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! +. D. Pr1vate dispatches have reached q
this morning by telegraph, from Concord, say
| ing that yesterday the House refused to la,
the anti Nebraska resolutions on the table b,
IL majority, and that it can hardly be th at al
election Will be effected at the present session
They elect by g concurrent vote of the TIVE
Houses, no. by joint ballot. The Senate viii
surely refuse to concur in the election of any
but the Democratic nominees Write tina
down certain. So all the well laid schemes tc
bring the thirty men {" in Kendall Green, =
elected as Democrats to join the Abolitionists
of which so much has been said of late in
Washington, will effect nothing
The Annexation Of Canada By way of set.
ting the American public right as to the feel
ing of the Canadian public on this subject, we
have to say that it appears to be understood
among public men in this city, that there is
really no feeling to speak of among any Dor
ton Of the Canadians, in favor of annexation
to the United States. They have been anx-
ious, very anxious iadeed, to better their com
mercial relations with the United States, which
they have doubtless accomplished in the fish
cries treaty just negotiated; while, at the same
time, this Government have secured under it,
points for which we have been struggling for
long series of years in some cases. The be-
lief is universal among the best informed per-
sons in Washington, that when this conven-
ton is laid before the world, it will be found
to have solved in the simplest possible and
most satisfactory way, various questions here
tofore voted, not only very knotty, but very
likely to lead to endless trouble between the
two Governments.
The truth is, the age is progressive one in
the art Of diplomacy, as in all things else
England and the United States are now, each,
a necessity to the prosperity of the other, and
the closer We can bring our commercial rela-
tions with her and her dependencies to those
which exist between the several States of our
union, The better for our interest, as we'll as
that of England and her colonies We are
greatly mistaken if this shall not prove the
great principle on which the new treaty will be
found to have been based.
A Sick Naval officer not Entitled to duty
Pay.-When Navy officer on duty on foreign
station becomes incapacitated from illness to
discharge his official functions, and is permit
ted to return home, not rejoining his vessel, he
must be considered On the return voyage as q
passenger only, and is not entitled to the duta
pay of his grade. The above comprises the
gist of ruling frequently made by the Trea.
sury Department, which should be known to all
Navy officers, that when sick under such cir.
cumstances as are referred to above, they may
make out their accounts accordingly, and thu:
save trouble and delay in their settlement.
The Sandwich Islands-We hear that de.
spatches have very recently reached Washing
ton from our agents at the Sandwich Islands
1t is believed that they do not bring advices o.
political importance. We gather from the
impression they seem to have made upon mem
bers of Congress who are credited generally
with keeping tie run of our foreign affairs
that the demonstrations there towards Amer
can annexation have apparently subsidized; like
nine days wonder. Whatever the future
may bring forth, we apprehend that for tn.
doned by those who were not long since mos
active in urgingit.
Tbs Pacific Railroad Projeot.-One of tn
wisest moves of the session was that of Mr.
McDougal (of Cali yesterday, in accomplish
| ing the postponement of the further considera
| ton of his Pacific Railroad BILL until the sec
| ond Monday in December next. 1t was YER
clear that the measure would have had '' n
| show" had it been pressed to vote in the alb
sence of reports Of the surveys and estimate
| for the various routes. 1t will be impossible
to get these before the country in anythin
like season for acting intelligibly on thi
measure ere the close of the present session
| and it is one of far too great Importance to ad
NIT of being disposed Of upon information ,othe
than the most complete and satisfactory to b
obtained by any possible means. By Decem
Der next, the question will have been discusse
in all the newspapers, upon data concernin
the relative merits of the vari Gus routes pro
posed, and on the question Of the cost by eithe
| and all of them, set forth mathematical pre
cision. Mr.. Med. doubtless aimed to avail hi
measure of this advantage, in moving its post
ponement. His management of his case in tn
House, 50 far, has earned for him the reputa
ton of conducting business before the bod
with judgment and excellent tact, indeed.
The very latest Roorback. Baltimor
| Sun of this morning contains the followin
telegraphic despatch from Washington, viz:
=" A new and important feature seems to hav
been discovered with reference to the Ncbras
| ka- Kansas bill, which leaves in existence a
| old law of 1884 that to all 1ntents and purpose
excludes foreigners from those territories, e.
cept by passport from the Secretary of Wa,
This discovery was made by Mr. Benton, an
has produced much excitement. It. in othe
words, almost restores the principle of tn
Clayton amendment
Now, we have to say that this story
already the laughing stock of Washington
The "new feature exists only in the kink
brain of Col. Benton, it being the very La
mares egg Matched therein. "This discovery,
which is no discovery at all, has produced n
excitement" here whatever. The Indian il
tercourse law Of 1884, has not the slighte
bearing upon the settlement of Kansas an
Nebraska under the law recently passed
Foreigners are permitted to 60 in there just g
all others 60 there. We feel assured that tl
Secretary of War laughs quite as heartily owe
this last kink of the kinky Colonel, as ever
other sensible man in Washin gton does.