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OFFICIAL COHHUCUAUntUL
IN SENATE, Jan. 9, 1853.
Tho following Message ni received from the
l’reeident of lbs Uuiled Si etc*:
W aaiumitok, Jan. 4,1645.
In answer to tb/Suuaras resolution of tb* **
instant, calling for iufilaniutioa relative to tli# pro-
Csed tripartite convention on tbe subject of the
and oiOiiba, I transmit to the Senate a repon
from the tiocraimry of State, and the |aper» wind
aouvuioauied it. Millard 1 .LLMoaa.
To* reporter aeleda for publication to day eucl.
of llm«ii»To*poa«Jtuci »© b© dc«u»© iut*re©t-
Wasmih'tox, April M, 185 J.
Sir i—l bte leara to euomae the copy of the dea
pa. di aud of IM Proj <t for etwiivJnijdN which
tunned the «,».joctoft»eo«urerretn>ji which Mon
aialird sarfigea and mjaelf had the honor of hold
ing arnn you tine mormuf. <
The MHiti’ueuta and upmtone which yob addrera
ad t > u* with ao tuoeh fr iokneaa aud pr. melon in
regard to thia matter, were ao entirely in acoord
aiitw with thwe entertained by iiai Mejeatj’a Go t
eeruinent, and ao well embody the principle*
winch have been laid down by the I'raaidant ol
the United .States on aeveral occasions, and more
c-peciall vin hie laat annoal message to Congress,
tiiat it woeid be airroat satisfaction to ine to baen
ailed to oonvey them to Lord Mahuabury in yom
worths. If, therefore, yon wore to think it expe
dient, in acknowledging the receipt of my pit-win
eouioi.ioieaiinu, to make such a aiiocinct staUhnen'
of mein ua yoo may deaiq proi»r, it would afford
me an o,>p<>rtiiuity of communicating your remark*
eonJiUiUuUt to lua lordship in a mauner which
would. I am enivinoed, he extremely gratifying to
her Majoo’.y'a Government.
Jour F. Caaurron.
7Ti« Earl if MdmU.ory to Hr. Crompton.
Fohriux Ulrica, April 9, 1893.
Sir The attack* which have lately been tna le
on the Island of Cuba bv luwle-s lstuds ol adven
turers from the United btara*, with the avowed
intention es taking posseesiou of that Island, have
engagei (he seriotit attention of tier Majesty's Go
veroineiit; 'ho in >ru especially ee they are most
anxious met the friendly relation* existing be
tween Greet Britain and the United States should
•tut lie eu I angered, as they might be by a repeti
tion of soldi a'tack*. Tba Government ot the Uni
ted State* hae re|>e .tsaliy deplared that it would
not are with itiditterenee tbs Island of Cuba fall
into the possession of any other European Power,
man Spun, llei Majesty'* G rvernmenl shares in
t ie m Ist u.iqu fitted oiauner in the views thus put
f , rt i hy tile Government of the United State*, and
c ,1, -I lie.er see with iudififetaiic* the Inland ol Cu
lt . Luo poaseseion of ant Power whatever but
Jta» i>. wJ’ueOuvermneiitof Franoe, with widen
me ."'.lie view, »»d ® "enr with her U .jeatV* G..-
' ver.iinnit in thinking that eu elf .rt ought to be
, |. cmeert wild the Government ol the Uni
te t States, m piece till* in itrar on -noh n footiinr
HS .111,11 nreeled- all llxtird nr Cellldon i rat* ecu
either of die luree I'oWers in the event of the ag
gres.i ill on Cuba being repeated.
foe Uruish Goverutn-lit eau have no hesitation
iuexp icit y declaring that they have tie wiah nr
1 i vid in b> appropriate Cuhi Pi themaelvas. The
Prunen G iverii.nei.t nave -ignifls 1 to her M ijesty's
t> iveriniivi l tno r entire err-urrei.ee in thesesen
ti uonts and ilmr readlnssa to make a formal de
o intiou to l he same effect.
r e Govern nent nt the United States, having
uis • st various ililies pronoun.-ed themselvo* in
th i a one sense, an i naVing, moreover, in these la
ter line S, Xerto i them*aive*, an fir aa ibeir legal
cO iipcene; perm tie I, to arrest and defeat the al
ls ii.it* in ole by the Unit <4 Slate* citit m* uud oth
er* against the Istind of Untie, a I these parties .p
pt-ar pi Im lii ly agreed to repudie'e.sue i sot itselt,
ad thougnt* of appropria'ing Gitbn, an I it would
-s ttwrefore as. in as it til ttiat remained to be dime
now was in give , raotival i ts ot to ills viewaentai*
tainvd »n cm it-mi by the three Power*.
It npp-sr*l» Her Vl ijesty's Goeoriiuitiit, and in
tins View itw Government of France have expre-s
cd their concurrence, thet thia result would be
beet attained hy Gie thret partie* entering into a
tripartite arrangement, whether hy convention or
hy lb® in'erc mug* of loroiel not**, by which they
bind themselves severally Mid oolieotive to re
nounce, both now end hereafter, ell intention to
Ob'am possea-ion oflli* Island ofCoba,*»d todie
c aiiteiiaiioe ad attempts to that elfcot on tba part
of ottier*. . , ,
I am 10-e herewith a project of »uoh a convention
n* Her M ijesty’s Oovsrnnieiit thinks will answer
tho purls#-* intended ; ami I hereto instruct you
In submit this project to th* Government of the
United tales for its lavorable consideration, ac
eonipant ing the propo-al with anah observation*
and arguments a* voa may consider be-4 suited to
conciliate the good will of that Government, end
to in luce them to view with favor, the arrange
ment tints submitted to tlmtn.
Veil Will rea l t.iia dispalch 10 til* United States
Beoret.iry ol State, aud Gave « eopy of it with
him. I * UD i ©“■» „
Mauumbt.
PRATT OT COXVKRTIOU.
nsr Msjnatv, thaQissnof the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, tha I'rince President
ot ths French Rcpiiblio. and Ills United State* of
America, having judged it expedient, with a view
tis Miruiitft I mil tli© trieinliy filiation* which happily
auhximtr bftweun thorn, lo net forth ©ml Hx, ny ©
convention, tlieir view* and intention* with regard
to the I*hind of Club a, have lumed as their re
ape toe Pleiiipolenliariaa for tlii* purpose, that ia
l). r Majesty, the Queen of th# United Kingdom
of Great Uriiidn ami Ireland, 4c., the Brine*
I‘rusidont of Hie of the French Republic, See. ; »ud
tha I're-ident of (lie Uuiled Slate* of America, Ao ;
who, after having communicated to each other
tlieir rcapectivef.nl (siwcra, found In good ami due
form, Imve agreed upon slid concluded tiie follow
ing article* :
Alt. t. Tiie high contracting partie* hereby
stvu rally and collectively disoluiin, both now and
for lieroafer, all intention to obtain possession
of the island of Cuba ; and they respoottvely bind
themselves to discountenance all such attempts to
that effect oil the (.art of any power or individual
whatever. The liigho ntruciing parties declare,
severally and oollectively, that they will not ob’aiu
or inamliiiii for themselves, or for sny one ofthem
aelves, any exclusive control over tiie said island,
nor assnidt nor exercise any doutiuion over the
same.
AIIT. S. The present convention ahull be ratified,
anil the ratification ahull he exchanged at as
soon us possible, williiu mouth* freui the
date hereof.
]u witue-a whereof, Hie respective Plenipoienti
—"“X
Done at Wfcllhigtnn the -—day of——, ittth*
year of our Lord, 1898.
Mr Wi&iltr to th* Omni <t* Sartiju.
DurAHTjfaNT or Stats, 1
‘Wasiiinotox, Apr! 22, 1893. f
Ti’* vindcr»i"ned has th* honor to acknowledge
tlio leoeipt of M 'l« B.irtlg**’a note of the 38 1 inat.,
loge'lier with in* copy ofthe luatreetlon* from M.
du Tu'got, the French Minister of Foreign Af
tniru*, to M. da bartigea, hearing date th* (Ist
ultimo. . . _ ...
There i* no doubt that M. de Turgot ha* justly
d. aerii.ed tlio oour-eof is lioy which law influenced
the (inveriiin nit oftlie Undid S ates heretofore in
reg.ir Ito the Island of 0 ib». It ha* ho*n stated
utnl'.ft.-n repelled to tli* G .veinm. nt ofS|iain by
tlii* G iv.uiimen', under tiie variuu* Administra
tion*, ut ® ly that the Ciiired Btale* liave no di
al pi iqs Ciiim t'.einn lie*, bit that ifß|win could
Tj/rui'i f Ulla voluntary cession of the Island to
„n\ ..pier E trnpeau l*nwa r , *ne m gilt rely U|ion
the o.ut den,nice and friendship of ths United
S ..o* iu a**isi her in the defence and preservation
l |*|oid. At the same timu it lias alw j*
l.e.u dcciure.l |oß|.sn that Hi* Government ofthe
U lira 1 A ate* c uiM imt b- expected toacqtiiiao* In
Il„. ifOnbi ton Eurqieaft Bower.
T ,v un Icr-tgiad 1* happy 111 being able to say
tint tt>e present Executive of tiie Un.tsd Ala'e*
M.iireii approve* <> this past pulley of th* Onv-
L . r .i,„,.,',1. and fully concur* ill the ancnil acnti
,,, ,t*. xi. e**cd l»v M. .1* Tur-O'. and itnderato d
t,.. I Umlirt, d with I n-u l ilt, rtan.ed hy tbo 00v..<
v..< ~m*.|it of Greet B it.in. fn* Breaidetit will
t. k M dcS.rtig**'* luwnni iinoitioti into consul
er 1 i..u, an t give it It a be-t retire-ton*. Bui the
u .do *>/ ie < de-un. it hi* d d>, «t the sum time,
<•> •■■ mill fi di i.rdge-, an 1 fircngh him hia
G .vcrniiieut fist 1' polio, of tha' otttie -United
S Co- hu* uu forinly Iwen to avoid, a* far as |*w
- b-. aliiaoc. or ugre. men's witu othai State*,
a -I Pi Kia*p itself fr»r f.'.nii national obligati ms,
o\c-pt-'i' ll ua .ff el dirvctl- tiie intere-lB of the
1t,,,el State* th-inclve*. Thia **iiiimoi.t has
1, t. vly t'.lt au I ml tor mil tuter.a'med in
vipi e "' thia Government fVotu it* earliiau
lii*mr\. II >w f>r, therefore, ttmav be neeea-ary
to m ik* t'uw c .»*»• of Hut), an exception, and »-ap*
ciili liowturat" tn®n»e mai be found tor enter
log into am ir-ai;' siipulattoo* or exchange of of
flcuil dcelnreiion- wltii theGovennnenta ot France
aud Greet Br tain, in 1 h\‘ ex’yting elate of thing*,
upon tiie auhj.-ct of M d* Sirtigaa * oom nm.ica
tiou, are qiie-liona which, a* t,'• undersigned ha*
aif. ii iv will be matur^y
‘flm'iiii iur»*'Kium! avails* him-fielf *’» ~P P4 * r io' ,
nUy to ruitnw 10 U d© S©rtige© tho ©*wurni©© ot
lii© iiidii coi»*id©r»tioi»e
Damivt Wv'MTIR,
Daniil Wl'htih.
[Mr. Crumpton Mttin addretwe* Mr.
an.lor date ot .lull 8 It, on the ei bjeetof hie nv' te
of the 211 April, 1852, but there doe* not appear
Uj the document* any reply by Mr. Wubater.]
iir. Ectrttt to Ur. Cr.tmpon, (o timilur dupalA
hdunuU rl» ad-ln**lt<> U. J* \lrtiges.)
Ukpm.tmi.nt Ut Statk. I
WaiiiinoTiin, December 1, 1852. )
Sin: You re well acquainted with the luelen-
v eireuunteoce* wliieii have hitherto prevent
«. i n reply to the note which you addressed to mr
lire lj »** >r oil the Bth of J dy. That note, end
ili, ' i|*truetion of Lord M*lui*bury of the Blh of
Auril uceoinpunviiifr it, with a eimilar eommoni
r, u.a'l’mln the French Mini-tor, end the ;• rojnt
of a convention between the three Powar* relative
to Cuhu h eve boon iimomr the Brat subject* to
which my' a,"tent. on bn* been celled by the Preat
d i : ne ..ibetent. tl of the proved eonven
h s»kl isi ****«•» ia follow
*"?• fnThU contreCf'"B P :,r,it " *.*••* • ev «™ l: - T
end o-ileeiivelv diaoWm, «»* ,ind , .™ r “• r ** rtc »
ellh.tet.tlm.tool.Uiu Iff“ “ f ““ ‘*
Culm, and they reipee.'l’Wy bind thenwdv.ee to
di-cu.intcU*i.ej all eltemu<>'* that effeo. ou the
part ot any Power or iudivnitl*?* Whatever. The
hik’ti eontractii'jt parlie- declare s?»4f>t'ly end col
lectiveiv that they will not obtain o.' taefNtem for
theiii*cive*, ..rf.iraiiyoi.eol tl.em-elvc*, utf o*-
elueive coutrol over the raid 1-laud, .uisaui#
uor exercise uny dominion over the *atne.
The Preaideut liamriveti the moat serious it'en
ti..n i* il.i* pr.»(K*-al, io the note* of the British
eud French Mmiatera accompany iii|{ it, aad to the
l, istrnctmn* of the Earl of Mann-hury and M. D«
Tn rir t, transmitted with the project of the con
van lion, tilth he dirvcte me to matte known to yon
that V. ea- which he take* ufthia important end del
ice’e at' * jevt.
