Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-22
DAILY t.RGiNtiN.
FRIDAY Morning.. SEPT. ~, 1854.
The Purohase of Cuba.

fklbAA MoRNlNt',.-.-.. SEPT. -, 1904.
The Purchase of Cuba
The rumnr in circulation that Mr.. Souo has
purchased Cuba for over Sl0O,000,6n0 is con
tradicted by the New York Express as altogether
without foundation II SAYS il is m old story
TT .vamped-founded upon an offer which
the Polk administration is reported to have made
during it. existence il is true, howevcr,it adds.
that Mr. Soale has been rene wing the otter, add
ing more on, and that snoh /, the want Of some
OF the Spanish ministers ofmoney. that they gave
I'm some attention, but only reieat the otler.
i is said to he true, also, tt-t great are Their
necessities, tia, the jingle Of -, many millions
IA their ears wits sore tetFptauoa 10 thcm, bat
they resisted ibid M listen 10 * long. The
Express claims to have these fact from pretty
aathentic sources, aud saYs:
'.'The Spanish ministry. at beast al Them
must have such general knowledge of our gov
eminent a. ta know thai no administration can
nut It's hands into the Treasury without the
tAority Of Congress. dr. Pierce cannot pev a
cent for Cuba without the concurrence uf both
the Senate aud House: aud things now indicate
that he viii be largely III the minority in the HeNt
House Of Representatives., Its very ttue that
he may make treaty. subject Is the Tatlii-
cation Of the Senate; but then Dol y eut cNn H.
get fro.a the Treasury for ia execution without
majority in the House al Representatives togp-
propriste it.
"12lore j. a Very uutmely hast te rlncs Cuba
from the Spanish crown before ia prnr Is rire.
In all probability, from the wetkn=. 81 spain
and the craving uf Cuba 10 be cur, oef- IL il 10
be some day other; bat then il ought ta be
ours without any * these eairavagatpt sums vi
nnteercd apd offered Nj Sonle sepirg the
general corruption Of the public men IN Madrid.
hope. probably corrupt moro hp office dan
niiIon,-bltssy ci, il certain, tie bait - not
taken.
The W ythevllie Telegraph pubiisher tue rrs-
.eeedingS Of large meeting Of the citjlcu~ II
Wythe county, for the purpose N taking pre-
,iminarv steps for the celebration Of Tho couple
ton of the VA and Tenn. boilrnad te tin " vine
willie Depat. \ general committee af arrange
mont appointed, and COL h. X. Floyd ap
pointed "a deliver an address the oe~o-ioD.-
The Telegraph says
This will BE an rycnt worthy to IL &c, bra ID.
and frou eur know lge nf the aapd pyopl. II
Nythc, We feel no ,taltop in promising thai II
will be nome a grard st,le. y Is az a,oia =
whiel or otiaens hr,. IHai. .| f.s,trd VITA In
greatest -ol 5s.l. ana thee cua IT reiolre With
an exceeding q.eat ,uq that va, tunttju hef
siers haye = IN cut Guwn.aiti au outlet ci,cuthcm
fsr1b,.a torres Of gron and minors to lynC hhure,
= err, 'nrs, Richmond, Norfolk vud liner markets F
The men 81 worth Snd pairo,-u. Il IliH I'#a /
gleSSes viii INV De hctal b. .sHa af roy IL
bona, of hrotherly l",e 18th tb" "a a,.. ...a
men oi tn Piean'ut casItrv am ...'r' I
Virgin 'u.ate iliatl a. vii, D.
Dor h' ole pc H.. having Il common hopc.a cog
mon interest, con,noa destiny
Tine New York JouHSAl. Ut CosAffR.l ,.la#
ments, in PARTICLE on dram drinking in Lug
land on the new law that has ut gene into
operation there for Ibe snpprcsSlon-ar ~ leas, I
the regulstion-af tipping. the Sabhath
THIS aw, We ~. told has already heen prolae
tive of the most gratifying X ult~. fatl IN ,oo
ra and social aspect The ncasure, though Is
hut bali wav one, after all, but nevertheless /
II l. good beginning foT reform which has
long been wanted. y many as u hundred thou
sand persons have been taken INTO custody, an
nually, by the police in England and Scotland,
tor drunken and di>ordery conduct Such is
actually the fact as shown by the felice returns,
and ofthat numhcr MANY a. a:aty thousand .
were females. The journal add~.-
This too only of the towns having ii popriaz
ton of not lee. than 10000 persons, of which |
there are l6i in England, and IL in scotland. -
On the 9th April there Wee IN various tails and |
houses Of correction in England "a, many as 20
lib prisoners, the offences Of probabl, a majority
OF whom might be traced, 1t il believed, 10 ndul-
genoe IN Intoxicating drinks. Bar what else j.
10 he expected from the varied AMI multiplied
faeI'lt'cs provided for The popular addiction Il
this diSorgahl1npy and debasug vice H. that I
country What are we To think of youutrs /
moi much larger-though more pupulous thnu I'll /
State of y. York, having NOR" thln q hundred T
thousand estahlis hmeuts lieeu, ed ter tn, u,is-
ehieVous purpose proportion a them are
only licensed for the sale of beer, bat these |
houses are generally the worst conducted Of all, /
and "a respects the wnoie huEdled Thousand, they
evidently contribute more 10 the disorder nf SO
ciety ana the commission of crime thau all the |
other Influences. whether from without N from
within, pat together What an ,.sldrlr, oi their I
baneful influence is there Rot so - found iu The
tactto -ay nothing else Tor it is pregnnAt with
all ovilof the duty alone Of British -plait. only.
amounting IA upwards of SIX millions aud d 1rar.
ter of pound sterling. more thun ulirty-oue +
millions of dollars. annually. Aud this l. ude
pendent altogether of some five millions IF gal |
Ions OF rum COT suncd, and some ten millions ui
brandy ana geneva, and seven millions OF gallons
of foreign wines
lYNCHBuRa MUSICAL AssooiAqIoN.-T his H.
ISOLATION, for some time past in contemplate ~,
aud having long he"n a lesileratun IN this rity
of tod and h..Inet-, Ia draw Of The wear, body
and mind IT, higner pleasures, iras At last been
organized. II consists of number u gentle igH
from this place and vicinity, some ri WHOM IL
we'll known IA possess talents for I'D Kin in
Muse, and we dovb. .ol, bat that witt p.gse-
verauco IN their stat 4 meetings ior tac,,. ,neY
viii, under The faithful. direction - MIR RozAal-
ira, some day prevc themselves IL IT, araNfea
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