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CONGRESS. vidi Wa8h1 ito.v. J aruiary G, 1852. and Sexatr.-?-The Chair laid"before the'Senate rec< a communication from, the-Secretary of the con Navy, enclosing a memorial from the seamen No and petty officere of'the U. S. naval squadron tica in the Pacific',, asking an increase of compen- J sation. ... dici .r.. ?1 I'll _P O t- ?1 ?1 f|.? I Iip Uliair laiupeiore uie oeuitie. mc aim uui | iik: report of the Secretary of the Treasury; refer-' goii red to the Committee onJFfnance, and on mo- tak tion by Mr. Hunter, 10,000 extra copies were nioi erdered to be ])firtted. ' Me On motion .-of.-Mr. Bradhury, all the memo- P rials presented during the last Congress, pray- con ing indemnity for spoliations by the French ticl prior to 180.1/were taken from the files, and the were referred to the Select the Committee on* ble that subject.., . .He Mr. Gwm moved that the petition praying a wh restoration of flogging in the navy, which had pai< been laid on the table, be nw taken up. mil Mr. Bright said that- this day had been fixed, ren for the cortsidecation'of the subject of printing I the cens.us returns. wh Mr. Gwin said that the Senator from New be Jersey had expressed a desire to speak on "the ' subjecC and; if-he A\'as satisfied with the post-' qui ponement <rf (he subject, he would withdraw I his motion..v .. . . , |Mc Mr. Stockton expressed himself perfectly tbf satisfied, so long as the subject remained where eig it whs. now-on the (able. Mr. (J win with ant drew hjs motion." * " ' wh Mr. Shields, reported the bill to increase the ted efficiency ofMhe army, by providing a retired [ list for disabled officers. nut Mr. Hunter reported back the bill from the hat House appropriating five thousand dollars to wh repair the injuries caused by the late fire in the ext Capitol, with an amendment, appropriating ten of thousand-dollars, to be expended under the di- giv rection of the Joint Committee on the library. "I The amendment was agreed to, and the bill the was ordered to be engrossed, and subsequently am it was read a third time and passed. the Mr, Clemens, from the Committee on Mili- spc tary ".\ffaTrs. .to which was referred the bill to tiv< indemnify tLe State of South Carolina for Un money, expended for the use of the United is c States in the war in Florida with the Seminole ! Indians, reported back the same with amend- Mr ments. . Uo A message was received from the President, sari recommending an immediate appropriation to a f< defray the expenses home, of the Ameri- col cans who' Were engaged in the Lopez expedi- cef tion, arid" who have since been pardoned. Re- he ferred fcp'tbe-Finanee Committee. sus The bill for the relief of Win. Darby was J taken up, and, after debate, was ordered to a tha third reading. ;ul- bili The bills, yesterday ordered to a third read- wit ing, were taken up and passed. 1 And then the Senate adjourned. ma Housk of Representative*.?The jour- tirn nals having been read, Mr. Carter, chairman of tioi the committee appointed to wait on Louis Kos- the suth, reported that it would he prepared to in- i troduce M. Kossuth to the House to morrow, niit at one o'clock, and recommended that the mil same etiquette be observed as was adopted in the Senate. The committee consists of Mesfcrs. 1 Carter, Gentry, Clingmrn, Peaselee, antl Bar- of ton, of Ky. pec The Speaker, under the rules, called for the Sta reports of committees. j ,, Sp; Mr. Houston, of Ala. chairman of the com- J mittee on ways and means, reported several the bills of the usual nature, providing for the to 1 current and contingent expenses of depart- for ments, which were refered to the committee J ?n ?ho ctato r?f the union, and ordered to he I of printed; also a bill for carrying out the 12th tab artcile of the treaty with Mexico. The committee on agriculture reported a ' bill to' encourage commerce manufactures, ag- sire riculture, and other branches of industry, by trie granting to every head of a family who I should settle on it, a homestead of one 1G0 dnj acres ofland, which the chairman was instruc- intt ted to move should be the order ol the day of for the first of February. It was subsequent- due ly ordered to be referred to the Committee on co'1 the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. ' # ' npr Mr. BernhciseJ, of Utah, called the attention of the House to a garbled statement of the on Mormons, and requesting a suspension of an wai expression of an opinion for the present, and sw in reply to a remark of Mr. Carter, disclaimed arc; any participation in the publication. The sub ject there dropped. Hon Mr. Walsh, from the Committee on Commerce. to which was referred the memorial of I ?f . r ^,| l.-.iy _ L.|, | '| tlio UOliecior 01 v^narteston, reporrca a uiu iu admit the vessel Ulrica to registry; which was 'iav read twice. cor Mr. VV. said thnt he had been instructed by ^ve the Committee that this bill be put on its pas- ^ sage.