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Th ri} ‘ ' ~ .. e -«i*rj read a letter f.om
17 fc l V i.' Ao L J«iiJ M cti'J, Mo., Kov. XIJ
“ r .' ~jjt jtc coniri : v ot be pre.eet at Wmvb- ’
v"of f* l r ‘ U: * l ire] weti in IXeetcbtr, le
,■ t .<. [ r ’ I'H Pret-. i*:.t of tbe Senate,
t'r. H..-.!cr moved its rooopia'.ra and that tLe I
j; 0 , . O. > tie cb»tn I're-ider.t pro tarn. lor i
to d»y. Agreed to, ar.d Sent lor < a.-.t to-k the
Chair, retimed U an Ire and acknowledging his in
oot.-.pc ’ yto preside over the Senate.
.*■ Mr. I-to; pruwuted t lie credentials of Lawrence
Bramard, Sanatoi from Vermont, to fill the vacaccy
oecas oue i by the death of fcermior Opham. Mr.
Breina r d appeared and was sworn.
Mr. lire :,e«ri offered resolutions that the House
end the President be in! >ri.ued of the o.gau:z*uon
ol the Somite. Agreed to.
Mr. Mteou offered a r. eolation that a com ml’tee
he ap[ o sted to inform the President that Congress
V" icadyto receive snj communication he may
have to mate to them. Adopted, and M'-asru.
Mason, Dodge, ct lowa, and Toney were appointed'
the committee.
Mr. Brosdnead offered a resolution directing the
Committee on Commerce to inquire into the ex
pediency ot providing by law for the better preser
vation of live* and property on steam and other
■ea-going ve.-sele. Laid over.
The following Senator* were present: Meters.
Adams, Allen. (Liard, Brigbr, Brosdnead, Brain
ed, Brown, Butler, Cass, Cns.ro, Clay, Cooper,
Dnwoon, id ge of Wisconsin, Dodge of lowa,
Evans, IVli, Fnzpatrick, Foot, Geyer, Gillette,
iia-n in, Hunter, Jame-, Jonee of lowa, Jones oi
Tennesw: ~ Mu on, Pettit, Koch well, Seward,
Shields,fc i-Ji.ll, btaart,Pum .er, Thompson ofKy.,
Toucey, W'ade, VVoiier.
Mr. llimlio moved tbuL the daily hoar of meet
ing bo 12 o’clock. Agroed to.
At In minutes past 2 o’clock the message was
received irom the I'residenl by the hand of his
fceeie'ury, tiydney Webster, Eeq.
Alter ling read, the uieswgc and accompany
ing do inoiou'i- were ordered to be printed—alio
ten thousand additional copies.
The Senate thou adjoorned.
HOUSE.
At precisely twelve o’clock, meridian, the
men.! ers f the House of Kepresentatives were
cai'nd to order by the Speaker and the Bsv. Mr.
M'itburn, Chaplain offered prayer.
The roll was then called, when 197 members an
swered to their namee.
On rr.o'ion of Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, a mss
ssiro w-r atm', to inlorm theSeuate that a quorum
was pr- - , rid readylfor ba»ines«. A commit
tee wa* slso directed to be appointed lo act in
cc j incline wirh that which may be appointed by
ifco Senate ’o inform the President that a quoru i
of the two Hom.ev had assembled and were ready
to receive an* eonVei'inieatioii he m*v be piessed
ever a* uesd iti»f - *v>;' >n*‘.
on v c-.unn e.I tr, tners, Slid mat the I-rt-siOent
would transmit his communication in a few mio
“Vho Speaker called attention to the fact that on
th, la ' I 'l Ol the former ee.--.Hn, the President
t -’ * ‘,,f iha B'<er and Harbor bill, but
there'hen onig no quorum the uieuiage was not
than oa. • | iDijojrcd whether i! would be in
r cr'ni move to po-!,rono its further considera-
So', until tic first Monday of December next.
# ),(, s e -her replied, the message must be read :
it ■»» Id then be for the House to take action
.h i miassge was then read and ordered to bo
printed; and on motion ot Mr.Cii-gman, luither
* 0 , , lera ion of it was postponed till Wednesday
llv ot, 120, nous not counted.
Mr. Dawson introduced the Homestoad bill in
lieu ot the one returned Irom the Senate last ses
bJ Mr Lane, of Oregon, and Mr. Bornhiscl, Os
Uta , . itroduced bills in relation to their respec
tive territories. ~ .
Mr. logtrsoll offered n rosoln'ion, which lies
over retj nesting the President to c >rmnunicatc to
tip, House, il not inconsistent with the public in
torn- 1,1. y correspondence wH.ih has taken place
bei ween this and ilio French Government relative
to th" rc'i •J ot the l itior to allow our Minister to
Bin,in to pare* li.rough the territory of Fran"o.
■ p VVeutworth, of Illinois, made an ineffectual
11, , ion I" hiive the bill granting r®™' ; *'* m '
nir-oii ■ r.ng.iged in the war of 1812 and all Indian
w„ r - ;i .i .-. 1790, set apart for the special order of
the t itd M uilay in January.
Mr. Joes, ot Tennessee from the joint com
nf It* e |,point*.d lc wail on tlie President, reported
thi.t ti l', h'ld perlormC'l thu duly, and the Presi
dent. rouue-tci tl c*n to any lie wo id at once com
"'jji. Ih. ,|y introduced a bill oxtendingtbe l.oun
ty Ist d I ■ * . .....
Mr. tVatbridge oß'urcl a resolution, which lies
over for disrn.i ion, it sti noting tho committe*'of
ways and meat's to bring iu a hill removing the
pr* i- n' rl -.tyon foreign coal, so that it eheil be ad
mitted dm > free.
Mr. 1* .-rcncu ineffectually c doavored to havo
the o-I i-> diera’bounty laud bill made a special
Or>lor.
Mr. Holiors linked leave to "(Far nrci*olnfion that
tho President of the ITni’od States inform the
House, 11 not inoouieu’-iulo with tho public in'er
e.i. wtat v.'i.s tlto* ol’joct or osjscts of the
mi ijn ’ >• conference o'l American Ministers at
O.iti* *d; ; ml wlielhur sai.t conference was in obe
dieiice to instructions from the Secretary of .State,
and wimt him boon theiesult of it. Objection was
IlJtt'lo.
Mr. Kollorn moved that the rales bo suspended
—negntived ; yetis 73, hrys 102.
Tho Prohidsnt’s antm»i message w ah then ro
coived and road, ami referred 10 the committee of
till’whole on tho stole of the Union, and twenty
thonauu i extra copies were ordered to oo printo...
On motion, tiio Spoaker was authorized to ap
point tlie suuding committee*.
Tho House then adjourned.
IN BEN AT Beo - 6 -
The SfM ftto was cnlled to order by tho Secretary
at a quarter past one o'clock*
Mr. Jot-.os, ot lowa, olftsrod a resolution tbet tho
Senate piocoad forthwith to tho election ot a Presi
dent i»rv L'inpotft.
Mr. Bewur«l said he would like to know th© of
feet of this eloctio i—whether it .-a, a temporary
or a permanent appointment. Ho was satisiied ill
bis own mliidthrt thereconid he brtonePresidont
pro Umrorr of tho Senstit at otto time—tiint officer
of course, WHS to hold it till hi- term eonMitotion
nlh terminatod. It the Prosldont died, the i resi
dent ot Beuaiu would anuceod lotbat high office. —
Ce tain'y tLon, t hero ouglit to be but otic person
bolding that office.
Mr. Buyari mid the question was merely ono ol
choenig a pp'snliugrfllcor, mid to proceed to bus!
nese. A' pr. MMt tho Bcuate bad nothing to <lo
with possible events iir supposition caaos. ihe
ro-oiulion was then adopted.
Mr. Weller asked it lie could not * tlrr u roso.a
tion declaiing a certain Senator President pro tern.
Could it not be done by urnrumoiiß oonsent F
Mr. Welle sai l that Mr. Atchison had been so
elected.
Mr. Sumnor sui I he rnnst insist oil a vote; and,
therefore, ho should object to tho resolution.
The Senate *l. m ball' tted for a President, with
tho following resultßright 24; Dawson 2;Cnase
8; Foot 2; Badger 1.
Mr. Bright was thereupon declared olorted and
was escorted to tho chair by Senators Jones and
Shields. , , ,
On taking the chair Mr. Bright returned thanks
for the lion r conferred upon him, iu appropriate
remarks.
The resolution was adopted directing that the
President ot the United States and the House of
Representatives, bo intortued of tlie election of
Mr. Bi Iglit, us President of the Senate.
Mr. Weller offered a rosolntiou requesting the
President to communicsto copies of tlie instruc
tions *ud correspondence between the Depart
ment!. and Major Go:, ru. Wno' oommatfficr of
the division ot *he army on the Pacific coast, re
specting tho ope;aliens of that division. Agreed
to.
Mr Slidell moved that all the standing commu
te* »of tie la *t ;■ :- ; a be continued. The Chair
to fill all vacancies. Agreed io.
Mr. Jono- 1 rtsolnli -1 continuing the appoint
ment of ail the committee c'.etks of ti o last so.- sion,
was taken up, and alter a long debate laid on the
table.
Mr Cass gave notice o! a bill for tho cons’rnc
tiou of a channel over the St Clair fiat-.
Mr. Seward moved to continoe the se-ect com
mittee v*n the i’acitio Railroad. Agreed to.
Ten c crk* war© authorized tor the principal
committees, when the B* -'a’e adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Spcvker announced tho standing commit
tees. There are no charges trom those of last ses
sion, other tha . to supply vacancies.
The Speaker laid before the House the usual re
port oftiu* sef* ary of the Treasury on the stateof
the tins* . Ordered to be printed.
On motion < t Mr. Letcher, the select com iltee
on the Cott psient ease appointed at I;*-*. -ion
was conttrmod in tone.
Mr. Phillips otfored a leseintion instructing e
ootnmuto- on ways and means to brinp in a bill
redue.ng tl;. datv on railroad iron, or allowing an
extended credit on the same.
Mr. Jems, el ..nt*., moved to table the resoln
tlcn which v. - carried, yea- 97. cays 71.
Mr. Latham i mired need a bill extending'he time
for the Ctaiil tt.ia Board ol Land Comm ssiouers to
trsnaact their businees.
Mr. Tkylor, of Toon., gave notice of his iniou
teation to ii.tro.ir*-e a bid to modily or repeal tho
natural t-diot; laws.
Mr. Boilers gave ito’ieaof a bill to prevent the
eni »t- put of ner. of fcre’gn birth ;» the army
and navy: at as to prevent the emigration to this
country ot : - v■ ; a”.pers aud convicts; and to
increase th- re nue >.t the goven rnetit.
Various btm« were mtnuiuceJ at-d reaedutions of
adop e*!- ,
hlr Sol er’. re . ;* u ca'l'.ng ■ the President
if not icc. uipat* '► with tlie P.ioic interests
to inform -he Honuo what w, the oi-ret or
obiects of tie nee ing* r .... .-e oe of Amcucan
Min M r** al ('a d; and wWhe?;it w» held in
ob#dit>nce to ih-.* i?.>truet;<*ns . till© dreary ol
Slate; a’d what wvs uie result ot s*»u. conrerenev,
was taken up .
Mr. Seller-said : —That iaCff ring *. s
tiou he lad not the s'igh'.es; -.-re oi finding
fault wi ll the administration ot oor Muiiatere
abroad. If ever he had a usr .sr.ion to strike a
blow at the*d*niniifr«'ion it w.*> not in .-e p.re
©out moment of ita w©akn©©6 and !jelplessnes&.—•
Altboafh h© bad no love or ad mint ion for it, he
wa© toll of lender (LtaUgLtfr.) There
waa aim out s renera. cariexsity tV'na one era 0!
ooaciry io the other :o fenorr icr what Darposos
tho M oiatcrv met. It wooul eonoede i i;
©lmo.nt an ui.proceaietiled juotv .'ent. No *nch
xni'e'.ips hfd ever been held. Wbes th© pcca'jar
Character ct him, who it U«ud ww at th©
Ot th a matter, i* Ovnisidered; wb u it is under
stood cur It leister to Madrid wss th. person who
csiied ihe meeting, th. re is jast ax:d well ; n D ied
suspicion not only a> ’o the propriety batD c.d&u
geroca character ot that joiitcrocce.
It xn»> be thought this movement h; d icr i s
obieci, scheme© *of filibustering sud territoud
©irirran diajnseni, calculated to oreaie new discords.
He trusted this was not the object for which the
Minister* met, but that the conference was ;>r
some pare a patriotic moll wee. Give r.s
■Would ibe Iriends of th© AdmiuSstratiou wit! hoid
from the ecanirv :ha r . which this House have a
rUhl to demand ? The day tor court intrigues
has gene by—ibe pcopi© want to know what
in whom confidence has baec placed by the Gov
ernment have .done—hence fee ;»d ofibred the
reeoiu’ion.
Mr- Bav’ev regrei'ed his friend from Mary’ar.d
introduced the resoln'ion ©c ea r iy in the scsido.--
H« thought ii was premature. In his opinion
there noth ng in that cvnierence to the
couotri —it Mioh a meeting i»e iken place. n
the ccn rary, oods ©rieg the state of aSurs in Eu
rope and i tie onaetUed conditio ot e-erv nation
cn earth, b© was* notburprised there sbeuid Ik.- a
yt.fere.ee. W* h ibe except,.-; . t Fra: ce etui
Eogtsnu, there is none in vt.tf. u. c .rc is wt sou. >
diatorbHnce m toretgn affairs. au*;
©ncccuafu a» we have been, cur for. igu horizon is
co. entirely without * cloud. Theg^S-mau from ;
Mar} land ra«d the meeting at Q,> d w. - nnr>.-ece
denied -now sit. getter th, .. ai6a
nioeily right to his remarks, ue was uot so coneid- !
erieg the .pint wbiob exists »xoug our rer reseu
tativee gbrozd.
