The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1852, Page 7

THE AMERICAN ARMY. : Annual Report of the Secretary of War. a War eee ry ‘asHinaton, Deo. ’ cathe mg: fears be submit ° beet sasoel the Operations of 1! Fy ment during year. The efforts of the dep: t have been princi. Ny direeted to the defence of our froatiers, aad there of Mexico, from the Indian tribes withto oar borders. For this parpose, cut of about 11,000 offi- cere and men borne on the rolls of the army, about £,000 are employed in the defence of as, Now Yoxies,, Cai aye aud Oregon, or of omigrants jestined to the two last. It affords = grest pleasure to gay that the efforts of tbe departinent for this purpose have been attend- ed with more than usual success. : ‘Whe benefits that were anticipated from the judi- cious arrangements made by the commanders of the 8th and 9th military departments (Texas and New Mexico) have been fully realized. With tho exception of a portion of the Rio Grande country, the former has been comparatively exempt from Indian depredations. A number of persons of des- poe character and fortunes were attracted to that ontier she lawless attempts of Carvajal, and after his t they dispersed through the country, and reserted to plunder for subsistence. On the other hand, many of the inhabitants of Mexico either sought to avenge themselves for the wrongs inflicted on them by that adventurer and his fol- lowers, or found in his lawless proceedings a justid- tion for their own, and retaliated on the psa seable inbabitants. The Indians in that vicinity availed themselves of the confusion and alerm conseq state of things to renew their depredations. Thefis, robberies and even assassinations, were the con- fequence. though the prevention or punishment of dis- orders like these, when committed by others than Indians, belongs rather to the civil authorities of the State than to the military force ef the United States, the commanding officer used every exertion to put # stop to them, and for that purpose ordored several additional are of troops te the part of the State where they had eccurred It is be- lieved that these measures have been, at least par- tially, successful. So long, however, as the species of border warfare, whieh has lately been carried on in that region between the inhabitents of the two countries, continues, it will be difficult, if not im- porsible, with any number of troops aud with the etrictest vigilance on the part of their officers, to prevent, on 80 extensive a frontier, a repetition of these disorders. In New Mexico, the depredations of the Indians have been entirely arrested. The Navajos and the Apaches, the two most formidable tribes in all that region, have been completely overawed, and mani- feat every desire to be at peace with the whites. * In contequence of trequent collisions between the Indians and the white inhabitants of California and Oregon, it was deemed advisable to send the 4th Regiment of Infantry to the Pacific, to replace the Pores riflemen that had been ordered thenoo to exes Intelligence has been recently received that the Yuma Indiens, 2 bold and hostile tribe, occupying a rivers, whose inroads and depredations have been the source of frequent annoyance and alarm tothe inhabitants both ef our own territo Mexican State of Sonora, have agreed to a peace. } The troops stationed on the frontier may justly be considered as in active service—a service, too, in whioh they dangers of war, without its excitement to stimulate, re its hopes of honorable distinction to sustain 16 m.. Owing to the many officers who, from disability or other causes, are excused from duty, the cares and responsibilities of command frequently devolve ona smal number, and the establishment, during the last season, of a number of new posts, has added very much to the labors both of the offisers and men; novertheless, it affords me great pleasure to bear testimony to the cheerfulness and slaority With which all have discharged their du: To Brevet Major General Smith and Brevet Colonel Sumner, in particular, much praise is due. The former, although in feeble health, has ben unre- mitting in his exertions, and to his energy and judi- cious arrangements his department is greatly in- debted for the comparative tranquillity it enjoys. Tho latter has not only succeeded in arresting the | juent upon this | portion of country on the Gils and Colorado | and of tho | are exposed to all the hardships and | incursions of the Indians within his command, but | has greatly reduced its expenditure. Brevet Brigadier General Hitchcock has also dis- played great energy and 1t was possible to do with a very inadequate force, and amid many difficulties and embarrassments, to protect his extensive command. T regret to say that tae attempt to caltivate farms by tho troops has, but in few instances, during the Re season, been attended with beneficial results prudence, and done all that | Chief that sn additional regiment of mounted men w me to oall your attention te the state of our defences on the seacoast. Bhortly after the termination of the last war with Greet Britain, a Boerd. ab. Bogineees Was organized to prepare a system of coast Pris Boord, recommended that fortifications bo ocnetructed at ® number of points on the sea coast, | and on the Northern lakes. Their recommen was adopted, and its execution was commsnced, | first, by repairing and enlarging sach of the old works ss were deemed worthy of preservation; so- condly, by the construstion of new works. begia- ning, of course, with those that were considered the mort impor ant. Aithough doubts have been ocoasionaliy expressed whether some of the works proposed by the Board might not be dispensed with, and whether others seale unnecessarily Jarge, the works by it slowly but steadily advansed }, Congress never failed, e: recewmendes and until the year 1850, cept ina single instance, to provide the neces: means for prosscuting them. In the last meationed ear, no appropriations for fortifications were made, ut the House of Reprosentatives adopted a resolu- tion directing the Secretary of War te submit, at 4 their next session, a report on this subject. That report was submitted, but no action was taken on it, and no appropriation was made. It is believed that this omission was caused by an opinion which seems to Ly that the system adopted by the Board of 1816, if not origi too extensive, become s0 in consequence ef events that have since occurred, and ought to be revised ard restricted. in that opinion I concur ; and in the report abdve mentioued, [ expressed the opinion that many of the works embraced in the original plan might, and ought t» be dispensed with. ‘Yhe subject is, undoubtedly, worthy of all the con- sideration that Congress can bestow upon it ; and it is to be hoped that Gee Aa at an early period, adopt some mode of revising the plen, and meking apy changes in it which the present circumstances of the country may seem to them to req tire. In the meantime, however, there are a number o works which have been commenced, and are in va rious stages of advancement, but the prosecution o which is suspended for the want of the necessary appropriations. Most of these works are highly im- portant, being intended for the protection of our peters seaports and naval stations, viz: Boston, ew York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Pensacola, Mobilo, and New Orleans, or other points of scarcely loss importance. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the extent to which the system of fortifications should be carried, all must admit that no expense should be spared torender points like those above mentioned absolutely impregnable by any force that may be reasonably expected to be brought sgainst them. L hereto append a statement of these unfinished works, showing the amounts required to complete | them respectively, and the sums tuat could be ad- vantegeously expended on each of them during the next fiscal year, and earnestly recommond that Con- gress be urged to make the necessary appropriations with a view to the completion, if not of all, at loast of the most important among them at as early a pa- riod as practicable. If this be not done, the large sums already expended on them will in many casos | ! be Jost Among the works recommended by the Board which have not yet been commenced there are sove- ral which appear to me of obvious necessity. I ra- fer particularly to those designed for the protection of New Bedford, and of San Fransisco, both of which are now entirely defencele: It is also the opinion of the engineers that a work at Sandy Hook, for the protection of the eute harbor of New York is necessary to complete the de- fences of that city, Congress also omitted the last two sessions to make the usual appropriations for the purchase of the heavy ordna: used in coast defence. As this description of ordnance is generally intended for fortifications, it has been the practice to estimate for it under the head ‘* Armament of Fortifica- tions.” It is hardly necessary to observe, howover, that it is an indispeneable part of any system of de- fence that may be adopted, aad that the fewer the fot rea the greater the quantity that will be required. in this subject I beg leave to subjoin a fow re- marke contained in the report on fortifications above referred to: Whatever policy ma: fortifications, it will still be mecesrary to provide a much larger supply of ordnance than we new have on haod. By reference to the report from the head of the Ordnance Boreau, hereto annexed, marked ©, will be seen th: whole number of guns, of ail calibres, now on | whether im the forts or im the arsenals, amounts only to failure is owing in part to the constant activity | inwhich it has been found necessary to keep the | troops, and to the necessity of the construction of barracks and in other works, at the many new posts that have recently been estab- 8 fair trial of the experiment cam be made, it will, at least at such of the posts as are favorably situ- ated for the er 1, be more successful. In apite of this failure, of the unusual activity of the troops daring the season, and of the fact that 20 large a portion of them are stationed on the remote frontier, I have the satisfaction to announce that the expenditures have been considerably re- duced, and this too in the Quartermaster’s depart- ment—tPat branch of the service of which the nditures are most affected by these circamstane: ‘he expenses of that department, ascertained and estimated, (exclusive clothing, the amount of which is fixed by permanent regulations,) comtinue to exhibit an annual decrease, viz: for the current ear, as compared with the last year, reductien of 1,252, and for the next yoar, as compared with the current year, a further reduetion of $500,000. In spite, however, of every effort to reduce the ex- of the army, they must continue to be very great in proportion to its numbers, 90 long as it is employing them in | ‘Hopes are entertained, however, that when | 3 535; and that of gun earriagesis still smaller. The en- tire number of guns that can be mounted in the forts, stestrcom jeted. (classes A and B) amounts to 4,672 guns; ant should be completed, the total number ef guns thet would be required for all the forts would be 6,003. It appears, t! fore, that the supply of ordusnee new on hand is very inadequate, even to the present wants of peed ond I will observe, toe, that even if Jongress to restriet the system of fortifications, this would not obviate the necessit cr Eiatge increase im the supply of heary ordnance me means of defence murt be employed and cannon is an indispensable pact of oy system that may be adopted. it appears. too, from the reports hereto appended, that the great naval powers of Burope withi years past, increased the of the mounted on ¢ ‘vessels of war. This renders it ob' | ously no that the of the batteries intended to resist them should also be p' lonably increased. I Leceseary to maintain so large a force in countries | which supply s0 little of what is necossary to its sup- port as those in which the greater part of it is now stationed. I beg Jeave, therefore, to repeat the sug- gestion contained in my last annual report, that cound policy, no less than humanity, requires that some other means than force should be tried to re- strain the Indians, and to prevent the frequent col- lisions that eccur between them and the white in- habitants in their naighborhood. The whole his- tory of our country shows, that whenever the two races are brought frequently into contact, collisions, (generally produced by aggressions of the stronger on the weaker party.) are inevitablo. I know of no other means by which these collisions can be pro- vented than a rigid adherence to tke policy which has beretofore been successfully pursued, of setting apart s (here) of territory for the exclusive oocu- pancy of the Indians A difficulty occurs in the application of this policy to Texas by the terms of the compact admittin; that State into the Union, she reserves to herself all the vacant territory within her limits It is under- stood that she acknowledges no right of occupancy in the Indians within her borders, but proceeds to lay off ber territories into counties, and, as fast as it ie needed, to zell it, without assigning any por- tion of it to them, or providing in any other mode for their support Nothing could be mere calca- lated to alarm and irritate the Indians, and to pro- duce collisions between them and the whites than the adoption of this policy. It, in fact, diive the Indians to desperation, by leaviog them no alternative but to steal or to starve It alto deprives the government of the United Btates of that control over them and of the territory they cocupy which is necessary for their own preser- beng as well as for the safety of the white su! ments in their vicinity. If the United States are beund to protect Texas against the Indians, it is manifert that the government of that State shoald do nothirg to thwart, but, on the contrary, all ia its power to promote, the fulfilment of this duty, [ therefore respectfully suggest the expediency of en- deavoring to make some arravgemont with that State whereby a portion of bor vast wooounpied do. main may be temporarily allotted to the exolusive ocoupency of the [odians within ber borders, What policy, however, it may be deemed proper to sdopt in reference to the Indian tribes in Pexas, California aud Oregon. is a question only ef human- ity or of temporary pe tl riod oaanot be Vory rewote when they pt betere the re- sistless tide of emigration which continually flows towards there countries. Af believe it is the opinion of allofficers. bothof the army