Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-15

afiray, which resulted i'll the death OF the Ia
mentej Arnold, was witnessed but by single
ether individual sergeant, 'cho has since
| deserted
The Expected Black Warrior Message
| We are satisfied that the terms of this State
| paper, which is looked for with such intense
| interest. were settled in Cabinet meeting yes
terday, and that the President was engaged
this morning in its preparation. with the view
OF sending it in to-day. We have no idea that
it will advise the suspension of our neutrality
laws 1t strikes us as highly probable that it will
contain a full and succinct statement of the
outrage on the Black Warrior, and a rehearsal
of other somewhat similar acts against Amer
lean persons and property in Cuba occurring
| of late and stating that a demand for instant
PREPARATION has been made. 1t probably will
also urge Congress at once to place it in the
Presidents power to enforce that request. If
we are not vastly mistaken. this paper will
show that the President is up to the proper
mark in the matter of the protection Of our
rights as assaulted in Cuba at this time
P. SIP to the moment at which we 60 to
press, the message referred to above had not
gone into either branch of Congress, delayed,
doubtless, only by the time necessary in its
preparation
Archbishop Hughes for the Annexation Of
Cuba We have seen private letter from n
gentleman in whose representations we have
ample reason to place implicit confidence. lie
says;
I'm regard to Cuba, .ell our friends that
Archbishop Hughes will probably do his best
to direct the Catholic interest in the United
states towards its acquisition. We went from
Havana to New Orleans together, and had
many conversations on the subject. He says
the condition of things there cannot exist; that
| as the incapacity of the government to admin
ister the island increases impOsitiOns and
strctons are imposed, and that nothing but
the degradation and imbecility of the Creole
population prevents them from shaking off
their yoke. The Bishop said that he thought
| tha' they were Il harmless, satisfied race,
pudiaing ali interference with their condition.
HIS visit, he says, has awakened him from his
dclusion. l have no doubt that he earnestly
desires its anne xatiOn, and his great influence
will tell on the result with powerful effect
The New York Heralds last Roorback.-
This is story by telegraph from Washington,
making VIM. J. Brown, of Indiana, an umpire
between Senators Bright and Petit, and their
| respective friends, and crediting Brown with
bringing Senator Petit and his friends up to
the support of the Nebraska bill. Senator P.
mas always been consistent friend of the
measure. Mr. Brown and Senator Bright are
still hostile to each ether, and there is not the
slightest truth in the rumor that the former
will support the latter for a reelection to the
Senate.
Lieut.. B. BOdisco.--We hear that This GEN
teman-thc nephew of the late NJ. Bodisco-
who for some time past has been an attache Of
the Russian Legation in this country, has been
ordered to return to St. Petersburg by his Gov
eminent, and will leave the United States by
the LIST proximo. He is the officer whose
gorgeous and magnificent uniform that of
Lieutenant of the Imperial Guards attracted
so much attention not long since at the funeral
of the late Russian Minister
A Lighthouse Keeper Appointed.-At the
| Breakwater, Delaware, William NJ. Fowler, at
| 500 per annum
| communication, coming from one in whose
judgment and disposition to write only the
truth, we have great confidence, sheds much
i light, indeed, on the history of the various
steamers built for tho American Navy, and
their qualities as compared with the American
nmerclalsOcean steam marine:
| Editors ofthe Star OF late it has become
|
| are failures" Let us examine the tuctS by
going oyer the history of the steamers:
| First, the Fulton, built in 1886. 1t was re-
ported, and fully understood at the time, that
she was not inter ded for u sea going steamer
She was called a floating battery for harbor
defence In that respect, she was not fail
urc-her machinery was of superior construc
| ton for that period, and performed we'll.
In lS4l, the Mississippi and Missouri were
! built, and when finished, were ;.s fine steamers
as then hoated under any flag. Unfortunately,
the Missouri was destroyed by fire in the Bay
of Gibraltar. The Mississippi has been in al
most constant service since, is now in the East
| Indies, and is as efficient steamer as any of
| her date.
| The Union and Princeton were built in 1912,
| both considered as experiments. The Union
failed, as all side submerged wheels must
| The Princeton proved most successful expert
! nent, and while she lasted, did more active
| service than any other steamer in the Navy
| Her engines were considered worth building a
new hull for.
| The Michigan, iron steamer, built in Pitts
| burg about the period at which the two last
mentioned were built, and was designed for
the Lakes. She has proved a good vessel in
hull and machinery, and has been in service
ever since she was finished.
| The Allegheny, iron steamer, built in Pitts
burg. finished in l847, and designed for Hun
| ters submerged wheeis-a failure. And from
| the peculiar model required for those wheels,
| she is unfit for any other mode of propulsion.
She, like the Union, must be considered total
| failure.
| The Powhatan, Susquehanna, Saranac, and
| San Jacinto, were commenced in l3E. The
| two first are the largest class steam frigates,
and very efficient vessels They are now in
the East Indies. doi..g good service. The Sara
mac is a fine steamer, now on cruise in the
| Mediterranean. The San Jacinto failed, as
| regards her engines-the boilers and hull are
good, and her nsW engines will soon be CON-
| pleted. and no doubt she will be a fine
| steamer.
Unfortunately for the new Princeton, there
was boiler patented in England, and praised
in this country. So, rs Uncle Sam has many
disinterested friends, he must receive the first
| benefits of the discovery. The boilers were
subsequently altered to horizontal tabular,
and after unshackling some modern improve
ments from the engines, she is now a fine
1 steamer.
The Fulton was raced, and a single engine
put in her. She is now substantial steamer