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CON Ores SION AL.
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.

Correspondence accompanying the message Of me Prssi
dsni Of the United States, Of Nay llth, 1886 on d.,
srishng relations bst,Cssn the United STATES ana
.Merieo
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TREASURY NOTES.

Nothing has equaed the ignorance and misrep-
resentatons lately layshed by the partisan presses
on the fiscal transactions Of the government.
In late number of the New Orleans Jeffsrso.
man we came upon the following article taken from
the IN. o. Tropc." ".uOrs Than hundred thousand
treasury notes are daily prepared at The Treasury De
parimsnt."
This idle fiction is thus coolly noticed and ex-
posed by the Jeffersonian on the 18th September
ave copy the foregoing from the Tropic of Mon
day. If We are not mistaken, the law does not al
low Of the issue OF treasury notes of less denomi'
nation than SO dollars. According to the Tropic,
therefore, over FIVE MILLIONS OF Treasury notes
daily prepared at the Treasury Department. This
u.s. allowing all the notes to be Of the lowest denomi-
nation. But As there must Of necessity be a great
many Of a larger denomination, il aecords with
reason that if the Tropic speaks true there be
some seven or eight millions manufactured daily
Truly the TroPe draws largely on the eredulity Of
the people"
The "New Orleans Tropie' has the egregious
folly to "draw (further) on the ereduiy of the peo-
pie, and to add, by way Of comment on this article
from the "Jefersonian:" swell, suppose this to be
sorrect-viz the issue Of Ave million dollars daily
does il prove the first statement untrue assuredly
not. The paragraph does not say that this opera
ton will be kept up for year. or for any given time
The law authorizes the issue Of these notes TO an
amount not exceeding ten millions of dollars 1t is
not improbable that the secretary is hard up and
in order to keep in funds despatched the whole
operation in two days. This may explain the whole
matter"
Now the whole number of treasury notes, issued
since the Goth Of August last when the issue first
began under the late law Of Congress- may be stated
,hns.
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will find that they have the means Of supplying for
eign markets in competition with the British manu-
faetuTer. Mr.. Appleton maintained that they car
do this already Ihe reduction of the duties will
ia a manner, o6lige them TO do it, as well as make
the undertaking more easy.
"Thus, neither will our mills cease to turn Out
their products, nor the work people be deprived
Of wages and bread, nor the capital invested IN man.
ufactures be lost, in consequences Of the new larh
On the contrary, our mills will be driven with great
er activity the workmen will be better paid and the
capital invested will be made to give employment
and wages to greater number Of people"
Then, where is the RUM And why should there
be any PANIci And why the threatened REFEAI
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VERY LATE FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

BY the arrival Of the fast.sailing ship Courier,
Captain Wolfe, from Rio Janero, after a very quick
passage, we have received our usual file Of papers,
to the I'd ult.
We find nothing, however, of any striking inter
est. No news had been received from the Rio Plata
later than that we have heretofore given.
The empress of all the Brazs, and child, were
doing "as well as could be expected"
1t was understood that the Senate and General
Assembly would close on the Sd ult. During the
present session various acts Of much importance had
been passed by the government aud legislature, es-
pecialy those regulating the national troops, and
those respecting the division Of the provinces.
The formal de Concrete mentions the murder of
Jose da Silva Mattos, for so years a merchant in
Rio, by a man named Manuel a slave, who
when captured, stated that he was commanded to
commit the crime by his master. Great excitement
prevailed on the subject amongst the citizens of
Rio.
The United States frigate Columbia was in port
officers and crew all well.
Rumors were ahoat that the mission of Mr.
Hood had entirely failed, and that he was trying to
negotiate with Gen. Onbe, the besieger of Monte
vldeo. We doubt much the truth Of the story
NJ Y. Herald
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FORCE OF THE MEXICANs.