Tuc 1 'resident lolly concur* with hi* predecce
eor*, wiio have on more than one oeceaion uu
tlior'i d t.'te dechrali >n teferred to by lord
M ihnsburv end M. DoTur*.*, that the Uni
ted Mute- cnt'ld not fee with indifference the
l*laud of Cuba, fall into the pow**—.on of any
other European tJovcminent then Spain ; not
however, because vs should he disitetisfled with
auv natural increase or torriti* rw and power on tlte
l«.rt of England or Frxnce. Prance hue within
twenty ye*r> acquired A Met domain on the north
•rn c a-t of Africa with a fair profit of indefinite
extension. Emriend aitliin heltec«n*f v ha* rdd
e i very exten*ivelv to her empiru. Then* jicqni
sitimi-'lia-ucreated no uueasluesa ou the part ot
the United Sutra.
In like manner, the United State* here within
the-iiu.e (s.ri al irreatly increased their territory.
Toelavvst addition was that of Louisian*, hich
wa» purchased from Frame. These aeceaaione ot
territur, have prohah'v caused uu ui .easing.-* to
therm*' E ur..|*-ut Power*, as they liave been
br-oiMln alsmt by u.t operation of neturel causes,
and witiiout any disturbance of tha itilernatiwiial
relations ot ttir pr.nc.ptd Slate*. They hava lieeti
followed e*»o by a irreat ir.q*r*'C mhtuaily letie
(Kiel oro n -rci.l intercourse between the Uuited
States ami E n ope.
But ti e case woo'd be diffeiant iu reference to
the trensfer ot C«b» from •.pain to any other Eu
ropc.io Power, rile' event could not take jdace
wu.o'i' a eenou* daraiiaeia int of the internation
al a,stem now. xi-tint, end >t would indicate da
sitfnai.i refcr. uo* *» tt.iw hotnispliera winch oould
no hit e*ak«t.*:*rni in tow United Stmt.*.. W'e
51.0.t10 v.ow it io somewhat llie same liirbt in
wrlneli Kr .me aod Entrlsii I wmti.l view tt a ucqui
aili..|i ofsotim tnportant Wand in tbe Medi'erra
n.ai. by •!« U died Stun*; with tin* differcirte,
itiwtr.i* that the att.ni|4 of tl e Unite I Sta us
t.t• at. Wish tl.etiiseiv.* in Euru|w «oul i be a
wnile 'he at |« *rni.ce «>f a tcrojcsii Pow
swim lot- l>.rt »f the w-rid Isa fimaiar tact. But
s’ai. 4d' rci.ee i.l tlw tw.i case* is i . r*!. I.'tasui
., . r at 1 1 n>l limioish tlieaniwty which, ou
loiWieai *r«ua4*. would be c.u-ed by any *i«*t
4 -m a.-'r*t>*u «f Euripean powar m a new dineo
-4i c: li A" c'iw*
Lord Malmebonr states that Great Britain could i
paver aoe with iodiflerenc* the possession of Cnba 1
ot nag Tower but spam, and <Xplisgy|y declare* I
Uiatabe Is* no wiah nr jntenuon of appropriating <
the island to i.er-etf; snd the French Minister
makes thesamc avowal on ivelalf of his Go wo- <
moot. Iwrd Maimabory and M. da Turgot do the i
Government ol the United Staten no more than I
justice in remarking that they hwe often pro-, t
noßOced tinmselves suhstaoliaily in the suma , | <
sense. The President does not covet thr aer; d- I
sition forthe Unite.l Stpte*. At the same time ho i
considers tho condition oG '"baa* meinlv ao AmerP i
can q>ib*tinn, and to a limited extent outy a Euro- l
pean question. Tho proposed eonreution pro- 1
cwdsou a diifereut principle. It assumes that i
the Uuiled States have no other or greater iutdfbal '
in tilt question than England i.r France ; whereas '
it is necessary gwily to cast one's eye upon the mop i
to see how remote are the relation* of Europe, i
snd how intimate those of tbo United States with
thie Island.
T'l.e I're-ident, doing full jn-tiee to the friendly l
spirit in which biaemcarrencc !s in idled byEngland 1
aud France, and not insensible 10 the advantage* 1
of a good understanding between the three I’owere '
in reference to Cuba, feels himself nevertheless <
unable to become a party to the proposed «nm- '
,«ct, for the following reasons: It is, in the first
place, in hi* judgment, clear tat far a* the respect
due from the ExucuUve to n co-ordinate brsncli ot '
the Govvrnmciit will permit him to entie pate it*
decision; that no such convention would be viewed l
with tavor by the iietiatc. It* certain rejectioh by
that body would loa"e the question of Cnba in a i
more unsettled position ihan it is now. This ob- i
jaction would not require the President to with- i
hold his cmenrrenco from the convention if no i
other objection, existed, and it a strong sense of
the utilityof the msgeure rendered it hi* duty, m
far us tho executive action ie concerned, to give
dii* Oousent to the trraogement. Such, however,
IS not the ea.se. Th* convention woold be or no
value unless it were lasting. Accordingly, ita
erma expreaa a perpetuity of purpose and obliga
uop. Now, itnmy woll bo doubled whether tli*
Constitution of the United State* would allow the
treaty making |mwer to impusc a permanent disa
oihty on tne American Government, for all coin
ing lime, and prevebt it, under any future cliengc
of circumstances, from doing wliut ha* been so
of.sn done ill times past, in 1603 tile United
-it ate* purclmscdlsuiisiaiia of France, and in 181*
they purcho-ed Florida of dpain. It is not within
the compctcii •» of the treatv-muking power, in
189 k, etf-ctually to bind the Government in all its
branches, and for all coming lime, not to make e
similar purchase of Cuba. A like remark, I im
agine, may be inode even in reference both to
England and France, where ti e treaty-making
power ia less subject than it is with nsto the con
trol of other hruiichee'bf the Government.
There i* another strong objection to the propos
ed agreement. Among the oldest traditions of tin
Federal Government is an aversion to political
illiuticea with European Powers. 11l bis me-nora
ole firewall ad Ire**, President Washington aays;
latinos, to have with them as little p -lltjcul con
nexion hs (icssiblo. 8u fur as we lisvo uiready
rbruied uugagemeuts, let them lie fulfilled with
perfect gns I both. Here let us atop.”
President Jetfr-rson, in liis inaugural address in
ltp>l, warned in* country against ‘-entanglin ' td
.lanoes.” This exp'asaion, now become prover
bial, was unquestionably used l»y Mr. Jefferson in
• eterence to the alliance wdh I'miice in 1778—ah
alliance at the lima of incalculable benefit to tin
Uuiled Mute-, but tvh cli. in less tlmn twenty
>eurs, eume near involving us in the wars of tin
French revolution, and laid ihc foundation ot
,eavy claim* upon t longress, not extinguished to
he present day. it is u significant coincidence
tnut toe partieulat provision of the alliance which
icjiisioneil these evils was tlint under which
France called upon u- to uid her in lef tiding tier
'Aesl Indian |*j-.e.siotis against England. No
thing lea* Ilian the uuhoiiuduil mfluehceof Wu-h
--mgtou reeeue I the Union Itoni the perila of that
, erlsi-, ami i»reserved our neutrality,
i Bui til# President I.a* u graver objection to en
i tering into the propo-ed convention, lie lias no
. -Mi to di-guise the feeling the’ *he C unpict, al
though OJU 1 ill it* terms, would be very unequal
i ,u sunsiaoeu. England and France, by sntoiiug
. uto it, would disable thenjaelvcs from obtuiiiing
, possession of mi island remote from their seats of
i Government, belonging to another Enropeun
r Power, whoso natural right to posses# it must al
ways be os good ua their own ; it di-tunt island, in
another hemisphere, and one which, bv no ordi
, nary or nettce.fnl course of things, could ever be
long to either of them. If the present hulunce of
t power in Europe should be broken up, if Sixun
should become unable to maintain tlie island in
i bur puHtesuion, ami England and France should
. be siigugud ip a death struggle with each oliiei,
i Cub i might that) be Hie prize or tile victor.—
i Till these events all tuka place, the President does
. not see how Cubu cun bcluug to any European
, Power but Spain.
i The United elutes, on the other hand, would
| by the propo-ed convention, disable themselves
from making an ac|ul«ition which might take
place without any disturbance of existing foreign
i relation', ah 4 >)i the nutural order of things. The
i Island of Cuba lifi* 9t our doors. It commands
tiie approach to the Ou t of Mexico, which wash
es the shores of five of our Elate*. It burs the
entrance of that great river wliiuli drains liitlf Hie
North American continent, and with its tribu
-1 i»rics forma the largest system ol Interim! water
1 ooniuiuuifution in the world. It '-eeps watch at
f tiie doorway of our intercourse with California by
' the Isthmus route, Jf an islund like Cuba, be
longing to tlio Ept>t|#Jf crown, guarded tho en
‘ trance of the Thames uml tba M.ujne, ami th® Uni
-1 ted btutes should proposes oongcultofl like this to
England and France, those Powcrswpnld aoeiirc-J
--1 ly feel that the disability uasumed by ourselves
was far leas serious tliuu that which we asked
1 thaw so assume.
1 Tna opinions of American statesman, at difrcr-
I ent times anil under varying circumstances, liuvc
i differed ua to the dasjrablenu.s of tho acquisition ot
' C ibu hy 11 to United i&ttes. Territorially n.td
1 commercially, it would in oaf Ijpi.oda ho nil cx
trcinely valuable possession. Under ftOflaiii con
tingabees it might be almost esseiiiiul to on; safely,
' Stillfnr domes ie reasons, on which, in o comniu
-1 ideation ollliia kind, it might not bo proper to
1 dwell, the President thinks that the incorporation
1 ol the island into the Union ut the present time,
’ although effieti d, with tho ( coiieont ot Spain wofild
' be a liuzardoua measure; and be wnq)J oonsidor
I its acquisition bv forth) except in n just war with
1 Spain, (should an event *o greatly to bo ffepreoa
’ ted take place,) us a disgraoeto the •* vjligu tion of
i tit# JUTO.
* The Praaidcnthas given an amnio proof of the
sincerity aritlt which ho holds those view* lie
i has thrown tiie whnla force of ins constitutional
1 power against all illegal aflatr'k" upon the island.—
1 It would Imve been pertculiF ay*F for mm, witli
out any seeming neglect of duty, to projects
' of a formidable character to gather G.reftm|i |iyi
- hioMvnit<<x. xwfemb-dfifo at
enrharrassinenta gaused by tlie'fndiscretiohsoftnc
Colonial Government* of Cuba, have moved him
fromthe path of duly in this respect. The Captain
General ol (list island, an oflioerof anperautly up
right and conciliatory character, hut probably
more used U> military command than Hus itiaiiege
meut ts civil affairs, lias ons punctilio in riforei.ee i
i to the purser nfu private stcsmahip(who seems to
have beun entirely innocent of III* maliers laid t#
' his charge,) refused to allow passengers and tho
msilsoMie United States to he landed irom u
. vessel havin him on hoard. Tide certainly is u
very axl raordinarv mode of animadverting upon a
, supposed abuse of the liliertt of the press, by the
| subject usu f.r«ign Govurmuont in liis native
country. The Captain General is not permitted
by hi* Goveriiutenf, three thousand miles off, lo
hold any diplomatic Intercourse with the United
Slates, lie is siil'juot in no rlpgreeto tlio di red ion
, of the Spanish Minister at Wasfc.tyigton ; and tiie
I'residant lias to choose I eiwo. n a rusifcy Jp force to
compel the abniidoiiment of this gra nitons in|«r
rup.ion of oonmu-rcial Itdercourec. (which would
result in war.) and a delay of weeks and months
nscessary f.r n neaotiatlnu with Madrid, with all
thechancesof the most deplorable occurrenc. s in
the interval ; and ull for u trifle tjiat oucht to
have admitted a retilcment lit un ejtcjjquge i f
notea between tVushiuglon and the iliivana. The
Prasidcoi, liowevel, lias patieutly submitted to
these evils, and ha* ccntjn«' d liiithtuliy to give
toi’ubaihe advantage of those proeiples of t'O
pub ie law, under tie shelter of which she has de
parted ill this ca*e from t' e Comity of nation*.—
But the inoidents to which 1 si Udc. and which
are sill in train are am mg many idler* winch
point decisively to the expi-dlotie' of some glintigi
ill the relations of Cuba ; ami the Pre-lhnt think*
that the influence of Engl did and Franco with
dpsin would hu well employed in indiidng Iter so
w n.odity i lie ailin',ni-truthm of ti e government ot
i ‘idle *-"to afford the mean* of *>nnu prompt reine
■'y for evtls of the kind alluded m, which lave
done muoli toincraiire tl.espird of unlawful ou
leri.ri.-e again-t the island
fi »i aaouveiition -B.u.h s* is proposed would he
s traO*it"ry srrangi meat, sure lo he swept away
by the irresistibie tide of atiiiir* G, a new country,
i*', to the apprehension of the I’residew, Inoohvi
ou* to requi'e a labored argument. The Cftjgot
rest* on principles applicable, if at ull, to Europe,
where international relations arc in their basis ot
great antiquity, slowly modified forthe most pert
in ths progress of time and event-; and not appli
cable to Ann-rka, whicli. but lately a waste, is fill
ing up with intense rapidity, mid adjusting ou na
tural principles those territorial relations wldoh,
on the first discovery of tiie continent, were iu a
good degree fortuitous.
The comparative history of Europe and America
even for a single century shows tlii*. In 1752,
England, France end Bpain were not materially
different in their political position in Europe from
what they now are. They wero anoient, nature,
consolidated States, established in their relations
w lV*t each other and tlie test of the world—the
leadioa' Bowers ot We*tcrn and Southern Europe.
Totally different was the state of things in Ameii
ca The United State had no cxisieiuire as s peo
ple. A line of English Colonics, not numbering
much over a million of inhabitants, stretched along
the coast. France extended from tho Buy of St.
