THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPHPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAYr 17, 1869. . frtm, ih$ Fir at Pa.) I ! l.lrt IV-thKa YnLnrtW FlrM An n' va) A fit rtA I Hint roan over there a keeps hlc the hie hie ho-tcT to gi- me a cl-hic-Rsir, thin mornln', but 'c wouldn't do It, and I hlc hud to take one out of my own pocket. Don't want to do It again, mister. Don't get huffy if I run aglri yc. I hlc could tike one out of yer pock-hic-et nn' jc wouldn't know It. I'm a poor boy, away from home, but I tell you hie geiiTiucn, tny lunula In Ihc hands ns 'could hold "the rehm of gove'nicnl." ,Thcn, pointing to two neatly clad and bright-looking hovg who followed him lu his 'drunken rambles, ""them's my two little boy them-hie is. That's James G. Dobbs, Jr., and I'm his daddv. James, hm, this mornlu'-liie- 'Daddy, won't vou take us up-hie-to sec the Mew wh-whiipin'-Pst?' 'No,' oz I; 'no, sonny, ve'll get there soon enough In the course of nature!' But I con-concluded hie to bring 'cm up to see the new whippin'-post. I've got 'cm In tralnlu', yc sec, genTmeu, an' here they hlc are." And so on throughout the two hours occupied by the first part of the programme. The drib biings of such a drunkard are not worth the epacc they occupy In print, saying for the pur pose of illustrating the awe-inspiring Influences of the mcdiicval instrument of justice to which tho heart of Delaware so fondly dings, In the delusive belief that the terror it inspires tend- to keep it guileless and innocent. "A Looker-on In Vienna." Still another spectator of tho scene was worthy of notice, although he did not engage any considerable share of attention. This was Frazler, the Middletown murderer, who is serv ing out his life-service within tho walls of the jail. By the courtesy of his jailors, ho was per mitted to stand at a grated wmdow, where for two full hours he sat quietly gazing between the Iron bars upon tho Instrument of torture and its Surroundings, and If the opinion of any one of tho antldiluvlans had been sought, it would doubtless have been that his position was far more enviable than that of the unhappy darkey Vho was soon to receive twenty lashes for driv ing off a white man's pig. lthciiiiintlnin not In Harmony with the AVhip-plUK-pont. At 11 o'clock Rcaley and Conner had expiated thsir offenses, as far as they could be expiated by standing in the pillory, and, Goorge W. Thompson, a white man, took their place. Thompson's offense consisted in having stolen a horse, upon the head-of which animal, unfor tunately for the culprit, there had been a halter. This man was well advauccd in years, and was suffering severely from rheumatism. When he mounted the platform his neck was encased in an enormous white handkerchief. The upper Section of the projeoting arm of the pillorj' was raised, and his neck and wrists being placed ju position, an attempt was made to replace it. The genius who had constructed the affair had not made an allowance for so much outer wrappings, and after several at tempts at reconciling the matter it was found necessary for the jailor to remove tho bungling neckerchief. As tho minutes dragged along elowly, relieved by the occasional outbursts of Dobbs and "the Democratic nigger," the misery Of Thompson's position gradually became un endurable, and the jailor was finally obliged to release his right wrist in order that he might not become so utterly exhausted as to be unable to stand up to the post to receive tho thirty lashes which had been allotted him. As the compassionate jailor stood below gazing upon his victim, he remarked in a confidential tone: "I'm afraid he won't live through his im prisonment of one year, but we'll pull him through if we can !" Sixty DlinutCN for Dinner. When the town clock struck twelve, Thomp son was released, aud, assisted by two men, con trived to stagger down tho ladder and returned to Lis cell. Then the jailor turned to the crowd with an invitation for the "gentlemen" present to withdraw from the enclosure until ne o'clock, when, he announced, the Sheriff would make his first appearance this season in the role of a bare-back whipper. To the correspondents who were present the beuu volcnt functionary volunteered an explanation for the delay by 6tatiug that tho Sheriff did not feel equal to his task without having first par taken of his dinner. It was also stated that the authorities would not be guilty of such a refinement of cruelty as to subject the victims to the stripes on empty stomachs. Their appetites appeared to be sharp ened by the prospect before them, aud it was accordingly about twenty minutes to 2 before the gales were again thrown open. No allow ance, however, was made by the outside crowd for this victualling process, and at 1 o'clock they clamored for admittance in Increased numbers. Dobbs and the "Democratic nigger" again came to the rescue, and by their genial antics served to relieve the tedium of waiting. The High Court of Krrors and Appeals. There was still another relief in the way of listening to a repetition of what the Sheriff h id aid, lu expressing his views upon the approach ing exhibition. That functionary had been heard to say that he anticipated another assault by the newspapers; but there was no help for it, as he was sworn to do his duty. He gave the statutes bearing upon the point a very free con struction, however, when he declared that, in his judgment, the colored lad Conner deserved hanging. As the jury and the judges hud in terfered with such an arrangement, lie had passed the whole case in review nnd determined to lay the stripes on, hot nnd heavy thereby de monstrating the immense superiority of the criminal jurisprudence