imlltillllf
COJLUMBU J)KM0K.T,
BLOOMSUL'RO. MAUCtl 8, Ut8.
Finn ito Berwick Suroriln North.
THU HliTJOVAL
Mr Dtrott;-Uy your cowrie) i
would say a lew words n y"J' rente,
on the loi'n niislwl qui-ftii'n uf R
il, I ttiiitk lint queMiou c.mes no
in such shape beluie. the voiei of
county, thit 11 should raceive their cot'
dial and unanimous support. The f
lowing ie a lew hasty hiuI uusiran&ei
reasons for my entertaining thai -
'l Thell-movsl r-e ftrouudH, Im
i ...tie. Hy the presrrt Hi
nd more up"1-' , m., ,.
ipr a of (he township ol Malnmine
. lo be re-pml the amount they oi ig
inally euhicr ibed for the erection ol
jcublic buildings out of the proceed oi
th-"rr sale ft that amouut is realized.
2. The County by the (hange of th
neat of Jus;ce nets new public building
.(and an acre of land) in place of tb
present old ones, la not this a benr fi
10 the tax piyers? hat them think ol
11 and consult their best inteiesl by vol
inn lor the Hemoval.
a. All the citizens of the Eastern
townships, Briar Creek, Mifflin,
Will save 20 miles travel cvrry time
they are called on to attend Courts,' or
. transact business at the County Seat.
Will not this be a great convenient
nd a treat benrfV? Are not Ihe ex
penses, ihe time labor saved in this re
spect to the citizens ol the eastern town
ships by the change a very evident and
a very important benefit to them? Let
them answer by their voles.
4. The seat of Justice by the change
will be fairly and satisfactorily located
at or near the centre of the Couniy
and is not this very desirable? What a
great amount of agitation the location
of Ihe seal of justice at one edge of the
County has caused for 33 years. The
location was altogether wrong. Let ii
now be altered by the voles of the citi
zens and placed where it should have
beenorigina'ly especially as Danville
can interpose no jual objection.
The bill provides that upon he
tickets voted there shall be the word?
for Bloomsburg,' or 'for Danville.'
Can it be possible that the citizens ol
the eastern townships will vote directly
for D inville' on the opposite side of the
couniy, & compel themselves and their
decendarits(perhaps for half a century or
.. iv. j.,oi,i thorn. ' I cannot and it
uresis they will vote for pulling their
cou ity seat convenient to themselves
where its just and fair that it sho'ild be
and where it should have been put when
the county was ereated.
Til ETA.
minus nil
THE REMOVAL.
This long agitated question is now
about lo be settled in accordance with
jugiice and the wishes of the people ol
Columbia couniy. Ihirty-three year
is a pretty long lease fur tho unjus
location of ihe Seat of Justice, and vvi
truly lejoice lhal it is now in the powet
of the people of the County to pUce
it in a centr al, a just and a convenien
situation. To all the citizens of thi
end of ihe County Ihe Removal ought to
tie acceptable, and we trust to see all o
them cordially and warmly joining to
. t. . a ran i
gemer in its lavor. ine Dentins we
will derive from the Removal are plain
ly lo be seen, and as the measure now
stands, it is stripped of bI) just objection
as any one will see by examining lh'
bill. We get good new couniy build
tngs and we gel them put up wher
fiey should have been in thefiirst place;
nd ail this loo free of any expense it.
tn Wo are not taxed as we will be lo
repair and re-build in case Danville
should coniinue to be the County Seat.
We get rid of pa ing contributions I
the people of Dinville, who oblained
the public building" originally by man
agement and have held them ever since
agamsl our wishes. The seat of jusiic
will be located fairly, and we at ihi
nd of the Couniy will save in fuitue n
great deal of travel, time andj txpenm
in travelling to the Courts and Irartaacl
ing bus'nejs with ihe county offieeis.
More anon. 'Iht Columbia Engui
'Ttr.
SHSESSSHSKT
A REGULAR HEROINE.
