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' "' '' A literal deiliietfrm wijl ln'tfile to those Who 'advertise b the year. ' ,! 'Adveri- 4r'by th yeni1 will be t'tmfine'd slrictly ' lothrtlr bftiiewi v ! i" . .., V: Caiiitldntc anfio'iMc'ed for $3 00. , ,, , .Im..,.,..,, ; - i i t.' ' . . Ml . '! 11 -.7 .'; ':" : . . . 1 ' 11 :r . ADD fl KSS. I'ttprrrt'd fry Hit 'Commffke, ttftviiitrJ ly a ... rexfilutiofi of, ihi llHihoml.. Conwnliun, ' -fttli in lhi t'ity on iht lth Jutie lust.' -14; j , 1 1 . o a ! ' 'I' 1 ' '' riii Con'v'eiitlofi.'aiiiemMe'l at Varaw, for the. linrfiitre Kl .cuiiMiu'r'.hn the ulilliy and prtw;trc4i'tity W tb.e ronMrnotimi of a " r.iirii; j'roin Lekon, or smue puini on the Mi-.ouw tiyt, ih tbe weMrrn .ul ol tlie Ktutis to ekteniMy way nf Wiir-nw tii v'Mmlricl,nvf' iinne pl.n'e m tlie , 'ii-Mi pi iivei -Jml-IuwI' lreziti(t point, duly ViehMldei'T (bt'(rr;:il iol ti(itiii!H w bieli 7hiUi i'uiji;iis of1 i'rt'i1j!Htio(; (lie trade' of the country must nl7un1, lia e .piien tbe anbiecl tluir most ''careful atteniton. alul ; kel .niiislitii lli;r ut;U a ruiilrt i t'utiriiiy jirutllcable rd esni'terrtly import.inti ' llie illliy .atVJ 'Me?Viiy itf UlU propo- , mil rmlrouii Iim at.lr.igle.l puirer.il H-eiitinii 'Tor a nomberW jeurv piit. As enrly i" ?'1836., tl'i ie'udj e rccoiiiiiti:(!ei:to (be , Leginl.iture, rli thfilnietiun of. rilriiii 1 ciitn'rie'fice ;eir tl,e tjilerii tmimbirj line on (be yuutli siJc of the Mi-MM.ri ri- r,V extending wiliroii(;b llu oii'.t-r.it rc gin' In' lei tjllh.ttc at soiiu" p'oiiil' Vin (be Miaikippi river, b!iw, whtie llml rivn is iimially blovked with ! f'i .iiii in tbe di- j rvctiii'li of tbe unt'f't I'irattii'.ible route to tf.e .inlindued ritilroad Iroin ('lu.ilii'ii, S. to CinelnliHtl, Oi'io nmK njrain, in .1839, tlie Legisbit lire, influenced by a ken ol the, strong txUlmj; i;ei:tsily li r Mich a'work, i&eed 0 im mortal to l on f;re,,liliiig' j)o(t (lm j:in im otluiu t of ha mbject will very soon c.ilise tbe fale'tif Missouri to adopt the means for Uie.coiistntivi ol u, r..i!rwnl l'r..m Jefler kdn; tily tu rl;er'I "i'vJi I. r1j,er btlo . Ireel'uijj point -m-lbal uiivviy ii.lrtNt ta- ' Ise'O, by a la'r 'j'tirtiotr'cif llle'uliizi'ii'i ol tliin , Stuiylii li ape'tjily lipoHiiiif:iiei'iii.ieiit utid 'lerininalioi -of ich a- work be)ir. ' ipg tbit it Vvi't itdd bVetlj to'ie' nieaiid of tratporiiiijilie4rouiittr of ib co'ui.tiv to New OrleVi inJ ii lit r i;if keisTves pevial- ly during llie o intrr senin, at l.itli lime all ii)eiiii'ot'(vtiliyr fi;ati'p'rl'ution is "iiitvr '.eeplal..tiy ivt.i4ik iiif; "ft lb grant r altehiatc ne'ctioilcalatig tbe route," to We have lima referred to fopuer aclion'oV 1 16' 'iNe&iivc and Leglsbltitie, to abow tjiat, lively-intrreM , ii bje poii xtrudioii of tlii wcrii hai. befiiiakcii ; hi "Well ti to L(4ytho jiliiport ant e Vtilb which it bun been vTewail.' ' - ' ' la JAmong nlrt'iieeessifii? 'jir'getl for1 ,,tjie conytirbctibn' ' of-thii roatY, it ibe faci 'ibai "tbe mean of all wuier1 ooiiiintiriioalion is ' iiitercprled' Irj' icd inilthp ilieliniersea aou eonfqiiei.tlt,our people are limine j,lo gbi imfMiwp''ty wlyjui rc- -Veireltlit ;bel? !tnt, il are often com- l iiul 4t wttat'4i p(att to vary. riton, " lliuVi ii'yi!iiot only rftbjV bin a li- t ratuMtoaU)ar()dicccNrMid HJiUiri, aallwy j)ioea i n,'iippei$3'JIwbeii''-iIlia EkfC. ' Artiv'1 fir'kilul!e.i the atii(tiiin f the Le- l ; ? .T 1 1 1 ? Jtj U V.f. ?,!, T y -.and ui3.be 'iH.rUiyaotiila lariiiiiov.in the ! 'J?r( luit' Af'tb proimaed Cbarleatoii ..j ! ...:iS.:!S'- .';!!.tV"v"ot ' y ,anuk ii,i,.i1twHr1ysj',jiTiUto. 