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Report of the Postmaster General.
PosTOrric* I)kp. KTKir-T, l)ec. 1, 1847.
To the J‘r<eident • /the United Slat-e:
Sik : Since entering on the administration of the
Post Oflu t Department 1 bare ventured on no new
theories, nor attempted nnv mnovatmn on the well
tried syntem established and practiced upon by
my predecessors. 1 have contented myself with
end envoi mg, as far as in my power, to perfect ex
isting uriaugements, and extend its facilities
equally and fairly to every portion of our widely
extend. d country. In examining its pit-sent condi
tion it it worthy of observation that while the
total’ number of posto«ces created during the
twenty years from 1*27 to 1847 was but eight thou
sand one hundred and forty-six, tile number estab
lished in just half that length of time, from 1847
to 1847 w as eleven thousand four hundred and forty
four On the 3"lh of June, 1827, the whole number
of post offices in the United States was seven thou
sand ; in 1837, eleven thousand seven hundred and
sixti’seven ; iu 1847, fifteen thousand one hundred
and forte-six,and on theSoth ot June, 1847,twenty
six thousand live hundred and eighty-sixty. During
the lasi fiscal vear there have beou one thousand sev
en hundred aiid twenty offices established, and seven
hundred and four discontinued, being a net in
crease ( f one thousand and twenty-one. The num
ber of i>ostmasters appointed during the year was
eight thousand six hundred and eighty. Os these
appointments four thousand seveu hundred and
sixty-seven were to till vacancies occasioned by
resignation; one tliousandjsix hundred and eighty
one by removal; two hundred and thirty-eight by
death; two hundred and sixty-time by change of
names snd sites, and one thousand seven hundred
and tw, v -live by the establishment of ucwr offices.
The total number of offices at this time is Iwenty
sevea thousand one hundred and forty eight, of
which three hundred and sixty-eight ire ol the
ola-s denominated presidential, their incumbents
being subject to the appoininc iu by the President
and Senaie. The commissions of the higher class
tun four years from the date of confirmation, but
those of the lower are not limited.
Dll tin ,uh I.f June last there were in operation
seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight
mull males The number of contractors was six
than-a d live hundred and seventy-sis. The
long'h of these fait. sis estimated at two hundred
and t jrty-twn thousand six hundred and one miles,
thvid d as follows, viz: Railroad Iwcnty-two thou
sand tie hundred and thirty miles; steamboat fif
teen tliMismd two hundred and furry five miles;
coach lolly-nine thou and three hundred und
twenty-nine miles; interior grades one hundred
and fifty-five thousand four hundred and ninety-
SC-ven miles.
The In al animal transportation of mails was ,
•erenty-four million nine hundred and six thous
and and sixty-seven miles, costing $f.,ii22,04«, and
divided as billows: Railroad, twenty-four million ,
two hundred"and sixty-seven thousand nine Imn
htindred and loriy-foitr miles, at s2,o.cj *47 —about |
bin cents and live mills a mile; steamboat, four ,
million litre hundred and eighteen thousand one (
hundred and nineteen miles, at SB2 1 ,U 8 ,
twenty-two cents a mile; coach, nineteen million |
ninety thousand nine hundred ami thirty uni'-s, at ,
$1,410,82* -iihuut seven cenls und four mills a |
mile; interior grades, twenty-seven million twen- '
ty-nine thousand ami seventy-four miles, atsl,- |
649,874 - ahont six cents a mile.
Compared with the service reported on the 30th ]
of June, 18 rt, there is un addition of two thousand
nine hundred and fifty-nine miles to the length ot j
mail routes, three million five hundred and ninety- ,
eight thousand oue hundred and seventy miles to |
the total annual transportation -being about 5 per ;
cent.; and of $486,372 to the cost, or U 7-10 per ;
cent. i
The aggregate length of railroad routes has been
increased two thousand two hundred and seven ,
miles, and the annual transportation thereon two ,
million lour hundred and lilty-eight thousand six |
hundred and forty-eight miles—ll 2-10 per cent.; i
at a cos of f 249,458,"nr 8-ln per cent.
The length of etetmi'O ’.t routes is greater by two
hundred and ninety-four miles, annual transports- ,
turn by two hundred und seventy-seven thousand
lime hundred amt forty-nine miles, costing $131,-
243 additional, or six and a hall per cent, on trims- ,
porlation, utid 15 2-10 per cent, on the cost.
The expenditures of the fiscal year ending June
8", 1357, including payment to letter carriers and
for foreign postages, amounted to $11,508,047 03.
' The gross revenue for the year 1847, including
receipts from letter carriers and from foreign pos
tages, amounted to $7,353,041 7*.
Hut if to the gross sum übove stated be added
the permanent annual appropriations made by the
arts of March 3, 1*47, and March 3, 1851, in com
pensation for services rendered to the government
in the transportation and delivery of franked
matter, the whole revenue of the vear will he
$8,053,941 71, being $8,464,718 40 less than tile
expenditures.
The estimates of receipts and expenditures in
1868 exhibit a deficit of $1,460,175, to he appro
priated Irnm the treasury to defray the expendi
tures of the year 1858, as they have been uuihor
iieil bV law.
The adoption of some plan for the tour ' con
venient and safe remittance nf small sums of me
■ey through the mads by means of orders drawn
npou one postmaster by another, having been fre
quently urged upon this department, as a matter
worthy of its attention, U is deemed proper here
to state that, on the Slst of January last, my pre
decessor transmitted to the Chairman of the com
mittee on the poslotliceaud post roads iu the House
of Representatives, in compliance with his request,
the outline of such a plan as might be put in
operation iu this country. The subuiistiou of it
does not appear to have been accomplished by any
recommendation of the department, nor does it ap
pesr that the hunorablo committee acted upon the
subject. A system of remitting sums of money
not exceeding’ £4 sterling ($26) in amount, was
adopted by the British I'ost office Department, in
1832, and some idea may be formed of the growth
and exteu' of its operations from the following
brief statement, derived from the uunual report of
her Majesty’s Postmaster Uencral, dated March 12,
1857:
Humber anil Amount of Money Orders issued in the United
Kli xd.en of Great Britain and In land wiry fifth year, corn
looneiiig with 1S10: .
JV<>. order $ if A jQrrytUc
rued »urn* not am< uut in
Year
Jan, \ IBl'J
Jan ft |H4*» *.*<*.**3 a,W\
ft: A : «-SMK ,^22
HI IR>V».
