Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-15
Items TeIesraphed from Washington.

WASHINGTON. June I3.-The Postmaster Gen.
Gral will advertise Immediately for proposals TO
carry the mails most expeditiously between New
FORK and New Orleans, adopting one schedule
throughout The time and price TO be specifically
stated Ia the bids.
IL Is uncertain when the Japanese enyoys will
arrive Owing to the miscarriage Of the letters
from thu Navy Department of December last an
proving The sending Of them in the Mississippi.
iiiIln% 10 reach Commodore Tatnall, hs. not re-
6slvlng such approval. revoked his orders To the
Mississippi. The Department has reiterated its
order They NAV arrive at any moment
The English mission will probably not he filed
until after the meeting of Congress
The Sandman mission will not be flied untjr
after the meeting of Congress
Ihe executive committee Of the United states
Agr' uiturdl Society is in session for TN. pgrpose
OF making arrangements for the seventh National
Agricultural Exhibition They have decided TO
i"td The exhibition IN Cottage Grove near Chi
Iago' commencing September -. The premium
ISL amounts 10 twenty thousand dollars.
WAsHIN0ToN, June HIT is Understood that
MI Seaman. eN->uperintcndent of Public Print
IN. md who is indicted by the grand iury for
hiaiittSlnce IN Office is on tour for the benefit
81 MS health, and was quite recently at New
Orleans WV
hear that letter has been received from Mr.
Siidtl stating that IS he las been thoroughly SIS
I'ihrd by Ills party ia Louisiana he iucIines Ia
accept the appointment Of Minister To France
which position IL is asserted has been open 10 hi n
Tor considerable time. His Senatorial term eY
pres in two wears.
No orders have been 1iyen from the pos, o.,.
" Pdrtnen 10 lessen mail facilities in the Stat,s of
virginia, North Carolina South Carolina C;eorTi,
anu lorida for the reason that by the arcep,a,ccs
OF bids at the late lettings for that section ~ H.
mon the service was cut dcwn 10 a. loNv a nal
as Is contemplated for the States generally
hear tonight that the following officer, b7v,.
been designated for service, on board the Congrcss
now fitting for at Philadelphia as the f,alT sn
of the Brazil squadron. viz: Lieuts ] r Ann
strong, ID. Men. Fairfax, = p Ouackenhush
Joseph y. smith, Austin Pendergrast; Master
Geo A. Bigelow.
Mr.. Bishop. the new Commissioner Of Patents
has refused in several instances TO reopen cases
that have been adjJdicat-d by his prederessn,
The charges a. a INST MIR Cook postmastcr a an
raso' nave not been acted upon by the Postmaster
General.
The Associated Press dispatch saws:
WASHING Ton, June 1.-THE views Of the ii
Hlnlstratlon ON the subject of neutral rights will
soon be transmitted To Mr.. Dallas our Minister AT
london, and by him he communicated to the
BRUSH boVtrnInent- Copies of the dispatch will
he furnished 70 our Ministers at other fCnrone,n
courts, after the manner of Secretary Narcy-s in
struCtOns to Minister Buchanan whilst tho latts,
represented the United States in Great Britain
with reference 20 the declaration of maritime law
at Paris in loJ5 by Great Britain, France Austria
Russia, Prussia, Sardinia and Turkey but dis
sented to by our Government
The brief letter of Secretary Cass reIati We IN the
risks incurred 10y ndturdiZed citizens of the nited
states returning to their native land having occa
stoned much miscODstruction. a document il i'm
course Of preparation defining the exact position Of
the Administration on that subject and as to Lox,
FAR such citizens are entitled 10 the protection of
this Government. -