It is uol »■ *ll unusual for oar Representatives
lo confer with one another by written eommumoa
tions. In fact it i» apart «> t’t r inslructious io
do so. It is their duty constantly to keep one an
other advised of the proceedings at the courts to
w .ich they are rcap«ctiveiy accredited. If they
a* c required to reeort to written communications,
what impropriety could there be iu meeting »t
aome convenient p so* to talk matters over and
exchange views, with that ireedotn which is more
i»»i'y Indulged Iu oouversaUsa th*- ja fcr.-r.p;
writtoa oemrr.aiucat'cns. He repsal* : the rc-so
lution was premxtarc. ,
He was not prepared to f«y*srh"ther the Eoosa j
ceuiii safety pass it or not, bn ..e would my * uah '
wee the ebirectgf q( i re i resioeut’e Mes-cge, that |
the mAr.i-g jmenk of oar l - - A iia’re. II« i
ctior.udil th* Message cosservativy, snd adrairad it t
because, bcirg ecoaservetiv, in or r foreign affair.-,
, he could oerriiiffiy co operate with tfca Prisidept’a •
; views Ho thong; ttho committee cu Foreign At- I
fairs have hereof re t vea ev’d-hce Dakit is con
! serv .live at r v rate. r. . : ha h-ptA b trieud 1 i
' W'toJ t- t a c. n.nitt'. whh tnc raeointion.— .
Ho moved it pesoSßi< -red.
5 Mr. Wentworth, oi raid vvMb thstoff- !
j iolioa was* introduced/©©i* r iay, h--; voted ,
not then fcvard the Mew**o whiou j
tkey had a righi t. snprroie wSuhi give a &i*e*pc
pi&or. of on/ foreige .If 4a. Wiio ut gcti’emn j 1
fro >*. Virjffnis t a ec-lo’fced the me , c—it w©3 ' i
fr>sr. ;t Pr* Men*, be v* ‘.-vi for. B- Ls t tho for- j i
cg Q policy ol i;.e M: age conoerced, be vae \
verv tcd ;t<l tiu&t irfe voted for Franklin Pierce •
f. Pre-'-iiett. It whs ?. cofi’-c-rvctive and •
jn ? s-'jch to on e tt t »e ought to approve.
And be -ca- /l id to know the Democrat© approve
of i*. It only remained f.-r the Hoo%e--witn the
Democratic ■ arty—lo cc’ to vhat the President
approves. Tfc-: President he? made hie pTooiama
t:on to al .
r It is right end the cte.-tr; nrili snstaln him.
Werethc Preside:-*:’? 1 -jiec .'ov to oome off to-mor
rew, with ai the ism© which prevail, the man
adopting any other fore go policy, could not be \
fnsif tl. We hoar rumors of our Ministers
abroad. We f-.c® men addresses and ap j
pcaSrq ccunseliing whit ebouid and what ©honld J
not be dor'. He did not know whether those
documc arc true or fzl ae, bat for the credit of
hts c'jtJL'T? J;e hoped t-iey wero 1 jrgeriea. It i©the
da y of the Yr to inqnire whether they are
or not. U<: it named the President haa enquired,
from the fac‘ ‘L .• i.e 1 ; 4,not dismissed those men,
it was f»re»amab! i Uioee dccameats are forgeries, <
and that ail we Y rin f-.Jtee, a* the credit of toe
Governracn’ requires it should bo. He hoped if 1
foreign Ministers, alter seeing tho President’s <
Message, differ from him they will come home, i
leaving foreign aff-irs alone. If they be’ievo with t
the President, be hoped they wonld try to strength- i
en themaelvts with tho Foreign Government, in
r rder to preserve with him honorable aid pac.fic <
relations. He desired the referenc? of the resolu
tion as proposed. - i
Mr. Gray remarked tha£ this was a mere resolu- i
lion of inquiry, and did not require the President w
to communicate anything that ift detrimental to (
the public intereft**. There is a great a ixiety to
know something of the origin and resell*© of the j
conference at Oh end. Tkb House could pas© the <
reHoi'ition without re Heeling ou tit© comraittce of i
foreign effairs. Tho country ought to iiave the
facts* We nave seen cf runn iuthr’atloijs in Ecg
land. Tho presses disapprove of tilibuFU»ring ar
ticles which they H*y are published in foreign
coon'rien by thifa adniiuiatration.
Our Minister to Madrid, etnoi.g others, is aceus
ed of g, and he did no- know whether
or not those charge 4 are true; or whether all that
in published i* true Wnx h*» could «m **’*’'
Mr. Bavly, irtsrrapting, I pledge rny word of
honor I don’t know that snoh a conference has
lateen place, or if so what they did, or who in '
htr acted thorn what to do. 1
Mr. Wentworth explained that he meant the in- 1
trodnetson of tbe resolutions was premature before j
th-* Preeident’s iries' 4 0ge was read.
Mr. Gray re unJng—hut the President's message t
lies row been road and Ido not think it prema- }
tore to have the information as soon aa poßnible. 1 (
am oy pos3d to the ref renco.
Hr. Washburn, of Maine, thought the rcßolution [
such a»shonl<i be at once adopte? by tho House, t
uotwithetanding what was ;iid by the gentleman j
from Virginia, tho meeting at Ostend .vat. un>re
oedenUid in fact and spirit. When before, in our 1
history, has there boon a conference* of Ministers j
with such & par tde and iicuriHb of trumpets, and j
homo of those Ministers foreigners by birth ? <
Tho country are truly anxious to know tbo ob
jec* of the meeting and the reruns of it—they have |
aright to if Ministers have been doing any- j
thing wrong, tho rep . scniaiives 01 the people ]
should euruusi ly protest against tbo conduct ol our
Mi n isle is aofoad.
Mr. Hilyer waa of opinion that the information
sought Vjy tho resolution thould- be given toibo
country. Jn this republic there is iio necessity *
for keeping f-ecret trsnsuotions of 'his churacter. \
Public attention hf*:-. been directed to this confer- !
enee and enquiry every where made rs to its objects
and results. Tho House is the proper tribunal to
call for the inf ima ion iu an official shape, that it
may command ro^pect.
Mr. Phillips said they should only act whoa they 1
hod something j ui-s antiul to act 011. Who has
said tha f the President or any other effieer of the
govornnent ever directed such a meetiug of our
ministers at O-dend. It was not co-isifeteui with
the dignity of thi Hons to ffor such resolution.
Is every iu-.e rumor add j» ece o newspaper goes ip
to excite ou>* grav-i atter tion? W ought not 10 •
liio mere jtihXug bills ot enquiry, to know whet! cr
such uvo fact-. Thero is n * evidence that the
me?ling lit resul'od in anything; ii any meeli:g
at all has taker, j lacc*.
Mr. Gray, interrupting—rftked if such a mealing
has boon odd r ordered by tho Administration
ought not the House to know it? Ho?/ can
know bu by calling tor information ?
Mr. Phillipresum nur, replied that they ought
to havo something more than suspicion, iieiore they
are called on to act in the promises. Ho was wil
ling to rotor tho ros- lution to the committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Bay y remarked that if thus referred the
committee would report buck the resolution.
Mr. Letchersai he vote tor the resolution
as it stood, and should vote lor it if something
more were added. Ho was satisfied, trom the Lono
of the public journals, and conversations among
his eonstitu mis, that theTo is n distrust about our
Minister to Madrid. Ho desired tho facts to go
before the country, i t order that if Mr. Soule is
innocent, be may have the benefit of the vindica
tion. It the suspicions are well founded, tho facts
should bo known. Hence ho wanted tho resolu
tion passed in order to decide how tho case stands.
The gentleman Irom Alabama, Mr. Phillips, con
sidered this a iight question, but ho, (Mr. Letcher)
never knew a more important ono to bo made on
the President than this. Ho thought Mr. Soule
should never have been sent abroad, and, that the
i interests of tho country would be promoted by
bringing him home.
Mr. fiavly reminded Mr. Lclchortbat tho reao
‘ lution had nothing to do with Mr. Soule.
' Mr. Letcher replied, that ho understood Mr.
J Soulo was in that conference. To be there
1 was not u word .*aid about him in tbo resolution,
r but he took it for granted that his colleague [Mr.
‘ jja> I>] kuow if he [Mr. Soule] was not there, now
' comes ail this 1 us--about his going back through
‘ Francs? [Laughter.] What difference does it
1 make whether Mr. Soule’s name is not mentioned,
when the resolution distinctly refers to him.
1 Mr Campbell advocated tho adoption of the
resolution, contending that thepeople havo u right
1 10 tho information. Although no official document
1 admitted the fact of the meeting at Oatend, there
was a univer.-al publication of it.
Mr. Solleis replied to M r . Phillips aud said,
among other things, that he would not trust our
Diplomacy to men not native and to the manor
born. (Several cries of ‘‘good,” “good.”) Mr.
Soule inigl t live here till he was m old ns Met ha
soUh, and never comprehend the national rep
reseutativo government of tho United States.
[Laughter ] He never knew n foreigner who did.
(A voice, Sobers must boa Know Nothing—ha!
ba l) Dneotly a foreigner lands flier** is whisper
ed into his ear« ♦* Ikmcoraep” which, “ to the
Irish , is a stumbling block, und to tho Dutch , fool
ishnees.” (Laughter.)
Mr. Oilngmuii said ho saw nothing surprising m
a conference of Ministers in Europe. Ii seernod
to him eminently proper that there should bo one
during the progress of tho interesting events
iu Europe. It was important that they
should come to a common understanding iu order
to subserve the cause o‘ thvir country.
Mr. McMullen regarded the revolution ao pre
mature. In reply to Mr. Washburn, he said, that
foreigners have become ( tie of the grout topic© of
the day—there j a a holy horror of them. At the
North it was so great, thut likenesses ct some of the
most distinguished foreign characters woro taken
down from the walls, flo would advi*eth.eg-antle
mi.n from Maine to have that picture—(pointing
to Lafayette,) remove * from this Hall. He regret
ted to hear in ibis house of deliberation, the re
pea’od attacks made on foreigners. He should
vote against the resolution,
Mr. Little said he would vote for tho reference.
Thero was no noc'ssity lor the adoption of tho
resolution. Its character precluded any revelation
other than they had. The President having com
municated a h ngthy mossmro, p wvc- either that he
1 has po knowledge with which further to acquaint
the House, or that ho has i,ono ou this subject
which can cc properly communicated.
Mr. T a jlo r » ° Ohio, th jinked Mr. Boilers forin
ttodaoing there.' lutr m. !t waa not premature to
call for the infoimation. He said no rnsn ot for
oigr. birth ought ’o be soul abroad to represent us
f in a foreign capital.
1 Mr. Bay icy said, tha* except in extreme cases,
the Hon e should not make a cal: tth » time. It
was a misc:.;, voaa precedent, for tha reason ho
3 elated—while ho wo rid uot di>eou~ag‘ dis ingr.ish
cd foreieaers, it would be well if none bu*w native
. bron representative- were - abroad. Our coun
,, try should be represented by natives. Ho wu pre*-
Q to go one step further, and adopt the senti
ment of Jefferson, that even tho ni*‘;ve born ought
not to be left abroad too long, tor they imbibe for
eign views, forgetiii g v- on their native appetites.
6 Mr. Jort sos Tenu re, suggested in© r.
0 Bayly modify li' motion to refer th resolution to
the commit'sc on foreign affms, with i* siruc.i i s
* to enquire whether cr not the eetug of American
' Ministers wes not for the purpose cf oig.m.zh.g a
Know Notiuug Lo-’p-.- in Europe. (Lu.igi.tc/*)
Mr. Bay v said his friend must oxen ? him It
J the resolution should be referred to tha commit.te
? on foreign mT-drs, they w-uld tr> to ascer;.*.•»•'
5 whether semethieg not bt> «»d on U.is or
f to ©at! »ty tlie curios: fy ofgemlcinoa without tbo
‘ formality ol ft pallu. ’! ? Irt.u ..
The vote on r:: : v‘ * J ic ' ‘ ' “**
lak.-n and negatived by y %■ rays oi.
reading the qoo: ‘ n : u ;op. •’« of .he ie
r solution, the House fclj uiucC.
", IN SENATE, Hi. 6.
1 TheOHurU-d b.iiie ti.e Senate rep rt * ;*em
* Department.
Mr. A iatus introduced u b. . e*-ia. • ’ g ® • E ’-*
form ru eot u©tu?Bl zxUo , % rcpcfuing ad cws
; new in force r. a. .u r thereto.
“ Mr.sad... *;:.•*.;-> re- ;-.*. u*. iv lane for all ik r
respeu is* c*>. Ac., r.iauva to the oxpsdi.ioa :o Ja
■ i*sa. Agreed to.
‘ ; Mr. Cass introduce a a b-i making sc approprta
„ tiou lor deepsr.i.-g i: o .:.«00e..« over the 8:. t
Flats «u the F.-hsct . *.. Mary s river. Evi.n- d.
“ I Mr. Hauler cs: ed ttv ettetuion ot the Setat; to
f 1 th.eoeUitjoneofta -i" 1 makicguppropnalions .or
the Ocean m-;. ervioe. The two douses a. the
: ! le»t session disagreed upon a report ol a coherence
' i <»..,mif.ee . u that but. Tr.o onosti. u pending
■ ! Wi-ou a motiO' : t the S«ua!e teeter* *rorn
; ■ aendment, and Oa. i.&t question the Senator from
; j New Voriv when the session term:
1 naiad* He opposed th i bill now came up as t»p ;
* finished He moved it be postpocod *:•* *
, ! Mcadxy next. L , . I
? j Mr. s*tu»u thougiu ttatihemil by the action
‘ j on i; last session ic& t, and in no way could it come
* ! up now s • unfimsbec outricess.
