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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YoRK, TUESDAY night Feb. /, 1850

New YonK, TUESDAY night,) Feb. /, 1889
The recommendation in Secretary Cobb's letter that
commercial convention OF delegates from the principal
commercial governments be called for the purpose OF
adopting uniform currency, uniform weights and meas
urc aud uniform method Of preparing commercial sta
tscs meets with hearty approval here and the hope is
very confidently expressed that Congress will take the
necessary action in matter of much importance and
benefit not only to this country but to every CONNER
cal nation in the world. There be doubt that
the United States to invite other countries to send
representatives to convention for the above object the
invitation would be readily accepted and that its debe
forms, - ais.a H
The Cuban question is st the great topic Of discus
sion, and the wisdom. nay, the urgent Importance, OF
giving the President the requisite authority and
negotiate for the pcaccable acquisition OF the island
every day decidedly conceded by all classes Of the
community, but especially by merchants, who
consider The less contingent and appreciable benefits
to arise the acquisition by the establishment OF
commercial freedom between this country and Cuba
more than The strategic advantages OF the possession
g the Key Of the Gulf the political advantages to
great addition to the power OF the Union IL is easy
for the mcanest comprehension to appreciate the
why merchants are IN favor of Che acquisition OF Cuba
Take for instance the year 1857 Our with the
island in that year amounted to sixty millions Of dollars
OF that sum nearly forty five millions, thcequarters
consisted in the products of Cuba imported into the
United States We got forty five millions worth OF sugar
Coffee and cigars, and gave the Cubsns fifteen mil
lions worth Of produce and foreign merchandise and
thirty millions in gold We're the unnatural restrictions
which the Spanish Law imposes the interchange of
produce aud manufactures for the productions Of Cuba
removed IL is clear the at day that this
immense balance OF trade against the United States would
immediately cease and that the Cuhans would take from
We in brcadstutfs and general merchandise Of
manufacture quantity sufficient to pay in full for all the
coffee sugar and TO hacoo we should take from them.
Look at the article OF -four alone According to the
present system ten dollars pail 70 the Spanish gov
coont in Cuba tos every barrel of American -four inn
ported In American vessels and eight dollars II imported
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In Spanish vessels direct rom the United ststes What
10 the consequence Nearly al the flour used Ia Cuba N
sent from this county to SPAIN and carried thence 10
tilm IN spanish vessels This systea OF dihcsential
duties in favor Of Spain exists with regard nearly
every article OF commerce. exported from this country %
Cuba, -, - 90 sr,sr - ss,-s ars.f.ssssaa 49,
4 would recommend any who has ANY doubt as Ia
the commercial advantages Of che annexation Of Cuba 10
read that portlon q Mr. Kettle SPEECH which spesiay
refers to the subject Although vay respectfully dif
zen from of the Conclusions which that gentleman
has drawn IN his able and eioqacntasdres think hese
can DC but one opinion among patriotic Americana 10
Whatever latitude OF Longitude they may belong as 10
the force OF his statements aud figures with regard TO our
commercial transactions With the island. -.
Iet consider, too that less than onebnH OF the
arabic land in Cuba is made productive We're the island
ours, these immense now lying dormant and
lost Go the wealth and maeria comfort of the world
would be developed and the best interests Of the Chan
acaicuIably advanced. The American ship-owncr The
agtioulturist and the utseturcr. we'll ma tbs
American Politician are, with few exceptions In "a
yor of the purchase of the island but every true
iei Of the Cuban people met also desire to them
elevated 10 the rank OF free and independent Ametcan
citizens They have an excellent climate most fere
soil and number Of natural advantages of great value
but TO become rich, enlightened, and powerful people
They must possess the blessings Of liberty good govern
ment and free trade. With these they Will soon triple
the productive wealth Of their country, and conduce
largely to the wealth and prosperity OF ours. "a
s'fhe american Female Cousin, COMEDY by Charles
Gayier ESQ., brought out for the first time at Bur
tons Theatre last night before very large audience IL
decided 11le piece Is good through.
out, fnl of life and hmor, aud the principal character
Pamelia he Female Cousin acted with great effect
by Miss Julia Daily. y - y ADSUM.
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THE PUBLIC EXpENDITuREs.