A letter from President Paroles to General Arista,
Of the 18th Of April, found in the baggage Of the
defeated general after the battle Of Resaca de Ia
Palma. In this despatch, the president Of Mexico
appears full of confidence and yaunts. He boasts Of
the "vaant army" which Arista communicable
promises himself) victories upon victories, to gain
which you may count upon thousand elements
of success" He asserts further, that "our enemy
is overcome with fear, and there is no doubt that
they will all become our prisoners"
This was one voice from the Mexicans After
the battle, we heard another-Santa Anna, in his
proclamation, represents the Mexican army as made
up of the refuse of the troops and as sent upon the
expedition for the purpose of being beaten and
bringing the form Of government itself into con-
tempt
Then follows the late attempt of the "Monitor Re-
pubcaHo to overrate the strength Of our troops in
the battle and underra,e the force of the Mexicans
1t estimates our troops at l20 and the Mexicans as
not more than $3.50. The Mexican journal esti-
mates our regiments to be 900 strong. There
never was more deceptive statement put forth.
General Taylor, in his despatch of the 18th May
says, "the strength Of our marching force on this
day. 1.-THE 9th of May, the day of the battle of Re-
saca,) as exhibited in the annexed field report was
l73 officers and 2,O4s men; aggregate 2,222. The
actual number engaged with the enemy did not ex-
coed l,70O.
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We lind in the New York Express of the 5th in
slant, a most furious assault upon the Postmaster
General. The temper and facts of the article are
extraordinary. 1t displays an animosty too per-
sonal, think, to be felt by the editor He is evil
IDENTIFY in this instance, the instrument of the i'll
feelings of others.
Mr. Johnson is assailed not only as Postmaster
General, but in his general standing and course as
public man from the outset of his career in Con-
gress. His sin is this: He has devoted himself to
the general interests, instead of the interests of the
particular and exclusive few; he has sought to pro-
tect the rights and claims of the people at large in
stead of promoting those Of classes and monopolies
and where the latter have attempted usurpations
upon the former, and sought gain and aggrandze-
ment at the expense Of the many, Mr.. johnson,
whether in Congress or in the Post Office Depart
ment, has resisted them.
The first specification Of misconduct as Postmas-
ter General, refers back ITO the commencement of
his official career, to decision he made in the spring
ofls45, that the New England and New York con-
tracts, then up for reetting, should be assigned to
the lowest bidder without regard to the mode of con-
veyance, other than what was necessary for the
mails and without being subject to the requirement
to take the stock OF the old contractor. This is
charged by the express" as being against law,
and for the purpose AMI with the effect of injurng
the low-postage system. This charge is made in
the very face of the new postage law, the 18th sec.
ton of which repealed the special privileges before
allowed to the old contractors, and required the
routes to be let to contract in the precise mode
ried out by Mr.. Johnson, so as to lessen the ex-
Pense falling on the owpossge rates, or in case Of
their insuciency to sustain it, upon the treasury And
the congressional documents show, that this mode
ofettng those routes resulted in saving of s252, 730
year-reducing, by that amount, the deficiency in
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BALTIMORE. Oct. 8. lsI6.
To he EailOr Of the Union:


To The EaiL0r Of the Union:
members Of the wing party here, on account of the
results Of the election that took place yesterday.
Those gentlemen who had the good fortune to be
returned for the legislature, have, perhaps, some
reason to congratulate themselves upon their sue
cess. The result Of the whole election, however,
cannot certainly Be claimed a party triumph.
The returA show that the whole vote Of the city
was not given. We are justified in concluding that
the deficiency existed mainly on side. The nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Kennedy excited the interest aud at
tention OF the whole Of that party Of which he has
30 long been the leader in this city. The whg VOTE
thus called into activity, was generally given in
Of particular man with his own party is in fact
the only question proved by the result
IL Is idle 10 claim his election a proof OF the
success or influence Of tariff principles The question
was hardly noticed upon either side. The only ex-
citing topic was the question Of State reform and
even this was angudly discussed by the candidates.
What should have made the real vote Of Baltimore
different from what il Was1 Here, at least, no in
furious effect can be charged upon the new system;
for believe that there is not a single instance in
which workman has suffered from the prospect Of
change.
Our State elections, unhappily, when they are not
for individuals who have large share OF appointing
power, or on occasions when the general politics OF
the country are highly excited and warmly espoused
by the candidates for election, exhibit in general
anguid and careless action the part Of all voters.
The result, In this instance, has accidentally favored
some OF the vhig candidates. That il has done so,
s, we repeat matter Of graduation TO those elect
ed, but OF no momsnt 10 the party in general
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THE ARMY OF CHIHUAHUA.