Mr. Broedhead said he considered it entirely im- 1
{ mater.©! weetberme bill had been lost or row ;
i j cfiue up unfinished business. The money i
% I intended to bo appropriated by tee bill had been j
* j paid oy tbe depart meet to tie entitled to j
it. The money intended to to**.v** been appropria-
I ted was due the par: ard bad been pam lot eu;
a by tile depiMiruent cc: of© -me ULexpend d 1h..-
cave© in it© hen 's t . , :i’ to theoc an c.;«l s. r- J
I j vice. He do**caered the :uoney ft-.. be- *, mo-: j
i properly ©f piicd &s i had oeec, totnc payment oi j
1 ; ***;• y woJ- 1 U *«dd ‘
i over -v was * . . . si;j :.cd tih iioedsy.
I Ihs kail oi ii» • 'Men t 'ihnquiab to Wiecm- i
©in oertua©. . -= > ,mw*« taken up. The
! Hoc ea r ' uj» agreed *o. aud the .
biii waa paaeed. Too Senate the a adfeurued.
HOU^E.
F»r en ihousand ex* ra copies of the annual re
i pert ci tke secretary of the Treasury were ordered .
| to be printed.
! Mr. Boilers’resolution, rah; -g on the Fresideni
jto inform the House v;. weru the cje : s and \
i r©eu::s ot tbe eon sere nos «.*i American ministers at
1 Oetecd, and whethe* * „ c* .. erenco *as ill ohe
I d to ics*ructiora irom ihe State Depanmer.r, j
j was tafeen op.
i Mr. Gdristian moved to lay :u. • H- 1 t*.
; I^etfaiived—yeas72, hiyw 90.
! Hr. Bkelio j move i a rec-cr.aider*.
1 ; wfeu-h ihe Houi-*. refused io oou t
j tion to the commit*.c»_- oc foreign *»fl^
Mr. Waetource, of Illinois, moved to » i. .
1 motion on the table. Negatived—yeas &4, nay® 6».
Mr. Skaitou’© motion was then agreed to—yeas
fc4, nays bB.
The relation was finally referred W the com
■■■■i i i n
mi tie© on foreign affaire, eve© 92, nays £s• .. j
The House tetn procee*ied to the consideration j
of the river and harbor bill, as returned lastses
sioti. with the Preaidout’e objeoticna. j
iiz-. C&mgjowi said, ©s tbt President has pre- i
mi .ed j s !*<l n hie detailed v ews on the aabjfecT, 1
it win'd pferhki'- ba proper for the House to wait
nii i: that ii nt.* lie voted against tbe bill, and did
uot w-.-n to hoar any thing iurther; fcatpsrbap
aft some genti£'ii-a who d.ff r with the President
may wieb to Lave hi* vtows mere fully before
the a, be mi jested that the consideration of the
6uM<!ci be y x ported for a few days.
kir. Da ott*t e*id that large appropriations ere
r*. _-!c . ; ih.- L.il for the imorovement of the mootfa
o: lot M; fc>ftippi and iis tribu’ary streams, id
v.i. . ail h:s c>c». poets are interested. He
toted lor the bill iu the c tninittee of commerca j
. ’*- pi. -age in the House, and thought •
he P/eaident ought not have vetoed it, but he »
thought decent respect for the chief magistrate j
should induce them to wait until the President j
shall communicate his reasons for tbe veto more
fatly, fie moved the postponement of the bill till
this day week. All could then act nnderstaccing
i ly, and gentlemen determine whether they shall
i_ tempt to pas*> the bill notwithstanding the veto
of the President, or whether they ©hall introduce
another which will not be liable to the objections
which the President mav assign. .
Mr. Weutworti>, of Illinois, <udif he supposed
there was any individual in the bouse who could
be influenced one way or another by a message of
the President touching this subject he would vote
for ito postponement, but he sincerely believed
i ev- ry man was prepared to vote yea or nay on the
| bT. The subject is familiar to everybody; it has
been an ag;tilling matter eve rsince the organiza
! uon of the government, and has been debated on
every stamp. This being the case he did not
know why the House shonid not as well act now as
at any other time. He supposed that the message
o!re»dy sent with the return of tbe river aud har
bor bill, was ready the veto me sage. They had
no right then to allow the President to ©end an
other measa otobe so considered. He would car
ry out the will of his constituents, and presumed
every mail wouid do the same. He would with
draw tbe motion to reconsider if any gentleman
wouid state he is in doubt as to what he ought to
do in the absence of the President’s promised
message.
Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, asked the gentleman wheth
er the bill contained any item for the improvement
of the rivers and harbors not heretofor-j recom
mended by the proper departments of the govern
ment.
r The Speaker reminded the gentleman that a
general debate was out of order.
Mr. Campbell concurred in Mr. Dunbar’s sag
ge rion that a 'decent respect for the President re
quires at least the suspension of action till the ex*
*:cnlive shall havo moro fully communicated his
views. the gentleman from Louisiana any
information as to the time the President wiil send
in his message?
Mr. Dunbar replied in tbe negative, but doubt
ed not it would be here in a very few days.
Mr. Campbell asked, by this time next week ?
Mr. Dunbar replied, I have no doubt of it.
Mr. Campbell hoped then that the House would
’ - rs
L>nw*ri -iw’thStanding ©ad it was Oaerded j
*• * • f *i4v<‘ • y *5, nays BG. Coe oc-uetita- |
.tv v <-* ■ thirrid'-not vo 1 v ' ' refer.
Vs asuinoton, Dec. 7.—lu the Senate to-day, Mr.
B irigergave notice of his intention to introduce a
bid to increase the pay of members of Congress
and Judges of the Supreme Court. After other
; nimportant business, the Senate adjourned till
Monday.
la the House, Mr. Henn introduced a bill making
a further appropriation for the improvement of the
rtp’dsof Mississippi river. Mr. Maxwell intro
duced a bill providing for tho sale of reserved lauds
in Florida. On motion of Mr. Perkins, of Louisi
anu, the bill to remodel the Diplomatic and Con
sular systems, was referred to tire Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Coxc an non need the death of the Hon.
' r' boy Ewing, of Kentucky, a member of the
House,' who died during the recess of Congress.
Mr. Bristow (Mr Ewing’s successor) pronounced
sii eulogiuni, and Messrs. Latham and Smith, of
Alabama, also bore testimony to the private and
public virtues oi the docedsed* The usual resolu
tions were passed, and the House adiourned till
Monday.
The Boule Correiipoiidence.
Tbo correspondence growing outot Mr. Soule’s
diffic >1 y with tho French government has been
made public. It furnishes scat cely any fact in con
uection with the transaction that has not already
been stated. The correspondence opens with a
note from Minister Mason to Secrotary Marcy in
which ho stales the prohibition against Mr. Soule
promulgated by the French government. Ho then
adds : -
“it is impo sible not to regard this humilating
indigni y as deeply ii jurious, when it is remem
b red that Mr. Soule, acting under your orders,
husrecently spent more than two weeks in Paris;
: lid while sojourning hero, neither he Dor 1 re
ceived i.ny intimation that his presence was ob
j i’.-u to b> the French Government.
Seeing no adequate cause to justify uu uulriend
i feeling towards the United States. I cannot but
!iope that the French Government, finding that it
h - BCiC I on erroneous information, will at once
redress tb‘: grievous wrong.”
“ Ii in ibis I am disappointed, earnest as 1 have
been since I have represented our country at this
Court, to cultiy to the most cordiai . c;aliens ot
amity between the two countries. 1 must esurider
this incident of such grave.imponauoo thut it is
not impossible I shall ngara it to be my duty to
terminate my mission by demanding my pas-porte.
I will not lose a moment in keeping you udvised
of the reply to icy note, and of the of
G-.-o ts in connection with this most extraordinary
affair,”
i o words in tho first paragraph ci tho above
which wo have italicised that Mr. Soule’s recent
ab-ouco irom Madrid, and perhaps attendance
upon the Oatend C< nterence, were in pursuance of
Secretary Murcy’s orders. In Mr. Mason’s note to
Drouyn do i’Hnys, the French Minister of Foreign
Aff-nvß, tttrongtt'.ous this inference. Wo quote :
Mr. Drouyn de CHuys , Minister Foreign, Affairs ,
Sir :—I have received information that on the 24th
inst., Mr. Soule, on his arrival at Calais from the
shores of E: gland, was notified by a police officer
that orders had been given by the Imperial Go
vernment that he should uot bo permitted to outer
France, aud that by these orders he was compelled
to return to England, where ho dow remains. Mr.
Soule is a citizen of the United Slates, accredited as
an Envoy Extraordinary aud Minister Plenicoton
tiaiy from his country to the Court of Spain. He
had, in executing the orders of his Government,
visited Far is aud London, and was returning to
his post at Madrid by the most usual and conve
nient route through the territories of Fiance, when
he was thus arrested in his journey. He had re
ceived no notice of the determination of the Em
perer’s Government to deny him a privilege awa -
(fed by ali nations to citizens or subjects of friend
ly powers trave mg under their protection, and
especially those who are cothedwith the sacred
character of public Ministers—lor ho was actually
arrested in his journey some hours before I re
ceived the intimation in regard to him, which yOu
did mo the honortogive iu me afternoon of the 24th
iust. if authorized by the Emperor’s Govern
ment, it canuct but be regarded by ‘heGovern
ment aud people of the United Stales, not only as
a most unusual and humiliating act towurds the
Minister personally, but as a national iud gurly of
very grave character, only to be extenuated by
facts established by conclusive preof.
To this note the French Minister replied;—
Paris, Nov. 1, 1854.
Sjr: I have received the letter you aid me the
honor to write me, under date of the 29th ol the
last month, iu which you ask me tor some explana
tions aft to the motives of the determination taken
with regard to Mr. Soulo. I must, in the first
pi ace, state tho manner iu which tilings have oc
curred.
ho Minister of the Interior had to give direc
tions that Mr. Buule should not be allowed to pene-
Uato into Franc© without the knowledge of tho
Government ot the Emperor. Tho instructions of
Mr. Biilant were strisliy foliowod, and curried out
with tho utmost propriety by tho Commissary of
tho Po ice at Calais. Accordingly that functionary
did not invito Mr. Soulo to embark again for En
gland—ho felt him perieotly free to remain at Caiuis
until ho should roce ve orders from Paris, which he
was about O request. It was simply a question
of writing patiently for one day, at the utmost;
but Mr. Soule, after saying that he did not expect
any regard on tho part ot the French Government,
and that besides he did not care lor it, preferred
to go buck to England immediately. The Minister
of the Interior did, nevertheless, forward his de
flail:ve ins!ructions to Calais by Telegraph, and I
can do nothing better than to transcribe them
here;
‘•lt iir. Soulo presents himself for the purpose
of entering France, you will givo him to under
s aud that the Emperor’s Government does uot
authorize him to sojourn there, but that it raak-s
no opposition to his passing through in order to
go to Spain ; and you will offer him to vtie his
i,.st*port lor that destination.”
You perceive, sir, that the Government of the
Emperor has r.ot scuithl,ae yon seem to believe, to
prove; t an Euvoyottha United States Irom traver -
ug French territory in order to repair to his pest
aDd acquit himself of the commission with which
ho w - charged by his Government; but between
hat Simple passage and the slay of a foreigner
wli -e antecedents (i regret to say it) havo awakeu
ci i* o attention ot the authorities whose auty it
t'* i.reserve public order among us, there is a
j fort,uce which the Minister of the Interior was
to oopreciate. II Mr.Souie had oeeu going
ui . J ! y to 'Madrid, tho route by France was open
j. it was his intention to come to Baris,
7 to remaining here, that privilege was
~. e 0 ;,;. .1 him. It was, therefore, necessary to
' ~,_r as to his intentions, audit was himself
v I would not ailow lima to do so. Oar laws are
str o’ -' ith rv." cetto mreignere. Tbe Minister ot
ti-s Icie-ivr causes their rigorous provisions to be
ex* -iied, when it is shown him teat thero is any
y ft.r, -.ich „ci ion—and ev n then ho makes
, e .I’ , f ■ eti -ary p: wc; whUh tha Government
of th E npsr **as never allowed to bo discussed.
■ Th*- quality vi Unegnsr on tho pait of Mr. Sou’o
h . \ him w hin tho scope oi the measure of
Wl ' .■ ._ s i.. 0 ol'ject;— ad that remained was
i: ■ rcco; i, ■ * ■ messurc with the public character
w. which he was invested.
1 Y u win ;ck cwieagc, sir, that this is whet wo
■ ho* *. >:one, and ihil me Gj.ernaaent -iftheUnilcd
j S aie-, witii wuich Govermneot bis Msjes-v, the
,En , • ror, \ .. i ar. io culilvate the ie.ut;oi.s •!
I • ds* ip and *»;;sCi, hts in nowise been assa.l
--e 1 tr.a pers :i ol oue of its representatives.
] Ti •• Minister jo UciieJ Si&tes in Bpuin is
frtt.l repifi* U, to through France. Mr.
s£o ; ... who bu.» l: fo fulfil near toe Em
i >ror, and xsho ccuformßbly with tne doctrine
| * . .o .* -oo by : © few of luioqs, •vould need, on
, av.c u tcf k*ft origiD, - spt-cuu agreement to enable
I him tosvpreftant, »*i hi« native Jand, the country
o:* ,'..0 —Mr. Sou.'©, as a simple private in
i djv., . come.-* Within the p&ie ot the comm n
i
iay claim toutss priviu gc.
| A ft ; ihe &s>ur©Bce of high conri derail on
with * ou I have he oner to remain year very
humble and obedient aerear.’,
Drouyn de l’Hcts.
I Mr, Mason, United Siatas Mtnieter.
