New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Suspended Land Claims Little Rock District
~ieam-Boilsr n-peciions-c fseiai 0aihs-
Cen-Gs-Be Tnard Todd'. Eouse- Ewing
slandered-Gaiph!r CoivenIzed Meredith
nrc Cr3wford-A HAM.

slandered-GaiphiE Caivenlzed- ,Ieredlti
nrc Crawford-A HAM.
C3rresporlerce CT TIE Tribune
WNsHlSCToS, sa.--1sy Marc CO
The 5enateE LAM Committee have reported
bsci 81, introduced BY 81. FiLcH, to revive
and continue in force for another year the sct G.
ID Of August, 1916, providing for the equitable a.
jus'meut Of all suspended .and claims or cHiris'
o. tn pablo lands
On he 2lsi 0. January last. Mr BoRLASn ~
rod ICED - Senate a o.l 70 make Little Rock the
cente- C a lew Customs Collection District 20 u
ci1de the whole q tie waters Of the A'ksnsa,
River which was reiersa - the Committee on
Commerce. who reported tbsck. by Mr. BORLASD
ior.iigh. since, ia the -. N u Il bui TO give sd
d.tOral protection 20 passengers on steamers, &c.
u empowers Z. : Dstrc, Judges, ol their o~n
free WI, OF 4 requested BY an owner, &c. 70 cause
proper inspections Of the boilers and machinery q
stes nooat; requires al certificates Of inspecu o.
rec rcd by sec. r Of Art 81 July = l-5-, y be oe
sered D. the CLERK Of TIC Judicial D.1tnct where
issued. under 500 penalty sud tny vessel pro
pclie. by steam, and eml Cyec IN carrying goods
%. passengers, not ceusei and certified, 10 - be
come ..blec, o. tie penalties ard satellites Of *
sting avs. send yoI the bill
o. INC above gscslIous know but Little SEE
,z. h,wevrr that bills pass b. the score, suddenly
toward the close Of a Session, il j. wca that the
T.
Tho Judiciary Committed have reported Mr
RADGERs Oaths bin back 20 the Senate Il pro-
yides 'hat in cases IN which oatts, stlrmatous OF
ackuC Sied .ements may now be taken before az
JaSt.co ol TIE Peace Of any state or Terrtor'
they D. av bc also taken before any Nof3ry Pablo
appointed by such State or Territory under the
like ,en..ty io- perjury Soc gives C0mmis
soues appointed b. any T. CTcul, Co1r, like
powers
Tho Census Board have contracted for 900
rca1s of paper suitable Tor The deceuuia statistics
2, -. say $1,000 and have printed 900 reans OF
schedules. On 7ih ut they sent letter t. the
Chairman OF Senate Committee, stating what had
been done, AID caused their yriuter 10 suspend
vorl. He had printed Oh 100000 pages
ia 1914, Mr BLRNAED TODp, Maryland gen
uenau had dwelling house SC injured or de-
str9y I'd during the war, when the enemy landed
uesr Baltimore Mr. Todd appears 20 have lived
many years sferssrd. aud would be difficult,
without n search Of many records 70 say whether
he was or wss not paid for his loss Perhaps be-
did uOt apply Now, 36 wears snerward host 10.
heirs came forward with R bill Of damac cay
ZOO 90 1000 dOilars-sb ass that sum from Con
sress j. is p libel on the country 10 let il be sup
posed that Jt9i claims never durGt be presented
Or bad not chance Of fair hearing, TILL they hsd
got q generation ahead of the cause The Report
favorable, and the honesty of the witnesses
souchci for Nj Recerdy Johnson Attorney Gen.
eral. who, among other things, has also vouched
ihat il il necessary to pay $4,000 on the old
BRUSH claim referred 20 one Secretary Of the
Treasury, and acted ou differently by another
am gaG-Vcry g's!-to see that Secretary
EwhG's skirts are cleared Of that discredltab.c
affair Itis fortunate for the country Ia more
WAYS than one. that Mr. WHTTLKsrY h1s the Con
troilcrship General TAYLOR deserves credit ir
his skill m that selection. The Ewings aud tho
Whlttlcseys O. the Buckeye State didu ADJUST
that job
You MUST urge Congress TO appoint Boari OF
CLAIMS the host OF greedy creatures, with then
hired attorneys who try Their luck here is almost
AS great an impeachment 10 business % the slave
dealers themselves A legal Investigation 10 tif
co,f y lie aDpllcGH, II uHfIr0r0tie, Of the nation
u favorable, ard always subject to the final action
sd Congress as bills ~ classes. would bee great
iulf rovement bat it not highly rcprchcnsible
% Mr.. MEREDITH to interfere with aud change the
decision of his predecessor, the legal officer chosen
bv Congress Ia it's statute OF August ls4c. in the
l. year old worm. eaten GALrHlN claim
Mr CRAWFORD acting. as be said, for GGIpk'a s
representatives. at there are any who justly clam
20 be such) submitted TO Secretary WALNEk,
under "A spccal statu,el tins ancient claim -
WALKLR finally adiustodit--ordercd : col is Sd.
