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VOL 18,
STROUDSBURG. MONROE COUNTY, PA. MARCH H, 1859.
NO' 12
Published by Theodore ScIlOCll ! the average temperature is 73 degrees; land that Cuba must consequently fall'in
terms. Two dollars per atuwm in advance Two but in the interior only 73. ' to tbe bands of some other power at no
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FOR TIIK JEFFERSO.NTAN.
Criticism on Authors,
Should we attempt to critcise
S(mc, authors we find deal in lies,
Others less wicked write mere trash,
'That! goes Pike hot cakes for thecash.
A few coin thoughts that are a treasure,
Though oft imperfect in the measure.
- Perfection is a rare plant, hence
We find so many wanting sense.
It is indeed a happy hit,
"If they possess both sense and wit.
Would they instruct our rising youth,
Deal strictly then in aught hut truth.
Like Esop, though if you are able,
You may illustrate truth by fable;
Truth in her modest qua ker dress
Will instruct more and fancy less.
When ynu have run this fountain dry,
Then fiction tap or fancy try ;
Tint fear not, on her make your draft, ,
She floats with case the heaviest craft.
The drafts upon this limpid sea
Could nut be missed by you or me.
Sound loic practical and true,
Is just ihc style for me ntid yu;
Whether in prose, bl.mk verse or rhyme,
vris ever welcome any time.
Ii. Wl HINCKLY.
-Richfield, III., March 1S59.
From the Quincy Herald.
Night Musings.
Come gentle reader, pray sit down
And take some quiet re-t ;
We're apt to Kt excitement run
Too hub here iu the west.
If we perchance to want a thing,
We want it now or never ;
Aud if our waiter puts us off,
- We ay he is not clever.
Iicluctnntly we spare the time
llequired by education;
Thus making us proverbially,
A fast vca, too fatt Nation.
Now, if j'ou wish to take a ride,
It must be done by steam ;
And if we chance to take a nap,
. We have no time to dream.
And in our hurry to pet rich,
We go it like a streak ;
We emigrate still farther west,
To Kansas or Pike's Peak.
There is a mine within thy brcart,
A rich boon to man sent;
Reader, you ne'er will find it though,
Unless you are content.
Tier gold is pure, without alloy,
It cheers 'tis happiness ;
The more this mine is worked, the mote
'Tis sure, to yield and bless.
BlCIIFIELD, Feb. 14lh, 1859. k AV. n.
AN ESSAY,
Bead before the Stroudsburg Philomathe
an Society,
February 4th, 1859,
BY JACKSO.V LAXTZ,
"CUBA AND ITS ANNEXATION TO
THE UNITED STATES."
Cuba is an island in the Caribbean sea,
belonging to Spain, and tbe largest of the 1
West India groupe, is situated at the j
mouth of the G ulf of Mexico, and about I
iau miles south of Florida, from which it I
Hayti lies on the East of Cuba 48 miles
distant; Jamacia is 90 miles distant on discoverer. In 151 1 the Spaniards fdrm-
.. r .1 TT . I Tlf ..!..! r ,.1 . r '. v
the south; iucatan on tne west is about!
130 miles distant. Cuba is about one !
third larger than Ilayti, and nearly fic
times tho size of Jamacia. It extends
Irom longitude i l degrees to near o. ac- ,
grees West, and is about 650 miles in j
m f 1. t
length from East to West; and of an av- ;
erage width ol trom 5U to miles. Its
area is 34.800 square miles. about two
thirds as large as Pennsylvania. j
. ...
xuu uuiuurai ricuea oi uuoa are not- yei j
fully ascertained, but is kuown to contain, !
