To ^Vll Our Xfce&clers. 
Among the novelties already secured for our Enlarged 
and Improved Volume, we have the pleasure of an¬ 
nouncing a New Serial, written expressly for the 
Rural New-Yorker by and fn the best *tyle of T. S. 
Arthur, Esq, the celebrated author and moral essayist. 
It is entitled 
SOWING THE WIND, 
•A-nci Reaping the Whirlwind, 
and we are confident will prove so entertaining and 
instructive as to be appreciated by the great mass of onr 
readers. The opeu : ng chapter will be given in the first 
No. of Vol. St—Jan. 6th, 1861. 
Sul»tautial Encouragement. 
Thanks to its generous, influential and indefatigable 
friends all over the laud for the numerous and substantial 
manifestations of approval aod support the Rural New. 
Yorkrh is daily receiving! The large additioni already 
received from many sections assure ns of an extraor¬ 
dinary increase of subscribers for 1861—we think full 
20,000—over our present list. Considering the panic and 
derangement of currency, our receipts are as gratifying 
as they were unexpected, and we are confident its 
readers will be pleased to learn that the Rural was 
never so prosperous as now. 
Remittances from the West. 
The Currency of several of the Western States is 
greatly depreciated, just now, while exchange on the 
the East is exorbitant in many localities. In answer to 
inquiries from Western Agents, we would say that we 
will abide by our announcement as to “The Money we 
Receive,” (see last page.) yet hope they will do the best 
they can in remitting. Our first choice is drafts on New 
York, &c., (less reasonable exchange,) or New York or 
New England money: next, Canada, Ohio and Michigan 
bills; and last (if our friends can do no better,) bills on 
the best solvent banks of other States. Postage stamps 
are good for fractional or any amounts. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
AH Snowed up on the 3d of January, 1861. 
Star of the Press—Cnuldwull, Sontliworth & Whitney. 
The Hoi-tkiillurUt"—Saxton it Harknr. 
H. A. Dreei'sSeed and Horticultural Warehouse. 
Comings' Potent feed Cutter- V 15. Phelps. 
Apple Graft' FuliuMstook k Baker. 
Dime Songster Free Win. 11. Thayer. 
Apple Seeds, fe’. Futmertoak b Baker. 
Scions KsbijeeU'Ck k Baker. 
Berks's ire Pigs for Sale- Wnt. K. Grldley. 
How to Obtuin Patei-ts J. Fraser. 
SPECIAL K0TI0E8. 
Brown’s Bronchial Troches. 
prayer, is officially published. He saj s:—“ Hope 
seems to have deseited the minds of men, and 
i that God’s arm alone can save ns from the awful 
effect of our own crimes and follies.” 
The N. Y. Herald's Washington dispatches state 
that Attorney General Mack has received the 
appointment of Secretary of State. 
The President to-day (16tb) declares he will 
defend the fortifications of the country against 
all attempt* to take them. Gov. Floyd expresses 
himself warmly in favor of the Union, and Is very 
decided in the course he Bhall take in opposing 
any attempt that may he made to seize the prop¬ 
erty of the Government. 
The Crisis Committee are not making much 
headway. Mr. Corwin, Chairman, has reported a 
series of resolutions, which, it is understood, are 
intended to meet the crisiB. It is said they meet 
the approval of a majority of the representatives 
on the Committee. They are nearly as follows: 
First. Pledge the faith of Congress against any 
attempt to abolish slavery in the District of Co¬ 
lumbia. 
Second. Against interfering with the inter- 
Slavc trade between States. 
Third. Against the abolition of slavery in the 
dock yards and arsenals in Slave States. 
Fourth. In favor of any amendments rendering 
the Fugitive Slave act effective and satisfactory 
to the South. 
Fifth. Against any discrimination by Congress 
against Slave States asking admission. 
Sixth. Protecting persons and property in the 
Territories till they have 30,000 inhabitants, when 
non-intervention by Congress shall be the law. 
Reports of Secretaries. 
We present below a condensation of the 
Reports emanating from the various members of 
Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet, to which Rural read¬ 
ers can refer for information concerning the 
transactions of the country in the past, and to 
the propositions for our National well-being in 
the future: 
Post Master General’s Retort.— The Report of the 
Post-Master Geu*ral, for the year ending June 30. I860, 
gives a view first of the trsosportation of the malls, 
from which it appears that the total annual transporta¬ 
tion of mail* wu* 74,724.776 miles, costing is,808,710, 
Compared with the service reported June 30, 1869, there 
is a decrease of 19,468 miles iu the length of mall routes: 
of 7,683,626 miles iti annual transportation, about 9.22 
per cent.; and of $660,047 in tint cost, about 7 per cent. 
