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steady healthful growth, and her repre-
sentatves claim nearly or quite the ratio of
federal population for member Of Con
gress.
Mr.. Appleton, Assistant Secretary of
State, has formally decliaed to take the
editorial charge of the Union newspaper.
Charges Of very grave character have
been preferred against the Hon. Thomas j.
Henley, Superintendent of Indian Affairs
in California, and President Buchanan has
determined on his removal Mr.. Nugent,
the United States Commissioner to the
Fraser river country, and editor of the San
Francisco Herald, will be Mr.. Henley'S
successor.
CONGRESSMAN DEAD.-Hon. T. L. Harris,
recently elected to Congress from the 9th
District in Illinois, died on the 24th Of No
vember.
Saline county, Illinois, at the recent
election, gave ,O05 Democratic votes, and
not one for the opposition.
The New York packet ship A. h.; bound
for Glasgow, from New York, foundered at
sea last month, but passengers and crew,
after undergoing terrible sufferings, were
rescued by the British ship Admiral, from
ST. Johns, for Liverpool. The A. u.
when abandoned, conld not live, it was
supposed, twenty minutes.
REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
The Washington correspondent of the Alta
California says:
The operations of this department of the
government have been most successful du-
ring the administration of Governor
Brown. The most efficient steam commu-
nication has been provided for postal ope-
rations with Europe and this service is
now in full and complete order. This is
costly, but a substantial connection be-
tween the two shores of the Atlantic
ocean. This being accomplished, Gov.
Brown next turned his eye upon direct
overland connection between the shores of
the two oceans, and the result has been
triumphant These things, l say, have
been accomplished by the present distin-
gushed Postmaster General, and they will
be referred to in his forthcoming report.
But Gov. Brown is not the man to stop
half way. He will at least aim to com
pIete what he has begun, and hence his
report will urge upon Congress the estab-
liShment Of line of mail steamships be-
tween San Francisco and some port in
China. This would give us the control Of
the whole European mail destined for the
Fast, MS it would be the quickest route, and
the cheapest. And yet so enormous would
be the mail matter which would be thrown
upon San Francisco for transportation east
and west, by land and by sea, that the
postage alone would meet all the expenses,
and thus instead of burthening the treas
ury, this new line would actually relieve it
OF heavy load, Gov Brown seems san
guine Of the success of this new enterprise,
which he regards as the right arm to be
given to the body Of our postal system.
The same correspondent says:
l learn that there will be favorable
report in the Senate on the war debt of
Oregon and Washington, but Mr.. Faux
ner who had charge of the subject on part
Of the Committee of the House has given
no intimation as to his conclusion thereon
He is expected here in day when he may
communicate to the new Senators the re-
suit Of his examination"
Capt, Chaunecy, Of the steamship Mag
ara, writing from Port Grande, Oct. %, to
the Navy Department, says that after
landing the recaptured negroes on the
African coast, the vessel will stop at Mon
rovia for coal and return direct to the Uni
ted States Her officers and crew are in
the enjoyment of perfect health.
Walter Forward has been appointed
United States Marshal for the Territory Of
Oregon.
lines IN IowA.-A letter from the inte-
rior Of Iowa shows an improvement in
money affairs there. 1t says: Money is
plentier than it was six months ago. There
have been several cattle and hog buyers
through this region, and they have pot a
considerable quantity of money in circula-
tion, mostly Pennsylvania paper.
TREASURY BALANcE.-Th balance now
in the Treasury is 81, ,l73,000. The receipts
of the week amount to nearly 1901, 900.
The amount Of drafts paid during the week
is $4,000. Amount OF drafts issued byI
the Secretary Of the Treasury, $720, ,000-I
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previous week Of $lS7, 1000.
Professor Whitehouso writes another
letter concerning the Atlantic Telegraph,
reiIerating his conviction that the cable
may yet be. made available
GENERALS HARVEY AND CLARK - Col.
WmoHT.-The st. Louis correspondent of
I the San RranciSro RtILeI;1 uritinor rndor
date Of Nov. p, says
While on the subject of military mat
ters it occurs to me to state that General
Harney will be recalled at an early day
from the Pacific coast aud assigned to duty
in his old department, with headquarters
at st. Louis. As the General is a resident
of this city, and in possession of heavy
fortune and luxurious home here, such an
order will not be unwecome Gen Clarke