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Correspondence Of the American telegraph
PORTSMOUTH, (VA., Dec. !, 1861.

PORTSMOUTH, (FA.,) Dec. 1, Iooi.t
GENTLEMEN: The surveying schooner William
A. Graham, Passed Midshipman N. Harrison
commanding, came up to the navy yard on
Saturday from cruise in the bay and Chingo-
league inlet. The present officers are relieved,
and Passed Midshipman I. s. Phelps, young
officer of much promise, and well capacitated
for this arduous and important duty, will take
the command -afst-
Many changes have taken place recently in
the psrsonelle Of the navy on this station, and
the following are to take effect in q few days:
Lieutenant Charles H. Poor, inspector Of pro-
! visions, &c., at the Gosport yard, ordered to
the United States frigate st. Lawrence as First;
Purser Samuel Forest ordered to receiving-ship
| Pennsylvania, vice William Speiden, detached
Purser Ed. Fitzgerald ordered to the Gosport
navy yard, Uice John De Bree, detached and
waiting orders.
The Rev. George ID. Armstrong was, on Sab
bath morning, installed as pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, in the city of Norfolk.
Rev. Mr. Vansant and Rev. Mr.. Hodge were
present, and oficiated on this interesting occa-
sion.
The Rev. Thomas Hayes, appointed to the
pastoral charge of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, in this town, by the late Vir-
| Bhiin SohiCrchCC, Pioacncu ioh VIZ iloe aAAS
yesterday morning. The congregation is much
pleased with their new minister.
| William Wallace Davis, who was committed
on last Tuesday, by Justice Baugh, to answer
| at the examining court for attempting to take
the life Of James Potter, was on Saturday bailed
by the court in the sum Of two thousand dollars
to answer at the ensuing session Of the Supe-
rior Court of this county,. G. p. Cooper for
the defence, and James Murdaugh, States at
torney, for the prosecution.
Samuel I. Hartt, late naval constructor at
the Gosport yard, arrived here few days since
on q short visit to his family 1t is the inten-
on the eve of his final departure for his new
station. Mr.. Hartt is deservedly popular here,
and this compliment is but an expression of the
general feeling to do him honor among those
with whom he has been associated. ug Hu.
Shelton F. Leake, the candidate of the De-
mocracy Of Virginia for lieutenant governor,
arrived in town this evening, and is to address
his party in Oxford Hall on tomorrow night,
and on the succeeding day he will visit the
" Great Bridge" in the county, at which a bar
becue is to be provided, and there also address
the people. Political excitement runs high
down here. The feeling among the parties in
40 hardly begins to equal that abroad among
the sovereigns at this time; but it will be short
lived. One more week and then peace and
quietness will again rule-reason will have re-
sumed her throne in the minds Of men, and
hustle and turmoil will cease to reign among
us--at least for o while. Yours SC.
NADRL
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should be admitted. was told by the pres-
dent Of the court that it should be considered
/ was remauded to my dungeon, and heard no.
thing more of the proceedings until to-day,
when have been formally notified that have
been sentenced to eight years labor, in chains,
at Ceuta, in Africa, with payment Of costs
1t is unnecessary for me to enlarge upon the
impropriety of bringing me before q court
martial IN time Of profound peace; on the
injustice Of sentencing me without hearing;
on the utter contempt Of international law,
civil rights and treaty stpulations in my trial;
or upon the wilful disregard, in the manner Of
proceeding, of the constitution and rules Of the
very court which has assumed jurisdiction
over me without right, has tried me without
crime, and sentenced me without defence. The
government that has the power and the will to
commit these acts is beyond the reach Of rea-
son, and my only resource is to appeal to tho
physical power OF our own Government for that
protection which its moral power has not been
able to extend over me, and to ask from my
fellow countrymen such countenance as will
encourage the Executive in the manifestation
Of frmness, and carry some appreciation Of ma
tional rights and national duties to the hearts
Of the INSCRIPTIONS rulers of Cuba. solemnly
affirm that have never had any connexion with
the parties who invaded this Island, and that
the only grounds for hatred to me, on the part
of the government and Spanish portion Of the
population here, are: that am an American; !;
that | refused to abjure my nationality one
year since, when required by this government
to do 80, or to abandon the business was then
engaged in; that succored, SO far as | was
able, those Of my unfortunate countrymen who
we're captives here; and that in the court,
had the independent spirit (they call it auda-
city, to rely upon my innocence and my rights
as an American citizen. 3A Ega
Having been denied justice, / now ask at the
hands of the American government and the
American people, that liberty of which am 30
deprived. All the horrors Of the
Spanish galleys are before me, and my only
hopes are in the sympathies Of my countrymen,
and the prompt action Of our national govern
ment u.s.. THRAsHxR.
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STIMSON g. CO.'S 1av
Ne,o York, Neso Orleans, and Mobile Erpress,

