The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAB ES GORDON BENNER, DITOR AND PROPRIETOR, erri0® 8. W, CORNER OF NASSAU AND FULTON STB, Sd PERMB cosh ¢ adeonce. THE DAILY HERALD, 2 «ow ver eopy, $1 por amram PHE WEEBLY HERALD ‘very Saturdog, a 03g cong pen ery, 07 B per annum, the Burspean edition, mani, ae port wt brvtain, or % w any part ef the Continent eee oO Voelame EXI sees No 340 ——— OOO AMUSEMENTS TO MORROW EVENING, ACADEMY OF MUST, Pourteents #.—lrauas Ormna— Be Puayiars. #1HLO'S GARDEN, Broadway—NicoveMus—Tigur Bore Vrats- Rao. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery Haucet—Petse Wares. " Brondway, oppesite @omd BURTON'S NEW TH ¥ Womas Baer Diver. Koonts asp We xi Tae Wieewe LACRA KEENB'S THEATRE, 624 Broadway—Bacomp Love—Your@ New Youn. GHAWKERS STREET THBATRE, Qnte Burton's), —Onson, eee) Dearex—Krsi10 Byipi BAN MS AY BRICAN MU*EUM, Broadway— After- el) DiLVoutm-AWaY Wits MetaNcwoLy, Kvening— a» WAY VARTEt! ko, 72 Brosdway.—Peasrom &er- i. Baoo MakEx @60 CHRISTY & Wood's vay—Srs OPIAN PERFORM. NCES—!' SOCK ZY'S SERENA M sere. oy —CINDEBELLA CRINESE HALT. 5 Doxwrri's Dous ann XERS, 085 Broadway —Eraorax ) Preadways—Worperrer Tricts, By SKSY* Tew Lork, Sanday, December 7, 1556. rhe sews. The Arabia’s mails reached this city at five o'clock yesterday afternoon. We give some addi- tional details of the foreign uews brought py her, imelnding an ascount of the «fect produced im Bu- rope by the election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presi dency. ’ The steamer City of Manchester, which left Liver- pool on the Lith alt. for Philadelphia, was an- mounced by t legrapb from that city last evening as having arrived at that port. The jury in the case of Baker, at Newburg, did not agree upon 4 verdict, and were discharged yes- terdvy afternoon. Toe jury stood six for man- slaughter in the third degree, and six for acquittal. Baker was remanded ts the custody of the Sheriff of this city, ond arrived here by the afternoon train. His connre! gave notice that he would apply at an early moment to have Baker libecated om bail. The detui's are given eisewhe: An important arrest of venders of counterfeit mo- wey on varions banks in this city and elsewhere, was mide yesterday through the instrumentulity of the police of this city. Over chisty thousand dollars « counterfeit money was ured by tae police, te a vyhich was found on the premises of Taylor & Brother, money brokers, duing business at the corner of James and Chatham streets, which seems to bave been the headquarters of tbe par- ty. The lrothers Tylor and 3 maz named Williams were arrested by the volive and committed for ex- aminetion. Many o! the bills were ao well execated tha: mony of the tiokers took them without hesita tion; ané those on the Morris County Bank were so officers of the bank could from the spurious. See oar f 1 full details. The trial of A.C. De Mosquito, B. J. Wemberg, and J. P. Weeks, on 2 charge of fitting out the Pan- ehita as a siaver, was brought to a termination yes, terduy im the United States District Court, The jury, without leaving their seate, rendered a verdict im favcr of the prisovers, who were immediatly afterwards discharged vy order of the Coart, upoa the application ef their counsel. The Swiss BD rate] its annl- versary yesterduy, oy ® dinner at Delmonico’s. It was well 20) ed, and a happy aod spirited affair thronghout. A <‘etailed account of the proceedings and the general objects of the Society is unavoida- bly omitved We give this morning another instalment of the evidence in the Parish will case, taken before the Serrogi e. On Wednesday the case will again come adairat eeurcel “Pine ity Inspector reporte 397 deaths for the past 4 week, ‘cing a de morte lity of the week pr eomps ion of the number of deaths for the past two ks o Men Boys. Girls, Total Week ending ¥ ; 42 18340 Week encing Deo ¢.. 64 Si 4b 897 Among the principal c Geath during the past week were the followi Werk nding. Di. a2et. De 6 Cone iar pon 48 Che “pint tar 1 oon ery § Deb tisnlile) 6 Hofomiow ion v. tae bowe Z Beare: r ui a) West a + ws ) 8 % The wing ia @ yn of the diseases, 2 each class of dis- and the % ta rof deaths nting the two weeks:— ease, drei « PR ee Boner, inte &e . . 38 Be Brsip a: 4 heroes es a Severe " 5 4 evens ‘ P digestive or wee O89 58 eral lovers 37 ao 5 2 Bcksown 4 - Dita : 410 7 The number of Ceaths compared with the corres ponding weeks of 1554 and 1555, was as follows: — Week eniing Mec “ 458 Ween env log Lice § , Weer 3 a) ‘ Werk eneivg 18s cvenceeenett The wativity table gives 26 natives of the Unived States, 65 of Ireland, 26 of Germany, 5 of England. 3 Seot\end, 1 of British America, 2 of Maly, 2 of France, | of Sweden, lof Wales, unknown 1, and 2 of the Wert Ind The apnexed toble shows the temperature of the atmorchere during the past week, the range of the barow eter, the var otiors of the wind currents, and the state of the weather at three porieds daring each day, viz:—at 9 A. M., and 3 and 9 o'clock ain during the night eseay udy, with rain; might clear, blowing yeday—-Civar: fiernoon clear and cold, aight blow ing bard. Fri¢ay—Clesr. Ratnr day —Cie st ‘The late gale on Lake Ontario has been prodac tive of much disaster, many vessels having been wrecked theovgh its violence Captain Stephen attempting to save the crew of the schooner Niagaia, which went ashore at Point Hope. The sales of cotton yesterday embraced about 1,000 0 1,200 bales, without change in prices. The flour market was more active, and sales were made to an increased extent, closing firm at yesterday's prices, Tue private cireulass revetyed by the arabia were more faverable than the te'egraph reports, es- pecially for wheat, in consequence of which, com- bined with lower freignts, it was more active, and closed at an advance of about to 2 cents per bushel. Corn was irregula’. A large portion of the stock on hand is held on speculation, and the stray lots selting are more or less forced, and do not afford @ correc’ criterion of the marke’. The sales em- braced Western mixed from store at 70c., with other lots delivered at 72c. a 73c.; Southern yellow brought ‘73¢.; white do. wasbeld at 75c. Pork was quiet at $19a $1912 for old, and $19 374 a $19 50 for new mess. Sugars were steady, with moderate sales. Coffee was quiet. Freights for grain to Liveroool were casier, and engagements in bulk and begs were made at 6d.a 7d. Rates for cotton and flour were about the same. The Monster Swindle of the Age—The Great Pacific Rallroad Piot. In another part of this paper we publish a letter