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The p,.trlbutior of the spolis.

II having been intimated pretty distinctly by
the Postmaster General in a letter published
few days ago, in reply to Colonel Benton, that
the obstacle to the appointment OF Mr.. Henry
+. Watson, of ST. Louis, as postmaster Of that
city, was, . that it had been represented that he
was engaged in the free soil movement Of lS4S,
and signed public call for meeting of the
friends of free soil in that year, we thought it
rather strange position for Judge Campbell to
take, not only in The face of the appointments
under the departments Of the other members of
the Cabinet, but under his own, in the States of
Ohio and Massachusetts, and particularly New
York. From our general recollection at the
time, we felt convinced that many notorious
free sellers had been appointed TO Office in those
three States and elsewhere. But to make assu-
rance doubly sure. we instituted an inquiry
which has resulted as follows for the State of
New York-th State about which most in
terest has been excited in the contest for the
spoils -
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Henry Allen, brakeman freight train of the Hart
ford and New Haven road, the 10th inst, struck
by bridge, near Berlin, AMI instantly killed. He be-
longed to Windsor
Governor johnson Of Virginia has refused to commute
the punishment of Thomas Board of Barbour county,
convicted Of the murder Of his nephew, young Chrslp
He will therefore, be hung Friday, 2Sth inst
i. G. Eastman elected principal clerk of the Senate
of Tennessee the hundred and seventh ballot.
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RURTONfS THEATRE, Chambers street-DE1IcArE
GRoUED-YuUNG AcrR Ess-LoSDoN AND PARIS
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Lshtioot at pier % East river, viii please have all hsa
height board before Saturday Goth instant and hand
lheir bills Of adng for signature sUTTEN Co. No 81
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ma printed on the finest french or Bristol
attention paid to getting orders Tor balls and parties
specimens. without number. CORNELL late Hyatt Il
Cornell 800 Broadway, entry in Walker street. formerly
Warren and Broad"av.
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NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham stroet-UScIr Tons
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Chelsea Tea Warehouse Ia Ninth avenue We would ad.
wise friends purchase and these
lar ~ they have the reputation furnishnx
prime articles At ~ low rAtes common ones are found
elsewhere.
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BROADWAY THEATRE, proadvay--H A,urr-Brrsr
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ADJUSTMENTS No MORROW EVENING.

BowERY THEATRE, Bov,ry-rHr BRAcx DocrOR-
BonIAnAN CIRL
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e,d Not the Idle Tales sung By Nile Anna zecr Mt
Juens concerns; The Prima Donna Songt second edition.
from Julieps celebrated Nase; La Prina Donna
The Flowers Seeprg Paul and Virginia. from Julicns
OPERA with splendid vgnstte title in coloO These beau
ul popular that they must shoy be found on
the panofOrtc Of true lover Of ballad music the
competitions sold vocal and Instrumental Of tho above emf
nent composer, may be had Of
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Cameo Dague rreotyne.-T most Pouulo

picture made first introduced by CHARLES H. VIII.
HANSON Also the new process Of electricity, insantan
eousy catching the likeness happy expression the
sne in all kinds of weather Gallery 2i3 Fulton street.
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III. w. Smiths Cele-

raed meodeons are tuned in the equal tenn The
harmony ~ gqoo In the remote Keys the common
Ihey ere the Only melodeons 50 tuned aud
by the post hohACL WATERS S3 Broadway, agent.
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Come While tho Moonlight beams by Thomas To be Sung
c ensuing week ~ Bpckeys serenaders the words
egsE S99a and moft admirably arranged Price q cents
Inc ~ ing Ords Of Little Katy by Horace aters,
VIII % sung BY these fuvore screpaders. Published by
HofA Cb WATERS, 333 broadway. The great piano aad
music establishment.
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AMERICAN MUSEUM fternoon-SrATE SECRETS
HousE Doc. Eyenin g-LApy or LYoNs.
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The Brothers Thrce.-At the New Marble

warehouse ~ Fulton street may DO ouna three young
enterprising men, the SMITH BROTHERS, as dealers il
ready made clothing Of every variety They have achieved
world wide reputation.
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wALLAcKs THEATRE, Broadway-AsnopEus-B
HOUSE.
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FROM CALIFORNIA.