The Post-Master speaks of expenditures and receipts, 
of which this is the substance: 
For tb* year ending June 3 f >, 1860, the ex- 
Congrensional Proceedings. 
Senate.— On motion of Mr. Bigler, the standing 
committees of last session were ordered to be con¬ 
tinued. 
A message was received from the House, stat¬ 
ing that the Honse concurred in the first Senate 
amendment to the lonn bill, but had made an 
amendment to the second amendment. Mr. Hunt¬ 
er moved to take it up. Mr. H. said he would 
like to have the same provisions applied to the 
ten millions as to the three millions. The Senate 
concurred in the House amendment. 
House.—M r. Sherman, from the Committee on 
Ways and Means, reported a bill authorizing the 
issue of §10,000,000 worth of Treasury notes of a 
denomination of not less than $100. The faith of 
the United States is pledged for their redemption. 
The money is authorized to he borrowed from 
time to time, as deemed expedient. The bill, after 
debate, was passed. 
The Speaker, pursuant to an order, called the 
various States for propositions relating to the 
present condition of the country. A large num¬ 
ber of propositions and resolutions were bunded 
in, read, and referred to the Union Committee. 
The House passed a hill making further pro¬ 
vision in relation to incorporated land offices, and 
the hilt extending the time for Oregon to select 
certain lands. 
Mr. Thayer, from the Committee on Public 
Lands, reported a hill creating the land district 
of Daeotab, and providing for the admission of a 
Delegate in Congress from that Territory. Mr. 
Thayer’s hill was referred to the Committee of the 
Whole on the state of the Union. 
The House Committee of Thirty-three met on 
tho 13th inst., and took the following action on 
that portion of the Message referring to the pend¬ 
ing difficulties in relation to the South: 
Mr. Rust of Ark., offered the following: 
Resolved, That in the opinion of this committee 
the existing discontent among the Southern peo¬ 
ple, and the growing hostility araoDgthem against 
the Federal Government, are greatly to bo re¬ 
gretted; and that whether such discontent and 
hostility are without jm-t cause or not, arty reas¬ 
onable, proper or Constitutional remedies, and tf- 
companies and arming the same, and for estab¬ 
lishing military depots. The Military Board will 
be convened immediately, and some one will be 
sent to purchase arms. The amendment of the 
House forbidding the purchase of arms at the 
North by the Board was lost. The hill of the 
House, confiscating all the goods arriving from 
the Northern States, after January 1st, and apply¬ 
ing the proceeds of the sale of the game to the 
purchase of arms, was referred to a joint com¬ 
mittee, and created considerable fun. 
A prominent South Carolinian arrived at Wash¬ 
ington on the 12th inst., from Columbia, and re¬ 
ports the popular aentlment there as opposed to 
the peace policy as now understood between that 
State and the Federal authorities. They urge 
the immediate seizure of all public property 
within the limits of South Carolina. The procla¬ 
mation of Governor Gist seems to favor this sen¬ 
timent, and Mr. Keitt left for home, with the 
understanding and declaration lhat he should 
never come hack. Mr. Miles declares it his inten¬ 
tion to leave, and says nothing can stop South 
Carolina from going out of the Union, hut that 
she will not interfere with the Federal authorities 
unless she is interfered with. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain.— The Insurance Company in 
which defalcations to the amount of £10,000 have 
been discovered, is the British Empire. The sys¬ 
tem adopted was the same as Pullinger’s, a falsi¬ 
fied pass hook—the delinquent being Mr. Inglisb, 
late Secretary of the Company. 
The Bank of England reduced the rates of dis¬ 
count on Thursday from C to 5 per cent The 
movement had no effect on the funds. The de¬ 
mand for money on the following day was very 
active, both at the hank and in the open market 
The rate for best hills in the streets is -1 j to !i per 
cent The American advices canned considerable 
anxiety. The Times city article says the panic 
has renebed a stage resembling some of the first 
days of 1857, bat the leading commercial people 
®l)c Nctus (Ecnfrcnscr. 