1 lOOiict;""1 v .luwunin -T-viiiivr r 01, 'Vhose 'alfeSdy copstrijcleil- of In' Ibe nto- " I l'.'..' . ' '.- 1 " ' '. ' V" ,1 , grent i evuJtucoutrOcopif niutea,aiiul' with (itch probability Jl' their lVing hirrt lv CnliicJ'aa to' trato.1 on our tnanti CITY and Hilb which tbe trade of ll.M ronil woiibl be iiniuediakTy connected, tlmt its iiiipnrtiinre, as regard the proapeot of our pfpple being able to enjoy,, m tlie future, ihis ditcrsily of other and opi-iiiug m,rk ets, hai increased mil compound ratio will: the increiise of ulirjiopubilion. Jly rel'crenre to ibe tnapa, partirnlarlj to the map recently ,jjih!il,ed by order ol tbe lower boiie of ilu present Congress, delineating tbe various routes of railroads which (ire already constructed, or contem plated,, and , w bith w ill j.rol s-My mhui be linishi'd throughout the United Stutes, ev cry observer must be struck with llie im portmit bearing which the new and vari ous markets, now r.ipidly opening to the reception of western products, must ne cessarily have upon the future welfare of: Mi-souri, and. to her great advantage, if opinions, thinking, perhaps, it may lie con abe only secure to herself the udvanl. ges 1 sidered as not coming particularly within of enjo inj ihnn. , I ihe line of their duties. They beg leave A railroad is in contempt. iliuii from Oi- . to suggest,' however, that influeneed by ro, at tlie junclion of the Ohio and Mia-he lights afforded by the experience 'and sissippi, lo Niisbt iile, Tenn., and one is J examples of other Stales, they are confi iu progress from that city to Chattanooga, ' dent in the conclusion that (he tame can on (be Tennessee river, near tbe norlli-j be at roniplisbed ly indiv idiml enterprise, western corner of Georgia, there to , be wilh some assistance from the State ' or connected with lite Georgia f (ate railroad, , the fieiier.il Gov eminent.' ' whiih is already completed lo Savannah;' Much confidence is reposed in individ Hiid a braiicli of it breaking olT at Atlanta, U"l enterprise, as it in.iy be considered b-ading down to Augusta, thence lo 'np oflbeinostiinport.ini lever which Charleston, S. C is also eoiupleii'd. rrom ia hem ing onwaril. in rapid and ancccss New Echota, Hiliu.ted on the (inisbed part '"1 progression, the great improv einents ol of ibis road, about forty miles below Ch.it- : laimoga, a railroad i-contemplated by way: great ends, is characteriflic til our pen of Knoxille(ii Danv i!le, a., which lies pb-, and of the g 111,1s of our gov eminent, about ei.sl of New Madrid, 1 lit re lo le In fact, v halever w orkx uf ibis kind are connected will; the already liui.heil rail- made, must be accomplished by the peo- rimd J'rotn thai place lo. llithinond.. A r;.ilnKd is alaoi contemplated from Corn '' by the tvbole a a bodypcditio thro' directly dmvii lu Mobile, and from i.'ut their repretentniii es. Of the nearly five place lo Pei.-sacob", Honda. Tin-re ,is thousand nilles of railroad iilready ' fcom also one linisbed from Aiemj'hi .In La-' pleled in the I'niled States, iniicfi of the uraiiire, .which place is t-iuiated about on ainu ha been accomplished by individual the line. of the contemplated road from cou.p..nies. . Many, of the exleiisiv e rail Ciiro lo iVUil ile.' 1 , roads in New York, in rennsylvunia and It' the railroad Vhich we have tinder " "'her Sl.iteii, havu been lima made, ami consideration, shall be constructed and con- l'le investment!, are' yielding fine profits, netted wi'.h those other roaiis, it will I e- .It 's aid thai nolw ilbstaiidiiig forty mill coiiie a part of tho greal railroad system' o1' dollars have been invested iu rail of the Union virording us l ot only new oad in ibeSuieof Massachusetls uloiie, markets 011 tbe gul!', but will give us a di-' ,'",y ure yielding n ' annual dividend ol red eominutiic.itiiin with the Atlantic sea- eight per cent thus prdv ing the great pe hoard in Georgia, in the Carolina and in ':uniary advantages of stub inv estiiients,. Virginia, Then it would be that .our and tho unity of inicresl existing ii fndi pl.miers roiild transport ibeir tt.l.it.-co lo iJnal enterprise and llie body politic Richmond, Yu., the great mail of that Ma- 'Ah an example, immediately before U, oi pic, as tlicap and as t xpediiioiisly i.s tl ty individual exertion, we would stale, thai do now In. New Urle-ms, or their variuua' n number of conn;, es along the Osi'ge r.iv prodiictious lo Savamiiih, ( barlesloii or er, sensibly alive to the importance of a Norfolk, with a little expemve.a it now fady facility of trade, have combined, un eosta them In haul Ibe same filly milts. lr cl.at'ler, their distributive aliare ol Should lVnsaonl.i become, 11a niaiiy ibink ioeyed of llie jtublio lands gr.iule I il certainly destined to become, one of ibe il.i N'tate, hnd vv ith ihiMe have coin- great entrepots of. Utelerti coinuierce, competing Willi IVun Urleans lor the trais , I't ing li.e, ( rst great work of imjjrov euient of ll:e great West, unely Missouri must in the Statij. 'II. ig work is siicceiMully take a interest, in profiling by ibe mult progressing, and if a lew more of the of such competition. And that il will e- counties, vvbich are confidently expected ventiiidly become a jdace of great torn-. t J so, slniil join tho( Association, there meni.il importance, is uioie llian pmba-. will be no diii'ibf'thal lhis(bcutii'il, b;il bio. The General Government itnb-- l-mg m glectq l stream, in ayery clviirMimc, lisbing ihtre a great naval depot for ibe' perhaps during the present season, u illie proledjiin' of the commerce of tlje'Valley made lit afford as good navlgitturii'as the of the Mississippi and of the Gulf of Mex- Missouri. And, vv e woiild here urge irp iqi, t has already expended and appro- on (he counties engaged and intertt'ed in p rial id lothe naval rstablishmoul and mil- jtlio na igiitioi atuj .impro.venient ol" ibis ititry (lefi'iices of 1bal place, rather mm 0 i sir earn, not lo relax in ibeir laUsisbJv t-x-llian (wo and a half millions of dollars ei lions, till' they have completed their and; its salubriou climate, coiniiiatiding work finli!erit, iis we are; that '(bf C..11- sitnaliim and great harbor', so sale, beau- I lifnl and commodious, have long attracted, geppriil altenlioh,' The Georgia, Alabama. bmJ Florida railroad eompaiiy cuuleiriphite extending (he main trunk of tbuiri rail--ia(s': porth, ihrough Montgointry,' llie seat of government of Alabama, to be'9011- necled with the railroada first spoken of, 1 1 :.... v . . tint) (villi tranche into GtMirgi i,'so as to; cottiitite ihem ' Part of 'ili; fcr'eal Ku ,fttd '.slein. Dieyluive iheiiiorialiZfi1 Cong re for a grant of alternate section of fhe public limdsVl'or ijf ml'M ti Ide on (fatli sjdo'of iheirViail anif it tr'at'eijes. The coauniite on Naval Affair have re- 'jiortrd favorable to llie grant, turret her w ill aiirfor ihal jiiosel wtiftwrtlirtilij. . :ii ..1 1 r t ; t, bly soon beooine Jaw. t J'li:'il :,! i . . I ' ! .. I I. . J " raitroiHi iroio ensgcoia qomptetrti ami inai iiuriivr wtn on me rectaua o miioli of lbWiurtilui :trodue(i of Trnnb. OP XV AXtSAy4 "MISSOURI, eo ami Kentucky iy !way f tliekB.eon teeiiTi ro:nli, hs well n of Illitml. accn iMiilatcit ums lier cotltemjiluted I'd nd frum CbicHB Ciro,. Biul iilso of Indiana, all conveyed down 41! the earliest perincY, e en before I he first uliipmeiili to MOrlenn? J nnd ihitt the prochtels of MisHonri be kept bark' by l!ic ie ol' winlcr clositip 'alike our !re.ni nnd the fiirest prospect of our (igrk'Mlttiral cmntnttnity ? . ..,.,( Ihit thimpli all mny lie fi.tisfied of the iniliiy, prnL'ticitl'ility add ttretit importance o!" tlic proponed rai!ri.ul, llie qiietioilfi na t;Ni!!y uri-c, bow sbnll the work be itc complixfied ? bow bull llie mt aii be ob tained ? 'l'l'ii'oiit'iiliiiM, ccili8lilutii (j but aii ini onsideriibla jirrlioti of tlie citizens liileresled in tliia wcirk," bnve, in tbi re- sped, much hesitancy in expressing their country.' Such action, as productive I'''! either ly inuaiis iialit idiialU coinbiu- mem i;d the liiiprovniienl of ihia rivr il miction of this proposed railroad will in no w ise lieti'aJ frmh il,e' mportaii'ce'of it ,' " ' ' ,' ; ' ' . " ' .ll , oetng jiuwo jnore, iayigaite,. , ...t : . Ah regard any ex pent ied ssitance from ibe St at a in the const rim ion of this road,' we al present do not anticlpnte' any fur ther aid than her limited mean will Mil- Idem ' 1: illy allow Vel'V1 i"K ll'al State, like" individuals, should litt ficur,tuc) jndobl-1 '-.- .1. ' W I : , i ... ednes n a vxill ta likely la involve. Oiem. in future embarrassment, unless impelled to do ao by the tron;est'neeeHity atid we see no nidi fiecefsttjf nt present.' N ; Ve impose, however, foWlfte legis lature of this State to grant i ch irtero inilii idiiiils, and 11U0 to inemoriidijle Con ire,,ror granj uf a portion if jlie pul. iie lands along ijjq.rouie,, ,j s, .,.,l ' Whether these land should e grjnted 'o a company upon condition tlmt they will complete lh r ntire route io eMi!lime, SATUlinA Y MORNING, ' 1'' and ifurt they will carry the troops,'mtini liofis of 'war, and other lrahpnris of the Govertimgnt free of charge, as is' asked by fhi Georgia,' Alabama and 'Florida railro.iH cpmjiany, or Wbelhtr lliey should be granlei! lo llie Slate1 lo be applied as part owner of the stock, is a matter wor thy of due consideration but perhaps would nol be very material as regards the success of Ihe Work. Bui n strong confi dence is entertained that if Ibe proper in itiatory stepsnre taken, a reasonable fcriiijl can be obtained seeing no prineijde' 'or policy intertening to prevent V. '' It is Iriie that ft considerable portion of the peo ple of the tinioti adhere lo the doctrine "thai the coViiJiint'orf does not confer oh tbe General f?'nt6rnmrnt tbf power lo com mence nnd carry on n general syfcm of Interhftl Improvement,"' and in lliis doc trine, a majority,' at least, of thh? conven tion, mosi heartily enuenr. Adherirg lo a strict construction of that sacred instru ment, believing thereby the constitution itself and the proper limitation of its pow ers will be bel preserved, v e say, w ith the illustrious Jackson, that no appropria tions for internal improvements (merely (or Ibe sake of improvement) whU-h are nol general and national, but Wnl in their chnrarler, should be made by the general Government. . . , . . . . , 1 1 . . - , - 1, A grant of land along; llie .route . would not be adverse .to there principles. The ceneral eovrrnirtent as owner of these' lands, Jike any other properly bolder can dispose of the same lo uhoin.at such price nnil in,uch manner as policy mny dictate. To donate, a portion for t Jin purpose of en l'aiicinr ibe value of other portion, lias loiig been infrequent practice. Albany, in fact, vviih much reason, assert, that these lands should be ceded lo the Slat' a hen the general government has been re-en-, bnrscd for the expense of acquiring and snrv ej ing them. Ihil the enquiry naturally arises, wheth er if even , a liberal grant of land can be procured, will capitalists invest a sufficient nnioiinl of their funds irt the work lo com plete il ? It is confidrntly ( lliongbt they will, especially if such grant be made I o a chartered. company upon the conditions, above suggested, Assurances are already given from different quarters of the readi ness of capitalists to invest a considerable amount, nnd when the1 subject 'shall be come mora fully investigated, and. under--stood letter abroad, and the immense (fade, which hi ust eventually be transported on this route li foreseen, it is presumed the slock vv ill he readily taken. Many well informed individuals ;eonfi dently believe that ihq trade ol the Pacific' mid the Atlantic, ' will al a period nol far' distant be connected, eithe by means of the proposed rail road to Oregon,, or by connecting lie water, of the .Missouri with the Columbia, as predicted SO years ago by Missouri dUtingushed Statesman, Col. Beh'tol). Tbi aroinplisled, and our Jfllew ill tecome the trcoi thoroughfare of the. commerce of continents ! Moi gi tins route a roiistderuble portion of this commerce will naturally and necessarily pass, and add !o ibis Ibe friifle for 'the transportation of which (Ins colilr minuted - ' -'-,' '"i 1 ti' 1 ii' - ' ,f , road i particularly intended,, and w hat ntbor, route will I e more inviting fur tl'e investment of capital ?' , t! ' Tills bropnved route vv '.11 extend almut three hundred mile . iriiciuiiljy iJirongli llie interior- through land, a poitioft onfn-ket'bceims inMspeniab!e,and no ob which are the richest In the world other I jeci'sh'ouW tiiore eiirefuliy oxoipy ihi at- t)orlhms ab'onnding in thd Vlcht1! ifihics1 of various iiiineraii, a no along neigiimirlioixt of valuable pineries,, "Ihis raijrqaij vv quhf -..1 .1 ' ...1.. e .1 '- -1 ciuuiocn Kirnuj vaiua oi me pilolic land wnhlu ita iiifluence alotig Jr, ,r 1 rie whole ' three Juintlrei!' jn'bMj' alid' liing tin in sooner jnlo market, cohsetjueiilly. (he geperul government would 1 giduer. jn pecuniary point of view, by grunting' rcirshtrnble' portion of fhrtrt,' antl ' jutice w ould eem ict'ually ttt deitiiii.il ihuf'sugh grant slioufd be inade, '' W' xv y'utl - dopv ilie jimprewiy. , langurageof . Mr. Cast,: who ill' bis placfc so. Ltjlialor cieclar- d'"lha Ihe' government ' a - great land fiolder of (ha w est, can"' appropriate 0 Jiojr. Iiou. ofjlhe'ae lamU fur llie jfurjiose in teroal iroprovwjnUi i It' j pow.tpo U ..'.. o'.-fc : -.1. . ',.-,. I 'JULY; 1 , 1849. lo oppose a policy which has been acttd ort for above ti half a century1. " The pio neers, lo' w hom the Cotinlry is indebled for the erection of a great empire in (he west, are tertaihly entitled lo he treated justly nnd equitably ; and il was only justice and eqnify lliey'sought. Very little bail yet heenj done as a recompense for Ibe priva tions and labor by which ibis had been ef fected.", If Congress intends acting equitably to wards the Slates in whit lithe public land lie, Missouri may yet ex peel considerable grants. Ohio has. received for the pur poses of internal improv ement, 1,180.192 acres, Indiana 1.CC9.S59 acres, and Iowa lias received 250.000 acres f r the im provement of the Dcstnoines river be sides l:er 600,000 grant. Happily, the action of the present Con gress indicates a disposition to do justice (o the western States in this respect. A bill passed the Senate, granting lo Illinois alternate: sections for 11 miles wide on each side of llie route, for the purpose of aiding in the .construction of a rail road from the Mississippi lo the lakes, which w ill probably beome a Jaw, as well as the hill heretofore