The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-04-14
Correspondence Of The Baltimore Sun. /

lCorespohdence Of the Baltimore Sun.
WAsniSGToS, April 3. IS53.-Tbe num-
per ane resPectability Of persons, in every
part OF The country, who now manifest an
anxious desire to serve the Union, in lcder-
al Offices, is truly gati(ying. II shows the
SAFETY OF the country and the strength Of the
Union. The prospect Of disunion is remote,
while that OF Capitalization is improving. -
Governors and Ex.Governors, and even the
Judges and the Chief Justices of States have
been applicants for subordinate federal Of
fees, and some have obtained them. No
state Office, and not even any professional
position, is too high To be preferred to fed
eraI Office.
Among all the recent nominations for Of
6ce, few, presume, have been declined
The New York nominees Lave all accputeJ
! do not know Of a single instance in which
a nomination has been declined. excant
that o! Col. Polk, Of Maryland, who refused
the surveyorship of Baltimore. The Colo
mel IS entitled 10 better Office, on the score
OF his independence-no other man in the
whole country having refused to take anv
thing he could get.
The Japan expedition is not. il is now
said, to be countermanded, but reduced
from 23G guns TO less than than 1870. and 10
about 2, 100 men instead OF 3,I23 The
Vermont, ship of the line, will form no part
OF the squadron, as was originally intended,
and chiefly, it is said, on account Of the
want of men. -
II would be- rather mortifying TO this coun-
! try to abandon this expedition after having
made so much fuss about it, and after such
prolonged and frequently abor,ve efforts to
get it in readiness. The result of the ex.
petition could not be injurious, and miyht
be very beneficial to the commerce of this
country, and TO the whole world.
The character and influence Of the eight
Senators who voted against the nomination
Of General Dix, after making it test ques.
tion as to the policy Of an armistice with the
, tree.soiIers, is proof of an assurance thai
/ the reunion between the national and thc
dIsorganizing democrats OF the party is no
/ to be considered as either cOr1ia! or perma
nent. At all events. it is viewed with dis
/ trust by very sugacious and influential mcr
Of the democratic party.
THE UNITED STATES MIxr.-Opsrafion
for March.-By the statement of the Mint
furnished the Philadelphia papers by the
treasurer, Mr.. E. c. Dale, we learn that the
deposites of California gold for March reach
ed the very enormous sum of S7,44O, 900
and from all sources S7,5lO,OOO. The Il
mount of silver bullion deposited for the
month is S22 900. The amount of golt
coined is S5 5,693 ,SO8, all of which, excep
some $702, 900, is in double eagles. n,
silver was coined, in anticipation Of actor
under the new coin bill. By the middle o
the present month, the new halves, quarters
and other fractions of the dollar, it is px
pectcd, will be ready for delivery. Tn,
coinage Of three cen! pieces reached the i'm
mcnse number OF 5 ,460,O 600. Under the ne
coinage bill, the value Of this little coin will
be raised to the same standard value OF tn
other fractions Of the dollar. A comparison
ofgold deposits, for the three months of tn
current year, shows an increase over tn
corresponding months last year of S5,Oj6,
957. 49,.