The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-14

most importan, OF all, the absence ofall dan
ger from collapse or explosion. The combi-
nation OF so many advantages, if there be no
mistake in the matter, must produce an entire
| revolution in navigation. The days of steam
are already numbered. II will soon become
dead le,ter-an obsolete iJea-a relic OF the
past, no more capable Of resurrection than the
United States Bank. For Capt L. says the
new principle can be applied, with proper mo-
difcations in the machinery, to railroads and
to all kinds Of stationary work. Captain +.
has been requested to lecture at Metropoi
| tan Hall upon his invention.
The Ericsson has retained TO her old dock
| at Williamsburg, where her engines will be
| put in complete order for a trip to Baltimore.
| THE CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY.
We find in the Washington Republic of the
| 18th, the messages and letters communicated
TO the Senate during the Executive sessions
of 22d April and 9th and 22d May, 1850, rela-
live to the Nicaragua treaty. The Injunction
Of secrecy was removed in the Executive ses
sion held for that purpose on Tuesday last.
| III transmitting COiIfCb''OH o~''S'~'
lor says that its object is ''to establish COM
mercial alliance with all great maritime States
| for the protection Of contemplated ship ca
nal. through the territory of Nicaragua, TO
connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and,
at the same time, to insure the same protec-
ton to the contemplated railways or canals by
the Tehuantepec and Panama routes as we'll
as 10 every other inter-oceanic communication
which may be adopted TO shorten the transit
! 10 or from our territories on the Pacfc."-
"Should this treaty be ratified" he SAYS, cit
| will secure in future the liberation of all Cen
| trail Amer : from any kind of foreign aggres
SION" Again Sat the time negotiations were
opened with Nicaragua for the construction of
canal through her territory, found Great
| Britain in possession Of nearly half of Central
America, as the ally and protector ofthe Mos
| quito King. Ii has been my object in negotia
ting this treaty, not only TO secure the passage
| across the Isthmus to the government and cii-
zens of the United States, by the construction
| ola great highway dedicated TO the uses of all
nations on equal terms, but to maintain the
independence and sovereignty of all the Cen
tral American republics. The Senate will
| Judge how far these objects have been effect
ed.' He disclams, ION the part of the govern
ment, any disposition to seize and annex any
portion of the territories of these feeble States.
! The letter of Mr.. Clayton to Sir Henry
BuIwer, transmitting the project for conven-
tioa, and the reply of that Minister, both dated
| 18th April, accompany this message. They
! are unimportant. On the 9th Of May the Pre-
| sident transmits note, from the British Min
| lister to Mr.. Clayton, in which he states that
the intelligence received from Central Ameri
| ca, to the effect that the British Consul Chat
field had negotiated treaty with the State OF
Costa RIGA, which placed il under British pro-
lection, is false, and the reply of Mr.. Clayton,
| expressing his qualification at learning that
such was the fact. On TIE 22d, the treaty was
ratified by vote of AZ to IL. The following
| are the yeas and nays:
YEAs.-Messrs. Badger Baldwin. Bell, Ber-
| rien, Butter, Cass, Chase, Clarke, Clay, Coop
er, Corwiu, Davis of Mass, Dawson, Dayton,
Dodge of Wis, Dodge of Iowa, Downs, Felch,
| Foote ofMiss, Greene Of Rhode Island, Hale,
| Houston, Hunter. Jones of Iowa, King. Man
ulllI MuSUU, NlIlcf; MOTlOI tNOIIlSj L
, Pratt, Sebastian, Seward, Shields, Smith,
Soule, spruance, Sturgeon, Underwood,
Wales and Webster.-42
| NAYs.-alessrs. Atchison, BOrland, Bright,
Clements, Davis OF Mississippi Dickinson,
Douglas, Turney, Walker, Whitcomb and
| 1ulee.-1l.
Mr.. Bragg of Alabama, has published let
ter in the National Intelligencer, which seems
| IN reconcile the discrenancv batuaan tho Ststa.
ment of Gen. Cass, and the letter of Mr.. King
| published by Mr.. Clayton. MIR. B. says that
when the treaty was returned from Eng land,
ii contained a proviso recognizing the title of
| Great Britain to certain portion Of Hondu
ras and her jurisdiction over it. 1t was this
that was communicated to him by Mr.. Clay
ton-this that caused him to say that the trea.
| ty would not get n vote in the Senate-aud
this that Mr.. c. afterwards told him was with.
drawn. When called upon by General Cass,
he supposed that this claim was the one allu-
ded TO, and so thinking, he stated that Mr..
Clayton had told him tibet it had been with
drawn.
ThesRepubiic has strong article in favor
OF the British claim to the Belize 1t saws il
was originally acquired by conquest, nearly
two hundred years ago, and has been held
against all the attempts of Spain, some OF
them quite formidable, ever since-that in
1882, commission from the Crown of Spain
was authorised "to make formal delivery 70
the British alton of the lands allotted far the
cutting of logwood," sc. In 1898 Spanish
expedition of 5000 men, commanded by Field.
Marshal o Neil, was repulsed by the settlers.
The Republic says, ''the English claim to this
settlement is by occupation and possession
for nearly two hundred years, with the copsen,
OF the original occupants, by alleged con.
quest, and the REIMBURSEMENT of her sover.
eighty by SPAIN"
BRIDGE WASHED AwAY.-We are inform
ed that the bridge which cross g the Msbepin
river, between Murfreesboro', NC. and Rov
kin's depot, was washed away ON Ssturda q
last. The hack which was on The rop,e he
!, tween the two places has been taken off FIR ,be
, present, and there is, in CONSEQUENCE. M ma;
, conveyance.
HE CRYSTAL PALACE,-An agent of III.