tho principal to be paid and rejected the interest
Even that al lstmeut on an 20 Years old affair,
iu a country where private debts six years old are
barred was surely bad enough Why did he not
report 10 Congress the evidence Z WHY does none
~ our sleepy COngressmcu move for return OF the
whole proceedings on this and the old Virginia
claims
WALKrR promptly rejected the claim To- inter.
est sitter submitting the whole acts % the judg
peut OF the Controller Mr. McCULLOH, who re.
used 10 sanction It--CRAwFOKp, the Georgian
Agent, soon became War Secreiary-ordercd
Judge BRYAN to take his place III the Galphin at
fair MEREDITH who had 90 business n revive an
already d,cidtd case, was pressed - aud IN taxing
nearly quarter OF million OF dollars out OF the
National Treasury on this stale preteNt Wal
KgK had said no-WHITrLLSsY sand no McO'i
ton said 40 NJ. REyLRDY JOHNSON. however,
said Yrs II every cd settled claim, may be thus
Galphined the sooner Gen. TAYLOR looks alter
Whiy supremacy the better
Like VAS BcRFNs Sa,ety Fund Banking which
drove tue country 20 bankruptcy ana heiRed 10 dc
,trov him and his speokled tribe, and Ike some
other kinds OF banking that shall be nsmecss, tins
treasury work is not going 10 help the Wings
VIII not some Member ask iOT the correspond
ence also IN the PROSPER NJ. WkrNoRr case
and OF some others eSyeclsly the Virginia hea,!
In amount What's the good OF sentinels who
chsrSe S. dsy for watching, Il they are always
asleep
The Rcpahic Of Thu sdsy msniully yindlcstes
Ewing aud defends MEREDITH. He is an able
lsWyer. and OF course no more bound BY htNkk'
Dy 1oHNsoN's opinion than | am. II every new
Iud,e may revise AID refugee every old ease L
which party applying for redress did nos GET al
ne wanted from a previous Judicial decision. where
,iN we be fifty wears hence The country press
is spreadlng ali manner OF stories about tins GAL'
pgIN affair and some others said TO be stu worse
VIII any friend Of the Administration move Tor
return o the facts
SAYS the Repatho ....-
There have been amosi iunumerabe instances v IN y
he pasi vesr cf confidential sacrons N he lepsf
u.ear-husiness not proper 10 be promulgA-rd-orN s
communicated 10 The public through hostile inc1 IN 40
Y pgrposrs OF mischief This esn never % -oue eN -
through the fsiihessness Of some enc there eip NeN
Ana il : IN view OF tbs injurious consequence ma We
nave spoken freely 81 The impohcy CT vsAuii ~ v,e
rsoos " no show themselves TeAny TO disclose 10 lo- p
stcu eetached facts ard CIRCUMSTANCES ns1 een &c -
severed a. to create Just suspiciua OF throw c'Vt
~ wrong transact % Tleai ID ilse.i snd
~ law
Did IL say that Mr. MEREDtTu had scted wr'ns
W man can have read The IT5r ne corr Pondc.ce
ana justified him Bat the R.pubIc tells us that
h. sctei right and /, IS possible that Il may be So
Why then not move for the whole OF the evidence
TINS sS4O 900 affair - not, c9EHo' be the "eoNn
l,utial Transactions IN the departments mes 5
not proper to be promulgated which The iai,h'
l,ssness o. some one Ia the people : pay lets The
people know. Ill ,..,.4
THIS. and similar transactions, darby limited AZ
ara ths common talk IN " sshlngton and u IS
hr,.5iv asserted that the $4,000 Of interest,
awarded hv the new Secretary OF the Treasury
through the gal,aniTing OF GALFHiN went every
cen, Of il, into the pocket OF The new Secretary o.
fhe Nsvv thc f,r,o.,r erapt Of the i0h.