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; ! 7 i i„*.n,iaW-..d Mr. DucUm*
awl to docrannSU to show that tteWWfc!-
t JVnnsv ! vacua Democrat*are tamtedviifiire
attracted Ui« earneat attention of the
"u.‘ iwa hie culleaxue. explained why he had j
,1 ivliim fur Mr fuller for Speaker. It wn> ,
' u in vi..« Mr Fntler W». as
j ~ il-Xi liraeka inan a* Mr. ISanlu. .
V Mr to of IVimaylvauin, Rare nonce timt J* j
-1, .nM n-i.l’v to Mr. fuUer'«spet<;h.
\| - Ilf Tenneeeoi-. lutvint; publlnJu-dinlits j
•a ocular to hie eonutitWHiti remarks ou .‘.every I
aitrilmliVl to Mr Fuller, iuterrogatral tlie latter in |
n tbflftto.
The Ibmse then adjourned.
\V, ropy from the XtUwaal litfeiUgenccr tin- ful
* !• ivinc synopsis of Mr Viri.i.r.a'aapeeeh :
Mr Fuller, of Pennsylvania, then asked and oli
tain il the consent of the House to make a nertoeal
. .! ,nation, lie
neJeieiiv for him to eouifunw publir time for any
iiUrii-oe of iiidiviilu.il defetnre lint cireuiiisUnees
haY arisen, ifivlarations had boon made here and
in re t'oiijp*—sional Ictteni had been written
and "widely circulated, and were now producimr
* iiiiiweasiona, wfiieh justice (ohimurif and a
i,roi.er regard for Ids eoustituents. ns wet! us t!.o»e
wilh whiiitfl. l was here aswwinted, would not per
rnit him loaner to pan* over in idhaice He nliouid
p av ,. solicited an earlier attention had not business i
of an important character, a* well n**if'kn< ** I
fainilv circle. ealled him homo and detained .um
f,oij. hi -.-. cat during most of the «mce or- ,
ennizut ion of th*-House j
After havim? reviewed ami reiterating Ms iiaUti
. »l mieithm ax defined during the contest for the I
Sis-akership, he proceeded to notice the ctiS'ge
made against him by portions of the public
/'l'fby letters rrhieh Congressional gentlemen laid
•ohlniwd so their constituents, thftton tin;" IHrli ol ,
• |- •. 1,. addressed n letter to on. 11. K |
soliciting ft is-n*<m»il nominfttion, and dc- 1
; K tr \ U " • If to Ik* a “Wilmot Proviso inanup U
thi- hnb," and utterly opposed to the « xtension of
d-iverv He would here pronounce that letter a
(Virgery: He did not know, he had never k.mwn
•mv inan hv ih<* imuif of H. h. fvixton. rfo <lia
know a Mr. Fn sh rit k Saxton, forrm rly « n-id- nl
it f,;- (JiMr; •?.' nr! had «'Mreiwfl n irrivnte fritter to
I min r«*r*ly towir* p from Mr. S., biit of a
v<»ry diff- rmt from that which had ix en
ouldished. So tar from -oli. iting n freew.a nominu-
Unu tli*- iihjwjt of the h tt*-r WM- tr> iiklucc Mr. S-iJC
t „, tr.. M-rt hi- influence to<i« f**at any nomination
whatever and no wlimv in that letter nimr afor! tie
Miau' 4 ascrile-d to him iH In iny “u Wilmot Pro
vim imin up to the huh. , ‘ lie had in h'm ]»<*“*< -«oo»
i.i, I nhotthi imblifth n eoimnunieation from Mr. Sax
t..,» «lt-< !arinK the letter to nrhieh tie had referred to
1.-*-a And tlmt tiie original h-tter Imd Ik r-n
Htoh-n fr<ftn him, fraudulently ult* red,and tfien jx>.lj
i,-hcd. lie had aUo the letter of a pentlemnn who
paw hi* letter iiefore it w«« mailed, and of a»p nth-
Iu „„ who saw it after it wax feeeived hv Mr Saxton.
#-ni h of which pronotuie«*d the ]>Qhlmliral «#>ny a for
K< ry. FurtJier and better than that, he had a copy
of hia letter, which it* wa- life intent ion to publish m
♦ oimeetioii withfii*remarks. Os eonrse h«-• xhonera
ted LM-nHernr n who lind m«»le use of the forged h*t
t#*j without a knowledge of its true character.
Me had lindenrfowlyeaterrlay that the Jefterwhieh
he had denounced wan now here, in hia own hand
writing and over his own argnntiire, ready for pro
dr, 'ton an'l only awaiting hi- demand, lie tvopkl
now challenge it* production, and here denounce: it
a • a forgery.
lie then'referred to the charge llmt. on the'Jftth
|). e. inber, IHl'.t, in a M»ee<*h delivered in the city
of Allegheny, he had declared it to be the duty of
\oitl.f-rn men to insist upon the earliest practicable
abolition of ala very, lie denied the utterance of
»m,\ -nch sentiment, remarking that, ho far from nd
e,; inr Northern interference for the pjirjsne of se
abolition, he had always cotinaelled the culti
vation of kindly relatinn* and friendly feelings to
ward- ail wet ions of the eonfederacy.
Mr F then referred to the history of the various
prominent members of the Dernoemtic party of
Pennsylvania,inehuling the lion. James liiiehanan,
|..i tin- purpose of showing that they had entertained
extreme anti slavery opinions; and the exhibition
HLicit he thus made of the inconsistency be
t wee. n the opinions on that subject now held by the
'. nth-man named and those, entertained by them
in former time- was the cause of much merriment
in tin House.
I\ SKN'ATK May Ki.
Mr. i;»»tl<uden limved the ruconsklration of 11k*
vut« by whichthe lowa railroad bill was passed on
Eriflav.
Mr "Pugh presented the m-morinl of lli<- Phuadol-
Fori Wuync and Platt* River Airline ttail
i„,nl Company, praying an amendment of said bill,
a*it in tl»»- pnhi-nl term interferes with flair lights.
Mr .Julies, of lowa, strenuously opposed the mo
tion.
Mi Crittenden replied, and tlife subject was post
poned until to morrow'.
Mi Cass addressed the Senate at length on tin*
K a arm question. M< vindicated the doctrine of
rif government, or u» it had been called in derision
“ nnutter sovereignty.” Hu said this term ongina
t. d in relation to the first settlers of'California, who,
havin'' no government, made one for themselves
mid linked the General (Government to recognise
it but they were derisively railed squatter sove
~ ; , a it people who were thrown as wait’s upon
a dT laid strand where there were no laws had no
light to make regulations for their own govern
"tlh'v w. re railed squatter sovereigns because
they did not own the land . and the use of this eant
«, |in proceeded from the assumption that there was
mill'll. r.*vereignty except landlord sovereignty.—
This reasoning coin* ■* us bac k to the dark ages,
uiieii nn •< wen • considered as nothing ami land and
roekn and tree* wore regarded as everything. In
eouneetion with this subject he quoted an apologue
til l>i . Franklin, who discussed the property quail
leal mu in this way : If there is h property quuiifira
t ion «»t ? »0, a man who owns a .jackass worth SSO
liilh a right to vote to-day, but tomorrow the jack
ass dies, and he loses the right to vote, —then in
w hoin does the right to vote lie—in the man or in t he
jackass/ This question Mr. Cass was not casuist
enough to determine.
i|. proceeded to discuss the question oft lie poW
.l ot Congress over the terrden ies. lie said if Con
giessdesired the power to make a government for
tins territories from the ownership of the land, just
a* soon as the general government.sold nil the land,
lwould la* no longer any foundation for the
power The rights must therefore be iuMic people
and not in the land.
Mi ('« s proceeded to examine and * r licise Mr.
I r>nglas‘report oil Kansas matters, and dissent*-d
from many of its conclusions. The report did not
nllmle at all to tiu* true object for which Govern
meuU were instituted, ami it. contained many ideas
which were urroiK’oiis in theory ami dangerous in
pm* iu e. Tin* committee say tlmlthe organization ,
of a Terri lory i* omimutly necessary mid proper,
, |H a menus of enabling the people theicot to toiin
and mould their local aiul douiestio iiurtitutions and
, K ii.it * a Slat.* (lovernmunt umh*r the authority
oftht* t onsfitutiou preparatory to its admission into j
the I’nion ; and they argue that the right ot [Con
gress to pass the organic, .act is included in the
pioNisiou which authorizes the admission of new i
States.
Hut he thought that the doctrine that Congress I
had the power to pass any measure which they
thought would promote the prosperity of tlm tern
lory, would lead to false conclusions. Congress
it, ilit think that the Wilmot proviso woutd be a
g.H»*l thing . but they would not have any limits to
theirdisci c lion if Uu \ proci eded upon such loose
grounds. 11»* also said that the bill of llic commit
.. . «b«l not allow ti»e peuplc «»f Kansas to regulate
their «Hairs as they pleased, ami hence « lid not car-
I\ out the doctrine ol the eommitte** in regard t*»
that subject.
The S', ante her** adjourned.
IKMSK.
Tho Speaker announced the first busine**.* in arder j
to h«* Mr. Clingman’a resolution for the better pro- |
tf-etion of American oiti'ctis in transit across tho '
Isthmus «»f Rauitmn.
Mi Clingman n*ked its potponment to liduy cer
t-on 11. mider*tond flint tin* informant ion called for ,
relative to the Vntiania outrugn would In* sent in to- j
nn>rrow or tin* next day.
Mr. Campbell. 011 Min*, said In* hud no objections
if he would oiler a substitute request in** the Preai
«!• lit to negotiate, through the department of State, ;
with (»ivnt Britain for the .requisition of Canada j
hi. -1 all other British and Russian possessions on this
eon:.nent and with Spain for the acquisition of j
Cut<n. ( or.sistont with In r honor and the consent of j
the people thereof, provided that, if said possessions j
be annexed, then* simll be neither slavery nor invo
luntary servitude tor crime.
Mi Faulkner naked Mr. Clubman what objection
he could have to Ids resolution being referred to the
committee on Foreign Affair*.
Mr Clinpman replied that he had none. That
commit tee had the subject .under entwideration, but
he doubted whether they would be able to report
fb» the next two months* owing to other committees
having precedence.
Mr t'hng,nun said that some such action of the
kind he proposed was necessary. If he could have
the eat of the House for ten minutes lie could satis
tv them by reference to the treaty he held in his
hand that we arc bound to gi\’e the President some
such authority ns his resolution proposes.
Tee question on suspending the rules to enable
Mr tVimu’inan t * introduce bis resolution was nega
lived yeus33, nays 76.
tin mot ton of Sir Barbour it was resolved that
the |’tvsid*Hit be requested to inform the House
whethei l tubd Slate** >ohUetshave bolt employed
in Kaunas arrest persons charged with violations
of sltppos* d laws of the supposed Legiah ture of
said tv: rttorv assembled at Shawm*. Mission, and if
-. 4 tiers have been so employed that the Fresi
dent into*'-tu the House by xvhnt authority they were
employed.
The' Hmtse passed the bHI fer enlarging tho Post
Office. thislom House and Court rooms at MU
wnukie
t m motion of Mr. Oiwv one w eek, commencing
with tlt< fourth Monday of dune, was set ap.nt for
the e. -Moderation of Territorial lutsim***.
Mr. Good made an iutdfcclaal effort to have ta
ken up the bill from the S, Mate defining ll t duties
ot C"«n»wissh*nei's of eU -tvo** in the city cf Wash
ugfcou providing for the u{Wtik)( of lie pulls at an
v.v her hour thou is vequu'oii by thw Cnarlor, etc.
Tie House by a vote of yeas" nays 66 t«\>-
thints being necessary —utusiug to suspeedthe rules
tor that purpose.
I'tu House }h»>s«hl the Seua.e bid appropriating
sdtk»,»MH‘ for deepening the flats oT'be camiet or
St M,»ry\-River ; and the Se nate bill appr.»prin
tb.„ i i’.tlou rot keeping open the mouth of the Mis
>,4vSippi.
4*. ieiiug a motionto suspend the rnk*s in order to
.atioid Mr. \Vheeh*r an fn otb r arose
iuiion of >v-n.p I* i y w ith ti*e >ntfV*r<-n« ol the Onj**
tW W rtiv Inlands, ami HUtMrwiHJt the Pwiilent to
employ a naiieaal vcaacl to eor.vey donations of
pi\>\ iabuts tiiither, tin* lfonc e a< Hour not!.
IN SENATE May P«. *
Oh motion of Mr. F.di ; e S., Mary ..f War was
iirex'ksi ’«* report b* t • s unite an estimate for tin*
leuMivaiot* the rocks at iiurtgatr. N Vork.soipFi
.fount l ».s* p sss .ge 01 v»s> :> oi w amt Bn larges*,
elacs rm ieuaiiimeu. and auok otfcec aid* to nav»*ra*
gatMMi as will reiute; the |»assage -*«t« He gave
notice that he aboil take an eoriy opportunity To m
tixfouce a bill carrying out tin* above obivet*
The S« naU- agreed To the report «*l* tile committee
<4 Oouteit in eon the Dctkieney Bill.
On motion o! Mr Weller a reaolntioti mind<q*e<l
uctttig the committee on Mihtarr Affairs to con
sular the propriety of making wtitcompensa
tion to the militia and vfomitwes serving in the Ih
uau hhatUitMMk when called into ihcservav ot the ;
l'luted Mat*a.