in greater or less quantities, copper, alum j
and coal, which has lately been discover- ,
ed; variagated serpcutine marble, cbalce- J
dooy, magnesia, iron pyrites, quartz, and ted. j antagonistic elements in this Government,
feldspar, slates, &c. J Spain at one period of her history was ( the question properly arises, which ii
There' are several mineral springs, bo- noted ;for her vast wealth and formidable , right and which is wrong. After this
aide large lagoons, or lakes, of salt water power. She once occupied one eighth question is settled, then the one which is
which in dry seasons yield large quanti- part of tbe known world, and had 70 deoided to be right should bo upheld and
ties of marine salt. millions of inhabitants. Her territory cherishod, and the one which is determin-
The climate is hot and dry during the covered a space of 800,000 square miles, ed to be wrong, if it should prove to bo
greater part of the year. Ilain often de- 1 more than two thirds of which she hag so great an evil that it cannot be readily
eccnds in torrents from July to Septern- J since lost Cuba and Porto Rico are all abated, then, true wisdom imperatively
her, and showers occasionally fall for a that sbo has remaining of her vast posses-j demands that that oourse should be adop
znohth or two before and after these pe-; sions on this hemisphere. r ted which will effectually prevent the
riods. In the neighborhood of the eoast-j Spain is said-to bo rapidly decaying,' wrong from growing more powerful
i Tlio .hrtfnsk mnnflis .Tnlv nnfl A n trust
do not give a greater average than 83
degrees; and the coldest, December and
January, present the mean of 60 degrees.
! No snow has ever been known to fall even
; on the highest mountains, but frost occa -
1 sionally occurs forming ice several lines
in thickness. Vegetation is exceedingly
luxurient and the usual tropical fruits
"
are found in greater or less quantities.
In tbe forests, mahogany, ebony, cedar,
! fustic, and other useful woods abouud.
j The indigenous indian corn is4the only
noticable cereal cultivated, which grows
luxuriantly, and yields two crops in tbe
year. " Bice is prodac'etHn ' considerable,
quantities; and cotton, indigo, and cocoa,
' in small quantities. I3ut sugar, coffee,
! and tobacco, are the priucipal product?,
but suaar is by far tbo mot important. 1
fp. , . T .
,IM j . r . , ,c,
I he products for the year ISod, were
1
sugar 7,291,-309 hundred weight; tobac-jtbe
co 414,040 cwt.; molasses 267,185 hogs -
heads: coffee 291,725 cwt; brandy 39,-
411 pipes; honey 106,175 barrels; and
beeswax 18,725 cwt.
The manufactures of Cuba are confined of the slave trade; and by others because ' QS jnto whose hands Cuba may finally fall,
to the making of sugar, molasses, cigais, under certain contingencies, self-pre"serva- ' so far ag 0Ur trade on the gulf of Mexico
bleaching wax, and the preparation of tion will demand it; and lastly, because j j3 concerned ; because the march of civil
coffee. ' "manifest destiny" claims her. t iznrtnn fltornlw demands that iunt. and wift
The total value of imports into Cuba
from the United States iu 1851 was 6,-
534.123. The total export-? to all the!
fepani-h dominions in the same time was ba's annexation to us. The true value of such terms war would ensure, which
313,249,056. Tier total exports to the men's opinion's, however, great or small, would, let her be in whose hands she
United States was S17. 040,931. The to-; depends solely upon the knowledge they 1 might, provoke such a chastisement as
tal trade between Cuba aud the Uuited have of the various contingent circum- ' would load to the establishment of that
States iu 1352 amounted to. SG,517,561 j stances or events surrounding the case; ' which is just.
import.; and 17,561,723 exports fromjand the medium through which they aro ; If the principle of flogging and"anncx
Cuba to the United States, aud in 1853 (viewed. Some will look at the question ing a nation, when we may believe her to
to $0,287,959 imports, and $13,55,755 1 wJtu an eje blinded by selfishness, and s.tand in the way ofour special prosperity,
exports to the United States. 'prejudice, while others will endeavor, at in case she refuses to sell out to us, be a
In 1554 "Cuba's exports to different j lCa;t, to take patriotic a view of it in all correct one, tbis logic would establish
countries were $32,633,731, and her im-jjts various ramifications. that right which would justify us in offer-
ports 8:31,991,578. More than one third j It is Qur Q lQ brefl revievv fcho ; iug wbat wo might see proper to a com-
oi ner exports was to tnou. o. iue ex
p i a . i t t n rr i
portable domestic produce is the basis of
all commerce. The amount of which is
said to be a true measure of the commer-
mo rt'trinnitn nf qnii nnAnn l ti 1 KK xr n '
. '"7J "7 . . ;
1
1 '
nrr -ill t Ti o ?f ! 1 1 -f ton wif.hin nur roncli in I
r i .t n r 1 1 in i inn j r m rr nrnu i it i i
v.u.. (
there was a railway opened in Cuba, and
now railways and telegraphs are some
what numerous.
