THE GLOBE.
Circulation---the largest in the County
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday,' June 4, 1856
Democratic State Mminationg
CANAL COMMISSIONER,
GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia county.
AUDITOR GENERAL,
JA.6313 FRY, Jr., of Montgomery county.
SiIitVEYOR GENERAL,
TIMOTHY IVPS, of Potter county.
TIME CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
Temporary Organization.
CINCINNATI, June 2.
At a quarter before 12 o'clock-. the signal
gun announced that the Convention had-com
menced to assemble. It was called to order
at 12 o'clock, by R. McLane, of Maryland.
Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, nominated
Samuel Medary, of Ohio, temporary chair
man, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. Hall, of Massachusetts, called for the
reading of the call of the Convention, and
while the call was being read by Mr. English,
of Indiana, a sudden uproar occurred at the
door, followed by the crowd rushing in fight
ing, and the direst confusion ensued.
It was finally discovered that the Benton
delegation from Missouri had resolved to en
ter by violence, and carried their , intention
into effect by knocking down the doorkeeper,
and entering pellrnell, headed by Ex-Gover
nor Price.
• For a few minutes, -a scene of confusion
impossible to describe ensued. The mem
bers jumping over chairs, and it seemed as
though a serious riot was about to take place.
After awhile quiet was restored, and the
reading of the call was proceeded with.
Mr. MgLane, of Maryland stated that when
the credentials of the Missouri delegates were
presented, the Committee of Arrangements
gave tickets of admission to the dlegates
which presented prima facie evidence of their
election, and refused the others.
New York, it also appeared, was represen
ted by two sets of delegates, but as the Com
mittee could not decide which were entitled
to seats, declined to give tickets to either,
unless .an arrangement could be effected
among themselves, as was done in the case
of the Mississippi delegations. Both delega
tions from New York awaited admission.
Samuel Medary, in taking the Chair, re
turned thanks for the temporary honor. He
had attended every Democratic Convention
since the first that nominated Gen. Jackson,
and had the honor to be a member of that
which nominated Gen. Pierce. . He corn-
Mented on the progress of the Democracy,
and its extended influences. He believed
the occasional storms in the party, was calcu
lated to purify the atmosphere, and that it
was destined to triumph, despite the tempo
fary quarrels introduced.
The Rev. M. Nicholson, of Cincinnati, then
Opened the proceedings with prayer.
E•The Pittsburg Union of yesterday says:
We have seen two gentlemen who left the
Queen City on Saturday, and both of whom
represent that the prospects of Mr. Buchanan
are e:itremely bright. The voice of the peo r
ple outside of the Convention appears to be
strongly in his favor. The question had been
narrowed down to an issue between Buchan
an and the opposition. His friends counted
confidently on from one hundred and fifteen
to one hundred and thirty votes on the first
ballot. - On the third ballot, if not sooner,.it
was expected that he would receive one hun
dred and thirty-five votes, being more than a
majority. Should these expectations be reali
zed, it is difficult to see how he can be defea
ted. The opposition are not actuated by any
peculiar personal' hostility to the Pennsylva
nia candidate,
and we confidently anticipate
that they will yield to the wish of the ma
jority "of the Convention, so soon as those
wishes shall be clearly expressed.
The Latest from the Cincinnati Conven
tion---Progress of the Committees---
The Organization---Buchanan's Pros-
pects.
CINCINNATI, • June 2.-lOtt P. M.—The
Committee on Organization have agreed up
on Gen. John E. Ward, of Georgia, for per
manent President of the -Convention.—The
Committee on Resolutions is in session, hav
ing not yet finished their platform. The
Committee on credentials are endeavoring to
harmonize the New York contestants. The
Softs are disposed to compromise, but the
Herds contend that they are the only Repre
sentatives of the Democratic party, and re
fuse all overtures.
The excitement is increasing, and Mr. Bu
chanan's friends are becoming more confi
dent. - The outside pressure in his favor, is
immense, his friends declaring that Pennsyl
vania, Virginia and Ohio cannot be carried
by any other candidate.
NEWS !—We learn from the Journal of this
morning that A. W. BENEDICT, Esq. has as
sumed the control of the editorial department
of the "Globe !" This is news to us, as we
are quite sure that we have never published a
single line from the pen of Mr. BENEDICT as
editorial, and but one communication, and
that appeared in our last issue over his name.
