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NEW EXPREss LINZ
VIA CANAL,
bkTWkEN PHILADELPHIA, ALEXANDRIA
GrohheeaaTIHoywrSSS AND
RAILROADS.

DALTIMoRE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Train. ,..v w.su,vo wasurNsrOs, Iss.
E Task kES fSSfi NIB T ms F. As
WEST are now run rs follows, viz:
FOR BALTIMORE.
' AND s ss9aS.y .ss $50
FOR ALL WAY STATIONS
and $50 snd $50 ct and $50 A. M
Leave a. roo Go and h s!s6 &c H and ssO
No train TO CT from Annapolis on sunday.
ro o. p s sgyTA6ar
leave ct . A. M aad $40, $40, and 500
FOR WAY STATIONS.
Leave at A. M, and 3 20. and 500 PM.
FOR ALL PARTS OF THE WEST.
M, $50 md 500 p. M.
On On f sansayy Ct and ss 500 s'P only
necting a. Relay Station with trains from Baltimore
Through tickets % the West can be hsd o. the
Washington Station Ticket ONCE at all hours OF the
AsS at Ps 9se 400 PsIssy
avenue Sf en- can there arrange 70 have their bag
20 the depot, and pEt in the baggage car.
FIR New York, PhiladelPhia, and Boston, see ID
J. J: WILSON, Master Of Transportation
nom DO Cp RdSS ST7er S Iicset Aseft'
V,HRoUGH LINE BETWEEN wAsHINeros
NEW ToRkA. AND &0s
WARRINGTON 56s.
Trains between WASHINGTON asd EEW YORH
are now run follows, viz:
FOR NEW YORK, tcifhoxf ehdrss Of odys
Leave daily Except Sunday at q. m, and l2:4s
and D. m.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Leave daily except Sunday AZ , q. m, and l2:lt
and $40 y. M.
ON SUNDAY.
Leave Tor New York at 300 y. m. and PhiladeI.
phta at $40 D. m.
Sleeping cars for New York on 3 p. m train only
Through tickets to Philadelphia, New YorK, or
Boston can be had at the Station Once at all hours
IN the day. Also, at the CON panyis Once, No 4O6
Pennsyl ania avenue. Passengers purchasing tick
cts &C the Avenue once can there arrange 90 have
their baggage called for and checked their resi-
denre, taken 70 the depot, and put into the baggage
car.
Sc. Baltimore and 0hSo Railroad advertisement for
schedule between Washington, Baltimore, Annspo
lis ana the West.
J. l.. WILSON, Master OF characterization
=. M. COLE, General Ticket Agent
no9 GEO. 3. kOoNTZ, Agent, Washington
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TCEi ICEn ICElii

The public Z, rsspectiuIIy informed that On snd
70 the citizens Of Washington and Georgefown
superior article Of PEHoBSCoT ICE, guaranteed
30 be pure, clear and frm at the lowest prices
sible Orders may be left at the once sth street
wharf. sent through the post once or given 10 Ire
drivers Of the wagons. marked "Independent Ice
Company" FAY a BAfLEY.
9th street wharf.
on favorable terms. A g-lms
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ny COOPER q LATIMER, Auctfoneers.
- successors to Jas. c. Mcclure 90. j
Southwest corner Of Penn. ave- and IIth stree

