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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1873-12-31

el cumplimientO de Ia paTte mas dolorosa
del prOtocolo Fish Polo. Hemos hecho uu
sacrificio de abnegacion y patriotismO
mas dificil que el que hicieron los human
tinOs. Estos murieron con honra y gloria
NOsOtrOs hemOs tenidO que elegir entire
mOrir como rebeldes, declarados asi p0r el
GObierno de nuestra misma p&tria, baiO
las balsS de los cafiones ingleses y norte
americanos mandadOs pOr Castelar, y sul
compaheros, & titulo de protection a Es-
pa1a, desObedecida por nosotrOs, vivir
con el estigma de Ia humillaciOn de ese
fatal acuerdo. En- ell primer case, morfa
mos con la esperansa de tener honra y glo-
ria ante la poSteridad, pero perdiamos q
Cuba y Puerto-Rico, pOrque el resultado
dc esa protection anglo americana hubie
ra sidO que nuestrs agriculture quedTe
arruinsds con pFoVecho Immediate de H.
glsterra, que asi IN )nopolisaris la industria
azu ucarera, y no por Otra razOn ha Ofrecido
4 CASTELAR, 81 fuer1a para traernOs buen
caminO, 4 nOsotros los rebeIdes; y que los
EstadOS- UnIdOs hubiesen puesto aquf gu
pie para no levantarlo mas, reaiizando ssf
su dorado sueno de siempre, y tampOcO
habran Of.ecido con otro fin CASTELAR, gu
mediacion para con noSOtrOs. En- el segun-
do caso, salvamos Cuba y Puerto Rico pa
"a Espahna. Y no vale mas esto que nues-
traS vidaS y nuestra gloria futura sparte
que la humiliation no srrojs Su tango s6cio
sObre nOsotrOS, sinO sobre el rostrO del que
por inconcebfble precipitation y por inca
lifcable miedo, ls ha ocasionadof
La BanderG Espai5OLG de Santiago de
Cuba, desPues de hacernos saber que
el II lego ALI el Sr. brigadier Bur
riel, y Sc hizo cargo del destino de
cOmandante general que tan dignamente
desempena, dice 10 siguiente:
"a las 8 del dia de aver pas6 4 la casa
de gObiernO una cOmision, representando
al CirculO EspAhol de esta ciudad, felici-
tar 4 nuestrO cOmandante general Excmo.
Sr. ID. Juan N. Burriel, por su feliz arri-
DO y pOr tOmar de nuevo las riendas del
goblernO del DePartamento que con tanto
patriOtismO y finO tacto ha venido Ilevando
desde su nOmbramiento por el gobierno
supreme. NuestrO apreciado gobernador,
con la galanteria que 10 caracteriza, reci
bio de una manera distinguida q Ia CO.
mission"
Segun vemOs en- La VOs de Cuba, ell Sr
Burriel ha sidO ascendido 4 mariscal de
campo. Esta es una prueba de que el 90
biernO de la rePGblica sabe apreciar los
servicios del benemeritO jefe que tan ca
lumniadO ha sido por los enemigos de
Espaha, y de que va el gabinete CASTELAR,
empieza a cOmprender que fue sorpren-
dido por la astucia yankee al frmar ell
tristisimO protOcOlO del 29 de noviembre
de 1873
III BoLETIN felicita los leales de San
tiago de Cuba, pOr la vuelta dc su digno
J energico jete.
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que parte ell arreglo, ofrecerSn la oca-
sion de aquilatar la justicia, y de pro-
ceder las rectificaciones que ell ca
so requiera.
EntretantO, obedesiendo 4 la ley
de la necesidad y q las 6rdenes del
Gobierno de la Repdblica sspaf1ola,
devolvamos con la tripulacion super
viviente ell vapor VirginiMs, que va
habia conducidO antes y volvia & con-
ducir ahora pertrechos de guerra y
jefes y soldados al campo de nuestros
enemigos.
Que el pueblo entero comprenda
la extension de sus deberes: que la
agitacion no amengie su dignidad nj
desvirtGe la magnitud del sacri6cio.
Dejemos fntegros los hechos al i'm
parcial juicio de la Historic.
ConociendOos, he respondido anti
cipadamente del profundo respeto que
al principle de autoridad Sc profesa
en- esta provincial espaflola. Flo la
nObleza de vuestros procedures ell
cumplimiento de mi palabra.
Habana, diciembre II de 1873.
VuestrO GobernadOr y CAPTAIN &C.
neral.
Joaquin JoVellGr.
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GACETILLA. G

