The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-16
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


WAsHMcroS, August Is, 1858.
The Cabinet was in ssGsion to-day. Our rela-
tons with China may have been up for consldsr-
alton, but s'outsidc barbarians," news-mongers,
were unable to ascertain any thing deemed reli-
able.
Captain Gibson, who was deprived of his lib
erty by the Dutch authorities of Batavia, is, as !
have before announced, in the city, and expr esses
extreme anxiety to be favored with an interview
with tho President. This reasonable wish will,
doubtless, be granted ut q suitable time.
The Assistant Secretary Of State, A. Dudley
Mann, esq.,, l regret to state, was attacked with
cholera morbus last evening, and continued seri-
ously i'll during the night. Upon inquiry this
evening was happy to learn TINT he was much
more comfortable, though still confined to his bed.
There is an ON dit current that the Speaker Of
the House of Representatives, during the last
Congress, tho Hon. Linn Boyd, will not be hon.
ored with the suffrages of his party friends in the
coming Congress. lower seat in that political
synagogue will be assigned to that veteran Demo-
crat. The gentleman spoken of to preside with
ability, impartiality, and dignity, is the young,
gifted, and eloquent Representative from tho
Ashland district, in Kentucky, the Hon. John c.
Breckenridge. Mr.. Breckenridge is an esteemed
member, popular with the members of both the
great parties, and, beyond doubt, would make
most acceptable presiding officer. IS
1t is gratifying to be able to state that the Of
forts making in our city to obtain material aid to
be applied to the relief Of the people of the
scourged city of New Orleans, are being crowned
with success. The good work 'sgoes bravely on. /"
Tho u,b.t hail or he
Robert Armstrong, yesterday contributed cool
hundred
Professor De Bow, Superintendent of the Con-
sus Bureau, is industriously engaged in preparing
his report to be communicated to the next Con-
gress, The coming report must necessarily be
very voluminous, and from the high and widely
spread reputation which the Professor enjoys for
talents and statistical skill, hazard nothing in
pressing the opinion that the next report upon the
Census will prove invaluable acquisition to the
statistics and even to the literature ofthe country
The name Of Charles B. Calvert, Of Prince
Georges county, Maryland, is mentioned by
many gentlemen Of the Wing party in connection
with the Gubernatorial chair Of "Mary's Land. T"
have not the pleasure of an intimate personal ac-
quaintance with Mr. Calvert, but his friends speak
Of his virtues in glowing terms, and it was my
privilege to hear from the lips Of the lamented
ssSage of Ashland cordial and eloquent tribute
to the estimable and shining qualities of Charles
B. Calvert.
The President is casting about for suitnble
man to be associated with Governor German, Of
Minnesota, in the investigation of the alleged
frauds upon the Indians in that Territory. Doubt
less there are patriots willing to serve their coun
,o nd will
slapse before gentleman will be selected.
It has become fashionable recently, in certain
Democratic circles, to disparage the talents and
patriotism of Colonel Thomas Hart Benton. This
CRATES harshly upon some ears. In bygono days
those who are now denouncing him were in tho
habit of speaking of him in adulatory terms. The
"Great Statesman told Bullion ''-"Crock of
| Gold'-"The Hard Senator were some of the
names given to him by his friends expressive of
their admiration of tho powers of his mind, and
his value as public servant. A gentleman re-
Gently appointed to Office, with great temerity,
but with apparent sincerity, was heard to say,
"Hart, in the Colonel's name, should be render
ed sHumbug;" and that tho ''inelleetual cal;bre
Of the peteran statesman small" love good
joke, and being unselfsh in such things, cannot
withhold this one from the public. Thomas Hart
Benton intellectual calibre small! Rich, isn't it,
Judge Campbell, Postmaster General, il still
sojourning at Bedford Springs.
Branson G. Graham has been appointed Post
master at Gre ensboro', North Carolina. @
George Saunders, late of the Democratic Repietc
the see orge" who is unapproachably politically
FAST reached the city in the cars tonight.
"George" is destined to grace the London con-
sulate
learn that Mr.. Zantzinger to-day deposited
with Corcoran & Riggs the sum which these gen-
tlemen deemed necessary to the proper adjust
ment of his various accounts Messrs. C. & H.
are now prepared to meet that dishonored check,
and suppose this last great of defaulting is
at an end - ZEKE. &
The Montreal Pilot Of the 18th instant, in copy
ing the notices of the claim SGT up by Lord