Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-03-13
Correspondence OF the charleston Courier r.
W.sHIxGToS, march,

Mr.. Champions own explanation Of the matter Is
o be accepted of course, that he had "overiooked'
lint despatch and thought so little of it that he
lid not mind it. and therefore withheld it for three
months from our government. To show how little
Mr. Crampton attached to 1t, ne did
,ot even take copy Of it when he communicated
t. and requests the original to be returned TO him.
It is still more extraordinary that Mr.. Buehan.
IN, when the offer was made to him on the ist OF
November, treated it "plnyfully, and MS joke.
Il appears, too, that sat the beginning Of the ne
rotation" the offer was made to MIR. Bnchanan,
Ind was treated in sjocular" manner by him.
The offer is now before our government, and
will, no doubt, be rejected
It is probable that our government Will propose
he abrocation of the treaty, and fall back upon
the plan of the Webster Champion Treaty. very
rood treaty-whick would have settled the whole
question long ago, but that treaty was defeated
through the agency and representations Of Dir.
Marcoletta. ~ :. q -,y.,e:=..
The Question arose in the Senate yesterday,
whether the despatch Of the 10th Jnly, from Lord
Clarendon was a satisfactory apology for the in
f-iugement of our national rights and municipal
laws. Mr.. Seward considered it to be simple and
sufficient. Mr.. Pearce, of Maryland, on the con-
trary, said that "the correspondence communica-
ted Yesterday exhibited O frankness, maniiness
of spirit, on the part Of our Government, worthy
Of ail honor, and Of which the country might well
be proud but he was sorry be compelled to soy
that no such spirit was manifested On the part Of
Great Britain. He would not attempt to eharac-
terize it as it deserves but he would soy he con-
ceived that the affront put upopour national aov-
ereignty seemed to be rather aggravated by the
spirit exhibited by the British Secretary OF For.
eign Affairs. There seemed to him in the CORES
pondence an implied taunt offensive in itself. Lord
Clarendon had said that ouf Government had re-
sorted to means usually resorted to by despotic
Governments, and which more liberal Governments
disdained to usc. Such language was adding in
suit to injury. He was no advocate for wnf. and
hoped We should maintain peace with Great Brit
ain but he could not consent to acknowledge thst
the correspondence furnished any satisfactory apol
ogy for what had been done. or that II was couch
cd in language becoming a Government that had
been guilty of an incontestible delinquency in re-
gard 70 the subject First, that Government had
requested US to observe neutrality by not suffering
privateers to be fitted out in our ports to sail un
der Russian colors, and mediately afterwards
had herself, I'M covert manner, endeayored to
eyade our neutrality laws"
The story circulated that Mr.. Crampton's dis
missal was certain is not true. The. answer to
Mr.. Marcy's dispatch, demanding his recall, has
not been received and cannot be for some weeks, as
the British Government awaited explanations from
Mr.. Champion as to the allegation Of Mr.. Marcy
of Mr.. Crampton's completely in the recruitment
business.
A gentleman Just from Richmond, says thst the
large Democratic Convention in session there, is
harmonious and united, Gov. Smith and other op-
ponents of GOV. Wise having openly "buried the
hatchet." The Convention will nominate Electors,
but the Delegates to Cincinnati to be chosen by
the District Conventions. It is thought that II
Mr.. Pierce does not receive two-thirds vote at
Cincinnati, Mr. Hunter, Of Virginia, will be the
nominee. -
:WAsHmaroS, March 8.
A satisfactory and singular explanation Of the
often quoted declaration Of Lord Clarendon, that
England and France we're in cordial alliance as to
aaairs in both hemispheres, appears in the IntsI-
qe,,eer to-day II is in private letter from Lord
Clarendon to an American citizen, dnted March
18th, 1854 declaring that there is not the slight
est foundation for the supposition that what be
said as to the joint action of France and England
had any reference to the United States. If there
has been misapprehension as to the matter, still
greater have been the misconceptions and errors
that have signalized the negotiation Of the Bull,
Clayton Treaty, and its interpretations, and
adjustment Of the difficulty.
Some speculation arises as the effect of General
Walkers late decree for the annexation Of the
Musquito country to Nicaragua. We shall hear
by the next packet that he has carried it into eff
feet BY taking formal possession Of San Juan, and
planting there his own flag. This very act, when
committed on the part of the government of Nicara-
qua, was resented by Great Britain some years
ago, and the Nicaraguans were expelled by Brit
:ish force and the flag Of Musquita restored. The
late government Of Nicaragua would have taken
possession of San Juan del Norte within the last
year, had they not been deferred from it BY the
fear of British opposition, and they have entered
upon negotiation with the British government
for the acknowledgment Of their Jurisdiction over
Musquitia upon terms consistent with the profess
ed desire of the latter to protect the native In
dians, which would have been broughtto afavort-
BILE conclusion but for the invasion by Walker.
1t now appears certain that the practical value
and meaning of the British protectorate over the
Mosquito Kingdom is now to be tested by Gen.
here and New York that the British government
will send naval and military force to San Juan
del Norte, as they have done heretofore, for the
protection of Mosquito from the Nicaraguans and
American fllibusters. But still, as they did not
resent the bombardment and destruction Of Grey
town, las the British had named IT. they may
have abandoned the intention of o practical pro-
tectorate over Mosquito.
The condition Of the four Central American
States against the rule Of Walker in Nicaragua
bodies him no good. But, with the quiet posses
sion of the two ports either ocean, and the CHIEF
inter-oceanic transit and the aid of the American
Transit Company, and thousands Of adventures,
and even capitalists from the United States, and
with skillful diplomacy, he may surmount this
obstacle, and be the means of o recolonization OF
Central America by the. Anglo-Saxon race, ana
the identification Of its institutions and doctrines
with those of the United States.
The Naval Committee of the Senate, notvith.
standing their general bill for the relief Of Naval
Officers who were dropped or retired by the lats
Naval Board, have determined, it is said, TO 90
into m investigation themselves ofsome ofthe more
striking errors as to which there has been much
complaint of the conduct Of the Board. The gen.
eral bill, already published, will, tits thought be
passed by the Senate, and without interference,
with the confirmation of the list Of promotions be-
fore that body.
The Senate have passed the bill providing for the
construction of ten steam sloops OF war, and u
will no doubt pass the House. These vessels will
supply the place of the class OF small vessels OF
war which we had aaoat some years ago, and
which were either lost ut sea or abandoned as un-
seaworthy. But they will be of much larger size
tbon those and will carry heavier metal, and be
much more safe than they were. Their estimated
cost is half o million each. So here are five mil
lions for the increase of the Navy in one BILL
WASHINGTON, March 6.
The legislature of Kansas, which met at Topeka
on the 4th, was to organize the State government,
but not to pass any laws. They propose, as Ilearn
to establish their machinery for State govern
ment, and wait for the action Of Congress to give
tlte and motion. This being the case, there viii