The New York herald., 1845-08-08


Abuses m the Gopeynment-Pay to Members of
Congress for Detention By Sickness after their
terms hare Erpired- Cases from the Recoyds-Ihe
Cherokses and their Clams-Ihe Georgeto.cm Col
6ge-Rumor Of Re-Orgamising or DisorgGi-
eing Edict from the Pope
We feel SO grateful, that we take occasion at the
earliest opportunity of notifying you that at about
IL o'clock to day, gentle regular ram commenced,
which now continues and which promises to con-
tinue for one, two, or three days, more or less-if
more, whyyso much the better, if less, we shall be
thankful for what we have got. From Buffalo to the
lower end of Georgia, an universal drought has
been prevailing and if we rightly understand the
theory, or rather the usage Of such rains this,
without any aid from Professor Espy, 1--WE might
have had famine for all he could do,) we calcu-
late this wet spell will be mighty apt to distribute its
blessings over great portion OF the Union where
1t is most wanted. We like to see good crop of
breadstuis IN the country and if the present vlsi-
tatlon is not delusve, it will be worth hundreds of
thousands OF dollars 10 the land. Its value, indeed,
VIII be beyond The measure or capacity of dollars
and cents
which were creeping into the government and
which, unless promptly exposed and suppre ssed
might lead 10 endless extravagance and corruptions
On a par with the suppositious mileage MONEYS is
bers OF Congress per diem, for detention in WASH
ngton by sickness. after the expiration If their
terms OF service, when they have no more claim for
this per diem than any other private citizens who
may be sick in Washington True, there is
shadow OF right IN allowing tins extra pay to public
servants for detention after the close Of their terms
of service, by sickness contracted during their de-
votIon 10 then official duties from home; but why
establish some such principle by law rather than
by unlawful example? Why not add these cases
under ludicious restrictions to the revolutionary
pension roll
The example to which we refer we extract from
the printed journal of the contingent expenses of
the House, TO wit:
December ls4s.
To seventeen days per diem member of Con-
gress the Sd day Of March 1913 the 2Oth of the
same month at - per day, while confined at Washing
ton by bodily indispoton, and unable to leave
for home, $4,000
April, ls44
For thirty days detention by sickness in Wash.
1889, at ss per day, $4,000
Here you see, after the precedent Of Mr. Clifford,
'43 Mr. Roane in IA brings up his bill of $s24O for
the adjournment OF Congress, July 1882" bill
which, without some such example as that of Mr.
Clifford, never would have been thought Of .
Next, we have the case OF Hon. Barker Burnel,
of Massachusetts. He fingered in sickness here
from the adjournment of Congress, March 3, lSfS,
TO the following June, when he died; tor which de-
tention up to its melancholy result, his executors
have, as we understand, recovered the regular per
diem, amounting to about $sc0
Now, we doubt not that bills to the amount OF
many thousands OF dollars in the aggregate, might
upon these examples be brought before the next
Congress, and depending alone upon usage thus es-
abl shed the authority, there could not be an OBJ
ec.ion raised against their payment. The pruning
Of reform ought, therefore, to be applied by law
to this business and placing the matter before the
people, it only remains for them to enforce upon
Congress the passage OF law accordingly.
Ever since the Inauguration there have been al
most constantly in this city, deputatlon ort two OF
the Cherokee nation in relation to their heavy, long
protracted claims upon the government The dlffi-
Guilty in the conflicting demands between the Ross
party on the one hand and the old treaty party on
the other has been the chief perpexity to the adml
nisraton, while the inexplicable and inextricable
confusion which has grown out OF the universal mis-
management OF our Indian relations, seems COM
pletely to have 'stumped'' the Secretary OF War,
and T. Hartley Crawford, Esqr. Hem.-
We admonish MIR. Crawford to prepare for
| a rigid examination by committee OF the Senate
at the next session. The old settlers of the Chero
KEGS in ArkanZas and the treaty party, ,have commu-
nicated statement to the President, of their griev-
ances, which we learn, he received this morning,
and fully assured that he is disposed to be father to
these red people. we expect before another twelve
month there will be such sitting OF the frauds upon
the Cherokees and country generally, as will excite
the nmitIgated Indignation OF the country 1t IS
said that trouble is apprehended among the
rious tribes of Indians in the Arkansas frontier.
has long been favoraby known throughout the coun-
try, OF the first educational Institutions In the
Union-and as distinguished no less for Its hberaty
in matters of religion, and Its freedom from preju-
dice against other secs, than tor the finished learn
ing of Its faculty and professors and Its general
ceent administration. We are informed to-day
that this favorable state of things process of dis
solution An ukase, protocol, frman, edict or bull
(and it certainly is bull If any such order has been
received,) communicated to the faculty from His
Holiness the Pope, threatens a. most serious
revolution IN the government OF the College.
II is said that His Holiness apprised of the free
dom of association of the members OF the lnstitu-
ton, with the Protestant heretlcs by whom they
surrounded, and of the hberahty IN religious mat
ters which has otherwise characterized the conduct
of the Georgetown College, has enjened hereafter
a more orthodox, more rigid and ascetlc system
of dlsclpne-a system not like the present, IN con-
cord with the opinions OF our people, and the frame
and temper OF all our national institutions; but at
ter the discipline of the Jesuit schools of Italy,
about as well adapted for our country as the Pope
himself is for our Pre- sldentlal chair The gentle
man giving this information is man OF veraclty,
and Il Catholic yet we can scarcely Imagine that
the old Father at Rome would attempt anything
ridiculous as the Improvement OF Georgetown Col
lege, by an iron and obsolete barbarian system Of
government, which must destroy Its general effl-
cency and conine It's usefulness the devotees of
the Church exclusively. We eare told that the Fa-
Guilty have been superseded by the Popes order, or
are TO be, and that the College Is TO be reorganlzed
as an old-fashioned Jesuit concern OF Spanish
breed We hope that this is not the case. and
shall be glad to hear personally of any of our
friends in the College, wherein we may have been
mlsntormed.
BALTrMoRE, Aug. 6, Is45.
Excitement about The Rope CaseProgress efthe Contest
6etccen the Press and the Comt-Bad Manners-Mor
fatHy, &c
The contest between the Press and the City Court still
RACES with undated feeling, and matters stand
one or the other must conquer The Court have the
power to punish the contempt with fine and imprson-
ment but the public mind is so incensed against them
that they will hardly attempt either at present They
evidently regret the movement they have made but il s
now late recall it, and the Attorney General,
" hose motion the writ was issued, started of the
day for Saratoga doubtless in order to avoid the
odum OF the act The right OF the Press to discuss the
action of both Courts and Juries first successfully