But a lie appears to suit the purposes of the
Journal editors better than the truth. As
they lie in this, it is fair to presume they lie
in everything else, in regard to that gentle
man. They have accepted the " license",
granted them for the purpose, and lie say' She
wholesale !
BACKS Ocr.—The Hagerstown Chronicle
having asserted that James Buchanan had
said, in a public speech, that "ten cents a day
*Was sufficient wages for a laboring man,"
says the Valley Spirit, (Chambersburg,) we
offered to bet $2OO against $lOO, or onr office
against the Chronicle office, that the charge
was false. The Chronicle declines to take
the bet, but threatens to publish the speech in
order 'to sustain its position. In case the Cin
cinnati Convention nominates Mr. Buchanan,
the•ChroniCle shall - be at no loss for a copy of
the speech to which it alluded, for we shall
then publish that speech to vindicate its au
thor from•the charges of the political scaven
gers who are assailing him. Meanwhile let
it be understood that our offer is open to any
Know Nothing who may not be troubled with
the Chronicle's scruples about betting!
Kansas
In•anothercelumn will be found the latest
news from the - Territory. The blow has
been struck at last,•and, (remarks the Enter- • ,
prise,) the laW is once more triumphant ,in
Kansas.
Of one thing the country should now- ibe
convinced. That the senseless groanitigsf
Robinson, Reeder & Co., about oppression,
violence, etc., has been all gas. At the first
shadow of real danger they fled. But it is
now proved that they were fleeing from pro
cess, and not from a mob. Robinson has been
taken, yet no violence has been offered, al
though he has been in - the hands of the'ter- -
rible Border Ruffiariglorlwo Weeks, yet -, he
has been treated as hospitably and kindly, as
though he had been in the rooms of the Aid
Society icifl3oe.ton.
:Bnowzr, the editor of the "Herald of Free;
• dont," •'a man who has heaped every abuse,
known to his vocabulary upon the people of
Missouri, is hospitably entertained at the
house of one of the "bloodiest Border Ruf
fians"-in the country. He tried hard to "get
off, and promised' "to take back everything
he ever said against the people Of Missouri
if they would let him go." But it 'was not
- the man they sought to punish. It was the
offendel- 7 the 'violator of law, and the, abet
tor of treason, they had arrested. He and
ROBINSON have' been handed over to the au
thorities to be dealt with according to law.
Reasons why Old-Line Whigs cannot act
with the Know-Nothings.
We have read with'much pleasure a series
of exceedingly well written articles in the
Nashville (Tenn.) Union, in which an old
line Whig of that State discusses the course
proper to be taken by the old-line Whigs in
the pending Presidential contest. From the
concluding. number of the series we extract
the following conclusive reasons against a co
operation with the Know Nothings:
" In the northern States, where Abolition
ism finds its only adherents, it is confessedly
true that its only antagonist is the National
Democratic party. The 'A.merican or Know-
Nothing party is as thoroughly, abolitionized
in the free States as the Black Republicans
themselves. In proof of this fact I need
only adduce the unanimity with which, in the
election for Speaker, they united upon Banks,
in the undisguised spirit of aggression upon
Southern rights which signalized the proceed
ings of their national convention at Philadel
phia' and (beyond the limits of Philadelphia
and New York) the universal demonstration
of abolition proclivities among the adherents
and supporters of that . party. Old Whigs,
who are guided by the great conservative and
national principles which they have always'.
claimed to be the distinctive characteristic of !
their party; cannot support the candidates of
the Know-Nothing or American party—
" ISt. Because by voting for Fillmore and
Donelson they divide the strength of the na
tional forces,
.which should be arrayed in
solid column against the Black 'Republicans.
" 2d. Recauie the Know-Nothing candi
dates can only be elected by 'attracting to
their support the Abolition Americans of the
North,
and therefore the success of that ticket
would be virtually a defeat of the national
party and a triumph of Abolitionism.
"3d. Because the - measures and principles
of the Know-Nothing party are directly in
conflict with the fundamental doctrines of
free 'government, and •with that freedom' of
conscience in questions of religious • faith,
which is the dearest inheritance bequeathed
to us by our republican ancestors. -
"4th. Because secret political societies ; the
members of which are bound together by
solemn oaths, are immoral in their tendency,
dangerous to liberty, inconsistent with the
spirit of republicanism, and unnecessary in
a free country, where every citizen has a
right to express his opinions upon political
subjects without let or hindrance.