of Delaware over that of every other State in the Union, by placing so much discretion in his olllclal hands, as a coun terpoise to mawkish sentimentality on the part ot jurymen, and unjustifiable leniency on the part of judges. (til flip Krcnt Attniu. At twenty minutes before 'i o'clock the gates were finally thrown open again, nnd tho motley crowd rushed through the passage-way with a rumbling cry like that of a pack of hounds who have scented the quarry and are lu full pursuit. The first victim of the lash was a light colored negro named John Pierce, who had been found lu possession of a set of harness, which he declared he had found, and not stolen, as w;is alleged against him. Twenty lashes was his allotment, and he received the last blow on his well-conditioned (-boulders with us much com placency as he did the liret in tLe scries, never Wi'H'llJg. HobliN Aunln to the Kritcuc. John Bush, a jet-black negro, who had stoleu a bull aud two cows, was then introduced to tho Sherlll. 80 much interest was manifested in his case that the crowd In its eagerness pressed quite cloely to the point of attraction, w here upon Dobbs, even more hilarious than before tUnuer, stammered out: "Stan' back, gcuTinen; stun' ba-hle-k. Ve'r cl-closer than the law allows uu'er 0 cir-c-cumstuaccs." Bush received his twenty lashes with great I coini osuro, and quickly givc l,,rtt'e t0 lhe uoit partici) nut. 1 he IIIh C'onit Knforcow It KdlclB. This was the lad Conner, who came up to the post smiling. But at the first cut the expression of his features underwent a noticeable change. Tho judgment of the High Court of Errors and Appeals was to be enforced lu earnest. The sutlcrcr writhed nnd groaned nt each descent of the lash, and when for the fourteenth time it hnd fallen on his quivering flesh, he pulled his left hand from the iron bracelet which had held him in position and fairly faced the Sheriff, with the cry: "You cut me under tho arm that time!" 5"Of his own accord, however, the culprit thrust his hand back Into tho manacle, the Sheriff never pausing until the jailor intoned "thirty." Then Conner was released; and, throwing his coat over his reddened shoulders, walked briskly away with a broad grin tipon his face, despite the prospect of a four years' imprisonment,' in addition to what he had already undergone. A Contorted PhyNiognoiiiy. Itcaley, Conner's companion of the morning in the pillory, was then led out. Twenty lashes hud been allotted to him, with two years' im prisonment as a finale. The Sheriff did his work almost as well in this case as in tho last, the sufferer drawing in his nether lip aud contorting his features in a very uncdifying fashion, as each blow fell on his bared back. Still he did not suffer so intensely as to prevent him from giving vent to a gay laugh as he marched back to his quarters. A ."Muscular J'iK-TliW-r nml Another Outburst from Dublin. John Peterson, the next in order, had been unable to make any show of defense against the charge of having appropriated n pig, the pro perty of a party by the name of Johnson. Twenty lashes, one year's imprisonment, and six months In a convict's jacket had been meted out to him, in vindication of the right of property in pigs. On all sides it had been prophesied that l'eterson "would stand up to it like a man," and he did. So eager were the crowd to witness his heroic devotion to pig-flesh that they pressed eagerly around, eliciting from the irrepressible Dobbs another caution about trespassing on the limits prescribed by law. The muscular develop inent of this man was wonderful to behold, nnd the leather thong made but slight impressions on the dark folds of his superfluous flesh. All the while ho was chewing greedily, as though he still rolled under his tongue a choice and savory morsel of Johnson's pig. When it was oil over lie f;i.-id his persecutor with tho exclamation: '' one your work well, Sheriff: that's wl, 1. 10 matter!" adding, as he left the scene, "I took it like a man, didn't I ?" Equality of the Hacen Vindicated. The five colored participants in the entertain ment had by this time passed on and off the stage, and now came the turn of the Caucasians. The first of these was Morris L. Ilclmes, a burly, red-whiskered man, whose appetite had hau kcred for a slice of bacon, and been gratified at the expense of twelve lashes. Livid ridges ap peared one by oncon his shoulders, hut he mani fested very little concern. A .Mockery of Justice. Then came Timothy Dornu, an ugly-looking customer, who made no defense when charged with the theft of a ham, .except that he was drunk at the time aud unable to draw distinctly the dividing line between weimi and tuum. All these ameliorating circumstances received their due weight with the discreet Sheriff, who laid on teu lashes with commendable gentleness. So noticeable, in fact, was that functionary's gen tleness, that a spectator, desirous of impressing the fact on Doran's treacherous memorv, cried out after him: "Remember the Sheriff! He was kind on you. Then came John Willis, a mere lad, with hang-dog, dare-devil cist of countenance, who had pleaded guilty to the larceny of a suit of clothes a very trifling offense for so dangerous a looking character, iu the judicial wisdom of the Sheriff. Twelve light blows, were given the enterprising youth so light that he re-enterdd tho prison laughing, the whole assemblage joining in tho cheerful chorus. Certainly iu this case there was no cruelty, but what became of the element of terror which is to warn the be holders of such a scene from entering upon for bidden courses ? None of Your While Trash. James Edwards, a genteel-looking and modestly-comported gentleman of about twenty