from Washington on the great Pacific Rail- road conspiracy, and wealso give in full the ‘vill which hes been framed to carry their magni- ficent plot ef spoliation aud pluader into exeen- ion. To this conspiracy and this unparalleled scheme of corruption we iuvite the especial at- tention of our readers, and particularly the at- tention of the honest, uncommitted members of both houses of Congress—few though they may be. In the first place, it may appear a little singu- jar that this bill, concocted at the last session of Congress, bas never heretofore been brought te light. But the reason is simple enough. The swindle is so transparent and so enormous that the policy of the conspirators has been to keep it inthe dark. Our readecs will remember tbat during the last Congress there were several Paci- fic Railroad projects introduced in both houses, but that all attempts to pass this or that project failed, from the fact that each separate company wes regarded as a rival and an enemy by all the others. Sueh was the condition of things at the beginning of the last sessi but in due time the brilliant idea of a comprehensive logroliing joint stock combination was bit upon, and the re- sult was the bill which we print to-day. Having thus perfected their holy alliance, the next object with the contractors was to keep this bill under lock and key until toe auspicious momeut should arrive for calling it up, and then to slip it through the two houses with arasb. To thisend of seere- sy, the initiation of the bill was not to be trusted tu the special Pacific Railroad Committee of Mr. Denver, of California: and we thas tind it as the hopeful offspring of the Hon. Mr. Bennett, of New York, Chairman of the Committee of Public Lands. Our namesake has already acquired some celebrity for his various wholesale schemes for squandering away the public domain; but this project, among all its predecessors, stands like Gulii among the pig 2 pro- digious ship of the line among a cluster of little guoboate, The bill beiug introduced, the ordi- nary motion would be its reference to the Com m.ttee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and that the bill be printed. To avoid this print ing, it was moved to recommit the bill to the committee reporting it; acd thus far toe impor- tant object of keeping it trom the public eye was very adroitly secured. Our correspondent next informs us that every- thiug bas now been arranged by the conspicators or li or springing their mine on Tuesday uext, The bill is suddenly to be called up, and under the ressure of the previous question is to be rushed through the House. This being done, the job will be regarded as perfectly sufe, it being understood bat here is a decided majority of the Senate in favor of the road, without being particularly fastidious as to the enormous amoant of the pluoder or the gigantic effrontery of this or that scheme for building the road. In this view of the subject, we take a particular pleasure in the public duty of exposiag this infa- nous conspitwcy aud the parties coucerned, by the publication of the jetter and the bill from our Wasbington correspondent, and in the disclosure of such additivaal facts and explauatioas as will give the honest and unboaght members of both houses a birdseye view of a more prodigious and sweeping scheme for the public plunder than any ever concocted by speculators, spoilsmen aad stockjobbers in any age of the world. The sale of the Roman empire to Didius was a compara- tively modest cash transaction of some ten or twelve millions of dollars; but this Pacific Rail- road scheme covers the astounding confiseation of some two hundred millions of acres of the public lands, and five millions annually in cash from the Treasury for government traasportation. From an examination of this bill, we find the following roads aud their managers log rolled into thie grand joint stock and expanded South Sea swindle: — Hannibal and St. Joseph, about " Out... ‘ ide Railroad Compa road Company...... . Miseouri, through airgether... Sage cece oe From ¥ wt K arney to San Franc The Soutbe ra NGO...... es. 4 oe 5 ‘The gras for the main Norther tine and ths line exvending frow 1! to interne :t other fines east ond West oO the Rocsy Movatains cansot be lees than. 4,900 ‘The tepneportation ofthe matis &:, &o, am thease ten thoneand thi 6s, af wothoriaed by bil', at $500 per mile, will amos! to 0,060, Throwing out that portion of the Sonthern line through Texas, the grants o' land proporet wil course @ lias of about © FOU m ipcioding @ solid margin of land of three mules wide, then thirty and then forty miles wide reduced 10 solid bulk. Eere the first question which recurs is, why are all these railroads east of the Mississippi river, and cast of the barren plains which lie be- hind Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, &¢—why are all these roads dragged into this concern? It is because they lie within the area ot the best of the public laods still un- dispord of: and this vast network of roads is simply intended by these conspiring speculators (o absorb these fertile lands and to turn them into stocks aud money. The whole ecbeme is to absorb these fertile lands ; for be it wderstood (hat from Fort Kearney to California, | whatever the route taken, not one acre in a hua- dred thousand ie worth six cents for the purposes of ltivation. This notable scheme of land spolia- tion is the natural fruit of such bills as that of Mr. Douglas, of the Chicago, Cairo and Mobile road, the land grants of which have enriched a whole battalion of interested jobbers and specu. lators, at the expense of the settlers upon the nds, We have not the list of the “ associates” of this Pacific Joint Stock Conspiracy ; but we have no doubt that, from the New York Central down to the railroads of ¢ gia, Alabama and Louisiana, moet of our railroad companies are more or less concerned in this eplendid enterprise. We have no doubt that it comprehends the most formida- ble lobby ever gathered together at Washington, and we have no doubt that it involves such men as Wm, H. Seward, James Watson Webb, Robert J, Walker, Truman Smith, and a whole regiment of Wall street jobbers, newspaper attachés, kite- flying financiers, gamblers, and broken down politicans, outside and inside of Congress. The whole plot is to secure the monopoly of the fertile public Jands remaining in Mis- souri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Louisiana and California, and to turn the stocks ef the roads concerned into Wall street speculations, @ 7a Hudson the