- ? The bill was then read three times and pas- mai sed. wei A message was laid before the House ac- tael cornpanied by a report of the Secretary of ties State relative to the prisoners belonging to the a P Lopez expedition who had been sent to Spain, not and recommending the appropriation suggcs- ca" ted by the Secretary of State. The message ' and report were on motion of Mr. Bayley, re 'n t ferred to th? Committee on Foreign Affairs, * and ordered to bo printed. nan Upon motion of Mr. Houston, the House Un went into Committee on the state of the Union, for the purpose of taking up the rules which ' he had reported. Ch The House having resolved itself into Committee, Mr. Robinson, of Indiana, referred to ' ?dj the circumstances of the Committee 011 Com- j I nf Iioi>L/\ro v*inrv I tlo m.erce naming vu^uimuvv v? .???.?/v.o, ivnnnig a sort of reservoir, from which emanated what Sl? are termed "omnibus bills, and alluded to the , bills, of last session, which failed in the Senate. He then remarked upon the construction i 8Pf of the Committee, on which the Northwest is not represented. He was friendly to the appropriation for the great rivers to a certain ex- .. tent, and for harbors which came within the ^ constitutional rule. Mr. Seymour, of New York, said the policy of Congress had been changed, and the Com- ^ 0 mittee attended to foreign commerce to the ex- ba< elusion of internal improvement. He thought 1 the proper course would be to report a bill .pro-' poj ng for those works that are going to decay;. ! that the cpnamerce of the country should L-ive the most impartial consideration. He isidered the interest of commerce on the rtneru ports and on the great rivers as iden1. dr. Houston replied to the remarks and vinlted the course that had been pursued by commitee on commerce. The object of ng into committee, however, he said, was to e up the bills which lie bad reported; and a lion prevailed to lay aside the President's ssage with that view. dr. Houston then called the attention of the ntnittee to the bill relative to the twelfth are of the treaty with Mexico, and spoke of necessity of an early aporopriatinn, to ena tne uovernniem 10 pay uie lasi iinsiauuein., explained the meaning of the article, by ich twelve millions of dollars were to be d to Mexico, each instalment to be three lions, exclusive of the interest on the amount mining due. Mr. McMullan, of Va. desired to know to om and.through whom the instalment is to ;:'"V "Y Mr. Houston said he could not answer the ^tion. dr. Bayly, of Va. said ,bis colleague, Mr. Mullan, was in error, in supposing that by action of Government a loss ,of sixty or hty 'thousand dollars had been sustained, I entered into an explanation similar to that ich he made last session, when he exonerate administration from all blame, dr. McMullan said he understood from good bority that there is a house which would re undertaken to pay the instalment, by ich a saving would have been effected to the ent alluded to, and he hoped the Chairman .1? m e IV A 1J me i/U(iiiinu?e ui "ajs <11111 mcaua wuuiu e the subject his serious consideration. Mr. Houston said it was not the province of committee to entertain propositions.from 7 qnartert nil they had to do was recommend appropriation ol monks and leave the re nsibility of the expenditure with the execu?. All the committee on the state of the ion had to do was to enquire if the money lue in the present instance, and to vote it Mr. Bayly concurred in the view taken by . Houston, and the course pursued by the mmittee of Ways and Means, which is the r?e as that pursued during the last session by urmer committee, l^he offer to which his league had alluded, he said could not be acited, unless another treaty were tpade , and denied that any pecuniary injury had been tamed in the manner alluded to. Mr. Hibbnrd, of N. H. while he admitted t the House should not assume the responsity, expressed himself as not being satisfied h the explanations that had been made. Mr. McMullen was opposed to so prompt a nner of passing bills. He wished further e lor consideration, and wished the quesi to be fairly understood by the House and country. 1 motion was th*?n agreed to that the Comton iml'o otwl tl\o Ilrtucn n/1 inn rim/1 of ?? 