The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
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WAHIfINGTON. Dec. 10
Tho report Of the Secretary Of The Tr,s.
ury win cover two hundred pages oforta,o
measurement, aud contain data al aa ,.ntirt
~ original character A. for loan. tIi, e.,
rotary cannot bring his consent a. AJAX for h.
but ho viii present the alternative OF A loan
or an Increase upon our tariff rates AtGr.,
] Was inclined "a think the Pcnutlvania
! Democratic delegation would join the Win
delegation, and vote for modification Of ju.
tlGi upon iron aonc but ! am half inanre,l 20
think, niler carefully weighing the visible
p -rf'r~-urrrturi mr. trHr tIH 1utuinu- wsT,r,-
eel preHalufoly' The Cas- aud Buchhnan
influence r. too powerful for resistance; and
| while tbs influence can be- eXcrtcd coycrtly
| ~ the House, the Democracy will prove all
hcsiYcly obstinate. The holama i well M.
fr7rUFf -tEUtIIrTUTT prurHTIrB tfr- WfIIfT Il,,,
mcnt; Tor II ihc question ever passes the mn.
,'Hl Of the House, and reaches the Senate
General Cnss dare not vote Ht all, II (rarr,
ing out the character Of a modern protcu1i.
designs 60 sqryc the interest, Of the free trajc
and tariff CLASSES 40 the same time. For dis
rr-rrTri 'rrrrr'fU WIN COMING II5,TT NANNY
/ a. the lower body
doubt whether the house will agree 10 A
tlr.i modification, uulrss the legitimate Fr,.
S-4le.- !!-..lI
% the earnest desire, aud vote with tLe
/ Wings Otherwise, the strength Of the Opo.
siiuu cHuuut be overcome.
The Committee on Commerce have given
notice Of biN or eight important bills, which
they contemplate Introducing early in tLc
session, The River and llarbor bill amons
the number and the amount embraced in dc
appropriations g. ~2,O0O,0Ou fhs ronGnns
what J have repeatedly written, that the
Committee were not disposed 90 ipopar,liyc
the tate of q sensible bll, hy adopting the alb.
oriion so tcnaciousy advanced b, Mr. Went.
worth, The other bills, next in Importance
~ ms enumeration, arc--h warehouse bin, A
mll allowing registration to- foreign vessels
under certain circumstances, q bill 10 indcm-
Nifty or restore duties paid on goods burned in
bond, IN Ncw York, in 1919, aud a bill limit
Ing the liability of owners OF vessels, for cas-.
uaiticg aud disasters at sea
autographed YOU today thar the valuation
ol the coinage Of minis OF the United Siatrs
up Ia ilr first of November last aud since the
cstah'ismcnt of the government. was sls6.-
5,2.ouu-o of which amount. tho mint AZ Phil.
"a lrlp.ua coined SlIS,OOO. 600. II is remark.
np'e i''l glt IRON $500 "a lS4G, ,tho total a.
mount Of gold yielded was less than $4,000
ooo, and the average annual depositcs. OF all
Lini' Of currency metal, Gucuding coppcr0
was little over A.6nn nnn -4Iilli..a.
NieId ol the Virginia gold, mines was Sl6O..
'""' 1uu sometimes 10000. por anuum. "
tTru'iN1 hl-'prolucod S500. 600 of gold orc.
hnt has Laiiei!t reduced her Weld to $50. 900.
South 'nroliun, from 10000, has fallen Ia q.
""'' georgia. FROM over SIjO,0OO, has also
decreased ga less than 100000. As for Ten.
hr,''', She never exceeded $4,000; aud now
~l"" Yields are not rare occurrence. Ala
i'''IT' " rJ'r TTF=iTfrrTi IN Tho mafTgf
lou perceive, that had the mines of Caliior.
ma not hcru discovered. we should have been
r"np'licd To dcpcnd upon foreign gold, before
IN""s 1T mas ~ tunes been matter of surprisc
that very little, fany, American gold circu-
laicd ~ coin IN Great Britain. but the cause
Is easy and plain of explanation. By the 4.
"'i,'an standard, we ovcrcstimatc gold (ac-
corning 10 European calculation) TO per.
vent Al.as u
no loss in the operation. our coins are an
melted down. and rc-stampcd with the Eng
liSh expression. II NAV bc calculated in the
rccoinagc OF Sl,00o,00O. what an immense
gam 'h"re would here be, and this is the
whole Interpretation of the matter.
\ statement has obtained circulation North.
that the President recently addressed a l6TIgr
10 Mr hrtchum, of New York, declaring that
ne would rcpudiatc any man-Whig or Dem
"rrnt--who did not wholly advocate and
maintain the principles embodied in the Com
promise bill, and much else that need not
di'ate upon; butt say-and care not who
may have started the storv-thattbc charrr
from first 10 lls:si is fa!sc. No sucb letter was
l,'nn"d--no such letter ever existed. Ergo.
ne statement is false; and the author ought to
nave known that he was attributing TO the
President and the Wing party but a poor
compliment when he gave birth to the story.
4 ii,t'-t vdtuUbfC document has lust been prin-
tou 10y the Senate, entitled "a geographical
an,l geological survey of California" which
tNrl have a powerful tendency toward incrcas-
ing The population already there or Of reduc-
ing its numbers, from the official light it
throws upon the gold dggings, and their fi-
turc temptations. The volume goes into de-
talls' and embraces all that is valuable in SAT-
'sying investigation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
MIR Clay arrived here ON Friday evening
and has already been bcsct by host Of
friends, political and social whose devotion
10 the eminent patriot becomes daily more
earnest rs his span of life draws to its close.
lie looks, well, but time-worn. Mr. Clay vii.
never consent again To enter the arena of pol
tcs. No contingency can arise ola purely
partisan cknractcr which would induce him
10 swcrvc from this determination. He has
declared this intention In no vain spirit, and
hat he will observe it. seeing that he looks
or other than earthly rewards, no one will
10 him the. disrcspect to doubt
Soum CARoLINA.-The Washington cor
respondent of the ~ Y. journal of Com
nercc, under date of Dec. IA, says: