The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-09-18
Hr EsrrriHSer's Reply to Hen. Kenneth
FsayBcr.
SHARON SPRINGS, n. Y, Aug. %, 1855.

SHAEOS SPRINGS, n. ~ Aug. IS, 1879.
Dr,r SIR 81 have this day rccrvcd your let.
Ter i.;cd 9Th inst, but posrmarkcd Raleigh I3ih
ms, and also po~tmarKrd Saratoga 27ih, whence
!. has been forwarded To me- at this place, where
Eav, been SINCE the lOrh Of This month. | refer
&, these dates for the purpose Of accounting for
nuy seeming delay in answ cring your lcltrr-a de-
hr which regret as much as yourself. | now
hasten To reply to it briefly possible, consid.
rlinu The nature ard length OF your cummunica-
r.sn Omiftiug al! comment on the lone and spirit
a. our letter, shall refer to lis r1atrrIa parts with
rgrrv disposition to do you the most ample just
.,o consistent with ruth. rrmarking only, that, in
NIX opinion, your letter was not needed for your
own vEd.cal"n.
As 10 the principal suLi"c: Of ycur letter., the
suLst,Ecn of the c"uvcrsa:lun had will NJ" Ly the
"anrs Nurcio at Madrid. in reference To The ap-
eminent u! Mr.. Car pbrII a member OF The
,,aauc; have nothing to vary, add 10 or cctTacr
.-um H.. c1.'cnls of NV bitter to YOU of the 9Th
July, which Iscr has been published. l. is true
...l the Nuncio The first person " ho told me
his appointment, and that This took place before
r.a uTg1uizarion of the Cabinet was generally
auow al Madrid. BIl i is not true that The CON
.rrsa'on ocrurrrd beGnre the 4 h OF March,
..ure he Crbimpt was Gcrm"d. OF before inirilI-
..uce oi his fact had been rrcrlVed AT Madrld.-
!u:. .IhaIlun Cf Jh. fDrmaiInn Of The Cabinet had
tCciEt! IA EltCflO on tHtt very q t''' -
I'D uuI vet reached me, uuliI informed by The
Naucir. You ask, in your letter, hox is Ihis pos
>3i'r The ausw'r i plan, and may solve The
.-uL< which yuu seem to have, and remove tn"
,rror mo whlch YOU have, unln,rniunaily, talIen
.H the Su' iacr Their. is telegraph from Paris
g., u ,drii, aud from the French and Spanish from
~ which is some $50 miles more or less from
N,lriJ. This telegraph (Which i no. electric,
iu' uf signals, or was Iheu,) i owned by, and Is
audrr the direction Of the Spanish government as
u eli as the Cnrrco,' ~ Ill cAFress, from Bay
olnr to Ma.rld. In ii.is way The government o.
r-n aud IN fact generally, obtains information Of
important events one, two, even several day,
tror. Intelligence is received in the usual and re-
cu, mode OF conveyance hy the mail. re-
H., nbcr a striking Istancr Of Ibis in the circum-
>.tucc shat lie death nI Gen. Fay" made
iuuwn IO The government by telegraph, and that
the then Minister of Foreign Affairs IN an un"ih
s.,l un!r, communicated the melancholy event to
the day proceeding lis rubIic announcement
hy the press oi Madrid. and s"ceraI days bei"r" 1t
WAS finally confirmed 10y the regular arrival "i
american papers and letters at The l'g1tion. :"
IN the case of The cnnvrrSaan referred la with
HE Nuucin, The government had doubtless r"ceiV-
90, mtnrm1IOn If The formation rG the Cabinet al
Washington, either by telegraph or express III "d-
vance OF the intelligence made puIic by the or
o.alry means, and some person c"nn'cicd "Hh
'l" government with hat d prrnicnt ct II, h'V'
M cuutrol OF The dr$palchrs ""d The mail, b"it"v
'ag lhai il would be agreeable 10 The Nuncio I"
ave his Information, c.P"c'ily as : member "i
In Cabinet l.a3 reported Ia hc Cathnilc, mcn'i"n-
90 il To him; aud il so happened that saw hm
,'rn afterwards, when he r"cnlom"d The fact to
a", before l. Was known 10 the public generality,
hH were >uIl in ignorance and Cn"bl as I" ihr
natter. Wh,lhcr the news was actually r'c"IV'd
" Eel, ,cruph or ny written dispatches To the gov
--nmrut ~ VAS often the case, and then mad"
..cuwa 10 the Nunciu by some pHrs"LS having
knowledge of the fact, rs | have stated, cannot
.sow pretend 10 say. Nor is it material. am
sure there was no iurrupriety in the mode IN
which he was informed, and that rhrr" was no sur
Prise on my mind about it, nor, prcsGmP, with
any other person familiar with the iaC:s. Vi helh-
other names Of the Cabinet were in4ntinnrd or
not, or whether MIR. Campbell was m"n:"ned by
him as having charge of the Post Office Depart
mont, | cannot now certainly remember, though
NV hClicIiS that n" did 81 state. All however was
made known To NE very S"on thereafter, ard |
think the next or slCcPccIng day was made kn"" u
10 tie p@hiic generally. = this distance Of Tine,
do not remember the exact day. There was
nothing extraordinary al all IN the Whole atIlir,
as extraordinary as Il certainly would hive been
II the Nuncio had mentioned the circumstances To
me in such way and under such circumstances
10 ~ ihuuCc 'ile w O.''0'c He hdl previous knew
ledge that the appointment would be made and
much more had there been any reason to believe
that nc was cognizant of any political bargain or
intrigue 10 that etfci, as there certainly would
have been il he had informed me before he re. !
ceIved information of the appointment being acu-
ally made. The whole amount Of il is simply /
ms: That he happened to receive this n!orua- |
hon of the Cabinet a short lime before did, and
CeoEe 1t was generally known at Madrid who con- :
sAuted lis members
The reason Why remember the circumstances
IL al. -, that he expressed his pleasure nt The aP-
Gol''mcnt Of Catholic 10 Office and his adrnira. |