The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-12


Bnited States Senate occupied in discussing
Tho most appropriate method of paying the expenses
Of Kossuth aud suite--amount;ng to FIVE thousand
dollars, while in the national capital. One grave
Senator wished the payment TO be made by q joint
resolution, although the Hoxse OF Representatives
had nothing to de with, and did not even notice,
She Magyar till after he had been a guest of the
Senate for week. Another distinguished and saga
cious Senator DESTROYS Of having competent
nittee appointed 20 examine the hotol-kesper's
sount-go over the items charged, one by cuein
der to ascertain whether it substantially correct
The enquiring mind Of THE gentleman could not I'm
derstand how it possible that Kossuth and his
companions could have run mp bill of five thou
sand dollars for provisions at hotel, in thirteen
days. 1t finally decided that this board hill
should be paid from the contingent fund of the
ment, even if it irapinge the mileage change
Those who iayite their friends to dine with them
ought TO pay the expense themselves.
The House of Representatives agreed to close the
debate the Free Farm bin at hree,o clock; after
which, disquistion the prospects and opinie ms
Of tho various denesratic candidates sor the Presi-
dency resumed. Mr.. Marshall, cs California.
sspouscd the cause'of Judge Douglas, and declared
that the fact Of heing the choice Of tho people Of
the "s;olden State,,-a community .omnose5 of
persons frep all the tates osst of tho Eockv Moun
tains-avas onen.0f his great POPULAR with all
classes and mall sections Er. Marshall was quite
severe what he termed .. thc old foaes'' of the
party to which he belonged End especially ssr-
castle upon Mr. Breckenridge. the champion of Ger
Butler. The latter gentleman retorted, and quit,
an interesting .familyequarre ensued While those
intestine wran,les he We boe,, going 40 amoao s,e
Southern democrats. he Northern democrats and
tba aho,;t;on;s.s tho .b;es have Lon, IL ~, sbaao
and en;oyea tae fun. II vii, he their sprn nra
sentlv Ind t}o-. we sbs have The onn;ens of the
FILLMORE. Scott. and Webster .~,a,,;zans Tho f,ss
viii 500, s,sco,rs, general
Onr Wseh;n.&on dasns tcbes~-n ain sovera, ;.cp,s
.of ;pterext this mor,s,nr Ono ;ntmo,;cn l.
that Gen. gesuY is ia he haulsd over the osls for
allowing the eypenses az the Guartermas,er,s De
partnent "a INN "a far be,ond tlo annron,;a,;one
Fer some cause. which i overwhelmed. the ascetsc
sufech of Com. Stockton. in allrsion to seuater
Se ard on "Wednesday. did not anr,ar in ths Wash
ington papers Of yesterday but we are promised a
copy, and although we have already given a svnor.
sr az it. may give ii in full hereafter The treaties
with Persia and Costa Rica have been ratified by
the Senate
Aftez all the exeite.zcnt the smoke. The injuries.
the foe and the fuss with regard To Tho mvster;os
manner-.a which the canal contracts were awo.Scu,
il appears that we were right in Sur original suppo
stion ths. the whole affair would ard iust where the
ecislat,ye found itthat is in an sncomprehensible
labyrinth cr political Gnancering. Our legislators
sannot unrarel 1.-THE people cannot tsnd it
and the only thing that looms up shove the mist.
and makes itself pre-eminently conspicuous is the
yasr sum ofthTee millions Of dollars of which the in
habiLants Of lis State are TO be despOned by not
giving out the contracts TO the lowest responsible
bidders. This .sum is entirely too large to he
hidden or submerged by the yoluminoas mass
Of testimony addaced by the one hundred ard
sixty-on. sine sses examined by the Joint Commit
tee of Investigation. We do not charge that the
old Canal Board wihuly did wrong; but, still, the
contracts lock though there had either been the
most nexcu~oble neglect in the transaction of their
business, that there must have been : cheating
around the board by fhe outsiders some other
Interested parties The large pile of money to be
wantonlv subtracted from the State treasury will
ter;ally aid The political aspirations Of those vino
will control H. and the majority Of these are known
70 be Of the Seward school 1t will be very likely
10 keep ex-Secrciary Marcy and his coadjutors very
busily engaged in patching up the democratic party
before they again get possession Of the State
II the State Senate yesterday, another discussion
took place on the bill granting an appropriation q
twenty Thousand dollars ios the aa o. negroes VINO
wish to reae9 Liberia. oerrit smith, ana great
number OF hi c'nlpeer-' piack ana niotteu, "e'e ~
attendance, and seemed qiiee aehgh'eo at 'n' opio
sition Of different Senators - inc Din Inc iac' I,
Cert dishes the idea Of parting win any q ms
companions; and some OF the coored ioiks not beins
very choice in their company, are contented 20 re-
main here long they are treated rs equa.s by
tho aboitiouisls. The negro i most excellent
fellow IA the eyes Of these sycophans, SO long . hs
money holds out-but Let him Iced pecuniary AZ
-istanec, and he is soon forgotten-rde the case OF
the three negroes who were seized and sold y slaves
in Texas. Tor cn1eayoring 10 run of slave Al 4