4V?t*r mtes after three o'clock. January 0. Mr. Clemens presented a petition froin one thp persons engaged in the late Cuban exlition praying the government of the United itcs to send a vessel for the Americans in liu lately pardoned. Mr. Fish presented resolutions adopted by city government of New-York, tendering the United States a lot of land in that city a mint. Plie Pennsylvania petition for the restoration flogging in the navy was taken from the le. Mr. Stockton spoke at length against it. Mr. Badger replied, staling, however his dei that the present system should be fairly d. n the House of representatives, on the same \ after the reading of the journal, the time srvening before the hour for the execution the special order was devoted to the intro :tion and reference of bills not reported from nrnittees. \t one o'clock P. M., the select Committee minted to wait on M. Kossuth, entered the use. The members rose. Kossuth loaned lie ?irm nf Mr ( !?rfpr flip p.hjiirii"nil Hp 3 dressed in a velvet frock coat, with a ml at his side. Having approached to the a in front of the Clerk's desk, dr. Canter said: Mr. Speaker, 1 have the lor, on the part of the committee of the use, to present Louis Kossuth to the House Representatives. Phe Speaker,?As the organ of this body, I e the honor to exten i 10 Louis Kossuth a dial welcome to the House of Kepresentats. if. Kossuth, addressing the Speaker, said : sir: It is a remarkable fact in the history of nkind that, while though all the past honors c bestowed upon glory, and glory was atlied only to success, the legislative auihoriol" tin's great Republic bestow honors upon ersecuted exile, not conspicuous by glory, favored by success, but engaged in a just se. I'herc is a triumph of Republican principles his fact. sir, I thank in my own and my country's no, the House of Representatives of the ited States lor the honor of this cordial welne. le was then conducted to a seat near the rk's desk. I'he House almost immediately afterwards ourned. fhursday being the annivorsary of the b3tof New Orleans, neither House was in sesn. Mr. John W. Millson of Philadelphia, who nt fifteen years and a large fortune in vain jrts to discover perpetual motion died at Louis a few days ago. I'he .Methodist Church South, at Maysvillc, ., insured for 82,000, was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Pile stock of Coffee in first hands in New rk on the 1st inst., was large, being 90,000 js against 10,000 bags same time last year. It is said that, one in sixteen of the entire pulation of Boston, is a pauper. . -y.; t_?.r r i-,. MAYORS POLICE GOURT. . J AN CAN Y 8.1852. Police officer Cuibert appeared before the Mayor, this morning, and made OAth to: the following circumstance?: 'He stated that while engaged in his duty as Police officer, attending the arrival of the Rail Road paisenger cars^ yesterday afternoon at halflpiMt ' 2 o'clock at the Rail Road Depot in John-Street, ho wAs informed by Conductor Keckely, of the Colombia passenger train that one had entered the Columbia car yesterday in female attire?that said was then unknown, or not recognized- that he was the .first person who came into'the car at Columbia at day light, disguised and closely veiled as to the face, and went into the Ladies' apartment?that he kept secluded, and pretended to be.asleep. That not coming into the car with any one at so early a period, this individual excited suspicion, but being veiled and habited as Q mtllo kn li'oo nnt llion rlnfAnlnrl oftas* the cars had come towards Charleston, one of the lady passengers, Mrs. , suspecting this individual not to be a female, by the size and appearance of his hands, communicated her suspicions to her husband, who notified the CohducJ^TyOn. which the Conductor accosted the disguisedjjerson, wishing to hearhjs. voice, as to hi&haggage, and bv his speech recognized him to; be a male. The Conductor then placed one of the rail, road men in. the Ladies' apartment, as a protection to--him, his intrusion iuto -that apartment,' having exasperated and excited the violent indignation of the passengers, especially those having Ladies in charge. On arriving in Charleston he, ofhcer Culbert, took charge of this person, disguised io the following habiliments, a.white petticoat, a black alpaca frock a black check sun bonnet, a green veil, and a large merino shawl. . Officer Culbert then conducted his prisoner to tue upper uuard House, and in the course of a few minutes he removed the above dress, and remained clad in men's clothes, which, it thus appears, he had on under his disguise, and that he believes the disguised man to be a fugitive from justice, and that his conduct and disguise were adopted to elude' the justice of the country. j >. Officer Culbert further states, that from a telegraphic dispatch received since the arrest of this individual, and in reply to a similar 'dispatch from the Mayor of this city, one of the Wardens of Columbia communicated 12 minutes after 9 o'clock, last night, that this very individual had been confined in Islington jail, to stand bis trial for horse stealing, and may have broke out, and that he, Culbert, heard from him yesterday afternoon in the guard house, that he had obtained the female apparel from Mrs. C. of Columbia, and that he resided with her. The Mayor has ascertained by a telegraphic dispatch from the lntendant of Columbia, through the husband of said lady, that no such person staid at his