Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, May 15, 1872.
Within fifteen minutes after the arrival OF the
New York train this evening every copy OF the
HRRALD, received by news agents and others for
sale, had been bought up. The evening papers had
Informed the eager people of the capital of the
great enterprise displayed by the HERALD in tele.
graphing


THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED WORDS
OF the Alabama correspondence from this point,
and everybody was anxious to get the ear
Lest copy. Dignihed Senator's who were confident
that this matter would at least be kept secret ex-
pressed earnest surprise, and every one else sad:-
81 told you SOL knew it would get out"


The several officials of the Senate, governmental
printing office and State Department who had the
correspondence In charge felt intensely relieved
when they heard and that it was "out," for the
reason that further responsibility for them In the
premises was at an end.


The President and his Official family were among
those who, next to the attaches OF the HERALD ex.
pressed the most


GRATIFTCATIoN AT THE PUBLICATION.
BE had previously signihed his desire that the in
junction of secrecy should be removed, but at the
Executive session on Monday last 1t was unani-
mously decided not to comply with this desire. The
feeling in all circles tonight, now that the exact
status Of the position Of our govern
ment is known is that the President
has pursued cautious policy in throwing the


RESPONSIBILITY OF FURTHER ACTION
on the Senate. There those, OF course, who say
that he should have continued the responsibility
himself; but he too nanked criticism on this point
by his illusions to precedents for the course he
has pursued The opinion is almost unani-
NOUS regarding the correspondence itself that our
convention, up to the time Secretary Fish init
mated the acceptability Of the new proposition,
position 1t had assumed. No other comment is
heard regarding the new proposition than that it
is as Mr. Sumner Is understood to have charac-
terized 1t.


A DIsGRACEFUL BACKDOwN.


In fact the public is amazed at the Of the
British diplomats in browbeatng our government
into even q moments consideration of an absolute
and abject abandonment of our original ''case."
Said prominent Senator tonight,


1--WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT CALEB CUSHING AT HOME
for since he arranged matters and left for Europe
we have had no capable man at the helm" This
Senator is not exception to the majority OF his
fellow members, whose opinions became public to-
night and 1t Is safe to reterate the prophecy made
In these dispatches last Monday night, that unless
. radical change takes place in the opinion of the
Senate the rejection Of the supplemental article to
the Treaty OF Washington is foregone conclusion.


THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
have had frequent sessions for Its consideration
since Monday, but have failed to arrive at any
agreement regarding the report which they must
soon make upon it, Messrs Casserly and Schurz,
of the committee, are violently opposed to anything
even squirting in the direction of ratification, while
the other members are now busying themselves
with efforts to discover q new path out of the
pending dif1culty. II they fail to make this dis
covery as they will, the question will recur d.
rectly on the proposition to ratify. The committee
will never agree to this as a whole, and, although
in thu q. majority report in favor OF ratification
may be submitted, it will be accompanied by mi


AGAINST RATIFICATION.


Although, as previously stated, the White House
people are not displeased at the publication OF the
correspondence, the State Department officials
are greatly enraged at 1t. One of them declared
tonight that the result would be the defeat OF the
efforts to the treaty. In answer to an inquiry
why he believed such result would follow he re-
piled, "oh, the people don't understand these
things, and


WON'T APPRECIATE OUR DIPLOMACY


OF course there Is a movement on foot to inquire
Into the matter, and 1t is semi-oGlclay announced
that Senator Cameron will offer a resolution
tomorrow to provide for the appointment OF
special committee, or to give his own commit.
tee authority to enquire into and examine the
circumstances Qf any there be) connected with
the alleged publication III any there was OF certain
secret or confidential documents df any there ever
have becn submitted to the Senate and known as
the correspondence relative to the supplemental
article to the Treaty OF Washington with power to
send for persons and papers,


INCLUDING THE NEW YORK HERALD


Thus the curtain will be lifted on the first act OF
4 new pantQmimc. wherein senatorial dignity will