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Show tBy W. U. leiajrarh.) 1 GE. BUHLES CO NOR AT I LATER PA1X Mail i 3, 4. Ge-cral S'ckle?, ac-coaipiti-d by meiLlvrfl of ihe American Ameri-can ie cat kid, VL-urday preceded to the pvaoe oi tht arwry 1 -rni"y presented to pr?-. ieni F.cuoras the -1'iat reo.uti"n ol theente and hou.-e of repre'D'aiives ot tr.e I ailed t;te?, ccrK'atu.a.tDc the ;paai;h r.ivcmmeni ar.d p??p.e oa the raacc by the af-em-b y of the bI aM.i5r.iEg slavery io tr.e clonics. He was rcceirri with great cxremony. A cuard of Lnor .j drawn up at the cr,t-rj.?e of the piVv and presented trmi as the Iccann pa.scl tn and oul, and in the courtyard court-yard a baoi piired the anion! a.rs o: Spain and the I aited States. General 'Sickles was uiei by president Figueras ;ana &J tb.2 mcn-brs of the govern-1 govern-1 menu Ttien preseniing the resolution jtbe ceneral congratulated Spain on the estab.i.-cmen: or the ne pub-no and the 1 abolUhini; ol .-iavery. '"The last act," he said, ' 'was a fresh proof of S pain's j ut 'respect tvr ihe natural rights of al men. The United States deire the happiness ot neigh noring countries and cannot look icdrJerently on whatever what-ever concerns the weirare of the Anti le. Por:o Kico and Cuba wit. now ocntribute more than ever to the power cf Spain, for justiee forms the basis ot sirengtn." l're?ident Fieueras replied witu a warm expression of thanks. |