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NOTICIAs DE CUBA

Ademss de las Pgbllcadas an nues
tro Aleanee dsmos bog los sigslen,e.
inteTesanies pAFFalos tonados de una
hola que publio6 La Hos d. CaLs RI
ID del o0Trente
Lee lsciores ds Ia Hss A. Cd s.Lsa
ys qss Nc. .. k'ss y Ms. Gsaas a. a.
deeisrs1o iagobeEnahlaa, ass. Sespaes
De habsr Obsssia0 dsl sebissas a. M.
dsia sodo 10 qAs asisisrsa y eFagssss Zee
eoavsnls para iFAsasss q Als q cub..
eon Il @aysT a@abaliAal dssiasssSs =
sissolsroa q ssHiiio @ lAs fssraas e 90
Es'A4os Usides, pare vsno.r nsasssa .
usssissseaA y AaosEsss gossruabiss.
PsFo % qas sia 6a&a 90 ashan sa.ssros
leeioEsa, - sas, sssss lssmas 80 o T.u.es.
sl behsEols g0bsssaa isx ss. S. alsaas 81
De Espaha eaa39s h oamviaaa. a..
Ianbisa { casaslas sazsl.asls esuta A..
esFos' ease ds qas see Fss.salass.mss 4
be mandates ds 81 autesidaa.
Dss1s iasgo lama is saeaessu A "a
q eaos gohaaFnos sstfaH lssaa 80 tsn a.
gcs &c qus imDaEs SO ta1ns las pvovs.r....
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care qss este s.mensA seh.iass 49,.
% Ssaa ga Faspstads oAs1seaas !.
eSioraeaa q CAstsAss, eaanae . \ fys.ass !
.a..s !. ssaAa vsss4s Fssss.ds -
Nsoa - Cafis1saas EsspauAs a =. |,
Pcysos's s-PsoaaAna, pasa ias su.l.s =.
-. saas peasnsAas qus C..s.l.. y.
ossoesateias - Garages. , - - -
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caeaI \ sisTamaals. 30 ~ -. y. ~
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Al. % ca CHO ".
GOBIERSo SUPERIOR PoLlrIco DE LA
PROVINCIAL DE CUBA.

Habltantes de Ia Isla de Cuba:
VuelVo a dlrIgiros mi VOC en- mo-
mentos graves; escuchadls, que es la
expression del mas puro patriotlsmo
suIadO por Ia reh .xlon.
Va sabeis que existe un arreglo
cOnvenido entire el gobierno do Es.
pana y el de los Estados-Unidos, a
prop6sitO de una question do derecho
International Mientras 10 la essado
EN- Was de negotiation, no necesito
deciros que he hecho cuanto me la
sidO possible por favorecer oil resulta
do mas satisiactorio para Ia honra V
iOs intereses generates do la Isla: vo
sotros 10 supondreis seguramente: yo
no podia taltar d las exigencias de
mi cargo nj al favor do vuestra con.
tiAnIA Pero desde el instante on que
quedA va cOnvenldA entire ambos go.
Disrnos la solucion del confiicto, oil
deber De 10 AutoridAd, mi deber ina.
ludible, que quiero como todos lle-
nAr, por muy doIoroso que me sea,
cata en- cumpiir helmente 10 acorda
do. lie Focibido para cato 6rdenca
terminates La iAltA de cumplimisn-
10 De est4s 6rdenea produciriA Ia
guerra. una guerra eoa una grAG po-
tonciA, sin el Aa1silo dc EspanA, boy
mas que nuneA dcsgarradA por luchaa
lfAincIdAa Para que indicArOs las iu
nostAs coasseasactas de- aUmelAnts
Aooascoimientoi llussrAr una YEA snaa
eon hsrdseos hochos Gu tan do..yuAl
ooatieaaA Il historic do pueblo o4pA
aol, 10 sAlvArlA do samiaoaio possxto
q sGsogndsd DE- l. pAIriA. a do Ia .
mediate boabArd~o as pob -Aosoass
10 "a ooaLA
lie assaAe1ou GA qas me- aac0nEra
me 40 os aaoEa para a0sossos, como
iAaPooo 10 sosia para ataxuao de -
.HAs gFAaasa sEaP~ssos. qas lo4Aa "a
aaeaDaoa hAa toai4o 49, AlAa % al
versa ooaso as Ps6aposa lossaa~ 81
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sltsss4s = sssa9 alssAsA 80 saaa 80 .
la@sa 50 aAaasa p@ass 80 Aa lea
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49,. rsr @w<Aa g@a - ss@.4s Fsgras
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ALOCUCION PATRIOTICA.
Joaquin JoOeHar.

