The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-09

ther greatest soeundrels snd make them PRECEDENT
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oidn' always mean IT,"
Mr.. Buchanan closed by expressing again . cordial
welcome 10 his guests and then proceedsd 10 receive
them each BY The haad warmly they separasy pre-.
scented themselves.
After leaving she White House the tourists proceeded to
Mount Vernon
RncDnos or CuxxopokE rArSAu-
Josiah Taina. on hs return from the East India Squsd
ron, Of which hs n commander received With al the
sonors and asted 10 day BY the OF the Navy
Yard here.
Mn yAPANEsR EMBASSY
SECRETARY Toucey has gwen instructions to have he
Roanoks having the Japanese board, intercepted a
Key West and the commander instructed 70 proceed "a
Hampton Roads, without going 10 New York frs. A
steiner detailed for the purpose will then take the ia
pansse bosrd and convey them 70 Washington Tbs
distance from the mouth Of the Potomac Warrington
about hundred snd thirty. Eve miles.
.ApPoMrHEn.
calhoun Bennam has been appointed United States Dis
c Attorney for California, vice p Della Torre resigned.
Benham was the second Of Terry, who killed Frederick
TIE covoDE INVESTIGATION.
W. c, N Swift, Of New Bedford, Mass, was examined
before Oovode's Committee to-day about hs live oak
srscts With the government. Hh testimony simi-
lar 10 that given before the Naval Corruption
committee last year. and viii be received 10 evidence
for tie purpose Of connecting with other facts TO be put
In evidence going to show that since the last invesga
ton the live oak contracts which made with
Swirl have not been u dead business.
Francis Grce naval constructor Of the Pha ielpha
yard, Samuel b Grce, and Joseph Grce, dealer in live
oak, Of New York city, severaIIy subpmnsed, and
viii appear before the committee To- morroW.
Ex-senator Stuart, Of Michigan, was before Covode's
Stuart did maze application to Of the departments
to obtain government support for certain democratic
paper Detroit a, about the time Lecompton before
Congress. Mr. Stuart could not that be did not
but said he did his letters In the department would
show IL.
DEAD IyTrxas
The Postmaster General, q communication 10 the
Senate day, responsive resolution Of inquiry the
subject Of essenpg the number Of dead letters says that
aer the careful consider Aton he Is constr aimed
believe that the chief improvement In the Dead
Letter Office must be effected by providing for
the return OF letters through The Office 10
greater number, and at q shorter perio5
70 the writer's Not halt OF the whole number are
such ~ should be returned Under the present system
all really valuable returned 70 the writer's 10000
dead ers accumulate quarterly in the York Pos
Office. The Postmaster General suggests the appointment
Of Temporary clerks 10 carry out the plan Of the de-
partner, experiment.
HS MEXICAN rREArr.
his understood that Senator Simmons and his friends
have perfected their amendments the Mexican treaty.
the consideration Of which viii shortly be resumed by
the Senate.
yosnos CONSUL KECooSnxp.
The President hes recognized Robert Barh Vice Con-
sui for the eiectorsteof Hesse CasseI ii st. Louis
rOgrAL AFFAIRS.
uousa 00ica THAR r,eot5rg tha
morning, decided unanimously favor Of establishing
steam line around the Gulf OF Mexico The question
Was the proposition submitted by ButserneId, asking
subsidy Of hundred thousand dollars in aid Of
abshng said line The vote stood four and four. they
hnay postponed the matter until their next meeting
Friday. The feeling in favor Of this line very general