Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-12-09
From the National Intelligencer.

From the National Inteuigencers
The FrigaIe st Lawrence.
There was paragraph in circulation in our news
papers few weeks ago. copied, we believe, from
a Brszan journal, representing that a mutiny had
occurred on board OF the St Lawrence frgate, the
flagship Of Commodore Forrest, aD6 various other
things derogatory the police Of q ship and its
command Our personal knowledge of Com. For
rest made US entirely incredulous about the whole
story, and we now find that it was malicious fab
rcation and totally without foundation, the read
er will perceive by the annexed extract of private
letter from an officer of the ship, dated at Rio de
Janeiro, September 90:
"a false and malicious report got circulation on
shore here to the effect that 'mutiny occurred on
board the St. Lawrence, and go great the out
break that the French and English vessels of war
had TO send men on board to que the riot; that
eighteen Of the ringeaders were confined, and that
BY srntenc of court martial, they to be hung,
Although the officers had repeatedly heard this
story going the rounds shore and often denied
IT, it subsequently appeared in of the papers Of
the city, and caused a great sensation. 1t became
necessary to correct 80 unfOunded and base
port and a paragraph written and sent to the
editor stating that the TumOr was false in every
particular, and that the author base calumn-
atOr. An offectual stop therefore put to the
scandal and we are now endeayoring to ferret out
the author The truth is that Eve of our men got
intOxcat on shore on the 7th inst, the anDiver-
sary of the Brazilian ind dependence, and after they
got on board we're unruy and noisy. When they
were ordered tobe confined and the master-at-arms
attempted to arrest them, they threw shot and
marlinspkes at him, but with the assistance of the
sergeant of marines and ships corporal, they
coon overpowered and put in irons. The CommO-
dore was on board and heard nothing of it, Two
days afterwards it mentioned to him; he had
all hands summoned on the quarterback, and there
admoushed the crew OF the consequences OF re-
siztng the police of the ship, and that in future be
would hold them all responsible for any such occur
renee unless they lent their assistance to ferret out
and to secure any one guilty of insubordnate con-
duct. Il was this harangue, presume, that gave
rise TO the report We have five other men con-
fined for most heinOus crime, which cannot well
be surpassed in the catalogue of crime, for which
thew are now undergoing trial by naval court mar
tal | give YOU these items merely to enable you
to contradict any mschievous and unfounded re-
port that may reach you"
'sP s. Just as I was about to put this letter into
an envelope, the Consul, Mr.. SCoTT, came on board
20 show ne the editorial in the paper OF this morn
ing, who confesses he was imposed upon, and de-
Tres to make the amende honorable. lie regrets
the publication of the offensive and unwarranta-
bic paragraph, and compliments the discipline and
order of the American irigite."
Estimates of the Secretary of the Treas
ury for the Ensuing Year.
w are tudDlCu 10 lay BtlOEe OuE LSduIlS M NJ
vance of its presentation to Congress- the esti- /
mates of the Treasury for the ensuing year.-Ci". |
Gazette.
Treasury DEPARTMENT, Nov. %, 1857.
SlR-Agreeably to the joint resolution of Con-
gress of the 7th January 1916, have the honor TO
transmit fer the information of the House of Rep
resentatiVes, printed estimates Of the appropria-
tons proposed to be made for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1859, viz:
CIVIL LIST.
Foreign intercourse and miscellaneous, including !
the expenses ofcolecting the revenue from sales /
public lands, public meetings and expenses of
courts $1,000, COS 90 !
To supply deficiencies in the reve-
nue. of the General Post Office 3,654,9OOO 90 |
p, nsiOns 769 800 90 |
Indian Department l,437, lO4 40 |
Army proper, &c, including miscel-
Iaaeous objects l4O76 6I949
Military Academy lS2 500 90 !
Notifications, ordinance, &c. 3,4S6, lib 90 J
Naval estimates Is $50 44S % :
Steam mail service 935, $50 90 /
Total $50 3l2 943 Is |
To the estimates are added statements showing,
fTst-ApprOpriations for the fiscal year ending
June so, 1853, made by former acts OF Congress,
of a specific and definite character, follows:
Miscellaneous including expenses of collecting rev.
I44uS NUN OuSbOHIS S4yOO0lO4O II
Compensation to General Post Office
for mail service 100000 90
Aiming aud equipping militia 5000 90
Civilization of Indians 100000 |
Interest on public debt LAS, 3l435
Total S7,l65, 224 40
Second-Exi7ting appropriations not required
for the service OF the present fiscal year, and
which may be applied to the service of the year
ending June 80 1859, as follows:
CIVIL LIST.
Foreign intercourse and miscean'us $780, Gle As
Interior epartment-Pensions and
Indian l34l, $40 90 |
War Department $500, $50 90 |
Navy Department 1924, 479 % |
Total 1856, 5S8 So |
Grand total STA, O64, 755 81 |
There is also a statement of the several appro- |
priations which may be carried to the suppl fund,
amounting to 1866 ,O8l %.
am, very respectfully, your Ob't serv't,
HOWELL COBB, Secy of the Treas.