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

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This copn,ry aYpears 20 Do sliding i'm
perceptibly iato awar; ard, to ase awia,ery
figure of speech. she Runners spon which i.
slides ere the "forsign Enlistment" and
proper Interpretation Of the '.Clayton.Bul-
wer Treaty" The former, a. 1t violates iu-
ternatioual law, is Q, itself sufficient to
lead to rapture; but the isttsr il the more
active essps bsliipsnd the question in which
the people Of this country are especially ins
sspssssd. BY the Clayaon-R slwsr Treaty.
Great Br;sAia boand herself % withdraw
entirely IRON the Central American States.
and in order to facilitate the conjunction OF
an inter.oceaaic canal. entered into com
pact with this country to exercise no cen.
troll whatever IN these Statss. except in
conjunction with this coantry. Great Brit
ain now repudiates the ordinary and obvi-
ous msaaing of that contract. and asssrss
that she only meant not to extend her In
fluence beyond the States then occupied BY
her As she then claimed the protectorate
Of all the Central American States through
which il is possible to build canal from one
ocean to the other, the injustice, nay, the
downright absufdity Of her Interpretation
OF the treaty will be seen 1t glance, and
il viii be seen, also, that the people Of this
country will not permit the Government. to
accept Of any such Interpretation. A
Central America is the direct and shortest
route between our Atlantic and Pacific
ports. such an anserapaious animal Is the
British Lion should not be permitted to lay
his paw on q single inch Of the Tsrrisory.
The Central American question appears
to be. at present. centered in the person Of
that much abused. much talked Of, and in.
terssting individual known ss Col. Parker
H. French. the representative. in this coan.
| Try, Of the State Of Nicaragua. As he il, 1t
this aoment. athe best abused man in the
kingdom" pen and ink sketch of him may
| 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. we'll as moral
courage, and has shown himself. on several
occasions, bold handler, and able di.
| plomatist. While mere boy, he was pres
ent at Canton, China, during the opium
war, and witnessed the successful efforts Of
Great Britain to break down the commef-
cial regulations of the Celestial Empire. and
obtain q foothoId in the country of the de-
scendants Of the Sun. He returaed to this
country when the California fever was at
its heighth, and putting himself at the head
Of company. he started for the New Edo
RADIO BY the overland route, suffering, on
his way. everything bat death. He was
many times attacked BY Indians, and on his
way there his party got into aditiculty 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 st length released on condition
that they ~ouh drive out Of the country the
Apache Indians. This they accomplished
in . severe campaign of six months. In
one ofthe battles fought at this time. while
commanding a company called the .Rsng-
srs,' he lost his right arm. Having fulfilled
his mission at that time in Mexico, he
proceeded on his way, and arrived at length
ia California
After Col. Walker had become the head
Of the Government, Col. French, very sue.
ssssfuilr, assumed the part of mediator in
bringing the various parties which had dis.
traeted the Stsse into harmonious relations
with each other. He 10 married to wo.
man Of whom. it is said. he 10 dsvotsdly
fond, and. what may appear surprising, il
not more than thirty years of age. He il
now At Washington for the purpose of pre-.
senting his credentials. He il fslIy aware
that these will be refused. When this il
oficially announced, he win proceed directly
to Nicaragua and return in, about month
With credentials Of such nature, it Is suc.
posed, our Government will unhesitatinqly
accept Before starting for Washington.
he appeared at court and, waving all aues-
lions of privilege. demanded trial This
the District Attorney refused. So that Col
French may be said, for the present. to have
triumphed ever the Government.
The Maine Law enforcers achieved a Fri.
umph yesterday The Alliance" an As.
soeisiion of Temperance men, instituted
4 legal proceedings, some time since, against
Messss Golemsn A. proprietors
ofthe Astorl House for violating the Main e
Law The case came up. before Recorder
Smith, and he decided a2ainst the Alliance /.
The case was carried upon sppeal to the
suPssms Court, where the decision OF the
Recorder Was reversed, and the Maine Law
vindicsted This ease is interesting from
the fact that our Mayor has hung back from
an enforcement OF the lsw until. BY decis-