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I.OHD | I,\IUMIO.N > l»l.-i* VH 11.
Tit* flowing despatch from t -<- Ear «>■ CJlarkn J
i>o> to the lion. George M. Dallas, Uiute4 States I
Minister was laid, with other correspondence reia
. ♦ tl,* , uf.stion« in d epute between the United j
ting to the quesnon* m »• t i
Svu s aud England, on the table of the House ,
1,-r.l. on tiio M of May. it , ti*c Ws** to Mr.
JUkcts <k*i* ,ch of December 28. )*«. Andre
tl • wi ole historv of the diplomatic controver- I
. c-uiiatment of Aimriqan citizens for the 1
77 - Earl of O'r. vUm to H Uatlar. j
K-.ru-.v (Ifiin. ApfilS"
l , imdcn-itftied. Ac . had the to receive. i
, *. t l .TfJauuaO’-rom Mr. Buchanan, Euv-,y
i . Aii’ury And Mf.Vt-r !-; e of IU
I Mate, at this Loort, a cony of a .. '.•»
i. .sn.offl.o i>r>v;. u< i" ■" ! : l ;^r'. - !
Mr It- ..M'-nt>y Mr. M;. :• >• '“ft,','.^a
‘ u,
, V Minuter at WaxtiiiWton to communicate
; <ll: M ; "y. Mr Man y', d-.,;..t-- m corn j
"i * “ !,„. . miin ntu on t!.e I
wn. alleged by U,e
, oft!*- United Stabs to have been pur |
ertain of her
, ij, t n lit th* intentions of her Majesty Govern- i
Ilt/Il<4 . ivt- inti, the military service of the I
(j „ , t i,y persons who, corning from any quarter ;
int** hei Majesty’s dominions, might there be willing ;
to engage in that service. . . .
T * nnd. rsigned has hitherto deferred replying to !
\t \f 11 <• v s dMMiateh, not only beeause it was mere ;
. I ~-U.iV r. .-le-et «U. !.l,or Maje-aty'a Go i
\. iit UK-lit enb-rtnin for fie- I' nitr *f Slate:-tborouoh
y m ituiuire into tie- aiie-iilM’li- eiHilAiiH -1 in 11. but
I.eenu-e it wu.-ju.-t amt ritil.l toward- her .Ma
, ..Hi. i-i- wli.w wnduot w«* impugned to put
1 li. i'll in |--.e-.ion of tin- charge* brought ngainrt
them, awl to give them Unit opportunity us explaua
tiirti and dafi’tioe whiitb waatben for t.a: ftrrt lime
.•ill-r,|e<l tie-in
I n*- underidgnc*l, b*fore he adverts to Mr. llur
i y * last despatch, must express hi* deep regret that
t .-Go vernment «*f the t inted Mates M.ouid have
il. . ir.»sd it tH'cemwrv to continue a coatrover>y on a
~ i. -».on which Mr. Bur* Italian <*o»- al« red at tic due
a ould Im* finally settled by the note of the tinder
. ned of July 16, a nob* which Mr. Jfuenanan
tid h*- would transmit with uiu» h satisfaction to hu»
< oiveruuient. The under-igned had, indeed, hoped
V, at i .at note, blether with bin subsequent coimiiU
..f th« ivth September to M. Ifucl.auan,
. i: ! of the I ' tli of Xov-mber, through Mr. C'ratui)-
ton, to tie- Government ol liiC C nitod States wouM
i, iv. l» ei» as eepted by a fiicudiy < iovernment. »*u<*fi
.. ti.ut of the Cnited Slab s, a* a disclaimer of any
intention to give off’ence, and us a aatmiaetion for
. ..tl. nee which tliat Government might have
I, i n led by circumstance'll to think had, though un
intentionally, been given.
lor what lias been the course of the traiwao
h. . which have given ri*e to ti»i« correspondenec ?
«>U the breaking out of Un ; at« war between the
VV. tern Powers and Russia tin? British Governin' ut
p l . n infonmal that many persons racident w ithin tin
t'nitcd State*-- inmie natives of the eontiiunt of
l,ni,,jM- and some natur&l-ts>ni siibj«s:Ls of her Ma
? .. ere desirous of entaring iuto the military
.i\;< i* til Great Britain. The British Govcrruiu ut,
h i.-ving the information they had received on this
n titer to Ik* well-foundedL »tti<! being anxious t»* in
. ase as rapidly as po-sibhr th»*ir military force, took
f ijo to avail tliernselves of Ibis disismitioti, and
, .#* direction* that airy m-i sons presenting them
reives within the British North American Provinces,
willing to enlist and found fit for service, should hr?
* -n-jirn <1 for the army. Hat her Majesty's
i ;.*v*-rnm*ntgave the most positive orders that in
making arrangements for this purpose nothing
lambi be done to infringe in any manner whatso
i v*-r the neutrality laws of tin? United States.
it wurt not doubted that such arrangement*
ti ;ht !»«• framed into exe<;u!ioti without, any viola
tion of tin melaws, because those laws prohibit 011-
h-t un-ntsor 'itgag aments only within the territories
the Unitedßtnt.es; they do not forbitl such citi
- of the t nited States or rt - .dents therein from
h i viii;* thoHe territories, nor do they fjrbid such eiti
/• in* or other persona from engaging or enlisting in
in itury service elsewhere, when of their own free
will and without any previous contractor engnge
n. at they may have left those territorie.-.
Ihe intent unis of the British Government, and
the arrangement* mode to carry those intentions in
to eieoiition, were not cone* oled from the govern
in* idol the United Staten. Those intention* and ar
rangements were frankly stated hv Mr. Crumpton
to Mr. Marey in a conversation on the 22d of March,
I .», and the only observations which Mr. Marey
mad*- in reply were that the neutrality laws of the
United Stales be riilgidiy enforced, but that any
iniiiiber of person* wlio desired it might leave the
I nited Suites midget enlisted in any foreign sor*
v < Up to this jmint, therefore, there was no
in as to the purpose of the British
<Jov* iniiK iit, and no ditleieiiee of opinoin ns to
ti.*- legality <»f the course which that Government
inl* nd« d to pursue.
Hut the British Government *Oon found, by ne j
nniuln ivJiieh reached them from the United States, i
that it would la* dilheult for them to prevent the J
. ..cutioii of'the contemplated arrangements from
in ;; attended by circumstances which might J
give rise to discussions between the two biivriii* i
ineiil-* It was seen that, however strict might be
ti..- orders of Her Majesty’s Government that no
thing should be flora* in contravention of the laws of
th flnited States, and however Herumilotui Her Mu- !
jesty's otlieers might be in obeying those orders, yet
a ini -* on* ejition of the precise bearing of those laws j
i,ii<>ht had some of those oiheers unintentionally to I
o\ emtep their limits, while other persona, cither from -j
honi-st /- al f»r for the sak<- of gain, or from a desire
to entrap Her Majesty’s officers, might do things at
\ ,-iiiniifwith the provisions of those laws. Her
Majesty’s Government. therefore, being most anx
ious that nothing slioulu happeu to disturb the good
undf rdaiiding between the two Governments, and
t».-in" *h-irons of showing uncauivfMtally their r*.-
In for the laws of the t 'nited States, at once aial
oi tin ir unmi accord determined to give up the fur
th.'j prosecution of the arrangements in question,
id tin y accordingly sent out to Canada and to
Nova Mcdtin on the 22d June, 1855, order* to disc*m
tin in* all further proceedings in the matter of enlist
m. ut for the foreign Legion
A fortnight after these orders had been gent out i
tin undersigned received from Mr. Buchanan a note
dated .July 6, alleging that the neutrality laws of the
United States had in many instances been violated
by persons taking steps, either with or without the
approbation of the Bntish Government,.for the pur
p.. .-of engaging or enlisting w ithin the United
Mutes reeruits for the British serviei l ; and Mr.
Hmlianan, in the conclusion of his note, stilted that
tin' “President would be much gnititiedtolearn that
||i>r Majesty * Government had not authorized the
pr<iccedings eompltliucfl of, but luul condemned the
. onfliict f>t its officials engaged therein, and Imd vis
it.-.l them with its marked displeasure, as well as tu
ken decisive measures to put a stop to conduct eon
tmr\ to the law of nations, tlie laws of the l nited
Slates, and die comity w hich ought over h prevail
in ilu intercourse bet w t*e»i the two friendly powers.”
Ihe 11 iiflciwigited, iu reply t* his note, xpivss
<-d t • • Mr. liuchaunii, on the I fit It of .luly, tie.* regret
••I Her Majesty’s Government if the law of the
United States liml been in any way infringed by
p. i urns aiding with or without authority f >m Her
\lnj*->ly s (lovernment : and he stated that any
,i< li infringement of the law o! the t tilted States
would be contrary to the wishes mid the positive in
stnn lions of the British Government.
Tin* undersigned went on to explain his reasons
for 'believing that no person authorized to net tor
t ln' British Government had violated the law of the
t oiled States and. in conclusion, ho stated tlmt the
ii ipicst of the President that decisive measures
might be taken ts» put nil etui to these proceedings
had be. u anticipated by the spontaneous act of Her
Majesty's Go\ eminent, who had a fortnight before
tla receipt of Mr. Huciiaiian’s note, sent out orders
to put an end to the arrangement for enlisting with
in the North American Provinces persons who might
* nine tilde from Other places.
Mr. Buchanan, in reply, said, in a note dated the
IHth of July, that he should feel much satisfaction
in traiisinitiing to his Government the note of the
undersigned.
So tiong appears to have been the impression on
the mind ot Mr. Buchanan of the sutistuetory na
ture of this communication, that when afterwards
lie received a despatch from Mr. Marey w ith renew
ed instructions to address remonstrances to the Brit
i.-li Government outlie subject of the recruiting
proceedings he abstained from acting upon those in
structions, and withheld Mr. M airy’s despatch eon
tabling them from the know ledge of Her Majesty’s
l io\ eminent, obviously Ina anse he perceived by
its dute, tin* loth of duly, that it was written long
before the note of the undersigned, of the lfitli of
July, could have been received by Mr. Marey, and
beeuiiM' he concluded that when that note should
have been re% eived the Government of the United
States would be satisfied with its contents. Kor u
considerable time this conclusion appeared well
founded. *
On the sth of September, however, Mr. Mur. y
a.1.1n >m. il n note to Mr. i'rumptou, not iillrgiiigtlmt
• in sh ni»bix*et* of complaint hud anseii ainre the re
«« n»t in Ann lira of the Hritiah orders of the‘AM of
Juno, but going back to the sumo transactions to
u hioh Mr. Bttennimn’s note of the (itli of .luly had
averted. and renewing ail his original complaints, n*
if no notioe had In on taken of hie former reprcseu
ration, ns if no regret had been expressed, and as if
no nioasuros had' been adopted to put an instant
stop to tin* proeeedings out of which ids complaints
Inn! originated.
A ooimnunioation so much at variance with
what M . Buchanan's note of the ISth of July had
1 her Majesty’s Government to expect might we!!
h«* r« orivrii with sonic tV*elings ofsnrprist*, inasmuch
.I- h . y lu lii \ »*d that they had given to the Govern j
moat of the United States every satisfaction which I
• •no Gove uim-nt o »uhl r«*a*onnV«y expect to receive
ti'o:o another in a casool th s kiml.
I'u* moi. rsigued, however, ou the‘Ath of Sop ,
i-mlu r replied to Mr. Marey s note, answering the i
.rations renewed in it, and repeating that Her i
.M iost\ s Govrnnnont had no reason to believe :
. ;it any of Her Majesty's servants, or any agent* |
a i v aulhorux'd by them, had disregarded the in- j
inactions to respect and to obey the laws of the ,
l mted State*.
N.*\eriheh» the Gv'wrmnx nt of the United .
St. - >ti’. con>id«*rvd tins answer mutatis factory, i
and on the 13th of October Mr. Marey addr< >.* t*xi an '
:• r despntrh on tltese matters to Air Buehnnnn. ■
•' a was ec imnuiieated to the undersigms! im the j
I ■*■ t Nexeinber. In that despatch Mr Marey re \
in \%s his general assertions that her Majesty’s oib 1
■ i-O! Vi:.« riea had violated the laws of the I’nited j
S: no* . he refers to his despatch xxf the loth of Ju !
U\ xvhieh Mr Hnclmmm had abstained from eoimnn- j
. tion on the snppxvdrion that the note of the tin- I
•i« *;gned ot tic ltith of July had finally settled the !
• jin s; '••n a: issue, auil lie states that the aaid det
p..tell i f the loth of ,July iud.eated ti»e sutisfae j
• x' ci. tin G«»xo .no., ut of the l"luted States
!■•■ •< ved it had a right to claim from the Govern
-I’. * despxateh of the loth of July, which was not
« ■ re-.nuieated to tin. uudetsigued b\ Mr. Buuhatuut j
Si •
' . !’• *ident is dis{H*seti to belie vcthat Her Majes
ty s t v-x enmient lias not eottntcmuixvd the illegal !
->. «* ot its otlieers and agents since its atu-n- ’
n xx.i.* ii:>t directed to the subject, and will eon- !
-
te.bsavoxv their acts auddeal with them in stick a
ok ' r as their graveoffoiKt* merits .’ but that “as
•> > • 11 « g for tin* British armv in tin* un>de alluded
n» ;* yy< v*eentt*d (as he behoved) within the t’ni
ted Slates, by officers ami agents employed tor that
pui pose. iho*lVosider,t ir.structs Mr Buchan;*.:. to
S «\ to her Ml jestyV Government that lie expects it i
'x . i take prompt and . tlVetix .* ntxa&ures to artvst
i **«• tmuis ih*w mit wli » wm* enlisted within t:.e !
;
in tin Hi itish army '
l is. then, i* the satisfy, th n which u* • te
i; . Ihh oft h timber. Mr Marex «h •. . .d" w ,'s that
tS I *
\\ t . «.*iM, t totU. first p i I of this d-munt ;
II : M«j. *i\ .* Government deny u«u nay niegnl j
i lilies \*« re. *o far as they ku« w. cx».* i.ot-«l ,
.‘•y tin ir x*tb«‘e: s or autkmiscxl ngeiiis. ami. tl*rr« -
. tu« y l»axc none tx» dis.ix «»vx, uu.i *»•' Win'cr* «>r <
*tx’» d» al x* it aa> ••tfeudera. With regard to |
I « . . • point* spec''fil'd 1 > Ml Marey, t«.e un ler
: • It':;. Nox. i. dimming it re*p•
Gox
5... entered into a detaihM. and. as he had hoped, a
rr replv to the arguments and sUttements !
