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Detailed Account of Walkers Soiirferntctlng Walker stores and munitious were einbarl Saratopra and Fulton. I waa unsinfonnedhT 00 about Walker harinsr landed six THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL: Scott, and, on the day of sale, Threats and otherwise, were made that Fort Scott should I. be burned if these cattle were sold. Hut none bebeved that We arc indebtcdi tothcKew fork Times for the fol ir Fashion. The mistake arose from my iiuonnati'.

i thev would be executed. Notices to leave the icrriiory lmrseen some cannon on I'lmta a rr.no wnnsrcrro-'r. ir. fiuday, jac. i.

1: "ST- Urwntli-I r- lv-r HQ JSTfir OI LLK3 K4L UI UU3 iiUJUUlU. VI 1 or in 1 served ou Mr.vasson, mr. -yuunj, viPUDt Scott's sheds. Thisartiljery was that left iW were wood and others, who were witnesses, as xue Trt last March, and was taken" rKwsessW nf fc TIZAXEIZXT Advertisers triZ vtease bear in mind procoedin, tXaiOieiradeettisemenU cannot eqpear in this paper, vxui lunl hOl TnOfP I ifl 'Tl UIIV IKTIIHllliUliJC Vi I onnAnnPP. I I 'Villi 1110 1 111 11 1 1 WAil be put first being paid for in advance.

This ruie via strirCu evrricd cmL icilhoul rerveci to persons, Department is fen odd specimen of salt-water law and statesmanship, and shows as fully a3 anything can fchow, the necessity of a higher standard o( education and intelligence among Naval OfSccrs, to whom delicate andt responsible' dalics. may be confided. His couree is justified by nothing contained in his instructions, nor can it find any excuse in the attitude of the British naral authorities at the same stations. It is time that our naval commanders had Borne knowledge of, and rcepccC the true po6ition assumed by their country, instead of acting like rum old Commodores and gram old Couimodorcs nndcr BritLh dictation. No doubt Commodore Paulding thinks he has gone and done things, and provided for imself quite a little immortality, as unquestionably be From the Washington Union.

Letter from the tlilef Jastlre of Kansas. -We call the attention of our. 'readers to the ktaitfing narrative tXHitaincd in the following letter. 'It is qo btory manufkttared for rfibct, like nicst of the Kansas accounts for wliose transmission the black-republicans prostitute the telegraph, but a plain, unvarnished statement of ascertained facta from the learned and estimable chief jubtice of the Territory where the events occurred. It is sickeniug to read such a record of lawlessness and rebellion.

It is rjaiuful to reflect that theje are respectable citizens. outside of Kansas whose conduct tends, directly to the reproduction of thcsc: scenes, and to the continuance of this disgraceful anarchy. The remedy (or tbcm all tlw complete ami adequate remedy we had Almost said the otilu sufficient remedy is to be found, as every one conccuee.in the admission of Kansas to the Union. Then, bevond all pcradventure or. dis iwv uuiu uin r--r alao nfa lidhher error saving iuui, iuu jjusuiuu laWKiI Walker li t.

their threats. Authentic; infbmatioii, vmfbv. tte posofl ocott ab ta Arenas tlnf same day Im; lande AinkTsou? oaths of most creditable witnesses, has, been bgnt fffifa -zSS: the Te last here land twcZ day. to Governor that a body of formod bimihatbe must give before the debarkation at Ponta Arenas. Xdnams for filter Daily or n'eclfy Journal, tctii tereaflcr entered on our list viVioul payment beinj made iA advance, and 0 paper xci2 in all cases be discontinued armed and equipped with Sharpe' rifles, ana ate the buildings wniwi iiem, to tlie number okj hundred, hadappeared in the yi Point, where hehired a few smaUbuildmgsut Imay dnitv of Fortiscotf.

under the command of oneMont-r 1 them, and hoisted his flag there. 7. Commodore Paulding, I have good reason to bcT in taking the extreme measures he did, acted cntin his bcrsonal: responsibility. Thatf bis honest, encriS' chen Outims paid for CJpvres, I irw imm If the reader irifl cast his or her eye to the head roincry, who. was a member of the Topeka convention.

He assumed tnat sromz Arena was wo 1 on) nTvin one txasion when I conduct will ajuui5ftu ur every niruw mi Dual of lnis company, or a portion 01 iw iinwi of Mr. Wassou, Mr. Gourly, and 31 r. Sou 4l iKttit 4uw1 41istm anil i tlr 1 in the United States, I fuUy believe. jM be given to Com.

Paulding and officers at fJbristtnaH eve. 1. '-T Christmas, eve. this present issue of the Journal, it will rest upon the wall on has, but not of the kind he anticipates. figures IS 53, showing that wc hare entered upon a oew Since which time nothing' has been heard of them, A it.

CiHey told him that he did not recognize 111s 1 imnt- Tliia. TiAw. I if ho rpnpfltArl the order, having tne OEX. "WALK Ell" ON IK) All THE Kt'LTOX. A Tm A filibuster" correspondent of the Herald tU.

2iaj dq a nappy one to us an. ii commences under the cloud of hard times, but man a bad beginning -T 1 riminlint Irt rtnf fnrm I LfnJ if lifv wraiH IfflVe; He States lllM 1.. fmnin i. r.r iLu a Ma imrnr( itisficR I Vir.ii. 4a cTinnf.

if be came there arain scribes the scene on board the United States steat Fulton, at Punta Arenas, when Walker, after hiT render went on board has made a good ending, and there is good ground for hoping that things will be in a better state by the close of the peace, the proiwr process was put' into the hands Qn the 4th instant forty-five of fhisnen under Colonel of the marshal tp arrest the offenders, i He proceeded to Anderson, who had previously gone up the rrver, captor-ibnir rmidrzvnns in Mr: Sonthwooirs housc'found it efmKm 'and the Fort of Thns.far. all SO? Now the tng of war commences in earnest-Kansas, aciing under the law of the Legislature and the Lecompton' Convention, held in pursuance thereof, has voted in favour of retaining the slavery clause in the Constitution framed by this last named body. The Congress of the United States will re-assemble after the vacation, on the 4th, being next Monday, and then this 'I had preceded him, and was standing abaft tK L- the present year. i TPTiTTinRT. XBtirm tn fronprfti rtimfl nvpr- trw foil pute, the people of Kansas would have absolute control of their own domestic affairs.

