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1propristies Of life, pour upon Gen. Tsylsr
a ceaseless food Of unfortunate remisders
lof their services in his behalf-of their tri-
ais, their sacrifices, their poverty, and heif
peculiar fitness for. the desired ofsces
We saw a man, yesterday, says that pa
Fer, who came all the way from Erie coun,
lty, New York, to lay bis claims befofe, Sen.
Taylor, for the Office Of Postmaster in HE
county. This enterpi ising gentlemssa wore
a white hat and h~omespan clothes, and We
ara happy to assure his distant friends that
he has seen She President elect, and fore4
stalled all his rivals for the Aforesaid otsceg
To be sure, his resources are pretty well
exhausted, and having come down in fiat,
boat from Pittsburgh, he is d little spIPIis-
ed to find thathe cahnotfeturn By the SAND
cheap conveyances; but we assure his fami-
lily he viii be well taken care Of; and trans2
United home in time to enter upon the en-
IjoyfnentS ofhis comfortable Station. Speak,
ing Of Offices we understand that Mr., ia
cob Barker receives daily 10 many appIcs+
tons from persons living in New York, ,fof
his influence d their behalf, that Me kss
two thousand copies of his late admirable
letter to the Concoi dia IutelligeBeef struck
of, and dispatches a copyutO each spplis
cant. r, IT.. .44 -. 1ast, . as
Report Of the Secretary Of the Tre0su,
|'y.-Mr. Walkers report is published. II
is very long aud unquestiouably, able, con-
tanning a great mass of important inforns-
ton. The total resources Of the year, in-
GLIDING q balance Of 81, 70l 1851 on hand at
its commencement, were sos, 3s4,701-to-
tai expenses $5e;24i, l67-balsnce in the
treasury $I53,535. At the close of mex
year it is estimated that there will be on
hand a balance of - S53 694--in ls5O,1it
is put at So O4O SAP. The secretary states
the average annual revenue under the tariff
of 1912 at 1923 1876 20S-that under the tar
if Of 1886 at $50 9O2 4ss. The secretary
recommends that all products and fabrics
may cross the isthmus of Panama, under
the provisions of our treaty with New
Grenada; that foreign goods may be :aksn
from our warehouses and landed in our
ports ON either ocean OF the gull, in the
same mahnel that goods now w~arehoused
in any port, may be taken into and re~are-
housed in another port; and that reciprocal
trade be established with the Canadas in all
articles She growth, manufacture OF pro-
Iduction of either country:-7# sT 1888 IN
The. secretary advises also the detsch-
mentof the Indian Office and the pension
Office from TIE wax department; thAar Of the
patent Office from the state department; and
the organization Of them all under. a new
head, to be called the secretary Of The inte-
|+io+. The whole expense would not ex'
coed $780, 900 per annum.
RuilrOad ucr0ss the Bhmus IF Panama.
A company has been formed in N. York,
for building a railway from the atlantic to
the Pacific, across the Isthmus Of Pansma,
and the following gentlemen selected as
trustees, viz: .sss.e3
Gen. Winfield Scott, Cornelius W. Law.
renee, Esq, Matthew Morgan, Eaq., SAM
|uef Jaudon, Esq, Judge VIM. Kent.
The grant from the Government of New
Grenada, the controlof which has been Sc!
cured byi John P. Adams, ESQ.,; Consul Of
the United States at Lagusyfa, Is limited to
'ninety-hihe years, and gives the following
advantages, viz: "-j1e4
81 Au cACluSiS0 SlBuL VI NdI aCEUsS
the Isthmps, with the right to use grstuit-
Ously all the public lands lying on the touts
of this road. 5sayH
ed. An absolute gift of sO6,0OO acres Of
public lands, to be selected by the comr
Pany.
Sd. All the materials used for the roads,
as well as effects of persons employed
thereon, are declared free Of duty: : All.
4th. Two points, Wig: one on the Atisntic
and one on the Pacific Oceans, which shalt
be made the t~urfaini of the road; sGta de-
claIed free ports. ~, ... 81; h si;s
The preiiAesry surveys viii be pndss,
immediately, BY VIM. Norris, ESQ,
Engineer, and it is Supposed that the rail-.
road can be finished and ready for opera
ton within tao years from this dste.a ass
A pledge, made for GEM Taylof by John
Crittenden, of Kentucky, at the ratifcs-
ion meeting at the city hall in Washington,
sbont the 18th June. 1888: s. $50 1T .
Mr.. Crittendsn said; in substance, that
lie mr.. c. had seen a letter in Gen. TsyG
hr'S hanAvrifino in which Il, T.I