Mi . Cass » oticiuded tiie speech wkicli he «**»»«-
meiiced vester»iay. He wud that the recewT Iron-j
blea in lvaitoas have not in the h'a-: shaken his *
fititii iu"the gient AvtriiK* us th# right of u;m t-»
gov.ru himsoil. He ounlelimed th. 'Vverbeeing j
Hgiudioti of Mm-■ aiavrry qnesuou. w.i. , »> qua- j
drenuiallv rrarvol with increase* 1 virulence with *
unetice of every Piveidcntial •*hsV»ou. Hie f
South iUs no* ineddl with the ■* .aS svs!*-mi of l he |
Noitii. It the North would follow their oxampfc, J
we sliouid be the uappiost and m**st o>nt(*ntml, «« |
we are this day. the freest nation on tl»e face of the j
\\ .111 Mr. t'aas had concluded, Mr. Sumner ol*- 1
tamed the fh*or. nrd the subject waauualpoiiH un- *
t Mt.nVii .-xr wttfcTke tr d rst.xnding tnat T&.
d > V cetjgo . u ** I.:, ut iiilamsp ion mi-
M C.;yt**n addrcacei 'the Senate or the quo- j
•'V. .ijb"„T; ■!'.»**. V«i.".'ii' 7S !;
trea'x will. 1). :i:nat k Lad beta iibrogato.l and no- t
r ii'mg t-mt c< 'ttld now b« sajd <*r done would icstoie | j
it 'l’hi nmitV' of the l*i t ßidcrut ujKjrciy a lattice j ]
that so; «x(V day? alt* r tin* expiration of the \v*U’ i 1
this country tvouklfake u«.» sUpe oil (lie* subject; 1 j
but it did iu*t pi*» t. nd t«» r«*\ iv»* the treaty. | 1
Mr Totieey obtained the Aoor, and the subiecl * t
was p«Vst jHnie»T tinttflo morrow, when the Senate
HOOK
Mr. Jones, of l'ettO»dvfltfii.i in replying to the* re
mar ko of Uia colleague. Mr Fall, r, denied -on uu
qucoi uiiM. ritythv tx .lectioa that Ba
t‘ ..iii.iU wttfct aairnw ,*of tire ooinmiltee whh afram'-d .
epl.il- 1 tea iliC. iug L liii h'.IK •»U 1
• euuii- ia: >h ol the .Missouri (snin\oom
.. an-; tiajub. die rfot t priii’*
During Mr Polk’.*! limiiii-tr. mM; Muchar-u*
p: .poaesdi" taLlend tiie Miw. .ri wto tl.epacitio £
but in ISs<* hedeciarfed tiiat the Miasm ri
juise measure* wiper--eded tluit Itntkwhich cw»tiuc
t!i>n h*df inevitablv to the adoption of the principle*
embodied in the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
Mr. Joce* pointed with pride to the long public
Hu: of All. iiuoiiantai. who hau received the enco
irrrnm?? r»f true national men forme pure morality of
; iiir life, and tbe stern pcrrv.!i*in of his dlaracter.--
, JT 4 .. the Democracy is tdmindu . and it
\* ould be by any aUcuipt, to u» icnd u nom
the attacks of any qnartrr.
Mr. Faller. of peimsyivaina. gave th- 1> mocra
j tic journal* of tbe northern part of that State ai>
authority for lIL3 awertkm that Mr. liuchunau re
ported the Lancaster rcnolutions, denuiu iatory of
the MiftSOVri CoinproiflijM). They were repub
■ in l^-VJ.
j M’-. Pcnmngt'Uj mad.- r. r.-;s.rt from the commit
} tee of Conference on tljc di.«agrc»-hig nd menu
j to the Deficiency bui. lie cxidainel, at length, the j
tenns of couipromho, aiwi saia, among otijer things,
j that, tb*.- Senftb-Lad recededfr*.;n fourteen of their »
1 tiicludiT’g thos rt for the repair of tbe j
j upper bridge* over the Potomac . and f 500,600 for j
i th..- continuation of the Wa*hington acouednct. The j
report was adopted —yeas So, nay* o«i.
Mr. Kvam*. of Tcxha, in of the Wiioie
ou th" Sffitc of the Union, spoke in c. -ndeinoationoi |
tiie “Hlft'-k Repbblicau*’ movement, and invoked '
the SoQfh to stand firm ia the maintenance of their .
rigli f 3. |
TS SEXATE May H.
Mr. Clayton said tliat he had seen in thkMiV'ni- I
innewspaper* an extract purj erring to be from a f
! ietlcr of tL> Itritish Minister at \Vash : ngtow to Lord j
f'liir*-ii.ion, dated Washington March ill. in j
j which Mr. Crampt >n says : . 1
j “It will be within your Lordship's recollect ion 1
! th.v Mr. Clayton was Inforinedby Mr Henry Uul- j
‘ wc-r before th treaty of 1840 was signed that liua- j
tan was dr jut, and ih'fcusto a posaeasion ;
! and Mr Clayton has on various occaaftona since, in :
conversation with me. • Utted that he considered i
Ruatan as much a IJritksh pop-esaion as Jaiuacm or i
! any other British Wi st India ialaud.”
1 Mr. Clayton iaid that Ihhi slattunuit was utterly
untrue in every part of ii ; and tiie British Miniider
rrni-f have labored under as strange a haliuoiuatioii
• us t-ver entered the bruin of any man to snake such
a s-atcment._ Noihing like it laid ever escaped him,
| in conversation with Crumpton or anybody else.—
1 Fortunately for him, l*Avt-\cr, tlte fact did not rest
' inerefy ujs.n th* statement of Mr. Crampton ami
hini-e-If: but lie had a living wituess. First hi- would
call the attention of the 8« imtc to n letter written by
Mr. Cramp toil, and read in the Senate on the liith
of January, Jf'J, in tin* course of one of Mr. Clay
ton’s .speeches in which he \vae atteniping to prove
that JUuatnn was not a depeuden* yof Belize,and was
not evempted from. Ur. provisions of tiie treaty of
1!«- then had Crumptons testimony on
tlie subject, and lie read it to the .Senate, and he
proposed tx> read it now again, to contradict this
statement whlcii wa* made known V> him tins nioru
ingfor flic fio-t time, and of which he had not the
most remote eonception. In this lettei Mr. .Cramp
tori said, “the* depend.-nci* -of British Honduras
are, in my <pinion, diatinctly enumerated in the
the treaty of L ‘d. ’ lie had made this statement
deliberately, after consulting the records of his lega
tion ; and tin* im-sisfablc conclusion was that Bua
fan was not included in those- dependencies.
Mr. Clayton proceeded to suy that while In- was
detained at !i - lodgings by sickness in February or
March last, he was tullcd upon by Mr. Crittenaen ;
and while they were engaged in conversation upon
flits subject, .Mr. Crumpton came in to invite Mr.
I Clayton to dine with him. Mr. Clayton was too
j nick to accept the invitation : but lie took the occa
sion to ask Mr. Crumpton if he knew anything ot
' the-charge that he (Mr. Clayton) hud ever admitted
that iiuutun was «-x«mpted from the operation of
! the treaty, and Mr Crampton in the most unquali
| tied terms acknowledged that tliere was no truth in
the report that Mr. Clayton hud ever made any
Hflch intimation to him.
Mr. (’ritteiiden corroborated the statement of Mr.
Clayton, lie could not pretend to detail the con
versation at which lie was tlma aacidentally pre
sent . but, according to hi* recollection, the sub
stance of it wna directly contrary to the statement
in the nownpaper, and sustained the account which
Mr. Ciaytou imd given of it.
i Mr. Clayton said that In- had made ftpeoch
j after speech in the Senate, endeavoring to prove the
direct re very e of what the paper had represented
him as admitting. He was willing to put the most
chariluble construction upon it., but it was an utter
mistake.
Mr. Cass thought it was very certain that Mr.
Clayton, unless in some tit of insanity, could never
have said to Mr. Crampton what was attributed to
him.
Mr. Pratt inquired what evidence there was that
this letter was authentic. He thought there must
be some mistake about it.
Mr. Clayton had no knowledge as to its authen
ticity. When his attention was called to it this
morning, he was very much astonished, and his
fust duty was to prove that the statement, no mat
ter by whom made, was false. If Mr. Crumpton
never made such a statement, he was not injured by
t hese remarks; but if he did make it, it was for him
to explain it. It bail appeared in public prints, and
until it was denied or disavowed. Mr. Clayton
was bound to suppose it was a genuine document,
but lie should be very happy to be assured of the
contrary.
After debate, the Senate—yeas 15, nnvs lit—
refused to consider the vote by which the Senate
passed the Jowa Mailroad bill on Friday last, and
adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Harnett, of New York, from the committee on
' Public Lands, reported a bill granting a million
acres to Florida to aid in the construction of three
Railroads embracing nn extent ol* five hundred
miles, lie moved the previous question.
Mr. .Jones, of Tennessee, said the House had come
to a pretty pass when bills of this character, involv
ing such large appropriations, cannot bo inquired
into unless by the grace and special favor of the
eommitte which report them.
Mr. Bennett thought he was doing a favor by pro
posing to get rid of these bills us soon as he could,—
It was well known that if they be referred to the
eommitte** o| the whole on the slate of the Union
they cannot be acted on t his session.
In reply to a question. Mr. Bennett said the coin
inittee on Public* Lands intended reporting similar
bills to aid Railroads in Michigan, Louisiana, Mis
sissippi, Alabama and Wisconsin, requiring about
six million acres.
An unsuccessful motion was made to table the
bill.
The bill was passed—yeas 84, nays 57.
The I louse took up the bill defining the duties
of the (Nunmissioners of Flections in tlie city' of
Washington, and prescribing pains and penalties
for their violation ; facilitating the elections at the
polls, etc.
Mr. Meaehmn moved that the bill be put on its
passage, and demanded the previous question.
Mr. Humphrey Marshall moved that the bill be
committed to the committee of the whole on the
state of the Union.
Mr. .lanes, of Tennessee, said he understood the
authorities of the mfv approve of the bill.
l>r. Davis, of Maryland, said he understood the
city authorities did not approve of it.
The demand (hr the previous question was se
conded : when
I Mr. Humphrey Marshall moved a reconsideration
ot the vote, with a view that amendments might be
made. If the bill should be passed in its present
form, it would give advantage to foreign born voters
I over Native Americans.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, replied, saying he
i knew nothing in the bill which was covered under
! u veil.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved to lay the mo
-1 t ion to reconsider on the table; but the question
was decided in the negative—yens (»7, nays 7G ;
pending the bill the House adjourned.
IN SENATE May 15.
The Senate passed th<* House bill giantingland
in alternate sections to Florida and Alabama, to aid
in the construction of railroads.
Mr. Mallory sp*»k< on the subject of Naval
Boards, replying to all the arguments urged against
the Hoard, but taking no notice of the personalities
which had b< en intermingled in the discussion.
The President transmitted reports from the See- ,
retnry of State, Secretary of the Navy, and the j
Attorney General, in reply to a resolution of the j
Senate of March last; also a resolution from the
House of the Bth ot May last, both having reference *
to the routes of transit between the Atlantic and j
Pacific Oceans, through the republics oi New Grena- I
da and Nicaragua, and to the condition of affairs in
Central America.
{Thu Mkssaok of the President in relation to
Nicaraguan affairs will be found on the third page.]
The documents accompanying the Message are
quite voluminous. Those from the Attorney
General, comprise instructions to prevent the tit
ling out of expeditions of a military or naval
character for invading the territory of any foreign
power.
The. report of the Secretary of the Navy embraces }
various order* to the commanders of the Susque i
liana. Potomac, Fiilfou and St, Mary's. The Secre
tary encloses to Commodore Paulding a copy of the 1
statement of Captain Tiuklepuugh of the steamer
Orizaba, saving ; It present* a ease making it
manifest that our Hag should be shown at Sun Juan.
Nicaragua.'’ In consideration of the circumstan
ces he directed him to proceed there with the frigate
Potomac . and in distributing the vessels of the
Home Squadron, la* gives particular instructions
to each Commander to touch at Panama, A ti
pi a waff. and San Juan, ns often as consistent
with a dtu* regard for the interests of our Coun
try iu these parts. The Sloop-of-War St. Mary's
being instructed to remain at Panama as long us
| she is needed.
0 The muss of documents contain full pai ticulurs of
* tic* outrages at Panama.
Don Molma,the f\*sta Kican Minister, under date
d of April ISth last, in a letter to Mr. Morey, speaks of
filibusti-riug p< raoita as being always hostile to that
( ‘ Kepublic, stotiug in candor ami frankness that the
* j careless conduct of this class is the sole cause which
*1 compet’d Costa Rica to undertake the war in
]* which si-,, is now engaged, and imposed soerifices
*“ which she protests she xvill reclaim from whoever
c may b. rcsponaible for the same.
Mr. Mnrcv replies on April -o to what DonMoliua
d calls the lawless conduct »*t the inhabitants of the
I I’rdtod State**, saying that it reflects on the good
faith ofx»ur eouotry in reg*u*i to its neutral relations
£ wot only w ith Costa Rica, but withoachof the Ccn
* r j tra! Amci uua States. That charge i-ouki not be
made, and was presented without adequate
j proof to sustain it.
J Alter utiruing in favor of* the right of c.vpatrinti«m,
! j he says : “R.spee-i lor Costa Rn.tnn.i Don Molina
II j Limselli, requires that his iauguage dull be so mter-
J preted Uiat it ahull tu t imply a charge of connivance
*■ j on tie part v»i this go vein men tas a violation of the
v • m utraiiiylaws.”
On th- >1 \*t May S., relary Marcy sends l>i*n
if Moliua the papers detailing the simeking barbarity’
d ;,iidslauguur«»tnou-<4 oiba ams by Costa Ricans.
» j mid says : “The IVesident is whimg to believe that
** t\*sia liicawiil pi\Huptiy eoudcixm the perja* tra tore
j of the inTiuman outrage and inflict on theiu exem
e j plary punishment. Costa K.ca had departed from
■» the iaws <>t war. and i»e calls attentit>R to the transac
x* turns at Virgin Buy for such proceedings on its part
o 1 us the nature of the case demamis.'
