, 1859-05-27

STocE FOR OREGON.-J. ?. Welsh informs US that
he will ship by the Moses Taylor, April Z, several
head Of valuable farm stock, among which is South
down buck, No. 22O, bred by Jonas Webb; winner Of
the first prize at the N Y. State Fair in 1855 and
prize at Norfolk and Richmond. Va Also Hamp-
shire buck, bred by Lord Portsmouth; and pair Of
Southdown yearlings from II. A. AlexanderS. Ky,
and buck and two ewes from the flock of John T.
Andrew, Conn. Of tile New Oxfordshre breed. Also
four year old flly, Mary Chiffon" by imported
Glencoe, dam by Eclipse; winner Of the first prize of
SIS at the show Of the Long Island Association in 0c
tober, ls5s.-N. y. Tribune.
s5-Geo. W. Jones, of Iowa, has accepted the mis-.
sion to Bogotl.
UTGH.-Eleven men have persisted between Salt
Lake and the South Pass from cold At the latter To-
cay three bodies were found bundled close together.
All along the route the cOrpses Of the daring but
unfortunate wayfarers tell story of desoaton and
death.
Hs-The following rates of passage were charged by
the steamships which left San Francisco on the
9Th inst. The OrizGba--First Cabin, $50; Second
Cabin, 500; Steerage, $50 The Golden Gate, (U S.
Mail line)--First Cabin, upper saloon, 5000; Lower
Saloon, $50; Second Cabin, 800; Steerage $50.
ES-On the evening of the l7th April, Mcssrs. Me.
Phason, Thomas Mccormick, DIR. II. W Mcmillan and
T. b. Mccullough, were drowned while attempting to
cross Rogue river at its mouth.
So GEORGE NJ. DALLAS il proposed as the next
democratic candidate for the Presidency by the Mo-
bile Register. The Augusta Constifutionalisi in
article.
The PREsIDEScY.-Severa of the leading Demo
cratic Journals besides many prominent Democrats in
the Atlantic States, predicts that General LANE will
be the nominee Of the Charleston Convention for the
esldency His elevation to that distinguished posi-
ton would be proud tribute to our young State
CONGRESSIONAL RErREsFNrArIox-The Congress
sional apportonment which will doubtless follow upon
the next census, will make quite change in the East
ern and Western States. Under the present appor-
Onment Illinois, with vote of 252 eO0 has but nine
members of Congress while Massachusetts with n
vote Of but l20 OO0less than half that of Illinois
has eleven The six New England States have now
rs members OF Congress, while the six Western States
to wit: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconss, Michigan u Iowa
and Minnesota with double the population baye Int
81. California will also lie entitled TO two or perhaps
three additional memJers, when new apportionment
is made.
CLAIMS AGAINST FOREIGN GovERNMENTs.--Amonp
the mass OF documents Published by Congress there
is much uninteresting and tedious detail much that
will never be read and much that ought never TO have
been printed. Now and then, however some curious
and even romantic, information is laid before the two
Houses TO this class the document Just issued Civ
ing list of claims Of the citizens of the United States
against foreign Governments, may be said peculiarly
to belong A glance through lis one hundred and
twenty-eight pages exhibits not merely the extent Of
our relations with other Governments but the singu
lar enterprise and daring of our citizens Some ofthe
claims are amusing; some are based upon the most
extraordinary assumptions; some refer TO property
LOST some TO lives lost and in one case we notice
claim set up against foreign Government on the
score Of the wounded feelings of the claimant few
Of these cases may be quoted with interest to the gen
eral reader:
CLAIMS OF GREAT BRITAN.-Wiliam Webster
claims for loss and damage and indemnity for lands
purchased from chiefs Of New Zealand from 1885 to
ls4O and franchises pertaining thereto, and improve
ments alleged to have been made thereon, which
claimant alleges were sequestered and taken from him
by the British authorities after the assertion of the
sovereignty of Great Britain over New Zealand in
January, ls4O the modest sum of six millions five
hundred and nnetyhree thousand seven hundr ed and
fifty dollars.
R5-Col. Thos. L. Kane recently lectured IL New
lork, and took for his subject the Executive Of Utah
He defended the character Of Gov. Cumming whom
he believed TO be the bravest patriot America ever
produced. In regard to the Mormon nsurrection, he
said there facts which as an officer of the Gov
ernment he was not at liberty to disclose.