The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRISTOB aBD EDITOR. DrFICR N. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STS ASCSEMENTD THIS SVERIAG. Votume *b etree Gnir Canckar ‘ we IC pe got Tun Osa? vrs wor tax Bexorrt oF t ss0A0WAR THEATRE, Broadway Tusa Asscaixce ae AR Te Monesrr—X L.. vue FEMALE SORTY FBIEVES, Oa Fame Susnesrens TWAT BLESSED Kacy, SU3LO'S GARDEN, Broadwav—Yoonc Faxc.er on tee et Hore Zsrey® AMD FLORA -Mazuim, We Tuxer THE ©. Fiest CA THEATRE BOwsRY = Wowery-— Duvi’s Wieet Lixemict Boy—Tom aye Jeauy--815 BUBFON’S THRATRE, Chambers stree--Tax Orv Guan Mn re— CARY LEON. WALLAOK’S THRATRBE Broadway—Sceoo.. ror Scan- ai—Away WITH MELANCHOLY, LAUBA KESN#’* VARIETIES, Broadway—Sue Stoors -@ Congurn ~My Wire’s W1snon, BAOAOWAY VARIRTL 42 Broadway—Covsin Jozr— wae Brown Be Tae woos & Mansa Joverns Cours’ uaN8, ~00D8 MINSTRELS, 444 Broadway—=rmiorian MaN- maxisy— Miscuizvous Moxxer. LRY'S HALL. 589 Broadway—Di0nama or THE BaT- neue kunnen Pit ixp mur Conrisckamo™ OF OBAREES- ows "VENTRILOGUISM—Faluy Lap, 0. BROADWAY ATS3N-EUM, 654 Broadway—New ax Gr- AK110 PANORAMA OF THE 10UX OF ADROPE. ELOORF GALLESY, No. 497 Broad vav—VarvanLe Qe eee snp sratvant -MavtraBox oF uss, &C Lil 596 Broadway—Tasteacx BY THE CELE. same) enna Yaocre Sones hy Mad. LOVANSEY, &6, New York, Thursday, May 22, 1856. ————T ‘amss GORDON Benverr, editor and pro- prietor of the New Yorr HERALD, arrived yester- @ay in the steamship Fulton from Europe. Tue sews. By the arrival of the steamship Fulton at this port yesterday we are enabled to lay before our readers Lord Clarendon’s important letter of expla- nations to Mr. Dallas, to which we referred yester- day, together with Mr. Crampton’s two last de: patches to his own government. These documents complete the history of the enlistment difficulty up to the present period. In another colamn will also be found the report of a short conversation which wok place in the House of Commons, on the 5th inst. in referenee to the Central American ques- tion. In reply to an interrogatory from Sir E. B. Lytton, who had a notice of motion on the books calling tor copies of the correspondence which had taken place upon the subject, Lord Palmerston said that while a proposition such as that of referring the dispute to arbitration was yet unanswered, the national interests would be best consulted by the House abstaining from entering into the discussion of a question of this delicate nature until the an swer of the United States government, one way or the other, had been received. In compliance with the suggestion of the noble lord, Sir Edward Lytton postponed his motion until after the Whitsuntide holidays. Dealers in cotton, to a considerable extent, had anticipated accounts of a decline by the Canada, which proved, on the contrary, that prices had not only remained without change, but closed with an up- ward tendency. accounts yesterday differed some- what as to the amount of sales, which were estima- ted by come persons as high as 3,000 bales; yet they generally agreed that the market was firm. Among the principal transactions were 700 bales uplands and 900 bales middling New Orleans, in transitu. The latter at 10 5-16c. and jd. freight, which was considered to be an improvement of l-léc. The #oews bad a favorable effect on breadstuff, and flour advanced Gc. a 12}c. per barrel. Wheat improved 2c. a 3c. per bushel, and a prime parcel of Southern white, if on sale, would have commanded $1 85. Corn improved one cent per bushel. Pork was heavy, with eales of mess at $18 944 $19, and im retail lots at $1912}. Sagers were tolerably active, with sales of about 1,200 hids. Cuba mascovado at prices stated in another column. Tne public sale of Laguayra coffee made yesterday brought 10jc. a 10jc. for both common and good qualities. Freights were rather easier, but there continued to be a fair amount offering for shipment. Flour was taken pretty freely at 2s., and grain at 5c. a 5}c., in bulk and bags, chiefly at the inside figure. By the way of England we have news from the West Coast of Afriza. The dates are—Fernando Po, March 25th; Old Calabar, 27th; Cape Coast, 31st; Liberia, April 5th, and Sierra Leone, 8th. ‘There had been forwarded to England 2,529 ounces of gold dust, 1,212 Mexican dollars, 19 bags of cot- ton, and 2 pounds of ivory. The coast was healtby. Governor Hill left Sierra Leone on the 2d of April for the Sherbro’, to effect peace, but the chiefs, fearful of each other, did not attend. The chief Uilarly had destroyed several towns on the Searcies river. Trade was dull at Bonny and Cameroons. A good season for oil was expected at Fernando Po and Old Calabar. At Lagos the natives continued hostile to the trade. A collision had taken place between the Missionary Society and the Wes- leyans. A “ palaver” of the Commissioner at Cape Coast led to a peaceful result, and anew king was elected on the 13th of March. Part of the Spanish expedition fur colonizirg Fernando Po sailed trom Teneriffe cn the 15th of April. It consisted of a governor, three hundred soldiers and laborers, and fifty priests. Advices from British Guiana to May 3 informs as of the tris! end conviction of Orr, known here- abouts as the “Angel priel,” for sedition against the crown, in having excited the dreadful anti-Cre- ole and anti-Catholic riots of the 19th of February last. About sixteen of his dupes have also been con- victed for different crimes, such as sedition, riot, robbery and open plunder during the confusion. Mr. Allen's plan for supplying Georgetown with water wis rejected by the Town Council. Ta the United States Senate yesterday Mr. Benja- min discussed the recent vetoes of the President, re- ferring particularly to the defeat of the appropri- ation for the