On May 05ii Don Molina tells Secretary Marry
j tiiat lw lias informed his p*v*nmK lit of these trans
acti- ns; and d-*nbtlcss Cost; Rii-a will n p'x in a
s t Minis' tier good name* and pr*'f.-s.---s to have as
e much horror ..* th. I'uited Sv.tt-s for shedding t!u
0 j id flf
such persons suflV r»-*i. she will without the least
- . j.-ulii bring t .*• gtttdy pa tie* to trial, in • rdi .•• * ,
c * unwheti ms tl»ey des**rxt. Ikm Molinn says that
tlus w:ti is n**t betw*»en C«>sta Rica and Nicaragua,
but hk two. h th** miV.d poop of the Sta** s. or
e iatli« ot ('entral America, agoitrst a band ofunau
-11 : ;>.-d adventurers wi.o are impoverishing nrd
1 ptvg tin- of NTcaiagua, and who
- ; tl-roat. c r.g to ijnpos* the sac.e yoke upon tho rest
-of (Vtttra! Ann :i a. C».•>ln Rica cannot a*.o*ni the
rights ofwur to a band ofraeu gnswcr&ble to peiiul
| law's waich ;m oortitndy uot more severe in those
>*tt - than in oti . S b s i f the World.
He express- > ?h«. !.•*->*. our goveraim-ut will
- j suspend iD .ipirdor. iiiiti’. m: mvestßaiion be made
* J info the events at Viig'm Bay, and Uuu. it will not j
* ' be S. v. -V x- Ru;.. S.4* :> de
’ j fending lier Sa ,-iv d rights agidnst those who ;
■ j hav. outraged and at racked he 1 merely Lh cause she ;
1 | is w.-ak.
* ' Ik a. \t»gusß V;y! wrib- s*vrciary Marcy under j
1“ llm nnh.qipy the country in which lie
wjis bom, *tiiU a -i.-sir of exprTing l.is bei*t efforts to
} nlievei:. bi- kd kirn to itwve liii native gfaom to \
l repress-at us 11 ef.-st> in :ue ea; ;al of this bless-, d '
Repu’ iic. aim piwo** > phuc tiic uffiwrs of Men 1
rrtgu*in sttdHi iig t«s t induce Mr. Marcy *0 view
its *-ii . ums:ai»c<s in their true aspect, concluding I
w tu exp. ess.ug a i.opc tiifti 1 i;e (b»verume:>t of tho !
, (*'. vd > wi‘i ! . a friend b- NiearagitA." '
j N- xt r,.1; •.a letter from President Rivas, dated
i X>: i irtii dto the l*rx sident of the United .
, Slat, s ;<> Ml at a:i ! Good Friend." in wideu he j
| .say* : “Desiring of -ultirating friendly relations, I J
j unv<-thou-t t ti* • > ae -reflit Don Augustin Vijil as j
Minister to t:i. United Stales—a rcHnoh- per*.-n on f
j im-count ol tii: know ledge of public affairs and his
| patriotic fe*h«e. t«> the tud that h«* may enter into I
j uvatic' of ii.na i.e ; and he a>k* this guvenment !
to tieat him kindly. ?l
Mr. Mason moved to refer the message to the |
committee on foreigu relation?, and that it be 1
printed.
Mr. Crittenden tmid he regarded tie- ..d-d a. a j
very imporbuit one, which ought not to pa*o from
the *con«de ration oi the Senate.idb the hands of the •
com.niUet; wiiLmt remark. He lad 11 -m ev*
.la» ?ied to a Bii *st* from the K . i v.— ,
iu «re oli»M>rb.ng intei- t, or wh - . |
x*:gd leiUl to more wr iidUA COWScqueic In om- i
yrc'-k’.-. coui.iry wouldl>e agiUite<l from one
subject, au .
in our being iav'lived in war. If wo were to have j
war. however, he wanted it to b<- accepted or de
nounced by Senator* in an open; -manly manor, j
and not have a course of policy pursued by which |
we should go on step by step blindly, until we full I
into tiie pit. Tbe Oovernm<-nt of Nicaragua, which 1
the Pr* iment lias officially recognized, was a tiling |
of yesterday as it were.
At any rate the shoer were not yet worn out up I
MU the fret, of th««*e win* had wrought Biis new res*e |
lu'Jou, and already the E*‘x>uiivc ha<l become -it- |
isfi'-d of its permanency and its capacity *•> dis- j
charge its duties as a nation in ihe great fanuly of 1
nations. This to him a very Lusty CoiicTu- r
si on to arrive at in a matter of so much con.-cquei.ee, |
the resolution having been effected too, as the
President admits, by the co-operation of our own
countrymen who went there contrary to the laws
this cotmtry. Was this the nationallpnideuce wlrjrt*
* ha*! hitherto guided our course ? What Said
I son when Texas long stood knocking for admit
! tance into the Union, even after we were .u-sured
! of her ability to govern herself, and when she. had
J bv repeatt-d victories estabjshcd her Umc to b»*
I considered one of the communities of the world !
i Jack.-'*n> message gave a *hqrougsi, profoun<l and .
patriotic rebuke to every principle in the present
j We mix ourselves up in tiie afTairv of nations as J
j dangerously son,' times by recognising these com |
I mumties suddenly rising into existence , as by en
tering into entangling alliances with foreign powers
! Mr. Meson said he could see no objection to a ret !
I erence. The document merely informed the Sen
: ate of the aetnal condition of the country in which .
! we take n great deal of interest. The President had
learned that a change had taken place in the govern
-1 mcht of Nicaragua which simply amounted to th*-
' fiact that they had one set of law makers m lieu ot 1
* another, and being sat iHfied that tiie new Goyenamut J
j was a Government and hail sufficient abili- j
! tv to conduct tiie affairs of the country, the l*resi
* dent feft himself called on to receive its Minister
that was all. The argument of the Senator from
* Kentucky in the case of Texas would not apply here.
\ That was a new nation in the family of nations, but |
j Nicaragua has been recognized us a political coin- 1
f mnnity ever since 1821.
At one time in confederation with other States. !
and afterwards as a separate State. When they 1
chnngedtheir government all we have a right to in
quire is ; Is it a real Government, and have they
shown sufficient stability to entitle us to regard
them ? We have had a Minister resident there
several years, and she has had one here. We have
been on terms of political intercourse with Nicara
gua for a series of years —us wc have with other
Governments, and the President, by virtue of his
office, must regulate our diplomatic intercourse with
! foreign ministers.
The existing government of Nicaragua has been
j established six of «ight months, and. so far as we
i are informed, it is a government of greater stability
i than lias existed in that unfortunate country l'or
i many years. The Senator had spoken of war—who
j are we* to go to war with f When is the cloud to
j arise ? Does he allude to a foreign trans-Atlantic
I government, that has more than Once intermeddkil,
as we have never done, but have always refrained
from doing, with the domestic as well us political
affairs of Nicaragua ? Are we to be deterred by
that from acknowledging that government ' Mr.
Mason said if he thought the recognition ol this go
vernment would bring to an issue the questions
pending between us and any foreign power, in
i which we are in the right, he would not hesitate to
do it. We had not refused to recognize the existing
1 j governments of France when they had passed
j through the various stage* of monarchy, anarchy,
’ : military despotism, us a republic, and at last as tin
autocracy.
Mr. Pratt said that the Government of Nicaragua
l . be ; ng recognized, our citizens would have a right to
go there, and could make that a stable government
which was not so now. He thought that nineteen
twentieths of those who hud established the govern
ment were Americans who had gone there in viola
tion of the neutrality laws.
Mr. Mason suid the recognition would not affect
our neutrality laws in the slightest degree. Our citi
zens are at liberty to go where they please, and af
ter they have reached a foreign country they could
engage in any pursuit they pleased.
M r. Weller gave a hist < >ry of the st niggle between
Ohoinorroo and Castilian, saying that Walker went
1 there by invitation of the latter after he had suc
ceeded in establishing himself at the head of the
Nicaraguan army. This present government was
established by aid of North Americans at the re
quest of the natives, and during the six months it
has been in operation there has been no civil war,
and lie knew of no party in Nicaragua who wen*
trying to upset the existing government. There was
* no other pretended government there.
He alluded to British interference in behalf of
: Costa Rica, and said the British government lm«l,
during the lost eight years, annexed two hundred
thousand square miles, being more than the territo
’ ry of all the Central American States combined,
’ Onr Central American affuirs arc fast coining to a
; head. It may be we shall be precipitated into a
war, but, if so, wc may just as well settle the matter
1 now as at any other time.
1 desire war with no country. I represent a con
s Stitueucy upon whom will fall the full weight of the
' first blow that shall be struck, but if wo are to have
1 war let it be on this great principle. We are on the
’ right side, and the God of our Fathers will go with
! ua and give us victory. “Thrice is lie armed who
hath hi* quarrel just.”
The documents were then ordered to be printed,
' and without taking the question of the rcfereuce,
1 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Knowlton offered a preamble setting forth
that a difficulty occurred at Willard’s Hotel on the
Bth inst., between Mr. Herbert, a member of the
I louse, and Thomas Keating, a waiter in that es
tablishment, which resulted in the death of the lat
ter by a pistol in the hands of the former; that Mr.
Herbert, on a writ of habeas corpus, was taken be
fore Judge Crawford and by him held to bail in
SIO,OOO to answer the charge of manslaughter ; and
that the Constitution gives to either House the pow
er to punish its members for disorderly behaviour,
and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a
member—concluding with a resolution that the Ju
j diciary Committee lake the matter into considcra
j lion, with power to send for persons and papers, and
) and report to the House at its earliest convo
nieiico, what action the body should take in the
premises.
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, objected to the introduc
tion of the resolution, saying that no question of
privilege Was involved as claimed by tiie gentle
man presenting it.
Mr. Clingimin objected to everything out of or
der. . ~
I The Speaker, in reply to several questions, said
I that the question must be submitted to the House
whether the resolution involved a question of pri
*m7. Stephens moved to lay the question of the re
ception of the resolution as a question of privilege
on the table.
Mr. Washbume, of Maine, inquired if the House
should do so, whether it would carry the resolution
with it /
The Speaker replied affirmatively.
Mr. Washbume. Then a vote to lay it on the
table will be equivalent to a vote to suppress inves
tigation.
Mr. Stephens’ motion was then agreed to—yeas / J,
nays 70.
Tliß House proceeded to the consideration ot the
bill from the Senate to define the duties of Commis
sioners of Elections in the city of Washington, and
for ot her purposes.
A long debate ensued, involving the principles of
party. Finally, Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, offered a
substitute, providing that it shall be the duty
of the city authorities to provide two election pre
cincts for each ward, and .lie polls shall be opened
at 7 o'clock A. M., and be closed at 7 o’clock
p. M. No person naturalized after theJlst of De
cember shall be entitled to vote at the Presidential
election.
After some debate the bill was passed—y eas to,
nays 54.
The President's Message on Central America was
received and read. Adjourned.
rN SENATE May JG.
A resolution was adopted directing experiments
so bo tried at tho United States Mint, with a view
of fli tecting and preventing the unlawful deteriora •
tion of coin.
The Senate coficurred in the following substitute
of the House for the bill of the former, “to pro
vide for at least two election precincts in each
ward in the city of Washington, and for other pur
poses
lie it enacted, &c., That it shall be the duly of
the (’ity Corporation t»» provide at least two election
precincts in each ward . to appoint commissioners
to superintend elections iu the same, and to adopt
such other regulations as may be necessary to give
full force to this section.
Sec. 2. And whereas native born citizens, resi
dent of the city of Washington, who arrive at the
age of twenty-one years, between the 3lst of Dec.
next preceding the election and the day of election,
are not allowed to vote ut such election. And be
it further enacted, Thai no person naturalized be
t ween the said day of i)ecember and the day of the
succeeding election shall be entitled to vote at such
next succeeding election.
•Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that at all elec
tions to be held in the City of Washington for muni
cipal officers, the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock
A. M .aml be closed at 7 o’clock L\ M . and that all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repeated.
Mr. Mallory resumed and concluded his remarks
in defence of the Naval board.
Mr. Crittenden re]died, contending that the board
had exceeded the powers conferred upon them, and
that they had no authority to inquire into the moral
character of the officers.
Mr. Benjamin defended the board.
Mr. Toombs discussed the question of the power
of the President to appoint and remove the naval
officers. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
A discussion took place regarding what disposi
tion shall be made of several private bills here
tofore transmitted from the Court of Claims.—
The discussion involved the powers of that tribunal.
The House adopted a rule that all bills and re
ports from the Court of Claims, shall be referred to
! the committee on Claims, and every Friday, imme
diately after the reading of the journal, it shall be in
! order Vor that committee to report with reference to
| the business from the Court of Claims.
The House then considered various private bills.
■ and passed one of them, and then adjourned until
Monday.
L vrvu t Ho M Tt! kl 3 vii vmas —Tic Si. i T ad..
Tlu* Nassau N. I\. //♦ raid, of the 26th of April,
j has the following: “The salt prospects ot Kxutnu
were very good up to bun ay last, when there fell a
1 heavy shower of rain, which ruined the pans for the
present. Ti e same paper adds : —“Two Mandingo
canoes, laden with slaves, were captured lately
about two miles north of the Banana Islands, bv the
District Manager, after a sharp pursuit of nearly
two hours. They were bound from the Sherhro to
the Fouiicaiia—one containing 36 and the other 51
slav 1 most of whom w**rc naked and in shackles :
about 40 were liltl* children, some aUn -st infants,
who for five days previous to their capture were fed
till raw eoss&da, and that sparingly. Tlwy carried
crews of ulw ut ten each, who were armed with
guns, bows and arrows aud cutlasses. On drawing
the charge of one of the gun* it was found to coutaui
two bullets. The pour creatures were crowded to
gether as to prevent the possibility of their pcsitiou
beiua' changed eu board the canoes, being packed
jike so many bricks iu a wall.*’
PfliCH VSK OF TILE L.V G RAN OK FFMVIK COtLEOE
kvTui M E. Church, Soi?th.—Titer* is a
sition on foot by the Quarterly Conference of the
M. E. t lurch, at this place, to raise funds sufficient
for the purchase of the La Grange Female College
t*> be presented t■_■* the Georgia Conference. Five
thousand sub-Agents will be appointed iu various
Sectiov.s of :ht State to solicit c-oi.t*uti. : s fro.a
those who may be disposed to give their aid to the
undertaking. T;;e College is situated on a hill
commanding a beautiful view of the town and conn- j
try. with hoarding arrangements for one hundred j
young ladies. In fact, the buildings are extensive,
with labratory, libraries, ami one of the ele •
gain Chapels in the South. —Rt. - >rl. .
