Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-12-25

Theedecision was made In q ease where W.
A. Trigg had entered a tract Of swamp land
that was claimed 5T the railroad. tn case
was referred TO the Commissioner OF the Gen.
eral Land Office, ana BY him decided in favor
o. the railroad from which an sppesl was
taken bT ne TO the Secretary Of the Interior Of
the United States. and bT him referred to the
Acknowledgement Of tbs UEited States, and de-
ceded in faVor Of Mr.. Trigg.
According to this decision, all lands that are
really swamp lands will hold good a. such.
This decision will quiet the tile to a great
JAMES H. CROW.
ne Central American Question in England.
Prom The WsshinEtun States, Dee.It1
The English papers by the Persia are pro-
life on the Central American question. First
Of all the London Tines treats "a to . fatter-
inc and philosophical article on hliibusseHng,
and pats President Buchanan Oh the back for
bis anti-Naiker PROCLAMATION. The Itmes
tells us that never q nation more entirely mis-
understood the true grounds Of its own strength,
the true basis OF It's own glory, or the true
elements Of its present and future prosperity
than did the UEited States when they suffered
themselves to be prevailed upon to 60 hliibus-
tering. And the Ttnes goes on TO inform as
that although the Danes and Norwegians OF
the middle ages, and the Russians OF later
times, nav have had SOM excuse for invading
their neighbors and committing acts Of piracy
and rapine, the United States have none. They
have more elbow room than any nation on
earth. have their choice OF climate and OF
Land, are not pressed with surplus population,
and therefore should not 90 fllibustsrlng
America, in the opinion OF The TEss, bias
nothing to do, but, like the Laird OF Dumbe-
dikss' trees, to grow while Great Britain
sleeps. IL she can maintain & government SUI
/ FrFnwF1w uorrorfu1 "a urntart life and rrOnerfT.
II she continue to double her population at the
end OF every Twenty-Five years, she has q des-
tiny before Der which leaves her no reason to
envy the lands or the prospects Of any nation
Of the earth. The elements she contains with
In herself are sufficiently Homogeneous TO fuse
into e single nation, and that nation must, II
things 90 on az they are now proceeding, be-
come In no very long time as numerous ss the
Chinese themselves, and far more powerful
than ell the States Of Europe puttogether- The
mission Of America to grow and increase, bow
can she more efectually cOunteract 1t than by
sending her sons 10 contend with deadly climes
and hostile populations for the possession OF
land In all respects inferior to that which she
enjoys in such abundance atihoms. And after
this sugar-costed advice, the Times points Us
to British experience In the tropics, and says
that the tropical Empire OF Hindoostan is held
BY Great Britain on, g a price OF blood, OF
treasure, and Of anxr which half inSlines
one TO regret the succt. p Of the British hllibus-
tiers Of the eighteenth century. And the TtmeS
winds up with q compliment to President bu-
chansn for bis notwithstanding proclamation.
The Netcs approves OF the Presidents senti-
ments, but gives him a quiet hint as TO his
practice, saving that this Is not his first inter-
dict against fllibustsring, and yet hlllbusteriog
schemes have gone on. III ht1s concludes
its article thus /:
The whole case is surrounded with eomplica-
ton and embarrassment. We hear at the same
moment Of the intention Of England and France
to sustain NJ. Belly's scheme, and that NJ.
Belly is an adVenturer whom nobOdy-not even
Costa Riea-will have anything to do with.
We are told of the rapid assemblsge Of naval
force in the Gulf and the Caribbean seas, and
Of the appearance Of vessels Of at least four
nations on both shores Of TIM Isthmus.
