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MORNING NEWS.
BY JOHN M. COOPER.
THOMPSON. EDITOR
TERMSt
DAILY TAPER $1 00 | TRI-WEEKLY $2 00
All New Advertisements appear in both papers.
A person shipping pil, lime, powder, fee.
most moke known the character of (tie ireight,
under the penalty <of $1000 to the United
States.
These sections do not apply to Canal boats,
or to lighters employed io loading or unloading
vessels.
Miss Bremer and an American Legisi.a-
tor.—A Boston correspondent of the Salem
Register communicates the following amusing
unecdole:
Ffcderikn Brener, the distinguished Swed
ish authoress (of Home,’ ‘The Neighbors,’) de
serted by Ralph Waldo E merson, her latV' heau
—who is now drawing crowded houses in New
York—has found no attentive cicerone in the
great scholar and champion of the Free Soil
party, Charles Summei. Day before yesterday
lie escorted her into the Massachusetts Senate
Chamber, and introduced her to most of the
members. One of the Representatives, who
wits not posted up, nod did not catch the parti
cular accent of her name, on being introduced
to her,, took her to he Mrs. Brimmer, widow
of tin? late Hon. Martin Brimmer, formerly
Mayor of Boston; and considering the cere
mony ns a delicate tribute to tho departed worth
of a municipal • functionary, talked with her
some timo ubout the inferiority of the present
street pavement, drains and public improve
ments; then astonished the dunib-foundered
authoress by a dissertation upon the fulling oil'
of the oil trade, in which her Inte husband had
neoumuluted his wealth! It required all Mr.
Summer’s address to extricate her from this
Worthy member; hut ho succeeded.
From the Empire of Hayti.—By the ar
rival of the brigs Silenns, Frederick, and schr-
Martliu Washington, nt tins port, we have ac
counts from l’ort uu I’rincoand Jeremie to the
6th inst. According to these accounts, the
reactionary party, headed by the Emperor and
Ids court of nribles, aro in the full line of suc
cessful experiment. Business, however, was
not particularly active, and confidence in the
stability of the present Government is not en
couraging enough to rulso the curren-y of the
count y, which isyrt in the ratio of twelve or
fourteen paper dollars for one silver. The
crop of coffee is said to be unusually lurge. hut
owing to tho monopoly law, does not come in
freely. This law, it is said, will, under the
new regulations, be practically done away.
At Jcremio all was quiet. The naval en
gagement between the Haydens, and Domin
icans, of which so much hns been suid, was
merely a discharge of broadsides by the hos
tile squadrons, when both parties ran away.
Many of the Hayden coasting vessels nre cuptur
ed by the Dominican licet, and several small
towns have booh burnt, hut no bloodshed of
consequence has taken place.
Circumstantial Evidence.—I ltaVe heard
some very extraordinary eases of murder tried.
I remember, in one whore I was counsel; for o
long time the evidence did not seam to touch the
prisoner ui all, iiml he looked ulmut him with
the must perfect unconcern, seeming to think
himself quite safe. At last tho surgeon was
called who stated tlmt the deceased had boon
killed by a shot, a gun shot, in the bend, and he
produced the matted hair and stuff cut from and
taken out of tho wound. It was all hardened
with blood. A basin of warm water wus
brought into court, and a* tho bluod was gradu
ally softened, a piece of printed paper appeared
—the wadding of the gun, which proved to be
half of u ballad. Tho other half had been found
in the man’s pocket when he was taken. He
was hanged.—Lord Eldon's Note Book.
As Good as if it were Esop.—A mouse rang
ing about a brewery, happened to fall into u
vnt ofheer, was in imminent danger of being
drowned, and appeuled to u cut to help him out.
—The cat replied ;
‘‘It is a foolish request; for as soon as I get
you out I shall eat you,” ’
The mouse replied, that fate would he bettor
than to be drowned in beer. The cat lifted him
out; hut the fume of the beer caused puss to
sneeze, and tho mouse took refugo in his
hole.
The cat called on tilt mouse to come out:
“Yon, sir, did you not promise that I should eat
you 7”
“Alt,” replied the mouse, “but you know I
was in liquor n' the time.”
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1850.
