Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-27

1o-on southwest corner Of Cameron and
Royal streets No. lion Royal, between
Prince and Duke streets. No l2-on south
east corner of Prince and Royal streets. No.
13-on northeast corner of Fairfax and Duke
streets. No. 14-on the southeast corner Of
Fairfax and Queen streets. We presume that
the selection will hardly be made for some
months to come.
The Brig Porpoise Parties in this city
have advices from the Vincennes, at Hong
Kong. China, to the 18th of February. Lieut.
enant John Rogers, now commanding the
Behring Straits Surveying Expedition, writes
that his ship, the Vincennes, parted from the
Porpoise on the 2lst of September last in q
gale of wind between Fermosa and China,
just to tho nerthward and westward of the
Tescadores, since which time she has not been
heard Of There is possibility, he thinks,
that the Porpoise may have put on to some
distant and isolated Island for repairs. The
carpenter of the Vincennes who repaired tho
Porpoise out there, states that she was strong
and staunch Her long career in the navy
proved her to be q good sea boat. Her officers
were more than ordinarily skillful in their
profession.
The Sound Dues Tho following transl alton
made for as by friend from q Berlin journal
(of the 25th ult., received by the last steamer
substsntistes our declaration made sometime
since, that L" Observer" OF tho Inteliigencer,
greatly misapprehends the facts involved in
The Sound Dues question in fanoying that
Prussia 10 with Denmark rather than with the
United States, upon il:
"The demands for the abolition of the Sound
Dues are daily removed by the commercia
world and In the Chambers; but the tide In
tho affairs Of Prussia" and its interests is vet
too sdverse to admit Of their fulfiment The
Sound Dues continue in spite of all our peti.
tons in order to keep Denmark in a state of
sClvency with its foreign creditors and to keep
own Prussi an navigation in the Baltic In
the year 1853, 3,463 Prussian vessels had to
pay 126, 252 Prussian dollars for ship dues, to
which sum 173, $50 dollars are to be added for
tho loss of time sustained by clearance. Of
the whole amount, however, only % 042 Thaler
or Prussian dollars got int tho Danish trea.
sury, so that Prussian ship owners had to con-
tribute almost fourteen fold in order to mako
up the entire amount. When the commission
Of the Second Chamber debated the PROPOSE
ton of the Deputy VS.. LANCER, the organ Of
the Government declared that Prussia had
never ACKNOWLEDGED so called sovereign right
Of Denmark to the Sound toll, nor given ut
terance of any such declaration in the treaties
of 1916 and 1846; but that then, as at present,
there was no prospect for the abolition Of the
said dues-the less 50 as according 10 the view
Of the Government the Sound dues in question
had been made use of by France in two direc-
lions, viz: Towards Prussia as towards Den
mark as political means of effecting the &C.
cession to the alliance Of the Maritime powers
To Denmark is promised the guaranty of the
continuation of tho Sound dues, and for that
she (Denmark) is required to give up her
neutrality"
The q. 8. Brig Of War Dolphin is about to
sail from Norfolk, Va, to join the African
Coast Squadron. Tho following is a list of
h,r officers:
Lieut. Recommending, E. r. thompson Its.
J. NJ. Wainwright and Geo. NJ Ransom :;
Purssr, Geo. r. Griswold; Acting Master, N.
Il. Vansandt; Passed Assistant Surgeon, Ed.
Shippen; Passed Midshipmen, O. F Johnston,
and Austin Pendergrast
The Washington Aqueduct.-The Attorney
General has given his opinion that the United
States may legally cause tho land in Maryland
necessary to be occupied for the construction
of the Washington aqueduct to be condemned
by jury Of freeholders, as land for railroads
and other internal i'm provement purposes may
be-
Clerical Appointments.-Mr il. A. ALI
colt, of Connecticut, has been appointed to
a frst-slass 81 200 per annum) clerkship in
the I'd Auditors Office. Mr.. Thomas Mitchell,
Of Connecticut, to a first class 81, 2OO) clerk
ship in the Pension Bureau
The Hon Y. Mason Tho last steamers
aivices from Mr.. Mason represent him as be-
ing still very feeble, so far as his bodily
streng' b is concerned. He has gone to Nice,
in the hope Of recruiting his health. He and
his friends around him, however, believe tn at
he is slowly recovering from the effect of his
paralysis.
The Commissioner of Paten ts.-The current
story of the resi- gnation is untrue No such
intmation has been received by any member
Of tho government here; nor is such course
on his part anticipat
Commodore Mocauley News has been re-
ccived in this city of the arrival of Commodore
McCauley's ship at Havana. Nothing further
has yet been heard from her.
The President, attended by his Private See.
rotary and few friends, went upon trip to
Mount Vernon this morning.
A Deputy Collector Resigned Ken
nedy, Deputy Collector and Inspector of Gus
toms at st. Paul, Minnesota, has resigned.
The Secretary Of the Navy is expected to
return to his post in this city BY the Goth Of
May proximo.