Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-29
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Important from Washington.
Settlement ofths Right o. Search Question ,siA Great
lBritdin-Ths Right Abandoned BIZ EaqlaRd-TR
Foreign Policy Of he Administrator CLAIMS Of our
Ciizeas-Aolsieuz Belly and The Transit Route, Sc.
From the New York Herald
WASHINGTON, June %, 185s.--AH apprehension
Of difficulties with Great Britain on the question Of
the British cruisers may be alleged as there is now
no doubt that Lord Malmesbury has officially COM
muniosted to our government satisfactory explana-
tions. The principles laid down in Gen Cass' COM
munioation to Lord Napier Of the 10th Of April are
recognized sound international law on the ques-
ton. Thus the frmness Of the administration and
the able exposition Of the by the veteran states
man in the State Department have solved in few
weeks question Of great magnitude and Of long
standing.
number Of captains whose vessels have been
boarded blythe British cruisers in the Gulf have been
here asking advice Of our government as to their
best means Of redress. Among these was Captain
Bartlett, Of the ship Clarendon, which, with her
cargo, was totally lost on Salt Key Bank, eff Key
West, on the 6th Of May, after being boarded and
detained of Ssgua la Grande, May 2 by hersBrit-
annie Msjes'ys gunboat BuzzqTd. I understand
that the Secretary Of the Navy has expressed
to Captain Bartlett in the most positive terms his
opinion that the owners Of the Clarendon have
valid claim on the British government for SlOO,OOO
the value Of the ship and eargo-and Mes'rs.
Dale Co., the owners Of the Clarendon, are deter
mined to prosecute the claim vigorously
The grounds Of the claim will be, briefly, that the
Clarendon was unloading at the time Of the board
ing in the outer harbor Of Sagua that the presence
Of the British war steamer alongside prevented the
lighters from coming out TO her, she drawing too
much water to enter the haFbOr; thai whole day
vas thus lost az when tie Buzzqrd left, at i've o.
clock on the morniog Of he Sd, after having been
alongside since ten O'clsek 4 N of the %, the
weather was too heavy to GLOW The launches TO
come alongside, and that had it not been for this
detention, he Clarendon could have proceeded on
her voyage go to pass the dangerous point where
she was lost before dark and before the storm com
MERGED The claim will be made on the British
government through the Secretary Of State
The clerks of the department are already at work
preparing the statement called for by the Teso Uil
Of Senator Benjamin, passed by the Senate on the
last day but Of the session, caiiiug upon The
President 10 cause 10 he prepared before The next
session ofCongCess tabular statement OF all claims
! of American CITIZENS against foreign governments
! siuce 1916 with the action taken thereon and the
result thereof The preparation Of this document
will OCCUPY nearly all the CLERKS Of the department
| during the whole summer and fall and It IS said
| it will be the largest document ever laid before
! Congress It will show that of the claims Of oul
citizens against foreign governments since TIT
peace Of 1915 not one per cent have received rep
| araton.
! The French minister has informed cur govern
| ment that Mons. Belly, MaillaTd Cos have mo-
acted under the authority Of the French government
in the matter Of the Transit route and affairs il
/ Central America. 1t is believed that the mentor
OF the faYOrite scheme Of Napoleon, of making con
tract for canal was a dodge on the part of Belly
| Maillard and Msrcoets, to enlist the Emperor
favor and brighten others from The ground. What
ever secret conversations may have been held IL
Paris, the French government is not so insane as t
| RISK rupture with this country, one Of the bes
customers for its manufactures IN a matter in which
it has so little interest.
The administration, while it does not desire any
exclusive monopoly of transit routes in Contra
| America, will not yield a monopoly to others. A
Ia the case of he British cruisers, il will act prompt
b and firmly, and insist on free and untrammelet
| passage over them. Il will, moreover, compel tn
fu lment of contracts made with American citizen
| with reference 10 these routes, should any exist
The President will insist upon the freedom Of ihes
Highways Of commerce and equal privileges in them
whatever the miserable and ungrateful little repub
lies controlling them may say or do.
Mr. Weller brother Of Governor Weller Of Cali
fornia, has been reapPointed Postmaster at Sa
Francisco. The Postmaster st Benicia has ais
been resppointed.
The statement made sometime ago in the paper
that Governor Cumming had gone to Salt Lake Cit
st the instance of Colonel Kane, and under an al
rangement made by him, is not true Governo
Cumming went without any preparation or from hi
own impulse or sense Of duty. Colonel Kane mag
unanimously comedies this, and speaks of GOverno
Cumming in the hi hest terms.
Manning, who is figuring in the Central America
business with Belly, has no official position, and
merely a speoulator like the others.
1t is stated at the British Legation that it is NJ
believed the English Government recognizes c
favors his alleged movements with Mons. Belly
Co.