It is staled thai the daughter of Jep
MhBh Sanborn, a Judge of one ol the
new Courti cf Iowa, has hoi two full
grown bears the past wintT. The ani
mals came prowling about I er falhet'c
premises in the absence of sny of tlx
men iolts, when Miss S. up with
rifle and shot them. Oh 1 Jepihah,
Judge of Iowa, what a daughter hast
thou!
The Morris Canal Three thousand
men are to be placed on this canal, lo tn
large it lo a capacity for paiiiu sixty ton
I
Boats, j soon aa tlu wta.ler will per
mm mmmm 1 ' ' k ' " mm.. - ' ' r.-r-nz-t
Pass.vou oi' tuu Joint Kesolvtion
nnkxini Texas to tub U, Staths.-
Ve this week present the important intent
eitee of tlifl passage of ihe annexation '
Miiions by the Senate, by a majority 0'
wo votes It will bn seen dial ihtre is at
nendineiilbv Mr. Walker, leaving il op
...iul uoll llill Plt'Mllll'Ill of ihe UniifH
liatra mni'T 111 Blitirtlit
'lllll S " -
Yxi a an overture on the purl of the U
(tales fur admission, or to negotiate nil
hut Republic for Almiioil,Bnd amend
llowiug are the r
.J;"i'tion for annexing Ttxun to
i ' the United States.
Utnlvpil hv ihe Senate and House ol
Itcpri'sr.ntaiive of the United Stales of
lienca in Cuiiurrss ateinl)leil, Thai Ci
on
'teas dotheonsenl that the territory proper
y included within, and rightlully belong
in!! lo, the Republic, of Texas, may be tree
c,l into a new Sitte. to be tailed the State
of Texas, with republican form of tJov
tfrnment, to brt ac'opud by ihn people of
laid Uejtubltc, hy deputies in convention
wgembled, with the coimenl of the existing
ItOveriiniDnt, in order lhal ihe same may
ne admitted as one of the States ol this U
tiinn.
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved.
Thai ihe foregoing consent of Congress is
ijiven upon the lollowmg conditions, and
with the lollowma guarantees to wu
First. S.dd State lo be formed, subject to
ihe adiiisimenl bv this Government of all
questions of boundaiy lhal may aiise will:
other Governments; and ihu Constitution
thereof, with ihe proper evidence ss to its
doption by ihe people of said Republic oi
Texas, shall be irans.nilled lo ihe President
of the U -tiled States, to be laid before Con
areas for its final action, on or before the
firs! day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and forty six
Second. Said Sate, when admitted into
the Union.aftei ceding to the United Statet
all nub iu edifices, lorliucatioiis, oarracKs
pons and harbors, navy and navy yards
locks, magazines, arms, armaments, anu all
other property and means pertaining lo the
public delence, belonging lo saiu uepunii
of Texas, shall retain all llio public fundi.
debts, taxes, and dues of every kind which
may belong lo or bo due or owing said Ke
public; and shall aluo retain all the vat:an
and unappropriated lands lying within itt
limits, to be applied lo lite payment ol the
debts and liabilities of Bald Kepublii: ol
I'exas; and the residue of said lands, af ei
discharging said debts and liabilities, to be
disposed of as said Slate may diiect; but in
to event are said debts and liabilities to be
corns a charge upon the Government of the
United Stales
Third. New Slates, of convenient siz
not exceeding four in number, in addition
to said Stale of lexis, and having stifti
territory thereof, which shall be entitled
admission undt;r the provisions of the I'ed
cral Constitution. And .such Stales ;ia may
ne lormeu out ol that portion ol said tern
tory lying south of thirty six degrees thirty
minutes norm latitude, co tinninlv knowi
is the Missouri line, shall be admitted in u
die Union,' without slavery, as the pconl
of each Slate asking admission may dee 're
And in such State or Stales as shall
formed out of n-tid territory nordi of sai
ttsiiouri compromise line, slavery orinvo
untary servitude (except for crimn slull b
prohibited
When Mr. Archer comiuded
ait. v aiKer moved to amend the inn
ii lit n
resolution by adding turelu Ihe fo.low
mg:
And be it further resolved, That if tli
President of the United Stales shall, in hi.
