The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-11

WASHINGTON, January 0, 1913.
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The report on commerce and navigation, for
the past We ar does not show he whole trade, az
several districts did not m Ike their returns in
tlme-such as Bufto, &c This is the more
remarkable, as the commercial year, in the re-
port, ended on the 30th OF June last, whilst the
report Itself was not laid before Congress till the
9th OF December, more than five months after.
"A little lightning would not be out of place
amongst these lazy officials.
AS proof OF the capacity OF the mint at Phila-
delphia, it IS stated that, notw III standing the
immense amount coined there during ~, the
mint was not more than half the time empIoyed
Thu klng, however, Of one Of the Pacific Islands,
gave The m mt folk chance Of employing If
they hid desired II, by sending an order for a
thousand dollars worth OF copper coin, to be i'm
pressed with striking likeness of his savage
majesty, wrapped up IN an old blanket The
unfortunate monarch's request vas not compiled
with, end his subj cts obliged to coutioue
the trucking system, Instead of having hard
currency # her own
The Union, publ sh d this morning. il com.
forting Itself with the " Tamaullpas manifesto"
which It saws II 60 procured from distinguished
Office. and that Il is just received from Mexico"
Toe Union considers the manifesto az proof posi-
tive that, g though W. have entered M-xico as a
conqueror, yet the Meyicans are 50 much hap.
pier-so much safer in their persons and pro-
perty, nodtr the wlrg of our eagles, than they
are und.r The rule OF their oppres, ors, that they
VIII scarcely he content again with their own
exactlng military institutions. Many of the
Mexcans, Indeed, beg our army not 10 leave
them, but 10 protect tn. m stll against their own
military oppressers and robbers" Mr. Calhoun
could not have been aware Of his when he spoke
on Tuesday, or, II he had, II would have
strengthened his argument for the mme date
Withdrawal Of our troops, there Is gr-nt dam
GER, II they arc kept in Mckee much longer, the
, nors and Senorrttas Will become so attached
N hen hoy MI Of th,t-, hno III
BY the way, the Union Publishes this document
a great piece of news, which II has Just re-
ceived exclusively; The Herald, however, pub
lished the same Thing in New York some ten
days ago. So much for the enterprise of the
Washington press.
Theatrlcas are hourishing here. We dropped
into the Adelph, The other evening, and saw
Shak speare dome almost brown The play was
" Romeo and Juliet" and we were not only
aston shed, hut delighted, at the many improve
ments introduc into the immortal bard's play.
We could almost fancy we saw The ghost of old
Shakespeare himself holding up his bones with
amszement at the points. The sie' Hrce was
Perfection, the Maid of Munster" lee esented
by great actress-of some two hundrss pounds
weight. Now, although this might suit n Chi
nese, 1t evidently was not appreciated by an
American audience, and more especially as her
lover, who wore a pair of dlngy white unmen-
uonables, was thin enough TO represent the
starved apothecary IN the play The curtain fell,
and we retired, fully Impressed with the truth of
the expression that "we are a great people"
The Geographic exploits of the Herald during
The past week, are spoken of BY every one here,
from the President down. We have heard it
mentioned a remarkable proof of the excel
sence OF Mr.. Cal houn's late speech, that the
authorized version is about half as long again as
when it was delivered in the Senate This
proves concusively that seed planted in good
ground will increase, &c. If we may offer a
suggestion, we think it would not be bad plan
#, for the future, speakers would have author
ICED copies OF the speeches q e. what they mean
to say, and not what they do say ready before
hand, AS in this lightning age, the words
scarcely out of their mouths before they are
hundreds of miles oh-printed, read and can
vassed, whilst their echoes are still vibrating in
the capitol. 3.