It is our painful duty to inform the public
(says the editor of the Edgefield Advertiser of
80th ult.,) that Mr. Allen Gaskins, n young gen
tleman of highly respee.tablo pnrontage, and
formerly of Newberry District, has been ar
rested and imprisoned in the jail at this place,
under tho chnrgoof robbing the mail at Winter
Seat, in the upper part of this District, l ie
wns discovered by tho United States mail agent,
who dropped in the mail, at this village, a let
ter containing money, and found tho money
mjssing after the mail hud passed Winter Sent.
Mr. Gaskins has confessed to tho taking of sev
eral hundrod dollars out of the mail at differ
ent times.
Cutting the Wires.—Anderson, who was
caught ift the act of breaking the telegraph
wires at St. Johns, bus been discharged from
arrest by the court, there being no law in the
province making felony of such an act. Specu
lators now have tho whole field to themselves.
We should suppose that tho common luw
which protects the property of persons would
protect the property of tho Telegraphic Com
panies from depredators. Villainy that can
sail close on the wind is, not easily taken a
back.
tlP Shot by a Female#—The Newborn (N.
C.) Spectator states that a slave named Lewis,
belonging to Mrs. Vail, was shot dead by Mrs.
Aliph Riggs, of Newborn, a few dnys since.—
Lewis was discovered in Mrs. Riggs’ yard,
near her smoke house, ftnH on being ordered
off refused to go, when M rs. Riggs sent for her
pistols and shot him. It is asserted that he ap
proached her in a threatening manner.
Culture oe Cotton in Africa.—A treaty
lias been concluded by which the Danish set-
ifialemenls in Africa, on the gold coast, have been
Hmcded to Great Britain. It is stuted tlmt there
IHPh reason to believe that, with suituhle enc-tur-
agement, a supply of cotton of very good quali
ty might be obtained from that part of Africn,
where it is now produced in some quantity and
of very good quality, by the natives, for their
own use.—Boston Journal.
Oueechee Canal.—Weobsorvc the passage
of a bill by the legislature to incorporate the
Hydraulic Compuny of Savannah. Wo pre
sume this has some reference to the creation of
a water power at the termination of the Ogee-
clteo Canal. | Our citizens have ut hand, for a
very small investment, some inestimable ad
vantages, and we trust the Canal Company will
soon make a movement for their dcvelopement.
It is generally conceded now that the Canal
ns it is, is not well enough supplied with water
for permanent and advantageous navigation.—
To remedy this a survey has been made for
constructing a feeder, and its cost estimated.
For a sum of $50,000 wo understand
navigable feeder can he built from a point on
the Ogeechee, 16 miles above the present termi
nus of the Canal on that river, which will give
tho following advantages:
1. A perpetual and superabundant supply
of water for purposes of navigation.
2. Extending the benefit of canal transpor
tation to a higher point on the Ogeechee.
3. Affording a hegd of water sufficient to cre
ate an immense and valuable water power on
the first level at the Little Ogeechee.
4. Giving waste water .enough to flow n
thousand acres or more of rice land below the
Littlo Ogeechee dam.
5. Creating from the second use of the water,
or second level led, to Savannah, an inexhaus
tible water power within one mile of the Ex
change and adjacent to the tide-waters of the
Savannah River.
6. Affording the opportunity of supplying
tho city with pure, wholesome water, equal to
Schuylkill or Croton, with one hundredth
part of the proportionate cost, of those enter
prizes. Tho advantage of surlt a supply of
water for protection against fire, to a city des
tined to hocomo so la go a depot for the pro
duce of our own und other countries, would
alone more than compensate the expense
Such are so no of the advantages which the
Ogeechee Cunnl Company can secure to the city
of Savannah, by the extension of its capital and
operations—independent of the increased busi
ness it will secure to itself by increasing its nav
ignhle capacity. -The very planting interest on
the Ogeechee River, would, if this connection
with Savannah could be availed of, contribute
by ils tolls, enough to pay legal interest on the
investment. Beyond this, is tho timber and
lumber, as w< 11 as the turpentine, and oven the
cotton, which would avail of this new uvenue
to our market.
We would also call attention to tho impor
tance of deepening and cleaning tho basin, at
theci'y so as to admit sjoops and schooners,
flats and lighters. The time is hurrying on when
the Rail Road Company by its increased trade
in Western ptoduce, will be forced to bring its
track down to the Canal, and then nl heavy
bulky articles could he taken directly from the
vessel to the cars, and so vice versa.