Two succor.'mg notes close the c rreepondeno©.
j Thf fire: irom Mr. Mason to Mr. M-rcy, ccmuiu
uieariLir the ecrit-n cf the French Govern men:,
aud j. flouncing that Mr. S -le had pa.-sod thi*ongh
: Paris ter Boroeaux, wee-noehe v .-a.d ecjba r k in
■ tfc© steam lrigatc Sa- Jacinto for Spain. The ;aet
* - o-r. M-- nto tho Frenoo Minister, txpr» -
: uL.oe given that Mr.
S • wuft at iihc yto j*4iS through France, the
: rec'g * which right %as A no asked in the
pre disco. —Baltimore American.
Virginia Finances. —Tee annual exhibit of the
_• .j Auditor is au eooc*arFgiug docaruent to nil
w v. ©re interested in Virginia Securities. Ac
carding to LiA aiiow»ng, *Le entire public debt
ol the State is. 574,i?&54, being increased
. I, .* fi>y ; ear ny tea sum of $4 3SS,AuI.t*4.
! Oi this ol y 57.727.56 is anprcaag iva, the
r, -;a .*» 0f*51u , ,i56,445.79 being productive, tbe j
.. .e ©rudDg herelrom going to theextingaish- i
: . : pirincipftz ana interest oi th© pub ic debt, j
cc-ipta during the year, arising trom the
; . amount to $505 226 21, being an increase of
67: 2715 over the receipts of the previous year.
' Ti- c-’ to tfc© payment of the interest and prio -
c ; the public debt. There is now in .the
j b ' : Treasury ,to th© credit of the sinking fund.
$1,865,655.52,* Wnieh (wita o*her moneys accroing)
; wiii be ample to meet ai clastas ior principal and
interest of tbe pnbiic debt, failing due witnin tse
I present fiscal year .—BaU. American.
: Presj lent Thorawell has resigned the Preeiden
-1 oy- i: is -rid, 0* ifco South Carolina Co! ege, and
. tb© 29sh u*' , considering
\ D . i\c ri uni ifte- -o lo accept tbe
*>- ;**ri find !* -Icifric Tbeology,
- . ,/ ; cctad by the S"y nc-ds or
B M. Primer, D. D., goes into ifee Frob-csor
sb*p of Kcclestaftticai History and Chureii FotUy
i ii, tbe Theological Seminary at Colombia. —A#-
conur*
■■■■■■■■■■■»——■■**■** * -a mm mn\mm mm
Annual Baton oX tne P . a or ._„. T
! The Annual Report of the Cs . _svtooT cfTrx- !
j Sims to the Secretary of the r a, >
!an energetic and taitbfolsdinii ■: .. a * u ■
5 slates 9 ■ that bureau. From ::v. d -mitert *V
glean the following interesting x rjidoh !
i fomishe a “bird’s-eye” vies .
operations:
The number of original cases, . ■ f j
| increase of Army pension? •- 4- 4’
| miuai during the yfwrecdi. "ia .. , |ja" i
withiiie ai’.nna) amount ot ,so .
amoOut of arrearages due at ri .’ i ai—r
1 the certificates: , <
Animal a-j
! J 67 Eevo ry soldiers. .812 4, it,, ,
! 8,646 Widows cf do 2)9 7 ". ).
! t,6'i3 H’l pay Widow*.. .It 4.*
i 888 In»did £5,9. Sl'*SS A '
J 4.95* Total 9353,6 f ' 'J£sTi~ 4
Navy Pension* A.
Annuel Am’t .« rrearr■»
36 1-yaiid *2,034 5 s >7; ,f»
43 V, floors and or
phans ....... 6,594 0 27,8*1 #C
H Total *3,628T> *29,0g5~9 j
Its arajTint actually pa ; ,d ” -v v? ‘
S atee peuslcm agents tot tha t
1854, waa— *
For Revo)uti■'nary service#*... . ./'*■
“ Hairpaj- to w»dowa aad «r; ba* * . ' ■
Total amount - -« o--
Amount of funds in the hands _>r A»
my pension sgents at the We •>!
their lust retnrus, (SepternV - -
1854) was voo j
And in the hands of Navy p *.fcu
agents *4 ;
Ibe number of Army peas •> o' th -jl; ;,iv ■.« }
have been paid at the Pensic rer in th*s© i
veral States within t e “rourte n n jths J, prereod- 1 ‘
ing Jane 89, 1854 and the an . toantofpeu
sions payable to them, is:
1,069 Revolutionary toldie |/4151 ■'
7,990 widows (of all Claris , *3,725 25 ; 1
5,006 Invalid . >4 778 87 :
14,165 Total 4i.1:2,051 85 f
Same qf the Navy, Sept* ~ ivrJ. , i ,34.
871 Invalid ' f 1 :85
462 Widows and Orphans 4,^-8
888 T01a;.... $ ,*>•
Whole number ot pensioner* uc 80, ?
11.887. Annual am mat pa?a *0 iae;nsi,C «, 1
079 12. 8&mo Jane 80th, 185* ~t:65, and !
amount payable to them, sl,|7: .i 'I 6-.
Number of revelntionarv sold, jr* 4 on tho roll ■
June 80 th, 1858...." i, >25
Monitor of revolu»tonarv soltf- rst>nthe roli
June 80th,. 1354........ 5 *
T'j»jre have been taken frnc) ih rol!c* f f the umy
pepabjoets during the jearetd’. ig ■■u’je 80. i 35 4; 1
by death 648; by transfer to t . . J > - if'
rr •*-*., \ GcoTlumeu W. 'ov>. '+? —tothJ 1,586,r~ -
I Ui the 1,3*7 T'Cl»* 0«» *> fj.- !*• w * .
; 4 Ht.t> ij.jt *mei« .sunolaimed p * ri - j
|ok , . » V rred «-• Trc.mary Df
nii?nt Nut ver; are '-v;‘ : n re .-red to f:e
t Born*y land ie-. . at' • i, *l2 t-T; •‘4
I » : v srvJde during war ot* i#l2 Set.
j Acts Feb. 11,1847, Mexican t
j Actsu apt. 28, 185 >, as d March 12,
1352, vvar' of 1812 and various i
j Indjaa since 1790 13,588,800 ** J
! Total 81 427,612 4t
Is.sn‘-J since last annual report.. 6,029,812 M
W hole number of applicutiens for bounty land on*
d*r c‘ Feb. 11, 1845, to Sept. 80, 1854... 97,484 .
Admitted 90,010
Suspended or rejected 7.474
Whole number of applications lor bounty land un
der acts Sept 28, 1850, and March 22. 1352, to
Sept 80, 1854 247, ! 81
Admitted 197,198
In bands ot examiners and at rclls 188
Suspended 49,747
Annual Report of the Oonnntarioner of Patents.
Patent Office, Nov. 1, 1854.
Sir—l have the honor to report to you that the
business of the Patent Offioe is now in a more
satisfactory condition than at any previous period
since my connection with it.
The number of cases undisposed of in the office
on the first day of January last waa reported to be
live hundred and eighty-two. That number,
bowover, was ascertained through an erronioua
method of computation. By an actual count, tho
number of capes on hand at that timo was ascer
tained to bo eight hundred and twenty three. A
correct mode ot computation was then introduced,
so that the exact condition of the business of the
office *ca \ hereafter be readily calculated from the
monthly reports.
This arrearage in the business of tho office, though
much kss than it had been six months previous,
w*i-. such that several months always elapsed after
f lie making of au application before it could be
disposed of, which was a source of great dissatisfac
lion to all applicant for patents.
During the throe first months of the present yoitr
tho increase in tho business of the office was such
that no sensible diminuafion in the arrearages was
effected. In order to accomplish so desirable an
hject, it was deemed expedient to place several ot
the assistant examiners' in tho performance of tho
du to- principal examiners. In that manner ihe
end sought is now almost and will soon be entirely
attained.
I -m -toad of six principal examiners, each with two
assistants, wo have since the first ot April had
practically eleven principal examiners, each with
otic assistant. Most of the rooms are now entirely
filled up with their w< rk, and all will probably be
so by the first day of Deoombcr next. We have
already, since the first of January last, issued up
wards ot sixteen hundred patents, and within the
year the number will probably reach tho ninoleeu
hundred, which will he about double the number
patented last year. Applications are generally ac
ted uo..n within a lew days alter they are made,
and I have no doubt that tho arrangement by which
this result lias been produced was judicious and
has proved satisfactory to the parties interested.—
1 think it should bo continued as tue only method
'of disposing ot the increasing business of the of
fi-1* with tho proper promptitude and despatch.
Ab<m out year since I had the honor to invito
your attention to tho importance of several propo
sal amendments to tho patent laws. The reasons
the given for the alterations suggested remain in
full :'orc3 now, and the recommendations then
made are now repeated.
Tho amendments of most immediate and press
ing necessity arc those making provisions for tak
ing testimoov —those in relation to appeals, and
tho o prescribing a now rate of fees.
Many questions of groat moment are frequently
pending before the Patent Office, de; ending for a
correct decision upon the testimony of witnesses,
a-id there is no power provided to compel a wit
ness to xr> *'e testigDony. Nothing is more common
ts an ora witness 10 refuse to attend an examina
tion, or to reduce to give testimony after he lias at
tended, to tl'.o great perversion of the ends of jus
ti wild the object of the patent law.
The law n«w allows any persons who appeals
from the- decision rs ihe Commissioner to select
which of the three judges of the Circuit Court he
c'm sf -* before whom to bring the opj oul. The
oh iv justico of that court will probably never
again be able to entertain an j ppeal, so that bring
ing an appeal hoforo him is tantamount to its post
ponement during the term of his natural life, and
even : 'Tor his ath there may bo some question
as ci whether tne delay will be at an end. By an
aouae o: this law a case has been suspended in
this manner lor m» r two years, and is threatened
with indefinite postponement, to the great detri
ment of the party who is probably entitled to tho
paten’.
Tho rate of fees was fixed at a time when tho
reel value o. r money was much greater in propor
tion to its nominal value than at present. The pay
of the clerks uud iaborors employed in the office
has b-jon very much increased by Congress, end in
various other ways the expenses ot the office have
been greatly augmented, while tho fees have re
vuiiivd unchanged. In addition to these causes
the fi re- of the office baa been considerably in
or**ttt>ed luring’he present year, in order to dis
po. 6 •'* the accumulation of business above refer
red to.
The oonseoxenoe of all these causes baa been,
t* r«t during tho current year tho expensoa of the
office have been continually excooding the reve
nues, and such will continue to be the case until
an augmentation of those revenue* shall bo provi
ded lor.
The permanent augmentation of the examining
corps, or rather such a reorganisation as will place
a l its members on a proper footing, is a subject
worthy of consideration. The ussm'mit examiners
who are performing the duties of principal exatn
icom, may justly expect, nt no distant day, the
com pern ation at. ached to those duties and respon
sibilities It would not only be bigbiy gratifying
to me, bur would be nothing more than Justice to
them to have t he means and the authority to make
their compensation commensurate with the grade
and character of their actual services.
A bid "as framed by the Senate committee at
tho li*s* soss on ol Congress, providing for these
and mur v other amendments ; or rather, it amoun
ted to r. general reorganization ofthe whole Patent
Office sy-tem, including the above named provi
s:**n« as * rtio 1 thereof. The passage of that
bill, or of some other which shall at least embrace
thn t jatnr-s abo■ ■ alluded to, seems to be an ob
ject of prime importance to the proper adminis
tration of the affairs of this office.
I beg leave :n commend these matters to your
favor bio consideration, in case you deem them of
suffic'orft consequence to merib a place in your
annual report.
1 remain, s : r, v?ry respee*fully, yours, <Src.,
Chas. Mason*.
Hon JV « rr McClelland, Scc’y of tho Interior.
Import on Commerce and Navigation.
Tho r nor. on Commerce and Navigation accom
panies tho ether reports, and was laid before
Congress yesterday. It contains some very in
teresting statistical information upon the subject
’ of ship building and other matters pertaining to
j tho growth of our commercial interests. We are
j able from the records, to compile the following
? tables:
I Statement of New Yeese's buPt in the /Mowing cities
. | during the ytar 1854.
Ships an j Sma’l *r Steam Total
harfcs. Bugs. Y.as s. boats. Tonn>♦*#>
, I Wrj :bor«/ 26 11 27 34,476
I Be’fan 9 17 13 1?,»»67
' Bah 56 9 4 55,45’
Po.tleni 23 2 6 l r /88
i Boston 59 1 4 8 69,550
1 St-w B-:d .' ra.. .18 1— v 2*6
New Tor- 40 7 ISS 86 6-3 196
! Phil d*lrfcia.. . 6 4 US 14 24,’2s
! B -.it m 'T* 18 S 86 4 16,618
! Lo >i Till-
I St. Lous
CiDTiD&ati
; P-t-c. 11 21 7 7.042
j Tot<i- Tonnage of the United States for the Year Ending
8 tk Jun 1854
Beoist rej lox-agx. Total Tonnßg“
! e»v »in)plo eJ .n foreign trade on
80&acf Jun®, 1554 2,83.\5:9
E< OL EDi'D.-SiLLE TESSiLS.
i Enr llid ves«fla en:,loy«d in tt e^oabt
tn2 -ade 80th <f June. 1554 2,278 90 »
I Smad.r vesre.s under 20 tons 41,214
FISHIVG VES6IJB.
) Ecrr led vesse's employed in the cod
| fi he-y 103,194
Do do d mackerel d 0... 85,041
j Smui e vessels and.-r 20 tns in cod
fishery 9,784
! Re*i«trred tonnage in the wha’e fi-he
) ries 181901
Do do do steam navigation 96,036
I Enrolled tonnage in steam navigation ssl :7 1
Total tonnage of U. £. 80 h June, 1554 5,66),416
I Report of the Secretary of War.