and navy, who have devoted much attention to this sub- ject, that many of the guns mow in our most important forts ought to be removed, and others of longer rai substituted. A glance at the report of the Ordnsi Bareau will show how deficient we are inthe scriptions of ordnanoe, particularly in eight an’ a the most effective weapons against vessels war. To manufacture cannom of good quality isa werk that demands considerable time; and, as they are imper- isbable, when properly taken care of, there is no good Teason wh: overnment should not at once provide the requisite eupply In connexion with this subject, I would venture to suggest that provision be made for a distribution of artil- lery among the militia of the States and Territories. Our people are more deficient in the knowledge of thi arm than of epy other, and yet it is the one that woald | be most required in a'war with any European power. Ifa standing appropriation were made applicable to the distribution of artillery. and of the book on artillery practice in the States and Territories, it would tend very much to promote the knowledge of this essential branch of the military art among the citizens of the country. One of the most important and responsible duties which have devolved on the Department during tho | present year, is the execution of the works known 88 the river and harbor improvements. The number of works for which apprepriations were made by the act recently pacsed, is abou one hundred. and the sum appropriated about two mil- lions and a quarter. The appropriations, however, will only, ia a few instances, be sufficient to com- | plete the works for which they were made. By far the greater number will require additional. and some of thom very Jarge addicional, appropriations | Is is to be presumed that, even | to complete them if Congress shou!d no‘ see fit to continue the systen, and to provide for other works of o similar charac ter, not included in the present act, thoy will at least finish the works that have been begun, I deemed it, therefore, of thoutmost importance tomake at the outeet, such permanent arraoge- mente for the execution of these works as would, as faras practicable, ensure the faithfal, judicious, and economical application of large sume of monsy that have been and may be appropriated for these works to the importent purposefor which they were intended Experienee has shown that for works of this da- scription, ia which large sume are disbursed, and | which require for their execation a combination o seience and prastical skill, it is, asa general role sefer to rely on officers of the army (sided whea no cessary by civil assistants) than on civil ag. whose character aid qualifications tho de must often beignorans I determined, therefore, to avail myself of all the aid which the army coud afford, and to confide the superiatendence of the works to the two corps of engineers and topographical en te of | giveers. bothof which are eminently qualified for ‘The case ix different with regard to Now Mexico. | ‘That territory is s9 remote and inaccessible, and holds out ench liti!e inducoment to emigration, that the struggle between the two races is destined, in all probsbility, to continne there long after it shell have ceased in every othor portion of the coutiseat. By tho ast census the total popnlation of Now Mexioo, exclusive of wild Indians, is (ia roand oum- bers) 61,000 souls, and its whole real estate esti- mated at (in round numbers) $2,700,000 To protect this emall populstion we aro compslled to maintain a large military forse at an aqnual ox pense tently equal to hulf the va'ue of che whole real estate of the territory. Wonld it not be botter to ivdave the inbsbitante to abandon a counter which seems hardly fit for the habitation of civil- ized man, by remunorating them for their property im wovey, or in lands situated in moro favored regions? Kven if the government paid for the property quintuple its valuo, it would sill, merely on the soore of economy, be largely the gainer by the travraction, and the troops now stationed in New Mexico vould be availabie for the protection of other an of our own and of the Mexioan ter ritory. Unless the means [ have intioated, or some other, be ted to relieve the Indians from the meooesity of plandering to procure the moans of sub- agintence, their depredations wust not only continue, ‘but inorearo. Thies would require s corresponding Smorease in tho moans of protection. In that view | soncur in the recommendation of the Goneral in- EEE EEE oo ths cuty ‘This arrangement not only enablod mo to disponse with & numbe: ivil nts whose assisiangs would otherw deration of bardiy lest importance) to secure the invaluable aid ‘of the distinguished head of tho corpr ef engineers. Tat firet intended tecatablish a joint boned, oom- posed of the heads and another officer of exh of the corps, sided, when circamstances would reqaire it, by #n ollicer of tbe navy to euperintend the exeen- tion of all the works; bat some difficulties having arisen in arranging the dotails of this pian, T finally determined to divide the works between the two corps, and to establish two hoards, ove for each corps, com posed of its own officers, to aid its head in preparing, supervising and correcting plans and estimates, &c, the members to act separately as inspeotors of the works when in process of cous irue- tion ‘This plan has been carried into effeot; ond in pur fuance of it the works on the A iantis aud the Galf Of Mexioe have been xssiewed to the eorps of cagi- Peers, and those of the Northorn lakes and Western rivers to the corps of topographical engineers. It is believed that this arrangement vill eminently conduer to the speedy and evonemicel execution of the works. Owing principally to the advanced season woea the appropriations #ere made, litt.o has been doue, in regard to many ef the works, beyond making the | be adopted with reference to | the works, now in progress of construction | ai one boen necessary, bat (& conai- | will be submitted as soon as they can prepared. ‘The expedition whieh I mentioned in my last an- ual report as having been sent under the commend of Brevet Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves, to explore | the Zuni and Colorado rivers from the sures of the former to the Pasitio, has completed the exploration and sei but the report hes not yet been ub- miited. Early last spring Captain Marcy was sent with a party to explore the headwaters of the Red river. Je accomplished the object end has returned, bat the report of the expedition has not yet been pre- jared. x! It affords me pleasure to repeat my eommends of the good order and dissipline which prevail e military academy, and to exoress my sonvic- that institution. ‘The reports ef the chief of the Ordnence Bureau and of the Quartermaster’s Deparment will show the operations of these important branches of the serv: sveral of the suggestions contained in them are deserving of attention The first of these two reports exhibits « very satis- factory view of the operations of the ni | ries at pyc ad Harper's Perr; | inthe opinion that ne benefit would eult€rom @ return to the former mode of governing those establishments In my last annual report I called your atten- tion to several points in regard to which legis- lation appeared to me to be necessary. I will simply renew there