% t t
1 the Chicago American the following statements of
j die arrests by the police of that city :
| From the 11 ih of June, I<V». to January !. lAS6.
1 it presents a state of facts winch cannot be winked
at or disputed.
The total number of ai rests was 3.716: the total
amount of flue*.
? Ofthis «mW. the nativity 15 as foHow.e : —lrish.
1 2,453; Germans, 630; English, 162; Americans!
f 41 ! ‘. ScvleU, 61.
Nearly .u, > of the whole number are ,
I fri<i , and only erne ninth o: the whnfo number were j
, Americans.
With at least three times as large an American •
population, the recuri stand® 2.453 t 410
j Americans, or oalcalating at a pro rata e.-dmnte, ,
| 7,3591ri5h u> 410 Americans, or Is Irish law-break- <
j ers to one Xuioricnn. *
| Mayor Wood has had his salary increased from i
i :ijrfN»‘tp dining his absence from New-Yurk.
and is aW» sicken of for Governor by prominent j
Democratic papers of New York State.
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. I
BY THE ASIA.
+f~ %* # " I
fl. .»w. brought by the Aria’smailsL uniuipor
t.uil THie offfeia! report of the proceedings .rfif the
Couiercnoo of Pari. lias come to Laud, but it addo ;
murto pur previous kqtfwicdge, and in fact is tittle
nctfc tLa* a r*pr • of the treaty itself m a
oouver.-athmal K ’.pe.
The rations t*»whk*i French cou.-uls or «
gents will lx -t ot hi the Biaek Sea are said to be
Kettefc. Cherron, Jfc.ksii>t*erai, or Simpheropoi, I
NicolaicfT. andT£igan*».g, with, as before, a consul
at Odessa. It is stated that two French divisions,
and also English troops, will remain some time at
Constantinople after the evacuation of the Crimea,
ffirW ydik a view to the repression ot a riaiug
asrairst the The fin's* <rOrien?\ ln
iiouikv .- that the majority of the inhabitants of Eu
jmtnria are emigrating through fear of lining coin-
IHpoin.sed, awl similar movements are taking ajtiace
m Abasia a:<d in Mimrr« lia. A large h****pitaT, tin
der canvas, fans been established on Prince’s Island, ;
iu order to expedite the cure of the sick. Another |
h'.'Bfdtiii, intended for the troops affected with the I
Vurvv, has been established at Uanschtlisk. By in- |
tehiigeiicc from Constantinople, under date of the |
'3lst, it would appear that discontent prevailed on I
account of the quarantine oi 40 days iimx *sed on i
vessels arriving from the Russian ports of the Black j
Sea.
A Tetter from Constantinople, dated April 21, |
state? that on the preceding day Admiral Grey had :
received orders to send up transports for S,OOO :
British infantry, who were immediately to leave the {
Crimea.
General La Marmora ha* addressed to the sol
diers of the Piedmontese army in the Crimea a pro
clamation, m v.Lieli he tells them that if the peace j
| just concluded has deceived their hopes of glory, j
they may console themselves with the reflection
that their services, fully appreciated by the ai- j
, »icd generals, will not be without effect on the i
eomrfry.
A telegraphic despatch from Kadikoi, of April 10. !
in the. Pieamontese Gazette, announces the eni
j bnrkati *n of the Ist division of the Sardinian army j
with tvro squadrons of cavalry aud two companies
<*f sappers, on hoard six English and three Sardinian |
I steamers. Two hundred pieces of ordnance taken
at Sebastopol, have also been embarked as the 1
share of the Sardinian army.
. Great Britain. —lt has’been rumored in Loudon j
j that Lord Derby is satisfied with the treaty of peace .
: in the main, and thinks it ought not to be made
the subject of n party motion. It is also said that j
| the highest personage in the realm deprecates any |
| irritating allusions to the terms of peace, and has -
! found means to communicate the deep regret that ■
j would be felt at seeing a subject of so much na j
tional importance made the occasion for a trial of i
l party stn ngtli.
Baron de Brannow arrived at Dover from Calais |
on the 2d instant. The object of his journey is to ;
pi esc lit to tier Majesty letters of notification of the j
| accession of the Emperor Alexander to the throne j
of Russia.
; It is estimated that about 500,009 persons wit-
I nessed the late naval review.
l An order has been issued by Lord Pammire to the
i County of Dublin militia to resume the recruiting,
i This appears to signify that the militia force will not
I be disbanded for some time to come.
1 Admiralty, May I.—-Her Majesty having been
graciously pleased to signify her intention of granf
-1 ing the Sebastopol clasps to the officers aud crews
‘ of her Majesty’s ships employed in co-operution
I with the land forties m the reduction of Sebastopol,
as well as «i clasp bearing on it the word "Azoff ’
I to the officers and crews of Her Majesty’s vessels
j employed in the sea of Azoff, the Lord’s Comrais
j sioncro of the Admiralty hereby give notice of the
I same.
I A correspondent of the Bristol Times states that
oil his withdrawal from the Mormon body lie was
j publicly anathematised in the following language:
"May his eyes sink in their sockets; his ilesh rot and
: fall from his bones ; may lie wish to die, but not lie
able; may his right arm wither; may lie beg his
bread, but none be given him.’’
Pvlmkr’s Trial— Lord Chief Justice Campbell
has fixed the trial of Wm. Palmer, for the al
leged poisonings at ltugely, for Wednesday, the
11th of May. It is said that already not less than
3000 applications have been made to the sheriffs
for orders of admission to be present at the trial—
a number far greater than can be accommoda
ted. As Mr. Sergeant Wilkins is unable to con
duct the case for the prisoner Palmer, a fee of 300
guineas was offered to Edwin James, Esq., Q. (’,,
recorder for Brighton, which lie was obliged to re
fuse, having previously received a returner for the
prosecution.
We are informed that Mr. Serjeant Slice, Mr.
Groves, ( t >. C\, Mr. John Grey, and Mr. Kenealy,
and not Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Ballentuie, will
defend Win. Buhner at the ensuing trial.—Stan
dard.
The Pitcairn Islanders.—At the last meeting
of the lioyai Geographical Society, the president
announced the removal of the Pitcairn Islanders to
Norfolk Island. The Bishop of Oxford dwelt on
the benefits likely to ensue from the removal of
these highly moral people to Norfolk Islund. Sir
Thomas Frecmantle stated that he had received in
formation frqm his brother, Captain Freeman tic, to
the effect that he hail proceeded to Pitcairn’s Island
to propose that the islanders should remove to Nor
folk Island, ami that having assembled the inhabi
tants, 180 in number, and read the proposals to
them ; they, after much deliberation, resolved to ac-
I ccpt, with thunks, the offer of the British Govern
: mint, being convinced that their own island was not
large enough for them but stipulated, however, that
ns they had lived happily without the access of
strangers, they might have the exclusive possession
of Norfolk Island.
France. —The French Government is sorely dis
pleased with the premature publication of the peace
i treaty in u London journal, and in the columns of
j the Xord and I nde-peuda nee Beige. Ah it is alleged
| that the document must have been obtained surrep
| titiously, no pains are to be spared in discovering
the delinquent. Several arrests have been made
in connexion with this allair.
The baptism of the Imperial Prince will take place
in dune.
Among the bills presented to the legislative body
is one for giving the Emperor power to grant pen
sions, not exceeding £BOO a year, to high state
functionaries, their widows and children. There is
also a talk of enabling the Emperor to grant titles of
nobility, accompanied with the pensions. And
the sum to be allowed to Count de Moray, for his
visit to St. Petersburg, which is to be one of mere
ceremony, in, it is stated, not to be less than £32,-
000.
A grand feast of horse-flesli took place recently
at Vervins (Aisne.l and, as at Alfort, Lyons, Tou
! louse, Perigucux,\ c., proved quite successful. In
order to be prepared for any delicate stomach which
j might not lind the staple commodity of the repast
to their taste, a second service was prepared with
game, trutiled fowls, and other dainties; but it is
asserted that not a single article so made ready was
touched by the guests.
Spain. —The Madrid journals assert that Russia
will next acknowledge the Queen Isabella, and
tlmt this recognition will be followed byjhe .sub
mission of a great number of Carlist chiefs.
Notwithstanding the re-establishment of tran
quility in Valencia, the disorders that have occur
red there are a cause of much anxiety. It is the
lirst important occasion on which the Government
have had a misunderstanding with the National
Guard, and the compulsory disarmament of a part,
and the voluntary surrender of their arms by the
rest, are symptoms not very encouraging.
In Valencia there is no civilian now bearing arms,
audit is probable that the disarmed are anything
but satisfied. The first great point, however, was
to restore tranquility, and that General Zabala has
done.
Madrid, April 28.—Marshal Espartero is warmly
received in the provinces. The fetes on the occa
sion of the inauguration of the Valladolid Railroad
commenced yesterday. The Princess Royal of
Spain is entering a state of convalescence. The
Madrid journals of the 21th ult., state that the com
mittee of the Cortes and the bill on the press lmd
come to an understanding with the Government as
to the bases of the bill. Libels will be tried by the
•rdinary tribunals.
Sardinia. —The Chamber of Deputies of Turin,
in its sitting of April 22d, concluded the debate on
the alienation of (->O,OOO hcctars (150,000 acres) of
crawn lauds for settlers in the islands of Sardinia.
It added an article by which foreign settlers shall be
entitled to the l ights of Sardinian citizenship after
live years’ residence ; for Italian settlers the term
is reduced to two years.
The Corricre Mercantile of Genoa states that the
Sardinian army is to undergo a reduction of 16,000
men.
The Official Gazette of Milan states that the Sar
dinian Government is preparing laws requiring se
curity, in money, to be deposited by the publishers
of newspapers, and rendering journals liable to sup
pression after live condemnations.
I.a text Intelligence.
London, Saturday, May 3.—A treaty between
Her Majesty, the Emperor of the French, and the
Emperor of Austria, guaranteeing the indepen
dence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire, was
last night presented by tin* Ministers to both houses
of Parliament. The treaty consists of the follow
ing articles:
Article Ijs/. The hfeh contracting parties guaran
tee jointly and severally the independence and in
tegrity of the Ottoman Empire, recorded in the
treaty concluded at Paris on the 30th day of March,
1856.
I Articled!. Any infraction of the stipulations of
! the said treaty will be considered by the Powers
signing the present treaty as a casus belli. They
will come to an understanting with the Sublime
Porte as to the measures which have become ne
cessary, and will, without delay, determine among
themselves ns to the employment of their military
and naval forces.
England ami the United States.—Among
the official papers presented to Parliament last
night, is the reply of Lord Clarendon, on the part
of the British Government, to the dispatch of
Mr. Marcy, dated :28th December last, in which he
announced that Mr. Crumpton had become an un
acceptable representative of her Britanic Majesty at
Washington, and requested his recall.
The I>uily News comments upon the subject ns
follows: ‘
“That which Mr. Cranspton did was done openly
und frankly. He announced to the Cabinet at
\\ ashingtou that the (Queen's Government would
be glad to receive recruits in Halifax for a foreign
legion: and for months and months he explain
ed all his plans to Mr. Man y. He showed Mr.
| M ux ;. Lord Clarendon’s instructions on no account
lo run any l ;sk ol infiinging the laws of the United
! States.
"He remained in the most confidential coimnu
! uication with Mr. Marcy on the subject and as soon
, as it became apparent that the United States Go-
I v eminent were averse to the scheme, it was aban
doned, and the depot at Halifax was broken up.—
I To ask, under such circumstances, for the recall of
j Mr. Crompton, is really to invite the English Cabi
net disgrace itself tor the amusement and gra
niieatiouol tiie Government at Washington, and
we confidently trust that the good sense of the
American people will see the matter in this light.”
From the Loudon Darby Ncrcx ,
Mon et \ky.~ London, Friday Evening, May 2.
I!.<- funds showed heaviness this morning, and an
1 extreme decline ot r per cent, was at one moment
quoted. Ine closing prices however were only £ a
4 lower than the best point attained on Wednesday.
1 he chief check was imposed by the reports that to
night s Bank return would show a further decrease
| iu the bullion.
Business was languid in all departments of the
stock exchange, except in French snares, which ex
periencedla general advance, following the move
, ment a: lans. lac ratos of the discount arc fully
maintained. but the supply of money on offer in
lxunbartl street was to-day more liberal. At Paris
t -day the 3 per emit. Rentes exhibit a rise of 4 to
- i; i ; r Cfcnt ,I< A* Wednesday. The whole of the
; f-'oM'“i-warda Os £ -W,(Kifl) bv the AnMc
bank 01 ” M UnU WBBto ’ dn y P UIX ‘ based bylhe
On change this afternoon, the demand for paper
j J‘?.. Hamburg and Amsterdam continued. Short
on I ana were aiso inquired for. In those cases
j therefore, the tendency of the rates was rather more
favorable. As regards Italian places. cspecmllv
; >ap.es and Sicily, tne quotations are likewise '
i rather drooping. On the return of the bank for the I
week ending Saturday. April 26, we may repeat |
tliat this constant decrease in the bullion'is for a I
temporary purpose, vk : for the Turkish loan I
; a he.- e remitt one es will not be continued much long- !
