Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-01-15
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Tho premature exposure Of the Dallas and Clar-
enion convention places the administration, and
the friends of the arrangement ut great dtsadvan5
tage BY the way, found, to-day, that several
intelligent members of the House had taken! up
the impression that the Senate Ind given thciras-
sent to the convention. On the contrary, It was
communicated to them, ,con6deneally, q few lsys
before Christmas, and it is not probable thatits
provisions were known to many Senator's; before
its publication in the New York Hsrdld They
probably ordered it to be printed with the cerres-
pondence accompaniment it, and a.copy Of the trea-
ty was either communicated to the Herald, by some
person to whom o copy was confied, or it was
surreptitiously obtained. Bntsthe public have
the treaty before them, and will form some jadg-
ment of it, without access to the eorTespondence
which led to it, and therefore, upon partial Wow
of the subject =. ,szSs5 ,sSg -, -
Already some opposition is manifested to the
treaty, aud its friends, and the friends Of the Ad
ministration, have not the means of indicating
the proposed arrangement. = :.
The Convention, it will be observed, completely
and satisfactorily settled the dispute as to the
construction of the Clayton Bnlwer treaty. in re.
gard to the Bay Islands and the limits ofBritsh.
Honduras So far rs that original treaty iscarri-
ed out. ~ 37,,sss, !. s:.Ss,' 4.
But the British prctensions in regard to- the
Mosquito Indian proteetofate arc recognized, aud
provision is made for the perpetual Interference
Of England with the Nicaraguan isthmus. It.may,
in time lead to new complications of aanore ser-s
Gus nature than those Of which it proposcsto re-
lieve the parties concerned. 9 ~.
Considering the brevity of the session and the !
importance of tn. subject, it may well be sHppos--
ed that the Senate will find it difficult to dispose
of the Convention before the 4th of March next
1t may lie over as an embarrassmentto to thefncom-
ing administration. "a >. ;S'5z. ss:.S 4ses.sy1tss
Mr. Letchers tariff bill, reported from the nii-
nority of the Committee of Ways and Means, is .
movement in the right direction, and, with some
notifications will be generally acceptable. SIt
reduces the revenue from imports to about forty.
five or fifty millions. Z.
The average rate of duties is:6xed at 20 per
cent. Some of the lower duties might as aell be
remittcd entirely, for collection will cost as much
as they will produce. - !<5
The Committee on Territories Of the House,,
will report bill for the admission Of Minnesota
as State. But they disagree as to the limits of
the new State. Some members are in favor Of
dividing the territory by the parallel Of forty-sx
leaving another territory on the shores of Lake
Superior, to be hereafter admitted as another
State.-Corespondence of the Charleston Courier.
JANUARY l..
The correspondent Of the Charleston Standard
says: To very few, does Mr.. Buchanan con6de,
the secrets of his policy but enough has been eli
cited to enable me to give you the names Of the
new Cabinet, as at pressnt determined on by Mr..
Buchanan. This determination May or may not
be changed, but can say positively that the names
now submitted ore the ones at present in the eye
Of the President elect viz:
Lewis Cass, Secretary Of State.
Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury.
j. B. Floyd, Secretary of War.
Nathan Clifford, Secretary of the Navy.
Jesse D. Bright, Secretary of the Interior.
]. CLANCY Jones, Postmaster General.
J. P. Benjamin, Attorney General.
It's we'll known that Mr.. Clifford was the staunch
friend of Mr.. Buchanan throughout the contest,
and was also the partner of Mr.. Appleton, Mr..
Buchanan's confidential friend and secretary;
hence his prospects for aposition in the new Gabi-
net Mr.. Benjamin is urged by Mr. SEdell, and
his appointment is regarded as an opportune re-
ward for services rendered by the old line Wings,
Of which Mr.. Benjamin has been prominent MEM
ber. Mr.. Cobb represents the Union Democracy,
while Mr. Floyd Of Virginia, stands for the States
Rights school. The Cabinet, as given. above, is
only known among the leading Democrats, and
find gives much dissatisfaction to the States Rights
men. Should Mr. Bright be reelected to the q.
s. Senate, then his place in the Cabinet will be
filed by another; and should Mr.. Thompson, of N.
Jersey, not bere-elected, then Mr.. Jones may have
to give way and take.s foreign Mission.
The new treaty with England whichis now pend
ing before the Senate, and which hasfouad itsway
into the public prints is universally condemned
by politicians Of all parties here, and will never be
confirmed by the Senate. If not disposed Of be-
fore the 4th Of March next, twill be withdrawn
by Mr. Buchanan, as Gen. Cass IS among its Bit
terest opponents. It beats the Clayton.Bulwer
treaty in yielding to England the guardispshipof
the Central American States-and the country is
familiar with the condemnation heaped upon that
trssH bJ thu dSnaGsas PssHs besauss itsssa.