New York, NeU Orleans, and Mo6tte Express,
C0NNECTING with the swiftcst and most Responsible
~ expresses between the principal towns In Maine New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island Con-
neccut Lower Cansds, New York State Delaware Penn
sylvania Maryland District Of Columbia Indana Ohio
Illinois, the Western States generally, the Mssisspp and
Alabama river towns and the prominent places in aeor
ga and the Carolinss.
Our facilities extensive and perfect that we can
secure the safe and speedy transportation OF freight
trunks packages, and valuable parcels from one end or
the country to the other and between the mos remote
points tg air i
From many years experience In the express busi-
ness while connected with Messrs Adams Co., and our
advantages in other respects not the least OF
which ia the conAdence and patronage OF the New York
Community we feel that shall never cease to
give the most entire satisfaction to our fiehds the jewell
iers bankers, and merchants generally
We beg to call attention to our California ExPress
and Mobile.
ofuces; st. Charles Hotel Building, New Orleans, and
10 Wall street. New York. mar xf-u
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WASHINGTON: WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 8 1ss

the Administration does not object to have
foreign ships Of war assist our Government
IN the execution OF our own neutrality laws
upon such of our citizens as may become
iamenable to their penalties. 1t will be per-
ceiyed, also, that the message appears to justify
the terms of the Cuban proclamation-without
however, attempting to explain why an alto
gether different language and spirit were adopted
in the proclamation for Mexico. 1t will also be
noted that the message makes no objection to
the sufhciency of the trial allowed to the fifty
American prisoners whom Concha shot, and
makes no allusion to the treaty with Spain as
having secured to them more deliberate and
regular legal investigation of their case. The
whole of this branch of the message will doubt
less be fully and searchingly discussed.
/. In regard to the financial and commercial
condition of the country, we understand the
message to say in substance: first, that it is in
all respects unusually prosperous and flourish
ing, with a full treasury, and especially with
vastly augmented export trade; secondly, that
all this prosperity is quite accidental and tenn
porary; and that therefore, and thirdly, the
whole system should be changed or-got rid of
without delay!
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THIRTY SECOND CONGRESS-. VI
Term commences March A. 1851, and terminates
March 4, 1868.
Tho First Session opens Monday, December J. 1851.

SENATE uya
The Senate consists of two Senators from each
State. Since the admission Of California, there
are thirty-one States, represented by sixty-two
Senator'S ah The Senators who held over from
the 4th Of last March were forty-one, viz !:
eighteen Wings and twenty three Democrats.
OF the twenty -one new Senators, three are yet
to be elected from the following States: ;si i15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Democratic.
April, 1852. FL
Tennessee Legislature Wing. is
SENATORS HOLDING OVER AND ELECT.
Wings in talic Democrats In romanthosc marked r. s.
are Freesoiers Abolitioniss; o, those elected
Union mem s. H., those elected as Southern or State
Rights men.
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THE CHRISTIAN STATESMAN.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. g

