Polynesian., 1859-12-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

By the arrival, Saturday last, of the clipper ship
We66toOt, Capt Hodge, in Il days from San Francisc
have received through the kindness of our friends
stray files of foreign papers arrived San Francisco
by the Overland mail on the 10th and by the steamer
Golden Gate from Panama on the 18th ult
The news is varied and quote as below:
San Francisc' Nov. II :; New York, Oct 20; Liv-
erpool, Oct. u.
United States.
The Washington correspondent of the Times says
that 1t is not true that England has demanded an ex
PLANTATION from our Government with reference to the
course pursued by General Harney but on the contra
ry, the paper submitted by Lord Lyons was PROPOSE
tiOn for settlement Of the dispute, as the treaty pro-
vies no remedy in of disagreement between the
Boundary Commissioners The treaty being thus ex-
hausted the parties thrown back first principles
and England now submits programme for an adjust
ment of the difficulty in which she claims the island of
San Juan.
Secretary Cass has just returned his reply to this
proposition, declining in the most positive terms, to
recognize much a shadow of a title on the part
of England TO the disputed island This is the present
condition of the question: and it remains for Englsnd
to take the next step, as we hold possession.
This turn in affairs is regarded very serious by
our Government and the result, whether it be
peace, depends entirely upon the tenacity with which
Great Britain holds to her pretended claim.
The State Department received a telegraph via Far
ther Point Sunday, informing that our Minister at
the Court Of France, had died of apoplexy His sue
is not yet named although il is again asserted
that Bennett of the Herald will get it, If bedoes then
indeed will shame hang its head but is hardly to
be byieved that the President viii venture upon an
act so certain to call down upon his head the ndigna-
ton of every honest man in the country
Advices from Brownsville, Texas, state that that
place was attacked Sept. 2S by band of guerrilas
who had killed five citizens broken open the Jail and
freed all the prisoners The most intense excitement
prevailed, and the Mexicans aid from Matamoras
The guerrllas headed by Cartinas who shot the
Sheriff of Brownsville last July, while he was attempt
ing to arrest him. party of the outlaws, one hun
dred strong, rode through the city horseback and
had posted sentnels, when Gen Caravaal and others
from Matamoras arrived, and persuaded them to leave
Fort Brown garrisoned with Mexican troops from
Matamoras and the citizens had formed patrol guard
to keep a watch on the outlaws, who were encamped
near the city, two hundred strong The Mexican Gen.
era had visited their camp, and obtained promise
from them that they would mOlest the city any
more. The citizens, however, still expect another at
tack as the outlaws bOasted they had on their
list to kill An express had been sent San Antonio
for troops The Brownsville Flag. in an extra thanks
the military and civil authorities Of Metsmoras for their
aid, and blames the Government for leaving them de-
fenceless The of the difficulty said TO be de-
sire on the part of Cartnas for revenge for injuries
which he alleges he has received The citizens of
Brownsville had mostly fed to Metamoras having no
faith in the promises Of the outlaws that they would
not molest them any more. The Mexican banditti
numbered 40O and increasing. Their object was
general plunder
An attempt at insurrecton was made at Harper's
Ferry, Virginia, in which 10 white and some fifty
blacks had been concerned The insurgents took pos
session Of the Arsenal and at time had the town
at their mercy but troops and volunteers having
poured in from the surrounding Counties the revolt was
speedily put down, but after obstinate fighting The
whole blame is laid upon mans crazy ideas about
abolItiOnsm. man named Brown who had lost two
children and his right in the late Kansas trou.
bles.
Il is said that the affair at Hsrper's Ferry is the
first case of the kind which has occurred in this
country involving at the same time both State and
Federal jurisdiction. While the State is affected 70
slavery and locality, the General Government Is inter-
esed with regard to public property it having exclu
sive sonrO the arsenal grounds, independently Of
the State, also with regard TO the nails Already in
distinguished quarters the question of jurisdiction is
discussed. as Gov. Wise WILL il is said, claim the prs-
he'd by the United States troops to be dealt
with according to the laws Of Virginia.
The following is the number Of killed and wounded