The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-10-24
Correspondence of the Courier.
WASHINGTON, Der |

or Musuni,o question. The French difficulty
sinks into iusisnihcancc in con parisoh with ii.
The latter Is an incidental furry~he former
has the appearance ut a long gathering, now
impending. an inevitable storm.
The matter has gone farther than any on"
in this country had supposed. 1t has gone so
far that i, is difficult, to see how the AdminiS;ra
,ioa can rrtrace their steps without dSh"nor, or
proceed without preparation for War. me
people of ibis coan'ry have looked at IN" matter
with Indifference for ,hry are c"nfdns in eve
ry Administration. They are surprised |" hnh
from Mr.. Son"rs' address ,o The Government "l
Nicaragua, aud from recent Srml-o'lic'al stare
mrn,s, that the 4 Administration had taken b"id.
no, to saw RI 81 STEP in foreign afi,irs. from
which they c+nnot retraci with any grace, nor
indeed without murh dSrrrdi'.
We find in Mr.. Suuiers' address an assertion,
Of course dictated to him in his instructions, ot
President Monroe's dictum in regard to c"!onI
za,on Of any part oflhe Continent, and an ap'
picaion of that dicfum to the British settle
menls in the Mosquito country.
In fact Mr.. Sq'Iiers not only declares that
the American Con,inen; must be owned only
by Americans, but that all invasion OF the rights
of Nicaragua must be rcdressed as an INJURY TO
the United States, .-...
That is the plain meaning of Mr.. Squiers' ad
dress. The same declarations were communl.
Gated to the British Government 'hrous h Mr.
Davis, the present Secretary OF Legation al
London.
The protest Of the British Consul, was dated
Jny 3lst, and Of course the remonstrance
against il was not communicated through Mr..
Bancroft. because on the first Of August his OH
ciai functions ceased by the peremptory order
of this Government.
The tone Of the British Government, is as de.
tcrmined az il has ever been upon any interna-
tional question, as We see in the correspond.
cuce of the British Consul in Guatemala, with
the Government Of Nicaragua. Distinct threats
are thrown out not only against Nicaragua, hut
any Company which may contract with her Tor
the right to construct a Canal along The banks
of the San Juan, and through her territory
We shall have more Of the matter anon.
Mr.. Calhoun's presence in the Senate, next
winter, willlbe necessary and as important as it
was in the fifty -four forty war. and his efforts in
behalf Of peace may be more availing than they
were in regard to the Mexican war.
STATUE OF Mr.. CALuouS.--The Charleston
Mercury contains letter from Hon. R. B.
Rhett, covering one from, Edward Everett, con-
tanning the explanation Of Powers why the
statue Of Mr.. Calhoun has not been finished in
the prescribed time. We make the following
extract. p7v., ua
"Mr. Calhoun's Statue is now almost finish
ed. |, has taken years more labor than |
had expected, and know that there is much
impatience about it. 1t will he my first draped
Statue and this must account for my miscalcu.
Iation of the time it would take me to execute it.
If you could say word two 10 Mr.. Preston,
or perhaps il would be better 10 write to some
Of Me- Calhoun's more immediate friends uron
The subject, you would greatly ohige me. You
know better than they do how have been sit
uated. have been compelled to do as have
done in regard to this Statue; hut during the
last year and hall. the work has not been de.
layed for anything else. Il has gone on unre-
mittingly.'
81 have no doubt that Mr.. Powers, who is
thoroughly conscientious, has done his best to
fulfil his engagements relative 10 this Statue.
He took with him good many modrls Of heads
when he left this country for Florence; and has
been obliged, in order to the support of his large
family, TO accept new orders"
The MoRaoN Cry OF SALT LAKE A
e.pondent Of the Piltsburg Gazette. writing
from the Mormon City on the Great SAT- Lake,
says il covers more ground than Pit.shurg, and
contains almost ten thousand Mormons.
The whole valley is occupied by the Nor.
mons, who build their houses entirely on sun
dried bricks. They are building church Of
stone, which is already one story high, and will
he fine building. They assemble every Sun
day rnorni:g under large she'd The society
is Governed by President, The twelve, and the
seventy. The Presiden: and 1.-The twelve occn-
py the pulpit and do all the preaching. l went
this mnrning when the hell rang, To church,
where saw a large assemblage, some dressed
quite fasbionahly. and all clean and neat.
brass band first played lively tune, and then
the clerk rose and read several notices.
One man had lost pocket book-anolher
had had his garden destroyed by cattle breaking
into it. lie then read off the names Of persons
to whom letters in the post Office were address.
ed, and several other items Of tba; kind. He
then announced that on next Tuesday they
would have an anniversary feast, as it was the
day of the month on which they arrived at their
present snug quarters. He stated that the city
would be reused early in the morning by the
firing of cannon and the mIsic of the brass band
procession would then be formed, which
would march out oftown, at o'clock dinner
would be served. The emigrants were all in.
vited TO attend.
They are very strict in the administration Of
justice. One Of their number stole pair of
boots from an emigrant. He was sentenced to
pay four times their value, fined $50, and was
compelled to work fifty days on the public roads
One ofthem'was sentenced to death for borrow
ing some property from neighbor and selling
it; but finally, owing to the intercession Of his
c, ,rniIu hiS santence was cnmmnfed 10 haniSh