I ai| isart.’ ... n,i7H.tWi ii,80?*,663
Tlu* contract with the Ocean Steam Navigatitm
Company for monthly trips between New lurk
and Bremen, ai d New York and Havre, via South
ampton, expiring oil the first ol June last, it be
taine uccessery to make some arrangements for
the continuance of that service, anti it not appear
ing by its action at the last session that it w*us the
intention of Congress that they should he discon
tinued on the expiration ol the contract, 1 deemed
X my duty to make provision .or their continuance
another year. . _
A contract has been made with the I anatua
Railroad Company for the conveyance of the mails,
an frequently as may be required, between A spin
wall and Panama, at an annual compensation of
one hundred thousand dollars. To keep up the
•oonection with the Pacific lino, as provided by
law, and as originally contemplated, it will be nec
essary to extend the‘contract on the Pacific ou*
year; and as the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
have performed their service generally in a highly
•redliable and satisfactory manner, 1 cheerfully
recommend an appropriation for such extension.
The aggregate amount of postage (sea, inland
and foreign) on mails transported during the year
b? tho steam* rs of the New York and Liverpool
(Collins) line was $i10,468 <S, which is u heavy
fißClY&st* a* Compared With the amount ($461,575,-
94) of the previous fiscal year. It should be ob
served, however, that, the additional allowance to
this line authorised by the act of 21st July, 1852,
having been terminated on the 2‘>th of February,
and six yearly tripe dispensed with from and
after that date, twenty round trips only, instead
of twenty-six, as formerly, were performed during
the vear. . . , _
The gross amount of United Matos postage, sea
and inland, on mails transported during the year
was: ltv the Collins hue, (twenty round trips)
1189,456 61 ; Bremen line, (twelve round trips)
$124,198 HI ; Havre line, (twelveround trips) s9»\-
042 47. The ocean postage upon mails conveyed
by the Collins hue amounted to $154,445 93; by
the Bremen line, $-1,231 19; Havre line, $78,-
* 1 The "excess of British postage alone collected in
the United aStates is verv considerable, amounting
the last rear to $193,597 47. This, as explained in
previous reports, results to tins
department, inasmuch as its postmasters are paid
commissions ter collecting, its expenses the last
year on this account h«vt been not less than $»5,-
000. The large increase iu the excess of last year
arises mainly from the circumstance that nearly
two-thirds of the t ruts Atlantic mails hare been
conveyed bv the Cum vd lin»* of British mail pack
ets, and, when ;hu convened, nearly four-fifths of
the postage goes to the British .government, saying
nothing of the still g: ater proportion it receives
on mails s*» conveyed for countries beyond Eng
land. In me final settlement ’he balance is every
vear largely against the United States, and that
for the y ear eudmg Sttth June last reached the sum
of $26L91 H. A part of this, however, to-wit: $48,-
$)1, has b een received back in the balance paid to
the United States on final adjustment by the Prus
sian otfiqe, thus reducing our indebtedness to
$221,417.
• Whether it is more desirable to be subject to
' this outlay for the transmission of our mails
abroad than to incur probably a still greater ex
pense in fully providing our own means of ocean
transportation, is for the wisdom of Congress to de
termine. If, fortunately, as before suggested, our
steamship companies, aided by receipts from pas
sengers and merchandise shall find sufficient en
couragement to establish fines of steamers and
carry the mails for the postage thereon, it will be
a great point gained. On this principle, were it
practicable, I would be pleased not only to see
the number of trips increased upon existing lines,
particularly to the continent, but all the lines put
in operation which have been or may be projected
by our enterprising citizens. Among these are the
proposed lines from Norfolk to Milford Haven;
from New Orleans to Bordeaux; from New York
to Antwerp, Hamburg or Gluckstadr; from Savan
nah to Para, in South America; from Panama to
Valparaiso, Ac.
The whole subject is worthy the serious consid
eration of Congress, and I venture to hone that
such action may be taken upon it, at an early day,
as that the department may clearly understand its
duty iu the premises. Whether the present lines
ure to be continued, and the trips increased, on the
expiration of the contracts, or new ones estab
lished, at a cost, iu each instance, exceeding what
they may earn in postages, and if so, at what ex
pense in each case I respectfully submit to Con
gress to decide.
Negotiations are pending for a radical change of
our postal arrangements with Great Biitain; but
as the proposition of the British office, in its pres
ent shape, cannot be acceded to, and as it involves
also a preliminary agreement, requiring the sanc
tion ol the treaty making powers, definite action
upon it has been necessarily postponed tor the
present.
With a view tr* facilitate the receipt and delivery
of letters in New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
the postmasters in those cities have been instruct
ed to make improvements iu their U tter carrier
system to the lull extent authorized by daw. In
New York I found that nearly everything had been
Alone that could be accomplished, under existing
laws, except the Iransmi.-ab n of drop letters direct
to their address without going into the main office,
which is now done. Ido not feel at liberty to ad
vise the free delivery of letters by carriers; but I
would recommend a modification of the present
laws, so as to give the Postmaster General author
ity to have the delivery made at one cent a letter,
whether the carrier’s receipts are sufficient to meet
expenses or not. If the improved system is found
to work satisfactorily in the three cities above
mentioned, it i* my purpose to extend it to ull the
other principal cities in the United Slates.
One of the prominent subjects which have de
manded my attention is that of providing more
effectually tor the regularity and safety of mails
conveyedfon ralroads. Owing to the large number
of separate bags on the great through lines, the
frequent changes of ears, and the briel time allow
ed, in most cases, for that purpose, great core is
necessary to guard against mistakes and losses.
This is more especially important to the letter-mail
pouches, which arc exchanged between the princi
pal cities and towns having railroad connections
in all sections of the country, however remote.
In order that they may receive due attention at all
points, agents of this department are required, and
also a regular system of accountability tor the per
formance of their duties. The beginning of such
•a system was made by my immediate predecessor,
and my aim has been to extend and improve it
as mu h aft possible.
Experience has shown that railroad companies
cannot be made to appoint pet sons to give the
mails due attention in all cases, am! there is,
therefore, no alternative but to multiply largely
the number of agents of the department on all
great routes where important mails now go with
out them. The principal mails betwees Phila
delphia, Baltimore, and Washington, and the
West, for instance, have been nominally cared for
by baggage masters, but who, having other duties
equally, if not more important in their estimation,
have not always duly attended to the mails. Es
pecially is it found that they cannot be induced
to account for pouches, as desired by the depart
ment. Believing that such a state ot things should
be remedied, 1 have placed agents on the express
lines between Baltimore and Cincinnati, and Phil
adelphia and Cincinnati, and required each one to
run through the whole distance between those
cities.
