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refuted, your honors, or some authoritative tribunal, will determine. 1 summit, most respectinily, that we only de- ewe 1 bave manifcswe, Bere os elsowbdere, ia w this question, has been to the sutelligent mod of the American peuple, Foye which underlies tbia whole conihot, and thet ts question to Woicb my friend bas addressed tho best, and, 10 uy Jadgment, we finest part at his vary able ar- gument ‘li ‘s the point to which 1 mainly addressed my- Self in the opening. aud on tt 1 wil new say a very few Words wore. My srien 4 dopoudees tie ieetitution of sla. ‘Yery as 2 moustrous mjcstice, a8 a Sin, 23 @ violation of thr Jaw of God acd of tho Iaw of man, of natural law or matnral ysuice; and on the comme of bie argument, at a Sillorent place, he called your att tho enormity of ioe peed. ach a, piraoas— avd nyt oaly tiey, b > remotest tipe—were, by be orpuees* f the ancroseope, or re- ceekig W present uus PS auner to your Hovors’ minds, he ealiet attention to these fow porsous aad their posierity, Woy, X your Honors please, ovr arehory embraces at the east estimate three mi 3 of tbeae haman beings, ‘whe, by our laws and ntiens, £8 Bow cxiatin; thoee Siatos, aud a3 every one admits, protected ip ‘States by the federal constitution, are uot only consigned ‘to hopeless bound ige througbont taeir whole lives, bul a Mke coadition is thelr numerous posterity consigned to the Yemotrst time. They have, since the Union was formed, mulup\ed three or four fold, and are constantly increas- img 3nd multiplying. It is not eight persons and their posterity, but three millions and their countiess posteriiy Uhat are to be torever passed mato or left in this state of sud- jection to their masters in slavery, henceferth and forever. ‘Riis 8 quesuon of the mightiest magnitude, But the rea- son why 1 call your Honors’ stiention to its magnitude a wis: that” you may contemplete it im the connection in which my jearned frend has presented #; that is, as a Ssin—as 2 violation of natural Jusvce and the law of God—that it 1s a monstrous scheme ‘of miquity for defrauding the laboror of bis wages, one of thore sins that crieth aloud daily to boaven for ven- geanoe—that it is a course of uobridied rapine, fraud aud jer by which these millions and their posterity are to oppressed Ubr sal tine, Now, teitasin? Is this outrage against divine law aud natural justice? Tf it ‘de such an outrage, then, F say itis asin of the greatest Magnitude—ol tue most cnormous und tagttious cuarac ‘ver that ever was presented to the human mind. man who oes not shrivk back from it with horror is utterly unworthy of the name of nan. Ibis no trivial offence, tbat may bo tolerated with Imitatious and qualifications, that we can excuse ourselves for supporting because we ave made some kindof a bargain to support it. The Yougue of no human heing is cayahte of dopicting its euor- mity ; it is not in the power of tho human heart to form 2 just conception of its wickeknoss and cruelty. Aad what, I ask, is the rational and necessary consequ once, if we regard Bo be thus sinfu', thus upjast, thus outrageous? Look at this question as American citizens, as members of this; republic—consider it as patriots. Lask you what ought to be the effect if this system of elavery iz sinful aod un- jast? Why, its existence ander our system of law, sup- ported y our ag pee sustained by the fundamen- ‘tal Jaw of the land, is a public and crying reproach against the whole nation. Ought a just, enlightened, honest Frenchman or Foglonmen to meet, shakebapds with, or entertain at his table one of theso Southern slarcholders? Gertamly not. There would be no more propristy in his doing it than in one of our fair country women, of pure life and morale, associating in pudlic with one who was (ho most unworthy of her sox. There would be no more pro- ety in it than in one of your honors associating with a Behwoyman or pickpocket, merely because in the village of bis residence there was @ bad polico or no law to bring him to justioe. Tsay wo arraign our Southern brethren at the bar of human socicty a8 totally unfit to asaociate with any honest European gentleman. And Ishould like to know what wo havo to say about our own pious solves here at the North. Our Southern neighbors having been brought op with this institution in their midst, Daving been taught that it jwas just and proper, they indeed might have the oxcase of ‘in ible ? and they might be tolerated as not wicked, Dut only benighted and in error. But what think you of the inhabitants of the free States, who know it is wicked, who say. it is wicked, who write upon their statute bool in their eupremo sovereign capacity, that it is wicked, ant who yet live ander 2 constitution and » compact by which they agree to support and sustain it to the full extent of ‘whatever 1s written in that compact, and who, if any one ‘of these unbappy victims should escape from the slavery 4o which he is consigned, and ‘ly hither for shelter, would seive and return him, or at least would pormit bis master to come herc, ecize him and carry him back into bondage? ‘Why, we have no cxeuse. We know it is wicked and per- nicions, if it be so; and yet we sit down and live under a system of law which compels its Support to this extent; abd whenever one of us is elected to lic office, he puts his band upon the sacred book and himself to be im all Pa) to veg 4 to Saeeun Temopenn atitution. yy, 1 say, a * might excuse a benighted Southerner; but if he hasa gense of honor, if be has a sense of justice, if he has due self respect, he will turn bis back on tho qwiifully offending Northern man as the vilest of the vile. The patriot must contemplate his country a8 a whole, 2a unit, and him- self as honored in being enrolled among its citizens. Can he be a patriotic American who joins in the cry of Exeter ‘Hall against his country’s , who joins with the foreign adversary in denouncing it a3 a foul reproach ‘to the name of humanity, as an ontrage against common decency, a thing which exists in defiance of uatural jus- tive and the law of God? why Thayve only to say, imitat. img the e of Him wi ‘words aro recorded in the Sacred Volume—(and I suppose, inan bumble way, ‘we may Strive to imitate whatever we find in his exam- epee niger trea: mt ane ney Bee, sion, ‘Fat for; ‘or ot what they do ke all that can De said. for thom, Cortainly,.the sentiment of _pat- riotism which made the gallaut Decatur declare thathe would “stand by his country, right or wrong,”’ ‘must be proty eftectually cast_out from the bosom of every American who can join in this outcry of the stranger, the rivaland the hater, pronouncing the con- stitution of his country a league with iniquity, an instru- ‘ment which, by its terms ahd letter, unjustly and cruelly olds three millions of human beinga, who are well cn- titled to liberty, in hopelers and intolerable bondage. I said in my opening, that I did not aec bow any houest man could understandingly believe that nogro slavery is thus wicked and unjust, and yet retain in bis bosom the senti- ment of fidelity to this constitution, Lnow add: I see not how any man can have a lively, a proper, a just, a solid sentiment of —. poe is sien tal ao ism which confines itself to } ive_yi » and shut out the great and tap nt and eg ae omneeaey eoun' and, in the outery against ol Ly his country, and seninst the ee oe institutions 80 & portion ‘it as formed by. those "Bates now. holding alaves. Therefore, whether, men look to the law God or to the principles of satural reason and justice, whether they look to the exaited and manly spirit of patrictiem would sacrifice all things except justice and God’s will for its country, Lsec not how any man can entertain that sentiment, and yet join in this most disastrous and destroctive crusade against negro slavery. ‘They vo it not understandingly, aud this is their only exouse Observations are cited by my learned friends, #0 excuse their views and to course, from very illustrious aud very distinguished meu. Certain re- marke of the flustrious Washington, certain remarks of Thomas Jefivrson, ure quite frequently cited in this con- nection. No sound minded, rational man believes that if those ilinstrious men could be recalled to earth and here at this day, living witnesses of the condition of our country, witnesses of its progress and its probable future, they would be willing to repeat, in the sense in whicd the; are undersiood on the other side, t! > expressions cited. ‘They would be found, if they wore hc »,on the side of sheir country, its protection as a whole, its prosperity, its permancney, its glory and its honor. They would not foun denouncing the American ame ag coyerod with the undying stigma fn- pethy on with the perpetuation of injustice. They would pot be found pronouncing the first septence in the wonstitution—that it was made to “establish juatice”—a — ‘of hypocrisy and falsehood. They would not be d maintaining that the phrases concerning humana equality found in the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of Virginia were intended to include negroes, No man of common sense but can see these words were not intended seporrrmen Po The then existing state of facts, and the practice of those men ‘were not used in the That, if your Honors please, is elucidated in the Dred Sootk decision. We are there what must bo acknowledged—that it was a free white race who est! this republic, They made their Declaration of Independence, their constitution and laws for themacives. They did not intend to invite r the Mahommedan, with his dozon wives and his geragiio, They did not lutend to invite the idolatrous inese, with their temples and their idols. They did not intend to deciare that the African negroes ere mien, ‘citizens or inhabitants, in the political sense, these words. | say the mca who held siaves aad who sustaiped the institution ieuatis cole aoe ite “ng ‘impossible to suppose my friemds mean to insinnaie ‘hat there were ia the councils of the nation at that time some tis gen td to ep mawed acientious scruples as shetaanivess wi believed siavery to be wicked and unlawful, and who contrived to get ‘these into thoee instruments as a declaration that i] acknowledge. It is unworthy so to do in the smallest, slightest, meanest lite Whe shall dare impute K t the worthy and honored spirits of the Revoluvion, who came from that part of the coamtry where the toslavcry existed? L.appreh so far as we ind manifested on the part of these gentlemon opposition b slavery, they may eroded ‘on a point of expediency, or Cvnsilerations.as to the relative shares of political power which one or the other portion of the y itexercize. But tt use Words in the Declaration of Independence in a sense peroneal - bilge estociates, it was a from. ‘honor rectitude. This a aeeereers S never Shame ‘nue among their descendants who will consent to AxoTueR Mn. 73 Daxoni,—Tho Troy Times says, that { quite & panio haw beh occasioned at by the fear, Eps eee ees jh the” yet for some time in - i 1, hateg Ey ras the roof: m i = Bo was ‘wall “om > ficn- lar. Workmen were er in e1 the building, and competent anics gave it as their opi- pion that there is no danger of the of the building; bat this cid not sstisfy the operatives, and on Wednesday ‘nearly al} of them left their employment, . NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NORTH STAR ADDITIONAL BY THE Interesting from Central and South America. IMPORTANT FROM HONDURAS. The New Treaty Between that Republic and England. THE CONCESSIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN, Probable Settlement of the Vexed Ques- tions of Central America, &., &e., ae Additionally to the news we gave by the last steamers from Aspinwal] and Havana, we are ena- bled to publish this morning a complete copy of the recent treaty made between Hondaras and England, by which the latter makes large conces- sions to Honduras. We also give several interest ing letters from our special correspondents in As pinwall, Panama, Guayaquil, San Salvador, Mana- gna, and Greytown. THE NEWS FROM HONDURAS. British Negotiations with HonduratThe Conventions of 1856 1859. We subjoin the text of the recent convention signed be- tween the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain and Honduras, in the city of Comayagua, on the 28th of November last. ‘This convention takes the plac: of two others which were signed in London on the 27th of August, 1856, and which the government of Honduras refused to ratify. It will be seen that the concessions of the convention of 1659 are much greater in fayor of Honduras than those of 1956 Great Britain has a treaty of amity, commerce and nayi- gation with Honduras, with a supplementary article gua- ranteeing the proposed Flonduras railway. The present convention is designed to settle the questions of territorial rights which have long existed between the two countries, and in which the United States bas taken a deep interest. THE CONVENTION OF 1859. TREATY BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Groat Britain apd Ireland, and tho Ropublic of Honduras, being desirous to settle in a friendly manner certain questions in which they are mutually interested, have resolved to conclude a treaty for that purpose, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to tay, his Erealleacy the President of the Ropublic of Honduras, Don Francisco Crug, Politioal Chief of the Department of Comayagua; and the Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain and Ireland, Chailes Lenox Wyke, squire, Com of the Most Monorable Order of the Bath, ber Britannic Envoy Extraordinsry and Miais- ter Pleaipotentiary on special mission to the Republics of Central America, who, after having communicated to. each other their respective tull powers, found i st and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Article 1.—! {nto consideration the peculiar geo- graphical position of Honduras, and in order to secure the Noutrality of the islands it reference to any railway or other line of ‘nteroceanic commnnica- tion which may be constructed across the territory of Honduras on tho mainland, Her Britannic ‘y ry ‘to recognize the islands of Ruatan, Guanaja, Elena, tile, Barberete and Morat, known as the “‘ Bay Is!auds,’ and situated in the bay of Honduras, as. part of the repab- lic of Honduras. The inhabitants of tho said isiauds shall not be disturbod, in the he of any property which they may have acquired therein, and shall rotain"perfect freedom of re- ligious belief and worship, public and private, but remain- ing in all other respects subject to the laws of tho repub- lic. Ifany of them should wish to withdraw from the reed eer shall be at full Uberty ¥. do 80, a to gene of their or other property as they may think fit, au: to take with them the Deoneeds thereof. ‘The republic of Honduras engages not to code the said ielands, or any of them, or the right of sovereignty over guch islands, or any of them, or any part of such sove- Teignty to any nation or State whatsoover. Art. 2. Her Britannic Majesty engages, subject to the conditions and engagements specified in the preseattreaty, and without prejudice to any question of boundary be- tween the republics of Honduras and Nicaragua, to reovg- nige as belonging to and under oty of the re- Trssed by the Mostotte indians wishin the fromter f that frontier ‘be; whatever that tae teat ‘cease three months r tlie exchange of of the present treaty, in order to enable her Majesty.’s government to give the necessary tions for carrying out the stipulations of eald treaty. Art. 3. The tito Indians’ in the district recognized by article second of this treaty as be at! liber “ senile tools - pert} the be at full liberty to remove, their property, from ‘territory of the republic, and (0 proceed whitheraoc they may desirc; and such of the remain within the said district shi in the p of any lands or other property which they mer hoe or occupy,and shall cade, ag natives of the republic of Honduras, all Re ti ant Privileges enjoy- ed generally by the natives of republic. repub- he of Honduras, being desirous of educating the Mosquito Indians, and improving their social con: in the dis- trict 80 occu by them, will grant an annual eum of five thousand dollars, in gold or silver, for the next ten years, for that to be to their head man in said district, the payment of such annoal sum being gua- ranteed to them by a mortgage on all woods and ower natural productions {oneeree they be) of the ‘State lands in the Bay Istande and M ‘erritory. ‘These shall be made in half yearly instal ments of two thousand five hundred dollars each, the tirst of which payments shall be made six months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. Art. 4. Whereas British subjects have by grant, lease or otherwise heretofore obtained from the Mosquito Jn- dians interestsin various jands, situated within the dis- trict mentioned in the preceding article, the republic: of Honduras engages to ct and maintain sush interests; and itis further agreed ‘hat her Britannic Maj 'y and the Republic shall, within twelve months after the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, appoint two com- missioners, one to be named by each party, im order to investigate the claims of British subjects arising out of such grants or Jeases,or otherwise, andall British subject> ‘whose claims shell by the commissioners be pronounced well founded and vatid ehall be quieted in the posgoesion of their reapectiye interests in the gaid lands. Art. 5. It is further agreed between the contracti: ‘ies that the commissioners mentioned in tbe preced. ing article shall alco examine and decide upon any Bri- tish claims upon the government of Honduras that may be submitted to them other than those fed in that article, and not already in a train of ment; and the republic ef Honduras agrees to carry into effect any agreements for the satisfaction of British claims already ‘wade but not yet carried into efiect. Art. 6. The commissioners mentionod in og pein articles ehall meet in the city of Guatemala at the earliost, te nite manners they have been ively named, and shail, before proceeding to any a make and eubsoribe a solemn declaration that they will examine and decide to tho Nest according to justice and equity, impartially of their judgment, and without fear, favor or affection to theirgown country, all the matters referred to them for their ision, and such deciaration shall be ontered on the record of tueir pro- | ceedings. ‘The commissioners shall then and before proceeding to any other business name some third person to act as an arbitrator or umpire in any case, or cases, in which they Py, themselves differ in opinion. they ehould not be able to agree ‘the selection of such & person, the commissioner on either side shall name @ perton, and in each and every case in which the com- minting may sien io tpinien-an se the. decision which they ought to give, it be determined by lot which of the two perio wo nuined ‘shall’be arbitrator or nmpire in that particular case, The person or persons #0 to be chosen shall, before pro- ceeding to.act, make and subscribe —— declaration iblic_of Honda. gaid. Britannic Dajesty and the +" a ‘of the ‘com. ras hereby engage to consider the di copjointly, or of the arbitrator or as the case may bo, as final and conclusive on the matters to be referred to their decision; and they further engage ‘forthwith to give full efiict to'the same. Art. 7, The commissioners and the arbitrator or om- keop an accurate record, and correct minutes their proceedings with the dates thercof, appoint and employ a clerk or other person to the business which cenpeatite ‘delore them. of the commissioners 1 be paid by their | oft Hi 2 4 zs of the or clerks, shall be defrayed in equal the two governments. ‘Tho treaty shall be ratified, aud the at Comayagua as soon ag - remota from this date. bt, ‘whereof plenipotont Yo e Bathe, and aye fred thereta their respective Comay: the twenty-eigth day of Novembsr of or ord, One tnsussied ht dare? apd Ba; t e Hs id 2 “ 2 5 i agreed upon and co! Arucle), Taking into copsiggraticn graphical pesition of Honduras, and iy order to secare the hentrality. of tho jlands adjacont thoroto, with releremoe to any ratiway or other Mine of imseroseamic Communica Hon turae, her ¢ republie of Hoo duras ag: islands of Raw ten, Bonacea, He’ atta, evaated bi baretta, si rritary, under the Bove ¢ of Houlores. Tae present ji v9, judicial gud executive authori, ties m said island shall remem in tho ox% of thei functions until the Legis sein), ae may otherwise provide, the’ Bay of Hoo iuras, = free roignty of the repaol Crown of Great Britain, and dy the + fa ths govoro Ment and legielature of bal! coare frow the dace of the proctam: ation there and suck proclamation shat! be mude ae soon ua posesbi afver the excbapge of ratidcations 4)) fonotions hitherto exercised by the superiptenden Of tie Britien settlements 1a the Duy of Honduras, in tw capacity of Lieutenant Governor of the vaid islan’s, ap’! Dy the presiding magistrate thorem resident, im the go verpment and logisiauon of the said ialands, shati cow &:x Months after the date above meutioned, ualess tu le vo Assemb)y shail sooner provide substitutes fo the above mentioned functiouar ies ‘The inhabitants of the frea Territory shall then perma neptle possess the following rights and iamuuities.— 1, To govern themselyee by means of their owe sounicipal government, to be admiuietered by logielative execuuve and judicial officers of their own cleciion, ac cording to their own reguiatione. 2. Triad by jury in their owa courts, 3. Perfect freedom of religions belief and worship public and private. 4, Exowpiion from all duties {of customs, and from al! taxation on real estate or other property, except sact as may be imposed by thoir own municipality, and co! lected for the treasury of the free Territory, to be applied for the bevofit of the 8aid free Turritory. 