— The whipping post and pillory are kept up in Dela¬ 
ware. 
— Diptheria is making sad havoc in Chester Co., North 
Carolina. 
— Garibaldi is preparing to visit Paris, with several of 
his officers. 
— Twenty-nine States observed Thanksgiving on Thurs¬ 
day, 29th ult. 
— The census of Cattaraugus county shows a gain of 
4,303 in flvn years. 
— 8ix boys were drowned in Summit Lake, Schoharie 
Co., r few daje since. 
— Four persons died in London, last month, from ex¬ 
cessive use of cigars. 
— The English and French journals are all rejoicing at 
the election of Lineoln. 
— Mr. Ltncoln is said to be in the receipt of half a 
bushel of letters per day. 
— The Sunday law against the running of omnibuses 
is being enforced in New Jersey. 
— There are now on the dockets of the Supreme Court 
at Portland, Me., 42 suits for divorce. 
— There is a bible in the library of the University of 
Gottingen, written on 5.476 palm Laves. 
— The number of army invalids receiving pensions is 
4,864. Amount p&id to them, $438,066 61. 
— The average of earthquakes in Europe, for the last 
two years, has been one in every nine days. 
— Of the 165 revolutionary pensioners on the roll Juno 
30th, 1859, but 87 survived December 1st, i860. 
— King Victor Emmanuel haa accorded 200,000f, in aid 
of the public schools to be established in Naples. 
— Away down South, dlsnnion is not popular. Buenos 
Ayers has returned to the Argentine Confederation. 
— From the 26th of April to the lot Of December 
32,867 boats parsed the Syracuse lock on the Erie canal. 
— It is now ascertained that no less than ninety-two 
liveB were lost on the lakes during the gale of November 
24th. 
— Capt. Hall, having explored Frobisher’s and Cumber¬ 
land “straits,” asserts they are both simply inlets or 
bays. 
— The valuation of the real estate of Boston shows an 
factual guarantees of their peculiar interest, as 8eem to 1,6 aware of its utter groundlessness, so increase of thirteen million dollars over that of last 
rocoirnizi'd bv the Constihitimi m-f-i'asiirv in htp. that the alarm wa« hv no menno cn.iol >. 1 . 
recognized by the Constitution, necessary to pre¬ 
serve (lie pence, the perpetuity of the Union, 
should he promptly and cheerfully granted. 
Mr. Morrill of Vt., offered the following as an 
amendment: 
Resolved, Thai in the opinion of this Commit¬ 
tee the existing discontent, among tho Southern 
99 people Mid the growing hostility among then, arc 
M which deduct pay men la out tm 1849. 4 296 837 10 8 rettt U to J be regretted and that any reasonable, 
_proper and Constitutional remedy necessary to 
Actual expenditure for 1860, as before 
shown, was...$14,874,772 89 
Deduct the revenue tor 1860, with the 
earnings of this department in carrying 
lieu mail matter... 9,218,067 40 
Excess of expenditures over revenue for 
I860.$ 6,006,763 49 
The estimated deficiency for 1861 is $4 988,424 04: for 
1862, $4,666,663. 
The increase in the value of stamps and stamped en. 
velopes supplied to post-masters over 1869 is $608,782.80. 
The number of dead letters registered end sent out 
<in r ln n lhn„n n > 1. I .. _ t .. - . '. - 
preserve the pence of the country and the perpet¬ 
uity of the Union, should be promptly and cheer¬ 
fully granted. 
This amendment was rejected by the following 
vote: 
Yeas—Messrs. Corwin, Ohio; Adams, Mass.; 
Humphrey, N. Y.; Ferry, ICt.; Robinson, R. I; 
Tappan, N. U.; Morrill, Vt.; Morse, Me.; Wash¬ 
burn, Wis. Total, 9. 
Nays—Messrs. Millson, Va. ; Winslow, N. C. ; 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER 22, I860. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Wnahlngrott Mutters. 
There is little, if any, confidence in tho assur¬ 
ance that Sonth Carolina will not resist the 
Federal authorities during the administration of 
President Buchanan. They are regarded as mere 
promises to quiet apprehensions in an official 
quarter. Lieut. General Scott has expressed the 
opinion that additional forces should be sent to 
South Carolina for the protection of the public 
property. The President, however, is still op¬ 
posed to such increase for prudential reason?, 
being apprehensive that it would but augment 
the present excitement. 