RY COOPER LATIMER, Auctioneers, !
or,b Successors to jas. Q. Mcclure Co..
LA MEnEs sSR OF HORSES
HfMAPsITsl CARRIAGES NIs BTGGIES; EAkMIYG
HS fbH kfrcHRN r sTgPhFt2K HOUSEHOLD
~ On TUESDAY, the Slst day of May, $50
ESQ about .ns Sar mics q from Bar
ington, on the Badensburg road, and adjoining the
farrow Farm, shall sell the following described
Horses, Mules: Alderney Cattle
One Superior Bull, of the celebrated Comet stock.
also, Alderney Heifers and Calves
% or s. Sets Of Various " kinds Of a Harness ss
A large collection of Farming Implements OF the
Rakes Hay Press, and about q new and second nSfl
hand Mowers and Reapers, Of the best manufacture
Une or oton Fairbanks Hay and Coal Scale, in
A large collection of Carpenters, wheeIwrights,
Machinists, Coopers' and Blasksmiths' Tools, OF
h, large l0f Of small Farming and Gardening Tools
PIsti tor Counter 9Inain and p Beam Scales
Large lot of various kinds of Fertilizers
About 600 loads Of barn yard Manure
stocked.
One superior Piano Forte
A large assortment of superior Parlor and Cham
Kitchen Requisites, &c. &C.
Terms Of sale: All sums und At Ss5, cash; above
days Notes erfes % fRTfy ssty aud ninety
NoTE.-The cars stop at Penns Crossing which is
par Wishing to attend the sale The sae W be
continued from day to day until the whole is dis
my 70 COOPER & LATIMER. Aucts.
RY COOPER q LATIMER, Auctioneers,
- Successors to J. O. Mcclure Co..
Southwest corner Pennsylvania and 18th street
TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
81 Under and by virtue of deed of trust. dated
July LIST, 1867, and records in Liber T. O. Il, No
nedb o0 % one Of t6S land records for Wash
ses all the right and interest of Simeon Mead in and
70 that certain piece or parcel Of ground known and
Thirty four, (34,) on Square No. Four Hundred and
sixty eight i6s with the improvements thereon,
west in the city of Washington, d. O.
Terms: six hundred dollars cash; balance. six and
lars to be paid down when the property is sold Con-
'syancins and stamps a gp &c B .e cost.
myl COOPER LATIMER. Auct'rs.
RY COOPER & LATIMEs, Auctioneers
- Successors to j. Q. Mcclure 4 Col,
Southwest corner OF Penna. avenue and 18th st.
TBggsTEES SALE OF yALUALE IMPROVED
siREET, BETWEEN a. AN aSp 8 6ra ai sSThREErs
Ga; May 1859, and duly recorded in Li6er .GR No
AA II, folio S4 one of the land records for Washing
e9n x iAf q Jun. he h
o'clock in front OF the premises, the western lot
ches and running back i22 feet inches or less
tosH loot al,ey improved by three-story brick
tanning about nine rooms situated the south side
Of y street, between ~ and 9Th streets, Tsland.
months, scared by deed Of trust with notes bear
500 down # tiTs # AIS
m l6-eo&ds COOPER LATIMER, Aucts.
IlY COOPER LATIMER, Auctioneers
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW
RY GREEN q WILLIAMS


RH GREEN q WILLIAMS,
- Anetioneers and Real Estate Brokers,
60 - No. Sls, southeast corner TIN aud streets
HANDSOME HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN
xHETNihdTSR he, ZINE PIANO FORTE, &C, AT
q On THURSDAY, the asth instant, we shah
housek eepins. AZ Hsn ~ gepfsman deoll1las
tss9 s streets northwest No. 1900, old Ne.
" rev ~ 81 m an excellent and near
One s ,esy me Pane forts stool and Cover
marble top Center side and othePP T iS,Jfea
~, sise sinut Marble-t top and other Cottage Cham
Walnut Extension Dining and other Tables
LARGE lot OF fine Tapestry, Brussels, Three ply and
Crash, 0ilcloth. stairrods and window shades
Hat I've, Whatnut, Feather Pillows, Hair and
Walnut Tucker Spring Bedsteais, Beidipr. kc
China, Glass, and Crockery, Plated Ware and Cut
Refriserator, Air.tisht and other Stoves
a GOD iot Of Kitchen Requisites, with large lot
Persons furnishing and the public in general are
nne ~ worthy their attention.
myn GREEN 4 WILLIAMS, Aucts.
ID Successors to J. @. McGuire Co
Southwest corner Penn. avenue and 18th street
WALNUT PARLoR AND CHAMBER rURsI.
a IN THURSDAY MORNING. May 18th
VI is0, at ~ O'Clock, at the residence of a gen
~ tIeman declining housekeeping, No 1913
"lstreet, between 18th and 18th streets We shall
sell the following articles, viz:
Walnut Parlor suite. in green rem Z.
Walnut Book Case. Oak Hall Suite
anut chamber Furniture, Lounges
Painted Cottage Furniture
Hair and Husk Mattresses
Feather Bolster end Pillows
Sideboard, Extension Dining Table
Once Desk, Easy Chairs
Cooking and Heating Stoves
Kitchen Requisites, &c.
Terms cash.
my23-dts COOPER LATIMER, Aucts.
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923 PAINTING. q23
ID STREKT.) IN srREKr
q. MACNICHOLS
GENERAL HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING
ESTABLISHMENT,
NO. 933 T.
Every description Of PAINTING, GkAINING,
SlLDIhG, CALCIMlNING, &c, executed in the
best style and With the parest standard materials.
Sign and Ornamental Painting in every variety
and style OF execution.
g. MACNICHOL,
apps I'm e23 ID street, bet 9th and 10th sts
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rHARLEs HRRZBERGS LOAN OFFICE,
~ tEsTABLIsHED 1897
S51 STREET NORTH,
Between ~ and sth streets, immediately In rear
EDUCATIONAL.

