The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1856, Page 1

SS ee WHOLE NO. 7416. AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. ANQUIBY INTO THE A¥e ATS ow THE MCLITARY ASY- ) LUMS-THE onLiie ATHAMHKS-TAR ATLANTIC TRL* * WG@RAPE—PROGRAMAE OF THR LOBBY MBMBEKS. Wasmincros, Deo. 18, 1856, Another interesting day ta) og: ess, aud bat little bu- wineas done, The petiion of & K Collins and associates ‘was presented to the Senate xu 1 reforred, Tae petition. ore aver that there are ue Am! ao ocean steamers which cam compete with their ehiys. bu’ bat thelr original con- tract will not enable them te) ay a encoaseful compet!- don with the British line, tostaicec by government aup port, They ssk Congress to to; minate their contract aud diapone of their ships, so that they may be reileved with ovt cost, The opinion is gener si'y exprearod by member that the petition will be gract:d, and Com, Vanderbilt put _ Un commission. An inquiry was introduces ne to the manner and costo : keoping invalid soldjers at the ruiiitary asylums bere and at Barrodsburg. This wil! prove « rich snbjoct, and exhibit hew the public money iz equaniered, The estimete is tha “ gery soldicr costs the government **7) | wnum at the esylums, while leas ~ “would repdor him much > ter ney th his 1 Lo “pie his and me” y Por. 4 vas ' {al fc woustuad ake _«, John C, Rives, : a good thing ts up, pro- + i 2 ie govervment with five hundred “2. ols condensed diplomat correspor dence of the * Mgvolution—six yolumes—for vistibution among public ‘mptitutions and foreign goverbmonis, and Goy. Maroy re- Sommends tho eorssary %9))r0}" Intion. ‘The treaty with England ta. not been communicated to the Senate, It 1s stil) unver Cabinet consideration. ‘The New York Post Offlow rile eulll haoge fire before “the Attorney General. It iv extremely dowdtfal whether ‘@ 200d Litle can be secured. Share is prodigious outside /Preesure made on the President aud Attorney General. Quite a number of genticmen are here from New York ta get tho Secretary of the Navy to forvish & vogsel to ‘Wesist in laying the wires ‘or (he savmarive telegraph be- Uweet Newfoundland anc th: coast of Ireland, Sepator Mallory arrived here to dey, and la stopping @ Willard’s, I understand ‘nat the Florida Legislature «‘s demecretic, which secures bis ro ciecilon to the Se- pate. ‘The great lobby interert—the third house—has beco Astely arranged and divided olf so that mora effective ‘work can be done. Thurlow Weed has been appointed “to superintend affairs in the House, and the Chevalier Webbiio regulate the Senate, hey !nok after the dotails in their respective divisions. «mong other matters om- Nigpoed in their plans are the abolition of dutles on wool ‘end the return of the duties that bave been paid on rail- toad tron for the last ten yoxrs Those men are not Satisfied with obtaining $100,000,000 worth of the pablic domain, but they now seek to press down the poor farmer to benefit a few wool manufartvrers by taking the dut7 . Uf that article, and compriiirg tho government to pay Gack sovera! millions of dollars in the shaps of returned duties on railroad iron. As loog as there ts av acro of public land ora dollar in the treasury these ravenous Deps wii! uot rest quiet. On dit tere that Mr. Sanderson, of the Philadelphia Mews, will reply to the attack on bin character tn Kon- Raynor's speech at Ka'ctgh, promising some rich disclostres. Frequent complaints being made of neogicct by federal agents of the interests of the ‘ntiausin Minnesota, Gen. Shields’ visit to Washington bas some connoction with “that subject. Mr. Campbell, of Obio, tn vain endenvorel to-aay t vid the House of debate on the President's moarage, in order to proceed to the consideration of the Appropria- toa bills. May members still desire to speak on toplos sontained lu the message. THIRTY-FOCRTE is Ss. Benate. Wasmsoros, Doc. 18, 1856. @n motion of Mr, Fisn, of N Y., the Committee oa Commerce were directed to tnquire Into the expediency of erecting a Custom House at Sag Harbor. OVERMAULING THR MILITANT ANYLEMS, Mr, Bar, (rep) of N H., offered a resolution direct- Ang the Commitice on Military Affairs, to inquire iato the expediency of discontinuing further appropriations for the asylums in the District of Cotempla, and what tt the annual expense and maaner of supportiog soldiers and whether s more com/orta»ie mode may not be Mt much jess expeaso,! dy direct payment in oF by boarding them at private establishments, pn ans weds ey ng SR wld (he military asylams in this iat supported or eighty soldiers ate coat of about dve auadred them notliag bat pork acd boans Qrmy ravions, togetner with pach vogets- the place = Tho el liors wore like- hetr famatil whorcas & much aoy woulv onadle botior vare to be thelr rospeouve homes. Ky.) suggested am ameadment, ry ilar loquiry “ Aas tc Tain either aed which, bod far. et flerrodsburg may 003 be ‘ue i j i { pitti - 83 fs rf EE i & ss p> 5 Ey 5 i i ARCTIC RIPLOWRES, of Md, (rom the library Oom- Mr. Jonas replied be never aliowed amy man to outdo him in gexerosity, aad would Gaeerfully accept sme Sena tor’s ofler, with Die praveo thar he should aot ve requir: €¢ to carry the books saash of Mason and Dinon’s ilas. (Excesrive augoter ) H+ would read them tr the DP strict of Columbia, but wan not sare bot tast he might get iaio the pepilentiary if he carried them home, (Xoaowod merriment ) Mr. Wav (rep.) of Obio—It seoms, then, you have no {reecom in the Souk Mr. Jonas— We bave 00 avoh freedom as pormite men to go there and {noite insurrection amoug our sieves and cause them to murder Gur wives ans oaildeen, Mr Jones thea aliaced to Mr. Bae, when the latter arose and de- fended bis heretofore expressed opinions @-aceraing bgber law. Toe colloquy betwoen Mr Hale and Mr, Jebes was conducted with considerable epirit on bola sices gad afforded mech anusemeot t» all listeaers. Mir, Wioon, (rep.) ot