The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-16
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Ni'0'NlA boUNDARY-TEA-PLANTs-M
,uc LANEoUs
- me Senate Committee on Territories will ro,,ou+
RonSa ptlt W IN few days, making the Eastern
unuaTy y OF Caliornla the l2Oth degree of Ionri
tude This bill is of much imnortono VI ionsL tis.
state ana the Government. 1t will nroLobI : Ia
California another Congressional PsoDaoiS give
UT.i ny ihcIuulnS tne NaSnoe population. Hon. VIM
wilson, OF the Land Ohce, in his letter to tha e..
mittee, says that from the intersection of
boundary line of the State of Oregon to tbn rI
RADIO river is six hundred miles The ras;dUo Uooc
the line by the said river is one hundred and
eighty miles. This region is bountifully sunpiiad
with every facility for marking every point immo.
dlately along the line, and for the erection of mon
uments at the beginning, closing and intermediata
points, for the perpetual designation of the precise
location of the line. Communications can he ogSi
~ had with different trading posts of the STATE of
california, and supplies for the survey NAV be oh
talned without difficulty. From the general tono
grapny OF the country, and taking into considara-
tlon Its rough cost near the mountains II bn1 -
suggested that thirty-fve dollars nor ;IIi DeIi
be sufficiently adequate to secure the sario T
competent and proper person to run, meosnro " "a
marx the boundary line in question the rivar nov
uons being under boundary, it is unnecessarr "a
survey. The cost, then, of the whole six 6rn, W
dred and twenty miles to be SURVEYED, after in.
cludlng all expenses, will be about S25, OO.-The
Agricultural Department of the Patent Office have
witnih the last year received large number of tea
plants, and placed them under cultivation in the
Agricultural gardens belonging to the Bureau The
1avor OF the tea leaves obtained from these nIants
is much higher than the imported tea. and some
what different in taste. There will be distributed
within the course Of the next year, about ten thon
sand OF these American tea-plants to the several
States in order to test it's growth in this country
Americans should use every endeavor. and mako
1t point of ambition to supply themselves with
such articles for home consumption, and do away.
70 as great degree as possible, their importation
from foreign countries.-The Committee on
Naval Affairs in the House (Mr. Morse, of Maine.
cnInairman) has not yet reported to the House The
ol as 1t passed the Senate, generally satisfactory
to the officers of the navy, and to all Others inter
ested, has undergone considerable amendment in
the House committee Great solicitude is felt that
early action should be taken upon it, for more
merltorious appeal was never made to the Congress
OF the United States s-There will be some STRANGE
developments in regard to the Watrous impeacI
ment case. The friends of Judge Watrous are ac
lively at work, and expect to prove that one Of the
most pertinacious agents. in pressing the charge TO
conviction, is actuated by motives of revenge for
past injuries 1t is reported that there is quite a
row row In the Cabinet about the slaves who arrived
at New Orleans, on the question whether thew
shaii De sent back to Africa or not-It is said
President. e "S tne