics were
not included in tho bargain. "a s5pesgsgs
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Melancholy Accident to General Pierce and
his Family.
1t will be learnt from our Geographic column
that General PIERCE and his lady suffered from
an accident which occurred yesterday on the
Boston and Maine railroad, and that their son.
who accompanied them, was instantly killed.
Mrs. PIERCE was also seriously injured; and
the President elect, though sound in limbs, is
not wholly unhurt.
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NEW MAIL ROUTE PRoJscr.-The impositions
practiced upon the public by the New Jersey rail
road monopolists, and the railroad companies be-
tween Philadelphia and Washington, both in the
conveyance of mails and passengers, has suggested
the project of an independent mail route between
the political and commercial metropolis of the
Union. The New York Tribune and Washing ton
Republic, and other papers are calling public at
tention to the necessity of such a remedy for the
grievous evils complained of. The Postmaster
General has also laid the matter Before Congress,
and urged upon, its attention ii e very great i'm.
portance CT the subject. The West are somewhat
interested in this matter as well the East, and
we therefore second the proposition of the Tribune
for the remedy of the impositions which the rail.
road companies referred to have long practiced.
Were these evis not the fruit of overgrown and
defiant corporations, the Tribune eays, which hold
the whole State of New Jersey under their feet,
we should not thus allude to them, bat allow the
usual and efficient remedies of free competition to
work cure. But it is a case calling for extraor-
binary courses It has been proposed to have Con-
gress establish railroad post route between Phila-
delphia and New York, and thus construct rival
line without asking permission of New Jersey, who
has chosen to shift not only the burdens Of her le
climate taxation upon travellers who are COM
PEELED to cross her territory but to aflict and vex
them by needless and provoking delay.ET late
Postmaster General, Mr.. Hall, examined this pro-
position and gave a decided opinion that Congress
possessed the constitutional power to such
route We trust that body may Ia he the sub
ject into consideration, and relieve US from the
incubus of which we complain. 10 Detroit Tribune.
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The Mexican papers bring the speech of our
Minister to Mexico, Judge CoNKL1NG, on being
presented to the President, together with the
reply of the latter functionary, who professed
desire to ftdaily draw more close those friendly
and useful relations" which now subsist be-
tween the two countries. ~
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New CoUNrERFEIT.--A few counterfeit one dol,
lar certificates of deposit Of the Farmers, and
Planters Bank have appeared here. They are
letter D, No. l5,804. The signatures are well ex
ecuted; the paper is very flimsy and bad; The ink
on the engraving 10 very pale and Of reddish hue,
entirely different from the genuine.
c}sE M Il s}T asa Baltimore Patriot.
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Own FIRST PAeE.-A long article on the trial Of
the rival reaping machines in England, and other
matters, will be found on our first page to- day.
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8 SNow-sToRM and an extraordinarily high tide
visited Norfolk Eva } on Monday night. The
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THREE PERSONS were killed and five wounded
BY the explosion OF the steamer Fusileer, in the
Gulf of Mexico, ON the 14th ut. 5as5 1szs4
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AWARD IN THE GENERAL ARMSTRONG CASE
The New York Herald, on the authority of it's
Paris correspondent, announces the rendition of
award by Louis Napoleon, in the matter of the
celebrated claim made by our Government against
that of Portugal, for Naturalization for the loss OF
tie American privateer General Armstrong in
1914, and which award has been adverse to the
claim, and in favor of PORTUGAL ~sf -. -...-s-,a
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s@ ADEsrATcH from Boston intimatcs that the Gov
ernor and Council have rejected the offer of $780,,
600 for the lands lying in Maine and belonging to
Massachusetts, which had been unanimously re-
commended hy the com missioners.
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Mn. PREscoTT has been elected an honorary
member of the Royal Irish Academy. j
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THE RAPPING PHENoMENA.-We find the fol-
lowing letter in the Commonwealth, called forth by
abatement in that paper that an eminent capital
list of this city had been induced, by witnessing
the spiritual phenomena, !" 80 called to believe
that the account they rendered Of themselves was
true: ... &. r.- - s+-
ITO the Editors Of the Commonwealth: An ar
ticle in your paper, of 2Sth instant, relating to
Modern Spiritualism, speak of capitalist being
almost in the daily habit of visiting a medium,
&c, &c. To prevent mistakes with regard to
who the individual is, allow to ask your
pendent to call on me, when shall be most happy
to show to him the documents he alluded to.
"Yours, Ron. G., SHAW.
"BosroN, December 80, 1882 49,,
1t is understood that MIR. Shaw believes in the
spiritual origin of the phenomena. We could
name many men of education and good practical
sagacity who agree with him in this. Nearly all
the members of that highly respectable class of
christians, known as receivers OF the writings of
Swedenborg, believe in the spiritual character of
the phenomena, though they may disrust the
"spirits' concerned, aud regard them as low and
falibe. tits the fashion of many persons to speak
of the "Spiritualists'' moonstruck or insane.
A Blind beiefin the infaliibty of communications
supposed to be spiritual may prove very mischiev-
Gus to believers, and is, believe, delusive and
perncious But it does not follow that because
man may refer certain phenomena to supernatural
agencies he Is to be denounced a dupe. We
certainly very far from believing in the spiritual
origin OF the phenomenon; but we are equally far
from being able to give solution based on admis
sible natural causes.-Boston Transcript.