Correspondence ofthe Baltimore Patriot
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WAsHINGToN. Feb. 10, 1874.


| When | went into the the gallery of the


Senate today, | found Mr. ARCHER was
presenting bill to appropriate some two or
| .hree thousand dollars for the purchase oil


a number of Mr.. Greenhow's book on the
| subject of our title 10 the Greg on Territory


the object of which was TO enliohten the
| people on that poin.. was not little sur
! prised TO hear the worthy Senator say, aad


afterwards to hear it confirmed By Mr. BuC-


HANAN, that we could show up no tile


a0hdterer 10 some three or four degrees of
latitude of that delightful region, but bv


means of his book which the compiler
had been at infinite pains and labor for years.
by exploration, translation from the spanish
authorities, and ransacklng archives whose
authorities extended back TO the rem oteSt


record touching the subject-and the happy


result was, that al made out our tile beuond
doubt or question. The Senator from Mis-
souri,, Col. BENTON, with whom the Ore
gon county, you know, is one of his hobbies.
fired up at the idea ofthe Government buy
ing up more books for distribution among
members of Cangress-declafed that he
never had and never would accept of one of
the publications which Congress had pat
ronised all of which he characterized. in
the lump, as an enormous waste, and most
monstrous abuse ofthe public money-and
which be denounced with a vehemence OF
manner and force of lungs, that would
occasion any simple minded man. who had
never heard him before, TO imagine that the
amiable and affable Senator was really in
mighty Big passion. But l can hardly
think 1t could be so. because there really ap-
peared to me no cause for it-although in
bis general remarks upon the improperly
of extensive purchases of books for members
of Congress, pretty nearly agree with him.
But # this bool; of Mr. Greenhow's is
going to establish our title to SO large por
ton of that beautiful country. and as Sena
tors say we have no other means of doing
i'll was really surprised at Mr.. BENroN's
vehement opposition to the measure propo-
sed. which he declared again and again
that he would fight inch by inch--lhat he
would was the more surprised at this,
as be said now, and had heard him say
before, but at this time with degree of We |
hemence and warmth that one even in our
Congress seldom hears excelled, that the |
Territory belongedt to US, and that interest, |