proposition has been introduced in the California
Senate for calling miners convention assemble at
the capital Of the State the 1st Of April 1t pro-
posed that three delegates shall be elected in each mining
county, any other county that may be interested
and that each member shall be paid mileage and per
diem, the as members Of the Legislature and the
session limited to ten days
The survey Of the San Joaquin railroad has been
pleted and the is said be favorable The
books Of subscription the stock were to be opened i'm
mediately
The San Francisco Times Of January 81 says:
News Of the cheering character is now reaching
US from every section Of the mining region The recent
pleasant weather has rendered practicable the travelling
with pack mules, and every where supplies being
pushed rapidly and in great quantities into the mountains
The scarcity Of provisions has been great in several
localities that, although prices have come down some
what they still range at very high figure. At Sonora
for instance, -four brings 1920 barrel. In Calayeras
county the other hand prices have had an enormous
tumble. In provisions in fact, they have gone
lower than the freight will allow Meanwhile the miners
have resumed their labors with fattering results
vi course great reaction must take place in the markets
Of the Sierra generally, and the miners will shortly be
able to lay up handsome profits instead Of being compel
led as at present to expend nearly all their earnings for
the necessaries Of life"
In relation to Indian affairs, the Los Angeles Star
states that Mr. Weaver had written to Indian Commits
soner D. Wilson that the tribe about Gorgono evnced
more tah usua rlendhess large body OF the chiefs
OF the southern tribes recently assembled the TETON
Pass, where they expected to meet the commissioner
Mr. Wilson had prepared the suggestion Of the super
intendent Of Indian affairs report Of the condition of
the tribes Of that section, together with plan for their
improvement.
Several Of Lynch-law are recorded James Tay-
Tor was hung by the popuace at Mormon Island, on
the 10Th Of January for burglary and robbery He
fessed to breaking into the house Of Mr. Rowey An
India nf Hail. 81
for killing eighteen twenty Of his tribe had been
rested and hung by party Of ten men, Marysvle
gang Of Mexicans in San Andreas had been forcbly
driven from the country by the Americans for murder
and robbery Two Of the Mexcans caught and i'm
mediately hung. They had previously massacred
Der Of miners
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THE AMERICAN MINISTER IN MEXICO.

We copied from q New Orleans paper some weeks ago
the speech delivered by Mr. CoSKLISG to the President
of the Mexican Republic presenting his credentials
Minister of the United States. The speech in Eng
sh but being published the Mexican papers in Spanish
and thence translated back into English by the New Or
leans papers, is surprising that it finally reached
good deal altered from the original, and not for the
better This being the case, think it due the Min
lister republish the address in FORM which we
enabled to do by the poiteness of Mr.. CoSKLISG
himself:
Mr. PRESIDENT: In presenting to you my credentials
the representative of the United States your
ernment have the honor to do forbear speak
of the sentiments entertained by the President towards
Exceency and the people of this the greatest of
sister Republics this continent because President
FILLMORE has chosen be himself the interpreter those
in private letter. of which have the honor
to be the bearer.
But avail myself with pride and pleasure of the oc-
casion to remind your Exceency of the love of justice
the moderation and the scrupuous regard for the rights
of other nations by which, in all external relations
not less than by his patriotic devotion the welfare
his country in all that pertains its domestic
Germs, his administration had been honoraby dis
tnguished
In his firm and constant adherence to these principles
your Exceency will not fail to discern guaranty
that with regard to the several subjects requiring adjust
ment between the two Governments there be nothing
in my instructions consraining to insist any thing
which, in the opinion of my Government, is not unques-
tonably just and for myself it will assure your Ex-
celency be less my desire and my aim than it will be
my duty to observe the limits have mentioned
If, as do Rot permit myself to doubt shall have the
good fortune to find this Government animated by
respondent sentiments, shall despair of seeing all
the differences between the two Governments speedily
and satisfactorily settled, and solid and lasting founda-
ton laid for peace and amy between the two countries
When this shall have been happily accomplished it will
then only remain for my country to sympathize without
reserve, with the enlightened statesmen and patriotic
citizens of this Republic in their Efforts by wise laws and
n afiOno f IN
Of national freedom and happiness, until at length, and
would ain hope at distant period your country shall
have attained height Of prosperity and greatness
leed natural elements of wealth. with the variety and
alubriy its climate, and the surprising magnifcence
and grandeur Of its scenery.
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THE NEW TEHUANTEPEC CONTRACT.

