Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-22

the Iowa railroad lard bill, and the closing of
all the land districts of that State to the further
location of warrants This act will shut the
Iowa land Offices for the next twelve months
Should the bills authorizing grants to rail-
roads in Wisconsin and Minnesota become
laws. tho effect will be to close the land Offices
of those States, and reduce the field for loca-
ton within still narrower limits. If the Kan.
sas and Nebraska lands now under survey, be
brought into market at an early day, favor
able reaction would probably occur; but in
formation from the General Land Office in
duces us to believe that these lands will not
be subject to private entry before the expira.
ton of six months, nor do we suppose any other
public lands will be offered for sale soon.
The Enlistment Question.-We make the
following extracts from the reply of Lord
Clarendon to Secretary Marcy's last dispatch
upon the enlistment embroglio. 1t will be
perceived that it places the question in issue
between the two Governments In a position
moro or less differing from that it occupied
previous to the receipt Of this paper:
THE British Government neither ordered
nor contemplated any violation whatever of
the laws of the United States, but, on the
contrary, issued the most positive and repeated
orders that those laws should not be infringed
by any persons acting under their authority /"
"The undersigned must refer to the offers
of satisfaction and to the explanations already
made, and to the repeated expression of tie
sincere regret Of her Majestys Government,
it, contrary to their intention and to their rcit-
Grated directions, there has been any infringe
ment of the laws of the United States"
"The Government of the United States had
been led to suppose that the law and the SOW
ereicn rights Of the United States had not
been respected by her Majestys Government,
and, relying upon evidence deemed to be
Trustworthy, they believed that that law and
those rights had been infringsd by British
| agents. If such had been the case, the Gov
| eminent of the United States would have
been entitled to demand and her Majesty Is
| Government would not have hesitated to afford
the most ample satisfaction, for no discredit
can attach to the frank admission and COM
plete reparation of an unquestionable wrong
| "Uer Majestys Government unequivOcally
| disclaim any Intention either to infringe the
law, or disregard the policy, or not to respect
the sovereign rights of the United States, and
the Government of the United States will now
for the first time learn that her Majesty's
Minister at Washington and her Majesty'l
| Consuls at New York, Philadelphia, and Gin
cinnati solemnly affirm that they have no,
committed any of tho acts that have been i'm
puted to them. The government of the Uni.
ted States will now also for the first time have
an opportunity of weighing the declarations Of
four gentlemen Of uniInpeached honor and in
tegrity against evidence upon which no re-
lance ought to be placed
| "The undersigned cannot but express the
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these explanations and assurances may prove
satisfactory to the Government Of the United
States, and effectually remove any misappre-
| hension which may have hitherto existed and
he cannot doubt that such a result will afford
rs much pleasure to the Government of the
United States as to that Of her Maiesty's
Government; for there are no two countries
which arc bound by stronger ties or by higher
| considerations than the United States and
Great Britain to maintain unbrokcn the rela.
tions of perfect cordiality and friendship"
| The Convention ashington is Just now
overlooking with strangers particularly in
terested in the result of the approaching
Cincinnati Convention. They are here from
all sections Of tho Union, and are striving,
some Of them, to make capital for every gen
tleman whose name has so far been suggested
in connection with the Democratic Presiden.
tial nomination. The feeling manifested il
decidedly good, foreboding harmony at Gin.
| cinnati.
Confirmed. Senate have conf rmed the
nomination of VIM. A Ingersoll, of Conn, to
be purser in the navy, vice Josiah TatnalI
resigned also, of BENZ States, to be the
collector Of customs for the port of Stoningtop,
Conn, vice Ezra Chesboro, deceased.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Department. On yesterday, the 2lst of May
there were of Treasury warrants entered OF
tho books of the Department
For the redemption Of stocks..,. SI6 $50 "a
For the Treasury Department.. 1887 AZ
For the Interior DepaItment.... 1904 IL
For Customs. .................. 9,46l 0(
War warrants received and on
tered. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 62,397 So
War repay warrants received and
entered. ..................... 5s2 So
From miscellaneous sources,..,.. 40 81
Tn account Of the Navy......... 7,O2S al