The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-20

TREASURY pKPAHrxnNr - Ell
A New Ledge % Cape Small Pos,u Mains--we mad
vertenty omitted in issue Of Saturday evening 10
publish the suboned letter from the Superintendent of
the Coast Survey to the Secretary of the Treasury
BANGOR (Mc..) September 10, 1857
SIR have the honor report to you that during the
operations Of the present the of Maine the
photographic party under the charge of Lieut. Command
ing w G. Temple, United States navy assistant ia the
coast survey discovered ledge which does APP
pear upon any chart yet published and is unknown to
any Of the pilots fishermen in the vicinity 1t has
depth of thirty feet it ct low water and lies W.
s. w. NV. CIV. s. per oompass from seguin light
house distant five and half (5 nautical miles in lati
tude 43o Al north, and longitude $50 So west pro-
pose TO call it Temples ledge" after the discoverer
communication in the usual form, as notice TO mariners
gfvs Very respectfully, yours,
A. ID. BACHE,
6upt U. s. Coast Survey
Et Secretary of the Treasury. gg
MrKnIoR DEPARTMENT.
Kansas Swpeys.--The following approved township
pats have been received at the General Land Office from
the surveyor general of Kansas Territory plat Of town.
ship g. south of ranges T. g. TO- H. and H. east Of
the 9th principal meridian.
res NAVY DEPARTMENT.
.
Of the Navy has received letter from Flag Officer James
Armstrong commanding the United States naval forces
in the East India and China There is Of
any importance in regard to events that anpng in
that quarter of the world, but Commodore Armstrong
states that Mr. George Smith, English merchant resi-
ding and doing business at Shanghai, lost some years
since brother, who 1t is supposed wrecked in ty
phoon with Mr.. Nye American merchant, and 9TH
ers, the island of Formosa. Since then Mr. Smith
had used every effort in his power to ascertain whether
or not his brother and his companions alive and in
captivity that island but without The search
VIII be further continued. fsgllrI
The Sub Mayins Cable Is the letter received
yesterday morning by the Secretary of the Navy from
Capt VIM L. Hudson of the United States steam fgate
Niagara
u. S. STEAM FRIaATE NIAGARA,
Keyham Dock Yard Plymouth, October i, 1857
SIR: have the honor to report that have landed
all the machinery unfortunately employed in laying
out the telegraphc cable from the Niagara.
large watertight wooden tank is being prepared at
this yard for the reception of the cable and have every
to believe from the manner the work is progressing
that shall dischargng the cable Monday
next, the 9th inst
enclose herewith copy of my letter to the board of
directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company of the ED of
September, with their secrearys reply avail myself
of the occasion to report the transfer of Lieutenant e.
Wells to the United States steamer Susquehanna on the
the Goth u by order of Captain Sands, to supply the
place OF Lieut. Harris who returns home from that ship
ck and to state that the officers and of the Niagara
are in goood health.
am, respectfully, your obedient servant
VIM L. HUDSON, Captain.
Hon. ]. ToucEY, Secretary Of the Navy.
The correspondence alluded to by Captain Hudson con-
sists of his letter the board of directors the Telegraph
Company asking what their intentions in regard to
landing the cable from the Niagara and the reply Of the
secretary assuring him of their regret that he should be
delayed SO long and put to SO much inconvenience and
informing him that contract had been made for the
strucon of tanks for the reception of the cable and that
the work would proceed as rapidly as possible. @
POST DEPARTMENT..
Hail Failures 1t will be recollected that few days
since announced that the Post Office Department had
made arrangements by which the transmission Of the
through express mail from Baltimore to Cincinnati Ohio
would be rendered safe and expeditions and the de-
partment made acquainted with the of the mail
failures which have heretofore caused so much
plant We have the evidence before that the meas
ues taken by the department will have the desired re-
suit There have been recent failures on this route
causing considerable inconvenience to the public. The
reocntapponted mail agents have promptly performed
their duty and the department has been made acquainted
with all the facts connected Herewith thus placing in
their power to apply the necessary remedies.
Alfred H. Davis of tho mail agents, left Balti-
Tuesday the 18th inst with the through mail
for Cincinnati, arriving at Benwood one hour behind
time but making the connexion at Bell Air on the Cen
trail and Ohio railroad, Between Cambridge and Zanes
vile the axle of the tender broke past twelve
o'clock. The train put in motion again at five
clock and when five miles west Of GAINESVILLE the mail
car broke down After considerable difficulty the mail
transferred to another car and the train proceeded
on its way without further accident until it had passed
Xeni when of the drivers of the engine broke down
In consequence of these accidents two connexions were
lost. fE.3d 81 i"ls W -&"
The same agent writes that on the 18th inst he left
Cincinnati with the through mail for Baltimore making
time until he arrived at New Creek where he found the
express train west with broken axle In consequence
of this delay he failed to make the connection with the
morning mail going South through Washington. So
~ #t.a PENNSYLVANIA
The Journal of Commerce thus speaks of the ire
mendous defeat of the black-republican party in
Pennsylvania at the late election:
s'The result of the election may be called thorough
and emphatic endorsement of Mr.. Buchanan's admins
traton his New Haven letter. and the bred Scott deci
on and decided affirmation that the people of Penn
syvana do not repent the way they voted last fall The
large democratic gain further to show that but for
the lavish employment of the Kansas fund in the pres
DENTAL election the vote for Mr. nro,o