improvement of the mouth of the Mis- sissippi river. He charged the President with de- ception, and as having now entirely changed his principles upon the subject of river and harbor ic- provements. A communication from the President, accompanying documents upon the recruitmeat question, were rece They involve a question of veracity between Lord Palmerston and Mr. Ba- chanean. Extracts from these papers, showing the nature of the controversy, are given in our telegra- phic report. In the House the bill granting land in aid of railroads in Jowa was passed. A bill grant ing one milion acres to Alabama for @ similar ob- ject was reported and passed by thirteen majority. There was a serious collision on the Harlem Rail- road, between Croton Falls and Dover Plains, last Saturday afternoon. Two engines and six cars were demolished, and a Jarge amount of valuable proper ty destroyed. The engineers and brakemen fortn- nately jumped off in time to save their lives, The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday, bat did no basiness of impértance. Emigration seems to be on the increase steadily. Last week 2,589 emigrants landed at this port, making 27,290 so far thisyear. There ie 1,627 in the institutions at the Qua id Ward’s Island. The indebtedness of the Comm nm to the bank is $89,317 71. The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. Reports in favor of pay lls for the quarter ending Dec ) and for the quarter ending Mar were adopted. A report fixing the annual compensation of assessors wasalsoadopted. The County Clerk's bill for $17 90 was referred to the Committee on County Offices. The Board o Concilmen last evening refased to onour with the the Aldermen in rescinding the re- solution authorizing the sale of the Brick Church pro- erty. The Board of Aldermen last evening adopted a resolution digesting the Comptpoli¢s to confer with certain >snking institotions, with the view taininy, what amount of interest will be allowed on depyuaits of city funds, and also what interest will be c'uarged on sums loaned to the city. No action was token on the nomination of City Chamberlain. Col. Parker H. Freach was yesterday arrested for an old debt alleged to be due by him to one Wm. H. Farniss. He was subsequently released upon pledging his word io appear when requirei. According to our telegraphic reperts from Kan- sa8, yesterday was fixed upon as the time for an attack upon the town of Lawrence by the United States Marshal's posse. The inhabitants had pre- viously solicited Col. Sumner to interfere, but he de- clined doing so unless ordered by the Governor. In this cilemme a correspondence was opened with the Marshal, ostensibly to ascertain his require- ments, but in fact, probably, to gain time. The Marshal demanded the surrender of every person against whom process had been issued, aud the dis- arming of the people. In reply, the Lawrence men agreed to deliver up any and every one demanded, and toaid in their arrest, at the same time pro- testing their love of law and order, the Union, &c., &c. The Marshal, however, placed no reliance upon their professions, regarding his opponents as rebels and traitors. The firm attitude of the au- thorities induces the belief that the troubles will yet be brought to a conclusion without bloodshed. The Crampton Difficaity—Lord Ciarendon’s Lever to Mr. Dallus—What wil the Ad- ministraiion Dot The letter of Lord Clarendon to Mr. Dallas, upon the case of the British Minister, Cramp- ton, (the publication of which our Pierce ad- ministration has shown itself so anxious to suppress,) we take pleasure in laying before our readers this morning. We have no doubt that, upon the first reading of this smooth and oily document by every fair and dispassionate man in the United States, this letter will be pro- nounced a satisfactory basis for absolution to Mr. Crampton. A more ingenious and plausi- ble statement of the case, and a more ample atonement in the way ot apology, could hardly be concocted. The spirit pervading this letter throughout is @ spirit of pacification, as if the signer had come from the Paris Conferences with his mint expanded to a higher appreciation of the blessings of peace than he had previously en- tertained, and disposed to larger and more un- qualified concessions for the restoration of the enterte cordiale with this country, than at any period, even the most inauspicious to Eag- land’s arms and finances, during the Russian war. An olive branch, so green and full of odorous blossome, from the Palmerston Cabinet to Brother Jonathan, is certainly an extraor- dinary offering in behalf of John Ball. Lord Clarendon in this letter says:—“With regard to the last point, the undersigned must refer to the offers of satisfaction and to the ex- planations already made, and to the repeated expression of the sincere regret of her Majesty's government, *f, contrary to their intentions, and to their reiterated directions, there has been any infringement of the las of the United Statez;” which, coupled with the closing paragraph ot the letter, amounts to this:—‘It we have unwit- tingly offended you, we are very sorry for it, and sincerely confess it; but believing Mr. Crampton innocent in the premises, we cannot Tecall him. We leave the disposition of his case in your hande.”’ ‘Thie is a most gracious refusal of the British government to remove Crampton and the ot sendirg Consuls: but still it is a refusal, avd nothing less, In the treatment of the case. however, following the special pleading and pettifogging of Marcy, Clarendon has fairly oeaten our experienced pettifogger at his owa game, and cornered him. It was au uatortu nate day for Gen. Scott when he undertook t > write long letters against Marcy; it was “love's lator lost’ to the Austrian Minister to enter upon the seme contest with Marcy on the Kosz- 1a case; and the experiment of Soulé on Span- ish affairs was equally disastrous to him. Mar- cy tkilfully threw hie saares about him upva the nice distinctions in diplomatic sophistry, and Soulé was victimized as remorselessly as Gen. Scott, Bat in Clarendon, our great master of the art of pettifogging and elaborate diplo. mate verbiage, Marcy has found his match, and bes been overreached with his own wea- pons. Astatesmen desirous only of vindicating the offended laws of his country in the case ot Crampton and bis associate Consuls in this en- listmeat business, would have made short work of them on proof of their guilt. He would have said: “Gentlemen, you have forfeited jour claims to our respect; you are guil- ty of a conspiracy in the violation of our laws, and we beg leave to dispense with yoar services. Here are your paesporte.” Instead of this, however, our pettifogging administra- tion sets Marcy to work upon his pettifogging letters. He proceeds to show, from the testi- mony of Strobel and Hertz and others, and from the correspondence in cypher of Cramp- ton himeelf, that he and his associate Consuls are guilty and must be recalled. A volumi- nous maes of pompous and inflated diplomatic verbiage between the Palmerston and Pierce Cabinets is the result, Palmerston taking the cue from Marcy. It has brought us at length, (after a hard winter,) to this ultimatum of Lord Clarendon, in which he puts the protestations of Crampton and his aseociate enlisting Con. suls—‘ all honorable men”—as better evidence than the assertions of such unfaithful British agents and adventurers as Strobel, Hertz, and the like. Whatever may be the value of the testimony on either side, a conviction of the guilt of the accused parties should have been sufficient for the definite action of our aduin- istration, The final process adopted by Cla- rendon, of discrediting Marcy's witnesses, only illustrates the folly of our Premier in opening the door to this sort of special pleading. He bas, we repeat, been cornered at his own game, fer he can pursue the argument no farther, He must now act, and must act upon the naked merits of the case, and independently of the Plesdings, apologies and protestations of the British government, as far as her Majesty’s offending agente are concerned. And what are the naked merite of the case, stripped of thie heavy mass of rubbish which hes been thrown eround them? Simply these: Merere. Crampton, Barclay, Mathew and Rowe- croft, are detected in the overt act of violating our neutrality laws. They are tried and proved guilty. Our administration is entirely convinced of their guilt—says so—says tha: their presence here in their official capacities has in consequence, become unacceptable end reply that they do not believe these men to be guilty, aud their recall is positively re. fured. Now, what matters it how much the British government may regret this business, or what apologies they may make, so long as they refuse to remove these offensive officials, whose removal is the sine gua non? And what, demands their recall. The British government | pettifogging, can Marcy do, after being fairly cornered, but cut short this ridiculous corre pondence by the dismissal, without further ceremony, of Crampton and his associates! The argument, we say, is closed; aad if theses Men are “unacceptable,” and their removal is retused, they ought to be turned adrift. Demands and apologies are exbansted ; or if there be any apology yet required on either side it fs, perhaps, an apology from Gen. James Wateon Webb to Lord Clarendon tor misleading him in the outset to these Ameri- can enlistment experiments, We shrewdly suspect that Gen. Webb is the real origin of this imbroglio, in his representations, perhaps, to Lord Ciarendon at his dianer tabie, of the acilities tor collecting warlike troops for the Crimea from the abundsat floating military materials of the United States, We hope that the ome day’s grace secured by Mr. Pierce in the suppression of Claren- don’s letter will have answered the purpose of that cool and deliberate Cabinet consultation eesential to a final decision upon this misera. ble farce, one way or the otner. Consistency requires the dismissal of the offenders in the premises. Policy and fear may dictate another course. In any event, believing that Mr. Pierce has made ail the capital for Buscombe that can be made of this Crampton imorog!io, (small as the stock in trade may be,) there can be no longer a necessity for withholding a ver- dict till after the Cincinnati Convention. Diplomacy of the Pierce Administration. We publish eleewhere a series of letters from Mr. Marcy on the subject of the late revolution in Nicaragua. And we congratu- late the administration on the figure they make in this interesting correspondence. In December, 1855, Mr. Marcy, writing to Senor Iriseari, Minister from Guatemala, rather apologizes for not having been able to prevent the departure of Walker and his party from California, In the same month he writes an insulting letter to Mr. French, al- luding to Walker ard his government as “the persons who now claim to exercise the politi- cal power in the State of Nicaragua” In February, 1856, similar sentiments are ex- preesed in a s cond letter toFrench. Through- out these letters, the refusal of the United States government to recognise Rivas or Walker is based upon the assertion that Mr. Pierce has no information that their govern- ment has received the approval or sanction of the people of the State of Nicaragua. We do not intend to lay stress upon the wrongfal- ness of this ignorance—real or assamed—or to point out the absurdity of disturbing the relations between