suggestions, without. repoat- | ing the reasons on which they were founded. They were— First: That the Department be authorized to ish such areenals as are no longer needed and are a source of useless expense. Second That an additional number of commissa- ries be authorized. Third. That a retired list of the army be eatab- lished, measure of justice both to the officers that are disabled, and to those that are not Fourth. That the distribation of arms among the militia of the States and Territories, under the ao’ of 1808, be made hereafter on the basis of the free white male inhabitants of age to bear arms, as shown by the latest census, instead of the offisiel returns of the militia, which are frequently not furnished, and when furnished are often inaccurate, To these recommendations, [ beg leave to add a few more that further experience has suggested By the fifth section of the act of September 23:h, 1850, it is made the duty of the Scoretary of War to | discharge any soldier. who, at the time of his enlist- | ment, was under tho age of twenty-one years, unless | Such enlistment had been made with the consent of the parent or guardian of the soldier. Yourg men are frequently enlisted who reprosent themselves to be of age. but whose discharge is af- terwards applied for on the ground of miaority, The consequence is that they are frequently diecharged afver they have been clothed and fed for months, without rendering any service, or after they have | been eent at great expense, to some remote sta:ion. There is reagon to believe that in some instances parties have enlisted with a view to defraud the go- | vernment. I recommend that any person being above the ag» of eighteen years who shal! practise such an impo- | sition, may be compelled to serve out hia term of evlistment. Tf further appropriations for fortifications and for river and harbor improvements should be made, the number cf officers in the Gite of Eagineers aud To- pographical Gal tine) will bo insufficient to supply the necestary details for these works, ana for the coast and lake surveys, added te the other duties they are called upon to perform. I recommend, therefore, that in that event, tho officers of thesa corps be increased by an annual addition to each | for six years, of not more than three second lieu- | tenants, to be taken as heretofore, from the gradu- ates of the Military Academy. In consequence of she great number of remote | military posts at which troops are stationed, the num- | ber of medical officers has beer for some years past, entirely inadequate to the wants of the service ; tho sonsequence of which is, that a are of private ensure of ocon- Rhyastens are necessarily emplo; am tatisfied that it would be oy to authorize an increase of the medical corps. jesides the above recommendations, there are several contained in the report of the Geaeral in- Chief, hereto appended, which appoar to me to de- serve attention. I will montion particularly his sug- | ics that the third section of the act of Jane 7th, 1850, entitled ‘‘An act to increase the rank and file of the army, and to encourage enlisimonts,” be repealed ; that measures be taken to distribute | | } | ries the books of tactical instruction used in the regular service; and that the pension laws bs so smended as to place the widows and orphans of of- fieers of the army on an saat footing with those of naval officers. spectfally submitted, | CG. M. Conran, Secretary of War. Te the President of the United States. Board of Education. oepey es C. Benxvict, Esq., President, in the chair. Phe minutes ef the last meeting were read and approved. NEW TRUSTERS. Mr. Srvuarr presented a communication from the school officers of the First wari, nominating of Charles Stuart, resigned. Also the following resolution :— Resolved, That Nieholas Dimond be appointed Trustee of Common Schools for the Fi ard, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Stuart, Eeq. Adopted. RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Cary presented the resignation of Ovid P. Wells, as = member of the Board, which was or- dered on file. | Also, communications from the school officers of | the Sixteenth ward, nominating John De Lamater | as Commissioner, in place ef De. Wells; B. F. Bmith as Trustee, im place of Mr. De Lamater; an: : Es as Inspecter, in place of Mr. B. F. | Sm + | On motion of Mr. Cary, the said appointments | were made. | _ Mr. De Lamater appesring in the room, the | President invited him te come forward to the Clerk’s tablo and take the esth of office. The Clerk administered the oath, and Mr De Lamater took his seat as » member of the Board. Mr Denning presented the annual repert ef the Inspeeter ot Common Schools, Niath ward, which was ordered on file. APPROPRIATIONS. Mr. Duxwina, from the Committees on Buildings and Repairs, preconted s report with the following resolution. Resolved, That $1,375 be and the same is hereby spproprieted to fit up and farnish Ward School No. 31, Twelfth ward, scaording to the plans and spesifications approved by the ward officers., Adopted. Also, from the same committee, a report, with the following resolution :— Resolved, That the sum of $599 40 be, and the 93 rooms, and enclose the play ground at Ward School No. 30, according to the plans and spscifica- | tions herewith submitted. Adopted. PUBLIC SCHOOL SOCIRTY. Mr. Mvrrny, from the special committee ap pointed to draft an act relative to merging the schools of the Public School Society with those of the ward echools, presented a report and draft of bill, which, on motion, was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Mr. Canter offered the following resolution: — Resolved, That the draft of a law, the object of which is for the connection of the two systems of ublic education, as conducted by the Public School Bociety and by the Board of Education, whioh draft | has been ordered to bo printed, when go printed be referred to a Committee of Conference, by that | committes to be submitted to the Public Schoo! Society. | Me OC. H Surrm moved to strike out all after | “Resolved,” and insert, ‘*That —— copies bo printed, —— copies sent to the Public School 30 ciety, and — copies to each board of ssool offi rers , Carried | The resolution, as amended, was then adopted, and the blanks filled, so that the Board orderel 250 copies to he printed, 75 sent to the Public oo! Beeiety, and one copy to cach board of so officers+ Mr. Carre presented a resolation relative to re- visirg the by laws of the Board, which was laid on the teb! On motion of Mr. Atpra, the Board adjourned to Wednesday next, the 15vh instant. | Court—Part Second, sbove company, for damages ooonioned by running one of thetr freight oars ogainst the plaintiff's carriage, near the corner of Grand aua Mulberry airests in this otty. in Jenusty last, by whioh accident tue plainti's vehicle was partly demolished, Verdict for the plaintuf for $156, Owro Minrt1a —The bill to organize the militia of Obio. which bes passed the Senate, and ix now peoding in the House, is anything an old joned company tisining or regimental muster It fs scated that tho bill merely requires the township assessors of the several (orn sbips &o, to prepare a list of ali persons hot tho ages of eighteen aud forty five, not exempted by law, ant to returp it to the Auditor; he to return it to the commend- Sat of brigade; he