II IPPIBDOTT FEMALE INSTITUTE,
IL CHARLES STREET AVENUE,
BALTIMORE, ND.
Tor the ac9uiremept Of q thorough and fnisheS
Enghsha and French education
tails.
Cost for boarding pupils I'm English department
$50 rar annum.
For circulars containing fall Information address
dea.soxWiy REV. j. A.LIPPINCorr.A
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PAIUTIN0. Eso.
NEW AND SECONDHAND FuRnITURn.
10 MY FORMER CUSTOMERS AND TAI
PUBLIC In GENHRAL

PUBLIC IN GENERzL.A ~
bpnnIH sIRkkr, one door north Of -
services Of Mr.. LEWiS BLxCKfsToN,
TtU n with Mesrs. }; o.. Mcclure &ED1Du
ment Of New and Second hand fURNITURE and
nSv.SskhkhPIhG ARTICLES Of all descriptions,
winch VIII be sold sf prices guaranteed 20 give salts
faction Repairing, Vanishing, upholsfering end
Packing attended 70 ct the shortest neties.
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NONE Axr GENUINE UNLESS DONE Up IN
stssl engraved wrapper. win fac-simile Of N
ChsmicA wsrehouse, and slensd
spz-dkv II. HHxLnDoLD.
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n
l. Long and Facorably Kno1on in WASHINGTON.
AkE AT THE GR0CERS.
TIE STATE OF Maryland.
At an Orphans Court, held for Baltimore city, I'm
the Court House, in the city Of Baltimore, on the
twenty NTH day OF pril in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and seventy.
Presept:-lsaiah Balderston, Thomas Bond Boil
var ID. Daniels. Judges.
Among other proceedings were the following,
In Baltimore city, Orphans Cou-t, 25th Anil.
laO.-Qn application by the petition OF r. II p
BkOOhE n, Administrator OF Samuel Collier Iate ~
Baltimore city, deceased. IL IL ordered nv the Or
phans Court for said city, that the said Admits
traitor be, and be II hereby authorized and
to cause TO be inserted, in more OF the daily
newspapers pubfshe respectively, 10 the city Of
Washington, ID. c., sn6 in the county Of Somerset
notice TO all parties interested the distribu
Of the estate OF said Samuel Collier, deceased corr
handing them 70 appear in this Court, on or before
the hrst day OF June, A. D.. eighteen hundred and
seventy, TO authenticate their claims distrbutiye
shares OF said estate, in pursuance Of Art o. sec
las, q the Code Of General Laws Of Mari land
ISignedI Is. BALDERsTON
THOS. BOND,
BOLIFERD ID. DANIELS.
In testimony that the aforeeong is a true cory
taken from one Of the records of the proceedings OF
the Orphans Court for Baltimore citr VI
herewith subscribe my name and afix the seal
Of the said Court this twenty fifth CiaT of
lsEALI April, IN the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and seventy.
Test: P. HARMAN BROWN,
ap Hw&sAw Register Of Wills for BALTIMORE city.
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RY COOPER LATIMER. Auctiopeers.
- (Successors to ]. y. Mcclure & Col
Southwest corner Penn. avenue and iltA a.
TRUSTEES SALE OF LOTS IN SQUARE IA. O,
TWELFTH STREET WEST, BETWEEN