-
The attention of the country viii be attracted by
the lucid, just and instructive speech of Mr. Smith,
of Tennessee which we publ h this morning. We
propose another occasion to enlarge upon the
facts and reflections presented by Mrs. Az present
wo content ourselves by recommending his speech
to the study of thcpeople. 5ss N
1t was high time that the cant, against tho magni-
tudc of the public expenditures with which Congress
and the opposition press have become so rife, should
be refutcd and exploded All the economy and all The
public virtue did not belong TO our ancestors One
of their dollars bought in their day twice as much
AS one Of our dollars will buy in day. The ex-
pendt,res Of the government in the year 1900 were
81 All 1906 which was equivalent the money ofour
time to double the sum that is to say measured by
the products, merchandise, service, and ubort woud
buy, was equal in our money 10 SIC, 000,000 The
expenses of the government in money of The present
time were sT2,50o, 900 last year, exclusive Of pay
ments upon the public debt, and at the time of
expensive distant wars The expenses during the
present year viii be about S6oooo0oo, or only four
times (he difference of money being cousitered) as
great in 1900. Yet our populations is at present
six and half times great in 1900 terrific
rial frontier ten times great territorial area
three times great; and our property seven and a
half times as great 1t thus results that every effort
to prove that we are now exravagant in our public
expenditures proves also that the men OF 1850 were
much more so, For ourselves, we are willing to be
placed by the croakcrs and tautiudcrs in the cate
CORY of Thomas Jefferson aud his contemporaries.
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ANN nrornror punrNr1,,,


We grahaed to learn that the District Commit-
tee in The Senate is very DESTROYS that another day
shall be set apart for The business Of the District
Thus far it has been entirely successful in procuring
the passage of several useful acts but more import
ant of all others is the bill yet pending authorizing
the cities OF Washington and Georgetown to use the
water from the public aqucdnct. After having ex-
pended so much money in this enterprise, we trust
Congress will not fail for the want of necessary legis
lation TO make ALPHABETICALLY useful Throwing aside
all considerations specially touching the interests
and convenience of the actual residents of the Dis
trict it deeply affects the health aud comfort of the
members themselves and the constituents sojourning
here With authority for that purpose granted this
session. we feel assured that water will be intro
duced BY the next in the principal hotels and board
ing houses. postponcment of action this session
is equivalent to delay of eighteen on twenty
months. lssA
We are not acquainted with the details of the bill
by the Senate Committee but il is quite
certain that the Senate cannot fail 10 adopt some
suitable measure, which, if sent at am early period
to the House, will receive its approval q We conf
IDENTIFY expect that the Senatc will respond to the APP
peal of the Committee, and fix uponan earlier day in
order that the House may have sufficient time to
consider the subject. - m ~ - 80 H III
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

1as - 1900 = 3 go ~ y l.
Hon. D. Y. Barrett the nsmber-elect Of tho next Con
gress from ST Louis, IL now at Wizards Hotel.
De sauty that incarnation OF the mythical submasine
telegraph cable has gone home to England rccuperatc
Regis Gignoux has painted magnificent view of Nuq
ara by s,ooya for tho private gallery Of Mr.. Belmont Of
New York. IL is from the American side
r. s. s. And.Ss ftc deputy collector at Boston, has
published an United States Customs Guide. which Is
the mared result Of his knowledge Of tho laws
Rev Dr. Abel Abbot who was the Oldest living grad
uatc of Harvard College, died at the redence Of his grand
son, in West Cambridge the 3lst ult at the age Of
upwards Of 93 years w ~ ss.srse
Hon. w. G. Preston is at present in Abingdon. Vii.
GINA friend of his writes that he intends going back
to Columbia s. O., ere long that his aged heart yeans
for the scenes OF yorc. s
Augustus Danes, a native OF Germany, but for fifty
years resident of Baltimore, died there Tuesday in
the LIST year Of his age Mr. DANES of the dc.