The "Houston CTexas) Telegraph" of the 10th
September has the following paragraph:
awe learn that an express passed through Port
Lavacca about fortnight ago with dispatches for
General Wool, and it was rumored that these de-
spatches were intended to delay the march of the
division under the command of General Wool upon
chihuahua, in consequence of the opening of nego
tiations with Mexico. This report seems in some
degree probable, the express arrived at Port La
vacca but few days after Mr. Habersham, (wio
was the bearer of Mr.. Buchanan's letters to the
Mexican minister of foreign affairs and Commo-
dore Conner) reached Pensacola his way to
Vera Cruz"
Another Texas paper processes to give similar
statement on the authority of gentleman who had
it from the lips of General Wool himself at Antonio
de Bexar.
We understand that there is not the least particle
of truth in this statement. He has received no such
ORDERS nor does he intend to act upon any such
idea.
Official dispatches have been received from Gen
Wool, as late the 18th September from San Anto-
MO, which state that everything is being done to
hasten the march Of the troops from that place, and
that boats for the transportation of the army across
the Rio Grande, which is reported to be high
would be ready in the course of that week. He
probably made his forward movement by the 2lst
of September, and before this time is full upon his
route to chihuahua.
General Wool was to send forward his advance
GOO regulars and 1000 volunteers) on the 2lst,
22d, and 23d; the remainder of the force, not ex-
ceeding 1900 men, to follow Immediately after
His route would be 10 the Presidio, Santa Rosa.
thence to Chihuahua, and he might probably take
Monclova in his route-t being only about rs
miles from Santa Rosa.
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HE RIsHTs OF sLAvEHoLDERs.-The supreme
court Of Ohio have in the consideration of the cues
ton involving the consttutionality of such of the
laws Of Ohio designed to secure the fugitive
slaves from arrest, reafrmed decision of the Su.
preme Court Of the United States, by which it was
declared that "the owner off slave, either by him
self or agent, may pursue, arrest, and return him
to the State from which he fed, without the aid OF
the State authority; and that all legislation which
nterfres with embarrasees such arrest is uncon-
stitutonal and void all legislation on the subject be-
ing exclusively vested in Congress-
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BY Telegraph, o O'Clock p. m.
To IL. EJsIo. .fII. JL.s...