Gen. Cass has resigned as Secretary of State. 
Regret is everywhere expressed in consequence. 
The indications are that ex-Lieut. Gov. Dickinson, 
of New York, will he the successor, though these 
are not altogether reliable. 
Official information has been received here that 
Holland has made arrangements for the emnnei- 
12 , 644 ? th * 7W,U 3I ’° 1T ’ ,ln lDcroM8 over *“ l of Lore, Gs.; Whitley, Del.; Stratton, N. j. ; Bris’ 
Tim Itnp'-rt rp<-. intn«nr!s a ropoat i>r the act Id rt'gojd low, Ky.; Nelson, Tenn. Hum, Ind.; Taylor, 
to drop tetu-rs bv which the postage w a « fixed atone La.; Reuben Davis, Miss.; Kellogg, 111.; Hous- 
OF* lit. A till lllft VUIMtrtff r.I t ho ».r.ctu.„i t,. 1 I . ’ 
The Tlnp'-rt rscerntaenda a repeal of the set iu regard 
to drop letters, by which the postage was fixed at one 
cent, ami the raising of tbs postage to two cents, to tie 
prepaid by stamp. In view of tbe distrust of the Regis¬ 
try system, shown by the steady falling off of the number 
of Registered letters, it recommends the devising of wme 
oilier plan, 
Variom amendments are proposed to opr pnt'nl laws, 
as a uniform rate of 6 cents for ship letters, of 10 rent* to 
countries with which we have no portal arrangements, 
as Mexico and Cuba, a permission to regutar dealers in 
newspapers. Ax., to receive by mail such quantities as they 
please, and to pay postage at the same'rales as regular 
subscribers, the transportation of maps, engravings, books, 
ton, Ala.; Phelps, Mo.; Rust, Ark.; Howurd, 
Mich.; Hamilton, Texas ; Curtis, Iowa; Burch, 
California; Windham, Minnesota; Stout, Ore¬ 
gon-total 20. •. 
Mr. Ferry of Conn., moved the following as a 
substitute : 
Resolved, That when grievances exist which 
affect the rights or interests of the citizens of any 
iuo uEurporinuunoi maps, engravines, books, , ,, :. 
&e.,at 1 cent per ounce under, and 2 cents over 1,600 parUl the confederacy, and arc capable of removal 
miles, tho TUWDRvment often rent* nn *lt ,n... bv tbe action of Cornrreas. thev ouirht to receive 
miles, tho prepayment or ton cents on all letters con¬ 
veyed l>om any point oast of the Kooky Mountains to 
any point on tho Facifle, and Diet versa, 
Rkfout of thxSkoketxrtofths Navt.—T he report 
of Hie Sucretsry of the Navy opens with thu subject of 
converting railing vessels r.I war Into steam frigates, the 
cost rtf altering eight ships of the tine being given at 
$388,000 each. A large number of old vessels are said not 
to ho worth the trouble and expeuse for that purpnf- 
Five or the six now steam sloops have been completed 
The Secretary calls fora targe increase to the present 
navy to guard our extended seae.oaat aod to protect onr 
rapidly growing foreign commerce. The policy of sus¬ 
pending repairs U objected to. and that ot diminishing 
our force at our navy yards. The latter, it is salt!, have 
by tbe action of Congress, tkev ought to receive 
full and appropriate remedies by the tmeedy ac¬ 
tion of the Federal Legislature, either ty resolu¬ 
tion, by st atutory amendments to tbe Constitution, 
or by a recommendation for • call for a general 
Convent ion of the Suites, as may be necessary to 
accomplish the purposes as uforesuid. 
This resolution was also rejected'by the follow¬ 
ing vote ; 
Yeas—Messrs. Adams, Humphrey, Ferry, Rob¬ 
inson, Morrill, Morse, Waskbnrne, Carter—8. 
Nays —Messrs. Corwin, Mi Ison, Winslow, 
that the alarm was by no means equal to the agi¬ 
tation. The Times argues that the receipts of 
gold from England will immediately change the 
whole character of the New York money market. 
The Empress Eugenie arrived at Manchester at 
midnight on Thursday, from Bloebon, and was 
received with great enthusiasm. 
France.— It is rumored that Prince de la Tour 
d’Auvergene, French Embassador at Berlin, will 
shortly replace M. Thonvenel in the Foreign 
Ministry. 