The report proceeds to state certain objections
to the overland route between New York and New
Orleans, and submits proposals from the Florida
Railroad Company for carrying the mail from New
York to Pernaiidina; thence across the Florida
peninsula to Cedar Key, and thence to New Or-
The rest of the report is occupied mainly by a
history of the oveiland mail service to California,
which is elaborated to u great extent.
Report ot tho »»f ttar inWHOr.
This document occupies twenty-one octavo
pages, and is devoted to a variety of subjects ap
pertaining to tho Interior Department, over which
the lb»u. Jacob Thompson presides. It opens
with a reference to the extent of the public domain
and the laws for the adjudication of foreign titles,
and then says: .
“The surveying system is now organised into
twelve different districts, and the lines of the pub
lic surveys have already been extended over more
than one fourth of the whole surface of the public
domain. That surface, as heretofore stated, is
1,459.000,000 acres. Os this, there have been sur
veyed and prepared for market, of net public lands,
that is, exclusive of school lauds, Ac., 401,604,988
acres, of which quantity 57,442,870 acres have
never been offered, and are consequently now lia
ble to public sale, in addition to which there were
upwards of 80.000,000 acres subject to entry at
private sale of the 30th September last.
Os the public domain, there have been disposed
of by private claims, grants, sules, Ac., embracing
surveyed and unsurveyed laud, 863,862,464 acres,
which, deducted from the whole surface, as above
Bta ed, leaves undisposed on au area of 1,086,137,-
f»3C acres.
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 185*, and
the quarter ending September 30, 1857, public
lands have been surveyed and reported to the ex
tent of 22,889,461 acres; during the same period
21,160,037 27 act es have been disposed of as fol
lows :* For cash, 5,800,550 31 acres; located with
military warrants, 7,881,010 acres; returned under
swamp land grant, 8,862,475 96; estimated quan
tity ot railroad grants, of March, 1857, 5,116,000
acres. #
The amount of money received on cash sales is
$4,225,908 18. This shows a falling off in land
receipts from those for the corresponding period of
the preceding year of $5,822,145 99. With a tail
ing oft' duriug the same period, in the location of
lands wuh warrants, of more than twenty per
cent.
Whatever may have been the cause of this di
minution, the fact demonstrates that, long before
the prostration of all credit by the suspension of
the baukiog institutions, the iuveataieut in wild
lauds has greatly decreased.
The law fixing the minimum price of the public
lands at $1 25 per acre is commended as humane,
wise and just to actual settlers, and it is recom
mended that settlers upon unoffered lands sin- dd
be required to make their proof and payment,
within a specified period. A general law au
thorising pre-emptions upon uusuv.veyed lands is
also suggested, as 4s likewise a law authorising
pre-emption privileges to be extended to alternate
reserved railroad sections, in cases where settle
ments have been made after the final allotment.
The enhanced value of such lands presents only a
stronger reason why Jprefereuce should be given
to settlers over all others.
Considerable space is next devoted to our rela
tions with the several Indian tribes, numbering in
all some 325,000 souls, and many suggestions are
made for their amelioration and civilization.
The paving to the children, and sometimes to
the administrators of deceased revolutionary sol
diers and their deceased widows, the amount of
pension to which such soldiers or widows would
have been entitled had they succeeded in making
good their claims during their lifetime, has been
discontinued under a decision of the Attorney
Geueral. Up to the 30th of Juue last $43,011,960
had been paid to revolutionary soldiers; $18,3>»5,-
660 had been paid to their widows, making a total
of $61,814,620, besides large donations of lands
and disbursements of moneys under other laws.
The discriminations existing between the inva
lid and half-pay pensions for the army and navy
demaud revision.
During the past year 41,483 warrants for bounty
land have been issued, requiring, to satisfy them,
five million nine hundred and fifty two thousand
one hundred and sixty acres of the public domain;
and the number issued under all the bounty laud
acts of Congress from the revolutionary war to the
present time is 547,250, requiring to satisfy them
sixty million seven hundred and four thousand
nine hundred and forty two acres of land.
The forging of land warrants is rendered penal
by no existing law—an oversight Congress is re
quested to rectify. _
Thu West wing of the Patent Oilice building is
- nearly completed thiPkugbout, and presents an ele
> gant and tasteful appearance. The North front of
the building is in the process of erection. A per
» maneat bridge across the Potomac is a necessity,
5 and it is left id Congress to determine its location
- and character. Here we quote entire the following
» paragraph from tne report:
“ The District of Columbia has been set apart
for the capital of the nation, and the relations of
iis people to the general government are altogeth
’ er anomalous. Without a representative in Con
* gress, and with no voice in the election of their
; chief magistrate, so far as political right* are con-
cerned, its inhabitants occupy the attitude of a de
! pendent people. But they are nevertheless Ainerw
- can citizens, and as such have rights and interests
■ which are dear to them, to guard which facilities
should be afforded them as to every other portion
( of our fellow-citizens, of making known their
wants through their own representative, to the
only body clothed with the authority to supply
them. There can be no just reason for the dis
tinction which has heretofore prevailed—allowing
a Territory, with » meagre population, a delegate
upon the floor of Congress, to make known its re
quirements and advocate its interests, and deny
ing the same privilege to"tbis District, with i*s sev
enty-hve thousand inhabitants. It would be an
act of justice to provide a seat on the floor of the
House of Representatives for a delegate to be
chosen by the people of the District oi Columbia.
Much an arrangement would remove a just ground
of complaint that they have no accredited organ
by wuieU their interests can be fairly and favoia
bly b ought to the consideration of Congress.”
An estimate is submitted »r an appropriation
out of the national in usury tor »>• and im
proving streets in Washington pi**it*y> tough
and along public equar-3. The gnmru 1# •
the capiiol are particularly commended to t'i»
favorable consideration of Congress, m the hope
that early measures may be taken to relieve them
of their present uncomely app.-arance.
It is recommended that the law in relation to I
the “ auxiliary guard” in Washington b- so far!
amended as to require these appointments, before j
they can take effect, to be reported to and approved i
bv some officer of the Government, either t!*e
Commissioner of public buildings or the Marshal
of the Disiiict of Columbia, and to give such I
officer the power of removal from olli c whenever, !
in his opinion, the public good may r* quin* it.
The reports of the officers of the Government '
hospital tor the insane show that the number of j
patients in the hospital July 1, 1856, was ninety- j
three. During the fiscal year ending June -3<>, \
1857, fifty-two were admitted and thirty-five dis-j
charged, leaving in the institution at the last men-;
tinned date one hundred and ten, four of whom
are independent or pay patients. This number i
exceeds the rated capacity of that part of the •
building now completed ; but an appropriation I
has been made for the construction of the centre !
building and three sections of the wings, accord- i
ing to original plan adopted, which are iu process j
of erection, and which will be pressed to rumple- j
lion with all proper dispatch and economy. !