Then, their institutions would be committed to their own hands. Then; they would be in the free exercise of popular sovereignty. Then, the vocation of Jim Lane and his banditti crew would be forever ended, and they could uo longer commit robberies and murder in tlie sacred name of the majority." Then, Kansas would cease tb be a word of threatening angury to tltc Union, and its residents would live in peace iu tlieir homes, under the dominion of their own laws. When the liccompton convention adjourned, was there not gdod to hope for this benefkeut result? What was the origin of that convention has been some misaDDrchcusiou on this point. The con- We need hardly say that ire led the times in common had gone wtd.

He had command in all the crowS of officers, sailors and waited for his to go up into the interior man fortified, and as he approached it fifty men, armed with Sbarpe's rifles and revolvers, came forth from the house in military order, commanded by Montgomery, and demanded of him an aocountof his business there-Having with oar neighbors more, perhaps, than some, and probably less than others. Hcwerer, complaining nerer and carry all before him. i. lrnrmmfvf rftra tJ The Wabash airM off Grey town on tne marred of! me if that was thencral fT? did anybody any good. The best plan is, in the language informed tlem that he was the marshal, and that he had next day Commodore Pauldin question will come up in all its exciting importance, Within a few days the Constitution of Kansas.wiH be officially sent forward, and application will be made for i i i 1.1.

1 ti. A Iiuul I i v.i. in Ug svsva iuuv a ii uu iiv aivvj a xauv V4 AJio vSTJ lfJ -Tl n1rt a 4ltA MVVftAwn IiaI the rcneral half of the old proverb, to set a stout heart to a steep hUL come io arres mem, or some oi i I on, and nnmepniieiy OTl Urracefully advancing, met wav process ineir repiy was inai uiey uau rwavcu ur caDture VVaiKer nana nis men, wuwiu uo an, We trust that our patrons generally will excuse us if her admission as a State, with that Constitution. uja wuouvuuvui i i 4 iaa patch froni James II. Lane that thlegtureow onunta AWi PPears that the Commorohad we avail oorselres of the occasion to call attention to the It would be KB, to to dfcguiae the fact flt SXaZZZZESS -ene sanea rrom; Aspiu- and jl.i.

i i iiTenerai tviuncr. royuiiucu prisoner. a that tney were their own law-maKcrs ana executors wall, which was on the aa, a most presumptuous icner i i '77 delicate but indispensable subject of money. We pride ourselves upon baring as good a set of customers as any i r. i.i a hui w.iiU.s- cfr-lnsl Prnci.

uo coujuiouoiv a liuuu wui ui a luumcni the appearance of things in Congress is portentous. It would be folly to disguise the fact that the quiet of the legislature was elected in March, 18oo, and one of its laws provided that the question of a constitutional con- -a a 1 a a At'. uu i l. iulv wiruiu uvi 1111 1. au aiiuiia vi muMv, Trrvm kit.

in 1111:11 mt; nmci omw uuuowi VJ r-f and that he might leave. Finding their determination to resist him, and know- country, and the integrity of the Democratic party arc alike people in the world but for all that, our books remind lis that the amount of money doe is very large, while the military clueilain. vcntion shall be suumutou io me people ai inc ncxi election in October, 1856.. At that time, when tho delegates and the legislature were chosen, therc.was a distinct vote whether a convention should be called to frame a State ins that lie, alone, could hot withstand the force opposed Contain Chatard and his officers for presuming to question 7 a. I vtM a threatened.

What the immediate result will be, no man a a took chairs to converse, when the general was rt I iw. Qnwtf 'Tliiio i i L-J. ho left and returned to Fort Scott Thus of the constant demands upon us forbid us to forget that wc to him, them, hjs riirhts as sovereign country, among can say. ir things are. brougnt to a serious issue the political battle is fought to the bitter end by Mr.

stands the affair a far as heard from. Isow, these men other things asserted that when threatened come by the great injustice of this sudden and appa reverse that had thus stricken him down in Lis victorim stand Jbadly in need of it. We hare recently commenced constitution for the The vote was in favor oixinlv profess to be onrauized, and sent to i Fortl Scott Pillevi of the Saratosra, that he would shoot, him of the convention. It was in pursuance of this vote career, that his eyes were red with tears. I have Douglas and his followers, it will require no seer to pre- sending off bins to all our deb tors, who will thus be aphorized of the several amounts due by them.

We beg them, and vicinity by Gen. Laue. As they openly and boldly if he came near lis headquarters, the Lieutenant was I L.A Mnr timiimfit4nr1 4lus TAfsktnn. reason to believe that the commodore expressed a grji diet his fate. The wrecks that strew the sands of, poli- KSTlSS a i -r i -r--- Bivear uicy wm uuiu rvu u3 uukuo W1U10UI niS UUnoran, auu wusci ucuujr ucuouuu I nw Wnnoo" Vint rlna1 ih( fnnvnW nJ place arc virtually besieged, and obliged to be on duty Piaim that he waia United States naval officer.

Jn VH Ll0? of ucai me, snow ioo puuniy uie laic ui uisurgauuera, muuv latnrc obeyed. The convention, therefore, had not only as a personal favour as well as an act of justice to respond promptly. Five, ten, fifteen or twenty dollars is not (lav and niffht while in the countrv around, the people, Ua xvklkef avowed his intention of assertinff his amJ in exnuauon oi me siep uuu tuus uuu. the leeral inshmia of legislative authority, but the uu history leaves no doubt about the rock upon which they u-Zr IM: A KTin -u" ne oma if GENERAL WALKEB IK.KJCW TORE. imi qiiuuM a a vita of force of if right as President Nicaragua by arms, ne- questionable credentials of tlie sovereign people them On the Northern Light coming to her dock inKei split.

Mr. Douglas has the chart before him, and his much, but one or two thousand accounts of this kind is 'a large sum. All to whom we send are believed to be property exposed to the depredations of these lawless selves. delegates were chosen attcrwards, at a popular election, which was fairly conducted, and then, at eyes are open. If be wrecks his fortunes, nc win nave men.

Tn the 18th Commodore Pahlding sent, through Cap- York Gen.5r toanediMtdT proceeded on shore, nf ths Wabash, his reply? This reply was a accompanied by Capt Afacdonald, took a icarruw md good, and able to remit, but oh, good friends and pat I The above are substantially the facts, as they arc well only himself to blame. Let us hope that the good sense the appointed time, they met in council. No respectable Dcrson. outside of party prejudice, ever doubted their rons, now, in these rare and difficult tunes there .13 was couched In la and general good intention by which Mr. Douglas' course authenticated.

