Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-16

. A long and spicy corresponds ha
: taken piace between the parties, but
: appears Boyd is not eager for the fray
! The last letter from Mosby Is as fol
lows:
{ "WAERENFoN, October 3, 1850.
ri "Sir: Your note of the 21 Is eva
? sive. If ! omitted your offensive Ian
guage it was because / desired no ex
PLANTATION or apology. My object Ia.
been TO test whether you woNjd fighi
as a gentleman, and to remove all
pretext for further equivocafiOn,
now quote your Objectionable Ian
guage. You said you "c0uld prove
in Pennsylvania that was a highway
rObber." InOw demand satisfaction,
not explanation or equiyoeation. Will
you Aght? Col. Smith has full author
| ity to act. Respectfully, your obedi-
/ ent servant, "JOHN S. MOsBY.
''To Col. w. II. Boyd"
There are Virginia, Mississippi and
Texas TO be disposed Of The popular
verdict, it will}be said, ought to be de-
/ eisiYe in each Of those States. Con-
gress ought to bow to the will of the
/ sovereign people of each Of those
States, and let them in, whether Dem
/ Ocrats or Republicans carry the day.
And this in all probability viii be
| done. If the Legislatures Of those
States are wise and select unobjectiOn-
able men TO represent them a. Sena-
tors and members, the chances are
there VIII be no serious obstacles to
the restoration Of the three States to
their old relations TO the Union. But
should & contrary policy prevail, the
I same uid discussions about loyalty and
treason may he expected over again,
anu . full restoration OF the Old Union
may be postponed a year longer.
Everything, therefore, depends upon
the selection of Representatives and
Senators, and the adoption OF the
XVIII Amendment. Some members,
1t is true, threaten to investigate the
details OF the several elections, with a
view TO ferreting out frauds and in
Limitations; but sgoh a movement
can easily be smothered if wisdom,
prudence and moderation are dis
played by the States in the choice OF
national Representatives.
w AsaINGTOS, October 10.-The
general impression among goYern-
ment officials here is that the trial of
the officers and crew Of the privateer
Cuba, which commences at Whining
ton, n. c., to morrow, win result in
their conviction of a breach of the neu-
trailty laws OF the United States and
the cOniiscation Ofthe vessel. Nearly
all the members of the Cabinet regard
the case as Il clear one against the Gu
ba, and the conviction among them is
that her commander, who ought to
have been agape ui the risk he ran in
putting into q United States port, did
so on purpose To have his vessel seized. !
There is reason to believe that there Is
some such suspicion IN the minds Of
the Cghans here, especially those who
have talked vi h Secretary ii n, tu.
they are slow to believe it until some
Tangible evidence shall have been pro-
dueed to establish the fact. It is GER
tain, however that the commander Of |
the Cuba did not carry out the OrisfT
nal understanding which existed be- |
tween hip.SGd and the members Of !
the Junta In this country. Said one |
of them to-day: "Mhen we eXpeass(I |
he was lowering abogt Cuba, we hear |
all at ONCE thIt he has been seized near |
Wilmington. What twas that kept
the Cuba in the waters of the North !
Atlantic when She was looked for by |
those who had fitted her out and in |
whose interest she was in Cuban wa
ters, Is a mystery which the GQbans |
here EannOF solve. The fact that she |
was short of coal would not seem to |
warrant her IN running into Whining /
ton, for arrangements had been made /
TO run out schOoneTs at various points |
along the coast to meet her and sup /
ply her with coal an her way to Cuba. /
some of the best lawyers here-those
most familiar with international law I
say it is impossible to find prece- |
dents to justify the case Of the Ulsba. !
The fact that taa Insurgents were re- /
cognihed by Mexico and Peru does /
notsin the oplniuu of these lawyers,
constitute them a nation, nor docs 1t |
compel the United States To regard |
them as belligerents or to take any /
official recOgnizance of their existence |
whatever. The frisndly offer of media |
tiOn made "a the United States does |
not, as the Cuhans contend, amount TO
a quasi recognition of belligerency. |
The proposition was made to Spain /
without any official consultation with 1
the insurgents, and it is held that the |
mere fact that they neyeF we're aware.
Of the nature OF the proposition to be (
made and assented to it, does not in |
any way constitute official commune /
cation with them. Officially, the
Cuban government aud Cuban flag is
unknown to our Government, and a
ship sailing under that flag, and with
a commission from that so-called 10Y
nrn Tupnf. panupt ha ,.,a.1,,,, ..yo,F =,
United States p9rIs. This being the
case, it is alleged there can be hut one
other conclusion, which h; that the
Cuba, sailing under an unrecognized
iiag, and being commissioned BY
the existence OF which is
unknown among the family OF ma
tons, must be regarded as a pirate;
or, with the Very niidest construction !
Of the law, as a viOlatOr Of the plain
est principles Of the law Of nations.