FL ExcmO. Sr. d. Juan N. Burriel,
cOmandante general del departamento
oriental de "a isla de Cuba, ese pun
donOroso y calumniado soldado de la
integridad nacional, ha publicado ell
siguiente elocuente y sentido mani
festo que encierra al par de los mas
eIevados seDtimientos de patriotismO,
la mas paladina condeuacion del des-
honroso convenio del TirginiuS:
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R.F. FORT. Editor.
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Cuba and Spain.

The revolution in Spain, as
might have been expected, is
Spreading confusion and con-
tention throughout her borders.
But in all their revolution, IFS
leaders in Spain do not appear
TO be prepared to surrender
Cuba. On the contrary, their
Legislative Assembly seem to
be waiting for the presence of
Cuban Representatives to aid
the progress of the Republic.
These Representatives are
slave holders, and staunch adj
herents to a union with Spain.
If Spain and Cuba, are togeth-
er members of a Republic, it
will certainly place Cuba more
Immediately in sympathy with
Spain, and more immediately
under her political control.
The general opinion, which
probably exists in this country,
that it will favor, the conces-
sion of Cuba to this country,
may, by no means, be realized.
Even the Republicans of Cuba,
who were agitators for a union
with this country, finding re-
publicanisn with Spain, may
cease their asitations for sepa.
ration. But, as those who be-
gin revolutions, seldom control
them, no one we presume can
fOretell the future of either
Spain or Cuba. ..w- ..-a p
Laboring as the Southern
States now are, from the fell
effects Of revolution, We can
deeply sympathize with both
Spain and Cuba. The loss of
the mild and equitable rule of
Amadeus, will we fear, be the
forerunner of violence, conten-
ton, and the most ruinOus OBJ
preston. If the Spaniards are
capable of administering a free
and just Government, all good
men will rejoice; but ifthey are
not, the word Republic, cannot
make them so.-[Picayune.
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Pass En- Round.

