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is the first instafdeus for that oLject,
speaksr bennington has appointed .Han!
Aessrs EnEiisa: OF f1diana, Sfanfobi, ii tOfio,
aud Gartrell. Of Georgia. Regents Of tbe Smith.
soninn Institute on. the part Of The House Of
Representatives,. 81. ~:
The House Committee; on Military hare had
the subject Of the Pacfde Railroad under con-
auerG,,Gn ": haSe Some te no sonelasion
hanto ask for the prtnting OF the several bills
..reforrcd to that committee. Including .thnt ma
turcd and agreed on by select committee last
session, providing Tor = central route. The
idea "a talked uniting this with the central
ROUTE. The plan Of aid IS ID the form Of postal
states government, and by private means, and
; is now tue generally conceded plan Of :construc-
i. y, DearatFi is appo.nted Chief Clerk of the
.The orders OF War Department for the relief
Of New Mexico and the Texas frontier have
just been completed; md will be at once for:
'>7ntded to the proper officers. They direct the
withdrawal Of two regiments iron Utah as
soon as. the movement can be effected" The
takethe eastern 'ioot Of the Rocky Mountains
in the advance toward New. Mexico, near Fort
Massachusetts. The. other column will pursue
the route over which Col. Loring returned from
Fort Bridger. These forces arc to: scour tue
plains ia the regions Of the hostile Indians, and
|. where tue mails have been INSTRUCTED in the
Savajos country. They will then be posted in
strong dctachmcnts in NeWMexico. :.
The troops now stationed there, when thus;
relieved By these forces; will march to the Texas
| frontier and take post in the. regions where
| the greatest disturbances exist.
IN addition to these arrangements and the or
| dering Of battery Of light artillery from Fort
Leavenworth to Fort Brown, all the companies
cruits.. - -
the dircelion Of the troops, has By this time ar
| rived on the Rio Grande. -
= The ncw war steamer Pocahontas, at Norfolk,
/ has been ordered 10 the Gulf OF Mexico, Under
command of Capt. Hazard. Her other officers
n.c Lieuts. Morgan; Lowry and Kennon, Master
Evans, and Furser Harwood. -.
The steamer Brooklyn will Soon return hith-
er. The entire force Of the.home squadron will
consist Of twelye or thirteen vessels, steam
and sail. carrying over goo guns, with crews
\ thoroughly instructed in their management,
and who hare also been well drilled in the use
order that they may be prepared TO fight Oh
shore US well as on ship board, IN case Of neces.
'sity. J..
The report received at the State Department
dated Nor. last, from the party, surveying the
i boundary line between The United States and
British Possessions, say the 49th parallel Of lat
4 itude, as far as determined, shows mountain,
| Gus country, and that with the exception Of u
few localities the whole region is eminentiy unfit
for occupation or settlement. The work fol
il next season will extend from Columbia River tt
j The Rocky Mountains
u The Hungarian Disaster.
IL uAL1rAx, March Am official letter from Mr.
il Townsend: agent Of the government at the
wreck Of the hungarian, says that it is now as
Il certained beyond doubt that there are no sur
| xivors Of the disaster to the Hungarian. Onl,
bodies have been found. one that Of woman
| one man, supposed to be fireman, and ono
child, supposed to be twp years old. The cargt
! and materials Of the steamer. are scatterip.
, along the shore from Tasket around Cape Sab
), rs Tor as Ragged Island Considerable good
are drifting ashore at the mouth Of S!selbonrn,
I ing honestly. Three stores are hired at Bar
rington to collect the property, which is of con
j. siderable value.
The ships articles have been found, and i
shows that the crew numbered ~. No passen
ger. list has yet been found. The rumore
finding Of the clearance Of the steamer il uu
true. The only passengers yet known to hay
e been on board tie illfnted vessel are Wm. Doul
r tenhouse, Of sackri!le, and DR.. Barrett. Of Ne,
i York. Il boz belonging to the latter has bee
iound containing number Of letters from hi
a wife AID daughter.
e Particular care will be. taken Of any bode
+ that may be found. and q record Of the mark
It found upon Them will bel kept The bodies vi
It bc buried in separate grares so that they ma
e 'ssi4fafa Sa a sSsi5 bsfd nta pup bit bey
be sent TO Hu1ifax By the revenue cutter Daring
&c Hon. Joseph Howe, Provincial. Secretary;
exhibiting much i6tepest and pfohptif1Hdfoe cor
$ corning the wreck.
- , .ASqrHER plsgATcu. :. .-.-...s
e BAnR1yCToS, March - r. A.--Tbzee trunk
it have been found-one belonging to Margart
= Robertson Of Montreal. one to Robert Martin {
Toronto, and one to II. Il. Crocker Of Norwich
c. S9s9g has ba1e. ID
{ been found. The revenue cutter is here takin
9f in tho. mal for Halifax. ...:.