Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-20
Washington News,

JUDeEsHIP, we have reason to believe, was
rendered to the Hon Mr. Carmichael of the
Eastern Shore, before being awarded to VIM
Fell Giles Esq. whose appointment, Judging
from the tone Of the Baltimore Patriot and
other Maryland papers, proves exceedingly
popular in the Judicial district Mr. Car
michael was in Congress with the President,
and occupied a distinguished position in the
national councils. He was not to be per-
suaded to undertake to serve the public in
these times, however. A formidable commit
tee of Baltimore Democratic politicians he ad.
ed by DR.. Morris, the President of the city
| (Democratic) convention, DR.. Cox, and other
active managers there came down to Washing
ton yesterday morning to urge Mr. Giles on
the Administration !; but the President had
saved them the trouble, having appointed him
before they arrived. sa J.
The New MINISTER TO BRAZIL, Governor
Trousdale, will return home from Washing
tony as soon as he concludes his current con-
ferences with the heads of the State Depart
ment with reference to the details of his duties
He will then take his departure for the scene
of his duties without delay. .ear.c'a
The New MOBILE AND RICHMOND Custom
HoUsEs.-For some time past there have been
pending questions affecting the title to the
property selected for the sites of these two
Custom Houses, which have caused the Trea-
sury Department no little embarrassment, de-
laying the prompt prosecution of those works,
we apprehend. Very recently those entrusted
with the duty of rectifying the flaws supposed
to exist in the conveyances of the property in
question, have succeeded in accomplishing
that object, and the Attorney General has pro-
nounced the titles, as they now stand, perfect.
| So Mobile and Richmond may understand that
all difficulties, in this connection, are now re-
| moved
The 'ExrRA-PAY' LAw.-The Office or
countingroo of the Navy Agent at this point
Is constantly run down, not only with the usual
| agents, but with claimants, in blue Jackets.
demanding the settlement of their respective
accounts for extra pay under Senator Gwin; s
|
thirty or forty persons around their counter.
awaiting each his turn. An avalanche
Of similar demands are also received daily bv
mail The consequence is, that the Office is so
overrun as to compel the Navy Agent to de-
cline making any payments to-day on this ar
count, in order to enable him to bring up his
Jocks, and regulate his vouchers. &c, for such
payments previously made. We apprehend
that his clerical force is totally inadequate
| to enable him to make these payments and
those of prize money, which duty has been
| assigned to him by the Navy Department, we
know not under what law or regulation. The
extra pay law, it is now we'll ascertained. is
destined to bleed the Treasury somewhere
about 81 600, 10000, instead of about 500 900 as
alleged by its original advocates before Con-
| gress. .-..
The SUGAR AND MoLAssEs QuEsTIoN-The
proper officers in the Treasury Department
are busily engaged in Investigations to enable
them to determine whether to gard The recent
efforts to introduce half made sugar from Cuba
into theport of n Orleans as fraud or to pass the
| article on the payment Of lawful duty on sugar
Sixteen cargoes in oil. imported by the ces-
brated New Orleans refners Belcher 4 Co.
have been seized and await the decision of the
Department here upon the question above
stated. 1t appears that Belcher 4 Co. and
others have brought in from Cuba large guam
titles of the article-cane juice made SO far
haf hut CT ,Ioh o;I; a.,
necessary to make granular,-and desire to
| introduce it on the payment of the duties upon
so much molasses. The New Orleans Custom
House demands sugar duty, which the i'm
porters resist 1t can hardly be that it will
be admitted at lower rates of duties than
brown sugar pays, and it may be that the car
goes already brought over will be finally re-
garded as having been fraudulently intro
duced. Mucn embarrassment in diSposing of
this matter has originated from the fact that.
heretofore, the article was never sold in a SINH
lar state-thus precluding the Department
from ascertalnlng its regular or true market
value. Sales of it are no where quoted
The PRINCEroNs ERs.-Commodore
Shubrick has telegraphed the Department say
ing, that in the opinion of Chief Naval Engi-
neer Martin, who has just inspected the Prince
toms boilers at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
he will probably be able to so repair them as
that she may sail for the fishing grounds about
the close of this week We trust that his ex-
pectations may be realized.
COMMODORE PERRY-CHINEsE AFFAIRs-AND
THE JAPANESE MIssIoN.-The Navy Depart
ment have dispatches from Commodore Perry
up to the 9th of April, when he was at Macao
preparing to sail Immediately in the Missis-
sippi fos Shanghai, lChina.) He had been
much embarrassed by failing to find the Sus-
quehauna at Macao. awaiting his orders sh G