Lawreuce to tiie Gulf of Mexico, and from the Al
leghauios to tho Missi.-aippi; tqsyoml which, west
ward, tlio continent was u wildcfxvass. occupied hy
wandering wul subject to »oo«Biotiii(r un»i
nominal claim on tiie part of France ar.d Spain
Every tldug iu Eurono was eompnrativcly fixe-.;
every thing in America provisional, incipient, and
temporary; except tiie law of progress, whicli is as
organic and vital in Ilia youth of Bute* as of indi
vidual men. A struggle between tlio provincial
authorities of England and France fir the losses
sion of a petty stockade at tiie confluence ot' the
Monougahela and tho Alleghany kindled tiie seven
years wr; at the close of which the great Euro
jiean Bowers, not materially affected ii\ their re
lations at home, Imd undergone sstouishing
changes on this continent. Frame had dis«p|M ar
ed from tlio map of America, who-e inmost recesa
es had been penetrated by her zaalous missionaries
and her resolute andgallnntadventniers; England
had added the Canadas to her transatlantic domin
ions ; S|»in had become the ini-tre-s of Louisi
sil*; so that, in tho lungilagc of the Archbishop of
kUx’ 00 ’ n vh ' claimed Siberia as the north
ern hoi. udxry of New Spain.
Twelve “cars only fritntlie treaty of Fanselaps
ed andamHi. vr great change look place, fruitful
of’still greater 10 Amjjrram
Involution broke*out. » involved EaxtosJ France
and Spain m a treiii«uffi.. U! * »iruggle, and at J »
close the United Slates of America had takenthau
place iu the Family of Natioua. Jn .■ Eiiropc tlie
ancient States were restored subsfalitnM'y ® “rtir
formereouilibrumi; but a now eleuuxU o* incai
culable imprUiioi in refeuco to territOfiWi r "
rangemecu U lieucoforili to bo recoguisod in Au*o*
rica.
Ju?*t twenty run from tb© clom of tho war of
th© American Revolution, France, by a treaty with
Snain, of which the provision* have never been
dinclosed, lior»*lfof Louisiana ; bnt did
ao only to cod© it to the United 6 ates; and in the
Lewi* and Clark started ou their expe
dition to plant the flair of the United Staton on tho
fhorc* of the Pacific. In 1319 Florida wa§ aohl hy
Spain to the United State*, whoa© territorial |*o«-
Kt'ti-ioua in thia wuy had been increased thrt©*fold
) 0 a eeutory. Thia laat acquisition waa so
m«Mh 0 matter of course, that it liad lieen di*»tinct-
Iv for©.'#k>!) by th© OoQnt Aranda, then Prime Mm- .
iater of Sjaay, M long ago aa 1788.
But even thoat fljomentoua evtnta nre but tb©
forerunners of new .lar/iturial revolt ions still more
staptsHona. A dyo'UtW strugirl© between tl e ,
Kmiieror Napoleon and .' 4 Qaiu s vi;mi.enc!Hg in 180 S, ,
tlva PaniuMilit. The •a'ioii" of
the SpaiiVdi Otwu on this
tiea and eaptam-«©«efaU!ii| v s filling tb© space .be- ,
tw.ken and Cape Horn—one afer anotb- x f
er a-so-ted rt»«ir indep«*nH©u©«. N° fr‘®ndl\ Pow
er in fjaropa at tint tiuie was Wol«*. of if able was
willing, to suiwor B|*a»n, or a'd her -to |*fi»p the
er«imbhitg f her colonial ©NVpire. So
f»r from t . when
* m*n tnt«* Spain w control her domestic
poiitivs, England thought it to counteract 1
th« isioveuK-nt hy reccjcuisuig th© ituiiyeiidt-nee of J
SimiahUi |»r..vii.ee» in Atneri«*a. io Jbo rc
m tik bv bt'gnat*e of the distitiguid.ed M t*q«r 1
day, hi onior the txalaiir© of pow» ’
er in cailrd into #tc'an*i*c‘« a new world 1
in ft* We t; u*airwluit .ow ratu.g, |*erhii|«s the ;
ea*eut dercngeinNlt in Word, and I
*j<*t :<n<tg tuH J|tia>fhßc jU> n»e poaHhui of tk« f:
e- ui Atwwiea. or ii#t r uifliit.itCc uu tl k e f&f- •
tun*-a ot tlikir r-opyrtuk** *«f» thin eo».tin**ut. I
Thu© h> siioty yas-rxt f «Uke >so.of rhe seven
}©aru' war, Upa*l»ad lostth© last re- d
waiiia o/ Lor «m*© m^x aJ fxtfaMfdpJDa ia thi* V
■»ggggg= ■ Ur
hemisphara. Tb. Uniud StatM memotime ware,
by the art* of p»c* and th* healthful pvogr®* of
I lyings, rapidly cadging titeir dupeuMoua and
C °Thcgrci«^arh^of evrantsstill wanton. Bom. ■
of the new republic*, from th. effect of tmiton
of raoes, or th. want of treta.n* m BberM u»t»to
tions, snowed thsm-civc. mtrafShiooraclf-govMn
ment. Th. province ofT«x»*revolredfrom M«t
co bv Ui« same right by wht«b Mexico revolted 1
from Spein. At tbe memorabU bettleof Sen J»-
cinon, in 1836, she pasred th. greet onteal of ne
ac-cnt Sutw, and her independence waereeogniaed
bv tlii* GoverLmeot, by England, by France, and
by Other European Powera. Mainly peopled from
the United States, she sought naturally to b* in
corporaied into lira Union. The offer was repeat- .
cdly rejected hy BreeidanU Jackson and Van Bo
ren, If avoid a collision with Hexioo. At laat the
an uexation took place. As a domestic question, it
is no 6t subject lor comment in a communication
to a foreign Minister. As a question Os public law,
there never was an extension ot territory more
naturally or more justifiably made. It produced a
disturbed relation with tba Government of Mexico,
war ensued, end in its result* other extensive ter
ritories were, tor a large pecuniary compensation,
on the part of tbe United States, added to the
Uuion.
Without advening to the divisions of opinion
which arose in reference to this war—as moat al
ways happen in free eonntriee in reference to
great measures—no person, surveying these event*
with tiie eye of a comprehensive statesmanship,
can fail to trace in the main result the undoubted
operation of the law of our political existence. The
consequences are before the world. Vmt provin
ces, wuich bad ||u>guisiied for three centuries un
der the leaden away of a stationary system, are
coining under the influences of an active civiliza
tion. Freedom of speech and the prees, the trial
by jury, religions equality, and representative Go
vernment >iave been carried by the Constitution
of th* United States into extensive regions in
which they were unknown before. By the settle
ment of California tbe great circuit of intelligence
round tho globe is completed. The disoovery of
tiie gold of that region, lesdipg as it did to the
same discovery in Australia, baa touched the
nerves of industry throughout tbe world. Every
a-Mitiou to tiie territory of tbe American Union
ha* given homes to European destitnion and gar
dens to European want. From every part of the
Unitid Kingdom, from France, from Switzerland,
aud Germany, aud from tbe extremeat North of
Europe, a march of immigration hut been taken
up, such as the world has never seen before. In
to tho United States, grown to their present ex
tent iu tiie manner described, hut little less than
half a million of the population of the Old World
is annually pouring, to be immediately incorpors
tedlntoan industrious and prosperous communi
ty, in the bosom of which they find political and
religious liberty, social position, employment, and
bread.
It i» a fact which would defy belief, were it not
the result of official inquiry, that the immigrant*
to Hie United Slates from Ireland alone, besides^
million* of dollars annually; tints doubling in
three years tho purchase money of Louisiana.
Such is the territorial development of the United
States in the past century. Is it |io*eible that Eu
rope cun contemplate it with an unfriendly or jeal
ous eve I W Imt wo Id have been her condition in
these trying years but f r the outlet we have fur
nished to her starving millions!
Spun, meantime, has retained of her extensive
louiinmna in tlii* hemisphere but the two islands
f t üba arid l’orto Rico. A respectful sympathy
with Hie fortunes of an ancient ally and "a gallant
I>e qde, with whom tiie United Blatas have ever
maintained tiie most friendly relations, woold, if
no other reason existed, mako it onr daty to leave
ner in Hie un listurhed possession of thia little
remnant of her mighty tren-atl ntio empire- The
l‘re*iiletit de*ires to do so; no word or dead of hia
will ever question her ti le or ahake her posses
*ion. But cun it be expected to last very long!
an it resist this miahty current in the fortunes of
ilieworldf Is it desirable that it should do sol
ijun it hu for the interest of Fjsiin to cling to a poa
se-sion that can only be maintained by a garrison
of twenty-five or thirty thousand troops, a powar
ful naval force, and an annual expenditure for
both arms of tiie service of at least twelve millions
of dollars? Cnba at this moment costa more to
Spain than the entire naval aud military establish
ments of the Unitod States cost the Federal Go
vernment. So fur from beingrcnlly injured by the
loss of this island, thoro is no doubt that were it
|ieucefuliy transferred to the United State* a pros
perous commerce between Cuba an J Spain, result
ing from ancient association and common language
mid tastes, would be far more productive than the
best contrived system of colonial taxation. Such
notoriously has been the result to Great Britain of
the establishment of tiie independence of the Uni
ted States. The decline of Bpain from tbe posi
tion which she hold in the time of Charles the
Fifth is coeval witli the foundation of her colonial
system ; while within twenty five years, and since
iliuloaaof most of tier colonies, she has entered
upon a course of rapid improvement unknown
since tlio abdication of that Emperor.
I will but allude to an evil of the first magnitude
—I mean tho African slave trade-in the suppres
sion of which England and France take a lively
intereat; un evil which still forms a great reproach
upon the civilization of Christendom, ana per
petua es the barbarism of Africa; for which,
it is to ha toured, there is no hope of a complete
remedy while Cuba remain* a Spanish colony.
But, whatever may be thought of these last sug
gestions, it would seem impossible for any one,
who reflects upon tiie events glanced at in this
note, to mistake the law of American growth and
i progress, or think it cun bo ultimately arrested by
. a convention like that proposed. In the judgment
i of tfio I'residcut, it woula bens easy to throw a
I dam train C'aiio Florida to Cuba, in the haps of
stopping the now of the Gqjf stream, as lo attempt
by u compact like this to fix the fortune* of Cuba,
i ‘‘now ana for hereafter;” or, as expressed in the
r French text of tho convention, “for the present as
I lor tho future (pour le promt amine pour I'avmir ;)
tiiat ia, for ail coming time. The history of t lie
. past—ot the recent past—affords no assurance that
twenty years hence France or England will eFcn
Wish that Spain should retain Cuba; and a cen
i inry hengp, judging of whqt will bp from what ha*
i been, the pugua whipb record this proposition
, will, like tiie record oi tiie family compact between
I France and Spain, have no interest but for th*
antiquary.
i Even now the President cannot doubt that both
Franco and England would prefer any change in
f tlio conation of Cul« to that which ia most to be
lippruhieutjcid, viz, fin internal convulsion which
i should renew tjifi horrors apd (be l'ato of San Do
i mingo,
I 1 will intimate a final objection to the proponed
convention. Lord MulmeWy and M. fire ’forgot
. put forward ns tho reason for outaring into sqch
i a compact “tho attacks which have lately bean
, made on the Island of Cnba by lawlew bands of
olTtakingimiessimi af^haUsisn^T l
The I'refiideftt fs coqyiiiced tiiat the conclusion of
auuh a treaty, instead pf iiptljngfi stop to these
lawless proceedings, would give aqoqr slid power
ful impulse to them. It would strike a death-blow
to tiie conservative policy hitherto pursued in this
country toward Cuba. No administration of this
Guvcfnn)ejit, however strong in the public confi
dence ill other wnects, could stand a day nnder
the odium of liufyi'g »tip|)l[ited with the great
Powers of Europe that, in no future time, qnder no
ilutOgp of circumstances j by 'no amieaple
meat wiiji tvppj i); by no set of lawful war, should
that polomity utifbptM))fite)y occur; by no consent
of |lm inhabitants qf flio island, should they, like
the pe**va»ion of Spain 911 the Awrisan (°nti
uciit, succeed )B rendering tlierpselyc* f/id*7
pendent; iu Brie, t-y i.p pyAy-ruling necessity of
self-preservation, should the tluitlfti Statfis Oyer
make Hie acquisition of Cuba.
For tlieso reasons, whicli the President has
thought it advisable, considering the importance
of 1 lie subject, to direct me to unfold at some
length, lie tpels const ruined to necliuc, resnectful
ly, 1 lie iuvHgiii'ii.Of Jpngland France to heoome
parlies to the i*ropb~u4 eofivuMjop. Ho is per
suaded t Imt the e friendly t'»*(op yj!) pot t
tribute this refusal 10 any insensibility op his pflft
to Hie advantages of the utmost harmony between
the grt ut maritime Stales on u subject of such Im
ponwtW. A* little will Spain draw any unfavora
ble inforapey from thia retusal; the rather, a# the
emphatic Uisel liitoey/if any design* against Cuba
on tlie part of this Gdveriupppt, contained in the
prps< ut note, off oils ull tiie a-spraiipe f'fjich ths
President esu eon-titutionullv, or'to .any tf*#fffl
purpose, gig* of a practical occurrence with Eng
land and prpMfi i)i tbe wish not to disturb th®
pn»essiou of that island by Spsin.
I atmjJ xnyself, sir, of tbie,opportunity Jo assure
you of wy q..<inguiohod consideration.
Euwakj® Etxsxtt.
H sshmai*« Affair*.
