The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-10
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BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TElEcRApas.

By MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TElEGhAPh6,
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Highly Interesting from Warrington.
OUR RELATIONS WITH CENTRAL AMERIcA-THE
FIRE IN GEN. GADsDRN's REAR-GADsDBN AND THE
THREE MILLIONS MsTALMENT-MR. BUCHANAN
AID TBE KANSAS QUESTION, ETC, ETC.
WASHINGTON April 9, 1855.
The Senate having called for additional inforation
Kansas affairs and the House for further intelligence
the Central American question: the President to-day ssnt
to each message saying there is nothing in the
State Department regarding these subjects
The Central An erican imbroglio has assumed an int
resting ,hape The of tie administration in the
rejection Of Col French is almost universally condemned:
1st Because in that proceeding the administration
to be the Judge OF the people OF Nicaragua and
II had the power to dictate to them what govern
ment they should have That the uniform pfa,tice Of
the United States has been to recognise de o govern
ments and in doing they take responsibility for the
character and aims Of the They have acted in
Mexico, in France, in Spain everywhere.
&C. The refusal to recognise the RivaWalker rule be-
cause they despatched envoy who happened to be
native OF the United slates is strange commsntary on
the appointment of Soule Span Robert Dale Owen TO
Naples, and Auguste Belmont to the Hague.
3d. The seizure of the Nicaragua steamer in your port
because Of alleged violation Of the neutrality Ia
alleging that it bearing armed against power
with which at peace ezregious blunder,
in this that true, they not intended to operate
against Nicaragua, but in behalf Of that government
This last act was that of the President, and
clearly Illegal to subject the Marshal to damages.
Such the opinion of leading Senators and members OF
Copgrers.
How to get rid of these difficulties without mpeaching
the government Of great bunder Is the question with
the Cabinet To invite the Rvas Walker government to
send Minister would be an acknowledgment OF the
bunder.
The President he other day. sent Judge Hise, of
Kentucky, and offered him q special mission He de-
chned it, excep! condition Of the recall OF the present
resident Ministers in Central Notwithstanding III.
Wheeer-and unconditional power to re,ognizs the
Walker government Marcy holds back and says it is
better to wait and let Walker send Minister here; but
that he will not do until invited by the present admins
tra.ion.
The report that the English and French fleets contem
plate lane ing ao Costa Rica is made without the
slightest authority.
The government will lose time in recognising the
Walker government when 1t do and itself from
exposure Of its past errors
The effort to procure aid for the Transit Company
utter failure such intervention has been seriously
thought Of
Private letters received in this city from Geo. Gadden
indicate i'll feeling between him and his
He charges that private individuals have the Of Mr.
Marcy instead Of the Minister that certain merchants in
Mexico who in favor with the here, de-
feat all his attempts indemnity to cize
for injuries done them.
The letter published in Of the Charleston papers,
from Mexico in relation to the payment of the three
million instalment, is charged on Gen. Gadsden, our
Minister informed to-day that unless he clears
his skirts from its authorship he will be recalled The
adminstr alton have for time wanted preext for
recalling him.
The war upon Buchanan is fierce and relentless.
Marcy and Pierce rabid against him. regarding him
Is an interloper, 'hugely uDgrateful."
The report that the unpublished portion Of Mr.. Blu
chanans letter Mr.. Sde contained language to the
effect that If he (Mr Buchanan) had been in Congress
he would have voted against the repeal Of the Missouri
restrict on, is stock jobbing fabrication; and am
authorized by Senator Slidell to say
Governor Wise informed gentleman Who dned with
him yesterday that Virginia certain to cast her vote
for Nj Buchanan in the Cincinnati Convention
The main point Of Senator Geyers speech, it win b
seem made in sustaining the Cass doctrine Of popular
sovereignty ard denying the power Of Congress the
Territories.
The Connecticut election Is another nail in the Pierce
coffin, another intimaton to the South, and one more
than was required to set the Brigadier aside.
Governor Broome of Florida has arrived in Washing
U0AA6 OA0Su-
tive authorities regarding the protection Of the frontiers
of that State.
In April, 1852, q man named Wells was convicted OF
murder in this city and sentenced to be hanged He
pardoned by President Fillmore, with the condition that
he be imprisoned for life. year ago application
made TO the Circuit Court for his discharge under
writ OF habeas corpus the prisoners counsel Charles L.
Jores Esq., assuming the broad ground that the pardon
absolute and the condition void The CURT refused
the application and remanded Wells the penitenti
airy. The before the Supreme Court
appeal. Justice Catron delivered opinion this
morning. sustaining the inferior court and saying the
condition Of the pardon not the exercise Of
power but merely the SUBSTITUTION Of punishment
another and arguing that the pardoning power must
be understood existed 10 and in these colonies
prior to the formation Of the constitution Juscs r
It's and Campbell coneurrng, understood
ing that wits Of in criminal not being per-
mssable to the Supreme Court 1t has jurisdiction in
the premises, and therefore, the should be dis
missed, Jui tcs Mclean dissenting argued that the
ample Of FL gland in matters OF prerog~tive, not ap
pcable to this country the Executive being confined to
positive lawn the absence of which, in this case the
conditional pardon not sustanabe It the exsr
else Of new power.