The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

IhE SUPREME COURT VACANCY.
u Inc vacant Judgeship on the Supreme Court
b; bnch cannot be filled till December the vacancy
IT, " occurred during the sitting of the Senate
pointment niiy doubtful what direction the ap-
hi WIN finally take. Mr. Cusbno's name IN
snis connection was not presented hv bis ~.
ant;noi, Duo was suggested from another onarter
e'rtaS & anu II IS known that when he was CON
suited alter Judge Daniels deon was CON
hlllng the place, he advised postnonn ~ lesaIu 10
immediate selection, inasmuch as tba III VI any
pressing necessity, and the idea of reor;; q; no
the Court had been mooted in Congress Doubts
are entertained whether he would accent If th
offer was made. The Presidents personal des;ro
is to provide for Judge Black, but there are oh
Jectlons to two Judges from one State and judge
'rler insists upon verifying the Jefersonian
maxim.
THE CONSTITUTION IN NEW HANDS,
IL Is substantially settled that The Constitution
IS Is. 70 pass into the hands of Mr. Breckinridge's
80 ana tnat Messrs. Bowman and Browne are
W retire shortly. Their successors arc mot vat do
termlned upon. But committee have tbe SSnb;aot
IN cnarge, who are now making the necessary in.
qulrles, and who propose to have a comnateni and
sted % organ l9r the campaign 1t is also under
regarded IN the interest of Mr. Douglas, is ia ha.
come absolutely so by purchase. Both wings of
the party will be represented at the Capital bv dis
tlnct organizations and separate organs having no
common sympathies and avowing most hostile
opinions.
THE CALIFORNIA BOUNDARY.
Inc Two principal candidates for the Commits
ssonershlP to run the boundary line between Cali
tornla and Utah are William NJ. Browne of The
Constitution, and Sylvester Mowry, delegate from
the unorganized Territory from Arizona. The
PRESIDENT is quite exercised about the choice.
DECAPITATIoN OF DOUGLAS MEN
ihere Is to be a thorough decapitation or the
Douglas oiiceholders here and elsewhere Tho
President and Cabinet have conferred fully on the
SUBJECT, and orders will be issued as soon as the
nIack list has been completed
m MINISTER TO GUATEMALA.
ne nomination OF Churchwell, of Tennessee as
mlnister to Guatemala, was not reported back from
Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate,
because IL would not have been confirmed.
THE TREASURY.
Inc hscal year closed yesterday and the balance
IN the Treasury $4,000, 900 less than Mr. Cobb
estimated in December, although the unexpended
appropriations exceed the average by about SIS OOO-
00O. This item usually reaches about SD 600 600
and Is carried forward from year to year. now it
exceeds SIT, ,225,000, many large appropriations.
IKE that for the New York Post Office, having
peen deferred for one pretended reason or another
AS tne recent loan which Congress authorized is
specincay restricted to the redemption of the out
Sssanuing Treasury notes and other purpose, the
fono must now rely entirely upon the receipts
rom customs and lands to meet the ordinary ex-
penses Ihey are expected to fall far below his last
revised estimates, which reduced the fpuras in his
annual report So 900. This is the first time
since Mr.. Cobb entered office that he has been con-
PEELED to carry on the Department upon its own
proper resources, and the country will see in De.
cember how he succeeds. SCI ,0O0, 900 have been
expended during the last three years over the ac-
tual revenue, including the balance left bv Mr.
Plerce's Administration in the Treasury This.
too In time of profound peace. YetMr Buchanan
was greatly shocked at Mr.. Fillmore's prodigaity.
When the actual expenses were about one-ha!f as
large.
Inc contest between Messrs. Breckenridge and
douglas has no reference whatever to the result of
the Presidential election in November. The de.
sign is to crush Mr.. Douglas out entirely, and
leave him pOwerless hereafter After the 4th of
March next, he will be solitary and alone in the
Senate, as Mr.. Pugh has already been voted into
exile oy ONO, and no other has espoused his
cause. The Breckinridge Executive Committee
having abundant command of means, and control
OF the official corps throughout the country intend
to organize independently in every State and to
run an electoral ticket which will not be with
drawn or compromised by any bargain They are
in for the war, and to the knife, and have notified
temporiziEg followers in Pennsy lvania New Jer-
sey and New York, that fusion or combination
ticket Will be accepted on any terms. They con-
slder any temporary coalition calculated to de-
moralize their ultimate object while it is incapa-
Die oil etecting any present advantage. This gen.
eral purpose will soon be announced in a more au-
thOritative form.
lNTERPOsITIoN OF SPAIN IN MEXICAN AFFAIRs
Minister McLane asked permission of the admin
istration, in the Mexican treaty was rejected
or defeated by non action, to return home and the
request was granted, but owing to the present com
pllcated condition Of affairs and the threatened in
terposltiOn OF Spain in Mexican affairs the govern
ment have instructed him to remain for the pres
ent informing him at the same time of the reported
movements OF the Spanish authorities and also to
keep sharp watch on the Spanish squadron TIE
government have received additional information
from quarters entitled to credit, corrlborating the
statements heretofore received of their designs
upon Mexico, the alleged preext for which is their
completely In the capture of the Spanish steamers
at Lizardo.
Senor Mata, it is understood, since the postpone
ment OF the Mexican treaty, intends to withdraw
and rafIt htrI
government any further negotiations with the
United States.