When thtse portions of the building are finished, j
it is believed its capacity will be sufficient to meet j
all present, demands for the accommodation of this ]
unfortunate class of our people.
During the year the Secretary has placed four-j
teen indigent pupils from the District in the Co- j
lunibia Institution for tint Instruction of the Deaf, j
Dumb and Blind, for which he pays at the rate of t
j #l5O per atiuuui each, as authorised by law. The i
report of the president of this institution exhibits j
it in rattier u crippled condition. It is iu debt, and ,
it needs more land, better buildings and u larger j
income topav the teachers. Tt has fifteen pupils, !
fourteen of wliich are maintained by the govern- i
merit. The charity is a noble one, but as it is not j
a government institution it is for Congress to de-1
termiue whether further assistance shall be extend
ed to it.
The reports of the officers of the District peni- j
tontiary, and the engineer in charg of the bridge j
in course of construction across the Potomac at
Little Falls, are approvingly referred to, ami an
increase of the salaries of District attorneys recom
mended, with the understanding that such increase
shall be in lien of compensation tor all services
not enumerated by the present law. A change iu
the law providing for the appointment of clerks
of U. S. courts is also urged, and the reasons there
for set forth at length. It is suggested that, ull
clerks and marshals in the respective States and Ter
ritories, and in the District of Columbia, be explic
itly authorised to demand the payment of their fees,
or take security therefor, when they are not prop
erly chargubie to the United States, in advance of
the rendition of all official services.
From the Ist of January to the 30th of Septem
ber, 1857, four thousand and ninety-five applica
tions for patents have been received, and eight
hundred and twenty caveats filled ; two thousand
and sixty-six patents have been issued, and two
thousand two hundred and eighty-seven applica
tions rejected. The receipts for the three quarters
ending 30th September, 1857, wer» $161,415 V7.
T. h " itaui&gga " f
K *.ir policy indicated IWti** law- wpwfisAin * *l'.e
Patent Office is, that it should be a sunning
bureau. This policy is a sound one, and should
be observed. The law now authorises a return,
upon the rejection of an application, of two-third*
of the fee required to be deposited by the appli
cant on presenting his claim. Os the $163,1*4*2 y 4
expended during the last three quarters, $27.&39 **9
was made up of fees restored to applicants, after
the labor of examining their oases had been per
formed.
“ There seems to be,” says the report, ** neither
justice nor expediency in* this requirement. Its
consequence has been to bring into the office a
large amount of business, fnvilous in its charac
ter, and which seems, in fact, obtruded but as an
experiment upon its credulity. If i is desired
that this bureau should be, as heretofore, support
ed by its own earnings, this feature o: tin finan
cial administration of the office should be revised
and reformed.”
Bv tha ninth section of the act approved July 4,
1836, the applicant for a patent, if a st .ijecf of the
King of Great Britain, was required t :■> pay a ten
of #S»H). At that time, an American chzeu apply
ing for a patent m that kingdom was requin d to
pay a fee of £IOO. But recently tie Km: fish
government has reduced the fee required of >
an American citizen trorn £loo to £*.o. As ti»c
fee originally required seems to have been deter
mined «nn a principle of retaliation, k is proper
and becoming in our government to respond to the :
liberal policy shown by Great Britain toward our
citizens by reducing the fee tu such cases to #IOO.
The existing law authorising an appeal f:om the
decision of the commissioner ol patents to either
of the judges of the Circuit court of the District ;
of Columbia should be repealed, and a permanent
board of review, to consist of three of the ex- .
members of the office, substituted, whose du y it
shall be to hear and determine upon all appeals from :
the judgment of the primary examiners, subject i
to the supervision and HUiew of the Cottitnistioti
er. This change, it is believed, would save delays
and costs to the inventor. The earnes attecum
of Congress is invoked on behalf of the patent
office, which is so intimately connected with the
activity and success of the inventive genius o|?he
country and the rights of a worthy class of ur
fellow citizens.
The agricultural division of this offW is glar
ing in popularity with the country and increasng
in usefulness. It may be well questioned wlielici
any other expenditure of the public iu nev ns
ever proved so largely remunerative and so bfu>
lieent in its influences. The crop of Chinese e-.d
African sugar cane alone, for the present year, vdl
more than compensate for the money heretofore
expended iu this behalf.
Measures have been taken for the establishment
of a more satisfactory system for the distributon
of seeds; the introduction of the tea plaut; lie
collection «f the seed and cuttings of die nut to
grape vines, with the view of testing their vane
for the manufacture of wine; the investigation of
the nature and habits of the lii&ects that infest he
cotton plant, with the view of ascertaining whek
er some plan can be devised for the pi tectioj of
the cotton planter, and for the chemical aualyis
of various plants and soils.
The report closes by stating that the eases re
quired to be constructed in the hull of the Suth
soman Institution for the reception of the eo\ie
tions of the exploring expeditions, and other >b
jecta of curiosity and interest, now in the min
hall of the patent office building, havt been ex
tracted for, and sufficient progress has been mjde
to warrant the belief that the removal can be n»de
before the expiration of the current fiscal year,
Report of the Secretary of the Navy
The annual report of the H.*n. Isaac Touby,
Secretary of the Navy, is a business-like docutrAit.
The destination of the naval force during the i. :r
is described; also the operations of the veads
charged with assisting in laying the sub-malm*
cable, with all of which the public generally is
1 tolerably familiar. 1
Congress at its la9t session authorised the eta at
ment of eight thousand five hundred men fonhe
I navy, instead of seven thousand five huudredkbe
former limit. The increase enabled the demrt
l ment to employ more vessel* at sea; but the am
• ber ol marines has not been increased so Lai
guards can be provided for them. An iucreaA of
i privates io the marine corps is called for.
The marine barracks at Boston, Philadelphia
and Norfolk are represented to he contracted and
entirely unfit for use; and the commandant of
the corps recommends that provision be maA to
porch use ground and erect suitable buildings at
tho-e places. ,
In view of the admirable position of Key Yt est
for conveniently supplying with coal die steamers
• of the home it is earnestly recommend
• ed that suitable provision be made, by legislation,
■ for the completion, upon a proper scale and iu an
■ economical manner, of this important puoiic work.
