Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-06-30
From Washington,
WAsulsornN. June &C

W Asl1S0TuN, juno 70.
The 7reIfcs..- Distractions the Projections Of int,-
cans ia Central dmerica-O Or CLAIMS Against
Span, dc.
Five treaties wcro ratified by tho Senate in
special SESSION, yesterday. Tho most important
of these nnd tho only one that was tho sui ect Of
opposition wns the Cnss Icledon trenty with
Nicaragua The amendment adopted ut the in.
stance Of the republicans renders the treaty usc
less saye one of is chief obceis-which WAS
prompt intervention on the part ol this govern
mcnt for tho protection when necessary. II tho
persons or property of American citizens. TIN
amendment requires TINT there shall DO no nvuwcd
intervention without the previous authority 1T
Congress. Therefore after tho occurrence OF n
cri 'is requiring intervention, the Executive must
wait first for Congress to he elected - then s1ni0
months 20 call them together mud then tst
months tjr IN orgnniznuon-- after thnt, s,N
months more Tor tho termination of their personal
aud partisan squahbl-s before law could 10
PASSED to give the President the means. and pow.
err 10 interfere under the treaty. After all Ga.
gress would if the House should be constitnl - .o
Mt present refuse TO confer tho necessary authority
upon tho President
Mr.. Prcston's treaty with Spain IL we'll ralcula-
ted to remove all cause of difficulty between tho
two countries. The reiusnl Of Spain to acccdo to
our demand Tor nj adjustment o the claims tf
our citizens hns been source Of much dssatsfac
tion. ms may be scen hy reference To Mr. Buch
anan'A last annual message. ! ho whole matter
is settled hy this treaty. and on part wo agreo
20 compensate til Spanish owners of the Armi-
stead negroes. Thn republicans have heretofore
resisted this just cnim. though its rnyment has
been recommended by every President since it
nrose. 1t ~ to lo taken for granted thNt the re-
publicans will decnt the treaty rather thnn admit
this Just claim. For the Mexican trrnty there
appears 10 be M chance whatever Several In
dian treaties are tobe disposed to prior to adjourn-
mrnt.
TnE AMAzos.--'lho Amazon the largest river in
the world. has area of drainage nearly three
times as large rs tuat ni all tho rivers Of Europe
that empty lhen.c,es in tho Atlantic, This plain
through which the only paths nrc those mnde by
tie river and its tributaries This forest is literaS
" impcnetrablc lIumholt rcmnrkcn hat two mis-
sion stations ighl hr on Y few miles part nnd
Yet tho residents W mid require II day aud IA hnit
to sis, each other. along winding ii small streams
Even the wild auiGiaF get involved in such impon-
ctrablc masses of. wood that they teyen the Ja-
guar live for y long time in the trees, terror
10 the monkeys whose domain they invaded. Tho
trees often measure from eight 10 twelyo feet in
diameter: and tho Intervals are occupied by shrub
like plants which here. Us in these tropical re-
gions. become nrb1resceni. The origin 4 the
Amazon is unknown; it is nav gable ior two thou
sand miles from the ocean; il ls near Y n hun
dred miles vide Mt the mouth, and in some places
six hundred lcet deep; and its torrent project. IA
it were, into the ocean. moro than three hundred
miles. percepiibly altering its waters Mt this dis
from H. ala