Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-11-28
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Z From, The New York Courier and Enqunrer.l
WASHINGTON, D c Nov 81. 1855


hie that he will keep up any regular establish
ment refer to this gentleman, because ne Is
far above the common routine of those, wh0mfhe
late Mr.. Randolph used to term " thlru ana
foprth rate diplumatists that figure at Washing.
ton" The Baron evinces great curiosity ana
enthusiasm in matters relating to our country.
He has. also. that ardor about questions OF mere
learning. which characteristics the German scho.
lar, with all the vivacitv OF Frenchman.
The Post Office Department is aborins under
v.r;ous embarrassments and difficulties. Those
emharrsssments can no longer be covered up by
ex,ra aporopriations for contingencies, clerk hire,
&c tits said, and believe it, that the large
contractors are becoming clamorous Inc 'uhus
are deficient, and in some instances have been
anticinate,l. tits added that, without the aulho'
rity OF law, money has been borrowed ana ,n'er-
est paid thereon. to meet daily expenses our
Manhattan Bank, ! am informed ou' a''oS'
doubt it, has recent, loaned the Department ono
hundred thousand dollars. Can this be true!
have read your paper oi the IGN Instant con-
,.;n;no an account Of the presentation Of check
of son oOo dollars on the New York Branch by
the Manhattan Bank. The bungiing manner IN,
which this business has been managed by the
Government Cashiers in your city, has d'sap'
nointed the Kitchen Cabinet Let me give you
neep behind the curtain. When the Mfee
checks of 500, 900 dollars each, on the Cnited
States Bank, we're given to your State Banks, ov
the Secretary of the Treasury, they were IN
structed to communicate with the Branch
nr.yjous to their presentation. The mat was
cautiously given, but it was supposed would be
understood. The design was, that the three
Ranks should move simultaneously; and the nope,
if not the belief, was, that the Branch might ex'
press desire not to pay all the money at once
inasmuch as it would compel them to curtah,
greatly. their mercantile loans. Had the Branch
made such an appeal, it would have been com
piled with, but the ears Of the people would nave
been dinned with the tale Of falsehood, that the
limited States Bank was unable to meet the
checks Of the Government, and that your Man:
haitian. Mschanics' and America Banks had
granted it indulgence. All the changes OF the
three pey ceai. stock story would again have been
rung Such was the plan Of the consplratoTs' -
But. through stupidity or Jealousy, The expert
ment has not been made. Yes. say Jealousy:
t9r. he tntlat, arrived in Your city down 70 the
present hour one of these ''pefs" has been IN
lrsu,ng agans, MS brother, and not without ef-
feet "Nnus verrons."
Since the early part OF the month. the new Sc
cretsry Of the Treasury (>lr. Taney) has been
aor,ns over the October statement OF the United
States Bank. ItI numerous columns and long
lines have bewildered the hnaDcier. 1t nearly
covers. III width. five ieet of his tables and in the
language of Poor Richard, he is ready to exclaim
-. this is too much TOR my poor weak head y
Asis is a public document. | must be permitted
to give you few of its items. From tins state
mcnt it appears that on the first Of November IN.
slant. the Bank held of
Treasurer's deposit S6,lOo.Ooo
Public Offices do. 100000
Due the United States $7,46O,O 900
Against this demand. the Bank held the
Bills OF notes of specie pay
ipg Banks S2,OIS,0OO
Balances against State Banks 2,4l7,OOO 8 ss7 ooo
Due by Barring, Brothers
Co. London, 2,O9s,oooJ
Balance to be provided for $4,000
To meet this demand Of 875, 900 dollars, the
Bank had in its vaults, in specie. as per state
mrnt, dollars 10, $4,000. 1t IS proper to add,
that, so rapid are the government drafts, the ba
lance is reduced now to less than 5000, 600.
Thus It appears that this Bank, which the
Kitchen Cabinet said was unable to meet the dc.
mands of the Government, was not only pfepar-
ed. on the first of November to pay them of, but
that a clear balance, after paving the Treasury
deposits, was lief, in their vaults, Of ten m,lions
Of dollars in specie "a sum, venture to predict.
equal to three times the amount Of all the specie
tina, all the Banks employed by the Government
, will ever possess at one period.
The city Is filled with rrmors as to the next
Speaker. Ii is said that Mr.. Stevenson, on the
opening of the House, will be re elected: But
that subsequently, he is to be sent to the Court
of St James, and Dr.. Sutherland to succeed
him as speaker. That portion Of the Kitchen
Cabinet have given such assurances have no
doubt; because have good reason to believe,
that Mr. Sutherland has made his peace in that
auarter. OF the conditions, something may be
said hereafter. In the Globe OF Tuesday, there
| is communication in relation TO the Bank
The Editors puff of il is di,gustInsIy fuisome.
Nav it not be peace offering from the pen OF
/ Mr.. Sutherland
! If Mr.. Stevenson is a candidate, Southern
feelings will assurediy elect him. He has been
tried and found faithful. With Mr. Stevenson
there would be no difficulty in designating the
Committees. AT no former period were they as
| important to the administration as at present -
I The Standinu Cn,n n,ffeps have IL in their now-