A general want of education and mor
als prevail in Cuba. Their facilities for
education, however, were greatly im
proved in 1342. In tbe country parts tbe
most profound ignorance reigns; the mas
ter and the slave, the agricultural people
of all torts are equally in ignorance of
tbe firt elements of education, while a se
lect few aro. intelligent and refined. The
Roman Catholic is thc religion of the isl
and, but Mr. Glanville Taylor delares
that he never knew of an instance of men
going to church in Cuba, and that no rev
encc whatever did he ever see manifest-
Jed for churccs. Dravers. im aires or saints.
1 r o-
mu 1 r n v .Qcn
lhc population of Cuba in.l 850, was
1 hat oon r 1 cio rtn '
1 ,247,230,of whom 642,G70 were negroes.
Allowing tho same annual percentage of
increase for each class as shown by com-!
parison with previous census, her total,111116 nart uot Passed by 13 a question that
population is now 1,530,000, of whom is unsettled. If by annexation we can
742,000 arc whites, 844,000 are negroes, j
making 102,000 more negroesthan whites j
Cuba was discovered on tho 23th of Oc- j
tober 1492, by ChriBtopher Columbus,
ing place to the remains of its illustrious
cd the urst settlement on thc Island, ln -
1752 Havanna was taken possession- of
by the British, but was restored to Spain
iu the following year, and with this ex -
.a . a .a . 1
ception she has retained possession since
its discovery. In May, 1650, and again
in August, 1851, Cuba wa9 invaded by
band ormen trom the Uuited States under,
tho command of a Spaniard bv the name
of Narei,so Lopez, whose object was to
, i . . ..
ru yviuuvuiav iuo isiaiiu. ui DOin expe-,
ditions signally failed. The whole 450
men who landed wereeithcr slain in fightj
or taken prisoners; of the latter 50. were;
shot; and shortly after Lopez'was garrot-1
distant: nerinrl. Thfi P.vnfl of a few of OUT
statesmen have been directed towards her
' in hopeful expectation that we could ac-
'quire her by a peaceful negotiation. This
question baa been agitated more or less
.for tbe last forty years. But Spain h
j uniformly sternly refused to part with bel
! Some have argued that it was but prop
she should be annexed because she wa
nest to us, and commanded geographic
cally a position which gives her control
in a greaf measure over the trade of the
Gulf of Mexico, which, in case of war, she
would seriously disturb. Others, because
the soil composing Cuba was originally
wasneo tromAtma coniinent,,Dy tne, nooas
of the Mississippi river aud that she must,
as a natural consequence gravitate back
'to us, (figuratively, of course.) Others, be-.
caue our commerce aud national wealth !
iii i , j ii
would be greatly enhanced, and becauso ;
, o j
prices of our sugar would be lessened;
' and others because they could benefit tbe !
institution of slavery; and by others for
tbe purpose of promoting thecause of free-
jdom and civilization, by the suppression
It is but natural that different men treaties shall be "established at least, be
should differ widely in their estimation of tween all civilized nations, and in case of
the ret,uts m0j.t jkey to flow from Cu-
-
above positions and see as near as we can
jhow well they are warrantcd h'y thc
. r - . ,, t. .
facts
: of the ca?o. We, are told that the fixed
oli f the United States, independent
.
01 Parties, is to finally annex Cuba; and
.that the purchase and annexation of
i lead to the annexation of Flor
that now both point with uner-'"8
that now both point with uner-
iniiKinnn
-
i . t, f n, -
Hug ic.uiiii; iu uiu uuuujuuuu ui juutt.(
It is not true that all men independent of
parties aro favorable to the annexation of
n i , . . , ., ,
, .
ly indicate the propriety of such a mcas-
vwv.u.uuooo uwui v.iUai- .
ure. In such an event, undoubtedly all
would be favorable to her annexation.
indicate that now is the time to annex
her. further, there aro many of all par-
) do not believe the time will ever .
when it will bo imperatively ne- '
. , . , . . , tt , 1
to bg her ,.m, .taU...., a-d ,
iny there are who believe sincere-1
tins wnn rln tint hr mvn fhf f.irnp toiI ovnv
arrive
bessary
very many there are who believe sincere
ly that the present is the most unfavora
ble time that a measure involving suoh
extraordinary expense could be acted up
on; and independent of this, the political j
..c.i. . ..,
aspect oi tue country is now more ioroia-
.
dine than ever it was before.
