Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-12-30
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Dec. 29.--The instructions to Commodore
Paulding were necessarially general in their ma
ture, it being impossible for government TO an
~ticipate every state ..of circumstances, and not
until his official dispatches shall have been con-
sidered, will it be determined whether or not he
was justified in Gen. Walkers arrest.
The HcraLds Washington correspondent says
it is stated that CommodoreY Paulding acted
without instructions, in his demonstration
against the fllibusters. The only orders is
sued, being simply those promulgated some
time since to all officers of the Federal Govern
ment, to prevent infractiOns of neutrality laws;
it is furthermore stated, that the administration
disclaimed and disapprovc of the conduct Of the
Commodore, and that he will be held to strict
account. 1t was not anticipated tliatanv at
tempt would be made to arrest Walker. on land.
The act being a violation of the internaticnnl
law, but as the administration is without any
information upon the subject nothing can he
known as to their views until they receive official.
dispatches, which will reach. here tomorrow,
CTuesday.) a7'aE afsof g. or
The Times correspondent says that Scc'ry
CasS denounces the arrest of Walker. and his
men by Com. Paulding as illegal, inexcusable
and unauthorized. Com. Paulding will doubt
less be court martialed.
Walkers friends express the conviction that
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in proof of this they cite the fact that it has
been repeatedly predicted that England and the
o. S. would pursue them upon Nicaraguan soil.
Nevertheless the administration positively de-
~nounces Paulding's course, denying that it was
ever anticipated. The administration is very
emphatic in regulating the action of Conn.,
Paulding, and denounCing it as a violation of
the sovereignty Of Nicaragua, and of the Amer
lean constitution. Our power over the the fill
busters, 1t Is held, ceased the moment they had
entered upon the jurisdiction of foreign power.
There is no doubt that Com. Paulding will be at
once ordered home for trial. The southern men
arc very violent in their denunciation of Pauld-
ing, denying his right to decide that Walker is
a citizen of the o.. S., and claiming it to be the
duty of government to send him and his men
men back in a National vessel.
Official information has been. received, deny
ing the truth of the report, that the Justification
of the Indians in Utah, created by the Mormons
had been communicated to the Indian borders
of California. All remained quiet and so far as
appearances were concerned, there was no rea-
sou to anticipate a difficult state of things. Pri-
Yatc letters from California, state that two regi-
menIs of volunteers are ready to advance against
the MormonS, aud that ten regiments could be
mustered in less than sixty days, for the same
service. --.- rsrht
Flag officer, Paulding, details in his letter the
circumstances under which he arrested Walk
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will be fully comprehended after an examination.
He could not regard Walker and his follow
ers in other light than as outlaws, who left our
shores for the purpos= OF, doing rapine and muir
der. He saw no other way to vindicate the law
and redeem the country's honor than by dis
arming them and sending them home. The let
ter is principally u rehearsal of what is al-
ready known. The Cabinet had the mat
ter before them to-day. Although the arrest Of
Walker is not strictly justified by instructions
to Paulding, it is considered that the easel is very
much paliatedby the circumstances under which
lac acted, as explained by himself.
Walker will be released from present arrest,
and it is probable that a process will be COM
menced to bring him to trial for violation of
neutrality laws.
led by Marshall Rynders, T.. F. Mcaghcr and
Malcolm Campbell. He was received with
cheers by a large. concourse of people as he en-
tered Browns Hotel.