Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-11
wAsH1ueroH Nxws AID GOSSIP,

wAsHIefoH NEws AID GOSSIP.
The Cape Fear River Improvement Bin
The enactment of this measure, Yesterday, by
the House, has given risst 70 much conver.ation
in political cirslss-many protesting to zee in
it grounds for veto THAT is, to anticipate
that il will meet . veto at the Presidents
hands. We have no idea, however, that such
will be the result The House amended it,
Their amendment struck out q clause in the
bill sppropriating sixty thousand dollars ad-
ditionai, to be refunded 70 the eofpefate au-
.horities Of Wilmington, North Carolina, on
account Of money expended by them in the
removal of the distractions in question, for
clearing out which the rest of the bill appro-
pirates $4,000, - $500
The ground on which Mr.. Ashe, whose efforts
have comprised the enactment of the measure,
asked this money from the National Treasury,
is because the Instructions to be removed are
themselves, tho work of the Government Of
the United States. The proof of the fac. ad-
dnced leaves not the slightest ground for
doubling it. This extraordinary feature in
the case procured for it the votes of quite a
number Of gentlemen consistently opposed to
constructing internal improvements at the
cost Of the National Treasury, who argued that
uader such circumstances, it il entirely differ
ept from an ordinary internal improvement
project. The general impression, even among
the opponents of the bill. is, that the President
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The Treaty with Japan was duly received
in Washington yesterday evening, by the
hands of Commander Adams, u. s. N, who,
accompanied by Lieutenant Randolph, of the
Navy, reached the Atlantic side by the last
trip of the George Law. We presume that in
the course of the day the treaty will be taken
up in Cabinet meeting.
1t is said Commander Adams brings news
that the English in the East were rapidly pre-
pairing very grand expedition to Japan
when he left with the treaty, designed to ac-
complish for England what Perry's expedition
aas accomplished for the United States. Now
it is understood here that there is clause in
The Perry treaty by which it is provided that,
N the event Of the future formation Of treaties
between Japan and foreign nations, the United
States shall be placed in all respects on the
better footing which may be stipulated for in
any such convention, We presume on our COM
plying with the terms On which any other ma
ton may obtain the increased advantages
However, this clause embraces an ample
guarantee that We have nothing to fear from
British diplomacy in that quarter.
The Homestead Question in the Senate
The friends of the Homestead principle were
very sanguine Last evening that there is ma
jority in the Senate disposed to pass the bill to
that end now being considered by them, with
amendments which shall not violate its main
featur re Of according land to the iandless who
will work it, on easier terms than the Govern
ment will dispose Of it to others. They Ger
tainly regard the vote of 10 ayes to 30 noes on
the motion for the bills indefinite pos.pon
ment, az, In considerable measure, test quss-
ton. Few of them seem to believe it possible
that tho bill will pass the Senate precisely as
it went up from the House; the prevailing i'm
preston being that an amendment charging
the actual settler perhaps thirty cents per aero,
payable in q term Of years. will prevail If
so, the bill will still embrace the distinctive
feature of making favorable distinction be-
tween the laboriDg settler and the person buy
ing portion of the public domain for specula-
ton.
Foreigners a. US ConSuls is conceived
that ere tho bill to remodel the U. S. Consular
system, soon to be reported from the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, becomes q law,
it will be made to embrace clause prohibit
ing the future appointment Of foreign bonn
persons to U. s. Consulships This PROPOSE
ton doubtless has great many friends among
the members of both Houses, who are by no
means tinctured with political Nativeism
These gentlemen urge that America should
always be represented abroad by Americans
only, In order to preserve before the eyes of
other nations at all times, and under all cir
cumstsnces, the distinctive characteristics of
oar people, country, and institutions, which
cannot possibly be exhibited by naturalized
citizen i; and more especially by one of that
class who, having become tired of his sojourn
in bis adopted country, seeks relief in return
to his original European associations We
state these facts concerning the tone of Con-
gressiOnal sentiment, because We know that
they must be Of much interest, more especially
to the commercial community, which is go
much interested, indeed, in the contamination
Of many reforms in the American Consular
Aslaver Captured.-We have an interesting
letter from Havana, as follows:
HAVANA, July !, 1854
alluded in my last, by the Empire CITY,
to the capture Of slaver by the British brig
Espugh. The prize turns out to be the brig
Gray Eagle, Of Philadelphia, from the coast
Of Africa, with between four and five hundre,'
negroes, which have all been landed. When
found. the prize lay in q small bay, near Ba.
tua Howda, about Fifty miles from this, with
no one on board; evidently parties had jus,
left her. After the officers of the Espugh lad
possession Of her nearly . day, an officer from
a Spanish man-ofswar came on board to say
that she was the prize of the Captain of the
Purtede, on shore; whereupon tho English
officer gave her up, and she is brought round
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