The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-03-16
TELEcR aPHIC DISPATCHES.
Reported Ese.s.iv.,y for tho Minrrs' Express.
Washington, 8


Reported Esslssivsiy for the Miners Express.
Washington, 3 h.
Ne. Clayton aflsr few remarks proceeded
fotice Mr.. Cas.'s speech Of Jan. last, and ais
referred to the statement Of Mr.. King, mad
through Mr. Briggs, Of the House, of whicl
ing Of his relations with Mr.. Cass which woule
lead him TO expect such treatment at his hands
while the treaty was under considerations. He
had held several Interviews with Mr. King. and
they both agreed that on the treaty there waste
be no relations Of American light OF Great
Britain 10 the country in Honduras They both
believed that Great Britain had no other right
there, than the nigh, Of occupancy for certain
purposes under the treaty with Spain. lie con-
tended that this and nothing else was recognize
ed by the treaty. He had denied that the cx-
planations Of the treaty by himself and Bulwer
were unknown BY Gen. Taylors Cabinet at the
time Of these exchanges. He then entered into
historical examination Of the Territorial aud
political boundary Of central America and into
an elaborate discussion on this point He here,
yielded the hoor-when on melton the Senate
went into executive session and adjourned
The following are the chairmen OF standing
committees: Mason, Foreign Relations; Hunter,
Finance; Shields, Military Affairs; Goodwin,
Naval Affairs Borland, Public Lands; Bright,
Railways and canals Jones, Pensions; Sebas-
tion. Indian Afairs; Shields, District Of Column
bia; Broadhead, Claims; James. Patents;
Butler, Judiciary Douglas, Territories; Rusk,
Post Office; Jones, Public Business; Pierce,
Library.
The "Naval intelligencer' published CORES |
pondence between Ex-President Fillmore and his
Cabinet. The members expressed their admira-
,ion Of the uniring assiduity and devotion OF
his Office exhibited by Mr. Fillmore and acknowl-
edges the personal courtesy with which they
We're treated and the harmony ever prevalent.-I
Mr. Fillmore acknowledges the tribute and dis
claims deserving it he says the success of his
administration was owing chiefly to the wisdom,
harmony and fidelity Of his councillors, no
President he says, was ever more fortunate in
the choice Of cabinet-no harsh words having
ever occurred between them. The "lntelligen
Ger" says that the suspension of sentence against
con-, A. P. Catesby Jones, was granted by the
President by the Recommendation Of Secretary
Kennedy. He Immediately re appointed him to
the command Vi the San Francisco station. h
Worcester, March 9Th inst. Il
A FIRE this morning destroyed the machine
shop Of White and Boyd, and the satinett fac
tory Of Bigler and Bartlett and other buildings
loss 1000.
Washington, Slh.
The various committees were appointed. i
Mr.. Clayton delivered hisspeech in vindica- i
ton Of himself and in reply to the charge against
the Clayton and Balwer treaty. Peter l.
Washington was to-day appointed assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury vice Hodge.
The members Of the Cabinet took charge of
their respective Offices this morning at IL t
o'clock. |,
Ohowa, Ills, March 8th 1853. !
The large ware house nearly completed and a
ly destroyed by FIRE last night about ten o'clock,
there was in store, from.twelve tofifteen thous-
and bushels of corn and from eight to ten q
thousand bushels Of oats and some wheat {
There is Reported to have been from twenty !
four to thirty thousand bushels of grain in store
at the time. The grain was owned by Mr.. /
Law and Jno. p. Chap,n of Chicago, and is .
total loss. No Insurance. Is supposed to be Z
the work Of an Incendiary as fire was not allow.
ed in the building. u
New YoRK, March 7, 10 A. NJ.
The steamer Baltic arrived last evenin >, with n
Liverpool dates of Feb % :
The Africa arrived at Liverpool on the ,
23rd.
An attempt was made to assasinate the En-
peror BY stabbing him with pognsrd, at Wen \
ma, on the 10Th The assassin was Hunga- s
rian tailor, and was arrested. The Emperor vas ,
bat slightly injured. :
Liverpool grain market is fiat. Wheat-Onc =
penny to two pen.e lower Four-six pence
lower. Corn to arrive-Six pence down, on D
spot-dull and unchanged. r
Doubtful rumors prevail of contemplated re-
lations between England and France, as coun.
terpoise to Northern Powers.
Radetski Proclsims, con6scaton Of property Of Ii
suspected persons. -
The frontiers Of Lombardy were closely
blockaded. az
Maszini was seen on the frontier, but not cap 9,
tured Sa6i had also escaped The former dis
tributing money to the disaffected.
The gates OF Milan were still closed, and =
troops arriving. Whiskey and singing had been "
forbid. Two more had been hung, and it was Il
thought some Hungarians were privately shot III .
the Castle.
Milan sentenced to pay 10000 forms every
Wednesday.
City quiet.
Some few arrests have been made at Genoa.
The London Advertiser says extensive con- ~
spiracies have been discovered in Hungary, and
country unsettled. ?
Austria ordered s, 900 Swiss to leave Lombardy 2
in "a hours. II
Hostilities resumed between the Turks and
Montenegrins, hut not as reported between Tur- Il
key and Austrian. Austrian mission to Constan ;.
tinopIc was unsuccessful. j,
T.
BEHroN IN THE FiELD.-The Jefferson In.
quirer contains letter from Col. Benton, of
recent date. He says.
81 am offenappealed to, to know if4l;would J
offer for the Senate inl654. answer that | N
had no alternative neither for myself or friends
These malignanis following up the union and
harmony Of the jefferson City convention,) act Z
openly on the ground that neither Benton nor ?,
friend he has in the state shall be elected to any
Office, nor any ofthem appointed by the federal q
government 10 any place whatever, and are now ii
here in swarms 10 say and swear whatever is s;
necessary to defeat every one. Under these
cannot give up the state, aban- "a
doning all my friends to these few malipnants a.