■ M' Mai. vV <k«|.<itrk «f ti >• Ot!: ..f 1
«*. t.iber. In that reply the m»d.ri>:gueil s’ ite<l tl at j
: -i m.**t mriteria! point, that of the «!U ged rx emit j
, g. had I** on nlreaxiv disjswwd x*f; fx»r. mally k m
~i i tiis bx-toid t Iwdale of that desputx-h, the rta-ruji j
*h*u« *1 by .»nier>sent bv Her Maj« sty’s Government .
«*u thx* Ad of Juneami Unit the »«*t-x»tul part of i
the salifaettoii ret(uimi it was mu in their power t«* ?
: XV. Iki*HUsx“ no pcrsxMl UAxi to their kmiwhdgx* *
l 18 . -
t uitx-d Stated antler contract marlr therein to outer
into >ervice in thx- British army* And In* further j
milled if it cotilil be shown that anv men had been
s * t-ulis’x 1 they xlnutM iui'uediatxdy be diaehargeti '
. u 1 scai back to the I’uited Mateo.
I ■ undeitugiuad thus showed that the isfacluMi <
• .* ■ . ! by the Gox erument of the United States
i.iil l«Tlg s.i.Ce bx-cli giveu «» fur iiS il was inti: ii«i
t o.- «*f thi g* to give it, and, in addition j
l.i the *atisf;u*tion askx-d for, he x Apr* ssed the ixgiei ;
"i in*: M ij stv s Govenuu* nt u any thing had been j
«l.*ne by any portion, authorize.! or unauthorised,
which x-uiUi be oinsidtfol an iufi ingetneut of tlie j
iaxr nf thx- United Stater l .
It might nntnmtly have been that the 1
corn-spondi is' •• would here have ended. Regret '
i,n<i bet n expi< - * 1 for any infringement of th*? law j
.I.’nitf-d States, if any had taken place, not- |
wiilistaodiog th* pOfcifiv© and r* pcatetf order.- of j
■ ft r* •
, .t! tael i' ii wideh ttas G'.*'. ei iiuioir of the I'nitc-d |
Stale - .-.ft* r mature deliln*rat had «i* month i, hud j
tdOjerl- 1 -i; spontaneously nndbyaiit i< ipaiion grant- i
• I, or Lad been slarwn to be impracticable because j
there wa> no man in the British service whose on- !
lifdment or enlist !«d. to tim know i. dge j
ot her Mf'.je*ty> ffovernmont, taken place in the |
manner -petrified by Mr. Marry in hi? despatch of \
the loth of July, and whose discharge,therefore. |
t*( u’d form part of the satisfaction indicated by Mr. |
Mcrcv. llcr Majcnty’s Government, however, ex- !
prob ’ d their readiness to give that aatbfactßm al- o. j
if aiiv case should be established to which it could
lli-r Me’ l -sty’s Goveniuricnt were, however. dLs
app»inted in the confident e.Tj»ectation which they
hrwi entertained that this further crplatmtion would
pro\ * sirfactory, fur on tue JiJlh of January of the
p . cnl year Mr. Bu« liunni: comniunicatefi to the
undersigned a despatch from Mr. Mart w dated the
:J*th of December preceding, recapitulating the com
plaints of the Government of th* t inted Stat.?*
aud makuig a demand in the- way of *ati-faction dif
ferent fromtWe which were mentioned in Mr.
Marcv’s note of Uie 15th of Julv, and which were re
ferred to in his despatch of tbe I3thof 0.-rtober ns
the satisfaction which the Govc-iument of the Uni
ted S*at« - ledieved itself entitled to claim. This de
maud r ■.insisted in an application for the recall of
,* r Mn : - stv s Minister at Wa-hingVin and her Ma
jes*v'*< Cortsufs at Philarlelphia, New' York, and
Cincinnati. 1' will naturally be asked whether any
new ground had been found for this demand, or
whether say new event had happened between the
13th oft fit. an 1 the of December in which these
ottic •« of her M»dc*styhad been concerned. Nothing
of the kind had*taken pine*-, and the accusation*
made against these officers in Mr. Marty - despatch
. of the i*th of December rest upon statements which
were equally within the knowledge of the Govern
ment of the Unit' d State* on the 13th of Octo
! Ikt. when no such demand was made.
Before the undersigned proceed? to reply to Mr.
{ Marey’s note oftheiSth of Deeernl>er. he must no
| tice an erroneous Construction which Mr. Marcv ha
| there pur upon a passage in a despatch of the 12th
1 * t April. 1&5, from the undersigned to Mr. Crump
ton. winch was communicated by him to Mr. Marcy.
I The pa-age is as follows I end rely approve of
i vour prcK-eedings, as reported in your despatch No.
> 67. ol the 1 gth ultimo, with respect to proposed
i enlistment in the Qui ei. - service of foreigner* and
British subjects in the United States.'’ Mr. Marcy
I r -um< ■* arid argue* upon the assumption, that, the
• meaning of this passage was that the enlistments, of
; the person* mentioned, and which were approved
: of by her Majesty 4 * Government, were to take place
i within the l'fitted States, whereas, the sentence,
according toils obvious meaning, relates to foreign
ers and British subject* resident in the U. S. The
1 word “in” Imsreference to the place where they re
j sided, ami not to the place where they were to be
I enlisted: and if any doubt could arise, that doubt
I mu-* have be**n removed by the concluding passage
i which advert* to the neutrality law of the United
• dtMtes, and says that her Majesty's Government
t would on no account run any risk of infringing
! t hat l tw. Tbe construction of the passage under
! consideration doe* not apj>enr to have occurred
{ to Mr Marcy, at !h«- tine* when the despatch of
i the undersigned of the 12th of April was commoni
i i?iit«*d to him by ilr. Luinlev. So far from it, Mr.
Marcy expressed to Mr. Burnley his satisfaction with
i that dispatch, end desired that lie might be furnish* d
with a copy of it, in «*rdcr that he might show it to
, hi* Colleagues.
j Tin* undersigned must also further obserreihat
J Mr. Marcv, in the same despatch, ha? misconce ved
j the meaning of an expression used by tbe un.lcr
j signed m making an offer, above referred to, that
anv man who might have been enlisted within the
J United States should be immediately discharged
} aud sent back. Hie reference there made to Brit
! idj law was merely intended to indicate that if per
sons had been enlisted under the circumstances sup
! posed, such enlistment would have been at variance
; with British a* well as with American law : hut the
undersigned did not mean tliat respect would not be
paid iti the discharge of men to the principles ofthe
* law of the United Slate* alone, should that law ap-
I pear to have been violated in a single case.
; in reply to the general statement* of Mr. Marcy’s
j despalch, the undersigned must repeat that her Ma
j jelty’s Government gav«* the most, positive orders
j t hat no be enlisted or engaged within the
1 territory of th»* United State?, and that tlieneu
; frailty law? of the United State* should be strictly
and scrupulously respect*?!. But Mr. Marcy now
c intend? that, this was not enough, and though in
1 con vernation with Mr. Crumpton, on the “2d of
March. 1*55, lie said that In* r*»u!d ii"t object to any
! number of jm s sons going to Nova Scotia, to bo there
1 enlisted, provided the neutrality laws of the United
1 Stales were not infringed, he now'argues that the
* enlistment in Nova Scotia of person* coming thither
1 from tli«- Unit***! Stab ? was a violation-of the policy
I ofthe United St at. s, and that not to respect that
! policy was an offence on the part of Great Britain
j neainst th*-sovereign rights «»f the U.rited States.
Now. in reply to this the undersigned begs to **b-
Ki-rvo that the policy of u nation in regard to its in
fcnial policy, must be sought for in the laws of that
notion : that what those laws forbid it must be un
d< i-luod to be the policy ofthe State to prohibit,
ami that what those laivs do not forbid it must be
umlei stood to be the policy of the State to allow.
In every St,at*-, whatever may be its form of gov
ernment., then* is a sovereign power ; that sovereign
power may impose upon the subjects or citi
zens of such State what duties, obligations and
restrictions it may think lit : and it is anecea
sarv consliision that when the sovereign power
puts a limit to its enact men toy whether of obligation
or prohibition, it means to leave its citizens or sub
jects free in regard to uil matters not within the en
actments of the law. This principle is indeed ad
mitted by Mr. Buchanan’s not** of the 6th July,
wherein he lays it down that the neutral policy of the
United States is “ defined and enforced” ill the
statute of 1818.
Different countries have different laws in regard
to the enlistment of their subjects and citizens in the
military and naval service of other States, and these
laws vary according to the different policy of these
countries with resp< <*t to such matters.
In Great Britain the law not only prohibits re
cruiting or enlisting within tin? British dominion? for
the m i vice of any foreign State without the permis
sion of the Sovereign, but it goes further, and pro
hibits any subject of her Majesty from so enlisting,
even elsewhere, without the Royal permission. The
policy of Great Britain hence appears to be to pre
vent British subjects frpgp entering at all into the
worviee of foreign States without the permission of
the ('town.
The law of the United States appears to be differ
ent. Her Majesty's Government understood, and
that understanding is confirmed by Mr. Buchanan's
note of the fit 1 1 of July, ttiut the law* of the United
Stab s only forbids enlistments, recruiting, and con
tracts or engagements within the United States, and
hiring or retaining persons to quit the United States
with intent to be enlisted elsew here, but it does not
forbid citizens of the United States who may have
used their natural right of quitting the United
States to enlist into the service of a foreign State
when ttk'V have left their own country. Tin- sove
reign power of the United States might, it it had
chosen to do so, have followed its citi/.* ns with a
prohibitory’enactment beyond the territory of tin*
United State.- ; but it lifts not thought fit to do so,
and the just and inevitable conclusion is that what
it might have forbidden, but has not forbidden, it
Ims designedly allowed ; that is to say, iu other
words, that it is the policy of the United States to
prevent foreign enlistments within the United
Stales, but that it is not the policy of the United
States to forbid the citizens of the United States to
enlist when out of the United States into the service
of foreign States? if they should choose to do so.
Such being the state of this matter, it is obvious
that the British Government cannot justly be
chargid with any disregard of the policy of the Uni
ted States, nor with any disrespect to their sovereign
rights, by taking into the Queen's military service
any persons who, having come from the United
States, freely ami without contract or engagement,
into a British territory, might there be willing to en
list.
The real question at issue between her Majesty's
Gownum-nt and that of the United States, are,
whether the British Government ordered or con
templated any violation of the neutrality laws of the
United States , whether, if the British Government
did not order or contemplate such violation, those
laws were nevertheless violated by persons acting
with the authority or approbation of the British Go
vernment ; and, lastly, whether, if any violation of
the law of the United States did take place, sufficient
satisfaction has been given to the Government of
that country.
In regard to the. first point, the British Govern
ment neither ordered nor contemplated auy viola
tion xx hatev« r of the laws of the Umtx d States, but,
* ti the contrary, issued the most positive and repent
x*d ordeis that those laws should not be infringed by
anv persous acting under tlu ir authority.
in regard to the second point. Mr. Marey alleges
that, not withstanding the oniers ot the British Go
veninient, odieers and agents of that Government
did xvitbinthe United States, do things which were
a violation of the neutrality luxvs of the United
Stuti s, and Mr. Marey speciiieally makes this charge
again.*! Mr. Cramptou, her Majesty's Aliuister at
Washington, aud against her Miyesty’s Consuls at
Cincinnati. I’liiladelpliiu, anxl New York.
Withrespei t to Mr. Cramptou, the undersigned
has to slate that Mi . Crumpton positively and dis
tine ly denies the charge bi'ought agaiust him. He
<!<i hires that he never hired, or retained, or engaged
a rhiglx* pei>on within the United States for these)
; viee of her Majesty-, and that he never counte
naue. d or encouraged any violation of the law of
the United States. The charge brought against Mr.
(Tumpt. u is mainly founded upon evidence given
by 8: obe! on the trial x f Hertz, and on the so-call
eil Confession of 1 lertz himself. One of these per
sons. Strobe], w.is, in consequence of his miscon
duct, dismissed trom employment by tin- Lit*ut. Go
v. r iuu of N "x a Seotia.at Halifax, and aftenvards
applix iito Mr. Cramptou, am! cmlcavored to extort
money from him by a threat, which was of course
disregarded.
Tlie uudtTsigued has the honor to transmit as in
elosure* to tins note documents xvliiek suiHciently 1
prove that both Strobcl and Hertz an* xvliolly un
x\ ort by of credit. It is iuipos>ib!e for her Majesty’s i
(voveriuueut to set the assertions of such men as
these against the dei laration of Mr. Cramptou, a I
man of umpiestionablo liouor.
Toe undersigned must, indeed, remark that the t
whole puneed.ng in regard to tlie trial of Hertz was I
of sin-h a nature that whilst her Majesty's Minister
ai 1 her M; jx »ly s Consuls might lie. and indeed
were, ineulpateit by the evidence of unscrupulous i
xx itin *.*« *. that Miuisier and those Consuls had not J
any means or auy opportunity of rebutting the char- j
gx * xvhieh xy ere thus incidentally mid i u direct ly
browg!it against them.
A\ itli rx*garxl tx» her Majesty's Consuls at Cincin
nati. Philadelphia and New York, they ali expmllv !
deny the oharges v hioh have been brought against '
th« .n, nnd tl.ey declare that they have in no wav
xx hatev i t intr gx*xi the law sos the United States. *
W :t;i respect to Mr. Koweroft. her Majesty s Con
sul at Cincinnati, tlie undersigned has *to olwerx e
that legal proceedings against that gentleman are ;
still peed*::ir. As t»* tlie «nigin, character ami nn- ;
turcof those proeetalingsi. the umb i-sigaied might
have mueii to say ; but as they are still pending, lie
abstains from doing so, He* must, however, be i
px : miltexl tx> reinai'k that it xx-xuiid, at all evx-nts, be !
iiu o-*;.*teut with thx* plaint st prn eiplx-s «<f justice
to .s* iisi- u> establish! ii charge * widen are still tlie !
s i !*j« « x-matter of judicial investigation.