The actual strength of the Army is only ten thou
sand seven fcanired and forty five. The who e
j strength is fourteen thousand two hun-
I dred and sixteen. The deficiency is last decreasing
: by more rapid enlistments. A .statement of tho
j changes made in the distribution of the army dur
! ing last ye?r is made.
The re moval from Florida of the remnant of the
Seminoies, has received the attention of the De
i partmeut but its efforts have cot been very suc
cessful. Better fortune is expected next year,
! through the instrumentality of the new plan ot
i operations. The Indian difficulties elsewhere are
alluded to. The massacre of Lieut. Gratton and
men by the Sioux is narrated, and the fact stated,
that the army force is quite inadequate to the pro
-1 teetio » of cur frontier ai d to punish Indian ag
i greesions. Out entire ’o3s in Indian actions dur
ire the ye®r is four officers and sixty three men
kiied, r.nd roar officers and forty-two men wound
ed. The occnrrenc s 0 . the frontier fernish de
plorable proofs of the irscfficieney of our miiiUry
force, and of the absolute necessity for its increase,
which was urged by the Secretary last year. Our
effective force does not exceed eleven thousand
men, which is entirely inadequate for ihe purposes
for which we maintain a toauding army, lieirn
mediate is urged, »t » oo.t " u ®“ e £!
give tome degree or security to 1
tiara, lor which purpoae the regutorce
uiu»t efficient, cheap, proper and pon*titutt©B4l
mm iwii
toeniisi mon, induced tho J
V*’ ' "[" ofe menin OTober and Sopt. last :
,J daring t-h 3 corresponding nronths |
: -J**; : ' / of recruits required for tho j
' •■•* r .. u uS aftßg year will prcbably not bo
v ’' V ) Here o*cmendstheu>e of catcall
/ , ‘ ; for military purpesos azain t r ndj
too. G'-.m-u- . ftt ; on t 0 teat taqir usefulneos. An j
sg.fe*r’m- .: ■ , r iis’U®gid s.** an act of j'ts
.sked
5 d f -l‘ -owe snd orphan® of tho officer and }
X ;,r , . , ’.rmv ou ari equality with the* wW |
. , fi-.e officers i=ud soldi-re of tlio ,
' • of a revlaioi of our mil tary j
, flV ’ ;'cu oriaut p articulars lspoiut- 1
r nreveat conflicting claims in ]
e ' l *’ * / ,n* command, which now give rise j
*• fcVrca erd 'rouble. Guo groat j
s’ * ■'* s . v 13 the double rack recogoixod ;
tub it is ppoposed to give ,
rank only when tiro President m*y |
' rv 7 J ‘ fid the exercise of brevet commis
troop, or company where j
V' V«stiom for re-organization of tho
‘ ’ ’ DrdsenUd, acd compared with Eu
: I’ is proposed that there be nine
' ' inis; one for each Department; one
st er General, ons for Adjutant Ueu
or iuspectora General; being an ad
-oto those who now, by Brevet or
?e rank and command as Brigadier
h r markedcnauge3 in staff appoiut
nd cu'y are proposed.
r» the organization of regiments aro
. \ l V , j. The expediency cf general pro*
, , ' jaiority instead of merit is doubted
ry: and the establishment of a re
n urged. Professorships of Ethics
,h students at the Military Academy
VC,- are treated of at conslder
*w*creu*?o *f «he Treasury’s Annual Report.
\\ , jeeived a copy of the annua, report
0 4 -,. aines Guthrie, Secretary of the Trea
u r "l; 1 interesting document, giving ade
*Vi oci .0 lo expos id on of the financial affairs
the c.i r, accompanied b}*such recommenda
, o ' lt ‘ L . and experience have demonstrated to
*• t ith a statement ot the receipts and
cf the past year, but as these were
v. f~‘ :til ' uo Presiaenvs message at sufficient
, l( ■' i±r 0 general reader, we omit them here
n ° 0 to make a synopsis of such portions
,f f nder of the document as are of gen
. and not referred to in tho reports
* - i-J ate rectipts for the fiscal year ending
las - fj, are as follows
. is .....$56,000,0000 00
v 6,000,000 00
v. /> u; 1;. ~ US 500,000 00
$62,500,000 00
Add e . ; rated balance in the
‘V C '.. July 1, 1855.. 19,762,046 29
j M- tho estimated sum of $82,262,046 29
. c ! fiscal year 1856.
expenditures for the fiscal year 1856:
bu‘.»; iormer appropriations
nded this ye ir $11,212,905 20
yrrr and indefinite appro- *
r.r] uo' to oe expended this
u 1 ous asked for and to
v> c> ded this year 41,722,516 47
$60,869,883 87
leaving the sum cf $21,892,212 92 on the Ist of
July, 1856.
Auer giving the above, tho report procoods :
‘Tt appears the receipts from customs for the
second, third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year
1854 wove not diminished from the pressure in
the money market and other causes,as expected in
my former report. They were k«pt up from im
portations. growing out of largo exports pf provi
a ions, caused by the scarcity in England and
France, a..d the expected demands of the Euro
pean war, and by tho shipment to this country of
foreign manufacturers, who, owing to tho want of
a remunerating market in those countries, sou a ht
the beuefit of ours.
“They were also kopt up by a greater uniformity
and better valuation of foreign goods, and a dimi
nution iu smuggling, caused by tho increased vig
ilance on the part of the revenue officers. The
foreign and internal immigration to the now States
and Territories, combined with speculative invest
ments in the public lands, greatly iuc ease the
receipts from that source, so that, instead of a re
duced revenue, anticipated, the receipts have
been greater than ia any previous year.
“It also appears, from the statement of the ro
ceipts of the first quarter of the fiscal year 1854,
that the receipts, both from customs and lands,
have been greater for tho quarter than a fair pro
portion cf the estimated receipts for tho year. This
has grown out of the same causes that kept up the
receipts from customs and lands, for the last three
quarters ot the fiscal year 1354, aided as to lands
to some extent by the effect ot the act graduating
tho juice, which operated iu favor ot tho receipts
for the lutter half of the quarter.
“Tho receipts from customs for the remaining
threo quarters of the year cannot be in proporiion
to those of the quarter, owing to the reeipre
city treaty, introducing f ree f ade with tho British
colonies, and the short crops in almost all portions
of tho country, which must materially offset the
exportation oi’ provisions, and the return importa
tions, and diminish theubi ity to purchase and pay
for *oreign goods. The effect of a eca r city of pro
visions, with consequent high price?, has always
been to diminish the consumption of other articles
of nso, and may be expected to operate
on the importations for the remaining three quar
ters of the year, as it certainly will on the consump
tion.
“Moreover, tho United States have enjoyed a
long period ol agricu tural, mauutacturiig and
commercial prosperi’y, under extended bank and
other facilities, backed by the immense productions
of gold from the mines of California. Thiw has led
to largespecniutive investmenisiu railroad?, lands,
lo s, houses, ships, stocks, and other enterprises,
and to enhanced prices for rents, labor, provisions,
and ail tho necessaries of life. The hank and credit
faci itics have been in check for more than a year,
with a prospect of a continued check; whilst the
large aud extended indebtedness of operators has
to be met under ro edi 'g prices without the stim
ulating effect of new enterprises. This will also
act in restraint of importauons and consumption.
“In the estimated receipts for customs for the
threo remaining quarters of the current fiscal
year, the effects of the reciprocity treaty and re
duced importations have been considered, whilst
also the sume causes will operate in tho sale of pub
lic lands; but the effect of the act graduating tho
price has been considered sufficient to keep up the
receipt from the latter source to what they were
for the fiscal year 1854.
“The estimate for receipts for tho fiscal year
1856 has been made from an expectation that UlO
same causes which will operate to reduce tho im
portation? and consumption of foreign goods for
the remaining three-quarters of the fi-cal year
1855, will he continued through a port of the sue
coeding year, and sensibly affect tho importation
and consumption ot f< ■feign goods.”
The tonnage of the United Staton exhibits an in*
crease for the year of 395,892 tons.
The imports for tuc year are $26,321,317, in ex
cess of exports, no account being taken of the pre
cious metals brought in by immigrants. In this
connection, the Secretary tays:
“Tte profits on our exports, and the freights
earned by our ships in foreign trade ought more
than cover this excess. The exports include over
S3B 000,600 ot specie and bullion exported; but,
whilst specie and bullion are products of labor in
our mi nos, they rank with any other product, and
must enter into our foreign trade as articles of
commerce, and can have no prejudical effect upon
the great in tercets* of the country.”
Tne flattering state of the revenue, and our
rapidly increasing commerce, induce the Sacretary
again to call the attention ot Congress to the pro
priety of reducing the revenue from customs. He
Bays:
“Tho present tariff has eight schedules, or differ
ent rates ol duties, as follows: The first of lou por
cent., the second of 40 por cent., tho 1 bird of 80 per
cent., the fourth of 25 per cent., the fifth of 20 per
cent., the sixth of 15 per cent., the seventh of 10
per cent., and the eighth of 5 por cent. Tho hill
prepared by the committee ol tho House of Rep
resentatives [a\. its previous session] has five
schedules, as follows: The first of 100 per cent.,
the second of 20 per cent., the third ot 15 per cent.,
tho fourth of 10 per cent, end the firth of 5 por
cent. And tho bill prepared at this department
[last, year] and which is substantially the one re
ported by tho minority of tho committee of tho
House of Representatives, has but two rates of
duty, i’he first of 100 per cent., and tho second of
25 per cent.
“Ttere are difficulties in tho execution of the
present tariff growing ou of tho required classifl
cation under the eight schedules; and those diffi
culties continue to ii crease by the acts of the
manufacturers in assimilating one class of goods to
another, and in ascertaining tho material or chief
value in the fabrics. The difficulties woul . be
reduced under t? e bill of the committee, and
would entirely disappear under that proposed by
the department.”
The Secretary contends that no more money
should be collected than isrt quirod for an econom
ical administration of the government.
An addition to the free hat is also recommended,
a* is likewise a duty of 40 por cent, on all wineß
not made free ; silk 3 of all Rinds, laces of all kinds,
and other sumptuary articles.
There has been a great increaso in the annual
export of articles manufactured in this country.
It may be fairly calculated that the $26,000,0u0,
aud upward, of manufactured articles exported
during the fiscal year 1854, will con'inue gradually
to increase, until tho manufacture of tne United
States shal: constitute a fair proportion of our lo
reig» exports.
Under the Reciprocity Treaty, articles now pay
ing dnty to the amount of $1,524,457.40 are made
free.
The recommendation for the repeal of the fish
ing bounties is renewed. Tho subject of drawback
duties on refined sugar is also recommended to the
consideration of Congress.
tO-c»iled 10 tho fact that there ia want
of proper accommodation in many of the offices
connected with the Treasury D partmont.
It is recommended that Congress allows five ad
ditional clerks and two additional messenger- to
the Six’h Auditor, aud twoaddi’ioual clerks to the
First Comptroller. In this conuedion various sug
gestions are made as likely to facilitate the pub.ic
busines?.
Under the act of 1803 tkiro have been $15,152,-
170 &f silver coined at the mint iu Philadelphia
aud brunch mint at Now Orleans, and circulated
at Pti la.xelphia, Now York, Boston, Detroit, Chi
cago, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Norf lk,
Cbartestcn, Savannah, New Orlean», Bt. Louis,
reffer&onvilla, C.ncinnati, San Francis.© and Pitts
burg, end tarnished to citizens at various ether
places. This has tended to keeps sound currency
Lt cha: ge in circulation, and afforded great con
venience to the Dublic; but t-e circu ation ol .arge
amounts of small bank notes has contracted the
benefits of the silver change, In many places, or
driven it away, or tied it up in the pockets of the
neopie. The tail benefit of silver coinag? for
change, says the Secretary, ein never be realized
while small bunk notes are enc-nraged under bank
charters, and made current by the patronage of the
community.
Toe Secretary gives a statement of the onrrency
which makes trie total amount ot gold and silver
coin in circulation on the 86th September, 1854, at
$241 000 060 against which there is a total bank
ciroulakoa or $204 689,2* 9. 1860, ’sl, there were
879 harks in the United States, with a capital of
$227,807,538, and u 1853 ’4, there were 2,208 banks
with a e&pitai cf $801,576,071, being an increase of
$78,948,538. We here quote the remarks of the
Secretory in relation to tne currency:
‘•The independent treasury of tko Doited States,
receiving and paying Ibrtfce n?cal year 1854 more
than f 75 000,000 in the cnrrer.l coiD, has kept np
the dtmard for it, and prevented 'fee large bank
circulation from obtaining tbe m-stery and driv
ingtbe constitutional currency from the country.
In our tabic of exports, we find an increaee in ihe
export, of coin over the previous year, but do' ex
ceeding the pr:dnce of out m.nes. Thk increase
may be, in part, accounted for by the large re
demption ofthe poblic debt held abroad, and tbe
bank circulation, a iatge part of wmeb was in email
note, eircuia'ed at u diseount :n places remote
from the iseuing bank, and forcing the better cur
rency of gold and si ver out of toe market.
“The United Slates having placed her receipts
and expenditures upon the constitutional currency
of gold and Hiver, it is in the power ot the States,
bv prohibiting the banks from issuing and circu
ling notes of a small denomination, and oy mak
ing the constitutional currency the basis ot tbeir
own receipts aud expeditures, to give the victory
in a'l times to the constitutional currency, keep a
BDf£ch ncy in the country for aii the pu poses ot a
circulating medium, and prevent the eviii* and lobb
es that elways attend an inferior currency.
