New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03

In uu,suspce If the desigo Of Congress meas irei
So. bee taken 20 procure cuttings aut see l. from
is,r, ouaiter Of the gote, where any new produ Il
90 Be- f,uoo which Is Tx ~ ~ prove useful in sny
oo,,,oo Of the United ates.
fMspy rev product ODE cf g'eat probabe utility
ye illus been Introduced, and others being sought
e., Sbereyer toer is any prospect OF success YES
has lust h en- seat 10 Suth Amedcs ~ procure cat
go al tae sugar cane, t. furnish Southern plant
49, with @ fresh stock to supply the place OF hat
bcb opposed has detori rated by continued cal
,vstop WITHOUT renovation irJm toe ind senous plant
T1e front basemebt Cf the &C 1ter building and the
80, Wig Of the Patent Office have been fnished ;
I'D sit the IOn OF the Potco, which IS IN rapid
r,og,ess, the sane msy be sad OF the west ~lns.
1be uo,to front Of the building has booa com nenced
"a the foundati1n will probably DC laid ddriug the
TssI sasOn SO TO be- ready for the supers,ruc,ue
T. the staing. Another spproJ flzton has been a5ked
Ior which will nearly complete this part, ;ordiag to
,be original plan and innate, the object being -
nre A IL ard as rapidly practicable, both
rroupt Of economy ana utii'y. The entire structure
,bep flushed will temporarily accom- ,dae all the
BUREAUS of this depa tment; bat this should not deter
Congress from makiOg the necssaty appropriations Tor
!. A.,ar'me nta building, which viii be much needed
Iefore under ordinary circumstances i eau be coh-
,truct,d and prepared for occupancy No valid reason
car be aseigJed for further delay
must again call your affection to the cxtraordoary
.,ne ses OF Il Judiciary and tue absolute ;essi
s1r radical change modification Of such Of the Ia 20
w raie theset The passed at the last s,ioR of
Copers S. with view Of curing some OF the detects,
has 30 far tested, proved very beneficial Tho pc.
cunis,y saving thereby has been large; bat this Is Of
little moment ia comparison with the salutary influence
bas had upon the class Of officers it ended TO
Affect Still, new Developments are bedg made winch
show that many serious evils have silently creQt IL
,scce in some If our Courts, which sAoad be speedily
remodied Most of tue laws fjr tDer proven ion are
seriously deiecti.e and need revision; aad without
Congressional action the ofcers Of the Treasury and
tbs Department are poweress. AS the laws now are,
can conceive of bO better plan than 10 iottus: tle
xxith
charges that may be preferred whenever aud wherever
this Department and the accounting officers o. tue
Treasury satisfied there is fraad Corruption or nil
teessnce 10 ofh o.
On the Goth of Juue 1855 there were in the Insane
patients dariog the fiscal year there were
received int it Al have died. 6were discharged 5of
Them being restored aod there left on the th OF
June last 80 patients. 1t u 10 most hourlshiog )nd-
ion and bios fair be the fret the country Toe
Inproven cnts are steadily progressing, and will be
completed rapidly as IL desirable The approprla.
tors heretofore made are deeued ample Tor the next
wear except small cunt for 1lch ao estimate As
teen made, for the Improvement of the farm and
prouI ano the purchase of horticultural and agr
cultural implements aud machinery. Congress has
already exhibited great liberaty toward this instIta-
ton, and doubt the resns VIII soon prove that II
has not bet improperly bestowed.
The number Of couvics IN toe Pententiary Is ~
81 were ADMITTED and 70 discharged during the past
year. The expense OF manssiGg 1t Is nov nearly
tqused oy the Income, ard the excess s being yearly
diminished.
The oct Of the 18th August last required the Sscre
tay of the Interior TO select suitable site for new
isil at or the PententisJy tue City of W ash
pgton and to drawings and specifications to be
prepared therefor TO be submitted with an estimate OF
is cost, TO COngrers at the next session.