5. Exemption from military eeryiee, oxcept for the Ge'ence of the free Territory, and within its boutde. The republic of Honduras engages not to exarcisy its rights of sovereignty over the islands which are to cou: stitute such free Territory, in any manner, in violaiwae the rights and immunities specifled in this article. ‘The repubile alao engages not to erect, nor to permit to be erected, any fortification on the said islands, or any other islands in tho Bay of Honduras, nor to cede such islands, or any of them, or the right of sovereignty over such islands, or any part of such sovereignty, to any na tion or State whatever. And whereas, slavery bas not existed in the said islands, the ropublic of Honduras hereby engages tiat slavery shal! not at any time hereafter be permitted to exist therein. Art 2. The contracting ieS agree to communicate the present convention to all other maritime Powers, anu to a ce? mente L ca Signe, London this 27th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1856, ‘CLARENDON, ERRAN. © Baid i@land, CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE RE- PUBLIC OF HUNDURAS, RELATIVE TO THE MOSQUITO INDIANS, AND 10 THE RIGHTS "AND CLAIMS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS. Her Majesty the Queen of the Unitod Kingdom of Great. Britain and Ireland, and the repubijo of Honduras, being dcairous to settlo, by meane of a convention, certain points resulting from the territorial arrt ta which form the subject of another convention concluded betewoen them on this day, havo uamed as their Pienipotentiaries for that purpose, that is to ry Her Majesty the Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, pose, Honorable George William Frederick, Earl of Ci By Peer of the United Kingdom, a member of Her Mnjosty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Croas of the Most Honorable Order of the |, Her *s Principai Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and His Excellency the President of tho republic of Honduras, Senor Dootor Victor Herran, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic vo Hor Britannic Majesty ; who, after having communnicated to each other their respective full powers, found im and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articlea:— ‘Article 1. The republic of Honduras engages to dis. turb the subjecisof ber Britannic Majesty in the onjoy- ment of any property of which they may Do in poswesaion in the islands of Ruatan, Banoca, }, Utile, Barbarcte and Morat, situated in the Bay of Honduras. Art. 2. Her Britannic Majesty agroes to recognise the mid-chanse! of the river Waux or Segovia, which falls into the Caribbean sea at Cape Gracies a Dios, as the boundary between the republic of Honduras and the ter- ritory of the Mosquito Indians, without prejudice, bow- ever, to any question of boundiry between the ropublica of Honduras and of Nicaragua. And whereas, the Mosquito Indians have heretofore poesessed and exercised rights in and over the terriwrics Jyipg between the river Wapx, or Segovia, and the No- man river, her Britaunic Majesty agrees to recommend to the Mosquito Indians to renounce any snch rights im fayor ef the republic of Honduras, on con- dition of rectiving from the republic some reasonable gum by way of anvuity for a limited poriod, to be paid half-yearly, as an indemnity and compensatidn for tlie loss and extinction of their intercst in the said territory, When guch an arrangement shall have been acceded to Dy the Mosquito Indians, her Britannic Majesty engagos recognise the sovereignty over the said territory az be- ing t the republic of Honduras; and ber nic ty and the republic will, within twelve months thereafter, appoint two commissioners, fone to be named by cack party, for the purpose of determining the amount, ‘period Of duration, and the time, place and mode of PT Pater 2 0e be ipaia to she to 8 aw indemnity compensation. Ani whereas British selvoeid Nach he quad, Soan0 oe otherwise, heretofore obtained from Mosquito In- dians, interests in tern varions ‘lands situated within d above described, tpg. betreee the river ‘Wanx or Segovia and the river Honduras wo and man, the republic of engages maintain such {nteroets. And it is further that the commissioners mon- tioned in the prpvent article shall the claims of British subjects arising out of such or leases, or otherwise; and ail British subjects, w! claims shal! by eee en eae shal qi the poszession ir ive in- terests in the said lands. Art. 8. The republic of Honduras farther engages to carry imto eflect any ements already mnade, and now in oouree of being out, for the satisfaction of Bri- tish claims. and it is agrd®d between the contracting par- les that the commirsioners mentioned in the Preceding article shall also examine and decide upon any Britial claimg upon the government of Honduras that may be submitted to them, other than those spocified in tho pre- ceding article and not alrcady in a train of settlement. Art. 4. The Commissioners mentioned n the precoding articles shall meet at Truxillo at tho carlicst convenient period after they shall Lave been respectively named, and shall, before procecding to any business, make and subecrive o solemn declaration that thoy will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the beat of their judgment and according to justice and equity, without fear, favor or affection to their own country, ‘upon all ‘the matters referred to them for their decision, and sach. declaration shall be cutered on the record of the!r pro. ceedings. The Commissioners shall then, and before proceeding to any other business, name some third person © act as an arbitrator or umpire in any case or cases in which they may themselves differ in opinion. ‘The per- ‘800 60 to be chosen as arbitrator or umpire shall, befor. proceeding to act as euch, make and cabearibe solemn declaration, in a form similar to that which shall already have been made and subscribed by the Com ers and which shall also be ontered on the record of the pro- ceedings. In the event of the death, absence or inca- pacity of such person, or of his admitting, or declining, or ceasing ‘to act as such arbitrator or umpire, avother person shall be named as aforesaid to act ag arbitrator or umpire in his pict, snd shall make and subscribe such declaration az afor: r Britannic Majesty and the republic of Honduras ereby engage to consldcr the ma of the Cofamission- ere conjoint!y, or of the arbitrator or umpire, a8 tho case may be, as and conclusive on the matters hereby re- ferred to their decision; and they further engae forth- with dnipive Rell otters t2:6o0 aaten, Art. 5. Commissioners and the arbitrator or um- pire shail‘ shall keep an accurate record, and correct minutes or notes, of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof, and ‘shall appoint and employ a clerk or other persons to agaist them in the transaction of the business come before them. ‘of the Aree memeed shall be paid by shale respective governmen! cont “nt expenges of the Commission, including the salary of the arbitrator or um- pire, and of the clerk or clorks, shail be defrayed in equal moicties byte two governments, Art. 6. The present Conveution shall be ratified, aad the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, aq soon poseible within twelye months from this date. . In witness whereof the respootire plen{potentiries have ones the same, and bave alfixed thereto their respective eeale. Done at London, the twenty-soveuth day of August,:in tne year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Bity six. CLARENDON. VR. HERRAN. which may ‘The THE ANGLO-HONDURUS CONVENTION. Aree Hectic Gonmnect Hondurua, Dec. 1G, 1659.) convention recently concladed betwoen the exec. utive power of this republic and Great Britain, and which oy Tequires the fanction of the Legislature 10 become ,m our humble judgment is one of the most gorious diplomatic incidents as it doos, in Hondares. For this reagon the government una. antici. ted the course of events, and submitted it to the pub- for ie consideration and ji it, ‘ good as well as tho dig- ‘The rament, consulting nity “of the: country, im no respect more jealoualy than io 5 it E E & 3 oy up to tte level of the rest yt by revarns from the di the lolands aod the 8 llowed to practic aud the ito Tndiaus are. to : their religions Without Inlerforemoe-a ‘ccncuaaslec proper te be made, aes ce en nat Saeasing Wes One oll¢ faith, they be rem to emigration, aud the JANUARY 30, 1860.