judgment and discretion, deem it most ad
visible, in e lead of proceeding to submit lh
foregoing resolution lo the Republic of Tex
hs an overture on the part of the U. State-
lor admission, tojnejoliale with that Kepuh
ne; men-
He it resolved, Tlict a Stale, to be form
ed out o( the present Republic of Texas,
with suitable extent and boundaries, am
with two reptesr nlstives in Congress, unti
ihe next apportionment of reprcscntatioi.
snail ne at: in tied into ihe Uniou, by viriur
l tins act, or. an equal footing with the ex
sting Stales, as soon as the teuns and con
littotts of aui'h admission, and the cession
of ihs reinaijiihu Texan triritorv to tin
United States shall be agreed upon by tht
Governments cf Texas and ihe Ur,itrt;
Htates
Sen. 2. And he it further enacted, TIip.
ne sum cl one hundred thousand do
he, and the same is hereby appropriated to
icii ay tne expenses ol missions and in go
lationa, to agree upon the terms of said
aumusion and ccr-smn, either by treaty in
etiomiiteu to me ftsnate, or bv articles to
he submitted by the two Houses ol Con
res, as ihe 'resident may direct
1'he prestincr f(,r an immediate vole unon
his amendment fwhich in subslaniiallv Mr.
nentons last proposition) cavo rise to mmr
funlinn in 1)1 V . . I ., ,.
,,, n,g c-cimc, unu in ine enu.it wa
detfimined to take a rettts'lefore voting
upon ine qiieat on.
Al six o cluck ihe Senate apain sescni
it, w
oieti
Up Hip quention to ajree lo the nmeud
merit of Mr. M alker.afcove staled, ihe voles
were as IoIIowf;
YeasMenprs. Allen. Ad.lev. A
Atlierion, Rby, Btnion Iirfi-
o'qinti, Diekinfon. Dix. Fairfield. !!anni
an, Haywood. Henderson, linger Johnson' 'l'e Dul (,ay ate all numbered, and
Lewis, Mjeflie, Murirk. Miles, Seinph i'mine are not many. God bliss you
Sevier. Sturgeon, T.ppan, alker, ood and preserve you muciOHinns.
bur 27.
Nfjs- M8!si Archer, Darrow, Rates
Uayatd, Rrrion,Choale, Clayton, Crillen
km, Dayton, livatu, I'oster, francis, Hun
mgjon, Jarnagin, Manguin, tinner, Moor
icad, IVaice, 1'hclps, l'orlcr, Rives, Sim
nous, Upbam, While; Woodbridga 25.
So the amendment was agreed to. ,
On the question of ordering linemen
Iteolutions 10 a third reading a" ''
led; ihe vote was as fol'ftshley, lchisoi
Yeas Messrsftit'lon, Miese,liiicliauaii
Atlierion, IWinson, 1 i x , Fan field, 11 anne
lUulaiay wood, UAnderaon, lluger, Jonn
Ion. Lewis. McDullic. Merrick. Ntles.Sem
pie, Soviet, Sturgeon, Tappan, Walkei
Woodbury 27.
Naya Messis. Archer, narrow, Uatec
IViyard, llernen, Choate, Clayton, Critten
len, Dayton, Lvans, l oster, rrancis, linn
ingilou, Jarnagin, Mangum, Alillcr, Moore
nead, I'earce, 1'helps, Toiler, Rtvcs, Sun
mons, Uphain. Wlnnt, Woodbridge 25.
So the bill was ordered lo a third read
I he bill was then read a linn, time a
midst a pin found silvttce; without the yeas
and nays being called tor and passed
I hough the lobbies were ciammed; am
the galleries packed will) an anxious ami
interested multitude of people, a psrfcc
dignity ami decorum characterized the
whole proceedint'a ol this memotablH
night.
The reader will learn from ihe preceding
statement of the Senate's proceedings, that
the Joint Resolution uf the House of Hep
resenlatives for the admission of Ttxas into
die Union, having acquired the support oi
Mr. Denton and others by incoronraiing hi
last project as an alternative to the piovi
sion of the House resolution has passed the
Senate by a majority of two votes; in eflci
bv one vole, as a change ol one vole would
have reversed the decision by producing an
equality of voles
Ihe Itxas reuoluiiuns have passed both
louses ol LoiiL'iesg, 1 he suhiect on
coming from the Senate was immdiatelv
taken up by Ihe House and passed by
vole of 132 lo 70, Various attempts were
made in ihe Housi lo defeat the measure
iu I the friends of il carried it through in
spite ol all opposition
So the amendment of the Senate was
concurred in.
