The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-03-13

mind Ia connection With oil be bad said and
done in the premises.
The New York Herald, Of the 18th ullino,
he te,eznpbic dispatch on the same subject,
- fo!lows
& A Ees and extraordinary chapter in dipIo
macy upou the Central American question was
opeDed last ere1ing. Mr.. Crampton addressed
q TASTY note 10 Mr.. Marcy enclosing letter
from Lord Clarendon to the British ministry
listed 50 long ago as last autumn, in which Lord
Clarendon loosely recites aconyersaiioa between
hiusclf AID Mr.. b. On the suhject. RETIRING the
Central American difficulty TO 81 Rpwer for
arbitration. lie requests Mr. Cfsnpson TO
Communicate his letter TO the American gov
ernment. Mr.. Crampton's apology of Dot
having dobc 80 before Il that be overlooked the
conclusive paragraph containing the request.
He DOW sends the original letter without stop
ping TO make copy and requests that Il may
be copied and returned to him. He seems oil
at once 10 have get IN great hurry about the
bus.nes.
The letter Of Lord Clarendon can be called
q downright Ofer 10 submit the matter to arbi-
tration. I, might more properly be character
lied ~ an effort to sound the American govern
ment On the subject. The President has been
induced 20 withhold the letter Diminishing Mr..
CHAMPION ill the arrival Of the steamer now
due, 10 the expectation that be will be recalled
by his own government Should that not be
the case the letter will be Immediately sent.
Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, Our newly appointed
minister 10 England, arrived in this city last
evening en- routs for London. He viii proceed
by the Atlantic which leaves FOX Liverpool on
Saturday.
LATER NEWS
The following additional Is received relative
10 the missing steamship Pacific
HALRAx, Feb. -.
A passenger arrived In the America, intelli-
gent. and with knowledge OF the vessels and
steamers, who says that on Tuesday after leay-
ing, they saw paddle steamer headed up the
channel, with signal at her rigging, which
be had no doubt was Collins boat Had no
bowsprit.
ssoosb Dzp1rCa
NEw Yohg. March /.
The following Is from the statement son
corning the steamer seen on the Banks referred
TO in the noon dispatch, made by Charles Ar
borne. Of Baltimore. mate Of the English brig
-Hassss... -wltisL AFFIXED 81 ST Iehps J..
from Shiels. England, hast Wednesday.
On Feb. 10th, at half past / p NJ. as was
standing on the quarterback, with light IN
my hands / saw n steamship crossing our track
between two and three miles ahead, she was
standing TO the eastward weather was thick
and foggy with q slight drizziy rain and blow
ing gale. Occasionally the fog would rise
up and could sce her through the haze, but
not very distinctly. ] thought it was one Of
Her s,,,bo.rd h,,,w.,ss ard wbeoI ,onsc rars
anno anJ ,s,nt rar, ., 49, ,vL.l wa. n "u, nv
,on vsry .lnn,,. ps ,.v =. .oald sso sh ~ .s
rolling very heavy. Her tore.tor,mast. stay.
sail and main spencer were set and her fore
mast ~ earrled away
60 wd;,a,'. s ~, 20, oS, "'s- nv n
nan.r,.,o,', 80 ~, $500, ~ - ,"V ~.
barber. IN a state of war defence
The steamer Arago from Havrc aud Cowcs,
arrived at New York on the LIST March. She
1Ilngs II passengers also dispatches from the
British Government to their Minister at WASH
lngton, and from MIR. Mason, at Paris 10 our
Government.
Cap,: Lanes nys, that The quantity OF ice
aud diihenity OF navigation on the banks, ex
coed anything ever heard Of before, and recon-
mends ali 'essis bound Tor EoroPe, to go south
east o. The banks.
Inc steamship atantic sailed on the LIST
March with 40 passengers Among them was
Hon Geo. Mr' Dallas and family.
lhe snip Telegraph, OF Boston, previously
reported on IRE at fybee, was totally destroy
Cd she mad Oh hoard i've thousand barrels OF
noor' part OF which was burned and the re-
maj "a 10 ha. lfNg min