Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-26
Interesting from Washington.

W y.
learn that the inaugural of Mr.. Buchanan is
finished. |, will be short.
The policy of Mr.. buchanan respecting our
foreign ministers is considerably eanvassed.-
The applicants for the first class missions will he
numerous. 1t viii be expected by the President
elect that every minister. charge dnifaires and
consul will send home his resignation without de,
lay. They will all be displaced; there will not
probably be single exception. Our diplomatic
corps Is to be entirely renovated and relnvena
I'D.
All tho home officers will be changed There Is
Ia I've rotation. There i certainly the policy of
Mr.. Buchanan. Most of the collectors. post
masters, marshals. district attorneys. Nc., will
he allowed 10 remain TIL their terms OF office eN-
liro; the remainder will be removed before the
expiration Of their commissions. This iniorma-
ton you may rely upon.
The Senate was in executive session again To-.
day on the Kansas Judeeship, without coming to
any decision. The difficulty is, many Senators
deny there Is any vacancy. rs the President has
no power to remove Territorial Judges. This Is
point yet unsettled by the Judiciary. The
supreme Court, as iatimatrd in the case at the
Minnesota Judge, lis divided IN opinion on the
point motion To postpone II until the lih of
March was lost by one vote. The Cabinet have
been in session the entire day, closing up the
chores of tho present administration.
The new treaty with Mexico has not yet ar
rived but is looked for with great anxiety, ms it
was negotiated without special Instructions Tho
administration knows nothing of the detas.--
HE instructions given Ia Mr. Forsyth oommu-
nicated 10 the HERALD at the time.
\ gentleman who arrived hero this evening d.
rect from Mexico. confirms the llERALp's inelf-
gence of the treaty recently negotiated by our
Minister. My informant says The sum required
from our government is twenty five million dol
lars, for which Mexico will surrender the lsthmus
Of Iehaunitpec. The treaty Is offensive and de-
tensive. Information had been received, my in
tarman; says, tho day before he started from the
city of Mexico, that France and England had
agreed Ia furnish Spain the means to invade
Mexico. iii object of which 10 got posses
SION IF Fehuancpro, and that it had created quite
stir.
General CasS received an official notification
10 day from Nj. buchanan of his appointment as
Secretary OF state, aud de-patehc! II letter this
evening informing the President elect that he
accepted the position. Both letters were under
stood To be exceedingly teiictous.
Mr.. Clay introduced bill granting public
lands To Alabama for railroad purposes.
Mr.. Weller introduced hill t. expedite the
construction of telegraph IL San Francisco.
The House passed the Def. iency bill, with an
amendment reported from the Committee Of Ways
md Means, appropriatlng one hundred and egh-
~ thousand dollars for books for the private Ii
brales of members. The history of this book
operation is n curons 1t urged last
Congress as due memb,rs in view Of their mad
equate compensation. This Congress having in
creased their own pay. and run the increase back
10 the commencement of tho first session, six
months before many of the members were elect
ed, this attempt now TO seize upon both the books
and the Increased pay wis hardly anticipated by
the country The Senate will reject the amend
mrnt. Look to the Senate.