We obtain from the New Orleans Bee the following par
tcuars of the Tehuantepec contract lately granted by
the Mexican Government to Mr. A. G SLoo, of New
Orleans:
Three hundred thousand dollars have been already paid
the Government and commissioners have left Mexico
for the Isthmus to deliver the road to Mr. Soo These
commissioners are Gen. Mora yianiel and Bonifaco
Gusierez Bernardo Couto has been appointed Commits
soner treat with Judge CoSKLIN about the neutrality
and protection of the road the basis of the contract
The other foreign Ministers willing to enter, if the
United States wish it.
The grant is for fifty years. both for railroad and nav
CATION Of the Coazacoalcos river The railroad is to be
finished within years the Government receive
loan of to be repaid out Of the twenty per cent
nett profits, half with interest Of six per cent.
President CEvALLos signed the contract in conformity
with the law Of the l4th May 1852 The road will begin
where the navigation Of the Coatzacoacos river ceases
plank road will be built from that point to the Pacific
to be begun in the year Of the contract and to be finished
within three years The railroad to be begun at the
end of the third year, and finished within four years
The company is to have the of the ports both sides
Of the lshmus but the repairs and necessary works
to be placed to their account The land is donated by
the Government but necessary the Of partcu
lar estates will also be appropriated according law
The timber and other materials will be taken from the
public domain, from private estates when necessary
but in the latter the value Of the articles appropriated
to the of the company will be paid the The
profits for transportation the Isthmus will
to the company during the period of their charter but
the prices fixed by the company shall previously be ra
fed by the Mexican Goyernment-he latter agreeing not
to tax the company to levy mpot upon the
chandise sent the passengers taking the Te
huantepec route The implements and material necessary
the building and repair Of the road, also the pro-
visions, clothing, &C., will pay duty.
The company will carry across the Isthmus, free Of
charge the mails and the property of the Mexican Gov
eminent, the troops, ammunition &c. They will not
build forts organize military corps any point on
the Isthmus They will not give passage any armed
force national foreign without the authorization Of
the Government They will admit on the Isthmus none
but those persons necessary the working of the road
and its administration The passage through the Isthmus
will be free to all nations but those who bound
with Mexico by treaties Of neutrality will pay for their
produce twenty per cent above the usual charge The
company will have during the period of their charter the
exclusive right to the navigation Of the Coatzacoalcos
Coatzacoacos
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MEXICAN NEWS.

