Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-08
From the Mauri,us Mercantile Gazette, Feb. 81
MORE CONSULAR TROUBLES FOR THE
CABINET.

From the Maur,us Mercantile Gazette, Feb. 6.l
MORE CONSULAR TROUBLES FOR THE
CABINET.
An important correspondence has bee n
published by Hollier Grifiths, ESQ.,, an.
nouncing his temporary re-appointment
as United States commercial agent, vice
G. NJ. Farnum, ESQ The latter gentle
man, however, declaring that he has not
received the letter from the American
government, (of which Mr.. Griffiths pub
fishes copy,) suspending him from the
functions, he has refused to hand over
the duties. of the office, and continues to
act, notwithstanding the injunction to
the contrary contained in Mr.. Secretary
Marcy's letter tn H.. Grifiths, Esq. This
dispute is of considerable importance,
and will, we trust, in the interest of the
Amer can mercantile marine, be speedily
terminated. ..--.-., -g.-.s.
We take over from a cotemporary the
following observations on this subject:
One OF our contemporaries lately stated
that MIR. Farnum, Consul for the United
States of America, was superseded. We
can state upon good authority that this is
incorrect, and that the government of
this colony recognises no other agent Or.
consul for America except Mr.. Farnum.
all those who have had transactions
with the American consul will be glad to
hear this; and, with all due respect to
the high requirements Of the former
American consul, we may assert, with all
confidence, that Mr.. Farnum has dis
charged the duties of his office with credit
to himself and advantage to his country,
and with affabilitv and courtesy to all
who have had dealings with him, and, be
it remembered, under difficulties of no
ordinary kind.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER THE PRESIDENT OF
New GRENADA.-The Courier and En-
quirer translates the following from the
New Grenadi,,o of March Goth, received
by the last arrival. No further informa-
ton is given, except that threatening
writings had been posted upon the doors
of Congress:
cat two o'clock in the morning of
Thursday, the 10th inst, an internal
machine was discharged against the win
dows and the wall of the Government
House, in the street leading from the
square of the Constitution to the Coliseum.
On hearing the alarming report, the Presi-
dents guard was called to arms, he being
seriously i'll, and having received some
medical applications from his wife and at
tendants. The place having been recon.
noitered where the explosion had taken
place, nine musket bulls and six pieces
of iron were found, Of different sizes, but
all of them about three or four lines in
thickness, and proving to be part of an
iron flask. Fortunately the authors oil
the crime had given it wrong direction,
as the greater part of the balls, (about
thirty in ALL, struck the wall between
two windows, and only one (of lead) en-
| tered the windows, and striking the shut
tiers falling at the feet of the lady of the
President, when she opened it few
minutes afterward."
O@An artist of Sheffield, England, has
discovered that soap is an excellent sub.
s.itute for wood in engraving. A draw.
ing may be executed with hard point
on smooth piece of soap. almost as read
lily, as freely, and in as short time, as
an ordinary drawing with lead pencil.
Every touch thus produced is clear, sharp
and we'll defined. When the drawing is
fini he'd, cast may be taken from the
surface in plaster; or, better still, BY
pressing the soap firmly into heated gutta
percha. In gutta percha several impress
sions may be taken without injuring the
soap, SO as to admit of proofs" being
'"hS'i, aid ~,.-n~.:~.,, iiIauc-d Ven, al.
liable and practical good quality in soap.
The KNOW NoTH1NGs -"And with
Absalom went two hundred men out OF
Jerusalem, that were called-and they
went in their simplicity. and they knets
not anything. (See 2 Samuel, chapter
XIV, 11th verse;
Certain malicious persons having in.
simulated. that the Independent Order OF
Know Notbings" is an organization OF
recent invention, we have taken pains to
dive into the pages Of ancient lore, with
the view of refuting that calumnious as.
persion. The quotation that heads this
article, proves beyond doubt or cavil that
the "know Nothings" are most ancient
and respectable body, and that they exist.
cd in the times of the Prophets.-Balti.
more Ledger.