Yours, 1. WILLIAMS. nnrl rininted admitted of onlv one and street. The General is now in Washington; but his wife, who was about retirinir for "the nurnt, received nothing so good to us as the money. authority.

Mr. Stanton recognised it; Governor Wal- has been marked, will yet reassert its sway over his invited no rejoinder. The Cbminodore bluntly disputed TTf 1 1 A A a fl a aer rccognisca auu in me aciiiocrauu panjr, hi reaoi, movements, and permit us still to yield our respect to vv aiKer ana renaerea mm me noepiuuiiies oi ucr houscj General Walker seems to be in excellent health rtf tiiktructloiis to Secretary Denver, Acting CSoiiernor of Kansas. Wc must ask all friends and readers to recollect that all new orders for subscription or advertisement, to ceive attention, must be accompanied by the cash. Wc there were no voices raised against it.

After anxious do liberation, and some close divisions of opinion, the con his principles and policy as wc must always do to his Spirits, and is quite confident that the ijj 'all his iactsj aqp premises, oiamiy icuiug mm ma expedition wastan ilegal and wickeil one, and that he had come there to break it up. As regarded his threat to; Lieutenant Cillejf, he could only say that he had the i a vcntion made its constitution and adiourned. It ability. The following is published as the instructions to Se Washington will discountenance the action of ConmvJ is admitted that, ou the whole, the constitution The fact is this that Mr. Douglas owes his success to find ourselves compelled to adopt this course, and it must enforced as a uniform rule.

Wc keep it at the head cretary Denver, as acting Governor of Kansas. It was the boldness and constitutionality of his general course is a good one and the question of slavery was submittal to the people. There is no pre sent to the Senate by the President on the 23d inst, autrjoriiy ior saying mat neuwin nnuorm, and it concerned General Walkey to know that any violence used bv hira to any officer of the squadron, would in trying times, aud this course has been sustained, be- dore Paidding, and set him at liberty to go where pleases. If is determined to assert his claims as President of Nicaragua, and ho is confident that he cao) not be long kept a prisoner. He denies that he vioUial the neutrality laws of the United States, and details tw Circumstances preceding and attendant upon his am tence that the election oi the 21st instant was not together with the reply to Gov.

Walker's letter, among result in an act of retributive justice toward the offender; accordance with the innate feelings of the likely to be a fair ouc, and that thus the great subject cf our editorial col arms, but arc daily in receipt of- orders or subscription unaccompanied by the cash. The small amount of subscription had better be paid at once, anI be done with all future trouble about it. It will be a mass of documents relating to affairs in Kansas 1 which had made the first dimculty in the'lcrritory could The dispatch concluded by commanding General Walker to lav down hSrarms, and surrender himself and men Democratic party. He has been borne forward to promotion and to victory by the Democratic party. That of State, Washington, December II, 1857.

not be decided according to the will of tlie majority. Va 4twm nnf mtntl mison Id hoiio. then for an ausin- as given above. r' ii I LETTER TO GEN. WALKER.

I James W. Denver, cious adjustment of the Kansas troubles Was not the to the United sutes navai iorces i Commodore Paulding had previously blockaded the mouth of the river San Juan', so that there was no chancej party lias made him successful. If he or his friends dream that he has made it so, they will find out their The following letters had been addressed ta Walka secretary ana Acting uovernor oj Aansas lemtory: Sir You have already been informed that Mr. Stan President right iu anticipating this settlement? Was he not riirht iu doiwr everything within his official power by Com. Chatard previous to the capture of tlw form for the escane of Jthe filibusters.

On the 9th the broad-j ton has been removed from the office of Secretary of the Dy our navai mistake very soon. No other jarty could have sustained him in trying times. Xo other party can sustain him side of the Saratkra was brought, to bear on Gen. Wal to produce it Was he not right, in such a critical pe found better in the long run, both for publishers and subscribers, We work faithfully, and surely are worthy of our hire, which is not large. Our effort is to make oar paper worth all wc charge for it, and that much we must have, to get along.

We never pretended to publish a low-priced iper. We do contend that our paper cheap that it b-wcll worth the price of subscription. territory of Kausas, and that you have been appointed in kerVcamn. Capt. Encrle had the day before received -i U.

S. S. Saratoga, 1 San an del Norte, Dec 1. 1857. 1 riod, to use renewed efforts to keep the peace Kansas longer agaiiwt the weight of the Democratic iarty of his place.

I desire now Id state to you distinctly the his written orders as to the" awning and disposition of Sir Cillcy, the bearer of this, is one of the Was he not right to caution tbc acting governor to preserve the freedom of the election Was he not right, by resason of this change. 1 he convention which met at the countrv. Wc trust thai lie will not carry his cx- the launches. lie was directed to land, when he should Lecompton ou the first of September' had framed a con penmcut too far. There is a ioint which must not be circulating a part of bis message, 'prior even to its dehv 1)0 at a eonvemetft distance from the with small arms, and immediately to present the letter and smsamons stitution, and had authorized its president to submit the officers to whom you yesterday offered the gross indignity of threatening to shoot them.

'Now such an insuit to officers of the United States NaSry is a national offence. You certainly act with very little policy for passed, i I ery cvt11 inviting the freest suffrage on the important The Capture af 'Walker's Forces. question to the people or Kansas on-the 21st of Decern i i a a. I 1 1 1 in lt mwrn ntiu ill niK. above referred toi In case ot resistance he was directed i Wc give in full all the details of the capture of Walk t.

1 lili tAlii'Tlf HIIAn Iia nlMtA.I I i "'TT1 oi tl nrndDaI officers first, usimr only lust so Tuk TorsiiL Sound Plank Koad Cojii'any. I he hJeVui" that lie might soon congratulate the country upon Sound Plank Koad Com any. The it-tHiiiit ihi iinMiT 'I 1 -v itiiiui it 4ly i I Si w- ers army that have yet been received. On the face of inn eli force as was necessarv to accomplish his purpose. directors in tlie the above Company have declared a dm- the final settlement of tlie Kansas question, and its fortu- 1 I surely, if ypu were' to dare to touch one of my officers I would feel justified to retaliate to the extreme, and woufij not hesitate to do so.