; er. , n j
! IL avy amountso! gold have been sent into the !
; Bonk during the week now about to close. The va- I
r. -us changesJue return exhibits do not warrant the ;
i zxptci&lion oi any nnniediato reduction in the rate i
o. uia • ‘iiiiL lue Railway snare market io-day was j
, mac live and rather flat ter.
I Resctf or the Four, Men Buried Alive in j
Ohio.—The four miners who were buried alive iu
. the coal mines bt-low Zanesville, were reached i
, about one o clock itaturuay mendng, and taken
; from their dark prison house. The caving of the i
! coal bank, by which they were shut iu, took place I
f two weeks ago hist Friday, at about eleven o’ clock
j in the morning. The men had gone into the bank j
| very early in the morula** of that day, so tliat they J
have been shutout from light and pure air lor near- .
ly fifteen days. Tncv had only one dinner, and as- j
ter being shut uj), found the dinner of another man, j
who had. with sixteen others, at great risk, barely i
escaped the catastrophe. It is not true that they j
lived on the lamp oil. They had but liule of it. j
One nf the men -wallowed some of the oil to relieve
hisdiuroat. which had become-'very sore from drink
ing the copperas wa:er. So that the marvel remains
of four persons rescued after two week's depriva
tion of food and water ; and nut in very bad condi
tion either, considering.
During the moafh of March H 5 wrecks were re
ported in the Loudon journals. The whole number
reported for three month? was 58 f
WEEKLY
(Lljvoiuclc k
AUGUSTA, GA.
,\VEDNE*D.VY MORNING >IAY ill, lSjli. !
TERMS.
I.X FUTURE, THE TERMS OF THE WEEKLY j
CHKONK LE A: SENTINEL .
will be TWO DOLLARS, if paid tfrirtly in I
advance—if not paid in advance, J
THREE DOLL AES |
|>cr year.
AGENCY \T ELBKKTON.
Robert Hester, Esq., of fiburiou Las consented
to act as ottr Agent for the county of Elbert. Ho
will receive and forward all subscriptions and afivor
tisements for the Chr oniric A Sen; inti~
Our friends will please call on him.
Southern Cultivator.
The Press and the Public have so unanimously
settled the claims of the Cultivator to the support
of the Agricultural community, that we need only
call attention to its monthly issues ; and remark that
each number seems to surpass its predecessor in
value and interest. The June number, already on
| our table, possesses an unusual variety ot articles
j for tin Farmer. Planter. Horticulturist. Housewife
; and general reader, as the following table of Con
j tents will show:
• Plantation Economy and Miscellany.—Work
• P»r the Mouth; Selfishm«" . Education and Agricultural
! Improvement; Sweet Potatoes, &e . Fodder Pulling—its
I injure to tlui Corn Crop, Ac: Irish Potato Culture:
! Sweet Potatoes—L.*a. he«l Ashes; The leveling'of Land;
; Peraimun*us aud other Fruit' for Hog®; Adornment of
ll<-me; Texas Agricultural Items; Paper from the bark
I of Cotton; TliePhasuros of a Country Life, (poetry);
Variety 4, fCrops; polh-vof Soutberu Planters : Physical
| Lxercise; A word fur the Shanghais; Cotton Planting :
Pneumonia in Hogs Sweet Potatoes, &c.; Guard Drains
I on Hill Sides -. Red Mulatto and Sandy Land. Ac.; IJuffa
• !■» Gnat—How can wo destroy them /: Moles; The
j “Cow Bair— Letter from a Texas Subscriber; Proper
i Selection of Seed : Measuring Om iu the Crib—correct
! rule ; Agricultural Implements for the South ; Founder
!in Horses; Save your BouC': Scraps from an ex peri
j 4-need hand ; Hot iu c*»ttoii; Is the Field Pea a Fertilizer/;
Freeing Negroes ; Dried Irish Potatoes; Potatoes Pkuit •
1 ed in Wood Ashes : The Kitchen ; Order; To Measure
au acre of Ground; The Garden ; Agriculture iu Cuba;
1 Short Horns for the Sandwich Island.'; April Rains: Dis-
I ripline amongNegr«H“»; The Earth Grow iug Colder, «X4\;
! An inch of Rain; Mutton; 0*«od Cows; Is Saleratu- a
j Poison/; Disappointment: Pounds to Bushels; Anonv*
, unms tJorrespondents: B.vl news from I Louisiana; Spoil
j uu»e<>us Combustion; Signs ot Prosperity (poetry); lu
; t 4 rit»rDeparlrn' iit —Agrn ußural Division of the Pat* ut
Office: Selected SouliimnU; Prolitable Orchard.
Editor LAI- —Answers to CorrcsjH»ndents : Savannah;
The Japan Pea: Beech Island Fanners' Club; The
Lauguage of Flowers; The South Carol iua Agrieultural
i.'t : Fruit Scions; Georgia pomological Society. Sugar
in Louisiana; Rare Seeds: The Rescue and Tall Oat
Grasses ; Ge*.rgia and her Railroads ; Condensed Corres
pomlonee of the Southern C*iiltivat*»r; The Cotton Har-
IIoKTKTLTt'U Ai Departmest.—'The Catawba Grape
—Vineyards in Ohio and Georgia—letter from Robert
Buchanan, E><i . Evergreens for the South—No. 3; The
Manguiu and othe r .Southern Apples; Winter Cabbage;
Cabbage—Difl'ercin-o in Production; Earthing tip the
couuuoii Poke for Salad ; Manure f*.r Fruit Trees.
Domestic Economy and Recipes. A c. —Vain able
Rcci|»e —Rheumatism, Hair Oil, &c.: A strong Paste for
Paper: Cements; Reef Hams—How to Cure; Vinegar;
Bedbug-: How t** 4l*» up Shirt Bosoms; Distemper in
Dogs; To Pivserve liiud Sweet; Whitewash for Out
Houses and Fences; The Chinch Bug; To Drive away
Bats.
Published by "W.M. S. Jonks, Augusta, Ga., at £1
per annum, in advance. Edited by Dr. Daniel
Lee and D. Redmond.
Elopement of Wild Cat Hankers.
The Baltimore papers contain the following dis
patch, announcing the elopement of Preston
Co., \Vil«l Cat Bankers of Chicago. If true, it is a
beautiful commentary upon the Wild Cat Banking
system, and we commend it to the attention of
those presses and individuals, in Georgia, who have
advocated and attempted to vindicate the system
in this State. It is not Improbable, that we shall
ere long chronicle, for their edification, that other
worthies of the Wild Cat tribe are on their way to
parts unknown. If so, wc hope they will have the
sympathies of their Georgia friends :
New York, May 10. —A despatch from Chicago,
received here to-day, announces that the firm of
Preston iN Co., of that city, who have been largely
concerned in the Wild Cat “Planters’Bank" of Dal
ton, Georgia, have failed and lied to parts unknown.
Many of their drafts on the bank have lately been
scattered Eastward. Banies&. Co., of Geneva, Illi
nois, who were in the same connection, have also
disappeared mysteriously.
The only protection, for the people of Georgia,
against these swindling shops, is to refuse to receive
their bills in payment under any and all circum
stances—give them no countenance whatever, for
they are all, in our opinion, unworthy of confidence
or credit. To enable the people to protect them
selves more certainly against this cunningly devised
fraud, we subjoin a list of all the Wild Cat Banks
in Georgia :
Atlanta Bank, at Atlanta.
Interior Bank, at Griffin.
LyGranoe Bank, at Lagrange.
Manufacturers Mechanics’ Bank, at Co
lumbus.
Merchants’ Bank, at Macon.
Planters & Mechanics’ Bank, at Dalton.
Cherokee Insurance Banking Co., Dalton.
Georgia Railroad Convention.
The Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company met in annual convention Tues
day morning, and adjourned last Wednesday after
noon, after a very harmonious session.
The labors of the Convention were confined ex
clusively to the consideration of the business and
interests of the Company, as presented in the official
reports, which represent the affairs of the Company
in a most prosperous condition, as will be seen by
the following extract from the Report of the Presi
dent aud Directors :
Gross Earnings of the Road proper, for the year ending
3Lst March last $1,068,202 30
Charged v\ ith Ordinary Expenses 517,852 24
Nett profit, deducting Ordinary Expenses.. $55 0,350 15
Gross Earnings of the Bank slOß,lll 82
Charged with interest on Bonds, Salaries,
and Agents’Commissions, Taxes, &<* 69,474 82
Nett from Bank Earnings $98,967 00
The income of the Company from ail sources may
be stated thus :
Gross income from Road $1,068,202 99
Gross income from Bank 108,441 82
$1,176,644 21
Charged with ordinary Road
Expenses $517,852 24
Interest on Bonds. Salaries,
Taxes, Commissions, Ac... 69,474 22 587,927 06
Nett from all sources $589,917 1 5
Charged with expenditures for new Track,
increased outfit, new Depots, Fencing, and
other new work, specified in Superinten
dent’s Report 192,660 93
To Reserved Fund $996,656 22
Add Reserved Fund by last Report 292,454 4L
Balance, nett profits 31st 51 arch $629,110 63
From this two dividends have been deduct
ed, one of $9.50, the other $4 per share... 911,700 00
Present Reserved Fund $917,411 69
“ As the construction account has been closed for
years, and all expenditures for new work, increased
outfit, Are., charged upon income, tins is a tangible
available surplus, ami can be appropriated as the
exigencies of the Company may require.’*
This extract shows most conclusively how effi
ciently the business of the Company has been man
aged.
The following Board of Directors for the ensuing
year was elected:
John i\ King, President.
Director*.
John Bones, T. X. Hamilton,
11. Bowdue, A. Hull,
J. \V. Davies, S. Barnett,
B. 11. Warren, J. Cunningham,
G. T. Jacknon, E. E. Jones,
T. B. Piiinizy, W. 1). Conyeus,
\V. M. D'Antignac, R. Peters.
A. Pou lrA in , Geo. W. Ev ans.
On Whom Shall Democracy Smile?
Since the time when the three uuamiable spin
sters whom Suakspeake designated as witches,
met on the fated heath, there lias been noiliing to
compare to the meeting in Washington of the politi
cal trio, Messrs. Pierce, Bcchanan ami Douglas.
The resemblance between the Scotch hags and Un-
American statesmen is striking ; both were bent on
mischief, and the compounds which the latter are
ready to throw into the Cincinnati cauldron in order
to effect their purpose, are of a savor quite as offen
sive as auglit that the former used in days gone by.
What “bubble, bubble, toil and trouble," when
Pierce throws in his military or presidential repu
tation, or Buchanan his well-turned coat or the ten
cents on which he would daily pay the working
classes; or Douglas the vane from the paternal
roof in Vermont-, whose movements he closely
watched in childhood, and has almost servilely co
pied in manhood. The incantation, if successful,
would bring as much mischief on our country as that
in which the weird three took part in prognosti
cating to Scotland.
Wiiat form will the apparition that shall arise to
scare the Union, from June to November, assume.'
Will it be a fainting warrior, aehaineiiou or a giant
dwarfed ! O dim and mystic future, lift thy veil
and let us gaze! The warrior grows faint and more
faint, and his friends, who have borne him so long
refuse to support him father, and he falls to the
ground pierced through and through with bis own
reputation. The giant dwarfed even below the mi
croscopic ken of a politician is lost to sight, as he,
with the assurance of all Lilliput struts over Kan
sas Nebraska-Nicaragua or any where you please.
The chained ion, who has been, fortunately for him
self, absent from the country, while the other two
have been fainting or dwarfing from sight, seems to
rise before the view, and every Democratic Auti-
Nebraskaite raises the shout of “Old Buck.
Elopement from New York.—Miss Eliza J
Farley, a pretty young girl, aged 10, the daughter
of the proprietor of a Sailors Home, in Oliver
street, New York, eloped from her parent* last week,
in company with Jeremiah J. llivnifis, a young
man about 21 years of age, who lived in the same
street. They proceeded to Boston, and took up
tehir quarters at a hotel in Lincoln street, where
they booked themselves as Mr. and Mrs. llinnifin,
and retired to their bed-chamber. A few minutes
afterwards they were disturbed by some police offi
i cc-rs, who had received a telegraphic despatch from
1 New York, and had followed them from the railroad
; station. The lovers were locked up in the station
i house for the night in separate cells, but in the mum
-1 mg they were eet at liberty, no reply having been
| received from the young lady's parents in New
York.
J W llcome li.us. —Early Saturday afternoon our
j city was visited with a succession of general
| •'Lowers. The promise of rain for several days past
had not been fulfilled, and these showers came as
refreshmgiy a desert spring to the parched trav
eller. or as the smites of love to passionate youth.—
Not only the city, but the country round about, will
feel the blesaings of the rain
Laroe Strawberries. —Our friend D. Red
m sd. yesterday, favored us with a basket of Straw
berries—of the variety known as "Me Avon's Su
perior, —which, for size, surpassed any we have
ever seeu,
Avloma is the name of a new Post Office in
Putnam Co., of which N S. ’NVakker is P. M.
Our Relations with England.
There are many who believe 4h» difficulties
between the governments of the United State? and
Great Britain, arjj> rapidly, as. inning a menueing
aspect. They are certainly approaehi:.g a -tfenorte
intnt.f Tfce Enlistment Question has once inm-e-be
come simplified; indeed it wa> alone c .appealed
through th • in' 1 ifeftti of the Pi e rCe Cubinft. Mr.
Gka3lPton. it appears, will be sustained by Lis go
vernment; and it now only remains for Mr. Pierce
either to send him his passports or to back out
of the dispute. Had the former step have been
pursued immediately the. culpability of .the British.
Minister was fiiffy established, it would have pre
served the dignity of the country and have brought
this dispute to a tormination. The Enlistment
Question, however, has this advantage about it.
that by no possible contrivance cun it be exalted
into a war question.