City-HouSe Of Delegates, two wings anC
three democrats; KeySer, whig, elected senator
by one majority. Baltimore county, entire in
dependent democratic ticket elected. Carroll county
four independent wings elected. Frederick coun
ty, entire wing ticket elected. Washington
county, wing senator, three whig delegates,
and two democrats elected. Queen AIMS, all
wing. Hsrtfort, democrats and wing Cecil, the
democrats elected the senator and delegates, snt
the wings one delegate. Allegheny all democrats
by 100 majority. Ann Arundel, three democratic
and two wing delegates elected.
The returns are just in. Allegheny county has
elected the whole democratic ticket.
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that II is impossible, or that accidents have oeeured
but abuses the Postmaster General for not requir-
ing more speed between Philadelphia and Baltimore
where it cannot be obtained and where the despatch
now is greater, considering the state of the road,
and other difficulties, than through New Jersey He
denounees the Postmaster General for the arrange
ments that require arrival at Philadelphia by III
O'Clock, p. M, when such were the pre-existing
rangements Of the company required by It's general
business and interests and voluntarily adopted and
successfully performed for the six months preceding
the last but the increased expedition, still less than
is given several other roads receiving less COM
Pensation, the Postmaster General cannot grant an
additional allowance for because the department now
pays for the use Of the road all that the law will
permit Mr.. Johnson refuses the extra allowance;
and now what have we Witnessed in the last thirty
five or forty days. One day the connection is made
at Philadelphia, the next day it is broken and the
mails are flung into confusion over two-thirds Of
the Union. This is done on the approach Of the
annual elections. The United States Bank played
the wanton game Of expansions and cOntractons
when it designed operating on the public mind. We
erVenty hope that the railroad company do not in
tend to follow this pernieious example.
In saying that the Postmaster General will not
apply a corrective, and has not even complained to
the company, the Express is evidently speaking
without the prompter. And when il eensures the
Postmaster General for not ordering the mail through
from Boston to Washington in twenty -four hours,
it forgets that il is defending and justifying the
principal railroad on the line for refusing to run
fast enough to get through in forty hours. Why
not perform what's required, instead Of yaunt-
ing how much more could be done if we had diff.
ferent man for Postmaster General Are we TO un-
derstand from the Express that the company as
pires to the appointment Of this officer as well as
the travelling postmasters, and makes that condi-
ton before they will comply with his arrange
mentsl
We trust that the rejecting and moderate men in
the company will see the folly Of the defence set up
for them, and Of the il marks out that they will
leave the powers Of the government to be exercised
by those to whom they are delesatedi and abandon
their claim to a compensation condemned as extrav-
sgant by the general fthe nation express.
ed in its laws. The people entitled to mail be-
tween their two greatest cities, by the most erped
tous facilities, and to be carried according to law;
and no doubt is entertained Of their sovereign abi-
ty to accomplish it, consdtutionaly and efeetually,
too, in time by other means than those Of the pre-
sent companies, should they refuse their agency.
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From Tuesdays N. Y. Evening Post.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Contract Office, Oct 5, 1916.
GENTLEMEN: In reply to your memorial relative
to the failure Of the mail from the south to reach the
steamer Cambria on the 1st instant, the Postmaster
General insructs me to say to you that he deeply
regrets so untoward occurrences; and that the
whole matter will be thoroughly investigated, not
only with view to ascertain and suitably to deal
with those who in fault for the past but if pos
sble, to apply suitable and sufficient preventive for
the future.
have the honor to be, gestlemen,
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
s. r. HOBBIE, LIST Asst. p. M. G..
Messrs Prime, Ward & King, and others, of New
York.
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We give the article OF our correspondent place
in our paper. But he must excuse us for not at
tempting to answer his questions. They are purely
legal ones, which must be passed upon by the officers
of the government in the discharge Of their official
duty We do not claim sufficient legal knowledge
to be able TO advise them or our correspondent in
such matters.
To The Editor Of Tie Union.
SIR: In your paper Of the 2lst ultimo, by request
Of some of the departments presume, you call the
attention Of claimants against the United States TO the
provisions OF law passed at the late session OF
Congress-, depriving such claimants Of the right OF
receiving, by their attorneys in fact, any money
thereafter allowed them by resolution or act Of Con-
gress-unless their powers of attorney
l. Shall be executed qtter the date Of the enact.
ment allowing the same;
g. Shall rstsr 10 the resolution or act allowing the
same;
3. Shall "srprsssiy rsete the AMOUNT allo,osd
thereby"
L. Shall be attested by f,oo competent witnesses;
s. And be acknowledged before an officer author
lied 10 take Acknowledgment Of DEEDS and
/ 6. That it shall appear, by such certificate, that
such officer read and carefully explained such power
10 the maker thereof! ..
As this law deprives claimants against the United
States, who are 80 unfortunate as to be compelled
to 90 TO Congress for their just dues, and who are
thus singled out from all other claimants-of the
rights enjoyed by all other citizens in their dealings
with the government, and imposes upon them sew
era unusual, expensive, and announcement burdens
and delays, to which other claimants the gov
eminent subjected, you will confer obligation
this favored class Of your fellow-czens, by pro-
curing and publishing for their information an
swers to the following inquiries which seem natur-
ally TO arise upon the construction Of the act viz:
/. As this singular act is Sin derogaton of the COM
mon law" and sets up a partial and unusual guar
didnship Of the debtor over the eredtos-of the gop
erent over particular class Of its creditors-and is
in restraint of common right, ought it not to be
strictly construed
O. As the act positively requires that the powers Of
attorney to which it applies "shuH expressly rece The
AMOUNT alioiosd thereby" can it properly and legally
be construed to apply TO cases where the resolution
or act does not ''the amount allowed" any
amount-so that it is impossible for claimants to
comply with this positive requisitioni
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an IMPROVED ENGINE OF sLAueHrER.--A very IN
genlous cannon has been recently exhibited in
Montreal, invented by French Canadian gentle
charges itself, and can be made 10 FIRE ebopt sixty
shots per minute. The model shown was worked
by asmall crank by the hand.
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Brevet Brigadier General SC
w. w. 8. Bliss,
Assistant Adj tant General"
General Taylor states, too that the Mexican force,
according to the statements Of their own officers,
taken prisoners in the affair of the 9Th was not less
than 5000 regular troops, with 10 pieces of art-
lery, and probably exceeded that NUMBER the rreg-
uar force not known"
So much, then, for Mexican arithmetic
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The Secretary Of the Treasury has been in this
city several days, and understand offered to sell
the deposit banks treasury notes from three to four
millions OF dollars, bearing interest at per cent. per
ennum, which proposition was declined. The
banks offered TO take them at per cent per annum.
Tuesdays NJ Y Evening Post.
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7.626.0OO
4,ssO.64O.OOO

