The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-21

hundred millions, added to what the North has
already paid to keep up the market fer negroes,
may weary out Northern patience.
WASHINGTON ITEMS
The Washington correspondent of the Neac
York Tiass writes in reference to the Nicara.
qua troubles:
"The Nicaragua cauldron will soon explode.
Yrissarri, White, & Co., are all here. and down.
on Jerez, who, it appears, is acting without au
thority. II
"Yrissarri exposed to Secretary Cass, to-day,
the fact that Jerez had no authority to exchange
Publications of the treaty, except in its modified
form. Jerez had made different representa-.
ton, and induced the Government to recognise
him. He is hostile to the White contract, and
pronounces it forfeited hence White and Mr..
Parray, the Chancellor of the Company, are
here, aiding Yrissarri to blow Jerez out of the
water. They will succeed.
at is believed, however, that Martinez will
now rstify the treaty as at first negotiated.
The whole diplomatic corps approve the de-
mand made by our Government for an apology
from Nicaragua for the insulting language
from the Belly contract"
The Star remarks upon the matter:
"Jerez's Instructions" we are told, "require
him to induce this Government, if possible, to
abandon the points for which it contends. But
they also authorize him to return the ratified
original treaty to this Government, whenever
satisfied that it will be content to receive back
nothing short Of that He who fancies that he
will not be required to return that, has read
the late powerful despatch from Secretary Cass
to Minister Lamar to little purpose"
General Jerez had a long interview with
General Cass last week. in reference to Nicara-
qua matters.
Notwithstanding that he had previously as
serted that he had full power to ratify the Cass.
Yrissarri treaty, and to finally arrange all mat
tiers pertaining thereto, without the necessity Of
referring it back to Nicaragua, it appears from
the official document just submitted by him to
the State Department, and of which a trsnsla.
ton was immediately made, that he is empow.
ered Uury .~-y III vruur ruar rro umo- a---ts
made by the Assembly of Nicaragua to the
treaty may be substantially carried into effect"
This is the language employed, but it is not
considered sufficient to meet the demand of
our Government. The Secretary of State will
have a consultation with the President on the
subject tomorrow, and General Jerez will soon.
thereafter be informed of the result. His mis-
sion is generally considered at an end, and
unless he has documents of more satisfac.
tory character to present, he will very shortly
be dismissed.
NIcARAGUA.-The Nicaraguan Assembly last
August rstiGed the new Constitution of that
Republic. By its terms, the religion of the
country is declared to be Roman Catholic, and
all citizens are ineligible to Office unless they
profess that religion. The subjoined dangerous
provision is contained in the Constitution
"When public order is menaced, the Gov
eminent may issue orders of arrest or i'm prison.
ment against those it may presume to be gull.
ty, and interrogate them, placing them within
the term of fifteen days at liberty or at the dis
position of their respective judges. But if, in
the Judgment of the President, it should be ne.
cessary to confne in the interior or to Danish |
from the Republic those suspected cf conspira. |
cy or treason, be shall associate with him two |
Senators, either possessory or alternates, from |
different departments, whom be shall convoke |
to determine by the majority of votes the prop.
er course. Those who vote in favor of the SEN |
tence shall be responsible therefor. When pub |
lie order is subverted, the President NAV use
this power alone"
The clergy and the military have special priv.
leges accorded to them.
l6r The Union owns up very frankly, to the
extent Of the punishment which the Admins.
tration has just received. 1t says:
A.. l.
in Pennsylvania. We would take nothing from
their victory. They won it by hard work. We
are content that they shall make the most of it.
The central power of the Alliance was in the
Republicans. They had overgrown all the
Americans, who had fallen away into mere
shoots of an old stump-the rubbish of a
neglected fallew. The Douglas Democracy
came in late, but played an efficient and power
full part. The arrived Just in season TO turn
the fate Of the day."
Not only this, but the Union says:
"ln Pennsylvania there are but two Demo.
Gratis elected-Hon. Thomas B. Florence and
Hon. W. 81. Dimmick. The exact majority of
the former is 1885,"
Mr.. Montgomery is not acknowledged, then,
as Democrat at headquarters, though he was
nominated by his party, and, if we mistake not,
had no Lecompton opponent. |
The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-The latest news
from Ireland is, that no change had taken place
in the cable. The stock of the company had
risen, strange as it may seem. The opinion
was gaining ground that the defect in the cable
was near enough to shore to allow of its being
repaired. Sometime during October, the wire
was to be underrun for number of miles, and
tests applied. Mr.. Henley's magnetic electric
machine had arrived at Valentia, and is to be
tried as soon as Mr.. Landy arrives at Trinity
Bay. he must be there ere this, as he tele.
graphed his arrival at St. Johns some DAYS
ago.
A dispatch in the Baltimore Sun, from the
agent of the associated Press, intimates that
Messrs. Mason and Dallas, at Paris and Lon
don, evince no disposition to resign their
places. This troubles the Administration, We |
suppose, which wants to give away the places
to favorites, but does not like to displace the