The increasing commerce of our city makes
it a serious question as to whhre we shall find
wharf accommodations!. We should answer it
by suggesting an arrangement between the
Canal Company and lot holders on the eastern
side of it,to have an understanding ns to its mu-
tun! improvement and adaptation to this pur
pose, that it might be available for some other
trade besides “cord-wood,” It was with this
view that the lock next the river was built
of an extra capacity, we are told, and we should
like to see some steps taking to carry out the
project.
A New Subterfuge.—-Tho Washington cor
espondent of the Baltimore Sun under date of
31st ult. says:—
I notice that, in the correspondent and in
structions submitted by the President to-day,
the ground is taken that, under the treuty of
peace with Mexico, California and N$w Mexi
co have a right to demand admission into the
Union. This is a new point. It dispenses with
nil tho forms heretofore deemed necessary and
indibjiensible for the promotion of State gov
ernments and the admission of States into the
Union.
The ground taken by the Secretary of War,
in his letter of Nov. 19th, 1349, to Lieut Me
Call, is that the admission of New Mexico is
guarantied by the treaty, subject only to the
judgement of Congress. He suys—“Should
the people of New Mexico wish to take any
steps towards this object so itflpo' tant and ac
cessary to themselves, it will he your duty, and
the duty of others with whom you are associat
ed, not to thwart, but advance their wishes, It
is their right to 1 appear before Congress, and
ask for admission into the Union.”
That the treaty of cession contemplated the
admission of these territories in due time is very
certain; but that it was desiglled to exonerate
the people who inhabit them from any of the
obligations and conditions required of other ter-
tories, und to “dispense with all forms hereto
fore deemed necessary und indigpensible,”
will hardly be seriously contei.ded by any one.
The people of any and every territory belonging
to the United Stutes, undoubtedly have “a right
top apear before Congress and ask for admission
into the Union,” but it remains with Congress
to determine whether they nre in a condition
to entitle them to be admitted.
Important to Ship oicncrs.—The following
01-- the provisions ol a bit: to limit the liability
of Ship Owners now under consideration in
Congress.
Owners not to be liable for injury or loss of
goods in case of fire, unless such fire be caused
by design of owners.
‘ Not to be liable for the loss of sold, silver,
btillion. &c., unless notified that such is the na
ture of the freight, in writing, when it shall be
their duty to enter it on the bill of lading.
Th -y shall not be liable bevond the amount spe
cified in said writtten statement.
The individqql liability shpll not exceed the
value of the property of each ow ner or part
owner, and in case of loss, a conveyance of in
terest to jjiq persons suffering, or for their bene
fit,. shu,!}be considered a full discharge of all
claims.
Ti^e charterer of h ye?se! i« . to he costs der
ed artjjwtMf for the |£no being.
J-jp 1 See first page.
Later from the Cape atr Good Hope.—
The Colonists Almost in Rebellion.— By an ar
rival atJlustnn, from tho Cape of Good Hope,
we have dates to Nov. 511. The convict ques
tion still continued to convulse the colony.
The convicts sent front Bermuda, (including
Mitchel, the Irishman,) in the Neptune, were
still in port, awaiting the result of tho contest.
The people have determined to starve the gov
ernment into measures, and to refuse all sup
plies of provision until the authorities send the
convict away.
A scene somewhat resembling that of throw
ing the chests of tea overboard in Boston Har
bor, bus been acted at the Cape. The inhabit
ants having determined to place the Govern
ment in a “stae of seige” until they had given
up-the pifirit, on a certain day, when the con
tractors for government were to furnish provis
ions for the soldiers, all the stores in tho place
were by previous agreement closed, business
wns suspended, and n general air of gloom pre
vail-d the- town.
One of tin chief objections urged against the
acquisition of New Mexico and California by
those political transcendentalists who so bit
terly opposed the war.with Mexico, and who
even endeavored to reject the indemnity after
was secured, was that the inhabitants of those
egions, composed of mixed and semi-bnrba-
ous races, were unfit to become their equals
as citizens of the United States. Admitting
that the character of tho population is some
what improved by the infusion of u few thou
sand adventurers and speculators from tile free
States, we see no reason why the people of
these n wly conquere l territories should be ex
empted from tho probationary political nonage
which has been im'posed on our own people,
be inhabitants of toiritorius, before they were
admitted into the Union. All remember the
long period of political minority which Florida
was compelled to endure, and all remember
how .the repeated overtures of Texas were re
jected, until she was . early driven to t r. w
herself into the arms of England. Who were
the men that stickled so much then for the dis
cretionary prerogative of Congress, and who
opposed so stoutly the admission of the slave
States of Florida and Texas? The journals of
Congress wi.l show them to e the same men
who now ure welcoming ell California and N w
Mexico and Oregon, with open arms. Th'»
are the mon who now insist upon the admis
sion of States, without permanent inhabitants
and almost without, boundaries. And why?—
Becuuse they desire to foreclose the South from
nn equal participation in the public domain.
