Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-31
wAsHrNaror N1ws AND eoss1p.

delphia, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Rich
mond, and Charleston, s. c., are favored with
| the presence Of many Of the absentees for this
season Of Congressional relaxation, while
others are costly seated by their respective
fresides, in the country, within two hundred
miles of us So, the guid names around us
are dull, dull dull. Even the men with axes
to grind, who were lately here, have fos the
most part gone off for a season; ceasiDg to
and restaurants, for which they aim to make
the nation pay in the end The habitual
dining out hOnorables, who remain among us
just now, look sad and gloomy, as it wore. No
House committees are meeting. and as a con-
sequence, the "outsiders' now here have their
! fingers in their mouths, for absolutely moth
| ing is being done in their line The ssgay
| season. in Washington ia not yet commenced.
1t rarely opens before the end Of the Fl st
! week in January. Thus We have among us
few rich, handsome and dsshing married la
dies from 4 distance, WhO make our hotels, as
| it were, the reflex of those Of N IMPORT, Sara
toga and Cape May. in their season, when
Washington gaiety is at its height. We well
come them here, God bless them, if but for
tho sake of our city hackmen, who by the by .,
| are model cabbies in their way; for they give
annoyance to ne one, and as far as We can
perceive, are not afflicted with the propensity
to demand illegal fares, charged on the race
| in other localities.
But Ito return to our mutton" Wash
irgton is, indeed, excessively dull just now.
Nevertheless, those in our treadmills-the
| offices of the Executive Department of the
| Goyernment-haye had no relaxation at this
season of general cessation from labor. They
continue to delye, delve, delve-from the
| highest to the lowest of them. One must care
fully investigate the character and extent of
| their labors, to realize what a great people
We are already. To appreciate how much we
have grown of late years in all the elements
of national increase and prosperity, one must
| required to be executed in these departments
| out a few years ago We have known them
| their ms and Outs-for many long years and
| we can say, with all sincerity, that the pro-
| portion of work required by the necessities of
| the State from each such public servant en-
ployed here, is at this time far greater than
| even one year ago. We draw from this fact
| the self evident conclusion that the United
States have increased in wealth, enterprise
| and prosperity, in the last twelve months, far
| more than ever before in the same length of
| time.
| With this increase of demands on the capa-
| cities of the various Departments and their
several bureux, there has been a decrease of
| the aggregate force with which to meet them,
| in accordance with the fat of the last Con-
gress. Nevertheless. they are evidently more
promptly and satisfactorily met than ever
before within our knowledge, as is proved by
the fact that in nearly every Government
| Office here, there is now no such thing as bu-
/ siness in arrears a circumstance heretofore
unknown to the history of Government affairs
in Washington. if We are not greatly mis-
taken. But with all the Over-straining labor
through which this happy state of the public
business has been brought about, Washington
| is just now dull dull dull, indeed, to men
| about town
| CARRIAGE-MAKERs IN THE ARMY.-Under
the rule prevailing in the settlement of ao-
counts by the Treasury officers, it is held tn OF
ii carriage maker in the army is required
to do duty in the ranks with his corps, and in
| merit under the General Order. No. 4, of JAN
nary "a, lS49, and be entitled to the 50 per
! month additional pay provided by the 18th
| section of the act OF March 3, 1871.
How BUSINESS IS DONE IN THE Treasury
DEPARTMENT. following officers receive
their salaries quarterly Judges of the SD
preme Court of tho United States, District
Judges of the United States, Judges Of the
District Of Columbia, District Attornies Of the
United States, Marshals of the United States,
Governors, Judges and Secretaries of Terri
tories, Secretary to the President to sign Land
Patents, and Supervising and Local Inspec-
tors They number one hundred and ninety
| three
! BY an arrangement in the Treasury De-
| partment, each account was reported by the
First Auditor to the First Comptroller, several
days since, were revised by the First Comp
| troller to be paid on OF after the LIST day of
January, 1854, were copied by the Register
and transmitted TO the Secretary of the Urea
| sury.
| The Warrant Clerk drew a warrant on each
report, which has been signed by the Secretary
| Of the Treasury, and cOunterSigned by the
First Comptroller, and a draft drawn by the
! Treasurer for the payment of each salary,
which having been countersigned by the
| Register, all the drafts are in the Office of the
Treasurer, to be RENTED on the 2d of Janu-
| airy. They would he RENTED on the lst if it
was not the Sabbath. The arrangement will
| e.
possible will be permitted to exist in paying
| each officer of the Government, whose salary
| ia paid on stated account. The Clerks i'm
| the different branches of the service connect
ed in the settlement and payment of these ac-
counts, have been prompt to discharge their
duties
| CoMaIssARIEs' CLERKs.-By the construc.
ton which has been given ts the act Of August
%, 1912. Clerks in the CommsSary Depart
ment are not entitled to receive other allow.
ance for any service than their regular wages
as clerks.
No RECEPTION AT THE Presidents on
| TUEsDAY.-There will not be a reception ut
the PRESIDENTS on Tuesday next as usual
The customary rec option on New Year, Mon
day. announced in the Un,on of this morn
ing, being substituted in its place.
| RESIGNATION AND Accommodation W
| HOgg, second class clerk in the Office Of the
Register of the Treasury, has resigned his
post; and Samuel Reeves, of North Carolina
has been appointed in his place.
The AuTHENrIGArIoN OF PENSION PAPERS.
&C.--It is held in the Departments here, that
in pension cases, where it is prescribed tina,