The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1859, Page 2

INTERESTING LOBBY DEVELOPEMEN T'S. Brond Charges of Corruption tn the Senate Whe Albany Bridge Case—Lobby Excites | tigation= | dy ment—Attempt to Sufle In Sketch of the Debate—Copy of the Bi Relation to a New City Charter—The New city Ball Bul—Attempt to Locate the New | Post Office in the Park—Important BUl as | to the Assessments of Mortgaged Estates, &e., OUR SPSCIAL ALBANY DESPATCH. Axuayy, Feb. 12, 1859, | At no time during the session has there been such an | excitement as was exhibited to-day. The subject was that | of the lobby investigation, The progress of that commit. | tee was such that certain distinguished and well known lobbyites were being brought up for examination, This morning a resolution was offered confining the committee, | in its investigations into the conduct of the lobby and the | members of the Legislature, to the present session. There being nothing charged nor insinuated that any corrup- | tion was suspected as having occurred since the lst of January, the committee have commenced in the investigation of the causes which led to the pas sage of the Albany Bridge bill; and as such bill ‘was passed nearly three years since, the passage of the resolution would assist the committee in their investiga- tion of the bridge question, As the committee had asked for no instructions, and as one of the committee had un- dertaken to curtail the investigation, the interest created, and which continued through the whole day, was unu- sually great. When Senator 0. B. Wheeler made tb statement that he had proof in his possession that bribery was used 1m the passage of the Albany Bridge bill; when be stated that large sums of money have been indirectly offered him by a leading lobbyman, as chairman of the Investigating Committee, to abstain from further investi- gation; and when he further stated that a member of the present Legistature had prevailed upon a friend of his (Mr. W.) to offer any amount of money to have the investigation jothered, the audience, the Senators, and all, were struck with consternation.’ Such a reliable revelation has never before been made. Senator Wheeler made the charge direct, emphatic and without equivocation; never- theless, the Senate spent nearly the eutire day in debating upon resolutions offered by one Senator and another, re- quiring the Investigating Committee to proceed only under written charges preferred and sworn to by persons making them, It did appear that Mr. Wheeler’s word was disputed, and that some portion of the Senate re- quired from him the authority before they would allow the committee to proceed. We give a slight sketch of the debate, which will be found highly interesting:— Mr. Brandreth offered a resolution confining the action of the Committee on Public Buildings to the present Legisiature—charges to be made under oath. Mr. O. B. Wheeler, in order that each Senator might vote understandingly, was disposed to make a statement to the Senate of matters he was prepared to prove. The Committee on Public Buildings had selected the Albany Bridge bill as the one for examination—an examination into the manner of its passage. He was prepared to prove that there was corruption connected with ihe passage of that Will. Agaip, he believed he was prepared to prove that an improper influence had been attempted to be exercisod over the Sergeant-at-Arms of this body, by a member of this body, to prevent the investigation of the subject the committee had commenced examining. Agaia, large sums of money had been oifered to a higuly esteemed friend of his to use his influence on him (Mr. ‘0. B. Waeeler) that he would abstain from the meetingsof the committee. He ‘was prepared to prove all this before the committee. He had not sought the position he now occupied. Some Sena- tors had stated that in making the reference to the Com- ‘mittee on Public Buildings, it was only infun. His con- stituents were not m up wheo they sept him to the Senate. He did not regard it asa matter of fun—not the most remote. He nad only to say further, that if the Senate desired to abrogate the power entrustea to the committee, very wel He would be well pleased. If Senators desired to instruct him in his duties, he wished they would do it here, and. not follow him to the cloak room or the brary with their advice. The sume with the lobby. He desired to be discharged trom this unpleagaut duty. Mr. Brandreth had been privately charged with receiv- ing this resolution fiom gentlemen on the other side. Not a word had been said to him on the subject. He consid- ered that the character of this Senate was involved in this transaction, and he did not desire that we furnish its de- famers with shafis for their witty n Tt was enough for us to examine into our own con We had no le- gitimate right to go beyond our own members ip this in- YVesbgation. He hail not been spoken tw on this subject. He bad introduced the matter members of this body. He was free to say that for himself he had never been im- properly approached by aby person or parties. Mr. Doherty stated that by the adoptioa of a resolution by the Senate, certain duties were entrusted to the Com- mittee on Pubiic Buildings. No report had yet been made by such committee. The Senate has scarcely a right to say that that committee should not continue, if confidence is to be entertained and fostered among its members. We have but entered upon the discharge of our duties. If the confidence of the Senate is to be withdrawn, then let those who desire to interfere with the action of the committee, take the responsibility. But common de- cency, common courtesy, forbid it. The persretthe crimiaals is, we can’t go back! Such is the language of those whose silver has bedimmed the lustre of European courts. Are we here to be told ‘we can’t go back!" — simply because a name is to be shamed—a name corrupt and rotien in the opinion of all intelligent men? It was well enough to conflue the investigation to ourselves, for we bad not the chance yet. The bills had not yet come along. Mr. D. regarded that his connection with this Public Building Committee rendered his appear. ance in Albany a public nuigance. Tne lawyers are swarmmg around him like bees around a hive; they visited him at his rooms, at his lodgings— staid with bim by day and by night. He deemed it pro- ‘per that the public mind should be made acquainted with the private lives of their servants. We should receive instruction from our masters as to the course to be pur- sued. When we come here should we ignore the great principle of public virtue? Should we be to help the lepers? We should act as men epemeny confidence of the people who sent us here. We are called upon to take charge of the interests of the State. Mr. Diven did not intend to occupy any more time on this subject, but he could readily sce that his position might be misapprehended. This morning the chairman of the committee had presented charges having form and shape. Investigation in that direction ought not to be checked. Jf there is alawonour statute book passed by corrupt influence, near or remote, and a Senator assures us that he ts prepared to proves, then let the examination go forward, The chairman had assumed the province of prefering charger; very well, let him share the responsibility. Let the committee proceed in the work. But, at the same time, he begged to say that he deemed it perfectly proper for men interested in legislation to visit Senators with regard to such business or legisiation in which they are interested. The viscussion was further continued by Messrs. 