New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-13

find a good deal Of elimination COINS on around me,
,.latiye u alleged forced loans made by oicehoaers
ssre of both parties during the last canvass V eec1
sy,ur purposes The impression prevails that eonsd-
usce IL dsgraceful as well IS highly dangerous for
hsnubic interesits tendency being TO make tenure OF
&c the result of parizanhP, rather than OF honest
.nd nsefnl public services
Col Sam Medary lie expected here in some ten days
. oon as be can get the tan of his late farming expo
80 OF his face and hands. predict for him very
oessfl diplomatic career, even if he should be
d 10 start so soon as that he will present himself
Iore the court to which he is to be accredited with all
=. ems impress Of Westerncountry former upon
-. The State Department is already preparingin
l,.ctions for him, which 70 be cOnned over here
- expained in all their bearings ere be sets out. That
I where they may want explanation. This is the Gus
i,p Of the times All the diplomatic appointees are
s,nt through the same preliminary treatment which
"a wise One bidding fair to save reams OF paper and
~Ilons of ink, that otherwise must be expended in
sheh falutin" correspondence betweenthe Government
and its agents abroad.
Ex-Governor Wood has gone home, having formally
acepted the Valparaiso Consulate He made the route
h,tween Ohio and Washington ring with denunciatons
~ the administration for serving hun shabby to
"a fob him off with place out of which smart man
NAV make $4,000 per annum for he is sad to have been
nfer the impression, until reaching here that il was
ri worth more than $4,000 at most. OF course he
Ia ne highly aelghted with his post, being undecev
II
Sn6pu him the full mission to which he aspred.
We are lust now without single member Of the
xouse or Senate in Washington, as strange as it may
.ppear For three days past have not seen member
81 the last Congress Mr. Macy, of Wisconsin, too,
keno the only member of the next Congress now here
he arrived this morning Of course to grind
axe or two for friends
Tbeyarious boards, or committees for the examina-
iep of the clerks of the Interior Department still
indusrously at work, makngtheir examinations for the
most part after business hours register is kept OF
Zach important question asked and each given.
Ipon this and the general opinion of the head Of the
rsfticular office OF the clerk will he be judged under
stsnd in the rendition of the verdict the Indian Bureau
has adopted stringent regulations In order TO insure the
employ Of thoroughly competent men In the posi-
ton of Government mechanics at the different Indian
agencies Heretofore this business has gone rather too
mnch by favOr-men being employed at the round pay
given who subet their situations TO practical workmen
circular has been sent to every agency fOrbddng any
mch practice and holding superintendent and agents
strictly responsible for honest selection Of such sub
ordnstes
circular has also been sent from the Indian Bureau
"a each Superintendent of an Indian Department de-
cped to prevent current abuses under the system q
sommuting travelling expenses Up to very few years
AGO all Agents of the Indian Department were required
to present vouchers for every item, great or small, OF
travelling expenses This found to be exceedingly
ncOnyenient to all parties, Government and employees
Il WAS consequently determined to allow ten cents per
mile for such expenses But Of late under this ten cents
nile the trips Of Agents to New.YOrk and elsewhere
has increased to an alarming extent as it were If
draft on New-York is sent TO Agent thousand miles
oa instead of going to the nearest point at which would
command par or small premium, he starts for New
York to collect it, charging the Government ten cents
DER mile for travelling expenses. Under the require
ments Of this circular, he Can make no such trip OIL
from the scene of his duties. For before his cOmmu'
taOn account is to be passed. he must present the GER
tifcate of the superintendent under whom he dis.
charges his duties vouchng for the absolute necessity of
hi, trip The superintendent have been given to under
stand that they to be held responsible for their sigma
torres to any such vouchers. These regulations can
hardly fail speedily to correct the evils OF the present
system
On the whole 1 like the new Commissioner of Indian
Affairs He is very blunt to consciousness. Yet there
n a vein of strong common sense running through all
he does and streak OF bul-headed determination to
do bis duty not only toward the Government but toward
the Indians which is exceedingly refreshing Hereto
fore the Indian bureau has been much given to playing
into the hands of spectators on the Indians They .
rather their agents here are all down on Manypenny,
which is a capital sign, assure you.
Commander w. w. Hunter has been ordered to take
command of the fgate 81 Lawrence now the flag ship
of Commodore Dulsny who commands the Pacific
squadron When last heard from, May 3, she was at
Callao, all vol.
The sloopofwar Portsmouth, on leaving San Juan del
Sur recently sailed direct for the Sandwich Islands
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