11 rax cusatiott against Mr. Mutiu-w. her Majes
ty’s Consul at Uhibi'ielphia. rests x ntirely upon as- i
* iti ..s made by H«-rtz. limse assertions are pos- ;
iiix'cix dcidxd by Mr. Matl;«xv *. ami her M.aiestv s
t»- vi i : .in ;.t c.’in scarcely beliex e that the Govern- <
Cuited States wit. tin ki
w's.t i it will have obtained of the character of
lbrt/.o'U hesitate to concur with the Oovem
“ -f tie: Majesty, in giving credit to Mr. Ma
\\ h r.-s-,to Mr. Pc . lay, her Majesty's ('on
' ■ u N’ «* h ork. i«* de. .ares Thai lie neither favored
.c a .eg. i iconi. ring it l Tparthripaiidin it, norwas
informed of tlie hiring, retaining, or engaging' ai!v
lb r Majesty’s (government cannot but accept the
denial of tho se gentlemen as more worthy of belief
a ti . ass< rtto: s and evidence of such nun as
ill : M? H.U. y ron*ider* ti d the conduct of Mr
B - vni g.e nthur ot' tlie barque •• Maun ' ought
'* . ' '•"a ' ••=»! r» :~v> why. Her Mahin-s tV
; x, ru: '|' : ‘*‘ >*‘»'i»M rwai! him. Up*u this thx* umler
* _.•.» 1 must x«i x-At Mr. Barclay received in
,
1 l; ii*‘i iin. it si< • !'. ’ hostile to
i j ‘ u, . ,u y ' «n«X'-with the mutralitv
1 \ no! u'x h .' vns Mr Barclay’s
.’ u ' * J\ • '.-ti’tiv-it** that iiifxxrmation
'V.tlK'lt! x.- fix t.i m >*i\ \t •, . . . vv ,
g eo. Ml lb - !.,v ;
1 .1 r f!,.>«*. r >„ I X. sa vX 1U
l . ut^ r 1 1 !l . at “J* ® r - 4. rauintoo sub
uutK-l this mft»nnaU*‘:i t.- the ; • • jM-r auUioritix-s v .f
■ t*. I n.tx-.IS: *tx * ti: .mlx-r tii.it * ! . x ;,i*-ht .it-t c r
ir •••'■ "lint j r-o ..» *t any. it inLriit beri-bt to
take tltx rx TI. ■ ••tfitvrf .*t‘thv Ur.it» «i Stntl >
ctHcntlcrcx! thx , , u* the “ Mau
ry" lo be sufficient t«* x ul! for x>u their
S
!>y them. -Ml not by Mr Barclay, xvhxxsx* conduct in
rx-jj.*«rxi to Hie “ Maury” -raf In strict jvrfonnaoce of
:.L< boy. and n-«cirrd the approval of her Majesty’s
Gi»x. rainent.
With »<*•. '•! to the last jfert, the undersigned
uxu.'t t v a-: tl.! itfft-rs of sati»:V-tion and to the ex
plaiiu! filread}- made. aC’i to the repc&tcd eX-
of Mm ?! it* »*n* regret of ler Majeet v * Go
i veiim.v i.i.ii! x-.iiii-ary to tl.eir iutcuUxUi and Lo thtir
iciitM atex! dirxt-j as. th.-re l»o* beeu of
i tl.* iax. wi th. Uuitk-d Suxtt.*.
ilo Laa now had tin* *ati>uu*tkhi of
tauiiu*:;...« .t*. the Gov. rmuent oftfaeUuked
State* Uiv (tilx'Uiciite and ilcxliiiaUQtk o! her Ma*
j«*tv V Minister M Washington, and of her Majesty’.- |
Consuls at Cincinnati. Philadelphia, aud New ioik j
a.** to the conduct imputed to them.
The Government o! ti e I'nited State? bail le * u '
led to auppose that the law arid th* .:e.vkreign right- :
of th- United State, had m t been j ■ e c* dby h-r ]
e (iovernuient, arui, r*-.yw*g upon evKh uce
d- > mod to be trust wot thy, they beli v* d that that
law aud rights Lad been infringed by Briiish
agent*. If such had been tin- case, the’Gov*-rn
*!••'ut of the United States would have been entitled
to demand, and her Majesty's Government would
riot have i.e-diated to afford the most ample r-ati.-tao
th>n. for no discredit can attach to the frank admis
sion and complete reparation of an unquestionable
wrong. Her Majesty's Government, however, un
equivocally disclaim any intention either to infringe
, the law or to disregard tLe p*jiicy o: uot to respect
the sovereign rights of the United States, and the
Government of the United States wiil now for the
j first time learn that her Majesty’s Minister at \Ya*h
[ ington, and her Majesty.- Consul* at New \t»rk,
1 Philadelphia and C'mcinnaUi, solermily affirm that
I they have not committed anv of the acts that have
1 been imputed to them. Toe Government of the
| United States will now also for the first time have
I ;„:i opportunity of weighing the declarations of four
1 gentleman of unimpeached honor and integrity
i against evidence upon which no reliance ought to
I be placed.
The undersigned cannot but express the earnest
; hope of her Majesty's Government that these ex
planations and assurances mav prove satisfactory to
: the Government of the United Mates, and effectual
! ly remove any misapprehension which may have
| hitherto existed : aud lie cannot doubt that such a
result will afford a? much pleasure to the Govern
: meut of the United States a? to that of her Majesty,
; by putting an end to a difference which ha* been
deeply regretted by her Majesty's Government :
J for there are no two countries which are bound by
Krong*-r ties or by higher considerations than the
United States and Great Britain to maintain nn
brok* n the relations of perfect cordiality and
friendship.
The undersigned, See. Clarendon.
j Summary of the. Enclosure* Accompanying Lord
Clarendon'* Despatch.
Among the principal*^‘enclosure**’ accompanying
tid? dispatch, mid confirmatory of its statements, are
sundry affidavits, and a letter of Capt. Strobe] V ad
dress'd to Mr. Crumpton, under date of Boston,
July 11. 1850. Strobel writes to Mr. Crampton,
Complaining that he has been cast off by Sir Ga.-pard
le Merchant, Governor of Nova Scotia, “as a useless
tool.” He solicits Mr. C. to place in his hands
ijlbO sterling, says that lie writes‘‘with burning
-name in Id? j my] heart. ' and has been twice “bv
[with] one of the best lawyers in Boston.’’ He also
recites c.rtnin circumstances connected witli the
British enlistment, and speaks of certain “written
orders to him [me| and hi* [my] officer? in the Uni
ted States, which lie holds [1 hold] still in his [my]
possession, requesting’accounts of money spent for
recruiting. &.C., signed by his excellency Mr.
i Crampton.’’ To which he adds: “In short, my
I lawyer told rnc that lie will take matters up the
| very moment I wish him to do so : and that he at
| once wiil procure my bail bv [my] turning State’s
| evidence. He then begs Mr. C. to spare him “this
i mean shameful act,” and to send him word by tele
graph if his request will be fulfilled and “when the
| money will be send,” [sent ] In case he should not
i receive the money by “next Thursday evening’' he
threatens to‘‘have at once all the parties urrested
from Boston to Louisville; my lawyer can proceed,
i and every written order in my possession,” &c. To
i which he adds : “Whatever may compromise the
! English Government and prove a violation of the
I neutrality law of the United States, I will put in hi*
| hand*. Furnish me with the means to leave and I
I .-tart witli the first opportunity to Europe.”
Next follows an affidavit of M. A. Thoman,of No.
7 Allen street, New York, who, on the 26th Octo-
I her, 1855, deposes that “from all In* knows and has
j l.« «*n informed he verily believes that Capt. Max.
j Strobel is and has been for some months prist in the
| pay of the Russian Government, and is made use of
by Russian official* in tin* United State?;” and that
t lie amount he [Strobel] receive* for the same has
been openly stated, namely, the sum of twenty five
dollars a week.
The affidavit of Henry J. Fack, .New York,
November 8, 1855, contradicts the statement made
under oath by Strobel during Hertz trial, to wit,
that he [Strobel] was in the Bavarian artillery; de
ponent, who “knew every man iti said artillery, says
and deposes that it is false, for there was no man of
that name in such artillery.”
The affidavit of Oscar Cromrey, New York, Octo
ber 27, 1855, sets forth the same statement as that
ol Henry J. Fack, as above mentioned.
The affidavit of Conrad Flinch, New York, Oc
tober 20, 1855, certifies that deponent “knows the
character of the said Max. Strobel for truth and ve
racity,” and that “such character is bad;” depo
nent would not believe him under oath.
The affidavit of Count L. Kazinski, New York,
October 22, 1855. certifies that Strobel informed de
ponent of i.is [Strobel’*] intention to turn State’s
evidence against Mr. Crampton, and tliat he urged
deponent to become a witness against Mr. Charles
H. Stantly, clerk of the British Consul in New York
* and, if possible, against the Consul himself, Mr.
Barclay.*’ Deponent also is “morally convinced”
that Strobel is in the pay of the Russian Govern
ment.
The affidavit of Schumacher, New York, No
vember 21*1855, certifies that one Loeb informed
deponent that lie had learned from Hertz, that he
[Hertz| had made five hundred dollars out of his
trial, and that lie had written to deponent’s infor
mant, Ijoeb, that he was coming to “New York
shortly to attend as witness in a similar suit.”
The affidavit of M. A. Theinan, Philadelphia, No
vember 2, 1855, certifies that lie had a conversation
with Sigismund Zeise, now the confidential clerk of
I*. U. Seherr, No. 142 Coates street, Philadelphia,
who stated to deponent that Hertz and himself had
been, about.two years and six months ago, in the
employment of said Seherr ; and that Hertz, while
thus employed, was guilty of certain swindling ope
rations. which are specified, and had endeavored to
induce the said Seise to join in the “ swindling pro
cess of sending articles of merchandise to different
persons without charging them in the books of the
concern or giving the firm credit lor the amount re
ceived therefor.” Deponent was further informed
by said Zeise that Hertz was consequently dismiss
ed byliis employer, the said Seherr.
The affidavit of Philip R. Seherr, Philadelphia,
March 7. 1856, certifies that deponent knows one
Henry Hertz; that he was employed by deponent
as salesman for two months: that his business
was that of selling goods and collecting money;
that he collected money to the amount of $1,500
ami upwards which he never accounted for or paid
over; and that deponent believes him entirely un
worthy of trust aud confidence and would not be
lieve him on oath.
The affidavit of M. A. Tlioman, Philadelphia, No
vember 2, 1855, certifies that deponent believes
Hertz has been paid by Russian officials in the city
of Philadelphia for having turned State’s evidence
in the enlistment trial.
The affidavit of William Melder, Philadelphia,
| November 2, 1855, certifies that deponent was
j present when Sigismune Zeise communicated toM.
A. Thoman the facts above recited by said Thoman,
j and that said facts are the same as reported by said
i Thoman.
Under the same date William Melder also eerti-
I tu s that Hertz, as is generally believed by the Ger
' man and Danish population of Philadelphia, acted
I us a spy in the Danish army during the Schleswig-
Holstein war in IS 18 to ISSI.
The affidavit of William A. Dobbyn, clerk to the
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, November J,
1855, certifies tlmt Hertz implored deponent to in
tercede mi his behalf with tin* British Consul of
Philadelphia and to procure for him pecuniary aid ;
that deponent did go to said Consul, who declined
to have any tiling to do with said Hertz. Depo
nent further certifies that Hertz “told him that the
Attorney General had tried his utmost to make him,
Hertz, implicate the Consul, telling him that it
would be to his advantage so to do. This last fact
deponent is positive of •, for when he [deponent] ex
pressed his [deponent’s] surprise, Hertz threw him
self into a theatrical attitude, touching his breast
and saying, ‘But he [the Consul] may be assured
of my honor.’ ”•
The affidavit of Franklin Butler, Philadelphia,
March fi, 1856, certifies that deponent knows Hertz,
that his character is bad in financial matters, and
that on false pretences he obtained two watches
from deponent, one of which the said Hertz em
bezzled.
The afthfhvit of Joseph P. Iliggs, Philadelphia,
February 28, 1856, certifies that he has been lor
three veins Inst, past sole book keeper at Jones’s
j Hotel, Philadelphia, and contradicts certain testi
mony of one Charles Burgh on the trial of Hertz.
The affidavit of Frederick Denicke, New York,
November 13,1855, cert ifies that lie heard Mr. Stan
ley, Secretary to the British Consul irt New York,
protest to certain Germans that “ he would not lend
himself to infringe the laws of the United States” in
tin* matter of enlistment.
The affidavit of Oscar Cromrcy, New York, Oc
tober 27, 1855. certifies that one George Nevins,
deputy United States Marshal, offered to procure
j deponent’s discharge from an indictment for viola
| ting the neutrality laws on the payment of a bribe
I for that purpose.
! The aifida\ it_of Joseph llowe, of Halifax, No
j \ ember 20,1855, certifies that a certain receipt, pro
duced by Hertz on his trial, and including upon its
! face the name of Geo. B. Mathew, (British Consul
ut Philadelphia.) is a forgery.
The affidavit of Dendy Sharwood, Philadelphia,
February 29,1856, certifies that Consul Mathew re
fused to have-any intercourse with Hertz, because
he believed him a scoundrel, &c.; and that depo
nent’s friends expressed surprise that deponent
should have anything to do with Hertz.
The affidavit of Thomas Lindsay Bucknall, Dub
lin. Ireland, sworn before the United States Consul,
certifies that he has read Hertz's “confession,” and
that most of its statements referring to deponent are
totally erroneous. Deponent further says that
Hert z told deponent he would be fevenged on the
English Government if they did not pay his ex
penses.
The affidavit of Ernst Arland, Philadelphia,
February 29, 1856, certifies that certain portions
of Hertz’s “confession” are to his knowledge un
true.
Ulie atbdax it of Andrew C. Craig, Philadx*lpliia,
March 3,183 d, certifies that deponent knows llcrtz,
that he has been in di-ponent’s employment about
two months, and that deponent does not think him
worthy of credit.