The French Imperial decree provides for more 
direct participation by great bodies of Btato In 
tbe Government. The Senate and Corps Legisla¬ 
te are annually to vote an address in reply to the 
Emperor’s speech. Provision is made for due 
expression of opinion and the publication of 
debates. Ministers of Colonies and of the Empe¬ 
ror's household are suppressed. The former are 
united to the Ministry of the Marinq. 
Pelieaier had been appointed Governor of Al¬ 
geria; Chasselonp Laubat, Minister of the Marine; 
and Admiial Hamelin, Grand Chancellor Legion 
of Honor. Other changes in the Ministry were 
expected. 
Italt.—V ictor Emmanuel left Naples the 30th 
nit, and arrived at Palermo on the 1st inst, 
where he was enthusiastically received. 
The Bishop of Losetts had excommunicated the 
Clergy of Santa Costa for receiving Yictor 
Emmanuel. 
The Turin journals assert that a diplomatic 
intercouse is soon to bo resumed between Prussia 
and Yictor Emmanuel. 
The Roman province of Belletria has been 
oocupied by the French troops at the request of 
the Roman Government, and agreement of Sar¬ 
dinia. 
The Patrie states that according to the latest 
or C ’auij:ation n P os u- a ^ T * TV*”? itu i’ r0Tcd system ot Campbell, Love, Davis of Md., Whitby, TappaD, news, insurrectionary movements were increas- 
SHl-flllrtTl Itvi.ImP i Tlnnn S 1 .... I. . Inn I.. . I, n A I.... >>, fl', — - - _111. 
A large share of the report is devoted to the operations 
of the various squadrons, which we are unable to notice 
in detail. The Nava] Academy is mid to he in admirable 
condition. Tbfe Abidin tiUvo tr&dtf hn* received much 
pation of tho slaves in .all thti Dutch colonies oil condition. The African slave trade ha* received much 
the pri.ci|,lc of EAElish emancipation, making h'a’fetgj** Iff.l5KISJWJS.5SW5 
Compensation to the masters. during the year was 12, and the number of Africans 
The secessionists and anti seccsaionists have ». » 
. . ... *“* Mr. Toucev recommonds a repeal of thn set of hist Buiu- 
oeen m great excitement over the news which has *»er, prohibiting the purchase of patented articles for the 
leaked out from tho Capitol on the 14th Inst, r s " of **• * ef '' w ! 10 thl ' v,siI of lhe 
„„„„„ . .. , . , „ “ . ’ Jspsneso embassy,and tho explorations made at Chainin', 
concermsg the requisition of Major Anderson, confirming the intelligence at randy receded a? to tho 
Commander of Fort Moultrie, for more men and ex " !ll . t ' c 7 of harbor* on both rides. n also exhibits 
ammunition, and the action of the Cabinet there- '"/tbs I ’aran* river™" n the North i’ocluc and eKe where’ 
ppoa. It L HUted that M.jor Aata.™ dccid.d 
upon the necessity for a reinforcement to his ureas* 0 i nenriv throe million dollars over 1868-9 The 
command and his supplies, because when the an ■Vi ar f P ,V di ” K June 3‘U Sftl 'Unj 
l „ . $ 11 , 1 X 0 ^ 8 , and thobe for tho following year, $11,613 $44 
secession ordinance is passed, there is no security « . 
