Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-05-27
TRAITS OF THE TINES.

PROM THE NEW YORK EXPRESS or THURSDAY EVENING.
The Washington news to-day is very interesting, par
ticularly in the view taken Of the Nebraska BILL
We quote from the correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce: tsH
The Clayton proSiso excludes aliens from the suffrage
for the that they viii Of vote the Southern
population out of the Territory. The House bill thus
passed is, my opinion and that Of many the strongest
Of all the freesoil measures ever proposed
the Wilmot proviso. The Missouri compromise line
may be shown from Mr.. Bentons Speech was intended to
give to the South that territory south of
that line should the option of the inhabitants be slave
territory.
at is surprising therefore, that the South has, with
its uniform moderation yielded this lLe and in fact
demolished this moral Chinese wall ofdefence from North
ern abolitonsm The consequence will be that not an
other slavehodng Territory will be brought into
the Union We may admit all Mexico and all Central
America and Cuba into the Union but still without an
other slave State"
PREDICTION TO CUBA.--The Attorney General, who
is student Of history in arguing the Aagon land
in the Supreme Court remarked that the Count of Amanda
who in l7sS the penpotentiary from Spain and as
such signed the treaty Of peace between the United States
and England wrote the night letter to his So
veregn Charles the Third giving account of what had
been done, and adding:
81 have just affixed my name to the treaty with deep
grief for foresee infinite trouble Spain from the ex-
istence of North American republic This republic has
been uhered into the world pgmy; but the day will
when it will have grown into gigantic proportions
and be colossus"
The Boston Transcript says we must, in justice to
the truth of history state that the resolutions endorsing
Nebraska and the vote to celebrate the passage of the
bill by salute of lib guns, both offered by Off
Ger of the Boston custom-house."
The New York /" Times" notices SEINE public attempts
to defraud the United States revenue. 1t says:
he cusohouse officers great yes.
eday in Of the recent Of heavy fraud
the United States by smuggling Malaga wines and
dies amounting to forty casks The packages imported
by Mr. Caar and landed from the vessel at his bonded warehouse
in street where an officer of the United States customs
watch the mporaops forwarded the proprietor
Of store shortly after tho landing Of the liquors two eartmen
employed the property to the part OF the city
Not single cas should have been TO be taken away by the
officer In charge Of the bonded warehouse The liquor being
bond to Mr. oazars store the imperative duty the officer to
receive permit for every pipe of liquor setting forth that the duties
paid IL suspected that something this mat
but before proceedings could be taken ferret the all
removed Subsequently the assistant
the track by the who bad been assured that be-
forty and fifty Of wines struggled ashore and for
warded extensive dealer in the upper Of the
From the information thus In the assistant
the aid officer started in
suit Of the contraband goods The officers the scent the
liquors. and seizure missed the bonded
store The found ut the extensive dery of Mr. hel
Eleventh where had been purchased perfect
faith The seals Of the casks had not been broken