Gen. URAdA arrived in the city of Mexico on the Sd of
February, IN company with Gen. ROBES. These two
chiefs had met the 3lst of January and
combined basis of action which differs very much from
the plan of Guadalajara
URAGA and ROBES had long negotiation with Presi
dent CEvALos endeavorng to induce him to adopt the
plan of Arroyozarco. This he refused to do In the
of the conferences the Commissioners on the part
Of the President, consulting continually with him. de-
cared that the Government for the plan of Guadaa
jara URAGo and RoBLEs proposed several notifications
OF their plan OF Arroyozarco proposing riumvrae
then the election of President by the country when or
der should be established but insisting always on Jna
of Notab the representation of the arstocratc classes
and the unbounded dictatorship for year. To all this
President CEvALLos presented determined opposition
The Sgo says that the plan will be rejected by the
entire nation and especially by the ports which will find
their efforts frustrated 1t tears the direction of the
luton from the hands of Gen. URAo and he loses all the
merits he had acquired"
On the 9th, URAGA Robes and LoMBARDINI arranged
jointly plan of Government making the President CE
vALLos supreme, with Council of twenty-one Notables
President Cevaos refused to accept this unwarranted
power, and resigned the Presidency Uraga Robes and
Lobardn then met and chose the latter President with
dictatorial powers
On the 8th proclamation was made calling upon Gen.
SANTA ANNA to return to the Republic and occupy the
post OF President, II the people should elect him.
In Vera Cruz the local Government refused to recog
Mise the arrangements made by URAGA and Others and
determined to send special commission in Mexican
invite SANTA ANNA to return Until he returns
the garrison Of Vera Cruz will recognise any Federal
Government.
Difficulties had sprung up with Guatemala, and some
two hundred troops of that State had marched into CHA
pas and taken possession Of the District of Soconusco with
the intention of annexing it to Guatemala This affair
likely to bring about serious difficulties between the
two countres.-Neo Orleans Pcayams.
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OF FICIAL.

NAVY DEPARTMENT, FEBRUARY 26, 1858
The Naval Medical Board of Examination, which was
convened at Phedelphia the 18th Of December last
has reported the following Assistant Surgeons qualified
for promotion, to wit
No. /. William Lowber.
No. 2. p. j. Horwitz.
No. 8. B. Rush Mitchell.
No. 4. D. b. Phillips.
No. 5. James Hamilton
No. 6. j. L. Burtt
The Board having carefully examined thirty-four Of
the candidates for admission into the Navy as Assistant
Surgeons who appeared before it, have elected nine
Of the best qualified. They as follows;
No. /. James H, Stuart of Pennsylvania.
No. 2. j. Pembroke Thorn, of Virginia.
No. 8. John NJ. Browne Of New Hampshire
No. A. John Y Taylor, of Delaware.
No. 5. Henry Clay Caldwell, of Virginia.
No. 8. Thomas j. Turner, of Pennsylvania
No. 7. VIM. I. Hord, of Kentucky.
No. 8. Wentworth r. Richardson, of Massachusetts
No. Q. A. Clarkson Smith, of Pennsylvania
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.

FROM THE DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF FEB %
The concluding PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION Of the
season. on Friday evening" was 50 numerously attend
al that the visiters must have amounted to several
thousands Never, we presume, has congress of
soyereigns honored Chief Magistrate and his family
with more hearty acknowledgment of true esteem
than did the company of Friday evening Mr., FILL
MORE and his household Ladies Of all ranks and
gentlemen of parties were there patiently awaiting
their turn amidst the dense throng to signify their
good feeling for the President and receive from him
in return the genial and polished response of friend
ly regard and good wishes. Certainly, if the popu-
larty of the occasion gave one hardly "ample room
and verge enough for complete comfort full re-
compense was accorded in the array Of beauty fash
ion, sprghtliness, and brillancy that abounded
there
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A LAST WORD.