“The disorder now felt in money matters grows
out of the failure of znaoy of these banks, and tbe
curttifrtt® o * of tbe ciroaiationand discounts of oth
eis, which, in the ia t six months, most have
reached forty cf fifty mill iron of dc iiara; aid in
part oat of the effeots prod UC3Q by tbe large im
ports, audio pa*i out of the want of confidence be
imt -rr J ’or rower. It cannot be attri
nt of gold ami a’l ver, which ia
no < quenco growing out of theae
Chi
I The report recommends the eontincanoeoflhe
coast survey and tbe lighthouse board, »nd calls
for ibther aid in protecting human lift from ship
wreck on the coasts, end suggests whet ver the law
! should not provide greater security in tJ « ?°“'
| sciu.- ion ofstea-'i passsngervossals, orleavG them
a< now to ibo ship owners. A-rep irt trorn Pro ,
f,-»sor Booth shows the loss of six'y three steam ]
i vessels from the Ist of January, 18-4, to nune, or
i the same year, with the causes thoreot. Ten were
by collision; seventeen by firs: five from ice;
■ twenty three lrom snrgs, and states that nineteen
! ot tiem were from inattention and negligence,
j thirty-one from accident, one from being untea-
I worthy, and only two from unavoidable causes,
i This exh bit proves that much remains to be done,
under tbe steamboat act, to seen re capable and
efficient officers on steam vessels for the proserva
-1 tion of lire. Facilities for saving tile from i.hip
. wrack on tho Long Island and New Jersey const
i now engage the attention of tho Department. Al
! lusioa is made to tbe wreck of the New Era.
I Experiments lor throwing mortars more effectnal-
I ly are tusking. Bat Congress mast make aadi
! tional appropriations to carry cut tho object in
1 view.
| There are fifty four places, including the marine
i hospitals, where relief is afforded to sick mid t.isa
| blea seamen, under the direction of tbe Treasury
Department. „ ...
In view of the recent frauds by Collectors ot the
Customs at Cleveland, Oswego, .fee., ho calls for
such additional legislation as may be deemed ne
cessary. ,
The balance of tbe report refers mainly to the
Mint operations, and the operations of the various
departments of the Treasury. The Secretary hears
testimony to the effinienoy aud industry of his
clerical force.
WEEKLY
C|ronidt tic Sentinel.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WEDNESDAY MOKNINO,. ... .DEC’S. 13, 1854.
The Soule CorreapondcDce.
The official correspondence :u relation to the ri
diculous flare up of Mr. Soule aud the French po
liceman at Calais, has made its appearance in tho
New York journals, and we transfer an abstract of
it to our own columns, to which the readers atten
tion is invited. Although it discloses no impor
tant fact not already known to the public, yet as a
part of the official history of a most ludicrous di
plomatic farce, the public should bo in possession
of it. If Mr. Socle had displayed as much discre
tion as an intelligent youth, ho would have escap
ed making himsalf rediou'ous before the world.—
But the exercise of discretion is not a part of his
nature. He is over on the alert to acquire a little
notoriety,.and he thought this was doubtless a
fino opportunity to attain that object. He succeed
ed most admirably we confess, though at a coßt to
himself, fatal indeed to his future indulgence in
the luxury which he covet? so much.
The whole thing, ridiculous as it is, is a fine
commentary upon the appointment of such a man
to represent this government abroad. A mere
French adventurer and Red Republican, without
capacity lor tho position, his appointment, and
confirmation by the Senate, is a deep reproach to
the country, and every man in whose bosom glows
a single sjmrk of national pride must feel humbled
and humiliated when lie thinks of it.
Another Wild Cat Rank Failure.
The Southern of Tuesday, announces
the failure of that Wild Cat swindling shop, the
Bank of Millidgoville, thus :
“ Bank of Millidgeville. —This institution,
which it will be remembered, turned Wild Cat last
spring, closed doors on Wednesday last. W'epre
i sumo it has but few bills out in Georgia. Is it
\ not time for the people everywhere to reform
their system of banking ?”
i The Federal Union seems not to have heard of
the failure, although it occurred six days prior to
its isiuo of Tuesday; as it makes no allusion to
the matter. This is a liltle remarkable, consider
i iug both it aud tho Recorder were tho apologists,
' if not tho defenders of the institution a few months
t since.
The Recorder thinks it has not robbed the peo"
pie of Georgia to any considerable extent, us it pre
sumes there are but few bills in circulation in the
1 State. Doubtless the people will feel under espe
cial obligations to the very independent course
pursued by the press of Millidgeville, and their
- oar* est vfforts to protect them from robbery.
! We congratulate tho Recorder upon having be
come so much unshackled as to be able to pro
pound the interrogatory, whether “it is not time
to reform the system of banking ?” This evinces
a degree of progress, which is decidedly relreshiug
’ in this age of Wild Cat financiers. The Federal
) Union , however, seoms not to have made equal
progress with its neighbor. Can that be because
of the favor shown the Wildcats, by his Excel
i loncy Governor Johnson ?
This event iu the history of the Georgia Wild
' Cats, renders it necessary that we should re-mould
\ our list, tho more effectually to protect the people
, against robbery.
• The following Wild Cat Banks are, in our opin
’ ion, entirely unworthy of confidence or credit;
, and if the peoplo desire to protect themselves
5 against en open but cuuningly devised system to
1 rob them, they should refuse to give circulation to
> their bills. Tho public have escaped being robbed
of a largo amount by the Bank ot Milledgeville,
j and tho lusurauce & Banking Co., ot Dalton, aim
ply by refusing to circulate their bills, let them
; take warning in time and repudiate the bills of the
following:
| Sank of Atlanta, at Atlanta,
i Bank of the Interior, at Griffin.
Merchants’ Bank of Macon, at Macon.
Planters & Mechanics’ Bank, at Dalton.
Manufacturers & Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus.
BROKE.
Bank of Milledgeville, at Milledgeville.
i Insurance & Banking Co., ot Dalton.
The Malta
The Northern Mail has failed two days in suc
cession. A portion of that due Tuesday afternoon
came through yesterday. Both days the mail-train
reached tbe depot in this oily nearly an hour after
1 due. Things are evidently sadly out of joint, and
likely to be more so after the first of January, as
we learn from the Charleston papers th t the De
i parlment and Charleston road have not made any
; contract for tho transportation of the mails, and
[ that, after that time, they willbe transported from
some point on the Wilmington & Manchester
’ Road via Georgetown to Charleston, and via Co
_ lumbia to this city, by horse power,
j The Charleston Chamber of Commerce meet to
day to enquire into tho matter and adopt some
measure to avert the calamity.
The Railroad Comppuy is now placed in the
r wrong, and is evidently acting in bad laith to the
J public, as they are unwilling to transport the mails
for the same comp nsation other companies re
j coivo for a similar service. Charleston controls
) the road, and therefore has tho power to correct
the evil. She has only to exercise her authority
i by displacing those who ore now in power, and
- the mail service will be performed as heretofore,
j This she will do, we opine, before she suffers long
f the consequences under the new schedule.
The Postmaster General, miserable apology as
5 he is for one, is for once in the right. He should
transport the mails by horse-power, and teach
j Railroad companies that they cannot trample with
> impunity upon tbe Government and tho public
| iuteresis.
Pickpockets and Burglars.
These light fingered gentry practiced their art
with some degree of success, in this city and on
the Georgia Railroad Cars during Thursday and
Friday nights. On the former night, on the cars,
{ between Camak and Helair, J. W. M. Bkrrixn,
Esq., of Rome, bad his pocket picked of a package
or packages of money, containing between five
! and six thousand dollars ; aod on Friday night a
number of the bed chimbers in the United States
1 Hotel were enter d, and the pockets of several of
j the lodgers rifled of small amounts of money. N o
due has as yet been discovered as to the perpe
trators.
Tbe Agricultural Fair.
The Ninth Annual Fair of tha “Southern Cen*
: tral Agricultural Society,” which has just closed in
5 this city, was (considering all tho discouragements
, and which attended it,) an unmisiaka
} bio and decided triumph. In the Live Stock De
partment, especially the quality of the animals
’ shown, has never been surpassed in the South,
nor was the quantity or number of fine Horses,
Cattle, Sheep, in any way inferior to previous
2 exhibitions. The Poultry Department (especially
the show cf the large Chinese and India varieties,)
was far superior to any thing of the kind ever be
i fore seen in tho South, and we believe in the
Union.
’ The Household, Ladies, Domestic Manufactur
ing, Horticultural and Mechanical Departments
r were also well filled, and the show of Field Crops
was truly remarkable, when we remember the
; very unfavorable character of the past season,
s Upon the whole, we may congratulate the So
[ ciety upon the extensive and interesting exhibition
r which has just concluded, and doubt not that under
1 more auspicious circums’ances, their future Fairs
’ will steadily and progressively improve.
Virginia. —The Democratic State Convention,
r which met at Staunton, adjourned Saturday night
t at a late hour, after a storm, session and much
■ angry debate for three days. They made the fol
[ lowing nominations:
, Henry A. Wise for Governor,
f E. W. McCoxxs for Lieutenant Governor.
! W. P. Booock ior Attorney General.
The nomination for Governor produced tha acri
-5 monious feeling, and a motion to make it nnani
) moss was met with such demonstrations of hostil
• ity, that the mover withdrew it. The opponents
of Wise generally supported Leaee.
Monroe’s Southern Banker.
i Mb. K. A. EobzbioON, tbe Agent for this Peri
‘ odical, is now in this city for the purpose of ictro
| daciug it to the attention of the comma-cial com
> mnmty, and obtain subscribers. As he wii! ex
■ bibit specimen copies of the work, every one will
be aole to judge of its merits for himself.
Mb. Atchison has resigned tho Presidency of the
’ Senate. He will not, he says, reach Washington
■ for three weehs.
i Bane Dividends.—The Marine and Planters’
* Banka of Savannah, have declared a semi-annua
* dividend of five per cent.
The Central Railroad and Banking Company,
» has declared a mixed dividend of aloes: at -to
I ney, et,uai to four per cent upon the profits of th.
B past six months.
> The Bane of Savannah has declare a
....I dividend of four per cent.
; i
tboaeaod are cent.
Memphis and Dbarleiton Railroad.
We leran from the Charleston Meroury that:
“this Company have 108 miles of Road in suc
cessful operation, in two sections. The W estern
connects Memphis with LaGrang©; the Eastern j
compasses the long line of rapids in the Tennes
see River known as the Muscle Shoals from Tus
cumbia to Decater. From the Eastern end of
these Shoals, at Decatur, they have 88 miles
graded, to Stevenson, the point of junotion with
the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. This
portion not only awaits a rise in the Tennessee
River, to enable them to transport timber down
and iron up, to finish the bridge at Decatur, when
the track laying will commence at both ends of
the section, and will continue without intermis
sion till the whole is completed.
“ The bridge over the Tennessee at Decatur will
be a noble structure. It is 2,000 feet in length,
and each of its thirteen piers is of solid masonry,
like a aiugl rock. On these piers, already
finished, the wooden structure is fast being com
pleted, and the bridge will be ready to receive
the railway track in the month of January next.
“ The Company have also graded 25 miles of
Road, eastward from LaGrange, on the western
division of their line, and will, in a few days,
commence laying down the rails. This will give
on the western division 75 miles; and on the
eastern 127 miles of finished road on the main
trunk, and 18 miles of branch, willall be in opera
tion for the next business season. And it will be
observed that the longest section will be continu
ous with our and the Georgia Railroads, and ex
tend the direct communications of Charleston
near the borders of Mississippi. The iron is
purchased, a large portion of it received, and the
balance will be forwarded as soon as wanted.
“ The Company, as we are assured, have ample
means, and will have only to negotiate a small
amount of first rate securities to enable them to
pay iroight and duties on their iron, —all other
things being provided. There will then only re
main to be built a section of about 70 miles, in the
eastern part of Mississippi and the western part of
Alabama, to complete this noble thoroughfare
through from Charleston on the Atlantic, to Mem
phis on the Mississippi. There are no difficulties
in tho route, and the Company have means in
hand. It is simply a question of not sacrificing
them, by pressing their securities on th% market
at the present unfavorable time. The Charleston
and Memphis Railroad is soon to be finished.
“It will be observed that the Memphis and
Charleston, and the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroads, unite noar the Northeastern angle of
Alabama, and that consequently the? will pour
thoir accumulated business upon the ly eateru and
Atlantic Railroad, which eadbxporienco has provod
to be unequal to the business it already has on
hand. Indeed it is known that this business migljt
be almost indefinitely increased out of the present
resources, if it were not for its inability to meet
the demands of trade. This inefficiency is aotual ly.
forcing the transportation westward o* the products
of North Alabama oud Middle Tonnessee, wltieh
have a tendency towards the Atlantic, and would
gladly seek our port. Au additional outlet is ab
solutely required to save this trade, so rich at pre
sent, and so boundless in its capacity for inoreaae.”
The complaint in the last paragraph, againßt the
Btate Road, of its incapacity to transport all tho
freight now offering, either going West or coming
East, is the first intimation we have seen, that the
Road does not promptly transport its freights,
and we are of opinion the Mercury has been mis
informed.
The principle reason, we presume, why North
Alabama produce is not now finding its way to the
Atlantic ports, as daring the last season, is the
extremely low stage of the Tennessee River, which
wo believe has not been in a navigable condition
since the middle of September, except for light
mail boats unencumbered with freight. Os thiß
however, our Chattanooga contemporaries can im
form us; and we should also be pleased to learn
from them, wnether there is any detention of
freight coming east at that place.
The Atlanta journals can ascertain whether there
is any detention there, and if so, advise the publio
of tho fact and the cause.
New Orleans Medical News and Hospital Ga
eette. —The December number of this valuable
Medioal Monthly is on our table, with a table of
contents rich and varied. This is a work that we
feel confident the Profession will be pleased with;
and we take groat pleasure in reoommending it
to them. It is published in New Orloans and edi
ted by au association of Physioians, price $8 per
annum. Address the Journal at Charity Hospital.
