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WASHINGTON NEWS
AFFAIES IN MEXIco-THE Posr-oFFICE REFORMS
IHE vacancy IN THE ARMY-THE PrRLLr KrS1.

NESS BEFORE CONGRESS- MIscFGLANrors
! - ;efsPatches We're received from Mr.. McLane,
Nllich give tar more dscourapinO aecount of tho
! prospects of the Liberals than has VET heen NH
; .sueu' All the recent statements of their VIC
to'Ss aPPea to have been exaggerated and it is
ha'uiy ptooable, from internal discords ord o,bor
causes, that the Juarez GovarnnoOt 80 anu t! otnel
ltseif, even nominaly, much longer fiat oil ~
understood that Senior Mata received snbstaptiaII1
similar intelligence. Mr. McLane ia not a'ty
to return home Immediately. He has intimateJ no
such purpose himself, and the Instructions yont ~
him by the Pocahontas, from New Orleans, Gew
days ago, announcing the defeat of his treaty pre
cIude that expectation his presence becomes
more necessary in view of the altered prospects
there.--Several important reforms were adOpted
In the Post-otiice bill on Monday. Pay for clerks
which has increased from S23O 900 in 1850. to
$3.50 900 now asked by the Department is reduced
TO SSOO, 900. In the City of New York alone under
MT fowlers administration, clerk paw was in
creased rom 1000 in 1853, to Sill 900 now and
the new postmaster has found many men drawing
salaries who perform no service in amendman3
was ado pied requiring postmasters to distribute
papers sent for clubs to one address The re
trenchments on the whole bill amounts to S5n0 mn
Letter carriers In cities to receive one cent for
delivery. The maximum pay of route agents
VIII be $500 instead of 81 900 per annum.-
Inc death OF General Jesup gives Mr.. Buchanan
another important appon ment. Col. Thomas ia
the oldest officer in that branch of service but this
seniority does not necessarily secure the commits
sion: inns vacancy requires a high order of ad-
mlnlstrauVe ability and integrity, from the i'm
under the control of the Quartermaster Generals
department. Number of names have already
been suggested in this connection but the subject
VIII not be entertaned by the President till alter
the funeral on Wednesday. The President has full
power to confer the appointment upon whom he
peases inside the regular army, and is likely to be
run down with applications through the friends of
those VINO are most prominent.-The Senate is
tar behind on the public business and every annro
priation bill that reaches it from the House is loaded
down, not only with absurd amendments, but with
private bills, which have right there The Senate
Is getting to be regular jew shop. 1t trades in
rythIng. 1t has loaded down the Army bill with
about eighty amendments, embracing three millions
OF money. lthas piled about ninety amendments and
mlIllOn oi money on the Indian bill, and the Civil
and Miscellaneous bill it has embarrassed still worse
1t commenced upon the Post-ofice bill to night
but adjourned too early to do much mischief-
Col. Forney was before the Cnvode Committee two
hours on Monday, and is to continue his testimony
III IS said to be of so important nature that a cnpy
OF 1t will be forwarded to the President for examina
tloh before being made public. Contrary to the usual
practlce OF the Committee, they placed the witness
under obligations not to reveal his testimonv nnti
u Is concluded, and the President makes known his
pleasure on the subject by reply or otherwise
COl Forney, not having sought the Witness stand
said he had no desire to seek apv nubl;c;t,, 49,,
with information he had possessed for years
The Conference Committee between the two Houses
could not agree on the Homestead bill. The House
Committee was in favor of the House bill and a
majority of the Senate Committee expres, ed a
Willingness to modify the Senate bill to some ey-
tent, but not enough to approach the substantial
change required to secure to actual settlers any,
thing like what is guaranteed in the House bill :
Another committee has been appointed on the part
ot the House. consisting of Messrs Colfax AIdrich
and Curry, decidedly in favor of the House bill
The Senate has not vet appointed -1h be Select
Committee on the Pacific Railroad finally obtained
meeting on Monday morning, and agreed to re-
port a bill containing the Central and Southern
Texas route, predicted in this correspondence if
a meeting could be obtained. The prnvisO attached
was that the report should be made this session. if
the time nt adjournment could be extended and if
not, then to be made the third Tuesday in
december next.-The friends of the tariff declare
that the loan shall never pass without the Tariff bill
accompanying it. If this feeling is adhered to- the
fear is expressed that the loan and tariff will both
fall, and, as result Congress will be called to-
gether again In September, if not earlier.
