Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-03-13
WAsHINGTON, Feb. ?

The Offer to Arbitrate-CuIious
Omission of tn q British Minist er, &c.
WAsHINGTON, Feb. %.
A new and extraordinary chapter in the di
plomacy upon the Central American question
has opened Last evening Mr. Champion adj
dressed hasty note TO Mr.. Marcy, inclosing
"A letter from Lord Clarendon to the British
Minister, dated so long ago as last autumn,
in which Lord Clarendon loosely recites
s6stigHfl>l l>lFe2ubimself and Mr.. Buch-
.anan. on 4 s&5Isev - referring the Central
kmerican difiiculty-to a third power for arbi-
'tration. He requests Mr. Champion to CON-
.xaazpicate his letter to the American Govern
AIr. Crampton's apollo " to Mr.. Marcy for
not having-done SO before, is, that he over
looked the paragraph containing the request.
lie now sends the original letter, without
stopping to make copy, and requests that 1t
may be copied and returned to him. tie
seems all at once to have got into a great
hurry about the business. The letter of Lord
Clarendon can hardly be called downright
offer to submit the matter TO arbitration. Ii
might more properly be characterized as an
effort to sound the American Government on
the subject.
Mr.. Buchanan recently made specific and
emphatic demand upon Lord Clarendon as to
what he meant by his declaration in Parlia-
ment that he had recently renewed his offer
to sntmit the Central American difficulty 10
the arbitration of third power. lie told
Lord Clarendon that nothing was known of
such an offer in London. Lord Clarendon at
first talked about his previous conversations
on the subject with Mr.. Buchanan. These
conversations had been of suggestive, dis
cussive, aud rather jocular character, and
did not embrace any proposition which MIR.
Buchanan had right TO consider definite and
serious. After referring for some time, how
ever, to these previous talks" Lord Claren-
don told Mr.. Buchanan that he had written
to Mr.. Champion, renewing the offer; that
Mr. Champion had communicated his views
to Mr.. Marcy, and that Mr.. Marcy had re-
piled that the subject was in the hands OF Mr..
Buchanan.
Now, if you will note that, so far from
this being true, MIR. Champion had made no
communication on the subject to MIR. Marcy
prior to yesterday, and that it may be deemed
an exaggeration to call Lord Clarendon's let
ter which he then sent an offer to arbitrate.
/ have already contradcted the report that
there had been personal quarrel between
Lord Clarendon and MIR. Buchanan; but you
may easily infer, from what | have stated
above, that n most spirited conversation on
public affairs took place between them. IL
/ you add to this the inference that Lord Clar-
endon became very pettish, and that Mr..
Buchanan was quite positive and dignihed
both in language and manner, you will have
nearly the whole story.
The letter of Lord Clarendon, communica-
ted by Mr.. Champion yesterday, will proba-
bly, be transmitted to the Senate tomorrow,
in compliance with the resolution adopted
to-day.
Attorney General Cushing has not only
written no letter to Mr.. Cutting on Central
American affairs, but he has written none to
any one. He has often been confOunded
with Judge Cortland Cushing, agent Of the
Transit Company in Nicaragua, in this Cen
trail American business. B..
WAsHINGToN, Thursday, Feb. &c.
The President has been induced 10 with
hold the letter dismissing Mr. Champion till
the arrival of the steamer now due, i'm the
expectation that he will be recalled by his
own government Should that not be the
case, the letter will be Immediately sent-ai
least, so Mr.. Pierce says. A rumor was cur
rent to-day that Mr.. Champion had been re-
called; but it could be traced to no reliable
source, and is doubtless premature.