Devoted to African Colonization and Civilization,
to Literature and General Intelligence.
FNHE undersigned propose to publish, in the City of
u Washington weekly newspaper, bearing the above
title, and dedicated to sound morality in Politics. to the
Union of the States, to the of African Colonization
and Civilization and to all topics Of high and general
interest to their country and mankind. They will
deavor to impress upon the People and Government of
the United States and of the States the Importance
of colonizng in Africa with their consent the free
people of color Of this country and such may become
free They will communicate to the public ali important
they may obtain In regard to the Geography
Exploration, Resources Commerce and Population Of AT
rca the state of the Slave Trade and the best
adapted for its suppression and will enforce the duty Of
union among all Christian denominations in efforts to diff
fuse the knowledge Of Arts Liberty and Christianity
among the barbarous people Of fthat Continent. 1at
They will aim to render the journal instructive and
useful Family Newspaper, and to for its columns,
the public favor shall enable them contributions lite
rary and scientific, of decided merit
THE CHRISTIAN STATESMAN will be Of the size Of the
Home Journal or National Esd and exceed in size the
te0e,cer or the linton of this city; and with but few
advertisements will be nearly filed with matter designed
to be of interest to its readers.
1t will be printed with new type, fine white paper,
and in mechanical execution, be equal to the best
papers IN the country.
TERns.Tbe Christian Salesman will be two dollars
year, payable in advance
Posmasters others, who may be pleased to act as
voluntary agents. will be responsible to those who may
pay them subscriptions and the order of such
Christian Salesman, it win be supplied the following
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The government of Sa1ony has seized all the
journals which contain reports of Kossuth's re-
ception in England. In St Petersburg the
Gar allows the newspapers to publish any
amount the publishers may please Of the pro-
ceedings from the English journals.
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NADRL.

Who PASSES BAD MONEY ?--It is said that
during the whole period of the Worlds Exhi-
bition the bad money received amounted to 900
in silver, and half sovereign in gold. The
half crowns were the most usual bad coin; and
it is q noticeable fact that nearly all the bad
money was taken on the half crown and FIVE
shilling DAYS.
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The toyshop windows are beginning to "show
out Christmas" causing the little ones to net
tie their patience for the coming Of the holf-
days Some of them are already beginning to
tense their mothers for long stockings.
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nay" The ship Benjamin Howard, Of zoe
tons, is loading at Boston with cargo Of ice
for California.
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BLACKWOoD'S MAGAZINE,
AND THE
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.

BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEWS.
nWING to the ate revolutions and
each other in such quick succession, and of which the
end not YETI the leading periodicals OF Great Britain
have become invested with degree OF interest hitherto
unknown. They occupy middle ground between the
hasty disoned and necessarily imperfect records of the
newspapers and the elaborate and penderous treaties to
reads these periodicals obtains correct and connected
count of all the important political events OF the Old
World they and learns the various conclusions
drawn from them by the leading spirits Of the age The
newed attention to the works they publish and the very
low prices at which they offered to subscribers The
following Is their list, viz:
tbs LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
The EDnSBURGH REVIEW,
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW,
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW, and
BLAcKwooD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
In these periodicals contained the views moderately
though clearly and firmly expressed Of the three greatest
parties in England-Tory, Whig and Radicals Black
wood" and the London Quarterly Tory, the Edin-
burgh Review Whig, and the westminster Review"
Liberal The North British Review its establish
ment to the last great In Scotland
and IL not ultra in its views any of the grand
partments Of human knowledge 1t was originally edited
by Dr. Chalmers and since his death, Ia conducted
by his sonnaw, DIR. Hanna associated with Sir David
Brewster Its literary character Is Of tho very highest
title only, Is published in England under the title of the
Foreign Quarterly and Westminster" 1t being in fact
OF the Reviews formerly and reprinted
under separate titles 1t has therefore, the advantage by
this combination of uniting In work the best features
Of both, az heretofore issued.
The above Periodicals reprintedn New York imme
diaely their arrival by the British steamers in beau
tiful clear type, fine white paper and faithful
pies Of the Magazine being an
act fac amie Of the Edinburgh edition.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPECT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,.
With regard to the vote by States, which only
occurs in case the Presidential election is re-
lferred to the House of Representatives, the fol-
lowing is the result thus far:
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Prentice's Louisville Journal celebrated it's
twenty first anniversary on the Oath ult,
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Counterfeit $40 gold pieces are very hume
rous in Cincinnati.
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Messrs Foote and Davis, Of Mississippi have resigned.
OF the members elect, and those holding over,
thirty -four are Democrats, twenty-one are
Wings, and four Free-soilers. OF the Free
soilers, Hale and Seward were elected by a
union Of Wings and Free-soilers; Sumner and
Chase were elected by Democrats and Free
soilers combined Dodge, Democrat of Wis
oonsin Fish, (whig,) Of New York; Foote,.
(Whig,) of Vermont; and Wade, (Whig,) Of
Ohio, are also put down by some as Free-soilers
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Good preachers give fruits rather than flow
ers.
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The Postmaster Generals Report.