tenders Of Baltimore in the of 1872 a. and fought
at the battles of North Point and Bladcnsburg. -
The Count johannes (for1nerly G.. w. Jones' the tra
gcd) to deliver public lecture Lust night at New
York Ills subject was '.rhc French Empire and It's
Metropolis and the audacous insult upon the name and
character Of Washington BY the Imperial Government
July A. 1858" 800 M5 5& -
Robert Burns once attended festival given BY bis
feIlow-excsemen, in the course Of which the toast
of William Pitt given. All drank it save Burns who
sat with inverted glass. When all had drunk to the
memory Of Pitt Burns and remarked that he would
give them greater than the they had toast
ed GEoRaE WASHINGTON. ee ssss N. ~ "A a ~
Charles Dickens is coming here to give the cadings'
whichin England have attracted large audiences He
appears public dressed in style Of exaggerated fash
ion, with half dozen rings HIS fingers, and hugo
bouquet of cxotcs IN his breast His powers Of mimcy
said to be wonderful, and, lie the leading
novelist of the day he nights he chose to be- rank
the leading comedian. es NJ "a weNe
Sir Archibald Alison recently remarked, while in the
chair OF the st. Johns Masonic Lodge at Glasgow that
thefe Scochnan to he found In all the vast ex
tent of Queen Yictoras domnons who did not recoect
the poetry Of Burns, and there few under whose pill
low copy of his works not found. During the
in India he (the chairman) had been assured that there
many copies of them discovered in the knasacks Of
the private soldiers and haversacks of the officers
Thackeray, in his 'sVirginians, reports that the
library wall of OF the most famous writer's Of Amer
lea, CIV IL Prescott,l there hang two crossed swords
which his relatives wore in the great of ndcpcnd.
Ihe sword calamity drawn in the
vice of the King the other the weapon of brave
and hoilocd republican soldier Jhc possessor Of the
harmless trophy has earned for himself name alike hon
ored in his ancestor country and his own where genius
such as his has always peaceful welcome"
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~ classes Of sosietyta Rprope genaisl confusion
eeems TO be considsdbd id8hinAnt. M
"A We refrain froua e. pvcsstna sny olaiaion as to

4eems TO be considsdsd a8hmAast. M
We refrain lions s. pressias any spisicn as to
whether this aarniis wSA-yroupded or Che reverse.
War is not SO easy game as il used to be in days
gone by. Even among despots, fEta e'est MOI"
has ceased to be strictly true The most self
wied autocrat is obliged TO listen to the voice Of
eiviIiation, and look % tie srengthOf his purse,
before he can dare 10 plunge his country into the
horrors Of war But an oppressed and infuriate peo
pie, who have anpbiton bat 10 achieve their lib
erty, and desire but TO ayenge ef suffering,
do not always listen 70 the same prudential consd
erations which prevail in the calm connoilsofa
ereign and hence the greatest danger of war at
present. II the Italians rise in Lombardy Sieter
Emanuel must aid them on perish himself |; aud II
the Sandman and Austrian troops, who can now
see each others camp-fires, come TO blows, France
may be expected 10 march forward at once and, UNI
der the succorng Sardinia aud lberating
Italy in reality establish French despotism through
out the Italian peninsula, We anticipate no profit
70 the cause Of liberty and human progress from
such war in Italy tieeonIy result Of which, if
successful, would be the exchange Of the antocracy
of Francis Joseph for that of Napoleon III. Whether
the Italians take the lead from Vienna from Paris
is not a matter Of much consequence either tothem-
selves or the rest of the world.
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90 not DellcVo tnen that the expenses OF the War
Department, the expenses Of the Navy Department.
than commensurate TO The demands and require
ments Of the public service cannot at this time
how less than two million dollars will answer the
wants OF the service in the eight navyyars i'm the Uni
ted States H reduce it below what is necessary you
only lay the foundation for larger appropriation at some
future day There is economy in refusing necessary
appropriations. Keep up your navyyartis, and keep
your vessels IN good repair and you will not only give
efficiency to the service but you will money TO the
government.
system dates from 1875, when Ir Benjamin Franklin
elected Postmaster General by the Colonial Congress-
then in session at Philadelphia When the present gov
cnment went into OPERATION in 1889, William osgood
of Massachusetts,, appointed Postmaster General by
General Washington There wero then seventy 6vo
post offices In the United States and about Thousand
miles of post road There main line from Wis
casset in Maine, TO Savannah in Georgia. with about
ten lines towards the western country From
time Congress has increased the post roads in the United
States until the number of post offices the LIST of
December, 1858, twcnty-eigt thousand five hun
drcd and seventy three of mail routes eight thou
sand two hundred and ninety-six and the length of
post roads two hundred and sixty thousand six hun.
drcd and three miles Our postal system has grown
up like magic and may say too, that in it's RISE its
progress and its expansion IL has furnished TO the people
OF this country much solid comfort and advantage as
any other department of the government Gentlemen
charge extravaganza upon the Post Office Department;
and vet see at every session OF Congress from ono hun
dred TO one thousand additional mail routes created
which increase largely the expenses OF the depart
mont They allow those mail routes 10 be csab-
lshod without making any objection and yet upon those
routes the Postmaster General IL bound to put mail scr
vice These routes established without regard TO the
cost Of the service and The action Of Congress is in
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WAsId4 s;aOs cry.
y YTMURsI,A y, FEBRu ARk b, 1859.
business Notice.