referred lo granting lo the Georgia, Alabama and Florida rail rond company, the same amount together with other similar ; bills ; and we again repeat our belief, that a similar grant will not be withheld from us if the proper initiatory steps are only taken to procure it. . Lei al interests (hen unite in promoting this most important work. . AH are deep ly interested in doing so, and more espe cially ihe agricultural community. They who expect lo realize profit by the pro ductions of llie, soil, can. hut , seldom real ize those expecllionv without ready fa cilities of taking llieir. surplus to market. 1 ..Anions (lie last admonitions of the, late Silas Wrigjit jilway o correct in his ob servation on human actions and human in terests, he with philosophy, mid truth tie claresto bis fellow .citizens, that .'the ac tive stimulus, which urges all forward, excites industry, awaken .ingenuity, and '.wings out invention, is the prosptct or hope of a market for . the poduction of their labor. The farmer produces to sell; and the manufacturer alines! es lo sell. Self consumption oftheir respective goods, although an. indispensable necessity of life,, is a mere incident in the mind im pelled lo acquisition. - To gain that which is 'possessed is the great stiuggle of la boring num.: ',.!, i r . 1 . 'AgTicu,.tiireuwill never be liealllifiilly and profitably prosecuted, by him whose controlling object U his ow n consumption. All who labor ure equally stimulated by a prospect of a market which is lo remuner ate ihem for their toil rind--' w itho.it this luipe"neither mental aeiivlty nor physical ch'Tgy will thnritcteriSte ibeir exerlxns. -'' If (hi surplus' forvvhiih there is no market, is leA upon llie hand of the farm er, his energies are paralized, hi spirits s'uili; ahl he aean't'ly' tVes that ihe year llirtl' aAde'd lu hi gsilla. He see but little encouragement lo toil oft, to en hi vote be yond Ids' wants, f roilt:d'iu'ii'that wiil not sell; and Ihe chance are that his farm Is neglrtted, his htisbon1ry?bad, and his gains ill fad lii --i:' i, ' 'To cnnliJiti a' progmaiv sljte of sg-ra-'AItHre,' theii.'and to give enerpy pnJt jirosperlty, to litis great and vital branch of htihiin industry, lieahhftil and tal le fenlhm' tf the ' farmers I of the- United Slit.-' 'v '' ""..t' s.'t ; h" Theh w e'easl our eye upon tli map of onr common 'republic, and trace there'lhe numerous works of thi kinJr 1 ready fothple'ed, as well as'the"viirioii"other 1 which the nct'ive ' tncTgi' of our fellow.' citizen in the sUYer Male's ire bringing rapidly forward when we eontemplale tbe iinmei.se besring wlikdi this woils must necessarily have upon cur ftilure deliiiie-i-y affording ihe means' of raji td iniercominii'iiicutioii flirougli all parvssif tliu't-ounlry ariil 0 coiiseijiiini' lie'althy'er cid.lioh of ult Ihe great" and varied' inler is ilrengirie'nfng the energle of pro ductive industry) by giv ins; tu h trader srid producpirlta clino,' af diflVrei.f oir- 11 -.nn-t ) keis accelerating that oclal inWrcpure whioh fhcrishei' fraternil feeling of all for all enabling oi)r cijizen soldiers, in time of war, to conccntrafe themselves at desired points',' with a celetily that w ill lell an ienemy that liis'fo6tste fan never be imprinted oh ouf toil thus giving ihe enduring years or time lo the Union, and rUcing before all, fhemean of continued prosperity -arid then, heh wjk j urn to our own Stale, and behold here not a sin gle work of the kind behold our people enjoying only the channels which Nature has afforded (hem we feel a natural im pulse urging us on lo maae a beginning in ihe advancement of. our great anil cMpmon interests' No