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From the Correspondence Of the Phil'a Gazette.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION.

From the Correspondence OF the PiIll'a Gazette.
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION. :.
WASHINGTON, January Il.
In the correspondence communicated 10 Con-.
pres., there Is letter from Lord Clarendon, OF
May 2, 1854, in replying to Mr.. Buchanan's fl1at
slatemeat"-for the last he has never found Vt
convenient to attempt to answer-whlch makes
n most extraordinary disclosure, rs will be real
div seen, when attention is invited Ia the par
,icuar points Speaking of the British con-
struclion of the treaty, in reference to the pro-
lection of the Mosquitoes, he says, that within
little more than q month after tho treaty of 1880
had been ratified" further negotiations were en-
tered into, and the "British interpretation was ut
once accepted by. the Secretary OF State Mr:
Webster"
Now, when it is remembered that the raiifica.
tions of the treaty were exchanged on the I'LL OF
JULY 1850, and that Gen. Taylor died only
few days after-the 9th, think-this develop
ment has most significant meaning DIR. Web
ster was member of the Senate when that Gea-
" was submitted, and advised its ratification,
kaowipg full well that no such construction. as
is NOW impudenuy set up by the British Govern
ment was ever entertained en- either side during
the negotialions- How, then, he could have
been SC. prompt TO repudiate the principle OF his
own vote. and, as an American Secretary OF
State. 10 accept the terms of Interpretation die
,ated by the British Minister, Sir Henry Bulwer,
is more than shall undertake to explain. ihe
indecent haste Of that act of reputation, 100
supposing the allegation to be true-when Cen
eral Taylor had been hardly two weeks IN his
grave, and the ink Of his signature scarcely dry,
excites mingled surprise and Indignation.
Lord Clarendon has produced no evidence. 10
be sure, verifying such concession from Mr.
Webster; but those who know the intimacy
which subsisted between the latter and Sir Hen
ry Buwer, and who hid the opportunity OF any
appreciation of the eminent skill, ability and
perseverance of the British re5otiatt E, may rest
satisfied he never was content with any verbal
assurance from Dir. Webster, but took occasion
to obtain such commltal as warranted the eni-
rha,ic declaration of Lord Clarendon.
And have some personal reason to be satis-
fed of the justice Of this impression, by the
subsequent official action Of Mr.. Webster, which
fully sanctions all that has been alleged. Two
wears after Lord Clarendon states that Mr. Web
ster allowed the British Interpretation, The he.
ro,iaions then referred to were brought toa
descredi,ablc. conclusion here, through the JOINT
agency of Mr.. Webster and Mr.. Crampton.
A project of settlement was agreed upon
which assumed to settle all the questions OF
contested boundary in Central America; which
admitted the Mosquito (vir,uay the Brlilsh) title
to San Juan; which conceded the British pro-
tectorate over the Mosquitoes; and which under
took TO direct the internal legislation OF Mica
iragua, by fixing the tariff of duties on importa-
lions into her territories. This scheme, which
not only surrendered the whole American SIDE
of the question. but recognized ever more pre-
tensions than Great Britain had ever previously
claimed was signed in this city in June, 1852
by the contracting parties named Three agents
were appointed 10 communicate the terms per-
sonally 10 the States interested. They were
Mr.. Wyke, the British Consul General in Cen
trail America, Mr.. Kerr, United States Charge
d'Affaires at Nicaragua and Mr.. K. NJ. Walsh,
United States Special Agent to Costa Rica
Representing the two powerful governments
most interested in the questions at stake, and
carrying with them the united authority OF lhe
negoliators, the mission was one which would
have left no alternative 10 the weak states inter-
esed no power sufficient to resist such COM
bination.
Reliable intelligence Of this pryect was com.
municaled to ME at the lime, and ut once dis
closed it to the public. This summarlIy iermi-
mated the arrangement, rs 1t could not stand the
scrutiny of the country. My publications went
10 Central America, in company with The three
agents, and Nicaragua at onre rejected the Often
siye overture for the spolalion Of her territory,
and the conversion OF her sovereignty int"
condition of vassalagc to Great Britain. While
it would not be becoming to reflect upon the
motives of DIR. Webster in this transaction, the
disclosure of it belongs to the diplomatic histo.
nv of the Central American controversy, and
L.,
dead. but the President under whose Instructions
he acted is living, and owes it to his reputation
to explain, if he can, how this monstrous per-
version of the action of 1850 WAS brought about,
and under what inspirations the British cons,ruc-
tion was accepted before General Taylor waehad-
ly cold in his grave.
There was lreachery somewhere. if there was
not something worse, and it is proper the coun.
try should know upon whose shoulders the res
ponsibilily really rests. And if Dir. Fillmore
should feel called upon to make the explanation
which he owes to the country in this matter, it is
to be hoped it will be guarded by more careful
examination than that which marked his posi-
tive and unqualified disclaimer in reference to
the antecedent countenaBce extended 10 the qua.
no enterprise in the Lobos IsIands-therebv
putting the whole onus on Mr.. Wrbster's me-
mory-when it is we'll ascertained now that the
original instructions, with his autograph nppro-
val endorsed upon The back of them, yet exist
in the Department of State, and have been seen
with astoni,hment by several curious explorers
after truth.
VALUE OF THE Hoe CRoP.-A practical agri-
cultural paper, the Working Farmer, states that
the value of the hog crop this year in the United
States will fall little short Of two hundred mil
lions Of dollars, or fifty million of dollars more
than the cotton crop. In the United States there
are believed TO be fifty million of hogs raised
yearly, or more than in all the States of Europe
combined. In Great Britain the number is esti-
mated at two million, of which Ireland has y
larre proporlon and Scotland nearly two hum
dred thousand. Austria has about five million
swine, and Austrian Italy two hundred and fifty
thousand. France has from five million to six
million. Russia has sn immense number OF wild
hogs, but they are merely skin and bone, vafua-
BILE principally for their bristles. 1t IS estimated
that ninetY-six million pounds of lard are made
in the United States, of which twenty million
pounds arc made in Cincinnati. England and
Cuba each take annually nine million pounds OF
American lard.
WESTERN GAhE.-A great slaughter OF wild
and fn,rl haa t,kap I,l ..e ut tha