Railway King, 4 /a Schuyler, 4 4a Redpath. All the provisions for the Pacific Railroad proper, through that desert region which stretches away from Fort Kearney westward for fitteen hundred miles, are all mere moonshine. The grants, in- creased from a solid strip three miles wide in kowa, Missouri, c&c., toa breadth of thirty and then forty miles, solid bulk, as the road strikes into the great desert plains, are all humbug. Thore lands of the desert plains will not pay, and the work will stop with the exhaustion of the lands thai will pay, and with the stocks that will pay in kite flying and pigeon plucking in Wall street. Pass this infamous bill, this stupendous scheme of consolidated land swindling, and the public lands will be disposed of. Nothing but iahospita- ble mountain rocks and desert plains will be left. Some of the provisions of this bill are so undisguisedly corrupt that nobody will wonder at the suppression of the printing by the committee concerned. But the plan of the conspirators is well Jaid—iheir appliances of lands and stocks are almost without limit—the name of their ac- tive agents at Washington is legion, in the lobby, in the House, in the Senate, in the Cabinet, Kitch- en Cabinet, and among the blacklegs and gam- blers, who are a sort of third estate in the spoils and plunder legislation at Washington. We call upen every uncommitted and honest member of both houses of Congress to read this gigantic bilkof abominations We have here, perhaps, the solution of the nigger excitement so instantly stirred up in the Horse and in the Senate. The object was to raise a cloud of dust and smoke, under cover of which this Pacitic Railroad swindle is to be sprung upen the House on Tuesday. We trust that some such honest man as Mr. Letcher, of Virginia, will anticipate the trick, and give the bill its first reading and an honest interpretation on Monday. The business of the week could not be com: menced with a beticr experiment. The moneyed power, the stockjobbing and political corruptions of the United States Bank were a mere fiea bite compared with the tremen- dous spoliation and corruption schedule of this projected speculators’ and jobbers’ monopoly of public lands, railroads, stocks and Treasury ap- propriatious for a moonshine railroad to the Pacific. Let us have the first reading of the bill in the House on Monday. Tur Crry Cuarter.——Two of our cotempora- ries—the 7yilune and the Courier—have something to say on this subject. The former discusses it with such wermth that it loses the thread of its own argument, and therefore cannot be under- stood or answered. The latter comes to a cha- racteristic conclusion. It appreves of the plan of a concentrated executive—with heads of de- partments appointed by the Mayor, in the ab- stract: but when it comes to the thing in practice, it objects, because it fears that the effect would be to increase the power of Mayor Wood. Its party prejudices, in a word, openly give the lie to its principles; it would rather do wrong by its own showing, in order to spite an opponent, than do right and run the risk of helping him. This from a journal ostentatiously bearing the motto —Principles not Men.” One thing—the Courier shows us how much it thinks of its own influence when it takes it for granted that were there a new election to-mor- row, Mayor Wood would carry the city. TRE LATEST NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, From Washington. EFFECT OF THE LATE NICARAGUA DESPATOHES— THE VIRGINIA ELECTORAL COLLECR—THE KANSAS DELEGATE—MOKE SCHEMPS YO PLUNDER THE TREASURY—THE BRICK CAUBCH PROPERTY, ETC. Wasaincros, Dor. 6, 1956 ‘The Hexan's despatches on the subject of Nicaragua have kicked up afurs in the Cabinet dere, Maroy and Corhing both*demand Wheeler's immeciaate dismissal as fs party to the eepor’; and such will by the repult, though he bed not been dismissed at noon to day. Mr, Wheeler informed me to day that he bat noi been resalied, and that the statement in some of the New York papers that he had been, is premature, to use no bareher word, ‘Tbe attempt of the Virgivis Elect al College to dictate to My Tucbaban is universally condomned bere. Some of the leading Virginia politicians don’t heritate to charge the triek upon Gov, Wise, who bosried at Richmond that the entire patronage in Virginia was at bis diepoesl Ale object jx to ure this patronage if Bucbanan permits bim 19 co 0, to supplant Hunter, and enter tho Senate. ‘The r riicare bed a consulta ‘ion to-day tw determine what courre to pursue in reference to Whitteld when bir case coms up On Tuesday, Some of them are ia favor of Hlibuste ring fora week oF eo, in hope of cefesting bim: bet they found on consultation that a portion of the re publicans would not sustain them A large party of republican are in counc!! to-night at Chevalier Web! Lock out for « grand plandering tebeme tp the courte of & week or two, One of the Brick Church men, who bas a large slice in the swindle, informed me to-day that the Pretidert would yield. It pow bargs upon the title, which the Attorney Geveral it jamining. It is hard to revist where there is so much plunder, Jobn Cochrane arrived bere this even: iug, and is s\opping at Willard’s. Atpecial messenger bas arrived from Kanses, bring. ing despatches from Gov. Gesry relative t the release of Hayes, and other matters in issue between himself aod Jadge Lecompte, which are submitted to the consider tion of the administration. Gov. Geary reiteates the peacefnl con¢ition of the Territory. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury hat awarded a contract to E. Harmon & Co., for the erection of a iron building for a marine hospial at New Orleans. This model fire ‘and heat proof structure ts destined to initiate the ase of fron in the coostroction of the public a~ uiteoture of the country. It is regarded as the most important measure for the interests of iron manufacture ever adopted by the national government. The South Carolina Legtsiature Bairimonr, Deo. 6, 1856. Bil'e bave been intro¢uced tn the Youth Carolina Iegis- lature to give the election of Governor and Presidential electors to the poople. tward, Hevrato, Deo. 6, 1864, Milwankie papers of the 4th inat. are to hand, and they give the following particulars of the storm of Toes. any last ‘The dis \ilery ef Thomas Fitzperaid, on the Lake shore, was aweploll by the waves Kollogg & Stromg’s waro- houre on the pier was deetroyed, and the pler conside. rabiy camoged. Lose eetimated at $3,009. Several other buildings were more or lees fnjared. In the etrcets in many pisces