Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-04
Washington News and Gossip.

spring, at MS time OF llIe TOT the TURMOIL
and very uncertain pecuniary reward of fight
ing the battles of any faction of any party;
all parties being just now split up into fac
tions, as they were never before disintegrated
1t seems to be presumed that the revived
Globe is to be the organ of the Barnburners
of New York Yet we know that it cannot be
so: that interest in the Democratic party just
now priding itself on the entireness of its de-
votion to the Baltimore platform, and the
general administration. Standing in that po-
sition, its purposes, Of course, requires no
organ in Washington. This induces us to
receive the positive assurances on this head
which have been made to US, cum .grano sails.
We take it that, after all, it will be found that
the publisher of the Congressional record is
too shrewd to dip into Washington newspa-
per at this time, further than to continue Us
heretofore the publication of the debates of
Congress during the session, in diurnal sheet,
styled '' the Daily Globe devoted to the re-
ports of Congress almost exclusively
PROGRESS OF THE WORK ON THE CENSUS
We learn that all the Census will be printed
complete as early as the 18th proximo, and
that Professor DeBow, the superintendent of
the work. will have his synoptical report ready
for distribution as early as January next.
This latter will embrace an elaborate set of
tables comparing the results of the census last
taken with those of former ones and also
comparing them with similar European Stats
tics, for which Mr.. Deb. has procured ample
data from Paris.
A ROUTE MAIL Agent APPOINTED -Nicho-
las j. Jardella, of this city, has been appoint
ed a mail route agent to travel between Wash
ington and Richmond with the mails. rice
George McCauley removed.
THE LAND OFFICE BUREAU is in daily ex-
pectation, we presume, OF receiving the usual
annual estimates from the various surveyors
general, of the amounts of money which will
be necessary for the prosecution of the work
under their charge. Many of the employees
of the bureau here are now busily engaged in
the preparation of the various statistics re-
qured for the COMMISSIONER forthcoming
annual report.
NAVAL OFFICERS ORDERED, DETACHED, &c
Lieut. Walbach detached from the Baltimore
Rendezvous, and ordered to the sloop of war
Dale.
Lieut.. Samuel Edwards detached from the
sloop of war St. Mary's and granted months
leave on account of sickness
Chief Engineer Henry Hunt ordered to the
Washington Navy Yard, as engineer and ma
chinest, vice Ellis, (civilan) who resigned his
position in that yard not long since.
ANOTHER ARREST FOR FRAUD-Moses A.
Pearcc of New York city has been arrested
time, Pearce has been regarded as a man of
high character and standing, being as well
connected as any one in the city. The charge
agains: him is for the forgery of the testimony
of an alleged Rachael Ogden. to complete the
tcstimonyin the revolutionary case of Ebene-
ger Allen. The fraud is susceptible of the
clearest proof. we understand Pearce was to
have been examined to-day for commitment.
THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, as we in
timated recently, left Washington this morn
ing on his proposed tour of inspection among
the Navy Yards of the North.
a New GOVERNMENT Coal DEpor.-Com-
modorc Perry has established United States
Naval Coal Depot in the Island of Bonian. be-
tween Shanghai and Japan-ono of the ia.
panese islands. To that end he has bought
ten acres of land there ON Government account
LIEUT.. Col. SUMNER, of the LIST Dragons.
L. S. A, reached Washington yesterday, ac-
cording to orders, and took his seat at the
Army Board convened for the revision of the
regulations Of the service.
SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN THE PENSION DU-
REAU during the month of September lust
passed:
1912 Bounty Land claims examined: $50
of such Warrants issued; 1859 pension and
half-pay cases examined go of such certifi-
Gates issued; 4 ,405 letters, including many
original cases, received, briefed and regis
tered; $500 letters written $500 letters re-
corded; 1000 letters copies.
We learn with pleasure, in which all inter
ested in the business of the Pension Bureau
will doubtless participate, that its revolution
airy business is already closed up to the last
day of August last. For some years past this
branch of the business has been six months
in arrears. On the accession of the present
Commissioner, it is due to him to state it was
quite that much behindhand. 1t is now clear
that the bureau will be quite even with the
current revolutionary eases on the meeting of
Congress.
Already 2,2lS claims have been allowed
under the act Of February 3D., 1853; $500
cases under it having been examined. When
the law was passed. its advocates insisted that
in all there would not be thousand valid
claims presented under this law Of these
cases last above mentioned, in which ccrtif-
Gates have already been granted, LOO were
on claims Of widows Of revolutionary soldiers,