THE CENTRA!. AMERICAN QUESTION.
House of Commons, Mayo. —Sir E. B. Lytton
had already given notice of a motion with respect to
the correspondence recently laid before the House
connected xvith Central America. Before, however,
he moved the resolution on the subject which xvus at
present on the paper, lie would n.*k the noble lord at
tlie head of the Government, first, whether any an
swer had been received to the proposal of arbitra
tion submitted to the Government of the United
Buitx-s ; and, secondly, if that answer had not been
received, whether the noble lord was of opinion that
the discussion of the question next Friday might be
prxmature, or in any way prejudicial to the progress
x*f negotiations ! tHear, hear.) It would depend
upon the answer of the noble lord wltetherhe would
go on with hits motion ou Friday or, in order to give
greater time for thx reply of tlie* United State* Gov
ernment, postpone the discussion until after Whit
suntide.
I.A>rd Palmerston.—Her Majesty’s Government
have nxit yet received nnv reply’ to the proposal
madi* to the United States Government, that the
quest ions connected xvith Central America, should
be referred arbitration, though I should hope that
an answer will very shortly be received, either con
senting or giving reasons for declining that propo
sal. Os course, it is not for me to presume to throw
out any suggestions in order to influence lion, mem
bers in tt.x- pertbnnaiiee of their Ihirliamentry duty,
but still, as thx* !u»n. baronet Isas hat! the giVnlness
to submit his view*. I nm bound to say that I think,
with a view to national interests in question pend
mg between this country and the Government of
another country, that while a proposition, such
as that of referring the dispute ro arbitrate»n is
yet unanswx red. those national interest xvillbe best
x'x'iisuited if this H.-use abstain from entering into
a disc ussion of a question of this delicate nature un
til thx answer t*f thx* United States Government one
wav or the other has been received. If, therefore,
the lion, baronet, in the exercise of his discretion,
shoulxi pos*pone his motion to a later period after the
holidays. I confess. I think be woidxl be exercising
a sound judgment in the matter. {Cheers.)
Bir E. B. Lytton accordingly postponed Ids mo
tion.
I\*- H _ -
ment of the depxurits and coinage at the Mint of the
United Btat<*s during the first quarter. 1536 :
Deposit*.
Gold $0.0M>.510. < £!
Silver :ill,iMl3.S*
Total SMO»4M.US
Coinage — fro?J.
Double Eagles f'».036,120.00
Lug’. 311,550.f»0
11 nif Ka-Us (582,310 .(U)
Quarter Eagk-s 2S4,tn.HMH)
stamped Bar* -41,081.04
Stiveri
l>..::»rs- ««.50»y<l
(Quarter L»v4mrs 69x,.ikxi 00
Dimes 73,000.011
Half Dimes 72,000.00
Fine Silver Bars 23.758. 4 i
Copper.
Cents 4,551. M
Total $7 f>37 .ii‘.*o.22
! Correspondence • [the Baltimore American.
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS—I m. Session.
IN SENATE May 1-
T»'o mc.-.'.vjtri were received from the Presi- J
•del;, vetoing the bids recently passed for
j improvement of the mouth of the Mi .
: river a.id deepeuing the, flats on the St. ( lair
i river. The Pn-sideutsay*he returns them because
i he regards them as part.- of a general system of in
ternal improvements. and refers to his message of
1854. vetoing the river and harbor bill. The consid
eration of the subject was postponed till next
■ Wednesday.
! In relation to the bii! for the improvement of the
j St. Clair flats, the President says: “In considering it
i under the Constitution that the power of Comrresa to
I construct W<.ik* of interna! improvement is limited
to cases in which the work is manifestly needful and
: proper for the execution of some one or more of the
: powers expressly delegated to the General Govern
-1 ment, 1 have not been able to find for the pro
i j»osed expenditure any suck relative* unless it be
I to the power to provide for the common defence
and maintenance of the army navy. But on
! a careful examination of the subject, with the aid
‘ of information officially received .since my last an
nual message was communicated to Congress, has
| convinced me that the expenditure would serve no
i valuable purpose as constituting to the common de
; fence; because all which could be effected by i*
; would afford a channel of only twelve feet deep, and
• if so temporary a character that unless th** work was
done immediately. before the necessity for its use
i should arise, it could not be relied on for vessels
: even of the smallest draft, the passage v* Hkieh it
j would admit.
Relative to the Mississippi improvement, the
President repeats his constitutional objections to
works of internal improvement a? applicable to the
whole svslem, whether they consist of works in
land or in the navigable waters of either of '.he sea
coasts or interior lakes or river?.
Mr. Cass stated that he should ask leave wk«_n a
convenient opportunity occurred to show that he
had been misunderstood by Mr. Crampton in cer
tain correspondence with the British government.
Mr. Sumner made a speech on the Kansas ques
tion.
Mr. Sumner commenced his speech by saying, in
substance:
You arc now called to redress a great transgres
sion, in which is involved not only the liberty of a
distant territory, but the peace of the whole coun
try. Again-r Kansas a crime has been committed
without parallel in the* records of the past, worse
than anything done by Verresagain«-’s Sicily. Are
■ you against sacrilege ? I present it for your execra
tion. Are you against robbery ? I hold it up to
. yonr scorn. Are you for the* protection of Anieri
• can citizens ? I show you here their dearest right*
i have* be< n cloven down, while a tyrannical usurpa
- lion has installed itself on their very necks.
| This crime hazards civil war. It all proceeds
• from the slave power, which is the criminal. In op
posing it we are not “fanatical” or “seotional,” as
• was sdd by the Senator from South Carolina, [Mr.
- Butler] who is the Don Quixotte of slavery. The
[ Senator from Illinois [Mr. Douglas] is the squire of
« slaverv, its Sancho Panza ; ready to do ai! its liu
; miliatiug offices. lie cannot compel obedience to
this usurpation. He imitates the British officer,
who, with boastful swagger, said he would cram tin*
t “stamp down the throats of the American people,”
and hi* will meet with n similar failure.
I Mr. Sumner then considered the crime against
Kansas in its origin and extent, and next, the apolo
, gies for the crime, dwelling .particularly upon tbe
• assault upon the Emigrant Aid Committee, which
: he characterized as infamous, and vindicating Mas
« saebnsetts.
Without concluding, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House took up Mr. Wheeler’s joint resolution
. authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to dispatch a
i vessel with provisions privately contributed for the
Cape de Verde sufferers.
Mr. Kelley briefly referred to the liberality of
f New York in aiding the starving people, appealing
• to the generous sympathies of the House to puss u
• resolution for an appropriation of money.
Mr. Smith, of \ irgiuia, said that while deeply
feeling for their distressed condition, he was not
willing, even in this trilling particular to usurp
. power.
Mr. Galloway asked leave to introduce a resolu
! tion requesting the President ofthe United States to
i inform the House whether lit* has information ofli
• cially or otherwise, of the murder of three American
citizens, Messrs. Dow, Barbour and Brown, residing
in Kansas ? Whether legal steps have been taken
for the prosecution of tin* murderers ? Also, wheth
er he has information relative to the forcible abduc
tion of Win. Phillips, and of his being carried across
the Missouri, and there tarred and feathered; and
likewise regarding the tarring and feathering of
Ker Pardee Butler, at Atchinsoa’s, and the shooting
of Mr. Mace, which attempt-was made to kill him,
after he had given his testimony before the House
investigating committee ; and whether legal steps
have been taken for the prosecution of the persons
engaged in these outrages ? Also, whether the
President has issued any special instructions for the
protection and preservation or American citizens in
Kansas from violence and murder?
Mr. Gallowav, «t the instance of Mr. Smith, of
Virginia, added a clans.- calling for information re
lative to the murder of Sheriff Jones.
Air. Giddings said the gentleman had better wait
until the sheriff would die.
Mr. Ruffin was opposed to such a string of none
sense, and therefore objected.
Mr. Galloway moved a suspension of the rules, in
order that he might introduce the resolution. The
question was determined in the negative—yeas 102 ;
nays 55, not two-thirds.
Air. Keitt moved a suspension of the rule in order
to introduce a resolution providing for an adjourn
ment of Congress on the oth of August. Decided in
the negative— yeas 62, nays 77.
Mr. Walker moved to discharge the committee
of the whole on the state of Union from the consid
eration of the bill for continuing the improvement of
the Mobile river. This was disagreed to—yeas 72
Mr. Pringle asked, but did not obtain, leave to
introduce a resolution providing for a select com
mittee to report on the subject of the Washington
Aqueduct.
Air. Smith, of Virginia, introduced a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Navy for informa
tion relative to that branch of the public service.
The House then adjourned.
IN SENATE May 20.
Air. Seward ineffectually urged the passage of the
House joint resolution in reference to the Cape de
Verde sufferers.
The bill making appropriations for Consular and
Diplomatic expenses was passed.
Mr. Benjamin, from the committee on Commerce,
reported u joint resolution requiring the Commision
er of Patents to take necessary steps to obtain infor
mation relative to the growth and consumption of
tobacco and cotton in the several countries of the
world. Passed.
Mr. Summer proceeded to consider the various
remedies proposed for the crime against Kansas,
which he successively considered under different
heads: First. The remedy of tyranny, in the shape
of appropriations, and troops to enforce the usurpa
tion. Second. The remedy of folly, proposed by
the senator from South Carolina, [Air. Butler.] —
Third. The remedy of injustice and civil war, pro
posed bv the Senator from Illinois, |Atr. Douglas]
and lastly, the remedy of justice and peace, pro
posed by the Senator from New York, [Air. SewardJ
which last would admit Kansas at once with her
present population.
All the objections to such admission were consid
ered, whether grounded on a want of population, or
irregularity of form ; and the precedent of Alichignn
was particularly reviewed. Here Air. Buchanan’s
opinions were introduced, who vindicated Michigan
on grounds precisely applicable to Kansas. In eon
elusion, the comparison was made between the
tyranny of the President in Kansas, and the tyranny
of King George 111.
From Congress he appealed to the people in the
coining Presidential election to vindicate Kansas.
Let the ballot-box of the Union, with multitudinous
might, protect the ballot-box there.
When Mr. Sumner had concluded, Mr. Ca.ss said
that he had listened to his speech with equal regret
and surprise. He regarded it as the most un-Ame
rican and unpatriotic speech that lie had ever heard
upon this floor, and he hoped he might never hear
such another, here or elsewhere, lie did not now
rise, however, to make any extended comments on
that speech, open ns it was to censure and disap
probation, but t > say that the Senator from Massa
chusetts had totally misunderstood and misapplied
the ease of Michigan, which he had cited in justifi
cation of the action of the Topeka convention. Tie
briefly proceeded to show that there was no analogy
between the proceedings in Michigan and those in
Kansas.
Mr. Doiiglas replied to the personalities in Mr.
Sumner's speech. lie would not reply to tin* argu
ment, for it xvas a re-hash of the same to which he
had replied txviee before. He compared it to a patch
work bed-quilt—made up from all of the old calico
dresses in the house ; and he said that most of his
classical allusions xvere taken from those portions of
the classics which were suppressed in decent and
respectable colleges. That speech was written and
committed to tlie memory, and was practiced before
tin* glass, with ii negro boy to hold the candle* and
xvatch thx.* gestures. It was rehearsed to his friends,
and they repeated it in the saloons of the city wlmt he
was about to say. Those libels and insults, grojxs
and vulgar as they wx*re, had been conned over, and
written with cool, deliberate malignity, and repeat
ed night after night till they were thoroughly learn
ed, so that he might have tlie appropriate grace to
spit them at those men who differed lrom him. What
right had lie to arraign three fourths of the Senate
for dereliction of duty ? Did tlie means by which
lie got his seat here give him any superiorityi He
had taken an oatli to support the Constitution, and
yet he had violated that Constitution by refusing to
obey the fugitive slave law ; at the same time he
had arraigned him [Mr. Douglas] as a conspirator
aml traitor.
| He alluded to Air. Sumner’s attack on Senator
Butler, who was now absent, and said that he knew
xvliat would happen. On his return tlie Senator
from Massachusetts would whisper a secret apology
in his x*ar, and want him tx> accept that in return lbr
a public attack. Mr. D. knew how that xvas done.
(Laughter.] He then defended General. Atchison
from the charge of acting the part of Catiline.
Mr. Mason s;ii«i thut t! .• i;< •■< s*iti« s of the p
cal relations of Southern Senators in obedience to
t!:x* forms of government brought them into associa
tions in this chamber xvhieh would be dishonorable
! elsewhere. They bear it in obedience to *he Const!
| tution, the trusts of which they have undertaken to
! perform. He was particularly severe on Mr. Sum
1 ner, and accused him of falsification regarding
! Southern institutions.
Mr. Sumner replied to Messrs. Cass, Mason and
! Douglas, and xvas especially severe towards, tlie
I latter, likening him to a certain nameless animal
! xvhieh emits a noisome odor. He wanted Air.
Douglas to mark this.
Air. Douglas said lie should not follow Air. Sum
ner’s example in that respect.
Air. Mason said he thought Air. Sumner was non
compos mentis. This remark produced laughter.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Air. Bennett, of New York, from the Committee
on Public Lands, reported a bill granting one mil
ium and forty-eight thousand acres in Wisconsin, for
the construction of three railroads therein, embra
cing a length of 500 miles. An ineffectual motion
was made to table the bill. .
The time was consumed in calling the yeas and
navs on various questions, and pending tlie consid
eration of the bill, the House adjourned.
IN SENATE May 21.
Mr. Collaincr introduced a bill to test the prac
ticability and usefulness of the atmospheric tele
r * Mr. Foot reported a bill to permit the Legislature
of lowa to determine tor that State the application
of a grunt of land heretofore made in aid of the con
struction of railroads therein.
The Senate passed the bill giving a monthly
pension of tliirt v dx.liars for life to John Nugent, of
New York, who lest both arms ou board the
United States sloop of-xvar Germantown, while fi
ring a salute in honor of the birth-dav of the Queen
of §paio.
Tli.- bill to grant the ritrh: of pre-emption in cer
tain lauds to the Indiana yearly meeting of the So
ciety of Friends, was passed.