there were as many at six foot of poow, and the railroads were biocked up during the cay, bo trains arriving Weather W Mowterar, Dee. 6, 1886, The weather ie clear and cold. The thermometer 19 degrees above nero, Sieigbing excellent The Missing Steamship Merttn. Bai wax, Deo. 6-1 P.M, ‘The steamehip Merlin, now overdes from St. Jong, N, F,, i still unbenrd from, Avvest for Robbing the Mall. Barrons, Dec. 6, 1856. William fimith, attached tothe mati guard, has been arrested m Augusta, on the charge of robbing the mail of nearly a thousand dollars. The supposed stolen money bas becn found im his possession, The Late Gale on Lake Ontarto. Oswaao, Dec. 6, 1856. ‘The late gale on Lake Ontario has proved very disas- trout to vessels Tae schooner Niagara, bound from Oswego to Bond- head, with coal, went ashore at Port Hope; and in at tempting to save her crew, Capt. Stephen Wood, of the schooner Anna Maude, and Robert Campbell, mate of another schooner, lost thetr lives. ‘The rchooner Caledonia is ashore below Toronto, aud ‘the Canadian brig Beaver 's ashore at Braddock Point. A large fleet of grain veesels arrivea at this port from ‘the Welland canal this morning. Loss of the Steamer Lord Elgin. Moarnxat, Dec. 6, 1856. ‘The steamer Lord Elgin went ashore near Presque isle,on Lake Ontario, on Wednesday, and became a total wreck. The Grand Trunk steam ferry bere stopped runing yesterday. The Steamer City of Manchester. Puitapgiraia, Dec, The steamer City of Manchester, which sailed from Liver poo! on the 19th ult., arrived this ¢veniag. Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Pwtaptriia, Dec, 6, 1866. Stocks dull. Pennsylvania 5’s, 84; Reading Railroad, 42%,; Morris Canal, 16:4; Long Island, 1234; "Penn. Railroad, 4744 Political Movements. Revival OF tHe Stave Trape—The Daily Pennsylva- man of the 24 December, in discussing this proposition, says ‘it meets with little favor anywhero:”— We notice that the South Carolina Legislature did not receive tbe proposition very favorably, and some of the papers of tbat State openly condemn it. The Richmond Enquirer also maintains ‘ that it js not wiee or expedient in the South to attempt to ro-eetablish the traffic.” No one, we think, will dispute the Hnquirer’s conclusion, that ‘the revival of the African slavo trade, as a legal commerce, is a political impossibility,’ and as the only possible effect of tho agitation of this subject will be to furnish new fuel to the flames of Northern fanaticism, we heartily commend the £nquirer’s recommendation to “‘e1op ibis talk about reviving the African slave trade.”” ‘The Miesour! Democrat of December 1 (Suchsanan), says: It begins to be very clear thet there is a large class of Sou:bern men—men, too, of influence and position—who intend to urge the revival of the African slave trade. ‘This intamone tratlic, in the language of Mr. Jefferson, “the opprobrium of infidel powers,’’ it is now caimly ood quietly argued, should be restored and placea under tbe sanction of law. it shows the extent to which the public mpd of this country bas become demoralized since ovr forefathers —, this business to be pi- racy, pupishable with ignominy aud death, and which our government as late as 1840. when Webster waa Se. cretary of State, eutered into treaty with Great Britain, to auppress, by maintaining a fleet on the coast of Africa. ‘The revival of the siave trade in itself is designed, but as a prelude to this pobcy cha'ked out tn the message of the Governor of South Carolira, of confining all domestic lavor, as well ns al! mechanical laber, to the hands of slaves. This, if effected, would be a more summary and revere measure of exciusion from the siavo States of every white laborer, of the artisan and meckanic, of the Germen and the Irish immigrant, than anything ever dreamed of in the Alien laws. lt would be a deaditer blow ct ibe rights of adopted citizeus, most of whom are Jaborers in the truest sense of the term, than ever was batched up in the secret councils of the Know Nothing lodges. Thus it seoms that fle: the ostraclam is fully accomplished in every Southern State, afier every white laboring map has been forced to flee for refuge and for work to the non slaveboldiag States, even that do! to be invaded, and thelr domicil wrested from tl pi cemeal, vntil they are driven to the Canada line. Who sbail eay where, alter the encroachment or absorption bas begun, itshallend’ Avarice, ambition, dominion of race over race, baye no lmits, set they are the only bounds to this new propaganda. SovtpeRn Litgkarcer Nor Excovracen —The poems of Seuthera writers do not seem to fad favor with sab- roribere. Dr. Dunn English, a Virginian, is trying bis hand with a volume; but the South Side Democrat says of bin If the ¢octor Eailed from Boston or New York he would oncounter no difficulty ia precuring s\>scribers to his work. Surely this ttate of thinge ought not to exist. Why .w!ll the South persist in paying tribute to Northern literature fo the neglect of ts own? Why wear the batge of irfcriority—the -‘#exon collar’’ of literary serféom— when, by a littie exertion and a little encouragement. the genius of the South could be made to outeh 25th turns the cold shoulder to apy acquisition of territery tm Central America, and «a: ‘Whoet the future may bring forth may be left for the future to demonstrate. ‘ Manifest destiny’ will work out {is Own mni-tion—If it be destiny—end ta the jong vista of yeora we mey perbape foresee combtaations and as timieiiong which may give to our posterity rational grcunds and honorabie motives for extendiog the American. fiag and Americao instituiions down to the Isthmus. But the-e are dreams of a poarible future—virions of effects which sanguine Americans trace as the inevitable cones eDce of prixciples certain in their wor be sesi*ted; but they are not the practical They meke a phantasm which and tbould be Isid aside, in the bitte rneas of to tb the visions of the night, AvommER 81CK MAN —Tee Leily Crevle, of New Orleans, Nov. 22, says of Mexico what the Czar of Russia sald of Turkey — What next in the calesdar of national events? The Mexicay republic ie tho sick men of the North American continent. The pear, to change the figuro, is ripening, and cover or inter, most fall mio the lap of Lor America- nos del Norte The acqvirition of the land of the Monte- soma —mark it, reacer— is only a question of time. Mr. Hariert 4 Convince Sivxen.