The naval academy at Annapolis, now under the
• charge of Captain Blake, is in u flourishing cnndi
■ tion. It is to the navy what the military academy
i is to the army—au institution not merely of great
, utility, but of indispensable necessity, without
which, in the present state of science, an accom
plished ami efficient corps of officers could not be
secured. There are cow attached to it, for purpose
of instruction, one hundred am! seventy-six acting
midshipmen —at the close of the last academic
year fifteen graduated, and eighty-nine have since
been admitted. The report of the last annual
board of inspecting officers speaks ;n teims of high
commendation of the discipline and police regula
tions of the institution; of the performance of the
students in field artillery and infantry tactics; m
the exercise of the great guns in battery, and in
sh' ’.I and shot practice at the target; of the admir
able acquirements of the graduating class, and of
the successful management of the academy, now
:no longer an experiment. It also proposes some
' measures d«-servi g earnest consideration, and
others which iu due time ought to be carried into
I effect.
As to the action of the three naval courts of in
quiry, the Secretary says:
I »* These three courts reive prosecuted their labors
with great a.-.-tduity. Tne lesult in many cases
h:i, been ] re.-ented* to yell. As to all those cases
ji n uhicli the courts nave recommended restoration
jto Hie active list, or > the a rv.< e, or a transfer
I from fucloAgh to 1< ave p iy,youh»ve approT».d tbe
I actual 6f :bi irta; and when yon shall havepre
jsenteil eorrtending nominal*, .ns to the Senate,
I you will have done as t«» them all which this act
! has committed to your dis Tetfon. As to the cases
in which the courts have recommended no change,
j the acwon of the IW.ifom, whether it be tb it yl
i approval or dis.4iq.rov.il, w.l: not vary the result,
j but leave the parties in *Uttu (ju >, as if there had
! been no inquiry. Thu IVcsiuent having no power
j to change the state ol any person already iu the
navy, except bv dismissal, »*r by promotion with
j tbe advice ana consent of the Senate, or to restore
' any person to it ix: pt by a new appointment,
J with the advice and consent of tbe same body, it
l is now obvious that little could be done to remove
j or palliate the presumed evil which it was the ob
ject of that act to remedy, except by the prompt
j exe. ution of tbe act itself.”
j The policy lu been adopted of shortening the
period of the ci ul- • in all remote seas, an 1 several
I ships have been ordered home iu pur-nance of it.
j The necessity of the change has been long felt. It
j will conduce U> the preset vat ion of the healt h of
j both officers and men.
At the same time, the proportion of landsmen and
boys allotted to a national ship has b« en increased.
There is ofseu gicat difficulty >»»< btainmg seamen,
and still greater in obtaining American seaman—
the best in the world—for the United States scr
| vice. The employment of la»d»m« n and boys con
[ tributes much to remedy the inconvenience. They
j soon become trained and lit to take the place of
j seamen, and instead of being starving supernune
ruries in the population of the larger citi -s, they
! become efficient and useful members of an improv
ing and vain >ble class, without which neither a
| naval or mercantile rnariue can be susiaiued.
In conclusion, the Secretary says :
4 * A review of the j*resent condition of the navy,
I anti of the eshiblishmvnts connected with it, has
t afforded me great gratification. I see in them,
taken in connection with our commercial, marine
and our immense resources, the means of proinpt-
I ly putting afloat a naval force equal to any exigen
cv likely to arise in the history of the country. It
is not the policy of « ur government to maintain a
great navy in time of peace. It is against its set
tled policy to burden the resources of the people
bv an overgrown naval establishment. It is uni
versally admitted to be inexpedient to endeavor to
compete with other great naval powers in the mag
nitude of their■ naval preparations. But it is the
true policy of our government to take care that its
navy, within its limited extent, should be unsur
passed in its efficiency ami its completeness, and
ihat our preparatory arrangements should he such
that no eveut should take us altogether by sur
prise.”
From Qflf / H'ptiwichOe of the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, Dec. 13.
It is probable that the Kansas legislature, calk'd
bv acting Gov. Stanton, is now iu session, and will
take measure* to annul the proceedings of the con
stitutional convention, and to obstruct or j»revent
the constitutional election, which was assigned for
«^4S“ji tl 2ggn l a.sßg ft
muiltttc. mini 'in- flmt "f J.im'm'.v. It*
not bo reogniu.'il by ibe executive government or
by Congretut an What new difficulties are
tbita to be produced, cannot be foret ell.
Cougreas, upon wbicli body tbe subject devolves,
must meet the quesuou as a practical one, ucting
upon the policy recomtueuded by the President,
which is to quell the lalion in Congress and
the countri, and coniine it to the limits of Kansas.
To accept the liucomptnn Constitution, ip what
ever form it may urise, is deein.d by tiic President
slid Cabinet, aud pel imps a majorily oi the Demo
cratic Senatois and Uprcsentatives, as the readiest
and surest way of rea liing the object iu view. It
is known also thee tbe soutni ru meiubers are very
much disappointed in their expectation that Kan
sas would become a slave Slate, and attributing
this failure to a departure hv Federal officers of the
Terri tort from the principles of non-intervention
which govern tne Kan-a-Nebraska uct, are in
disposeu lo anv concession or compromise uj tbe
subject.
They are, however, so far committed to the sup
port of the legally constituted iaosniptoil Conven
tion, that they will susisir theirConstttmion, even
if it came without slavery ; but further ibun this,
ns 1 am advised, tort will nm go. The resolu
tions heretofore adopted i y some of the southern
State legislatures, and thus,, about to be adopted
by the Icgislatute of South Carolina, will, very
probably, govern the action ot the majority of
southern members. Pracliesllv, therefore, the ac
ceptance of the Lecotr.pton Constitution would
- ei in to he the onlv inode of solving that difficulty
within the bounds'of the Democratic party. Hut
that Constitution may not come before Congress at
all, or it may come tinder circumstances so embar
rassing, that it eaunot command a majority of
enhcrli'iuse.
llopes are therefore entertained that some mode
may be devised ot anticipating and avoiding all
difficulties, with the concurrence of the Democrat
ic members. A recurrence to the Toombs act of
IslG may uff rd such means It is understood
taai Mr. Douglas will lu'roduco this bill, the his
tory und chars ter of which will be remember, d,
and will commend it t" public attention. This
act framed bv Senator T -ombs, of Georgia, was
to enable Kansas to form a Constitution and State
government preparatory tu admission into the
Union. It passed t c Senate, pending tbe Presi
dential canvass, with the vote of every Senator
who had sustained the Kausas-Keoraska Oct, und
was rejected in the House by tbe vote o! ev, ry
Black Republican. ...
This act, us it passed, did not provide for the
submission of the Constitution to the people; and
Mr. Douglas, ill accordance with the special r -
commendation of the President m bis late mes
sage, will introduce this provision tu tbe words of
the Minnesota enabling act. The practical benefit
of such au act would lie theiiiiineaiaieadjnstmeut
id the Kansas difficulties, as it exists in Congress,
in the countr)-, and iu Kansas itself. It would
embarrass no Democratic members, for il would
require none to recede Iroiu any position he Lad
ever taken.