Will any one doubt that if' the admission of
these new territories was calculated to militate
in the slightest against the interests of the
Northern States, that we would have a very
different construction of the terms of the treaty
front that given above ?
For our own part we regard the whole
scheme of California admission, ns an imposi
tion upon the South; a scheme concocted per
haps in the editorial sanctum of the New York
Tribune, for the purpose of giving to the free-
soilers of the North a premption right, as it
were, to our vast Pacific domain, to the exclu
sion oT the South from all participation in the
henefils arising from its acquisition. We care
not whether there would ever a slave set foot
in California; but we are opposed to any thing
that has the appearance of overreaching in this
matter; and if it depended on our vote we
would never consent to the ratification of this
unjust scheme. In no event would we sanctipn
the assumption of n few agents and emissaries
of ambitiftus politicians wtio are seeking to ap
propriate to the free States the whole Pacific
coast, and to prescribe laws and institutions for
unexplored wildernesses of territory of even
the boundaries of which they have no definite
conception.
We would say, give to California and New
Mexico territorial governments adapted to the
circumstances and condition of the people in
habiting them, with no odious, discriminating
restrictions. VY itilo they remain the territories
of the United States, guarantee to the people
of all the States, equal rights and equal security
in the occupancy of them with their property
Permit the tide of emigration to take its natu
ral course; and when the time comes for divid
ing this vast tjomnin into Slates, and for admit
ting them into the great political family of the
Union, the people will adopt such institutions
as in their better judgement their interests de
mand. With their decision, whatever it might
be, all should, and all would be content.
Coroner's Inquest.—An inquest was held
on Monday, on the body of u man named John
Brown, who was found under the Bind at the
foot of East Broad street. The deceased had
his pollurbone und two or three of his ribs bro
ken, and the Jury was of opinion thut he had
come to his death by being run over by nn omni
bus or some other vehicle, while lying on the
ground in a statu of intoxication. He left his
boarding house between 7 and 8 o clock, on
Sunday night.
The Weather.—We have experienced a
very marked change in the temperature of the
weather during the last forty-eight hours.
The thermometer thut stood at; 7-8 on Sunday
before last, and ranged between that point and
40 since that time, took u sudden inclination to
wards zero, day hefoie yesterday, and cloaks
and overcoats were in universal requisition.
Yesterday morning the mercury was down to
36, the freezing point, and (ce formed in the
pitchers and tumblers in the house,
From the ghastly paleness and painful indis
tinctness of our Southern exchanges, we are
led to infer thut the cold weather has been
pretty genera' throughout tliisTcgion.
Col. Benton’s Hobby Horse. — T. M.
Crane, the individual who has been hound
over by the Washington authorities for exhib
iting what he calls Col. Fremont’s “Woolly
Horse,” is out in a card in which ho denies that
he was forced to close his exhibition, in conse
quence of the prosecution of Col. Benton.
He says he was unjustly held to bail, and nil
that, hut that lie wusn’t backed out by the Col.
and that, he remained as long in Washington a9
Ilo should have done if nothing of the kind had
happened, He’s spunky, and would not have
closed his show perhaps, had he not discovere d
i hat nondescripts are,in these days, no marvel in
Washington. Col. Benton probably think 8
that one in a family is enough, and that the
soup-fat man’s horse,as he persists in denomina
ting it, should be withdrawn from the' arena
while he is figuring in Washington.
The Bostoh Atlas of Tuesday saves—•'•pj
sloop-of-war Marion received her sailing order,
yesterday, and will proceed to the East Indie,
ns soon.as two junior lieutenants have joined "
Buying Honors.—An office for the sale of ‘1
German titles ofhonor, is now open at. p aris
A knightship may be had for 5,000 francs, a
countship for 20,000, and a marquisate for 40
000 francs.
tlP 3 A Telegraphic dispatch dated Toronto
Feb 1, says,—It is known that Lord Elgin ha
received a dispatch from Earl Gray urginglu m
in the strongest terms to use every means inhj,
power to suppress the annexation movement.
