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land force arrests those who make for
the shore. Notwithstanding, however,
all that has been done, and all that is
proposed to be done, by the energetick
representatives of the Spanish nation,
we learn, by the report of the captain
of the Delegate, that the pirates not
only increased in numbers, but audacity.
The British squadron sailed from Ha-
vana on the Sd, on cruise.
From HE National Intcihgeneer, Dec. 1871
Don Jose Manuel Zozaya was pre-
scented yesterday, by the Secretary of
State, to the President Of the United
States, as Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plen,potentiary from Mexico.
He was accompanied by Colonel Don
Anastasic Torrens, Secretary OF ine Lee
cation, who was also presented to the
President by The Secretary of State.
Samuel Smith was on Wednesday last
elected Senator of the U. S. from Ma
ryland, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of p.r. Pinkney.
James Peasants has been elected
Governour of the State ofVirginia, for
the ensuing year. The votes were, for
Mr. Peasants Isl, for George Hay, 81,
Tor Linn-Banks, a., Scattering 8.
James Madison was put in nomination !;
but it appearing, from statement made
by member, that this illustrious citi-
zen could not be induced to accept the
office, if elected, his name was with
drawn from nomination.
The election of Mr.. Peasants to the
office will leave a vacancy III the Senate
OF the United States, of which Mr.. P. is
now member
From The albany Daily Advertiser, Dee. 49,
Of all the standing and select com-
mittees, appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives Of the u
nited States, at its present session, not
single member of The 90 representing
the first State in the Union, has the ION
our Of being chairman. From what
cause can so singular a circumstance
have arisen? The speaker being a Vir-
ginianeould not have occasioned his en-
tirely overlooking the State of New
York.
Letters from Washmgton.-Mr. Walsh
has commenced the publication of his
Washington correspondence" Wheth-
er this gentleman has actually CORES
pondeht at the capitol, who furnishes the
letters in the National Gazette, purport-
ing to come from thence, or whether he
manufactures them in his own closet, is
a matter of little importance, They
are amusing, to say the least, and we
hope to see them continued during the
present session. En-. E. GALAXY
The following paragraphs are from
the Correspondence" of the 9th inst.
{" need not dwell upon the present
composition of the two Houses. The
proportion of new members is small
the rest made themselves sufficiently
known last year. Perhaps they have
resolved not TO harangue so much, or to
admit of so much haranguing, as they
did Lhen-but what is bred in the bone
will not come out Of the flesh" Multi
farious speeches are to be expected !;
long and short; direct and devious ap-
posite and irrelevani-some members
must try the kind of rhetorick which
they have chiefly studied at home, viz.
that which an ancient Greek teacher
defines to be the art OF enabling an ig-
norant man to speak among the igno-
rant, with more appearance of knowI-
edge than the man who is master of the
subject under discussion.
" When you perceived that Mr.. Rus
sell was selected as the Chairman of
the Committee of Foreign Affairs, were
you not struck with this evidence of
the tact, the scnvoir faire, of the Speak
er of the House Of Representatives?
You are aware that the Chairman of
that Committee should be in confden-
tial relations and frequent communion
with the Secretary of State. You
know too. the dispositions Of Mr.. Rus
sell and Mr.. Adams towards each other.
Whether the Speaker had an eye to
the greater efficiency of the Committee,
or TO the comfort Of the latter Of those
gentlemen, is not TO be ascertsined.-
Some iIl-natured people whisper that
the choice was made in the Same enir;t