Anti Slavery Bugle

From the New York Post, 10th inst.

RUMOR OF A WAR WITH SPAIN - CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS IN FLORIDA.

We are in receipt of some intelligence which we confess startled us a little at first, but, upon reflection, we are hopeful that we attached more importance to it than it deserved. It comes from a source which is entitled to every consideration, and we deem it proper to submit it to our readers, as it comes to us.

We are assured that a prominent merchant in Louisville, Kentucky, an intimate friend of the Secretary of the Treasury, has advised his correspondents of the receipt of letters from a high source at Washington, assuring him that there will be a war between the United States and Spain within sixty or ninety days; that the Cabinet was divided, but that the war party would prevail, and advising him to arrange his business, which is very extensive, as speedily as possible.

The gentleman from whom we derive the information also communicated the following intelligence, derived from an officer of the United States army who professed to have been advised with, upon the matter to which it relates, and which gives plausibility, if not probability to the rumor above referred to. He says:

"While the difficulties with Spain were most promising of trouble, under the Soule regime, our government quietly concentrated several thousand troops in Florida, convenient for embarkation, and actually loaded one or two sailing vessels with heavy guns and ammunition, and had them near at hand. The port of Cuba was selected at which they were to land.

The plan was with the regulars, to run across to this fort, which could be done in a few hours, surprise and seize it, throw up earth-works with all speed to defend the position by land, with a fleet to keep the port open. Thus situated they were to call for volunteers, and ten to fifteen thousand would arrive in a week, self-armed, and of the fiercest quality. They were then to move with all despatch upon the principal points of the island. Quitman and some others were in the secret. This was the programme."