Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-22
Cuba,


Cuba.
A writer in the New York Journal of Com
merce, who has lately been on the island of
Cuba, thinks that the people of this country are
grossly deceived in relation TO its strength and
military force He says there are twenty-four
thousand regular troops on the island, and to
these will soon be added three thousand negro
troops, to be attached to each battalion as flank
companies The number of frigates, armed
Grigates and "guarda costas," all manned, on the
coast and in the harbors, is four times greater
than is generally known here, and there are also
Il number of vessels which may easily be con-
yerted into vessels of war of from ten to twenty
guns, besides which four steamers and six ships
of the line are now on the way 10 Cuba, in con-
voy of transports, with six thousand regular
troops one thousand Of whom are artillersts.
This writer adds:
"a register of all the landholders and royal.
lists, and those suspected, is in the hands OF the
Governor All those who can be relied upon,
and those suspected are noted. In the hands
of the former arms will be placed in the event
OF invasion, and all suspected will be Immediate
ly arrested. The ammunition and arms are
carefully guarded, and arrangements are made
in case of trouble to pass all public and private
treasure into the Moro Castle. The foolish
young fellows 10 the States who join the fill
busters in expectation Of plumber and easy con-
quest, will be ppointed-and, instead of
realizing these expectations, will find defeat,
death, or imprisonment. The natives of the is
land supposed to be friendly to revolution are
feeble race ignorant of military matters, without
organization, arms or concert-and will disap-
point the expectations Of their friends III the
United States"
PRESENT PuIITIcs.-A strict adherence to
the Constitution and stern maintenance of the
rights of the States, have come to be consider
ed as at once quixolic in politics, and extreme
in practical principles. The tendency of the
Washington papers is to ignore every thing but
expediency and partyism. The Sentinel, in re-
gard TO the frcesoers and abolitionists, says,
that their opposition proves the soundness of
measure" 1t is or should be well known that
anti-slavery, to attain its ends, disregards all the
fundamental principles and practices of our Con-
federacy under the compact 1t opposes any
measure, which is not, outright, subversive of
Southern institutions, Of the guarantees in their
favor, and of the original rights on which they
are founded. A measure which is short OF this
purpose, and yet one of Il mere miserable eXpe-
diency in favor Of partysm and nationallsm, and
itself in c0nlravention of the essential doctrines
Of State rights and the federal compact, can ne-
,her secure their support nor what is more vital,
the appreciation of all the sound and rejecting,
who maintain the true theory and demand the
just action of our constitutional system. Yet it
is the fashion at Washington, and is even spread
ing South, to attempt to bluff off and disparage
this latter, the only true men of the Republic,
by coEfounding them with Abolilionists, who
are in the opposite extreme, and to denounce
their position because forsooth it is as that of
our rabid enemies, in opposition to measures
unpriiciplcd and destructive This cant is as
destitute of sense and justice, as it is without
integrity aud creed If abolitionism can only
be broken down by desperate sacrifice of
every principle, of all faith and right practice,
J the Union is not worth preserving. lfw can
not maintain the Constitution and Inc rights of
the States, in common with its preservation, let
the politicians and press at Washington acknow-
| ledge the fact and let Southern men look to
Southern safcty.-Charleston News.
A DEspERADo-SamuclM Murray, convict in
Sing Sing Prison, attacked keeper named Geo.
p. Sherwood, on Friday last with razor. MIR.
Sherwood received two frightfu stabs in the
left THIGH. and another wound near the groin,
which penetrated to the depth of about two
inches, and will probably terminate fatally.
The occurrence took place in the hat shcp,
where Murray worked. When assistance came
he made terrible resistance, but after severe
struggle he was overpowercd, and placed in soIi-
tary confinement to await his punishment. Du-
ring the encounter, the desperate fell upon ano-
thcr officer of the Institution with knife in his
hand, and was only repclled by the latter shoot
ng him in the legs with six barreled revolver.
The wretch being dvested of his clothes, the
Warden examined his body, and discovered over
twenty scars, which We're the results OF stabs
while in frequent rows and fights when at largo
in Now York.
A Nrw ExclrENENT.-lt is stated in the Eu-
ropean papers that new wonder has sprung up
at Stockholm, in Sweden, in the shape of a
singer, whose voice is more extraordinary than
that of Jenny Goldschmidt She has taken the
people of her native city by storm, and set them
frantic from excitement 1t is said that she so
enraptures her hearers, by her singing, that the
musicians in the orchestra frequently forget
themselves and stop. Her name is Mltchelet'
A RATHER hard specimen of Yankee late,
ly returned from Europe, told his friends he haa
been presented at Court there.
"Did you see the Queen Z" asked one.
"Wal, no." replied the Yankee, didn't see
her, 'zacty, but seed one of her frlends'--a
Jud &c. Yer sce," hc continued, "the Court
was presented to there happened to be Police
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