The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-22

BY navsi war; for the protection Of distant island
colonies, which have long csssed to BE- profitable.
secondary Importance and would mot be allowed to pre-
cude the acquiston the defeAee OF possessions
aattsrng to Frsnsh prds the British slspds in the
West Indies give you these speculatons, sent to
in Europe.
Correspondents Of the Philadelphia Ledger.J
Mediation bet,Cesn Rsssia md the Allied Fo,ceys.
or.r ,s ready to support his proposition to
oo~era 81 Euroue q % .ne nu the
better position to act the mediator betwesn Russia
the one aide and the allied powers the other than
are or arc likely TO be- in the contest The United
States can afford to be neutral and wise statesmanshp
prompts them to remain so But ss some Of our diplo
matte agents have had various question: TO discuss and
may In this manner, have aroused some prejudices
against them, 1t Is best Qhinks Mr.. Cingmsn) that
that the wisest men, enjoying the highest public and
private consideration should be its members General
CobS Lite Speaker q the House of have
been named In and out Of Congress for this important
mission which, Il It succeeded would do moro to In
crease our standing pd influence world power than
the whole conquest OF Mexico
- wAsnsoros, Dec. a6, 1854.
a"s A'a' Ds'F'aae ae;r3, hns s.se"sy % Of tie s"assAp
General Whitfield the delega irom the new Territory
81 to ts hs oath had been admins
judging from the sensation he produced among his fi
low members it is not at all surprising that he was
elected to Congress by vote Overwhelmingly large.
He about six feet five inches In his stockings well and
powerfully put together has q fine, open manly coun
tenance, and Is in the prime Of lfe-say about forty
years Old Tho General Is native OF Tennessee and Is
sound national democrat He took the stump la Kan
sas In favor OF the following three ssuesThe compro
mine Of 1885, the baltimore PLATFORM and the great prn
cpie embodied in the Nebraska bill The result is that
General Whitfield now occupies seat in Congress- and
his opponent Mr. Flenniken has returned to his home
in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Senator Atchison has not arrived although he Is dany
looked for 1t Is understood that tho election OF Mr.
Bright to the Presidency Of the Senate he addressed
letter to MI Atchson, In which he expressed nten-
ton to resign the Office Mr. AS return to Washing
tom The latter gentleman in his reply positively de-
ciined to avail himself Of the courtesy Of Mr. Bright
Mr. A. g. Allen, the popular Navy Agent at this place
has resigned his Office. Mr. A. G. Greenleaf for many
years resident Of this city, has been appointed to all
the vacancy.
Mr. R " Latham, Pension Agent at this point, has
Congress striving to improve the paper currency Of
this unfortunate District Any change would be i'm
provement, for notwithst andng the millions upon mil
lions Of specie which expended in Washington annu
ally, our circulating medium is principally composed of
Georgetown and Alexandria sters the issues
Of bogus banks.
The Senate had an executive session to-day.
The Senate in executive session this afternoon con
frmed the following appontments:-
Mark w. lizard, Governor of Nebraska.
Jacob Sorber, Postmaster at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Thomas n. Pegues Postmaster at Camden, South Car
olina.
Fairman +. Taber, Postmaster at Natchitoches
Jacob G. Martin, Receiver Of Publs Moneys at Little
Rock. Ark.