, 1859-04-05
Sale Of the kUnlons' Newspaper.
SINGULAR DEVELOPMENTS.

SINGULAR DEy1oPAESrs~ =
The Washington correspoudeat~{ {" Occasion
ar')of the Philadelphia Press gives the follow
inK details Of the sale Of the Union newspaper,
IN hfs letter published in the Prks Of March 81:
The sale was an odd enough Arrangement.
| Wendell has been suffering terribly for months
! under the load Of debt which the publication Of
suspected him of worshipping after false gods
| and Of being opposed to The denomination at
| Charleston, having refused to nliow him the
usual printing patronage heretofore en}oyea p
and believe, Of upwards Of $3.50 900 PEI annum,
| ing Of executive documents. The profit on this
| work is from twenty -6va 10 thirty per cent Or
some forty or fifty thousand dollars year. The
sale, az understand from person who obtain
ed it from the fountain-head, Was simply this
Wendell alows Bowman to assume possession
Of the Union establishment without paying any
purchase money, and in consideration thereof,
lie President stipuiates to give the contract Tor
the Post Office blanks and the executive print
I ing to Wendell, or some onc he may designate.
Wendell agrees in turn to pay f2oooo 81 tne
profits Of these jobs in monthly instalmenta Of
$1,s8e. The residue Of these profits, amounting
to 10000 or &25, 900 per annum, be is to retain
as the purchase money Of the Uaion, and is also
to discharge some political debts incurred by
James l, chiefly in Pennsylvania, in forcing L.
compton through the House Of Representatives,
and in the election Of October last. #, howeE-
er, the contracts should ever be taken from
Wendell By Mr.. Buchanan, then the safe Of the
Union becomes void, md Of no effect, Bowman
dissolring from the public Tiew as proprietor
and editor, and Wendell again taking possession
Of the newspaper property as the real owner
You will see therefore, that there is really no
sale Of the property Of the gnio, but that It has
eny beg rented to Ar auSn A. Rneha1.
an having stipulated to pay the rent twenty or
twenty-five thousand dollars year, out Of the
public treasury, in the way Of contracts.
There is q pirate arrangement between Ar.
Buchanan and Gen. Bowman, that out Of the
100000 received by the latter from the profits Of
to be paid to sundry pensioned papers Of Mr.
Buchanans in Pennsylvania, the balnnce, q, 900,
being reserved to conduct the Union. Bowman's
chief reliance upon making fortune, under
these circumstances, is by being elected Senate
printer next winter, as the head Of the Official
tie will hare another contract for division Of
the spoils, as Wendell will necessarily hare to
do the work.
Judge or Attorney General Black drew up the
papers in this fragrant bargain. The rest Of the
Cabinet we're ignorant Of the whole transaction.
Overland Mail Route In Brittsh Terri.
tory.
Correspondence Of the n. 7. Tines.1
ToRo31o, TuesAy, March =, 1852.
Mr. Dawson, the President Of the Northwest
transportation Company, waa IN England re-
scr's River and China, across British American
territory, instead Of having them sent. rs at
present, by Panama or By the Mediterranean
l. Sir Edward Nulwer Lytton, to whom the pro-
posa1 IVES made, received it in spirit most
friendly to the enterprise and, since Ar. Daw
ferrcd the matter to the Canadiau ministry, to
decide whether the plan Of sending overland
could be carried out. The Company has the
contract for carrying the mails to Red River;
service which has ben carried on for nearly a
twelyemonth- They receive only about 81 900
trip for this. but the Imperial Government
fortnig ghtly mail 10 Fraser's RiTe1-as they now
gire more than that for the mail service, which
might with advantage be performed this way.
And as the Canadian Company is not very
fush," !" there is no7e, conceive good oppor-
tunity for some Of the Butterworths and Fargos
to step to their aid and realize well by so doing
At any rate the thing isworth attending to. The
facilities which exist for conveying passengers
and goods from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast
md rice rersa, On British territory, nre great.
The St. Lawrence and the lakes are navigable
half across the continent. From the head Of
Luke Superior to the Red River. settlement is
but 500 miles, and from the Red River to the
Rocky Mountains there is but one rapid which
steamer cannot ascend. The Rocky Mountains
reached, there are four passes at hand, which
Captain Palisser, Of the Royal Engineers has
just rediscoyered and reported practicable,
through which the head waters Of the Columbia
on the Fraser'R River can be struck without dif-
6culty.
It is very currently reported, here, TINT Sir E.
B. Lytton will be our next Governor. Sir Ed
mund Head, who came here six years ago, coat
less and almost shiftless, always speaks Of his
term Of office here rs his engagement" Well,
his engagement will shortly close, and, after
him, ne should welcome such man as Lytton
Nulwer with open arms. The latter has made
himself very popular rs Colonial Secretary, and
Ills having founded the colony Of New Columbia
gives him great tcldt. It is not improbable TINT
lie might come charged to initiate, or rather car
~ out, the scheme Of confederating the british
North American colonies into union, similar
to your OWL, but governed either by British
Lord or one of the cadets of the Royal race. You
may rely upon it that-in spite Of occasional an-
nexation-manifestos put forth By crazy. people
we Canadians are rather monarchlal than Re-
publican, at least.
an interesting movement is going on ut the
Red River now. The district needs some other
government than that Of the Hudson's Bay Com
pany, and the question arises, shall it be made
subject to or part Of Canada. or shall it be
stituted crown colouyy The clergy Of the
settlement are in favor Of the 1attcr course-thc
people the former, There seems to be desire
on the part of the Hudson's Bay Company to
side with the clergy. Perhaps, indeed, the Com
pauy has set the clergy to work. The Red Rirer
settlement is the distributing Point for all the
Company S supplies, and the collecting point for
most Of their furs. Now, if it renlain in its
present state. or become Grown colony, the
Company will continue to import their dry
goods, hardware, groceries, &c, free Of duty
bringing them in either ria Hudson's Bay, or
through Minnesota, in bond. fthe country be
annexed to CANADA, these goods will hare to
pay our ratc Of duty-on an average Of about rs
per cent.-enough to induce the Company t.
make ycEy strenuous efforts to prevent the an!
nc1ation in question.