The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-14


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ny OF Material psa fw absvs ~ ssnuAs1 - pesse
ss,y y ~ ssgssers essa ~ issswy nay throw sss
Bsss upon me ai1culBes hsswsas Bowman and Ffsnsh
fsse As committee.
MOVEMENTS oy noors.
ne War DEPARTMENT he's hsusd "a order % ~ .1.ave
he troops nom FsSt Usien h New Mexico, 90 ,ashs
away ~ emily psvsscaos 70 ths great .,su,s Of con
nsrce between that Territory aad r6uou,i and the
grazing country Of New Mexico ~ troops bAye bean
ordered 70 Anton Cicc, which h on the route advocated
~ NJ Phelps, OF Misaouri, bs Pacific Rlrosa on which
mare no ttvei or intercourse, there being setae
mea@ Ere oorpezsee have been ordered from Utah TO
f' 0ahr IN The Northern part Of New Mexico, ~here
shese are NO people. rsfc stock 70 be protected
10 Ne subject Of inquiry for what pnrposs Ills singular
distribution Of troops has been rsde. There IL Job
ssnsvhere. and Il cugh! 20 be ventilated
ArpoiyrsErTs ooSFRnxD sryArE
TIE Senate have confirmed the following appoint
nesus--w Brock, Consul q: Swallow, China; W. Cor
so-an, Pcs.r,stsr 6: ST. Pac Mn j. Eorehead, Post
master a: lexington, No. A, Hsger rostnas.er at
Charleston, 8 G; j. B. Glass, Postmaster 81 Columbia,
sc
the ooAH suHvsY.
TIE Csnnittse ON Public Expenditures esn.enphie an
examination OF the operations Of the Coast Survey
ss the eustn.ss in h1nd s disposed or The expenses
OF shir hulcsn average neatly half million annually,
exclusive Of the coz. Of paper and printing. rs
reports are -cpniaous and OF such scientific cha
rss.sr that .Sey seldom unde rgo much scrutiny by
hess Of Congress or the people, and B deemed mpor
tan: that The operations Trey detail and the expenses
they involve should be carefully and thankfully examined
by the appropriate COMMITTEES. No harm can aree from
such Investigation, and any economy DO intro
duced greater efficiency utility DO infused into this
important byaach Of the public service will prove Of
advantage tc the country.
TILE CONVENTION rnxexAYn AGHNrs
The Nnr.h American Telegraph Association haye been
IN session this city FOR several days They have
ceedsd IN efecans srraDsements 10 ccnszuc. hne "
California, provided Congress shall authorize contract
fos ne gogernmen. busnsrs fo- yeA,s q. tho low
price Of $50 go per year. We may look for
practical results 70 the government ana the pnehc
growing on. q his effort TO eons.-us. line to
tho Pacsc The authors Of sone articles which have ap
reaYed IN disren. papers TO defeat tho object srs mott
hed that he biz Affords surplus profits 70 divide among
that cAss Of claimants and AL applications for such par
poser have been, and win be declined.
Buss,AN THEGRA7Mo UsnzPRraa
private letter from g. Petersburg says tna. the pro-
jest for telegraph proposed BY the AeYic An Consu 10
Inc Amoof country, Med Collins, Eq, from Moscow 70
Ean Francisco, has been preson:ed tire Drecsori,.
Chief Of Ways Of Communication General Cherkin, who
has laid the whole subject before the Siberian Commit
tee becanse, as the project 10 Affect shers, must
psss through or under heir sanction.
Public opinion represented 10 be very favorable 70
the project AMI ~ tie Russian government. recognise
.ae tine 70 the Amoor would really seem 70 be the bes,
mode BY which TO unite Europe TO America Froa the
mouth Of the ISoor 70 San Francisco the distance s
sbeu. i've thousand miseg-al, with very small frac-
ton, by land. II, however, submerged cables shsl 30
used, where practicable, the distance viii be very much
reduced. Persons high in authority thinA tha.
tae inc shou'd be made by submerged ca.
blss, but Mr.. Collins sdberes 70 h;s pro
jec:aa land -oute Via Behring's STRAITS, or as near
70 tina: point may DO, and TO the least possible use Of
Submerged cahies looxng 10 chespness readiness Of re-
pail. snd security sssus. loss Of submerged cables. The
suyVsys gong IN Siberia on the part Of tho Russian
government. Captain RomAnon, Of the ersirssrs who
was dispatched last summer TO survey The line eAs. Of
hkou,sk most probably returned 70 81. Petsrsnurg 70
nAxe his report, during the month Of February.
TONNAGE DUTIES AT HAVANA
Information has ceen received 1t ths State Department
from HAVANA Of the publication Of royal order confirm.
ing he decree o. the Governor General Of Cuba dated
October, 1859, relating 10 the exemption from tonnage
duty Of venes wholly laden with live CATTLE poultry OF
al Ards, or hsns eSSs seo the opening Of the port Of
Basabano solely fee the commerce in these articles.