New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-02

80 "so eukFusd WIN vigilance fhe expenditure In
Pfodl6ats manner Of tbe funds OF the Public
aisasufy The retention of Mr. WRirTLEsEY has
.La sue peculators upon the Treasury among
.l ou'sosrs who can no longer ex pect to have
1e u'ors OF The sub Treasury throvpopen At tf3sir
oioolns mo tit of ague thar will .st them q,
least onsu she next sesaion Of Consress AndIc.n
assert, without the fear of contr a6;c,,o,
tention IN that place by the aas Of Tia So lin
save the government of the United st.,.. ,.,,;~
of dollars. 1t is verdict against the allowance
payment of old claims without merit that put, .,.r,
to rest during she residue of the term Of this Al
minseration. Alas, for the Gaiphns, great and
small she confirmation of Mr.. WHITrLEsRY put
an end to their occupation. The rejection by
Wbig votes OF NATHAN SARGENT, Of the Land
Office, was SO unexpected 20 the whole community,
az 1t has proven to him case Of unmidgated In
Justice and prescription. The excuse given for the
act was that he was the reputed author OF certain
letters that had appeared in your paper, In which
the conduct Of Mr. WBITrLEsEY was sustained
for rejecting the item in the account Of the Secre
tary OF the Senate paying to Members OF that
body between forty and fifty thousand dollars for
Constructive Mileage. Not only was il known TO
certain Senators that this charge was false but she
fact was disclosed to some Of hem that during the
invessig asion OF the Galphin Committee Mr. SAR-
GENT WAS examined as witness before them, and
expressly testified that he was neither the author
OF the letters nor had he any knowledge who was.
His rejection, consequently, has been brought
about upon false and groundless accusation, and
by the votes Of his own party, which for the Lass
twenty years be- has 30 faithfully and feariessiy
served A better Wing more honest man, or e
more competent public officer, was never sacrificed
to appeaEe personal vengeance, than has been
done in this instance
There is secret history attached to the pertlnscy
OF the siding Officer Of the Senate, in returning
the same Committee Of Conference to the several
different Committees appointed by the House Of
Representatives, upon the disagreement bekveen
them on tho amendments made by the Senate, eb-
roeatng she Printing Contract Nth RlrcHtE, and
providing to pay him bonus OF aome eighty or
ninety thousand dollars, which otherwise he would
not receive, that is worth revealing. l em in
debtsd for the statement 70 Loco Fooo Member
OF Congreau, who seemed to nave foil cognzaroe
OF the whce facts IL seems that Committee OF
Opposition Senators had in charge the proposed
change in the Union in this city, by which Nj
HlTcHIE ia expected to retire, and the whole CON-
cern TO pass int other hands, and henceforward be
under other and more acceptable editorial man
agemens. The passage Of the senates amend
ment waa to have a material bearing upon the
whole arrangement; and tomake assurance doubly
sure am told that two OF the members Of the Com
mittee OF Conference from the Senate were also on
the Committee OF negotiation fer the aae and trans
fer of the Union Office. Hence, although the House
sent Committee at each conference
ordered, the Senate sent back the old one and tho
last time Mr. STANLY, with his usual boldness,
came out and assured the House that, with the old
Committee on the part of the Senate, no agreemens
between the two Houses ever could be come to. Il
was the publicity of this fact that made the vote
expectedly large the last time, many regarding
il as an attempt to dragon the House into subieo-
ton, which they were unwilling to assent TO. | am
in possession OF many other facts connected with
thia Printing operation, that / will more fully OK
plain when have more leisure.
There hsa been great deal OF excitement here
in regard to the Bounty Land bill, owing TO its
having been improperly engroased and aligned by
the presiding officers Of tho two Houses and the
President without the mistake being discovered
| Aa the Dill actuahy passed, there was resuic'he
clause in it that efectually destroyed the sale o.
the warrant by the soldier or his heirs, and com
PEELED it's location by him. AS it has been en-
crossed and signed, this restriction learn is out.
which will enable the holder of the warrant to sell
and transfer it, and the purchaser to locate it, az
though no were the original warrantee. There
vas an effort made in the Senate to remedy this
mistake, by supplemental bill or joint resolution
but it failed, much 10 ,he ohagrin Of thoHo who had
struggled 30 manfully to have it made feature o!
the bill. This will of course have the effect O
greatly depressing the price of Land Warrants, as
the provisions Of this last Bounty and bill are 80
liberal in the different classes that it embraoes that
it viii throw thousands and tiers Of thousands o.
tins m into the market for sale. OLro,