Tho Postmaster Generals Report.
The Republic makes synopsis of this docu-
ment, from which we extract the following:
Further Reduction of Postage.-The Postmas-
ter General disapproves of the disposition man
duction in our inland rates of letter postage,
before the results Of the last reduction are
properly ascertained. He points out the dis
similarity in the circumstances Of this country
and Great Britain, and maintains that the re-
suits of the system now in operation in Britain
admonish us not to attempt further reduction
until justified by our revenues. Looking at our
entire circumstances, the sparse population of
immense sections, and the extent and expense
Of the area traversed by our mail routes, he
concludes that we have, beyond all question,
the cheapest postage in the world.
Priuate Maas.-Attention is called 10 the ex-
tent to which the revenues of the department
are prejudiced by the operations of express
companies; and the revision of the laws appli-
cable to the subject is proposed, with the view
of making it highly penal for persons or COM
panies to carry letters on certain specified routes
outside of the mails. Other penal enactments
are sought to protect the property and opera
tions of the department.
abuse Of the FTanhing PrivRege.-The increas-
ing abuses of the franking privilege are noticed
as another matter requiring legislative action.
Severe penalties are suggested to prevent the
franking as public documents things which are
not such, the distribution of franked envelopes
to persons not entitled to the frankng privilege,
and various similar practices.
Tvpru oyaA, So A n
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Idynispts 10 De made IN all cdscs IN ddpdnCe.
ASrRemittances and communications should be always
addressed, post paid or franked TO the Publishers
LEONARD SCOTT a co,
70 Fulton street, New York.
mar a. Entrance "a Gold st,
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The first number Of this paper may be expected to APP
pear early in August It desired that those who
disposed to further its great Objects by their patronage
should indicate their wishes before that time Orders and
communications addressed post pad to Gurley Good
loe, will receive immediate attention.
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Old Wines, Liquors, Segars, Fresh Foreign
'3 Fruits, Comestibles, ETC.,
FOR SALE BY
JAMES T. LLOYD,
PsnnsylVdnia dueaue, doors east Of Fifteenth street.
may lily #tf .aU st
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

The House consists of two hundred and
thirty-t three members and four Territorial dele
gates. These delegates, however, have no vote.
Annexed are the names Of the
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ENLARGEMENT OF THE cApIroI.-