to the commendent of diridon; be | foot by foreign oupidity for the purpose of evalieg to the Adjutant General of the State. and heto re port av abstract of the number to the War Department of Warhington, It farther provides for the orgsniastion pana Orrangéments to commence them as early Saree Ot Sau ee te cee ioe laws = as practicab!e in the spring. Cleveland Heratd, Dee, 7. . RA. cin mate beg subject, nen ecomneshstsentalh on FB conned: ith their duties, I re«pext- fally refar to the reports of the oolonols of engineers, cgea Hees Wotan tenis Fee ey = ~ the topographical engineers appended to this gall fr s popped ont and locked the wie in, After on- Jo ver ltl three hours came baok, The ostimates for such of the works ae require | her cell, and berated the Jallor. = tion of the besefits which result to the services from | for the uee of the militia of tho States and Territo- | Nicholas Dimond as Trustee of said ward, in place | ame is hereby, appropriated to fit up additional | | demands of thoes who bare boaght up her INTERESTING FROM MEXICO, ‘The Revolutionary Condition of the Republie, Ken, Ke, de, Our Mexican Correspondence, Tampico, Nov 11, 1852 The Late Excitement in the City—The Revolutionary Attempts, $e. &e 5 Se. Will you pardon an old friend whore tremblieg lim be have borne him hither, for bis first attempt to | furnish you with an inkling of affairs in this noted sity, of at least 5,500 forms, belonging in all probability to the human species, although the condust of their wilitery chief would most positively contradict such belief. I allude tothe various acts of folly, er eupidity, which have been recently committed by the Commandant General of this State, who has beem laboring under the vague impression that he was surrounded by fleree conspirators, whose deep and dangerous plots were laid for his utter destruction. To the vigilance of this General we are indebted for the lively state of excitoment and anxiety with which this community has been entertained during the past six months. Numerous and mysterious Were the conjretures given out as to the causes of our alarmed (ieneral ‘The Spaziards, with vindictive looks, asserted that expe: ns, composed of /iltbusteros, were on the from New Orleans, whilst the credulous cans declared that the disembodied spirits of sip ees victims, whe were brought here by 1 Mexia, captured by the late Col. Thoinp- mn, and subsequently shot by the bloody mandate of General Santa Aana, on the Mth of September, 1885, aro nightly flitting their ghostly forms before the troops of this garrison, to the great dismay of the poor soldiers But the undaunted General has at length made a bold attack on his supposed enemies, having ac- tually seized and imprisoned seven of the most in- nocent of his own countrymen, on the frivolous charge that they were eng: in a scheme te aancx thia State to the United States. But sftor six months constant alarm, the General W&s bound to do something to establish his military fame, and, like his great and illustrious predecessor, Arista, “gave the national honor ” Arista bas Poe himself to be equally as capable | at the head of his cabinet as he wasin the field of | battio at the head of his army, and ia blending | both capacities we clearly se that his acts have | brought two fold ruin upon his eit His military mask was doubtless strippsd from his brow by General Tylor, and bis last deeds at the head of his government are of rufficient notoristy to prove to the world that be bas involved this Edon of a country in inextricable ruin. | Having lost all confidence in his own originality, he vainly attempted to emulate the virtues of Presi- dest Napoleon, whose decres of the 2let Septemoer Ivet will substantiate tho truth of this assertion. But the frightful features of that decree, having | been viewed with just horror throughout the repab- lio, and, in the absence of the ability of the French President te sustain him in his fanciful fi he must inevitably fall back upon rade, the material upon which he will work, | will, doubtless, lend its lustre to his future fame. Tn 1833, Arista belonged to an unsuscessful rovo- Jutionsry party, expelled, went to Cincinnati, | and there learned the trade of tinemith. On the night of the 24th ult , the prisoners were | all ewberked on board the small schooner of war Tamaulipss, to be handed over to other military ty- | | rante at Vera Cruz, who arein charge of stronger walls than those of Tampico, tor their incareeration. | Too Canara has recently met in extraordinary | fien, and we are anxiously looking for the moa- it will adopt in the present deranged state of | affairs; but we are fearful that all its labors will | terminate as fruitlessly as did the lest. JONATHAN BARNSTanLe. ‘he Condiuen of Mexico, Wasuinatox, Dec. 4, 1852. 0 THE EDITOR OF THB HERALD. Tho New York Heraxo of the first Deeember pub- lishes a letter from Mexioo, in which it is stated that “during the late revolution in Mazatlan, on the Pa ciffe coast, which was entirely got up by the mer- chants there, an enormous quantity of British goods | had been fraudulently imported; ono vessel alone, called the British Queen, had £70,000 sterling worth of dry goods on board, for which the Mexican gov- ernment had received only $16,000 duty, instead of $400,000; others paid even less.”” The samevis true of the late revolution at Vera Cruz, and of the famous Sierra Madre revolution on the Rio Grande. Both were set on foot by the mer- chants to cover the introduction of a large amoun: of merchandise without paying duty. It has been the interest of many, and the habit o others, not euficiently familiar with the domestis history of Mexico rightly to appreciate tho diffical- | ties with which she has had to contend, to represent her as faithless and unmindful of her obligations, and incapable of maintaining any regular govern- ment; and this idea has been stremgthoned by the fact that, overwhelmed by a debt originating in her struggle for independence, she has been unable | to meet her recognized obligations promptly in gold and silver. But what nation is there, which has | not, at some period of its existence, been in the tame condition? Great Britain, France, Russia and the United States, have all passed through the same | ordeal. The first found it necoseary to prohibit | tpecio payments by the Bank of Hoglaad, | and to sustain her government by the issue of an irredeemable paper currency. France has been compelled to have recourse to her assignats; | Ravsia to pepergrubles; and the United States, having paid their soldiers, maintained their arnies, | and achieved their indepsndense, by the issue of continental money, D rigeh mee repudiated their re- yolutionary debts, the price of the free goverament all efforts of foreign governmsnts to coerce = tato her foreign creditors her of the means of ning ber just authority at home? Bex E Gasen [Prom the Austin (T+xer) American. Nov. 17 } The Westen Texan loarne trom Brownavilie, by ztract from ® le:ter, that Pablo Castillo, from pico, iv sirring up snother revolation. Thoy claim to have $50,000 on the way from Tampico to defray exprners—have refused to let any Acericans jo them, and will have nothing to do with Cara- which ‘will deprive vajal ine Moxicm ravajal, because he was edu- cated ip the d, in many respeots, is ap American in fesling ey ean not