New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Presidents nIessnge and Accompanying
Documents.

The Presidents Messnge and Accompanying
Documents.
dispatch from Washington to the Courie,
says
The Presidents Message has been in type since
Thursday 1t occupies seven columns of the
Republic.
On the question of Slavery it sustains the basis
! of the adjustment OF last session is conserya.
tive, and strongly favorable to the Union. 1t
treats the Fugitive Slave Law fulfilling con
stitutonal obligation, and advises if inperfec.
tons should be found to exist in its practical ope.
ration, that such amendments should be made sc
! justice and prudence should dictate.
The President deprecates agitation, and recon-
mendh attention to the practical affairs Of Legls-
! lation.
On the Tariff the President recommends
specific duties, instead OF dd ral0ren bone
valuation, in the event of failure to obtain the
former. He also advises ambulatory appraisers
| in any event, for the detectonrot frauds, which,
under the present system have operated seriously
against the revenue and American manufacturer
| To the coal and iron interests he recommends
| special attention.
Rivers and harbor improvements and other sab
iects of national interest, are properly considered.
The Report OF the Secretary Of the Treasury is
not prepared ard may not be sent to Congress for
week It will be able, and full in details con.
cerniDg the Tariff and Commerce, aud about rs
! long as Mr.. MEREDITH last Report
There is entire concurrence between Secretary
CoRwIA and the President on questions OF do
mestc policy.
The Secretary of the Navy will favor the sys-
tenn of Mail Steam Marine and recommend n line
from San Francisco to Macao.
The Postmaster-G General will recommend a uni
form rate OF postage OF three cents when prepaid,
I and five cents otherwise He also recommends
reduction OF postage to California and Oregon;
reduction on newspaper postage within one hun
dred miles, and reduction of the rates on pamph-
lets and magazines.
All the Secretaries Reports ready and
printed with the exception above named
MIcHIcAS-The new Legislature of Michigan,
it is now understood, is divided as follows
Senate Wing ) f. S 3; opp. Is.
House % 81
1t is by no means certain that Gen Cass has
majority of followers in the Legislature, though it
is probable Gov. B AIRY is understood to be
rival candidate for the L. S. Senate.
For Congress, the majority of Il. j. Penni-
man O. s. Whgl in the Ist District is about
l,sOO of c. f. Stuart Opp in the lid, some 375i
of ]. l.. Conger (Whg) in the Hid, about 200
These may be slightly varied by the official
Returns.
fy We give this morning, in addition to the
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INTERIORS;, SECRETARY OF WARS, and Posi-
MASTER GESERAL's ANNUAL REPORTS, all within
few hours after they were communicated to Con-
gress. They will all be found interesting and i'm
portant. We tender our thanks to the President,
Postmaster General Cd Assistant, Fitz Henry
w arren and our own Postmaster for the excel
lence of their arrangements and the efficiency and
courtesy wherewith they were executed
GEoRG1A--The result of the Election for Dele
gates to the Georgia State Convention, far as
heard from, is the choice of lao Unionsts and only
"a Disunonlsts
IEUTzE's PAINTING OF WAsHINGToN CROSSING
THE DELAwARE.-The Art Union Bulletin for
December, which appeared yesterday, contains
extracts of letter from Leutze, dated Dusscl,
dorf, Nov. TO- which gives account Of the ac-
cident to his great painting OF Washington
! Crossing the Delaware, mentioned in yesterday $
Tribune. We copy the following paragraphs
81 write to you with heavy heart and al
though not bowed down by the misfortune, still
| grieving for frustrated hopes My picture OF
w ashington is so much injured that must give
up all hope of being able to finish it without
mencng it entirely anew, Five days ago, having
| Just put down my palette to leave for dinner, |
was startled by cracking noise behind me, and
on turning, saw the flames bursting through the
| floor OF my studio. The apartments below We're
all on fire. All hopes to eXtinguish it seemed
vain Nothing else was left but to cut the picture
from the frame, the fire spread rapidly to all
appearances, and the smoke became so dense as
to make stay in the room for any length OF time
impossible 1t was the last thing we dd-the
rooms were already cleared of everything. We
succeeded perfectly in getting the canvas down,
cutting it from the frame and rolling it, but the
I ~, +lair1 aa1 cd
/ it so roughly that it broken in more than five
places and no chance of restoring it left
" | am particularly grieved to think how much
longer | shall be detained from going to America
! have even thought OF going at once and pant
ing the picture there. Already | have ordered
once as soon as receive 1t. Nothing shall de-
ter me.
The picture was insured in its unfinished
state for 3 900 Thalers.
d" l am just interrupted in this letter by the ar
rival OF the deputies of the Insurance Company
who brought me the money They will las ac-
cording to their statutes the injured picture is
their property dispose OF it by way OF Lottery
for the benefit of the wives and children of the
militia of Prussia who, under the present warllke
appearances may soon be left without their male
protectors. Ten thousand chances will be made
at one Thaler per chance. The copyright will
be secured to me, as also six months possession
Of the injured picture to assist me in the repe.
tition. The size is 20 feet
inches, by l2, or nearly 10 feet in hight"
Friehtful Railroad ColIision-One or More
Persons Killed
The Emigrant train which left this city at 10
o'clock this morning for Buffalo, came in collision
with the down Mail train about one mile west OF
Byron, on the long curve. The Emigrant train
was going very slow, but the Mail train was IN
full motion
We have not been able to gather many Of the
details of the accident as the Railroad men have