Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-12-10
BY TELEGRAPH.
BY THE NATIONAL LINE.
Reports Furnished BY the Associated Press.1

WAsHINGroN, Dec 8.-Senate continued-Mr.
Stuart conceded With Mr. Iughss, in regard to
that part of the Presidents Message, r,lting to
Kans s.
Davis and Mason concurred with the President
that subject.
Brown wished the discussion suspended until
the Senator'S could read and reflect the message.
Adjourned.
New York, Dec. 9tb.-Presiden, Buchanan has
dismissed McKeon, q. s. district attorney, for this
district, for opposing tie regular Democratic nom-
nations.
The Post Master General recommends closing a
contract with the Florida Rail Road Company and
covey mails by sea in FIVE days, between New Or
leans and New York He also thinks this arrange
ment may be made to include the conveyance of
the California mails via Cedar Key, Aspinwal
GreytOwn or HuascualcO:
LOUISVILLE, Dec 9-The river is rising with
sufficient water for any class of boats.
ST. LOUIS, Dec 9.-The river is rising with six
feet water to Cairo. The upper Mississippi is
open to Prairie Du Chen with feet water on the
bar at Dubuque and 80 inches at lower rapids.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 0-SzNATE-Mr. Pugh ga. .
notice of his intention to introduce a bill for the
Improvement Of the Ohio river.
New York, Dec. 9.-The Africa sailed with
nearly seventeen hundred thousand dollars specie.
WAsHINGroN, Dec. 9-Mr Gwiu gave notice of
his intention introduce bills for the construction
of Northern, Southern and Central Pacific Rail
road. Also a bill to organize Arazonia.
Mr. Douglass said he glad to find that the
President had not recommended Congress to pass
laws for the admission of Kansas under the LIE
compton constitution, that although a Willingness
expressed to sign any bill that Congress might
pass the President had RETAINED from any endorse
ment of the Constitution, and expressed deep
modification that the whole Constitution was not
submitted TO the people OF Kansas. The people OF
Kansas must have a chance to vote on the whole
Constitution. The reason ass ned for not submit
ting the whole Constitution was that the people
would overwhelmingly rejectit. de believed they
would, aud thought it a clear violation of the or
ganic act to force an obnoxious Constitution the
people
HoUsE-Nr. Houston's resolution for the cleo
tlou OF Public Printer, upon the condition that Con-
gress afterwards might modify the printing DEPART
ment as they pleased, and a committee be appoint
Ell to enquire into the whole subject, passed by
shortly of 40.
Vote for PuDic Printer-James B. Steadman, 12l,
George N. Weston, SO, Scattering, 4.
New YouK, Dec. 9tb.-Cotton, dull. Flour 4 So
"A 81, for state; 8 lOa5 IS, for Southern. Wheat
white, 24al 40. Coru-yelIOw, 80a62; South
ern white, new, 63a68. Whisky %. Molasses,
new, So Dressed hogs, 8 OOa6 I2t. Bacon dull.
Lard lOaIOg.
CINcINNATI, Dec. 9th.-Flour 90, chiefly for
! southern markets. Whisky 10. Hogs 81. Pro-
visions steady-dull. Exchange on New York, !
| premium.
ALBANY, Dec 9tb,-Erastus Corning, has been
! reelected President of the New York Central
| Railroad.
New York, Dec. 9.h.-The steamers ocean
! Wave" and Long Branch cOllided off Sandy Hook
| Both were cut to the waters edge. Neither sunk
| Several passengers were injured