appreciave | wan whore visual range is ample enough to in- clude apy o her country than Mexico, and who does not pretend To ficd atl that is great and noble among their countrymen They doubt any man who takes arother government fora model, in preference to tubscribing to their vague and unsatisfactory ideas of republicanism Hence his failure. There are now om St Joseph's Island, says the San Antomio Ledger, some three hundred men. A mys- tery attends iheir movements. The truth is, they are Cuban v lunteers. A new invasion is afloat. MEXICAN AFFAIRS. Recent accounts represent the condition of affairs in Mexico as unsettled Thera is @ want of confi- denoe in the aaministration; and Arista has not the means to epforce obedieace to the laws, nor to give protection to the country. On the part of the people, east of the Sierra Ma dre, there is a determinate disposition to throw off the yoke of the general government. The matter mey not be coneummated at an early day, but it will inevitably follow in the train of events. The Mexican citizens, living near our frontier, have seen too much of the practical workings of our govern- ment to remain peaceful and contented under tho worst form of tyranny and miliary despotism that has ever existed on thia continent. ey possess ficiency of the spirit of freedom to cause them to make yet another attempt. Their fa’ 8 have arisen, rot 80 much from the want of patriotism and a determination to stand by the cause, as from hav- ing begun prematurely, without concert of action and its requent organization. It is fashionable to speak disparagingly of Moxi- hati In the main they are despi- coptions to all rules. Mox- with arms in their hands oppored to their opprersors, who wished well to thei country, who were willing to face any dangor, in- our any expense, and suffer any privation to free their native land. Thoy were entitled to eae pathies of every lover of liberty as well as the Hun- garians or Cubans. So far as the people of Texas are concerned, they have more at stake in the success of a revolutionary movement upon the Rio Grande, than those of any otber portionof the Union. The action of the present government and autho- Texss insecure; becwuse the contiguous Mexican States afford to fugitive slaves asylums, where thoy are treated wich respect and with more considera- tion than either Americans or Burepeans. Slavery ia this Stato is, and will be, more or less affected by the municipal regulations in force in the ootormi nous States of Mexioo Many valuable slaves have fled from their masters and gone beyond the Rio Grande— generally they are sa’e from reclame. tion between Caray ond his auxiliaries, in the evont of success, on his part, to allow owners of runawa} slaves to reduce their property into possession, if evolutionists. It wes w matter to be prosented to the considera- tion of the Cabinet at Washington, in caso of failure on their part to negotiate a treaty containing the necessary stipulations to carry out tho inten- tion; it was proposed that the mew government should prsa a law declaring it felony for any fugi- tive from servitude to enter its territories, and making it the duty of the authorities to imprison them aad afford those claiming their eervices every facility in aiding to recover them. Such a treaty or enactment, on the part of the governmont west of the Rio Graude, would place slavery on a secure basis in Texas. In moking there remark, it is not designed to be the apologist of General Caravajat, or of those who acted with him His movement has beon censured from one end of the United States to the other, with- out ever having been properly ucderstood. It is now amatter of moment as belonging to the past, only Of things now (geavetting on the Rio Grands, an extract from th Brownsville Fiag, of October 16th, will give » definite idea:— Marta»ronos —The excitement still continues with our neighbors. and we still have a number of them as tem- porary guests with us Report ests the number down, ip even numbers, at four bundred, armed and equipped; but Deme Rumor is @ busy body; and not always to bs whieh fr in trouble betore they are aware of It. ex: hibitions have recently take place, also, in our streets opporl-e the Mexican station This excitement resulted from the deposition and arrest of the Ayuntamiento of Matamoros, because its members would not submit to the clothing of Canales with the unconstitutional office of ‘‘Commis- sioner ad hoc, duly it ted with power above all ponsibility.” The persons and who had made themselves obnoxi- , crossed over to Brownsville to avoid ous to Canal conrequen Canales, aided by Avalos, is working to force ple declare to have been tution and the laws. muet conclude that, the goverpment ot Mexico is only one in nane—not in governor, who the of a monareby, a more centralized military despot. iem, or to become an sppendage, s province of some foreign power, probably Great Britain. In the hap 1d a decroe against the freedom of the press ed from the Prince | they now boast It is in all cases difficult for the fortunate to bear | an indulgent mind towards the uosuccessful; snd | ourown experiment of free government and popu- | lar rights bas been so brilliantiv prosperous, that | Fre capnot readily forgive the misfortunes of Mox- | ico, or understand why her efforts to follow our ex. | ample and adopt our institutions have not prodused | equal reeults. But it must be borne in mind that | the auspices under which Mexico, as a repudlic, | took her place among the nations of the earth | were very different from those waich marked our separation from Great Britein. Our people were | | fully educated, and prepared for that event, whish can scaree be called, with propriety, a revolution. | It was @ separation witbout revolution, for it was | uneccompanied by any great and sudden domestio changos. The same social organization, and, with | very slight and gradual modifications, the same litical systems remained. This was not the ease Mexioo. Hers was indeed a revolution, socially and politically, and her people were wholly unpre- pared for the sudden transition from despotism te | democracy, which they embraced more from the in- | fluence of our example tasn from any conviction of its benefits or attachment to its principles That Mexico, under such circumstauces, has so fer fa'led | in her experiment of free government and popular rights is not #0 muca a mutter of | surprise a8 her persevering adierence, ynder sll her | misfortunes, to republican avd demooratio principles, which alone givet her a strong claim to the sympa toy and countenanoe of the American people. ut the chicf cwute of ber present unhappy condi tion is the poverty of her goverrment, and her claim upon us is greatly strengthened by the faoc that the | debt which Is now crushing her is in great part the cost of her revolution, tho ponalry of her efforts tay assimilate her institutions co ours if sho bas not rofited by independence as much ax we, sho has at cast shown a due apprecistion of its value, and if she has not paid, she hag never refased to resognizs, the debt contracted jn ics acquisition. If shes has not paid that deb;, it bas not been from any faithless or disbonest purpose of repadiating or evadiag her ob- ligaticns, but from tbeer ineb lity to meet the de- mands of her creditors, who, by seizing upon and appre priating