0. B. Wheeler and W. A. Wheeler, when Mr. W. A. Wheeler moved to amend by making the exa- mination by the committee applicable only to the present Legislature, and within @ period in which a criminal pro- ceeding might rest. Mr. Brandreth accepted the amendment. Mr. W. A. Wheeler moved an additional amendment, providing for the statement in full of facts and circum: stances on which the charge is founded. He held that a man’s character should not be maligned, even by having @ subpoena presented te him, unlees upon facts warrant- ing it. It should not be done upon mere suspicion or rumor. Mr. O. B. Wheeler believed that if the motion to amend was adopted the committee would be so hampered as not to be able to prosecute the case now before it, Mr. W. A. Wheeler—Well, then, let the committee fall. If the day has arrived when a man’s character is to be blasted by insinuations and inuendoes by parties not re- sponsible—by parties who shirk the issue—then let the committee fall, and the sooner the better. Mr. Paterson opposed the motion to amend. He had believed the lobby a myth, but it seemed the Governor thought otherwise, and bad called attention to the mat- ter in bis message. Charges had been made against the Legislature which passed the Albany Bridge vill. "He was @ member of that Legislature, and hoped the fullest in- formation would be procured by the committee in the mater of corruption in the passage of the bill. Mr. Halsted was also a member of the Legisiaiure that passed the Albany Bridge bill. He did not desire the statute of limitation interposed so far as the action of that Legislature was concerned. He would give the commit tee the Widest scope and yerge in making these examina- Mr. W. A. Wheeler stated that the charges made here this morning by the Senator from the Niceh (Mr. 0. B. Wheeler) were of a most heinous character, ahould shove, if no other Senator did, the appoint a select committee to examine the charge Sater cime “gfe hea 4 r claimed that the Senator from the Ni should give the name of the Senator who had rondo ove tures to him (Mr. 0. B, Wheeler) through a friend, in an improper mauner, in relation to this investigation. "It wat due to the Senate and each and every Senator that the name be given to the Senate and tho State. Mr. Johnson considered it altogether too late to instruct the committee to recede, or to render the committee pow erleas by hedging them in by resolutions of instruc. tion. Mr. Diven was not disposed to believe that corruption existed in the lobby or in the Legislature. He was tree to say that he believed the Senator from the Ninth had by some person behind the scenes, He been imposed upon ‘and that sooner or later the Senator would find it so. moved an amendment providing that when any chy sball be made specifically by any Senator, in his’ pi the Senate, this rule shail not apply; nor shall it apply to the investigation now under consideration before the com ee. Mr, O. B. Wheeler recapituiated his charges that a member of this Legislature had offered aa estecined friend of his large sums of money if the friend would use hisinfiu- pond dey: this investigation; and the same charge in rela- tintoa ; ‘The Senate was occupied in yoting uj amendments, propositions and counter resolutions, debated, calling to or- der, callitig the roll, colioquiee, &., until, at four o'clock, that body id itself without a quorum, and an adjourn- ment for the week took place. So nothing was accom- Paci in their attempt to smother Je committee will proceed in brin outa ‘amount of the hidden transactions of the vont rious New York lobby. It is no more than justice to state that SenatoF 0, B. ler sustained himself most man- fully and honorably during the searching process that he was lied to aye through tq-day. povrle of this Btate f00n informed, officially, who the crea- tures are who have for a quarter of a century been as the New York lobby, constantly in session, isa of the bill introduced in the in re- lation to the New York city charter. AN AOT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A NEW CHARTER FOR THR CITY OF NRW YORK. n, Charles O’Conor and Hamilton directed: . R. Bélder Fubare a and to prepare a new charter for NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 185 ee... ‘ork. said Henry R. Selden shall not sorsales place saat Ie flted by William Beyant: {the ald Charles 0’. onor sball not serve his place shall be filled by Robert +. Dillon; and ifthe sald Hamilton Fish shall end ‘The Board hia place abali be filed by William F. Havemeyer.. Tne Rowe | the | American Intervention Wanted—What General Miramon visors of the city and county of New a proper conpeneatiog for uch services, nok ex m “ aires. The pre of suck shall be completed by the first day of October next, and shall be ublished a dally papers and submitted to the people of the city of New York at the next general election ia such manner as Bourd of Supervisors shall, direct ora aia ina\an spelt he ented to the nex ature ooten, with a certificate of the whole number of votes cast and against the same at sueh general election. An attempt was made this morning in the Assembly to print the report and evidence taken by the committee on the Castle Garden investigation. The Pyinting Committee reported in favor of the prmting, when} immediately, the Hon. Mr. Law, a member of said committee, moved to recommit the report. A discussion ensued ; the democrats advocated the importance of spreading before the people the evidence relating to the conduct and transactions of the Commissiovers of Emigration, and the overhauling of matters and things in general in and about Castle Garden. ‘The vote was taken, when, strange to say, it resulted in a party vote; the republicans and Know Nothings voted to send back to the committee, while the democrats favored the printing of the document. Can it be possible that orders have been issued from headquarters to smother and suppress the testimony taken in this case, so interest- ing to the | ae We shall keep our eye upon the matter bere the Printin, Commenters aks sone report. We anticipate they will recommend printing the report proper, and strike out all the testimony. It seems there is much complaint with regard to the payment of day laborers on the Central Park. It is stated. tbat the Commissioners vacillate considerably in the pay- ment of the men; some get five and six shillings and others adollaraday. A Dill was introduced in the As- sembly authorizing and compelling the Commissioners to pay one dollar twelve and a half cents per day, and re- ferred to a committeee, and they disagreed to the bill. This moruing Mr. Woodruff obtained consent to refer the late difficulty to the Commuttee of the Whole. The labor- ers on the Central Park, and everywhere else, may as well understand that the Legislature will scarcely interfere with the price of labor. 