house .in Columbia, and that he has not seen him in six weeks Officer Detiay and Capt. Dixon were also in attendance at the Railroad Depot and Guard House of the Upper Wards, assisting in the apprehesion ol this-individual. The Mayor is actively engaged in this matter, and is in communication with the lntendant of Columbia. As soon as correct information is obtained as to the individual who has been arrested under the above suspicious circum stances we will give further particulars. % >. Char. Eve. News. pltkhntation of governor kossutii to thk Senate of the Umtkd States.?'This imposing ceremony in honor of tlie great Hungarain, and in testimony of the approval by our government of the cause ol liberty in Europe, which he represents, took place yesterday in the Senate Chamber at one o'clock.' The proceeding, through august in its significance, was unostentatious in its character. As no similar presentation to cither House of Hongress has occurred, except in the case of General Layfayette, we deem it proper to note the details of the proceeding with exactness. At the appointed hour, the. Senate, on the suggestion of its President, suspended its usual business. Governor Kossuth, in his official costume, and with his sword at his side, appeared at the main entrance, preceded by two members of the committee ofintroduction,(General Shields and Mr. Seward,) and followed by the third member, (General Cass,) and advanced in this order till he stood in the centre of the Senate Chamber. Gen. Shields, the chairman of the committee, then said: Mr. President; Wo have the honor to nnnonnce to you Louis Kossuth, and to introduce him to the Senate of the United States." The. President of the Senate then rose and said: "Louis Kossuth, I welcome you to the Senate of the. United States. The committee will conduct you to the scat which I have caused to be prepared for you." Gov. Kossuth bowed in acknowledgment of this public reception, and, being conducted by Gen. Shields and Mr. Seward to a seat immediately in front of the Secretary's table, took his seat, with Gen, Shields on his right hand, and Mr. Seward and Gen. Cass on his left. Mr. Mnngum then rose and said: "For the purpose of affording to the members of this body an opportunity to pay their respects to our illustrous guest, I movo that we do now adjourn1" The motion was carried, and the Senate ad journed. The President of the Senate and other senators then left their seats, and as they approached Governor Kossuth, were severally presented to him by the member* of the committee. The entire front and side galleries of the Chamber were completely filled by the ladies, who had assembled to witness the ceremony. ?? ? r i _ i *l? n ?r ?,i.^ .Many ladies iouiiu piaci's uii me injur ui mr Senate, the rule having' been suspended with a view to their admission there. The reporter's gallery was assigned to gentlemen, and was also crowded. There was no applause?the spectators ap. parently rcfrainning from any such demonstration as unsuited to the occasion and the scene, i [ Washington Union. CAMDEN, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1852. ' - ' ' ' ' === THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Agents for the Journal. - MpKBrp. R. E. Seyle, and 8. C. Burges, are twi General aad TraveHing;Agents, and are author ized to collet debts due us, and give receipts foi - the (jundfii).,jyurjjijl, ? i > . i Our Market There has been considerable activity in the cot ton market since our last, with an advance of 1-8 prices ranging from 6 to 8. A Friendly OalL Some of our friends in this 8tate may expect i cali from Mr. Seyle, who intends shortly to mak< a tour through South Canolina, collecting for th( Charleston Mercury and several other papers anc periodicals. Mr. Burgee,' will also visit othei I States for the same purpose. We hope those o our Jriends upon whom either of tne-e gentlemer I ?it ?mi i j i 4i : may can, win ut; prepared iu iiunur uieir paper It is a matter of serious inconvenience to us tc be kept out ofour dues, and certainly it will oc casion none -of our patrons any inconvenience t< pay what they owe us. 1 Hard to Beat. We have in our office a Beet which weighs 1( 3.4 lbs. and is 19 inches long, aud measures 2( inches around. When first taken from the grouiu it weighed 12 lbs. Said beet .was sent to us bj Mr. William Robertson, of Russel Place, in thii District If any of our friends can beel this, we shouh like to see them at it For the New Year. Mr. Young lias some choice things for the new Year, and if any of oar friends warrt a convenien memorandum Book, with a blank for every da; in the year, for the record of daily occurrencer &c., he has them very complete. Also, he has ; few of Miller's Almanacs for 1852, and many oth er articles too numerous to mention. Sale of Negroes. By reference to our advertising columns, it wil be seen that on the first