I will lay ithe matter before ti be over-estimated. It involved the complete and author Evervthimr beimr ready, IOO marines from the Wa natc admission as a State! into the Union by general i il. I 1 dend of three per cent from the profits of the road for ritative settlement of the only subicct of difference which consent and without a contest If he was, (and under it, without farther explanations or the statement of i fying circumstances, we can only come to one and that is, that Commodore Paulding has acted bash, and sailors from the Wabash and Saratoga iumrxd iutoithe launches, a tremendous sea making the Commodore when he arrives, and ho doubt' he will fed had seriously ajritated Kausas or interferrcd with its the last six moqtlis, exhibiting a cltccring increase in tlie these circumstances we think that nearly all his country a. -a 1 tne insult more neemv man mvscii. 1 received vnnr business of the Company.

Tais road passes through a men will nzree that he was,) why is it that on the very feat, verv dithcuiB ot accomDiisnment-r vec ine utmost prosperity. The qualified electors, therefore, to whom this settlement was referred, not only had unquestionable observed dispatch and will lorward it to mm. threshold of neace we have been met by the souuds of rcirularitv and the most perfect discipline were riirht to attend at the ixlls and irive their votes oh the Respectfully, region of deep sand, so deep indeed, that citizens residing on the Sound, or.in Onslow County, found great diffi war? Why is it that at this moment, when the opiwr 1 Fred'k Chatabd, Commaniler. day appoiuted, but they were required to do so by the tunitv was offered of closinff the Kansas question forev- 1 v.U. 8.

S. Saratoga, Dec 2, 1857. culty in conveying their produce to market previous to without warrant in the laws oi nations, the municipal laws of the Union, or the instructions given him by the Executive Government of the United States. Wc cannot sec what right he had to land troops on the soil of a country with which the United States is at peace, and forcibly take, therefrom any person or persons wc can- ever, wc should have had the governor of Kausas rcturu-imr home, brcatliin hostility to the convention, and Sir As I am entirely opposed to harming any out highest considerations ot public duty. In the exercise of this right, moreover, they were entitled to adequate protection by the territorial government, and the acting the construction of this work.

We, one of us at least, unless I know I have full right, and very good reason to have a clear recollection of the tiuie it used to take to presses in Philadelphia and elsewhere denouncing it, and an emiuent Senator standing up iu his place in the.Seu- Governor was bound to employ all leeral means at his do soI wish to notify you in time! that your men on the travel a few miles on this route, whereas, now, tlie thin; command to inve security and fairness to the election. ate House and seizing the first possible occasion to echo not sec what jurisdiction he could claim over the sou of next to no trouble at all. 'Wc know of few works With the conflicting opinions which prevailed in the ter IS point are in the way of any shot may have to fire to bring vessels to for I am determined to bring all ve sels to, so that I may fully inquire i into their character. Of course I do not admit your claim to the soil, nor caa icaragua. If Walker had violated any of the neutral- that are of more convenience to tlie public tlwn this, al ritory on the question submitted he had no right to interfere.

They had their appropriate issue at the ballot ity laws of the Union, he might have been claimed from to that peaceful arbitrament they might safely be you yourself in earnest imagine that any nation 0 tie any foreign Government, in pursuance of treaty stipula- ttoas, if any such existed but surely, the United States v. v. a auv iutv vwjvvio vo aAsVlSlJ.JAJ.adJJCllv HI liiiC opinion of, the President, were to "preserve the peace of 1 Frederick Chatard. Comd'r. though it is only twelve miles iu length.

We understand that tlie Wilmington Light Infantry will give a military lall at Mozart Hall ou the evening of the 1 st It will, beyond question, be a pleasant und tasteful affair for this, indeed, tbc character of claims no jurisdiction over her expatriated citizens. Sup-' poec that Great Britain should land a force down at Bald this denunciation, and to join issue with the message on tlie subject of Kansas In the world of politics, as in the other departments of life, however, there arc supposed to I adequate motives for every human action, and hence it is that we confess our utter and complete astonishment at the course which has been taken in opposition to the Lecompton convention by some of those on whose support of it the democratic party had a right to rely. What their motives arc for this strange, and unexpected course wc do uot now inquire. We content ourselves at present with pointing out to our readers its most unhappy consequences. The following letter, written by Chief Justice Wil the territory and secure ireedom in the election.

Entertaining these views, he was surprised to learn that the Com. Panlillng Account of tlie Arrest of Washisgtox, Dec. 29.The following is Flag Office i Head to capture persons whom she claimed as offending Paulding's letter the Secretary of the Navy detailing think 1 Secretary aud acting Governor had, on the first of December, issued his proclamation for a special session of the territorial Legislature on the 7th only a few weeks in advance of its rccrular time of meetinsr. and onlv1 four I the company ami its officers is a sufficient guarantee. throughout.

The scene, with the many boats dancing on the waves, full of armed men, the launches with their twelve-pound howitzers, the three war ships of the United States, and the British line-af-battle-ship Brunswick in the harbor, was magnificent. The landing was effect-, ed without the slightest accident; There was no appearance of any contemplated resistance! on the part of Walker When Captain Engle stepped forward and presented his demand for the surrender General W. replied at once" Captain! Engle, lam undef your orders." Some seventy 1 men were immediately embarked on the Fulton and Sarotoga Walker on the former yesseL Some twenty or thirty more slid away into the bushes. Captain Engle at once placed marine guard over the stores and munitions of war, and then sent out men to hunt up and bring in the missing filibusters. Notwithstanding the care used to secure the arms and stores, the straggling filibusters got a considerable quantity of them into the bush and hid or buried them.

Among "the plunder of the ckmp a few barrels or kegs of whiskey had not been forgotten. Jack" could find all sorts of things in the bash, but, strange to Say, he always reported no whiikey." It was yery amusing, however, to see Jack" driving in his prisoners. Every little while a sailor Iraight be observed emerging from the thicket, pompously, With cutlass and pistol in hand, driving before him a poor chopfallen filibuster, both as drunk as Julius I Cassar, from the influence of thp whiskey Jack" could not find. I Just as Walkier hauled down his flag the river steamer Charles Morgan hove in sight. She was immediately taken possession of by Commodore Paulding.