He also thanks him for what has already hem
done ; and by way cf encouragmont, declare,
that so long as any portion of the Canadian
people are desirous of maintaining their pre
sent connection with the mother country, they
will be supported by the whole power, bluod
and treasure of England.
Sunday Rail Road Traveling.—The Le
gislature of Massachusetts has pissed a law
prohibiting the running of Rail Road trains be
tween sun so and sunset on the Sub! uth dav,
except in cases of charity and necessity, and
xcepting trains carrying people to and from
places of public worship, trains cariying the
mails and those connecting with the steam
boats which leave Netv York on Saturduy even
ing.
Extension of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.—A movement is on foot to extend
tho Railroad west of the Ohio River, from a
point opposite Wheeling, Vu. to Zanesville,
Ohio. A meeting of citizens Bnd delegates
wus held at F irview, Ohio, on the 2 lilt ult. at
which resolutions " were passed favoring the
project, and urging the Legislature of
Ohio, ut its present session, to authorize the
vote of the people of Belmont mid Guernsey
to be taken upon a subscription of $150,000 by
the former and $100,000 by the latter county,
in aid of making such a road.
The Baltimore and Ohio Road it is expected
will be finished to the Ohio River in three
years from the first of June next, when by the
proposed extension, the trade of a lurge and
and wealthy p Ttio 1 of Ohio will find nn outlet
to the Atlantic through the port of Baltimore.
The Baltimore Patriot is sanguine of the suc
cess of this great scheme und anticipates great
advantages from its accomplishment. The ed
itor says— *
What a world of trade and travel will it
net pour in upon our city then ! The valleys
of the Ohio and Mississippi will through this
chantiel, find the shortest, cheapest, safest, anil
in all respects best route for sending their inex
haustible productions to the Atlantic, and
thence to the markets, of the old world. By
thut time, too, we may expect a line of railroads
to be completed far into Ohio, and in a few
years extending Oven to the Missippi river, and
thence to the Pacific ocean. This idea is
much more natural than even n railroad to the
Ohio was twenty years ago, and the child is
now born who will live to see the day when
the journey from the Ailnntic to the Pacific,
and from the Pacific to the Atlantic will be
made with the same ease and comfort as now
me may travel from Washington to Maiue by
railroad.
Work on Royalty by Louts Phillii>pe.-.
The politicians of Europe, it is stated, are look
ing with some anxiety for the appearance ora
work in four volumes, from tho pea of Louis
Phillippe. It is to be entitled, “Eighteen
Years of Royalty,” and will doubtless contain
many new views of persons who hare figured
prominently on the political stage in the last
generation.
K3 1 ' Tho steamship Republic hus been ad
vertised in Baltimore to take passengers for
the round trip, to Cliaslcston and back for $2j.
From Mexico.—Accounts from Vera Cruz
to the 14th ult. have been received at New
Orleans.
El Sight says thut of 4,000 adventurers from So- r ■
nora, who, during the past year had emigrated L
to California, the half had returned to their ’ 1
homes with $1,000,000, principally in gold.
This circumstance had fed the spirit of enter- \
prise among the inhabitants, and a company of
100 men hud been formed about the end of No-
vember, to set out for Arsiona, or the silver de- i
posits, for the purpose of working them, and -
particularly the mine Ceniceros.
Numerous other companies were forming in K
the <"> itnl ui.d elsewhere.
A 1 tier 1’i' tn Europe announces that aeon-
siderahle "migration may he ex' e led from tho
Did World to M xien, a d hat ninety Poles
had embarke l for New Orleans, intending to
settle in the neighboring Republic. Captain K
Lutowski would proceed to the cnpital 10 so
licit a grant of land from the President Her
rera for himself and countrymen. 1
A valuable train, consisting of twenty eight
wagons and 11 number of pack mules, loaded
with contraband goons, had been captured near
Comnrgo. It is staled, in a paper of that city
that iminen-e l 'ss is sustoi ed by the revenue
from smiigglh g goods i to J'umtiulipas. It is
also snid tout tli plnn of the annexationists
o sists in establishing dep.itsof arm- ond mu
nitions along the left hank of the Rio G andr,
to enlist volunteers (foreigners) to act as anvil-
ia i s of 'he native Mexii ans, "ltd to prihect ihe
1 itter when they raise ihe cry of Independence.
Thus, the inhahi ants of the other side of the
river will riot npp' ur the invaders, but the do-
fenders of a people struggling lar liberty.
