Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-20
WASHINGTON News and Gossip.

Washington News and Gossip.
AMERICAN INDEBTEDNESS ABRoAD.-For
some time past the Secretary Of the Treasury
is understood to have been cndcavoring to
obtain the information necessary to enable
him to reply effectively to the resolution of
Senator Brodhead, calling for information as
to the amount of American stocks, &c. held
abroad. He has 80 far obtained about seven
hundred replies to his circulars to that end,
which shed much light on the subject. Yet,
we are inclined to believe that he has to en-
counter the now sterotyped difficulties Of get
ting such information which have made similar
expositions of his predecessors little more than
approximate estimates Presidents of
railroad companies among others, and even
Governors of States have declined furnishing
to him information in their immedi ate reach.
This arises, we presume, from the common in
disposition of men to signify to others the ex-
act condition of their business. However, a
new circular will shortly be issued from the
Department, which, it is hoped, will serve to
awaken those who az yet refuse to reply, to
the fact that the public interest i. deeply in
volved in thus spreading before Congress and
the country reliable statistics concerning the
condition of our financial relations with Eu-
rope. The press everywhere should urge
prompt and full compliance with these re-
quests of the Government for necessary infor-
nation.
The CONDITION OF THE QUESTION Concern
ING THE RESERVED TEXAS FUND OF S. ,o00,-
O00.-We hear that of late the Attorney Cen
eral has devoted much time to the consideration
OF the law points involved in the demand of
General James Hamilton and Mr.. Francis B.
Cutting. attornies for the preferred creditors of
Texas, that the decision of the late Executive
and Secretary of the Treasury, shall be re-
versed in this matter. We have no idea. how
ever, that these parties will be accommodated
They had the Legislature of Texas which
scaled her debt so under their thumbs as to
have the scaling done for their own interest,
and to the great damage of others whose
claims were quito as meritorious as theirs.
This fact is we'll understood about Austin.
Congress, in appropriatins the ten millions.
engaged to see that the parties thus injured,
should be protected, if possible; and enacted
that half the sum tot Il should be withheld
until they would consent to release Texas.
The Finance Committee of the U. S. Senate
again and again virtually protested against
! the action OF the State of Texas, under the
| persuasions of these parties, So bent on fea.
! thcring their own nests, and u measure failed
IN the last Congress only for want of time.
which was designed to carry out the views of
! the Senate's Finance Committee. The last
Administration decided in accordance with
the we'll known views Of Congress, and We
! apprehend that the action of Messrs. Fillmore
and Corwin will he emphatically confirmed in
what the present Administration may do on
| the subject. They are under pledge to set
their faces against every thing like "specu-
latlon' in connection with their trust, and
| we are unable to see the demand that thew
Will aid and abet the schemes of those who
| procured the sinister scaleing of the Texas
Legislature, In any other light than as assist
lnsto a triumphant conclusion one of the most
INDUSTRIOUS and unjust log rolling operations
known to the history of the legislation of the
day.
The FRENCH AND CHINESE Missions IT
seems that formal determination was not
reached yesterday in Cabinet Council with
refereLce to the Ere. .ch Mission, Goyernor
Marcy not being present. We are, however,
still inclined to believe that, informally tho
prospects Of Mr.. John Y Massn was moter;.
ally strengthened by the views elicite, Tho
subject Is understood to have formed the mat
ter tor most Of the long sitting of the dav
As Tor MIR. VIM. Allen of Ohio, he expressly
informs all in or out of Office who apnroacb
him on the subject, that he will not taks q
| federal Government Office, however mucb hi.
friends at home may desire to see him com.
Pllmented with first class mission. We do
not however credit him with the Decentralization
TO even return to the Senate of the United
states, which he processes We are inclined
10 belleve that one Of his first acts on r.acb-
Ing Washington, was to signify to tho pres-
dent that he wanted nothing for himself fro,,
the Administration.
SECRETARY MARcY's REPLY To rvr A..
TRAN PROTEST is probably in such a state If
forWardness as that it will 20 out bv tho nov,
steamer, All rumors concerning its character
or details are premature, being based wholly
on the Imagination of the writer's. We only