Mass., obtained the floor, when \he Senate adjourned. House of Representatives. \ Wasuivcton, Deo, 18, 1865. TNE PRESIDENT’ MESSAGT, Twonty thousand coples of the Presidout’s moss; and accompanying docu ments were ordered to be printed, ‘The coneidération of the President's message was th resumed, Mr. Quirway, (dem.) of Mits,, believed that every word used by the President on the slavery question was wall timed and true, and the dovelopoments in the House show that the objects of the republican pagty were such as tho Executive had attributed to them, Tho lead: ig men in that forganizacion had declared that their purpose was to destroy that institution walch Is interwined with the southern Sates. Speaking oa tho subject of Central Amerioa, Mr. Quitman said he was op pom. Q8 aD AMerifap, to bowing and yioltiag to Fag. and or France. This has beea the rock on which wa bave split. relat We want notreaty with any foreign nation i our duty on this coniigent, and should not, therefore, call on any Enropean Power to come xcross the oocan to help to regulute Central American affairs Wa sbould ourselves aitend to this mater. He belteved Gon. Walker war av instrament in toe hands of Providence to Carry On American Civii gation, aud that it wasthe daiy of our goverpment not to throw odstacles in his way. Mr. Q concluded by minutely dedoiag bis views oa the theory o1 our government and its practioal appiteauon to questions of the day, taking a strict State right view of the entire runject Mr. Branon (dem) of N, C., aetgacet the four | from the misropreneniatins concerning its growth, pros- perity, and eecial condition, sud contenie: that tho esno mace ap and decided upon tn the iste canvass was iu favor 0! the peace acd quiet of South against congressioual agua tom of the rlavery qvesiion, Hs denied empbaticatly vaat there was a difference of opinion stnong aay poriioa of the democrats as to the construction of the Kansas-No- braska bill. They are ail agreed that -the poopie sould be left tree to regulate thelr ipsiitations in tholr ova way, subject only to the coustiiution. He believed thay coud ouly legieiate upon BDd constiution making power. ter sovercignty tn that Mill, but he was willing to aide by the docision of the Court atto the powor of tho fer- rilories to legisiate upva that sitdjest, Mr. Daviveon, (dem ) et La, envered into an te chow thai Congreas Lot now aad never power to legisiate on the voxed question of slavory in the ‘Territorice, expresting nia belief that tno history in the President's meesage of the troubles which had exisied in the country tor the last year was true to the letter. ‘Adjourned. ‘The Slave Case in the United States Supreme Court, Wasnrsctox, Dec, 18, 1856. ‘Tho cago of Dred Soott was resumed. Mr, Johusom pretented precedents in support o: bis views on the ques- on of citizenship of a pegro. Mr. Blair said his colieague (Mr. Curtis) proposed to ar- gue merely the coustituttonality of the Missouri compro- mise, Mr. Blair then proceeded with am argument ta suppo't of the jariediction of the Court and the claim of to citizenship matoly on tho seme grounds bi Ho instanced is remarse of Monday, Various autor, HTodafondod af tong ‘faq very tn their sovereign capariy ‘There waz n> no equal: 9 tice to support of bis propori ions. the constitet‘onatity of the Missouri compromise. Missouri Oompromive was a sectional qaestion, euch as calis up the peseions of alt sections aud all couatries, Nobody ever questioned tts constitationality untit withia abdrict period Mr. Cafhoun in 1838, though belfaviag it A Cangerous messure, dia not say it was vacoast tu tonal. Toat record continued until 1547, woen shat distiognithed man brosched the idea (oat slevery migat externa toto the Territories. Tho Court is now exlod 10 restraton an ipetitetion which by sot conwm- rapecus with tho conetitution iz declared utterly vio- ve Of ihe tastitutions apon which repabiics are jouad- ed. Weare now asked to cbsnge w policy, and, upon tro con siruction of a word in the constitution —* terrivary’ — decide whether this shall be a slave or free roatincat, Chief Jurticn Marshal! sayn the goverament bas general sovereiguty over this Territory. [is friends on the otaor side of the case say that Judge Marslall was aa tuspirod man, but in this language be was loose, Tao ons is not with the Judge's words, bat with thoee wh im. pesca them, Judge Maraball saya, + U Tules and fegwations’ 1s focded “iho the words righ! to the rrivories,”? this laa Warrant such a conclusion ? i acy conceive of any other territory i from limited, supreme, subject only 10 cartaln simitations jm- _ Dy the constitution. It is known that there are no imitations forbiddirg the prohibition of slavery. Mr, Reverdy Johnson submitted evidence that Presi- dent Mac ison did not believe the reeiriction was withia the true scope of the copstivution; also @ rough draft of a ‘Voto message, writt'n by President Monros, of this very Dill, saying tbat if {t is not violative of the somsiiiation, it is im ius provisions to the genera! soatimant of the . Mr. George P. Curtis, of made a powerful argu ment In favor of the Sashamseenk ofthe Missouri com — ‘He enid be would confine hie remarks to the noch erven tenaene pal oy Oo A Rs ya] © gives: authority to ‘make Nee ifal ro- ulations for Se prem Of torritory,’”? and claimed bat here exited rull legislative power. The question is eminently an bietortea) one, and when you have piarot the ‘acts in thoir bistorical relation, you have gowe far towards rotting the cov ' reat unocanple t lands within the bounda: ise of the ola States were al- mitee, Howse rorolation, striking out the | mado 's measure — evation aul li the purchass of De Kan t earrative, aeerseare on ‘Dat reserving the 2, wnion parsed: — © Renotved. Thai the Secretary of the Navy cause to be struck a =m to Dr. wane, bis oficers and men, sach ap. when