THE GREAT FAILURE IN MExICo.-The New Or
leans Ptcdyuae in referring to the failure OF Jecker
Co, the great bankers Of Mexico SAYS their to-
tai Liabilities are put down at 81 100000, i'm
mense SUN, which puts all other debit accounts of
the present year in the shade A very large poT-
tion of this is believed to be due to dep0sors who
IN the dreadfully unsettled state of the country,
have contded their money to a house in which all
had confidence. The total assets of the house are
estimated at S7,000,000, but therein are included
the Tehuantepec bonds andthe Is per cent govern
ment bonds, issued the last year. amounting some
two or three Millions and all believed to be worth
| less. In making this statement to their creditors
JecEer Co., ask an extension of five wears, pro-
missing to abandon to them each year 90 per cent
ol enllTe capltal, ana To the remainder
per cent. interest. They unable, however, to
offer any guarantees Of their ability to 90 on sue
cesstully any longer and at the first meeting the
proposition was not accepted. Another meeting,
however, was to be held on or about the 2Sth. The
failure of this great house, the real supporter of the
reacu0nary government, has Of course been re-
ceiVed with great rejoicing by the Liberals but not
unmlngled regrets. Mr.. j. b. Jecker, the princi-
pal, was gentleman of pleasing manners and great
kindness OF heart, and was surrounded by large
circle OF devoted friends. As to the immediate
cause OF the difficulty, We learn it was the failure
OF the house to realize anything, in ready money
from the immense amount of government bonds
which they held in return for the large advances
they found themselves compelled to make in sup
port OF MiramOn's worthless government and ex-
pensive but fruitless expeditions. They are also
out IN the sum of probably not less than a million
OF dollars for surveys the lsthmus of Tehuante-
pee and in the State OF Sonora under various CON
tracts for which they have vet received no re-
turn whatever. Nor is it probable that, in the
present unsettled state of the country, they will
Tor years be able to realize anything from the i'm
mense tracts OF land which have thus come nomi-
nally into their possession. Mr.. Jecker was him
self, we believe, Swiss by birth, but he has been
a resident of Mexico from bis youth, and connected
as associate or principal, with many OF the best
banking establishments in the capital. The sup
posed resources of the house. the skill of its mana
ger, and his intimate relations with the govern.
ment, have given 1t, the last twelve months almost
unlimited credit.
AN ENGLISH LADY OF RANK As THE WIFE OLA
i'fpOclN NhlEf"- IlddJlJ Tue syrian COrreSpOn-
dent of the Boston Trareier, sends thr following
account of the freaks of an English lady of rank
and beauty, who has lately become the wife of a
Bedoun Chief:
CAT the hotel of Mr.. Rarey, found most sin
| gular specimen of the English woman, who seems
| to emulate the character of the famous and once
| powerful Lady Hester Stanhnpe-kuown as Lady
| Digby; she eXcites the mrth and ridcule Of the
! natives but as the wife of Sheikh Mguil-the Be-
d"un Chief of Damascus-she wields powerful
| influence among the Bedouins of the desert. Pos
sessed of ample fortune, Lady EllenborOugh,
once the favorte of the Court OF st. James, after
her fall and divorce the wife of a Russian noble
man, and then of a Greek Prince, she established
herself in Damascus tew years ago. Here she
prevailed upon a noted Bedoun Chief to put
away his wives and live with her They spend
their winters in town and their summers in the des-
ert, where she visited the old wives of the Sheikh,
taking with her many beautiful presents appease
their wrath and jealousy. She bas frequently been
seen in the desert, habied in the loose robe of
the children of the sandy waste, bare-fouted and
| bare headed. In Damascus she the long
| white sheet which covers her figure but lives in
good English style, still retaining the luxures of
civilized life, and French maid Her constant atten-
dance upon Protestant worship. when in town,
gives travellers frequent opportunities of seeing
| her, and being maj estic woman in appearance,
| and still retaining traces of a wondrous beau
ty, she always excites attention and inquiry hear
that she has lately had her marriage with the Shekh
| legaZed by the Cadi of Damascus. and ded
| in the British Consulate. Her lord and master
| tor in this country husband is most emphaticaly
'lOrd of creatou'-possesses nothing either in
face figure to attract woman of cultivated
taste. Small in stature, darker than a muatt0,
with small piercing black eyes, and walking with
the staggering gait of the Bedouin, he disappoints
every one " no sees him; for one would naturally
| expect to something in the appearance OF the
man which would account for this singular freak
| of English lady of rank and fortune in choosing
for herself husband from among the rude sons OF
| the desert. But such expectations are far from
| being met at sight of this most inferior specimen of
h6~ effUaPe 5PTfuropei swiFtfg f;aiTy uf9BV HoBEs
to educate and civize her tawny spouse"
Proposed INTERNArIoNAL Boar RACE BETWEEN
| FRANCE, AMERICA, AND ENGLAND.-It may be in
teresting to our readers to know that there is
match such as the above talked Of, and that a
| challenge has been sent out to America aud France
to row an eight-oared race on the Thames in Au-
gust next, from Putney TO Mortlake, either for a
large silver cup, nine smaller ones, nothing but
honor and glory, according to the wishes of the
visitors to river. All the crews to be
formed of amateurs and bona fide natives of their
| respective countries, and each crew to hnd their
own boat, of whatever description they please, no
! matter how long what shape, or, II necessary,
| we believe that the rowing clubs OF the United
| Kingdom will club together and collects sum large
enough to provide boats for all. 1t is proposed to
| call a meeting of all The amateur rowing clubs in
the kingdom, and request each club to send a con-
tributiOn towards the great expenses of the match
and also to offer or two of their be. oarsmen
to form the crews, from which the elected commit