Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-03
1pmthbur9 S'iroinlan.
wednesday Morning. Dee. 3. 1896.


muncated to Congress. yesterday aud will prob
ably reach Us by the mail of this evening. We
shall lose no time in laying il before our readers.
II is unnecessary that we should indulge any
speculations as Ia its contents.
Accounts from Washington. relating to the nc
companyng documents, represent that the Re
port Of the Secretary of the Treasury is quite
voluminous. and necessarily recapliulates much
of the material suggestions submitted 10 Con
gress at the last session. owing TO the failure to
lecislate then. 1t will embrace valuable infor-
nation. never heretofore communicated in the
same shape. including, among other matters The
operations. capital, stock bonds aud indebted
ness Of the railroad companies IN the United
States The information under this Tend Is quite
perfect from half the States, aud approximately
so from the others, where the corporations re-
fused to give the desired information, thus sub
ieciing themselves to suspicious that might not
otherwise have been excited.
1.-THE deficiency in the Post Office Department
for this fiscal year, is about two millions seven
hundred thousand dollars, or something more
than one hundred thousand 'yer last year. Its
operations have been greatly extended, aud the
facilities largely increased. A single fnct, IA
this connection. furnishes a gratifying evidence
of the growth of the country. Dofhg the lat
four wears, there have been added II the Post
Office service seine ten thousand miles 81 tht'-
road being rs much a. had been brought into IL
QUESTION in the preceding ten years Altogeih
er this report will deserve public attention, both
for il, practical suggestions aud the develop
,pcuts which it furnishes of national eAphns."n
and prosperity.
The Secretary of State embodies the affairs
OF diplomacy in the Presidents message, aud
therefore makes special report No pnpcrs
of any unusual importance Will he sent III from
that Department, Mr. Marcy's letter ON prlva-
,eerinp. already published, aud the official doc
uments relating TO Kansas, will form The bulk OF
it's contribution. The correspondence beiwecL
Mr. Dallas aud Lord Clarendon, preliminary to
the recent treaty, and the instructions on the ne
eo.iation, will be sent to the Senate IN Eheept''"
Session. aud not published until the authority OF
that body be given.
"Scveral Democratic senators II Is sad, have
announced Their purpose in advance predlcated
upon the parlial information already gwen to The
public 10 oppose The Treaty with England, ON
two grounds first. because such M alliance Is
So, mlugly # not really, adverse to The Interests
and rights If the Central American States; aud
next. because Nicaragua. the state most imno-
diately interested has not been mnde party to
the negotiation Perhaps the hitter difficulty
would be ohyaied if this concession were now
made. II j. understood that the W alkfr govern
ment L. Represented here by sufficient authority
TO consumniate such an arrangement whenever ~
NAV be hcca pied.
The new Minister from Nlcaragua, Ferrer,
has no, endeavored TO present his credentials,
owing To the pressure upon the Presidents time,
growing out OF the meeting of Congress. hut,
Ms soon as lhlr difficulty is relieved, th" move
mont will he made. backed 10y the enme iniluen.
ces which pret allied III the reception OF Padre
Viii. And there will be some difficulty. II the
facts stated be well founded refusing this
courtesy. II appears that Mr. Wheeler, the
United States Minister formally recognized tho
pioscn, government on the 18th OF July, aud That,
subsequently,, this net was III n manner officially
ratified. hy the submission Of the answer OF the
United States To the propositions OF the Paris
Congress respecting maritime law, WHICH Walk
err approved, and by application Tor the relenso
Of certain recruits from this country, in the Nj
carsguan army, which was also granted
They contend. under thete circumstances,
that the goyernm, nj is committed by n pre-oS-
listing recognition, und cannot therefore refuse
a minister, unless he be personally exceptions
Bile. The opinion prevails that the President IN
clines to this view, with divisions oi sentiment IN
the Cabinet. The next intelligence from Mica
gun is looked for with great anxiety, rs demon
strating his ability to sustain himself against the
allies of the neghboring States. 1t is predicted
with confidence by his friends here, that he is
now securely established in Leon, which Is city
of 30, 600 inhabitants
The report of the Secretary of the Navy /.
not vet completed. but will be ready in time for
the delivery of the Presidents message. II will
present an interesting resume OF that important
branch of the public service. with some recon
mendstions worthy of the immediate action Of
Congress.