—The Boeton Bee, of Dec. 5, speaking of Mr, Hallett, one of the sbining lights 0( |Le democratic party as at present understood, says — Mr Hallett mado ‘ar at the recent democratic festive, and mauled bis old riends snd joti abn great rate he had always be yet the thre was wlien be was tho sworn friend of Mr, Garriton, ard when he wrote as strong abolition articles as over appeared in any Pbolition journal, Presivmyt'e Mawson —The Philadelphia Bulletin of the 2d Inet. aay — A mostevery condemned crimival that has ever been bong bas mucen last dying speech, aud the more bar dered bis vinny abd tbe more plaia his guilt, the louder Fave beet hit declarations cf ipnocence. The nar. rative of bis carecr, from his owa pen, is generally quite & touching epd rentimental rtovy, ond it is made to ap pear very plainly thet the world, and not ts. was to diame. The condemned President of the United States, wloee career is eboutto terminate, hae made his lust ying speceh, conlaining ail the cbaracterietics that we bave reterred ©, ard tt Las before this been read by the American pud!lo with pretty moch the same feeling of artonisbment aad of horror that seizes on them when ibey heer of @ condemned conviet going out of the world with a He on bis lips. How Crates: Axvmuca te 10 Bioesom As 118 Row.—Tae New Orleans Oreole of Nov. 27 taya— Colorel EJ. C. Kewen, special agent of the Nicaraguan government, Jef today for Alabama, Mississippi aad Georgia via Mobile. The Colonel says that ho wante men enorgh to “walk over the Central American track!’ When that's secomplbed, if the South will send a few thoveard negroes to Nicar tho instituvon of slavery beng row re estabiished there—tbe whole of the Ceo'ral Atverican States will ‘bicom and blossom as aed ‘That's the tolk fouTemex Divexpence oN tre Norra —The daily Creole, ct New Orlcams, of ihe 26th ult , utters the foliowing le- mentation -— The rontbern gentlemen cultivates bie cotton or suger ‘With op rieultaral implements mace in the works of the North, and sence bie crop to market in hi or baler ranoisctures abroad. Nis carriage is of Nortnera beti¢—bis horees of Northern birih—their barners comes from Pennsylvania or New Jersey, and often their food irom the val be Wabarh. He bimeelf is surround €@ ip bis beevtiful heme with furpitere from the looms oud ebcpe of New liampebire and Massechusetts—he caw frem ware menulsctured in Connectiout—uses Northern kniven, forks, and even tootbpickt—ia clothed from the role of bia foot to the crown of his head with Eastern tabrics, and, when be dics, a New Pngland shroud en- relope b's inenimate form and a New Lngiand coilin pre terves bis lifeless remains. Preity bed this, we confers. Proftaveny Converrion om Kaweos—The Kansae Squatter Sovereign, of the 224 Nov., propores.a convention to be held on the second Monday of the prosent month, Oto consut together for the provont good," and to “mtend onthe defentivo’’ against “the intenre hatred of the North.’ ‘This intemee batred of the North is a myth, there \* nothing of the kind. The editor, Strongfellow, ix a bumbug. In the temo number of the Sovereign, afc r® ‘ong and pitifel statement of hiv sufferings for the pro flevery canee, ho adde— "Will not the generous South old us with the thing neecial’ Gur terms are $2 per an num, in novance.”’ Tesco rvant 10 THs Kxow Noviirce— Rr Orcastzanos or aie Axenieas PARTY IN Reov® tianp The Know No- thing State Council of Rioso Islend beld @ meeting in Provicence, on Tuerday, the 24 instant, and elected Charles C, Van Zandt, of Newport, Presivent, in place of E. 3. Nightingale, Tho vote etood ay followe: For Mr Ven Zandt, for Charlee H. Parkboret, 10: tor Teaae Seundera, 10, Mr. Van Zendt belongs to the Filmore wing of the Know Nevbing party, a Fillmore polled 1,675 out of 20,660 wow Texstsene Esomm oF JANvARY Convewrion. We infor from what wo eee tm the Nathtiil¢ Union, that the Righth ef Jennary Convention in that State will be portponed. The de mecracy Of Teppeesee are Couuselled to look before they } ap. the last election THB GREAT PACH RAILROAD PLOT. CONSOLIDATED CORRUPTION. A Monster of a Scheme for Absorbing the Public Lands ani Fleecing the Public Treasury. One Hundred and Fifty Millions ef Aeres at a Single Haul. and the Conspirators xposed, &o., The ae | do. do. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasmnton, Dec. 4, 1866. The Mammoth Swindling Joint Stock Scheme of the Pacific Railroad Conspiracy. enclose herewith a bill which was introduced in the House of Reprerentatives near the close of the last ses- sion of Congress by the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, making grants of a most astounding character to seme fifteen or more railroad companies, for the puryose of constructing three lines of railroad to the Pacific, If thie bill becomes a law, it will cover grants to the amount of from one hundred and {ifty to two hun- dred millions of acres of the public lands, aud proviae for the payment of more than five millions of dollars per apnum out of the public treasury for government trans- portation. ‘This stupendous measure, by a most adroit parliamen- tary manoeuvre, comes up for consideration on Tuesday next, and, as ]am informed, the intention is to press it through the House under the pressuro of the previous question, This measure was brought forward without a report, and tho intention is to paas it without debate Therefore no information respecting its most extraordi- bary provisions has been given to the public: — A BILL TO PROVIDE YOR THR ESTANIISHMENT OF RATROAD AND TELRGRAPIIC COMMUNICATION ERTWERN THE ATLANTIC STATRS AND PACIFIC OCEAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section } —Be it epacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, ia Con gress Areemblod, Tat for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a raliroad and telegraphis communization from tbe western boundaries of M'ssouri and Iowa, north of the thirty-eight and south of the forty-fourth degrees of porth latitude, to some point on the navigable waters of the Pacifle ocean, in the State of Califorvia, the rail read compsnies herein named, and their associates, suc- cersors, and assigns—thet is to say, the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad company, and the Pacitic Railroad Company of the State of Misrouri ; and the Burlington and Miesouri River Railroad company the Philadelphia, Fort Wayne and Platte Valley Railroad company ; (the Mis- siesippi and Miseouri Railroad company; ‘the Iowa Ccntral Airline Railroad company;) the Dubn- que and Pacific Railroad company ; and the North lowa Railroad company, of the State of lowa, and their asso- ciates, successors, and arsignr—are hereby authorized to extend their said veveral roads from their western tor- minion the western limits of sald States weetwardly, through the territories of the United States, so as to form ‘® jupcuon with each other at some point near Fort Kear- bey, or at such point as, after actual survey, may be agreed upon by ail the parties constructing their several roads to said junction, end from the place of said junc- tien they may copjointly extend a line westward to the eastern boun¢ary of the State of California, and from thence, with the consent of the Legisiature of said Siate, to rome pointto be by them eciec.ed on the navigabie Pacific ocean, ard also connect by means road with t! ‘ities of Marys, ‘lo, Sacra- mexto, Stockton, and Sen Jose; and, to eva! 