t iMb 4 I'll STREET WEST, BETWEEN 7
a BY virtue Of deed of trust from k. A. Mar
- shall and wife, d,,ted the 18th Of October, 1856
20 .h H pre eS PniMSS sff r the the
5ath DAY OF June $50 at 80 O'Clock p m, the east
from such portions Of said half as have hereto
fore been released from said trust. The part to be
LIST The south part of lot I5 said south part 'front.'
Of the lot and psTts Of Is and Of the east half H.
par1 81 an sfy y feet inches wide shown
Beteler, C3rcoran, and Marshall.
ID All OF lot l6 in said square 24.
ing on Sc 81 m Sa tbe IF int
lot embracing part of sub 50 and subs So and 81 in
4h Part Of lot Is, and parts of lots q and of east
hall OF 8 In said square, fronting Is feet inches on
aley shown the suGdis ision Aforesaid. pA''0' II"
bi ns terms I Of sale will be- third in cash, of
ard place OF sale and the residue in equal sums, in
If the terms Of sale not complied with within
hS nv G dS{ n he fSsS Of sale the Trustees
notice, for cash, at the rik and cost OF the pur-
chaser IN sefault All cenveyances and stamps at
mra,,,x,,. 5 S%b$f 4 $qLAIE4k RI s Trustees.
ERAME BUILDING AT AUCTION
DEPoT QUARTERMAsTRR's OFFICER
NAsHINGToS, ID. c., May ., Is7O.
Nv WI be sold at public auction, on The PREMISES,
June l, at IL m. small FRAME BUILDING, 10 by
10 by . feet.
Terms cash.
D256t WM. MYERS, Depot Quartermaster
10y GREEN WILLIAMS,
- AuctiOneers and Real Estate Brokers,
NO Sls, southeast corner Of 9TH and b SITS.
a By, virtue of deed of trust from Armistead
$y0Read and wife, dated the 9th November 1856
recorded in Liber II. NJ. H., No. "a, folio l35, IN
the land office OF Washington county, D. O., and by
the direction OF the party secured thereby we will
sell al public auction, on the premises, on FRI
DAY the Sd June. lS70, at o'clock p. m Lots Nos.
Nos. 2 and 8. in Square No 1I
Terms of sale One half cash, $50 Of which must
be paid at the time and plase of sale } and the resi-
due in six and twelve months, for which the pur-
Chaser 5 notes, bearing interest, and secured by
deed Of trust on the premises sold, will be taken;
the trustees reserving the right, the purcasers
ialng TO comply with the terms Of sale within FIVE
days from said sale 70 resell the property at his
cost and risk, alter hVe days notice. All stamps
and conyeyanclng at purchasers cost.
CHARLES BRADLEY $50.
WIN. X. WO0DWARD,{ trustees.
myl2- eo&ds GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucts.
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W1ND0w SHADE LINENS OF ALL COL,
w OBS, fae stores ana d~eliisge. -
ApAMSONS,
nyx3 Ct Snf< "A,
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II. BRENNAN

sos street, OPP. Y. NJ. o. A. Building.
!. B.-No Potash or Waiting Used. my2l-lm
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IL WEAR, BEDDING, &c, &c, at bargains ct
PRINCES LOAN OFFICE and Depot for the sale
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10y GREEN WILLIAMS,
- Auctioneers and Real Estate Brokers'
No. $40, southeast corner Of 9TH aud its
LOAN OFFICES.

"A SIDE SADDLE OF FIRST QUALITY FOR
IA SALE at PRINCES LOAN OFFICE and De-
pot for the sale of unredeemed goods, 1906 Penn
N Nania an
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PROPOSALS FOR ORNAMENfING Ann
BEAUTIFYiNG K STREET aoRrHnn AM