3 it be left exclusively with the employés and employed. The following bili, asked for by the Board of Super- visors of the city of New York, is now ia Committee of ‘the Whole ip the House of Assembls AN ACT 10 AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT IN RELATION 70 ‘THE CITY HALL IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,” PASSED AVRIL Section 1. The section of the act entitled “An act in re- Jation to the City Hall of New York,” pacsed April 17, 1858, is hereby amended so us to read ns foliowa:— Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to di and superintend the erection of a building im the fronting on Chambers street, Broadway and Centre much thereof as may be found neces ot and arrangements, modate therein the Supreme Court. the Superior Court, the Court of Common Pleas, the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Ge- eral and Special Sessions, Surrogute’s Court, Marine Court, their various offices and chambers, grand and petit juries, tha Sheriff. clerks of those courts, Commissioners of Jirora, Dis- trict Attorney, Law Institute. Supervixors’ Hail, Register. Co- ropers, County Clerk and other county oflices; and It shall be the duty of the said commissioners, before deciding oa any plans or specications, to enter into negotiations with th» go- vernment of the Uniied Statea, for the sale of a plot of grouud in the rear of the present City Hall for the purpose of erecting itable building for a Post Office, court rooms and eftices for the accommodation of the United States in. tho city of New York; the same to correspond in material and ar. chitecture with the new City Hall. And the Mayor, Aldermen. and Commonalty of thé city of wew York are hereby authorized and empowered to make conveyance, by deed of grant or lease, of that portion of the said Park to the, government of the United States, for the erection thereon of auch building for the purpose of a Post Oflice and courts of the United States in said city; and in case of such conveyance by the city, the jurisdiction of the State of New York over said round'shallbe hereby released to the government of the nited States for such purposes, reserving, however, to the State of New York concurrent jurisdiction relative to all clvil and criminal processes. And ii no arrangement be concluded ‘with the government of the United States, it shall be the duty of the conumissioners to build the Cily Hall, ag contempinted in 4 secon, Sec. 3. The sixth section of said act is hereby amended so as to read as followa:—It shall be the duty of the Board of Su- pervisors of the county of New York, whenever called upon by said commissioners, to raise a sum not exceeding one million of dollars, by the creation of a public stork, to be called the City Hall stock, which shall be redeemable in the year eighteen hundred and s¢venty-five out of the sinking fund of the city of New York, and shall bear an interest of six per cent per an- num; and the said building, with all its finfahing and furnish- ing ready for use, shall not cost any more than the sum of one maillion of dollars.” A bill introduced in the Assembly by Mr. Morris, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, “regulating the assessment and payment of taxes upon real estate,” creates unusual interest. It was up for discussion yesterday. It proposes to divide the taxes upon mortgaged premises between the owner of the estate and the holder of the mortgage. The present law allows the assessor to place a valuation upon all real estate, and impose full taxee upon the possessor, regardless of the incumbrance upon the premises; so that he is compelled not only to pay interest upon the money borrowed, but also taxes, the same as if there was no incumbrance. "The assessor then proceeds to the County Clerk’s office, searchos the records and ascertains the owner of the mortgage, and ageesses him upon go mach personal proper: ty. Thus the real estate and mortgage are both returned as property subject to taxation. The Dill now under covsideration is opposed by the New York and Brooklyn members, on the grount that if the law is altered as ee it will arrest the loaning of capital on real estate. Ihe bill provides that all taxes paid upon encumbered real estate shall apply as payment upon the mortgage, and the certificate of the Collector of Taxes shall be vouched therefor. From the shape the disous- sion assumed yesterday, it seems evident that the old pre. judice betweed city and country is. aroused, as in some portion of the debate the country members were invoked to stand up against the ‘millionaires of the city.’ Thiais acopy of the bill:— Section 1. The holder ofany mortgage which isa subsisting lien upon any real estate situated within the State of New York, bball be exempt from assessment aod paymentof taxes there: on. exceptan hereinafter provided. Sec. 2 The owner of any real estate encumbered by mort- age sball be nsseased the full valne thereof; ut auch a por- fon of said aesesament an‘ tax asthe amount of such encum Bee Ur to the ssed valuat etl te shall apply and operate ai ent upon mortgage, upon pro- duciag the ‘receipt of the ‘Collector of Taxes, specliying tio amount pald and the valuation of said real estate. Rec. When tbe occupant of real estate 0 assessed shall bold the same under a contract Or the ourehase therent the amount unpaid on such cont ye ed an eacum- brance Peon e within the meaning of this act. Sec. 4. ‘The provisions of this act not be so constructed as to allow the owner of any encumbered real estate to treat ‘such encumbrance as an indebtedneas}by reason of which he shall be exempt from paying taxes on any personal property ‘owned by him, Our New Orleans Correspondence. New Onumans, Feb. 3, 1859. Ho! for Cuba—Sambo in Favor of Annexation—Good Advice for Seward, Weed & Co.—The Fire-Eaters Want War—Business Brisk—Post Office Mismanagement— Ezorbitant Cost of the New Oustom House, de. The purchase of Cuba is the chief topic of discussion here at present. Go wherever you may, nothing but Cuba is spoken of, especially among the Spanish, French and creole population. They are very much excited upon the subject, and wonder really if Old Buck is in earnest, They are, however, in favor of Cuba belonging to the United States, but would rather see immediate action for the purchasing of it than to hear so much talk about it. Some believe it will all end in smoke. The intelligent part of the citizens in New Orleans and throughout the State of Louisiana are in favor of the purchase of the island, and say that it will be the making of this State; not only that, but it will be a great protection to the Gulf of Mexico, where hundreds of Southern vessels are constantly cross- ing it; and, in case of war with aforeiga nation, it will be a protection to the whole of the Southern cities and towns bordering on the Gulf. The sooner Cuba belongs to the United States, I think, the better, also Mexico and Central America. If “Old Buck’? will only declare war, he will find thousands of young men, the bone and sinew of our country, ready and willing to march forth to the field of action. Never in the annals vof our country’s history bas our flag been so much in- sulted as by Spanish authorities, and when the stars and stripes are once insulted by a foreign nation I consider all treaties broken. Even the slaves and free niggers of New Orieans are heaping curses upon our nation for not giving these Spainards their just dues, and they say they are willing to take up arme if their masters are willing, in de- fence of their country. I have been conversing with several free niggers here, and they say, tell the aboli- tionists of the North—meaning Seward, Weed & Co.—to not trouble themselves about the slaves of the South, for they are far happier than the niggers of the North, and ‘they would not live there if they would give them all the money they have in New York; and they had better attend to the purchage of Cuba and give their votes in the Senate and House of Representatives for the welfare of our country. Well, they are right; they are far more happy and better taken care of here than North, and it would be well for the abolitionists to take a trip dowa here and viait the Louisiana plantations and judge for themselves. Politica are stale here at present, after Benjamin being elecied U.S. Senator. He is good man. Business here is brisk, and the levee presents an unusual activity. The city is full of strangers and the hotels are overflowing. The shipping in the harbor is very large—more tonnage than in aby city of the Union; there are no less than one hun- dred and fifty ships, and as the shipping is dull they will have to remain here some time for freighte. The weather for a wonder, is clear and cold, yet temperate, I find the Hxxatn’ is very irregular’ here before 7 once, The, Post “oles ik older ones, The Post Office is managed very poorly here, and the Postmaster joneral ehould look to it and give it a thorough overbauling. The clerks are negligent, and when a > ing ce there and aske for “they have none,” without even looking oval Another outrage on the funds of the Unitod States hea its building of the Custom House. They commenced it seven Years ago, and it has cost nearly $14,000,000, and it i# not Yet half done. Work om it is now suspended. It is # tro, mendous structure and eotirely too large for this city; it is built of granite, and presents a homely appearance vat- side, The whole structure will prove a failure. It is an outrageous waste of the government money, and it is high time some measure was taken to prevent it. This ac- counts in @ measure for our present empty treasury, @ letter, the clerks say Excrrement 1x Kansas.