With Central American affairs the cuse is widely
different. Each day the troubles appear to increase.
The Clayton Bulwer Treaty, the original cause
of the dispute, has Lad the* Monroe doctrine, Gen
eral Walker’s government in Nicaragua, the war
with Costa Rica. England’s charter to the Bay
Islands, an*l her alleged active sympathy with the
Costa Ricans brought to bear upon it, and now we
have to deal with a subject beset with dangers at
every turn. Both governments insist upon their
own interpretation of the treaty being eorrect, and
England offers one only alternative, arbitration,
I the choice of reference to be left to the United
States. This course our government has hitherto re-
I jected . but it would seem that unless determined
I to rush into war, either the treaty must form the
j subject of arbitration or be at once annulled. We
j cannot insist upon another country seeing through
our spectacles, however positive we may feel that
they are the best glasses in the world. The treaty
has never accomplished its avowed object, raid has
been summarily set aside by England on every pos
sible occassion, while he United States govern
ment has considered it binding. It is obvious that
this inequality cannot continue, aud that the treaty
must be made to cut both ways or not at all.
The war between Nicaragua and Costa Rica has
clearly demonstrated the spirit of England's inten
tions. To check the onward march of the Ameri
can people, she lias called the islands in the Bay of
Honduras a British colony, with the title of the Bay
Islands, and by letters patent placed them under
the government of the Captain-General of Jaimiica,
or whut is far more significant, under the protec
tion of the British West India squadron. It is as
serted that Mr. Clayton, in 185 U, acknowledged
England's right to these islands, and that he in his
sapieney decided that they were not a portion of
Central America. As well might Mr. Clayton as
sert that New- York City does not belong to the
United States because it happens to be built on an
islaud. If a man will thus stultify himself, the coun
try must be excused from countenancing his ab
surdities.
With Eugland firmly established in the Day Is
lands, we should have the whole of the Ceutrol Ameri
can Republics directly undqf her control, for it would
be futile to suppose that an aggressive power had
taken possession of these islets with no ulterior ob
ject in view. At the present hour British ships of
war are doubtless cruising off San Juan with the in
tention of impeding, as far as practicable, the land
ing of recruits to General Walker’s army. If the
British government is sincere in its protestations
of a total disregard for further conquest, why should
it act in this arbitrary manner. There is no in
ternational treaty that warrants it to become the
chastiser of filibusters, and its interference can
only be viewed as extremely offensive.
The Central American Question must be speedily
brought to an issue. We believe that the British
and American people are sincere in their desire to
maintain peace one with the other, but this can only
be ensured by strict integrity being displayed by
both governments. It is the misfortune of both
countries at this time to have men in power in whom
the people caunot confide. Mr. Pierce is vascilla
ting, timid and eager to curry momentary applause ;
Lord Palmerston is arrogant, wily and blindly ob
stinate in carrying out bis designs. With such rul
ers as these, it would be unwise for us to rest in
fancied security, and our greatest hope in the con
tinuance of peace is in the prospect of their places
being tilled by men more able and more patriotic.
Tlie Travelling Queen.
A Canadian Legislator has invited Queen Vic
toria to visit her subjects in the British American
provinces this summer. The New York Herald ap
proves of the idea, and extends the invitation to the
United {States. Why should not Victoria, it says,
spend six weeks as the guest of the citizens of the
Union. She could come in the steamship Adriatic*
board at the Metropolitan, St. Nicholas or Claren
don, and be conveyed by a first class inland steamer
to Philadelphia, to Washington and round the coast,
and finally be placed under the charge of her loving
subjects in Canada. The good effect the visit would
have on the Queen and her sons is dilated upon, and
the assurance is made that all angry feelings be
tween England and America would by this means
subside; and that every thing in future would appear
couleur dc rose.
We confess that the Herald's logic docs not con
vince us. That the Royal visit to New York would
pay, we have no doubt. Board and lodging and
gimcrackery of all kinds would be in immense de
mand in Gotham. Jenny Lind, Kossuth and the
Woolly Horae combined would be nothing com
pared to this novelty. The amount of suobbery,
however, in which Upper Tendom would indulge
would be incalculably mischievous. The little prac
tical good that Victoria and her husband andbboay a
could derive from a flying visit to two or three
Northern cities would be inflnitessimally small.—
Royalty in clover would be singularly out of place
in a great Republic. If Royalty were in flight we
should be willing to offer it a peaceful asylum ; but
with its crowd of attendant lacqueys, and its heart
less and degrading forms and ceremonies we can
have no healthy sympathy.
Victoria is generally admitted to be a very
amiable little lady of commonplace talent, who has
a decided passion for gadding about. Scotland and
Ireland, France, Belgium, and Germany have al
ready been visited by her, and if she chooses to
visit Canada, or even Australia, there can be no
possible objection on our part. But with the United
States it is quite a different matter. The President
is not remunerated on a sufficiently liberal scale to
enable him to entertain Royal guests in the style lo
which they are accustomed, and it is entirely foreign
to our Republican institutions that he ever should
be so. Our first magistrate is elected to perform
useful work ; the constitutional monarch of En
gland merely steps into the shoes of a defunct rela
tive to galvanize dead and worthless things called
courtly ceremonies, where useless creatures appear,
in masquerade and think they are acting lords and
ladies when they cease to be natural men and wo
men.
We have the past to instruct us as to the effect of
junketing and visiting upon the people of different
country. |When tl.c W( )rld’s Fair was opened in I
Hyde Park in 1 Sol, and the people of all nations
journeyed to London to gaze upon the products and
manufactures of every civilized region, it was said
that the reign of peace hud dawned upon the earth.
Within three years of that time, however, Europe
was plunged into a relentless war. Could the hasty
visit of Queen Victoria, attended by simpering
lords and ladies, to a portion of our country, ap
proach in interest or grandeur the gathering of the
people together ill England, and succeed in pro
ducing results which the other failed to bring 1 The
idea is preposterous. We all know that it is not the
poor little Queen of England, ortho people of either
Europe and America that cause wars, but the des
pots, oligarchs and politicians of the earths. These
latter creatures are too far sunk in vice and iniquity
for Crystal Palace exhibitions, or a managerie of
royal bipeds, to have any ameliorating effect on
them.
The Eodora Tragedy.— The New York Ex
press of the 13tli states that the body of a man, sup
posed to be Capt. W.m. Palmer of the schooner Eu
dora Imogcne, was washed ashore at Hunter s
Island on Sunday afternoon. Capt. Palmer lmd
the figure of a female worked with Indian ink upon
his breast ; also figures upon his arm, and the in
itials “W. P.” upon the calf of the left leg. The
corresponding places upon the deceased had been
defaced with a knife by removing the skin. The in
quest adjourned, and a telegraphic despatch was
sent to Capt. Arnold, brother-in-law of Capt. Pal
mer, who will probably be able to identify the
body. The negro Wilson is in the Tombs waiting
trial for scuttling the vessel.
Mr. Justus Arnold, the brother-in-law of Capt.
Palmer, has since idetified the body ae being that
of his relative by means of the initials, written on
his leg, wliick had only been partially cut out, and
by a peculiar mark on the light hand. The jury
have rendered a verdict accordingly and declared
the deceased was wilfully murdered by George Wil
son, the negro. _
The British Government in favor of the
Abolition of the Temporal Power of the
Pope.— Lord Clarendon, in the Paris Conference
of the Bth ult. says he conceives that the adminis
tratiou of the Roman Statespresents inconveniences
from whence dangers may arise which the Congress
lias the right to attempt to avert ; that to neglect
them would be to run the riok of laboring for the
benefit of the revolution, which all the governments
condemn and wish to prevent. The problem which
it is a matter of urgency to solve, consists, he con
ceives, in combining the retreat of the foreign
troops with the maintenance of tranquility, and the
solution depends on the organization of an adminis
tion which, by reviving confidence, would render
the government independent of foreign support ; that
support never succeeding in maintaining a govern?
ment to which the public sentiment is hostile, and
there would result from it, in his opinion, a part
which France and Austria would not wish their ar
mies to perform. For the well-being of the Ponti
ficial States, as also for the interest of the sovereign
authority of the Pope, ; t would therefore, in his
opinion, be advantageous to recommend the secu
larization of the government, and the organization
of an administrative system in harmony with the
spirit of the age, and having or its object the hap
piness of the people. He admits that this reform
might perhaps offer in Rome itself, at the present
moment, certain difficulties ; but he thinks that it
might easily be accomplished iu the legations.
Death of Mitchell, the Comedian.—Wil
liam Mitchell, the popular comic actor, and for
ten yean? the proprietor of the Olympic Theatre,
New York, died in that city on the 12th inst., after
an illness of some seven years’ duration. Mr.
Mitchell was an Englishman, but for the last
eighteen years he had resided iu this country. His
age was 57.
Material Aid for Gen. Walker. —At the
macs meeting in New York on the 9th instant, Coun
cilman Wild promised 500 guns to the Walker
Cause, which are eaid to be from the military stores
of George Law. A committee was appointed, of
which Moses 8. Beach, of the New York Sun, is a
member. Thus the filibuster movement hits been
fairly organized in New York.
England’s Pillars of the Male in ji stitte of
ConfitHion.
t’HA.w is come ugaiu.- The Gmi«i Xaval K.- „
\ iew .it Spitheail, uh.c.li w lU j to .stni.e U-rror ii'tv ,
.■ iirro.,i]-’.iii r ; luitiun. euilod ill u manner vi ivC“ (
to the impotent .ittea.ptiaat dutpWUn > ib«* f
Haiti; aud tin Black So*. -TiJ Lords' and Own- ,
moinol Kuglaud, Wlio \ (reran, take pint in the i::i- ,
posing ceremonies have been cruelly iiHp.jeetl upou. ,
The First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Chaßi.k.s ,
Wood, who is known among Ida compatriots as the |
“ Wooden-headed ISarooet,” had arranged for the ,
occasion a programme wgeh read far better than it \
worked. Therein it was stated that The Peers and
Commons should leave London by special train at
a certain hour for Southampton. This first stem wgs
the only one tlmt Was carried out, and even this *
was not unaccompanied by a ludicrous incident, for
Lord Palmerston, coming rather late, was about
to step into the car, when a policeman ran forward
and seizing him firmly round the waist, held him un
til the train was out of sight. It was rumored that
the officious officer mistook the Premier for a mem
ber of the swell mob, blit discovering his mistake,
the statesman was forwarded by another train.
Meanwhile the advance train had broken down
under the weight of the vast amount of intellect on
board, and a delay of three hours occurred before
the distinguished freight could be sent on. On ar
riving at tiie pier it was discovered to their aristo
cratic dismay, that the democratic tide had ebbed,
and a further delay took place in searching for a
small steamer to carry them alongside the steam
ships appointed for them. Lord Palmerston here
once more comes before our notice. The jaunty
nobleman is stepping across the gangway, when
he is stopped by another official, and charged
with attempting to get on board without a ticket.
This time, however, the explanation is prompt
ly made, and the Premier is allowed to join
his fellow-members. According to the programme
the Perseverance, bearing the members of the
House of Commons, was to keep in the roar of
the Transit, which conveyed the Lords; but
whether the Perseverance was a younger craft or
had more steam on board, she soon shot ahead and
managed to reach the licet in time to witness the
end of the review. Less fortunate were the Peers,
for first the fires of the Transit went out, and then
it was found that the ship was too unwieldy to be
managed by the crew, and two Judges of the Supe
rior Courts had to work at the capstan. At length
arriving at the scene they learned to their mortifica
tion that the review had just concluded.
When the venerable Peers, and the still more
venerable Transit set forth on their return, the chap
ter of accidents reopens. They run foul of a gun
boat and smash her funnel and mast, and precipi
tate her crew iuto the water, which accident occu
pies still more of their time. On arriving at South
ampton it is near midnight, and, ns a Peer dolefully
relates the following evening in the House of Lords,
“a violent rush was made to the Railway Station.
Honorable gentlemen, noble lords, right reverend
prelates, noble and learned lords, hastened there to
gether. The first-class carriages were soon full, and
the sqeond-class were put in requisition, and ho
knew that a right Reverend Prelate and a Privy
Councillor were obliged to take refuge iu ji third
class carriage. And such a scene of confusion as en
sued at the station—ladies of rank separated from
their friends, and no one knowing which way to
turn—he hoped he should never witness again.’’
It is 4 o’clock in the morning when’these Spiritual
and temporal peers and their ladies arrive iu Lon
don, and then not a single carriage or cab is at the
station to convey them to their houses, and they are
compelled to bear their jaded bodies on their own
aristocratic legs to their domiciles. Whether the
Peerage will survive this cruel shock to its dignity
it is difficult to say. We only learn that the next
evening Sir Charles Wood, to use a classic
phrase, was nowhere. Although first cousin to the
Greys and Uioßussells, and the man who had
calmly stood the storm of indignation raised against
his shortcomings in Balaklava harbor, lie could not
face this gale. Mr. Stafford, M. P., speaks in
rather a jocular strain of the sufferings of the Peers,
if wc may credit the parliamentary report. Hear
him :
“I have been informed that it was not till broad day
light this morning that those members of the House
of Lords who trusted implicitly to the arrangements
of the Government we/e able to reach their homes.
(Laughter.) The lay lords, 1 understand—at all
events the greater part of them—have already re
covered, but some of the bishops arc campletely ex
hausted. (Great laughter.) Still lam given to un
derstand that these right rev. prelates will soon re
cover, and therefore we may congratulate ourselves
that no member of either House of Parliament has
been drowned upon this occasion. For that we
desire to tender our best thanks to the Govern
ment.”