WASHINGTON, ID. O., May Is, $50 I
sealed Proposals will be received at the n ayor's
once, uklil m, Nay q, lS70, tor ornanen tina
street north, from Twelfth Sixteenth streets west
amended act approved April Is, 1870
flape, speciea fions and all other information can
be obsained At the ONCE Of Superintendent and In.
spectsr Of Sewers, Carriaeeways, &c. where blank
forms viii be provided for bidders and all bids INST
CONFORM strictly thereto.
The Mayor reserves the right 10 reject any or ALI
dee med best.
No bids will be considered unless a penal bond ef
a. 90 10 attached to the same.
All bids to be Endorsed :. Proposals for Ornament
Ing h street north" CHARLES ii. BLISS.
Superintendent OF Sewers.
- NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the time
for receiving bids for ornamenting street ia ~
tended until THURSDAY. the 18th inst, at n m.
m24-at superintend ent Carriaeeways. &c.
- BPBIN0 STYLE.
W TIE lablic are respectfully Informed that VI
HATS can Be remodeled 20 fAshionahie shane n
OCNNIN0HAMB HAT FACTORY 923 TX NJ :
bet 1 and r. ~HeW HAts made TO order ''''
~PANAAA HATS RLkACaEp. sl9-su
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DRINCE, THE PAWN BROKER, 1905 Penn
Il sylyanis avenue. All requiring money call and
they will be satisfied with their transactions.
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EMPIRE HEATING RANGE.
without an equal In the world -
simple in construction. =
Perfect In operation.
viii warm upper rooms In coolest weather ~
III. I. GREGORY,
nyin 634 Pennsy ly ania syeaue.
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MARBLE AND SLATE MANrELS
am selling, 81 reduced prices, for cash. at m
Marble Works north street and New York ave
uue, near the Treasury Department.
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in the house. But what sane men ever, in his
widest moments even, so much as dreamed
of using the impossible smoking caps or the
indescIibable morning jackets, the filgree
card-racks or the embroidered watch pockets,
for which at every charity fair bright eyes
and fascinating lips 80 soou to despoil him of
bis substance? We specify the sex advisedy,
for, of course, it is man who is the object and
the prey of all these enterprises, aud for
whose especial enticement the mass of this
gorgeous inutility is prepared. He buys
it, indeed, whenever a sufficiently pretty
woman asks him to buy it, and he throw it
away afterward. Perhaps he is consoled by
the reflection that his money has gone for
worthy object; but his business instinct, if
he be man of business, cannot repress
pang tbst it has been SO apparently wasted
Now, all this appears to us to be wrong.
To give money directly in aid of a charity is
one thing, and to give it indirectly, through
the medium of bargain aud sale, is another.
Humanity naturally les 3nts any thing savoring
of imposition, al most people would rather
give outright, for laudable purpose,
whatever they can afford, than be cajoled
into paying the same amount for worthless
article, which at once takes their money and
the credit of unrewarded liberality. If charity
fairs made 1t point to offer only useful arti-
cles of good quality, at fair market rates,
they would probably give us more general
satisfaction and exhibit more fattering re-
suits. Since their stock in trade is usually
made up of gratuitous offerings, there would
be no difficulty in combining just prices with
generous profits and most people, finding
fair dealing, would be glad to buy their little
every day necessaries in a quarter which
offered so pleasing prospect for the union
of economy and virtue.
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DEMOCRACY AND DISASTER.

