Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-25

'A~ P"sPS-VOh oooOINiHk tuC resources OF the
country and the condition Of the people under the
government of the Hudson's Bay Company, has
reached Superior on his way home. According
20 the Ch!onictehe gives an enthusiastic descrip-i
ZION Of the country. The colonists of these
aistant settlements are highly dissatisfied with
Che ryrapnieaf government of the Hudson's Bay
-Compshy, and are anxious to be relieved Of the
Under Of the .G Ds OF
ada. That this will be the result of the present
agitation Of that subject in the Canadas and in
England seems not improbable. II was to obtain
facts for the of the government I'm this contest
against the huge monopoly whose charter will
soon expire, that Captain Kennedy was sent on
this expedition"
RECRUITS FOR NEW MEXICO, &c-Captain
Thos. Duncan, of the Mounted Rifles, u. 8. A.,
(who has just been relieved from service on the
Board to test breech-loading rifles, now in ses-
sion at West Point,) is to proceed at once to
Carlisle Barracks, Pa, and from thence to con-
duct to New Mexico considerable number Of
recruits for his regiment-from 100 to l50-now
at that point.
A large body Of recruits for the third infantry
are also now about to leave Fort Columbus,
Governors Island) New York, under COM
mand of Col. Chandler, U. S. Army Their
destination is also New Mexico.
These two bodies of recruits will meet Mt Fort
Leavenworth, from whence they will proceed
together on their destination, under the COM
mand Of the senior officer. ... --...
The Hon. Abraham Rencher, of North Caro-
lima, the recently appointed Governor of the
Territory of New Mexico, will proceed out to
his post, accompanied by his family, under the
escort Of these troops.
There will also be some fifteen or twenty Off
GERS with the command, going out to join the
regiments in the Territory. Not few of them
design taking their families with them.
UNsURvEYED LANDS ON THE PROPOSED
MINNESOTA AND PACIFIC RAILRoAD.-AIl the
surveyed lands probably falling within the
limits Of the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad,
by instruction of March 7th and June 22d, 1857,
were withdrawn by the General Land Office
from sale and location, and from presumption,
for four months after receipt of the order of 22d
June. The attention of that Office having been
called to the unsurveyed land on the line Of
this road, instructions have just been issued to
the land Offices at Sank Rapids and Minnopolis
dated August "a, inst.,) to apply the interdict
of the letter Of juno 22d to all lands falling
within the Is mile limits of a direct line be-
tween the termini, the plats of which may be
received prior to the expiration of the four
months.
PorAroEs.-There appears to be every reason
to fear that the country is again about to be
cursed with that dreadful calamity-t6e potato
rot. Exchange newspapers from the North and
West come to us with accounts Of its appearance
in various localities of those regions and an
experienced, observing and successful agrcul-
turalist in this vicinity, who raises large guam
titles Of the esculent, assures us that he has
discovered incipient evidence that the vegetable
is unsound in this quarter also 1t behooves
potato eaters here to look well to those they
purchase, for nothing can be more unhealthy
than potatoes in any stage Of the disease, what
ever.
cate, the leading Houston Democratic journal
published in that gentleman's district, hoists
the name of Mr.. Geo. s. Houston for the Speak
ership advocating his election to that position
with great earnestness. We judge from all the
circumstances apparently connected with the
AdrOrats's article, that it may be regarded as
an authoritative announcement that Mr. H.
has regularly entered the lists for the distin-
guished Office we name above.
MoDELs.-To-day the models offered by those
who have made proposals to construct the steam
sloop-of-war which the Navy Department de-
partment designs causing to be built by private
constructors, are on exhibition in the Bureau
of Construction, in Winder's Building. They
are models in their way, indeed, and are al
ready attracting much attention from naval
officers now in Washington.
THE TAX COLLECTOR NOrICE-All our fell
low-citizens who possibly can, should, by all
means, heed the advertisement of the Corpora
ton Collector of Taxes, offering the usual dis
count to those who settle their tax bills before
the day named therein. In these gripping times
for money, q considerable per centum of the
taxes due on real estate is worth being saved.
A MIsPRISr.-Yesterday, in briAy comment
ing on the state Of the Alabama Legislature,
recently elected, we were made to say that the
Democratic majority on joint ballot is 1872 1t
should have been printed lib. There are about
20 Senators and Representatives only, elected,
who were supported as American party men.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL is at present absent
from Washington city-having left for brief
visit to Bedford Springs.
The WEArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
The time of observation is about o'clock q. m:
AUGUST Is, 1857. .. r.-.
New York, N. .cIear, cool.
Philadelphia, Pa..........clear, pleasant.
Baltimore, Md............clear, cool.
Washington, d. C........c lear, cool.
Richmond, cloudy, pleasant.
Petersburg, .cIoudy, pleasant.
Raleigh, N. C............cloudy,p pleasant.
Wilmington, y. cloudy, cool.
Columbia, 3. c.. clear, cool. .... Il.
Charleston, 8. C.......... clear, warm.
Augusta, cloudy, pleasant
savannah, Ga ..clear, warm.
Macon, Ga... ..clear, pleasant.
Columbus, clear, warm.
Montgomery, Ala.........clear, warm.
Lower Peach Tree, Ala. clear. .-r
Mobile, Ala :::...........clear, pleasant.
Gainesville, Miss. clear, pleasant.
New Orleans, La.... clear, pleasant.