's them to constrvct the came together with a telegraphic |ine along cach, there eball be, and hereby js, granted t) each one of sald railrcad companies the right’ of way for one bun- dred feet in width along the entire |yo of each of said ratircads (with land enffick nt for ail recessary sites for depots, watering places, and work ebeps) to the poiot of junction; and every alterpate section of land desig- pawe on the maps of the survey of the public lands (when le) by uneven bumbere for ix sections in width on each of eeid roads, for the entire lepgth from their present ‘n termini on the western boundary of eaid States place of junction, to be held and conveyed as here ip previded; and to ali cases where the United States rbail bave Ciepored of say such Jande, or shall from avy cause be unadle to convey may be made up from the p Pt marner, by asiterrate sections, by the party o° partios enbiled thereto, {rom apy unoccupied and unappropriated public lauds belonging to the United States, within the ‘erritorier porth of «birt jates, svecestor® ane all, within ore year from the passage of this act, by an recment in writing, properly executed between them, snd fied in the Department of the laterior, associate for the conetruction of said road westward tothe navigable waters of the Pecifle eccan, ip the State of Cahfornia, and the branch to Sen Jore; every alterpale section ct land Gesignuted on the maps of the survey, when made, by uneven pumbers, for thirty sections in width on each side f the length of ssid roed. commencing at the } mand of unction aforesaid and extencing tow pointtwo hundred miles west of the reme, apd thence in like manner forty slternate ecetions in widihon each side of said road te be western base of ibe Sierra Nevada range, and thence through the State of Caliiornia, in like manner, six alter- pate ecctions of land for exch mile of railroad, including ibe brench aforesaid, which jands may, at the request of the parties bercinbefore mentioned, be withdrawn from ralo or euiry, end if required 20 to de, shall be surveyed under the cireetion of tbe Secretary of the Interior, and be bela end conveyed az herein provided, ardeheil also be withdrawn from entry by or otoer- é trom rale immediately afer the passage of this dm ailcases where the United States may have y toch lands, or ebali from any cause be €y a Ulle thereto, or when such land shall be concemred by the United States surveyors as unit to be surveyed, the deficiency may be mace up in ke wan- ner by alternate eccticns, by the party or parties en- titled Uh trom the nearest unoccupied and unapp-o- priatec put lands belonging to the Ueited States north of the thirty-eigbth degree of nerth latiude: Provided, however, tbat for tucn deficiency in the State of Calferuia and aleo in cu of mineral lecds tn said (which are excepied from ibe grant herein mate,) such selection may be made from any wroceapied and vueppropriated lands of the United Mtates, within the Wo State of Califorors, lytog nerth of the thirt; ce of worth latiteds rant Of iands herein wine impalr the felect such lands corcatce With tne provi prevides further, that the t! only af euch roads shail be cot strocted, ad no patent sball tetue for said lands except as ech fifty miles of eaid rosde ehall be competed: And | provided further, that any of the sald companice wrien | hall feil to construct fifty miles of road west of the Mis- | rovri river within three years from the parsage of this act Phall not be entitied to any of the lands, but the jaads | thus forfetied rhell be divided equally among the com- Jonies which sball within said time compte snid length of rend not to exored six additional eeotions per mile to coch of satd ronds. And toad in the construction ot a ratiroad trom the city of Sacremento to the city of Bo- Licia, @ grant of public innds to the Sta'e 0” Caltornia, of the rame smourt per mite a8 is granted to aid im building Sbraveh pany, “pon the |ike conc iuiors and Imitation, and upon the furtber condition that the raifroad shall be completed ener bevore the first cay of January, 1660. And provid- ed further, that it the rai¢ Henoibal and &t. Jorepb and the Pacific Ratirond companies, of the Siate of Missourt, od (be raid Iowa Central Air-iine, the Dubuque and Pa- the North lowa Raliroad companies, of tho jowa, or citber of them, inetead of forming a jeietion with ether roscs at or near Fort Kearney, at before provisled, shall desire wo extend their reapectt roads, or if» two or more of tnem for one road an vcctions for two roads enite ahatt unite jointly exteud «pe tine of road on either of id reuters, for the purpore of Intersection with the road ™m Fort Kearney to the Pacific ocean, at some point 1 Kearney, they are hereby the same ‘grant of lands por jerrate sections mite—or of Any Of said roasts or companies enali be extended to them respectively or conjotatly, for exch mile of railroad by them actuaily buili, io the same manner as is provided in caxe Of a juretion near Fort Kearney. And pro Vided further, that ti tent of interest which each of the aforesaid cow panes shall acquire in the grant of Ianda herein made for the construction of @ railroad and line of telegraph from Fort Kearney westward to the western mp ying with the oe ions comtaived to alto the talerest they shall thereby obtain in jon Of suid lines from Fort Kearney weat be In proportion to the amovnt of money each ecmpany eball actually pay tp for the construction of euch ibe oF Hines Of raiiroad and telegraph. Seo. 2 And be tt further enacted, That the government of the United States shall atail times have the r- ‘Yoee Ip the vse of raid roads and of all other ri pro. vided for in this act, 'or transportation purposes, and also tm the use of enid lines ¢! telegraph, and, ae compensa- tion for sveh uree, that ie toray, lor the uso of such