Monday in February large sales of valuable Negroes will take place a the Court House in this town. Fatal Affray. An affray occurred iii Columbia on Saturda; night last, between Mr. John Sloan, formerly of thi place, and J. M. E. Sharp, of Columbia, in whicl the former lost his life. " The particulars, as w learn them from the Carnlinidn are, that the de ceased and Sharp were drinking at the St. Charier when words ensued about an old difficulty, and during its progress the latter inflicted the woum which penetrated the heart, and of which Sloai died. Sharpe surrendered himself to the sherit and was lodged in jail under the commitment o the Coroner. The Present Tear. In looking over the Calendar of the presen year, there are some singular peculiarities whicl make it somewhat remarkable. According to tbi Book, there will be six eclipses during the yeai three of the Sun and three of the Moon. [One o the latter has already occurred which we kne* nothing of until it had passed.] The othe eclipses will be invisible with us, excepting i small eclipse on the Moon's Southern limb, on th< morning of December 26th. California and othe portions of unfenc'd creation will enjoy the sights This is what old fashioned people call leaj Year, and February claims an additional day t( its calendar, which constitutes the main featuri ofits singularity. There are certain time honorei privileges, which a class of our lair citizens may claim and enjoy. Why these privileges are na claimed by the party having the sole and acknowl edged right to them, we are at a loss 13 divine. Our National Anniversary falls on Sunday,anc the people ol the nation will be perplexed to fij upon a day, to glorify, speechify, and toast oui venerable Uncle Samuel. Some more anxiom than others, will anticipate its coming and fire their big guns 011 Saturday. The religious por tion of our community will have an opportunity of hearing a politico-religious discourse adaptec to the occasion, whether co-operatioe or not, we cannot say. The Camden people will not trouble themselves much on that account; they will make nc arrangements for its celebration, and will ver) wisely let it pass off without any pomp or show or circumstance of war, and lastly, without an) speech making. Counterfeits. We have been shown (says the Raleigh, N. C Standard, of the 7th i 11st.) a counterfeit $20 bill of the Commercial Bank of Columbia, S. C.,sigm ed by J. O. Crawford, Cashier, and A Blanding President, bearing No. 248, and a likeness of Washington 011 the left side. It is dated the 2Sth September, 1844, and is made payable to C. Day. The fiicnatures are evidently eneraved. and the date and name of the payee are in common writing ink. The bill looks pretty well, and is calculated to deceive. We have called attention to it to put the public on their guard. There may be 6ome more bil's of the same kind in circulation. High prices for Negroes. The Petersburg (Va.) Intelligencer states that at a sale of twenty-one slaves, the property of the estate of Wm. Pendleton, consisting of old and young, men, women and children, and not regarded as above ordinary, were sold in that place at the average price of $553. One man, without a tradp, sold for 8l0'd8; a woman with a child ten months old sold for $050, and a girl eleven years for 5600: These, we under-ttaud, are about thr rates at which slaves have been telling for sonic weeks in this market. N The Tunnel of the Thames. In Sherburne's PencUIings in ^ngittid and the Continent; published in 1847, in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier, he givee a brief outline of his visit to this remarkable subterranean passage: "On leaving the Tower (of London} I took a waterman, and was rowed a mile dotfrl the r Thames, to .see the celebrated Tunnel, landing first at Wapping; then rowed over to the Burry* side, and for one shilling 'was permitted to pass tKmnrrh it. !( Unfflh tiY Wfttitiirtlaf Ulivujj" * m ? *? im1i IW14 ty-two feet; width of each carriage way, fourteen feet, including side-walks. It Is brilliantly lighted . gas. The carriage ways are laid With cement; hard as stone, and very smooth,' The Tunnel is ' thirty feet below the b^of; the m,ower which , hundreds of ships, of'all nations, daily sail. A register is kept in the Tunnel for all visitors to enter theii names. Among them I saw the autol graphs oi many distinguished Americans." ^ ; Extensive Entehprisb.?A number ofgeril tlemen have associated together.in this city far. r carrying on a large importing wholesale andf retail dry goods business,on a scale more extensive than has hitherto been conducted in, Charleston. To carry out this plan, the firm ' ofC &G.L Kerrison & Co., bare sold oat i ' to the junior partners with whom several If.rgo. ' capitalists have been associated for this purpose. ? It is gratifying to see this manifestation o, tended enterprise in our CitjF, in