Washixvton, Jan. 4.—ln the buprams Court
this morning the K une extradition esse was again
called up. Mr. t. ritleiiden staled that be bad ex>
aininod the law applicable, and hud come to tba
conclusion to take no active part in the case, con
sidering that the duty to the Executive only eom
msneed when the criminally of the accused was
folly provttj and a warrant issued. M>. Bustaed
appeared for Kaiug apd no counsel appearing for
the defence, a-kedtiie tdyica of the t'ourt as to
what Course lie should pursue. Chief Justice Ta
ney said the Court would leave it to the discretion
of counsel to lake such course as they deemed
proper. Mr. Busleed then proceeded with his
srgutneut. lie sui.l, in order that tiie Court might
huve the case fully before them in the absence of
the counsel for Hie defence, he would possess
them of all the arguments which had boeu ad
duced on the opposite aide, which lis did ; aud
then proceeded with his argument for Kaiua. Mr*
Brad y folk wed, concluding the case for Kaioe
The following were tile main points submitted
That tho Ashburton ‘treaty had prescribed ths
rule of evideuce, and tiiat the aet of 1848, which
purported to curry out the conditions of ths treaty
hud changed the rule of evidence so as to make
less evidence necessary lorlhe purpose of extradi
tion tk.ujt the treaty required. Air. Brady contend
ed '.hat Congress had 110 power to enlarge the rule
of evidence Tiy actof Congress beyond what was
in ilie treaty. That Congress had no power to
give up uu American citizen to any foreign power
at all except by virtue of the treaty, aid (bat no
thing beyond the terms of the treaty, could b# ou
sel ed by CoDgress—that the commissioner had no
authority to act at all, and that he was not such
a personas the act of 1848 contemplated should be
given up as a fugitive. At the time the treaty was
ratified the eommiraioncr had no magisterial pow
er, and tiiat tiie commissioner (Mr. Bridgemann)
whoaoted on the case was only a general com
missiouei. Tb® rule of evideuce established by
the treaty was the only rule prisoner could be
judged hy, and tiie rule of evidence was that the
uccorad should be given up when the evidence
was such as would justify hi* arrest and commit
ment iu th* pUea where live defendant was found.
Tiie rule in New Fork, where lie was found, re
quired tlmt lie shuald be uonfreiited with his ac
cusers, und that lie should have ths opportunity ot
examining the witnesses hiauyeJfi which wsa not
done in this case ; end tiiat, tlicreferelheeommia
sioner had no power to give him up. Mr. Brady,
iu conclusion, ...oved that a new writ ot habeas
corpus be issued accordingly.
The President, to day, sent to th* t lie
nomination of Hon. Georgs E. Banger, ot North
Caroiina, lorlhe vacant Judgship in tha Supremo
fiWfck.
jAC.fi so a Statute.
Wasbisotom, Jau. 8-=-jpi prftion ts th* Jaduon
itatur.—Vi o'clock.—The pruceretoft has jn*t mov
e,; from the City Hull for Lafayette Square, iff or
der of programme. .......
The military escort a composed of the following
companies!
Tlir Ringgold Filing Artillery, Col. Taylor, or
dered here Irom Fort McHenry; Baltimore, de
tachment of Uannes, updtr Lieut. Henderson;
Wa-liincton Light Infantry, Capt. Ta e*; Nation
al Grew, (.'apt. Bacon ; ContinefitfJ*. Cept. Wiiao;
U'sikiir idnirp Ssioptej*, Cgpt. Bradford ■ German
Yagers, CupL SqbjTArumau; Booqe Kxfiqmen,
Cant. Bright, . ,
Tlien followed aarreyru* Gj|aare “d soldiers
win. served under JatAreui, aud civic procession
according to the preyiemote. Many dsstsqgfish
ed indivi mala took part In tbe prooe**>OH, WhiOO
pre.**utrd s very imposing appeanraoe.
Tti« J*v could iiot have been© fiut-r one. Ireff
approach to Life' «'te Square is already thronged;
our citizens generally jme )*rticipating.
Coal Toad* or Pon-tlyaxia =rTJye total arp
nly rent to uiarfcut during the year.
l£ot was 5,018,94* tona
lollAijJWas 4,385,809 “
Increase ~628,187 tona.
' YTiathek.—Tiie part week or two i)ga,vßibited
aiaaoc.t every phase ut weather pot down m the aJ
luuntie. e)laiu, wind, cold, sunshine, and squall*
I rave un ~ .> In '/•>-*• oilier in ever-changing rapidi
ty ; and yesiciday to- jiad a regnlar snow storm,
which Ibr the first time Glia winter dolled tiie
mygi.boring lit Is iu a mai.Ue <j* white. — Ckatto
hUjpu Jptjp j htl* l/l*f.
Bale or qoHo*r.—Ti.a sale of one hundred
t.tgr.*-* lieiot.gii.g to lain A*t le of the lata John
J'. Minilctou took place )o da}'. &va from 16 to
T 5 years old brought fiaijO to g.l,uufc—* few over
gl,■*)... Yoiiug women sojd fur 4750 to ff*6o.
Tn# aie rage yuys — CUumUa JSunow.
From tit N. O. Fieayone, ttk 4»d.
UUf from Tmopiro
By the arrival of the schooner J. Truman, Capt'
Ackley, we Imre received paper* from Tampico to
lh*3sti> olt.
The Truman left Tampico on the 27th, and ere
learn from the officer* that a party of Californians,
who were at that port, had taken passage on the
nohoooer, and were going on board, when Umy
were aeiaed by the Mexican authorities and their
money, (5,000,) confiscated for non-payment of
dotiee.
The revolution appears to be spreading with un
enmphrf rapidity over Tamanhpas and the ad I
joining States. The infection had reached the
regular army, and the leading offioaes had pro
nounced id favor of the revolutionists. Among
tbtae are Col. Casanova, at Victoria, Col. Crux, at
Camargo, and CoL.Tenorio, at Sierra Gordo. The
papers are filled with accounts of these and other
pronuneiamentoe, and El Tamaulipeco confidently
pronounces the government of Senor Arista so
doomed.
J uan Jose de la Gam, Provisional Governor of
the State of Tentsulipae. publishes an address to
his lellow-citizeoa, in which he justifies the revo
lution and recommends lion Ramon Prieto es the
propel person to assume the duties and responsi
bilities of Governor. Prieto is the person who ran
against and defeated Cardenas in the Gubernato
rial contest. The latter set eside the election,
seised upon the reins or Government, and caused
the present movement in the State.
We tee nothing in the pep:re confirmatory of
the reported soisure of tne person of Cardnas, and
his being taken prisoner to Tsmpico.
The Tamaulipeco of the 82d Bays that the com
manding general was organising a force to march
upou Matamoraa.and that in a few dayethey would
bo upon the road. The editor add* that this is
tha only point of consequence in the State of
Tamanlipas that had net seconded the plan of
Tampico.
On the 21st the ayuntamientoof Turpam, in the
State of Verm Crux, pronounced against the existing
Government.
Gen. Drags baa issued a proclamation denounc
ing in severe terms the conduct of Gen. Mmon,
who had ordered Senor Pacheco Leal, an old and
respected rilixen of Jalisco, to lie whipped and
sent to the army as a recruit. The only excuse
given for this t trocious act is that Senor Leal had
adhered to the plan of Iloepicio. Tho affair has
created intense excitement throughout the country
Senor Leal having had three sous officer* in the
army, two of whom were killed in the late war
with the Uhited States, and the other is at present
upon the frontier fighting the Indians.
Cola. Mejia aud Vega had joined the revolution
ists, and the Tamaulipeco say* it ia assured that
within a few day* a force of 1,500 men would be
organised under the command of these distinguish
ed chiefs, which would march to occupy San Lui*
and the other State* of the interior.
The Tamaulipeco of the 23d, publishes the fol
lowing notice to mnrinqfs:
“ From the first of the present i»
on the north shore, about one hundred fathoms
from tha mouth of the river.”
Brlllsk Central American Colonies.
Tho Now York Herald, gives the following sy
nopoeit of the reply received from tbo Department
of State to Gen. Case’ resolution of inquiry, rela
live to territorial acquisition by Great Britain in
Central America.
In reply to Gen. Casa’ resolution, the Secretary
of State seyt that no information, official or unoffi
cial, has bean received respecting the establish
mantofa new British colony in Central America.
A consul of tha Unitad States was ap jointed for
Belize, Honduras, on the fid of March, 1817, and
tha Minister oftbe United State* at London wee
instructed by the Department to apply to the
British Government fjr an exi-quator. Ilia com
mission was afterward*, in 1S&0, revoked, a d
sine* then we have had no officer there,, nor any
from whom the information asked for in the res
olution could be expected by the Department.
A note from Mr. Clayton to Sir Henry Bulwer,
dated July 4th, 1860, is alto communicated, in
which h*acknowledge* the receipt ofa communi
cation from the latter, deolaring that the British
government does not nnderetaud the engagement*
of the o nvention of the ITth of April, 1880, to ap
ply to Her Majesty’s settlement at Honduras, or
it* dependencies. Her Majesty’s ratification of the
»eid treaty ia exchanged under the explicit declar
ation above mentioned. In reply to tui*, Mr Clay
ton *ava, undar data ol J uly stn, 1850, in a memo
randum—
The within declaration ofSir H. Bnlwer was re
ceived by me on the 33th day of June, 1850. In
reply, 1 wrote him my not* of the Ith July, ac
knowledging that 1 understood British Honduras
was not embraced in the treaty of the 18tli day
of April last, bat at the same time carefully de
clining to affirm or deny the British title in their
settlement, or it* alledged dependencies. After
signing my note last tight, I delivered it to Sir
Henry, and we immediately proceeded, withont
any further or other action, to exchange the ratifi
cation of said treaty. The consent ol the Senate
to the declaration was not required, and the treaty
waa ratified as it atood when it was made.
John M. Clatton.
N. B.—Ths right* of Great Britain to any Central
American State* have not been compromised by
the treaty, or by any part of the negotiation*. MSB
Mr. Clayton, ia me letter to Sir Henry Bnlwer,
Mate*, also, that “ The Chairman of the Committee
nn Foreign Relation*, Mr. King, informs me that
the Senate perfectly understood that the treaty did
not include Bri*h Honduras. It only included the
Central American State*. with their just depen
dence*.” Thia i* the substance of all the corres
pondence communicated. Mr. Clayton’s memo
randum, and the extract from Sir Henry Bulwcr’e
letter being given in full.
Mr. Everett’* letter in reply to tho tripartite
communication will be aent in to morrow. It
makes abont a oolum. It is intended to debate it
at onoe. Mr. Mason haa been shown a copy of it,
and is therefor* prepared to take his position ni
exteiuo.
Baraooa, Dec. 17th, 185*.—The cholera ha* di
minished in tho city of 6t. Jugo. Tho deaths
which had at one time increased to 110 daily, now
number from *to 10. In the surrounding oountry
the epidemic still prevails, making fearful ravages.
At the mines of Colve, and in tho village of the
same name, also at the village of Cansy, its violence
has been unprecedented. In the beginning it at
tacked only the negroes, but sinco it has spared
noither color nor condition. It has extended to
Saita Catalina, and ia there deoimating the popu
lation. We havwaceounta of it* presenco at Bo
gus Tunznro jo the Westward of Baraooa, and the
report* of morto'ity aftpet it« Yiolenc* in this un
fortunate provlno*. W* ha»a not only to lenient
the malady, but also the distressing situation of
hits inhabitant*.
tut* of medioineor medical aid.
The earthquake of the SBth November was per
haps stronger then that of SOth August. The
shock was felt throoghout the Eastern part of the
Island, l;ut occasioning no damage of note exeept
ing at the devoted eitrpf §t. Jago and tba imme
diate neighborhood. Here its offsets tree* awful.
The greatest shock was felt at about 8U A. M.,
and notwithstanding the falling of edifices and
walls, cornices ana tiles from the roofs of tho
houses, we have not the report of a single fetal ac
cident, plthongha number nave suffered contusion
and similar e*su*lties.
Bp to the 17th peoemhpr thp Blocks had not
ceased, bat were qf * trifling intensity.
The eager ornp will fall very ehort, and both
this and the ooffe* will com* into market very late.
-fly. r- Jour.
■. —♦ i
Sgniogs Arrasf —A fatal affray took place in
this olty on Saturday night last between Jacob
Gregory, Bsmnel Jackson, and . .■> Whatley,
which resulted in the death of the latter. A Cor
oner's Inquest was held over tbo body of the de
ceased on Sunday and a verdict rendered to the
etfest that he came to hi* death by a stab with a
knife in the hands of Gregory. The murderers
j»|re errested and hrooght before Justices Harris
and Arrlnglop on Jjjoudsy and were acquitted.—
Not having hoard the tMtinipllV w* have no opinion
to express in rcla'ion to the judgment ofi!)« Court,
other then that it wae decided unsatisfactory to
tho community generally, and especially so to many
who hoard the entire investigation. Judge Ar
rington ask* a suspension of public opinion until he
auf heard in defonee of the judgment of the
Court, irhigli wilj be given in our next.
Another serious affray tpok place at Lanier on
Monday feat, between Samuel fjobh*, and Charles
McCullors, in which the former reocivcd three dan
gerous, if not mortal stabs with a knife in the
nandp pf MoCpllere. We are iuformed that there
is hut little hope* of JJobb’v recovery.
Both of theso affray* were instigated by whtaky.
009, if not both qaarreU originated m ear oggerv
s-llm*# pe-tiferioue sink* of iniquity that breed
peupjfiefl), vagahondiam, and crinf* by the whole
sale, tilingthelandwith m°U r ntng,ando»r prison
houses with victim*. White * pommentary these,
of the value of that “ Liberty ” so highly prized by
demagogues. — Oglethorpe Dtm.
Tub Bazin Gap Railroad.— W* learn from a re
liable souroe that Mr Lvthgoe, since returning to
tire eurvey, ha* satiafeotofily established the fact,
th»t the read mai be located *0 *» t# run very near
to Pendleton, M that the rout* is muph more fa
vorable than the particulars of hi* irsf survey in
dicated. He has alao dissevered another route
over the Stump House Mountain, by which exca
vation, whioh would coat on* hundred and fifty
thousand dollar*, may be dispensed with. We
promise ourselves that in the opening of this
route 10 the West, the day of Charleston’s pros
perity I* drawing near. Thie roed will coat money,
but from the day it strike* the Tennessee Valley,
ita atoek will be as good a* any ip tba aogotry. and
the State from Pickens to Marion, npd from york
to Charleston, will feel the fertilizing influence of
its flood of oommence.—OAorbrton Standard.
