The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-15
The --latest from WASHINGTON,

The Latest from Washington.
THE GADsDEN TREATY--JUDGE DOUGLAS ON RIVER
AND HABBos IMPRovEMgNTs-TUE GARDNER CASE
-fROPosED GENERAL RAILROAD LAND ELL, ETC.
WASHINGTON, JAN l4--1O PM N.
Government have received dispatches conarmAtory Of
the telegaphc port from New 0reanr that Mr. Gids-
cen has regotisted treaty with Mexico Oh tbs terms
named.
Attorney General Cushing left hsrs this afternoon for
Boston.
Judge Douglas has addressed an i'm porant letter to
the Governor Of Illinois, river and harbor prove
mcnts, 10 which he argues the whole subject ally and
fully. 1t will appear in ton9rro.s Sentinel lie CON-
sidsrs the discrimination in Improvements between tidal
and other waters just ard believes that II the power
Of Congress to protect navigation has any existence in
the constitution it reaches every portion of the Union
where the water Is In fact bsvigable He argues that
the fystem of Improvement by the sspsrsl govern
ment, Ia liable to two-fod objsetions-of uuconsttu.
'iona|ity and irexpedercy--and that the system
has sigrsly failed, than failed because IL
has repressed local legislation and enterprise Finally
he advocates the passage Of general Ia giving the
consent Of Congress to the imposition of tonnage duties
according TO uniform rule, upon equal a. In All
the States and teto er, considering it fully sanctioned
by the CONSTITUTE justified By tho Presdsn- and in
every point of view the most economical ana sasAc-
tory system The letter is written with great c's,rnese
and ability, and will con uard attention.
Dr. Gardner comes out with q atioa in the
morning papers, denying that he had any agency the
abstraction o. the missing papers and regarding their
1oss as great misfortune to his Haj,r Mordeca1
and others who visited the gon of Liguiul.s last sum-
mer, were examined this veef aud full corroborats
the testimony OF the previous commissioners So to and
ing mines within the limits Of tina. district and dis
prove the evidence OF defendants wtnese ABBOTT and
slocum.
The q mnt Public Lands OF the two houses to
promote uniformity in the proisctsi railroad
grants have delegated Joint sub committee to prepare
general or model bill upon the subject.
Petite In circulation for railroad hrous Penn.
iylvania avenue, from the Navy yard to Georgetown
The Blue Book for 1853 is issuei
Msjsr Hobbie ia convalsecent.
Lsuter ant J. A Davis, u s Navy, whose skull Was
fraeturtd by his beirg thrown from buggy on Tuesday
died ut the lnfrmAy this aftei noon.
PROGRESS OF MONOPOLY LEGIsLATIoE-CoLr's
PATRNr-THE LoBBY-THE NUNCIo.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1854
Letter writer's Iow about the halls Congress-
the bureaus Of the hotels bazroons like
30 many MOTHS and arc equally harmless but Q great
nuifapce In addition to their regular dueo Il sticking
their nosesin every bodys back apartments and trying
to smell out things they mpoysi very ussfu by
agents who have bills before Congress spit members
HUNDRED dollar bill would buy about tHenty OF these
men for such work, provided taere additional
agreement that 500, to be made up to each IL any
named BIZ pass, and feed AMI liquor and ssgarn
during the operation
With such . mighty brbe the respective newspapers
which they represent placed 1T the disposal Of the
Moor shine Gazing Company which has bill before Con.
gross for relief Congress is then phabetcaly arrsnaed
and classified and under the direction OF the presiding
genius or agents Of the "A G. Co, each senStor add
memter Is felt Those who De bought outright are
soon settled and the rest approached by hundred other
channels
The famous Colt patent before Cong sss It was
sure thing II he had not sent many agents here
But these agents act the principle there ID NOT
an henest mar In Congress They hire roo mparlor II
the hotel-s superb dis is served up .. O'clock
CANVASS backs by the doaen veason whole wnes Of the
choicest quality and eegars at 90 per Thousand These
cnners have oeer going on for mouth, uati all the
members o. both Houtes that they could iadece 10 par
take have teen invited The Chairman OF Patents has
dred there. The committee OF the Houss Who reported
favoraby have sll tined there and CANVASS backs
choice wines, and the aordinay segars favor the re-
ports Of the committees CT both Honses OF course they
in favor Of Colts patent, or any other patent
Luesr invented patent Matches when the agents
furnished such dinners. The press Of New York and
Philadelphia Represented at these dinners with lot
these gentlemen devoted patrioticaly and dim.
tresedy TO furhering Colts patent before Congress.
Such members could not be reached directly in both
Houses, nor fetched with . dinner, have received q
Colts pistol with oil the Improvements II is estimated
that about nine hundred and thirty have thus
given to beth Houses either directly members through
some mutual friend Indirectly to friends Of members
Every member who has got Colts pistol with the other
documents, is bound to vote FOR it. pistol ia very
convincing argument under any circumtAncss but s,k
at the morality Of the thing. In ten years how msny
WIDOWS and orphans will be made BY giving away this
quantity Of pistols to members Of Congress- Who foots
al these bils' We will suppose
Bills 1t the National and other hotels for dinner,
rooms tegAis, &c. $500
Fees Of letter writer's IL the bill dont psss.... $500
III eet interest OF do, II IL PES pass S0VO0
Head agents fees, IS 600 each. ioWV
Money ufed 10 purchase other articles OF neoes- 80 -
sity and mercy, oovVu
The bill will give Mr. Colt many millions. What fool
lie would be not spend ten cent to get hundred
All the patent propretos friends are perfectly
the bill will pass It's model patent movement for all
the ret will be conducted upon the proc pie il his
succeeds.
For Gods sake, when you the vote publish IL In
PAN phIet form, In Roman capitals for you ON sells
hundred thoussnd copies throughout the United States