New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-27
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PARIS, Tuesday, May 8. 1854.
col suun,r the late bearer Of dispssshes seat y
,be Government of the United States TO Madrid -
rived here last evening on bis return He should have
arrived in Paris several days sooner ana unessines
was felt on account of his delay; bus new spPeA"
that he was DELAYED BY events at Madrid lie repre-
sents the state Of affairs at Madrid IS being very IN
certain and disconraging They were expecting IRON
day TO day terrible revolution. growing our OF as
strife between the Queen and the Cabinet, ana IN 'ns
state of affairs Mr. Souls had found il impossible 70
press the Black Warrior affair 10 solution. ihcy
had promised from day to day TO give Mr.. Souie .
dehntive reply. and Col Sumner waited for this pur
pose: they had promised positively for the las; tims
10 give him answer the evening before starting but
none came.
Col Sumner represents NJ. Calderon De Ia Barcs %
the great difficulty in the way Of a settlement. He
hates the Queen be hates Soule and he don't like the
Knitted States He has lived fifteen years in the United
states believes he knows more about the country than
the Americans themselves and ne tells the Spanish
people and the Spanish Cabinet that the President 10
not supported in his demand on Spain but by sman
inoriv of the people of the United States and that Il
Is an Rnucome Intended for eectioneerng purposes
He backs up his assertions by quotations from certain
journals and speeches in Congress when ne mas 'rsns
lated for the Madrid journals, aud IN tns way ne car
r;es puhlc opinion with him. He has convinced GER
tain ,ronor,on of the leadincmen of Madrid that tho
Government is not serious in its demands Mr. Soulo
vould act with more sternness were Is not Tor the
eouivccal position in which the Cabinet now stands;
but he expects from one day 10 another revolution
that will change the Cabinet and the general pohcy Oh
the Government and he does not think that any loss
will be sustained BY awaiting this event Col sumner
adds that the Spanish Government is much pleased
With the present Capain-General OF Cuba and would
not entertain for moment the idea OF HE removal.
He heard nothing in Madrid of the report that tho
of Cuba holds in his hands an act Of
liberation for the slaves of Cuba.
Mr. SWAIN wealthy gentleman from Philadelpha
and son of the inventor of Swams Psnacea, is now
n this city and has presented to the French Govern.
rnent system of signals for battlehelds on board
slips or for intra mural purposes which has excited
the greatest attention Mr.. Swain commenced tho
study of the subject as an amusement but he soon be
came interested in it, and has now brought his system
70 such perfection that he asserts that any common
soldier can soon be learned to give nallbe signals on
the battlefield by means OF his shirt his handkerchief
or even his hat that can be understood as lar as the
eve will carry. The French Minlster-ot-Wsr has sp-
ponted commission of learned men to examine Mr..
Swaim's invention thoroughly, and their experiments
are TO commence tomorrow at Vincennes. There v
no doubt but that the Government will adopt these