Coukterfkit.—w# bore fem ponnter
feit S2O bill of the Looifilana ftUU Rank, the dif
ferences between which end the good bill wp? that
in the counterfeit the paper in too white, the loose
robe on the lap of the female figure in the centre
vignette is too dark, the line around the waist is
straight across instead of coming down in front to
• point, thp wave work aronnd the two X’s on
th. back does not of>H ip Jbe tru# WII. The bank
i. in all th. notes wpffiblimrthia, prepar
atory to making aMf issue.—A- 0. rtf-
Th* Mart Bras 6HA.au>.— I The fin. D.«r stesm
er llsrv Bees, Capt. J. J. Montgomery, whon ja.t
sbovo I’ickensville, on tb. 80thalt., .track . stamp
snd sank olnxtft Immediately, In twelve to ftmr
taen feet water. Sht had on board at tbs time
IQ6' l b.U* of Cotton, of which .boot 600 were
saved withoot no ata rial injary . After the first shock
she swung round, from jwhio/} f*ct it » feorad her
bottom will prove to be eo badf/«>juf*d as to ren
der her a total wreck; her cabin may, however, it
is thought, be saved. Tbs Mary Bos# waa quite
new. u>d was jointly owned ny her captain, clerk
and bar-keeper. It is understood she was insured
to abont two-thirds of her Ado.
Stsamom tux Rio D*UPn*rA r-The MtsrpnH
of the Mew York marohanta has taken liold of the
project of introdeniog sttsm upon th. heed waters
of the La Plata, where from ‘be rmhee of the coun
try, and its extraordinary rasoursM, »
trade may be ri|>ected to spring «p. T*ta* ret
steamer of the V nited States .ndTarsgasy g-esm
T*“'»»tion Company is advertised to leave New-
York in a 'hort Urn.- The Oov.rnm.nt snrv.y, un
the prosperity of trade id sha coa try.
Tn» T * mves. Raspsal to Enioß^fE-'j^ttfrs
IRB irdiaws. Sundsy, from the
wero received from Tampa, ia»b ou y»
most reliable eonrees, stating *»**>**£
*&s££££*s& frODI
feeh—./W*
The Ho*. Wb. C. Daweow loft th» eity on vea
terdiy moraine for Weehington, the health of
bta> *o* having boon enffioientiy motored to jnotify
hie leeviu« him. .
We mention, in anewer to freooent inomnee of
anbecribei* t hot the neeeaetv for the early depertore
of Senator Daweon to W aahit eton, prevented
the eonrummation of the arrantfcuienta in proeiw,
U u&der him a diunor and testimonial or reapsot,
m itdtoUf 4**'\rtd Hy l.t* many friend*. It would
have been hirMyereii/yine to them if time and
circum»ur,o»«had permitted the deeirod arrange
ment.— Alabama JoormaL ttk intf.
Mira woman, helouuine to llr.B. TJ raver of
drowned in the river here w ed
nevdv nhd t. fine had l-er two children with her
at Aie time, with their hande tied, end they were
drowned aieo. Tha shildrea jrere leaa than eta
year, of age. The hodv'ofone of them w«» round
yea ter day.—>'.d»iili **r,
Cjjnntick ft- Sentinel.
GEORGIA.
WPBMPAT—qjte. JANUARY 12, 1853
SEXB 18 k jnpr MBSCRIBER.
Aa this ia the commencement of a -V nr Year it
is a very appropriate period for our friend* to in
creasethenumberofofitpabscribers. The nights
are long, affording ailjile opportunity for read
ing, and a good newspaper cannot foil to enter
tain and instruct the members of every intelligent
fiunily. If each of eg (friends will send us one j
new Subscriber, ngfay of them can send a
score, our capacity foriaiefulness will be doubled.
Let us ace how manySvill make the effort
Passage an Newspaper*.
Wx have received,! within a few days, several
remittances requesting us to pay tho postage on
papere sent to oursttbeeriber*. This is unneces
»ary. The law contemplate* no such tiling. All a
subscriber ia required to do to get hi* paper at the
lowest rate of portage, is to pay quarterly in ad
vancs at the office wllfere he receive* his paper.
With the view the opinions of Mr.
Stephens on the Cubg question, foiily before hi*
constituents, we publish to-day the official report
of hie remarks from She Washington Glob*. Thi*
report, Mr. S. acknowledges to be correct. Vet,
we doubt not, on a question of such grave impor
tance, and which ia-likely to occupy so much of
the pu lie altentiortjThe will take ooeasion daring
the session to elaborate bis viewß fully.
The Supreme Fugitive 6l**e Law.
A rxw days since we published an abstract of a
recent decision made by the Supreme Court of the
United State*, in a case which came up from Illi
nois, sustaining tliejaw of that State, which pro
hibits under penanj any qitizen harboring or se
creting slaves, andiucidentally maintaining fully
the supremacy oftheFugitivcS.'ave Law. Wehavo
now the pleasure at laying before our readers the
entire decision as se&tared by Justice Greer, in
which the concurred, oxcept Judge
The Charleston Mercury copies the opinion and
remarks:
“On a variety of points it seems to us to give
definite authority to principles of the highest im
portance in tho intercourse of the States of tho
Union.
“The police power of the Slates, to the extent of
securing themselves irom the intrusion of any class
of persons likely to become a nuisance, or a dan
ger, i* fully sustained iu this decision; and in re
gard to the Fugitive Slave Law, while the Court
decides 'that the law of Illinois i* legally distinct
from the United States law, it guard* itself care
fully from tho inference that it would treat a* null
and void State law* that were enacted for the pur
pose of aiding and facilitating the execution of the
United States law. The decision condemns, in all
its length and breadth, and in language meet un
equivocal, all State legislation impeding and ob
structing the assertion by tho owner of his right
to his slave.
“There ia another aspect in which this decision
is of great interest, and that is in defining the true
force of the decision of the same Court in tho case
of Prigg «. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
That decision has been generally interpreted as af
firming tho exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States in the w> ole matter of fugitive slaves, and
has formed the excuse of all the Northern States
for enactments refusing the use cf their jails for
the detention of fugitives, atul prohibiting all State
officers from assisting in their capture.
“The Supreme Court now very clearly limits that
decision to such laws as obstiuct the enforcement
of the Uuitcd Stutes law, aud impede the muster
in the recovery of his property. Mr. Calhoun,
Mr. ( ‘lay, and nearly all the great atutesmen of the
country, always maintained that tho States could
constitutionally aid in carrying out the fugitive
law, and that they were only restrained from
thwarting and delaying its execution. The de
cision before us, by strong implication, sustains
tbe same positions. It goes lar in settling tbe law
on all disputed points, and settling it in fuvor of
tho rights of the slaveholder."
Philadelphia liousea.
Wx take great pleasure in calling tbe attention
of Southern Merchants and Dealers to the Cards
of a number of leading Philadelphia Houses, which
we publish to-day. Many of them are Houses of
long standing and .well established reputations
for high integrity and business capacity, and we
should be pleased to sec them share liberally in
the Southern trade. That city is making a strong
effort to establish a more intimate commercial in
tercourse with tho South, and wo hope it may
provo mutually beuefioial. All they ask of South
ern Merchants is tooall and examine their stocks,
and this can be easily done. Give them a trial.
Tbe Tripartite Treaty.
On Tuesday last, President Eilluobe responded
to the resolution of the Senate calling for the cor
respondence between the representatives of En
gland and France, and this Government, relative
to the proposed treaty to guarantee Spain in tho
of the Island of Cuba. The
cer, which wo 'ropy and commend to the careful
perusal of every American who feels an interest in
this question. The despatch of Mr. Everett is
marked by signal qbility, and assumes tbo true
Amcrioan ground on this grave and important
subject.
The Charleston Mercury, in a notioe of tho cor
respondence, withequal truth and justice, remark^
“ The result of this correspondence was made
known in the President’s Message. The proposi
tion was declined, for reasons whioh Mr. Everett
has plnboruted with great skill and ability. Even
the Washington Union commends tho paper us a
olear and conclusive vindication of the proper
position of the United States on the question. It
is. to our mind, ono of the meat complete and
effective suite papers that has ever issued from tho
Department.
The refusal to unite with England and France in
the proposed guaranty, is bused upon the ground,
1, that such a treuty would almost oertuinl) be re
jected by the Senate ; 2, because its proposed con
dition of perpetuity could not be expected to coil
trol the future decisions, under new exivencies, of
of any of the contracting powers; 8, that the
question was, in a remarkable degtee, American,
interesting the United States in a very dil brent
miptqer u'pd degree from the other parties; 4, that
the latter Cpilid not expect to acquire Cubu with pta
serious change in established relations, whilo to
the United Mates its acquisition at some timo might
very well huppen, in the ordinary course ot events
on this continent, without endangering any existing
relations, and with the concurrence aud advantage
of Spain, Cuba, and all nations.
“Ilie force with which Mr. Everett sets forth
jhis Cuba qqestion as essentially American,
aud his exhibition of the bmettis which have
hitherto followed to tho civilized world from
the peaceful enlargement of our territory, are
Very atriking aud effective passages.
“The position of tho Government in regard to
the transfer of Cuba to any otner European power,
is plainly maintained; and at the same time all the
guaranties are given that could be reasonably ask
ed for, of tbe favorable disposition of the United
Stales toward* Spain, and the continuance of her
peaceable possession of the Island.
“We had expected that whatever Mr. Everett
undertook would bo well and gracefully done ; but
in the comprehensiveness, completeness aud force
of this paper, he haa gained a new claim to onr
respect, and in the ability of his argument has al
most made us forget the engaging form in which
it is clqtbod.
“Itis to be hqp*4vlt»t this correspondence will
dogoqd. It (fees the position of the United States
towards Cuba, os ft once peaceful end independent,
and leaves the futare open to all the hopes of such
as believe in progress and advancement, untainted
by open wrong or covert indirection.”
The Washington Union commends the courso of
thp Administration, thus:
ft The question if the acceptance or rejection by
oqr Goyefumept cf the prppospf) convention war,
plainly not a partisan, l)Ut uu American question.
It was a question, moreover, all the strong points
of which wore irro-istably in favor of the decision
which our government lias pronounced upon it;
fnd we recognise without hesitation, and oommend
jo the attention of our readers the eminent ability
with whioh Mr- Everett has brought them to bear.
As an argument against the proposed measure, and
a* a vindication of the policy of oar government
in rejecting it, his despatch is altogether conclusive
and unanswerable.”
Something Wrong.
We And in the Chattanooga Adcertit.r tbe fol
lowing communication, which should receive the
prompt attention of the Railroad Companies inter
ested. Tbe AdwmStr say*: “the letter is from a
highly respectable business house in Charleston,
which is largely engaged in the East Tennessee
trade. It is mnoh to be regretted that such embar
rassments should exist on internal commerce, and
it ig proper that the facts be made public that the
blame may rest where it belongs, and the evil find
correction under the scrutinising investigation of
all parties interested ”
Charleston, Dec. 23, 1852.
Mean. Eaton .-—The following is a statetnen tof
shipments of corn made by difi'ereut parties on the
Georgia apd Tennessee Railroad:
Shipment* from the 17lh November to the 28th
December, being forty-one days— *
Socks Shipped. Received. Short.
No. 1., 183 180
“ * ~.,..507 470 87
“ * 108 100 3
“ A 226 219 7
“ 5 205 171 34
“ 6 251 225 20
Total 1475 1365 "no
for each lot we hold a separate receipt, given
by th.e respective riada, beyond Augusta. These
receipt* ape of »o sgtb', the booth Carolina Railroad
Company not repqgfizipg tlijsip.
A* matters gland a<*w, it is impossible to get re
clamation* from any of the roads. The corn wiold
parties expecting Mile*, but how will they he pleas
ed when they get tjeir returns and find they have
to bear tbe loss! The consequence will be, they
will from necessity, end not from choice, be compel
j I*4 to ahip to Savannah. Thu must be the eouse
| quent*. Facts.
Wx,think there must isi some mistake or mis
understanding in tlfls nutter. Mr. Coxutß is too
well frq- ' *l*l the requirements of commer
cial intercourse, thou’’* Wolating common car
rier* and M* own duties, to permit a state of
things to exist nnder hi* management. He knows
it is bis duty, a* well as tbe interest of the Com- I
pany over which he presides, to settle such deficits
promptly, snd then institute an examination to see
where the loss haa occurred, and we think be will
do it, whenever the facts are properly brought to
his knowledge. If ke does not, wc have formed
a wrong estimate of tbe man and his business ca
pacitle*.
~— iff
The Attesiax .Well ia Charleston ia now 980
feet deep, to which depth a tube of six inches ha*
been insert*.!. Mr. Wklion, the present contrac
tor, haa high hope* of aoooeas.
Tbe Deaf an* Dumb. _
,Wx take great pleasure iu calling the attention
of tbe public to the following card of Mr. Carp
bell, and sincerely hope it may accomplish all he
desires. Certainly no one, in whose bosom burns
s single spark of philanthropy, after seeing this,
will fail to communicate its contents to any mate
who may bo in his’ vicinity. We think, however,
Mr. Campbell would have accomplished hi* object
much more effectually if he had had printed a few
thousand circulars, iu tlie form of hand bills, con
taining all the necessary information in reference
to the admission of mutes, and have addressed
one to each Post Master in tho State, with the re
quest that they would post them up in some con
spicuous place at their respective offices. This
plan Would carry the information intoevery neigh
borhood in the State, and certainly reach every
mute within its bound*; because there are thou
sands of people who would there see and read it
to whom it would never be known through the
newspaper* of the i ay:
Hf.lp Griatlt Needed.—The number of pupils
in the Asylum for the Deaf aud Dumb is compa
ratively small, because the friend* of humanity in
theStato feel *0 littlo interest in behalf of this un
fortunate class. To many of them, it is in vain
that tlie State has prepared an Asylum and fur
nished it witli teachers, at great expense. They
know not ofits advantages and pever will reap
them, unless tho public mind can be aroused from
the apathy which exists upon thissubject. Though
the institution, iu its various appointments, is ail
the people of Georgia could detqre it io be, it is
believed there are at least oik hundred Jeaf mutes,
scattered throughout the different counties, be
tween the asres of ten and thirty, groping their
way in darkness—mental and spiritual darkness
Ixicuuse no friendly hand is reached out to con
dnet them tq it. Tho writer, for a few months
pa-t, has addressed friends on this subject in
most parts of the State. In some instances, these
letters have nut been answered. What shall he
done! Will not some intelligent gentlemen or
lady, in each county, look after the deal’and damb
within their reach—inform tliemof the advantages
held out to them by our Asylum, and induce their
parents to send them I lt.wonl.l afford me great
pleasure to give all necessary information to any
who may desire it. In the efforts, which I am
thus voluntarily making, fertile benefit of this un
fortunate class, help Ls greatly needed. Indeed, I
cannot hope to succeed unless help is afforded.