Mr. AcContull moved lo re consider th
ote, and on this demanded the previous
pjesiion.
I he demand for the previous question
wu seconded: the main question was or
d red, and being taken was decided in the
tegative
Thus the joint resolution 'for annexing
lexas lo the United Slates is finally past
ed and only awaits the signature of the
hfsident lo become a law,
TEXAS-THOS. JL'i'FERSQN.
Tlia Globe of ihe 17 h contains the
following Lriter from Thonus JflT rsoi
uMiu,r'j'iiiioV ,
dative lo Texas which the reader will
find important as regards (he piesen
-late cf the case.
Monticet.t.o, May, 14, 1S20
Dkab sin: Your f.Tor of Ihe 3
s lertived, and ;i)w;tys with welcome
these lex's of liuths rrlieve me from
he floating lalnhoods of the public
japers. 1 cnnless lo you lhal I am no
nny for lib non-iai ifioaiion of Ihi
Spanish ticaly. Our assent lo it h:c
troved our tbsue lo bn on ft irntll
erms with Spain; ihrir dissent, the
mbeciliiyand nial gn t orihcir govnrn-
nent towards t3. We have placed
tiiem in the wroni; in Ihe eves of tin
world, and that is well; but lo us lh
tiovtnce of 1 exus will be the riche.n
Stale of the Union, without any excep
tion. 1's southern prl will rn -i k
moro sugir tht n it c:n ron-ume ami the
Ucd river on the north is the luxuriant
ountry on earih. Florida, niorcovei
s ours; every nalion in Europe consid
ers it such of right; iva nred rot c;im
for its occupation in time of ncaee. am!
n war the fitsl cannon tmkrs il out?
h( tit effmec to any body. Tin
lieiKily iidvii.inenl of Russia arm
ranee as well as ihe change i f govern-
mcr.t in Spain, now insured nnuirt
a fuitl.tr and ropeelfo! fo'ht aiancr-.
vl;!e Hicir rtcui-st wil rt btt! tl.H i,!p.,
. . . . i
I preemptive pofsenson, n will I vt
is a rijilit to tlioir approb.rijn when la-
ken in the mnturiiy r,f ciicum!.t,iiiccs
really think, too. that neither the
tale of our finances, the condition ol
our country, ncr the public opinion
urges us lo precipitation into wai
he treaty has had the valuable (fl c
f Blrerg'henirg our liile t;) Texas, be
cause ihe ceMion of ihe I'lcridas in ex
change for Texas imporl? an atknowl
dgement of our right to if. This pro
vince, moreover, the Morulas, and
possibly Cub?, will join ns on tin
acknowledgment cf their iudependenci
a mcafruie lo which tht ir new govern
ment will probably accede voluntarily.
Cut why should I be snyinu all this l
you of whose mind all the ciicuti, stance
I this sfTair have had possession foi
yeai!" 1 (.hall be happy lo see von
'ifrt ""ally, it would be a day of lubi
THOMAS JKITERSON.
'Tltr. TllEMi fM VT TJ1K U. S.
.ia.".!"."..L"'!J
'-iTi wirnov r riiti "
S.1TI IIIK1V, .Wa rh, 8, IMI
ICcmeiiibcr Ihe I'rintci
WIIKAT. CORN, RYE, RUCK-!
WIIRAT, OATS or WOOD, will be re-
:eived for debts due us for subseriplion.
Also a few bushels of POTATOES if
Iclivoied soon
From thosti who have promised Lumber
neb and inch snd a quarter pine boards
ill be rcrrivctl if delivrred soon.
NEW ELECTION DISTRICTS.
The new township of MtlNE, out of
parts of Cattawtssa nnd 1iflltn, has been
made an election district; the township and
general elections to be held at the house of
Isaiah Shuman.