Our neighbOr of the Gazette
Comet is after swindiing adver-
Using agents with a very sharp
stick, and We hope the country
press will agitate the matter
until those scamps get their
just deserts and the press
maintains its dignity. We,
too, have suffered from swind-
ling advertising agents, but We
solemnly promise OurSelf never
TO be thus treated again, SO
We'll forgive the past in antici-
patton of a brighter future.
Our contemporary alludes to
the impudence of those fellows
in their offers for advertising,
and we'll give orr readers an
excellent illustration of what
our friend means by "smaIl
price" for their work. We
have now before us a PROPOSE
ton from the "Cash Advert
sing agency" of st. Louis, Mo.
whereof one II. j. Oliver claims
to be Secretary, to insert a Ster-
eOtype plate SIX inches in length
and seven lines of editorial in
local column for one year, for
all of which the liberal "Agen-
cy" propose to pay the enOr-
nous sum Of eight and a half
dollars! Now, the lowest price
we would touch the advertise.
ments fer wonld be fifty dollars,
and that in advanced We have
received many such offers and
the paper on which they were
written or printed has served
to light our cigars "many a
time and oft" With our con-
temporary we say, if any per
sons are to be benefited by the
system of cheap advertising.
let it be our home folks, and
send all thieving agents to Old
Nick when they makr such in
sulting prOpositions.-TWe
Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
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ENGLISH IN ENGLATD.-Tbe
London News, says it is high
time that Englismen were
taught to speak and write Eng
liSh. The half of the popula-
ton Of these islands is about as
unintelligible to the other halt
as if it were talking Welsh. 4
Yorkshire and a DeYonshire
peasant thrown into company
would not understand each
other as readilyaS an Irishman
and a Highlander talking
Gaelic to each other. Even
among the people who are
fairly educated, and who live
in those large circles of popu-
lation in which provincialisms
are supposed to die ont, the
English language is subjected
to serious ill-treatment. Half
the country members of the
House of commons omit tine
final consonant in words end
ing with ing. Many of them
talk of Indian. The tricks
played with the letter h, which
are common in many circles,
do not appear as a rule, in
Parliament, except where the
rural representative has to
pronounce such a word as be
hind" 1t would be an ignom-
inious thing if thirty millions of
Japanese were to be found
speaking better English than
the English themselves, How
ever, the Eastern nations have
an old habit of imitation.
Everyone knows the story OF
the Chinese tailor who made a
coat according to pattern by
initiating all the rents in it;
and perhaps the japanese will
take the English language as it
is reproducing all the current
faults OF pronunciation.
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There can be few persons who
will object to an amendment
Of the Constitution providing
for a better form of electing a
President of the United States.
Ii there are any such, a glance
at the proceedings of the Joint
Convention, on Wednesday,
will convince the most conServ-
alive that some change is need
ed. The Senate met the House;
business proceeded calmly
until some obstruction was
reached, wher. the Senators
were sOlemnly marshalled back
to their chamber 10 have it out
among themselves. By Il bless
ell rule, no debate was allowa-
bic, and Senators painfully
voted without saying what
they thought about it; then
marched back again. The
upshot of it all was that the
votes of two States, Louisiana
and Arkansas, were thrown
ont; the rest were counted.
Suppose the vote Of these two
States could have decided the
lection7 WOnld we not have
been on the dangerous verge of
a reyolution7 Happily, we
have never been confronted
by a close vote and doubtful
returns. Before we are, let us
abolish the Electoral College.
Il n. Y. Tribune. .......~. .
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Senator Morrill, has just laid
before Congress the report of
the committee adverse to the
proposed system of interna-
tional copyright The commit
tee to whom the investigation
of this subject was confined,
declare that no form of inter
national copyright can fairly
be urged upon Congress on
grounds of general equity or of
constitutional law, aud that
the adoption Of any plan for
that purpose would not only be
OF doubtful advantage 20
American authors, but also a
permanent injury to the manu-
featuring interests Concerned
III the produtoIn OF books, and
a hindrance to the diffusion OIL
knoWledge. These strong
assertions are sustained by q
great array OF statistics and
comparisons. The advocates
OF a copyright system are there
fore at liberty to revise their
theories. A vigorous renewal
OF the old controversy may now
be expected Picayune.
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THIRTY CENTURIES Olp.-Ths

Thirty CENTURIES OLD.-Tho
oldest relic of humanity u the
skeleton of the earliest Pharaoh,
encased in its original burial
robes, and wonderfully perfset,
considering its age, which sas
deposited eighteen or twenty
months ago in the British Blu
scum, and is justly considered the
most valuable of it's archaeological
treasures. The I'D o. the &C lip
which contained toe Fr0ya,, i1Em.
my was inscribed with the name
of its occupant, Pharaoh Idyksri.
mus, who succeeded the .-s;2 OF
the builder of the great pyramid
about ten centuries before Christ.
Only think of it! the monarch
whose crumbling bones and lsath-
cry integuments are now exciting
the wonder of numerous -asers
in London reigned in Egypb be-
fore Solomon was born, and emily
about eleven centuries or 20 afser
Misraim, the grandson Of cid IA
Their Noah, aud the first Of the
Pharaohs, had been gathered to
his fathers.
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LAND IN ENGLAND.-At 4
sale of estates in England,
lately, farms were sold at $3.50
per acre These farms rented
at five dollars per acre, OF less
than . per cent. on the value
Few good farmers in New York
or Pennsylvania could be pur-
chased or rented for any less.
IN. o. Christian Advocate.
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If any truth is beginning to
dawn upon mems mine nj the
present time, it is this-that
there is some good in all relig-
ions, that none Of them has q
monopoly of truth, and that
all should work together in
peace for the final regeneration
of misunderstanding Athen-
3um.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-03-01