Another member alludes to a further difficulty, re
lating to the day of mishaps, thus :
‘'There was a report that the Secretary of the
Admiralty had made arrangements by which the
members of the Cabinet and their wives should be
in one part of the vessel, and the other members of
the Government and their wives in another part ;
that the ladies entered into quarrel and sent back
their tickets, and that the noble viscount (Lord Pal
merston) interferred and arranged the dispute.”
The idea of the wives of members of the Ministers
not in the Cabinet, wishing to be placed on a foot
ing with the wives of the Ministers in (he Cabinet,
(anice distinction) is truly alarming; but (he most
startling fact of all is that the Peers and Commons,
who, many of them, for the last two years, have
been continually asseverating that, (lie working of
the Govcrment was as near perfection as possible,
should have themselves experienced so practical a
refutation of their words. There is (he rub.
ISrutiHwick Railroad .Heeling; nml Land Sale*.
The Railroad Meeting and Land Sales at Bruns
wick took place on Thursday last. The result of
the first day’s sales was the disposal of 106 lots,
ranging from 30 feet by 00 to 30 by 180, to different
individuals, for the^ aggregate sum of $32,005, being
at the average price of $405 70 per lot. Friday
forenoon 128 lots were sold for $46,420, being at the
rate of $362.66 per lot. The sales were going on,
says the Savannah Georgian of the 18th inst.,whcn
the JVelaku left on her return. The whole number
of 300 lots were doubtless disposed of on Friday.
The general opinion seemed to be, that the lots went
off at remarkably fine prices. In size they ave
raged from 30 feet by 60 to 30 by 180 feet. It was
said that the Company owned in all about 6,000, of
which the 300 sold were not the most valuable.
Thursday night a meeting of the stockholders of
the Brunswick and Florida Road was held, Col.
Young, of Thomas county, in the Chair. The Pres
ident’s report was read. It announced that 26
miles of the road had been graded—that on 14
miles the iron had been laid, and for 18 additional
miles the iron had been purchased. That the cars
would be running over the Satillu river 32 miles
from Brunswick, in the month of August. That
the Engineer had been ordered to survey a branch
road, running east of t he Okefcnokee Swamp, down
to Florida—another from Thoninsville to the Flori
da line in tha direction of Tallahassee—and another
from some point on the main line to Albany. The
general tenor of the report was decidedly adverse to
making the relinquishment required by the Main
Trunk bill as a condition precedent to a subscrip
tion by the State, to that road. The report was
unanimously adopted.
It was officially announced that Messrs. Collins
and Alexander had agreed to furnish the grading
and superstructure from the Satillu, 18 miles to Big
Creek, and that a contract had been entered into be
tween the Company and twenty-two substantial
citizens of Thomas, Lowndes, Berrien, Clinch and
Ware comities, to do the same work from Big Creek
to the Apalachee River, at a distance of 50 miles.
The terms of this contract were 20 cents per cubic
yard for earth work and 30 cents for cross-ties— ,
payment to be made one-half in tho “conditional
notes,” of which so much has been said, and the j
other half in the stock of the Company. This ,
leaves nothing for the Company but to furnish the ,
iron—which they engaged to do—as fast as it should <
be required. t
The following officers were elected for the ensu- *
ing year: ,
C. F. Wells, Jr., of New York, President. j
Directors :
S. J. Beals,
If. S. Wells, > New York. (
11. G. Wheeler, j
C. VinuAjiD. ) Albany, X. Y. 1
C. E. Gray, > t
L. J. Kiiight, j Georgia. (
Mount Vernon.—The Richmond Despatch says :
Gov. Wise has written a very handsome reply to
Ladies of the Mount Vernon Association, who
called upon him to open negotiations with Mr.
John A. Washington, in conformity with the pro
visions of the late act of Assembly. He cannot act
under the law until the Association has passed a
Constitution and By-Laws, the same to be approved
by the Governor, and an approved copy thereof
filed intiie office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth. He shows very conclusively that the act
of Assembly fully conforms to the terms set forth
in Mr. Washington’s letter to Gov. Johnson, and
furnishes the surest means of perpetuating Mount
Vernon as public property. Gov. Wise concludes
by recommending the Association to prepare a Con
stitution and By-Laws, and then to appoint Hon.
Edward Everett as their advocate and agent, to
appear before Congress, asking $20,000, and the
Legislatures of the various States of the Union, ask
ing of each, through its legislators, its proportion of
the sum (SIBO,OOO, that will remain to be raised, ac
cording to its federal numbers.
Large Theft in Nashville. —The Whiff, of the
14th inst., says : A free negro man named Stratton
was arrested yesterday for stealing $2,000 from the
steamer Huntsville. St ration was employed as
lamp cleaner on the boat, and sometime during her
tripup last week purloined the money from the
Clerk’s office, it being a remittance from a finn in
Paducah to parties in this city. When the boat ar
rived, and before the money was missed, Stratton
left without demanding bis wages, and immediately
purchased a SI2OO back, SIOO pair of horses, and a
S2OO watch, giving away bis own, a SIOO watch, to
some companion. As soon as the money was miss
ed, suspicion rested upon Stratton , when he was
waited upon, and induced to confess his guilt, and
to refund a part, and secure the payment of the
balance of the $2,000.
Suicide in Atlanta. —A man named Louis
Wordeg, a native of Germany, committed suicide
in Atlanta on Wednesday night by cutting his
throat. He was a copper-smith by trade, and had
been in the employ of the Western 6c Atlantic Rail
road. Disappointment in a love affair with a
young lady in Germany is supposed to have been
the cause of the fotal deed.
Gen. Gadsden in New Orleans. —The Pica
yune, of the 13th inst., says that our Minister to
Mexico has come to the States on leave of absence,
and contemplates returning in about six weeks.
It is stated that he wifi urge upon the Cabinet at
Washington the property of adopting vigorous hu *
aures to compel the Mexican Government to release
the ships which were engaged in the Zerinan I
dition, and which were seized at La Pa^-
Mrs. Jui.ia Dkan Havre » (o leave Kew York |
for California on the *2oth inst.
Simple Facts.
The Ct. vYTON-15ri.wKK Treaty wan avowedly of j
a political as well os of u commercial nature. At ti
the present da* it is entirely political, us the ship In
canal whu h was to connect the Atlantic and Pacific tl
oceans ha;- i.ot been pul :h bond, and there is not ri
the lightest prospect of the undertaking being car- n
rieil out by the governments or people of either 0
eouutty. Now concerning the political bearing of ti
the question, the treuty explicitly engages that the tl
l nited States and English Governments would “ not
occupy, nor fortify, nor colonize , nor assume, nor
exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
the Mosquito const, no* any port of Central Ame - j
' iCn ' ,ll ‘d that neither party would make use of any t'
protection which either affords qv may afford, or G
any alliance which either has or may have with any
JState or people, for the purpose of occupying, forti
fvinir, or cotoni:ing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the ti
Musquito coast, or any port of Cent rat America, or
assuming or extending dominion over the same;" n
amt yet. in spite »f this treaty, the British Govern- u
mvnt. on the 00th March, tß?>2, (two years after the ti
ratification) issued a warrant, duly signed by Sir [ (
.'om nS. Pak inoton. Secretory of State for the I
(Monies, erecting the islands of Ruatan, «feo M in the <’
llftj- ot Honduras, (Central America) into a colony J
under the name of Bay Islands.
The interpretasion of the treaty of 1850 by the t
British Ministry is, that it was only to refer to the 1
tuture : and yet in we find them colonizing the |
Islands in the Bay of Honduras, on the ground that i
they are inhabited by divers subjects of the British »
crown, who ure rapidly increasing in numbers, J
which renders it “expedient to make provision for *
the government of the settlement or settlements al <
ready formed, and to be formed, in these Islands. J
Thus, then, even according to their interpretation of
this treaty, it has been violated, for things do not re
main in statu quo. A moment’s glance at Har-
i 1 Kit’s Gazetteer, or any other geographical work, !
will show that the Islands colonized aro in Central
America, and convince every reasonable mind that
Great Britain Ims acted with bad faith towards this
country.
If Great Britain is to retain possession of the Bay
Islands, it is necessary that a system of counterpoise
should be adopted by the Uuited States. Another
portion Os Central America, say Nicaragua for ex
ample, must l>e governed by our citizens, headed
by General Walker, or any man equally able, and
he must be fully supported in his position by our
Government. Unless some decisive step of this
kind be followed, the whole of Central America will
soon be under the protectorate of England, or fall
under her colonization schemes.
Wlini 31 r. Pierce lias Horn*.
The process by which Mr. Pierce Ims become u
full-blooded Wai.kekitr, as set. forth in his special
message, lms been painfully tedious, and is certain
to prove generally unsatisfactory. The assertion
that the Ri vas-Wai.kkr government is now dcfac
to accepted by the people of that country, is liable
to be disproved by the next mail; whereas, six
months ago there was no question of the matter. If
Mr. Pierck had excused his delay on the ground
that General Walker’s first envoy was of excep
tionable character, it could be admitted as tangible,
but to wuit until everything connected with the Ni
caraguan government was uncertain and disorgan
ized before he declared it. was fully established, ap
pears worthy of our President, and him alone. In
speaking of the Spanish Republics he alludes to “the
frequent and not seldom unomalous changes of or
ganization or administration which they undergo,”
and as a case in point gives the* Mexican republic,
where, in the course of a few mouths, five revolu
tionary governments have made their appearance
and been successively recognized bv the United
States. Surely this line of argument should have
. been adopted by the President six months since, as
to draw it to a logical conclusion, we must suppose
[ that the present Nicaraguan government has lasted
longer than the average time, and must speedily
give place to another. The dispute between the
, Transit Company and the Rivas-Wai.ker, govern
ment, and the former’s demand for redress from the
• latter, is a plea equally feeble ; while the determina
tion to maintain the inter-oceanic communication
. across the Isthmus when it is well known it is entirc
> ly stopped, puts the climax on the absurdity.
; Our sympathies are altogether with General
j Walker and his gallant band of adventurers, who
at great odds are contending against the Costa Ri
can forces, backed by foreign influence, but we
cannot bo blind to the fact that Walker has suf
s sered more from the President’s refusal to recognize
* him than from any other cause, and that the too
‘ tardy message is delivered so suspiciously near to
the Cincinnati Convention as to prevent us freeing
him from the charge of interested motives. It. is
not enough, however, for Mr. Pierce to have ac
knowledged Father Vi.til at this moment, but lie
involuntarily commits our country to a war policy,
j Through his timidity and indecision, six months
i have ulho been lost on the British Enlistment Ques
tion, and the time for dismissing Mr. Crampton
seems likely to be as uupropitious as that for recog
nizing General Walker. The soreness attending
! this measure may tend to aggravate other difficul
ties which would have long since been healed, had
a decisive spirit been displayed at the firno.
In recognizing General Waller at this moment,
it will be said by England that President Pierce
lias broken the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the im
petus thus given to recruiting for his army and the
east* with which recruits embark at our ports, will
certainly countenance the accusation. llow can
the President now fall back upon his dignity, wiien
he lias thus trifled with it? Not only may the
time-serving political movement of Mr. Pieiu e de
stroy the integrity of the country, but it may
jeopardize the peace of the world. Truly may wi*
paraphrase an ancient maxim, and exclaim that.
Pierces rush in where Washingtons fear to
tread.
The British Parliament was to adjourn on Friday,
the 9th insu, until Friday, the 16th inst., for the
Whitsuntide holidays. A debate on the fall of
Kars, commenced on Monday, the 28th nit., and
was to bo resumed on Thursday, May 1, the day
after the sidling of the steamer Atlantic. Lord
Palmerston had defied the Opposition to do their
worst, and Mr. D’lskaeli had accepted the chal
lenge. Lord Palmerston, in his remarks, said he
would frustrate those who-attaeked him, and would
sit in the House till morning, in order to bring the
question to an issue ; however, a motion for ad
journment was carried, in Hpite of his. lordship's
threat, by a majority of 70.
A Farther Development concerning C’kn
tkal America.—ln the Central Americun corres
pondence recently placed before the British House
of Commons is an extract from a letter by Mr.
Cuampton, the Minister at Washington, to Lord
Clarendon, dated 31st March last, which says:
It will be within your Lordship’s recollection that
Mr. Clayton was informed, by Sir Henry Buhvor,
before the Treaty of 1830 was signed, that Ruatau
was tie jure and de facto a British possession ; and
Mr. Clayton has on various occasions since, in con
versation with me stated that lie considered Ruutan
as much a British possession us Jamaica or any other
British West Indian island.
Mr. Clayton denied the truth of this statement.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the City
Bank, the sth inst., the following gentlemen were
elected Directors for the ensuing year :
Artemas Gould, Benjamin Conley,
Geo. M. Newton, Wm. H. Stark,
Massi lon I*. Stovall,
At a Subsequent meeting of the Board, A. Gould
was elected President.
Political Parties in Washington.—The cor
respondent of the New York Alcrror writes : Buch
anan “stock” is quoted at high figures, though
Pierce’s “preferred cluim” is kept up by numer
ous holders [ofotlice,| and Douglass men claimed
advanced quotations for the Kansas-Nebrnska
“mortage bonds” on Southern Democracy. Out
siders are getting up various “fancies,” such as
“Fremont Exploration,” “Banks’ Sliding-scale,”
and “Dickinson Union Bonds,” but conservatives
keep aloof, and “wait for the wagon.”
Boy Drowned in C’HATTAHoorHEE River.—The
Columbus Sun, of the Kith inst., states that Wil
liam Me Kay, a boy about 12 years of age, the son
of Mr. McKa v,jof Columbus, was drowned on Sutur
day last, through the upsetting of a skiff on the
river.
A grand concert was given at Institute Hall,
Charleston, on Wednesday evening, iu aid of the
Calhoun Monument Association, when upwards of
2,IXX) persons were stated to be present. Ole Bl ll
and other celebrated artists volunteered their ser
vices.
The steamer Orizaba , which sailed from New
York on Saturday afternoon, bound for San Juan,
carried out some fifty recruits for General Walker’s
army.