the Convention was making provisions on Pp medals as in the judgment of the 4 . Among the resointions offered was oae by : the high caumation in which Congress holds thelr Fe | Fammund Kar dolph, Wat provielon ought to be made for tbe of States. Tesolution wat passod and + (Mr, Sean, (4am) Of Mica. proven title ecrenteesth: vist ow’ Biter iaatyboant > ' , ¥ cons: or bias dK Gong aa oe toted stall bo atmitied with tho ooaxent of two thirds of an. ween Now B g 4 Fyipg the Lavorpool neltieg | the Staten, aad if within the limite of prosent Sistas, tho ; that the contract doce no! to yop > oneal on with the British line, aug. | consent of the Lepiciataros thereof, poeens soy , — fn bff yrenter 00 Fg apes Soe ; ied hae supremacy they have woo, and pA ok Ante [a oun { that if tt must he surrendered it shail ba dome by | ments, and pro for now States thorela, The | Bande other than their own, and ask, inasmuch as they | seventeenth article wan reached, Amendments wore embarked in the enterprise a: the solicitation of our pending ‘m all directions, vernor . of moved tho clause a6 it now —, . - shall have power to dispose of and ail novdiel rales territory or other the longing 10 the Ustted : Sod notatag ta veouative the United atea, or of any partoniny ae.*"” Goastder. i adore of the I'nited Staten to Virginia, it was to be expected that the Ovavention woud create sack me tacir decision woull be he should deeply regret Wf that docitioa against the rights and interests of tie outa, yet regarding tho consvitution af that higher is# ‘which is above all law, ho was ready tw bow ‘eAbmistively to the decision, be i what t might If ail ‘would agree to submit to that rectrioa this controversy and every lover of oouatr, jal gettiomens of this egitatiag time. iD, (rep ) of N Y., inquired if the epecch was }, Joxks repiied—God forbid that the Union should th speeches of that charactor. ie ro- the Senator from New York hat adver. that his specohes bad been printed b: three volumes, ia which Sonstors cou! Opinions laid down fully, if they de }, bat he (Jones) bed no partioular ro. A, iMteratare, and aid hot like 10 par. carry }, 80 be preferred to depend upow per extracts, , SRWaRD did HOt Intend ty have Me. Jones porehese Whe books, but referred to them a4 contained tn ine Breenional library, He hat sepplied one Sewatar with a 5 oF zs Tt a offi z 35 : ® aod Wont give whe Copy of hia works at het orn +c yen one to Mr, Jones oF any other eMALOr tron prbditehea ee Secretary shall | the subject. A: admimion The “4 Now pow pel phic sppropriated ged reguisdens ing the relavione 2othor necessary t | Regarding diapoee 98, govern words 4 y What . of tandard M ‘Adjourned. ' needfal power to pass sucha law. Say cage with respect to ands. The momout you undertake t row redwe the below their nataral tm, Our Washington Correspondence. Wasiiswros, Dao. 17, 1986 The Debate im the Houte—Squrtter Sovereignty to be an Open Question for Final Avtitration iy the Bupreme Corrt—Loas by Abrasion Upon Cxin—Pacific Railroad Rumer. The debate today in tho Houre upon the qucation of tquatior sovereignty indicated yery clearly tho toudency on thls Important conetitational Ieee, The fenvy \nstat on the W of parties epudlignns o t ee M W proving, sal | Tino. intend t in the Territories, eveu to oppositten to the opinion of ‘The pulley of the demosratio party the Supreme Court, evideotiy \s to leave he enti eubject aa an open qacs- tion to be deeided by tht Supre.we Court, declaring therr de- termiaation to bow to the deoiai.™ of this triounal, How far the question is motified Hy the application of the 4a- preme Court as the last ra‘ort in eens, points ot sove- reignty in tac Terrivories, wll uo dewod be clasorated ta Congress, ‘The unanto cus se.utmevt of the sonth, with here and there ap exception, ts sga'nst the squatter doc tripe principle a@ntirely aod the Nate righ mon deny the power of either Congres or the Supreme Court to pass upon tt, Coperal Qui mac bas the Moor for to morrow aud bis epeech wil be Lsamed to ota maricod Attention. 1 prevtet that bis expoeiiom will eattrety dis eppoint those wio bave formed tye ides tim ho & rash, impractioabie sud vnwie as & ps litical loafer. 1 Heard the yemars today ftom a well informed man thet it was the iatontio® of Mr. Marshall, of Keawoky, to took my croast examination. the ¢xact attitude of every Nortaven do. mocrat iv squatters soveroiznty, to the specches deityored on polition tois winter in the House. The feeling tp regard to the slavo trade’resslu¥oe bas suddenly subsided irom some cvuse not visibly om ud surface. Perbaps it bas beea thoucht best ia akow geu Uemen to enjoy thetr private opinions in regard to uegeo emigration trom Africa, or emizration from Chita or upon the contest between church and State in Mextooy without makiag such ideas party tests, 1s would hava been beter ii the subject had eadet with the rotooa Etbri¢go’s resotuiion ‘The fons by abraxion on coin in constant circulation {a moh grrater than is generally supposed. Tie wtat ovics age of the Ovited States since 1794 has been Over $500,- 000,000 Place the ac.uai ciron'ation say at $260,000,0°0 out of this total cotvage, aud the loss by ‘driliiey,’’ waweatng,’’ “eawing,’’ ‘apltteg,’’ & , would anouat to - sum exceeding annually three quarters of # mulled deliars, I learned today that @ frioed of Mr. Buchanan, ia in Washington, had stated by auturity, that 100 Prosi: dent elect will not sustain the position assumed vy some of his party, and that the ’ao.tio [iaitroad will revetve tus approval a & govermiment raeasore, What docs tals meant Waserxcron, Des, 18, 1856. The Naval Sith~The Report of the Hause Comari tee, The House Committee on Naval Affairs met yosterday, anda majority agreed to roport the Senate bill witnout amendment, which passed that body July 15, 1856, alior a tedious and exciting debate which lasied upwarda of fiye