two, was the ninth on the Sheriff's list. Although lie bail pleaded guilty to tnc melt ot au over coat, a pair of pantaloons, and a pair of boots, there was much outspokan sympathy for him at the time of his trial, and when the court decreed him fifteen lashes and an imprisonment of one year, a spectatocdeclarcd that "he would rather be dead than be in his position." The Sheriff did not appear to share in this sympathy, and when the cat-o'ninc-tailshad scored the fifteenth blow, young Edwards' back was of a bright red dish hue. The victim seemed to realize the humiliation of his position far more than the bodily pain he must have suffered. He hung his head in shame, and walked back to his cell with the air of a man disgraced for life. The CIomIiik Ncene A Libation of Itlooil. The ceremonies were now drawing to i cloMi, and the interest manifested by the spec tators rapidly increased. Throughout the Hogging, hoots and cat-calls nnd dribblets of slang were uttered in profusion, becoming more numerous and pointed on the cutrnncc of Con ner, l'eterson, and the others for whose position there was manifested no sympathy. Thompson the enterprising but rheumatic horsc-joekev had been reserved for the last, probably from a motive of humanity, in .order that he might recover as much as possible from the effects of his hour in the pillory His linal appearance was greeted with manifestations of delight on the part of the awe stricken urchins who pressed around the post Doubtless they anticipated a little sport, and were getting themselves into the mood for ex trading us much enjoyment from it ns possible, n-i ... 11 1 . . . monition waiiveu up to the post with compo sine, uaieuiiis naen, suhluitted to the luanaclin and then the Sheriff, who saw no amellorat'in" circumstances 111 the case, let fall the blows lu quick succession, until tho mathematical juilor cried out "Thirly!" I'cforo the ceremonv was half through, a voice in the crowd exclaimed: "Jilooti: Jlc s drawn the blood!" nun 1111 eager, surging motion, the throng pressed closer, and a hall-stilled mouu escaped 1110 lips 01 everyone, w noe position cnablud him to see tnc red drops us they trickled down the w retell s IjucK. Mill, lie bore it very man fully, and did not appear to suffer as much paiu as when ins riieiunaiic limns were crumped up in the pillory less mnu two uours itelore. ithiu iilicen minutes lrom the sound of the first blow 011 Pierce's Hubby shoulders, the do scent of tho thirtieth lash on Thompson's bleed ing back had been noted, and the thing was at an end. Tho laws were fully vindicated, justice was entirely appeased, the new suiiuu wa? duly consecrated with the Incense of groans and the libation of blood, and tho crowd of antediluvians slowly made Its way from tho enclosure, ex pressing Hi entire satisfaction iir taunts and hoots. The scenes which I have attempted to describe will be impressed upon the mind of every sensi tive reader without any moralizing onlnvpart. There arc people outside of Delaware, art well as within its pent-up limits, who regard the pillory nnd the whipping-post as praiseworthy and eiicctive institutions. Jt Is almost a thankless task to attempt to touch 'their hearts, nnd It Is quite useless to nppenl to those In whom the Instincts of our common humanity nrc so para mount as to cause them to look upon theso mc dlieval relics with disfavor. In Delaware, where the gubjeet has nt lust been brought home to the attention of the people of all classes, there is no apathy in the discussion of the qucstiou of redeeming the name of the State by ceasing to make war upon tho civilization of the age and country. Those who are not for the whipping-post nrc against it, and each side is as earnest, as enthusiastic, and apparently as sin cere as the other. The friends of humanity, however, believe that the present agitation will lead to Its abolition within a brief porlod. The poverty of the State, and Us inability at present to build and sustain a penitentiary, are the prime excuses made for a continuance of the custom, but all reasonable people are firmly grounded in the belief that not until Delaware casts aside the incubus of the middle ages will she take a noticeable stride on the high road to prosperity. WASHTENAW. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THB LBADINO JOURNALS DPON CDRRBHT TOPICS COMPILED EVEBT DAT FOb THB BVENINO TKLBOBAPU. DULL TIMES. From the X. Y. Tribunt When even Chicago pauses in her tremendous strides to empire to iwell the cry of dull times. there must be something in it. We infer that the summer just before us is to be ono of mode rate trade, and wc rejoice lu believing it. For dull times in cities, with many housos to let. argue that the bone and sinew of our country, the producers ot its wealth, are busy on their farms, and resolved not to spend the proceeds of tueir crops in luxuries and lripperlcs bctorc they arc grown and Harvested a very sensible re solve, In our opinion. If one-half the popula tion of our cities, finding times dull, were drawn or driven out from their straitened lodgings into the broad, frco country, and there employed iu tilling the sou, or in mechanical vocations sub sidiary thereto, it would be better for us all, Chicago's grow th may be checked for the mo ment, but will bo increased in the long run, by such a jail-delivery of her crowded, stilled. steaming lower hundred thousand. They will contribute to her trade and greatness on the broad, rich prairies which invest her, as they never can while they throng her streets and rush oy and over eaeii other in their anxious, frantic, hopeless quest of "souiethiiur to do." Yes, we hope to hear the summer just before us cnaracierizcu as