~ TRIPLE SHBET. 5 8d a large of egefal citizens, | The re- public furthermore gaaraptees te actual setilers in the itor! fore Ih dispate all their pesscesions nul mt tribuyal provided for in the covvention mimo on the validity of their unos. 49 the: ‘onsidered a8 nattys born citizens of the State, vensdon Ww with general concurrence, aya be cepted as a fing) disposition of the pending qucations be- tween the ropubiic and ¢ Manav, Nicnragua, Deo, 29, 1869. The Transit Route—Several Candidates in the Fiela—Com- modove Vanderbilt, Ool. Geo. Cauty, the French Oom- pany—Phe Route ax an Investment—The L nd Granted to the Belty Canal Company Ospable of Raising Cotton for France—The Mosquito Question Agwis—G@orernment Re- forms, de. My last letter gave you the reception of Professor Dimi- try, Who, ince his arrival, hag been nearly all the time closeted writing. Ho has had a few intsrviews with tho government, but, as far as your writer knows, nothing positive has been done yet, You must know that there are again various candidates for the Trexsitin the field: The governmont of Nicaragua, having avautied the Belly ceptract, for pon-fulfiiment by not having paid the 200,000 francs by the last of Septomber, is. now wgain ready to jump into any new imbroglio, Mr. Rosa Perez, a Nicaraguan, who has lived for some years in New York, is here representing (hy old Stebbins: White-Yrisarri Company, who have sont ina new con- tract, by which, if accepted by this government, they ro nounce the pretended rights of the old canal grant, Wo understand that the old stock, being a!i in the market, shall be recetved at 50 per ceut by the new company for new stock. We ais Jearn that Commodore Vanderbilt has made an arrangement with the company to put his steam- ers on this route, building for them a steamer to ply on this lake, large enough to carry over 1,000 passengers and train at ono time, and to pay the company $15 per head for transit. Mr, Perez ig busily engaged in getting his contract passed, but by the various propositions offer. ed, Nicaragua has got her dander up, and eho is waiting for the bert bidder. ‘The next horse on the turf in the race of tranait matters Colone! George Cauty, of Titus-Castille memory. Hoe pre- scuts a fine appearance—it beiag an American English company—Croskey & Co., Grinnell, Minturn & Oo., Sey- mour, Peacock and others concerned it. The first offers made by him were fiatly refused by Mr. Guzman, who is temporarily President until the end of this month, when Martinez will take the seat again, which be left to change air, auftoring froma caronio sick headache, Still Cauty has made further explanation about his project, » in ite form, is quite new. to Nicaragua, and be has a pretty good chauce, if he can succeed in making his project sufliciently understood. He proposes to pay of the foreign debt of Nicaragua, to receive Nicaraguan bonds at 6 per cent interest, aud at 75 per cent ip returns for it, and to get his interest and re. cemption of bonds from the tranajt dues at the rate of $1 BO ahead, the government of Nicaragua agreeing to guarantec sixper cont on the money invcated for improve- ments in the river. The third party in the ficld fs the French company. News has been received, officially and privately, that M. Bolly has been put ont of the conoern—that tho’ Duke of Alba, brother-in-law of the French Empress, the Minister of lnverior, and a heap of dukes and princes, have taken ‘the aifair in baud—that the long sought (or money will be here “moat positively” by tho next steamer, and that the company is to be organized under the laws of Nicaragua and to reside ip Rivas. " y busicces man who kuows the Beily Trausit, grant will pot invest any money in it, because no monty can be made by it; and it is quite logical to say, that if the board of di is mado up by of the aforcsaid quality it cannot but be inferred that ‘they nover lend their name to a commercial operation but it must be a political move. What such move js cannot be wld; but it is ne- ceteary that the United States and England gnard against it. Teay England, because 1 suppose that it is more ta- tended against England than the United States, It is quite dificult to sxy if the United States, in a war betwoen Franco and land (the only representative government of free institutions in Farope),can be a mere spectator. The thousands of interests which, besides her similar in- stitutions, tongue and religion, unite the two countries, cannot fail to have a strong intgence over one when the otber ie indanger. Thereiure it is quite reasonable to ex. that in case of a war between France and Knogland the United States will be involved in it, But there is another consideration which touches the United States, perhaps more than Ungland. Your cor- respondent has had aad opportunity to ascertain that the lands given to the Belly ¢anal Company might be colonized by African apprentice to'ralse cotton. I leave itto the Southern men if American slave labor will be able to compete with apprentice labor. “if half a million of apprentices can supply France with cotton ono of the poten powers of England is taken away from her, and power, commercially and politically, is crippled; she finds in France a ‘not only in to ber navy, but also in her principal industry. ven if she abould Evgland with cotton, she would in this way tear asunder the natural tie of commercial interest whic ‘unftes the two countries. Stil!, yon ‘is'no great sympathy for "8 company, and it it will, like everything else in that linc, vanish smoke, Our Mi- Dister, imitry, keops a sharp lookout on things, and ho will not Jot ‘matiers remain in satu quo. Op to ‘this time nothing is to be apprehended. Mr. Charles Lennox Wyke, the British Euyoy, is. hero at Managua to settle the Mosquito question. It 13 supposed that if he has instructions and full power to sotto this un. fortunate silaic, be is the man to do it. Ho was received the 24th of this month. ‘Mr. Gugman, who has had charge of the residency for ope month, hag made various reforms, reduced the gar- isons, decreed a loan of $10,000 to pay for some arms that arrived from England, and set things right in genc- ral. The scarcity of money has not abated. The Bishop from Guatemala, who will take charge of his diocess in Nicari is expected. by this steamer, and Don Pedro Zeledon, the Minister of ign and Eee! ic Affairs, will receive him at Realejo, The manufactory of India rnbber bas. been revived again, and about one hundred quintals haye been made in this district and gold to an American bouge for $10 a quintal. Usrven Srarma Sar Crane, { Pactric Ockax, Jan. 2, 1860.’ j Paplavity of Jerx—Egect of the Mission lo the United States—Ran Runnels Abandons Ihs Contract for the Transit Rowle—IUl Feeling Against the Martine: Govern- ment—The Climate of Nicaragua Conducive to Lazinexs— Important Eaeise Law— President Guardiolo, of Honduras, Condemned to Death—British Influence in Central Ame- rica, dc. ‘Your correspondent from the city of Rivas, whose letter is published in the Heratn of Noventber 11, with quite an assumption of superior intelligence in rogard to Nica- raguan politics that is quite laughable gays:— I notice that © dent infor ale i me Coan cme ase tion, 4c, Quite the contrary. Jerez bas lost all his iter pcg, his cnet mae tomentose relat 208 % Of Ban Geronimo nt Basenye om the 90th ult, es Now, although Jorez, by his vacillating course hereto- fore, hag lost caste with some of his formor admirers and aupporters, he is by no means a ‘‘ ead cock in the pit.” ‘His mission to the United States, under the Martinez ad- ministration was, afer he had left the country, looked upon ae a political banishment by the people gonerally, ‘nd his enemies Iangh heartily over it, as a very smart trick of their President. Jerez, no doubt, let hia anxiety to visit our country overcome his deseretion—he might haye known that Martinez intended to make capital by it—aud looked upon tt as tho strongest plank in the piai form of the Jeres party; pulling that out, le turas to the enomy and says, ‘* seo what a too! T make of your leader.” The consequence was that, when Jerez came back, he was a General without an amry, but he is gaining ground every day—his friends are flocking to his standard, and after all be will not have Jost anything by his mission to the United States. Ran Runnels bas given a contract for the Transit route, tt was annuilea at his request about tho last of ‘October. ‘There is a great deal of Ne ditestingaxisting agaist the Martinez gov nt at this time. people are com- plaining against taxce. They say that out of every three barrels of corn they raise ono of the three is taken by the government; and that one-third of crerything they raise has to go to mp yey State expenses. If Nicaragua would tax plantajo trees and hammocks ane » but is eucour- would show considerable wisdom aged in this country, and industry is od. Aman here who can lay ina hammock all aay, smoke a dirty Diack segar, turn over and go to sleep, wake up hungry, reach over his head toa bunch of bananas, tako one and bth ‘waler, smoke his ei bonded as the Gasane. Tt is eaid here that Guardiola, President of Hondaras, has been condemned to death. 1 could not glean the par- ticular, Dus it fs said to ae aa influence, and Ido not doubt ft The Bagtian ceaianfes 1 thane Centr States will main, ink, har: redotind either to the intercet or credtt of Great Bettatn. ‘ow ts the time for the United States N to tako a firm stand, and Toe Levant is ex- APR, her British Ma- corvette, ee the ‘waiting 1:5 rorten Ia The Cyane 5 ¢ in water, and will leave for Polaiam ina very few days. Tuc ‘Tit wait the arrival of the Levant, aod then proceed to Panama. Ali well, Our Greytown Corréspondence. Heyes of the Cid Ship Channel —Who is Cxp'ain Pim. Greytown is waking up; the dull stagnation that rested like @ pall over it Is giving way. Scott's channel hae egain cloeed, and the peoplo hope that tho original on- trance of the bar Ueradually deepen agra. Leliers Davo also been od hore, stating that ona lake and two river steamors are building at Wilmington, Delaware, for the Transit r This has se: overybody agog, an they expect again to #00 the tush times of 1850-53, lose upon the ball given by tho Masonic fraverniiy uw St. John’s Day have followed representations by the Sabine minstrels; and a soirée givem by Mre. Canty, the wife of Colouel Cauty, of the Costa Rican crmy. This soirée was given ostensibly for the purpose of lntrodu:ing Captain Pim, of the Gorgon, to the «lite of Greyto’ ‘worthy captain promises to fellow up bis iatrodu: grand bail, Ag Captain Pim has been {ntredueed to tue citizens of Greytown, it is but right that the readers of the Henaty should alzo be made acquainted with that gentoman. Captain Pim is a favorable specimen of Young Engiand. ‘He was one of the officers of the Resolaw, under Captain+ Kellettyand ‘Pim/’s flute’? was one of the articles found in tho cabia and ‘restored ix satu quo. ° For Captain Pim has distinguished himse)? in e ‘was evgaged in a hand to hand comxic with several lug Jeanels. Ho ia man of about thirty-five, ruddy complexion, English leg of mutton whiskers, short thick set frame, eyes ful) of fun and miechief; he ie somewhat a dicted to slang, and though not possessing the ow! like dignity copaidered by somo necessary to the rank of a naval commander, ia, nevertheless, to use bis own phrase ology, ‘a atunnin’ good feilow.”? Captain Pim bas been gazetted three times for gallant conduct, Would jt not be expedient to introduce into our Davy, algo, the principle of promotion for bravery? At Pfecens the man who lives the longest is sare to-reach the ighest rank, and vaval oil) 2078 ras as people dy at the Post office window, ali in along tine. This system is ~~ which might he sometimes advantageously doparicd om. Let those officers whose whole nova! history is con- tained ip the ‘+Nava) Regiater’’ be content to advance in the rule of seniority, but let gallaut achievemests be followed by immediate actua! promotion, spart from party Politics and party influence. ‘The mail from San Joke de Coste Rica arr’vod yester day, with dates to the 10th inst., and reports ovorything quiet, ‘The Jamestown sailed on the morning of the 10th for the United States. The Roanoke, Relief and St. Louis are at Aspinwall. The Preble ic expected to arrive here in a few days. H. BM. steamer Gorgon ie war at Graytown. on Ly & the SAN SALVADOR. Our San Salvador Correspondence. City OF Sax Saryanor, Doo. 20, 1859, Trip from Guat-mala to San Salvador—A Volsanic Erup tion—Dreadful Barthquale and & Strange Phenowenon— Treaty between Great Britain and Homluras—Sewre Macss oY Hon. Beverly L. Clarke, United States Minister to @uatemala and Honduras, &c. * Leaving Guatemala on the 18th ult., | proceeded bythe usual route, via Songonate, to this place; but as some ofr- cumetarces occurred on the route of unusual interest, Ishall relate them eircumstantially. I reached Somonate on the 24th, and was there detained until the 61 instamt. On that day I proceeded to Isaleo, and arranged there ts ascond the mountain in the rear of the volcano (kuown as the Madre) on the next day. On the 7th, at daylight, T started, in company with ‘two others, and afer a toilsome journcy of three and a half bows, we had ascended sufficiently to over Jook the crater of tho volcano of Isaico, then burn- ing fiercely, and throwing out, every three or four minutes, black columns of smoke, ashes and stones, and accompanied with lond explosions. Tho main crater is, I should judge, at least one thousand yards in circum- ference (there are several emailer ones lower down), and within there appeared an immense cone almost reaching to the summit, but a perfoct blaze of fire. After @ most interesting trip we returned at a late hour to the town. On the 8th (the Feast of the Concepcion} I Temained here to witness the processions, Ac., little anti- cipating the terrible seenes that awaited me. Daring the day a etrong norther bad been blowing, but about eight o'clock P.M. it subsided toa perfect calm—the sky be- came overcast, and the air sultry. Every fow minutes ‘the volcano hurled forth its showers of ashes and stones, accompanied by sharp, angry explosions, whilst the heavy columns of pmoke, slowly ascending, reflected back on the eumuit ana sides of the yoleano the lurid glare from ‘the fires within. Exactly"at twenty minutos before nine P. M., (I was at the moment standing talking in the Plaza) the id cries of Temblor !” “Tembior {’’ arose from every side; at the same time the earth began to roll and shake to an extent that I never before felt in all my experience of soringahee Then arote the wild shricks of men and women, screaming forth at the top of their voices, ‘Santa Dios!”’ “ Diog Fuerte!” and amid the wildest commotion of a horror-stricken population, tho shook continued rolling and heaving for two minutes and thirty-five seconds, destroying far and wide, During its continuance I experienced a senyation uke sea sickness. The population of the place is between three and four thousand. Fortunately, owing to the carly hour at which it ocourrea, no lives were Ipst. Tho ‘ive largo church towards the volcano had its towors thiown to the groupd—tho facade thrown inwards, and parts of the walls and of the convent destroyed. Taeother church was, also seriously damaged. Thirty-four of the principlo bouses were 80 badly injured aa tw be rendered unfpbabitable. At a or a ay ten another slight shook - M, a third, ‘At anylght Tecarted for this uy, hat Pastod such night and witnessed much ai 4 econes as grant I ma; never encounter again. Passicg through Guymoco, a vil Jage on the road, | ita church partially destroyed and. many of its houecs injured, and at a late hour I reacbed San Salvador. Here, too, the effects had been , although no very great injary had beon A few days after reporta poured in upon all eides. Son- sonate bad sufiered considerably. At Tepocoya the church, cabildo and several houses were‘destroyed. At Guate- peque, Opico and Apopa grcat.dnmage was alzo done. At dayaque several houses were destroyed, and the church ‘and cabildo were greatly injured. On the outekirts of the town largo holes were formed, some over a# hundred yards wide, and which emitted sulphurous vapors. The game phenomena also ovcurret! at Panchimalco, and @ San Martin, Comasagua and other towns; churches, cabil- dog and houses were destroyed, or partly 80. One of the most singular phonomena connected with this earthquake iz, tbat a small lake, between Isalco aud Guateneque, has bad its water change? from ite former transparency to @ dirty chocolate color. Some time must necessarily elapse before the full effects of thie fearful earthquake ars known here; but there |s no doubt that it was far more sovere than thatof 1854, which overthrew this old city. Since the 8th shocks pane comtinuedy but they have been of short duration and slight. ‘Wo havo just received intelligence that Mr. Wyke, the Britieh Minister, has negotiated a treaty with Honduras, by which the Bay Istands are to be restored to that State: but the conditions have not red. J regrot to inform ie that the state of health of Hon. Beverly L. Clarke, United States Minister for Guatemala and Hondaras, i¢ such that no hopes are entertained of his recovery, It is raid that, if alive on the return of the steamer, an cilort ‘will be mado to get him on board, that, if poasiblo, ho may reach home, Gen. Barrios has been clected President of this State by an overwhelming majority, Gon. Santos Guardiola has been ro-elected President of Honduras. ‘The indigo crop bas fallen very short of the calculations made, it will not reach 8,000 bates. ECUADOR. Oar Guayaquil Correspondcnec,. Grayaguit, Dec. 26, 1869. The Leader of the Revolution of Quito—Castilla's Phreats— Position of Affairs in Ecuador—Disembarkation. of the Perwvians—A Truce—Appointment of a Provisional Pre sident—Conferences, dc. Having promised to kecp you informed of the current of ‘events, I will begin by explaining that the revolution of Quito was led on by Senor Moreno, a lawyer, a man of education and courage. Castilla having thrown ont by way of an apple of discord the declaration that he would never treat with the Robles administration, Moreno fell into the snare and went to that Gencral at Paita. Noxt, the provinces of Guayaquil and Manebi, to keep their own balanov, formed a goverument with General Franco at ‘tg bead. Moreno places himself at the mercy of Castilla. Franco, bas the prudence to open an understaniling with the commander of the blockading squadron, nnder the auspices of the Spanieh Minigtor, Senor Quevedo. Satisfied with the success of his stratagem, Castilla then declares that if Ecuador docs not eptabligh within a month a go- yernment with which he can safely treat for the repara- ona he eMaims, he wil! seize on some port of the republic here you haye the key to these Jong continued threat; fd oxactions—the determination of Peru to possess Guaya” quil. Moreno, who ought to have expected this doclara tion, now quarrels with Castilla (who laughs at him), and comes to Guayaquil to preach up Union, which he should never bave broken in the face of the enemy, and toreek 5 ie lavadtemaanioee however, under tacit submiseion to the government at ; but he Guay- dquil, bot Quito, s inydanger, be docs not succeed, but Aaalhy to return ina country, un left for Quito early in November, prom! fow days with all bis own force to defeud der GoB, Franco's orders. z z il fi Ei y oe ae £54 He informs the United toa be shall Hann fore oo om of romper ad at the Set I oo Will be the signal for bor Guay aqeft. Thus, while the soldiers and citizens 3 ull afe eager Jor, ap, jongagemont, as wo come of city anid helpless “part of its inhabitant? The Goneral, > alan: | but says ‘the and b @’ Affaires, “I come ae a friend, but if one shot is fired during the disembarkation of my troop, | shall be com to defend myelf.” Lupus in Two or three delays, agd be intimatcs take posses | ‘The | 5 sion of the berrack he reqatvas for luis troops, Sul! no disembarkation. Other two or three days—a cou- ferepes betwoen th: two military chiefs, and Castile agrees to abandon bis .tea of entorlog the city, amd wo en- camp somo eixteen miles of on the opeasite bank of the river nti) a convention can bo called to establiah @ government with which ho can treat ing the disparity of force, the Ecuadorians rd this concession: rather ag a vietory— though not check-mate, Rut on the day during which this agreement was to have Deen signed, we opened onr eyes on the Peruvians dis embarking op an extensive plain across the river, four ules from the sity, and in sight of it. Groat coat uslon of oubrels, civic and mili } Some suppoRe openiag: of & vast plan of piers fa! and comes triampns others the re-establishment of the bloc! feale,to starve the place into surrender blood- shed. Yetit 48 possiblo not feel $0 sure of the victor humeself, although he can dou on wi lees lay the in ri A Week passed in suspense, and then came: at peace, apd two Commissioners for each side aye been ap» pointed, men of experience, inwolligence and discretion. heir conferences began on the 24th of November. Om athe 26th the enemy croseed the river, whereon the Com~ ‘mitsioners sept to the two Generals an article which for~ bade their moving a step towards cach other, which will produce about the effect on Castilla of a vlistwer on = wooden leg. But he has wasted a deal of time, and if the yellow fover should break out amonget hie men he wild find bimeelf in a tight place. The Generals Dave decided that the commission of Peace shall