The next term of tho Asylum will commence
about the first of February next. The writer calls
earnestly upon the humane citizens of his native
State, iroin seaboard to the mountains, to act
promptly with reference to this matter. And he
once more pledges himself to convey to the insti
tution any who may be placed under his ckro, or
to see that it is dono by safe hand.
J. 11. Cart-bell.
Jbunipkin, Stewart county, Nov. 11, 1852.
■E CHWiSi&i)} .ftiu—A. mnifnamrtrMosenH
nide is in prison at Cincinnati, who was born at
sea, between England and the United States, on
the 10th of June 1758, and was consequently nine
ty-nine last June. He has resided at Cincinnati,
excepting some trifling ahsences, for more than
fiftv-six years. On the 17th of August, 1851, his
sight was affected by a stroko of lightning, sinco
which time he has been able to distinguish ohjects
only sufficiently well to find his way through the
streets without a guide. In a strong snulight ho
ia entirely blind. Duringthe Inst fourteen years
he has spent some portion of every year in the poor
house, maintaining himself, when not there, by
sawing wood, soiling herbs, and other similar oc
cupations. As we have said, he is now confined
iuthecouuty jail on the charge of vagrancy, his
only crime being old age, blindness and inability
to labor.
Ir any thing could stiff use the cheeks of a whole
people with the blush of shame, wo should think
this narrutive had produced a rose-tint throughout
Cincinnati. That a man, who had attained the age
of one hundred years, and was rendered incapable
of supporting himself by affliction and the infirmi
ties of age, should be thrown into prison as a
common vagrant is a disgrace to any people—even
barbarians—how much greater to an enlightened,
cultivated and Christian people, bucU as the citi
zens of Cincinnati.
Sontlicrn Medical and Surgical Journal.
The January number of this valuable periodical
has been on our table several days, and it af
fords us pleasure to say that it increases in interest
as it increases in ago. This is nn unusually inter
esting number—tho articles of Drs. Jackson and
Norwood are very fine, and each of them is wortli
more than tho subscription price of the Journal.
We therefore tako great pleasure in recommend
ing it to the profession. It is Edited by Professor
L.A. Dugas and published by JanesMoCaffemy,
at $3 per annum, in advance.
Peabody’s American Chronicle is the title of a
new und very handsotno weekly paper, in quarto
form of sixteen pages, just issued by R. Palmer d;
Co., New York, and Edited by Charles Peabody,
bo favorably known as the special London Corres
pondent of tho New York Spirit of the Times.
Tho Chronicle is devoted to tho every day amuse
ments and entertainments of life, Sporting affairs,
tho Drama, Music, Literature, the fine arts <ic.,
which will afford tho accomplished Editor a fine
field for the display of his varied talents. Terms
$5 per annum.—Address R. Palmer & Co., 102
Nassau-St., New York.
Hai-er's Magazine for January, has been laid
OIS our tabic by J. A. Carrie & Co. and Thomas
Richards & Son.
We are also indebted to Messrs. CAnniE & Co.
fjr Part 10 of “Bleak House,” by Charles Dick
ens.
PitosrEniTY or the South. —The New Orleans
Bulletin says that tho present condition of tho
planters of tho South, in a pecuniary sense, is in
finitely more favorable than at any former time
within tho lust ten or fifteen years. As u general
thiug, abundant crops of every description have
rewarded tho farmer, and plenty, if net a profusion
of all the necessaries, to say nothing of dispensa
ble luxuries of life, may be found throughout the
, longth and breadth of the slave-holding States.
Ho thsfr n* p reap eri ty the sales of
property, negroes and lands in every section of the
oountry. Negrons have been very correctly de
signated the “ Consols” of the South, hence a cor
rect indicator of tho money market.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Journal of tho 4th iust.
remurks:
A large assemblage of persons were in town
yesterday in attendance on the usual Junuary sales.
Real estate’ negroes, &c., went freely at high
prices, in Jicating a prosperous und improving con
dition in tho monetary and busineas arrangements
of the community. In fact, no section ot the
world has more cunso for heartfelt thankfulness
and gratitude to the Great Giver of all good, for
the mauitold blessings of health, abundant crops
and general prosperity than this portion of Ala
bama.
In this city also negroes brought very high prices
although sold for cash.
A pi-ointment by the Govehnor.— Governor Cobb
has appointed the Hon. Edwin R. Brown, of Ame
ricas, J udgo of the Superior Court of the Southwes
tern Circuit, vice Hon. Wx. Taylor, deceased.
Au election of a Judge by the people of the Cir
cuit is ordered to take place on Monday, the 28th
day of February next.
We loam from tho Recorder that Ilia Excellency
haa also made the following appointments, being
the same us last year, cxeept Mr. James Bole, of
Madison counly, Inspector, who is in the place of
Col. Fair, resigned:
Lewis Z ichary, Erin. Keeper, Penitentiary.
Job. S.Ghulstou, If .ok Keeper “
James Polk, Inspector “
Dr. C.J. Paine, Physician “
Rev. F. Blake, Chaplain “
J.E. Slirk, Military More Keeper,Savannah.
Bcnj. Cook, Military Store Keeper, Milledgeville.
A. Newsom, Cuptuin State House Guard.
Board of Visitors to Military Institute, Hon. Jno.
W. Anderson, Col. N. G. Foster, Col. W. S. Rock
well, Capt. B. F. Ross, Dr. W T m. U. Feltouan.l
Col. John Millcdge.
A Negro Stealer. —We learn from the South
ern Recorder that a man calling himself by the
name of George W. Jones, of Columbia county,
professing to boa negro trader, was arrested by
Willium Searcy and Thomas Jenkins of this place,
near Monticcllo, Jasper county, on Friday night
last, with nipe stolen negroes in his possession,
and four others claimed by liimsclf. Onoofthe
latter escaped at the time of the arrest. Jones has
been lodged in oar county Jail, and the seven ne
groes yet unclaimed. Five of the negroes—three
men and two women —say they belong to Pierce
Bailey, of Warren, living near Double Wells.—
Another to a Mr. Morrison, of Harris county,
Jackson Statue.— The Washington papers an
nounce that the arrangements for the inauguration
of the Jackson Monument, on the Bth of January
next, have been fully completed. Col. Geo. W.
Hughes, of Maryland, has been selected as Chief
Marshal; and the Hon. S, A. Douglas, Senator
from Illinois, will deliver the oration on the oc
casion.
The Floridian of the Ist inst., sayss “The li
quor bill,” which has been lying on tbe table of
the House for several days, was finally disposed of
in that body on Thursday last. It received but 8
votes, while 22 were cast against it. This over
whelming defeat was caused, we believe, by the
conviction that the bill was unconstitutional. Cer
tainly many voted against It on this groand who
were in favor of the principle embodied in tbe
measure. Wc regret hs defeat, bnt- we feel bound
to respect the constitutional scruples of gentlemen
who could not vote for it.
Florida Railroad CiiAßrEns. —The Legislature
of Florida has passed a bill to incorporate “ the
Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company," by
which the correspondent of the Georgian, writiug
from Tallahasse, says;
“ Savannah will have no difficulty in reaching j
Pensacola by both tbe Savannah and Pensacola, j
and by the South-western Railroad. The latter,
it can hardly be doubted, will work its way on
down through Sumter, Lee, Baker, Early and !
Decater comities, to the Florida line, at a point in
the vicinity ot the junction of the Chattahoochee
and Flint "rivers. The former, throwing off a
branch to Albany, will construct another through
Southern Georgia by nearly a direct lino to the
point already designated as the Georgia terminus
of the Sonth-western Rood, to wit: the vicinity ot
the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint.”
The Legislature has also granted a charter to the
Central Railroad Company of Florida, which road
is to “commence in Last Florida, upon some
tributary of the Atlantie Ocean within the limits
of the State of Florida, having a sufficient outlet
to the ocean to admit of the passage of sea steam- |
ers, and shall run through the State in the most j
elgiblo direction to some point, bay, arm, or
tributary of the Gnlf of Mexico, weat of tbe
Apalachicola rtver, jn West Florida,”
The Inland Route. —We icarn by the Marion
Star that ten four horse coaches arrived at that
place a few dayseinco, which will be put upon tbe
line of the Manchester and Wilmington Railroad,
connecting Whitesville, in North Carolina, to
which point the Railroad is completed at that end,
and Mr. James Hill's, in South Carolina, a distance
of 75 miles. The line is to be put in operation on
tbe 10th inst.
The Missouri Legislature has passed a btll char
tering the North Missouri Kail Road Compsny, snd
giving it Stew aid to the amount of two millions of
dollar*.
Mississippi Repudiation—lmportant Decision.
We leern from the Natchex Courier that the
High Court of Errors and Appeal*, bee just mode
a decision which virtually sets at rest the ques
tion of the legality of the Planters Bank Bonds.
An act waa passed by the Leg’slature, March 4,
1848, appropriating to the payment of the coupons
for interest on the Bonds issued by the Stato on
account ofthe Planters Bank, according to their pri
ority, the sinking fund then in tho State Treasu
ry, and which might thereafter come into the
Treasury.
A mandamus was applied for some two years
ago, before the Circuit Court of Warren county,
to compel the State Treasury to pay such a coupon
for interest. That Court refused the application
and on appeal to the High Court, tho latter body
decided that tho Treasurer was not authorized to
pay the coupon withont tho Auditor’s warrant.
A second mandamus was, iu the meantiofc, ap
plied for, before the Circuit Court ot Uinda,couu
ty, to compel the Auditor to isauo his warrant to
the Treasurer for the amount of tbe coupon, which
application was granted. Tho Auditor appealed
to the High Court) and this tribunal now decides
that the Auditor shall issue his warrant Jcr the
coupons of interest that are attached to the Jlorui,*
and falling due March, 1, 1841—or that all cou
pons of that date, outstanding aud unpaid, ahull
have privilege of payment over thoso duo Septem
ber 1,1841. wm
The judgment of the High Court is, wo under- s
stand, flual, and the Auditor is obligation presen
tation of a certified copy of it and thfi''bonds, to
issue his warrants for tho coupons of interest duo
March 1,1841. These coupons amount to (45,000
The State is now using this sinking fund to pay
it* governmental expenses. The principle 6f this
decision, we should suppoee, will also ooir.pef tho
payment ot the September, 1841, after
those of March are paid. ,
Tho decision has it* greatest intosest in the foot,
that it settles by a solemn decision of our highest
court the legality and constitutionality of the
bonds. Had they not boon constitutionally issued
and legally binding ou the State, the High Court
would 1 ava dismissed the application.
The firat half million ofthese bonds have no cou
pons attached. The decision, therefore, only ap
plies to the interest on the last issued million ftllJ
a half.
Fire in Macon. —The Journal efi Messenger of
the sth inst., says: “On Monday night, about
12 o’clock, our citizens were startled by another
t.qjiave originated
in the offico of Dr. E. L. Strohcekcr, Mayor oftiie 1
City, situated contiguous to tho dwelling occupied
by him on Walnut street, and owned by Mrs.
Wood. Tho office, dwelling and ont-housos were
entirely consumed. We understand that there
was insurance upon the buildings sufficient to cov
er their loss.
This fire with others whiohhave occurred recent
ly in our city, i* believed to be the work of incen
diaries, and shonld put our citizens upon their
guard. We should use every precaution against
fires, as we have no fire department, and no means
whatever to arrest them when once fairly under
way.
Concession or Murder. —A young man named
Woods, while at the anxious bench, at a camp
meeting in Booneboro county, Va., on being told
to confess his sins, confessed to one of the preach
ers that ho had been implicated in a murder. Up
on this confession he was arrested, and taken be
fore a magistrate, where he was examined. Ho
stated that ho and two other individual, the names
of whom ho refused to give, were ottered tho sum
of fifteen hundred dollars to murder a drover,
then on his way homo from the east to Cleveland,
Ohio, and that the two men did murder tho dro
ver, near Chambersburg. The magistrate, for
some reason, did not commit the prisoner, but
discharged him, Bince which time ho has left tho
country, and has not been heard of.
Commerce of New-Yohk. —The arrivals of ship
ping at the port of New-York, for tho year 1852,
liave been 8,822—0 f these 1,522 were foreign—2o6
were steamships, 956 ships, 860 barquos, 1,258
brigs, 2 galliots, 544 sohoonera, and 1 yacht. The
whole number of passengers arrived from foreign
ports,during the same period, was 810,135—from
California 12,158. Tho numberof passengers from
foreign ports, for tho year 1851, was 299,081 —mak-
ing au increase, for the year 1852, of 11,254. The
number of passengers from California, for the
year 1851, was 18,207 —making a decrease, for 1852,
of 6,049. The arrivals of shipping in the port, for
1851, was B,BBB—making a docrooso, for 1852, of
66 vessels.
A card appears in the' New Orleans Bulletin,
signed by somo twenty through passengers from
New York via the South Carolina and Georgia
Railroads, West Point and Montgomery, to New
Orleans, complaining of the treatment they re
ceived at West Point, They state that they wore
not ouly detained fifteen hours on tho route, but
that they were rudely treated, and submitted to
unnecessary hardships and exposure.
