Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-03-22
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Cores cspondcnt.

Since my last, the President has called for
special appropriation of SO ,O0O 600 for the of
the War Department, for fortifcatons andamun
ton, and for applying the mondcrn improvements
to our small arms. The old musket and rifle
now out of date, and could not stand moment
before tenth of the number of men armed with
the 6 Sharpe" All the old rifles must be altered.
The Kansas subject has been under debate in
the Senate. Jones, Of Tenn, made an Orlando
Furioso speech some days ago, in which he ap-
piled very coarse terms to Mr.. Hale. The latter
replied, and in the outset stated that he should
take no notice whatever of the Senator's person.
alties, as he was sure that, upon reflection, they
had given that Senator more pain and regret than
they had inflicted on him. This was generous re-
venge,Cj asst like Hale, who bears no malice to-
wards any human being, and is one of the most
jovial and good natured men in the world.
The Central American subject has also been
under discussion in the Senate. The President
sent to that body on Friday some additional COR
respondence between The British Government and
our own. 1t had been stated by Lo'd Clarendon
in the House of Lords, that they had made an
offer to our Government to refer the question at
issue to a third power, that notice had been
taken of the offer, and that it had been renewed.
Our Government it seems, did not understand that
any such offer had been made, and Mr.. Buchanan
called upon Lord c. to inquire whether he intend
ed that the Conversations they had had should lie
considered offer on his part. or whether
formal offer had been made through Mr.. Cramp-
ton. Lord G. replied that he intended what he
hal s,;1 lv shoull he .reI m nff,
and he had informed Mr.. Champion of the pur-
port Of those conversations and directed him to
communicate them in writing 10 Mr.. Marcy.
1t now appears that Mr.. Champion had over
looked this part Of Lord C.'s dispatch, and had
not, therefore communicated it to Mr.. Marcy. but
did it the 9th of February, last Wednesday,,
and at the same time stated the reason why it had
not been done two months Or more before. 1t has
been again and again stated by Lord Z. and the
London Times, that the British Government had
apologizcd to ours for having committed breac!l
of our neutrality laws by enli>ting men here for
her armies. Mr. Seward said in the Senate, on
Friday, that he coalj very we'll understand that
they should honestly suppose they had made as
full and ample an apology national honor
would permit, which was all we ought to ask.
There were some circumstances that gave them
grounds for suppos:ng this.
Mr.. Pearce of Nd, did not concur in this opin-
ion; On the contrary, he thought the tore of the
British Ministry had been that Of hauteur and az
rogance, and that they ha. rather added insult to
injury; and such the opinion also expressed
by Mr. Mason. Mr.. NJ. sail. however, that he
was not for war, nor did he think there was the
least danger of rupture with England. lie had
too much confidence in the good sense and right
feeling of British Statesmen, and of the people
Of England to entertain doubt but that all mat
ters of difficulty and mi>un le:standng would be
happily and amicably adjusel. In this sentiment
concur with Mr., NJ. have no appreh nson of
a war with England. Ten years ago Gen. Ca<s,
Mr.. Allen of Ohio, Mr.. II,nncgan, Mr.. Atchison,
and other fifty yJom tofties, blew their war trum
pets with a most desperate and furious blast.
Cass proclaimed that s. ',rdr icds ineUitobie,"-
that s. we were on the eve of war with Ensland,''
that she had placed herself across our path,
but that we must advance" Allen also declared
that it was time to ''prepare the hearts of the
people for war;" The Udr trumpets were blown
every day for months, and vet, quietly slipped,
bdcied down from "Gfty-iour forty, or fght''
to forty nine and rencc.
The Binding for the IIou &c which / mentioned
had been given to Mr.. Williams of Toledo,
Ohio it is stated by the Organ, has been t,rn'ed
out by him to Mr.. Farnham Of this city; Mr.. +.
to do all the work and give Mr.. w. 20 per cent,
advancing him 81 900 cash on account Mr..
Farnl,am was competitor for the Binding before
the Committee Printing, and offer II to co it
at the price he is to receive from Mr.. W., O.:
course Mr.. W.. is to pocket ten or fifteen,
perhaps, twenty thousand dollars, which Uncle
Sam is made to pay, when lie could have had the
work done by the very same man who will now 10
it for jnst much less.
This is great financial operation for Uncle
Sam truly, ami the Committee ought to have
awarded to them therefor highly wrought and
beautifully devised leather medal, Of the value
of two coppers. The subject calls forth some
comment out of doors, Of course.
The same Committee have the engraving to give
out, and it is to be hoped they will not prove less
skillful in disposing of that, than they were in
giving out the binding. Arc there any out in
Minnesota who want jobs! If so, let them not
suppose they can get a friend or two some COM
mittee that has them to dispose Of, and that their
fortunes are then made. BY no means. There is
no dishonesty here; all is fair, straight forward
open and above board; no slipping of the hands
behind ones back and saving at the same time,
ss you can't bribe me.'' No thank God, though
used to hear of such things being done in Cuba,
Spain, and South America, we never hear of them
here.
The first ticket for President and Vice Prcsi-
dent is in the field, and its friends will have am
pie time to rally and fortify their position with
strong earth works, before an antagonist will
| enter.
The Boston Courier, which is opposed to the
American Party. says, 50 The stormy proceedings
of the Phila. Convention ended with the nomi-
nation of one of the best men in the Union as
candidate for President
NfIxSEroxKA.
| THE CHILDREN IN SpRISGrIELp-A CEN
sus OF the children in Springfield. ILL.,, has been
recently taken, showing 1880 boys, and 1924
girls, making grand total Of 1904
The number Of school buildings is four, af.
fording accommodations for only l4O0. Up
with the peoples colleges!