Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-08
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The ADMINISTRATIONS AND THE SPEAKER
sHIP .-Perceiving In Washington letter, in
tho Baltimore Snm, an intimation that the Ad-
ministration are about to have their candidate
for the speakership, We may as well say again,
that all such stories are utterly without foun-
dation. We know, from what We learn, that
neither the President nor any member of his
Cabinet will permit themselves to be made
even to appear to be friendly to the elevation
OF any one Democratic member to the Speak
ership, over any other. Nor will they direct
ly, or indirectly. take ground against any oan-
didate for the post. 1t is evident to all who
| will take the pains to inform themselves on
the subject, that they are impressed with the
belief that, in this matter, the path Of their
duty to themselves, as we'll as to all their
friends in the House, is to leave the field en-
tirely free of the slightest interference on their
part. So, our readers will please hereafter
translate any gossip, as to their making bar
gains with reference to the Speakership-for
A. or against B.-as being most likely n ruse
of the friends of one of these gentlemen, or of
those of some other aspirant, to effect their
favorite's chances favorably, by making him
appear q particular pet or antipathy of
the President, as circumstances may dictate
as likely to be Of advantage to him.
BOGUS WASHINGTON NEws-It strikes US
that the conductors of the New York Herald
have made up their minds, deliberately, to
throw away whatever of rerutation their jour-
nal had for reliable Washington intelligence
in their eagernass to discredit the Administra-
tion with the country. We have rarely seen
so reckless disregard even for the semblance
Of truth displayed in anything purporting to
be given as Washington news, by the most
| bitter Democratic or Wing partizan in epis-
tolary lunges against his political oppo-
nents, as is now found in the Herald
Indeed, it appears as though the Herald aims
to earn reputation for publishing anything
but truth, as Information. How far this sort
Of thing is likely to pay, is no problem, or We
greatly over-es:imate the common sense of
the business community, who know we'll that
of that journal to systematically classifying the
truth to carry one point, no qualms of con-
science will stand in the way of similar con-
duct on their part, whenever their purposes
may require the Justification of foreign or
commercial news or prospects.
These remarks are suggested by the appear
ance in the Herald of yesterday, of still an
other bogus Washington news letter, urittsm
an their office he Neao York, though purport-
| ing to have gone over the wires from hence.
1t is signed National" and the editor false
| ly announces that it was not written by tho
writer of the "Alert' letters, all the ear
marks of which it plainly bears. The gist of
this letter is an effort to induce fools to be-
lieve that the President Is plotting the ruin
of his own official household, and has not the
We ne, d hardly point to the fact, that en-
phasis Of character, straight forwardness, and
an adherence of secretiveness as regards his
views upon any and all questions of public
interest, are the traits for the possession of
which he has earned most reputation, not
|
career in Congress and in Mexico. General
Scott did as much perhaps as any one else to
fix those traits upon him in the public esti-
nation, rs his, to q remarkable degree. Those
in Washington, however, need not be reminded
after this fashion of the incompatibility of
the truth of this very last roorback Of the
Herald, with the President character; as all
in Washington are we'll aware that the utmost
harmony, confidence and unity of purpose
have existed between the President and his
Cabinet from the 4th of March last to the
present hour This fact is manifest in every
line of the "by authority publications in the
Union. The man who can have read them
and will then place any confidence in such
stories as the Herald is now publishing, must
be more stupid and senseless, or must be more
remarkably hoodwinked with the partizan
blindness of hatred to all that he dislikes,
than any one We ever knew; and We have
known the sharpest sort of Democratic haters
of every thing and every body slnaeking of
| Whiggcry, and riee rsrsa.
! LIST OF PATENTS issued from The Patent
Office, for the week ending November s, 1853
each bearing that date:
Samuel S. Allen, Of Salem, N. J.-For i'm
provement in the cutting gear of grain and
| grass haryesters.
John Blue, of Covert, n Y.-For improve
ment in carriers to grain separators.
Cornelius S. Cooper, Of New York, N. y
For improvement in violins &c
| Nathaniel Gear, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio-For
machine for turning or cutting irregular forms.
James Greenhalgh, jr., of W aterford, Mass
For improvements in power looms.
Jerome B. Greene, of Worcester, Mass. For
improvement in temples for looms.
John Jones and Alexander Lyle, of Roches-
ter, n. N.-For improvement in the cutting
| gear Of straw cutters.
Samuel Harms, of Bloody Run, Pa.-For
improvement in fastening teeth to clover hull
ing cylinders.
Jonathan Knowles, of Cohoes, N Y-For
improvement in looms.
Abraham Lash and Miles Moore, of Belle
Vile, Ohio-For improvement screens of win
mowers
William H. Meriwether, of the county of
Comal, Texas-For improved wire fence.
Abraham B. Peterson, of Dexter, Mich
For improvement in grain threshers and separ-
ators.
VIM. Robertson, of New York, n Y.-For
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