The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-27
INTELLIGENCE BY THE MAILS.
Oar washington Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, May %, 1850.
M Congress Cuba Nsics-Ihe Treasury Edito'
at thai same old Task-LO,0 Pass Of the Gopern
,rent-Toonbs Backing ont from his Pledge
The House uU Pronounce ats Condemnation o.
the GaiIhin S,cindie.
We have no Congress in session, to-day, ant
the weather being dull there would be no excite
ment, il not for the arrival of the spirtstiriul
news from Cuba. Opinions relative to the success, oil
defeat of Lopez and his forces, divided. Proba
bly, majority of all here who give opinions on the
subject, of the belief that Cuba has been taken
The wish that il has been, seems TO be very gene
raj in this community. Even the President is re-
ported to have exclaimed IF the people went to
take Cuba, in Gods name let them take t!' The
Old Hero, no doubt, got warmed up, when he
heard of the success of Lopez, and wished that
he had been there He may have felt for mo-
ment as if he would like TO kill Cuban, as Mr..
Clay felt, for a moment, when the Mexican war
first broke out, and when he was represented as
having said that he felt as ii he would like to kill
n Mexican
The Reypjlic, of this morning, shoulders the
rotten De la Francia claim. IL is 10 shoulder each
and all of the old rotten claims allowed and paid
by the existing Cabinet. IL cannot possibly sagger
under the weight of the Gaphin allowance, and
yet the Treasury editor insists upon having all the
others piled upon his shoulders
Il
when the Treasury Department has to put forth an
editor as the official organ of the government,
who finds il necessary 10 labor through columns,
day following day, 10 convince the public that the
beads of the departments are not actually stealing
the money ont of the peoples Treasury. II is not
attempted to be shown, however, that large sums
have been taken out-S23O 600 in one lump, the
half of which went into the pockets of one of their
own number; Sl0S,00O in another lump, the half
Of which went into the pockets ofthe attorney who
got it allowed; $4,000 in another lump, $1,000 of
which went TO one attorney, $1,000 TO another,
81 eco each to two others, who got 1t allowed and
also various other sums too numerous to mention.
These thScs cannot be denied, and they never
can be explained away. They must inevitably
sink and crush all who are herewith connected -
The Treasury editor will find il so, if his usual
good sense has not alteady made him familiar with
the stubborn fact
The sentiment placed by that editor at the head
of his Nashville paper, at the time he ceased his
support of General Jack SON. is not correctly given
in my recent letter alludng to the subject The
quotation should run thus" It's a base ab1n-
donment of reason to resign the right Of thought"
Great stress was placed by Mr.. Toombs, in his
recent Galphin speech. upon The fact that the bill
passedthe House without opposition How was
thisl What are the factsl The bin was taken up,
with some twenty others, az O'Clock at night, a
Saturday-dog-day night--the last of the session.
The Dick johnson bill was among the lot. Did
not Mr.Toombs distinctly give out to the embers
that il any objected To the passage of the Gal
phin bill, no other bill of private nature SHOULD
pass me House! Dld ne not say so IN tue hedfin.
of the Hon. John 5. Pendleion! Did he not Civ
the Hon. Mr.. Johnson, of Arkansas, 10 understan
that if the Galphin bill was objected to, the Dcl
johnson bill should not passl ESQ, is il strange
them that the Galphin bill passed the House on tha
famous dog-day night, without obectionl IL wa
not passed upon separately, but connected, in
lump, with other private bills, all of which 'glid
ed through together.
Why did Mr.. Toombs leave out of his published
speech his boast that he would, al the earliest op
poruniiy offer a resolution for the House TO adop
or reject, approving of MIR. Crawford's conduct re-
lative TO the Galphin allowance Did he, aftel
making the boast and declaring his belief that the
House would sustain his resolution, find in the re
marks OF Mr.. Conger, Mr. Brooks, and Mr. Kaufi
man, and the manner in which their remarks wer,
received by the House, cause to change his mind
That resolution must be offered. Ii Mr. Toomb
neglecs 10 offer il, the duty will be performed by
some other member The House will speak IL,
loud condemnation OF the Galphin allowance