New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-10

journcd meeting TO be held at Union League HAIL.
Washington, ID. G., on the 18th inst. The Chairman
and Secretary are daily in receipt of hundreds OF
letters fully approving the objects Of the propoSeu
Convention.
Reports from tho followng-named United states
States Commissioners 10 the Paris Exposition naHo
been received at the Department OF state ApIan ~
Hewitt esq. of New York the production oil ron
and steel Elliott C. Cowden, esq OF New OH 80 on
silk and silk manufacture. WIN. ,. AudllIodsS, oI'
on railway engineering Mr.. Plant, on signals &C.
William p Blake esq., of California, on the precious
metals. Marshall 7. Wilder, esq; and T. barry eSq
on the culture and products Of the vines 10 Witch Is
added a statement by VIM. Griffith of Pennsylvania
or q new mode of propagating grapes A.. Yri.od
The following cases were dlsposfo 81 II E Of al
States Supreme Court to-day NO. 2I, doldnS " ~ a.
agt Mediterranean concluded; No. 6S, Sells, adj
mnistrator &C. agt. Sornell, suit TO recover uhoer
Abandoned Property act-case argued , - =,
Director DelInar has caused to be prepared an an
stract of the reports of the examination OF VesScs
having on board passengers 0ther thah. caDln
York during the month Of November, 1857,
from which il appears that the total number
of vessels examined was G2, Of which Al were steam
ships and II sailing vessels Inc average lehglh on
the steamship voyages IA days, and that oil the
sailing vessels - days. The total number OF passen-
gers was p 42S of which l248 were males ana S,94Q
females over years of age. l7,1ee under years OF
age, 3639 The total number OF deaths was %, Oh
which - were males and 50 females over 8 years OF
age, 81; under years of age, 80.
Our commercial agent at 81. Ilerte Mlquelon IT,
ports the wreck of the schooner Laura A. Dodd; OIL
Gloucester Massachusetts,, in the roadstead OF that
port The crew and materials on board were saved.
The Controller of the Currency has received about
COO Quarterly reports from the National Banks ior
the 9th inst mostly from the banks in the States OF
New-York. Maryland. Pennsylvania, Connecticut,
and Rhode Island. 1t is expected that nearly all
will be received during the present week, and the
abstract of the same will be ready for publication
about the Goth instant.
Gen. Mills, Assistant Commissioner of the Freed
mems Bureau Of the State of North Carolina, has
arrived in this city, and reported TO Gen. Howard
He is here in connection with affairs OF the bureau Ill
the State under bis supervision.
The Senate to-day, in Executive session. confirmed
the following nominations:
j. Guy Foreman, Postmaster at Eric, Penn. Thomas n
Lee Postmaster at Hancock Mich; Davis Noyes, Post
master at BaraboO Wls; Geo W. Taller Postmaster NJ
Narfinsburg w va; Oscar Minor Collector OF Customs
FOR the District Of Texas in place Of Mr. Kent decehsed
and John C. Cartwright United States Attorney for the
District OF Oregon.
The Senate rejected the following nominations:
Edmund Cooper for Assistant Secretary of the Treas
urv; James Robbins Postmaster at Penn Yam, Pennsyi-
vania Samuel G. Evans Collector of Internal Revenue
for the First District Of Texas VIM j. Clark, Survey or
Customs for the port Of saybrook Conn Alexander
X Lewis Register of the Land Office al Marysylc Cal;
VIM. C. HOuscr, Postmaster at Mechancrburg, PENN;
WIN. D. FOutZ, Assessor Of Internal Revenue Tor the
Second District of Indiana.