New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-19
WASHINGTON.
Tho Co,ossnI Statue Of Northumberland the
,Trcosury-Dr. Gwn-r The sandwich Islands, the
RECOMMENDATION and Napoleon III, &c. &c.


WASHINGTON CITY, Tuesday May II, 1853
An effort is being made 70 induce the President u
consent TO the expenditure OF much more IN the con-
strucon of the proposed colossal equestrian statue OF
WASHINGTON than the $4,000 which appropriated at
he last session of Congress- the plea that the
designated was only intended preliminary investment
in the work AS il were. This is an entire mistake
was presept in the House Hall when the subject matter
was considered and know that the appropriation made
DESIGNED 10 cover the hOe cost the record OF the
Senate and notes upon il will show. Many property hold
er in this city are most anxious to bring the president To
the point of this setting at defiance the purpose OF the
National Legislature They Will however, labor IN VAN
il being certain that of all public men OF the times no
other than the President himself is disposed to be more
csutios in the use of the public funds He has set his
heart ON making an end of Galphnism and though il is
hardly probable be will succeed in this purpose the pro-
liability is that he must effect much IN that way
Not long since had occasion to write you that the
Navy Department under the impression that the
Law passed at the last session of Congress, giving 10
Seamen and Marines serving on the Pacific Coast during
the War with Mexico extra pay, would cost the treas
ury three millions of dollars rather than three hundred
tbonsapd as estimated at the time OF us enactment
have now reason 10 believe that the accounting officers
of the Treasury are satisfied that extensive frauds have
been and are still being perperated under this law I'M
plicating parties who have heretofore STOOD very lar
before the world among them being men oil What Is
usually termed high standing Means are certainty
can hardly fail TO prove successful DR. Gwln, senator
from California is the father of the law, which IS suh-
Gent TO make the proprety OF It's enactment questOna
ble From the day in which the Doctor run deep-set
saw upon General Jackson, IN inducing h 10 pa! very
bob nrice for very worthless Mississippi Enthusiastically
mining him (or he would have been enabled to escape
his AZ ops time notorious bankruptcy but for this opera
ton TO the present, the Doctor has been getting this
Government into financial scrapes. Inc reader VIII
recollect his defacatOn as Marshall OF Mississippi his
,,rfth fhp I'm
lns Custom House and the pertnacity with which ne
has abored TO get the Government into nea every one
of the unfortunate appointments and bargains on Cal-
fornia account II has come 10 be understood here,
am sorry TO have to write, that whatever the DOc'or
touches in the way of Recommendation 10 the Govern
mont il acted upOn sure to result IN the worst sort OF
a shave do not charge him with participating IN the
undue profits of such transactions by any means but
nevertheless such is VIGOROUSLY the result OF bis A0Ors
for his immediate partlzans
r + Angel. of Genesee, n. Y, fancy, will after a
he the Consul to Lahana Sandwich Islands though with
great reluctance OH his part His appointment is Po-
stcal necessity in the opinion of the Administration
Not LONG since / ntimated 10 you that the Admins
traton anticipate the necessity for the presence OF
much larger American naval force there than we nave
ever had in that quarter This necessity arises from
nreyalent opinon in diplomatic circles land Admins
fratyel here which credits Napoleon Ill with SET
fled nnrpose of Selling those islands. IL IS thought
that the large fleet he is preparing nomnaly ior
the North Pachc, Is designed 10 ENFORCE tne ioons1
demands of the French suGeneral, thar the sand
Wich Islands Government shall admit French brandy
and French religion into their dominOns on their he
Frenchs) terms The claim for this admission is based
ON the disputed article in the treaty which ma: SO
often been commented upon by the press OF the United
states II is due to truth TO remark that England does
not admit the correctness of Frances Interpretation oil
the article in question However We are about To DC
caught utterly unprepared, if any such trouble Win
France shall arise The administration while firmly de-
termned to hazard everything 10 prevent France from
gaining foothold in the Sandwich Islands, which may
Eventually greatly embarrass US, and Gin view OF the
progress Of our Pacific and Indian Ocean commerce.
are without both men and guns to resist first shock IN
that uartsr so they are really exceedingly anxioas 70
station Mr. Angel there in the belief that he carries
head enough his shoulders to protect neSocatlGas
until Congress, approaching the difficulty shall provide
AGAINST IFS disastrous termination The little Meet o
Commander Ringod viii probably 90 out under orders
70 rendezvous at the islands; while similar orders
will doubtless be transmitted for every United states