Seizure of Smuggled Goods. —As the passen
gers on board tho steamship Afrioa, were leaving
that vessel on Wednesday week, soon after her
arrival at her dock at Jersey City, the revenue offi
cers discovered a number of watches and a quan
tity of jowolry secreted in some trunks belonging
to passengers. The further debarkation of the
passengers that night was prohibited, and they
woro all strictly searohed the next morning before
they woro allowed to depart. The Surveyor of
the Port has in custody the contraband goods,
which are estimated to bo worth seventy-five thou
sond dollars.
More Copfeb in Georgia. —A correspondent of
tho Cassville Standard says: “Messrs. Benjamin
Johnson & Co., of Gilmer, have opened a rich
oopper mine in the ninth district of Fannin coun
ty. The vein is twelve feet in width, of what is
termed the yellow sulphuret of copper.
Southern Medical and Surgical Journal.—
The November Number of this sterling Medioal
periodical is on our table, freighted with its übusl
bounty of original and miscellaneous matter. It
affords us great pleasure to be able to reeommend
this periodical to the Profession, as worthy of their
patronage. It is edited by Professor L. A.
Dugas, and published by James MoCaxfertv of
this city, at $8 per annum in advanoe.
Know Nothing Movements. —The New York
Herald of Saturday says: We undei stand that the
Know Nothings are about organizing a Council in
Congress, and that the first result* will probably
be some astonishing desertions from the adminis
tration in both houses. We are also informed that
the new party will be on hand at the meeting of
the Legislature at Albany, for the enrollment of
members of both houses there into the mysteries
and political policy of the order. The same course
will most probably be pursued in all the different
State Legislatures. Th. rlow Weed is very much
frightened concerning these Know Nothings, and
the chances of Seward in our Assembly. We
should not bo surprised if a majority againßt the
arch agitator were mysteriously to turn up on
•lection day. It is of tho highest importance to the
new movement that Seward sbou'd be disposed of.
Nothing like a tolling blow at the very head of his
anti slavery coalition.
Foreign Imports at New 1 ore. —The Journal
of Commerce states that the imports at New York
from foreign ports for the month of November, are
$3,958,085 less than for the same month of last year,
and $104,225 less than for the corresponding month
of 1852. The receipts of free goods have increased
as compared with last year, while the dutiable
either enter directly or thrown into warehouse,
show a marker decline. The total of imports en
tered during 1854 has been $172,055,626, against
$180,169,860 for 1858, and $119,550,781 for 1852.
The imports of free goods, mostly tea and coffee,
have increased about $8,000,000. The imports of
dry goods show the greatest decline, and especial
ly during the month justclosed, when the receipts
were less than half as large as for the correspond
ing month of last year. Thus the total entries of
dry goods for November were $2,568,705 lessthan
for November 1858, and $681,197 Übs than for
Novenrber 1852. The total reoeipts of dry goods
since January Ist, $7,994,865 less than for the same
period of last year, but $22,206,574 greater than for
the same time in 1852. This falling off, as com
pared with last year, has been greatest in woolens
and silks. The Journal says:
We look for a lees comparative decline in the
receipts of foreign goods during the month of De
cember, but so many orders nave been counter
manded Bir.ce the opening of the last Fall’s trade,
that it it difficult te make an estimate with any
confidence. We may be certain, however, that
the imports of foreign good during the year 1856
will Bhow a very marked decrease in comparison
with the year soon to expire.
The Express referring to the same subject says:
The orders for foreign dry goods, wo under
stand, have been so largely diminished, that the
falling off will probably be continued in its present
ratio, say fifty per cent. This fact will go much to
wards establishing an easy money market and a
firmer rate for property of every description, and
further enable us to rely on our homo resources
instead of looking for foreign aid in cariyingonour
internal improvements.
Later from Tamfioo The sehr.Mary Caroline,
Capt. Woolingham, arrived here yesterday from
Tampico, brings no general news of importance.
The Government authorities, she reports, are
beco r ing extremely suspicious about everything
relating to correspondence from that country.—
The schooner’s mail bags were Beized by them at
the moment of her Bailing for heir Orleans, and
though the letters were of a strictly commercial
character, the captain bad to leave without them.
He was also fined one thousand dollars in conse
quence of having received the bags on board with
out first complying with some new regulations of
the customs ; but in consequence of publicity not
having been given to the regulations, the captain
succeeded in releasing his vessel.
Disaster atSia. —The ship Hemisphere, arrived
at New York, brought in the Captain and crew of
the bark Mopang, water logged and abandoned at
sea. Capt. Downs, of the Mopang, reports that
while his vessel was in this condition, and with
difficulty kept afloat, a fore-and-aft schooner passed
so near that they could almost read her name ;
and although they had a signal of distress flying
and could see two men in her rigging looking at
them, she offered no assistance.
Hard Times at New York. —Tie Herald says
We have been informed, that owing to the depres
sion of business at present existing in the city, a
great many men have been discharged from em
ployment in the dock} ards .and iron foundries on
the northeast side of the city. It is estimated that
not over one-third of the meohanica of and labor
ers usually employed at the Dry Dook, and in i s
vicinity, have now stead, work. One of the largest
iron foundries in tbe city, which emi » oys in
times, seven bandied men, has now n "
dred engaged, and they, next week, will In. on two
thirds thne. Another largi estabhsment m alx.^
to stop business entirely for some '• ““
thereby throw four hundred men out of employ
ment. There is not over one ship bndt > Bo *’’ * *
there was form.rl, three; and
everything but cheering, either for the “hipbn.ld
Zor the workmen. Nor is this distress coffined
to the dockyards and iron foundries, but extends
to ail of mechanic* in tho city.
The shoe business is said now to be duller than
at any previooa time since 1840. There is 1 068 c * e
mand abroad, especially in California and Austra
iia, than last year, and le*s money in the South
and West to parebase, while stock and labor have
' been enormously higb. In Lynn and other m»nu-
If&ctaring towns of Massachusetts, the “ bosses’
have reduced their hands, and many men are out |
of employ.
Who abe the OinoE Holders.—ls tho following
statement is correct, it will account, in some
measure, for the movementa being made in dif
ferent parts of the country at this time:
I Washington, D. G. Americans . Foreigners.
State Department 12 17
Treasury Department 138 278
Department of the Interior... 839 500
Officers nnd agonta in the ser
vice of the House of Rope.. 10 40
Post Offico Department 11 80
510 914
Ministers and ConauU 151 108
Coast Survey 15 20
United states Mint 25 12
L : ght House Beard Inspectors 81 892
U. S. Revenue Marine {Service 85 SO
764 1484
The list of Custom House officers in the d ff *r
ont States, show 215 Americans, 1887 Foreigners.
Memphis Eagle.
Trouble among the Iron Mem.—“We regreat to
learnsays the Columbia )Pa,) Spy, “of tbe sus
pension and failnre of many of the heavy compa
nies engaged in the iron business in this State.
Some of those regarded es the most stable have
gone, and the indications are that we are now but
in the begin!ng of one of the greatest financial
crices ever known in this country.”
“ The Ressurreotion or Poland.” —This dream ;
said to be haunting the brain of so practical a man
as Louis Nopoleon because some of his newspa
per organs happen to be amusing themselves with
it—meets with a derisive laugh from the organ of
the British aristocracy and British government,
the London Times, which says:
“ We shall not follow those writers who, in Paris
or elsewhere, amuse their readers by speculations
on the resurrection of decayed nationalities, or by
large territorial innovations on the map of Europo.
Tho real situation of Europe is too critical, tho real
problems before us are too intricate, to admit of
those flourishes, which anticipatein.a pamphlet the
work of a Congress, and achievo by a stroke of
the pen the results of a sucoessful war.”
Some one having stated that the best way to
preserve apples from rotting is to pack them in
salt, the editor of the Albany Knickerbocker tried
the experiment. He says they have kept for three
years, and they would keop to all eternity if they
waited for him to eat them. Tho Baline particles
so mix with the apples that you can’t eat one of
them without fancying you are chewing a piece of
Lot’s wife.
The New Orleans Bulletin, under the head of
“gratifying intelligence,” announces that Col.
Wm. L. Campbell, the President of the Now Or
leans, Jackson and Groat Northern Railroad, has
succeeded in selling the bonds of tbe Company at
good rates to the amount of £65,000, or upwards
of three hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
The Bum realised will be sufficient to pay up tho
advances made by Messrs. Jas. Robb <fe Co., to
the road, and also perfect tho road sixty five miles
beyond the point it has now reached in the State
of Mii-sissippi. In addition to this negotiation the
President has succeeded in purchasing a large
quautity of iron on very liberal terms.
Ah Array ox Pauper*. —A novel spectacle was
presented in the Police Court at Boston, on Friday
evening, in the arraignment of forty two men, wo
men and children on complaint of the Oversoers
of the Poor that they had no legal settlement in
this Commonwealth, and had become a public
charge. Some of them wore let off on condition
of their attempting to earn their living for the fu
ture, and othors were ordered to bo sent to the
Provinces and to Ireland. Most of them had been
a public charge for the greater part of their lime
of residence in this coautry, either at tho Alms
house or in the House of Correction.
The Lead Region of Wisconsin includes an area
of nearly threo thousand five hundred square
miles, extending from east to west about sevonty
miles, and in width, from north to Routh, some
fifty miles. Zinc ores are also found in largo quan
tities in tho vicinity of the lead dißtriot. Every
ton of this ore will yield from one thousand four
hundred to one thousand six hundred pounds of
pure oxide. This can be sold on the ground for
|I.BO por ton. _
Indian Bhrewdnebs.— “ I am glad,” said the
Rov. Dr. Y. to the Chief of the Little Ottawas,
“that you do not drink whiskey, but it grieves me
to find that your people umbo much it.” “A i,
yes,” replied the Chief, as ho fixed a penetrating
and expressive eye upon the Doctor, which oom
inunioated the reproof before he utttered it, “wo
Indians use a great deal of whiskey, but we do not
make it 1”
A Soldier’s Feeling in the Midst of Battle.—
A letter from a private soldier, says;—“The bul
lets of the Minie rifle go past you with a most in
fernal sound. It’B as though mocking devils were
sneering at you in the air. But your blood soon
, getß up, the sound maddens you, the smell of gun
powder has intoxication in it, your voins tighten as
if fire was running through them, the eyes strain,
the jaws become rigid, and in you go.” He states
that he lost himself altogether at the Alma, and he
found himself a victor. He got a wound on tho
forehead, only a graze, but it bled considerably—
‘the blood ran down into his mouth, and in his
burning excitement he drank it as though it had
been inspiring wine. 1
Toe larger portion of the busineHH Durt of the
town of Monroe, La., was destroyed by fire on the
26th ult. The loss is estimated at one hundred
thousand dollars.
Information has been received at the Treasury
Department, says the Star, that the Bank of Co
lambus, Ohio, against which there is a Govern
ment suit pending for the recovery of $100,0)0 de
posited with it, by order of Secretary Corwin, has
made ap assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or, in other words, has taken that means of pre
venting the United Btatos from recovering by due
process of law. It is not believed, however, that
tho assignment can hold good against the Govern
ment.
We regret to learn that the recent elections in
, Kansas territory, at which Gen. J. W. Whitfield,
the pro-slavery candidate, was elected as delegate
! to Congress, did not pass off without those scenes
of bloodshed which have lately disgraced the polls
in some of the Northern States. A Mr. Davis late
l of Missouri, was killed at the polls in Kansas
City, and another man was killed ip the town of
> Boston.
| The Now York dentists lately held a meeting
with regard to the Beale case in Philadelphia, at
} whioh it was decided that the evidenoe on which
the Doctor was convicted was perfeotly incooßis
’ tent with reason. Several testified that in their
l experience many cases of very extraordinary hal
lucination, produced by chloroform, had occurred,
and, consequently, that Miss Mudge was an in
p competent witness.
The New York Chamber of Commorce has re-
J solved, unanimously, to memorialize Congress,
' asking it to send a vessel to search for Dr. Kane,
~ who went in charge of the Grinnell expedition to
1 search for the remains of Bir John Franklin.—
Serious apprehensions are now being entertained
1 for his safety. He was expected home before this
1 time, but no traces of him or his party have been
had, and it is feared they met the fate of the dis
tinguished navigator of whom they went in search.
1 A liberal subscription will be made iu New York
to facilitate the benevolent enterprise.
John Hawthorne recently mad* his appearance
at the house of Mr. Witzol, living near Alexandria,
La., and on boing requested by the latter to leave,
avowed that he, H., was the murderer of Mr. John
G. Young. He then fired two shots at Mr. W.,
whorenpon the latter rußhed npou him, and snatch
ed a knife from H.’s own belt, with which he kill
ed him. On searching the body of the deceased,
eight One Hundred Dollar bills were found which
were known to have been in tbe possession of Mr.
Young before he was murdered. Hawthorne be
longed to an affluent and respectable family, and
had hitherto borne and unblemished character.
It will be gratifying to those who have already
relatives and friends on board the Albany, and,
indeed, to the country generally, to learn from the
report of the Seoretary of the Navy that “the De
partment still entertains the opinion that she is
safe.”
W. J. Brown, special mail agent of the Post Of
fice Department, on Priday last arrested John M.
Watson, Post Master at Rainaborough, Highland
county, Ohio, on a charge of robbing the mail.—
Counterfeit notes, placed in a decoy letter, are said
to have been paid on. by Watson.
The regular term of the Hardin (Ky.) Circuit
Court is now progressing in Elizabethtown. Tiios.
M. Yatxs, one of the jurors who granted tbe ver
dict of not guilty in the Ward case, is up on trial
for perjury. He was indicted by the Grand Jury,
along with several others of the jury.
' The Richmond Enquirer of Wednesday’sUtse
. wi.™“ “ v presidents of the several Ratl
[ road Companies of the State was appointed to pre
-6 n«re and bring iu business for the action of th.
f, . .nd then, after some other prelimina
t/°aVevils» ' the Convention adjourned. One of
• the objects of the Convention is a revision of the
tariff of tolls.