railroads (or postal, miliary Nother purposes, and for the ute of enia telegraphs as well in time of war as of pence, the United States shall pay to the said parties, proprietors of raid roads, a tem not to exceed five hun Cred dotiars per mile per annum (onless otherwise pro. vided by Cengrees) for the period of ten years from ard aiter the entre completion of raid rosde, of at that rate lof any portion o: the game, should the government wish to wre ony part ¢! tala road before the whole line shal) be completed; but should the government transportation Aid bvsinere on seid rond be to great aa atthe custom fry yates of charges on said ronds to exooed in vale fifty | Ter cent of the fom proposed per annum, estimating the | mail service atthree bundred dollars a wile annually, then the government will pay for such extra service aod | additional compensation to be Oxed by Congress: but | in thie allowance the several ratiroade projected and here nh pamed, till completed wo the point of junction, shal) be consicered ae one tine of road and telegraph, and the payment to cach eball be im proportion to the amount of work which tuch road shall do, the pry. ment for mail matter be equaliy divided between the avy of them fail, neglect, or refuse to unit hove smoutt eball, in like manner, bo pait ‘ate of compensation not greater specified, unless otherwise provide! And provided iurther. That all the land hereby granted for right of way aod the purposes of de pots, Watering places, and Workshops, shall be iain ene fs We Tena hile they may remain passage o! this ect, or refuse to prosecute the work in amanper ‘0 secure he completion thereof in the tima stipulated, or sbovid euch parties violate the terms here in preroribed, then ail tbe rights of the sald parties to ‘upcomplet:d part of ihe eaia road or right ty tbereto belepging acd the ed eball be forfelted. ena tre United States may and shab enter upon and posseen the same. Ia the event of such forfeiture, to be dete rminea by the Secretary of War, Seoretary of the Interior and the Postmaster the said Seoretarier and Postmaster General shall to re-let the said roate and hoes uncompleted er such forfeited contract, in such manner as in their opinion will secure their earlies: completion; and for this [na wrod they are authorized to trapafer everything thus ited, 40 said subsequent contracti»g parties; the United States te- pay nothing more oe is berein before appropriated, and ne All the rights and privileges hereinbefore Bec. 4.—And be tt further enacted, That all grants and contracts made ip porrvance of this act, for the construc- tion and keeping up of ruic railroad and lalegregaic tines, are, and shall be. mauve on tho express ition taid liner of railroad and telecraph shall be constructed in substantial, thorough, and workman like manner, with all necersary draipr, culverts, bridges, Rg croseipgs, turnouts, sideings, watering. places, all other appurtenances, incloding the furniture of the road, equal in all rerpects to m road of the first 5 3 Ei clare, when prepared for business, with rails of the best quality, wergnipg not leas than sixty pounds to- the yard, «nd of a uniform gauge ; and shall alzo ide for ene rec vire @ telegreph tine with each of the most appr: ved and euretarnal desert ¥ ee, 6 — And be it furtber wim eave shall be an rely are, granted v0 Louisiana, Arkansas, aud Misrourt, severally, six sections alternate of lend for each mile of ra'iroad, to aid in the construc- tion of railroads and telegraph lines from New Orleans, via Opelousas, to Shrevesport; from Vicksburg, Bhrevesport, to the west bovr dary Hae of Louisiana ; and from the Iron Mountains in Missouri, via Little Rock to- Sbreverport; and tothe raiiroads running westwardly from €airo, Memphis and Gaines’ Landing, to the nearest é. point of junction at or east of Shrevesy deducting so many acres threfrom as may have been ited hereto- fore for Partof apy road or branch named, s Fifty mi teach of raid roads and branches shall built within three years, and the remainder thereof shalb be completed within five vears thereafter, or the lands lying upon the wpfinishe* portions of any road or branch shall revert to the United States. The title to the: lands sba)! vest in said +tater respectively, in the manner prescribed in acts of Congress granting public lands to Said States for kindred purposes, and subject to corres- Pending limitations and restrictions, except as moditied or altered by the provisions o/ this act. Sec. 6 —Apa be it turther enacted, That the several railroad companies authorized, or who may be authorized, by said States of Lovisiepa, Arkansas, and Missouri, severally, to coretruct railroads along the routes indicated in the preceding section, with, such compar y cr compauies as are or may be authorized by the States of Texer or California, severally, to con- struct @ railroad or railroade along the route between San Francisco and Swreveepor: uch one or more of said companies as may elect t: ail themselves of the- privileges herein granted, are hereby © eon- Btruct a ratircac from &) Paso, or from some it be- tween Fl Paso apd Fort @ilimore, in New Me upon the line separating that Territory from the State of Texan. to the State of California and with the assent of said State, to the cy of co ; and two. braccbes, one to San Diego, and the other to a suitable: = en the Pacific oeran. or to navigable waters ereto. The company or companies to build. said railroad sha! Ole, within twelve months Jan- uery next, in the Department of the Interior, their writ- ten acceptance of the grant beret@ contained, and within three yr ars thereafter shal) build and equip pot less than. iifty miles of said read, And, toaid in the construction of enid railroad end telegraph line, there are hereby granted to said company or companies thus filing as aforesaid |beir acceptance of the provisions of this sec- tion, upep the conaitiors, limitations, and restrictions stated in thir act, forty alternate sections of land per mile of riad lying on each side of said railroad, beginning oa the boundary lime of the State of Texas in the Territory New Mexico, and exte: ding to the one hupdred and ecigbieenth degree of lorgitude west from Greenwich, and from thence ten secitons per mile to the terminus of said road, and the rame qvantity of land per mile to aid in the construction cf each of the two branches thereof, And all privileges as to right of way donation of lands and of ail other kinds whateoever. granted to the company or companies authorizes by thin act to construct @ railroad westward from Fort Kearney, are hereby granted to and conferred upon the company or companies that shall urdertake to cepatruct a railroad from Texas to San Francievo: Provided, however, that they sdail also be. subject to the same imitations and liad: an the company or cempavt wuiborized to balid sai railroad and telegraph lire weat from Fort Kearney, The Br, for carryitg the mai! freigbt, or persons for the United ates thall be the same per mile on routes » a never railroad shall be completed. from Shrevesport to New Mexico, the pay for carrying the mail, ireight or pereous tor the United States over raid road, sba'l be the same per mile, and subject to the ME conditions as stipusicd to be paid for carrying the utborized to be built from Fort yoace herein pri Arkepess and Misrouri, stall be aliowed per mile the same raic Of comperrstion, and be to like condi- tons an directed by tis uct, to (OMpaDics® Buthorized to boiid ri 1 ey ¢aet to the Wisrour! river Sec, 8.