month, Tho Dil), although not porfect,, waa the bast that contd be passed at tho timo, and received tho support of maay Seuators who would Lave been glad to have got a betior Dili, but who were desirous of getting tac voxsd questioa of of their bands and therefore it was that they vovod forts The Houre Comm'tier, as i paid botore, or at leaei ® majority of them, have agreed to report tho biil back to the Bouse without auonument, gud ask tame it may be put upon tls paseage. Mr. Docook, {rom same comm ttee, will make a miaor- ity report, leaving out the Court of inquiry which iho Secate Dill embraces, and leaviug it wit she Prositeut, oy aod with the advics aud cousout of the Senate, to re: jnstaie the officers who were allio et vy tag action of tae Immortal fificen, altor & (air exem/nation aod invesige: tion of thelr case by the propor authoritics, Tails amends ment, I am perruaded, will not be adopted/oy the House, It ig pretty generaily conceded iva sion ay amendwmect could 40% pass the Senate; aod iather toan hazird tae bili by hitching on such an amendment, the House will ‘vote It down aud then pass the Seuate bill. Many of tha <iloers who wore afeoted by the activa of the immoral fiiteen are now ta the city, aud are extroms ly woxious that the Sonate bill sbouk! pass. Tae folio w- ing fa the Senate bill which has beea reported oy tua House Committers: — A Bus 1 Axenp ay Act Evtiruxy “Ay Ace To Paoword The Errictency oy Tum Navy.’’ Be it enacied vy the Senate and tioase of Representatives of tee Unwed States of America, ia Congress asvemblet, Shut, upon the Wrltten request made within uincty daya after tho passsge hereof, or withia thirty days after the rerura wf aay otlicer absent from the L vive? btuies at the time of the pweaags Of ubis act, provided he shall retura within one year after of this act. by any ottcer of tho muvy who was doops ighed, oF retirod, by the operation oc the act of wenty eighth of February, wiglisen honured fifty entived “an act io promote the ellicteucy of the navy,’ Secretary of the Nevy shal canse the phys cal, mental, pro fessional aud moral fitness of such offcer for the naval sbevicn to be fnvestigated by a court of tnqwury, which shall be go. verned ls regulators which now govero G2 1°14 of tamiry; aud the waid court sba'l mn thetr finding repari who; thee the said officer, if he has been dropped from tha rolis ot tee navy. ought to be resiored, if remored, whother °o the r ‘ar Ube reserved ‘ist’ aati fio the later, wisthar oa wave of absence or furlough pay; wad 1a cage the olives mak ing be written request, as aforesaid, shail have bam placed cu the reserved litt. théa the court. ba thélr dnding, Atel ce Jort whether Ube said oflloer onght toe restored to the active ist, or if not restored, whether he onghi to remaig on the re Lired Hiet on ieave of abwence or turlough pay; an! the dn tag of the court shail. i ail cases, be submitted 0 the Premdant of the Untied States, and, if approved py him, im te cage of a dropped officer, where resioration baa been’ recommended by the President to tae Sonat? scomding to the fuding of tus 11 in the case of 9 retired oMver en approved by tho President officer snail be restored to ths py that positiog and rank in tbe navy whic he would have oconpied had he not been retired aader thy setion of the late Naval Hoard; or he shall rema‘a upoa the re- Uired Lis? ou leave of absence or furlough pay, according to the . a8 approved by the Preside:t: Prog.ded, 30 restored, of placed on the reserve liv, ® ppuinied to their places, reepectively. by the i*rosi: dent, by and with the advice and copaent of (he Senate tee. 2 and be it (urther enacted. That the a of the mber of oficers of the nevy, shall orize the restoration, withia ou@ ant, by the President, by aod ct the Secate. of officers reserved or dropeed under the operation of the act of the twen'y cigh:& of Fevruary, eighteen hucded aad utty-five, entiiled “an act t promote the efficiency ot the navy” Provided, that there sail he no further promotions or anpeintmenta ia’ aay grate after said restorations sha | bare becn made thereto, aotil suck grade tn the active s@rvice shall ie reduced wo the'Ilnit now prescribed by law. shat when aay sash offiser shall be re stored to the navy, by and wih the advice aad ovasent of tla Senate. the officer so restored shalt occupy that position ant rank tn the oom which he woul! have bell hat he not bees for restoration court asapezoved hy him the finding of the court. shall be conelusive: retired, furor or droped, by the ordar of the Prosideat on the Feport of the Naval Guard: Provided further, that any dropeed ofticer who may be, ta the epiniog of aald court, eat’ Hed 1o be placed oa the retired or furlongh lie, amay bo thas Dinced by the Presiden, by and with the advice and consest 1 ‘wale. Seo 3 And be it furiher enacted, That oflloere who were As aforesaid, and who shall not be restored to the paval eer. iec within one ynar from ihe hereof, be ontiiled (0 reoelve ong yeag's duty pay of Bpetivoly aad the Pr ba, and he , with the mivion avy officer from tbe furiongh to the resarred pay list, an #0 mnuch of the act of Fovrnary twenty eighth, eighiean han- red and fifty five, entided "An act 10 promote the eficienoy of the navy,” as renders reserved office-s inaligibie to pr mo- tion be, and the same is hereby. repeaied. bee. 4. And be it farther cuscted That reserved oflcers ma} be promoted on the resarved list, iy and with the advice an consent of the Sean: but no wash shall entice chem W aay pay beyond that oO which they were enutled hen 60 reserved, nor aball ey, by such promotion (ake any vie the taken bad they beea re 2 to prechule officers on the ress wearing the nniform of their gradea reape tively hee. And be (t farther enacted Tnat captains tn command of sqandi 008 shall be denomtna od tag oflorra. Seo 6 artber eoac'ed, That all officers who may he