"sth. Because all their political principles
and practices are at war with the principles
and practises of the Whig party, which they
repudiate and condemn.
"6th. Because true Whigs cannot, in the
exercise of a proper degree of self-respect,
support the candidates of a party the mem
bers of which, under the solemnities of oaths,
have virtually bound themselves to exclude
all Whigs who have not taken upon them
selves similar oaths from the honors and
emoluments of office in the Republic.
"These insuperable objections to a union of
Old-Line Whigs with the American or Know
Nothing party conceded, we have only one of
two alternatives left—either to remain inac
tive spectators of the conflict between the
sectional Abolition party, of the North and
the National Democratic party of the Union
or to assume a position in which our influ
ence may save the country from the porten
tious evils by which it is menaced. As
Whigs, we owe no allegiance to any party,
and least of all to that one which, by its de
fection, accomplished the destruction of our
party, and whose leaders ingloriously beg to
be released from their portion of responsibil
ity to the country for what they term its ob
noxious acts and violated pledges."
The article concludes' with this eloquent
paragraph :
"The old Whig party, as an organized body,
no longer exists; it has perished at the hands
of those in whom it most trusted ; it has fall
en by the treachery of pretended friends; hut
let not its epitaph be written until it may be
recorded that in the great struggle between
the nation and the sectional and sectarian
factions which menaced its integrity, the last
expiring efforts of its disbanded, but still pat
riotic adherents, we:e directed to the preser
vation of the Union without- concessions;
and the Constitution without mutilation. °
" Then—
while the tree
Of freedom's withered trunk puts forth a leaf,
Even for its tomb a garland it will be."
THE NEXT STATE FAIR.—The Executive
Committee of the Pennsylvania Agricultural
Society, after conference with Committees of
citizens and of the Allegheny County Agri
cultural Society, have decided upon Pitts
burgh as the place for the next State Fair,
commencing on the 30th of September next.
The grounds of the Allegheny County. Agri
cultural Society have been chosen as the place
for the exhibition. The funds necessary to
secure the grounds have been promptly con
tributed by the citizens of Pittsburgh.
A Picture of an Abolition City
The systematic falsehoodsy prepared in
Kansas, and circulated in thti.• free States
through such mediums.asthe New York Tri
bune, aresatisfactorily,,acounted for- in the
subjoined statement, Which we find:iri a late
number of the Hartford (Connecticut.) Times:
:.'`Mr, Pease, of this eity,..,who recently went
out. to Kansas with - Mr. Lines's ; - cOmpany,
has returned. He says that Lawience- City
presents an unfavorable appearance::`' There
is no thrift, no prosperity, apparent ; but
whiskey—poor whiskey,
too—is poured
down on every hand. It is dealt out in almost
every building: Drinking is the principal
`business, and is backed up by idlers, the peo
-ple generally waiting for- 'aid' from the East.
,Sherpe's rifles were offered to him, he says,
`for ten - dollars each. The price in Hanford,
where they are made, is $25 and $2B.
Exaggerated Stories are started in Lawrence
City; and sent off to keep up- the excitement
at the East, and' bring in more aid.to support
'thel idlers in - doing nothing except •to drink
whiskey, circulate-false reports, and talk poi
, itics. Such is the state of things in Law
- rence, the resalrof unusual••effortS to mann
facture-slavery agitation with reference to the
coming presidential election." • - •
The Question asit now Stands.
The New York' Day Book closes a long and
ablywritten article in regard to the present
actual Condition of the slaiery question in
the following plain and pointed 'manner :
"Here, then, is the ondition'-of this ques
tion : the democracy has repealed- the Mis
sOuri restrictio n—an act substantially-similar,
in respect to principles, to the repeal of the
United States Bank charter ; and as the for
mer--disconnected the federal 'government
from the' currency, so the repeal of -the Mis
souri restriction divorces it from 'slavery.'—
This act, so just, so neccessary, so essential
to the safety and , well-being of the Union,
only needs to be• explained- 'to the people.—
Will it be done ?' Will the Convention at Cin
cinnati meet this matter openly and manful
ly Will they lay
.down the' platform of
State equality—that all the rights of a Vir
ginian as all the 'Eights of a New Yorker
must - be protected in all the' federal Territo
ries ? If they- do so—if they openly and
manfully meet this question on Its merits, on
the basis of the true principles involved—
then they may not only elect their candidate,
but with it. explode the monstrous delusions
that have• fastened on the minds of a large
portion of the northern peOple." •
A' Very Intemperate and Foul-Mouthed
Old Fellow
,Such is the manner in, which the London
Times speaks Of the venerable and distin
.cuished Arrierican patriot, Gen. Cass—a
- sta.tesman possessing more experience' and ae
complishments than any that rule the desti
nies of Great Britain at this moment. "A
very intemperate and foUl-mouthed .old, fel
loW,":indeed .General Cass has earned the
honor of this avitse by the ability and fideli
ty with which he has "upon all occasions
upheld the honor of this country, and by the
freedom and boldness with which be' has
canvassed and exposed the perfilious and
hostile policy that Great Britian has ever
sued towards the United States.