—A gentleman who ar- last evening brings A startling rumor Territory he has come direct. Shawnee, which was on Satur- , there was arumor current that blockaded in some log huts noar ‘a,and was released by a force of the free State citizens of Kansas, had afterwards met the Missouri posse under the direction of Dr. Woods, Deputy Mirshal, whom Brown captured and immediately husg. | er ‘nformant reached Westport on Sunday, be re the same rumor had led him, cai consi lesensation. It is thought, if the report fs true that Brown has hung Woods, tha’ the citizens of Platte City will wreak thelr veugeancs on Me, py and his son.—St. Louis Democrat, Feb. 10. shall be | | | EXTRACT FROM 4 PRIVATE LETTER FROM WESTERN MEXICO. Guamasvato, Jan. 12, 1859. Is—His Bigotry and Bad Temper—Looks to a Dictator- ship or an Empire—How He Raises Money, dic. , dc. Tam sorry to learn from your letter that you think there is but little hope of the United States government for | taking an active part in the affairs of Mexico—the more 80, a8 Tam convinced that there is no other he!p for the country. England, I should think, would certainly not interfere, beyond, perhaps, protecting her subjects at the Ports from robbery; but I have always hoped that the United States would have either exercised a protectorate over the country, or conquered and governed u3 as a colony or conquered country. You may rest assured that there is no party here, nor individual, strong enough to redeem the country, nor even to arrest it in ita rapid pro- gress to the devil. Robles has made a compiete mess of his pronuncia- méiento, and I think he will fail utterly. The ‘padres’ have got the better of him completely. Miramon, the general of the army in this quarter, is decidedly the Strongest man in the country. He cau briug more bayo- nets into the field than any other man, and is about the only general who bas any hold, upon his troops except their pay; his prestige, also, is worth much more tan the deeds of many of his’opponents. But, unfortunately, he isarash boy of twenty-seven years—a man who acts entirely from impulse, of the most violent and ungovern- able temper, and quite a tyrant in his way. He is wedded to the church and clergy, and believes in inquisi- tions, persecuting heretics, &c. In his last manifesto against Robles, in speaking of the constitution of 1857, he says ‘‘that constitution which permitted the dis- cussion of the agrarian law, which allowed poopie to talk of religious liberty, which robbed the church by the Law Lerdo, and by lowering the dues oa mar- ringea, funerals, & Altogether, it showed him to be a man of much energy of character, but bigoted in the extreme and bating foreigners. 1 have not much doubt but that he will before long make himself Dictator or Emperor, or something of the sort. But he can’t last long. We were disappointed in not having a fight with the liberals here, about a fortnight ago; and now as Miramon, with all his army, will be here ina day or two, there 18 not much cbauce for fighting Miramon sends word before to be raised in a townspeople, no security offe all our taxes for a year in advan ¥ med, jammed, d d, &e. We intend to’ ref forced loan if they put aby of it on us, and T of us may yet be put In j day or two, without further orders, as the cas with a merchant whe refused to pay $16,000 they put upon him; and be would hav too, if the money had uot been paid. Jolly couvtry, isn’t it? im that he wants $100,000 by force Chihuahua and Sonora. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPOND Wasuinaton, Feb. 11, 1359. The Effect of the Proposed Protectorate—Fucts About Chi- huahua and Sonora—Guaymas—Its Commercial Advan- tages which might Benefit us—English Outrages—Po Advantages to our Prade—Advice from Tristan Bur ess, &c., dc. It is a great pity that some of our astute members of Congress do not better understand the policy indicated by the President's recommendation in regard to Sonora and Chihuahua, I propose to enlighten them a little upon the effect of the protectorate recommended by the President. Sonora contains a mixed population of about 130,000 souls—spread over a territory of 113,000 square miles, ‘The only port of entry is Guaymas, on the Guif of Califor- nia, a better and safer harbor than San Francisco, and of sufficient capacity to transact the commerce of the world. At this town of Guaymas, which has a population of 6,000, several immense fortunes have been made in the last fow years. The imports of Guaymas vary from three to five millions of dollars per annum, entirely of Eaglish goods brought direct from England. These goods are paid for in silver bars and gold dust—principally silver—which is two or three times a year carried from Guaymas to Eng- land via Panama, in Koglish frigates, commanded by some favorite of the Acmiralty Lords, who kindly shut their eyes to the fact that the commanier receives a handsome pergentage. Itis within two years thatan English fri- gate, in defiance of the Collector, openly carried off a large amount of silver without paying the export duty. ‘The cuties on a single ship which enterca Gnaymag Inet October were $160,000; buta private arrangement with Peachiera and the Coilector—who did not trouble the general government with a return—considerably reduced this sum. Neariy the whole population of Sonora, in- cluding the semi-civilized Tudians—the Yaquis, Mayos, Taumales and Popagos—use cotton cloth, calicoes and staple goods; and the inexhaustible mineral wealth of the country supplies them with more or less money. Under the protection of the United States, and with the estab. lishment of a military post in Souora, this immense mar- ket would be opened tous. With peace ia the country and protection against the Apaches, agrest majority of the people of Sonora would return ‘to thei mining and cther pursuits. Silver and gold, as articles of trad aud barter, would become much more abundant; the port cf Guaymas would be open to our trade—an im. mense commerce, only equalled by that of early Catifornta, would be stimulated into profitable existence. Our mat facturers would forget to cry out for a protective tar! busied in making their looms produce a supply equal to the demand. Our clippers would no longer rotat the wharves, and the commercial world, which is now crying out at the waat of silver, would soon see its want sup- pliea, Ihave said nothing of tne necessity for the re- commended protectorate, in view of our growing inte- rests in Arizona, and ber want of a port on the Gulf. It is, however, a fact that cannot be disputed, that Sonora, under its present misgovernment, is a nuisance at our ‘door which a civilized population in Arizona cannot long tolerate. The policy indicated by the President is not