The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-07-12
Washington Correspondence.
WAsHTsGToN, July 3.


Congress is not in session, having ad.
journcd over from Saturday till Wcdnes.
day. They will do no business this week
and very little indeed for the rest of the ses
sion, except the passage of the ordinary APP
appropriation bills. The army and navy or
ganiza,ion bills claim their attention, bat
the latter is to meet much opposition. Tha
new Tariff bill will not be taken up. Tho
bill which has been ordered to an en- gross.
ment in the Senate for the establish ert of
u line of mil stca,nsrs between San Fem
cisco and Shanghae is likely to PISS. The
contract is to be given TO the best bidder
Several companies are re ,dy TO nuke advan.
tagcous offers. The sum to b, plid for the
service by the United States is limited t.
five hundred thousand dollars yclr, and
the postagcs will pay two hunlrel thous-
and dollars year from the start. This will
be pioneer line, but after the limited tim
of five years, the Pacific will b. thronged
with steamers.
Looking at the results of the last siN
year. in steam navigation, and especially in
the direction Of the Pacific, what may we
not expv:t from the enterpris, Of tn, ne X
six years. 1t is i>ile to deny thrt ih1 mil
steamer policy of Mr.. Pv;.T at"inISIrItion
gave the impulse, and the only facilities 70
th:t communication with the P.Icic- whica
has resulted in n produce OF three hundred
millions in gpi1, anH in great aud sensible
Increase of the value OF propcrtF evcrywher'
in the world. The wealth of Caljfor:MA was
made availtbIe b. ths Chlgres Iino, ali tie
other mail steam 81 lines.
Ev-President CebIllos, oc M.Xicp, who
made the SLoo Tehauntcpac Treaty. is in
the cIty, and is the guest of Gsn. ALuoSrE.
He was yesterday, with Gen. ALMoyTE's fam.
lily, present at school examination. and
gracefully accepted and discharged the Office
of distributing the prizes to the little girls
The State Rights party of Mexico, it is said
here, look upon CEBALLos as the next win
ming card in Mexico. Had he been less
scrupulous and more bold, he might have
put nHlScll "HcTc SANTA ANNA no" Is
upon the tottcrin! basis of Imperialism.
1t is understood here that Gen Almonte
0ni Mr. Rar.cl are about to proceed To Eu,
rope, with ample funds, for the purpose of
bringing into Mexico body OF European
agicullurists and new leyics. IL is rumor.
ed, ,liowevcr, that he would prefer body
of Janssarics of Vennyuins, who, swithoat
oSa a iss with the psqd!s will ssrEs his
at any time, has been weak en- I'd at home b.
the oppressive conduct of this government
towards him. The Senate of the United
States has forced upon him treaty which
is neither liberia! to him. nor wiss ia rsgsrI
to our own interests Tho same treaty
could not pass the Senate again even by
majority vote, much lesS tw0.thirds vote
II was trel lty looking more to thc crcltioa
Of difficulties than their adjustment.
Gen Robert Campbell has been dcsicna
ted as the Commissioner on the part Of The
United States to run the bouadry line un.
der the new Treaty, He h IS submitted his
estimate of the expenses, and 1t is thought:
very low. It is now before the proper Com
nittees preparatory to place in the civil
and diplomatic biil.---C. Courier.