The cholera, according to advices Irom the
capital of the 8th, hud disappeared from Mi.-
zatlan, and had broken out in a town in Jnliscn.
The inhabitants of the capital of that State
were in great terror from the fear of its ap
proach.
Elective Judiciary in Pennsylvania.—
The amendment to the constitution of Pennsyl
vania, providing for nn elective Judiciary has
passed the Senate, by almost a unanimous vote
It is expected that it will pass the House,
when it will be ratified by the votes of tho peo
ple.
Tho Kingston, (Canada,) Argus says
that the only Government steamer on Lake
Ontario, the Cherokee, is to be laid up. The
officers and crew are to be paid oft', and order
ed to return to England.
Means of Arresting the Fatal Effects of
Chloroform.—An eminent surgeon of France
relates two cases in which the inhalation of
chloroform proved nearly fatal. He,(however,
succeeded in reviving his patients, after nil or
dinary means had failed, by lacing his mouth
upon theirs, and forcibly Insufflating the lungs
liv rapid respirations anil expirations. A med
ical practitioner in Paris states thut in two in
stances of approaching dissolution by the in
halation of chloroform, he recalled life by
thrusting two fingers deep into the throat, down
to the lnrynx and oesophagus ; a sudden move
ment of expiration followed, and recovery
took place.
U. S. Mint.—The report of the Director of
the Mint contains a statement of the entire
coinage of the United states to the close of tho
year 1849:
No. of pieces. Value.
Philadelphia ...317,440,558 $128,813,553
New Orleans... 37,103,725 27,i>5a,243
Charlotte 560.437 2,381 6G9
Duhlonegu 542,159 3,727,910
E3T In the Alabama Senate, on Monday, the
Committee to whom was referred the Gover
nor's message upon the Connecticut resolu
tions, made areport recommending the passage
of » resolution authorizing the return of tho re
solutions to their authors. The President de
cided that the rules of the Senate required the
resolution to be rend three several days in the
Senate, whereupon the rules werfe suspended
by unanimous consent, and the resloutiuu rend
three limes and t-assed unanimously.
The Boston Custom-House, after being in
progress about fifteen years, hits at length been
completed. The entire cost is stated at $l,d73,-
371 43, leaving an unexpended balance of the
appropriation of $1,102 53. When was ever
such a thing known before ? .
We know not which is the most to bo won
dered at—the enormous appropriation of such
a sum for such a purpose, or the fact that a
moiety of it has been 'eft unappropriated.
Fifty Girls Married in One House.—
There have been toil operatives married every
year from a single boarding house in Lowell,
Mass ", during the last five years.
Mr. Hannegan. late Minister to Berlin,
was to leavDoa the 8th ultimo lot England and[
the United States. He had heeu cof fined by
rheumatism for nearly tltrce months.’
Total value $162,182,400
There have been received at the mints, of
California gold, $6,941,693.
The deposite of the gold nt Philadelphia
was, in the year 1847, $13,670,898, ard at
New Orleans, $6,253,288. These were princi
pally foreign coins.
The coinage has been smnll during the year
1848; because the California gold contains .-o
large a portion of silver as to require thnt tho
metals be separated. . The necessary charges
in the laboratory have been made, and prompt
payments will hereafter be made to depositors.
The deposits at the four mints during th®
year 1849 wore $141,609,403; of which $12,-
243,175 were in gold, and $2,366,260 in silver.
Whole coinage, $11,164,695. Composed in
gold, $9,907,761, and $2, 114,450, in silver.
The Revenue at California.—Collector
Collier writes to the Secretary of the Treasury
that he is “astounded” at the amount of busi
ness at Sun Francisco. The amount of ton
nage on the Uth of Nov. in port wns 120,117
tons. The clerks nre receiving from $1300 to
$3000 per annum, und that there is not a suf
ficient number to transact the business. More
must be employed with like salaries. The in
spectors are receiving $5 per day, and u large
number are employed. The necessity for the
payment of such sularies arises from the fact
that the expenses of living justify the payment-
lie says a Custom House of iron ought to bo
immediately contracted for and sent round.
Great inconvenience is fell and no littlo risk
incurred, from having to store goodh and ware
house them on board vessels, Which opens a
broad door for smuggling. He thinks an tub
(litionnl cutter to prevent the latter practice i*
indispensable.
G p..Bem hjis.been made.Lieut(ipar.t Gener
al in lie Turkish army. . . . .•