only just in view of our reiations with Mexico, but it is the Dest in itself, I commend it to the reconsideration of the Military Committee of the House, and advise them to study it by the light of the words ‘of Tristam Burgess, spoken upon a far different question years ago in the Senate:— “The system carrics with it the principle of durability. ‘Thus you may legislate not for twenty years, but for twenty centuries. Your edifice will be extended with your extend- ing country, and will preserve and feereh nd requirements of these increasing States and the multiplying millions of this great nation, until the American eagle shall with one wing winnow the breezes of the Atlantic, and with the other hover over the quict waters of the Pacific; until the collossal power of the republic, standing on the lofty mountains of the continent, shall, with one hand extend the olive branch of peace to the peaceful nations of the earth, and with the other wave the sword of justice over the satisfied nd tranquil citizens of these wide- ly extended regions.”” I repeat, there 1s expansion in this idea, and the party who goes to the country on this cry must win. Our Old Potnt Comfort Correspendence. Ou Port Comrorr, Va., Feb. 8, 1859. United States Troops—Arrival of the Paymaster-—Hygeia— Politics, de.—Arrival of a Number of Ships—The Sur- rounding Country— Farms for Sale, éc., de. ‘The number of troops at this place has been considera- bly augmented during the last three months. Some seven companies are at present stationed here, and a good timo they have—the officers cspecially—ag this is undobtedly one of the most desirable posts in the country, and at the same time very accessible from all parte, I may say, of the world. The climate would be a sufficient reason, apart from the gaiety during the summer months, when ‘Se- gur’s Hygeia Hotel” is crowded with the fashionable pleasure seekers from all parts of the country, why this post should be soughtafter and preferred by those who are of a sociable disposition. The Paymaster, who has been expected—anxionsly looked for—to pay off Uncle Sam’s men, arrived this morning, when thousands of dollars were paid out, and many a poor fellow who this morning had notadime in his purse, now hears that most delightful of all music, to wit, the jingle of five and ten doliar gold io his pocket. Certainly some arrangement should be made by which the soldiers and other employés may receive their money without waiting over two or three months. Since the nomination of Mr. Letcher for Governor there has been very little stirring in a political way in this sec- tion of the country. The Richmond Enquirer has editiod its readers by oczasionally giving the administration a slap, especially on the taritl and Pacific Railroad measures. Hampton Roads bad quite a commercial rd gers last week. Some seven large clipper ships, loaded with gaano, were lying at anchor, waiting orders from your city Baltimore. Large quantities were delivered in Norfolk. This section of country is steadily advancing. There is no county in the State—if in tho United States—where there are so few paupers as inthis (Elizabeth City and county). I am informed that at one time there was not one pauper in the pormonse. Certainly, this of itself epeaks volumes for the region round about this place ant Hampton. Here land can be bought of excellent quality for from seventy to eighty dollars per acre, and some five or six miles from the town for from thirty to fifty dollars, which will produce an abundance of corn, wheat, oats, po tatoes, fruits and early vegetables. Several farms are now for sale, and will change hands in the spring or sum- mer. Instead of gong West, your Northern men would do better to come South, in many instances. CE. Prof. Stone’s Lecture. Baooxtyy, Feb. 6, 1859. J. G, Bawwerr, Bsq.:— ‘The liberal manner in which you responded to the re- quest of afriend by sending a reporter to my lecture on the Electric Telegraph last Saturday evening induces me to tender you my acknowledgement for the courtesy, especially as it was in contrast to the course by ‘our neighbors of the Times and Tribune, in which alone advertised. An electrician of high standing in NowYork city, who attended the course, has given me his opinion that I have given the finest exhibition of electrical experi- ments ever ‘¢ publicly given in this country. I pro- pose to repeat them in New York some woeks and shall not pass by your i printing establishment in gottiog out my public notices of the same. One acquainted witl telegraphic instruments would observe some inaccuracies in the report, which however may readily be excused in the reporter, by reason of the a in with which I waa obliged to go through the explanations and nee CHARLES 3. Naval Intelligence. The new steam gunboat which been under way on the stocks at Charlestown for some time js to be launched to-morrow, Tuesday. Additional from Nicaragua. OUR SAN JUAN DEL NORTE CORRESPONDENCE. San Jaw pat Norre, Jan. 26, 1869. Zhe Movements of the Steamer Washington—The Transit Route—The Threatened Anglo French Protectorate—Im- portant Postscript—Ratification of the Cass Yrisarri Treaty, de. The steamship Washington, with about 200 passengers, for San Francisco, arrived here, via Aspinwall,on the 12th inst., and, there being no prospect of forwarding her pas- gengers by this route, returned the next day to Aspinwall, where she wouid only touch, a8 I learn, t0 make inquirios about the Hermann, and probably continue oa around Cape Horr to San Francisco, Several persons, said to be engaged for the Isthmus Transit, landed here from the Washington, to help to put the route in order, The arrival of the Washington produced a great sensation. The Joe White party, although they stuck out bravely, and were ready to bet that she would come here as advertised, bo- gan to get a little nervous after the 6th inst., and the Vanderbilt (Joe Scott) party as emphatically asserted that her coming here was an impossibility, imter- spersed with various spicy epithets in regard to the company of White, its finances, &., &, One very enthusiastic individual (probably the only one of the Joe Scott crowd who could muster such an amount of the ready) actually planked down ten dollars in hard cash on the result, which was promptly matched by one of the deck hands of the Laura Frances, just as his boat was leaving for the interior. The plucky fellow, however, was duly rewarded for his spunk by finding on his return here that the ten dollars of his opponent had been trans- ferred to himself. The steamer Laura Francis returned from the interior on the 18th instant, freighted with beef cattle, &e., om the veusel’s agcount, which proved a good business operation. Dr. William A. Lovejoy, of Syracuse, N. ¥., who came here with Col. Childs in a professional capacity, and who had been with him to Granada, died on the 17th instant, on the way down the river San Juan, noar the Mactaca Rapids, His remains were brought to this town and ja terred on the 19th, with the expectation that they would be removed hereafter to the United States. The Masonic order, of which he was a member, conducted the funeral ceremonies, You will doubtless, ere this can reach you, have heard all about the capture of the redoubtable Frank Anderson and party on the coast of Honduras, the wreck and total loss of their vessel, and their return to Mobile in H. B. M.’s steamer Basalisk. The intelligence only reached here afew days since, the communication between this place and points up the coast being very irregular. The steamer Fashion has not yet been heard of, but a sharp lookout is kept up, and should she make her ap"earance she will most certainly be captured. Speaking of fiibusters, re minds me