She was under command of one of Walker's officers, who went up the circumstances under which he arrested alkct subjects of her Government what would we Tl i. I 1 Flao Ship. Wabash, 7 T. f-v Ma a a wv mm a aa I I ll'l 1 a teen days before a decision was to be made on the ques- 1 1 1 ii a rati I ncrc are ouiy two suppositions upon wnicn ihe ac- uou suonuuca oy me convention, ne course ot Mr. Stanton, the President seriously believes, has thrown a tion of Commpdore Faalding can be Either Walker and his men had been guilty of piracy, and were beyond the paletf the laws of nations, or they had com liams, of Kansas, was received in this city yesterday LeCOMI'TON, December 10, Dear Sir Having understood that a report of the recent disturbances which have takeu place in Bourbon county in the vicinity of Fort Scott, is circulated, and new element of discord among the excited people of Kansas, and it is directly at war, therefore, with the peaceful mitted such act3 at Grcytown as constituted war agams policy 01 111c Auunuisiraiiou.

th linitvt trs jirul mJIr.1 fnr tfw lntTvimt inn fr thp i i uu Aspinwan, uec id, ioji. Sir My letter of the 12th instant informed the partment that I had broken op the camp of Gen; Walker at Punta Arenas, disarmed his lawless followers and sent themjtd Norfolk in the Saratoga. Tlie General came herd with me, and will take passage in one of the steamers for New York, where he i will present himsM to the marshal of the district. 1 i The Department being in possession of all tlie facte in relation to Walker's escape, with- his fdllowcrs, from the United States, as well as the letters of Capt. Chatard and Walker to me after he landed at Punta Arena, -the merital 6T the whole question will, I presume, be Mj comprehended.

I.I could not regard Gen. Walker or this reason he has lelt it his duty to remove him. From these views you will readily understand what the assumed us true by jiersons who, icinais, are luieresieu to give such complexion to them as may best suit their purpose in older to justify the violators of law ami disturbers of the public peace, I haw deemed it proier that ro ccs or me uovernment, placed tncre lor tne protection of American interests. It is not pretended that jthe charre of piracy can be sustained. There is nothing President regards as the chief duty which devolves upon you as Mr.

Stanton's successor. This duty is to preserve peace in Kansas. Every person entitled to vote on the constitution ought to safe access to the polls, and to be free from any restraints whatever in the exercise of the elective franchise. If the civil power is found insufficient for this purpose shown to indicate a state of war. 1 impart to you, 'and others who should be correctly iu-, formed through you, my kuowledge of the facts, as they.

By the way, we ought sooner to nave acknowledged the courtesy of an invitation to tlie ball given ou the evening oftlic 26th by tlie Howard Engine Company. Xo body of men in the community do better service, or are more justly entitled to public thanks tljau our gallant firemen. Wc understand lliat tlie bull was given on the occasion of the anniversary of the Company. Daily Journal, 30th ttll. California and Two regiments have already been enrolled in California for service against the Mormons at any time when the Government of the United tatcs may call upon them.

from Kaiiaa. St. Iiocis, Dec 29. Dates from Leavenworth to the 25th have been received. The vote there stood 238 for the slavery clause of the constitution -to 9 votes against.

Many Missourians were present, and some voted, swearing that they were that instant inhabitants of the Territory. Some were arrested, but ndge Lecompte issued a habeas corpus for their release. Calhoun, the president of the convention, has been burned in effigy. There were rumors that Gen. Denver had ordered the l', await further developments.

Perhaps satisfactory truthfully exist, in relation to the cause ot tnese doings. In reference to the rumor that the disturbance arose reasons may be assigned in justification of the course his followers' in any other light than as outlaws who bad iu consequence of an attempt made by Gcii. George the Colorado with Col. Anderson, and had on board escaped from the viirilanee of the officers of tlie Govch- the troops of the United States should be employed in 1 a. a.

I I 1 rii Clarke to cuforce. bv Ical process, the collection of Commodore Paulding. If they are, not assigned, it will be the duty of our government to punish Paulding and aid of it, aud it may be a wise precaution to have them aooui iony men, wumen auuj cnuoren, iouna in ron ment, and, lett-our shores lor the purpose or rapine aaa vjasLnnj at me uiuuc ui no ijluhj, a uay vi ihu uciure, i muruer i ana a saw no ouier wav uyyinuicaie ine law kw replace Walker. It is always best to know all before taxes in Bourbon I can confidently assert that it is positively untrue. There lias been no difficulty on that subicct whatever.

Besides, Gen. Clarke has never by Anderson. She also had on board two deserters from redeem the honor of our countrv than bv disarminir tod coming to positive conclusions. By forming and ex Anderson's force, one of whom was under sentence of sendine- them home. In doiner sol I am acnsiblc of the 1 1 i i i i.i i ia i i i .1 Jr aeain, ana wno wouiu unuouoieaiy nave Deen snot naa pressing decided opinions in the absence of definite infor responsibility I have incurred, and, confidently look bad anything to do with that matter.

Since his arrival at Fort Scott, and residence "there, he has been quietly Walker not been compelled to surrender. mation, much injustice may be done and prejudices may stationed, in advance, within reach of those places where, iu your judgment, their services arc likely to be required. It is earnestly hoped that the use of the military power may be wholly avoided. Violence is always less likely to occur when the means are known to be at hand for its prompt suppression. Should the military force become absolutely necessary to keep tlie peace, you will find full instructions with reference to the proper mode of employing it in my communications to Gov.

Walker, of March 28. July 23, and Sept 2, 1857, and in those sub and assiduously attentive to Ins ofhcial duties, as an It appears that Anderson, after encamping on Leafs bqro strdngiy enlisted 'as to be irremovable even by assistant in the register's dciartmcnt of. the land officcj Island, at the junction of the Colorado with the San without lntcricnns with auy other business except such Juan, dispatched twenty men of his forty-seven, five facts which would be perfectly satisfactory to cool unbiassed judgments. It may be urged that we are the government ior my justihcation. xtegarded in in truer light, the case appears to me a clear one, and tit points few and strong.

I Gen. Walker came to IVurt Arenas from the. United States, having, in violation ft law, set on foot a military organization to make war on a people withi whom we are at peace. lie lanrj there with armed men and munitions of war, in defiant of the guns of a Ship of war placed there to prevent as mifrht aorjcrtaiu to his domestic concerns himself arrest of Gen. Lane.

miles up the river, where they landed on the Costa Rica St. Locis, Dec 29. A gentleman arrived here from undisturbed, and disturbing nobody. This I know, UilUUtUI UVUy aailJV UAOVua asujf av 9 side on the place of a Costa llican by the name of Lino havinir lived but two doors from him in Fort Scott, and Kansas reports that the whole vote'cast at the election bound by treaty to protect the Transit Route, and its and that intervention of the character which Pataca. Here they were joined by Anderson, and the havin? seen him every day durinjr the last summer and whole force ascended the river to the vicinity of Castillo sequently written to Mr.

