Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-23
Additional Atlantic Itcms.

The Overland Mail which arrived in Sar
Francisco, on Tuesday evening, brings the
! following intelligence not hitherto published:
The President has appointed Thomas Mil
Ter Postmaster at Columbus, Ohio in place
of Samuel Medary, resigned to FIJI the post
of Governor of Kansas. Mr. Miller was Mr..
Medarys immediate predecessor in the form
er Office
y report having gained wide circulation in
Illinois that the Hon. Thomas L. Harris was
dead, the Carrollton Gazette, of the Goth
November, contradicts it and says: "Mr.
Harris has long been afflicted from hemor.
rhage of the lungs, which has rendered him
very infrm, and from late information, we
understand that he has been suffering from
severe attack of the rheumatism; these facts.
doubtless, have given rise to the report of
his death, and in view of his serious afflic-
tions, we fear that he will not be able to take
his seat in Congress next December"
A correspondent of the st. Louis Democrat
says that there has been great deal of in
terest manif, sted, of late, among citizens of
Kansas City, Mo-, about the Pacific Railroad.
A meeting held on the night of the 10th was
| lars ely attended, and committee of thirty
appointed to represent Kansas City at the
great railroad meeting to be held here on
the 23d of this month. Col. VIM. Gilpin de-
livered lecture to the audience after the
regular business of the evening was through
with upon the subject of the auriferous de
posits at Pixies Peak His lecture was a
! purely scientific one, and was intended to
prove the existence of gold in that region by
| geological facts His arguments were sue.
eessful with majority of the audience, high
ly instructive, and went far to substantiate
his premises indeed no one could doubt hi:
conclusions, if they admitted his premises
| But although not given to neredulitv, and
believing firmly in the richness of the Cher
ry Creek mines, yet | could not adopt the
thought that gold exists there in mass a.
iron does at Pilot Knob
WAsmSGToN, Nov. 24.-By advices to the
| l4th Oct, it has been aseertained that the
| commander of the U. S. sloop-of war Dale
was informed by the commander of the Brit
ish steamer Conflict, that the latter had cap
tured three slavers on the African coast, anc
that the entire British squadron had eaptur
ed nine during the last six months
After making the cruise up the coast, the
officers of the Dale expected that vessel tc
return to the United States.
The Washington Union prepares us to ex.
pect trouble to the Paraguay Expedition II
says:
" We are likely to encounter more or less
obstacles in the prosecution of such an en-.
terprlse, and it would be strange indeed il
naval expedition, looking to possible hos
tile encounter with the forces and forts of a
foreign power, should come off without dam.
age in some way and it must be remember
ed that we propose TO visit a nation whose
population are twelve hundred miles from
sea, with forts and military embellishments
all Of which may be brought to bear against
us. IT, then, we find the river Paraguay OBJ
structed, it will be our service to get rid OF
such obstacles as best We can. If the work
shall be serious, it will take a little more o.
our time and labor; if trihing, that will l.,
our good luck. The Paraguay Expedition
however, in any event, will be likely to visi
the capital of President Lopez, and, we trus
ana Oeheve, only to procure from him all tn,
satisfaction our Commissioner may demand.
A telegraphic dispatch in the St Loui,
Democrat, dated Washington, Nov 2lst
says: Charges of very grave character
have been preferred against the Hon Thos
j. Henley, Superintendent of Indian Affair
in California, and President Buchanan ba,
determined on his removal. Mr. Nucent
the U. S. Commissioner to the Fraser rive,
country, and editor of the SaE Francisc,
Herald, will be Mr. Henley's successor"
An effort will be made rs soon as the ses
sion of Congress has well commenced. t,
bring Oregon as a State, into the Union.-
Oregon has been for ten years an organized
Territory, with steady, healthful growth. anC
! her representatives claim nearly or quite tn,
ratio Of federal population for Al member o
Congress.
The Union publishes to-day Judge Doug
las speech delivered at Chicago on the l7tl
inst, without comment 1t is considered tn,
first gentle rising of flag of truce.
Mr.. Appleton, Assistant Secretary of State
has formally declined to take the editoria
charge of the Union newspaper.
The Overland Mail from San Francisco
which left Oct. 30th, arrived at st. Loui
Nov. oath. The mail of Nov. 5th from San
Francisco, arrived at Fort Smith Nov 29th
From the South-The Overland mai
coach last evening brought dates from Lo
Angeles to the nth December, but the pa
pers contain no news of interest The report
from the ella mines are encouraging