Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-28
Frnr, WashInEton.

WAsHrxdroS, Feb. 27.-The President
has recognized Mr. J. D. SyOrandt as Vice
Consul Of Sweden and NOrUay, at New
Orleans, and Mr. Pott Barth as Vice Con-
sui of the Grand Duchy OF Meehlenburg,
Zaiferin, at st. Louis.
The House Post Once Committee have
authorized Mr.. COlfax to report at the
them by him, for expeditinS and eheapen-
ing the postal service between the Atlantic
aud Pacific States. It directs the Post
master General to advertise Immediately
for proposals to carry the entire mail over
land to such points on the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers Us the bidders may select,
and by such routes as they may designate
in their bids, to California. The letters,
mails and all printed matters, on which
letter postage is prepaid, is to go through
in twenty days, and to be carried semi
weekly. The newspaper mail Is TO 60
through weekly in thirty days. Proposals
to supply Denver aud Salt Lake by branch
lines weekly from the mRin route, are to
be invited, and bids to be received by the
18th OF Nay, and submitted to Congress
for acceptance or rejection. The contract,
if made, shall run three years from the LIST
of July, 1860. Bids for more or less fire.
quent service will also be received. Bids
are also to be invited to carry the entire
muil by water route from New York or
New Orleans, semi-weekly and weekly.
The Committee, before these bids are
submitted to Congress, will show that half
million of dollars can be annually saved
in this single item of the mail service
The newspaper mailnOw goes semi-month-
II via Panama.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 27.-The HsraIsFs cor
rSspondence states that Mr.. Wyks, the
British Minister TO Central America, has
negotiated treaty with Nicaragua, b.
which the Mosquito protectorRte Is totally
abandoned to Nicaragua, STIMULATING for
its nominal sovereign an annual subsidy
of $50, 900.
The IFibuas's correspondence Of the
26th, says at the Democratic caucus, on
Saturday, ar. Browns resolution for an
immediate slave code received Eve votes,
Messrs. Mason, Clay, Chestnut, Robt. John
son, and Brown.
Those Of Mr.. Davis were carried without
division aud will command every South
ern Democratic vote IN the Senate, Rnd all
from the North, but those of Aessrs. Doug
las aud Pugh.
The 'BrooSlyn' has been ordered to
New York to take out Col. Ricket, our new
Consul TO Vera Cruz, who will carry in-
structions to meet the contingency Of Mir
amon's projected attack, in case 1r. Nc
Lane should not return before that event.
Mr.. MCLane's movements depend on the
action of the Senate, In the treaty II re-
jected, there Is no motive for resuming the
mission, if ratified, he will go to make the
Convention for which it provides. The
treaty will be taken mp tomorrow and
pressed urgently to division, in view Of
the expected attack on Vera Cruz. There
will be 20 votes in the negative, or more
thaa necessary to defeat the ratification.
The election of ex-Gov. Ford, of Ohio,
to-day for Printer, was rather unexpected.
All the Republicans voted for him, IOgeth-
err with three Southern Opposition, viz
Messrs. Anderson, of KY, Davis, of Nd,
and Etheridge, Of Tenn. The Southern
Opposition voted for Ball and SeatOn, in
addition to two democrats, Messrs. Pryor
and Millson. Mr. Adrian, anti-Lecompton
Democrat, voted for WintOn. With the
exception of the above named, ex-Sergeant
at Arms, Glossbrenner, received the votes
of all the Democrats present.
In the Senate, in executive session, final
~ disposed of the commerce aud amity
treaty witty Paraguay, by ratifying it.
Tho Mexican treaty was then read, but
general discussion of its merits was not
commenced.