to themselves the greater part of her Venues, have left her without tho means of org sai ving her government on any permacent basis Her error haa been, tawt she has postponed this, (which was ber first duty, and should have been her first care,) for fiuitiers + floris to saviefy the ary debt on specuiation, and at more nominal pricey, The pryment of that debt is by no means her first Guty ‘he maintenance of order and good govern- ment is # paramoun: obligation, which she owes to her oan people, co the community ef vivilized nv | tions, and to her creditors themselves We, as her nearest neighbor, have a special interest ia hor suo- cese, which makes it our duty, by every cousidora- tion of national sympathy, political affinity, aud commercial interest, to aid her to discharge that obligation Oppressed by foreign debt, the cif part of her revenues bypotnecaced to her foreiga creditore, distracved by internal com notions sot on her revenue laws—haravsed by the indarsions of of volustest compaslon whe shall form the actiog militia | hostile Teetans, whou: we sro bound by treaty vo restrain—Evgland, France, and Spin, teke this moment to and payment of hor debt to their subjects, and threaten her with coersion. Under there cireumstanc 1s, is it not the imperious duty of the United States to renew the declaration and pro- | testot Mr Lye against be interference Ra Ea- Jopean ore purpose oppressing re | publice of Amerioat ‘And is it not their duty to | make common cause with Mexico in resisting any The whole o! lutions publican government. racted by petty revo- ll, she is # libel upon re- Deaths, Resignations, and Dismissions lu the U. 8. Navy. ‘The following are the deaths, resignations, and dismis. tals of comwissioned and warrant offloers in the Uniced Btates vince the lst of December, 1851, se far as they have been ascertained ; DEATHS, Commenders— William Pearson and George P. U Liewenanis—Wm. Preston Griffin, Benjamin 8. Nathsoiel W Duke and John H Litt Surgeons—Napoleon O Barrabino Edward J - Rutter, Joba 8 Wiley, Daniel U. MeLod end Jonathan Cowdery. jerzon. and Willia: ancis Gregory. Prentiss and John W. West. Featherston, boatswain; (ius- nfel James, earpsnter; Joba 5 ineer. Marine Corps, First Lieutenant—Robert C. Caldwell, RESIGNATIONS. Lieutenante—Unfayette Manard, Wilmer Shields. Ed. mound T. Shabrick.Wm B Muse, Samuel J. Shipley, Willism Leigh and Raward Beale Surgeons—temucl Moseley aod Angustus J, Bowie Masse Aasistant Surgeon—Owen Jones Wister Purvere—Fravcis @ McCauley and William A Blood- good. Pessed Midshipmen Joreyh J Cooke, Walter 0. Cri Semuel #. Kilt’, in MoLeod Murphy. William Budson Richsrd T Remsbew. and Allan McLane. Mitslopmen—Jemes B He George J. Sloan. 8, De- Witt Hut bell, David G. H Giasson Maarice W. Molntee, Edward Eo Snmart. Hamill } Whi'e, Robert C. Huge. pin, A. MeF. Davis, Johe J Laughlin, Rafus Spaciding, | ah Lagow. Wiliam A. Abbott, and Thomas 4. oK Look: 4 Officers=Tha Monro, boatawnin; B. Kurtiss ner; Timovby J Criffia, sallmeker; Peter 0 as and Samuel Me¥lroy, third assistant ongi- DISMISSAL8. Midslipmen- Adolphus G. Armingion, Ceeil Walpole, y podge. Jomos Noble Cariton W, Besly, Je, B Hirain A Laweon, George M. Mathes, ja; Williem Harcourt jarmard guoners: Hugh bi wey. eatpen Haswell, eblef engiacer, (cropred, Marine red ‘Second Linvtenant=J, Har ley Strickland, (cashlered ) Naval Storekerper af Vaiperaivo—Jamer G. Ms Pheeters (office to be divcortiaued efier the transfer of stores to the permanent storethip ) Farar Rartroap Accrpent.—A man nam appeared (0 be wa king care bis hand. into which his eyes wore seemingly fixed The engineer tried his best to avaid bim. bat could got. the train being on a straight line of the road aod going st full speed. fhe - en and (brew him on the top of the locomotive kuting him almos' instantly. The body was tekea to Blinabeta: t About the same time the above accident aseurced, ancther man wa killed on the Now Jersey Ventral Rall road, the boty being brought to Blisshethtowa et the asthe other, The particulars of this accident not & sew ofty te to be lel out om the Bintostpet Haneock county. Ill. immediately opposite Keokak, Toews, It is some five or six miles above Wareaw, aad welve or fifteen below Nauvoo, river in Tities of the Mexican Republic renders slavery ia | Is was ore of the primary articlos of agreemont | witbin the limits of the territory controlled by the | believed We were informed of an oocurrence which took | place yesterday. near the brick yard above the town, | erdeun. ot Illinois; Alex 16 not very creditable to the parties concerned In | which ehould not be permitted by the authorities, We learn that several shots were fired by s party on this vide, at perrons om the other bank of the river. This ix entirely wrong, and those guilty of It may find themvelver | upon the people of ‘Tamaulipas Jesus Cardenas as | pessorsion of the real attributes of a sovereignty. Tis fast verging to’ a ayer 4 The remedies | to prevent such a catastrophe, will be the adoption pening of any of those contin, he would be a ad neighbor of the United t Ariste feem: havo ohosen Louis Napoleon as his model. | in Mezico, in every respect worthy to have emana’- | Bi Pwrers— Lewin Astmun, George ¥, Sawyer, Cameron | © stant Surgent—J. Fravels Cuskermau aad | Sto- | r.resiciug ia Newark lied flizaberhiown by the P on the the Teh instant. Wh ov he was | on the track. but it impossible for Ineer to stop the engin hing kim = He y along with bis cap in | cow eatcher’” struck the unforsusate | Standing Committees of the United States Hous of R- presentatives, Commitice of Elections - errr» William 8, Athe, of North Carolipe; Christopher H. Willism of Temocesso; William T. Hamti‘on of Mary Abratem Bchermer- horn, of New York: John 4 of Vin Presley teorge T Daria of unter; yivenia and Nethea T. Sira:ton, Jersey, Commaiice .f Vays and Means.—Mosars, George B. Hoas- ton, of Siabeu W ‘ene of Conneses; Biward Btanly, of North Alarry Mivbard. of New Hamp~ | shire; James ti phew York; J Jones, of Penmaylvanis, W sppleton, of Mi mantis; Cyrus 1 Duntam, of Todiane snd Johm &. Phelps, of | Missouri | gg Commuter of Clrms,—Merre, John R J. Daniel, of North Caro'inn, Atfesd P Egerton, of Chio; Bishard J. Bowie. of Me Committee on Commerce --Mesere David L Seymour, of New York; Andrew Jobuson of feanessen; 4 Stephens, of Georgia, Thomas] DV. Vulier, of Main James H Duncan, of Massaohu-etts: Joho Robbima J+ of Pennsylvania; Louie 8 Martin of Louisiana; Wilts Aiken, of Bouth Carvitma; amd Thomas Y, Walsh,» Maryland. Cimmattee on Public Lands —Monars. Willard P. Hall, Mirsourt: W R. W Codd ef Alsbama; Hemy Bemnett.« New York, James Ort South Carolia; Albert ¢r. Watkin«. of Tennenee; Jobe D Freeman, of Miedsslppi Henry D. Moore of Penny sivenia; Bermharé Henn, of | Town; and Joseph WM Uorkle, of Galil Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. --Mesars Rdron B. Olde. of Obio; Aexande: @ Pemn, j William Cullom, of Tenoeare inia; John I | Kourry, of Tex: Edward C, Mabel, ot Valiternia; aad Lineoln own, Committee i ng oS beg spp Onando B. Fieklin. of Tiltnois; Thomes H. Aver Virginia; Willltm Preston cf Kestucty; Kawera Mammoet, of Marylend; Charles Allen. of Maseachasetts; Jantue Hill- yer. of Georgia; Hiram Beil of Obio; Alexander H. Buell, of New York; and Daniel Maoe. of Indians. of North Carolina; [+h Meacham, cf Vermont. | W. Parker. of Indiana: and Preetom King of New York. Commitiee on Revolutionary Cloims —Mosers. Meses Me- Donald, of Maine; James &, Strother, of Virginia; James M. Gaylord, of Obio; Iicury M Puller. of Renn:ylvania; Jcho Leteher, of Virginia; Charles Murphy of 4 Kichard 8. of Tiltned iibert Deam, of New York; and John McQueen, of 8ou'h Carolina, Committee on Public Eapenditures.