6
In the earlJ da9 of lhis republic an-
nexation was imperative, but whether that ,
brlng together concordant elements, then
!t wil1 not matter how far it ia carried;
but when bJ ifc we aro compelled to bring
together antagonistic elements, one war-
'ring with the other, it becomes a matter 1
of grave doubt. Should wc not learn
lesson from the sad experience of the
111 T7 m flit 1
urceis aim noman empires 1 aneir pot-
icy was to annex any country they deem-'l
ed necessary to their prosperity and safe-'
ty, which arms could conquer, or money
1 . 1 It
seduce, entirely regardless ot tuejr antag-
onistic elements. This fatal policy.caua -
a,ed them to annex country after country,
aua territory alter territory, until tneir
empires were so widely expanded that the
antagonistic elements, of which they were
j i 11 VI it ii
wiuvB.u. uuuuj utun iuuu iu uwuw,
Spain, which was once one of the first
kingdoms in wealth, power, and literature,
affords a living example of the suicidal
effects of this policy, There being two
c If this annexation policy is to be our
'ruling pririciple, then wo will of necessity
'be impelled to annexation until this whole
t. . - 4. .
continent finally becomes annexed to
, tbe United States, entirely regardless of
"the probable consequences that will result
rrnn it. Wo ro ir, f-,irrtI. F nnnovniinii
with one condition, and thalis, that itshall
; .
,euu lu uaruiouy uuu prucry, raiur j ern uonfederacy." Thisns what ii spechU rights of American citizens to be regard
than to discord and destruction of tbis ' ly desired by the secessionist,- whoee, num-'ed!
Confederacy. j Ders flre larger than many think, for ma-1 The annexation of Cuba then, is in" no
Is true thatCuba, well fortified, and f aro silent 00 question through ' respect like that of Loui4na; and wo
With a strong navy, ' unless she were op-
deA by a greater power, would com-
lalrtLfo, a c
MLJo. a certain extent, the trade of the
0kp Mexico, and could, in case of war.
Ifetiy jriteriMNr trtfde In'lhatnregibn.
ii L .'nWWAfwWf''' : iaiauu. mia wuuiu greiun euunucu iiio-MowcFerr, is. no.arcumeni wumn useir.jana
Eutthe same-osn oe saiu of any neieh:Jii p(,ur.:- i, . i.' n Jl1:. ,i..r: " .
boring nation, or toreign either, with j approval of.this measure by the South, j jet we cannot refrain from remarking
which wo,, are trading, but not perhaps j The annexation party arguo iu effect that it is: exceedingly strange that maci
with.so much force. But if this loic at iDa9fnuch as Spain realizes but about Test destiny should be continually leading
nf n-nnoxtnn" a nation hot. hh -miaht
. . .
jn case of war interrupt our trade be
111 ua Ul n"r"' ""-i mm-, ue
correct, then this same logic would lead
Us to annex all nations that in case of
war would bo ant to interruDt our com-
mcrcc.
It will mako no material difference to
a refusal on the part of Cuba to accede to I
petxtor whom we migut believe to stand in
the way of oUr special prosperity, and in
case ne refused to accede to our terms,
ren we could flog him and make
hi
m
1 . 11.? l
our siave, or compel mm to accept our
proposition. Ihisistue logic ol the best
class of highwaymen, and obtained in the
of semi-barbarism; yet it is the
J
. .. .-.. . .
oaie of the S tde and Uomnanie's Be t-
- o - - r
preservation theory.
iioud threats aro vauntmgly thrown
broad cast to the world that if we cannot
..
tiato peaceful'? for Cuba the t rn
Puuy w v,uuu, cue Bteru
ia w Ui vauuu u, iu
resort to coersivo means. jow this is
insulting in tho extreme to a nation hav-
. V ' .
