Washington telegraph., 1851-08-06
"Ion," the intelligent correspondent, :.
the Baltimore Sum. writes from Wa.h
ington on the 18th ult. as foIlom.


ington on the 18th ult., as follows:
The well made up story abou, n.
signation Of the Secretary of S,n,e
his Intended departure for Euroue !. quo
tributed to the aMti nor OF the RoJ'
hoax. It is understood, however tb,, ,,t
Secretary will retire into some coo,
region than This. during the contnn.a
OF the periodical cotarrh. to an attack =,
which he rs subject every autumn. D..
there is no reason to believe, tba,
this account, resignation of his ofso
will become necessary. This temn,.
absence may be supplied by the appo;n,
ment Of either Of the other Secra,..
as acting Secretary Of State, as has baas
heretofore done.
| The persons who got up the story If
the Gardiner fraud are now somewbs,
perplexed by the refusal of Mr.
Porte 10 become one of their instrum.,,.
MIR. Porte's name has been used as ~.
authority for an allegation rha, DR.. Ga,d;
ner had confessed his fraud. and me,n,,
abscond. This was the ground WORK "s
the whole fabrication But Mr. PORT,
here, aud he has come TO deDy tD,, -
ever made the alleged starement. or an
statement injurious TO Or. Gardiue,.
reputation, and. in his voluntary I.r,a.
to MIR Charles Gardiner, as published II.
the Union of to-day, he says that "evs,r
'hing asserted as coming from hi,o ;s .
base ialsehood. The person who wro,s
the letter to The President, from Nsr,
York. nsing Por;e's authority, appears 10
have absconded. The subject os ,beso
idle and malicious inventions, DR.. G A
Gardner, VIII return to this city in few
weeks from Europe, where he has zone
on short visit, and III TIME to ascertain
whether there are any persons who will
undertake, OF their own knowledge. n
assert or prove the surreptitiousness Of
his award
1t Is fortunate. for the sake of truth
and the honor Of the late Board of Com.
mssioners, and Of Dr. GARDENERS counsel
and agents. that the President instituted
an investigation irto the facts, from
which. it was alleged, that fraud would
be proved, as having been committed in
this case. ff this award was fraudnlenrlv
obtained. all the awards Of the hoard
would stand condemned in public con.
sideraton.
l have no doubt, from what I have
heard. that an attempt will he made by
disappointed claimants, at the next ses.
sion of Congress, TO impeach the whole
conduct Of the late Board Of Commis.
sioners.
The dismissal Of Gen. Taicott from the
army, and the severe ceusure cast by the
President, upon Brevet Colonel Hugerr
are the results Of the late Court Martial
The public generally was not led, 10y the
testimony before the court, TO anticipate
a sentence of dismissal from the service"
But the court came UNANIMOUSLY aud un-
hesItatingly to this conclusion. Very
much seems 10 have been sacrificed in
this affair, for the sake Of putting few
thousand dollars into DR.. Carmichae's
pocket. In the civil service benefits may
he thus bestowed without hazarding so
much.
Col. Henry X. Craig becomes Colonel
of Ordnance in consequences OF this va
cancy. and is in the discharge Of the duty.
l learn that the government has acted
upon the Hawaiian question in the most
prompt and determined manner. They
have agreed TO signify TO the French
Government that we will not permit them
to execute their threats in regard 10 the
Sandwich Islands. The Government
will not permit Hawaiian Independents
to be destroyed by any European power;
nor will it tolerate the surrender of the
q - -. 4 A
whose rivalry or hostility might. in any
event, deprive the United States Of the
commercial facilities which they afford US.