By the conquest Of New Mexico and Santa Fe
there has been added to this Union population es
mated at 100000 souls, mostly Indians. We esti-
100000. New Mexico contains the best cold mines
on the continent also silver, copper, and iron mines
Agriculture is carried on by extensive irrigation.
Tor which the mountain streams afford great facii-
ties California is said to contain valuable mines of
coal, IRON, zinc, gold, and quicksilver; but for agri-
been overrated, the protracted drouehls of summer
having thus far baffled the skill OF the American
people,--N " Sun,
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sI,953.95O

So, instead Of the issue OF seven eight millions
daily, the government has not issued two millions
altogether, within the last six weeks
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MARYLAND ELECTION.

The Baltimore Clipper Of this morning states,
that yesterday was delightful day for Inc election
and we pleased TO learn that perfect quiet was
preserved al the several polls in this city The re-
suit of the vote given will be found in the adjoining
eOumn-from which it appears that chas. M. Key
SER whig, has been elected senator for six years by
a majority Of five votes, and that John p. Kennedy
and A. b. Patterson, wings, and F. M, Baughman,
Elias Ware, ir., and Nathaniel Cox, democrats, are
chosen delegates by small majorties. The result
has astonished both parties. The democrats during
the day appeared sanguins Of a decided majority,
while the wings generally conceded that their op.
ponents would be successful. The whole number
of votes Poed yesterday was l4,sl6, being los less
Than pOed last fall the congressional ticket"
The Baltimore American says, "the total votes OF
the delegaIeR elect are "A f1liOws.
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We publish the following communication from
sincere wish to oblge Gen Green, without ntsndiD,
10 commit ourselves in favor Of its general prom.
siuons. Most of his queries would call forth much
valuable information in relation To the present stat.
and extent Of the railroad system in the United
States, and we trust that they will be promptly an.
swered for general information, without reference to
the changes which Gen. Green projects.
~
To the Editor Of the UniOHI
enclose herewith circular, which have 0d.
dressed TO persons interested in railroads in Nm,
United States. My wish is that the subject should
be brought fully before the public; and respectful.
y ask the conductors Of the press TO aid me in do.
ing 1t.
Yours, truly,
DUFF GREEN