, 1858-04-16

treaty was passed. Bills amendatory oil
the patent laws, and Of the law regulating
the carrying Of passengers in steamships
and other vessels, were introduced. Gen.
Houston presented bill providing for the
employment of regiment Of mounted vol
unteers on the Texas frontier, and also
authorizing the President to raise four reg
iments Of volunteers 1t is siad that the
President will shortly send message to
Congress urging an increase Of the regular
army by the addition Of new regiments, as
suggested in his annual message.
RN-In the House, the bill from the Sen.
ate, authorizing the President to reinstate
naval officers who have been vctimized by
the Naval Retiring Board, was passed by
majority of seventy-one. There was a
perfect jubilee among the naval officers in
Washington on Wednesday night, over this
result, so important TO their interests.
RTThe Senate in executive session on
Monday confirmed large number of ap-
poinments made during the recess of Con.
gress. The question Of the confirmation
of the appointment of Mr.. Isaac Cook as
Postmaster Of Chicago in place of Mr..
Pride, partisan Of Senator Douglas, ere.
ated an angry discussion. 1t is reported
that Mr. Douglas charged Cook with grave
olfenses against morality The subject was
laid aside in order to afford an opportunity
for rebutting the allegations preferred.
Mr. Samuel Medary was confirmed by
the Senate as Postmaster at Columbus, O.
From the correspondence Of the Phila
delphia Press.
at was not deemed advisable to issue
the entire twenty millions of Treasury notes
at once, because of the increased and in.
creasing revenue The receipts per day at
New York are this month four times what
they were in November. There has been
a corresponding increase from customs al
the several ports in the United States.
The receipts, Indeed, at this time are suf.
fcent to meet the current expenses Of the
government, and it is believed by those well
acquainted with the finances Of the coun.
try that there would exist no necessity for
any further issue of Treasury notes, were
it not that there are ten millions Of def
ciences in the appropriations for the pres
ent fiscal year to be supplied Immediately.
The five millions TO be obtained on the 18th
of March are to go to meet these defcien-
cies.
r9-0n the 26th, the President, in re-
sponse to the resolution of the House Of
Representatives, calling for information to
show to what extent Utah may he consid.
cred in rebellion, sent in great mass Of
documents, the most important of which
have already been noticed. Several letters
from Gen. Scott to Col. Johnston are
among them, in one Of which, written dur
ing the present month, he says that it is no
longer probable that he will go TO the Pa
cific coast, or that any expedition against
the Mormons will be dispatched from that
side.
nR-A letter was presented from Gen.
Shields, Senator elect from Minnesota, ask.
ing to be allowed to take bis seat. A dc.
bate arose as to the proper course to pur-
sue under the circumstances, and the mat.
ter was finally referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
RS-A curious development (and impor-
tant if true, reaches as from New Orleans.
The Delta, of that city, in an editorial az
ticle, asserts that the African slave trade
has already been re-opened by the South,
and that regular depot has been esiab-
lshed on Pearl River, in Mississippi, where
cargOcs-of negroes have been received, and
sold into slavery. The vessels engaged in
the business carry the French flag, because
the British cruisers on the African coast
will not trouble it,
From the correspondence Of the Balti-
more Sun:
at has been determined to withdraw the
troops from Kansas aud dispatch them as
early as possible upon an expedition for
Utah. Arrangements will be made imme-
dately with this view The troops will be
organized and ready for tho march upon
the presumption that there will be no fur
ther use for them in Kansas. But it will
be necessary for Congress to make an ap-
preparation for the object, and they may
delay this until it will be too late in the
season to undertake the expedition. The
animals which have been purchased for the
supply Of Col. JOhuston's command have
not been paid for, there being no funds for
the purpose"
AFFAIRS OF HoNoR.-The honorable gen.
tlemen of Washington and vicinity appear
to have settled all their difficulties without
much bloodshed, and we have to record
the pacifcation Of Cullom and Clay, Ex-
Lieut.. Rhind and Commander Boutwell, o.
the Navy, Lieuts. Bell and Williams Of
the Navy, and all the other cases of hot
blood, coffee and pistols for two In the
latter case the parties repaired to the
classic field of Bladensburg. One was
shot in the hat, the other maguanimously
fred into the ground, and they shook
hands and departed friends
PERsoNAL.-We fud the following in the
Richmond papers Married, on Thurs
day, Feb. IL, 1858, at Trinity Church,
New Orleans, Phillip P. cambridge, Esq,
of Virginia. to Betty Taylor Bliss, daugh-