e J J J
PCrSOn' eXCCpt tbe S0Uht a (luarreK
An(J i(Jea tIlat 0Ur se,f'Preservation
depends upon the annexation of Cuba, in
P coDtinP UDroa,onab,e l0
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r ' r j o 1
any contingency, is too unreasonable to
, , . . , . . f
deserve for a moment tbe attention of a-
ny person acquainted at all with the facts
of this matter ; for they warrant nothing
of the kind. Wo would not be deprived
of the trade of the gulf of Mexico, even
,e , , , 1 , , e 1
if we had no outlet by sea: for wo have
J 1
free access to that trade by railway and
the Mississippi river. I3ut the idea of our
being sbut out from the gulf of Mexico
, e L. x 1 t 1 1 '
by way of the Bahama channel, is too ri-
: , J . . '
diculous to merit a serious argument.
Next as to the predietion of eminent
men, that Cuba must naturally gravitate
back to her parent earth. Many eminent
men have been guilty of saving many
things, and of making jnany. predictions,
Whien suntequenc events proved neyonu
! a (oubt to bo sadly wron. - And
( . .
what
scemcr an( possibly -was correct in the
jayH 0f Jelferso'n, Adanis, and Clay, may
t f,r0;slv wr'oin' now. Thov advooated
! thJ annQJtatjon 0f Cuba more or less in
tjiejr tjinc because it then, apparently,
1 coujj baVo been annexed without any
1 j;fiCUlty but in
t thisthev were mistaken-
favored it became 'they
ational wealth would bo
. aud again they
believed our na
greatly enhanced by the extension of our
uuiii luui vrii, uuu irn. uiv u iici. luuui unit
ail of iU concomitant. While John C.
Calhoun at tho same limo vehemently op
posed it, because he believed it would
tend to tho prostration of slavery.
John Slidell, oue of thc loaders of the
slavery extension party, tells us in his re
port, that by the annexation of Cuba tho
"illegal slave trade" which has been cov
ertly carried on for years back, not with
standing our treaty with Spain to have it
suppressed, can be effectually stopped.-
aaa a
But he immediately furns around and de-
picts in glowing colors the advantages,
that the South would obtain by annexa-;
tion. It is a fact beyond controversy, f
thatinoaso Cuba should be annexed to ;
the United Stales, she would come into ,
the Union a Slave State, which .would '
cive the South- two "United . States Sena- 1
on and ten or twelve memberH of Con -
-iy
gress. Ibis fact, boweverwithin itself, Cuba is already filled with her own
would not be a vital objectiojto her ad-'population; which will prevent emigration,
Pjion, in case there were not others effectually as the old Europe-
i nous contingent objections.4 A for the an States do, our migration there, or at
j suppression of tbe slavtf tr:doit 'ould;Iea.t as effectually as oar old settled
j more probably be increased. v'e all 'states in offcet exclude immigration froa
j have heard much about the aggressions ' without their borders. Thia will render
of "the .North, w hen the asereifsioos have lit an titter impossibility to everAnteri-
! S??0.?." fi Hcanize Cubans; and under the5f-
oout the formation .ot'Si separate boutb-jcuajstaucea how ould wo expect ?tbo
luiiuj, uuu ouiy await a lavorauiu op- j uiejeiore, jiave no preccueyoi tnOMu
portunity I fear, ta make the ra,sli! and ncxation of so. radically different and dis
suicidal attemptio rendasstiadcr tbe TJ- cord ant a people. v
nion chord. The annexation of Cuba I Bui we are told bv an other that Man.
;JOuld give reneyved vitality J.o thealaveiifest Destiny points with unerring eer-"
trade between the slave Staiea. "anl liaktainty!.to-lheairnesfltibn of Cuba. This.
I, llTt.
valuo'of4he.ir slaves, an'd-heneo the wai
, one ra,1Uou 01 aors annually trom uu-
ba, it would follow that wo would he -
i i i u
come immensely enriched by annexing
her. ' .