The new township of CENTRE, out of
parts of Bloom ind IJrierereek, lus also
been made an election district, the township
nd genei il elections to be held al Ihe house
of John Hess.
NEW STATES.
The bill eroding the Territories of Iowa
and Florida into Slates, has finally passed
both houses and become a law of the land
I'licse, together with Tcxnc, will inciease
the number of Slates of ihe Union lo Iwen
ty nine.
NEW JUDGES.
Stephen Baldy, Esq. and Samuel Oaks,
Esq. have been nominated by the Govern-
-r, as Associate Judges for litis county.
THE REMOVAL.
In our columns of lo day will be fount!
the Removal bill; il having been sinned b
the Governor, it only awaits the approval
of Ihe people of the county of Columbia, to
become a permanent law of ihe land. Tha
it will receive lhal approval theie ia m
Inubt in the minds of any men at e:I ac
quainted with th 3 feelings of the people
unon ihe question; indeed, it is admitted,
by almost every perbon with whom t
convcrsc, both friends and foea, that ihe
ill will be sustained by a vote of at least
I'WO lo ONE, the crmikings of a few ir.
lividuals in Danville lo tho contrary not
kv'nhalandinir.
To i!sfl bill itself, we would especially
air youreelves, that yon may so understand
,1s piot'iaions, as to be able to refute the
vaiiotta misrepresentations in regard to il,
ihal will be sel afloat on the eve of the elec
ton by its opponents. Il is needless for us
o warn ihe people lo be on their guard
igainst the base siiatagcins of certain gentle
men in Danville, to defeat this measure, a
ittetr loruter course, is so wen Known tiiat
i i til
io man will be surprised at any means
tey may ai.oni even to laKtng el neirrn
'tiles. . e therefore auain repeat, road the
nil fur yourjelvea.
SSI'i "XL'S
Charley took in referring lo thu
net, that appropriaitons have been made lo
(uitii-li ihe i'itjid"ni's hoti-ic, accuses the
lemocratic party of finding fault with the
wliigs for making en appropriation fur tin
ante purpose at the time uf the election ol
Gen. Harrison. This & not Hue. Tin
whijs, previous io the election denounced
he demucraiB fur hovin? extravagantly fur
nis!ie:l the President's House wiih 'wold
peons' bul as soon as Harrison was
beted, changed iheir iune;and declared the
hirnititre unfit fjr use, and made an appro
bation if several thoufaml dollars to ran
Icr it decent. Il was this disgraceful do
eptiun, and not the appropriation, that tht
emoerats found fault will). They said be
uro, at;d they said then, that the house re
luircd new fuinitura, and voted fjr the ap
propriatiou, and did not, like lha
w liig
Come
row one way, and louk ihe other.
'barley, iry again.
APPOINTED.
The Secretary of Ihe Navy has ap
pointed A. U. Wat ford, E--q., of Dau
phin county, to be thu Chief Engineer
f ihe Government works at Mtmphi
Tennessee.
SCARCITY OF MEM HERS.
On Tuesday evening the U. S. SenaL
. .. r ... . .i i. i . ,
nici ai uve o ciock, wnen ine tnair
called Mr. Simons lo order, he being
'he only Senator present. Mr. Simons
I'tii.tttoI nrwl mn.tml , U n ..I.....
"uliiiu, auu iiiuicu II u: ur.HJIC UIMUUI II
h,,, ii.. i'u..:- . .i
"w, me niiii tuu'u nut finer am tnei
,. -, , . n '. an
...wv.w,,, lh uunt i iii nuuu. ul v IV SIMM f..
Simons into a majority and minority,
After a while, however, other Senators
irnved, when the consideration of the'lJuitod States. She wi (I not l l-.mnehi.il
Texas rcsolu'ions was resumed. 'until next season
ORIGINAL.
The June ISug LcKcin.
LETTER III.
Madison, Jan. 25 18 15
Pear Nephew.