the United States and Nica- Tagua because the President cannot or will not obtain information which every well con- ducted newspaper possesses. On that point the administration has not a friend. But when the time does come for the resog- nition of the Padre Vijil, how it is justified ? Why, the President, of course, has ascertained —to use the words of Marcy’s letter to French—that “the citizens of Nicaragua or a considerable part of them have expressed their approval of or acquiescence in the pre- sent condition of the political affairs of Nice- tagua.” No other condition than this would justify the step. Nothing short of thorough information with regard to the feelings of the people would authorise the President to do in May what he refused to do in De cember and February. Now, whence was this information derived? In the letter of Padre Vijil, dated 14th of May, we find it stated that the firet election in Nicaragua since the revolution was to begin on the se- cond Sunday in April. The Padre evidently did not know anything of its result; as he says it “began;” and in the southern depart- ments of the State, as he very properly re- marke, the war precluded the possibility of apy balloting. Now, elections are not only the surest but the only mode of ascertaining the feelings ard opinions of a people. As, therefore , the Nicaraguans have never had an election since the revolution, itis quite absurd to say that any information with regard to their sentiments can be possessed by any one. They may be in favor of Walker; they may be against him—no one can tell, any more than Mr, Marcy could when he refused to re cognise French on the ground that he lacked intormation on that very point. What language is adequate to describe such pitiful pettifogging as this? Could anything belittle the country more outrageously thau this cringing to toreign opinions on the one side, to domestic political feuds on the other? Just as Mr. Pierce refused to receive French for fear of the London 7'imes, just s0 he receiv- ea Vijil for tear of Dougias; and if he could buy off or head off any one else by it, he would send Vijil his paseports to-morrow. That man and that administration do not seem to have, as Seaator says, ‘the upright form of men;” they are always bent over, trying to lean on some one; limping here and there, and leaping back sgain, roaring and bellowing lustily enough so long as no one is by, but trembling in every limb and growing monstrously civil the moment they are looked in the face. Take, as a measure of their diplomatic cali bre, the negotiation with Denmark. Before Mr. Pierce came into the Presidency, the legal question with regard to the Sound dues had been settled. It was written that Americans ehould pay no more tolls. Well, a correspon- dence began, in which of course the Danes talked away at their ease, making out all sorts of absurdities, through which every one-eyed person could see ata glance. Rejoinder from us—notice to Denmark that the treaty is to be abrogated after such a delay. Then more letters; more gabbie sbout old rights; and a general impression among the people of Jut- land and the farmers of Holstein that Eng- land has warned the United States that she will not suffer her faithful Danes, of whom she took euch care at Copenhagen, to be molested in the least degree. Mr, Marcy gives Denmark two months more. Tne Cham- ber of Commerce of this city then makes an effort to know what is to be done about the tolls. The answer—hear it, everybody !—is pay as before, under protest! So ends the new Danieh farce. But we need not look into particulars, Where is the negotiation, where the foreign transac- tion in which the administration of Mr. Pierce does not cut a pitiful figure? Is there any ne tion with which we have had dealings that cannot regard our government with contempt -Jrom the authors of the great despatch pub- lished eleewhere, to the recipients of the Marcy letters to Nicaragua? Are they not-~ these Pierce men-~a living disgrace to every citizen in the ceuntry ? NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1856. ascer- | after al) hie ostentatious parade of learned Vors or New Yorx—Misstarements Con- nectep.—The black republican papers are publishing the following table of the vote in this State last fall, and endeavor to draw from it the conclusion that there isa very slim chance for the success of the democratic party in the coming election: — « 180,818 Opposition... ) 284,708 ‘The same comparison may be made, and the same deductions drawn, by a comparison of the votes in opposition to both the other par- ties, as follows:— Biased repudiloan Opper! tom . 196,519 200,122 Or against the Know Nothings, as followe:——- Krow Nothing vote. ~ 48,279 Uppomtion...... . . se eeee + 287,502 The foliowing was the vote of each part, Democratic . sakendie hes + 150,843 Koow Nowirg. 143,279 136,519 in the campaign. Tey Lace Bix sur Taey Have wap Exovan, —The toilowing resolutions were adopted oy & meeting of the democracy of the second dis- trict of Maine:— Retolved, Tha the administration of President Piero has deem eccnomical, efficieut aud faithfai vo tne consi vation aod mainte, the honor sad iat.rest of the country a: home anc »broad. Henced That tue Hon Jamen Baebanen is our first eberce for entof tue Uorted Sister, cha: De- Neve tha hie pomina'ion would add a o-w guarentes to the stability of repubdiicam imstitations, aad that it would nied majurity of all The simple interpretation of those two reso lutions is this:--We think President Pierce bas done very well, al! things coosidered; bet we think we can do better with somebody else. We have tried him and are satisfied. Give us eomebody else. Nariviry ov Mempers or Assempiy.