one 01 me dullest ever known. Jtor dull times do not imply June frosts, nor destructive tempests, nor deadly epi demies, nor even national decav. Those are not dull times wherein the heedless! majority arc drinking, oud . dancing, nnd dicing in reckless extravagance, intent only on present gratifica tion, and reckless of impending ruin, you could not sav that tunes were dull when half our able-bodied men aud boys were engaged In burning houses, teanug up railroads, ravaging fields, and running us into debt at the rate of one hundred millions per mouth. Those were. on the whole, rather lively times; and so have all times been when we were rushing on to bankruptcy at a 2 40 gait. Dull times imply so briety, caution, frugality, and hint that tho prodigal lias taken the back truck, or at least ceased to go ahead on the down-hill grade. He may only have fried to cheek In feiyful mo mentum, and this too late to avoid the crash; but better even this than rushing recklessly on. So let us welcome dull times with a cheerful face, as a sedate, latherly uncle, who has come round to see how the boys get on, and who, If ho does not find them doing their level best, Is almost certain to leave them in a wholesome mood of mind. The best medicines are not apt to be toothsome; yet sensible persons take th-ni without contortions of visage or exhibition of. In ternal disgust, in tho confident hope of feeling better by-and-by. So let us, if we must, greet the advent of dull times. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. From the A'. '. Sun. At length the world knows that there has been, to use a mild term, a serious encounter between the Cuban patriots under Quesada, the Commander-in-Chief, and some twelve hundred Spaniards under General Lcsca, at a place called Las Minus, on the railroad between Nuovitas and Puerto Principe, aud that the Spaniards were re pulsed with great slaughter. This engagement is reported to have taken place on the 3d inst., that is, two davs subsequent to that already pub lished at Alta Graeia. Lis Minus Is the half-way station on the Nucvitas and Puerto Principe Railroad, about thirty miles from cither place, and derives its name from some copper mines in the neighborhood. Alta Graeia is tho sta tion nearest to Puerto Principe. Retween Alta Graeia and Puerto Principe the road runs through n barren, uncultivated plain. From Alta Graeia to Nucvitas there are sugar estates, some of importance, on both sides of the road, it would seem probable, from the meagre tele graphic accounts furnished that Quesada al lowed the Spaniards to advance on their way to Principe as far as Alta Graeia, that he defeated them there on the 1st instant, aud drove them as far us Las Minus, where ho is now stated to have again attacked them and forced them to re treat to their port, Nucvitas. Sun Miguel, which Quesiuln is reported to have burned, is a small place opposite Nucvitas. on Nucvitas bay. The details of tho light are of minor import ance, with the sole exception that the Catalan volunteers, of w hom so much was expected, were on the side that did not win. General Dulce is reported, some time since, aud subsequent to the last departure of reinforcements from Spain, to have pluinly stated to tho Government in Madrid that Cuba o.ild be preserved onlv by still further military support: and that to over come the Cubans aud crush the revolution, large bodies of cavalry and a liberal supply of field artillery were indispensable. To comply with this request is simply an impossibility. Spain has long since sent' to the island every regiment of regulars she could spare, besides sundry specially organized 'odies of volunteers. The conscription law lately executed in the old country produced such violent outbreaks in some ol the cities that there is no earthly probability of the experiment being repeated. As to the other vital sinew of war money General Dulce has long Known that .Spain was powerless to assist him. Tho depleted colonial treasury has been from time to time replenished by seizures and confiscations of the property of both known and suspected putilits. Rut even this resource, it would appear, Is beginning to fail. The wealthy Cubans have been enticed, threatened, bullied into leaving the ishutd, anil .when once gone, their town houses and estates In the country arc seized and offered for sale. The real estate is not easily disposed of by the Government, very few even of the Spaniards curing to Invest in so precarious a title; but the sugar crops on the confiscated plantations are at once converted into the wherewithal to puy the troops. Thus the cash ol tho Cubans has become the hire of their slayers. Rut this measure Is one that can bo m.vlo to work both wnys: and so alarmed have the Spanish property-holders become lest the sumo law should be npplied to them when once tho funds, procurable lrom Cuban sources were exhausted. that two ot the leading Spanish millionaire of the Island have left for Madrid, with the avowed object ot having Dulce's confiscAVion edict revoked.