restored to active service. under the provisions of thie act, Phall be enuitied (o draw the same pay they were drawing a the tine they were retired or dropped, for and during the ‘ment or suspension from the acuve service Personal [nvetligence. The Hon. Thomas |. Harrie, member of Congress frown Iitinols, is eopping w) the Astor House. Tt te stated that the lion. Caleb Cushing invents re preseat al mainiog (9 Washington after the close of tno ministration, t0 practise at the profession of the law. APRIVALS. From Sen Jaan del Here. in the steamship Te: Orieane—Brig Gen © C Boi wok oti Inky, We fot W Pacner, m) ince, Bt JN dtichrist and jarria’ J Haniy, : G butt, J Logan, "W Barris JW Gi Parker, wife nnd ehiiq: H Crile, AB. Williams, © Muck way, MH Cordean, J Jones AM a 3 Ashly ant J 1, Jones, L Curua, A J rhepherd, JF Robia fom, Dr BW Carr, D-IL Yooh, aud two children D Broth © Robinson. JW Arann, © B Patarson, B Backer, ‘Wilson, 8 N Lndwie, B Sievkoder, AP Lara, At Ores felt, AH'Steel, O Arnold J 8 Pohus, A Hinkloy. & Qliver. wife apd inant; R Werner, male child and infant; & hack, M Wayback, W J Nelson and wife, © Rot bidpeld, W Gales, JM Jao “hapmman. am: he Whiborr Wife and child: M Ryena, s Mandevel nd Waters: J Perdion, 1" MeCrnchaen. B Josepha” 40 King CD ‘atera, J Dordim, | MeCraekaen. 8 Jonep! Gnioway, JT Glade, wife and two children, © K Cullen—and 248 Im the wt e. Prom sierra Leone, in brig Sani Pronch—Miae Macintosh, Mrs Tem From Bordeaux, tn brig Ben Danniag—Mss F Rests, ARTCRES. pool, io steamehip Arable, from Bostoa —Messen oot. BB Singnose, of AF Oertel and wile 4 thaw, of Providence, Mra Myers and A A Taanos, of Now x. of California; Me AP Shumway For ALB He of New € : WT Hotiand, Landon; FT Williams aad bn Wm Marthe, it er Thomas 1, of Liverpent Seotland: James Mart rat Foter O'Donnell, Joka Motes Willian Pat: vartaon, John English, Li . Saree, ‘dcan and wife, Timothy Corbitt, Nalel Roady. Pred Hiams, Jobn Dougton. Thoms Logeh, Martin Tyrell, Jas Teradale, * A Sigorson, aavon ygonar, Fone Kelly. Pavia Wood, Thomas Wood, Patrick Muloy, Michacl Mitoy, A Robert Osborn, John Saree. serge Finns. Fecleston. Daniel Pai Martin Leonard, Gee ane Norle, N Rel, O'Dore’d Angh Mrs Roach, * aiea Loneor Aarons, M SUB-OCEANIC GEOGRAPHY: Michael Tully, Petrtek Submarine Telegraphic Plateau—Bevp So Soundings— Temper atures, &¢., &¢3 Wa bave received a copy of thy subjoined inteveghiag report of Lieut, Mavey to the Meoratary of the Navy ou te abowe imp: rtant subjects, which Are of universal by tereut ut this time, from thelr conseotia: with the grind Fchome of the day—tne lasing w cable across the oon from Amerie to Europe, and effoaiing u udographic com Mupicajlou between the $wo continents, We may add, that wo cndersiand Lieut, Maury hav, te pursuing bis io Vestigntionn, foand cause to suspect that the bsttow of the decp seq \s everywhere provected from the abrasivn of currents \'y @ Cusbiea of stlil water, or at least by + Stratum of water eo nesrly at rest that there is aot fore Motions to abrade or wear the bo'tom ia ‘Urébermore, that be baa beew lot to sup etgate of running water in the dom do a ox- tend to very Qreat depths two ints sons ace of the highest prsctice& importance aud yalus to thowe oxgaget With aubmaring 14 .egrapbs Usrap States Oxswav ae nr, Wasittnaron, Nov. 8, i850, } a? ar ope poy Secretary of the Nevy:— R—Too invesiigaw 3 Carricd Onin the Hydrugraphion! Departinen of this office possers, in some ot dhatr Anaad ‘82 luterest not oxcimaively marsticne, but of sufMuivat pabilc concern to justiy a special revors to you. Commander Rodgerr, of the Norts Paciite Surveying Expedition, has turuishet a few observ tious mado on ‘boare the United States ship Viuceanes last year, on ite lemperaiue and speciio gravity of toe wa er at the sur. face, midway, andat he baitom of tuo arctic ox04a ‘There Observations are bighiy intereemag He psascd Up throngh Bebring’s Siraits juto shat seacuring to» «im mer ef 1855, aud, though be remaived ia but a (ow } days, bo availed bumsvif of the oppsrtunuy to try the temperature aad ep. cite gravity Of tae war ab various Copths and places; aad hit obacreetions snow uni oraly this arraugemens or stra(ideation ju tbo fluid mass of tat Ocrau—wurmand liget water on top, cola water in the mid @'@, and wart and heay) waser a the botiom ‘Ther odservations, i! cxtended, would go far towards the foal ecttkemens Of the question of aa opea sea ia we Arcilc ovean, Tp tiv xperimeonts Commander Rotgsra used ag a check upon his two metallic coa) som taermometers a row consucting cylinder of bis own contri vauce fur bring fog epecituens of watir from various doptus, Lis weil ho (id so; for toe metatiic thermometers showed them selves to be tocayable of «Tarding Tose ts hosougot wo obtain; por did tbo two agres with eacl o.hor, aur wore the omservations of elther accorant with toemso! ves You wii observe, therefore, that the thera st vdscera- tiona which have revealed to us this auggerlive arrange mont of ovol and warm water tu tho frozsa dvesa woes Made With @ common mercurial iuermomtar upoa bie Water trom the seversi dopthsafter it had been browsat up to the suriace tn the cylinders Cho spesiic gravy is given for the tomporature at which it ts observed. [We are obliged io oml; the miauto tadoiar details of specifio gravitics and temperatures al diferent deptas, longttedos, Iattiudes, datos, experiments! trisis, stato of the sea, &.} Tt ‘s Nicely that this warza water went (n as ac under current; that though warmer it was galtor, aud for tnat reoson it wat beavier. Itwas mace salter, we oonjec ture, by ovaporation; and while it was subjected to tals nw: me iatitade whore It received heat ‘while it was giving “@ fresh water vapor. This saosira tum of hesvy water was, therofors, probably witnia the Wwopics and at the surfece when {i received (ts warmia. Water, we know, ts traasported to great distances by too under currents of tho sea without changing iia temoora. tare but stew degroes by the way. aeath the Gait Stream, near the tropic of Cancer, and ia the moaih of August, with the seriaco of the ovnan above 89 degrees, the oe sea thermometer of the Coast jurvey report: a current of cold water only 8 dogrocs above the freezing fous. That cold carrent on the water that it bore mani certatply pave come from the polar rey!ous. We ki Of numerous currents flowing out of the Polar bastu and dischargip: immunse volumes of water fate the Atinvt; we know of but oae surfice eurredt, and tbat a foebie one aroand the North Caps, tum goos into thia basim. All these out comiog currents are uuit water currents; therefore wo cannot look for thair ganesis fo the rivers of byporhorean America, Europe and Acts, and the precipitation of tae Polar baste —for all the wat r irom Where sources \# tersh water, Tae exit that these oppor currenis bring out is sou gait; hence we should be forces to conclude, were there no other evidence to warrant the conclusion, that thera murt be ons or mors wader ee end heavy water flowing into tue Arcne jin « Aconsidereble body of rater at tho temperature of 40 degrees r to tho surface thero—as come to the sur face it mas’ order to supply the ow 8 Upper our. rente—would tend might!ly 19 mitigate the severe coud o thoee byperborean rectone. This aurcovery of Rodgers furnishes the ouly liak that seems to have bern waating in the chain of reasouing to comptete from known facts the theory of an opea water im (he Arctic ecean; sad this discovery, taken in cones. op with whet nortbern voyczora toil us coacarning the Migration of avimais in thoss regious; with wnat Lr. Kano saw and Js Haven aya; win tho fact that har p peay eg in whales op the shores of Greenland hare taken out of whaies along tae shores of Kamts chatka and Japan—theee facia, ikea in conuection with tho discoviry which my own researches have fully co ee the right whale of Greenland and the right tbat to * the North Paciflo are the sams tish, aid to torzid zone ia as @ sea of flame wi i cancot pase; ay those iaots, linked together, aud im Conmection with other facts aad ciroumstacc: lengim im tho pubiiostions of ; “| cifice, seem to forma chain of fauitiess ciroamstan- Could it be explored, there are other circumstances to enoourage the expecmtiva that the nursery of (ne wusios would be ditoovered there, with o:nor sources of wealia Forney wee pe 'b epectmens of the bottom, be sea soundy ge, witl of ve to this office from that ox sedition, ‘They were taken in the Norih Pacittc with Brooke’s ar- ‘ve Deen studied tRroagh the microscope © Protessor Batley at Weat Point. teach us that tho They wy whore | the profound ; opore thore 1 beyond tho renoh of Wiad; it la 90 porlect t! none of the powers bd ging ave only the earthquake and volcan», can dis. wor ‘Tho specimens cf deep toa soundings, for which indebted to the ingenuity of Lieut. Brooke, are ol SF) sapd of the seaas the sao: i = g 5 aon of See | things ore conveyed by currents, Boattorod tm the conrse of time all over its bottom, Tals Provesa, coptinved for ages, bas covered the dep hs of the ‘cean as with a maptie, of i 333 5 i | al Le aif? i jog wie, aller being coated to inealation with gatte wi stout enoagh t) ert “neventy four’ to ber acchors. Were very expensive in their manzfac- tore, Dolby for stoesye, unetoldy for baodiiag and dit Tt was sucha who cable that the Tele i presets Company lost in the layiog botwees Newfound. ret cu ge ia gooh were et larger French have ¥ 1956; aod it ip a oe f than © mie’s arm—that the A Most Dr actifal syrtom of phy: a wrdertaking ‘0 investigate the winds and currents of rea, {t wae commenced with tion, but fk bas been most fr ny Gepartments and to tuany industrial pareuits nget not the least \mporent of these aro those which clegraphy the die PRICK TWO CENTS, pre. which is already known 8s the telegr’ platens. A Compavy is now eogaced wich the Project of a submarine tole Grape aerore be ACende itis prwpowed fo the wires slong thie plateau fom the castrn Wores of Newfoundiand to the wes ern whores of Leland Lhe teat circle distance between (hese (0 shore liver in one thousand etx hundred (and forty) miles, ADO ihe Ha along the route is Provably nowhere more than tea (or twelve, thousaud feet de That Compaby cousicts ov entrprisiog American oltt- Zens Bhd Criish pudjecis, Who bave been )Nrolsned with womwver of \ofoymution Li's Olllos Oauld wuvrd tendiog te Incilitate thelr ente prise, Wit thes» ligat®, such as they Wore, ond with thelr Own kuowledge, istoigeuce and @perience to guide hem, they dave desided upon the © s#tne ourd wiieh ie to brmg the Oia Word rate ia AauieneMos COMMUDI sation with the New. They oxpuab fo lay the wires Over this selegraguic plawma durimy toe wert year. The wind and cureemt cnares will evaole them’ .o eeleat a ume for % when ihe operation will be tke Joust w/e Co interruption by ® gale of wind. J wii), as £00" as they avr Completed, sudmit for your ictepection, aad Because Of heir DeariL® upga sais @ud- Jo3t, eorles Of welye storm olarix of the aliamico—oae jer cagh month, Those parts of the ocean with toe deepest mending aX) viriled, on tue averagy, bya gale of Win? af least once da every aix days; of tho next dorpest, once, O3 the wYCragy, 1a feo ex (0 ten Gaze; and m Ine bghtert eBadiog mae &KBIO CRCe io frud oVery tea 30 tovren anys on Wie avernge, Those charte are Desed On iniertnacion derivey fom 265 87 days of oWervation ‘they wit be prepared dy Lientenevis Richey Autiok sud Wm. U Weer, Thity sbow seme of the (tlaecoes which tho’ Gulf Siream i\6s npen the galee of the Nori A davtic bey ehow .aul these gree are moet pvevalent io Janvearyand she winver months; levet soi July and the summe months ‘The knovwtet ze wh ch ti the conrse of theae investiga: Hous we Days gained concerning the cartéaw