, 1859-05-06
NEW s.
n. II. ORR, Secretary.

or The Hon. Henry S. Geyer, formerly U. s. Sen.
ator from Missouri, died at st. Louis on the night oi
the 7th March.
WASHINGTON, March 2?d.-The PrcsdentN considers
the question Of extra session to be postponed not
decided and his future action will be determined by
the resalt OF this experiment. The present probabl
ty is that Congress will be called In November, NC
COZ ding to the policy which Stephens, Of Georgia
suggested before his departure,
sD- The Cabinet was in consultation on the 18th in
relation to the affairs oi the Post Office Department
It is estimated that the deficit OF the Department on
the 10th If June will he 81 900 900. The question as
to the necessity for extra session of Congress will
settled before the departure Of the next steamer
for California.
30 The Post Office Appropriation bill, lost by the
disagreement Of the Senate and House, contained an
item Of 90 900 900 for the deficiencies Of the present
year, and which were actually needed to meet accu-
INFLATED obligations. Tie defeat of the bill will dis.
astrousy affect the whole machinery Of the Depart
ment.
Hs- All the special msil agencies, seventeen in
number, have Just been discontinued, and the order
granting extra compensation out of postages, affect
ing about eighty postmasers, has been revoked, ow
ing to the failure Of Congress to make the necessary
appropriations.
ca The Union of March 2Oth contains another ar.
gument Of two columns in length, from Mr.. Giett 10
show that the revenue of the Post Office Department
be applied to the service without special appro
preparation by law.
as- The compensation Of postmasters and the con.
tngent expenses Of their Offices amount to two mil
lions per quarter, equal to the revenue, leaving
nothing for the mail service. 1t has been estimated
that the service which is absolutely necessary to be
performed will require about twice as much az the
entire receipts to saw nothing OF the present indebt
edneSs.
ss- The last weekly Treasury statement up to the
7th March shows balance in the Treasury Of 81
sS 900. The receipts oil the week t775 900 the
drafts paid amounted p S732 900, and the drafts Is
sued TO 81 ,04 900, feluction Of 10000 as com
pared with the previons week. The receipts in New
York for the week ending on Saturday last were S.,
272 O00 including 81 600 coo account Of the loan.
DEAD.-Hon. NIKE WALSH met his death in New
York city, on the morning Of the l7th March. lie
was found at early hour Of the morning ut the bot
tom OF a steep fight of stone steps, at the rear Of
house the Eight Avenue. The head rested on the
bottom step. the face uptuned. He had, evidently
fallen head first. The Coroners Jury rendered yer
dict that the deceased come to his death from apo
pexy. From the fact that the body had been robbed
il was at first supposed the deceased had been mur.
dered. Mr.. Walsh was once a member Of the Legis.
ature and Of Congress he edited several shortived
newspapers in New York the chief Of which was
radical print called The SubtfITancun. In lS4O Mr.
Walsh published and edited the RnicksrbOcksr. He
was born in New York in 1915.
s. dispatch in the True Delta dated Washing.
ton March 2Gth, states that Col. Joseph Johnson Of
the First U. S. Cavalry, has gone to Mexico, under
orders from the Government.
81 Ihe Navy department has gwen orders ioi
Citing out the new sioopofwar Lancaster for sea
expeditously as possible. Its supposed destination
j. the Pacific.
R5- There an enthusiastic mass meeting al
Tammany Hall, New York, March l4th, in favor oil
the acquisition Of Cuba Senator A. G. Brown, o
Mississippi, Hon. John Cochrane, and other distin
glished gentlemen, made able speeches appropriate
to the occasion.
~ The Secretary Of the Navy is making every ef
fo,t To have the new steam soOps-of.Uar ready fol
service at the earliest practicable period. The Engi
neer in Chief OF the Navy inspected the machinery OF
the 23d Of March, ioT the two rUT In conrs Of con
structo, al Eoriolk.