Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-31

UnheeQed Dy the eye
Oh! yes, q veil may Oft conceal.
An angel bright and fair,
Whose virtues would adorn a crown
And shed lustre there
..T MISCELLANEOUS.
VENEZUELA. t
A correspondent Of the New York Herald
reports the following sad view of Venezuelan
affairs:
By the repor, of the Secretary Of tho Treasury
to the Convention, the public debt stands
thus -
Foreign debt $20,s62, 212 81
Interest unpaid. ............ 1886, 1873 66
Domestic debt .......... 22,2lO,O9l Al
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S, l29,0SS 90
The country is kept poor by host Of I'M
necessary expenses. The entire population is
less than fifteen hundred thousand-equal to q
third rate State in the American Cnion-cach
province having Governor and Legislative
body, at heavy annual expense
Suppose each Of the counties in the State Of
New York (Which have . larger population
than the provinces Of Venezuela) had Gov
ernor and Legislative Assembly, and every
town Mayor and Corporation, as the cantons
of Venezuela have. would not the State be re-
duced to poverty?
Add to this host Of bishops and priests, all
receiving salaries from the public treasury, in
dependent Of their exorbitant exactions for
ministerial performances besides an army OF
military officers. say about three officers to one
soldier on the army list with as many generals
as Louis Napoleon has-and at every rcvolu-
tisnary movement the old officers retire on their
pensions and an entire batch of new officers
are crcatcd-thus the expenses are multiplied.
and the national debt increased
Venezuela does not adhere to the adaSe to
"be Just before she is generous" She provides
for those vampires who arc extracting the
hearts blood from the nation, and disrcgards
her honest debts The Secretary Of the
Treasury has presented a project for the con-
soldation of the foreign and domestic debt,
against which solemn protest has been made
by the domestic creditors.
INDIANA SENATORS
BY the following extract from the "Cleve'
land Morning Leader" it will he perceived that
the Legislature Of Indiana has sent on to Wash
irgton two contestants for the seats in the Sc
nate now occupied by Mossrs. Bright and Fitch:
Governor Willard, as was anticipated. vetoed
the bill passed by the Legislature Of Indiana
to provide for the election of United States Sc
majors. To pass a bill over the veto of the Go
vernon requires majority of all the members
Of the Senate and House. In the Senate the
question being-"Shall the bill pass, the OBJ
jections Of the Governor to the contrary not
withstanding:" the vote stood yeas 20, nays
%, one excused from voting. The bill was then
sent to the House and the vote on the passage
stood yeas 40, nays IS. which was two less
than constitutional majority. \ motion was
made to reconsider, rs some members were alb
sent or had paired off The next day the mo-
ton prevailed. and the bill became n law over
the veto.
On the 22d instant the Legislature, bya con.
current resolution. elected Henry 5. Lane and
VIM. McCarty, u. S. Senator'S, in place Of
Mcssrs. Bright and Fitch, the former till 1863,
the latter till 1861.
Mr.. Lane, one of the Senators elect is a very
able man. and was President of the Philadel-
phia Republican National Convention. Mr..
McCarty is also man Of note, and an anti-Le-
compton Democrat
By dispatches to the Cincinnati papers we
learn further particulars Of the election. The
resolutions providing tor the election of United
States Senator'S declared two vacancies in the
United States Senate The Senate gave Lane
and McCarty 26 votes. The Lccomptonites,
20 members, refused to vote. One bolted, one
absentee. The House passed the same resolu-
lions by vote of 81, a'maority Of tho House.
Forty-six refused tovote. Three members were
absent
Correspondence Of the Baltimore American
S~51 fstEf WAsnrSGfoS, Dec 81.
Mr.. Preston, the Minister to Spain, will
leave this city on the End and sail on the 9th
Of January, for Liverpool. During his sojourn
here he has been Hospitality entertained in all
the principal political and official circles. To
make his diplomatic family complete and
acceptable, the President conferred the Secre-
taryship Of the Legation on Mr. Wooley, of
Kentucky, nephew of Mrs. Preston, who is
said to be accomplished and we'll fitted for the
post Mr.. Preston will 60 to Madrid by con-
yenient stages, leaving his family to winter in
Paris, where he will probably join them, after
passing through the Court ceremonials.
FROM wAsHIaaT0N CITY.
WASHINGTON, Dec 27.-Judge Samuel Black.
will, there is little, If any doubt, be appointed