New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-13

in each week by a common wagonroad between san
Francisco and st. Louis and Memphis, in less than
weuIJ five days Tie service has been as regularly
performed, as it vas in former years. between New
York aud This city
whilst disclliming all authority to appropriate
money for the construction of this road except that
derived from the warmaking power Of The C0nstitu-
ton, there important collateral consideration
urging US to undertake the work as speedily as pos
sble
The first and most momentous of these is, that
such road would be powerful bond Of union be-
tween the States east and west OF the Rocky noun
taina This is SO selfeVident as to require no illus
tratpn.
Bit again, in commercial point Of view consider
this the great question OF the day With the eastern
front of our republic stretching along the Atlantic,
and its western front along the Pacific, if all the
parts should be united by safe easy and rapid inter
communication, we must neces sarily command very
large proportion OF the trade both Of Europe and
Asia Our recent treaties with China and Japan will
open these rich and pOpuous empires to our com
merce and the history Of the world proves that the
nation which has gained possession OF the trade with
Eastern Asia has always become wealthy and pow.
erfri The peculiar geographical position OF CALI
fOrlIa and our Pacific possessions invites american
capital and enterprise into this fruitful field 70 reap
the rich harvest, however, it is an indispensable pre-
requisite that we shall first have rallfoad 10 convey
and circulate its products throughout every portion OF
the Union Besides, such railroad through our tenn
perae latitude, which would not be impeded by the
r ] IJ ottrart Ia itself rlnch of thp fra vel
III tp 800 Of ali atnne rassing between EurOne
mi Ala
On the 2lst Of August last Lieut.. J. N. Malft, of
+ba Iritd Sf,foe briy DoInhin cantnred the SLAYER
{" Echo Formerly the Putnam Of New Oreans) near
Bay Verde, on the coast Of Cuba, with more than
three hundred African negroes on board. The prize,
under the command of Lieut.. Bradford Of the United
Sntes ay arrived nj Charleston ON the 27th Anpnst
when the negroes three hundred and six in number,
WIRE delivered into the custody of the United States
Warshal for the District of Soutb Carolina, They
gpra first nacqd in Castle pincknav and afterwards
IN Fart sumter for safekeeniuo. and were detained
thara mill the 10Th Sentember when the survivors
two hundred and seyenty.0neSin number were deIiv.
oynd IN hoard the Tntei States stparner Niagara In
IL TRANSPORTED to the coast of Africa under the
charge Of the agent of the United states pursuant
IA the nrovisonS Of tbe act If the I'd March 1914
in addition ia the acts nrhhibitin1 fine g1ava trade
Hinder the 0nd section If thz acf tho President is
sfantborizpd In make sncb reruiatiGns and arrange
rnpnts % he NAV deem eynedent FIR the safe keen.
iRg supnort and removal beyond the limits Of the
limited States of all such negroes muattnes or uer-
aons of color rantnred no vessels oF fine limited
states as NAV he delivered 10 hp marshal of the dis
trct into which they are brought. and 10 appont
nroner ners0n or ipTsona Tesdno mon the coast of
Airica as agent or cents for rrraivng the negroes
muIattnes Or nersoTs Of color delivered on hoard
vezses snzaj in tho nrosarntion nj the save trade
hy commanders of the United States armed vessels
donft Immediately arose as to he trne constrnc.
tfon If fhs arf n il nue clear from ts terms that
the Presfdett was authorized Ia rovide for the safe
Leeninn en,,rort and renewal Of fine nerrnes m iii
tb TINE of tbar aIfvarv In tho an n, Inc coa.t If
fria INT no e,nrass 1royision yyos made for their
nrotertion and slTort after they had reached the
riace of their destination still an agent was 10 he
amounted to receive them in Alrjc and il cond not
baa hean rrnsad Thar CONGRESS- intended ba shonid
desert Them At the moment they wore reraivpd and
tnrn them I0ne IN that inbnsn,ila roast to nerish
Nr want If r0od m 10 hardraa aIai1 the trtinls nj
tine slave trade Had this bcen the Intention of son.
urpss the eInployuent of an agent 10 receive them
ybo Is recI7irad 10 rast5a nm ne COAT y,os nnnaras
sorv ana thev ioLt have hee landed b,, o, vessels
anywhere in Africa and left eynnsed ia the snf.rjn0s
a ana the fate which w0uId certainly await them
MI Monroe in hi special MESA 90 Of The I7tb De,
ranI5er 1Elo N t6a ret segsion oftar fla act was
na4srd announced tn Compress what in lis oninoin
was it4 true construction He believed II 10 i. his
i dtv under ii IA follow those rIfGrt1natea into Az
ricl and make provision for them there, until they
81 onld he ahIe ia nrovide for themselves In com
# TnnniCatino this Instrumentation nj fha act IL Con
: tres he .i+ad tat soie oth ma been rtairad
y 9s To it, trIe intent and meaning and lie submitted
q the question to them so that thew might should it
he deemed advisable amend the same before further
Il proceedings are had under it, Nothing was done
-, hy Conrres. IN anIan tha act and Mr. Monroe nro.
c6eded to carry il into execution according to his own
= INSTRUMENTATION mil fhan bnr5ma tn rrsrtinal
j eonstruction When The sfrjc3ns rom on hoard the
* Echo were delivered to the Marshal at Charleston it
i became nv duty to consider what dsnnStfon ourbt
= to he mad2 # HEN 1fjer I'LL I'M, For many Taa.
ID sons it was eypedtent 10 remove them from That o
4 cay as speediiy as possible Although the conduct
T. Of the authorities and citizens If Charleston H riv
u ing cOunenance to tie execution Of the law was inst
what might have been expected from their bigt
b. character vet prolonged continuance of three hun
il dred Africans in the immediate vicinity of that CITY
T. c0lld nCt haya taei til became snnran If inr0nya
a Dience and anxiety to It's inbabitants,
q. Where to send them was the question There wa.
n no portion of the coast of Africa 10 which they coult
q 81 removed with any regard to humanity EXCEPT t
il Liberia Under these circumstances an agrpcnpn
g was entered INFO with the Cnoniz4tiSn Society o.
70 the nth Of September last COpy Of which Is here