Gov. Walker is now here, aud hi* relations to
wards the Executive will prooably soon bo deter
mined.
Tbe United States ship-of-war Saratoga couid
not have been under orders, as has been stated, to
intercept General Walker und bis filibusters.
Walker passed uuder her guns, aud his papers
were approved, aud probably his objects also,
by the commanding offii er. He landed, no doubt,
three hundred and sixty men, which was the
number he had with him. lon.
Lbcompton, Dec. I.—Secretary Stanton issued !
his proclamation convening a special session of j
the territorial legislature because he was informed ■
that the convention to-morrow would otherwise!
take steps that might result in civil war. A pajier !
signed b> a majority of both branches of the leg- ;
istature and five or six promineut free State men '
was presented to Stantou, telling him that this step
was all that could avert civil war. and that the
special session would confine its legislation to de
feat the Lecompton Constitution, lie was inform
ed that the legislature would meet in any case.
Boston, Dec. li.- From the nature of the tele
graphic advices received here to-day from differ- .
ent parts of New England, it is believed that near
ly all the banks in the several States will reiume j
with tha bucks of this city on Monday.
From the Sew York Evening Pont. Dec. 14.
Addition;*! by ilie i£uropa>
The royal mail steamship Europa, which sailed
from Liverpool ut about three P. M. on the iTith
November, arrived here at eight o’clock this morn
ing, bringing sixt.v-live passengers and eleven
ibousond one hundred and fifty pounds sterling in
specie.
ihe steamship Indian arrived at Liverpool ft ?
three o’clock on the afternoon of the 25th, and
tbeAragoat Southampton on the night ot the - f >th
ultimo.
On Wednesday, the 25th, another large provin
cial joiot stock bank stopped payment, viz: Tiie
Northumberland and Durham District Bank. The
paid up capital of the bauk and the reserve fund
exceed seven hundred thousand pounds, and the
liabilities are estimated at about three millions
sterling. The assets were thought to be unfavora
ble. The head officer of the institution is at New
castle on Tyne, and great excitement existed there,
as the bank was connected with collieries, iron
works and ship building concerns, many of which,
it was feared, would be compelled to stop. Tne
branch bank of England, however, had undertaken
to assist some of the large collieries, so that the
workmen would remain employed. The other
banks in the vicinity were regarded as quite safe,
an i there had been no actual run upon them.
At the Bank of England and iu the discount mar
ket there was a further subsidence «>f pressure, and
loans on the block Exchange were obtained at from
four to six per cent.
It was understood that the issues of the Bank of
England had returned to a point within the limits
authorised bv their charter.
The weekly return* of the Bank of England ex
hibited an increase in bullion of seven hundred and
seventy-nine thousand live hundred and seventy
six pounds sterling, and a reiurn of over hail a
million of government secant!* *. The influx < t
gold at the bank sieu uly Continues.
The citv article of the London i ttn64 states that
Ooveta ruin« will not bring forward any liuancia.
measures till February.
No new failures wire reported in London.. .1
R. Hubbard, of Leeds, wool imrivhuu', susp mi -ti,
with liabilities ot sixty thousand pounds » vriiug;
and Hamburg letters report the stoppage ot I vm
Hertz .Shone, a very old and respectable house
(treat liuf tin. The Loudon la i n states that
as soon as Parliament meets I’t the despatch ol
business, the total abolition of the East India com
pany’s government will he proposed by Ministers,
and that India will be brought immedhftely under
the control oft; e Crown and i’urliaim ot, with
such a machinery of administration us shall be
thought conducive to ns wellare.
The Queen wiil open Puriiauient in person.
An official inquiry, instituted at Manchester,
shows that out ot eighty-seven cotton mills m that
city, employing tweuiv-fourthuusaud two hundred
and ninety-tour work people, only thirty mills, tin
ploying tin thousand two hundred afl-i aeventy
ihrte persons, were m full work. Os the remain
der, twenty-live mills, and eight thousand four hun
dred uud thirty-nine people, were working short
time, »• d twelve mills, with five thousand live
hundred and eighty-two hands, were totally un
employed. Ot the'fifteen silk mills in the city,
none were fully employed, aud two of them had
ceased to run. In the surrounding districts the
returns were to the like effect.
A deputation Bad waited ou Lord Clarendon, and
presented him with a memorial from tlr* British
and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society against the im
migration slave trade, now being cu;ncd on»b.
the French, from the West const of Africa, and
praying for government interference to atop the
traffic.
Lord Clarendon .stated that government was ‘* n
possession of the fullest informalt*i» «*n the ‘ob
ject of tins “new system** of obtaining label' -me
tie did not hesitate to designate the ml*v«j trade
unmitigated uud undisgua-d. The n 'ho!e ques
tion, however, had been submitted to the considera
tion of the French government.
Franc .—Ou the -dth uh.m*>, the Bank of France
reduced its rates of discount one per Cent , by
making them seven to nine per cent, iu place of
eight to ten.
it is stated that, owing to the situation of affairs
in Mexico, the French Charge d’Affaires had re
quested the French Admiral on that station to
send some ships-of-war to the Gulf of Mexico for
the protection of French subjects.
Some more Italians are understood to have been
recent!v arrested in Paris on a charge of conspira
cy against the Emperor.
* A marked coolness is said to be apparent be
tween France and Rome, on account ot the refusal
of the latter to grant reforms.
The Bank of France had lowered the premium
on gold, from ten to live per cont. per in ilie.
India —The overland mail hud arrived at Trieste,
with dates from Calcutta to October ifi, and Bom
bay November 3.
Fifteen troop ships from England had arrived at
various Indian putts, with about six thousand
troops on board.
Lucknow was safe. Till! divi**#-*- »---<*-♦
...... nufwK were Doth m the residency.
The enemy were said to be in great force in the
vicinity, and very strong in artillery. A convoy
o provisions had arrived safely at Lucknow short
ly after its relief, and reinforcements ol two thou
sand men,it was supposed, would reach them from
Catvnpore, about the 24th of October. A column
of three thousand men, under General Greatheud,
was also on its way to Lucknow, und was expected
to arrive about the 30th of Ootob- r, when the Brit
ish f rce there would number seven thousand men.