ENHANCEMENT. OF THE CAPITOL
IL The COMMITTEE on Public Buildings of the
Senate, having been authorized by resolution OF
that body, to invite plans accompanied by esti-
mates for the extension of the Capitol, and to al
low premium Of 1--WE hundred dollars for the
plan which may be adopted by the Committees or
Public Buildings of the two Houses Of Congress, ,
accordingly invite such plana and estimates, to b,
delivered to the Secretary Of the Senate on or be
| fore the first day of December next t .f +.
| 1t is required that these plans and estimate,
shall provide for the extension of the Capitol
either by additional wings, TO be placed on tn
north and south of the present building, or by tn
erection Of separate and distnct building, within
the enclosure to the east of the building.
The committee do not desire to prescribe an,
! condition, that may restrain the free exercise o
prefer, that whatever plan may be proposed may
| have such reference TO and correspondence with
the present building as to preserve the general
symmetry of the entire structure, when com plete
Although but one plan can be adopted, the com
miuAe reserve to themselves the right to form such
plan by the adoption Of parts Of different plans
submitted, should such course be found necessary in
which event, the committee also reserve to them
selves the right to divide apportion, according
TO their own judgment, the amount ofprcmiurn to
be awarded for the whole, to those whose plans
may in part be adopted, according to the relative
importanc. and merit of each part adopted.
r. M. r. HUNTER, o'
JEFFERSON DAVIS, IA
f.4r.Ir.-i JOHN II. CLARKE, a.
Committee Of the Senate on Public Buildings.
SENATE CHAMBER, Both September, 1850.
N. B, The several daily papers published at
Washington will please insert the above daily for
two weeks, and send their accounts to the Secre-
ary OF the senate oct 2
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THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
II OF THE

cOC II EkNN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of MAYS
1850, under its original name-instead Of Riehard..
Heekly Gazctte--as more significant of it's peculiar
character, It beng the only weekly organ OIL tera
ture in the entire South! 1t is - - IT.
e Greatly Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thrty-two Columns OF
matter, Il is, moreover, IN an
Entirely .Neo Dress lo'' ~ e.
from head to foot" and upon beautiful wniss
paper, so that, in mechanical excellence II /. not
surpassed by any paper whatever In the TINTED
States! IL continues under the same Editorial
direction as heretofore, and no pains or expense
will be spared to make it f. ~ .,..i.f.,T' - I.
a Choice Family Newspaper,
as cheap as the cheapest; and as good A IN.
best! Utterly dscarding the notion that q
southern journal cannot compete with the North
ern weeklies, In cheapness and interest, % ~.
The Southern Literar~ Gazette - tga
rivals the best of them in all the char,-ter,s,;r, ri
truly valuable Preside Journal Its aim h the
diffusion Of cultivated and refined taste throuehcs,
the community-and it embraces in in annie
folds ever species of intelligence that can tend to
this result. - ~ $3.50 - =
Original Contribution.
from many OF the abest writers in the South
chiefly occupy it's columns, but not to the excu.
SION Of choice miscellany selected from the best
American and European sources 'iff @i' h1Tsf@f.
The tone Of the "Gazette" ia indep.nden, =.
criticism and in the discussion Of every legitimate
topic, but II ia strictly fl. ol itis'a3'T-l~ ~
'a Ftus'ut IN Politics sNd Religion a. tts- ~,
Its columns are occasionally e,nbellished with
h Southern Portraits and Lsy'dsoapes, $3.50
engraved expressly for the work, and nccompa-
med by biographical and typographical sketches
/ os., .s, It's General Information Fi7tu
iIs copious, but carefully condensed from The.
leading journals Of all parts Of the world sl-Wes
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size.
and attractions Of the paper, it is still published AZ
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JEFFERSON DAVIS,
OHN II CI ADKD
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY LAND

OBTAINED for the officers and soldiers of the
" Revolutionary war, or their legal representa-
uves.
Pensions for life, for the widows Of such
GERS and soldiers who married previous to 1900
Bounty land for the surviving, or the widows.
or minor children Of deceased officers and prvn,es
who served in the war Of 1912 with Gres, Br;
tain, the Mexican war, or in any Of the Indian
wars, since 1890. ,an
Attention paid to suspended nd rejected claims.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
otherwise no charge.
Communications eddrees4l 20 the subacrhsr
Washington, ID. c will receive prompt attennon
M. THOMPSON,
Commissioners Of Deeds for North and Som,
| Carolina.
| Refer to the heads of Departments, ami i,
members Of Congress generally. :. a' "'tt '
Oct 4--twtf