that a sorry looking old Scoten tar, who—a4 it is most tor his interest—ciaims alternately Kaglish and American protection (his right to either is questionable), who has a hut on the Punta Arenas side of the bay, which was used as the headquarters of ‘ William Walker, Presi- dent of Nicaragua,”’ at the time Commodore Paulding re- lieved this country of the “President” and his drunken followers, is endeavoring to hatch up evidence to show that he lost a large amount of property through that act of the Commodores, with a view of bringing suits against both the United States government and that noble old of- ficer. His immediate assistants and advisers are Joe Scott—who is under protection, and snaps his fia- gers at the governmen®@ the United States—and a small specimen of an Engliskman who claims to kaye sustained tremendous logses by the “ bombardment,” and whose sole merit consists in having had the good fortune to mar- ry a‘ Yankee girl.” Ihave some interesting items touch- ing these affairs, which I will retain for a future occasion. From the interior there 13 but little news, and none of interest. Since the arrival of Sir William Gore Ouseley at Leon everything has a most decidedly Englisn hue, leaving the humbug Monsieur Belly and ‘la belle France’ scarce a whine. One thing is certain: American influence is en- tireiy crowded out, and the most marked contempt is openly manifested for the United States of America and her subjects. As to “ filibusters,”’ the natives have not the least fear of them, since the reception speech of Sir William, in which he declared it to be the determination of his sovereign, Queen Victoria, to put a stop to the ‘dis- graceful piratical hordes who had lately caused such de- vastation and havoc throughout this beautiful country.”’ There's “soft sodder”’ for you, as Sam Slick would say; The Viscount de Barruel Beauvert is still looking for ‘“‘ze gran French fleet,” and through the aid of his son Antonio, is endeavoring to convince the native bungomen and the market women that the Nicaraguan flag will be raised in the place of the Mosquito bunting immediately on the arri- val of ‘ze flect,” when, by the instrumentality of Sir William, the whole country will be placed under English and French protection, and ‘‘ze damned Yankees drive away; I tells you zat.” ‘The eftrance to our harbor—which, in consequenee of the extracrainary weather during the season of northers, which had continued unusually long the present season, had filled up to an alarming exient—has begun to break away rapidly during the past few days. The wind has been blowing fresh irom the northeast, changing the cur- rent of the sea outside, while the water from the river has been allowed full and natural sway, carrying away not only the point at the entrance from the sea, but making clean breaches through at several points for a mile or $9 up the sand spit, to the great distress of Mr. Scott, whoso posgeesions are in the most imminent peril. There is already about twenty-four feet of water in the channel, nd soon will be thirty, as usual. IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT. JANUARY 28, 1859. The mail from Granada has just arrived. By asen- tence in a letter which a gentleman has shown me, and which I take the liberty of quoting, it will be seen that the people of the interior are not so fully satisfied as they were that France und England are going to war with the United States on account of their lunacy. The sentence alluded to is as follows:—“Sir Gore Ouseley has informed many influential people that, although he has come for the purpose of making a treaty, he cannot negotiate with the government until they have disposed of the American difficul tie.” This may be considered authentic, as it comes from a member of the Assembiy. It is likewise reported that in censequence of this announcement by Sir Gore, the original Casa-Yrigarri treaty was at once signed, and the mal people who have so long clung to the Belly-de- Barruel idea that France and England would interfere in their affairs even at the risk of a quarrel with the United States, are gradually recovering their senses. ‘The St. Petersburg Imperial Fur Manufac- tory. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Pmitapewara, Feb. 11, 1859. In to-day’s Hxrap, in your article on the fur trade, I observed the following paragraph:— A New York lady, returning from a European tour, deter- mined to bring with her a set of ermine which should surpase everything of the kind procarable on this wide of the Atlantic. Deeming St. Petersburg the best place in Europe, and the im perial far manufactory the best in St. Petersburg for this purpose, she visited that establishment, and there purchased magnificent set of real royal ermine. "Real of course. Who but's confirmed skeptic could for one moment doubt the genuineness of furs purchased in the capital of the fur clad us, and in an establishment refulgent with the glory of the imperial countenance? In New York this ermine set was unt versally admired, particularly for the large round tails which distinguished it from any procured in the city. Snch round tails had never been seen in ermine before. This innovation, however, attracted the attention of one of our large fur dealers, and the real royal ermine was proved to be & most Ingenious mit In reply to the above, I beg to assure you that the person who wrote those remarks has been misinformed, as no such set of furs could have been purchased at the “‘Impo- rial Far Manufactory in St. Petersburg.’ My father, for forty years the owner of this establishment, and now suc- ceeded by my eldest brother, never gold an imitation of any kind whatever; and I challenge the lady and the “large fur dealer’ in New York to prove any such impo- sition of the Imperial Fur Manufactory in St. Petersburg. Tenclose you the signature of my father in his own hand- writing, and every skin has the same stamp upon it many times repented. . If the lady mentioned purchased in St. Petersburg, as stated, that mark will be found by ripping an inch or two of the lining of her muff or cape; if no such mark is visible she has uttered an untruth, and ‘one of your largest fur dealers” may be right, for her purchase may have been made in Paris or London, or possibly ia New ‘ork. By inserting this, you do justice to the oldest and most respectable fur house in St, Peteraburg. IVAN ©. MICHELS, ‘The Case of Mr. Monsalve in Pern. To mmm Coroxen Prerect—I, Carlos Jorjé Monealve, citi- zen ot the United States of North America, seized in the arsenal of this place, represent to you:— That, being on the point of sailing for Lambayeque in the brig Paqueto del Callao, I was seized on board, on the 30th of last December, by the captain of the harbor, D. Benjamin Marcategui, wio made known to me that I was under arrest. As was natural, I demanded of the said Marcategui to show me a written order, based upon artic! 