- While Spnin has thus srono to- nliout the end of her tether in the subjugation of Cubi, the condition of the patriot forces has during the lust four months nccn very considerably ame liorated. The origins! few huudred men armed If nrincd they could bo called with nothing but the Dinr.hfte., i kind of broad, short cutlass, Used to cut euno. have been replaced, or have grown gradually into some 13,000 to 15,000 dis t'ipliued troopsof whom some 3000 to 4 MX are provided with breech-louding muskets and re volvers. Tim difficulties and mistakes which nt first resulted, especially in the principal theatre of the war, Camaguey, not from want of pa triotism or zeal, but rather from au excess of these perplexities of opinion as to what had bettor be done, when everybody was eager to do bis best, unwillingness to yield one s owu judgment to the mandate of an equal, for then all were equal these and all their concomitant disadvantages, inevitable as .hey were previous to regular organization, aro now of the past. And in lieu of wandering bands of machete armed country people, animated with a sole de sire to save themselves and their families from extermination, and, if that were impossible, ro solvcd to revenge themselves to the utmost, Cuba now possesses good encampments, properly nrmcd forces, disciplined ranks, before which the llower of Spain's fighting men have been forced to retreat. The financial position of the Cubans Is far better than that of the Spaniards. The Cubans aro not fighting for hire, nnd, Spanish reports to the contrary notwithstanding, it is the Cubans who arc doing the fighting not Americans, not Dominicans. Tho Spaniards, having discovered that In any town away from the coast the com missariat cannot rely upon foraging expeditions, nrc still f jreed to detail very large escorts to pro tect their provisions into the interior. In many instances whole trains have been captured oh their return from tho coast, especially on the road between Santa Cruz and Puerto Principe. No such difficulty attends the Cubans. They are willingly provisioned lu whatever part of the island they may bo. Their ono great obsta cle has hitherto been the want of arms nnd am munition. That some successful expeditions have been landed Is well known; wo entertain very little doubt that others will bo; and If either Quesada or Ccspcdes be oucc In possession, as we arc led to believe they may be by this time, o4 a few well-drilled batteries" of field artillery, the end canuot be far off. In addition to the sources of revolutionary strength which we have already mentioned, some account should be taken of possible defec tion from tho Spanish regulars, whose hearts, it is well known, arc not in their work. The Cubans bnve, moreover, another great ally, whose advent must be close at hand the justly dreaded vomilo. AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR THE CUBANS. Frmu the X. Y Wnrlti. S far ns our observation and our sources of Information enable us to judge, there is no dif ference of sentiment among the American people respecting the claims of the patriotic Cubans to our friendly sympathy in their revolt against Spanish rule and their aspirations for independ ence. The warm interest felt bv our citizens In every people struggling for liberty aud self government is so spontaneous, so irrepressible and hearty, that it needs no stimulating on the part of the press. The World has not felt it to be its duty, therefore, to join in the passionate and gushing demonstrations of some forward people among us who court notoriety by parad ing their zeal for the Cuban cause. "The World sincerely wishes to sec the inhabitants r Cuba relieved from the misrule under w hich they have SO long suffered; but It Is too truly their friend 16 applaud and urge them on in an attempt which is almost ccrtaiu to result in disappointment. Wo have no doubt that Cuba is destined, sooner or later, to become a part of tho United States. We have no faith in the ability of the Cuban people to establish and maintain an independent government, and arc of opinion that the present time is not well selected for its incorporation into the Union. If the present movement is to fail, ns we have no doubt it will, its consequences will be purely mischievous. While it lasts, it interrupts the industry 01 me island: and when it ends, it will leave upon the Spanish authorities an impres sion of insecurity which will cause them to main tain a larger military force and a more jealous surveillance than would have been otherwise tli Might necessary; and the Spanish Government will reimburse Itself for the additional expense by udding to the oppressive taxes imposed upon the Cuban people. It is not a sufficient justifica tion of a rebellion that the people have good reasons for detesting the authorities against which they rebel: thev must also have tolerablo chances pf success. Without foreign assistance the Cubans have no chance nt all; nnd if our Government enforces the neutrality laws, the volunteer aid which they will receive from tho United States will inerely prolong an abortive struggle, which must end" in final defeat. The strong spontaneous sympathy manifested by our people for the Cuban patriots will no more benefit them, unless our Government de clares in their favor, than English sympathy for the Confederates lu our late civil war benefited them. The English manifestations only led tho Confederates with delusive hopes, anil encou raged them to protract a desperate struggle until they were exhausted aud ruined. If tho English Government had actively intervened, the scale would have been turned iu their favor, as the active intervention of our Government in behalf of the Cubans would assure them a speedy triumph. But it is certain that our Gov ernment will not give them open and effective assistance, and equally certain that they cannot succeed without it. The lively interest and cordial good wishes of our J eople convey no assurance of the success of a cause which enlists their sympathies. When Kossuth visited this country the enthusiasm of our people blazed out in "wild plaudits; but their demonstrations were of no avail In pro moting Hungarian independence. Tho "Patriot War" in Canada, tho Lope, expedition to Cuba, the Walker expedition to Central America, aro other examples within the recollection of men not yet old. of