Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-05
From Ii. National ln.Ill,tpser
News from Major Jack Downing,
private Di.pa,ehs. 70 General Pierce 4;
, gNeltSte glpsup b. QSnsrt.t eslls for tl,m.


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AboARp TnE FltLibVstEs SetipoSEk Two PoLLiEs,
,olr The illole In lbe WALL, near the middles OF
Mach, forget the day Of the month, 1855.
DE1R ClSERIL. Weave scuddin round here and
holdIn on 10 The sleek, waitln fOT more help 10
come, and you may depend ont Cuba's got 10 take
Il. We don't never give up the ship. 4 FAST
little clipper ship Jest come along, going 10 Rtl!'
more, aud lie clipper said he'd take my dlspaich'
es 10 You In th,ee days. And you can send 10 me
BY tie skipper your notions about thnssi TOT he's
only going 10 stop long enough 10 wood up, and
AMI then lieS coming fiIit back tn Jlne US. lle
made me promise 10 hold on aud moi take Cuba I'LL
h. eoie for he is very RInesl to be In al Tue dealh,
That Cuba's line county, We've been IAv'
Ing glimpse ut Il once in while will our spy;
glasses, through The 'hoein The WALL aud round
lie corners, and IFS rally fine country 'lwonla
do your heat gOoi 10 look att. aud you shall
have chance before long, fot us sol 10 come
down; It's got 10 nuckle, and no mistake. We
col my commission 10 90 ahead fTOm MI l'uchaH'
an and Air. Mason aud Nj. Souley. And The nuo
Of lie Whole thing Is, we've col 10 take CnOa "
we have the nowff,' and know we have, as
Sally Giles said 10 llet Sweelhtarl' says Saily'
says she, you shanl kiss me untss you ore strong
ct than nm, and know you be
Jest beiOre we come out see by the plpets That
tOuS Napoleon was notion Of goln to tic CIT
inca 10 see Seyn.topol fallt and 50 | thought may
10 you might like 10 CONT out hete and see us lake
Cuba, Now II you du, lest say the VOID, and leIl
ms in Your letter what day you'll be d lwn on The
mint Of Pottny, and I'll brat IN with The Two
POllieS aud take you of.
You must nj feel luft because Didn't come 10
Washington 10 SO yen befOte slalllns on tins
cruise; but lie fact was haln't time. Our coun'
tty wos in 50 much danger II wouldn't DO TO walt.
Our. Constess IN 0stend went over ihG Whole
vouud aud examined it carefully, and come 10 The
conclusion that Il was neck or nothing win u.s..
We must have Cuba OF our who'll country would
20 to rack anil rum, aud The Union cuiI never en-
10y TCposG nor possess tell Dle security as long as
Cuba Is mol embraced within Its bounllaTles''
| Scnt you dispatch lnsl fall about tue duinS
Of our Constess at Ustelld, wlete we took up the
alIdlts Of Rnpland aul Ftance and Spalhj Out H.
naIIy concluded that we couldn't make nhytalnG
uut uf that busntss yet, and should have 10 wait
little longer. Well, then tllenl three S.'S-S1i
ley, Sieklts, and San0ets said ih.le wai one thing
we could tiu: we could tak0 hold Of that Cuba
business nnl finish II IN brown. and, for leaf
thai Louis NnpUlpan might have spies Tonnd Us
lUtIe al VIC we gSSh W Htst''
q little further OH So we went oyet 10 Axle
ShnppIe and flushed up The business.
The uIShot was, we concluded we would have
Cuba BY hook OF by ctcokj and that Nj. SOuley
should 20 right back 10 Old Spin and Tell the
Queen 50. lf she'd minil 10 give Il up quietly
uIiIl make no fuss about II, he lnleh promise 10
give her sjmethin pretty handsome III lie way VI
money; we didn't cafe nolhin about that, as
we've gUi plenty OF money OF home. II she rclu.
sell and told Mr.. SOuley IL mind his own business,
aud we shouldn't have Cuba no how, then We
lo him he must nj Ge mealy.lnonthed, nor nIilce
matters, but pick quarrel The best way he could
and cler ont.
Well, Nj. Sonlcy went back 10 Madria with a
still upper lip and began " ny 10 dicker with The
Queens spokesman for bargain, sometlIln in this
ways
Souley. Oh, now think Of II, there's that Ill.
lie Island Of Cuba over there near our cOaSj we'd
like 10 have that little island, II us all the same
10 you. SpoSe you've no O'jeclionsi II isn't 'l'e
least use In Tho world 10 you, and Il might lie some
little account " Us. So ifSRy 50, we'll Jest 'IiSrk
Cuba down nl The map If tic United States.
Spokesman. Not hya Jug full, Nh Sonley.--
Cuba Is tie most valuable 81 VI Of GIOunI we've
got. Can't spate II no how.
Souley, On, Monsen'ei itsnU income Of oil 10
you, aud nothin but bill VI expense. It's So
neat 10 US we might IOuk after and maybe make
Eomethn out Oft, but IFS ~ more use 10 You than
the filth wheel Of coach. guess we'll conSldeI
il outs.
Spokesman. guess you won't. tell yon we
can't spars Cuba TO how. It's the pride u lie
Spanish kngdom und The gem Of thu Queens
crown.
Sculey. Well, but my dear sit, we would nj
hlnI paying you qIls nanuS'',s s"n n W. ~,
hnnu'eH l"l.I'Vn'' you ID! s'' We "0'' '.'''''
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