The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-29
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BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPRS.
Mr. Champion and the Offending Britiah
Consuls Officially Dismissed.
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Report Of the Senate Committee on ta,
Sumner Affair.
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lmportsnt from Washington.

Mr.. CHAMPION AND THE BRITISH C0NsULs Off
CIALLY NOTIFIED OF THEIR DIsSrssAL-TaE PRE-.
sIDENT REFUSES ARBITRATION ON THE CENTRAL
AMERICAN DIsPUrE--PoLTIcAL SPECULATION
THE SUMMER AFFAIR-ExPECTED DUEL-sEVIsIoS
OF THE TARIFF, ETC, ETC.
WASHINGTON, May IS, 1881.
Mr.. Champion was this evening officially notified OF
the disccn tinGance If his diplomatic relations Minis
ter from Great Britain this govercmsnt, and
furnished with his passports The Consuls at New
Philadelphia ani Cincinnati likewise informed by
Letter of hsir dismissal The notice of the ,caton
of their exequatcrs viii be announced to Congress to-
mornr g. when the President will nicate
message, panied by documents, setting forth tie
grounds for the action Of the government the recruit
iaent question, and dismissal OF Mr. Champion and TIE
Copsuls.
The President win also tomorrow transmit to Congress
message, with accompanying documents, relative to
Central American affairs and particularly with regard
to the propositions Of Great Britain to arbirate Il Is
understood that the Executive proposes to srbrae
question Of political geography which BY any possibility
may be raised under the Central American t,eaty, but
declines any genei al a. brson the construction
Of the treaty.
Tee reply Of Secretary Marcy to I1rd Clarendon
which gees out to Mr.. Dallas in the Asia to-day, is
to be the great card at the Cinc,onah Convention
According to the movements behind the scenes here
and in New York, and other parts Of the country
It is the intention to set Messrs. Douglas, Buchanan
nnd Pierce aside a. Cincinnati, and tate up some
other considered by ain politicians safer and
available in the approaching crisis Of the reput.
lie. 1t has already been mentioned that Rusk
OF Texas, or Mason, Of Virginia. or some other
man, would be taken up; but can tell you tina.
neither Rusk Mason Bright enter into the
present calculations. Marcy is the The oonssr-
yAtyss bring up his in Pisrces Cabne. all the
important and critical questions that have sgitated the
public ind during the last three four years They
that the country has been saved from by ns
that he headed of the Cuban hbusters at the Os.ena
C.rferenee-thAt he has prevented dozen smash ups"
Of the Cabinet and that the impending crisis CT the
country both at home and abroad calls for the
tried man, such they say Marcy has proved himself
to be. l send you these points curious just
Watch the progress of affairs among the politicians here
and at Cincinnati, and whether not sm wrong
Lcok to the proceedings Of the great Sanhedrim a.
Cincinnati.
There is any amount Of title ate aca.iEg about tae
halls OF Congress nd barrooms send you te~ speci
mems, indicating the sort Of atmosphere breathe.
/ 10 regard 70 the Cincinnati Convention, tho demo-
cratic juggers becoming little scared concerning
the vote OF the North, tnce the late Sumner affair and
Kansas Disturbances and the impression is that Bn
chanap, in consequence IS stronger than he two
weeks ago among the juggers
q The eenle cordtale between the Pierce and Douglas
cques has become, Notwithstanding, closer with the
Impression that II Pierce cannot bring the Northwest to
himself, he is to surrender his interest in the South to
Douglas and that they cannot carry twothirds, they
the balance required Vice PrsGden-
al selection such Cobb Of Georgia. Hunter Of yir
nia or johnson Brown Of Tennessee. The danger
that the two parties will split upon their plans for tbs
plumber. That's the danger
3. Tho movement for the rssussitaton Of the old
wings separate party proposed to be done lately,
by calling national invention In Louisville on the 4th of
July supposed will operate at Cincinnati in av Of
Observation-Disclosures the old Clay and Webster silver grays
inclined to 90 that way. The National teiligcncr is
actively stirring this matter expedient for securing
balance Of power In the election, and finger IN the
spoils.
l. II is thought that Gen. Cas- made himself little
too busy with that late Nicaragua fbuster meeting In
New York A Douglas man assures me that the old
General is head and tail up for the nomination.
6. The New York hares reported as having agreed
upon The bash Of surrender TO the so and Is far.
Their alleged, BY the way that Marcy has interest
this snt and is much exercised in counting up
the chances for the nomination the President h.e
g. Judging from the numbers going fro n this phase,
the outside lobby at Cincinnati in the aggregate, vii
probably be equal 10 ave thousand es nclu ling
Nqucr dealers, short boys and gamblers ooehodsrs
sud cabinet and foreign ministers In expectancy.
4.
same pack that cru,hed him in 1852 ale now Just as hot
for Buchanan.
These seven points form the floating blrroom gossip OF
this city. Marcys friends listen TO Il. herr all that is
said wink to each other and continue to make their ar.
rangements for Cincinnati.
The speech Of Mr. Buchanan 10 secret session OF the
Senate the Texas question is regarded by Southern
men here destructive of hfs chances the nooa
tion. He oppaed the annexation of slave terrific
ry while slavery Is the great issue between the parties
The Hon. Il, X Mead and other distinguished yirginans
are here urging Mr. Buchanan the Southern delegates
a. they pass through the city,
The late dispatches In the HERALD the corruptons
OF the spos at the cspt break the crust OF sub
ject only. The exeat OF this rascaiity sxseeds to
honest outsiders the bounds Of belief The nau me n.
ber lobbyman reporter here who has his prize il
accounted q fool.
is that duriog the trip OF tho new ca frgae
Merimac from Norfolk to Annapolis her boilers oec anne
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