Slate has greater induce ments to do so than Missouri Nature has made it her great lore-hoile!'of the material of wealth and' prosperity; and why not take step to enjoy' ihe great Ad vantages so bountifully ilet before us ? i Ly Telegraph for ihe SI. Levis Republican.' l'onxrcttsioi4tt , - Vasiiinoton, June 15. SmnU. Mr. Beht'oii's joint resolution relative to the transportation of ihe troops al tie cud of. the. war, was Liken up. Mr. Cameron offered all amendment' granting three mouths extra' pay 10 each soluier. Tie amendment'., was willidra-jy n, aj flhe original bill as in'roducei was passed. The bill to. extend the naturalization laws was discussed, and tinr.lly laid side informally. ' On tnotiori', the order of llie day, viz : (be lndiari ' Appropriation! Dill wa taken up and discussed. ... The Senate, however, ailj. turned without taking any action on (he . m . , . IIwge of Tieyiresfhfuices. Mr Hu'iim s asked leave toimrodiice a bill reduciig the mileage of members. ' " ' 1 '' Jn moi ion, the House resolved itself In to Coinliiiltee of the Whole lip tin the Na val Appropriation' I?iU. . An; amendmejit providing for carij nig oijt ,4h la.v of last session relative to the Jocks el" Philadel jihin and Ponsacola, was. negatived,, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed. On motion, ..the I louse , adjourned,' ! "' . "': WasHixcTo.'June 16.E The Senate ratified to-day the "tr'eaty Willi New Grenada.' The right, of way across the Isilnmis of Panama f secured. 1 he Prcridciil sent in (he following no- ' , .1. . 1 ...-"-j.,. 1 v iniualioiis : .iii . . , Isaac Toncey, for Attorney Qeperal. Hon. A. P. Ilagby, Jlinister to Russia, vice '.Mr. Ingersoll recalled.' " 1 1 ' Tbe Vice President laid before the Se nate n communication from Mr, Bagby, resicning his seat. ' ' oi 1 s . The order of the day, 1he Private Cal endar, w as the taken up.' ' ' " ' Nothing nf interest was dolS,.,,t q ; Hume of iV;)ieipfiVw'--,wa engaged during, (he day, in (he Consideration nf the Formication Bill."'" ,' " '' 5 ' Nothing deffiiiteAvas Aomf.V '''" ' '' a-1 ' ' -i ?-;'' ' : IV 1 iiitd n.-. vi... - , Wbixctoi, Jijne; 17 . The. Senate. v as engaged during, the greater part of, the day in the considera tion of private bill; ' 11 1 "l '" The' House," nit' rtiotrrm ;of Mr.1'' Roclt w ell, resolved itselT inlo Cowniiltee of the W hole upon private bilUjmd (ifter oie limenprpt lt;rjn, the coii.mi'tee rose and rcportetl, and the (louse, adjourned. ' NEWS FROM MART INKJVE." The ' arrival of the Crtri- ft'ettAm' fur nishes tu with new from Martinique of the mosl appalling character. " On Ihe22d May, llie sl.ie lndaTisen and tna)icred laiiit'ltKt of Ihe bile,ii(abt(ai, inclu ding u'litut-n, and eliil'lien,;(..Thy burned and destroyed their properly lo a great amount. '' - . ' - ;' 7"; 1-'" The Governor. of 'ihfe 'IsJsnd' nd a F'rerich ni'i tfvifnr iynvg iii lb luirwe at the lime did nut Viterlijr, )"r; cy 1UM aohliery lo slay, J.le jnsjirreclion,,,,. f ( The last packet state ffair lo be more Irar qiiil, but alt bnsinest was suspended. , 1 ii.'i.igmiij.', iu n ui7it,i, '4. En:. ?tsf. . '..-1 . 1 j ; .n: Sl .'..-.. 1.1... ll ' A." 1 - , There ar noy foriy-five hundred mile if railroad , in ( operation' in the United Mate. 1 ne rirsi conrucica wis iu isxi, at Quiney, JIa,. ' f- : ' Make j ourV-f aR lioiiej-, iiiid'yoo w soon titnl Hies to devour jou, saith the pi ill 1 pro- verb. J - 1 : ',' , 'The Mohtgotfcrji ' JstitiosJ ;y liter) ihrse thousand ltut ,1 rfi of tit Order of the bone of..Teiof.eiaiif e in A!..! ..i-;a. Many ller I 0 lli .t ! y i.b ' wi:h llieir iitoiif )' but is j i....wi. e. ' ' ' ' - . ,. , 1 , (