Stanton. Of these last, that of Nov. 30, was taken to Kansas by you, and you had a copy of it. All of them will doubtless be found in the this has been used, was demanded for this purpose. At any in the flakbottomed boats brought out by the Fashion.

landinsr, with nothing to show that he acted by authori Su- fall up to last week, when I left home to come to place to 1x5 in attendance upon the business of the prcmc Court. I Landing, they marched on the fort, which was taken by rate, let ns sec farther. That, at least, can do no harm. archives ol the Governor at Jjecompton. They refer pro- ty.

He formed a camp and hoisted the Nicarapuu flag and called it the headquarters of the army of K3 surprise, and with little or no resistance. It is said that i ii ft -a-1 minently to the preservation of the peace at certain im-r portant elections but I need hardly inform vou that Tlie matter which is seijl upon by some lawless ixr There can be no doubt but that great excitement exists at the South with reference to this matter, and that his two oi tne garrison were Kuied.i it was under command and signed himself the commander-in-chief. i in Lecompton was 132, giving a majority of 69 for the slavery clause. At Lexington the slavery majority was 30. No intelligence from Leavenworth had been received.

At Shawnee the pro-6lavery vote was 763, and at Alathe 200. Tt IuUai In Utah. Washington, Dec 29. The Indian Bureau have received official information denying the truth of the re- that the disaffection of the Indians in the Utah crritory created by the Mormons had been communi sons for political purioses is as follows Last summer a of Col. Alvarado, and was nearly deserted, onlv the I this nreterision be rlalmrd ihc.

riirht nf a Wfnl tmvfcre- your duty is not intended to be confined to those special nartv of men. troiii the ncijrhborhood of iawrence or occasions. It extends, of course, to the protection of all forty persons nsimed being found in it, the main portion ment over all persons and.things within sight of bis fjaf I I .1 1 Leavenworth, appeared in the vicinity of Fort Scott the ulf of Mexico. Ij having gone ur to Fort San Carlos. linirinrr irnno nrW in.

San Carina some on the valley of the Marmatou river, and others of On Saturday; the 28th, 98 men were dispatched to citizens in the exercise of their just rights, and applies to ouc legal election as well as to another. The Territorial Legislature doubtless convened on the 7th inst, and while it remains in' session its members arc entitled to be 4l. I a i -v nuoufc ngni or auinomy no lanueu miy mnii the mouth of the Colorado and seized the fort of lo, on thej San Juan captured steamers and tlie gfjodi of merchants in transit to the interior killed men Norfolk in the Saratoga and General Walker with his them ou the Osage and 1 previous to the fall election others arrived, and a depot of ready-made clothing was The following from the Journal of Commerce gives all the official light that has yet been thrown on the subject. We have no hesitation in expressing our opin Secretary, Air. Tabor, were received on board the Wa cated to the Indians on the border of California, and es secure aud free iu their deliberations.

Its ris-htful ac bash, which arrived at Aspinwall on Monday morning, pecially those in the southern portion of the State All made prisoners of the peaceful inhabitants, sendine! to the harbor of San Juan del Norte sme thirty or wrtf established at a convenient tioiut Tor their benefit and use The clothing was dealt out by a person who acted as asreut in the matter. These persons all seemed to act tion must also be respected. Should it authorize an 14th. ion that Commodore Paulding had no right to execute a United States process on foreuro soil, and that his mcu. women ana emiuren.

in ine steamer J-iorraa. i It is not trife, as stated in! the Panama Star, that Walker 6hed tears on hauling down his flag. When he election by the people for any purpose, this election should be held without interruption, no less than those authori remaincu quiet, ami, so as appearances were concerned, there! was no reason to anticipate a different state of things, i in concert. The first move made by jhem of a violent kind was by force and arms, with threats to drive from arrest of Walker in the manner stated by him in his let doing these things without the show of authority were truiltv of ranine and murder, and mnst be mra sed by the Convention. While the peace of the territo Private letters from California state that two rein- ter td the Marshall of.

the Southern District of Xcw his cabin and claim an aged man of the name of South- was told by the Commodore oe the Fulton that he was to be sent to tbie States on the Saratoga, he was very much agitated, jand begged hard to be sent on some oth as outlaws and They can have no claim toj 1 recrarded In anv other liebt. numanitv. as well as la ry is preserved and freedom of election is secured, there need be no disastrous consequences. rncnts of volunteers were ready at the tap of the drum to wooj wjth family. This they did, warning him to advance against the Mormons, and ten more regiments lovc the Territory, and at the same time appropriatins pTork, was wholly illegal r.

g. Msrslurt's OOU: Monday. and justice and national honor, demanded the dipcr4oa ine public journals contain reports of an intended in less than could be mustered sixty days for the same his claim, house, crops, to their own use. At the General Walker vs. JTew York.

Tie General arrived er vessel, lhere was a very bitter feeling existing between Walker land Capt. Chatard and his officers, as well as between; Walker's officers and men and the offi- of these lawless men. The remnant of the miserable pc- service fall term of the court for the 3d judicial district this mat movement by a portion of the residents of Kansas, to organize a revolutionary government under the Tbpeka Ta 1 I insrs who surrendered at. RivaA wm. mnvrved in thi Lere laet niht, and presented himself to the U.

S. HarsLaJ thU raorninn. and handed to him the subjoined documents. ter was presented to. the crand jury, and an indictment are onsmuiiou.

ii is nanny prooabie that this renort. mn cere and men oil the Saratoga so indeed, that ship last summer to New York, and their sufferings Tbc Carnrc of WalVcr Indignation Meeting at Kev ine uarsaai oas let turn ro at urge, on parole, ana mtends found and presented by the grand jury to the court, i i .1.1 1... 1 j. i -i I iuuuuuu uui eiiuutu me uutumpii ou liiuuc and i viiu.i.u..u, luutw wi uc vuiuiuo-1 vet iresn an ine memory or an on board. I Orieaia Orlkans.

