Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-03-18

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B. Rush Floyd, Wythc.
Robert Johnston, Harrison, = -
CharlesNY. Russell, Wheeling -, -
Tuises II. NoRg6tK.-The United States fri FIJI.
gate Merrimac now lies at Norfolk, whore she
will be visited during the present week by the
Sec,y Of the Navy aud the Naval Committees of
both Houses of Congress fssssess5 q ~
The committee appointed TO examine the ac-
counts of Holt Wilson, Treasurer of the Norfolk
Relief Committee, have made a report which
shows the disbursements consisting of f56 items,
to amount to $50 TO.O2; contributions received
from different sources, IS, 32063i leaving bal
ance of So, O5061. - ss:.ss - 7za4s - 6
Norfolk will hereafter be guarded at night by
a police OF. eighteen xatchmen, who viii be uni-
formed with overc0atS of drab kerSey; caPes to
ship and unship, nor'westerS, and bright black
leather belts. | % ;--.s = ~ - - -
1'The Herald furnishes the following listof yes
sells now at the Navy Yard: .slal. -
Pennsylvania, Iinc-of,battle-ship, 100 guns,
Now York, line-of battle-ship, 81 guns, on the
stocks. s.szsis Is ia. s4s5 - So
Delaware, line-ofbattle-ship, s4guns in or 'r
Columbus, merchandising, 80 guns IN or r.
Merrimac, steamsrigatc, 40 guns. in COM
Roanoke, stoam-frigate, 40 guns, in dock
Colorado, stcam-frigatc, 40 guns. on the
stocks. .,f.r, <.
Powhattan, steamer, guns, in ordinary.
Princeton, steamer, 10 guns, in ordinary.
Saint Lawrence, figate, so guns, in ordi-
nary.
United States, frigate, so guns, in ordinary.
Raritan, frigate 50 guns, in ordinary. I ss ~
Columbia, frigate; 90 guns, in ordinary:
Portsmouth, sloop-of-war, % guns, fitting for
Plymouth, sloop-ofwar, % guns, in oTtii-
Nj Marion, sloop-of.war, 1c7gdns, in ordinary.
| Dale, sloop.o fITar, Is guns, in ordinary. =
Perry, brig, 8 guns, in ordinary. 50
Engineer, steamer, tOw-boat ~
| There are employed at the Navy Yard at pre-
sent aboutsl ZOO hands. The Colorado will be
/! launched inabout month.
| ArToRxEY GENERAL CusH1SG's OPISIoN on TnE
ENLISTMENT QUESTION: Washington Union
publishes an elaborate opinion OF Attorney Cen
eral Gushing on the enlistment question, at the
request of the President of the United States.
The following are the concluding paragraphs re-
| iating to the case of the British Minister:
! On the whole, the case of the British Minister,
regarded in the light Of established rules OF the
\ law of nations, and diplomatic usage founded
thereon, would seem toresOlve itself into-tirst
a question of strict right, and, secondly, Of dis
cretiOn in the exercise of that right
| II clearly is not case affecting the security
of the State, and thus needing or jushfying the
iinterposirion ofsummary authority, as in the
instance Of the Prince of Ccl!auare in France,
! CCh lie Martens, Causes Celcbres, tom. ], p,
| 1879 Count Gallenberg in Great Britains CFos-
tcr's Crown Law, p. Isl, } and many other cases
of historical and legal notoriety or interest. No
acts of violence are imputed to the British Min
lister, nor any purpose act threatening to the
national stability OF the United States. What is
charged against him is conduct improper IN
public Minister, Illegal as respects the municipal
law, injurious to the national sovereignty. II
sufficiently shown, it requires to be depressed in
such manner MS effectively to vindicate the pub
lie huuOr. OF strict right, the President may as
the Qucon of Spain did in the case Of Sir Henry
Bulwcr, send his passports 10 the British Minis
ter. with intimaton to leave the country without
delay; or he may well, in his discretion, adopt
the milder course. as President Washington
did in the case of Mr.. Genet; that is, after at
fording to the BsitiSh Minister opportunity Of
explanation through the Secretary of State then,
If his explanation be not satisfactory, to demand
his recall of the Queens Government. The per-
sonal esteem which the British Minister justly
enjoys here in other respects might counsel the
latter course, more especially if the British Gov
crnuient, assuming the responsibility OF his acts
Shotld thereupOn proceed TO tender, in its own
name, complete andamPle satisfaction for having
authorized OF permitted such fragrant wrong
as the systematic attempt TO recruit a military
force in the United States by the instrumentallty
of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 10
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