Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-01-16

Sacramento ITa1ScT1 pit 4th NaUehl-
her,
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Commercial Advertiser, fur
nishes the following list of bills which the
Committee on Commerce in the House in
tend to introduce during the early part Of
the session. The list is given on the au-
thority of the Committee, and it is furth-
er stated that the passage of these bills will
be warmly pressed Among them are
several of very great Importance, and we
trust they will be adopted
A bill to limit the liability of ship own
ers in case of fires and collisions at sea -
This is a bill of great Importance, and
necessary fer commercial enterprise and
prosperity.
A bill to return duties paid Oh goods
destroyed by fire in l645, in New York
y bill to establish free trade with Can
ada and to opon the free navigation of the
ST Lawrence
A bill to grant registers to foreign ships
when repaired to the amount of three
quarters the value
River and harbor bill west and east Of
the mountains-amount S2.O00000
y bill enlarging and periecting theware-
house bill
Homestead Exemption Laws have been
enacted in Maine and Vermont
The present strength of the army in
Ireland is $4,000.
The number of persons exiled from
Rome, since the return of the Pope, is S.,
600
Three persons recently killed ffty-fve
aligators in one hour, on the Red river in
Louisiana.
The public debt of the United States
on the 3Oth of November, was S64,228,-
238.
1t is in contemplation in Edinburgh to
employ paupers in the cultivation of waste
lands
The estimated expenses of the Govern
ment for the year ending 30th of June,
1852 are S48, l24,993.
According to the State valuation. the
property in Massachusetts, is estimated to
be worth S59O,OO0,OOO
Mr. Calhoun's manuscripts are to be
purchased for the South Carolina Legis-
lature, for the sum of $4,000.
The expenditures and liabilities charg-
able directly to the Mexican war, and the
acquisition of territory consequent upon
the treaty of peace, amounts to S2l7,l75,
SIS.
The food, raiment, furniture, &c. con
sumed in this country, amounts to about
500 for each individual. From So to 81
are of fereign productions
The Mormons have formed treaty
offensive and defensive" with the Utah
Indians. many of whom have been bapti-
zed in the Mormon faith.
COPPER MINEs-The amount of copper
in the rough, which was sent down from
Lake Superior, in the year 1850. is esti-
mated at 2.680,OOO About 1000 opera
tives will be employed the coming winter
In 1853, when the next Presidential
term begins, Mr. Clay will be seventy-six !;
Daniel Webster, seventy-One Mr. Benton
sevennty-one, and Gen Scott sixty-nine
Mr. Buchanan being a bachelor, it is not
thought delicate to allude to his years.
ECLIPsEs There VIII be four ecIipses
in 1851, two of the Sun, and two of the
Moon. But one of them will be visible
throughout the United States-a partial
eclipse of the Moon. July 18th. a total
eclipse of the Sun, July 28th, will be Wis
IDLE in part Of New England
There are in Lowell Mass, twelve man
ufacturing companies, with capital stock
of Sl3,2I0,000 The number Of mills is
fifty; spindles, 319,945 looms, 9,985 fe-
males employed $500; males employed
3.744; cotton consumed per week, 653, 900