—The Commercial Advertiser corrects us in relation to the nativity of the members of our late Aesem- bly, and asserte—what we denied—that there Was one more member born of American ps- rents, namely, Mr. Sam. Brevoort, member for the Ninth ward. Our answer is that we spoke on the faithof @ printed public document, (Asrembly doc. No. 190,) in which the parentage of each member is given, together with other interesting particulars, suchas his size, weight, social condition, de. [a that document we find Mr. Brevoort’s father given ae from Ho! land, his mother as from England; aud with al! respect to our worthy cotemporary, we shall adhere to the belief that they were in fact na- tives of these foreign countries-~and none ¢! ‘worse on that account. THBLATASE SSEws. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Exciting News from Kaneas, REIGN OF TERROR THROUGHOUT THE TEXRITORY— THE TIME FIXED FOm AN ATTACK ON LAWRENCE— THE ABOLITIONISTS WAVSR—PEREMPTORY DE- MANDS OF THE UNITED STATES MaBSHAL, BIC., BTC. Cacao, May 21, 1856, Dates from Leavenworth, Kansas, to Saturday last are received. Wednescay (to-day) bad been fixed upon for the attack om Lawreuce. There is s genera! eign of terror in tke Territory. Two cacnoms bad crossed the river at Chison destined for Lawrence, Baford’s com- pany were enrolled tm the miiitis, and farnished with United States arms by Gov. <banuoe. The free State men want arms and ammunition. Donaldson, United States Marahal, has prociaimed bis jotentiun to make clean work of what he has to do this time. Governor Robinson is still at Lexington. The correspondent of the Jefferson (Missouri) Enquirer states that « petition is being ctroulated in the border counties praying for the immediate removal of Colonel Sumner. The Kansas correspondence of the St. Louis Democrat, writes uncer date of the 16th inst., that eight to twelve hundred men were encamped near Lecompton. The people of Lawrence had rent s note to Colne! Sumner asking him to station a body of troope im the visinity to prevent the mob trom proceeding to sangu! nary extremities, He ceclined, saying he bed no yower to move without orders. Mr. Cox, of Lawrence, waited om Marshal Donsidson, to ascertain if anything could be done peaceadiy to pre- vent his monster posse entering the town. Mr. Donsld- son said their demands must be complied with, the: «very man against whom a process was issued should be sur rendered; tnat all munitions of war in Lawrence should be delivered up, and that the citizens of Law-ence should pledge themselves under oath to implicitly obey the exactments under whish the Territery is governed. Upon receipt of this, the citizens held a meeting, and drew up & letter to the Marshal, stating taat say person acting under him would be allowed to execute legal pro- cess against any inhabitant of Lawrence, and that ii called upon they would serve as & posse ia aiding the ar- rest; that there wouid not now, or at any future tims, be any resistance to the law, and that they only awaited an opportunity to testify their fidelity to the Union ana the constitution. They claimed to be law-sviding, order- loving citizens, and asked the protection of the comsiitu- tea authorities. ‘The purport of the Marehel’s answer wae that be dil not believe the promises of the people of Lawrence; that he regarded them as rebels and traitors, and that they should know what his demanca were wher he came. Mr. Brown, editor of the Herald of Freedom, writes that » mob entered the hotel at Kensas city, where he wan staying, and dragges off a man which they supposed w be himself, On aiscovering their miv:ake turned and demanded him of the proprietor, who refused to de.iver him up to them, A company of Michi- gan emigrants then entered the hotel to protect the occupants. The mob were 1 surrounding the hotel, anc gathering remmforcements at the close of his letter. No authentic inte!ligence has been received coacerniog his (Brew’ns) fate since his cspture. ‘The Massachusetts Personal Liberty 811). . Boston, May 21, 185¢ ‘The Personal Liberty bill came up in the House to-day, and Mr. Hale, ct Boston, moved to substitute for the majority report (in favor of retaining the iaw) the mino- rity report, (for its repeal). The motion wae carried by 180 year to 113 nays, many members dodging the vote. ‘The majority was compored of straignt whigs and de- mocrate and ® poriion of the Americans, At the ad- journment to dinner a motiom was pending, made by a free soil member, to indefinitely postpone the whole matter. The Canadian Parliament. Tonosto, May 21, 180" After a sitting of thirty-two heure the Legislative As. sembly, at eleven o’cioce Jast night, voted confidence in the acministration by seventy to forty-seven. There was amajoriiy of six Upper Canada members against the gevernment. The Ministers ore in c:unci) discussing the course they will take in reference to the vote. The House has conse quently adjourned till Friday. Four members of the goveroment have resigned. They are as follows:—Postmaster General Spence; Attorney Gereral McDonald, and Sollettors General Messrs. faith and Morrison. Recruits for Nicaragua. Lovmevitte, y 21, 1856. Col. John Allen, of Cuban and Texan celebrity, left here this evening ia the steamer Sultana, with one hun- dred and fifty Kentuekians for Nicaragua. Fire at Portland, Me. PortLayp, Me., May 21, 1856, Poor's Bleck, located on Island Pond, was jestroyed by fire this morning, together with the Green Mouatein House ands store and siavie, The maia building was 120 feet im length, owned by John A, Voor, of this city The insurance was small. Tbe otuer sufferers are Messce Hobart, Howard & Chamberlain. and Mr, A. J. Green, The Frigate Cumberland in Cou walssion. Bo May 21, 1890. Oréere have been received at ths Navy Yard to rezte the ingate Cumberland and prepare ber for serview, Important from Washington. City intelligence. MB. CAAMPTON’S DISMISSAL—THE OOOLIE TRADE— Annzer op Cor. Panxun H. Fuxncn.—Colonel Parker 5. THE SLAVER MARY B. SMITH—OCOURT OF CLAMS —088IP ABOUT THE NEW YORK QUABREL—ACTIV- ITY IN THE NaVY, BTC., ETC. Wasuincron, Msy 21, 1856. My despatch of last evening was strictly correct. So oon a9 Marey’s reply is completed Mr. Crampton will receive his travelling card.” As to the probabie con- sequences, there seems to be a wide difference of opinion. ‘The President semt to the two houses of Congress yesterday essage on the subjest of the slave and coolie trade, All the communications on the subject since the year 1862 were embraced ta the report, On the 8th of April, Mr, Crampton sect to Mr, Marcy tae report ‘of Consul Morgan on the capture of the slaver, the Mary E. Smith, sailing under the flag of the United States. The Consul saye:— 1 pever heard or saw & more distressing cave of slave tracing than ine one the Mary E. Smith cau cffored. With @ capsctty of only 122 tons, five bumdred buman beings were crammed into her ou the coast of Ames, of whom 183 bad periahed previous to her cap.ure; and subse- quently, tll ner arrival in this port, 67 expired from ex- Daurticn, comseqvent upon starvation and disease —their Dodies being eatea into by vermin. Of the remaiucer Janced, 76 Dave beem buried; and of the survivors, 109 are in ibe hospital, suffering trom the disease contracted om board. Sach is the deplorabie result of this inhaman waffic. But asa retributive act of justice, the master aad bree seamen are likewive at presen’ in the hospital, éargerously ill trem tve effects of cisease caught from the unfurtupate mdivicuals whom they were instrumental ia tearing away from their famiiies, ‘The report that one of the Judges of the Court of Claims contemplates resigning because of the reference of their decisions to the Commitee on Claims in Congress, {s utter- Jy umtrue. The Judges entirely approve of the reference. Great excitement wae caused by the pudlica‘ion in the Hxnaw of Sunday of the address of the soft shell bolters, as well as by the appearance of a pamphlet cir- culated by the hards, entitled ‘Haras ard Softs, or, which is the True Democracy?” It commences with the oppesition of some of the democracy of New York to the anmexation of Texas, and shows up the mea who voted for Van Baren and Acams aud the Wilmot proviso. Soft shell stock bas gone down filty per cent in the last forty-eight hours, At the President’s grounds, daring the performance by the Marine Band last Saturday, old Marcy, the “Little Gisat,” and few other geatiemen, were In conversation about the “New York difficulty.” Old Marcy sald when “he leis New York the entire party was in harmony and union.” “Well, Governor,” said Douglas, “don’t yon ‘think it would teud to harmonize matters for you to go back? Scppore you try it?” The old Premier replied, “Douglas, you area smart young man, but you are grow- fag @ little tec fast.”? Both salles were greeted with hearty laughter, and the parties separated. Sumner, in his speech yesterday, alluded to the Hzrat> as ever havizg been on the side of the South. Mr. Mallory, chairman of the Commi:tee on Naval A’- faire in the Senate, stated im his #p2ech in support of the Naval Retiring Board, and on the authority of the Secreta- ry of the Navy, tha: the resulta o! the praning process had been most salutary; that an alacrity was now mani- fested in the performance of naval daty which had never Detore peen witnessed. Some people say no, ‘The Pacific Rail-oad bill ie still deleyed in the commit- ‘tee by some parties who profess to be protecting the in- tereste of certain railroads already acting under State charters. This may result in the defeat of the whole en- terprise. If 20, great wii! de the responsibliity of those who defeat it. Gea. Denver’s bill vould pass by a large majority but for this counter-ratiroad interest. Gen. Bocock, of Virginia, 1s now spoken of by tha Southern delegates as » prominent candidate for the Vice Presidency. The anticipated California plank road petition, con- taining seventy thousand names, arrived to-day, and wil be presented to the Senate to-morrow. The binding eost one hundred dollars, and she two volumos weigh neer one hundred pounds. Bome tear is entertained that the Pacific Railroad pro- jeet will be again defeated by rectiona! interests. The Delaware chiefs, Secoadyne, Ketshum and Jonny Cake, arrived to day, to insist s fulfillment of their treaty, aad the sale of the Trust lands, incluiing Leavenworth Cty. Indiam agent Twiss, brings important despatches frcm Fort Laramie aad the plains. Mz. Faulkner's mew Ciplomatic biil restores the old grader of Foreign Missions. Colonel Greene, of the Boston Post, Collector Peaslee, Harry Hivbard, Johm H. Geozge, George B. Loring, in- cluding som ten others, from Boston, and New Hamp- artived shis evening, and are stoppitg at Wil- Taey are om their road to Cincinnati. PHINTY-FUUMIH CONGRESS, VIR? SESSION. Bounte. Wasmxctox, May 21, 1856. ‘THE ATMOSPHERIC TELEGRAPH. Mr. CouLsmER, of Vermont, introduced a bill to test the practicability and usefuiness of the atmospheric telegraph. ‘THE 10WA LAND GRANT. Mr. Foot, of Vermont, reported s bill to permit the Le- gilatore of Iowa to determine for that State the appli- tation for a grant of land beretofore made to aid the con- struction of railroads therein. The Mil was pamed giving & pension for lite of thit of dollars per month, 10 Joba Nugent, of New York, who lost both arms on board the Germantown, while fring a saiute in bonor of the birthday of the Queen of Spain. PRE-EMPTION RIGHT GRANTED. A bil Eng t the it of pre-emption in certain cases 10 Inciana