... ~. . * Report ok tub SKCP.ET.uer of Wat? The wmnrt of 
that a Chaileston mob will not make a desperate tbe Secretary of War i* devoted mainly to operations 
onslaught upon tho nearest Federal possessions 2PT i<d on , dinin K yearainoDg the Indian iriuvs of the 
nnnnt-'rm _ f _ . - . ^ linns nud tlw Gwftt IhiMn. The actual (*1w*neth of the 
The question of acceuitig to the request has been mtav remains about ih« Miue &t> that of Uft venr. AcUtc 
up before the Cabinet* and it was decided not to ? t P ora V QDM b ‘ !<>n c * rrle< * L ' n the Mexican fron- 
_ i •» . _ />. . • , ft wilt) f tbe hflftd wttttfrs of the CitiiHdiSQ And Atkfinfim 
grant it. Secretary Cass nrged the propriety and rivers, tu New Mexico, in Utah at, Carson Valley and in 
the necessity. Either Major Anderson was iustS- Washington Territory, Willi more or less suciiess In 
.... ,, ... , J the lost named territory the Indians have not vbt hpen 
bed in raakiog a requisition, or he was not If reduced to subordination. J 1 
justified, his request should be granted at once. Important explorations have been made in the Colo- 
If not, then bn U inenmpetent tn fill hie piece, end 
it Should he supplied by some one who would not tbe On"*™ river. The Rooky Mountains at the head of the 
ttnie n d.ngerone demand in tronblenome time.. £nn«K!£5S^^ 
Bo long as he is in authority, the means of assert- J, «ciuu tnu bseu estaMishpd. so that “we can,” save Mr 
ins bi, authority should be conceded to him. In “SSU«'„tS 
spite of these arguments, the Cabinet refused to 'h' 10 could be put there by any other power m the space 
send any more men or ammunition to Fort Moul' L ’ ! 1 }ei ? w ? ruUl ‘ ly a “ t,cU ]oDSl-r tirae " 
trip and thoi-o Secretary recommends tbe Indian bureau to be 
tile, ami there the mat.er Stands. replaced uutler the sunerin(«n6nnea..i ii.o w.. it._t. 
Stratton, Brislow.rNelson, Dunn, Taylor, Reuben 
Davis of Miss.,’Kellogg, IloustoD, J’helps, Rust, 
Howard, Hamilton,illurch, Windham, Stout—23. 
The original resolution of Mr. Rust was then 
adopted by the following vole : 
ing In the Ahruzzi. Teol-Bedogewriga with 
7,000 Sardinian troops, occupied the defiles of 
Mount VelliDo, a position of importance. Seven 
Guerrilla companies were being organized. The 
Piedmontese were forming Dying columns, in 
h eas—Me9srs.jCortvin, Millaon, Winslow,Camp- order to act energetically at the points menaced 
boll, Love, Davis oTMd,, Stratton, Bristow, Nel¬ 
son, Duun, Taylor, .Kellogg, Houston, Phelps, 
Rust, Howard, Hamilton, „Curtis, Burch, Wind¬ 
ham, Stout—21. 
Nays—Messrs. Adams, Terry, Humphrey, Rob¬ 
inson, Tappan, Morrill, Morse, Wathburne—8. 
The Secession Movement. 
The extremists at the South have issued a 
manifesto, the purport of which runs thus: 
To our constituents: —The argument is ex¬ 
hausted. All hope of relief in the Union through 
the agencies of committees, Congressional legis¬ 
lation or constitutional amendments, is extin¬ 
guished, and we trust that the South will not he 
deceived by appearances, or the pretence of new 
guarantees. The Republicans are inveterate in 
tho purpose to do nothing that will or ought to 
satisfy the South. In our judgment, the honor 
As near as can be ascertained, the total DODuIa- C0 °”? ( L n . d i 1 , tb * QaurteimatiWs bureau fur its effi 
.• f ., c. * am . . . pupuia deucy md faUkfulne?*; recommends *n ADuronriatton n! 
tion of the States and Territories is 31,000,000* $60*oOo for experiment* in th<* imprfivemetit ot^armnaotl 
therefore the ratio of representation In the House mflitar Y supplies; favors tbe establishment of a national 
, r. . ,,,'j u uie Mouse armory, the introduction ot breech-loaflimr rill-s aruon- 
of Representatives will he about 133,000. allonrii^ht troops, and a>ks for a steamer oriight-draZht 
Mr. Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury resinned 0a tha Kaoific coast to guard the settlers on i’uget Sound 
.7 mi ’ . xri-usury, resigned against the uicursions of the Indian tribes frfira British 
on the I Itu inst. lbe Secretary of the Navy, Mr. "n' 1 Russian America, the present Tessei being uoservice- 
Toncey, was requested by the President to act as aWe< 
Secretary of the Treasury, in addition to his RtPMT ■«* Frcrxtakt of mi Lmsejor.—T he 
present duties, until a successor to Mr. Cobb shall during the year, is as fulin"^ 3^370J)40 acres lonlted’with 
he appointed. Mr. Cobb formally took leave of ^’Mury warrants; 2.037 77u acres approved under swsmp 
J a u land grin*: 9394.430 acres sold fur cash or otherwise dis- 
the [ resident, the interview being pleasant, and posed ; $2,121,425 total Hmount received for Lnd*sold 
of a private character. for cash. During the same period 9 649,471 acres have 
mv,, n . . ,, T , , been surreyed and prepured for market. 