Greathead’s column defeated a large body of
Delhi fugitives with heavy loss to the latter, at
Bolundsbuhuron the 4»h October; on the same
day they also stormed and destroyed the fort of
Malughur which the enemy had .seized ; and on the
sth inst., they had an*>taer successful engagement
with the fugitives at Allghur, in which lour hun
dred ot the enemy were cut up. The column then
proceeded to Agra, and reached that place ou the
14th ctober, when it was suddenly attacked by a
large body of the mutineers, who were repulsed
with immense slaughter, the l*>ss of all their guns,
forty- hree in number, five lacs and,a large amount
of treasure. The number of mutineers killed is
•vated at oue thousauu, while the British loss was
im ill.
Go! Wilson had attacked and defeated th<* re
bel* at Biithoor, driving them out of a strong po
sition.
The King of Delhi was to be tried by a military
commission. Two more of his sons had been
taken and shot.
Kep<*’ ts were rife of threatening disturbances at
Hyderabad.
‘Neii i iitiib was said to be near Bit boor again.
Maim Singh, heretofore a friend to the British,
had turned against them since the storming of
Delhi was announced.
The fall of Delhi had a marked effect in Meerut
and contiguous districts. Arrears o revenue
were coming in rapidly, and loyalty was the order
of the day hi the North-western provinces.
Part of a Bombay regiment had mutinied at
Deese.
A great depot of Europeans was to be formed at
Barrack pore.
The Madras Presidency, Seinde, and the Nizam’s
dominions remained tranquil.
The Europeans at Sangor. about a thousand
in number, were still iu the fort and c tiling ur
gently ft r relief. Fears were entertained for their
safety.
Part of the 32d Bengal lufnntrv had mutinied
at Deoghur, and two regiments of the Kedah con
tingent had also mutinied and murdered the politi
cal agent.
Eighteen men of the Bombay Grenadiers were
executed at Ahinedabud for ploting an iusur
rection.
At Calcutta sterling exchan.ee was a* two shil
lings two and a half pence lor documents. The
tightness in the money market continued. No
improvement in the import market. Operations
m produce were m.derate.
At Bombay the import market was expected to
improve. Higher rates of interest were anticipa
ted. Government securities continue depressed.
The mails wvre expected in London on the even
ing of the dai the Europa sailed.
China. —It is reported that several missionaries
is China have been condemned to death.
St. Lodis, Dec. 14. —The Kansas City Journal of
\ Commute of the sth instant, says that Joseph Ma
geaus, a trader from Green river, arrived there on
Tnesdav, being the latest arrtvul front Utah. Ma
gean's accounts confirm previous a ivices. He re
ports that nearly all the emigaut trains were suf
fering ftom Mormon depredations, tin ir wagons
being burned and their cattle stoleu. Large quan
tities ot grain and forage, stored at Fort XJridger,
had been burned by the Mormons to prove .t its
i purchase by the Government. They had also
I burned all the grass routes beyond Fort Brtdger
i The snow on the mountains was three feet deep.
! an i the country was ; o e ed with it as far East a*,
II Blue river. Buffalo wete very abundant.
New York, Dec. 14.-The steamship Europa re
ports passing the new steamship Adriatic when six
hundred miles from Liverpool.
The Adriatic passed the Light Ship oil Sandy
j Hook on the evening of the 28d November, und
| probably reached Liverpool <m the morning of the
i ?.d of December, thus making the run from the
i Light Ship to Liverpool iu less than ten days.
“Heap f ' ,i 4 Golden Corn.”
L;rr '“-
Heap htgh the far -n? • *'* - hoard.
Heap hijrhJhefJ iM*** ' 1 :
1 No rioter gift harfAutn n
• From out her lavish ho- < •
1 Let other lard'rxnhingg’eai
i The apple from the pine.
The orauge from the glossy
'ILe duster tro n the vine.
We better lore tr e hardy Aft
Our rugged vales kestow;
‘ T ch- er us when the .'t urn shall drift
Our harvest fields with suow.
When spring-time came, with flower arnl butri
> And grassy frre»-u and young,
' And men y booTtnks, in the wood,
Lite mad musicians suug.
We dropped the seed o’er hill arid plain.
Be? estr. the sun of May,
i Anti frightened frmn our sprouting .yala
The robber crows away.
All through the long *■ right days of June fc
Its leaves erew thtn and fair,
’ Ai d waived m hot mid-euaimet*? noon
1 Its toft and ydlow hdr.
And now. wiih autumn's moonlit eyes
Its hirvest time bwcmue ;
1 We plu k awa> the frost e i leave*
. And hear the treasures home,
r There, richer than the fabled gift
Os golden show*-:* us 01-fi
’ F..lr h aids the broker, grain *had .
And knead its meal of gold.
~ Let vapid idlers loii iu rifle
‘ Ar md their costl board—
I Give ft- the bow i of samp and milk.
By homespun beauty poured,
f Where'er the wide old k Usher: hear!’'
i >eml*up ts smoky curls.
Who will i.ot thank the k idly ait. 1 :
And our oora-ft (l fc.tr! -.
i Let earth withhold her goodly r ...■*. _
l Let mildew blight the rye,
G'v. !•* W.im; *1 • «. ci...rdV fruit.
The wheat field to the fly.
Hut let Hi*’ goo*! old crop adorn
The iii!!' our fathers trod:
Still l-1 us, for His Golden C m,
Send up u ir thanks to God!
// om teSI ■ , • r '
Death oL an old rnitb r.
S.:iiU*l Wright Mm*»r. pro ~ v th rt oidi-s;
priti * rtu Ce ip,.a, 'lieu iu th'* - i-..-: ih^r&vUv
'altera linircriug illness of three !ij<*:* : s. He wa*-- .
jbrniu tpi.cn Anne’? G-tODt;. Mai->L.i..!, tn tli
ve.r 17x1, anti removed bt t- -r-*.. t..; ~v mi t;te
He .erveaan appteniice.hip in tic til . f V f tp
tj.li.mcc, ol Angns-a. Hi. first ft •• m hurt.
j ne>? was the publication if the AI-* ■' amt
.igmilized his paper by ptesenMcg :ae t.r-t nny
! ..cm. ,ot General Jackson a- x c dth»'v »V r UK ’
i Presidency of ilie Uui'ed Si..:- s. Tin nee he ,- c
iC. ived tn MeDnnoitgli, Geftp' . ;; t. i p'fj.lf joo
the sklionoujh Jir’omian, a warm advnc»ic o.