yearly meeting Society of Friends was pustes. THR LATE NAVAL BOARD. m4 pean aes the (pean hp Bhaw Naval |, arguing that procsedi set aside, bo tar tn fe oes Guumpuhans tor Osage 40 de on: * ‘THE PRESIDENT'S VETOES, Mr. Bexsasucx, (dew.) of La., gave reasons why the eenate should passe bill making ap) riations for the removal of obstructions to navigat of the Mississippi, the objections the President tothe contrary notwithstanding He adverted to the faat that whea the Presiden: vetoed tue general River and Herbor bill, be intimated that he woul! a; Dilla making aj for many This dill was drawn up in compiience with the suggession of the Executive, ana was ently national in its cha- natn the Koy by Vn ae his Lag c upon su refused his approval to any biil of this Bind Gina i be. heved the deliverate judgment of the American people to eee er wt ont wer § pal the fatrepla Aesiity of the Precibent to, the shestintion im returning those bills, be Jesired to de‘end the Presi- Gent’s course at length. The subject was postponed till to morrow. QUESTION OF VERACITY BETWEEN LORD PALMERSTON AND un. BUCHANAN. A communication was received from the President furnishing adciticnal documents relative to the Britien recruit ents, Involving tne question of veracity between Mr. Burhaven aud Lora Pa.mereton, Mr. Buchansn charges that Lord Pylmerston, while re- fusing to lay on the tale of the House ot Commons the correspondence on the enlistment «nextivn, stated such facts only as favored bis own side, and on'itety wa ed the reasope on which our demand to recall Mr, Champ. ton was founded. Mr. Buchanan further states that Lord Palmerstcn was not justified im gd he (Buchanan) had expressed bimeself with Ciavenéon’s explanation contained in his note ot the 16th of July last, and that he (Buchanan) said be felt confident our ment would entertain similar feelings with r to it, Mr. Buchanan denies that he ever so intimates, He bad merely observed to Lord Peimerston that be would have mush satisfaction in transmitiing that note to the of State, Lord Palmerston, rep'ying, fail to be convinced, w Bim there was to essential difference between fap- stance of whet was said in the House of Commons and Mr. Buchanan's statement. Buchanaa, to Seer Marcy, March 7, ust believe, with me, the last effort o! Lerd Palmerston t extricate himself from the dilem- ma has served to make the awkwardness of his position stil] more comepleuous.’’ Adjourned. fleuse of Mepresentati ves. Wasmixarox, May 21, 1854, 2,480,000 ACRES OF TIT PUMLIC DOMAINE GIVEN AWAY. The Wisconsin land bill was passed by 81 against 67. . Com, of Ale, from the Committee on Publis Lands, reported s bil) granting about 1,000,000 acres to Alabama '0 aid !n the construction of five rai/rosds, con me, 5 td Bune ote an anti-slavery ex\ension speech. Adjourned. guininiwinces - 0% QU ERE 21, 1866, ‘The rerew steam ship Cenadian, from Liverpool, oa the Her advices have ‘7th inet.. arrived nere this Pee Seews ty tho Conese on ft. Departure of the America, Borrow, May 21, 1866, ‘The royal mail bey nalied rt at Doom today, wi Soa 17 for Halifax. Abe Canal Navigation. Anant, May 21, 1856, Deapatehes from the West state thas the break ia the cansi a: Adams Basin will be repairei to day, and thet the breaks and leaks west of Rochester will Probably be clored to-morrow, Boats are pasring westward from Valeyra, and are runing from here wo Onwego. Aunawy, May |, 1a, Berley—Saler of 3,000 bushels of Lower Canada eore a 90 81 20. Once—Hales of 6,000 bushels at S79, French, the late Nicaraguan Minister Plenipotentiary to this country, was arrested yesterday for am old debt alleged to be due by him to one Wm. H. Furniss, It Sppears that on the arrival of Mr. French im this city being mace known through the public prints, Wm. H. Furniss complatat in the Sheriffs office, to the effect that Frenob owed him certain monies om the pur- ebase of an cla sbip, a sale contracted im this city years ago. Tue attachment was placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Cornell, who, for the last two days, has been awaiting an opportunity to arrest the ex Nicaraguas Minister, Yesterday, at noon, he fund him at the Mansion House, in Chambers street, where Mr. Freach is stopping, and forthwith arrested him. Subsequeatly, Mr. French wae discharged, cn giving his word of homer to appear when the Sheriff »equired him. The trieads of Mr. Frenca asy the charge is @ frivolous one, and will, on investigation, prove of no account, Mr. Frensh will, herefore, be enabiec to fulfil his engagement to speak it the Park meeting thie afternoon, Mr. Crawpton, the Sritish Piinister. This gentleman, the reovesenta‘ive of her Beitannic Mojesty’s government at Washington, has literally had his name in every one’s mouth, and has now got his portrait in Broadway, where it attracts more atten- tion than Paul Delaroote’s “ Marie Antoinette’? Mr. Crsmptcn, tp appearance, is not, perhaps, a remarkable person, but the accicent of his posiiion makes him one of the foremost men of the time. He is the only som of Dr. Crampton, an eminent surgeon of Dublin, and is about forty-five years of age. He was educated at Cambridge, and his father’s influence gave him a place in tke British legation at St. Petereburg—a capital place to learn the art of diplomacy. Mr. Crampton’s father was made a baronet in 1839, and is now Lady Palmerston’s physician. Mr. Crampten advanced actording to the rule in the Foreign Office, where they bring up diplomatists by hand, and was se- cretary of legation (wao really does the Minister’s work) at several of the European courts. He came to Wash- ington In 1846, when Mr. Packenham was Minister. In 1847 Mr. Pachenhem went home, leaving Mr. C-amp‘on acting Chargé d? Affaires. In 1860 Sir