a line of buaiBness that promises the most remnoerative results. The extension of oar intercourse with . ) the West and Sooth West opens np the most 5 encouraging hopes to the spirit of adventare.? I Tins improved cdnriexion isThe parent bran errf larged importing business, as that will by a necessary reaction give a wider extension to . the internal traffic and between CfaarlesUMyand the still increasing inland towns of this settioo of the Union. *.? To carry out the above project the associated party, as above mentioned, in/end to moke an enlargement of the present premises occupied ' at the North West corner of King and Market . t streets. They have purchased all the land imy eluded in the space between the corner and the house occupied by Dr. Cleveland, tin King a street, and extending down Market street nearly to Archdale. The building on King street, forming the front on that street, will be 58 feet b inciies in wiatn, ana zzi teety inches oa Market street It will be iou r stories higher the I total height 60 feet. The first story will embrace the Retail department, in its entire extent, ' with a Carpet saloon and Planter's room attached. The second, third and foarth stories will comprise the Wholesale department, and the finish, we understand, will be in a style that will reflect credit on the architecture of y the city, as the arrangements, including stocks s and all appliances, to render this one of the ti most complete dry goods establishments, will e be second, perhaps, only to Stewart's, Broadway, New York, and rivalling every similar 5 store of the kind in the United States, l' The building, designed by Mr. Edward C. ^ Jones, has been commenced;under the sopfcrintendance, as builder, of Mr. David Lopez.? ^ Charleston Evening Nexrs. ,, f Organ-Grimdrrs.?This part of the coun- - ^ try has been over-run lately by these itinerant foreigners. We have no unkind feelings towards the poor fellows?but their frequent ap1 pea ranee is, we confess, disagreeable. It comes ^ li too near arrant vagrancy to be tolerated by an e industrions community, when carried as now, r, to undue excess. Scarcely a week passes in ^ ,f which we do not see several of these beggars, _ strnllinff the couutrv through with their music ? O i - . *r ^ u machines slang behind them. Now if there were any honor, or skill, or any merit whatev1 er displayed by them, it would not be so bad.? e But there is nothing of the sort. On the conr trary, the cracked flues of their time-worn in' strument's breathe forth nnuglit but dissonant, ? screeching sounds that "split a cucumber" or } kill a mozart. In, this point of view, they are s nuisance?to say nothing of the evil work they m 1 might be guilty of under this roving garb.? r We cannot, with our peculiar domestic cstabi lishment, be too particular in reference to all unknown birds of passage like these, And, although there are among them some deserving j objects of charity, yet the majority of:them merit no encouragement, but rather to be frowned, if possible, into some more decent and hoo^ est mode of life.?'EdgeJieJd Advertiser ^ The United Statrs, France and Emland.?It is stated from Washington, says the Baltimore Sun, that despatches have been re- ? I ceived at the State Department from Mr. Rives, our Minister at Paris, up to the 18th ultimo, which express the opinion that the coup d'etat e T ?i- m 1 1 ni A OI LiUUib <i^apyieuu wjia a cuuipicic rcvuiuuuuary movement; and furnish details similar to' those already published. Mr. Rives and the r Swiss Minister were the only members of the Diplomatic corps who had declined to attend ' the President's levees, and the latter had finally resolved to present himself. The views of the Administration on the whole subject will be, | forwarded to Mr. Rives immediately. The same account says: " a There is reason ' to believe, in Washington,- , I that the affair of the Prometheus will be satis-' I factorily adjusted, and that no British force will | ' be maintained at San Juan hereafter. Mr. j ' Webster's despatch on the subject to Mr. Law' rence had been sent to Lord Palmeretoo. Its 1 high spirit is commended. ? Sir Henry BuKver will go to Italy for his 1 ; health, probably in a diplomatic capacity. A | new Minister to the United States will soon be J appointed; a special authority will be conferred w on Mr. Crampton to settle all pending qoes- jfl tions. Sj Confident expectations are entertained that & the same clemency will be extended to Mr. S Tlimclinr nn Iijiq nlro.idv haon cVirnvn In iha rwlli. Si er Cuban prisoners. ! , II ?? ? A slight sho*?k of an earthquake waa felt at . St Tliomas on tho 16th Dec. No serious damage was done. i It said that Col. Titos. H.Benton very proi bably will shortly embark at New-York, for , California. ! The Town of Toledo, Ohio, was visited with ! a destructive conflagration on the 27th ulL? The total loss was $10,000.