The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-01-30

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This country appears 20 b sliding i'm
perceptibly iaso aver; aed, to ase awiatery
6gure Of speech. the Runners npon which it
slides ars TIE s'forsign eAlistment' and
proper Interpretation OF the "Clsyton.Bal-
wer Treaty" The former. a. il violates in.
ternational law, 10 OF itself sufficient TO
lead to rupture; but the lsttsr 10 the more
active easus bsLipsnd the question In which
the people Of this country are especially IA.
ssrsstsd. BY the Claytoa.Rslws Treaty,
Great Britain bound hersslf TO withdraw
entirely from the Central American States.
and in order to facilitate the construction Of
an iater.oceaaic canal. entered into COM
pac, with this country to exercise no cen
troll whatever in these States, except IN
conjunction with this coantry. Great Brit
ain now rePudiates the ordinary and obvi-
Gus meaning of that contract. and asserts
that she only meant not to extend her In
fluence beyond the States then occupied BY
her. As she thsn claimed the professionals
Of all the Central American States through
which it is possible to build canal from one
ocean to the other, the injustice, nay. the
downright absurdity OF her Interpretation
OF the treaty will be seen 1t glance, and
it will be seen, also, that the people Of this
county viii not permit the Government. to
accept OF any such Interpretation. Az
| Central America is the direct and shortest
route between our Atlantic and Pacific
ports, such an unscrupaloua animal Is the
British Lion should not be permitted to lay
his paw on single inch Of the Territory.
The Central American question appears
to be. at present, centered in the person Of
that much abused. much talked Of, and in
teresting individual known IS Col. Parker
H. French. the representative, in this coun.
try, Of the State of Nicaragua. As he 10, Ut
| this aoment, "the best abused man in the
kingdom" pen and ink sketch Of him may
1 be of interest.
Col. French is descended from one of
the oldest families in Kentucky, and has
been engaged from boyhood in adventures
requiring much physical a. well as moral
courage, and has shown himself. on several
occasions, bold comm ander, and able d.
pIomstist. While mere boy, he was pres
emit at Canton, China, during the opium
war, and witnessed the successful efforts Of
Crest Britain TO break down the commef-
eial regulations of the Celestial Empire. and
obtain q fooihold in the country of the de-
scendants of the Sun. He returned to this
country when the Californis fever was at
its heighth, and putting himself at the head
Of 4 company. he started for the New Edo
RADIO BY the overland route, suffering, on
his way. everything but death. He was
many times attacked BY Indians, and on his
way there bis party got into difficulty with
. Mexican town; half of them were killed,
and the other half thrown into dungeons,
where they remained eight months. One
Of the party was brother OF Edward c.
West, distinguished lawyer of this city.
They were At length released on condition
that they would drive out Of the country the
/ Apache Indians. This they accomplished
in severe campaign of six months. In
one Of the battles fought st this time. while
commanding company called the "Rsng-
ers,' he lost his right arm. Having fulfilled
his mission at that time in Mexico, he
proceeded on bis way, and arrived at length
ia CaIifornia.
| After Col. Walker had become the head
Of the Govern ment. Col. French. very sue.
ssssfullv, assumed the part of mediator 10
bringing The various parties which had dis.
tracted the State into harmonious relations
with each other. He 10 married to . wo.
man Of whom. il is said. he 10 dsvotsdly
fond, and. what may appear surprising, il
not more than thirty years of age. He is
now AT Washington for the purpose Of pre-
senting his credentials. He 10 fully awars
that these will be refused. When this il
officially announced. he vii proceed directly
TO Nicaragua and return in about month
with credentials Of such a nature, it Is sun.
posed, our Government, will unhestati n9lv
accept Before starting for Washington.
4 he appeared at court and, waving all ques.
lions of privilege. demanded trial. This
the District Attorney refused Soihat Col.
French may be said, for the present. to have
triumphed ever the Government
| The Maine Law enforcers achieved a tri.
umph yesterday. The Alliance. an As
soeistion Of Temperance men, instituted
legal proceedings, some time since, against
Messss Coleman e. yStetson-proprietor
ofthe Astor House-fof violating the Main
Law The case came up. before Recorder
Smith, and he decided against the Alliance |.
The case was carried upon appeal to the
Supreme Court, where the decision OF the
Recorder sas reversed, and the Maine Law
sindicsted This ease is interesting from
the fact that our Mayor has hung back from
an enforcement of the Is. until hy . daoi,