The New York Courier * Enquirer announoes
that tbe Government of Nicaragua does not ac
quiesce in the proposed colonisation of the Mos
quito Territory by the company nnder Col. Kin
ney, and will probably interpose a most energetic
remonstrance not only with our own Govern ment,
but with tbe represenUtivee of the foreign powere
generally. There are two grounds for opposition.
First she never bss recognized, and never will,
tbe sovereignty of the King of the Mosquito, or
biß jurisdiction in any ssdss whatever; and, con
sequently attaches no value to the titles derived
from that authority under which the “American
Land and Mintog Company" now claim ownership.
And secondly, she Imputes to the expidition an
unfriendly and ffilibustormg purpose—an inten
tion to set up in her own territory a jurisdiction
independent ol here. Thus it is that tbe unset
tled state in which our diplomatists have so long
left the affairs of Central America is ever working
out fresh evil.
Knowing that all hastily written report* must
necessarily be imperfect, we have not attempted
any daring tbe progress of the Fair. We will
endeavor, However, to publish the Official List of
| Premiums, <feo., as Boon as it can possibly be ol>
tsined,
Money Matter. In Row York.
The N. V . Herald of Bclurdny ufton con, fi*ys I
Tho stock R.srl ot look one of tlo-sc torches B|
downward thi- m - rrine, which have been so tre
quont dur'-ng the ; r-vy v .-< ole. A tho tlret HWI
board Ohio 6-s feu Off -e ■ ; Vug,,, Alps, '_l
VJ Kei n YMk T'r 1 •.?
.si » -’ v i“iL v<u.. v r. if • I’ 0- T azLA Hhrßb
Transit, I )ivu, !»,:.#! o', : MBS
land C0..l Ha"cm, J'; ;;n, UUI ,u? i; ■
1; Ho.v’i ig Railroad, 1, The ihr „• XH
litp.cics, JitiJsoti, E;v : v . •»*« ‘own-'ttT*
dny wi.h u rush. Tho MnuaiiW
to huvo b?cn suudon’.y wit! id v. vd, knd prices felt Jf§|||
toflod arustiogphico &s tho> u d/ New
lurk Central Uh lr>td «1 oin . tli l»ct ee' tx
Liinicru River Uailroi. i> t Kr„ P..Vrr'.ftd,
with largo salov at t!.e- j d ; rov ;.t\. .
oLormous fluctuations i<i nrie.N : ho r / hov/ wjLl
tlnj stock market b, and mV* 7 h!>ow tliut unv
vanco iuust be temporary until wo havo settfid Wmm
down upon better tiim*. 1: is i.sei. *i-i to#
about low prices, or to argua :>bout the greMre
duct ion below iutrins»” : :.l
of a stock security, or nny • pro- HQ
pcity, is ut present, of no avail, if neco ruryi to
realize. Whon we »» e Virginia nnd Misacui ißixes ■
selling at SI a 85 por *.cnt, wo must expect/nncy
stock will rale at pretty low points. V
The recent rise in ralticr.d slock was causeb Vj.
large purchases, mode or* account of the bears lo
delivery, and as scon as they hud t-upplied them- I
selves, and that support of tho market was /wito-
drawn, down it tuinblod again to about the string
poiuts. It is Eon,ewhot burprisiug that some of
tne funeiea are able to bob’ current rates. We
allude particularly to tho Now York Central. Tho ■
principal cause g’ven is the sniull quantity ol stock Q
afloat on the market. 'I nis cannot last long. As I
the stock falls eff now lutf* will couio cut, and tdti
inatoly it will be more abundant than any other
fancy on the list, for it hi s a stock capital equal in H;
amount to any halt dozen of our huger r»".rt-ada
combined.
Tho value of merchandise, &c.,cxporol from
this port during tho month ot Novuid vr in each
of the past two >r*ars, whs vs annexed :
Commerce of the Port of yew Yorh—Ycdu ■ of Exports.
November. lt?68. 1864.
Domestic produce $7,-!59,987 $4,€6",00T I
. Foreign rads., dutiable... 789, 572 328 BS9 I^H
Do free 48, 85 116,884
Specie 8 855,778 8,588,<J0k -^H
Totals *12,18*.672 *5,688,281
Tho falling off in tho value ol exports during the
month amounts to $3,495,891, greater than tho de
croaso in imports lor tho same time. This shows
that cur foreign trade has boon comraotod
aotual ly beuofitting us much iu the result.
The Times of M >n bv .1 vrr.n-*u has t)v
ing notice of tho Money market : “Tho
Weekly Averages ol ti e City Hank* l , *hii h
publish, by advertisement in this paper, forJIQH
week ending on Saturday last, I).',*, 2, prov-■»*,
compared with tho pr» \ • l >■' d>
mont in Loans ami DiceountH, tim n-dnft .«ui
the week being only SB,oSB. Tho other f:*n<
of tho amount arc :
An Increase of Bpf*ie sßl7^^l
An increase of Circulation
An increase of J)e 051t5.... C,62B^^Q
This largo im-to.i- o• 1 •hi.’, b ■ ■ ’«•
best lbntr.ro «»t the ant, it li. r.Ui.?*, as it
a gradual strengthening ? '' un’’y Rank I^HHH
lances from tho South and Ac.: The
are undors'ood to Imv.* impr v- Int 1 -i-’i u 1 r^H
Chicago, and hcnvi-i r» . .e-c no nl ■> - 5t V
forward from Now Oilci.n , Mobile ami Clmi •/
ton. Tho increase is actual as \v« il ns apparent
Tho Foreign Exchange* opened t v , a y lor
Boston etonmer: —the imo; lot which closo on ;
Tuosday afternoon—at a general depression in
rates, and very little wundoin; by even the J-
Baukers, lor ready money, batter than 108%
108% on London. Settlements worn made
credits at lot), and a few small bills >old f-r
to particular parties at the same liguu* ’ ”Vh(‘4^H
who the business v.as on irregular t. •ms uud
tho wide rango, including produce bins > t 1‘ /-i *
108%. Messrs. Do Ooppot <Y>., Coimnenta'^H
Brokers, quoto in thoir circular t' or tho proauy
packet j
On 1 ondon • -t bd"
On Paris I .
Tho Now York Evov;,ng Rost of Wod.es
j givi s tho followin g rej ort rclutivo to the
, market in that city : /. /
There is n great superabundance of sterling
in tho market, un l prodnoo bills are otlbrihir at
1 very low price. 801110 sales are ropi-rtcd nt 106 J.
Tho demands is unimportant., and. must r< main so
r for some time, as there wilt be no Liverpool steam- ly
or Inaving here until next Wednesday. Kankur'nflH
bills nro selling at 108 up to 108%, other bills
106% up to 107%. II
There is considerable demand for money, though j
the banks aro disposed to discount above thoir re-A 1
ceipts; and tho discount brokers still charge 12
1 18 percent for good mercantile paper, and higl or
ratos forsomo descriptions ot long date.
Tho amount of papot on tho market is -
1 to decline, but tho oonliuction of business
rapid liquidation run ’ers the circulation of r
very slow. Abundance of money isofton the
suit of a quick circulation, multiplying, in
by its rapid exchange, tho more positive
1 of money in tho market. In thin respect the mui^Hr^ : |,;
t ket is still going backwards.
Stocks have been more (pilot and steady to
but there is no buoyancy. Erie and
Coal stocks sold at yesterday’s prices. Readim^HlJ?
• improved Harlem declined Nicaragua
and New York Central %.
Hudson River stock improved but tho bonds jH
f«*ll off \%. Virginia Sixes sold to tho extent
3 $27,000, advancing New York Central
1 Road bonds fell % % and tho bonds of the
Central Rail Road Company, which sold to the ex- H
tent of $87,000, declined Panama bonds
‘ active, and improved % ; $16,000 were sold.
The Boston Traoeller of Tuesday ■ veiling says
“Tho demand for money continues active, and 9
15 to 18 per cout. is paid. Yostordny inoro notes
laid ovor and woro protested than for any day since
ths memorable 1887. The shun niurke’ presontslH
a b ue aspect, and there are no encouraging
turos to induce investors to como forward.
burg fell off 1 per cent, Boston and Maino
donsburg sold sinco the Board nt $3 per
the lowest point it over touched. If there were any
speculative life in tho market, u rally from tlik $ w|
qnotnilon would bo very certain. MlCbtgfln Cetr* % ,
tral sold at 81, and closed in request at this rate *
bid. There was a good demand for Eastern at 61,
but no sharos wore offered nnder 52. Concord I
was froelv pressed for sale at 51. Wostorn im
proved
Tho widow of William Bradford, Attorney Gen
eral of Washington’s Administration in 1794 5,
died at her residence in Burlington, N. J., on J
Thursday last, iu the 90th your of her ago, having M
survived her husband sixty years. 8110 the H
last surviving widow of tho accomplished men who
1 composed Gon. Washington’s cabinet. Mrs. Brad
; ford was tho only daughter of the Hon. Elias Boa-
dinet, President (for somo time) of the old Conti-
nontal Congress, Commissary General of Rrisoners
during tho Revolution, and the first Director of )
the Mint of the United Htutes—au offico to which
he was appointed by Washington and retained by £
Jefforson.
The Washington correspondence of thoCourior
and Enquirer eentradictß the report that Mr. Piatt,
Secretary of Legation at P-iris, had brought word
f that Mr. Soule would probably not bo longer rec
ognized by Spain as United Stutoa Minister, and
sayß that on tho contrary Mr. Piatt reports that
Spain was never more desirouu to bo on the most I
t friendly terms with tho United States.
Operations of the Philadelphia Mint —During
r the past month the purchase ot silver at the Phila
’ delphia Mint amounted to $405,900. The coinage «
• of gold for tho same time, principally iu gold and
quarter eagles, was $529,298. The coinage of sil
ver, principally in half-dollars and dimes, amount
ed to $288,000. Ihe rooeipts of California gold I
amounted 10 only $826,2 0, and from other sources
to $4,158. This flailing off is attributed to the o{o
J rations of the New York Assay offioo and tho Cali- .
fornia Mint. Total receipts of gold at the Philar I
[ delphia Mint for the lastele/en m0nth5532,615,929 J
j against $48,298,652 in the same Lime last year.
1 The city ot Memphis has sent u dologute to
Washington, for the p- rpose of endeavoring to
• induce Congress to continue the navy yard eHtab
: lished there seme years ago, and ceded ut the last
session to the city of Memphis. B. F. Dill,
the editor of the Memphis Appeal, is the delegate
1 appointed.
Tho Express Messenger with the President’s
Message to Boston was thirty hours on the road
going from New York to Boston. The train on the
railroad consisted of two locomotives and one car, I
yet it was brought to a stund still by the snow I
storm. Tho mossttge was notpublishod in Boston I
till Tuesday evening.
The shipwrecks of tho last eighteen months
count up near eight thousand dead. Amo g tbe QQQ
most prominent in tho great lons of life are tho I
following:
Steamers. —Birkenhead, 700; City of Glasgow, 4
500 : Ban Francisco, 200; Arctic, 830; Yankee 1
Blade, 40; Forerunner, 14; Launch, 24; Pearl, 18.
Sailing Vessels Olympus und Trade Wind, 24 ;
Waiter Olaxton, 13; ship E. Z., 19; cotter Hamil- J
ton, 15; Tayleur, 870; - 1
ite, 201 ; Mary Jane, 144; Banta Anna, 70 ; Pow- {
batan, 880; New Eru, 277; Johannes, 84; Aba
dish, 701 ; Mercedes, 781; W. H. Davis, 29 ; Annie
Jane, 875; Enropa. 18; Waldron, 85; Leviathan j
28; Warren, 14. Total, 5,584. I
I The whaling schooner E. L. Frost, was some j
J months ago dismasted, and compelled to put into
Mateai, Japan, to repair. On entering tho harbor,
she was boarded by several Japanese officers, who \
sent carpenters on board, and afforded every other
1 facility to enable her to get to sea again as soon as
possible.
1 another Bank Defaulter.—A teller in on© of
tba oldest banking houses at Chicago is said to
have disappeared, being defaulter in an amount
ranging from $40,000 to $70,000. It is supposed
to have been spent in gambling.
There is more true poetry in the following stan
za from a little poem published at tho time on
the death of Webster, than one often finds in
whole folios of “raving rhyme” from more ambi
tions bards :
How well be fell asleep !
Like some proud river widening ( wards the sea,
Calmly and grandly, silently and deep,
Life joined eternity.
Gom. to Wobk.—Mr. Milner, tho chief engineer
of the Alabama division of the Montgomery and
Pensacola Railroad, (says the Greenville Alabamian
of the Ist inst.,) was in town the early part of the 1
week. We believe that his business in part was
to obt.in tbe right of way from those landholders
through whose landß the road is located. We are
informed tnat the ground will be opened and work
oommenoed on the first 67 miles on Monday next,
if, as is intended, tho contract ia let out by that
time.
Patbiotic.—The Empress Eugenie, of FraDce,
declares that no state balls shall take plaoe, and no ™
unnecessary expenses shall bo inonrred by the
Emperor’s household, until the taking of Sevasto
pol ia un fait accompli .
Major Merrill, Lieutenant Randal, and thirty
D. S. soldiers passed down the river from Louis
ville on tbe Ist instant on the steamer Norwa.
Tbe men are en route for Fort Washita, Choctaw
Nation, to fill up tha artillery companies a allotted
there, commanded by Col. Bragg and Major Hnnt.
The British Mail steam ship Canada, Capt. Stone,
Bailed at noon on Wednesday from Boston with 79
passengers and 15 tor Halifax. Sha took out $160,-
700 in American gold, and £soo sterling in Engiliit
iUtii.