Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-11-25


Stokes-William Clegg.
washington-Joel W Tucker 0
Roanoke-Rober Burton, supernumerary, Henry Gray
Plymouth-Oran Scoville.
Wilamston-John Jones.
Edgecombe-James L Cotton II II Gibbons.
MISUNDERSTANDING Halstean, Charles NJ Anderson.
Bath Mission Geo W Farabee- one to be supplied.
Observation-Disclosures (iattis.
Neuse->amuel Dozer.
c"f a5Fsi fH9 K & rpBsd Nicholson Pc
MISUNDERSTANDING, ] H Wheeler
ei2eufs, z zlbpS K noi R''"0'
Goldsboro'DLafayF " Martin, Jas Brent
Smithfeld-J1hn Tilett.
0nsiow Marble N Taylor
Trent-A Harrss.
Beaufort-Dougan Johnson
1q and G1Ps +GpkTqs MsoRJ Hines
Wilmington, Brink Chmch-Numa Reid.
6 9Th Street-A BRAN Weaver.
Topsail-Willam M Walsh.
Sampson-Charles Jones.
Windsor-Rchard Dunkey
Fayetteville NJ Frost
Bladen-Jos Martin. Clarendon Pepper.
Cape Fear African Mission-Jere Johnson.
Smthvie-Paul Carraway.
Whitesville- Washington Chatfn, Thos McRae.
Fayetteville Circuit-John w Tinnen.
William Langdon appointed to labor for the benefit of
Seamen in Wilmington
Johnvey NJ Sharpe, transferred Holston Conference
Franc,s Barring, left without appointment
VIM H. Bobbitt, left without appointment account of
i'll health.
Delegates to General COnference-C Deems William
Gloss, Robt, Carson Robert 0. Burton, Nicholson,
William Carte, William Barringer
Alternately Wiso !, James Jameson.
The next Conference is to be held in Pttsboro.
From the n O. Crescent
What Is to be Annexed.
Everybody should feel obliged, even to an adver-
sary, when he sets question in clearer light than
It bad before. The following statement does this
A Spanish paper-La Pas, OF SeviIle-in remar-
kahle article discussing The question of the annexa-
ton OF Cuba by the United States, thus foreshadows
some OF the consequences which would result from
that initial measure:
1t is incontestibIe since the government at Wash.
ingon has not taken pairs to deny it, that the Amer
lean Union aspres to the absorption of the Island Of
Cuba and it is not less evident that once mistress OF
the greatest and richest of those European possessions
the acquisition of the others, or the repetition in all
of them of the ST Domingo slaughter, would be
difficult matter
Now the loss of Cuba would import for England
the loss of Trinidad, which commands the mouth of
the Orinoco that of Tobaga, that of St Lucia Gren
a1ines, Barbados, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua,
Nevis, ST Christopher, Anguila the Virgin Isles, ia
mai "a and the archipelago of the Lucca Is
lands.
Ii would import for France the loss of Guadalupe,
Martinique Descada, Los Santos, Mariegalante, and
part of St. Martin.
1t would import for Holland the loss OF St. Eustace
Java, Curacao. Oruba ard Buen Ayre
1t would import for Denmark the loss of San Juan
and Santa Cruz.
1t would import for Sweden the loss of ST. Bartholo-
new.
1t would import for the Emperor Soulouque the
loss of Hayti.
# would import, in a word, for Europe the COM
pete abdcation Of her power, of her representation,
OF her influence of her interests in the American seas,
and the absolute peponderance OF the United States,
to whose strength nothing could, from henceforh be
opposed
This settling the matter before US in its true point
of view But there is yet much to add-the cont.
mental effects of possession of Cuba. 1t will more
than threaten all the Gulf coast of Mexico, and have
her hemmed in by our power, which she breads and
hates.
Commanding the Gulf and the Caribbean Sea,
with their archipelago of Isles, we shall have at
mercy all Central America. and almost equally all
the English French. and Dutch possessions the
main. Nor will it not expose TO US Brazil, etc.
Such is the prospect of power to US, of destruction
10 others. which this acqusltlon-inkng TO itself so
many more-holds out. Now, the question is not
Whether not 10 expect the determined and ieagued
opposition of all these nations. For every one is GER
tain to defend bis own, when be is OF as much
help he desires. What we have 10 consider is the
simplest thing in the world. namely: are We strong
enough take this fine island, in spite of all who are
likely to join in opposing our doing 500 '+..~-
Report OF THE SECRETARY OF THE Maya
Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Amer
can says:
The estimates for the expenses of the Navy Depart
for the next fiscal wear have been prepared, anG
| lean that they do not differ much from those of las
year, Notwithstanding the Secretary will recommend
very considerable increase of the steam navy. Th:
results from the fact that the government has on hand
very large proportion of the material required 10
ship-huding and that the estimate of necessary ex
pendures have been considerably reduced in man,
branches of the service.
The Secretary will recommend TO Congress the es
adjustment of number of government mechani
shops. where machinery for national vessels Cal
be prepared and throughy tested before being put in
to the ships, is the practice in the English navy.
Our STEAM NAvY.-To show the true weight c
our steam marine the New York Times gives tn
following the exact, but not very formidable, al
maments of our steamers
| The Princeton-One eight-inch Paxhan gun, o.
pivot. and eight forty two pound carronades
/ The Saranac and San Jacinto-Two eight.ine
Paixhan pivot guns and four eight-nch broadsid
guns These two steamers are accounted only q
e second-rate vessels
The Powhatian and Susquehanna-Thre ten
inch Paixhan guns on pivots, six eight-inch guns
broads;de.
This is to say the least of it, full armament fo
!, vessels of this size.
Steamer Fuiton-One eightinch Paixhan gun o
. pivot, four thirty-two's in bFeadside.1The Fulto
would be accounted among naval men as thirG
4 rate vessel.
t The Mississippi-Two ten.iaehon hundred san
! twenty pound Paixhan guns, one on each bow 0
81 pisots lght eightineh sixty light peaAa Paf1ha
guns in broadsds.-.