1 i General JacLkcn’s administrate -. nr.; I l** _;*nit
; I lit the Proclamation und Force Du:, "ce- •*
1 wi'h the State Bi <bl» partv, and »v n vetitcte
■ ! of same nf tie ablest papers ever j a-'. 1 .--t in fle
' ; fence nr that party. Ile then ru> '<« ' ■ ««*'•
’ j vile, Georgia, and published 1 ' ■ ’’ Aa
a 1) mneratic paper, »<•'-*'“J'O " tpportetl
Mr. Polk, iu the great eutif*** '!■ 1,1 ' je
: i puhlicatiiin of the A.io' '■ Ml ' -‘''"'l I.'“'
' Limit d nil the °* u £ e “ im
•to retire. But ever d ardent induce,an, tn hi*
‘lias! (lavs, when the” American in-.vemcn. was
’ ; s-iirt. A, ho jM’.iieriihkt un 1 ..is Is*- nc. ol
Lnulihcil
I ii#,., it ii ir.il, the Aim ; icnn Gubvrra’ : ;al can
I diduteof*'• lt !> arly. Extremelx fu. L!;. hetattcr
i(,;»o lI - Court fr H>i- j urpose,
1 tt „,i »t'vcr left lit* hoiiae alive afterwar.ly.
ij ‘ wus thefion of Col. William Minor, an officer
■ |ai the r* vwlutiouarv arniv, ami tli> not a laem
j her of any branch of the Christian chut h, gave am
| pie afcsMiuDce that he died in j*iace wim God and
< man.
■ l - ■ ~
From thf X, y. Kctning /'.•■/ /*r. 12.
‘ The Itesiiinptioii ol Sp -eie I’liyni' iits.
The public wilt view with great sal,?l i 'turn the
response so promptly and so uoanim eisly madi
j last evening by the city banks so the inoverm nt foi
. • *u immediate reauniptioa of specie paynittn& ta
il in ted by the banks of America, the
! Manhattan, and the National, whose cr.color, *d
! dressed to the banks, appeared in our yesterday s
| paper, inviting their concurrence and eo-oj.erati jc
jin this most desired object. Tiie proposition ap
j pears to littve been so acceptable s.nd gratifying to
i the assemblage of delegates last evening, notwith
standing all that has been urged to the contrary,
i that, moved by one impulse, they voted even tc
I anticipate the early period that had been proposed
for adoption, umi instead of waiting un.il Monday,
' the 14th instant, have resumed to-day.
j Indeed, so zealous is it represented where a few
' of the delegates present, for placing their action
j t ight with their stockholders and the community,
that but for the very la'e hour at which these pro
; reediug* took place, it was apprehended that the
• enthusiasm of the occasion might drive them to
! common* e at once the work of disgorging the
gold and silver with which their iron vaults have
become ao uncclttlcrubly loaded. M isef views,
fioWever nave prevailed, Hud ttie cor ren.ion con
sented to wait until to-day for the consummation
of their wishes
We congratulate our city and the banks on this 1
J return to sound principles, from which the commu
• nity may look forward to the beneficial re
j suits. The language of Charles King, used ou
; the resumption ol the banks in New \ ork in lSßc*,
i is entirely applicable to the present time:
I “The amount of specie which is set s»t< .vlily this
way from all quarters, and the fa?t * t 'his city be
ing largely a creditor, are sufficient to remove all
I doubts about the ability of our banks to maintain
; the stand they have taken.
! “The banka of the interior of the State are ready
j to follow suit to the city banks, and those of the
other cities ot the seaboard cannot be long behind
our owu without the hazard of such loss of credit,,
as they will noi willingly encounter.”
Alleged Wholesale Plundei:.—The whole ot
the first number of the Congressional Giobe foi
thi3 session, together with the large portion of c.
supplement, are taken up with an exposition, by
Dr. Robert Mayo, of Washington, of an alleged
swindle by W illiam Culloni, late K. N. Clerk of
the House of Representatives. At the last moment
of the term of the Thirty-Fourth Congres, a defi
ciency bill was passed, one provision of which
was an appropriation of one hundred and thirty
eight thousand dollars, “to indemnify the Clerk
(Culloni) for such sums as he may have expended
for books” furnished or to be furnished to the
member* of the Hons *, the act enumerating the
works. Soou after the adjwui onier.i of Congress
it is charged hiat he applied to the Treasury De
partment for fifty thousand dollars, to indemnify
him fur books already supplied. Mr. Whittlesey,
tnen Comptroller of the Treasury, refused his
e aim, on the ground that he presented no vouch
ers p oving th* expenditure of ad hir fur the
j» lrposes indicated.
On tiie retiring of Mr. Whittlesey, Cull >tn re
newed hi* claim on his successor. Governor Medill,
this time asking for the same service twenty thou
sand dollars? Air. Medill refused the cl;:im*«m the
same ground* that had influenced Mr Whittlesey,
whereupon Culloni produced a bill for rw inty-hvc
thousand eight hundred und eighty dollars, and, as
a voucher, a receipt from one Hugh T>h*r, a partner
iu a banking firm in Washington, showing, or pre
tending to show, that, he, Tyler, Lad furnished
books to Cullom, to that amount oh ’!,<• hisnk day
of December, 18 r >6. It is charged that this receipt
was the product of a conspiracy between Culloui
and Tyler to defraud the Treasury, as the books
specified were never tarnished— or, at the most,,
but a part of them.
So much for the indemnity portion of the ap
propriation. It is further charged that he has ob
ta'nod vast sums for books to be furnished sub
sequently to the passage of the deficiency bill
ab*ve mentioned, many of which bt oks he has
not furnished, and many others of which he hat
supplied of an mlerior quality and wanting many
pages.
This is, in brief, the substance of the charge
It i* accompanied by an amount of documentary
evidence which, to say the least, gives color tc
th eaccusation.
The House owes to itself a thorough investiga
tion of the subject. —Petersburg ( \ a.) D*; locrat.
The Methodists, as a denomination, are niaking
war upon the habit of using tobacco. We learn
from some of n Methodic journals that large
and influential Co iferences have determined to
license and or. tin no candidate for the ministry
who is not willing to forego the use of tobacco in
every form of personal indulgence. A new Uni
versity ha* been endowed also in one of the V, es
eiu Sra’es, with the proviso in its bylaws, that no
Professor shall be entitled to any of the avail* of
•endowment, who is addicted to the use ofto
bV wCL It is suggested that the money spent use
-- ->iv xor the weed would evangeliz.- the world.
SICSVILI.K, N. 8., Dec. 12,-The Newfoundland
tcli-biaih line ha? been down Last of Port-au-
B isaue since Monday last, and is still interrupted.
Tlns'islhe first tune the line bus been out o*
working order lor an hour. The cable remains
perfect.
Philadelphia, Dec. .I?.—The P.rjtisb brig Mar
. .rare: Trom Grand Turk, reports ’hat a greai scar
eity of provisions exists there, and that a portion
lof'tLe inhabitants were in a state of starvation.