Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-31
EVENING STAR.
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.
wAsHIN TON CITY:
FRIDAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IL, 1851.


The Union, noticing the fact that the de-
spatch published in the Star on the day before
yesterday from Colonel Abercrombie, at Fort
Smelling, of the 18th instant announcing the
contamination of q satisfactory arrangement
with the Sioux of Minnesota Territory, dis
proves the correctness of the subsequent de-
spatch from the same point coming through the
agents Of the Associated Press, take occasion to
explain the arrangements of the Government,
here, to meet the exigencies of the case, as fol-
lows:
80 As soon Intelligence reached this city of
the hostile attitude assumed by the Sioux. the
Secretary Of the Interior, in conjunction with the
secretary Of W ar, adopted the most prompt and
what has proved to be the most efficient measures
to protect the threatened portions of the Territory
and to reduce the Indians to obedience to the laws
of the United States In less than one week after
the receipt of the news advising the government
that an Indian outbreak of the most alarming
character was anticipated by the frontier inhabi-
tants OF Minnesota, one thousand regular troops
were in the field, route for the of threat
ened hostilities. Too much credit cannot be
awarded to Secretaries Floyd and Thompson for
the energy, foresight, aud promptitude which
they have displayed in their efforts to protect the
people of Minnesota from further Indian out
Tages.r
The same paper contains card from Geo p
Stiles, John NJ. HOckaday and P H. Dotson,
Esqs-, late U. 5. Territorial officers in Utah pro-
nouIcing false the statements of the Mormons
casting imputations upon the integrity of the
official transactions Of Surveyor General Burr.
The Hnfelhgencer quotes an account of the
basis of the treaty expected to be consummated
between this Government and New Granada
shortly, published by "IOn'' in the Baltimore
Sun, and demurs TO it in earnest and strong
terms. This basis is, that New Granada shall
cede to the United States territorial jurisdiction
over the small island of Tobago, in the harbor
Of Panama, now the property of Aspinwall
Co, of New York; in consideration of which
the United States shall assume responsibility to
their citizens, for the payment of the $500, 900
which Ministers Bowlin and Morse were in
structed TO claim of New Granada, as indem-
nifty due Americans on account Of the never
to be forgotten Panama riot
The InteilIgeRcer sees neither propriety nor
policy in the acquisition of an insignificant
island in the bay of Panama as ''our Constitu-
ton makes no provision for colonies, satrapies,
or vice royalties, by which the jurisdiction OF
the metropolitan government may be parceled
out and asserted in a form of modified soyer-
eighty" Considering that the title in fee to
the few acres composing the island in question,
is already the property of American citizens,
the LQteihgencer's editor holds that 800 900 is
very round sum to pay for terrisorial juris-
dtetiOn over it only. The editor also considers
that topay Si00, 900 for tha alone, should prove
lesson to future American diplomacy against
the policy Of making exorbitant demands for
damages against other Governments in such
L n
by the treaties of cession wherein we assume to
settle with our own claimants, encouraged to
swell their demands as much as possible, in
order to afford the opportunity of essaying i'm
posing requirements on our part of the Gov
ernments on the other side. On the whole, the
Lntsliigsncer seems decidedly of opinion that
territorial acquisitions cost us far more than
they come to.