The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-01-27

vi noui lhspectSA ~ HlcAHlohu, last year, eX
/ ceeded $4,000 barrels so that fthe inspector
obtained one cents worth of flour from each
barrel-which is believed to be below the
mark-his income from this source alone would
be $1,000. He is authorized by law to charge
an inspection fee Of ope cent per barrel. Out
| OF his aggIeeate ipcome he pays the salaries of
deputies, hire of negroes, office rent, &c,
In a late speech IN the Z. S. Senate, Sam.
Houston restnentiy inquired how the Disun-
,onisrs proposed to divide the Union Will
they cut the great Mississippi in two? Who is
to have the mouth of it? Who is to command
its source? Will the West be prohibited the
! privilege of commanding the great oatls. of
that river, where their pFoanotions are bound
less, and aoat III Tvs hdsom every day in the
/ leare
The Washington correspondent of the Phils
delphia North american says:
| There is every reason 70 believe that Spain
will reSsra any direct proposition for the pur.
: chase OF Cuba as premeditated insult ON the
| part of this Government after her repeated and
emphatic retusS!s te entertain q negotiation fer
! that ohjecI. If an overture we're made 10 the
! United States for the alienation Of portion of
our territory, and il was declined peremptorily,
1 II IL easy 10 imagine with what feelings a repe-
tition OF the offer, accompanied by offensive ex-
pressions, would be received by our Government
and people, This whole Cuba business, how
ever is but farce on the par! Of II. President,
non. It may have the effect of producing hos.
tile feelings towards US, but will serve no other
than that bad purpose, Such is the general
| impIessfan IN the bestnformed circles.
"A very clever thing is related in this con.
nection, which will bear publication. At a
dinner party not long ago, a certain member of
Congress had the indelicacy 10 grsss she Span
sh Minister Frequently concerning the acuuisi
ton eff Cuta. Ehese thrusts were parried with
taat becoming grace and good taste which are
the well.known characteristics of Mr.. Tassara,
who, from the sphere of journalism, has come
to be recognised as leading oratG3I, poet, states
man, and diplomatst If SPAN. At last bis
ofiGiicas inTergogator SAID, substantially, Come,
Mr.. Minister what will you take for Cuba name
your price p NJ. Tassara instantly replied, with
crushing caiFaness ana dignity, when you are
plesideht, of the United States, and ] am Prime
Minister of Spain, that will be time for such
proposition 1t may be supposed the subject
was not renewed
The Rev. NJ, Sullivan, a Catholic priest, of
Charleston, S: G., paid over to lady Of that
city, on Monday, the sum of $780, received
through tne cOnlesslQnSl, lie received IT from
a person who said 1t was TO satisfy an indebted
ress rghtfully due the heirs of the ady's father.
The debt has remained unpaid for at least
period of twenty-five years, as the parent of the
lady has been dead over twenty years.
GeerSa 9. Whiting, ESQ, Commissioner of
feLatons, has made another important haul of
pension-papers forgers-in this case. in Wiscon.
sin. In 1856, it will be recollected, the Com
missioner of Pensions broke up q similar gang
located in Arkansas, arrestins tao of three
partners IN the neiariQus business,
The United States Court at Charleston has
refused to tVTn Capt. Corrie, of the Yacht Wan
derer, over to the jurisdiction of the L. S. Court
in Georgia, but grants an order for his arrest,
and orders that his trial take place within the
limits of the jurisdiction wherein be IS arrested
Another OF those meetings in favor of" Lib
erty, Equality, and Fraternity" which have
been so frequent in New York, of late years,
was held in that city on Friday night. We are
informed that it was q large ONE, and that it was
intended as manifestation Of the solidarity of
the Nations"
The ship Manhattan, which has arrived at
New York, fell in with the British barque Frank.
lin, dismasted. She rescued the captain and
crew, who tell q fearful tale of suffering. The
captains wife and child were swept overheard
and lost, and the. survivors were two days with.
out food.