The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-04
THE ACQUISITION OF cUBA,

Inc long silence of the press upon this subject
has been broken by Washington correspondent
of the New York Herald, who furnishes that pa
per by telegraph, with all the details of the plan,
by which, as he asserts, the administration will
seek 10 acquire the Island Of Cuba The story
is published in the Herald of Saturday luot, and
Bennett characterizes it as curious unique,
original, yet consist cnt and credible news"-an
crease its credibility with the majority of intelli-
gent readers.
The plan Of tho administration for the acauisi-
tlon of Cuba, rs announced by the Hcralds cor
respondent, is to purchase it, One hundred and
twenty millions is the sum which is to be offered
for it, and the -reigning house Of Israel" tho
ito,hchiids, ares the ~agcnts selected by whom
the arrangement is TO be consumated. All the
foreign appointments are to be made, with di-
rect reference TO this matter of the acquisition of
the Island OF Cuba by purchase. Am suste Bel
mont, the agent Of the Rothchids in New York
and now Minister to the Hague, is to be sent to
Madrid, TO superscde the Hon. Augustus C@snr
Dodge, Senator SlidelI. of Louisiana. known to
he decidedly in favor Of the acquisition of the
Island upon any plan, is to be Sent to France,
and the missions to England, ,RuKsin and Rome
are to be entrusted to individuals who will all
OF them, zealously co.ops rated with Mr.. Bel
mont, i'll carrying out the programme. Thirty
millions Of the purchase money is,to 60 into the
spanish treasury, and the remaining ninety mill
lions, is to be employed in financial and other lie
gotiations ut Madrid, London, Paris and Rome.
These are the general features Of the plan, de-
tailed as with great minatsnssss by the correspon-
dent of the New York Heratd.
or course the story is without foundation, and
entitled to no credit. It'is without doubt, tho
earnest desire of Mr.. Buchanan to sgnalize his
administration of The General Government, by
the acquisition of the Island of Cuba. 1t is tme,
loo, that if this important and magnificent acces-
sion to our territory is made during his term of
xxyi11 "A Nt hxyf
ny h!buster movements against the Island, but
peaceably and honornbly, by purchase. So
much is true-Mr. Buchanan desires to illustrate
his Presidential term, by the purchase of the
Island of Cuba, and is prepared to make this the
greet point of his foreign policy, but he does not
adopt to accomplish his object The HeralGs
correspondent, under these circumstances could
hardly know all the details Of the plan. We
conclude that the correspondence was manufac.
tured in the Herald of1ice.--44us usta Constisu-
tionalist
capi,uletio, Of Walker serday We an
nounced, by telegraph few Orleans, the
capitulationof Gen. Walker. and his arrival with
portion Of his men in that city; and to-day, we
have by way of hCarleston, The letter. of Cen
Remington, giving in detail the circumstances
which led to that result. This tterdiscloses the
9 extraordinary fact that the Pierce administration
had ordered Capt. Daviso of the St Marys TO
take Possession of aud hold, tho. NicaEaguafi
schooner; Granada; and that ths5resent admin
tstraton had given him no ins$ $fdctions which
would authorize different courss on his part.
( In this dilemmu, With the insurance that the
sxpsaitien q Lgsksdge had entirely failed Gem
Of Capt. Davis and absndop ths country. In
deed, hshAd no other alternative brt to capitu.
Iate. Eofs11 the event of The; seizure Of his
sschoones ail hope Of escape for him and