ttJteorf? 1 r T TT recommending Over a million of dollars were expended in the payment 
the people of the United States to observe the 4th of Pensions durrag the (heal year. The income of the 
of January as a day of humiliation, fasting, and I Lln^^ patents have 
Mtaonri have also been thoroughly explored and a valuable sa f et Y &>< ! independence of the Southern people 
jStf h« 5S arC n- b,i f0Ulid 0nlj in a SoEthern ^^raoy. 
i- lojd," concentrate by this fine, in the course of three, inevitable result is separate State seces- 
or at most four months, on the Pauitic, a stronger force sion The sole nnd ,, r ,,, r ,r an 
than could be put there by any other power iu the space , , ® primary aim of each 
of a year or prubably a tauch longer time.’’ Blaveholding State ought to be its speedy and ah- 
riio Secretitir recommends the Indian bureau to be solute separation from an unnatural and hostile 
replaced under the fvUr'^rinteudcsr*c^ <»! the War lMnart- tt • o* , , _ _ _, 
iueut; commends tbe t}uart*nn*6ter’i bureau for it’seffi- ^ ulon ’ Signed by Pugh, CJopton, Moore, Curry, 
f4it,lf j llD "ri recommends*n appropriation of Mid Stailaworth, of Ala, Iverson, Underwood, 
$50,000 for experiments i n the improvement of nnoanml r, . >, r , T ' 
military supplies; favors the establishment of a national Jackson, Jones, and Crawford, of Ga, 
armory,.theintroduction of breech-loading rifles among Hawkins, of Fla., Hindman, of Ark., Brown 
R.I I f* I i L r ll t t YikflTlQ. fl n tl !Lv tea fVivsi jfoniv.oe _ 
ail ourlight troops, and asks for a steaiuer of light draught p ,7 r, owu ' -tue Aimes nas tae loaowing cc 
on the l’aciflc cruet to guaru the settlers on Fueet Sound ksdule, ...tngleton, and Reuben Davis, of Miss. Consul Parks and three officers 
SffkinRt infitirctnn: nf tha f n.ti.n Z « T> n A - *.. ... r» ht n rv • * . .. 
Craig and of N. C., Benjamin and Lang' 
down of La. 
The bill providing for the election of delegates 
to the Louisiana State Convention, to be held at 
Baton Rouge, Jan. 23d, has passed both Houses. 
In the House a strong effort was made to put the 
question, “Convention or no Convention” before 
the people. The Military bill passed both houses. 
It appropriates $50,000, providing for the appoint¬ 
ment of a military commission and military 
bureau. Also for the organization of volunteer 
A commission comprised of Sardinian and Nea¬ 
politan officers, have been appointed to examine 
the titles of officers of tho two Sicilies, who have 
adhered to the new Government. 
The following is given as the position of affairs 
at Gaeta:—The Piedmontese fleet had returned to 
Naples to make an attack on the land side. The 
advanced Piedmontese boats were 1,500 meters 
from the mob and forts. They were placing mor¬ 
tars in line to open fire, and three out of five 
batteries constructing were ready. Tbe besieged 
kept up a fire to impedo the constructing of the 
batteries, but ineffectually. Typhus fever pre¬ 
vailed in the garrison, which was too crowded, 
numbering 18,000. The Piedmontese numbered 
1,500. A state of Biege was established in the 
Abruzzi. 
Austria. —Serious disturbances, with loss of 
life, were reported at Dehreczin and Erereries, 
Hungary. 
The Paris correspondent says that no Govern¬ 
ment has made any overtures to Austria respect¬ 
ing the cession or purchase of Yenetia. 
China.— There are further details of the opera¬ 
tions in China. On two occasions 30,000 Tartar 
cavalry advanced on the allies and were com¬ 
pletely routed. Two thousand were killed and 
fifty guns taken. The allies had only 18 wounded # 
The Times has the following correspondence:— 
Consul Parks and three officers were taken pris¬ 
oners while choosing camping grounds, and con¬ 
veyed to Pekin. They were well treated. The 
head-quarters of the allies were within eight 
miles of Pekin. The Chinese sent a flag of truce, 
with prisoners, for a treaty. Lord Elgin de¬ 
manded the release of the prisoners before 
negotiations. The Emperor's brother had been 
appointed Chief Commissioner to make peace. 