Esry measure were taken 10 eaable me TO comply
with tho requistois of thus act. The architect in
charge of the Patent Office building instructed to
eyaniGe uy the most approved designs for buud-
ipgs Of the kind specified aud prepare the rel ilse
dfawngs spec and estimates for the one pro-
posed 10 he built.
He has attended to that duty and furnished the
Mans herewith submitted, which are so arranged as 10
admit Of an indefinite aIgemen Of the bulldog With
out interfering with It's symmetry Inc estimated cost
X slJ0,0t0.
The act requires the site for the j all to be
ecied at or neaI the Penen,iaty and the Department
IT, accordingly, confined to that vc'hity Inc gfo2nas
adjoining the Penitentary the east beioog as an
informed TO the Government and II the Jau ID ID De
erected in that neighboihood, 1 should recJmmend
That il be III ICED there. Aside, h0sovcr, nom the tact
that these grounds understood to be NJ edsd by tle
WaI Department, there are serious oolecuons u tns
locality which should, in my opiuioD, be brought to
The attention Of Congress before further proceedings are
had Iespeotpgn. ..;
seasons Of the year. there 10 reason to tear, the place
vould move unhealthy when occupied by 50 lacge
,nber (p,obaby lJC) as you'd usually be Confined
TO- subject TO the malaria from the creek on the one
,do ana the liver on the ohet. IL would be Well,
tic fore 10 seek hestbul SITUATION ana, rs
believed, such may be liuuO, WuCu "OuIu -
more cohvenicht ali respects to the city Shoidl II
Be concluded 10 select anotoer cite, am SATISFIED IRON
ihe examiI sops already made, that the GoVernuieo
would be the gaiutr ia point al cost, as the extra eS
len,e of securing safe foundation upon tie grouuu'
Indicated by the act tog Their wltu that OF filling up thu
lrtmhes 10 proper grade Soud ue more than enough
10 mako the requisite purchase.
10 this CONNECTION is Ceemed proper to invlte AZ
ehton TO the want of suitable Jdaons Tor the
rimnal Court Of tue District of Columbia. 40 ap-
rop,iaon was made at the last session. for the alter
alton and improvement OF the Coat Room nsfeoiJre
ustd, in common by the Circuit sno Criminal Courts,
which has b, udlcoUsly expended aud oy means oi
which that room has been rendered CONVENIENT aud
comfortable
These Courts are frequently 10 session at the same
line and hence a separate room Il Indispensable ior
4 @ proper accommodation of each.
The Judges md the mbsrs Of the Bar haverecent-
" united Ia communication upon this sa9ect asking
NE 10 tune upon the attention OF Congress the nc
cessity OF extending the pres n. i po,d,s.
Z" 40 as TO accomplish thai op Ct nave regarded
Ills memorial rs of much interest as drect us
public.t ion with the pIuod estimates Oh ue DoPa.
ep ia the hope that sui able provision may Dc maze
ly Congress at its next sion, to supply tue wants
theren SO Clearly shown 10 exist o- l..
With view of ehecting tue object OF Congress, IN
rccard 10 the construction OF low and Substantial
I ,Ydpe over the Potomac River, Alfred L. hWes, Il
cyiI engineer, was appointed to make the necessary
surveys examinations, plans, drawings ana esama'es'
livery effort has been made, aud ls stu haN!nS, 70
Ioio,m the service satisfactorily, ana II Is Dopeu 'a'
full report of the results will be made baiore The
month OF february next aud in time for tle consIdefa
Ion of Congress A.,
The work on the bridge across the Potomac, at Toe
title Falls, in this DsIric, has been intrus.ed TO
,kIlfu civil engineer. The appropriation was made SO
Lite in the season that the bridge could not Do nalsned
in tine for travel the approaching Winter, out VIII
lie pr,s sed 10 completion rapidly as practicaoie'
The appropriation made IN 1885, tor gradiog, &c
preparatory TO the extension of the Capitol grouGds
y as juoiciopsly and economically expended. As I IN
pros hppropr the mouey without any estm .te or