Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-03-28
OUR DIFFICULTIES WITH SPAIN.

for it's foreign policy. the moro reSPec'aot
position fully justify The course OF tho freSioen' J" w
RACK Warrior Affair. They ccho The sentiment oil Inc fte'
s,hs,,s m.sssoe that come decisive action should be arEi''
cd nj. hy which, the anuoyances and insults to our ie'lo" CT
tizeus and commemorate long continued w'Ihou' eu..s
NAV be- fully avoided for the fututs. The Philadelphia Norm
American-ono of the ,aost conservative papeFsln TN ono"'
and never disposed to 20 out of US way 10 cong SUI -
the President or 10 The Democratic party.-iee'S Use ''NN
n,on. By the strong circumstances Of the cnse, 10 assume j
uan,y md American ground on the occasion. I'VE need not
: ,.v n, ,emo,ks, that we have DO sympathy with FI!ious'
terine, no matter what form It may assumc-"o 'eeo Nv
say tina, we have no tolerance for those, whoever ,'ey q
c DO, who would avail themselves OF MI acc'ce"'a' ~.
stance 10 perpetrate national wrong-we need no' ID '1'
d we lend no countenaDce to any etorte' come "o"
D quarter they may, TO take advantage Of the weakness u apS
. forsiun mower with which we ndy be brought in'o JUG.
-. =, ,,i,L ,b,, ,bs caa. Of the Black Warrior furnishes
e , ,,oner onnortuuity for such negotiations as WIZ S''o'
our commercial intercourse with Spain something hhe sn
, eosaity. As things now stand rhe has u' al Constant Jus
advantage. Her revenue laws, famed tos o STATE OF s"'us
wholly different from any which now e1st' eno a'n""'"'
enforced or suspended, invite, and almost compel 'loia'lonSo y"
the part of our trading vessels, and lead I" ifcq'en'' apu so"e'
times perilous troubles. This is especially the case at Havana,
where, during the last few yea!s, the course pursued hoe IN
volye6, almost constant annoyance, uRd produced q fsveTloh
alarm that al any moment our peaceful connections miHht
DO broken oil, even where no Intention OF offence existed on
either side. Spanish officials on colonial staoons are apt 10
be borsh In The exercise Of their authority, and with a sys'
tenn Hid defined and ~irreguetly administered, they throw vc1'
a,lous obstacles In the why of commerce, and provoke actf
bi,,ss which IL is not easy TO compose. That this has been
done TO an extent which almost pnssea the bounds Ct patience,
il notorious; and 1t has properly, as we think, been ad'erted
IN in the recent PROCLAMATION Of The President, as well as
commented upon 10 the halls Of Congress.
"The wors, OF Il all Is, that unae, the existing system no
redress Gao be ob,nined, no matter how fagi'ious tho wrong
complained Of, withou! resort 10 the government at maot'o
If q Captain General. or my OF his subordinutes, ~perpctratcs
an Outrage upon American citizens or American property
instead Of having The means Of satisfaction "i'nin d reae'n'
able access, u long train OF proracIcd diplomacy must DO re-
sorted 10. and tn. sutlsc, be finally disposed of by those VINO
in all probability cannot be made to understand its true bear
Ing, and who. at all events, are remote from tho ASSOCIATIONS
and interests which should form part OF the elements ~h'ch
;, enter into :s adjudication. We shall not stop TO argue Inc
Inconvenience of such a state OF things. experience mas
furnished so many Notifying proofs OF their evil eonse,
! ouences that this is unnecessary. Armed win vice regal
n horsepower, indeed, unresttaiued by any local checks
e and for the exercise of which ne Is accoun'aoie
to nobody but The minister or farorlte by whom
he hs, been selected tho Captain General exercises
n a more lhsn pro.consuiar desPotism. AZ between
d tho subiec,s Of her most Christian Majesty and this
> tyranny, however NO may lament or condemn It's existence
8 we nave neither business nor inclination 10 Interfere. But
,,hs, q % has more than once been the case, lis heavy hand
f,ps mon our own citizens, we have al least q r'Sht 70 n
o sst that some easier and more direct means OF reParaIlon
{ than any we now possess shall be opened 10 US. FOR '''
reason we are glad to be Informed, upon the au'hofi'Y OIL nc
Executive organ, that Il Is the policy and The purpose OF '"e
n Presiden, to rrquire e change In THE respect; ana WI canno'
d doubt that, il urged In q proper spirit, II will DC Fesa"y eo"
csded, and we are sure that, being go urged, if refused the
refusul would do more to imperil The integrity Of Spanish
n no,essIops on this continent than all the pratlcal eSPcdi'
tons, or all The demonstrations of sympathizers Could pssl
g or to come, ever effect"
VIRGINIA WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
l II gives us great pleasure to publish the following sstisS'
. from a letter of an American lady now in Rome, heFsG' the
wife Of an accomplished American painters
h ~ have been 10 Nj. Crawford's sIndio, and seen many hne
u things there. The famous horse, and It's yet more famous
rider. fWashing,on) are almost completed. I'm plaster model
J. II "a a s,upendous work, and will DO Crawford great crecit
y The head of The horse Ia magnificent, and Washington 8 lace
- full of patriotic ERE l cav the TWO figures Jefferson anc
Henry already completed for The monumeut, ana taougu
them very aue. In other studios, have seen some "o'h'
in marble more exquisi,ely finished than crawiord'a' but mol"
I'd so %poUerful."