a ofthe proposed
change terms n be conducted STRICTLY cash all
nued No payments should DO made 10 Agents AFTER Tins date
ecpttoN r VI Itscom who asKe poIecsass
~ lpiawWe, Maryland, and Ylr Gina W. sFt Ntt HtHLI
wAsaiSafos March 30 1sSs,-u
foregoing ooee
that employ heretofore empoyed this bat
those Ou who have such In other parts Of tho
country, 80 ...s-rs 81 a.. "A ~ "a Az zs-u
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GLEANINGlS FROM THE MAILS.

The first State election of 1859 is in New Hampshire
on the second Tuesday of March next. governor,
legislature, and three members of Congress to be
chosen.
The ship Abbott Lawrence oiled from Calcutta August
18th for New York since which time nothing has been
heard from her She is now ITO days out
There another lottery grant asked for in Delaware TO
raise the of $3.50 000 TO build new State house
and Jail in Dover, and 10 give SIC, 900 to each Agrcu
tural Society in the State. s4e
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company have commenced
the improvement of tho main branch of their canal from
Columbia to the junction, giving II such depth to
admit of five feet of water. -. q -
The Alta California Is Informed that there has been
found within the limits OF Mocano in Amador county,
Cal marble quarry which promises to equal that OF
Carrnms The quarry is very large one, being 1000
feet long and $50 feet deep
The Knights Of Leon invite oil other Knights 10
break with them in tournament to be held
Tallahassee Fla on the 22d but they most upshval-
rousy exact entryfcc Of $40 from a who may enter
the lists
new Quarterly Review, established by Presby tcrans
and Congrcgaionasts of New York and Boston, is TO be
published soon in that city. Prof, H. b. Smith of New
York. and Rev. JOS Tracy, OF Boston, are the editors
The theological basis Of the Review is the Westminster
Catechsm - =, lr.s 4. - -, IA
Late accounts from Northern Mexico state that General
Cara, was again preparing to march from amaulipas 20
the assistance Of the liberals. conducta with million
in specie and bullion had arrived at Matamoras
E9fa
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Mr.. Gait the American sculptor Is at Florence, and
will commence his statue of Thomas Jefferson In
consequence of the unusual amount Of snow on the noun
tans this winter he may have some difficulty in obtain
ing suitable block of marble at present by the CON
tract the work must be finished by January ], 1851
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FINRSTlCLASS HOUSE FOR SAI.E.-The sub-
house No. l46 corner
Gand 2s Streets with side lot The house tireestry brick
containing Is finished
with closets and fixtures throughout For
ply JAS G. MCGUIRE a. CO.,
Feb 3-co2w Auct and Com, Merchants
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BRowNLow ON ADELICArE ESUBJEcT.--''B Broom
}oU" has been visiting the Virginia Springs,
and gets off the following, in recent editorial
letter to his paper .sr .-.. ss
After tea, was led to enter the ball l-room
from hearing q superior female voice, as on sc-
compartment to the band playing "Sweet
Home" A perfect stranger, and mere locker
on, quietly seated myself on q lounge. Soon
the ladies and gentlemen came in, two and
two, and never did the highlands of Scotland,
the green hills Of Switzerland, or the rural dis
tricts Of Germany, exhibit such dancers! Their
jeweled necks, and ears, and fingers, and daz-
zling brocades, each said to the other, "none of
your dresses cost like mine." The company
in the ballroom was small and rather select, q
few Of us, passengers, iutrudug. They COM
menced waltzing-hugging each other close.
they flew round upon polished floor. The
hoops would fly up--the skirts exhibited them
selves-the ankles showed for themselves. I
can't trust myself any further on this subject!