Whether the allies Of Nicaragua were there in
opposition to the fllibusters, or to protect the
Central American states from any osteHsible
enforcement Of unsettled demands or whether
they were there 10 assist Spain In her transact
tions with Mexico, or to guard Cuas for her
while she was so engaged, were speculations
10 every bOdy's mouth in the great American
cities. While awaiting the explanation, GER
tain American journals have chsered their
spTits with the suggestion that the European
powers could not interfere with them st sea
after the warning Of the transactions Of last
spTing /; nor on land, on account Of the Clay
ton Buiwer treaty, assuming the American
reading Of it. Il was therefore The part OF
Americans to act, and sf Europeans to look on
CT not, - they choose Il may be hoped that
the Presidents "grand scheme Of commercial"
and territorial sggraBdizsment," for which
the Western World is waiting, is a castle in the
air, constructed BY pOetical interpreters Of
treaties ike those we have Just quoted. We
would rather attach our expectatious 10 the
grave public avOwsls offered by the organs Of
he Administration, that the policy Of the
United States is not to acquire Central Ameri-
ca, OF any part OF it"-(may we add, " OF any
other territory belonging 10 an ally p y" but
TO open the Isthmus routes, and to have them
free to all the world"
As a sorg Of pendant to the above statement
OF the complication Of the Central american
question, we find in the English journals, that
Ia Paris it is asserted that an Anglo French
feet will leave on the 19h December for the
Gulf of Mexico. and that the French feet will
have on board a battery Of artillery in ordA to
oppose any enterprise of the fllibusters against
Central America. And further, the Paris cor
respondent Of the London Post SAYS that be
has seen interesting dispatches on the mission
Of sir W. G. Olsley, her Britannia Msiestic's
Eav0y, now at Nicaragua, and adds:
The Government Of England and France
have agreed 10 support the independence Of
that republic, and In the spirit Of the Clay
ton Buiwsr treaty, counter ance the project
for cutting the Islhmus Of Panama By a French
or any other company which may be accepted
BY the Nicaragua aud Costa Rics States.
There is every reason TO fear Mr.. Buchanan
backs the Monroe policy Of considering Wash
ingtOn the centre from which all authority
ought to radiste and prevail throughout the
whole continent Of America. The Govern
msnt Of America will, 1t is supposed, insist on
the Is.bmus Of Panama being cut by an Amer
lean company, and on America being the pater-
nal guardian Of the passage which is to unite
the two oceans England and France, bound
By trtaty to support the independence Of Cen
trail America, aud pledged to the Clayton BuI-
Wer treaty, will, perhaps be called upon to
support their engagements. What has been
the conduct Of Lord Napier, her Msjssty's
Ambassa der, in this affair? do BOT under
stand, from the i.patches / have seen, that
his Iordsbip has supported Sir w. G. Ousley 4:
II not, be mas committed a grave error. as the
maintaining our engagements with the Govern
ments OF Central America is necessary If We
are not prepared 20 give Up all British posses
sions on that continent.
As a sort Of oil on the troubled waters raised
bV statements and specuiatiOns like the above,
comes 40 article from the London Moraing
Herald, the organ OF Lord Derby. Says the
Morning Herdlds
Amongst the public services psrformrd b.
Lord Malmssbury, as Foreign Secretary, we
hope soon 10 have the satisfaction Of including
the settlement Of the Cer.rsl American diff
Guilty. This has completely baflsd our states.
men for years, and the prospect Of q speedy
and successful Issue to the protraeted question
will have the most beneficial effect in conner
cial circles On both sides OF the Atlantic. at
present the only means Of communication over
land between the countries Of which the sea-
board 10 washed by the Atlantic and thOee
washed BY the Pacific ocean-the eastern and
western coasts Of the great American con-
tinents-is the Panama route. This bas proved
to be both ineOnvenient and insufficient, and
better routes az other points Rave long been
projected. The Nicaragua route, settled by a
convention between Costa Rics and Nicaragua,
offers the greatest advantages, and NJ. Belly is
prepared to construct an inter-oeesnie canal as
soon az proper measures are taken for main
taining ~inviolate the neutrality OF the Isthmus
guaranteed by the provision OF the BnlweT-
Clayton treaty. The utmost harmony prevails
between France, England and the United States
on this important question.
Calling Spirits from the Vastly Deep.
Faom he Nashvfls Enfon1