Dec. 29. Tbc news of the capture of inccssarilv be io Kcmiu7 bus io i wuungwa io-diqttow. U. b.

Fuio Shit Wabash, I Of San Juan Dil Xorte, Dec 11th. 1M7. lead to practical collision with the Territorial dorc ottered tot molest Walker, 'a conflict would have Besides the suflbrings that must whcreuiion the proper, process of law was issued, and some six of the accused were arrested and brought before the court. Four of them gave bail to answer to the indictment at the next term of the court the others ues, tne authority the Uovernment must ne5efwarilr- he ocen tne ims was the reason that Walker ob- Iflieter. nmn an! nnnnrt Ob- ifliftprl nnnn an innAnnnt n.l nnrtfTpnil inoffending people, Walker and his army has been received here with gene Six Tlib will be handed to too bv Gen.

Wm. Walker, I -u MMW-VUV UliU uuvmmvi maintained and from whatever quarter it is attempted jeeted so strongly to going home pn his vessel and the lawless followers of Gen. Walker, misguided -j unvbtuuim f. o- utnicoo luuunrcrv ui uen. aiKcr.

miniuiuuu miu uvw. who has (riven me his parole of honor, that he will present to mtcricre by violence with the election authorized by commodore hnauy agreed to receive him on board the into a career of crime, would doubtless have pcrishofl ii io you person- With the naral force of this snaadron I arrested Gen. ral indignation and with great execratkn. A meeting has been called for to-morrow noon, to give expressions to tho feelings of the conunuuily. The feeling in favor of reinforcing Audcrsou is intense.

the Constitutional Convention, or which may be author- Wabash. He-f gave Commodore Paulding a written Central America, or their mutilated and festering bcrfkJ were committed to the custody of the law. These being merely guarded and kept in an ordinary dwelling- Walker, ia Ponta on the 8th instant. Tor a riolition ujr j-iegisiaiure, ine attempt must be resisted, 4w iws ine nrst steamer, and brought back to their friends at the expense of ami the senirifv nfllin pWlinnu I to deliver mmself into the hanrte nf iha TTnitaA I .1 )mT of the seotrality laws of the United States, he having set on house, (there being no prison there, soon made their escape. Since that time threats of violence to witnesses, -y 1 AAAy uwwo mjunuy.

i jp vr aoovc reasons, wnicn appear foot in the United frtates an unlawful military organization, to make war on a people with whom we are at peace, and ihc peaeetui progress ot these elections can obviously marshal there, and upon tnis pledge he was 'allowed to mind quite sufficient, I have disarmed and sent toiwe The Widow ok Omar Pasua. Several French jour were made4, but not heeded. Ihcse men are all, occasion no injury to any citizen or any party, because va anorj, ana nas oecn uvmg here at the Howard United States Geh. Wm. Walker and his outlawed their results can have only their due wciirht under thp House.

lie has occupied his time here in writing and InimfWl fniinnK. ria amrVirt T-aaoi aft lf.fl was at the time of his arrest at the head of said organization, in the act of nuking war as abore stated. i As Marshal of the 8oathern District of Sew York, I con- nals having announced the presence in Paris of the di-1 upon Mieir own representation, advocates of thesuprema-vorccd widow of Omar Pasha, the following details of cy of James II. Lane, aud supporters of the higher law. -T A a.

A I -ll fll a 1 niv vuwnviD) ivt Va. Aa IVI TIUUIV1U aaw--- 1 fia a Cf MT av mn ava a-ta VUIBU.UU.U wm uB. ll 15 IU UC eXDCCtoa. tlieretore. 1 uvuii; um wiu U1C XVaUWaV Om- frnvprnmont in ta ulnni mov ihtrtlr rrr in nUBOe- walking and visitmg the Com- government, in its wisdom, think sim him to voor cnstodr i her career are nvcn in tbc Tatriet boon after this first outrage, aud during the month of out Railway may proper Capt.

Ommanny, of Her Britanic Man that no jfoori eitizpns will prvlnavm tn I nanv 8 wOrkshons. hile on tlifl wno.k mnatA I it t'a kshqps. Whde on the Wabash he, messed iHiHirniui jf I am, sir. Terj respectfully, your ob'd't servt, 1 1 II. PAULDING.

She was born- at Keps, in Transylvania, aud was I October, I think, a man, whose namc.is Curry, and are- them, but that all the people will be contented to sec the Wltn tIie Commodore and Captain Engle. His conduct vw vaFuuu xlis conduct a a A 1 IT I a a -a MM a Jl scut at the age oi cic-en xo one 01 uie ucsi. Douramg i puted leader oi tnis association, met a jur. uciiumiui, I JJ runs wick, oflered to co-operate with me in remoTus pm-1 iho naritr from PAmt work 01 the Convention peacefully carried out to its lo-1 was yer7 genUemamy and concihatingjjn complete con- entJemanly and concihatinsr. in coinnleti.

schools in Bucharest. Some lessons on the piano devel-1 who was peaceably riding on the road to his home, and Fla? OScer, conunandinz U. 8. Home Sqnadroo. aa Ktnsxxa, U.

S. Marshal of the Soother etof New Yorkv. i 10 IdAlAH District oped wonderful musical powers, and at the age or nitecn I demanded to know or him whether he was a free Stat, timate.resnlts, and fairly presented to thcconsideraUon trast with that he observed towards Commander Davis, countrymen, I deemed it proper to decline the partioP 4 when on board the St. MaryX'aftCT 1 -fill TToa option bainr given to me to go the United States ia she possessed a remarkable talent ou that instrument. It I man or a pro-slavery man Lcttuman declined a a a I At- .11 It a -a.

a uo uaiawKiiji IK ciwii eiferas lium jaw him I AATVAM jvui uiiuuras miu vtuj. uia.iiuiliJ ilia puoi- I in was at that period tnat uinar i'asna, wno unm was tne I linn a reply, wnen ne swore ne wouiornoot i a letter pi i.ecemDer lotn Jrauiaing-particulars of the landinrr of the TTmrinfand BCftCf piuw uiuiicK im i uare preierrea rcium ur nmj of liTm i I -w -r it is vitally I y.mm vu turec monvus, ne wisnes to. I the ai nun, ine I I t. i i i it. a Ai I Ajpuwiu sua wui ueuTer uus eommmucauon IB person io A A9 t- Wv military commandant of Wallacha, met the young lady forthwith discharged tlie contents of his pistol at a soiree, and being very fond of music, fell in love with I ball entering the head of Lcttuman.

near the lujiAiiuwi uwb i.uc vwvivui jL.iuisis.ann nnnn nt nor than i kuu luui, uc ui nn ttio river tat iJ 1 I cueeKDone, fr I i. iir oint Arenas under circumstances of great difljctlty sverything was done in so seamen-like and skiEft" wv--v. i i 1 4i I i i i i i- i i -a-ouaiw, cuioum nave tne run aeierminatinn uujuucii wuicu ue uuius now. wim tne excention OCT, anu BUU-WUUiuY iiituiivu uir. ouc mioi tvur uu asaug uiruu5u, suu uui ui u.a tjnit, ui, BH Uf nnncfU l.