Mr. Mason discussed the subject of the Naval
Board. He thought that great injustice had been
done bv their action : and it was due to the coun
try. due to the Service, and due to the equity of the
age in which we live, that this great wrong should
be redressed, and tliat the findings of the Board
should be set aside in toto, as far as it was compe
tent for C. ingress to do it.
XVl.eu he had concluded, the subject was post
poned until tomorrow.
Mr Beniamin then gave his reasons why the Se
nate should pass the bid, and make an appropria
tion for removing the obstructions to navigation at
tiie mouth of the Mississippi river, the objections of
the President to the contrary notwithstanding. He
did not propose to detain the Senate with a long
discussion on a subject in regard to which every
Senator had probably made up his mind, but be
would not permit a vote to be taken without calling
some attention to tlie very extraordinary positions
assumed bv the President in his veto message He
adverted to tlie fact that at a former session the Pre
sident bad vetoed the genera, river and harbor im
provement bill, at tlie same time intimating that he
would approve and sign separate bids, making ap
propriations for a great many of the works. This
bill was therefore drawn up incompliance with the
suggestion of the President, and that now he had
changed his entire principles up..n the subject, and
had refused to give pis approval to any billot this
kind whatever. Mr B. said he believed that the
deliberate judgment of the American people was
against that of the President.
Mr. Toombs saidthat. approving as he did of the
intrepid fidelity of the President to the Constitution
in returning these bills, he desired to defend his j
course at.gome length ; and as the boar irH.- late, I
the subject wa postponed until tomorrow.
After on executive se.-rioa, the Senate adjourn
• house.
The Wiscon.-in Laud Biil wa& passed—yeas til,
Bays 07. !
Mr Cobb, of Alabama, from the committee on
Public Lands, reported a bill granting lands in aid
of Railroads in Alubaina, and it' was passed—yeas
74,nays 01.
Mr. Bliss, of Ohio, made an anti-slavery speech.
The House then adjourned.
IX SENATE ~ May 23.
A Wa4 received from the Prcaiident, re
turning. with his objections, the bill making appro
priations for the improvement of St. Mary's river,
Michigan.
Mr. Seward submitted a resolution that a com
mittee of five members be appointed by the Presi
dent. pro tem.. to inquire into the circumstances
attending the assault committed on the person of
the Hon. Charles Sumner.a member of the Senate,
in the Senate Chamber yesterday; and that said
committee be instructed to report'on the statement
of facts together with their opinions thereon to the
Senate.
At the suggestion of Mr. Masou, the resolution
was amended so as to provide that the committee
be elected by the Senate, whereupon Messrs. Cass.
Alien, Dodge, Pearce and Geyer were elected said
committee.
Mr. Wilson said : The- seat of my colleague is
vacant to-day. For the first time alter five years
of public service, that seat is vacant. Yesterday,
after the touching tribut* of respect to the memory
of a deceased member of the House of Representa
tives, the Senate adjourned. My colleague remain
ed in his seat engaged in his public duties, w hile
thus engaged, with a pen in his hand, setting in a
position which rendered him utterly incapable of
protecting or defeudiug himself. Mr. Preston 8.
Brooks, a member of the House of Representatives,
approached him unobserved, and abruptly address
ed him. Looking up, and before lie had time to
utter a single word in reply, lie received a stunning
blow upon ti»e head from a cane in the hands of Mr.
Brooks, which made him almost senseless and un
conscious.
Endeavoring, however, to protect himself, in ri
sing from his chair his desk was overthrown, and
while in that powerless position he was beaten upon
the head and shoulders by repeated blows, until he
sunk upon the floor .of the Sena:-.. exhausted, un
conscious. and covered with his ow n biood. He
was raised from the floor by a few friends and taken
into tiie ante-room, and had his wounds dressed and
then carried to his iionic and placed upon his bed.—
He is now unable to be with us to-day and to per
form the duties which belong to him as a member of
this body. To assail a member of the Senate tor
words spoken in debate, and out of this chamber, is
a great offence, not only against the rights of a
member, but the constitutional privileges of this
body; but sir, to come into this chamber and assault
a member in his seat until he falls exhausted upon
the floor, is an offence requiring the prompt action
of this body.
Sir, I submit no motion. I leave it to older Sena
tors. whose character and position in this Senate,
and before the country, eminently tit them to take
the lead in measures*’ to redress the wrongs of a
member of this body, and vindicate the honor and
dignity of the Senate.
Mr. Stewart gave notice that lie should, at an ear
ly day, ask leave to submit an amendment to the rules
of the Senate, declaring it out of order lbr any Sen
ator in debate to use language reflecting upon the
conduct or motives of any other Senator discour
teously, or improperly reflecting upon the action of
a Stale other than the one represented by the Sena
tor speaking.
A large number of private bills were considered
and passed, after which the Senate adjourned until
Monday next.
HOUSE.
Mr. Washburue, of Maine, from the committee on
Elections, reported a resolution that James C. Al
len, of Illinois, is nut, and William B. Archer is en
titled to the seat now held by the former. Mr. Ste
phens has prepared a minority report.
The consideration of the subject was postponed
till ihe month of June.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, rising to a question of
privilege, offered the following :
Whereat, on the 22d of May the Hon. Preston S.
Brooks and Hon. Lawrence M. Keitt, members of
this House from South Carolina, and other members,
either as principals or accessories, perpetrated a
violent assault on the person of Hon. Charles Sum
ner, Senator of the United States from Massachu
setts, while remaining in his seut in the Senate
Chamber, and while in the performance of tin* du
ties appertaining to his oilicial station. Therefore,
Jit solved, That a select committee of live mem
bers be appointed by the Speaker to investigate the
subject and report the facts with such resolution in
reference thereto as in their judgment may be prop
er and necessary for the vindication of the charac
ter of this House, and that said committee have
power to send for persons and papers, and employ
a clerk and sit during the session of the House.
A debate ensued upon a point of order.
Mr. Smith, of Virginia, suggested to Mr. Camp
bell the propriety of striking out the preamble. It
assumed us fact that which could only be ascertained
us such on examination. Mr. Campbell was willing
to modify the preamble, which he did, to read—
“ Whereas, it is represented, &.C.*' It was, he
said, due to the House and ail parties, that facts
should he presented in some authentic form, and
could only be done fully and fairly through the com
mittee.
Mr. Clingman said lie was m>t satisfied wit li the state
ment in tiie preamble, that it was a gross falsehood,
but he did not mean that Mr. Campbell had inten
tionally made ail untrue declaration. The gentle
man mistook him.
Tiie Speaker decided the proposition in order.—
He said, substantially, that it was represented or
charged that a member of the House had assaulted
a Senator while in discharge of his official duties.—
The Senate could not interfere with a member of the
House, but it belonged to the House, if one of its
members had violated the privilege ol the Senate, to
make an investigation, it being the proper tribunal
for that purpose. The Senate being aeo ordinate
branch of Congress, and covered by some constitu
tional privilege, it was the duty of the Chair to re
ceive Mr. Campbell’s proposition as a question of
privilege.
Mr. Clingman appealed from the decision of the
Chair.
Mr. Craige was satisfied Air. Keitt was not con
cerned in the matter in any way stated.
Air. Campbell replied that if it should be passed,
certainly no wrong would be done.
Air. Iveitt said he thought the dignity of the
House required the investigation. His personal
relations with the parties had always been those of
friendship.
Ah. Paine inquired : Is this resolution the re
sult of precedent of action outside this hall, or of
caucus f
Mr. Campbell replied that not one word had he
heard passed by a member of any party as to such a
course, lie was influenced alone by the dictates of
his own judgment and sense of public duty. As to
who perpetrated the outrage, lie only knew from
what lie had heard, although lie saw Air. Sumner ly
ing in the ante room adjoining the Senate Chamber,
with gashes on bis head to the bone, and blood flow
ing over him.
Mr. Clingman repeated that he would leave the
offender, Air. Brooks, to answer to the law.
Air. Letcher said that several years ago, Post
master General Hubbard was attacked by George
Briggs, a member of the House, yet neither he
(Air. Letcher) nor Mr. Campbell thought it pro
per to bring the subject to the attention of the
House.
The Speaker made a personal explanation. He
hud not been a party to any deliberation or con
sultation on tins matter ; and lmd no knowledge
of the proposition until it was made from the clerk’s
desk.
Air. Brooks explained. I take the entire respon
sibility on myself, and state on my honor as a
gentleman, no human being besides myself knew
when or where the transaction was intended to be
made.
Mr. McQueen informed Air.* Campbell that a pro
cess had been instituted against his callengue, Mr.
Brooks, who was amenable to the laws of the coun
try.
Mr. Campbell said he had no purpose to put any
party in a false position, but he merely wished to as
certain the facts, there being so many rumors preva
lent.
Mr. Haven appealed to Mr. Campbell to omit the
name of Air. Keitt from the preamble.
Mr. Campbell assented.
Several gentlemen wanted him to strike out the
words “other members,” but he refused, saying lie
ha<l reasons for retaining them.
Mr. Keitt remarked that as his name had been
withdrawn, he would say that he did not know the
time nor place where the act &ould b«- committed,
and when it was committed he was behind the chair !
of the President of the Senate, with gentlemen from
his own State; and he did not seethe beginning of it.
Therefore he had not the slightest preconcert with
his colleague.
Under the operation of the previous question,
Air. Campbell’s proposition was adopted—yeas 1)3 ;
nays (58.
The Speaker appointed Air. Campbell, of Ohio,
Allison, Cobb, of Georgia, Greenwood and Spinter,
the committee.
Air. Allison was excused at his own request.
Air. Stanton offered a resolution directing the ar
rest of Judge Lecomptc and Marshal Donaldson of
Kansas, to be brought before the bar of the House,
to answer for contempt and a breach of privilege
and dignity, in issuing and serving process against
ex-Gov. Reeder.
The Speaker decided this not a question of privi
lege.
Mr. Stanton withdrew his resolution.
Various reports were made from standing com
mittees, after which the House adjourned.
Murders by the Indians. —We take the follow*
iug from the Palatka (Fla.) Democrat of the *22d
inst : We learn from Brig. Gen. Clinrchliill, of the
U. S. army, that while on his way from Tampa here,
he took lodgings for the night on Wednesday, the
14th inst., at the house of Whitfield, thirty-six miles
from Tampa. Before he left Whitfield's he learned
that the Indians approached Capt. Bradlev's house,
a few miles distant. Bradley’s family had returned
from supper, and the children were in an open pas
sage of the house, when ludians fired a volley
which killed a little girl and mortally wounded a boy
fifteen years old ; he ran into the house, get a gun
and returned to the passage to fire when lie fell
dead. The mother, Mrs. Bradley, ran out and car
ried her children into the house. The Indians shot
at her without hurting her or any more of her child
ren.
Capt. Bradley, who was prostrated on his bed by
sickness, arose and returned a fire on the Indians
with two or three guns which he had in his house,
whicli caused them to withdraw. Capt. Bradley
had a married daughter living at a distance, but
within hearing of the firing. She sent a negro boy
to ascertain the cause—he went to Bradley’s house
and returned without molestation —he did not see the
Indians. Bradley thinks there were not less than
fifteen Indians, although at the first discharge his
daughter did not hear more than six or seven re
ports. He was also of the opinion that the ludians
were about his house all night.
Capt. Bradley sent a statement of the facts to
Gen. Churchill ; and besides this information, Gen.
Churchill saw persons who had visited Bradley’s
house. The mail stage between Ocala and Tampa is
discontinued, Gen. Churchhifl was in the first
Seminole War of 1836, and was lately ordered out
here, on a tour of observation, by the Secretary of
War.
Mr. Cra.mi ton's Case.—The Union of yester
day intimates that Lord Clarendon’s letter will not
change the decision of the Administration to dismiss
Mr. Crompton. It says :
We conclude, therefore, that the impression
sought to be made, that Lord Clarendon's letter is
likely to relieve Mr. Cramp ton from the charge
made against him. and to induce our government
to change its policy us indicated bv demanding his
recall, is without any foundation. Whatever course
our government may deem it proper to pursue un
der the circumstance, it is gratifymg to know that,
as the case now stands, the British government can
have no pretext for being seriously offended. It
can surely be no cause of hostilities if our govern
ment chooses to adhere to its conviction that the
evidence is conclusive to Mr. Crumpton's guilt; and
for that reason, whilst it accept the disclaimer as to
any intentional violation of our laws or rights by the
British government, should determine that Mr.
Crampton’s continuance here as minister would be
incompatible with a proper regard for our nation
al self-respect. We do not know what may
t>e the course of the administration, but we have
deemed it proper t«> make these suggestions as
to the result of our reading of the reply of Lord Cla
rendon.
A Washington letter says :
Mr. Mart y is engaged in the preparation of a re
ply to Lord Clarendon’s last paper. It will hardlv
be completed this week. lie has every disposi
tion to receive the disavowal of the British gov
ernment in a becoming spirit, while vindicating
the position of’ the admml-tration. and not abandon
ing the personal issue involving Mr. Crumpton. It
is supposed that the mode of final arrangement will
be so managed as to remove ail just cause of excep
tion, and relieve any well founded anxiety concern
ing the relation* of the two countries. An amica
ble solution may be confidently • xj»ected, if the
feeling on the other ?dde be eorre*pouding!y sin
cere.
An effort L* being made to induce Mr. Clayton to
qualify his recent declarations regarding Mr. Cramp
t< »n. so as te admit ot the extrication of the letter on
the ground of mistake or misapprehension. Mr.
Clayton is inclined to Lear these appeals, but is not
decided.
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Hon. Henry M. Fuller’* Vindication.
Tiie fact, that the Southern members of Congress,
of the American party, voted for Mr. Fuller, for
Speaker, has rendered him the special object of at
tack by the Anti-American press and members of
Congress ; by whom he has been most vilely tra
duced. Among others, the Hon. Geo. W. Jones, of
Tennessee, a recent convert to squattereovereignty,
in a letter to his constituents, took occasion to
spread before them the following paragraphs, which
he alledged was an extract of a letter addressed by
Mr. Fuller, on the 18th of August, 1849, to a Mr.