For many years the distinguished 'Man
gan Senator has been 'exposed to assaults
from British. sources, so that'we do net ; sup
pose his equanimity will 'be materially s.lis
.turbed by this fresh outburst of venom upon
the part of the "leading journal of Europe.'?
His noble fame and purity of"character 'are
too well known, in both hemispheres to suf . -
fer . by the malevolent and - unsernpulons..de
famation of British writers; whohate him for
his bold and out spoken:American patriot
ism. '
There is something; however, contempti
bly mean and vile in the low and vile lan
guage in which the- Times vents its spleen,
and it will be perused, - we are confident by
intelligent and respectable menin England
with disgust and 'indignation. Much as the
Times may dislike Gen. Cass, his age, servi
ces; and high character as an American states.
man and diplomatist, should have insured him
more respectful criticism in its columns,
which are sullied• by such Ungenerous and in
famous aspersions.
At the present time, however, the Times is
laboring under a fit of hydrophobia in every
thing that relates to Americanism, and the
perusal of the strong and able speech of Gen.
Cass upon Central American matters • was
well calculated to throw it into 'spasms. '
A Shrewd Editor.
At a Welsh celebration in New York Dr.
Jones told the following amusing anecdote :
The speaker said that editors were like oth.:
er shrewd men, who had to live with their
eyes and ears open. He related a story of an
editor who started a paper in a new village
at -the West. The town v was infested by
gamblers, whose presence was a source of
annoyance to the citizens, who told the edi
tor that if he did not come out against them
they would not patronize his paper; he repli
ed that he would give them a "smasher" next
day. Sure enough his next issue contained the
promised "smasher ;" and on the following
morning, the redoutable editor, with scissors
in hand, was seated -in his sanctum, cutting
out news, when in walked a large man with
a club in his hand, and demanded to know if
the editor was in. "No, sir," was the reply;
"he has stepped out take a seat and read
the papers—he will return in a minute."—
Down sat the indignant man of cards, cros
sed his legs, with his club between them
and • commenced reading a paper. In the
meantime, the editor quietly - vamoosed down
stairs, and at the landing below he met anoth
er excited man with a cudgel in his hand who
asked him if the editor was in. "Yes, sir,"
was the prompt response ; "you will find
him seated up stairs reading a ne erspaper."
The latter, on entering the room, with a furi
ous oath, commenced a violent assault upon
the former, which was resisted with equal
ferocity. The fight was continued until they
had both rolled to the foot of the stairs, and
pounded each other to their hearts content.
(l'The reported "confiscation of Catholic
Church property" in Connecticut, mentioned
in the papers as a consequence of Bishop O'-
Reilly's death, amounts to just no "confisca
tion" at all. By the law which vests church
property in the State in case of the death of
the Bishop, it is made incumbent upon the
State Treasurer to convey the property to the
society or congregation who have occupied - it,
immediately upon-their becoming incorpora
ted. It appears, therefore, that the State mere
ly fills the gap temporarily, and that the con
gregations who built the churches and paid
for them will get the use of them.
Nicaragua
The President has,, transmitted a message
to both houses of Congress on Central Amer
can affairs in which he skates the troubles
now existing
_in , Nicaragua, and recognizes
the government now existing in that repub
lic. This 'course is only in.accordance with
the past policy of our government, to recog
nize the government DE rAcTo in existence:
The new minister froba that .republic, Padre
Vigil who recently arrived at Washington ; in
his letter to Mr. Marcy soliciting its recog
nition, states "that during the seven month's
of President Rivas's administration there
had been no attempt at revolution against
him and that the whole people of Nicaragua
form a united family prepared to maintain or
der at home,_ and to resist foreign aggres
sion." The fact appears to be almost uni
versally admitted that the present govern
ment is the most stable • that has existed in
that country Tor many. years. The President
has but performed' a plain duty, but by some
it iasupposed 'it May complicate our relations
with England. Material aid, both of men
and munitions of war. Will now no doubt be
speedily.forwardedlo Gen -Walker in Nicar
agua, and we may soon hear Of stirring events
from a region'of country for which in the
words of Gen. Cass "God has done so much,
and man so little."