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"THE COMING MAN."--In the Imagination
of every young lady, the coming man is 8
handsome yonng officer with pearly teeth, cora
lips, rosy cheeks, curly hair, blue eyes and
black mustache, who is dying desperately in
love with her, and is coming some day on a
prancing gray horse with q long flowing tail
to propose to her. Money is no object, for the
thought of money does not vulgarly intrude
into the young lady's Imagination in connec
tion with her Coming Man, only he must bt
beautifully dressed, and have a handsome
riding whip, and gingling spurs, and neatly
rolled whiskers, as tight as watch springs
Alas! how many thousands are still waiting
impatiently, and yet confidently, for the ad
vent of the Coming Man Punch.
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Z DEATH CAUSED BY VASITY,-A French paper
relates the case of a young lady in Ly ons, who
was engaged to be married, and was predis-
posed to corpulency. Some of her young
friends ridiculed her stout figure, &C., which
at the time only excited her laughter. Her
health subsequently declined, and she died
rather suddenly. As there was no apparent
cause for such aquick death, the account states,
"with grief, the parents resigned themselves to
having post mortem examination. They
then found what they had never before sus-
pected: she was burned up by acids, which she
had taken unknown to them, to stop the grow
ing fatness, which reduced her to Despair
The young girl died the victim Of ridiculOu:
vanity" ..
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Fast Horses-Biography of Princess,
the Rival of Flora Temple.

The California mare" Princess Yves raised
by a Mr.. Billings, of Claremont, New Hamp-
shire, and is at this time thirteen years old
She was sold about three years ago to Mr..
Gage, one Of the proprietors of the fremont
House, Chicago, Tor six hundred dollars. Up
to the time she went to Chicago she had a
mixed gait, pacing, "single-foOtng," and
sometimes trotting. Mr.. Gage soon after
sold her to another party, who put her on the
trotting turf, where she contended with some
of the fastest horses in that region. -.
1t is said that she displayed great bursts Of
speed occasionally, but was bad breaker, and
failed to win much renown. In race with
Reindeer, the animal that contended with Flora
Temple last fall, at Chicago, Princess trotted
the last half mile. in one of her heats in 1:1O-
having fallen distance behind at the half mile
pole. She was taken to New Orleans, and
trotted race or two there, beating Tom M ar
ray, two. mile heats, in 512. She was then
taken to California, where her present owner,
Mr.. Teakle, purchased her for $4,000. She
trotted several races in California, the last two
being the ten-mile races which made her
famous.
hese races were trotted last March, if we
remember aright-one ten miles in harness, and
the next day another ten miles to wagon,
against Glencoe Chief, horse we'll known in
San Francisco, who was beaten in the first race
in 29lOH, and tho second in 29:16T. These
rwo races nettcd tho owner $4,000, and he
was Immediately offered 900 for his mare,
but declined to sell her. Princess is q dark
bay, deepened to black on the hooks, with near
hind foot white. She was sired by Morgan
stallion, and her dam is thorough bred (run-
ming stook) mare. She has improved much in
ha, al wi Ia nf trntfipn u;th;n owl
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EDITORIAL LIFE,-But few readers ever
think of the labor and care devolving upon an
editor, one who really feels his responsibility.
Captain Marryalt says:
know how a periodical will wear down
ones existence. In itself it appears nothing;
the labor is not manifest; nor is it in the labor
it is the continual attention it requires. Your
life becomes, as it were, tho publication. One
days paper is no sooner corrected and printed,
than on comes another. 1t is the stone Of
Sisyphus, and endless repetition of toll and
constant weight upon the intellect and spirits
and demanding all the exertion of your facul-
ties, at the same timc you are compelled to the
severest drudgery. To write for a paper is
very we'll, but to edit ono is to condemn your
self to slavery.
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MASONRY AND THE CLERGy.-The Rev. Geo.
S. Chase, pastor of the Baptist church in
Warren, Rhode Island, writes letter ex-
planning his reasons for, refusing his profes-
sonal services at funerals where Masonic
ceremonies are employed. He says: 81
could not, consistently wah my convictions, unit,
NTH Masonic ceremonies orer tie dead; that
however it might appear to others, whether
Masons or not, for myself to join in such
ceremonies as Christian ceremonies would be
next to, if not actually. q sacrilegous ser.
vice; and that for the same reason, should
decline, if Masonic rites rcre insisted upon, ever
though the person were q member of the
church Of which am pastor" ...