the fruitlcnoss ot that kind of cllervesciitg sympathy. It is creditable to the ui'.caleulating generosity of our citizens that they indulged it; but everybody perceives how destitute of value it was to the people in whose behalf It was displayed. Cuban independence would be a delusion, ex cept as a prelude to the annexation of the island to the L imed States; and the lime is not yet ripe for annexation. Before our civil war, its ac quisition would have been worth all the money our Government ever ottered for it. Rut a would be inexpedient lo purchase it now, even if Spain were disposed to sell it. The isl.uiil will constantly decline in value until it becomes ours, and wc ought to regard it as a shrewd merchant does in relation to goods in a falling market. Slavery hi Cuba cannot long survive its abolition in the United States; ami neither Spain nor lhe Cubans themselves eau reconstruct the industry ol' the island 011 the basis ol tree labor. Alter the abolition of slavery, it w.ll become, iu the hands of Spain", another Jamaica: and will never recover its pros perity until it is annexed to tho United State's, its diminished value will render Spain less unwilling lo part with it, and enable lis to acquire it without paying a large pecuniary equivalent. Alter its annexation tlie run-down sugar estates will be purchased by enterprising American citizens, aud the emigration to the island of large numbers ot our Southern negroes will supply a laboring population more industri ous aud tractable than the emancipated slaves of the island. Our negroes arc not so trc-h from Africa as a large part of those iu Cuba. They are more civilized and better Inured to regular labor. After tho South bus fully organized its industry, and its colored populatiou has become accustomed to steady labor for wages, the Southern planters, with a considerable proportion of emigrant negroes, will 1)0 the most successful managers of the Cuban sugar estates; and the new proprietors will supply the lacking political talent necessary for the government of tho island us a free republican State. We do not M'o how the salvation of Cuba can come in any I other wav; but the experiment will be prcm,a- J , ...'-I turc until the South becomes f.illy .tranflnllhwd and has nettled Into stability under tho new order of thing. Wo have w'ork enough upon ouc hands at present in organizing free labor In the South. If we succeed iu this, wo can asl milate Cuba; If wc do not nueceod in this, the I o session of Cuba would extend tho area of ci.nfusion, nnd add to the difficulties and embar rassments of our domestic situation. We have otiite enontch to do at present iu retrieving our finances and consolidating our Hhattorcu l nion. The Cuban question will Come in due timo, in the regular order or progress: and neuner we nor the Cubans will lose anything by a reasona ble delay. WHAT GENERAL GRANT THINKS OF HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION. Frin the X Y. Time. "Wahunoton. May 13. A cPtitlPinatl wholmrnt nn rvcnliiK recently with the President, at Iim re quest, Ruvsthiit he" talked quite freely about public ntlalrs, aiid evinced no littlo displeasure at the man ner In widen lie mm iieen imposed upnn iy men win 111 he had thought could be trusted, by whom he wits induced into making appointments many of which had since proved to be improper one. "The remedy wn In his own hands, however, and he would not 'hesitate to use It to purify the service of Incompetent or dishonest men. In the hejrln ninjr of his administration, he hud made the mistake of promising, under strong political pressure, certain offices, when It appeared afterward that the candi dates were totally unlit for the position they soiiHht. "In future no one would Know wnctiier nn was 10 uo appointed until his commission was Rigned, unlf.ss It was some person whom m personally knew. It was his duty to have no one in olttre. even In a subor dinate capacity, who was not fully qualified toper form Its duties In the best possible manner. In order to do tills It would be necessary to remove, In many cases, ofllccrs only recently appointed ; but he would not hesitate to end their olllclal days, though In doing so ho probably would be severely censured by many leading Kcpubllcans. Whether his administra tion "was successful would defend much upon whether the revenun was properly collected, which, under the management of Secretary Itoutwcll, ho felt assured would, If possible, be collected." A. 1'. i'oxt. We are glad to sec that General Grant is sensible of having made a mistake in promising appointments "under strong political pressure. 1 he hopes of the country were greatly raised by his original declaration that "political pressure ' would not bo allowed to control his action In the matter of appointments; that faithful officers who had performed their duty would not bo dis turbed, especially if they were true Republicans; and that the President did not intend to allow members of Congress or politicians to make his appointments for him. Everybody knew that to adhere to such a course of action as this would require indomitable resolution and courage; but everybody knew also that it was only by such action that a beginning could bo made towards reforming tho enormous abuses which nfllict the country.