A -Mass meeting was held in New York
on-Friday week to approve of-the action of
the President, which was well attended, and
addressed by Gov. Price of New Jersey, and
others', and appropriate resolutions adopted.
The prOceedings wonnd.np by-a serenade to
the Padre who had arri/ed in New York, the
following account of- which we clip from the
Inquirer: •
SERENADE TO THE PADRE.
After the adjournment, the Committee and
a large portion of the-meeting proceeded, ac
companied by the band•playing lively airs, to
the Metropolitan Hotel. On arriving there,
.Capt. Rynders informed the crowd that they
had come•to congratulate Father Vigil, the
Nicaraguan Minister, on his arrival in New
York, "and," continued the Captain, "I am
going to do it too." Cries of "Bravo, Cap
tain 3" . "go it, Captain." &c.
Having waited some time, the Captain di
.reeted- . the band to play again, when they
struck up "The Star Spangled Banner," and
"Hail Columbia," while the crowd kept shout
ing "Bring him out," •&c. Capt. R. and ex-
Councilman Wild entered the Hotel, and in a
few minutes the Padre appeared in the bat-,
cony, accompanied by Mr. , Oak Smith and
-Messrs. Wild and Rynders. He was re
ceived with tremendous' cheers, the band
playing "Hail to the Chief." The Padre is
a stout dark-complexioned man, about 5 feet
8. He wore the long Jesuit frock, with a
black velvet cap, which• he waved to the
crowd every time he was cheered 3 indeed, to
view him from the street one 'would have
thought he .was frightened at his position and
the yells which arose about every three min
utes.
THE PADRE SPEAKS BY PROXY
Order having been restored, • Mr. A. Oak
Smith said—Gentlemen, I have the pleasure
to introduce to your notice Padre :Vigil, the
accredited Minister from the Nicaraguan Re
public
.to the United States. [Great cheer
ing] But. as the Padre doesn't speak Eng
lish, he has commissioned me in a few words
to say that. he is grateful for his reception,
and in the name of General Walker and the
President of his Republic, he gives his assu
rance that• Nicaragua will stand high among
thenations of the earth, and permit no for
eign interference. [Cheers.] He also bids
me say that he is a true American at heart,
and thathe never in his life regretted so much
;his ignorance of the. English language= as he
does tonight. He knows the language, can
read it and understand it well; but cannot
speair. it,. He again thanks you through me,
gentlemen, and indeed he had already retired
to his chamber when I waited on him, but he
could not forbear the pleasure of seeing you
in person, and your demonstration to-night
shows that it is no vain boast when I assure
him that your sympathies are with General
Walker and Nicaragua.
After the above harangue the Padre waved
his velvet cap again and retired to his cham
ber, while the nd continued to play outside;
and it was late when the crowd dispersed.
FEW DAYS AND BODIN' ArtouNn.--These
songs seem to be all the rage at present al
though "a few days" is becoming rather un
popular. It was first on the carpet and ap
peared to suit the times admirably. Every
thing-was replied to by "a few days.'' Yon
present a small account, he would pay in "a
few days;" pretty girls expected to marry in
"a few .days;" negro boys whistled "a few
days;" brass bands blowed out "a few days ; 77
high fellows sung "a few days;" we were al
ways expecting to give our readers some lo
cal items' in "a few days;" and we ardently
hoped that a great many of our subscribers
would send along the amount due us in "a
few days." Bat it has been ascertained that
"a few days" won't work; therefore, "bobin'
around" has been substituted, and is likely
to become quite popular. A man gathers up
his small accounts and goes "bobin' around"
after his debtors, who adroitly go "bobin' a
round" the corners; pretty girls sick of wait
ing 'a few days' for a husband, now go "bobin'
around" for a beau; everybody whistles "bob
in' around;" brass bands blow out "bobin" a
round;" high fellows sing "bobin' around;"
while we go "bobin' around" for items occa
sionally, and as those whom we hoped would
pay us our dues have not done so, they may
expect to see us "bobin' around" after them
in "a few days," when we wish to find them
all ready to "bob down" the pew ter,and thus
enable us to go "bobin' around" and settle
with those who have been- "bobin' around"
after us "a few clays."
