New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-18
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Special to the New Orleans Crcsceut.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, Is

resistance to arbitrary mpedments III the Baltic and
Stadt channels Of trade to claim such right never
theess the United States have peculiar interest in
said highways, and while leaving them free to all ma
lions, will maintain the right Of way and resist any
European encroachment upon said right by all the
means in their power. He concludes his letter to
Gen,I Lamar, by emphatiGally declaring that the
American people and Government have yielded
enough to the weakness of the little republic of the
Isthmus, and without doing them injustice 1--WE will
now take that we have justice ourselves" Very
strong and appropriate language for an elderly gen
tleman to hod--taco gears after -4merican citizens
haze been bTutaig buchered by ths ISthmGn sauages
Perhaps is because of this hardness in the use even
Of bold words and the wonderful alacrity in DOING
nothing that certain fiery parsans of the Administra
ton pronounce it "a joint spols concern utterly in
competent to respect home or to protect the
rights of citizens ABROAD
After days delay, to enable the Speaker and
Yce-President to form the committees, both Houses
have gone to work again In the House, some
changes have been made. Mr.. Chas Jno. Faulkner
takes the place of the amented Quitman, as Chair
man Ofthe Military Commute. Hopkins, OF Virginia.
succeeds Clingman in the chair of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and W, W. Phelps, Of Minnesota, re-
places the wounded Clancy Jones, former Chairman
of Ways and Means, but lately conveyed by Florence
Nightingale Buchanan to the Austrian hospital; (see
Hae's speech on the Presidents message, and pub.
lish the first part of it by all means-its very funny)
Letcher, who ought to have been Chairman in the
first instance, who did all the work last winter and
will have to do it all again this winter is passed
over By the way, Honest john will be here to.
morrow, and, in token of his recent triumph over
| Wise in Virginia will be serenaded
In the Senate one Important change has been made
The great Green, Of Missouri, takes Douglas place as
Chairman OF the Committee on Territories. This is
said to be Slidells dongs, and does not look much
like restoration Of that covenant of Democratic
union" for which Mr. Pryor is 50 zeaously laboring.
But the bltterer the Administration persecution, the
better FOR Douglas in the end. The ovation rendered
this distinguished gentleman in your city, finds no
echo IN the gagged government organs here-they
are dptItnly num- Inc States chronicles it, but
Is cautious as 10 eommens-lt being the organ of no
man nor set Of men, you know
me PRESIDENTS recommendation Of specific duties
Tor incidental protection continues to be the theme
oil muGn taLk inc vote upon DeWarts resolution to
increase Inc duteS on coal ana IRON showed majority
OF twenty IN ts laVof the opposition members of the
South and west acting together. To-day, we are
promised py mr. morris Of limos, bill to admit
SAT- ana sugar lnto the ports OF the United States
Tree OF duty AT me same time he will introduce
Dill 10 authorize the territories to elect their own
government ana other territorial ofhcefs, and on
1uesuay heAs he WI intiouuce q Dli 70 amend the
Naturalization laws Evidently MI N. intends to go
y Moth' CheFaleI FIyot opposes the "speclhc du'
.leS PoInV Dianh' puI Tue 'oIloh,' l DelleVe, i
DUMB
yesterday the House pitched into the Watrous i'm
peacnmeht case A considerable gaseous exuda
tloh ensaeu, Dat nothing was done Mr.. Ready OF
tennessee and others, tried hard to have the matter
postponed but the House would not consent and it's
TO be hoped the affair VIII reach conclusion of some
sort To-Day
sagaclous correspondent, noticing the escape Of
the good schooner susan from the federal bulldogs Of
Mobile says That Il they succeed in reaching San
Juan CRISIS may be preclpltated Immediately, for
winch the country by no means prepared, owing to
the spppresslons OF the message" An attempt will
be made by the British aud French cruisers to expe
The shIbusters, and III this coercion should be EN-
poyed' as the government herehas been officially no
tlned u VIII Pc, why then the American command
efs Will not remain passive spectators, whatever the
character o. the people Illlousfers y may be- No
indeed! Inc American commanders will not remain
passive tIey "AlslliPiy save the hngsh and French
neets all inc trouble precisely as Paudng the mighty
uiu sOyeaF' me Contingency OF collision between
the allied fleets and our own regarded SO seriously
(and this is ono secret in diplomatic circles here
that very interesting correspondence has been car
ried on about it by the Secretary Of State Lord Ma
pier and Lord Malmesbury So concludes our CORES.
pondent. The news is only too good II We are never
to have foreign war until Mr.. Buchanan begins to
take the side OF Southern expansion against France
and England, then Mr.. Floyd and Mr., Toucey may
prepare to shut up their ships-army and navy budg
cts may be stricken out Of the national account cur
rent or transferred to the Democratic election fund.
The report about Lord Napiers recall lacks con
rmaon, so also that about the distribution of secret
circulars calling upon the friends of Mr.. Crittenden
to assemble here on the 18th to take steps to secure
ms nomination Iof the Presidency Such circulars
may exist Dut nave not been able to find one orto
see man VINO mad seen one. Bell seems to be
greater taVorte with many here than Crttenden and
IN virginia the feeling IN favor OF Bell is very strong
learn that senator Benjamin has addressed a let
ter to the President stating that the Tehuantepec
route s now fairly open and in successful operation
and that before the close Of his (hIr. Buchanans)
Administration the railroad will be completed and the
time to San Francisco reduced to eleven days. In
TINS connection notice the arrival Of Buttereld, on
business, no doubt, touching the overland route,
Lieut. MoWry Is here and sanguine Of the terrific
rial organization OF Arizona All the obstacles be