- There Is now a general feeling throughout the country that, in some wny or other, the Presi dent has been led to depart lrom ins original purpose, nnd that the early promise of his ad ministration has not been fulfillng. It Is very clear that faithful and clllcient service has been no guarantee for continuance In office. There has been a general sweep of office-holders, high and low, without much reference to merit, but apparently under the pressure for place, and for the sane 01 making room tor otners wnose up pointiuent was demanded by politicians. And this process is still going on. 1 lire is no branch of the public service in which these changes have teen more sweeping and indiscriminate than in tne licvenue department, and tucy can not fail to have a marked effect on that "collec tion of tho revenue" which the President justly rcsrards as tho tost of his administration and the only condition ot its success. We hear of impending changes in this depart ment, in this vicinity, which aro not called for by nny public interest, and which can scarcely fail to operate in juriously, but which arc de manded by politicians. We trust tho President will make a stand somewhere In this matter, and not surrender entire control of the revenue service, so far as appointment' aro concerned, to tho influences which he now sees to have been so injurious at tho outset of his: administra tion. GRANT AHEAD OF LINCOLN. From the X. Y. Herald. On Thursday last the National Executive Com mittee of the Colored Men of the United States waited upon the President to pay him their respects, and to present to him an address signed by Goorge C. Downing, of Rhode Island, President (oysters iu every style-); F. G. Burba does, of Massachusetts; Sella Martin, of New York, and others. The object of the address was a share of the spoils to some of the black folks in tho North, in order to show that this recognition by the administration of equal rights to tho black man is not to be limited to the South, but is to be made practically to apply ns well to the North; which is not a bad idea on the score of consistency. In conclusion, the com mittee thought it due to say to President Grant that in behalf of our colored Americans he had gone far beyond tho lamented President Lincoln, "for while under the necessities of the war he made the nation ours by culling on us (the black race) to its defense, you (General Grant) under tho calm influence of peace, have given us to the nation by liftiug our race into the enjoyment of its immunities. General Grant kindly responded, promising to give the subject a careful consideration. But the historical fact presented in reference to Lincoln and Grant deserves a passing remark. Lincoln did adopt emancipation only as a war measure, aud did not believe iu negro equality. Andy Johnson, after all. was a fair representa tive of the ideas and policy of Lincoln in regard to tho blacks. General Grunt, on the other hand, supposed to be an Illinois Democrat on the negro question till 1803, turns out iu ISO!) fur ahead of Lincoln and up to Wendell Phillips himself in the practical application of the doc trine of equal political rights to all citizens, whites, yellows, reds, and blacks. Thus even on the question of colored men's rights the glory of Lincoln is completely eclipsed by the glury of Grant. Downing, the oystermun, very neatly puts the distinction, and be and all his people ought to have an oyster jubilee, a chowder least, or u clam bake on the subject. General Grunt, of all the great men of the time, is the Joshua who has brought this peculiar people into the Promised Laud, while Lincoln was only their Moses in delivering them from the bond age of Egypt. Why not have, then, this colored jubilee? lor "It ninnt Up nmv do kingdom ura a comin', Aliil do ear it' jubiiol". LEQAL NOTICES. LTI!I('T COURT OF THE UNITED ST ATI- S FOR THE KASI KII V ttlST-tt n-'l ik 1 J I L. 1.1. JOHN TAT I'M, of the Him of Dnnicl and John Tatum, Iiuvihk lii-tiuoiii'd fur Ins diM-lutrKU, a laui-un of iro lilors ill lio liulil on tlip 'Mft day of .May, l.i!i, at 3 o'clock I M . h.for.i Hi.pi..r WIl.l.lA.M .Mi .Mil 11 A Kb, Kw., at No iVW W A I.N I I' Struct, in the city ot i'liilmlelphiii, that the xi! in nut t K-ii of the bankrupt iimy lm riuislioil- uu I any liiisiiu'n. of iiii'-iini; luijuirod by buulion or 21 of iho at- tot i 'uncross IIUIIHUI'U-lI. The 1: i-j.-inH.-r uill ccitily whether the haiiki upt li.ta con-formi-d to 1 iiin duty. A hi-Hriiij- will u!ho he had on WFDN'FSO AY, tho l'ith lay ol Juno, lull1, lii-foro thoCoiii t ut l'hil ..dolphin, nt lu o'i lo. k A. .M., when panics iult-rcbii.-a may ulmw cause aKUinM tliu th. i-luii'iic Wituo.stlio Honorable .JOHN f VDWAL-'b.-.I ' AIH.R, Jude of the B.nd Kistrict i'o-irt and '" seal tlieiuol, at l'hiladi-lihia, April :i, I ;'. Attr. t WILLIAM MeM It'll A KL,lK." ii w.X i ;"mii IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE 1 CITY AND COUNTY OF 1'llll.A DKLI'llIA. l.siato of A III- I.I A HA.s.NI.. Tho Auditor appointed by tho ( 'unit lo ami it, set tin, nnd udju-t the hcpurato account nf (.KdltHH IV. 11ASSK, one ot the cM i-utors of the last will and tc stainont of AI't'llA 1IASM:, dci ciim'cI. and to report tlisi nliution o. tin- !alam-u in tile hand of the accountant, will moot tin- pa i lien Hum Med, tor tim inn po.u ot lus appointinuil', on WI-.DNI-.MlAY, May Id, A. II lKii'.l, at clcfoiu 111 o'clock A. .M., at his ottico, N'o. 4oti WALNUT Mtroot, in tin city of l'hiludolpliiR. fi vliiiwof WILLIAM D. llAKKIt, Auditor. CK OCER I ES AND PROVISIONS." ICllAEL ME AG H UK A CO., No. S23 South SIXTEENTH Street, Wholesale and Retail Dealora in ntOVlSIONH, ,..., OVSTJillS, AND SAND CLAMS, FOR FAMILY USB TEUItAIMNS 116 FEU DOZEN. bi FOR SALE. COUNTRY ftVMMwvr'v vii uiiv '"niiin-'ii vy uau iimt.r M sniii.n ( it,. 