Let U3 sec. It will cost ua if wo can
"egot'ate for her at all no less than 200
millions of dollars: the interest of which
would be 12 millions of dollars annually. ! a more honorable god for our worship I
Spain does not realize one half per cent We are therefore brought to the con
of the value of the island estimating it at! elusion that it is unwieo, impolitic,, and
200 millions of dollars. The question .dangerous to this Confederacy, to annex
then arises can we-govern the island for'Cuba to the United States aud especial
loss than Spain! What have we to war- ly so, at the. present time.
rant us in believing s6? If we cannot,!
then we will lose annually eleven millions
of dollars. But we are told that the a
mount of cane sugar thatsupplies Europe
and the United States is 1,273,000 ton-.
aud that Cuba and Louisiana produce a -
bout 45 per cent, of this amount, which
wnn una annexeu wouiu give us, incyiscems almost incredible. It is an elope
argue, as much the monopoly of the su- j meut, and tbe parties arc aged respective
gar trade as we now have of the cotton !ly 14 and 15. The parties were attend
trade. And we are further told that wea"nt3 at a select school in a fashionable
would find ready market for our flour, .'part of the city, under a female teacher,
beef, pork, lard, &c. I should like to j Their attachment to each other was no
know whether the United States have not'ticed by the rest of the scholars, and par
been in the habit of selling their surplus ' ticularly remarked by tbe schoolmistress,
flour, lard, pork, beef, &.c? We have al- wi,0 had time and again spokeu to the
ways had markets for those articles, a?'j.irl jn relation to her follv.fche beinc too
j we have had for others sometimes good,
ana at otners inainerent, uepcnatng soie -
. ly upon circumstances. bo it would be
with L-una annexed. it would be no
I - i u 1 I - . i .. -...I.J 1. kA(
i guarainy iuui, our muriieis huuju ut; ua-
ter. As for the sugar trade, we can by
courting inenuiy rciauons witn tne opan -
. -IJ . . . . '
lsb government, and abandoning tbe ideal
, ol stealing tuba, exchange our commodi -
' tea for her sugar, at a greater profit than
: Jecan hJ PilJ'inS ,abut 200, -H1003 of!
fo the Und( and b as (
1 o . . . ' ...
, 0pa,n now ,Si at lue enormous annual ex- Uer away. She lutormcd ner young lov-
pense of 21,300,000 dollars, to take care,er of the same. Arrangements were cf-
, ot her.
' From this it will appear that the Uni-
ted states cannot be bettered in a com-
omius uuuuut ue ueuercu m u um-
mercial Qf
view, by the annexation
. of Guba . and thig bHngs us t0 the con
elusion that the majority of the annexa
tion party arc actuated by some other ob
recent voto of one thir
democratic delegation in Congress to re-
peal the law prohibiting the slave trade,
indicates almost beyond a doubt what
that object is. Do the facts, that are con-j
.!, developing thc .selves, nott
. us in believing that if Congress should re-
peal tho law prohibiting the slave trade,
"""J uu,cluFluij ,uu"""""'0' -."".
, us in believing that if Congress should re-
e . J? , . n..
fuse to onen tho slave trade, in case Cu-
ba is annexed, that tho secessionists will
then make an effort to dissolve the Union
and form that long talked of Southern
Confederacy ; or to dissolve the Union,
1 open the slave trade, and seize on Cuba
, r , :v.;i;.,t
, on her own responsibility!
j Aain, John Slidell, in speaking in his
report, of the propo.-ed protectorates says:
"I bat a Jiiuropean protectorate could not
be tolerated." And why! Simply be-
' ' , , , .. A, J K v,
1 cause "the close philanthropies -of Eng-
philanthrope
land and Fracc would, as the price of their
protection, insist upon introducing their
scheme of emancipation." This tells us,
then, in so many words, that one great
object of tho annexation of Cuba is3to
lirnoft nn f h o inut If n tinn ofslaverv.
Tru-
,y a iaud!ll)e enterprise for philanthrop
iats to embark in.
