New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-23
From WASHINGTON.


,.....,,,s,nee Of The N. Y Tribune
WASHINGTON, July 81, 1857
.,..r,ent made by me some time ago to the
...,.t the architects employed in the erection
- .,o dome of the capitol, had discovered the ro-
end. walls to be too weak to bear the INTENDED
.t,ucture, and that in consequence the WORK wou'o
10 ,uspended. was derived from man OF character
and eminence in his profession, who mas al '"P'!
,rent connected with the enlargement oi '"0
c,pitol. His high personal character was WIN INC
-, G.. 81. correctness Of the informa''oh'
H. aoa,;n0. 20 Give me toe names OF the persons
upon whose authority be made the as'er''o'' W.
Tco,wsrded TO THE TRIBUNE nave NOV '"o
g.; ., .,smine into the details OF the NATTER anu
..,.-.eors Give the substance OF CONTRADICTIONS
80, have been published by direction, apparently;
" Thomas o. Walter esq Architectln, Chief, ana
Cent. Mres of the Engineers superintendent Oh tue
CsPs' They s,y that the materials of the founda-
49, and walls of the rotunda have been fully exam
;nsJ md t,sted, ana found TO be capable OF bear,
mo weight very much greater than will be imposed
by tba dome. This weight will be 100 pounds 70
tie souare foot. while the weight bearing on the
foundation of the new wings is 1872 pounds. They
aege the further very extraordinary fact, II hisa
fact that the new iron dome will DO lighter than
that which has been already removed 1t has always
been doubted by msDy who pretended TO no seen
t;fc knouledoe on the subject that the foundations
for the proposed erection were too weak. Inc
formal calculations and official assurances which
have been elected by all allegation, supposed whcn
made 10 BE- perfectly well founded, VIII have ten
epcy 10 satisfy the public mind and quiet mlsglvngS
among the workmen and others.
There can be no question TINT the design of tho
lofty dome is surprisingly beautiful and that if sue
cessfuly executed, the work will remain, while 1t
stands one of the architectural wonders of the world
Gen. HcIran has written from New York that
fhe last a Ct passed by the Congress of Granada
confers upon the President OF the Republic ample
authority to settle and terminate the difficulties
with the United States, and that he has already, IN
pursuance of said act received the full powers
necessary TO adjust the dispute. lie proposes 10
arrive in Washington tomorrow. MessrS. Bowhn
and Morse have been directed by the Secretary OF
State to remain here IN order 10 asslst III the con-
ferences with Gen. Herran.
There are two objects for which the United
States have heretofore cOnteDded one is retrIbulOn
by the punishment of the most noted among the
murderers and the other indemnity in the form OF
money payment other concession for the lives lost
and the property destroyed in the massacre OF the
18th April 1856. The murderers fled at the first
alarm after the massacre, but came back, and
could easily have been taken by Commodore Mar
Eine had he possessed authority. AS to tho lndem.
nifty, it may possibly be that our Government Will
take the islands of Taboga and the two or three
others that dot the harbOr Of Panama, for naval
station and incidental purposes
Walkers declaration of war against Lawrence is
susceptible of one explanation, which assimates
the act to the general policy Of the Ruifan party,
who are to man specultt0rs IN fancy town
sites 1t is that he is interested in competing To-
cations which, desparing of sustaining fair rivalry
with Lawrence, seek this new exercise of execu-
tive tyranny and Pro-Slavery spite to break 1t
down. In this enterprise, beside the hearty c06pe-
ration of StrnpfeIow, AtchisOn, Buford and Whit
field, he might possibly count upon some latent
sympathy from few of the Free State operators
in corner lots.
startled by the vebemence Of the Southern demon
strations against his policy and is willing to prOpitl-
ate Molocb, and throw sop to the rufhans oy
second sack of Lawrence. The history OF the Kan
sas outragcs justifes in suspechng that from to
beginning Walker had no other purpose tnan 70
cheat and defraud the Free State party and break
up its organization by pretending to oppose the
scheme of fosting Slavery upon the State thorough
a Constitution not adopted by the people. There
needs no better evidence of this than the statement
now running through all the Administration journals
that the Free State and Slave State Democrats are
acting together rs a united and harmonious party:
As there is in Kansas subject OF controversy ou'
Slavery, and as the Rufiaas are Thoroughly IN ear
nest on that issue their pretended Free State ales
must have stipulated to d them IN Inc sssae M s
fair speeches and implied promises of Walker must
90 for nothing, for he has no power to perform All
he can do is to let the Free State men alone and
even that engagement he is clearly about to violate:
But this he may do. He may begin to harry and
and worry the settlers with dragons and wrts, and
the burDnss Of towns amG "t Sv oT p Sham
non and his militia. and then there will be, about
next October, nobody to whom to refer the COns'l-
tuition, but Pro-Slavery Democrats. 49,.
In the mean time it appears that the expedition
AGAINST the Mormons in given up. The hunting O
freemen has more zest for the Administration thar
the correction of pOlygamlsts. PEMAoUiD'