Tho total value of the foreign exports from Bal
timore for tho week ending on Thursday, was $79,-
554. The export of brendstuffs for the week com
prise 2,224 barrels of flour, 476 barrels of corn
meal, 4,566 bushels of wheat, and 400 bushels of
corn.
The inspection of Wheat Flour, for the year
1852, have reached the very large aggregate of up
wards of one million three hundred thousand bar
rels—being an increase, it will bo seen, of very
large inspections Os 1851. Included in this im
mense aggregate are only six thousand two hun
dred and ninety-one barrels of Ohio Flour.
The Case of the Oknkual Armstrong. —By the
late news from Europe, information has been re
ceived of the rendition of an award by Louis Na
poleon, in the matter of the celebrated claim, mado
by our government, against that of Portugal, for
indemnification for the loss of the American pri
vateer, General Armstrong, in 1814, and which
award has been advorse to the claim, and in favor
of Portugal. The General Armstrong belonged to
Capt. Reid, of Now York, who claimed an indem
nity of SIOO,OOO. and in 1849 the Secretary of
State, Mr. Clayton, and the Portugese Minister,
agreed, on behalf of their respective governments,
to submit the whole matter to the arbitration ol
Louis Napoleon, the then President of France.—
That pereonogo bos since then boon made one of
the reigning monarchs of Europe, and his dicision
as stated above, is against the United States.
Prior to leaving for Havana, it is reported that
the lion. W. R. King, the Vice-President elect,
will resign his seat in the United States Senate.—
We are, says theN. Y. Heruld, sorry to learn that
apprehensions still oxist that he will never recover.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher denios through
the Independent, of tlie 28d ult., that his lady has
presented him with five little responsibilities in
one year.
Close Sailing. —One of the most singular instan
ces ofeiose sailing that we remember to have heard
of in a long run was performed by the Peninsulni
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s ship
Pottinger, from the Blh to the 29th September last.
The distance, by Capt. Gribble’s tables, from Suez
to Calcutta is 475 T geographical miles. The dis
tance run by the Pottinger, by observation, wns
4775 miles; only 18 miles abovethe tables, or one
third ola mile in 100 above the shortest possible
course.
Beauties of the Democracy. —The Philadel
phia Inquirer, as also letters from Washington,
state that the Democratic majority in Congress
have determined not to vote any appropriations
for any foreign missions which are or may be
come vacant during Mr. Fillmore’s remaining term
of office. There are two or three such now. Nor
will any office be created this session which
would throw any additional patronago into the
hands of this administration. The Democrats are
hungry, and the repast will he small enough for
the multitude, husband the crumbs as they may.
It is rumored that Senator Badger, of North
Carolina, will most probably he nominated to fill the
vacancy in the Supreme Court.
The Vermont Liquor Law provides that any
intoxicated man may be arrested and committed
to prison until he is in a condition to tell where
be got hit liquor—and, if he refuses to divulge is
locked up till he relents. This law is to to be vo
ted upon by the people, and their adverse decision
is to operate only for Its postponement one year.
The Florid. Legislature adjourned on the Ist in
stant. The charter for the Pensacola and Geor
gia Rail Road had passed.
ArrnAT at Aberdeen Miss.—We learn from the
Monroe Democrat that an affray ocourred at Ab
erdeen on the 18th nit, between Mr. Mnllinax and
Franklin, both of Monroe county, and that the
latter was shot through the abdomen. It was at
first thought that the wound was mortal, but at
last accounts the unfortunate man was recovering.
The Democrat does not know the causo of the
fight, hut is exceedingly proud to state that it was
not whiskey.
The Catholic Chubch. —There are in the United
States 6 archbishops, 26 bishops, 1471 priests, and
1545 churches, distributed among 34 dioceuea and
2 apostolical vicariates. One bishop and 85 priests
have died ; whence it appears that during the past
year there was an recession of 111 priests. If we
suppose the Catholic population in the diocese of
St. Louis to be 100,000, Boston 260,000, Galveston
80,000, St. Paul’s 2,500, the total number of Catho
lics in the United States will be about 2,096,800.
D?ath of Samuil J. Rat.— The Savannah Re
publican of the 7th inst., says: “We deeply
regret to learn, by telegraph, of the death of Samu
il J. Rat, Esq., editor of the Macon Telegrapl.
□e died yesterday morning, at half-past seven
o’clock, of consumption, with which he had been
suffering some months. He was in the primo and
vijtor of manhood—was a warm-hearted high
toned gentleman, and a ready and 1 forcible writer.
In his death, the prees of. Georgia loses one of its
brightest ornaments, and Macon one of its most
valuable citizens.”
North Caroliha.— The Legislature of this State
at its late session, chartered no leas than 29 plank
road companies; and one company to build a
railroad from Fayetteville to the coal mines—
Three new barks were also incorporated : at Yan
ceyville, with a capital of 8200,000 ; at Elizabeth
City, with a branch at Greeosboroagb, capital
*600,000 ; at Charlotte, capital *BOO,OOO. The
capital of the hank of Wadesborough woa increased
1200,000.
Mb. Clay — Eloquent Extract. —The Hon. A.
McCu'xo, by appointment, delivered before both
branches of the Legislature of Mississippi, an en
logium npon the life, character, and public eorvicee
of Henry Clay. It was a» chasto, forcible and
elegant as touching and oloqnent. We cnl] an ox
tract:
“ lie faded away into no feeblo twilight; l)0 9unk
down to no dim sunset—but sprang out of life in
the bright blaze of meridian fullness. He passed
down into the valley of the shadow of death with
all his glory unclouded, his laurels all groen around
him. Not a spot obsourcs tho lustre of his crest,
not a sprig has been torn from his chaplet.
“ * The dead Douglass has won tho tiokl.’ IPs
dying ear rang with the applause of his country,
and tho hosannas of a nation’* gratitude. Death
has given to him the empire in the hearts of his
countrymen, not fully granted to tho living man
—and although it wus not decreed that tho first
honors of the nation should await him, its last
blessings will clm .crarcund his name. His mem
ory needs no monument l!e wants no mausleutn
of stone or marble to imprison his sacred dust.—
Let him rest amid tho toacus of the frtedom ho so
much loved. Let him sleep on, wh "re tho whis
tling of the tameless winds—tho ceaseless roar of
tho murmuring water—tho chirping of tho wild
bird—and all which speaks of Liberty may chant
his oternaJ lullaby! Peace bo with thy soul, Uen
rv Clay 1 may the earth lie light upon you, and
the undying laurel of glory grow g. ..eu over thy
grave.’’* *
of tho ifrig Alccmus, who arrivod
at Savannah on the,7Vlt, iuetuut, from lfall River,
(, states that <ou tho 2d lust., at 1 o’clock. P'. M.. Capo
Lookout Lighthouse West by Norln,
dietaifco twelve milee, ho passed # a hermaphrodite
brig laying on her larboard side, both niasts(un
stopped, flying jib hanging in tig) water, with took
ofsifmo hanging to tho boom, the starboard anchor
on the bow. The brig #ai painted Ulagk, witli a
yellow square house on deck. Could see the word*
Belfast on the stern. A greon with
paintor niado |kst to main chains, wus lying by Jicr
sido. Captain Shaw supposed that tho brig could
not have beon iu that situation long, lie Could
sea no person in or around tho vossol and did not
attompl to board her, os tho wind was blowing
flrosh at tho time.
■»--<gr
Much excitement is said to have existed in tho
Now Hampshire Logislattiro on 'Wednesday, in
eonsoquence of tho appointment of a Committee
to investigate a olutrgo against Jas. H. Butler*, a
‘Judge in Roekingha-.ii county, of lmvlljf attempted
to bribe Mr. Freeze, a member of tho railroad Com
itdUco, to vote tor tho union of tho New Hamp
shire, Central, Concord, and Claremont railrct|ds.
One hundred dollars aro said to have beon offered.
whioh was in session. Tho Hon. Ira Porley and
Mr. N. B. Bankers appear as counsel for him, and
Messrs. Cushing and I’iko wero appointed by tho
House as Stato counsel. Tho oxeitomont on tho
subjoot was said to be Increasing.
Mails to Mexico and Califounia. —Tho Post
master General has awarded tho contract for cur
rying tho mails from New Orleans to Vera Cruz and
hack, throo times a month, in stoam ships, to Mr.
E. 11. Carniok, of Now York, at an animal com
pensation of |(19,750. This important service is,
in all probability, but the beginning of a now and
short route to Sun Francisco through the Mexiotm
ropublio and via Aoapulco, on tho Pacific..
There was a severe storm at Norfolk on Monday
night, accompanied by snow and rain. Tiio lower
parts of tiio city wero inundated, the tide being
nearly as high us in 1846, aud considerable dam
age occurred to property in tho warehouses. The
storm is represented as having beon very violent
on the Chcspcake Bay.
Receipts and Exports of Gold. —Tho annual
return of tho United States Mint, show that this
gold doposites of tiio present year have beon $51,-
059.22 against $47,929,405 for 1851. The export of
speoie at New York for tho last year is, however,
only $25,066.25 against $41,743,209 for 1851; thus
showing tlie excess of gold loft iu tho country
during the year to bo $25,963,041, and a total for
tho two yours of $29,189,239.
Ourselves as Others see us.—“Wo had tho
pleasure,” says the Homo Journal, “ a short tin o
ago, of showing the principal lions oftlio city to a
stranger, a gentleman from Cuba and wo may say,
a patriot, though not a “Fillibtister.” Ho express
ed astonishment at many things—tho buildings,
the noiso of the crowds, the bustle. But there wus
one spectacle that excited in him a profound onto
tion; and what that spectacle was, not our acutes:
reader could guess. It wits eight o’clock in the
morning, and we were pessing tho carriage stand
in Broadway, along the Park. About half tho driv ■
ors wero seated in tlioir carriage boxes, or inside,
reading a newspaper. Our antbusiastio friend
stopped suddenly, nnd continued to look at this, to
him a most tiovol and extraordinary spectacle, until
one of the drivers caught his eye, and leaped down
in hopo of a customer. We then moved on, and
our Cuban, deeply affected, expressed himself
thus:
“ ‘lt is the grandest thing I have seen in your
industrious country I The carriage drivers road
newspapers! When shall Isoothat in nty pom
Cuba ? ’’’
Augusta and Waynesuoro’ Railroad.—At a
meeting of the stockholders held on the 3d inst.,
tho following Directors wero elected :
A. R. Lawton, Dr. J. r. Screven, John Stod
dard, Win. Duncan, Robt. A. Allen, John C. Poy
thress, Bttrko county; li. H. Gardner, Jr., Rich
mond oounty.
At a meeting held on the 4th inst., A. R. Law
ton was re-oloctod President.
The sohooncr Ilnslam, attached to the CoasfShr
vey, arrived in the St. John’s river last week, with
a party of surveyors, to make all the necessary sur
veys and observations preliminary to the com
mencement of the works contemplated for tho im
provement of tho bar.
The Panama Bteam sawmill, situated on Trout
Crook, nix mites below Jacksonville, was entirely
destroyed by firo on Monday week. Circumstan
ces leave no room to donbt, (says the Jacksonville
News,) that the deed was done by incendiaries.—
The mill was the property of Messrs. Gilori at, of
New York and was not insured. Thcro was n
very large quantity of sawed lumber adjacent to
the mill at the time of the lire, which was all con
sumed. The total loss must exceed <20,000.
A fatal collision occurred upon the Now Haven
Railroad on New-Year’s morning, near the village
ofMorriaania. Mr. Ming, conductor of the Alba
ny Express train, was instantly killed, and a flre
mun named James llearno, died on Sunday morn
ing, from tho injuries which ho received.
Wo learn from tho Winnsboro’ S. 0. Daily Re
gister, that there was snow in that town on Mon
day evening, which lasted till some timo late ut
night. On tho next morning, the tops of the
houses and a groat portion oi the ground were
completely covered, but as tho weather was clear,
the sun soon dissipated nearly every trace of it.
Tho “St. Nicholas Hotel,” a new and splendid
establishment in Now York, was to bo openod to
the public for tho first time, on Tuesday. It is one
of tho most magnificent establishments of the kind
in the country.
Tho offer of <606,000 by Messrs. Clark & Mo-
Grillis, for the Maine lands owned by Massachu
setts, has been unanimously accepted by tho Com
missioners, and they reported accordingly to the
Governor and Council.
James R. Spalding, Esq., who has been for the
past two y mrs connected with the editorial depart
mout of the New-York Courier & Enquirer, has
become a permanent associate with Col. J. Watson
Webb and Geo. 11. Andrews, Esq., in the publi
cation of that paper.
Railroad Scoscdiption.— The Commissioners of
Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, have eub.-cribcd
the sum of <750,000 to tho Alleghany Valley Rail
road. It is said they would have subscribed a
round million, but <250,000 were retained to pm-h
forward the Steubenville road.
Railroads ix Misnocm. —The Missouri Legisla
ture has passed and the Governor has approved the
Pacific Railroad Bill, tho Iron Mountain Railroad
Bill, and the North Missouri Loan Bill. These
Bills lend the credit of the State to a certain extent
to the proposed works.
The Washington Union learns that Richard K.
Cralle, Esq., the literary executor of tho lamented
Calhoun, is in New York making arrangements for
the publication of on additional volume of “ Cal
houn’s works. The forthcoming volmno will em
brace a portion of Mr. Calhoun’s speeches. The
whole work will constitute a complete edition of
the speeches and writings of John C. Calhoun,
carefully corrected and arranged by tht editor, Hr
Cralle.
The permanent debt of New York city, redeem
able at different periods from 1858 to 1880,
amounts to $13,885,859—fr0m which $4,175,845 is
to bo deductedfor amountin sinking fund.
laxionvnoN.—The total number of arrivals at
the port of New York frotn/oreign countries du
ring the year 1852 adds up 888,556. Os those 29,-
002 are ascertained to have been American oitizct>
returning homo from travel abroad. The immi
grants from Ireland were, in numbers, 117,557;
from Germany, 113,12(1; from England, 81,275 ;
from France, 8,718 ; from Switzerland, 6,455.
