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position of Cuba, and its distance from

other points. From the soutisrn part

of Florida to the most northern part

of Cuba the distance is 113 miles.

The distance from the extreme south

west pm'nt of Cuba to the nearest point

Yucatan is 132 miles; the eastern

point of Cuba is forty-nine miles from

the nearest point of Hayti, and the

nearest distance betwen Cuba and

Jamaica, is 87 miles.

Treatment of U. S. Citizen. in Cuba

What may y.l be the Result, The

Washington correspondent ("Indepen

dent") of the North American, refer

ring to the lact that the President has

promptly fulfilled every obligation

ttrihr ihr. ir (pre.-:: iug the

lute cxpti!!i.'in to Cuba, intimates that

there are other and even higher

duties, in regard to the treatment of

our citizens residing there, which he

may yet have to perform nnd which

he vill not shrink from, be the conse

quences what they may. He says:

"The spirit evinced in the reply to

(he application of the commander of

the steamer Ohio for a better anchor

age, when recently at Havana, ex

hibits neither a friendly nor a discreet

inclination, and the system of military

imprisonment which was threatened

against all foreigners, is not precisely

the mode of volunteering which would

be most agreeable to American resi

dents. If the Captain General of

Cuba, misled by mistaken zeal, should

attempt, uiii'er the mere influence of

suspicion or false report, to visit his

wrath on any citizen of the United

States who was following a lawful

pursuit, and who was not engaged in

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The Athens post. (1850). Athens, Tenn., 1850-06-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024443/1850-06-07/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Athens post, 1850-06-07.