The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-12-18
WASHINGTON, DEC o.

The reelection of Mr.. Mason, as u. S.
Senator from Virginia, is very gratifying 10
the people of that State. and will be so to
gthe South generally. 1t is regarded as an
evitence of the fact that, though acquies-
cling in the comprolnisc,a as q whole, Virginia
will insist upon the strict enforcement of
thnt$part Of il which so much concerns
Virginia, and of which Mr.. Mason was the
prominent promoter, if nottthc fa,hcr-ihc
Fugitive. Act.
ltiBeYidept from The reports submitted
to Congress, and from the consideration OF
other facts, that the debt of the United
States would now be, il the French and
Mexican spoliatinns were provided for, and
sorne honest, claims paid, over q hundred
millions OF dollars. IL is evident, also, that
The expenses OF the Government are fast
increasing, and are netlikely to: be dinin-
Sisltea JIG Us q lse, certain that for a long
i si 81 ifllIGf sia IL l 5ste fsSsnGe. me az
Inmates of deficiencies for 1851, aud Of tho
appropriations for 1852, amount 10 S:is,00u,-
600. The additional expenditures for 1881
and for ia, must be Of considerable amount
Many persons are, therefore, beginning to
ask themselves where ali the revenue
wanted is TO come from! Must commerce
be burdened with the whole amount OF
yearly revenue wanted! Must loans be
asked for, or must direct taxes be resortcd
to! MIR. Corwin, | suppose-tor his report
is not yet out--wili discuss all these mat
tiers. 1t is understood, however, that he
rejects the plan of new loans, which his pre-
dcccssor, Mr.. Meredith, had relied upon.
MIR. Corwln no doubt, urges Il resort to
: specific and higher dutics--which project,
both with tic present and next Congress,
is out of the question. Whatever dcficicn-
cy may occur in the receipts during 1852
and 3, will he left to be provided for under
the next administration
The Senator elect from New Mexico,
Major Weightman, and tho Representative
elect, Mr.. Mcsscrvy, are here, and intend to
present an application for a recognition Of
the State Government. which was formed
last summer. OF course, Congress will
not heed it. The Territorial government
wiilsbc8put in operation, under the act which
Will take effect when the assent of Texas
10 tho proposition of Congress shall be
formally communicated to Congress. New
Mexico will then be entitled 10 elect a
Delegate. There are not wanting numbers
OF applicants for the federal offices in the
new territory.
> The Collector Of the port Of Ncw-Iork,
Mr.. Maxwell, sent TO the Secretary of the
Treasury, n week ago, a list of fifty Gus.
ON House officers, 10 be dismissed as
Seward men. The removals have no,
yet been decided upon.
Should Congress approve OF the proicc,
Of creating additional grades in the Army,
including the rank of Lieutenant General,
they will also probably assent 10 the nropo.
cjtion fDr crpotip6 turn Ronr A l,,ir,I 81.
Navy, and the rank Of Com,nodores. Onc
Admiral is TO command on the Pacific. and
the other to supcrintend the pcrsDuai of the
Navy here. The reforms suggested by the
Secretary Of the Navy viii greatly promote
the efficiency OF the naval service.
Many persons who have visited Califor-
ma officially, or on private enterprises, are
now here, and give no very glowing picture
of the prospects and condition of the land
OF gold. They agree that men OF business
capacity and ample capital may succeed,
ana that individual laborcrs, possessed Of
great industry and endurane of hardship,
may still thrive, but that as to the vast ma
)orlty OF immigrants they cannot, and do
not prosper, nor even make n subsistence.
All that California has returned, or will
return IN gold, will not be half equal to the
u'i'ouhl VI Cupital Wtlch the Immigrants
have withdrawn from the United States. to
say nothing of the value Of their productive
labor Withdrawn from products at home.
The aurilerous quarts is a humbug. There
is little Of II, and none that will rcpny the OK
pcnso Of working. The surface gold is.for the
most part, exhausted, and that which re.
mains, soon will be. This might have been
understood before, when the surface gold
was thought incxhaus,iblc. The Jumps,
scales, and dust of gold which were found
on the surface, were disintegratcd by ma.
tural processes, from the rocks in the course
o! some five and twenty centuries, perhaps,
and it will require that length Of time to re-
produce the same results. The country,
says one intelligent observer, will begin to
prosper when emigration and gold hunting
shall siackcn or cease.