To wile away a few H
Ihe idle, nnd therefore tedious hours that
almost uecessaiily hang on the hands of
man of my sge, 1 propose lo write to you
weekly, or at least opco a fortnifht. 1 will
not have news enough to fill my weeklv
sheet; Bnd shall therefore iry to ass'ifl you
in your studies, or attempt to giv
you some information in regard to morals,
politics which (as 1 hope; may be of use
lo you in the regulation of your conduct in
regard to individuals, aud to society in gen
eral Old men are not necessarily gloomy
.' 1.1 1. ...... ...Ill ,.nl
and m ir')ipi anu to i num juk m '
find my letters so grave as lo be forbidding,
though I trust Ihey will not be so light a
to he trifling.
You are now on thai happy, hut danger
ous hillnck in the pathway of human life,
from which men neither look on the pasi
with regrel, on the present with distaste,
nor on the future with solicitude. Review
ing your life from the earliest recollections
lo the present, yon find no dark stain, no
irretrievable error, to rau.e you to shrink
from ihe review. May yon in every pari
of life be able to look back with similar
feelings! The present docs not press upon
you with a multitude of cares to distract and
perp'ex the mind, and the future, 1 have no
doubt, appears to you like a garden ol
sweels ol indefinite extent and matchless
heuuly, opening lo receive yon. Iloppy is
the season of youth, and I hope you enjoy
ill its innocent pleasures; but it is neithei
desirable nor possible that iis peculiar plea?
nres chonld last. Childhood had i 13 raptu
rous delights, but ihey passed away gradu
ally, and without causing you sorrow at
their departure, for you lo9t a taste fur them
You can nnw find no amusement in chas
ing a butterfly, or in riding on a flexile reed.
though you are stronger, nnd belter able to
bear the latigue of such sports now, than
childhood. In a similar manner will the
imnsements of to day, in a few years.cease
to afford you pleasure, but they will be fol
.lowed by the moro solid, and sober engage
ments of middle age I say this, not to
cause you lo neglect and despise ihe pleas
ures of vonth, since that would be to insult
him who has given you the desire and abil
itv to eniov them, but lo leach you, that
manhood l- coming, ami ooi u iu piu-ici m
make some preparations for it
Nature, while we are tinablo to chonse.
hem? ignorant of the r.amre, and relations
of objects around itf, kindly gives to tin
inont triflinj objects, ihe power to charm
A straw i3 enough to call forth a juyoni-
lauhfrom a child yet unable to walk, and
top, a whip or a paper cap delights those a
lilllo older. Nature takes care that tve shah
bo happy while we arc unable to help our
selves, but when our minds become able to
compare, and rhenae between objects she
takes from bulierllies, and tops thair power
io charm us, in order that our happincs
may, to a certain extent, depend upon our
own choice. If you are then to choosp for
yourself, what will best promolo your hap
linens, (in litis woru 1 sum up all your
true interests of every kind) you perceive
il is necessary, that you know the nature
properties and relations of all ihe objects
around you, since without such knowledge
your choice will be only guessing.
What a field uf sludy is before you, per
fecily unbounded! What I have said is only
a round a bout-way of idling you, that
knowledge is of inestimable value, and tha
your happiness, and usefulness in life very,
much depend on whal you hvno.
The liiotiglii that so much remains lo hi
learned perhaps uiav frighten you, as 1
have known it do many oihcis; but yoi
shotiid rather rejoice than giiove. Asbreai
ik tin food of the body, so knowledge is tin
fond of the mind; and as one loaf of breai
will not Eiioiai' the body long, so a small
lock of knowledge will keep thu mind
in healh and vigour but a short lime.
I'hertfoie, when you see that so much re
maim to be learned, you hou!d rejoice in
think that there is r.o danger of a mental
(amine, if you are disposed lo reach out
your hand lo ihe splendid banquet before
you.