Condition of Mr. Sumner
WASHINGTON, May . 28.*
Mr. Sumner passed a sleepless and very
restless night, and to-day is in a very critical
state. His physician, Dr. Perry, of Boston,
has peremptorily forbidden any one to see
him, and ordered him to be kept strictly quiet.
His head and the glands of the neck are swol
len and the cuts have ulcerated. He has a
high fever, his pulse being about a hundred
and ten this evening: He has great sensi
bility to all noise and a torturing pain in the
head.
Intelligence *as brought to the Senate,
just before the adjournment that hie physi
cian considered the chances to be against his
recovery. There is an appearance of erysip
elas, a form of in flamation greatly to be dread
ed. Dr. Perry will remain during the crisis
of Mr. Sumner's case.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Mr. Sumner passed
a comfortable night. A consultation of phy
sicians was held this morning. No person
whatever is admitted—absolute repose being
necessary.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUES-
Message of the President
, WAPHINGTOI4) May Message from
the President - 1n relation to Central American
affairs, •was' sat to the Senate:yesterday, but
not read: It Merely encloses the letter of Mr.
Marcy to Mr:: Dallas dated-May 24th, on the
subject of the differerice - Of opinion between
the British Goveiliment and that Of the United
States regarding theronstructiori and effect
of the Convention of the-.l9th - of April, 1850,
and the Central American question generally,
and stating to Mr. Dallas the views the Pres
ident entertains on that question as it now
stands, in order that he may communicate
the same to the Earl of Clarendon. There
has been no direct communication between
the. two Governments on the main subject
since the letter of .Mr. Buchanan• to the Earl
.of Clarendon in September last, his lordship's
reply on the 28th of September, and the brief
rejoinder of Mr. Buchanan on the 4th of the
following October.
The President, it appears, would have been
•better satisfied if, .in expressing' the convic
lion .that all obstacles to a satisfactory adjust
ment .of, the controversy might, with it con
ciliatory spirit on.both sides be overcome, the
Earl of Clarendon bad been pleased to indi•
cate the means which; in: his judgment, were
calculated to produce so favorable a consum
mation. For, want of this the President was
•left to conjecture the precise idea 'of Her Ma
jesty's Government. He could not be certain
that • his conjecture concerning it was well
I founded, but was induced by certain collateral
accidents which have occurred, to infer, it
was by the arbitration of a third Power, of
the difference between the two governments
relative to Central America. Mr. Marcy
says it.would be superfluous to dwell on the
regret which the President entertains that a
proposition of this nature,. which-Her Majes
ty's government intendel a final one, was not
presented.at the commencement in such a
shape as to have attracted to and fixed upon
it the attention of this government. Lord
Clarendon seems to assume the difference be
tween the two countries was one merely of
the interpretation of the Convention of 1850,
but that is not so understood by this govern-,
ment, which does not understand that at the
date of the treaty, Great Britain had any pos
sessions or . occupied any territory in Central
America, unless the British establishment at
Belize, with its dependencies, as the:same are
defined by her treaties with Spain, are to be
considered as British possessions or 'territory
in Central America. • That•is only the possi
ble construction of the declarations exchang
ed between Mr- Clayton and Mr. Bulwer, at
the time of exchanging the ratification of the
Convention. After reviewing Great Britain's
pretensions, .Mr. Marcy says—To take with
a military force-and hold San Juan, Nicara
gua or any other point in Central America,
such pretension would be so totally irreconci
lable with all idea of the independence - or
neutrality of the Isthmus as to render' .the
Constitution worse than 'nugatory to the 'Uni
ted States. Instead of submitting to arbitra
tion, the
,pretension of involving such conse
quences or in any, other way consenting to
restore the effect to this treaty with such pos
sible construction, it would,. in the 'judgment
of the , President, be his duty to propose its
annulment so as to release the United States
from obligations not attended by any - :benefits,
arid
_which obligations thus unintentionally
incurred, - they having entered into the 'treaty
upon the supposition that an absolute recip
rocity restriction was also incurred by Great
Britain. The President , says he ,cannot. do
anything which could be taken to admit this,
either directly • or implied, but there is a ques
tion in his mind relative to the true construc
tion of that Convention, and he feels bound
to take care that in entertaining the present
proposition or arbitration he shall not be un
cierstood.as actuated by the slightest feeling
of distrust regarding the treaty rights of the
United States.