From the albany Journal
The Democratic party is the party of strife,
tur noil, and protracted conflict. 1t is the
enemy of pubic peace and prosperity. 1t
refuses to accept the great settlements of the
Constitution. 1t disputes the validity of the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and
threatens, in case it secures power, to over
throw them. Its triumph would revive the
rebellious spirit of the South, stimulate anew
such outrages as that of the Georgia Legisa-
ture, and intlame again the violent and dis
tracing agitation from which the country will
secure entire relief by Republican ascendancy.
The Democratic party is the party of violated
faith and national shame. 1t advocates the
equivalent of repudiation-in some parts of
the country, open and undIsguised repudia-
tion itself. Its success would be deadly
blow at the honor of the nation-it would be
a fatal stab at the public credit The calm
steady, orderly movement of the national
finances, by which the debt is being rapidly
paid, by which the annual burden of interest
is being reduced by which the decrease of
taxes is made possible, by which the value of
the public securities is being augmented, by
which the purchasing power of our money is
being sensibly increased to every holdor-all
this would come to an end. The Democratic
policy is precisely the reverse in its character
and would be precisely the reverse in its
results.
The Democratic party IS the party OF hnan-
cial convuision and disaster. In order to
carry out its policy with regard to debt and
currency, it would issue new food of green
backs, and so unsettle all the foundations of
industry, business, and commerce. 1t would
utterly change the standard of value. 1t
would produce violent and ruinous fuctua-
tions. 1t would overthrow the National Bank
system, against which it avows it's implacable
opposition and substitute a currency not
intelligently regulated by the demands of
| trade, but subject to the capricious changes
| of Congressional majorities. 1t would spread
| uncertainty and peril through all our financial
| system and battle the calculations of the
wisest men, 1t would reverse the movements
which are carefully and prudently carrying
us towards specie payments, and would take
us in the opposite direction. These are not
wild statements. They result inevitably
from the pronounced Democratic policy. The
country is now in the enjoyment of public
peace and business prosperity. Democratic
triumph would destroy both.
| The Democratic party is the party of COR
rupt, wasteful, and extravagant administra-
ton. Wherever it is in power it exhibits the
same results. 1t has brought our own city to
bankruptcy. 1t has swelled the taxes in New
York from three millions to twenty-seven.
1t has wasted an annual surplus. of three mil
lioIs in the canals, and raised the taxes by
two millions and a half. Everywhere it falls
under the control of profigate and rapacious
rings who prostitute it to their own enrich
ment. Wrong in principle, dangerous in
| policy, ruipous in administration, how can
the people hesitate to reject this Democratic
party?
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WHAT is CUBA WORTH?

From the NJ Y. Sun.
Cuba has for years been to Spain the mine
from which, by the most cruel and tyrannical
system, she has drawn the means to support
her court and its parasites After paying
the expenses of considerable quota OF
SPANS army, and, on au average, those of
one-half of her navy, Cuba has for very many
years remitted, as the net proceeds of surplus
taxation over the cost of her own Govern
ment sums varying from six to seven mil
lion dollars per annum. This enormous
amount was, however, ground out of Cuba
and Cubans in the rosy days of her greatest
financial prosperity. For the last two years
Cuba, of course, has been to Spain not an
expense, except in lives-for Spain has no
money to spend-but dead weight politi-
cally and financially The money to carry
on her futile attempts to crush the revolution
has been provided not by Spain but by
Spaniards in Cuba, whose only hope for the
future was the preservation of Spanish sove-
reignty, with slavery and the slave trade. 1t
is stated on creditable authority that the
Casino Espanol of Havana lately remitted to
their agent, Manuel Calvo, in Madrid, the
enormous sum of 5000, 900, to insure the
despatch of the last 5000 raw recruits sent to
Cuba. To the Spanards in Cuba, if the out
side world permitted the renewal of the slave
trade, the island might be most valuable; to
Spain itself it can never again be worth any
thing.
The Cubans naturally desire to own their
country, and they might be willing perhaps
to pay fair price for it, in order to avert
further destruction of their own property
It is natural that they of all others should be
best informed of the real value of the island
from life residence, and from the fact that
all their possessions are situated there, and
their future prospects bound up in their OBJ
, tanning entire control of it.
Various sums have at different times been
named as the price at which Spain would sell
the island. They vary from one hundred
and thirty to one hundred and seventy mil
lions of dollars. The Cubans last year of
fered to pay one hundred millions for it, and
this amount, in view of the actual circum-
stances, is large one. In the first place,
this sum represents in this hemisphere, and
in all tropical countries where labor il dear
and capital correspondingly SO, an annual
interest of at least seven millions of dollars,
or about the same sum as Spain has drawn
out of the island, under the most oppressive
system of taxation, direct and indirect, ever
imposed on any nation or colony. Slavery in
Cuba is doomed in any event. If the patriots
succeed in driving out the Spaniards, the slave
is free by the Cuban Constitution. If the
revolution should ever be suppressed, no
only would the island be previously reduced
to desert, and consequently utterly incspa
BILE of paying any taxes, but slavery, tn,
basis of the past financial prosperity of tn,
island. would have to be abolished by SpaiI
herself. Now nOtone-tentho of the area of Cub
is under cultivation, and all the laws whel
Span E--eGt sG.et esIIa AeysT 0o4llpei Va