The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-19
IHTERHsTIBG LErrERa
Our Washing ton Corrospondence.

aeme~t by W III Sesoard ~ the Fishery Trou5les,
pro ten.-Seaate Commif,cs on Mer,caa Claims
-Ho1ston'S COMMITTEE on the Treasury Specie
Jators, &c.
There win be no further difficulty about the gu
sno question-that is, toe question Of the right Of
sovereignty over the Lobos islands Tho official
correspondence on the subject being considered
conclusive of the jurisdiction Of Peru our cabinet
IL is said, win not press the point assumed by Mr.
Webster, that the aforesaid islands are, OF right,
the common property of all nations. Accordingly,
all American vessels expecting, hereafter, TO collect
their cargoes Of guano at the Lobos islands free,
under the protection of the United States govern
meat will find themselves mistaken. 1t is rumored
that instructions to the Pacific squadron counter
msndipg the previous instructions 10 Commodore
RCAuiey, have gone cut, or will shortly be sent
out. We presume, however ms there is no necessity
for any mystery on the subject, that when our go
vernment is fully cor irmed OF tae title of Peru,
official proclamation OF our recognition of such title
will be made Tor the guidance OF our merchantmen,
and all whom IT may concern. There will, at all
evente, be no war about gusno with Peru, for the
claims Of sovereignty aud Of occupation set up by
Peru to the Lobos Islands have been, viii be,
coded lie is manifest that this alter Mr..
Webster and not Mr Abbott Lawrence that jumped
at his conclusion Mr. Webster is not half so learned
In geographical history III the profuuditles of the
federal constitution Benton, no doubt, could have
told him all about the L"bos islands
The fishery question tn ough the mediation OF
w H. Seward, viii be settled, or rather turned
over TO the next al anlstratiun without war. Last
week. MIR. Seward had the Kindness 20 interpOse his
good offices between Nh Webster aud MIR. Cramp-
ten, which were followed up by cabinet council
which was followed up 10y q speech from Mr.. Seward
III the Senate, which may, therefore, be considered
as the speech Of the administration, and which was
followed by Mr. Webster returning his thanks to
MIR. Seward. How far AL this may have had any
connection with the late vements of the Webster
wings of Boston. does not appear. but the ohan Of
condolences is certs'uly very harmonious Seward
is professionally the prince Of negotiators, if he
can, in single stroke Of policy, reconcile himself
with the administration, the ad nnstration with it
self and with General Scott and accomplish the
basis of pacific adjustment of a serious difficulty
with England ana all III half hours conversation
between Mr. Webster and Mr. Champion. The
basis Of this comprehensive arrangement is simply
that the treaty OF 1918, excluding American fisher
mon from approaching within three miles of the
shore of any of Her Majesty's North American
lonial fisheries, for the purpose of catching fish,
shall be practically enforced for the future. OF
course, the real difficulty remains as before and the
next administration will have the privilege of doing
the best that it can DO in permanent arrangement
with Great Britain which shall be satisfactory to
all parties and not beyond the comprehension of
our Yankee fishermen
The select committee of the Senate, appointed to
inquire into the justice of the awards of the late
Board Of Commissioners upon Mexican claims, will
net be able to report this session They have, We
understand, some sixty memorials before them,
from individuals excluded by the Board from the
benefits Of the three and quartermlions set apart
for these claims; and of these memorials the COM
mittee have only been able, thus far, to examine
come twenty-five or three such is the mass of docu
mentary evidence which it is necessary to overhaul
Gen. Houstop's committee of Investigation, which
applies generally 20 the specializing operations of
the Treasury department. are working earnestly to
make out q case for the present campaign, and we
should not be surprised # they to succeed in
such exhibit OF jobbing aud trading with the
public moneys as will astouish the honest people of
the rural districts, and aoundantly explain how
some of those lucky individuals coming TO Washing
ton without the first red cent" contrive in year
or two, without any visible means of support, to
flourish in their stately carriages, to give large par
ties to Congress and the cabinet, in houses furnished
In prIncey style, aud 10 take first rate position
among the codfsh aristocracy, long their
money and their parties last
Upon legislative matters it is too late to
expect any thing usetul beyond the annual appro-
pristion bills We have had lazier and
moro useless session OF Congress.
WASHINGTON, August IL, 1852.
Washington Local liens The Presidential Cam
pa,gn South Of Mason ant Diron's Line-Policy
of dtc Ofccholdes, Sc Gen. Dasrsom an Mary
land. &c +, hard np-Gen. Scott bound for the Vr
gimia Springs.
Upwards of thousand engaged on the
work of the two wings Of the Capitol, which are ri
sing fron the EARTH each in the solid proportion Of
fertilization, ono the north. and the south
probably require the labor of thousand for six
or seven years to complete it, at cost which
hardly fall short Of five millions Of dollars.
The improvement Of the public grounds, several
hundred in ALL lately under the superintend-
ence of that accomplished horticuturist, Andrew
j. Downing, viii be carried forward according to
his plans and drawings of the same, and when fin
ishcd, the late desert Of Washington will be
chanyed int the hal grounds IF n p,,relv
artificial character. in the United States.
The wings and democrats Of this city are taking
al active part in he Presidential canvass, and make
occasional ncursions, with music and transparences
into the adjoining States of Mary land and Virginia;
but all attempts to get up popular breeze are fu-
tile. The people appear to be wholly Indifferent
about tie elections For example, last Saturday,
the wings of Washington. several omnibus loads,
headed by band OF music invaded the ancient vii
lage Of Bladensburgh and set up their stages for
public speaking but not more than twenty men
could be gathered TO the stand to hear the won
derful achievements of General Scott Never was
there Presidential election so exceedingly fiat in
this region, never military oheflain about whom
the people were 20 Indifferent the hero of Lundy's
Lane Seward has blasted him south OF Mason and
Dixon, 30 that the democrats now count upon car
rysDg Mary land, Tennessee, and even Kentucky, in
addition 10 North Carolina Louisiana and Georgia,
all ofwhich voted Tor Gen Tay 1913 In all these
movements the policy Of the oficehoders is, TO a
remarkable extent. the policy OF arned neutrality.
VI NSH iolh, hhu lnhe ceatt
as The key Of the election, they behave with very
conmenosbe discretion.
General Dawson, Of Georgia Senator, has been
making political tour thorough Maryland, in behalf
Of General Scott, aided by Mr. Staply Of North Ca
I0lina and several other members Of Congress, a
movement which beiI8ys the feebeness of General
SCOTS footing even III the stau acn old wing State
Of Maryland The effect Of the North Carolina cleo
tion which contested with unprecedented ex-
ertions both sioes has demanded this extraordi-
nary missionary enterprise in Maryland, as state
IN Ia, kad aft
ed old locofoco State Of Virginia is considered as
neio upon which any extra expenditure OF powder
and shot would be q dead waste of ammunition.
General SCOTS health. however, demanding atrp 10
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