TEXAS DEBT.-A Washington correspondent of th'
II. Baltimore Sun writes as follows:
IN The Texas creditors had a meeting on Wednesday 10 tax
u steps 10 secure The payment Of their long deferred claims.
g. Tho Legislature VI Texas was praised for the readiness VIII
which they lief, the settlement of the debt 10 the Texas deie
cation In Congress, surrenderlng for tho purpose the nv
Z millions reserved in the United States Treasury, now amount
Ing, with premum and interest to s., 2so ooo, and e Tho el sI
of the Stale Of Texas against The uaited states tor lnolal
e. sPolialions, amounting TO 81 OOOUOO.
- TuRNPIKES AT WORCESTERSHIRE stock require
for the Marliusburg aud Winchester turnpike having bee
:. sssB5an j sas . IJJek 'lspmI, }(hsss ygB s1iakSslgeyl nssRsss!5sHI RljFasfinnffssns9r Nv" VII
make the ninth turnpike leading 10 our town. We shaI
be psDned In by %toll.gates. Better to be blockaded by then
than by ~mudhoes."
FREDERICKSBURG SMALL NOTES.-The Bullet,
es states that the Brokers Of this city, In view Of the small not
OF law, refuse 10 take the small notes issued by tho corpora,io,
ia of Fredericksburg, because they arc not redeemable for u Sc
ul RIGS Of years. The conse quen CO is, a rapid depreciation il
the value OF these noses, md a "less 10 The poor and needy
into whose hands they have principally fallen" We eyre,
with the Bulletin that the holders Of these notes 'sshould no
he submit TO heavy sacrifices The notes bear an ln;eres, O
re 6 per cent. from the date of their. Issue, and they will, nt
L doubt be promptly redeemed and interest paid on them, al
~ the time they become due. They .te, we believe. the mos
ed prostous shlnplas,ers in circulatIdn. all issueys of sinai
notes should be required to pay ioteress on their "promisssy'
. but. sometimes The principal cannot be obtained.
e. Tai mURDE OF FRANCIS WILLIAMS The ~
!. NOR of the murder of Francis WilIi.mo, which reached US
ID some days ago, Is cundrmei. Flo was an old, respectable
and wealthy cil!zen Of Caswell county, North Carolina, re.
d siding near tho Virginia line. Tho las. Milton, N. C..
Chronicle details tho circumstances attending the murder,
disclosed before q jury OF inquest on Saturday last:
On Wednesday night, the 18th Instant, between
y the houIs Of seven aud cigh. O'Clock, MI. Williams left home
d and while walking along a path through the woods. abou, a
mile and a half from his residence, was accosted and shot BY
some person as yet unknown. He was shot in the breast
and left side, with nine balls, or very large buck shot, eau
sing instant death. What could have been the objec, Of the
foul and bloody 'nssussin We cannot Ina ginc, unless the mur.
T derer suspected him of having money abou. his person. Mr..
a w. had u son living with him who it seems did not suspect
anything was wrong bY his father being absent on Thursday
morning. But on his continuing absent till Friday morning
be informed one of The %neighbors that his father had no, been
g seen since he ate supper on Wednesday night. Search was
Immediately mado, and soon his body was discovered by Ill,
VIM. Lyon where the murder was committed. Several OF
the surrounding neie h5ors heard the report of the gun, when
The foul deed was psrpetraied. Mr. Williams was about siyty
or seventy five years Of age, and was quite wealthy.
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We are pleased 20 learn, Gays the Charleston Courier, that
Delegates to and from the Commercial Convention, will be
conveyed over the Rusi Tennessee and Georgia Railroad free
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