"--I nF m. -i -r. I nelkd to submit to Mussulman habits the Christian head. For this act Curry was arrested, and, upon a "JTl TXn VtT- -T aI uecision. At is im- 3 Jramaing manner that it was accomplished in the shortest poss Emc ouile a Kbnoun (Turkish wonim), miver IcR Uimary bearing before a juslicc of the 1 I the house except veiled and attended but, contrary to 0.

on bad, to answer at the next-term of the district 1 oe taKen not wreytown to, receive the exceDent discipUne and fine bearing of tlie remain a a a a i I ui ii aLS i i unv 1 1 if ir. i aTirnnnTV in hio -vsM MMaZ i in Hrw in Yiirrfp wnn it. Dnnnin lanma 1aw. t- 1 1 im to organize any illegal authority. On this point I again A' should comedown the rivers cers and men he says he is tho wrfbnnaDce1; 1 court.

tne man uia not utc, 1 out, to sav. has 1 oriental habits, accompan-cu ner nusDami iu nis warince ou i my instructions to uov. Walker and Sec- "tn, aner tne aDaan lelt Greytowri, the U. this most unpleasant service, for the exemption from expeditions. She was greatly delighted with the gto ry partly recovered,) the grand jury indicted Curry for an uu uancai lor ue Douuern insuict or new lore.

WILLIAM U. S. Frigate Wabash, oil San Juan Del Norte, Dec. lHh, IS2T. XyAs was to have been expected, the Department of State refused to recognise the arrest of Gen.

Walker by Panlding. On Tuesday evening Marshal Byn- ders called upon Gen. Cass, at the State -Department, haricg General Walker in custody, informing General Cass cf the circumstances already known to the public The Secretary of State replied that the Executive De- partment of the Government did not recognise General oianton, you will regard as directed to steamer, csasquenanna, uapveands. arrived there. m.iltv or accident.

There wax no ona mfntftL sM with in mminif mnnW 1 of nis arms, and composed triumphal marches, which assault and battery -W 1 AA AA Ill 1 If T1 Tli nrftl yuurscu, where she will remain for the The rt l. i i a i i a i -1 No commanding officrt 1 1 1 in r.n. i sca tt anv irinn hiisth mm tMwiif a I aa Vt wu I aimu aa4-jaaauva arcre tnavcd DV uie jLuxawu n-uwiia wtrai iu oat- i ry nca uk couniry ui ruwui.ucT; ivriciieu. aixi tie. The only child born from this marriage having a suit brought thereon.

The property of Curry, consist i a tl 1 1 I At il. i At a i a proper to aoa mat no action or tne Territorial I wmmana uapt. Aimy, wm guard the mouth of ever sustained by a body of officers and men in Legislature about to meet can interfere with the elec- the Colorado. vv ner more highly to command hia admiration and rtff tions of the 21st December, and the 26th of Jannarv. in I It is understood here that Hennintrsen.

witb tho aff il. The haA th mnttiv- nf rrf nf Waft1 died from an accident, Umax nopeu Dy newiingor oxen, cows, coni in mcgrouna, C-, wasaiiacned. onion to have an heir, and, perhaps, also to attach him-1 An order of sale, under, the provisions of the statute; was aal SP a a I a a At il a 1 A "t-i i ry 1 1 -J -T -rrrx "IT-. notstrictJy MiiattuKt pccocri ueo oy tne. constitutional I waters, wiui a battalion of Texas before them tolav.

Althonp-h tlie arrest is sen to tne okl lurkisn partv, anu nc tncreiore acmanaca i issued to the marshal, as tne Keeping, oi tne catue until ar w- x' 1 a a i a jmmodorell'a'J ConvenUon. men, vrere to have left the; shores; of the United States justified by the instructions given ty 1 am, fair, rcspectfully, your obedient servtinL I for Nicaraeuai tinmediatdv. On 'riemt'' hemtr reeeivedfc.f it i in nnirriage tho daughter oi iianz a asna, us cnici. i inc next term oi ine court wouki nave consumed more 'Bcmain in the he said to his wife but she was than their value. A short time before the day of sale a CASS, Secretary.

-t-tAJ ft AXJ too proud to accept a condition so unworthy of ner, and 1 company of these same men came the night time to wallcer successful landing. Aa the news of Captain by the circumstances under which, as explained by Jn Chartard's non-interference must have reached the States it was effected. Walker will bo released from his nearly: if nototdte. a fortnight before intelli crpnnpt nf I emt orryvcr if1 ia T.rAhfth!rt A. will bfl COO" demanded a divorce, which was crsntcd, and she has the farm of Jdr.

Poince, to whom the keeping of these I cattle had been committed by the marshal, and drove the 4. uvuf W1WW UVa IH.U1 aav- i. Waljcer a capture, 13 thought that one 'of these expe- menced to bring him to trial for a violation of the pea- Walker aa a prisoner, and had no directions to give concerning him that it was (Duly through the action of the Judiciary that he could be held to answtr.ay charges that might be brought against him. The Marshal, informed General that he had no authority to bold him in custody any locge. The cccsraaicntion of Coin.

Paulding to the NaTj 1 J. come to an horrible asylum in Fnuicc This lady is only about twenty-three years of age. Cl2 contemplates giving public concerts in Paris, and it that she would, had it not been for the interference cf Id? Can- whole of them oft. They were pursued by the marshal, and overtaken so. nearly, that they drove the cattle into interview with the Trcs-deD an enclosure at one jStone's place of residence, and escaped tea tis ccsr.

Jl? irers tsci to Fcrt the circumsunces ningi tare cade London teens cf csiYed the cossssdi of th Cte-odore to that I with ferret cf Wato..