IT'S fun to go to school in
Minnesota. In the town of
Alden both teachers and schol-
ars were shut all night in the
school-hOuse by one of the
snow storms that dance around
in that region
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Teacher-''who was the first
manio Brown (head boy)-
Washington; he was first in
war, tirstin-" Teacher-"No,
no; Adam was the first man. !"
Brown-"Qh! if you're talking
OF foreigners, I s'pose he wass"
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The Delaware Indians live
in frame houses, wear cut way
coat and stand-up collars, fail
in business, and compromise
at fifty cents on the dollar, and
are getting quite civilized.
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Congress has appropriated
$4,000 additional to the old
appropriation of sl5O,OOO, for
removing the raft. This is
enough, according to the origi-
nal estimate of 1t. Woodruff.
to complete the work. Fifty
thousand dollars in addition
to the last years appropria-
ton has also been appropri-
ated for improving navigation
to Jefferson. So it can be
seen, that the United States
government is becoming more
inclined to do justice by us.
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The most that the View York
Tribune, with all its charitable
disposition toward Mr.. Colfax
can say about his last wpestls
with the consistent money and,
telltale memorandum book of
Oakes Ames, is that, a"if Mr.,
Coltax be innocent, be is the.
victim of a conspiracy stretch
ing over many years, arranged
with consnmmate art, and hay-
Ing no conceivable motive."-
Surprising the case of Mr.
Colfax to rest where it was left,
by his last line of defence.
there can be no question
as to the verdict of the country.
In fact the verdict is already
made up. He will be remem.
bered as a phenomenal person.
lfcation of moral smirk and
shipper, and altogether as, spe,
clous a specimen of inflated
littleness that ever managed
to cloak positive vices and
achieve a bad eminence, by
the practice OF small negative
vlrtues.-[Nv o. Times.
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BELLEVUE, La,
Saturday Morning, March 1, 1873.

AL IhO al lSh iOulI VI w GU
ster parish, a suit was lately
instituted on behalf of the
State against L. B. Watkins,
under the Intrusion act, to
test his right to hold the Office
Of Judge Of 18th District court.
This case was decided in
favor of Watkins by the Par
ish court, and from the decis-
ion the State appealed; and
the appeal is now pending in
the Supreme court at New
Orleans. The case was ar
gued some time ago in the
Supreme court; but its de-
cision has been held up for
political reasons, as all be-
lieve. If it be policy, after
seeing which way the squirrel
jumps, to decide for Watkins,
it will be so done. If not,
then against him and in favor
of Turner.
Turner was counted in by
the Lynch board; which
board the Supreme court has
decided to be the legal one.
He, therefore, stands in a bet
ter position than the late
Republican candidates for
parish Offices; for there was
no decision by the board in
their favor at all, and conse-
quently they have been ap-
pointed to Office by Kellogg
as if the Offices were vacant.
So the decision in the contest
between Turner and Watkins
will not settle the rights to
the parish Offices, and, conse-
quently, other suits would
have to be brought, thereby
keeping the country in sus,
pense yet for a long time.
We have been waiting pa
tiently for Congress to decide
our differences. This, it is
slow to do. The President has
told it, that he desires it to
decide Immediately else he.
after the adjournment, will
recognize the Kellogg govern
ment. Congress, fit does any
thing, will likely order a new
election. However much we
may dislike it. from present
appearances, this is the best
We can get.
t.tis
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Two plugs of tobacco in his
pocket stopped a bullet and
saved a Kentucky mans, life
recently, but you win never
see this circumstance related
and circulated in the form Of q
tract. 4
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A Kansas paper announces that
one Col. Jennison, having failed
In bis candidature for the State
Senate, has reopened his gamb.
ling hell in Leavenworth.