Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-08-26

81 huHuh. winch Nhlleu on inc morning 81 f>Hl
ul1ay last for Boston. nud by the middle Il next
week will doubtless be on he way from New
York Il VA -linRtpn. II settle with Mr.. Marcy
and The President all the points in dispute be.
tween the tive countries relative 10 the Central
American difficulty.
The sisrr of Nh. 1--we, 81 diplomatic business
Il ma important kind.tnkcs place Mt n moment
peciully npporiuue. The retiring President. like
"a dying sinner will have ~ object in being cou
tamaciaus His dream of ambition j. over bis
days 81 official lie are drawing 10 close; and
the absorbing feeling OF hi- soul will be 10 settle
e,crytLing amcably, honorably. nqd in II way
tie best calculated to blot out the memory If hi-
past foes and mi -decds. lie can make ~ emp
III by keeping open old sores. On the contra
~. II descend Fl ON the chur If State with the
eansoan-ncss If hn,ug settled IA dispute he
tween the two countries which at one time wore
N angry aspect. mnY constitute his sole claim
10 the PrHiitude II hi eountrymen may b" The
me solitary net Of his presidential life which will
save him from contemporaneou- oblivion.
But although the time s"pportnne the mission
is delicate nnd eanuo, hep asking ourselves
The question. whether Mr.. Lowe il the best rnnn
who could be found To carry 1t out We were
particularly hnppy in our last specinl isnbassa-
dor f. the United States. In the person OF Lord
Ashbnrton, sent 10 Washington one Of the
merchant princes # England, mnn who hnd
had enormous business transactions throughout
every city in the Union, aud weight Of chnrnc-
tfr, the result If long successes, which elected
respect aud admiration lie had been created
noblcmnn because of his commercial cmnence-
inst the parsonage that the Americans delighted
f. honor, and he was in the largest sense type
# the old English gentlrman-po ntlhble aud
most liberal in hi- expenditure. At that time.
Mr.. buchanan, now candidate for the l'rrsden-
cy, filled, ~ Secretary Of state, the office whose
dutie, Mr.. Marcy now discharges aud the repre-
At.
brought the boundary limo within the grasp of n
well defined tcaiy.
We nrc unwilling Ia speak dispnragngly Of
Mr. Lowe. who is "A self raj -ed and clever nun
clever IN tho sense in which the Americans un-
dcrstnnd the torm.-tbat is 10 say "shnrp;'' but
wrquestion nevertheless, whether he is exactly
the nun for an emergency. Diplomacy, il &C
ours 10 US l. quite oal Of his line He would
much rather cut the Gordian knot than endenvor
10 nnfnyc it. His temper Is short, aud his pride
excessive qualities which hive married his House
oi Commons advancement, aud which we hope
he will not Introduce Ia the White House. But
Mr.. Lowe hicks another essental-oiiicn stand
ing He is comparatively new 10 Parliament, in
which he sits for the first time, and his position
in the Government hardly iu-tiies the honor
which has been thrust upon him. He may, mud
we hope will, realise tho expectations Of those
who have sent him ncross the Atlantic; aud in the
event of his success at which no one will more
heartily rejoice ihnn ourselycs-we shnll have
the satisfaction Of knowing that hn succeeded
whereit was almost impossible 10 fail.
IT, instead of sending Mr.. Lowe ns our special
nmbn ssndor 10 Washington, Lord palmcreton had
pressed the accel tance Of the duties on Mr.. VIM.
Brown a better choice could NOT have been mndc
Fer dclicate affair Of this kind MIR. Brown pos.
-r>ses every cqnlsllc-rAprrrncc, Goodness,
Judgment. conrtosy, and those other hardly less
Important anXaries of ercnt wealth and business
tact with which the Americans are always cnn
incurred. Mainly 10 Mr.. Browns cxrrtons,
the personal friend of Mr. Dallas. and who always
ruJoyed the confidence of Lord palmerston, may
be attributed the happy turn which the election
81 MIR. Champion took. 1t would have requ Ired
we know, u good deal Of pressure on the part OF
the Premier to induce MIR Brown 10 accept tho
commission; but if he had been induced 10 under
fnlgc il, success would hive followed in his wake,
and by tie opening uf Parliament in February.
Lord Palmcrston would hnve been in position
10 announce the happy result of the misson-an
announcement which would huvc done much 10
strengthen and consolidate his government
REWARDS re BRIriSn SEAMEN ny THE AMER
loan GOYERNMENr-Iho Earl of Clarendon has
received despptches through Mr. Dnlns, enclo-
sing testimonials, forwarded by the President of
tho United States, Tor presentation 10 British sea
men, " in grateful acknowledgment Of services
rendered to- American seamen under eircumstan
ces communicated 10 his government by the Con
sal of the United Staics at Liverpool gold
cluonometer and chain to Captain X. Wilson
and medal each 10 George William blanchard,
George Finns. George Lee and William Lee,
hrng respectively master and seamen of the
British bark Sarah, Of Belfast; aud also gold
oEronomcter and ehnin Ia Capt. Joseph Clark, OF
the British bark Ratticoas, of liverpo"L 1t ap-
pears that the American brig Crusader, Captain
Joseph 3. Wooster, with aoyew consisting oi the