18 of the constitution, which says:— Art. 18, Nobody can be arrested without a written order of a competent Judge; oF of the authority charged with the ooserva- tion of public order, save fora erime in figrante; he, in any cage, having to be placed at the disposition of the’ compelent tribunal within twenty-four hours. Three days ago, Sr. Prefect, I found myself, not arr sted, but seized and shut up in a stall dungeon, deprived of ail comunication, and even of the requisite most necessary for the life of man, the air he is to respire. My posi- tion xs a stranger, my having inno manner interfered with Peruvian politics, and my fall conviction of not having committed the most insignificant crime in the country, make me believe that my imprisonment is without doubt due to old hatred against me, or to persons who, by tread ing under foot the laws of their country, do neither nor respect them. It ig not my intention, sir, to communicate to you, point for point, the tortures to which he who unfor- tunately falls into the power of one who governs without any other rule or law than his good pleasure, is exposed ‘My intention is, sir, to obtain from you my liberty, or at least the permission to give notice of what happened to ma to the Minister of the United States residing in Lima, in order that he may obtain from the supreme government liberty, or m, it by it judge, i cate Tmay bo ood nol of uy 1 pteam digas oy the meantime, I protest before God and men or Jam mato ‘suffer, and I hold the Pe- ruvian government responsible for the losses caused to my mercantile intercats, entrusted to the good faith of the Fs 6h ships on board of which they are destined for forth. T solicit you, sir, to bring this representation to the know- ledge of the supreme government, or to declare whether or not the infraction of an article of the constitution pro- ceeds directly from the Prefecture. CARLOS JORJE MONSALVE. Cattao, Jauary 1, 1869. now ‘ls fl i i f fi & Es 4 5 ‘1; 4 a i a fs it a Hi ii | i i g i I { i if i $ it F tes iF i i é rE ay = iq us £35 = i ZERESE82 shite \s 5 5 PAYMents oo RccouBt uf the pubue debt, we will bave tie following rewu!t — Payments in 1868, exciveve of public debt Payments uot chargeable to current exycms « In applying the pruning knife of retreochiment, toe gare ll Unoooss will have to be terned ehielly to the items Composing thik aggregate of fifty Ave millones. The greater part of th propriations which we bave scheduled above—say eight Of ten millions—can of course be lopped off withont cere mony; but we shoul eti!l have some sixty millions ieft, and it'must chiefly be encng the items comprising the 884,614 we bave sbove ehminated that the otyects of bame | be found 9 10 us tbat the informa! committees that Ungs of members to desiroa” it & question, have rather illustrated “how set to do” what they were doing. Economy, like charity, ought to begin of course at home, for that economy is mos! judic whieh is exerted on details with which the persons yx: — are most familiar. For instance, there would be aa evi dept impropriety omy too exclusively ou the salaries and pay oc ar naval and army officers, ‘of whom are buffeting with bard ship and privation on the solitudes of the ocean or the deeolations of the plains. It is well knows taat the samme talents and learniog produce in other walks of bie higher ‘ccmpensation than 18 received by these officers; aol it is notorious that they can accumulate nothing for old age or rowing families from their pay. Eaucated to their pro- feseions, they are thereby unfitted for the avocations of civil life, and cannot, therefore, resign positions which en- tail penury upon them, to engage in the pursuits of civil life. There seems, indeed, to be a peculiar less and in applying the pruning knife too trenchantly to the the officers of establishments which were founded by. ‘Washington, and which can only be discarded when we discard the wise maxims of prudence that he en- grafted upon the policy of the country. ‘It seems to us that if members are sincere in their pur- Pose of instituting a sound economy in the public adminis: tration, it would be best manifested if they commenced it in their own department of the goverament. It seems to us that the subject of Congressional expenditure presents @ most interesting department for the exercise of the pruning knife. expenses of federal legislation, com- pared with those which attend the legislation of tho States, presont a most striking contrast. Take a single example—that of oue of the States neurest the seat of the federal government. ‘The Virginia Legislature, which consists of two hundred members, expends in a year about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, including all incidental costs and charges of whatever name and character. Measured by this standard the expenses cf Congress, which consists of three hundred members, ought to be, including all con- tingencies, about two bundred and nbn kde thousand dollars—certainly not more than double that amount, or $550,000. They were, however, during the fiscal year 1858—a moderate year—as follow! Pay, mileage, and contingencies. sos, 83,533,523 Cost of the franking privilege to ‘office department.......... Expended on the Capitol Total........ Deduct expenditut standard,., Margin for retrenchment... 1,452,150 15,967 536 — rel Now it have been commissioned by ascertain the muc! - $5,533, To descend from the general to’ a single particular; the 523 pay and mileage of two hundred Virginia legislators, for a session of one hundred and twenty days, is $106,000. Double the length of the session and make the average distance travelled ten times as great, for three hundred members of bryan oe their pay and mileage on the same standard would be $438,000, We therefore deduce the foliowing statement:— Actual pay and mileage of Congress for a lon; session ... tase : tee What it would be if on the Virginia standard... Margin for economy............ seeecees vee S112 018 ‘We are not to be understood as recommending such a system of retrenchment. Woe are only applying some ob- vious reflections on the subject to that portion of the public expenditures with which imembors are personally most familiar, It seems to us that Congress has been very awkward from the beginning ef the present session in conducting its policy of economy. Une of the first decisive things which one of its branches did, was to pass the Pension bill, which it is variously estimated wi!l draw out of the treasury from fifty to # hundred and fifty millions of dol- lars, creating an anbual charge upon the treasury of eight or ten millions, which is equivalent to a funded capital of $150,000,000, One of the next decisive things the same body did, was to = a Homestead bili granting away the public lands to all settlers, campletely stripping them of market value, and dissi- Pating a source of revenue to the treasury which bas been equal during the last twelve or twenty years to an average sum of $6,000,000 per annum. This income represents another funded capital of $100,000,000 yoted away; and thus we have the remarkable fact of a branch of Congreas commencing the session by voting away at ono fell dash funds representing a capital of $200,000,000 or $250,000, 000, and then turning with microscopic zeal upon the monthly pay of subordinate officers and clerks of the government. There is an inconsistency in all this which ig calculated to excite especial wonder. We are glad to observe, however, that more just views of what constitutes economy, and a more just conception of the proper ways and means of effecting retrenchment aro beginning to aseert their sway; and we are encouraged to believe that the legislation of the scasion will yet be appropriate to the exigencies of the country. [From the Washington Union.) THE MORMONS, THE WAR AND THE ARMY CON- TRACTORS. The New York Hrratp, after commenting upon the civil government of Utah and the difficulties incident to the exercise of the authority of the United |, Ox presses the opinion that much of the strife which has heretofore prevailed between the Mormons and the go- vernment hag arisen from the intrigues of army contrac- tors. This is a rough way of overslaughing the events of our history for a few years past, and a coarse method, we should say, of doing ibjustice both to the administration and to the very energetic and upright gentlemen who have been and are engaged in transporting military stores for the army. It may not be amiss, under the circum: stances, to refer to some leading facta in this