Your iifltciionate Uncle,
AMOS CORDON,
lo James Baoiiy. .' J'
'PL. , , r- t
' oeie n iiUW on me eitjrKH at l ntsniir"
: r . r t
iron fnrtv lour gun steam filiate, of a
,,i 1 I till i. U , I. .. . 1 1
jpulted on Li'sul. Hunter's plan. This will
be the lareesi iron vessel ever built in the
Tlu Work of CingreH The 2i1i
'ongrcss closes its session lo day, say? the
Philadelphia Ledger of March 3. Th
iircsonl Congress has been engaged this
session in some very important weasuren,
nuong which are the annexation of 'I'exas
nid the Postage Reform Bill. "The former
itas been carried after the most streiition,
inii determined opposition by a in;jru id'
fifty ix This settles that vexed question,
tlow il will be received by Mexico and
oilier nations cannot bo predicted now;
neither is it essenlial lo know or care so
long as il has been effected honorably and
justly and wiih ihe mutual consent of the
parlies, both of whom were competent to
act for ihe.nselves and had ihe undoub'ed
righl lo do so. The passige of the joint
resolutions will be bailed with enthusiastic
appiobation over the whole country
I'heie is no measure upon which ihe peo
ple were so united none lhal they more
ardently desired lo hi successful' The
Postage Bill has also been passed by both
Houses and only needs the signature of (he
President to become a law. In the Senaie
on Saturday it was amended so as to give
members of Congress the privilege to re
ceive and send letters free of postage thir
ty days afier the session ofCongres3. The
House concurred in this amendment aud
the bill may now be considered a law. It
proposes, as we have already slated, to go
into eli'ect on the 1st of July next. aud fixes
the rale of postage at five cents for any sin
gle letter not over three hundred miles and
ten cents for over lhal distance. This is a
very considerable change; and though the
rates are not so small as some desired and
contended for, yet we think they are redu
ced lo as low a point as would be prudent,
until the experiment ahall be tried and its
operation be more clearly perceived. The
reduction is a step in reform which can be
followed up at future sessions until we have
perfected and procured the best postage sys
icm in the world.
The other Dills which have been befuro
Congress have, all the important ones, been
tcled upon. The General Approptialio n
Dill has passed. The bill making appro
priation for ihe Naval seivice in ihe Senate,
on Saturday was read a third lime and pas
ed. The Army Appropriaiior. Biil was
considered but was not disposed of when
the House adjourned. Il will probably
pass to day. The bill for altering ihe Nat
uralization Laws will not be touched the
present session, and some other bills will
probably remain among the unfinished btt
TU pie-infltB nlonfi of the Texas
resolutions and ihe Postage bill rntiik-s
Congress to the gtatitutlo of the people,
Mr Phatt Chairman of the Comm'ttce
in Publio Buildings, being attacked for ma
king certain purchases for the President's
House, thu3 defended himself:
It is true (said .V . P.) he had directed
i sel of curtains lo be put up in the Presi
lent's House because he was ashamed, and
ivrry decent man ought lo he ashamed of
hose that weie litcre. He had directed
he finest that could be procured; yeg, tlm
finest and most becoming the place; and ho
'old the upholsterer that if the Government
'lid not pay for (Item he would; and ho
meant to do it He did not give llio order
is Chairman of ihe Committee on Publio
Uuilding3 but as an individual, as a private
gentleman; he had taken the responsibility
ind he meant io stand by h; and if lite (io
vernment did not pay for ihe curtains he
would. Ho then turned lo Mr.H. and terv
mphatically asked of him: 'Now sir.havn
k'un ever done so rn uch for your country V
.Much laughter.,)
OREGON AND CHINA.
In the pejition forwarded lo Congress
iy Mr. Whitney of New York-, praying for
grain of l-ind GO miles in width and 2100
n length, from Lake Michigan to il.e Pa
,1'ic; lo aid him in the construction of a
i lihoad through the rranl; and for a sur
ey of the route at the public expense, the
listanrcs are ihus given
Vew York lo Lake Michi
gan 810 miles,
iake Michigan lo the Pa
cific
2.1G0
3,000
2,100
4,100
Total from N. Y, io the
Pacific
rhenee to tfie Sandwich Is-
amis
Sandwich Islands lo Amoy
Llnua
Total from New York lo
Amoy
0,200
17,000
Distance by the present
route
The estimated distance to Japan is CO )
mites less. Time required on the new rout
8 days from New York lo the Pacific 21
days lo Amoy in all all 30 days from N.
York to China. The estimated cosl of the
road is $25,000,000.