Distress in Madeira.— Tho vintage of Madeii.
has been almost a total failure the past season ami
instead of 20,000 pipes of wine—the average
harvest—scarcely 1,000 will be produced. The
failure of this harvest, combined with the rot in
the potatoc, has caused great suffering amongst
tho laboring classes of the Island, and they liuvt
issued an appeal, wishing that our citizens wil.
respond to it with their characteristic and usual
liberality.
John A. Campbell, of Alabama, has been re
commended, it is said, to Gen. Pierce, by all thi
States south of the Potomac, except Louisiana aim
Texas, for Judge of the Supreme Court.
The English papers state that a memorial hat
been forwarded to thq Chancellor of tho Exche
oner, signed by the majority of the Manchcste:
firms (twenty-seven) in the broad silk trade, ask
ing for the total and immediate repeal of tho du
ties on foreign silk goods, and thus entirely ropu
dialing proteo’ioD.
Axoa Lawrence. —A post mortem examination
of the body of this gentleman, who died sunder;
ly in Boston, was held on Monday last; and it it
slated it was found that the deceasel’s heart wio
largely ossified; and what was very remarkabio
his brain weighed two onncea more than that ol
Mr. Webater.
British Colony lu Central America.
On Tuesday last tho President of the United
States laid before tho Senate tho lubjoiued letter
of tho Secretary of Stato aud accompanying cor
respondence, lu answer to a resolution of the Sen
ate of the 30th ultimo, requesting information in
regal d to tho establishment of a British Colony in
Centrul America:
Department of State, I
Washington, January 8,1858. j
Tho Secretary of Stato, to whom wus referred
tho resolution of tho Senuto of the 80th ultimo, re
questing tho President “ to ounmtnnicaie to tho
Senate, us far ns mny be eomput.blo wish the pub
lio inttrest, any information in tho j) .partmenl of
State respecting tho estublislmionto. anew British
colony in Control America, toizctlior with the copy
of a proclamation, if received ut the said Depart
ment, issued by tho British authorities ut tho lic
lizo, July 17, 1852, announcing that ‘ her most gra
cious Majesty our tpiocn lias been pleased lo con
stitute und make tho islands of lioutan, Bonuccn,
Utilia, Barburut. Helena,und Moratto boa colony,
to bo known auu designated as tho Colony of tho
liny of Islam Is,’und signed ‘By command of her
Majesty's superintendent, Augustus Fred. Gore,
Colonial Secretary;’ and also wliut measures, if
any, have boon taken by the Executive to prevent
thu violation of that articlo of the treaty of Wash
ington of July 4,1850, between the Uidled States
and Great Britum, which providos that neither
party shall ‘ ocoupy, or fortify, or colonize, or us
sumo, or exorcise any dominion over Nioaiaguu,
Costa ltica, tho Mosquito coast, or any purt of Cen
tral America,’” lias the honor to report that no
information, official or nnotllcial, of the character
requested by tho resolution liua been received at
this Department. A oonsul of tho'United b ates
was appointed for Belize, Honduras, on the 8d of
March, 1847, und tho minister of tho United States
ut Loudon wus instructed by tiio Department to
apply to. the British Government lor his exequa
tur. ,It appears, from tho loiter of the
Department to him of tho Ist of March, 1850, an
extract front which is hereunto annexed, Unit his
commission was revoked. As no successor lias
sinew bvcu appointed, there lias been uo officer of
this Government iu that quarter from whom tho
for in the rosoiution could bo
expected by lie Department. The accompanying
unto trout Mr.'Ctfcytou Henry L. Buiwer, of
the 4th of Jtjfiv," 185 ft; which lias mi important
bcnrjng uponllie Inquiries contained in thu roso
lutidn, is also iiqd before you. Kospoctluly sub
mitted. Edwakd Everett. j
To llto Treaidont of tho United stales.
* Mr. Clayton to Mr. flampstead.
[Extract.]
, *• Dkvakiment of State, i
“ Washington, Marclt 1, 1852. j
“Asit is presumed that the appointment ot a
cc lisulmDio United States ut Bulizo, even if re-
trade witli tliat port, may have been
ut ado without lull consideration of tho territorial
ri|, jilts of Great Brmtin iu that quarter, it is deumod
to-Jvisable, uudarjßistmg circumstuuees, lo dia-
Ofeptinuu tliut ooiiafflato.
.jfejuu, will consequently consider your ftp,<#on»
ctfoet. If jou should conoitido to return to this
c ..tiiitry, it would bo advisable to bring witli you
s noli vouchers us may bo necessary to support uny
v t edits which you uiuy claim ut tho treasury. The
papers, books, flag, and seul of the consulate must
also bo sunt or brought to thu United States, for
the purpose of being lodged in tho Department.’’
Dxi'autment of State,
Washington, July 4, 1850.
Sir: I have received the declaration you were
iiiiatructed by jour Government to make to mo re
specting Honduras and its dependencies, a copy of
vihicli |s hereto subjoined.
The language of tho llrst nrtieio of tho conven
tion concluded uu the Unit day of April last, bo
twcon the United Slatis and Grout ltrituin, do
scribing tlio country not to be occupied, &0., by
either of the parties, wus, ns you know, twteo ap
proved by your Government; audit was neither
understood by them, nor by cither of us, (the uo
entiutors,) to ineludu tho British settlement in
Honduras, (commonly called British Honduras, ns
distinct from the Statu of Honduras,) nor tho
small islands iu tho neighborhood of Unit settle
ment, which may bu known as its dependencies.
To this settlement, and these islands, the treaty
wo negotiated was not intended by either of us to
apply. Tiio title to them it is now and has been
my lutoulion, throughout the whole negotiation,
to leave as tho treaty loaves it, without denying,
affirming, or in any way meddling with thu same,
juntas it stood previously. Tho chairman of tho
Uoimultteo on Foreign Relations oftlio Senate, tiio
lion. William R. King, informs me tliut “tit*
Senate perfectly understood that the treaty did not
ineltv e British Honduras.” It was understood to
apply to, and docs include, all tho Oontial Ameri
can States of Guatemala, Honduras. Sau Salvador,
Niouruguu, and Costa Rica, with their just littii’a
and proticr dependencies. Tiio difficulty that now
arises seems to spring from tho use, in our con
vention, of the term ‘‘Central America,” which wo
adopted bceauso Viscount, Palmerston lindusseut
ed to it, and usod it ns tiio proper torin—wo na
turally supposing tliut, on tins account, it would
be suiisfuclory to your Government; but if jour
Government now intend to delay tho exchange of
rutifleation until wo shall liuvo ilxcd tiio precise,
limits of Central America, wo must defer further
action until we Imvu further information on both
sides, to which at present we have no means of re
sort, and which it la certain wo could not obtain
before tho term fixed for exchanging tiio ratifica
tions vvould expire. It is not to be imagined that
such is tiio object of your Government, for not
only would this coursu delay, but absolutely defeat
the convention.
Os course, no alteration could bo niado In tiio
convention, as it now stands, without referring tiio
same to tile Senate; and 1 do not understand yon
us having authority to propose any alteration..
But, on somo future occasion, a conventional arti
clo, clearly stating wliut urc tiio limits of Central.
America, might becomo advisable.
There is another matter still moro important
which the Stipulations of the convention direct that
we sliull settle, but which you liuvo no instructions i
now to determine; and I dosiro you to invite tiio
attention of your Government to it: “The dis
tance from tiio two ends oftlio canal within which
vessels of tiio United Slutos or Grout Briiuiu, tra-.
versing the said canal, shall, in case of war lie
tween the Contracting parties, bo exempted fro'«
blockade, detention, or capture by either oft tie
belligerents.” The subject in one of deep inter
est; and 1 sliull bo happy to receive tiio vlewi, of
your Government, tit regard to it as soon us it oiay
be convenient for them to deoitlo upon it.
1 renew to you, sir, tho assfnmoes of tiio d Jstin
gnishod consideration witli which 1 liuvo tho honor
to be your obedient servant,,
John M. Cl' ,yton.
To the Right Hon. Sir Hoary L. Buiwer,
t mtttl.AllATlbS.
In proceeding to tiio exchange of thr, ratifications
oftho convention, signed at Wusliitjjfton on tho
ljilh of April, 1850, between her Brftunuio Majes
ty und the United Stutos of America, relative to
tpo establishment of a communication bv shin-ca
nal botween tiio Atlantic and Pacific oceans * tho
undersigned her, Britannic Majesty's Plenipoten
tiary, lias received her Majesty's instructions to
declare that her Majesty does not understand tho
engagements of tliut convention to apply to her
Majesty’s settlement at Honduras, or to its depen
dencies. Her Majesty’s ratification of tiio said
convention is exchanged under tho oxplicit de
claration above mentioned.
Done at Washington, tho 29tli day of June, 1 fjsg,
11. L. Bulw'xk.
MEMORANDUM.
Department of Sta.te i
WaBIUNOToN, July f,‘loin f
Tho within declaration ol Sir 11. L. Buiwer vrim
received b,y mo on tho 2Wlh day of J„ n 0 ] 85( . i
re[.ly, 1 wrote him my nolo of the *th of Jufo, ac
knowledging that I understood LJrltish Honduras
was not embraced m tho treaty of tiio 10th of
April lust, but, at tho same ,„„ c carefully dot-lin
ing to affirm or deny the British title in their set
tlement or ils vllegcd dependent los. Alter sign
ing my nolo last n ght, 1 deliver, d it to Sir Henry
and wo itiitncd itloly proceeded, without any l„r
--tlier or other aotiou, to exchange tiio ratifications
of said treaty. I lie consent oftlio Senate to the
decinratmo was not required, and the treaty wus
ratified ns it stood when it was mado.
„ - „„ . , John M. Clayton.
N. B.—T no rights of no Central American State
have been compromised by tiio treaty or by anv
purt of thorn gotiatiutlon. J J
Tho publication of tins correspondence subject
ed tho Hon. John M. Clayton to some very se
vere censure from Senators. Gen. Cass open
ed the subject in a speech, which lie styled a
personal explanation, in which iio, upon the au
thority of (he lion. Wm. R. Kino, Vico President
elect, contradicted the statement of Mr. Clayton
ah to what Clayton asserted Kino had told him,'
ind gave Kino s version thereof. This discussion
isis called out Mr. Clayton in his own dcfeuce,
who appears in the Aufloruit Jnlt/ligencer verifying
tthe declaration contained in his despatch, by pro
ducing Mr. Kino’s letter. This places Mr. Kino
in rather an uucuviublo position.
We annex the letter of Mr. Clayton’ and tho
correspondence between him and Mr. King, and
when tho reader shall have examined the report
of the discussion in the Senate on tho 6lh instant
ho will fully comprehend tho whole matter. It
should bo recollected that tho ratifications were
mutually exchanged on tho 4th of July, 1850, tho
very day of tho correspondence botween Clayton
and Kino :
Wii-minoton, (Del.) January 7. 1858.
Mesm. Onus & teuton } Wakhingfon:
I have been astonished at reuding to-day iho
attack made upon mo in tho United Mates Kcnaro
yesterday.
I have the letter of the Hon. Wm. U Kin,,
chairman of tlio Committee on Foreign Jt,.j„ii,, r „
written to mo on tho day of the exchange oi rutifU
cations ot the British Treaty of the ltith April,
1850, stating, in the very words of my letter to Sir
'I' 0 , perfectly under
duras not include British Uon
{ do show yon with what injustice 1 have been aa
*ailed und misrepresented, I will send you tho
mul correspondence between Mr. King and my
/self by the our best opportunity. I herewith send
you a precise copy, certified by the gfnllemen
wiiofto namcH are annexed.
You will perceive that my letter to Sir Henry
jmilwor, written on the same day of tho date of
; Mr. Kings letter, and after it was received, in—
liorms Sir Henry that tho title to British lion-lures
Jitwas then, and hud been, my intention to leave a*
(the treaty left it, without denying, utllrming, or in
i any way meddling with the same—just us it pre
viously stood.
i The British title to tho Central American States
/was recognised by Mr. Polk, in sending there Mr.
Cnristopher Hempstead as Consul, who retnuined
in British Honduras, under the protection of tho
British flae, uud in virtue of un exequatur, ob
tained by Mr. Buehunun from the British Govern
ment, nearly three years, till I recalled him, to pre
vent the possibility of suy charge against General
Taylor’s administration of huving recognized the
English antliority in British Honduras.
l’ieaso publish this note in to-morrow's paper.
Joun M. Clayton.
Mr. Clayton to Mr. King.
July 4, 1850.
Dear 8m: 1 am this morning writing to Kir IT-
L. Buiwcr, and while about to decline altering tho
Treaty at the time of Exchanging ratifications, X
wish to leave no room for a charge of duplicity
against our Government, such us tliut we now pre
tend that Central America in tho treaty includes
British Honduras.
1 shall therefore say to him, in effect, that such,
construction wua not in tho contemplation of the
negotiators or tho Kcnutu at the time of confirma
tion. May I have your permission to add that tho
true understanding was explained by you as Chair
man of Foreign Eolations, to the Senate, holbr*
the vote wuu tuken on tho treaty? I think it duo
to frankness on our part.
Very truly, yours,
J. M. Clayton.
To Don. Win. E. King, U. S. Senate.
[WecortitV tlint tho above Is a correct copy of
the letter from the Hon. J. M. Clayton, Secretary
of State, to tho lion. Wm. K. King.
J. Wales,
John Kiii khan,
1\ Bhkrwaiio Johnson,
Wji. K. McClkes.J
Mr. King to Mr. Clayton.
. July 4, 18 50.
My Dear Sir:— The Somite perfectly understood
that the Treaty did not include British Honduras,
frankness becomes our Govurnmeut; but you
diould bo careful not '.o use any expression which
would scein to recognise the right of England to
any portion of Honduras
Faithfully, your obedient servant,
W.R. Kino.
To Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State.
[The above is a correct oopy of a letter of W.