Fatal Accident on the LaGrange Railroad
—Wc regret to learn that Mr. Isaac Smith, an en
ginoer on the LaGrange Ac West Point Railroad,
was killed through an accident which occurred on
the line, about 5 o’clock on Friday evening. The
particulars of the melancholy event have not been
received.
Jenn y Lind. —Mr. Barnlm pronounces the letter
purportiag to have been written by Jenny Lind a
forgery, because he says : “ She could not conscien
tiously attribute the charity concerts that she gave
in this country to me, and she would not assist in
circulating a misapprehension.”
The Children in the Wood.-—The Pittsburgh
(Pa.) Gazette , of the 10th inst., relates that a boy
and girl, named Cox aged respectively six and
eight years, were lost for upwards of ten days in the
Alleghany mountains near Summerview. They were
found a day or two ago, side by side, dead. Ttie
right hand of the little boy ivm partly torn off, and
and children had the uppearance of having been
dead about a week. A large number of people con
tinued to search the woods from the time the child
ren were missed until the finding the bodies.
John If. Sal’ndkus, charged with the murder of
Mr. Gardner, has undergone an examination at
Sparta. The Judge held the accused to bail in the
sum of H) to attend his trial at the August term
of the Court.
Georgia News.—We learn from Milledgeville
papers, that the eeremonyjof laying the Cornerstone
of the new Georgia Lunatic Asylum, was duly per
formed last week. After prayer by the ® ev - r
Tai.maor, an able address was delivered >y
W. T. Gotten, of Augusta, and the Stone was '<
formally laid, with Masonic ceremonies by aH mg
Grand Master It. " „ t the close of the
gant collation was iuU>udalil ut the
ceremonies by l>r. OKi-t- ,
Asylum. _ , gaya Os the Thomaston
J£££S:*»*. « - 11 ' P-babiy be flu
,in time for the growing crop. Bamesvilleand
Thomaston are reported to he looking up, and ra
oidlv improving'
At Nashville, Trim., on the night of the 9th mst.,
HtNiir Gh mas was shot dead by bis brother-in
law. Chas. Whioht. The deceased had threatened
the life of the other.
'I he Central American Correspondence.
In the Blue Book, receutly submitted to the Bri
tish Parliament, containing the correspondence re
lating to the Central American Question, there are
the three following letters which have passed be
tween Lord Clarendon and Mi. Crampton, in
reference to the arbitration proposal of the British
Government which Mr. Crampton most unaccoun
tnbly withheld from our Government ’for more than
three months:
T he Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Crompton.
Foreion Office, Feb. 8,18f»G.
Sir:—Mr. Buelmnan called here two da vs ago,
and with reference to a statement of mine in The
House of Lords on the 31st ultimo, that Her
ty s Government had offered to the United States
Goverimmnt to refer to arbitration the interpreta
tion of the treaty of fBSO, said he Mud not understood
that any such offer held been officially and formal
ly made fa him , although lie admitted that it had
frequently been mentioned by me.
I told Mr. Buchanan that I received this commu
mention frith the utmost surprise, ami tlint I really
was at a loss to understand it as the offer had been
made by uio in the most formal manner by diicc
tion ot the Cabinet: that he had discussed with mo
the objections of tho course and the difficulty ol se
lecting auy power whom both parties would regard
as impartial; that in fact, we bad hardly even dis
cussed the Central American question together,
without my saying that arbitration would be the
fairest way of settling the matter , and that nearly
three months ago 1 had again coiled his attention to
the offer of Her Mujesty's Government, which ho
had promised to report to his Gov cm m lit. I then
read to Mr. Buchanan my dispatch to you dated
No 10, the correct ness of which die did not dispute,
and 1 said I had thought it right, iu the event of
any correspondence being laid before Congress,
that the proposal of Her Majesty s Government
should be made known officially to Mr. Marey
through you,otherwise 1 had not been in the habit
ot addressing public dispatches to yon on the sub
ject, ns 1 found that Mr. Marey considered that the
question was entirely in Mr. Buchanan's hands
Indeed, I had, as much as possible, uvoided writing
upon the matter, and had, therefore, not answered
Mr. Buchanan’s last note, although there was
much in it that merrited reply, because I wished
to avoid all cause of irritation, and saw reason to
think that this correspondence might assume a
polemical and and angry tone. I hud given him,
therefore, the advantage of the last word, and my
communications had all been verbal, but it was u
great satistactiou to me to reflect that neither upon
that, nor upon any other subject, in the oourso of
two years, had a hasty word passed between us, or 1
anything that would not tend to promote kindly j
feelings between our respective countries.
Mr. Buchanan cordially concurred as to tho A
friendly character of our relations, and said that al-
thoqgh he had not considered the offer of arbitra
tion u> have been made in a formal manner, vet
that he had invariably reported to his government
everything that hud tullen from me on the subject.
In'answer to on inquiry from me, Mr. Buchanan
added that no notice had been taken of the offer of
arbitration by his government. I am, &c.,
(Signed,) Clarendon.
Air. Crampton to the Earl oj Clarendon—(Received
March 18.)
Washington; March 4, 1850.
My Lord: With reference to your Lordship’s
i dispatch of the Bth lilt., informing me that, to your
i Lordship's great surprise, Mr. Buchanan hail stated
to you that he lmd not understood your lordship as
having proposed formally to submit to arbitration
• the points in dispute between the two governments
: in respect to the interpretation of the Ohtyton
e Bulwer treaty, 1 learnt with equal surprise, » lyw
days since, before the receipt of your lordship’s dis-
I patch, that the.. Government of the United States
. were under thesame impression, and tlmt the Presi
dent iutended, in answer to an inquiry on the part,
’ of the Senate t® seud a message to that body, in
which it would be stated tlmt no such offer hud ever
been understood to have been made.
Your lordship bus on so many occasions, in your
unofficial as well as in your official correspondence
1 with me, alluded to this proposal having been made
3 by you to Mr. Buchanan, that it did no. occur to me
as possible that heliadnotconveyeditto his Govern
, meut; and as the subject of the Central American
question, tlie negotiation of which Mr. Marey lmd on
» several occasions informed me he considered to have
- been, on the pari of the American Government, eon
e Tided exclusively to Mr. Buchanan’s bauds, hud not,
consequently, come under discussion between Mr.
1 Marey and myself. I did not conceive it to be ncees
e sary or desirable -that i should originate any eon
vernation on that tirpic, or make linn ft formal com
munication of the information conveyed to me
1 by vour lordship’s dispatch of the 10th November
I last.
y On receiving the above informat ion of the misap
b prehension of the United States Government, l re
ferred to that dispatch, and findiifg that it contuin
l" od an instruction to me to communicate it to Mr.
e Marey, I immediately did so, with a short explanu
tory note.
I must certainly take blame to myself for not
II having executed the instruction at an earlier period;
but I confess that tin* passage of the dispatch eon
veying it to me had escaped tny attention, and I
I hud looked on the dispatch as iutended to apprise
me of what was going forward, rat her than us an
10 instruction to make a formal offer of arbitration to
i- tin* United States Government.
, Under this impression 1 thought it would be better
for me to defer speaking to Mr. Marey on the sub
ject of the proposed arbitration until lie slioujd al
so lude to it, for I apprehended tlmt my interference ill
)0 the matter might be taken ns an undue intermed
. dling in a negotiation not under my charge, and as
° evincing a precaution w hich might not be well rc
•1? ceived, intended to guard against some presumed
is negligence on Mr. Buchanan's part, which ought to
have neon supposed possible by her Majesty’s Go
vernment.
ie In the mean time, I lost no opportunity of stating
y. to leading Senators and other persons that such an
ia offer had been made by her Majesty’s Government..
Congress is now, however, in possession of tho
8 " fact, and although certain Senators, and certain
N newspapers, have thought proper to attribute to
r_ Her Majesty’s Government and myself the most,
5 extraordinary motives for what they'consider to be
your Lordship’s negligence,and not Mr. Buchanan's
I" 'misapprehension, I am quite at a loss to conceive
d what object he can possibly imagine Her Majesty’s
Government could have iu misleading the Govern
ment ot the United States, and thus defeating for a
time the object which Her Majesty’s Government
b themselves had in view.
(. J have only to repeat to your Lordship the regret
that an overnight ot my own may have in any sort
1? contributed to prolong tho erroneous iiapi eßSion
I produced by Mr. Buchanan’s mistake of your Lord
l ship’s meaning.
j I have the honor to inclose copies of the correspon
dence laid before Congress upon this subject I
3 have &c.
(Signed John F. Crampton.
! The Earl of Clarendon to Mr. Buchanan.
Foreign-Office March 26, JBf»6.
t Sir : I have received you dispatch of the 4th in
, slant, explaining your omission to acquaint Mr.
Marey of the desire of Her Majesty’s Government
to submit, to arbitration t jieir differences with tho
Government, of the United States respecting tho
interpretation of tho treaty of t lie 1 9th ot April 1850
which by tny despatch of the JOth or November
yon were inst runted to do.
The Government of tho United States cannot,
however, found on your omission any allegation
that they were tliereby left in ignorance Os any such
offer having been made by Her Majesty’s Govern
ment ; for, as I informed you in my dispatch of tho
Bth of February, giving an account of Mr. Bucha
nan’s statement that the offer of arbitration hud not
been formally made. Mr. Buchanan distinctly told
me that whatever I hail said to him upon the sub
ject hit ti been reported to his Government.
I cannot, however, but regret tlmt you did not act
upon the instruction conveyed in my dispatch of
the JOth of November last, aa it titOJ9 out, your do
ing so would have made misunderstanding impospi
bit*, but, at thesame time, it is right toaddthat you
had repeatedly informed me that Mr. Marey declined
entering upon a question which was confided entire
ly to Mr. Buclmnan, and such being the ease, it eer
t a inly never occurred, to me that the United States
Government could hare been ignorant of the offer of
arbitration , which had been repeatedly made, ami
strongly recommended by me as the only mode of
settling, in an lionorablo and satisfactory manner,
tt difference of opinion respecting the interpretation
of a treaty. I am, &e., (signed)
Clarendon.
Two Hundred Thousand Dollar? jo I*k
Subscribed to the Main Trunk Railroad.-
The citizens of Savannah, pursuant to a ealjrby the
Mayor assembled in the Council Chamber on Wed
nesday.
The following resolution was offered by Win. B.
Hodgson, Esq., ami passed by the meeting:
Revolved, That the Mayer ami Aldermen are hen
by iUßtruoted to subscribe $200,000t0 the Atlantic
Ac Gulf Railroad, so soon as they are assured that
the sum of SIOO,OOO has been subscribed, bona JUU ,
to said road by other parties.
Electoral Vote of the Several States.—
The following exhibits the electoral veto of the sev
al States, distinguishing between the slave and free
States :
Virginia 15 Maine. H
North Carolina 10 New Hampshire .... 5
South Carolina 8 Vermont f>
Georgia 10 Massachusetts I'J
Alabama - 9 Rhode Island 4
Mississippi 7 Connecticut 0
Louisiana - t* New Jersey 7
Missouri 9 Pennsylvania 27
Delaware - 3 California 4
Texas 1 New York 35
Arkan5a5............ I Ohio
Florida 3 Indiana 13
Maryland....- 8 Illinois ll
Kentucky 12 Michigan 0
Tennessee... 12 10wa....... - I
Wisconsin 5
Total-.... 120
| Total 170
Barnum’s Sympathizers.—A series of benefits
are to be given in behalf of the bankrupt showman
at various theatres and concert halle in New York.
It is said Baknum has many warm friends in the
theatrical profession, as he in the days of his pros*
perity gave to the Dramatic Association in its in
fancy, the largest donation it ever received.
Awful Occurrence. —The Edgefield Advertiser,
of the 14th inst., states that Mr. James Bcrkhal
ter of Coopers villa, Edgefield District, came ioa
sudden death the other day by being thrown from a
mule which he was riding. liis leg became entaiu
gied in the gear and he was dragged a considerable
distance over rough ground. When extricated, ho
was fouud to be horribly injured, and died iu a very
short time.
The Duelling Law of North Carolina —The
Revised Code of North Carolina declares that if a
person fight a duel and either of the parties shall bo
killed the survivor on conviction shall suffer death
and the aiders and abettors shall bo considered ac
cessories before the fact. If no death shall ensue
all parties shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction be punished accordingly ami
moreover bo ineligible to any office, in the State.
Ole lii ll.—The Richmond (Va.) National Ameri
can reports that while Ole Bull was absent from
his troupe, in order to take part in the testimonial
in Charleston to the Calhoun Monument Associa
tion, his agent, Franz The is took his sudden de
parture with a quantity of the funds. This is the
third lime that Ole Bull has been duped of
late.
Bishop Hamline, of the Methodist Church is
now on trial before the General Conference at In
dianauoiiH, lud., barged with infidelity to his wife,
andacto of impropriety with yoong girls. Hi, ac
ciwer is a Mrs. fUaI.AN, who, m her maiden day*.
WM an iuinute of the Bishop’s house, and the confi
dante of the Bishop’s wife. The Conference is sit
ting with closed doors, and the curiosity oft he ladies
is intense.
Hon. John P. Kennedy left New York on Wed
nesday by the European steamer. His health for
some time lias been very indifferent.
Lord Clarendon in the Paris Conference would
not support Couut Walkwski, the Fronoh Minis
ter in his attempt to destroy the liberty of the Bel
gian Press. Lord Clarendon observed that, while
he condemned the execrable abuses with which it is
charged, ho must state that Great Britain, a coun
try where a free press is a fundamental institu
tion, cannot associate herself in any measures of
coercion.
On Sunday night, about 10 o’clock a two story
wooden buildingxorner of Price and State streets,
Savannah, was struck by lighting and took fire.—
The rain which was descending in torrent**, speedily
extinguished the flames.