, 1854-01-28
News Items.

Through Parker & Golfers Express
which arrived here on Friday morning, Jan.
l3, We are placed in possession of late files
Of San Francisco and Atlantic city papers
from which sc compile the following items
Of news:
The Hongkong Register says the whole
American fleet "will rendezvous, il ls,said,
sometime in January, aud proceed 10 Japan
in the month following, where their i'm 20.
sing appearance must command very civil
reception. We imagine there can hardly
be doubt that the Commodore will be en-.
abled to carry out the desire oil his Govern
ment in establishing treaty Of commerce
without having occasion 10 FIRE one single
gum"
A difficulty, or war Of words, had occur
red between Mr.. Cunningham, American
Vice Consul at shanghai and The editor oi
the China lIdit--thr latter duplicating the
former 10 connection with the U. S. COM
missioner, Mr.. Humphrey Marshall OF a
violation Of the laws Of neutrality which the
Vice Consul has successfully reluted.
War has broken out anew in India, there
has been a riot in Nizam's dominions and
the Brumese are again in the field.
MOrmonism is in Aourishing condition
at Bombay, and they are actually engaged
in forming a settlement in the Poonah dis
lrIet.
Santa Ana is again oil powerful in Me1i-
co--supremt Diclalor-"whose smile is for
tune, and whose will is law"
Essential notifications and improvements
in the engine and machinery of the coloiic
ship Ericsson have been made, and she will
soon be successfully aloat again. She has
been lying up at Williamsburgh near where
she was built, since she returned from her
trial trip to Washington, about 9 months
ago.
The party which is to accompany Col.
Fremont in his Pacific railway exploration,
was encamprd on Saline Fork of the Kan
zas river distant from Independence about
$50 mllrs,) on the Both OF October, anxious
y awaiting his arrival.
Between 6ve and six hundred troops, un-
der command Of Col. J. NJ. Washington and
Major e. S. Merchant have l,fl Governors
Island, near N. Y. city, and are en- route for
California.
Pacific RAILROAD SURvEY.-Leut. J.
G. Parke, U. S. Typographical Engineers,
arrived in town few days since, from the
survey of the San Luis River, in connection
with the Pass of Aqua Calienle, and imme-
dialely started upon the survey of the coun-
try below here in the vicinity Of the boun-
dary line, intending 10 examine the route to
the river Colorado, by way OF Jacumpa.
LIEUT.. Williamson's party is daily expec-
ted from Fort Yuma and the Colorado, by
the way of Santa Ysabel, with the rest Of
the party, the survey within the limits OF the
State being entirely cOmpleted.-I6.
A TRAsURY DECISION. Treasury
Department refuse to allow the exta pay
to the army and marine corps serving in
Oregon and California, voted in the act of
September %, 1850, until the expiration of
the soldier or marines term Of service, and
not then unles he shall have been honorably
discharged, such being the evident intent of
the law.
Increase OF THE TRADE WITH CHINA
The China Mail says: "The trade with
China may be said to consist Of four arli-
cles, compared with which all others are in
significant; these are cotton and opium as
imports and tea and silk as exports. The
import Of cotton has rather fallen off, but
that Of opium has vastly increased. In 1919
the East India Company alone sold IS $50
chests-this year the quantity is 81 ,462
chests, and tho increase in MalWa and Tur-
key opium, has also been great, though not
in the same proportion. The export of tea
and silk has increased in like proportion to
Great Britain and the United States. In
1886 there were 76,OOo,OOO pounds Of the
former and Is, coo bales of the latter but
in 1852 tea had increased to 9S 900, 900
pounds, and silk TO $4,000 bales"
Very INTERESTING TO OFFICERS OF THE
ARMT.-The following order is just being
forwarded from the Department:
GENERAL ORDER, NO. 25.
War Department, Adjuiant Generals
Office, Washington, Nov. 4, 1868
By direction Of the Secretary of War,
paragraphs 233, 234, 235, aud 236, Gener-
al Regulations of 1916, are roscinded, and
the following are substituted therefor =
l. Commanders Of military departments
are authorized TO grant leaves Of absence ic
regimental officers for the period Of sixty
| daVs, aud To officers of The opnaral staff and