B. F. Saxton:
“You state in your letter that the Free Sailers
will hold a Convention at Hyde Park, on the 30th
inst. There is a pretty strong probability that 1
will bo in the field for Canal Commissioner , and it
would certainly aid my prospects very materially
to receive a nomination from your party.
“/ am in favor of Free Sod. free speech, free la
bor, and free men : being a XVilmot Proviso man
up to the hub, and utterly opposed to the extension
of slavery.
“ 77/e matter tv ill require prudent management,
and 1 know of no man who can accomplish it better
than yourself. It would be bad policy, to attempt it
without a certainty of success. Consult with our
mutual friends, Haekley and Johnson, and write me
soon. Yours truly,
Henry M. Fuller.”
Tiiis alledged extract has been extensively circu
lated by the Anti-American members of Congress,
and published throughout the South by their organs,
as a genuine document. This course on the part of
his opponents, has called forth an elaborate and
powerful vindication of himself by Mr. Fuller, in
a speech in the House, in which he distinctly charges
the above alledged extract to be a forgery and
fraud. He said he never knew any such man as
B. F. Saxton, and never wrote him or any one else
any such letter. He, however, did write a letter to
F. Saxton, which he laid before the House and
which we subjoin :
Wilkesbarre, August 18, 1849.
My Dear Sir: Your favor of tl.e 15th inst. was
duly received, and the matter of Air. liacklev shall
have immediate attention. I will write you fully in
a few days. Let us have a little private talk on the
subject of our State election. You state that a Free
Soil Convention will meet at Ilyde Park on the 30th
instant, and that you will attend as a delegate.—
The Whig Convention met at Harrisburg day be
fore yesterday. We have received no intelligence
yet, but will this evening or in the morning. My
friends here are confident of my nomination. 1 have
really very little feeling on the subject. The office
is not of uiy liking—still, if nominated, I shall de
sire an election. If your friends should persist in
maintaining a distinct organization, and make a
separate nomination, as has been suggested, it will
do injury. You say you are friendly, and desire to
aid my election. I believe you are so, and would
suggest, therefore, that you prevail upon your
friends to make no nomination. How this is to be
accomplished, you will best understand—perhaps by
resolution; consult with our mutual friends, Fam
-Imm and Hackley—they are both substantial, sen
sible men, and competent to advise in the mutter. —
On the subject of Free Soil, I believe our people
here and everywhere are in favor of free labor and
free men. 1 certainly am oppposed to extending
slavery, and desire whatever can rightly be done to
restrain or ameliorate it should be done.
It is an exciting question, calculated to pro
duce much inflammation and extreme opinion. I
would avoid undue excitement, but at the same
time insist upon the rights and interests of my sec
tion, doing no injustice to any other. But enough of
this—ours is a State canvass, and this question can
hardly be considered an issue. If I should be nomi
nated by the Harrisburg Convention, my chief de
sire in securing the election, will be to obtain a
popular indorsement of the measure 1 advocated in
the Legislature last winter, and about which we
had so much trouble—the completion of the North
Branch Canal; its completion, in my judgment,
will not only be of large benefit to us here, but ve
ry materially increase the State revenue. It is des
tined to do a large business. Its merits are not un
derstood. I shall stump the State, probably, and
talk to the people on the subject.
Let me hear from you soon.
Yours, respectfully,
H. AI. Fuller.
F. Saxton, Esq., Archibald, Pa.
The genuine letter, it will be perceived, is a very
different article from the extract published by the
Anti-American organs and members of Congress.—
Whether they will have the honor or magnanimity to
do justice to Mr. Fuller will be seen. That it is a
base attempt to traduce Mr. Fuller before the
country, no impartial man will controvert.
Mr. Fuller was not content with pronouncing
the letter a forgery, but lie fortified his statement
by the concurrent testimony of Mr. Saxton himself,
to whom the genuine letter was written, and Air.
Farnh am, who saw the genuine letter. We subjoin
their letters to Air. Fuller :
Archi it ald, Sept. 13, 1849.
My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 12th instant is
before me. 1 um exceedingly mortified about this
matter, and angry also ; and more angry than mor
tified. Mr. Fuller wrote me a private letter about
the middle of last month, which has been stolen from
my possession; I cannot tell how, nor by whom,
though I have my suspicions. The published letter
has been most damnably altered, and made consid
erably stronger than when I saw it. I will try to
set it right. I wish you would write Air. Fuller and
explain it, as without explanation he will think very
meanly of me.
Yours, &c., F. Saxton.
Toll. Al. Harding, Wilksbarre, Pa.
Archibald, Alay 2(5,1850.
Dear Sir: My attention has recent ly been called
to a letter published in the Luzerne Union, purpor
ting to have been written by you in August, 1849,
to Mr. B. F. Saxton, of this place. It appears to me
there must be some mistake about this matter. Just
prev i« ms to your nomination for Canal Commissi mer,
I well remember, Frederic Saxton, a lawyer of this
place, (and no other Saxton ever resided here,) ex
hibited to me a letter from you to him, but, to the
best of my recollection, a very different one from
that now published. A short time after, lie informed
me that the letter had been stolen, altered and
published in Philadelphia. That publication how
ever, I never saw; but the more recent one, in the
Luzerne Union, I have read, as well ns the com
ments of the press thereon. I deem it but justice
to you to state my recollection of this matter. There
was not, to the best of my recollection, any mention
of the Wilmot proviso in your letter. You did ex
press yourself adverse to slavery extension, but did
not avow any sympathy with the Fret-soil party ;
and being myself, at that time a member of that
party, and knowing well your political sentiments,
I may say, truthfully, I do not believe you felt any
sympathy for us. If I remember aright the main
object of your letter was, to influence Air. Saxton to
exert himself to prevent any nomination or any dis
tinct party action Freesoilers whatever. I
have known your political sentiments ever since
you entered upon political life; they have always
been moderate ami conservative—never ultra or
extreme. You have always been known distinctive
ly as a Whig—a conservative Whig—but never as
an Abolitionist, or as having entertained any Abo
lition tendencies or sentiments. I make these re
marks to you for the reason that my name was allu
ded to in the letter to Saxton ; and from the fact of
mv having seen the letter, my silence might be con
strued as evidence that the letter, as published in the
Union, was a true copy of the original. 1 have no
doubt but that the letter, as published in that paper,
has been materially altered.
I am, truly, yours,
John P. Farnham.
lion. Henry M. Fuller.
When Mr. Fuller wrote to Saxton, he expected
to be nominated by the Whig State Convention as
their candidate for Canal Commisioner, and was so
nominated. Ilis opponent, the Democratic nominee,
was John A. Gamble, nominated by a Democratic
State Convention whicli, among other tilings, de
clared it a violation of Stale Righta to carry slave
ry beyond State limits; and, during the canvass,
Mr. Gamble wrote the free soilers the following let
ter, from which it appeal's that lie, and not Mr. Ful
ler, was the freesoiler:
Ist ter from Mr. (iambic. Democratic candidate fur
Canal Commissioner of Pennsylvania in 1849.
Jersey Shore, Sept. 13, 1849.
Gentlemen—l have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 4th inst., propounding
to me the following questions, in pursuance of your
appointment as a committee for that purpose by a
meeting of “Freesoil Democrats” held at Tioga, on
the 3d of September inst.
However reluctant I feel to give publicity to my
“views” upon a subject so foreign and distinct from
the duties and functions of the office for winch I
have the honor to be the candidate of the Demo
cratic party, I cannot, nevertheless, decline to an
swer questions emanating from, and deemed im
portant by, so respectable a public meeting of my
fellow-citizens.
To the first question, namely : “ What are your
views in relation to the constitutional power of
Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories be
longmgto the United States ?” I answer: that in
my humble judgment, Congress possesses such con
st ltutional power.
To the second question, namely : “ If you be
lieve Congress possesses the requisite authority for
that purpose, are you in favor of the passage of an
act extending to all such Territories the principles of
the ordinance of 1787 V’ I answer: that I am in
favor of the passage of such an act, or the adoption
of any other constitutional measure deemed neces
sary, in order to prohibit the further extension of hu
man slavery.
With sentiments of the highest respect, I remain
your obedient servant,
_ „ John A. Gamble.
b . L. Smith, V. C. Webb, and Levi Bigelow, Esqs.
We have deemed it but just to Mr. Fuller, and
to the Southern American members of Congress
who voted for him, to lay the above facts before our
readers. They not only vindicate Mr. Fuller, but
conclusively establish the Freesoilism of the Demo
crat (Gamble) who opposed Fuller, and of the
Democratic State Convention that nominated Gam
ble. Let the people read, and reflect upon the
character of a party whose leaders are driven to
such means to accomplish their ends.
Death of one of the Victims of the Panama
Outrage in New York.—George C. Fields, one
of the wounded in the late brutal assault on the pas
sengers at Panama, died at the Hospital in New
York on Tuesday from the effects of his w ounds. He
had received two saber wounds in the face, each of
which was about six inches in length, and penetra
ted through the bones and cheek,knocking out most
of his teeth. Besides these w r ounds, the contents of
a musket loaded with buckshot and slugs were
poured into his forehead, and penetrated the flesh
and scalp. John Fields, an elder brother of the
deceased, also lost his life in the Panama riot. The
deceased was robbed of all the money he had on his
person at the time of the riot, and nearly all
his clothes w ere torn from his body.
GoL C. I-. M. Garnett, late Chief Engineer of
the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, we are pleased
to see, says the Abingdon Virginian, has been ap
pointed Chief Engineer of the Don Pedro Railroad,
in Brazil.
Miss Pellet will Lecture in Charleston, on Mon
day evening, on Nicaragua. She was in Coluxn
bia last night.
Peace or War.
It would be frivolous to deny the fact th;R the
Central American dispute has lately taken tiie as
pect of a war quest ion. The ominous words of Lord
Aberdeen about drifting into a war—Avoids si* un
consciously bitter on modern -statesmanship—are
now heard on both sides of the Atlantic. Drifting
| most assuredly are the United States aud England
; at this hour on a stormy sea, far away from a peace
ful haven, with no faithful pilot to save them from
a collision. With every motive to be on terms of
friendship, such as springing from one family, Bpcak
iug the same lauguage, observing the same forms of
faith, journeying together in the advance guard of
civilization and progress, enriching each other with
the fruits of industry and science, and proudly lov
ing each other in ail their better moments, they are
drifting into a sanguinary contest solely through
the incompetency of the men at the helm of atVairs.
Blind, blind, blind are the wretched politicians
who bear the name of Palmerson or Pierce, Cla
rendon or Marcy. Without a ray of genius, that
fight which makes luminous the darkest path, and
with but a modicum of patriotism, and that much per
verted by the love of place, they rush on from folly
to folly, heeding not the quick sands that surround
them. They are the Micawbers of statesmen ; they
expect “something will turn up’’ at every emergen
cy to enable them to renew their bankrupt careers,
and save those dependent on them from shame. —
The speeches of their prototype are not more bom
bastic aud full of idle pretence than their speeches,
messages and dispatches. The dreary correspon
dence on the Central American Question exhibits
to our gaze nothing truthful, earnest or brave. It
is, from beginning to end, a poor attempt on both
sides to conceal the fact that each wishes to grasp
Central America, and the words national honor and
integrity, purity and disinterestedness mean worse
than nothing.
If Palmerston and Clarendon were sincere
they would not cling to that sham, the Mosquito
protectorate, to support which they have at this mo
ment ships of war at the mouth of the river San
Juan. An editorial in the London Times of May 1,
defines very clearly iu a few words what this protec
torate means :
“ The small town of San .Titan de Nicaragua,
commonly called Grevtown, situated at the mouth
of the River San Juan, was claimed and taken
possession of in 1842, by the British Government in
behalf of the Mosquitoes, who asserted their right
to the place. The mouth of the River San Juan
thus came under the British protectorate.*’
“ Some protectorates may approach more or less
to dominion and the superseding of the national
Government: but this is not essential to the nature
of a protectorate which may exist in full and com
plete shape without the existence of any such pow
ers, and without any such rights ns those attaching
to it. A protectorate, as Lord Clarendon says, need
not do any thing more than ‘detend* and protect as
a temporary act of ‘ friendship.’ Its assistance
may come in when the national Government calls
it, stay as long as the national Government likes,
aud go when it is wanted. The formally recognized
right of one State to perform these acts of friendship
to another constitutes a protectorate; ami such a
protectorate as this is not in the slightest degree in
terfered with by the Clayton Bulwcr Treaty, which
obviously and expressly only excludes the ‘ as
suming or exercising dominion.* ”
Now, in truth, what cures England for the de
graded Indian, known as the King of Musquito, that
she should, “ as a temporary net of friendship,” de
fend the small town of San Juan de Nicaragua or
Greytown, at the cannon’s mouth ? Not one civil
ized being in the British dominions can take the
least interest in his claims, and yet Palmerston
and Clarendon are risking the peace of two vast
nations to maintain this protectorate. If a collision
were to take place at the mouth of the San Juan,
between American and British ships, a danger
which is imminent, the countries might suddenly be
plunged in war past hope of redress. Let England
then forego her claim to the Musquito protectorate.
If Pierce aud Marcy were sincere, they would
not insist on their interpretation of the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty being the only true gospel. We
knowhow fallible even great men are, then how
much more so may be a Maiicy or a Pierce. The
notion they seem to entertain that their attempt to
appear dignified and warlike, will scare Palmerson
and Clarendon into eating humble pie, appears a
delusion. The course before Messrs. Pierce and
Marcy is either to accept arbitration on the Clay
ton-Be lwer treaty, or even better, to annul the
treaty. While it continues in its present shape it
will be a dead letter to England, and be a source of
constant ill feeling between the two countries. The
ridiculous course pursued by the partisans of either
Cabinet, of talking big, in order to seek to fright
the other country into keeping the peace, is emi
nently mischievous. Americans ami Englishmen
have given too many proofs of possessing courage,
to warrant the idea that they would yield to mean
intimidation. The Central American question, as it
now stands, may lead to war unless wise counsels
prevail, and loud talking or bravado will not im
prove it. Concessions on both sides, or arbitration,
will alone preserve the peace, and it is due to the
cause of civilization that the ministers of England
and America should act bo that their patriot ism may
be remembered in the future, rather than their
miserable lust of power be exhibited in the present.
