New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-13
The Worlds FaIr-BOnrd OF Accounts &c
Correanondence Of The Thbune.

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be presented to Oxford University aud statue
! of Bishop UPHOLD from Pennsylvania, to NJ FAR
/ quhar Upper
THE bnI providing for Board of Accounts -
as will be seen went through number Oh most
| extraordinary evolutions before the House finally
decided what should be its fate. The fact Is, there
was desire on the part of a majority Of the
| House TO pass such bill, and it was so amended
as TO make il acceptable TO those who did not Ike
il precisely az it came from the Senate, bat who
were in favor of the establishment OF such Board
! Had the friends of the measure retained some OF
these amendments, instead of uniting with its op-
poneuts in voting them all down, the bill might
! have passed. Many who voted against the bill
regret its loss The tone Of gentlemen with refer
ence TO the loss Of L. S. Senator is cooling down,
and the matter is beginning to be looked at IN
more practical shape.
WoUTER VoN TwILLER
The Civil and Diplomatic Bill-COmmissioner
Of Patents-Antwerp Line Of Steamers
French SpOIiation Bill, &c.
! Correspondence Of The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Monday Feb. 10.
The Civil and Diplomatic bill, and the Mexican
Indemnity BILL it will be seen, were reported to-
day from the Ways and Means Committee The
Civil and Diplomatic bill is, with some unimport.
ant exceptions, nearly transcript Of the esti-
mates Of the Secretary Of the Treasury. The only
remarkable feature Of the bill is the large appro-
priations which have been made for the District
of Columbia, for various objects, which far exceed
the estimates. The estimates amount to nearly
half million. The excess reported is probably
not far from fifty per cent.
! A member of the North Carolina Senate, who
is well "posted up" with regard to the move
ments of the political currents South informs me
that Hon. D. S. DICKINSON stands head and shOaI-
ders above any other Opposition candidate for
the Presidency The gentleman alluded to is l
believe, q friend of Gen. CAss, who he says,
stands fair but the sympathy of the Southern
! Democracy appears to be in favor of DICKINSON.
! The Wings in that quarter, he says, are all for
| Gen. SCOTT who is called the WAR CANDIDATE.
| They have objections to Others but their minds
/ seem to be made up that victory Is more likely TO
perch upon his banner than upon that Of any other
| WING The gentleman from whom derive the
| information is a very liberal LOcO-F OcO, whose
means of information are by no means limited.
The COMMISSIONER of Patents seems to be be-
set from within and without. w here there is so
much smoke people are apt to think there is
some fire. OF this do not know, and OF course
will not pretend TO Judge. The manners of the
/ Commissioner are certainly not calculated to win
friends, but that does not affect his integrity,
| whatever prejudice it may create. But set out
! 70 SPEAK OF the LOuDles IL APP
pears that complaint was made to the Secretary
! Of the Interior that there was clerk in the Pa
tent Office who was a Patent Agent The Sec
rotary made inquiry OF the Commissioner who
replied that there was no such person in his Office.
But there was further importantly, and the Score
tary inquired OF the Chief Clerk of the Patent
| Office who promptly replied that there was. The
circumstance came to the ear OF the Patent Com
missioner, and upon instituting an inquiry, it was
found that the person falsely represented by the
! Chief Clerk LAWRENCE to be a clerk, was
/ draughtsman who took occasional Jobs of drawing
models 0r inventors, and who was allowed to
work In a vacant room in the building This
young draughtsman, by the way, was GEORGE
/ WEsT, WHO went ont 20 China with Mr.. CUSHING
/ to take drawings representing The habits aud
manners Of the Chinese. His work Is Of a char
/ acter so superior that some Of our most distin.
guished Statesmen took an interest In his obtain
ing this work which is paid for by inventors. He
was OF course not q CLERK, any more than are the
/ pOtr u iCoWs and others who OBTAIN their little
/ Jobs OF this kind Of work. This LAWRENCE, the
/ Chief Clerk is LOcO-toco who was appointed
/ by Mr. EWING, how or why does not appear. He
/ is one Of eight Loco + oco Chief Clerks who have
/ been appointed to office by Wing Administrations.
! After this expose he should certainly be made to
/ give place to Wing.
Ii is worth while to remark that if this is the
character of the opposition to Mr.. EwBANK, he is
/ not likely to come to much harm.
lhere appears 10 De 0lspOSlLlOn on LnS part OF
the Naval Committee of the Senate to do an un-
wise thing, with reference to the proposition of
the projectors of the line of Antwerp steamers
AS understand the matter, the Belgian Govern.
ment guarantees that its citizen merchants Of
Antwerp shall subscribe half the amount neces-
sary to build three first class ocean steamers,
capitalists OF Philadelphia and New York subscrlb-
ing the otherhalf the steamers to run alternately
between Antwerp and New York and Philadel-
phia provided that the United States Government
will give them the contract for carrying the Mail
at the usual rates. They ask nothing of the Gov
eminent by way of contribution or guaranty to
carry out this great enterprise. The contract for
carving the Mails which would thus obtain a
more expeditions transit, is all they ask. This
the Naval Committee is about TO refuse. The
importance of such line of communication In q
commercial point of view, can scarcely be estimat-
ed. 1t would connect direct line OF trade be-
tween this country and many Of the great leading
commercial and inland cities Of Europe, with
which Antwerp is connected by numerous lines Of
Railway, and other means OF INSTRUMENTATION,
which would save a vast amount Of brokerage,
now paid at English seaports. 1t would seem IL
liberal to accuse the Chairman and majority Of
that Committee with acting under the influence of
jealousy Of the growing commercial advantages
Of Northern cities and yet when we look at the
composition of that Committee, under these cir
cumstances the suspicion that they are influenced
by some such motive is inevitable. The Chair
man is Mr. YULEE of Florida. Messrs MASON Of
Virginia, and GwIN of California, are the other
Members constituting the majority.
The French Spoliation Claim fingers on the
Speakers table IL is evidently laborirg heavily
under the pressure of that prejudice against large
claims which exists to so great an extent without
rhyme or reason in the House Of Representa-
tives. There is an absence OF any sense OF justice
in that body, which has characterised it for many
years past, and it seems 10 be getting worse
and worse. There is much to say upon this claim,
which bears the character Of sacred revolution
arv debt-and it should be said now by every pen
and press in the country. If not paid now, after
so many struggles, the Pos'Ponement OF It's pay
ment is likely TO last till doomsday.