FRENCH SPoLIATIoy BILL.-The Senate, to its honor
well the honor of the country, passed bill
time since for the payment Of that most used class
of claimants who have for many years been suppl
eating vain for justice at the hands of the Government
If there debts peculiarly entitled to the prompt and
favorable attention of Congress- they such debts
those which originate in the seizure and confscation
by foreign Power of the property of merchants
gagged in lawful honest trade which is always under the
protection Of the national flag. When this protection
from any cause, fails be afforded proper occasions
and loss ensues surely by every consideration of equity
and right the Government is bound to reimburse the
sufferers. The claims pending in, and which have
been long neglected by Congress- for indemnity against
French spoations precisely of this character and
loss to conceive how they could have been
permitted to remain unexamined and unpaid for single
year after their presentation But it s and the pre-
vaent mode Of doing rather Of not doing business in
Congress gives but faint prospect of any immediate
lief to the injured and, doubt not in some cases,
ruined merchants.
We do not presume TO offer any counses of our own
this honorable body No doubt every Individual Of it is
himself correctly impressed with the nature and exeno
his public obligations, and sngly in his seat, would
If unembarrassed and uninAuenced by his associations
discharge them with fidelity But somehow other,
persons who their individual characters and capacities
tcsly observe it, yet when they come two three hun
dred Of them together into the halls Of legislation to
public business they to be Invested Of their
outofdoor judgments, and TO be- in the aggregate alto
gether different beings from what they in the segy
gate. Now, do not believe that there dozen
bers Of the present Congressperhaps not one-who out
side Of the walls of the Capitol would admit that the
Government is bound to indemnify these claimants Of
whom have been speaking, in every which is
tanned by competent and satisfactory proof But the
is changed whenever attempt is made to pro-
the passage Of bill Tor this purpose in the House
There the effort and object is to procrasnate, embar
rass to stfe the claims by resort parliamentary tao
tics, by other equally effective process We have
illustration Of the truth Of what we charge in the fact
to which alluded in the beginning Of this article The
Senate passed bill for the payment Of the spolaton
claims 1t sent to the House. where instead Of being
taken up for consideration and disposed Of il should
have been and could have BEEN laid in that wide
and deep sepuchre where many useful and meritorou
bills are interredwe the Speakers table. From
this resting place there s, fear resurrection for it.
and the injured claimants will have bewa for another
year least their miserable fortune in being dependant
for relief from their suferings upon American Con-
gress.- Petersburg IHtslhgencer.
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FOREIGN PARAGRAPHS.

There had been very snow-storm in England
much damage had been DONE both on land and at sea-
On the 18th Of February soldiers lost their lives
Dartmoor plain
The Morning Herald says that in the Of the pre-
sent spring will be taken to place the western
coast of England in state Of efficient defence Major
Genral Sir HARVEY SMITH has been appointed comman-
der-n-chef Of the western district.
Eight persons the family Of Mr. Morgan Of Brecon,
Wales burnt to death in the house in which they
slept Mr. Morgan escaped by the window to procure
help the FIRST alarm Before he could obtain it. his
wife, mother-in-law, servant msid, and FIVE children
persisted
Ireland is giving tangible evidences Of gradual i'm
provement in its agricultural condition From 1S47 to
1851, according TO returns The amount Of
capital invested in farm STOCK has been constantly in
creasing, from ga 8205II ut the former period to
Ell ,77o3o7 at the latter Recently, in the north Of
Ireland, business has been brisk and employment album
daMt and remuneratye.
The Milan nsurrectoA has terminated precisely in the
manner expected and Lombary In consequence under
heavier tyranny than The city again placed in
state Of siege, and II other towns the inhabitants have
apparently been panshcd for partial disturbances by the
inticuon Of heavy contributions The insurgents
armed with nothing but stettos but they nevertheless
showed extraordinary daring since they ADVANCED to gain
possession Of the citadel and succeeded in entering Of
the outer yards They soon however, surrounded,
and about fifty were killed. Meanwhile attempts were
made in three different quarters to erect barroades but
TIE spark Of success wanting that might have caused
general rising and the whole affair in few hours was
entirely over
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MISSISSIPPI SENAToR.-It now appears that no
one will be present, by Executive appointment, to
claim the vacant seat of Mississippi in the Senate of
the United States at the ensuing special session.
Mr.. BENZ. n. KINYoN having declined the appoint
ment rendered him by Governor FooTE, the latter
has concluded to let the place remain until it
shall be filed by Legislative APPOINTMENT In pub
fishing Mr.. Kinyons letter the Governor says
Having now made aDproper efforts to the full
representation Of the Se in the Senate for the twelve
months which will epe the ih Of March next and these
efforts having PROVED lamenably abortve shall take
no further steps to attain the desired object and shall
leave the whole be disposed Of the good peo
pie of the may decide at the ballotbox in Noyem
Der me-