The countries’ honor is still intact; let therefore the
peace be conserved.
Cure of Cancers.
The attention of those who are the victims of
cancerous affections, is invited to the card of Drs.
Gilbert & Kennedy, of New York. They have
submitted to us numerous statements of individu
als who assert they have been cured by Drs. G. &.
K.; from which we cull the following letters of the
Hon. Thomas Buti.kr King, of Ga., and Dr. W.
P. Allison, of Lynchburg, Va.:
Metropolitan Hotel, 1
New York, April 3, 1855. \
My Dear Sir :—I laving recently been under your
treatment for the cure of a cancer on my right
shoulder, which has been effectually and perfectly
removed (without the knife) and cured, I cannot, iu
justice to my own feelings take leave of you with
out expressing my deep sense of obligation for your
valuable services, and my own perfect confidence
in the remedies you apply for the cure of all can
cerous affections. During my visits to your office,
I have witnessed many cases of the most nlarmiug
and obstinate nature, which invariably yielded to
your treatment, and the patients, relieved from a
loathsome and supposed fatal disease, were restored
to health.
In addition to the fee already handed to ' you, I
beg to transmit herewith a ring, which 1 slit 11 be
happy if you will wear as a token of iny esteem and
regard.
1 am, with great respect, your friend and obedi
ent servant, T. Butler King.
To Dr. Sam’l Gilbert, New York.
New York, January 9,1854.
Dr. Gilbert : Dear Sir—Laboring under, as I
thought, an ulcerous affection, lor which, after con
sulting with a talented physician—l had exhausted
all the remedies usually applied in such cases, with
out the least relief, but all rather aggravating or in
creasing the disease, I determined to apply to you,
having heard of, and knowing from cases which
came under my own observation, your unparalleled
success in the treatment of such diseases. On your
first examination you pronounced it “Fungous Can
cer,” and convinced me of the correctness of your
opinion. Your application removed it by the root,
without the use of the knife, which is the perfection
of your treatment; since which time it has healed
rapidly, and my general health, which was fast fail
ing, is improving, and better than it lias been for
years.
I consider you the instrument, in the hands of
God, of saving my life, and relieving me of the
most direful disease the flesh is heir to. 1 could tru
ly wish you might live forever to relieve suffering
humanity. Accept my warmest thanks for your
kind attention and success in my case, and w ith
them the silver pitcher, which 1 request you to place
iu your office, as a grateful memento. Aly resi
dence is Lynchburg, Virginia, and will be glad to
give any person information in regard to your
method of treatment and extraordinary success.
Yours, very truly,
W. P. Allison, M. D.
General Walker’s Position.
The long silence of Nicaragua is still unbroken,
and no one in this country knows what fate Ims be
fallen General Walker and his brave comrades
since their return to Granada after the battle of Ri
vas* on the 11th April. Their position was at that
time critical, ns from the statement of those who
took part in the battle, General Walker was com
pelled to retire from Rivas, on account of his am
munition] falling short; and in Granada, at latest
accounts, his supply of provisions was meagre.—
The Costa Rican Geneial and bis army were left in
undisputed possession of Rivas a city but forty
miles distant from Granada ; and if it be a fact that
the army was officered by Europeans, it would ap
pear incredible that they should not ere this huve
marched on Granada and brought the struggle to an
issue.
The blockade of the river San Juan by the British
has prevented aid reaching General Walker in his
most critical hour, and is doubtless the reason of
news not reaching this country. The sympathy
which is generally expressed for his cause, more es
pecially m the South, is daily taking a more tangible
shape, and the subscriptions and enlistments which
arc being actively carried on, will insure success to
him in the future, if he should have withstood the
assaults of the enemy in the interim. Had General
Walker only have had the natives of Central
America to contend with, his success could never for
a moment have been problematical; but through
the long supincncss of the Pierce Cabinet, and the
active opposition of Great Britain, dangers have en
vironed him on every side. The gallant deeds per
formed by him and his companions, have, however,
made the name of Nicaragua almost a national cry,
and if he be not the victor, the words that he uttered
in his appeal to Senator Weller will be prophetic,
and he will be the precursor of the victory to his
countrymen. We yet hope to hear that his fortune
is as triumphant as his heart is brave.
Sharp Retort.—The following story is told in
Washington of Douglas and Buchanan. Douglas
was sitting in a private parlor at Guy’s National
Hotel the other night, talking writh a dozen of Bu
chanan’s friends, when the latter, having been sent
for, came in and joined the party. “My young
friend,’’said Buchanan, soon afterwards, turning
patronizingly to Douglas, “ let me give you a little
advice.” “ Thank you!” instantly retorted Doug
las, seizing him by the hand ; “ I expect to choose
my constitutional advisers soon, and am most hap
py thus to receive your acceptance in advance.”
“ Old Buck” was so confused by this turn ir. the
conversation that he forget the proffered advice al
together.
Mr. Fillmore.—The New York Commercial
Advertiser, of the 22d, says : We learn that ex-
President Fillmore is expected home early in
June, and that he is probably now in England, on
his return from Russia. He wiil be warmly receiv
ed on his return, for the number of hia friends is in
creasing daily.
A paragraph appears in the Paris Momteur which
announces that, by order of the Emperor, the Impe
rial infant has been inscribed as enfant de troupe on
the muster-roll of the First Regiment of Grenadier*
of the Imperial Guard !
Death of 31. Adolphe Adam.—This celebrated
French composer died in Paris on the 4th inst. His
funeral was attended by a vast crowd of authors,
actors and amateurs. Aubek and Ha levy were
among the pall bearers. The lyric theatres of Paris I
were closed out of respect to his memory with the I
exception of the Opera, where the Coraaire was per- I
formed for the benefit of his widow. *
Til© I, nil.
The storm, Uiut has raged in the Eutst of Europe
has subsided* and tho world is witnessing .a deud
T.ilin. The War spirit has been aroused but not ap
peused, oi ill (hpniiuat'tob-proclaim peuee, and the
strife suddenly ceuaes. We read in the Now-York
lli raid Of this week, an editorial stating that the
peace will eertainly be of long duration, if not eter
nal ; and that those who hint at the possibility of
this country being speedily drawn into a war, are
mere alarmists. The cost and fruitlessuess of war
have been so fully revealed during the late gigantic
contest that every one will protit by the lesson.—
Such is the argument of the Herald , which it ap
pears to us can be very etsily refuted. The Empe
ror of the French has gained his position as the most
powerful potentate iu Europe, solely by means of
the war, and the military prowess of France, which
for forty year’s had been ignored, is once more po
tenttoall. Had the cost of the war been trebled,
the ambition of the Emperor and the love of gbry
in the French people would have led them to
make the sacrifice to obtain the present result.
The war has not been fruitless even to commerce,
for seas that were previously closely guarded, arc
now thrown open to the enterprise of the world ; and
Russia having discovered her internal weakness,
will most assuredly press forward works of enduring
benefit to the cause of civilization. Turkey, also,
in ceasing to bo Mohammedan, will become Cosmo
politan, and tho traders of every clime will throng
to her chief city, while foreign capita! and skill will
develop the riches of her sod. England, also, has
discovered more completely in two years’ of war
than she could m a generation of peace, the cancer
which was eating into her body politic—a cancer
which the historian of the Peninsula, Sir William
Napier, had rightly named “ tire cold shade of aris
tocracy/’ The evil being palpable to all men, the
removal of the disease must follow.
During the long reign of peace in England, men
hud begun to look upon woman as little better than
a money bag, and more marriages were inspired by
Mammon than by nature. Woman, when poor,
was liable to insult, and too often her name was al
lied to the impure thought or coarse jest. Sudden
ly, when the war breaks forth, there comes from n
quiet English home, one, whose gentle heart being
touched by the story of the sufferings of her coun
trymen, bids her hasten on a mission of mercy and
charity, to the scene where war's terrors hold their
most ghastly court Soothing the sick and dying,
binding their bleeding wounds, breathing words of
grace into their ear, pouring into their parched
souls the waters of [living truth, stands Florence
Nightingale. O, what a world of beauty clings
round that name ; how poor the fame of the war
rior and statesman compared to tier's. Lo! while
their boastful words are but the precursors of pitiful
actions, her Christian deeds in all the trophies of
the day, and the sole name that has heroic virtue
in it when the long fight ends is that of Florence
Nightingale. It is meet that it should be so. Bet
ter restore woman to her throne iu the pure heart,
destroying the sordid spirit that makes our young
men but calculating machines, than gain a thousand
battles. There is a halo thrown round tho name of
Florence Nightingale, by the grace and dignity
with which she has clothed the ministering form of
woman, that will light the way to better times, as
surely us day dawns on blackest night.
But while the fruits of war are not all bitterness,
the dangers that attend the awakening of the spirit
ot battle, without allowing it a wide field o’er which
to revel, are imminent, Mars has arisen and put
on his armor, and launching his spear, has uttered
the war cry, when suddenly his ear is startled with
the murmurs of peace, and the mandate goes forth
that his armor may rust, which he feels it cannot do
without the rust eating into his flesh. Thus stands
the world at this hour. The tiger that Ims lapped
blood is not more dangerous than the unsatisfied war
spirit. It cannot be clicked by protocols or state
papers; it cannot be confined to any one country,
but will rove over the whole world devouringly.—
Now in Nicaragua and Kansas, anon in Algeria and
Syria, then ranging through Italy aud Germany or
deeming the earth too small roaming on the broad
Atlantic and Pacific seas. It is this fierce spirit
that Mr. Pierce, poor easy man, thinks to play with
in order that his name may be echoed in Cincinnati
some morning in June.
“Consistency Tliou Art a Jewel. 99
Among the documents just sent to Congress, wo
find the following from Mr. Marcy to Mr. Wheeler,
written immediately upon learning that he lmd
opened communications with Walker’s Govern
ment :
Department of State, ?
Washington, Dec. 7, 1855. $
To John 11. Wheeler, Esq., <s* r * :
Sir—ln my dispatch of the Bth ultimo, (No. 13,)
you were instructed to abstain from all official in
tercourse with the persons now exercising con
trol ovUI some parts of the State of Nicaragua.—
By your dispatch, (No. 2'.),) it appears that be
fore* my communication was received, you had
resumed diplomatic functions us Minister of the
United States. The dispatch in which that fuct
is announced (No. 28) has not reached this Depart
ment, and the Government has not, therefore, your
reasons for such an unexpected course.
The information we have here relative to the
state of affairs in Nicaragua, leads to the con
clusion that such a course was unadvisable.—
It is strongly objectionable, because it may be
construed to imply, in some degree, an approval
bp the United Slates of the proceedings of those—
mostly foreigners—who have, by violence, overturn
ed the former Government of that State, and as
sumed control over it. A very different view is
taken here of the political condition of things in
Nicaragua.
Considering the means by which the power that
now predominates in that State was obtained, and
the manner in which it is exercised, it can have no
just pretensions to be regarded as even a de facto
Government. You will, therefore, on the receipt of
this despatch, at once cease to have any communi
cation with the assumed rulers of that country.
Until you are instructed to establish diplomatic
intercourse with those who exercise political power
in Nicaragua, you will strictly observe the course
of con duct enjoined in my despatch to you of the
Bth ultimo.
You will please transmit a duplicate of your No.
28 to the Department.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
W. L. Marcy.
Four months after the date of this despatch, when
the foreign element is still more decided in Nicara
gua, and when there is the greatest uncertainty as
to the result of the war between General Wai.ker
and the Costa Bicun invaders, the Government of
the former is recognized !
“ It is here declared that Walker's rule could have
“no just pretensions to be regarded as even a de
facto Governmentand this opinion was based,
not upon doubts as to its stability, but upon consid
eration of “ the means by which his power was ob
tained and the manner in which it was exercised.”
How Mr. Marcy will proceed in his next despatch to
Mr. Wheeler to unsay what he three mobths ago so
emphatically said, isamatterof curious conjecture.”
The Enlistment Dispute.
The National Intelligencer of Tuesday says : 11
is generally understood that our Government, re
ceived, on Saturday last, the answer of Lord Cla
rendon to Mr. Marcy’s despatch of the 29th De
cember, in which he summed up the argument of
the American side of the Recruitment dispute ; and
rumor assigns to the rejoinder of the British Secre
tary an elaborateness equal to that which distin
guished the able paper of the American Secretary.
Rumor adds, likewise—we are pleased to learn, but
how truly we are, of course, unable to say—that
the reply of the British Cabinet, while they decline
acceding to the American demand for the recall of
Mr. Crampton, adduces a mass of testimony not
before known to our Government, and a variety of
elucidating circumstances and facts tending very
much to mitigate the gravity of the offence charged
against the British Minister, and altogether present
ing so softened a view of the case as to justify our
Government in not only insisting on the expulsion
rtf the offending Minister, but accepting the express
ed regret of the British Government for its uninten
tional offence as a sufficient reparation for the disre
spectful act we have complained of.
How far rumor is correct in assigning this char
acter to the answer of Lord Clarendon we are, as
we have already said, unable to state. But we ean,
with entire sincerity, express the hope that his re
sponse may present such an extenuation of the in
decorum committed towards our country and prove
so far satisfactory to our Government as to enable
it, without derogation to itself, to remit the rigor of
the expiation demanded in the removal of the
Minister, and frankly to extend the hand of re-con
cialiation over this point of dissension at least.—
The portals of that ancient temple which have been
too seldom shut in the world’s history have just
been happily closed by the wisdom aud prudence
of the Monorchs of Europe. Let them not be jarr
ed or re-opened by Republican implacability, nor
let it be recorded in history that a Republican Go
vernment can be less wise, less magnanimous,
less the friend of peace than Kings and Emperors.
The exaction of the summum jus is not more cre
ditable among nations than it is in private life.
Col. Schlesingek’s Antecedents.—Colonel
SchLEBINGER is the son of a Germun Hebrew,
clothes dealer of Great Kanisha, Hungary. He
served in the Austrian army in which he advanced
to the rank of corporal, but was, for some reason,
discharged. He then served in the Hungarian army as
a corporal, but never particularly distinguished him
self. ile was tuken prisoner at Comorn, and on his re
lease became a Lieutenant. He then visited Ham
burg, London and America, calling himself Major,
and boasting of the deeds of valor he had performed.