H. L. Bulwer came over, and won immortal diplomatic laurels vy making the celebrated Clayton- Bulwer treaiy, which isa triumph of art, inasmuch as no one knows what it means. Mr. Crampton meantime went to England, but soon returned as full Minteter. Mr. Crampton {8 bechelor, and lives in a very nice house at Georgetown, where he gives nice English din- ners, with capital port, sherry and Madeira. He is an amateur artist, » Cevoted lover of field sports, and an en- thusisstie argler. He had an intimate friendship with Mr. Webster through the “hook and line, bob and sinker.” Bat our gcvernmect has arrived at the conclusion that Mr. Crampton has been fishing in rather dirty waters lately, and has resolve’ that ke shall no longer smoke his pipe and drink hie port in Carolina place. It is charged against him ths! he was, in February, 1855, ccnterned in the recruiting of troops within the United ‘States, and contrary to the law thereof, for the British army in the Crimea. Tue evidence agsinet him came out: on the trial of one Hertz, a: Philadelphia, in September last. The charges were brought home to Mr. Crampton, through letters sddressed by him to one of the recrait- ing cfficers, of the name of Strobel. Mr. Marcy, on the 28th of December, wrote to Mr. Buchanan that Mr. Crampton bad taken = conspicuous part tm organizing and executing the actieme for recruiting the British army in the United States; and further, that ‘his connection with that affair has rendered him an unacceptable re- Presentative of her Britannic Majesty near this govern- ment, amdyou are directed by the President to ask her Majesty's government to recat] him.” Several mcnths have elapsed since the sending of thie despatch, but Mr. Crampton still drinks his port aad gives his dinners a: Carolina place. He has answered the charges made by the Secretary of State, and the affair, acoording to the telegraphic despatches, is evem more complicated than ever. Naval Intelligence. ‘The United States ships of-war Potomac and Sara‘oga sailed from St. Barts on the bth inst., for St. Thomar, There was rumor current yesterday that orders hed been received at the wavy Yard, Gos; to get ready tor sea the following vesse:s:—Steamer Powhatan, frigate Columbia and sloops-of-war Marion and Dale.—Vorfolk. Herald, May 20. ‘Tae MaRextiaise Hymn AT THE ACADEMY oF MUSIC.— Madamoiselle Eliza Valentini, wno will sing this noble bymn at the Academy this evening, is spoken of as equal- Ung, if not exceeding, Rachel in its execution. She ap- pears with the French flag. We are told this lasy’s true same and title are M’lle de la Vernéde, Comtesse de Gar- dias. Valentini is a fic'itious one. THE THEaTRES, &c.—For a complete epitome of the en- tertainments offered at the various establishments this evening, pleasure-seekers are referred to the amusement: Girectory at the head of the editorial page. Want of space obliges us to omit the customary notices. ‘Tae Orrrs.—‘ Luisa Miller” was not given last evens ing, on scoount of the illness of Signor Badiall, We shal? have “Luisa” om Friaay. The ‘‘Irovatore” was given last evening. Proposal to Send a Free Colored Girl Back to Siavery by a Sew Yerker. We give beiow an extraordinary letter from a New Feet Opene 00 sad a free colored girl bact inte be Bis South Carclins, published in the bes oor aa 7, of South Carolius, with the following intro- juction :— The 1ollowlzg letter to Colonel Frazier, which we até permitied to pubiish, will explain itself, Its author, it will be seen, 19 ratver incignant at being classified with Beecher, and looks upon tne nigger question in a very orpeang light. We commena his letter to general peru- Naw York, April 16, 1856. Tam requested by Diana, a colored woman, formerly « slave in your place, to inquire about her returning ta Exgefieli. She had sume conversation with you at she Astor House spout it. and she seys you were to write to me, ori to you. Disva uow telisme she would like to return to Ecgefield—but not to be placed in auch a posi- tion as to be neld. She wants to go with » good master. ‘There seems to be @ wrong impression gone abroad in re= gard to thisease. Astoher 1g bought by sbolition- ista, it js mot true. Her old mother collected some $200 of the money, among femilies where she was known and acted in her capacity of nurse. I advanced her $100 to make up the $400, paid for Diana to Mr. Goode. 1 myself am no eboiitionist—believe your negroes are better off and better treated at the South Se eeata ay bares Tem contribu’ oid mom Luc; jana. oy coe meade 7 his ch ane oral aud you do we when tn in the same fit Ol Lucy attended fir, Oox's eres (Episcopal); was # regu/ar Sunday schoo! attendant like 8 cht!d as she wes, and the children cf the Sabbath schoo! contributed their pennies. Halt of Brooklyn knew old Lucy and helped her to her Diana. ll of this is not to our present business. wants to return to Kige- field ; she would tike you as a master—thinks would not sell ber, Wil Jou please inform me what your laws or cusioms are in regarc to tree niggers. It’s ne new kink of Diana, her idea of returning. She told me soom after her arrival that sbe shcuid recurn South afer her mother’s death, if she coud. [ hold the ttle to her, and she comes to me for advice and directions. What you advire in the matter shall be attended to, I would like to see the color of the hundred dollars I pald her, Old was purse to my wife when = child, and was @ pensioner on her ', (a8 well clove her eyes on eerth—and Dian ‘word ep He Fh eng fl Bd was to ¥} mother’s decitn! that damn’d i. wants to get beck’ flow aball it be cone es RaY B. EASTERBROOKS. Chey Couneil the other vay, and thet was to cut down per Clem to one dollar, is will bomber of sessions end the amount of legislation wd th of