— And be it further enacted, That the Pacific Rail- road Company of Mirsourl way extend its southwest branch railroad from Springfeld, with the assent of said tates, to euch point on che ra:iroad from Sap Francisco te ‘Texas, 6s paid company, after making the necessary sur- veys, may select; apd to aid in the construction of said Southwest Brarcb Ratiroad from Springfleld to the Texae and San Franclco Raiiroad there ts hereby granted to taid Paciflo Railroad Company of Missouri the alternate feclions per each said road, together with similer rigl punities (except as to the rate of rvices to the Uni States which alter fixed by Covgress), and subject to the restrictions as fad @nin road; deficiencies of land 2 {rc like causes shell be made up in ike manner as provided for in this act for the benefi; of the road ran- ping wert from Fort Kearney; iifty miles of sald South- ‘wert Bropeb Ratiroad sball be built within four years, spd the whole witbin Ofteen years from the date of this Act. No lands shail be solv by said company prior to the completion of twenty Give miles of the road; and then Only © Many sections as are granted for such twenty- five mie# of road, and so on for each twenty-lve miles cf road as firished It sald company to complete taid road wichip tbe time specided, the lands herein granted shall revert to the United States: Provided: that the company shall pot be deprived of lends for 'O weny mues cf railroad am it sball actually eonetrret, equip and run, bot only of the amount granted (0 aid ip the ceousrvction ot the portion of rall- road remaining upboilt no cave provided for in thie ct, ierue th & And provided further, that la , shall patents for lands ence of the actual evmpletion of the portion sid Of ihe covstraction of which they were And be it further eracted, That for the purpose ihe copstroction of @ railroad and telegraphie jon betseew the Northern lakes and the Pa- . north of the forty fourth degree of north latt- there is hereby granted to the Northorn Lakes and ¢ tailroad company, ot which Alexander Ramsey is gos, of twenty per Nwe of ad and telegraph, from seen may be sciected by them for their eastern the lake or river St Croix, on the western y Of the State of Wme nonin, by way of St. Pani, to the ene hundredth cegree of longitude west from and the quantity of forty sections per mile mentioned point, to sceh potat on the navi- gable waters of P Soand as said compamy may o- ject for the west etapd; and there ie 7 the quantity of forty secvone of laod per mil |) the coperrection of « brapeh line of retiroad en commencing ~ their main line at rome guita- »y Rook: to (be Colum'a river, at or nee ver, in the territory of ty sections of iand per 4 the qoantity of so hereby ra mile corstrueticr of a raph the main | re of aid Norther |akes and Pacific railroad, a+ svcb point eart of the one bondredth degree of a sel west from Greenwich, a* oaid company may te tome point on Iake Superior to be by them selected. And tbat to aid ip Constructing roads to intersect said Northern raiircad, there is hereby grented ty the Transit railroad company ten siterrate sections of land per mile, on the road from Nioona to St Peter, and thence northwest- ‘Wordly to interecet raid main road to the Pacific, at such point ee may be eelccted after actual survey. And to the State of Jown end Territory of Minnesota respectively, the pame quantity of land per mile om the road, from the movth of (ho Firx des Morta, to the southern fine of Min- Hevota, between townrbip ranges mwe and seventeen, aad thence by the way of St Paui to Lake Superior, en the Same terms ene conditions as 's heretpbetore provided ta repard (o the branch road from Spripgfeld to the North. rrp Pacific Railroad; but ali the grants of Iand ided or ip this section are to be iaken with all the conditions, imottationr, restrictions apd reservations, and the eeiec- tions of lsrde thal! be mate ie the same manner as are preseribed and provided for im the grants herein made to id in the construction of linet of railroad between ibe thirty clebth and forty fourth degrees of north latitude, Seo, 12.— And be it (urther enacted, That the lands here- Dy previcd chet! be exciveively in the construction of the rorce jor which they are respectively granted and se- jected. and tho exme shall be applied to no other pur- Perea Whateoever, “ec, 18 —And be it furthar enacted, That this act shall net be conatrved as applying 10 any lands bitherto ro ferved by the United States tor any purpose ye or to land in aby tanner #elected or reserved by an} t euthority undor tho provisions of existing laws: ded, however, that the right of way, as hereinbe- fore provided, ts granted through euch reserved lands net in tbe ectual oscnpancy of the United States for Ss poe inconsietent therewlih. And provided forthor, that no reed shall be located through any Indien reservation or territory, except upon the writen approval of the So- eretary ef the Interior, and the consent of the Indian tribe or triber interested therein previously obtained by the government of the United “tater, Seo, 14.— And be it further enacted, That the sections and Pperis of ecetions ef lard remeioimg to the United States op cach ride of the roads herein provided for, shall not be rold for less than double the minimum price of the vblic Jande, : Fee. 15.—And be it further enected, Thet all minerals of old, sliver, copper, tin or quicksilver shall be, and hers- y are, expresely recerved and excepted from the grante of land made by this act. M. EB. Olde, professor ‘orders to a eoeived ae eee the ry the bau te ke