He joined the Lopez expedition to Cuba, was cap
tured, and, after an imprisonment of nine months,
managed to escape. Subsequently, it is said, he
was in prison in Charleston on a charge of theft.
A former companion of his, now connected with a
Gennan paper in St. Louis, relates the above, and
adds : Schlesingek is, in fact, nothing more than
a skillful adventurer, ready for anything that pro
mises to pay. By means of his boasts and his co
lossal shauielesness he ingratiates himself into pub
lic favor, but is a coward from the crown of his head
to the toe of his foot. All the stories about his
heroic achievements in Hungary and Cuba are
falsehoods.
Bank of the State of Georgia.—The follow
ing is a list of Directors elected on the 19th instant,
by the Principal Board at Savannah, for the
branches of said Bank for the ensuing year :
For Washington. For Augusta.
Samuel Barnett, Thos Barrett,
Garnett Andrews, Dr. I. P. Garvin,
A. L. Alexander YV. C. Jessup,
A. A. Cleveland, Jno. G. McHenry,
I.T. Irvin, Lindsey Warren,
G. P.Cozart—6. Chaa. J. Jenkins,
'Geo. W. Lewis—7.
For Atiicns. For Katonlon.
Edward R. Ware, Henry Branham, ,
Thos. N. Hamilton, YY r . B. Carter, fl
B. M. Hill, 8. B. Marshall,
'John B. Cobb, A. S. Reid
'John R. Matthews —.0. 'Benj. V. Adams— o.
'New Directors. _
A. Porter, Pres t.
An action has been tried in the Court of Queen n
Bench, London, between Gen. Watson Webb and a
Mr. Gould, for some time “Own correspondent to
the New York Courier and. Enquirer. T e ury
brought in a verdict against the General for it7o.
Mr. Gocui had been summarily dismissed by the
General from his employment as correspondent
and he claimed the right to a not.ee of twelve
months, Which the jury allowed. '
£umji«r’M Attack on Buffer*
We extract fjunt the Congressional Globe , that
portion of Senator Sumner’s speech, attacking Seu
at«>r Butler,, which caused the assault made by
Mi. Kuooks npon the former. Although the attack
of Si mser was us gross ns unprovoked, add that
oo in the absence of Senator Butler; yet .We
t link it wiu not justify Mr. Brooks, wjiose assault
we regard a very rash ami ill-ad vished act, and in
us opinion, we think his warmest friends will
concur:
iii wqwto to what haa iHlieTifrom"^ 1 ’"!^‘1" '''V-*'.
have miaod themselves to Sci “ ,of f‘ " ' "
championship of human wv„i lKß . {'‘o '
tor from South Carolina, [Mr. lU. U-rTa^iV* £
tor from Illinois, [Mr. 110,t K hU.
like as Don Quixote and Snncho Panzu’ Y ,.t like HV
couple, sally forth together in the same' adventure*
I regret much to miss tho elder Senator from hi*
seat; but the cause, against which lie has run a
tilt, with such activity of animosity, demands that
Ithe opportunity of exposing Mm should not be lost ,
and it is for tlu* cause that I speak. The {s« uatoi
trom South Carolina has read many books of chiv
alry, and believes himself a chivalrous knigld, whli
sentiments of honor and courage. Os course he has
chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows,
and who, though ugly tq others, is always lovely to
nun; though polluted in the sight of file world, is
chaste in Ins right—l mean the harlot, Slavery.—
. 01 , *‘ lß tongue is always profuse in words. EH,
inn 1 m character, or any proposition
made (o shut her out from the extension of her
M '" l '>»>\*t r «v„Knuec. of manner or
Im dihoodofauacrtum m the,, to,, B retU forHmtSeft
ator. The frenay of l)ou (Quixote; in behalf of his
wem-h, nuleiuoa del Toboso, iu nil surpmaed. The
.owurtud rights of slavery, whi. h shock equality of
ull kind", ure cloaked by a fantastic claim of coiml
itv. It the slave State’s cannot enjov what in mod
cry of the ureal father, of the lb-public, he mis
names equality under the Constitution—in other
words, the full power m tin- National Territorii sto
compel fellow-men to unpaid toil, lo separate hus.
band and wife, and to sell little children ut the nuc
tion block—then sir, the ehivalric Senator will con
duct the State of South Carolina out of the I nion !
Heroic knight ! Exalted Senator! A second Moses
oouto for u second exodus!
Hut not Content with this poor menace, which we
have been twice told was “measured,” tile Senator
in the unrestrained chivalry of his nature, hus under
taken to apply opprobrious words totlmse who dif
fer from him on this floor. He calls them “section.
. I*. 111 ' fanatical; and opposition to the usurpation
in Kansas lu; denounces as “an unealeulatiiigtanati- fa
cism. To be sure, these charts lack ull "-race of
originality, and all sentiment of truth but the ed
; venturous Senator does not liesiuite. 11,. j s tlu* im ‘
. compromising, unblushing representative on this
floor of a flagrant sort ionalism, which now domk
[ neers over the Republic, and yet with a ludicrous
Ignorance of his own posit 1011— unable to s«*e him
self as others see him—or with an effrontery which
even his white head ought not to protect from re
buke, he applies to those here who resist his srr/iou
qlism the very epithet which designates himself
Tin 1 men who strive to bring hack tin* government
to its original policy, when freedom and not slavery
was national, while slavery and not freedom was
sectional, he arraigns as serf tonal. This will not
do. It involves too great a perversion of terms.
1 tell that Senator, that it is to himself, and to the
“organization'' of which he is the “committed ad
vocate,” that this epithet belongs. 1 now fasten it
upon them. For myself, I rare little for names ; but
since the question has been raised here, I aflirm
that the Republican party of the Union is in no just
sense sectional , but, more than any other party,’ no
tional; and that it now goes forth to dislodge from
the high places of the Government the tyrannical
sectionalism of which the Senator from South Caro
lina is ouc of the maddest zealots.
Brooks ami Sumner.
The special Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald, gives the subjoined “authentic,
account" of the difficulty between Messrs. Brooks
and Sumner, which we give as we find it, without
vouching for itn “au//n nficil lt will be observed,
that the language used by Sumner, at wlgoh Mr.
Brooks took offence, is entirely different from that
published by us on Sunday, and which we supposed
was the cause of the attack. We did not read Sum
nek’s speech through, and did not observe that In*
used the language copied below. Although we have
no sympathy with Mr. Sumner, and think he richly
deserved chastisement (though we question its poli
cy) for so gross an attack upon an absent Senator, vet
wo regard Mr. Brooks as very Censurable lor ma
king the attack in tin* Senate Chamber, and while
the Senator was still in his seat :
Washington, May *J*d, I.
Tho following will be found to be a strictly eqfreof
and impartial account of the attack on Mr. Sumner,
in the Senate chamber, to-day. Col. Preston S.
Brooks, of South Carolina, took exception to the
following language, used by Senator Sumner in Ids
speech on Tuesday last:
With regret I come again upon the Senator from
South Carolina, (Mr. Butler,) who, omnipresent, in
this debate, overflowed with rage at the simple sug
gestion that Kansas had applied for admission as a
State, and with incoherent phrases discharged the
loose expectoration of his speech, now upon Tier re
prosentative and then upon her people. There was
110 extravagance of the ancient Parliamentary do
batowhichlie did not repeat, nor was there any
possible deviation from the truth which In* uid. not
make. But the Senator touches nothing which lie
does not disfigure with error, sometimesof priueiplu,
sometimes of fact. He shows an incapacity of ac
curacy, whether in stating the constitution or in
stating the law, whether in the details of statistics, .
or the diversions of scholarship.
110 cannot ope his month hut out there flies a blunder.
But it is against the people of Kansas that Ihc
sensibilities of the Senator are particularly aroused.
Coining, as he announces, “from a State ;**—ay,
sir! from South Carolina —he turns with lordly dis
gust from this newly-formed community, which he
will not. recognize even us “a body politic,” Bray,
sir, by what title docs lie indulge in this egotism !
Has he read the history of “the State” which he
represents? He cannot, surely, have forgotten its
shameful imbecility from slavery, confessed through
out the Revolution, followed by its more shameful
assumptions for slavery since.
Mr. Butler, the aged Senator alluded to, was,
and still is absent in South Carolina, on a visit to
his family.
Mr. Brooks waited at the Porter’s Lodge about
ail hour yesterday, und as long this morning, hoping
to meet Mr. Sumner, with a view to attack liini.^ —
Failing in this, he entered the Senate chamber to
day, just as that body adjourned, and seeing sevc
ml ladies present, seated himself on the opposite
side to Mr. Sumner. Soon all disappeared but one.
He then requested a friend to get her out, when he
immediately approached Mr. Simmer, ni»d stud, in a
quiet tone of voice :
Mi. Summer, I have read your speech with gu-at
care, and with os much impartiality as I am eapa
ble of, an i I feel it my duty to say to you that you
have published a libel on my Slate, und uttered a
slander upon a relative, whom aged und absent, and
1 am come to punish you.
At the concluding words Mr. Summer attempted
to spring to his feet, showing light, but whilst in the
net was struck by Col. Brooks a backhanded blow
ucross the head with a gutta peroha cane near on
inch.thick, but hollow, and he continued striking him
right and left until the stick was broken into frag
ments, and Mr. Summer was prostrate and bleeding
on the floor. No one took hold of Col. It. during flic
time, ho quick was the operation; lint immediately
afterwards Mr. Crittenden caught him around tin*
body and arms, when Col. 13. fluid, “i did not wish
to hurt him much, butouly whip him ’
No one knew of the anticipated attack but the
Hon. 11. A. Kdinundson. of Virginia, who happened
not to be present when the attack commenced.
It was reported on the streets for several days jnv
vioiis that Mr Summer would be anned when he
delivered Ilia speech, and that if occasion required it
he would use his weapons, lie whs not armed when
attacked by Col. Brooks to-day. It is said, also,
that Mr. Summer gave out before he made his
speech Ihut he would be responsible for anything he
might, suv.
After Ids arrest Colonel Brooks went to the office
of Justice Hollingshead, and tendered his bond with
securities to appear and answer any charge* preferred
by the Grand Jury. But the Justice, deeming the
bond premature, discharged him upon his parole of
honor to appear before him again whenever re
quired.
Subsequently Mr. Brooks was complained of bv
Mr. William Y. Leader, on whose oath Justice'Hol
lingshead required Brooks to give bail in the. sum of
five hundred dollars as security for hin appcnrance
to-morrow afternoon.
The most intense excitement prevails this evening
among the nigger worshippers, and they intend to
morrow morning to introduce resolutions expelling
Colonel Brooks from Jiis seat in the HoUst*. TJ*cy
are working assiduously to accomplish this object,
but they will certainly fail.
The Cram pton Came. —Mon*. Sartiges, the
French Minister, has endeavored, notwithstanding
the supposed hostility of the jFrcneh Government,
to effect a satisfactory arrangement of the difficul
ty between Mr. Crnmpton and the U. S. Govern
ment. His endeavors are predicated on the al
leged apologies which have been made, but. which
are not regarded as sufficient. A correspondent of
tin.* Philadelphia North American, writes :
Mr. Crumpton explained his statement in regard
to Mr. Clayton, by asserting that the latter called
on him to examine some old English maps on which
Rimtan and Jumuica were designated and colored
in the same way, whereupon Mr. Clayton admit
ted that, both were evidently claimed as British po
sessions. It is possible that misapprehension
might have occurred in that insf.uiice, but the ex
planation does not cover the points involved in the
declarations of Mr. Clayton, corroborated by Sen
ators Crittenden and Fish. It is supposed now
Mr. Crompton will make some publication on the
subject.
Wagon Road from California to Missouri.—
Drs. Hii.l and Hitchcock, who have just arrived
from California, are a committee appointed l»y tlio
citizens of that State to present through the Cali
fornia delegation, a memorial asking Congress to
open a wagon road from Missouri to California,
within and through our own territory. The memo- ’
rial is signed by between seventy and eighty thou
■and citizens of California, and bound in two large
folio volumes of 1,000 pages each, in a style perhaps
neve r equalled by any memorial ever presented to
Congress.
We learn than an accident occurred on "the South
Carolina Railroad between Kingsville and Fair
Bluff, on Tuesday night, in consequence of the pas
senger train which left Kingsville having run during
a dense fog into a lumber train, which was on the
main track, killing a free colored man and breaking
a box car.
Nicaragua Meeting in Memphis.—'The friends
of General Walker and the cause of Nicaragua
had an enthusiastic meeting in the Exchange Build
ings, Memphis, on the 17th instant. A committee
was appointed to collect subscriptions.
Frost in Mat.—The Marion (Ala) Comm mi
wealth says : We learn that considerable frost was
seen in this latitude on the 9th inst., in low places.
The weather during the latter part of last week was
rather cool for comfort, and the crops suffered con
siderably from the effects of it.
Sudden Death from Cholera in Mobile.—
On Monday, says the Mobile Register of the ‘.’Oth
inst., Wm. Hughes, boatswain of the British ship
“Wasp,” was attacked with cholera, and so rapid
was its progress that he died in two hours. Tim de
ceased was a native of Dublin.
Solomon J. Jones, Esq, the well known senior
member of the Auction house of S. J. and J. J.
Jones, of Mobile, died of apoplexy on Sunday last.
He was an Englishman, but Lad been a citizen of
Mobile for more than » quarter of a century Hie
funeral on Monday. say. «■« " ed
by more persons tJian bad been ««> at a similar
eeremony in tho city emoe the death of Judge
Hitchcock, in 1839-
Dr and Mrs. Jri.u. Dkan Havne, with Mr.
Chas. Pock, left New York on Tuesday for Cali
fornia. They will proceed thence Ui Australia, the
East Indiee, and England. The lady expects ere
long to become a mother.
glßlocs Accidkht m Chaiu-Eston. —A gentle
man from Savannah, who was stopping at the Mer
chants’ Hotel, Charleston, fell from a window in tho
fourth story of that building, last Saturday moruing,
during an alarm of fire, lie had one of his tegs and
thigh broken, and bis head bruised, with some other
•injuries. He was immediately sent to the Hospital,