Butte record., 1854-12-16


The books of the Company are open for the
inspection of all at the IS iS3eeretary's office.
4 Yours, -''
-o' l9sapoo Aooi eoidi North FORK.
Bidwell, Dec. 14tH, 1854. .sw geli 1yIje-
30 afDj9or-=77t it5r777 --r-71r7-. i "a issfst
Mn. SopLE AND THE FREwcH GovERN7
mExr.-We condense from tic correspondence
Of the n. Y Times and Tribune, the annexed
statement Of the situation of aifairs touching
the recent insult offered to Mr.. Seqle at Ca
lais We are obliged. from want Of room, to
defer much interesting matter on the subject
Mr.. Soule. having spent two days in London,
set out last Tuesday for Madrid rid France.
On bis arrival at Calais, he was asked to show
his passports, and, having done so, was re
quested to step into an inner room of the BE-
reau de Police. Here he was told that he
must leave the country by the next steamer
and that he would not be allowed in the mean
while to go anywhere out of Calais, being un-
| der Surveillance.
There must be mistake, SIR said our
Minister :, do you know who | am: y
There is not the slightest mistake. sir
was the reply : you are Mr.. Soule, the Am
bassador OF the United States of America at
the Court of Spain, and l have orders not to
let you pass" i1sJiaD9- 94f,T.ci.t 8aj haar
4" Where are your orders, sir" asked Mr..
Soule '7''"l A
6 This is no business of yours, sir; these
orders arc for me, and am acting upon them,
said the Cohrnssary. 600 li1am III, 1
/ This happened at Calais Something more
was sai,'. but of no public concern. Mr.. Soule
by the net STEAMER, and reached London
iet. lets !; -, evening lay before yesterday The
news being NAV, a known IN Amerlca9 ne circles,
the greatest excitene-7 Prev. anu as may
be Imagined, measures o, all sorss were SpgI
gested amidst great indignatio. t,..-...,.- . 81.
The Legation pareook, of course, D. tne gen
eral excitement | have had the honor 0, 'ee-
ing Mr. Buchanan since his return, but from
all hear, he maintained, throughout this r-
ritating affair, dignifed resolution to concur
in every step to require due apologies for an
insult against our national honor. The whole
morning of yesterday was spent in consulta-
ton, the result of which was the decision to
send over Mr. Sickles, III order that he might
obtain a real knowledge of what that proceed
ing really meant 1t was thought that the act
might hare been a mere personal affair, capa-
bic Of such a construction as not to assume
the menacing aspect Of an insult from one pow
er to another. The mission of Mr.. Sickles
was, accordingly, to become Of inquiry
These were the arrangements yesterday
morning. but Mr.. SiGkles did not go, after all.
Mr.. Mason-the news of the Calais outrage
having reached hirn-went to the Foreign
Office and wished to see NJ Drouyn de lHuys
Immediately. lie was left waiting two full
hours Adinitted at last, he emarked, first
of all, upon his tarly reception. Some apollo
aies were made, bat in a tone and manner
which convinced Mr. Mason that he had been
kept waiting purposely. lie dropped the mat
ter and passed to the object of his visit, and
asked the reason why Mr.. Soule had not been
permitted to pass through France en- route to
Spain.
81 Well" said NJ Drouyn de rHuys, in
very impertinent tone, I" there are reasons for
that'' - t' t+" -
Being pressed for these reasons, Mr.. Mason
was tod that there were three of them:
FrstAFhe treatment of NJ Dillon, the
French Consul in California.
Seconlly-The letter Of Mr.. Sanders to the
French people. And M 400 a9as 1sr
" The French Foreign Secretary said that the
Imperial g dSernment cannot be expected toi
treat III the usual friendly manner the citizens
of State that has Behaved in such a hostile
names towards it.ii u 19m lin l.3s4a-d /
?, i ana told that Ar Mason replIed IN the
way that viii have occurred to every one else
On being tcldthese reasons, He said THAI the
affair Of Mr. Dillon was, in the worst possible
construction, but the fnere blun1er of court
Of Justice, and that it cannot, accordingly, be
made parallel with case,in which the United
States are insuited by 5raer Of the Highest au
thority of another State. The letter of Mr.
Sanders was the aot of an individual, who had
moreover been recalled from an official posi-
ton before he published anything. Ameri-
cans have the right to say what they Ike, and
tie Government has no contrel over their pens
and pressesl ,This is alpsIssnal matter, WHICH
could perhaps have excused dlscourtesy to-
wards tie cftfzen Sanders ,s7f he should haye1
.rresented himself on tAe fron tiers Of, France
but it certainly did not duthofize a step like
that against the United States Niaisser.g AS
to Cuba. .sIr, Mason Iabselntely, denied---if
am well informed-the right Of any power to1
meddie With difEcultiesA Ati,st may have arisen
between Spain and the United States. He, at
all events, could not see how questions Of To-
reign policy can be treased by afronts offered
to a friendly Power The two Ministers part
ed very much excited. and Mr.. Mason was
fully prepared to ask for his passports. He
sent, however, the special messenger to Mr.
Buchanan, before deciding upon that step.
Thus stands the matter now