1... ur u . . . Z , ", 7. nmuon, ijirro cimiu.jr, i na vlntnia, elglitwn milo mntli Df tle olt. ot phiUdnlphim, I'litlMlnlphlit and Wllminirton Hailrmut The bulMlnjid ennui nf a compurn'tlwlr nw (InnM Tnroe-Morr Mone Muirion, fliiinliod throiwbfit in th nnt Hulint a lit m I fTM.ii , r m.ii, 1 , ' , , . luMiw. oto. A1h. a rummmlions titnna (raIlle Unn lluui. Willi ln.ri7A Hum. Maoikn tJ 1. .1 ,1 "..mR,oiiwiR,inaui conveni ence for Morinff emim , hpnnK lunM. eto. The Kami Coi.tA.ni about wfTPntyflTe nnrea, and han bpon jrroaUf inilimVlWI IlW flin In A linnliai l .. . " . lii-nltlijr, and (lie aurroiiinUnK country tho moat rmnanlio and pirturfMjue in tho whole count?. The almont noun riimiimnif(inn w.ll. l'Viiln.l.,I..K. ....I ... , . .. rnilroad and riTnr Htlnrila every facility that eoulit lie da the F.xecuturaof ahova eaUte. .a... t, " "KIR, Mtf I.lnfnod, Pennsylvania. FOR SALE-r-TlIE LARGE AND ELE- KHiit Reoldcnee, So. 2330 Green itreot. The bouse Ii M feet front, with sldo yard of 30 feot. The lot 147 foot deep to Prnnaylvania avenue. It is in oloae vicinity to the Tark, and the neiffhlmrhaod la pleasant, and good. WUl be sold upon accommodating terras. OOLLADAY A RHKPHKTtD, 81 H Wo. eW WA t.NUT Street. fT?J FOR SALE FOUR-STORY BRICK LiV Houne, with nil nvdora conveniences, being No. KM SrFUTKKNTH Ktreet. tlrst door below Kpnice. Apply to CI.AHK. A KTTWO, No. 711 WALNUT Street. CimMa flMjut . V, rnn 111 1. 1 .1 ill- 1 1 m . I ' ..WW hiiuii.iiuuv tc.m uv um niui uiniw, it desired. d j u rOli SALE A HANDSOME COUNTRY -I. Residence, with 1.1 seres of land, sitnatd in Mont gomery county, near Hstlioro. For further infnrmatiim, apply to J. L. KU1-TON, N. 10. coiner TWKNTIKTH and PINK Ktreet, Philadelphia. 615 64 TO RENT. GERMANTOWN PROPERTY TO LET ;!LA large, modern-built house, tenant-house, coach- tinuse. and live acres nf land, handsoinolv laid nut wnlka and garden ; within two minutes1 walk of iuy'a Lane tit. tion. Apply to J. ARMHTKONO, 611 lit rr0 RENT AN OFFICE SUITABLE Fo'rIl X physician or a lawyer, with or without board, at No II '1 f G1RARD Street. m LOOKING OLASSES, ETO. E ESTABLISHED 179 5. A. S. ROBINSON. FRENCH TLATE LOOKING-GLASSES, ENGRAVINGS, BEAUTIFUL CIIROMOS, PAINTINGS, Manufacturer or all kinds of LOOKING-GLASS, PORTRAIT, AND PICTURB FRAMES. NO. 910 CIIESNUT STREET, 3 1 Fifth door above the Continental, Phtla. JOHN H M I T II, J.OOKING-CJLASS AND PICTUKE FRAME MANUFACTURER, BIBLE AND PRINT PUBLISHER, And Wholesale Dealer la AMERICAN AND FRENCn CLOCKS AND REGU LATORS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Also, General A(rent for the sale of the "Eureka" Patent Condeniiing Coffee and Tea Pota something that every family should nave, aud by which they cun save llfty per cent. Trade supplied at a liberal discount. 4163m No. ttHt ARC? II STREET. 1115, WM- T HOPKINS' LADIES' I03X3?OI1JU3X. NO. 1115 CHESNUT STREET (OIRARD ROW). Larfrent Mortmnt nd Bet and Cheapest Goods in tha city in all the following line: Manufacturer of Hopkins' Celebrated Champion Hoop Skirts, for Ladies, Misaes, and Children, in over lour hun dred styles, shapes, long! lis, and sizes. Coteil, Batine, and Janes Corsets, in elftht different styles, manufactured eipreaaly for our own sales, from It I '() to fei.Y :t:t different styles of superior fitting French woven Whalebone UOH!lt'l'S, from I to r. 1 4 varieties nf extra handsome Whalebone Oorsota. from 75 centsto W5II. hhoulder Unices, Madame Foy't Oorsot Skirt Sup. port ers, etc. Mrs. Moody's Patent Solf-adjustina; Abdominal Ooraet, highly recommended by physicians, from to at. FUIX. IJNUS OF T, A DIES' UNUEUOAK. MENTIS. H-i Hart ram Fantoni's Family Sewing Machines, buiiK gratuitously distributed to our customers for Uie purpose of Ketting them introduced. 2 25 3ia PATENTS. QFFICE FOR PROCUIUNa PATENTS, FORREST BUILDINGS, NO. 119 S. FOU11TH STREET, nilLA., And Marble Buildings, No. 460 SEVENTH Street, opposite U. S. Patent Office, Wat&lngton, D. C. H. HOWSON, Solicitor of Patents. O. HOWSON, Attorney at Law. Communications to be addressed to the Principal Office, Philadelphia. 8 1 lm PATENT OFFICES. N. W. Corner FOURTH and CIIESNUT, ' (Entrance on FOURTH Street). ruAurcis d. pastohius, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS. Patents procured for Inventions In tho United States and Foreign Countries, aud all business relutiug to the same promptly transacted. Cull or scud for cir culars on Patents. Open till 9 o'clock every evening. 3 6 smtht AGRICULTURAL. KARLY VALENTINE, YELLOW RIX Weeks, Mohawk, China Rod Eye, 'runhorry Rush l eans' Also, Largo Lima, Giant Wx, Dutch UaacKuif a lieuus, elc. eta. 417 smw Imrp HACKER, WKTH FRILL A OO., No. Hid MAKKKT Htreet. f-a SEEDS. (JAIiDENEUS, FARMERS, AND mS'-m others who mny want pure aud reliable hueds of our oWuBroth.cane;-,,cd,tj,THKjiTL & bced l.rowm and Dealers, 4 17 smw lmrp No, no MAKKK'f htreet. hcnU lor descriptive price list; f EXTRA EARLY, CARTER'S EIRST r?! Crop, Tom Thumb, ln O'Kourke, Champion of J.iiKbind, K.ufiunie Ulun Imperial, Karly Washington, liwuii Marrow, aud nil ot her varieties of I eas. 1 Wu , ' 11ACKKK. WKTIIF.KII.L 4 CO., 4 17 smw lmrp b"i MAKlviti' Street. rrf'EARLY YoKK, EARLY WINNING"- i stadt, Lanre Prtiiuhead, and Flat Dutch Cabbage ; Ti lil Scarlet, Karly Ued Turnip; I'.nrly Olive shaped Had M- Lonii Orange and I-al ly Horn Carrot, Faramp, Hpin mull el". UACKKK. W K I II KKI LL 4 (J.'j., 4 17 biuw lmrp No. '5 MAHK1CT Street. r PHILADELPHIA KASPRKRRY, JUCUN PA, Apnculturist, and other Strawberry; IawtoB f'ackberry limits; Uarttnrd, Concord, and other liraua Vinm. i-oraaleby T. a. U. K. l'T.KTXJHK.K. II a if Delauoo, S. J. VELOCIPEDES. "( 1 E C IV LTY O E PONY PIIAIQTONS AND V o 1 o o i j o d o H, OF THE LATEST bTYLES and LOWEST PRICES ToKi-Uicr With all the NEW SPRING PATTERNS Of llrnt-cluKS PHAETONS AND CARRIAGES, In stock urn! llniali. 1'or bale by K. VV. JACOBS, 410fmw2in . . No. 617 ARCH STREET. I " " a'.'i-'..r -4
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