Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-14
Interesting from Wdshington.

ASHINGTDN, MAY Iu,Ic0D
| ] am iutofmcd by III Oh authority that a fierce
war is going in the Cabinet with refer
| enc" to Cea,rai American affairs. Mr.. Marcy tn
day intsated to & t1 Piel CO, in Cabinet council,
| that if he chose Ia recognise Walkers govern
tnent by receiving Padre Will he ready to
retire to private life. This announcement cans-
ed considerable omoton, The matter final
! ~ postponed. aud the President Immediately con
suited number If :. nat ors--.amI ing others Gen,
| Ca-s--as - what c'.sV-o be- should pursue. My
iniormant SAYS thn rattrr still hangs fire but he
believes that Gen. iSercr. viii take the response
| utility, and bet Marcy side" ii he chooses
Father Will, the pew Envny from Nlcaragua
| has not vet asked be he recognised. He is II
! Roman Catholic, OF course but the church in Nj
| earacaa j. Ia a state If contumncy towards the
/ Pope. thiuk it j. safe IL that Marcy has
ovcrrulpd the Cabinet and the President, and
that nothing will Ice done hout the Central Anne
ricaR difficulties at present
| understand that The President desires to see
Mr.. Baclaian personally before taking steps in
regard 10 CHAMPION. This, think | can assure
you,s the main of the delay in regard to the
Minister of IL. Il. NJ Marcy and Buchanan differ
widely On the Cuba and Central American ques-
tianS. Buchanan di>approved Of the Greytown
affair. sided with Soul6 and Mason on the Cuba
question. and sympathises with Walker and ia
vors the recognition Of Nicaragua With such
a record Mr. Marcy has use for him, and nat
urally disapproves of the President acting III
these matters under his iBuchanan's) sugges-
tinn.
Mr.. Cugnan has come out in res olution Civ
ing the President full power Ia make war on New
Granada. but the President will not interfere in
any Of these matters until lr understands def
,ey the sentiment of the South. The ques-
fion Is. is that sentiment represented by Butler
of :. G.. or Soul6 of Louisiana.
Mr.. T"ombs comes forward in the Senate with
an amendment 10 the act constituting the Naval
Board. Mr. ToomhS simply proposes that the
President shall convene Court of Inquiry to
which all the ofi GERS who have been victmzrd
hy the Board shall have the ri -ht Ia appeal and
be heard, aud this Court Of Inquiry shall have
| poarrto reverse the decisi"ns OF the Naval
Board The Court shall be composed of officers
who have no Interest in th" ina'ters they try
Mr.. Fillmore will not return to the United
| States bt fare HE election.
Gen. Gadsden ha, agaia brought forward an
| application for the purchase "f more territory
| from Mexico. /; is said here that he more hfiy
| represents certain Spectators Ia New York ana
NV Orleans than the United States mt large
Congress will probably call for s"ine information
on the subject Ia the meantime il seems proha
BILE that the American claimants al Tue SANTA AN
m mon, V will get i.
4 norfion If the foreign mail was received to-
aay AZ the State department. but nothing to de-
finite i, known to thee purport of the news
Mr. Crnmptou manifests q perfect indifference as
to what our Government viii do. lie stated 10
dav to A pent ernen that his Government would
not recall hm.
Iruwards of twenty leading Mexicans arrived
to- dny and are stopping at Wizards, among
whom are Mortinez del Rio, Jose de Ansoaegns
aud Jose de Garay. ofthe Garay grant