settle the of the Peruviau camp, and @ convention js to assemble forty day® beneé to appoint. ® provisional President with whom Castilly shall treat; #aid convention to be convoked by the two government of this mane sean. It bas been hinted that all the past delays have beer for the purpoeo of giving time for the arrival of 2,000 men, which looks as if the Peruvian commander did not feel certain of conquering: the 2,600 {il-armed soldiers of Eonador-with bis 8,000 oops and bis squadron. At last the limits of 8 camp have been settled, and he no longer insiets on taking of the city, & modesty which creates vast surprise, a8 he could have had no othor design in the outeet, The couferences pro- ceed most amicably, | understand; the Commis- sioners showing themselves perfectly reasonable. But og this point J must close to save this mail, NEW GRANADA. Our Panama Correspondence. Usirep Staves Srraxan Laxcasrae, Panama, Jan. 17, 1860. Result of the Court Martial on Board the Levant—The Tara in Further Trouble—Accident on Board the Orizaba— Vé= sit af Sir Win. Gore Ouseley to the Lamcaster—Arrival Xe Oyane~Ex President Mora Vistls the Ship—Target Practwe— Complaints Agatnat the Mail Department—Sadl- ing of the Levant to Relieve the Saranac, ec. dc. Since my last but little has transpired in this dull cor- ner of tho world that is worth mentioning. ‘The general Court Martial which had been in session om board the Levant for upwards of three weeks, has ad- journed sine dis, having finished its business. The findings and sentences of the Court were read “on the quarter deck of every ship in the squadron,’’ and went into effect on the 7th inst. The man who was charged with muti nons conduct was prononnced insane, ind is to be sent @ the United States. Two of the three men who were tried for tho stabbing of onc of our crew were acquit- ted, the other is now undergoing his punishment of sixty days solitary conflucment und loss of five months pay. Otbor cases were tried and disposed of, but as they are ef minor importance, no further allusion to them is neces: sary. ‘On Christmas day some of the Lovants’ beats’ crews, while on ehore, got into some altercation among them- selves, when the vigilantes interforing, the wrath of the blue jackets—uniting against the common cnemy— turned upon these guardians of the peace apd a general métée ehgucd, which might have been ended in fatal cons aequences but for the timely interference of Lieut. Robt. L. Browning, United States Mariné corps, now attached to the Levant, who immediately ordered the men to their boats. This order was being obeyed, when the vigilantes, however, made another attack, using their side~ arms freely, aad one of them made a fearful thrust at Lieutenant Browning, which being eluded by him, took effect in the hip of one of the men. ex. plapations are required of the authorities to thie aifair, Jt is outof such equabbles ag these, in themselves: of no importance, that very often arise the most fatal con- sequences, detrimental to mercantile interests, and it is at such 2 ime that the cool, impartial and experienced tack of men lke Commodore Montgomery manifesta its benefi- cial influence. On January 1, the steamer Orizaba wag the scone of @ frightfol disaster, two of the hands meeting with an acci- dent that had well nigh cost them their lives; they fell from the upper deck into the engine room, both r:cejving dange- Tous wounds; one of them being injured 80 much that am- Pputation of the left leg was unavoidable. Ficet Surgeon Dr. Solomon Sharp and assistant Surgeon J. Bertolitte, both of this ship, who performed the operation, did all in their power to alleviate the of the unforta- nate men, who now, however, are ina fair way of re- covery. Flag citicer Montgomery and Cuptain Jolin Budd gave « ball on the du ist. to the elwe of Panama, which turned Gut to te quite a gay and splendid affair, and when the Longe left the ship in the small hours of motning, every - ody seemed to be highly pleased with the enteftainment. Sir Wm. Core Ouseley, hor Britannic Majesty's Minister’ Resident, visited this ship and was luted §=with tho veuel fifteen se 9 on the 10th instant Ho was accompanied by his accomplished and beautiful daughter, whoee affability told fearfully upon the hearta be te is x of the Harper's Ferry he: in the some 8 Toes sbape of United States martes, came om oard—a de- came tachment of ten haying ben. sent bere ial - tion of Major ‘ohn Gai commanding ‘ne ‘Unled States marine corps of the Pacilc squadrém; This addi- makes a total muster of four mus- keis, which exceeds the allowance of a are yet @ eloop-of-war. ‘The United States ship Cyane arrived here @n the same day, with dates of December 28, from Relejo. On the 26th ult. the Saranac had arrived there, ly to start for Punta Arenas. Nothing of importance tmthat section, Ex-President Mora, accompaniod by hisex Vice Medina, visited the Lancaster on the 14th, and were saluted with twenty-one guns. They were bighly imprcesed with the beauty of the ship, her machinery and the paraphernalia of war, the efficiency and beauties of whirl are indeed mdisputable and stand as yet ancqualied. Our heavy battery—twenty 9-inch and two 11-inch Dabigreen shell guns—ig being worked regularly now ag tri-weekly target exercises, which, however,are compa- atively short, as the tar; yards distant and of the size of a small boat's sail—shows but little surtace to point ‘at after the second round. No further news has as yet reachod us from Valparaiso concerning the Wyoming. Ap mpiaints are be- coming frequent and clamorous: complaints against the miserable way in which the officers of the mail depart- ment attend to their dutice. Letters and papers are mis~ laid, missent, or not sent at all; and if by chance papers should as far us the office of our amiable Consul and mail agents, two to one that they never get any further. Tho paper are at first taken out of their covers with the Intention of replacing them, and read by every banger on of tho office; and when they are at last fufficiontly stale and soiled, It js useless to att to replace them in their covers, for the covers are by time swept out with the other refuse ot the, office. great ied “it don’t matter.” Yes, but it does matter, and a deal, too. And then if you happen to send a polite loquity after your own, you are answered with, a snarl “Don't know anything about it,” This should be looked. into. On the 16th the Tevant got under weigh and stood out of the bay for Realcjo to relieve the Saranac, which is ta to this place again with all possible despatch, y and wherefore time will show. On the same evening her Britannic art oxvous Calypeo arrived from with dates of Jan. 8; vo news: —— All hands on bowrd the Lancaster arg well. Our Aspinwall Correspondence. Usrrep States Sir St. Loum, ASPINWALL, N. G., Jan. 20, 1860. } Death of a Large Slockholder in the Panama Raitlroad~< News from Carthagena—Court Martial to be Held on Boar® the Oyane—Charges and Counter-Charges—Vesecls #1 Port, &e. ‘We arrived here from Greytown on the 15th inst. W@ left in the romdstoad of that place the United States ship Sabine and H. B. M. steam brig Gorgon. his friende, at the company’s expense, to Panama, wher@ his remains were to be interred. irom. peo RAAB he Cie eee S Fra crrived at Carthagena. She reports al! q The liberals, under Nieto, retakt pomeation eae spreads her wings iN immediately Proble wi undisturbed, and. the people. The