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WeanesdaY Eve'na. Dec. a0. 1872

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W4sHrxcroz GcssR@The Washington
correspondent Of the Philadelphia North A.
merican says that It is quite certain that the
Northern and Southern ultras have come to
a good understanding, and that conferences
are to be held within a short time between
secession leaders in Congress, and Mr.. Jno.
Van Buren,. and his set. The appointment
Of Mr.. Dix to a seat in the Cabinet would
not be opposed by the Southern Democrats.
On the contrary they have signi6ed a will
iingness to see him selected, asking a SINH
lar compliment to Col. Jefferson Davis as a
set of. There are to be some curious COM
binations before long. At present, posses
sion Of the spoils is the engrossing topic
The Ratchet can be buried until an equita-
BILE distribution can be made. Whether
the contest will then be renewed in its an
cient f~erceness remains to be seen. Such
incongruities cannot be permanently re-
coaciled. They may harmonize as they did
in the recent election, when a common OBJ
ject is to be achieved, but such a union can
not subsist while human passions and am
biton remains unchanged. The strife
for ascendency in New York grows more
animated and exciting every day. And it is
asserted upon reasonable authority that the
friends of Mr.. Dickinson would more will
lingly see the Cabinet mantle fall upon the
shoulders of Mr.. Dix--with all his free soil
antecedents--than any restoration should
occur in the person Of Marcy.
From another source, we learn that the
debate on the Presidents message in the
Senate promises to become very interesting.
1t was opened in a statesmanlike speech by
Senator Mason, of Va, and was followed by
Gen. Cass in an able exposition of what the
Democratic parry considers national law.
Mr.. Mason said that for himself, repre-
senting a portion Of this confederacy as deep
ly concerned in the future relations of Gu
ba Is any other, he was willing so long as
Cuba remained a possession Of Spain, that
she shOH4d remain SO, until Spain, by her
voluntary c~ession, or Cuba herself shall
break The ties binding her to the mother
country, ahd propose voluntary annexation.
Then she mast be ours.
He denounced all maraading attempts. or
designs on Cuba. Cuba was as much the
property of Spain as New Mexico or Cali
fornia wasthe propartg If the u sited States,
and nil tie dictates OF b~onesty. ~nutional
character, &c, required that the rights of
Spain should be respected--sclupnlonsly re-
gardea.
Mr. Cass followed in earnes -sapppOrt Of
the views OF Mr.. Mason, ia repadietion of
of fibusterism, of the acts Of Mr.. Law. and
I'm fsR0r,e Of axe aoeuisitiOa of CMba IN the
proper maUUer. and at The proper sire- 3Ee
commented at large upon the subject Of in
tervention and manifest destiny, Gnd the fu-
tpre relations Of the United Suites with the
wqrld.
MIR. Underwood followed, ~lqyihg'dOvm nit
views on flibrsterism Ond progress lie
was in favo sf developing the ~fntcrnah We
sources OF the Union, rather til Rn' extending
it's CO Iai0rial limits
The House win MOI, this session, prss un-
other River and Harbor bill Eight lAndsed
Thousand dollars OF the sum appropriated 10y
the bin Of ahe last session is to be expended
dufingt Che next fiscal year.
INFLUENCE OF RArLRoADs.--Thc WASH
Sn0ton R,ovbEr in 1he course Of an article
upon the tendency Of the American Railway
System, has the subioined Tefnarssc
"The eendeYrcy Of railroads to aevehp
local business, and to equalize the vake Of
land for agricultural purposes over a COM
paratively large surface, is strikingy ialss-
trdted in the business Of the MASSACHUSETTS,
lines. The returns of the passenger and
goods traffic shows not Only that the dis
tances which they average are, in compar-
isoH, seAall, bat are constantly increasing.
Although the number Of passengers has
more than doubled FROM i84S to 1851, the
average distances to which they are trans
ported have diminished one-hfth. With the
exception of the Western road, the average
distance travelled by passengers is less than
two per cent. Of the aggregate length, in
dicating clearly the rapidity with which
lateral connexions are formed with lead
ing lines, and the extent to which the means
of cheap and prompt travel multiply both
passengers and freight. Not only have
railroads largely increased the radius OF the
country which pours its produce into the city
marts, but they have diffnsed the city pop
ulation over a larger surface; in both ways
creating the traffic on which the stockhold-
ers rely for profits on their Investments
Boston affords a case in point;-the increase
Of its population in the ten years ending in
1850 having been sixty-6ve per cent, while
that Of Of the seven towns. each within FIVE
miles ofthe city, and accessible by rail-
road, was eighty-o one per cent. Great as is
the increase of passenger traffic on all the
railways, it is exceeded in proportion by
the increase Of freights. In this respect the
experience of Massachusetts tallies with
that of South Carolina and with that of the
Erie Railroad.
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1.-THE wisdom Of the policy on the part of
the Government in granting land to aid in
the construction Of railroads is placed be-
yond doubt by the course of events in con-
ncxion with this. great western undertake
ing. Government, II is known, granted to
the Illinois Central Railroad 1900, 000acres,
which in the course Of years might have
sold for $3,5O0,O00; reserving an equal
quantity double the ordinary minimum, ma
king $6,600,o0o. II De Bows Review