But the President is not prepared to say
that some of the questions of fact concerning
which the two governments differ, may not
be conveniently determined by arbitration, or
by some analagous.rnethod. Of this class of
objects of inquiry is the question, what are
the rightful limits of the establishment of
Belize, on the side of the State of Honduras
the question whether the Bay Islands do or
do not belong to that Republic, and the ques
tion as to what extent of country is embraced
in the term " Mosquito Court," or, is in the
actual occupancy of the Mosquito Indians,
considered as Indians, and with such territo
rial rights only as that description of persons
are entitled . to claim according to the estab
lished public law of Great Britain, of the
United States, and of Spain, or of the inde
pendent States which have succeeded Spain
in America, remembering that no power ex
ists on theTart'of Great Britain and the Uni
ted States to dispose of the sovereign rights
of Nicaragua Or any other State of Central
America. Mr. Marcy concludes as follows :
"All these questions of political geography
regard in the first instance the sovereignty
and jurisdiction of the independent States of
Central America. Great Britain and the
United States have no pretension thus to in
tervene, except for the purpose of defining
their own mutual obligations arising out of
engagements they may have contracted in
order to assure, so far as they are concerned,
the neutrality and independence of the Amer
ican Isthmus. Regarded only as collateral
considerations, affecting the construction of
the treaty between the United 'States and
Great Britain, they are questions which, if
not determinable by the agreement of the two
governments themselves, the President would
not decline to refer to arbitration. He is
aware of many practical obstacles to the
.ad
justment of any international difference of
this nature by arbitration, of which difficul
ties Great Britain and the United States has
experience in the attempt to settle by such
means the previous controversy on the sub
ject of the boundary between the United
States and the British Provinces in North
America. The President does not doubt any
one of the Powers of Europe which should
consent to undertake the task of such arbi
tration, as now proposed, would perform the
duty in perfect impartiality, but to apply to
any Power to do this would be to ask an act
which, if granted, would add to their own
domestic duties and labors a burden of set
tling the complicated differences of other
governments. He would greatly prefer that
in a controversy like the present, turning on
points and political geography, the matter
should be referred • to some one or more of
those eminent men of science who do honor
to the intellect of Europe and America, and
who with the previous consent of their re
spective Governments, might well undertake
the task of determining such a question to
the acceptance as well' of her Majesty's Gov . -
ernment as that of the United States. You
are instructed, therefore, to enter into tt corn
TION.
mtinication with her majesty's principal Sec
retary of Voroign Affairs
. in relation to Con
tral America, order to ascertain in the first
place whether existing • differences cannot be
promptly terminated by a . direct negotiation,
and if it cannot, then to discussthe conditions
of arbitration of these points of difference, as
to • which alone this inetbod of 'settlement
.
seems requisite or applicable, being assu
med-that.the other points of difference would
after that yield as - of course to a conference
between the Earl of Clarendon and yourself,
conducted in a spirit of cordiality and frank
ness, which belongs to . your personal rela•
tions, and dictated by the true interests, both
of the United States and Great Britain.: •
" W. L. 3,IARCY.”
=MI
Later . fr,cn:rt. Kansaa--the Crisis Approacla-
• • .CrucAGo, May 21.—Dates from Leaven
worth,•Kansas, have been •received to- Sam
day last, state that Wednesday (to -day) iP
fixed for the attack on Lawrence. There is
a complete reign of terror in the Territory.—
Two cannon crossed the river at•Cluaon, des
tined for Lawrence. The •Buford Company
of enrolled' militia had' been furnished by
'Gov. Shannon with U. S. Arms. The Free=
State men are in want of arms and ammuni
tion.
Marshall Donaldson has proclaimed that
his intention was to make a clean sweep this
time. Mr. Robinson was Still at Lexincrton.
. The correspondent of the Jefferson (Mo.)
Inquirer states that a petition is circulating
in the border counties, praying for the imme
diate removal of Col. Pltimner.