and be of the ocean justies the op pins ibat thercts vow no ait ouity i crogeimy the Gul stream with the: magnatic tele- Mow Cubs wip: he thas waick | ere ‘smo current, | bowever aircng, 20 rea, however deop or bewmerous, that | may Lot DUW be rpRnutG with & teleesaphic “mire; for ca bie is vo iongor the word. The limi to teolengen of eu marive liner of telegraph is not to be roxas for ia the Breadth Or cepitta ct the occan, Out ia tho Bower of tuacianion avd econenetion. Protessor Morse bb: trenemyting throug embrac-s both Teoewily accomplished the seat of o8 Unbroken cirouit, upewerds of 2,006 mies iu length, 30 teregrapblo sigaale in ® mi ute } aed there w rea als) 19 beheve tha: ox, erienc Will Bhow tat the Gost of ‘ayiag @ tolograpals wire@s the boitom of tee deep ere will wot be us great, ratio (ur MBLe, a0 it now bs op terra firms. Tasteod ¥i was weilas Ba aud may now bo ~ witha the reacd of wb Loot gummer tno 0; O Bi. Bivey saan, was actot ike Yo of March, 18¢ suis of avy to be emp! 0g me to perioet ine eries Made int se laveshgations Am Mise Ciacoverks the talegrapaic plateau of tae Atiasio bai claime! a iacge share ol the pablic wtten tion. Sarther exploration of i was desired ; and the de partimoat, ay mpataizing with the Loble onterprise, sat oa foot by @ company ct patriotic ant enterprising Amert- Cam ottisens, for uDlu:y tbe p.ople of Korope aud Aaet- Oa teogetder im the bonds of the maguctic telegeapd dinced partoviar attertion to thie eudject during tne crulae of tie Arctic, Acoordingly the was furulsbed with Steam. mecsnery “or hanitoz Up the sounding rod, was allowed every facilily for Lae most complete deep sea SOULeH g OYripmENis Other tance iD my researches was also oxpected Drervatione which tul+ voetol was to make. current, wheh. with ite toebergs, 80 Much endanger wavige Bi Ofrtelm season Tuns ‘ho Gui Stream, the Gult Stree 4 raimer, and other observaticns made on it, J ho ed to ong other things, tho thickness of tuat sheet er which, as you have already eeon, has such & marked, t stormy, and torribic talwence upea tao havigation between this country and Europe. The faciiiies for doop sra soundings were suoh iat We were enoouraged to look for contributions of the high- tet intercet end value to our knowlodce comperning (20 orogrepny of tho Atlantin ocean; for tho voarcl waa @ Bieamer, the iirt: of the kind ever employed on such fer. she could iberefore let down Brooke's soun ting rod wherever it war desired. But] bave been aatiy cisappotnted. Moet, 1f not nil, of tbe work done fe this rrese! on thts servos has to be rejccied. Her ceep cea coundings along the telegraphic latean, from St. John, Newfoundland, to Valentia to come withia this plans that were new, 5 but no seem to « her to ascertain the amount of that ailord the means of applyi corrections to the work, I have not boon whi tor reported by the arctic with former deep sea no or do ber soundings poing agree with ber soundings re ping Their ¢ eorepa are glaring; and it t# fo be portant work will be done ore fortuneto, however, with the samples of Jt up from the telegraphic plates “bey ere very precious, Licut. Berry: obtaioed La quills after the marncr of Licat Brooke, specimens of the bottom all the way acrows by t © groat circle ronte between St Joba Vale Thess from thirty four 4 Immeciately On their receipt bere they were sent to Urefessor Batley. of West !'oit, for micrestopio cxamina- Hen Though suffertog irom an stack of illness, be tiadiy ertook ihe study of them at once. Like all other sounding #pectmens, they indicate by their eharo augi¢s aoPuairiturate: (orms the (otal absence Of abrad ing forece at the bottom of the deep rea ‘The telegraphic platean Hc Professor Bailey eays, in ctmene:—* Thave no doubt our beau'tful ocean rivor glides along Ia course in the Northern atlantic as goutly as the current of Ume. dropping now and fanct ani *alouie Into the Treat ulehre below, bot not weartag or sbrading the bot m in the slightest dezree. And again, after further examinatton:-- T fird no evidence of any violent abrasion in any of the specimens. Even in he coarse ones from near the banks the matter bas vsually sharp angies. aod ia such as might be dropped guretly rem iceberss as they meit, without undergo Ing aby subsejveut abrasion or transportation. In a subsequent letter be adds:— ‘The evidence of want of abrasion of the mineral matter hoped this interce ting an over agela. ani the nee of @ large proportion of ‘ine calcarcous mud pi. SI, tiream forms cootinue in all he sf colmens yet ex- amined. the abrading ao 06, and that ie no danger to tho tele grapbio cord even there, except trom the grounding of weber, KB. ‘As 800n As Profersor Batley’s ‘inal report upon the mi croscopic character ¢{ ‘bees +peci\mens is received | shall heave boner of traremitting it to you. You will cbserve that these specimens fulty confirm all that other observations had taught us concernieg the Tre nts at the bettom of the sea, and ‘Unrrap Srares Nava; Onseevatowy, ) Warnunotor, Nov. 16, 1866, "5 . ©, Dons, Beeretary of the Navy Sia—I Lave the hovor to forward herewith the report xanination of tbe if i g Gall Stream flow. fist zs Etgie: Hie es H 2 Hae | seteis i : : 4 i i us eli ii : i i i Hl elif : H 3 i ri i } a! j i . tt 5 AURY, Liewtenant U. 8. Navy. ‘est Powt, . 14. 1886, Lieut. M. F. Mawnt, National Observatory— Dase Se—t ‘fully sabmit the follow! jor eral report of the results of my mior: Non of the soundings made by Lieut. 