—Mesare. Obarles | Sweetrer, of Ohio, Marias sobooumaker, of New York ; han T. Stratton, of New Jersey; John Letcher, of Vir- ginis; Thomen Mowe. of Penusylvania; James T. jorebead, of North Carolina Leander Babsoek, of New bell, of Lilinois; and Joha G. Davis, Land Cat asian ppl » Bnow, of New York; amd of Louisiana; William Jenn G. Miller, of | Misscurl. Ce tee on Manufactures.—Moners James M H. Beale, of Virg' mse. of Pensylvania ; Teens Reed, of Maim ey ¥. Oleveland, of Oonnegticut; Addison Whit ucucky; William’ Murray, of New York; Jared Perkins, of New’ Hampshire; Prederick W Green, of Obio; and Faanuei B Hurt, of New York, Committee on wignicuiwre Messrs John G. Floyd, of New York : Fayects Mowullia of Virginie ; alfred ery, of North Caroline ; Jowph Cable, of Ohio ; Obarles Bkelton, of New Jeriey ; Samuel Brenton, of indiana; Eben Newton, of Ghio; Jame Daane Doty, of Wisconsin and John McNair. of Penosylvaaia Committece on Indion {jan s —Mesars Robert W, Johu ton, of Arkansas; Voloey EB Howard, of Texas ; Georg Briggs of New York ; Joseph W. Jackson, of Jomen L. Conger, of Michigan; Graham By Fitch,» Indians ; Joseph P Caldwell of North Careline ; Baw reball, of Oailtoruia; end Charles Durkee, Wioonrim Committee on Military Affaire —Messre, Wiliam Bi. Bierell, of Ulinots,; Meredich P. Gentry, of Temnessee ; | Wills A German, of Iudiama; Alexander Evans, of art, ef Michigan ; Tasddeus ; Joan A Wilsox, of Missis- of New York; amd Charles Hampebire, John King, of Rhode Island; Jovn G Davis of Indiana; Wil Hav.qo. of Tennessee; George G. liam F Hunter. of Obio,; William Hebard, of Vermont: Elijah W. Chastain. of Georgia; William T. Ward, of | Kentucky; and Alfred Gilmore. of Pennsyivanis. Committee on Naval Ajirirs—Meaern Frederiek 2. Btan- ton, of Teneseee, Thomas 8 Booook, of Virginia: Lo- renzo Burrows, of New Yok; Samoroa W. Harris, of ; E Carrington Oaetl, of Kloride; Ebemeser J. Inxauc Wildrick, of New Jersey; Kobert Goodenow, of Maine; aud Thomas B. Flosenee, Pennsylvania Commitice on Foreign Affaire—Mosers. Thomas H. Bay- | ly, of Virginte; Joseph « Woodward, of Soath Caroline; Kobert Toombs, of Georgia; William H. Polk, of Tem- nerseo ; John L Taylor. of Ohio; Joba Appleton, of Maine; Colin M. Ingersoll of Uonsestiout ; Joseph RB. | Chawaler. of Pennsylvania; oma John ©. Breckenridge, of Kentucky. Commutice on the Territories —Measre. William A. Rick R. Poliaday, ef Virginia Thomas L Olingmsn of Norto Carolina; James W. Stone, of Ohio; David J. Messactracetta; | of Kentucky; Joebua BR. Gidding Balley, of Georgia; Zeno soudder, of 5 Obaries K. Stuart, ef Michigan; and James Loskhart, of Indiana. |. Committee on Revolutionary Pensions —Mersra. J | Millen. of Virgin eph Kussell, of New York; Anup | Tuck cf New Uamp-hire; Norton 3 Townsend of Obs | George H Brown, of New Jersey; William M. Ghurq well. of Tennersee; Joseph 8. Cottman, ef Merylen | aaa Goodrich, of Massachusetts; Willis Alien « | Mimo | Committee on Invalid Pennons —Messrs Isham G. Hy | ris, of Tenmessee; Kodman M_ Pri. of New Jersey; Fre erick 8. Martin, of New York; Richard 1 of | Tub nm. ©. Eastman. of Wisconsin; Johm Moore, of | Loui Joneph H Kuhns of Pennsylvania; Daniel |? a of New York; amd Charles Chapman, ef Oon- | nectie Committee on Roads and Canals.—Mesers Joba L, Robin- | ton, of Indians; Wiiliam F Coicock of Boath Jaretins: | Joba W. Howe. of Peomyivania: Joka O | tucky; Benjumin Stanton of Obie; Emanuel 8. Hart, | New York; Chases J Faulkner. of Virginia ; Solan | fer anead of New York; and James Jokmen, of | Georgia | Cobmitice _on Patent § of | Objo; Milo M. Dimmiok, of Peanayivanis; William T. | Ward of Kentu Benjamin B Thurston, of Rhede Island; and Alexander White of Alabama, | Committee on Public Buildings and Grownds.—Messre. | Richard H Btapten of Keotucky; Henry A Bam | of Virginia; KichardJ Bowe of Maryisnd, James Duane | Doty. of Wisconsin; amd Joha A. Boyd. of New York, | Kentucky; Jobm A Morricom of Peon ylvanta; Jehn | Welch of Ohio; Reubea Koble, of New York; | H. Duncan of Masenobusette | _ Committee on Mulecge —Mearrs, Thomas A. Hendricks, | of Indiana; Jchn D. Freeman, of Massachussetts: J. A. Hobart Haws, of New York; A P Stephens of New York; | 4 Jebn alee, of Penne Committce on Engravings —Messra. George Read A ; Mince, of Vermont; a time? om te Library ef Congress —Moret | Joreph R Chandler. ot Ponusylvamia; Josep & Woe | | Nard of Bouth Carvlina; aed Horace Mann, of Must 3 eburette, mittee on Enrolled Bills — Mosers Taane Wildsiok, New Jerrey; and Nelon Barrere. of Obie Joint Committee on Prine ‘Mesers. Willis A. Gormg 6 if New York; and Rien The following co | rule sm Committee on Expenditures in the State rhment.—+ | Mesers Charles E ctoart of Micbigae; Willism 8. Ashe cf North Carolina; Joba Wells. of New York; Thompseq | Campbell. of Liltmois; em Alexander Harper, of Ohio, Committee on Expenditures in the Trevsury Department. | Mesers Benjumin & Thurston of Rhode Island; Thos. | A. Henditeks, of Tm Hemry 8. Walbridge of New York; Gvtushe 4 of Pennsylvania; and John Aili_on. of Pewns: Ivania Comsmitive on Eapendivure in the Wer Department — | Messrs. Milo M Dimmiok. of Pemnsylvanis; Willer Ives, of New York; Obedish Bowne ef New York; Andrew Parkes, of Pommylvamia, and Blijah W. Ohas- | tein, of Georgia, Commitiee on Ezpendiiures ta tha Navy Department — Merars Fayette MeMutlin of Virginie. W. Bar- ris, Als bam ish Lioretord. of New York; Thomes B Florence, of *ylvewia; and © Cabell of Florida Committee on FE: Depert- ment —Merere A onm. of ; Wil lew H Kurts, of Penneyiventa; George T. Davis, of Masenchuretts; Augustus ?. Hascall, of New York, ama John HW Savage. of Lenuerree, | Commiteeon Expendstuses on the Publie Buildings — Mrerrs Thomas Bartlett, ef Vermont, J H Hobart Mawe of New York David Outlaw, of North Caroline; Wm M. Charchwel!, of Tennessee, and Joba L, Saylor, of Ubio, There were righty-! week ending the 2vrb w A machinist of Tro | 20 000 of George Li has the contract for fitting np “p muskets with persussion locks, ia pisee of the ol0 ferbloved fin’, There are at the prerect time one hundred and atty persone contned ip Boston jail, which is an unusual large number. ‘The store of Mr. David Stanley of Winthrop Me. was rte a ge by fire ome might last week. Partiaily | insared, Oliver Routz, eecend engineer of (he steamer St. James, | which blew up last July, bas deem indicted for man- ghter at New Orleans, Mise Soean Westoott {# saspected in Providense of | ceuring the deaih of her illegitimate child. ‘i The wegro who killed Mr. Sohiatre in Plaqaemiae, by cn the fich nit, was ried on the 224, convioved, and ea | tenced to be hung the mext day. Raval tntrlitgence. ‘The United Btarex incorres'ly called the ee spoke by br'g Orion powed bowed lato 14 | folk wee doubtless the 3t. de!phis §th inet. ‘be Fultow, from ton, 7th imet . hen nt at Pre Foraion Corset —Joee Mitchell has pointed and reecgnived by the President a avateuala and Coste Rios for the port of