connection, It is understood that the War Department has sent to Congress a communication covering a proposition from Meeers, Russell, Majors & Waddell, army contractors, to surrender and abrogate their agreement to transport mili- tary stores for the government. I jue to the parties connected with this matter that the circumstances attending the case should be fully stat- ed, The contractors, under varioug forms, have been en- ged in the army service for more than eleven years. ‘hey are gentlemen of high character, and have command- ed the confidence of succeesive administrations, includt that of Mr. Fillmore. When the government determined to adopt measures to enforce the laws in Utah, anticipat- ing a large increase of transportation over the plains, ad- vertised for proposals in the usual way, and took special pains to invite various parties to put in bids to do the work required. After every exertion of the department none were found willing to undertake the immense ser- vice, requiring, as it did, an outlay of more than two mil- Hions of dollars, Under’ these circumstances, tho depart- meut closed an agreement with Messrs, Russell, Majors and Waddell, the old contractors, at rates such ag were deemed fair and just to all parties, These gentie- men, by universal congent, executed the duties assigned them with all energy, promptnees, despatch and fairness, They the coniidence of the Quarter- master’s Department and of all persons connected with the service. Their outlays have been immense, and their profits, it is believed, not larger than what justice and fair dealing would bave awarded them. Under a previous contract, in the first expedition to Utah, running from peace into war, they had suffered the total destruction by the hostile action of the Mormons of three trains, entail. ing a loss upon them of about three hundred thousand dollars, for which have received no reimbursement. ‘were prompt in the performance there eo meek every order of the army, to incur vast ex. penses with no possibility, in many instances, ° corres- ing remuneration. Now these nN propose to gras, th the Secretary far, & annal the contract, to re'enso the government from their obli- under contract to sleep miliious of extraordinary ap: | in legislators exerting their skiii in eco. | port of failure at athe discharge of their duties, still, . seccb et way Woification for their losses’ ot na inc: service on aco, Yt of and produced by the enemy of the United " the time being, they may well appeal renee, De lieved from furtbor service, ness wh.ch are made to depend upon adjast- , are Ot as reliable and useful as many name. present $0 the Country as succinctly ag of a branch of public serviee of the press have indulged in com- ved in utter | rance of all the ed, It is as much due to the people the pastas Una they sould evold Ost pastas should ai og We doubt, indeed, if in the whole his. government, an important work has been with more of energy, integrity, economy, and faith on all ides, in its origin and in its exe- ‘ that which was initiated one. executed by the Departinent ip the transportation of milit ‘stores: of Utah. The labor was fecteive nis duties performed deheate and responsible, and the work all ae despatch and fairness. Itis will find its way into hiatory as one of which, ag the London Fumes says, our pabdlic service for directness the paralyses and stumbling of anti- well, then, that the subject should be ress, and tts events should invite by that means those who have done ght business mea will be rewarded not 3? esd 3 ze i i Hf efi: He Hh = Fy F atl hiln os & PT = i it i inf: ‘endorsemevt by the War Department, is their part, tlupg im the faces of all ¢a- Surrogate’s Office. Before Eaward C. West, Surrogate. The Will of Jacob S. Stout, Deceased.—It appears from ‘the testimony in relation to this will that the testator sat up in bed, signed his mame to the instrument offered for probase, declared it to be his last will and testament, and requested the two witnesses who were present to sub- foribe to it as witnesses. He then sank ina from whieb he never afterwards rallied, but expired the space of tee or Bftecn minutes, and the witnesses did net gm thew ames until all hopes of his (ayn ir been piven up, not only by themselves, but by his famil ‘ane friecods who were present. Whether he ‘actually Droathed bis Inst when they signed, they were unable to state, but they Knew that be was entirely unconscious of ail around baa, This brings up the qaestion whether the | statute requiring the witnesses to sign their names in the presence of the testator bas been complied with, cone bas beew closed end submitted to the Surrogate. Wil of James Dilsten, Deceased.—This is an applica- The | bow te bave a noncupative will admitted to probate. The deveared Was #eeond mate of the brig Starlight, of Boston, Mase, end shipped from the port of New York for Con- stontinople, but be died before reaching that port, While at Sea wed very fiek, he Informed the withesses who at- tended bun thit he wanted all be left behind him to go to, apd be taken by, Samael Warburton, his most intimate friend, whom be eailed his brother, although, in fact, he war bo relation to him. On many occasions be stated to dbim that “he wanted his brother Sam to * The question arising upon this bis declaration be made rived in port? The Surrogate has the matter in the pre- bent case under advisement. Orders to Suspend Enlistments for Cuba. REJECTION BY THE STATE COUNCIL OF THE RECOM- MENDATION TO ADOPT THE PRIVILEGED CONCKS- SION SYSTEM. kee [Trapsiated from Ta Cronica of Feb. 12) Spanish government issu lers to suspend until further notice the enlistments destined for the Island of Cuba, and to continue those for Puerto Rico, ‘The State Council, after three warm debates, in full ses- sion, rejected, by fifteen votes toeleven, the recommenda- ton proceeding from the section for ultramarine affairs of the same council, and suggesting that to the immigration of Chinese into the Island of Cuba the system of privileged concessions should be preferred. That recommendation had | opposed to the auterior resolution issued by the Roy State Conucils. In consequence of the yote re- ferre! to, the counc!| outof its members nominated a com. mission (> mak» (he report demanded by the direction of the sction of ultramarine affairs, in the sense of free competit vg w be admitted for the concessions Of immigration. According to a statement in one of the newepapers, the propositions tendered to the govern- ment for the introduction of the Chinese colonists into the island of Cuba exceeded the number of one hundred. Anovuk ATLANTIC CaRLe PRosEcTRD BY WAY oF PortvGat. AND THE AZORES—BILL ON THE SUBJECT IN THE URS GovERNMENT—The Portuguese government recently submit- ted to the Chambers for their approbation a ie goeies tan Su compen the permission to lay in terri- tory of the kingdom the submarine cable which is to form a portion of the 8 gE : as i i il i ! i | i 8 i Casualties, by Talis... Cholera infantum. Cirrhosis of the liver. Congestion of Congestion Convuleions, infantile, Convulsions, puerperal. Croup. Cyanosis . Debility, adult. Debility, infantile, Delirium tremens, Diarr! Cet er ee ere err me the brain of the lungs... Been onws twee eon tee | Paes The number of deaths, compared tog weeks of 1867 and 1858, and of z Feb, 14, 1867.. Fob, 18; 1868. 5, 1880 lows:— Week ending RECAPITULATION—DIRAREN CLASEED. Bones, joints, &o.. 2 Bullborn and prematere Generative organs... bowels Heart and blood vessels. “ ‘Langs, throat, &e. Old age. Skin, &c., and ~EEte 8&8 hae Fa ‘Under 1 a lto 2 ~% 20 6 ° 6w10 10 to 16 '? 15 to 20 a | 20 to 25 ~t 25 to 30 — NaTIviTi, Poland » § Propeia. Scotland 7 2 ae States ‘hited i E Es “i