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WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July II, IL

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, July H. 1860.
TfR SAN JUAN AFFAIR.
The statements 10 the last London Times con.
corning the San Juan affair are erroneous ard e1'
aQgersted in most important particulars. Gen
barney obtained leave Of absence several month'
AGO Tor one year, to travel in Europe, and with ne
expectation Of resumng the command on the IA
cihc. Col Wright succeeds him ia that depart
mept. When it was ascertaiped at the War De-
pBItment that Gen. Harvey had reinstatrd Capt
Pickett to the position winch he occupied when
the San Juan affair occurred, and from which Gen.
Scott bad displaced bun, with the official approval
OF the authorities here he (IIarney) was ordered
To report IN person at Washington, LOtwithstand.
lpg his previous leave of abseuce and he is prOba.
bly, Low on his way to ans9er for that breach Of
discipline Consequently oil the charges Of The
Til IS, that Gen. Harvey ba, been retained with
view to T. Ouble, aid Capt. Pickett r. placed Us o
meals of provoking q collision, are wholly uu.
founded. Col Wright IL authorized to remove
e,e,y just cause OF complaint SO FAR as ii lie to
III, islsod OF San Juan Is concerned, it Is believed
10 rest exclusively 10 the Uutcd States, and the
report of our Commissioner Campbell renders it
clear ard conclusive. AS England asserts her
clsim with equal pcrlnacity, aud az the whole ter.
Iit,Iy is Lot worth dispute between two such
nations, the question ought to be settled by arbi-
tfation.
LETTER DELIVERY.
An act was passed just before The ADJOURNMENT
requiring carriers 1elivtr letters for one cent
aitei the 3GtD of June, 10 be paid to them As com
Iepsa ion for their service. Heretofore TIE Gen
cral charge was two cents, from which fund vas
or, a,ed to pay carriers and also for ccrc lns aud
mailing LETTERS from different boxes aud stations In
large cities, thus obsiating the necessity Of ehforc-
ing the provision in the acts OF 1880 and i51l I'M
posing one cent for the latter duty Az the pres
ent law only cor templates paymrut tor the oeh'-
cry. which pGes 10 carriers entirely, the qu' stion
poa is. how letters are to be- collected II mailing,
no prov isinn having been made. II the PJstmas'
ter General insists upon The strittS,scutloh oil the
acts of l-a5 and 1851, then pasken. of one cent
on all letters deposited in boxes and stations viii
be Necessary, aud others not stamped aust be de-
tanned fof default. NJ order has yet been made
on the subject. but Dir. Hell is uuderstOod 10 IN.
c me to The rigid Interpretation. This whole em-
bar ra, suebt might BE- reli. we'd BY detailing class
OF pecial clerks 10 collect the rt,ers for mailing
and pay them out of the general commission fund
THE MORMON INTERESTS IN UTAH.
No proposition OF any Kind has been submitted
to Government BY Csp,. Gibson, or any one else,
Tor iLr purchase OF Mormon interests in Utah, a.
has been absurdly all,ged aud II there Wa II
oud not be .. terlained IN the absence of special
legislation The Executive department has no
pop er over such subject, except 10 lay It before
Congress- Col. Smiths dispatches from Utah
prrscpt a very upiay orablc condition Of things
there, and the belief is strongly entertained tnat
The Mo. mo- have been IN completely with the
II dams IN all the recent murders aud Outrages.
The fact s well Known that there were fifty or
-iAty white mtn attached 70 toe band of savages |
" ho MURDERED Oimsby and hs companions, sud |
" ere prubahl, lnsiigalrd by them. About 900
troops are still lett In the Trrrltory, they are
krpi constantly on active duty following the l..
dams AID their allies, and curbing the depreda |
tons " hIch have become M frequent and serious.
TIE BOSTON POSrUffiCE. |
Mr. Capcn. Postmaster of Boston, received no |
Instructions from the Department. President in |
regard 10 the proposed removal Of hls office to |
sumner street. lt is he'll here, however. that as
the restriction which the previous Congress I'M
posed expired It'll last session, there perfect
right to carry out the contract TOR the removal |
" hch II temporar ly prevented. Sir. Capcu would |
probably have been sustained had be- transferred |
the Office from State 10 Summer street, on the 10Th
of June, but, with an offer Of free rent in the
amer be may now be embarrassed.
INSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION on WEST
POINT.
The President has appointed Major Anderson
and Copt. Humphreys on the par, OF the army tn
be assuciu,.d With Messrs Davis and Foot from
the senate, and Messrs. Curtis and Hughes from
ibe House, IN a CoUmiSslon to examine PERSONAL,
the course of instruction aud organization OF Vest
Point Academy, wish yirw OF recommending
such cbangrs or notifications IN the system rs
may be deemed important to ITS greater usrlulnrss.
Thr, are cxyecit d To assemble shortly TO proceed
with the investigation.
To tia Associated Prr.a.
W.sHIsuIos, Wednesday, ,July II! 1850.
The Comm ~ settle The claims under the Para
gusy treaty will probably be in res ion tgO weeks
longer Inc testimony iof the American claiman = ia
not e all taken. IL includes mus yaluabls inorna.
Of that country. The Republic vi Parlgu.y repr--
rent, by j. NJ. Carllnlr, csq. of tGis city as il,