0 ff. bis recent yovage in the United States stesmor . peek ited to examination wore of two | emma to ed th the vornge t ‘epland, wheb ill he referred to nr corion 1, and thorn mate in the retura voyage, which form porter 2 The epeciancrs of rorloe 1 wore from the following Jorauities Ee He Bats . sanity 1, Laine. Longtinde ™i. deg. min, a a) bt 13 M40 a7 «6s 88 40 6 8G yo 38 40 28 2» 88 «380 44 oT 16 6 8 60 16 848 P cd 40 i m piating the reevite obiained from titese speo mona they will be reisred to by the numbers as given ta toe Above iabie, Numfere 1 to 4 twchvsive are composed of fme sii. ceour mance Oke grdind of WhienD are’ mortlp OF sma size"and wih sParp aagies. The organte conk wats are not sbundant. OF we calcareous polyiimamis ere ia wearcely 4 Wace, DIN some Of We silicecUrdinoms may (ye found th the light parts, which bo rtcted frets @to fond Anode these diatoms numerous tromments .we tome pertect discs OF CoOINOdIA0}are the mor babbmidaL S, Some epectes of chaetoceros were also seen, which ard’ believer wo be of nortberd orig. Nu*oey 6 is @ course gravel, composed of common anc jeepery quartz, with somo felaspar, bortytende, &o. It te muon (re coareet of all the spectme® exe micec. Some of ths quartz grains ave rounded by atunt- tion, white iurge portion sre quite sharp and? una- braded. Among ine’ organic’ contents a very fow'paly- femme Were notices, with seme dimoms and s{age aprenies Number Os a fee cveareous mud, whinb effurvesces Driek'y with xcids, and pields, Dy thi trea'ment, @ jorge Tesidue Of siliseous sand, wish OM? diat ms and s90ngIe- lites, Tele eprelmen is iateresting ev indicating the com- mencemeLt of Boat great salosreour’ deposi.e exte nenriy across the auiucti¢, which wil be wilu ied to im sunerqvent pur egraphs Nembder 7 1047, taclusive, are Que cticareous mads. shich eferverco’brinkly wit} agids and chown in tae eatsercouas pelyth Mamaia, parcieularty in epecies of giobt- r} They aise contain Duckeroas and very interest lngarpecies of the rhe pea The mioera! residue from acide ly usualy yemall in relatWwe umount, yd cooeisto cf minute sharpawgies grains, weong whic’ quar. predominates. aber 8 0 41. tuclusive, oomiain, in addition te wabdove mentioned, wi at appsars to be we'leharas- volennie 6 Of mimi ye end Mbele tam eryntalr ot hevubience, aingla and ‘® groups, w!to Other igbeous product: perctrated by coyaiaia. Those sub- ¥ form bata small portioa of the resicue nd may be wore recwily detecicd Whew ‘amin’ d Mm Water thax-wben mounted ba are pardiowarly recognizable ia Bi m- balsam, ber 34 Number 22 tsa five calearcous nad, with some atobi- gerbe. low chivly nottceaote as leaving with acids @ erad'¥ amount of fine quartz tact, mingied wit gioouiea of tron pyriter. I yielded vo re voleaaic products and very tow cognizable orga ir mas, Numbers 23 aod 24 are very similar ia cbaracter te Lumber 22. bas they yielded no giobaies of iroa pyrites. Some general remarks on the resuite oF the exemtne- fions of the specimens above reterred to will now be given ist The employment of acid enables moto correst am ~ erroneous statement which I made some time since eoa- cerning the ccep soundings of the Atlantic Having e&- that time only & small portion of the soundiogs, and be {bg wnwilling to destroy & morsel of matters #0 1d pet apoly acids, abd nenoe cverlsoked the of myperel matter which, though often very ‘se variably present ' 4d. The mineral matter im these generally sbOWS DO ?'gn» Of abrasion, the sharpest peat enc as- gles of even the softest minerals bi ‘Tae svate minute 9120 < the partic'es aud thetr Even the coarsest aud most avraded materials may Rave deen ceperited irom icebergs. Sd The gracual increase of calcareous matter as the Gull Stream te ched, 4 A i j ‘ot exaiuined, and aiso oe- cur Of vast extent inthe ‘Guit ae Mextoo. ah. maria contain & great nomber of tcribed organisms, boub atiiceous and calcareous, pectes, Whicb coeur es far s.uth as Fiorida ead the of Mexico, are found ta the portherm soundiogs above described, while some very remarkaocle {oaag ta the perthor: soundings have not deen detected atthe southern localities, vice versa. desert ot am A a new species la in preparation for epeedy publien- th. Only a fow imperfect siliceous caste of paty- thaiamin ond no wel! characterized green eand Caste have been detected in there northern soundiags, white their presence is tho rule rather than the uon with regard to the sonthern soundings above referred to. Sth. The cecurrence of what ducts in he bed of the ccosm for 2 to be volcento | tw w of lopgituce, or about @ thoussad mlks, it ap extraordinary , and one which deserves a ea Se there waiters to be @ yoicanic origin I have uo doubt. As, however, the ingenious suggestion wxs made to me ! derived from the - became i Tox there furnace products shorid alse be studied” Twas A PELE obitging sgent of your office, who procared for me the steamers themselves specimens of such matiors as are throw the steamers showed that ine products wha sbowed that they ‘ could not a canic matters In fact, tho-e was no relation between the two classes of bodies, except that both were evidentigy the reaulte of intense beat upon diferent mineral matvers. Among the furnace proaucia of the steamer /‘slths ware pumer giasa spheres or 4 ‘ will be referred to by the numbers ‘2 ie tb A 7 given Numbers 1 to 6 are calcareous m contalaing must miners! maticr and a ermal! J ot ‘The siliceous organisms are also ively few, oom- ® of rome large isi and some | 0 v0 wore . Number 7 is sleo a fino ‘bat polythalamia to tho caked eye, bat rather ri mils, with pels a eagunel “hae. pe! caste proses were tetscted tor Tait, o- cf mak! Di- imitas‘on medicine weil in the Womtern Orccur wy ta Act —A young man about soventesn years of age, naz ed Jamos before Court, whore be was committed Obituary. DEATH OF DR. FUSEY. By the arrival of tho City of Baltimorc.we have inet. fgenee of the doath of the colebraied Ir, Pu sy, the most famous theological writer of the present century, He ‘was the originator of the Anglican es Pay cyite party in the Choreh of Fagiand, and though bis early assvciate, Be. Newman, and 9 vaxt numbar of Ws disciples, have ferent theatres, dc , this evening to wolt atl tertoe ar will be rege head of the fourth page. aaflictaatly ‘vorvited sy We aelotia at te