, Mr. Brown, the editor of the Herald of
Freedom, writes that a mob entered the hotel
at Kansas City, and dragged off "a man they
supposed to be himself. Discovering their
mistake, they returned and demanded him.—
The, proprietor of the hotel _refused, .and a
company of Michigan emigrants entered the
hotel to protect the occupants. The mob
were still surrounding the hotel at the close
of the letter.
Nothing authentic has been heard of
Brown's fate since his capture.
The St. Louis Democrat's correspondence,
dated the 16th states that from 800 to 1200
men were encamped near Lecompton.
The people of Lawrence sent a note to Col.
Sumner, asking him to station a body of
troops in the vicinity, to prevent the moo
from proceeding to sanguinary extremities.
He declined, saying that he had no power to
move without orders. .
In answer to an inquiry, Marshal Donald
son said_that his demands must be complied
with. Every man against whom a process
of law had been issued, should be surrender
ed , all the munitions of war in Lawrence
must be delivered up, and that the citizens of
Lawrence should pledge themselves implicit
ly to obey the present enactments in Kansas
tinder oath. On the receipt of this, the citi
zens held a meeting, and drew up a letter to
the Marshal, stating that any person acting
under him would be allowed to execute pro
cess against any inhabitant of Lawrence, and
if called on' they would serve as a posse in
aiding the arrest. There would not now. nor
at any future time be any resistance •to the
laws, and they only awaited an opportunity
to test their fidelity to the Union and the
Constitution. They claimed to be law-abi
ding, order-loving citizens, end asked' to be
protected from the outrages of the constitu
ted authorities. The purport of the Mar
shal's answer was, that he did riot ''believe
the promises of the people of Lawrence, but
regarded them as rebels and traitors, and
that they should know his demands when he
came.
From the Kansas City grkterprise, May 22,
Collision in the Territory !
GREAT EXCI7'EItIENT IN LAW
RENCE.
The Free State Hotel Destroyed—Two Print
ing Presses thrown in Kansas Rimer—lave
Men Killed I
From the Boreer Times extra of to-day we
make the following extracts, with some addi
tional particulars, which we obtained from
Judge FAIN, who was on the groundat the:
time. It is perfectly reliable and correct i
Early Wednesday morning, the If. S. Mar
shall's Posse took possession of the Mound in
flout of Lawrence, and between 10 and 1f
o'clock the Marshall sent his Deputy, W P.
FAIN, Esq., into Lawrence with a posse of
eight.
• They made four arrests and returned and
delivered their prisoners to the Marshall, who ,
then dismissed his entire posse; when Sher
iff Jones immediately summoned them all
and took about 20 with him into Lawrence.
Jones rode up in front of the Free State
Hotel, and calling for Gen. Pomeroy, deman
ded all the Sharpe's Rifles and Artillery, giv
ing him five minutes to decide whether he
would surrender or not.
Pomeroy said he would surrender all, he
could get, and fifteen minutes was allowed
them to stack the arms in the street.
Col. Jones then requested Col. Eldridge to
move his furniture from the Free State Hotel,
giving him two hours to do so in. Eldridge
ueelined, when the posse entered and remo
ved most of the furniture into the street.
It was the express orders of Sheriff Jones
that no private property should be injured,.
and particularly that Robinson's house should
not be touched, but the crowd had became so.
highly excited that nothing could be done to.
restrain them. They then carried the Artil
lery in front of the Free State Hotel, . and
fired upon it until the walls began to fall, they
then set it on fire, and left it in ruins.
The printing materials, of the Herald of
Freedom and Kansas Free State offices, were
thrown into the river.
After a portion of the posse had left, Rol:1i.:
son's house was burned.
During the excitement, a man attempted to
run, was hailed ; he did not stop—he was
shot
A pro-slavery man was accidentally killed
by the falling of a brick from the Hotel walls.
A receipt was given by Sheriff Jours to
Gen. Pomeroy for all the rifles and cannon
surrendered by him to the authorities of Doug
lass county.
DON'T MIX UP THE BainEs.—The Albany
Knickerbocker gives the following account ,of
a curious affair which occurred in a family
in that city a few days since:—A mother and
her daughter were both confined on the same
day; each having a little son. In the bustle
of'the moment both were placed in a cradle,
and to the confusion of the mothers, when
the youngsters were taken from the cradle,
they were unable to tell which was the moth
er's and which was the daughter's son—a
matter which, of course, must ever remain a
mystery. The family is in grea; distress
over the affair.
ing.