The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-02

was left no other resource but war.
The Costa Mcsn government had issued an address to
the people Of Central America calling on them rise
and destroy the American invaders.
Very Interesting from Wsahington. mn
CENTRAL AMEnlCAN AFFAIRS NEw MINISTER 10
NICARA0UA-POs1TI0N OF GEN. PIERCE DEs-
PATCHES BY THE CANADA-CABINET COUNCIL
SENATORIAL JILTING--THE PRESIDENTIAL IMBhOa-
LIO-nTEREsTING MOVEMENTS OF THE VARI0Cs
DEMOCRATIC CLIQUEs FOR TBE cINCIhNAH CON-
vEnIIoN-THE WAR AGAINST BUCHANAN-AIs
PROSPECTS AND HIS DANGERS FORMIDABLE
PROPOSED COALITION OF THE SEWARD HOLY AL
LANCE.
WASHINGTON April 1856.
Mr.. Elise, Of Kentucky formerly Mais to tbs Can
tra American staes arrived here yesterday, having
been sent for by the President to wi in reg4ri
to Central Anne lean affairs, and he viii accept The
post Of Minister to Nicaragua be VIII SUPER whe.
The President informed gent todsy, who ca I'D
him TO have friend rGvided for tina. he did not
intsxd to make any appointments until after the Ca-
cnt att Conventi makes nomination; ard furtner,
that he did not intend his pat oasee fer the pur
pose OF occurring delegates to that Convention that ne
in tho hands Of his friends ard would ABIDE by their
decision.
Dispatches brought by the Canadas mails were
cevea at the State Department this morning. Taeir i'm
port is not known. The President and Cushing
cicseted with Marcy for some time to day.
blovght down the heuae. Mr Clayton particularly
severe General Houston, and was h,msef In
noIsheu by Ser ator Bell. Houstons speech ia reply
to Clayton VIII ba voiuptuous.
The Judiciary Committee Of the House preparing
bill which radically changes the diplomatic and con-
sular bill Of the last Congress.
Within the last ten days the Presi Genital imbrogo
here has ed variety Of very interesting aspects
amsrg the shutters AID pipe layers of The dsren.
partiss cliques, and aspirAnts for the Succession.
First-Ihe intense hostility to Blu :hanan OF the
Douglas, Pierce and Hunter mar ayers, has assn ned
something of the complexion OF regular conspiracy
sgainst The distinguished Pennsylvania. AL the ami
Buchanan elements appear, at least, to agree in this
that the first essential is his defeat at Cincinnati and
they al ng the same to accomplish this
great object The Douglas devotee will tell you that
Buchanan is old stick old federsst, old f,gy;
and than ALL that he is shy the Nebraska bill
decidedly fshy-that all the fhy Buffalo free soil CO.
mocrats want him nominated and that that ought to be
enough to damn him. The Douglas viii further
declare that democratic Young America of the great
West can't stand the idea Of administration to be made
up of the cd gray boards and fossils of the party
Buchanan would install in The While House The same
arguments employed by the Pierce and Hunter met
wi notifications of justice to the administration
and justice to the South.
But there direct agencies Of work against old
Buck than these general outside conversations For
reys retirement from the Tsioa item Il was both
Buchanan and AZ anti-Buchanan operation. Seastor
Slidell OF La Senator Big 0. Pa and Others Buch.-
nsn men, waited upon the President to protest against
the sort ofdemocratc neutrality observed by the Cnso
Its chief popri. tor Nichoon 10 printer to the
Senate with the distinct understanding that the Uoa
should stand neutral concerning all the democrats asp
rants TIL the party should have regular nomination.
D.xs&
Buchanan committee at home, held very equivo
cal position joint edtcr of the organ. Very well said
tie President VIC viii see to that. C,l. Forney W.
Dgy called in and told that could carry
buth shoulders Gen. Pierce has made that dill
coyfy and that be rnust decide to set down her the
Pierce the Buchanan bucket With tears in his eyes,
COL iorney asked to be excused IT. reduced to this
DEAL be should feel compelled stick to the candidate o,
his native S'ate and without . tear in his eye, Con.
Pierce excused him. Entire nous Marcy on being in
formed tf it, took pinch Of rnu end said he had o,
iecaon) The result is, thst while Fo-nsy is thus left
free to go home and for Buchanan, the Uni is let
with larger margin OF neutrality for opposition TO his
pretensons, and may be considered for PIERCE rst
Douglas second Hunter third Cushing fourth and Bu
cbanan last.
Meantime, they humbuggpg his Excellency the
Preedsn. without Most of the delegates to
Cincinnati have been eec ed-s large proportion Of tn I'm
have the very best for keeping right side
Of the administration yet little longer Fat Offices,
here and there may depend uron It. And Gen Pierce
has been favored with letters from su ,ent number Of
delegates to him Ct ,risy Of the convention
from the oufet lie takes these promises e. oi faith
when many of them sheer noonshine Franklin
Iie,ce nay get the complimentary testimonial upon the
first vote, Of plurality; bu. then, with Van Buren,
1884, they will drop him The bona file Pierce delegates
have inkpg of this and their plans arranged
cordpgy; first TO defeat Buchanan, and sec )ndy TO
create such enlargement in the Convention Is win
compel It, last resort to fall back upon the admiris
uation and trust to luck.
PR oo7ara An active Buchanan delegate makes tho
following estimate Of the first vote in the Convention foe
bis favorie Indicating the first choice Of the delegates
thus casting their snfrnges 10 wit:Maine A. connec
cut, g. Rhode leland A. Michigan 6; Pennsylvania 81
Delaware, o. New jersey, I; Maryland, s. Virginia. Is
Louisiana, g. Ohio, 8; Texas, A. Iowa, A. Wisconsin A.
total Io4 This he thinks, without including the w
York vote for Ola Buck will be the highest vote upon
the fret ballot, excepting, perhaps, the complimentary
plurality to Gen. Pierce, large proportion Of which will
fall upon Buchanan in the second experiment including
the States OF North Carolina (South Carolina II re,r
sented Georgia, Alabama, and probably Missouri.
But the danger TO Buchanan is among the celeyates
and In the long interval to the FIRST Monday in June
which they viii have for pipela ing and log rolling AL
ready letter writing and button hoidDg the order Of
the cay amorg them; aud they dropp ug ioto
Washington from day TO day, they seizd upon and
initiated into the steries Of this plan and that plan for
disbrrsng the spof, especially the cabinet officers and
foreign mssio 1t Is this vital issue Of The spoils
that Cen Pierce has have shadow Of chance
His Offices are flhd and he has nothing give We're
all other things equal, ttst fact woui finish him The
one term principle is henceforth the inevitable law
But Buchanans danger IL beginnng to be manifest from
the active 'Greer and Donslsou correspondence going
ng the opposition delegates ard they may possibly
succeed in fo,rirg him. AT all events ths Fierce and
Douglas interests and the various Vice Presidential in
teiess Of The Y,lth-Bsht, VIZ light Of Ind, Disney 0,