All was quiet at Shanghae. Latest Government 
dispatches say that the allies were within six 
milea of Pekin. 
* — Arkansas and Texas are the only two Southern 
! States which have doubled their population within ten 
. years. 
t —The bark Cora, of New York, has recently been 
j captured off the coast of Africa, with 705 negroes on 
board. 
. — Minnesota will have a grain surplus this year of at 
I least twelve million bushels, six millions of which is 
wheat. 
— The Vicksburg Whig estimates that it would cost 
Mississippi $20,000,000 a year to govern herself out of the 
1 Union. 
1 — The breaks in the Croton water pipes have been re¬ 
paired, and the New Yorkers now obtain their usual 
i supply. 
! —A special census of Cincinnati increases the U. S. 
Marshal’s enumeration 10,000—making the population 
. 171,293. 
i —Thirteen trotting horses, valued at $9,000, were re- 
eeutly drownod by tho steamer Ter-omeeh slaking near 
Louisville. 
— Prince Napoleon's proposed trip to this country is 
again talked of in Paris, and now appears to be fully de- 
ci'-iei upon. 
— Hon. Robert Monell, formerly a Circuit Judge in 
the 6th District, N. Y., died in Greene, Chenango Co., on 
the 29th ult. 
— A large number of Chinese had arrived at Portland, 
having been driven from the mines in British Columbia 
by tho Indians. 
— Uoebling. who built the suspension bridge at Niagara, 
is now spanning a 1,324 feet chasm in Kentucky, with a 
railroad bridge. 
— Last year there were in England and Wales 62 capi¬ 
tal convictions; one a week, on an average, and nine exe¬ 
cutions followed. 
— A Boston paper boaste of six members of its police 
who weigh, iu the aggregate, one thousand two hundred 
and eleven pounds. 
— An extensive copper placer has been discovered at 
St. Flavien, in C. E , near Quebec. The veins have been 
traced for a full mile. 
— Paris possesses twenty-three telegraph offices em¬ 
ployed in transmitting messages between the various 
quarters of the capital. 
— Cotton and woolen manufacturers of Philadelphia 
run their mills half the time for the present, on account 
of the over production. 
— It is estimated that two thousand gallons of molasses 
have been made this last year, from Chinese sugar cane 
in Cumberland Co., Md. 
— A proposition is on foot in Seneca Co. to erect a 
monument to the Indian Chief Red Jacket, he having 
been born in that county. 
— The U. S. Consulship, at Naples, has been held by a 
Mr. Hamet for 51 years. He entered upon his duties the 
year Mr. Lincoln was born. 
— The total returns of the census of Pennsylvania 
have been received. The population is 2,911,104— an in¬ 
crease of 599,328 in 10 years. 
— Great suffering prevails at Nova Scotia,.in conse¬ 
quence of the failure of the fishing crop. The Legislature 
has taken tho subject in hand. 
— A scarcity of Coal begins to be apprehended at 
Charleston. Coal boats are afraid to come into the har¬ 
bor in the present excitement. 
— Orville Gar-dner, the reformed prize-fighter, claims 
that, by his temperance coffee rooms in New York, 1,600 
persons have taken the pledge. 
— The Prince of Wales resumed his collegiate studies 
at Oxford, after spending only a week at home after his 
return from his American tour. 
— A new religious sect has began to develop itself in 
the Northern part of Denmark; its believers claiming 
that there are five Gods in one. 
— A thief in Delaware was got rid of by being cased 
in a well-ventilated box and shipped to Philadelphia, as 
produce to a commission house. 
— The Seventh Regiment, N. Y.,is to be invited to 
England. They will go in an English frigate, and be 
guests of the English Volunteers. 
— Forty boats are frozen in at Fort Plain, with 626,000 
bushels of wheat, 4,000 barrels flour, 6,000 bushels corn j 
40,000 of oats, and 3,000 barrels apples. 
— The Mississippi has a fall of four inches per mile. At 
Memphis, when the river is five feet above low water 
mark, the currant is three miles per hour. 
— The volunteers of Marsala, Catalaflmi, and Palermo, 
will present Garibaldi with a star in diamonds, bearing 
the inscription, “ The thousand to their chief.” 