We arc told that tho annexation of
Louiaiaua proves tbatthcfdis no impro
prioty in annexing a peoplo who are dif-jecntly in Michigan for murder, much dif
erent from us in language, race, habits ficulty was experienced iu obtaining a.jury
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manners and religion, which we deny for
wiuii reasons:
Louisiana was ahnnxed in 1803, and
had originally an area of about 375, 0001
square miles, and had when annexed lcs?that be didn't take or read a paper, a
'than 50,000 inhabitants. - j had never heard of thc murder. TI
That part of the Louisiana pu'rebase was too strong a case, and Mr. Icrry,q
out of which the State of "Louisiana was'f tllC counsel for the prosecution, said:
erected has an area of UOiU square re onject to your simng on mo jury in
miles and had in 1903 less than 45,000 this cae; a man that don't tako a paper,
inhabitants. While Cuba has an area of, and -never heard of tlm brutal murder,
34 800 square miles, and has a- popula-, "Wt know enough to be a juryman!
tio'n of over a million and a half Not- j W e don't want you! , ,
withstanding the small nunibcr of in hat
tants in Louisiana when aunCxed,1 aiM ,
the vast immigration that has since been
poured into that state, she till retain" as
f . . . . . , . .i t ..ti i
her leaMin, charabteristics the habit rtJ,")"" n. other Jf rday Ity.go around
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; cuatoms of the bronchtuan and bpaniani;
j and she is u this day,tcons.aquently, the
most immoral State iu tho Union.
The Cubans arc, with a few exceptions,
grossly ignorant and immoral. They aro
entirely different from us jn race, lau-
guage. government, and customs; and
vastly different jn religion ,Iu sjiprt, they
aro unlike us in thought fet-ling.and aspi-
ration ; and to make it 6tiJ!,:w:qrso,.more
, tbau half hef population
' UD.B' ,'ms:
us to annex that territory adapted to,
land containing slavery. Does it not
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seem to be wrongly nnmed? and could
'we not more appropriately christen it
' "Manifest Slavery?" And docs it not
appear to be high time that we freed our
'selves from its dominion nnd substitoteed
A Juvenile Elopement..
A couple of families residing iu Alba
ny, says the Standard of that city, have
1 jut had the peace and quiet of their hoiiso
, circles disturbed by a transaction which
j younjj for such couduct, &c. And also
, bad more than once threatened to turn
; the boy out of School unltss he put a stop
, to his proceedings. 1 et all these remon-
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stranCCS Were Ot IJO avail. lne JOUPg
'pair had evidently formed an attachment
; for each other that was not so easily bro-
ken. Everythins had been neglected for
. CSch other's Tsociet
society. The girl's parents
became acquainted with the facts, and in-
formed her if she did not quit her foolish
capers, they would be compelled to send
i:r ' 7.r .
. fectcd, and both started off on the Uen-
tral Railroad cars on Saturday. They
wont to Utica, where tbe boy bad an un
cle living, and stopped there, tho boy
representing the girl as his mother's sis
ter's daughter. ; They were entertained;
but before daylight on Sunday morning,
the household were disturbed from their
slumbers by the ringing of tho door-bell.
On opening the door, the boy s father prc-
scute
look
It se
is f,
his 1
seuted himself, and the object of his un
looked for vi-it was speedily explained.
seems that tbe boy had ftolen $64 from
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mo i-iuc. u usdicu. uiatuCuUS
his loss, tho father started in pursuit.
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duo imagine uis surprise, wncn ne iouna
the daugter of his next door neighbor in
company with his boy He labored un
der the impression that the boy had been
playing a game on bis own accouut, but
it turned out to be a real elopement be
twoen the two. However, both were ta
ken back to Albany, and lodged in their
respective homes. It is evident that each
of these youth- has been greatly given to
romantic reading, as this transaction ful
ly illustrates. On searching the boy for
the money, tho father found a paper con
taining arsenic, showing conclusively that
in case they were detected, they premed
itated suicide. The girl hasibeen locked
up in a room and the boy has received, a
good cdwhiding.
He Didn't Read the Papers.
In tbo trial of the Doyan brothers re
free from prejudice. At last, after a large
number had been rejected, a man from the
i back part of tbe county was called, who.in
response to a question propounded, said
ana
lis
one
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'Boy, what is your fatherdoin J'toiday?'
Well, I suppose. ho(.jsfailin I-beard
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right :ofl tern for he d got everj thing rea?y
anu Cft nusiovi an .suu uuuiu, nuu uu-it
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Mr. James Hogg was married to Misa
Ellen -Beano, thc other day, in-Cincinnati.
What can, bo more natural than the unions
j.0f pork nnd beans J. ButHhiunion seems
nil one-sided.-orilyqrjnean'tb amwhoU
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