Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-02

ISGroS.-Among the most common topics of
conversation in this city at present, is the
fact that the New York Heratd's Washington
news is, at present. usually wholly untrue.
That, in truth, there is not at this time any
paper in the United States whose exclusive
intelligence from this city is so little TO be
relied on. As strange as this may appear it
is nevertheless true to the letter. For that
| Journals advices from the political capital,
are now principally forwarded by politicians
| (rather than newspaper men) bent on creating
impressions to suit their feelings and views
and those of Bennett himself who sympa-
thizeS with them instead Of on preserving for
the paper its former reputation for early and
reliable intelligence. Thus, it will be per-
ceived that the conductors of no other news
papers now dream of copying its Washington
advices, as heretofore. What better proof
could there be to satisfy even Bennett himself,
that his prestige has, indeed, departed. Why.
the Star-our own paper-though published
in a city of but $4,000 inhabitants, has, so
so far as its Washington news columns are
concerned including its views of public mea-
sures and men, one hnHdred readers for'trery
| on, seLe rsads tie Netr York Ueraid That
| is, our Washington news columns are copied
| far and wide into nearly all the leading news
papers in every State in the Union, while the
country press copy from us quite as exteu-
sively. Any general newspaper reader will
realize the force of this remark; for all such
know that we are more regularly and extern
| sively quoted for news, as we'll as authority
concerning affairs here, than any other fifty
journals in the Union.
Bennett may thank himself, however for
this entire loss Of the position and character
of his journal. His own habits and the sys-
tenn into which he has drilled so many of his
correspondents at different points, of sneaking
around stealthily and swapping up private
and confidential conversations of respectable
persons, to make money by retailing garblcd
and essentially false accounts of them, laid
the foundation of this recent fall of his con-
Germ, which event has beer fastened by the
shamelessness with which he and his have, o.
late, vomited forth deliberate and malicious
| falsehoods concerning persons and events here.
| In 1850 Lord Ashley, distinguished Eng
lish peer, pityin; the condition of the thieves
of London" by plcdgins his honor not to
betray them, obtained an arranged interview
with many of the leaders of an organized
band of two hundred such persons infcsting
London. He satisfied himself that they fol-
lowed their calling only from wan. of bread;
and that if the government would furnish
them with employment, the gang would cheer
fully give up their disreputable calling. They
asked bat some means of getting an honest
livelihood, to induce them to mend their way.
But alas, the government, on consultation,
could only offer them the means of cmisra-
tion Mt some distant day; which not providing
bread for the time being, Ashley's benevolent
scheme fell through. VS. are forcibly re-
minded of that affair, by the fact that expe-
rience proves that Bennett, and too many Of
his new people, exhibit far less character in
the manner in which they skulk around 20 steal
private conversations to be msrepr.sented
for profit, &c, than did the Lon don thieves on
that occasion. All they asked was bread-rot
profits, such as stimulate the Herald concern
Were they not vastly the more honorable Of
tho two? The Hermit has had professional
gentlemen stationed here, most of whom have
conducted themselves 80 as to deserve and en-
joy the respect of those who know them per
sonnlly. Yet the Bennett systematic system
pursued by himself and too many of his n. u
aids in Washington, rs before remarked, has
so discredited the concern, as to deprive his
reliable men, for the most part of the fa-
cilities for obtaining reliable Information
concerning public affairs, which would he
cheerfuly accorded to them in any other ser
vice. Thus, he has not only given up his
Washington columns entirely to sinister poll
ticians, but he has, at the same time put it
out of the power of professional men, who
could otherwise furnish him with news to
be relied on, to obtain it, as was their wont
before he turned his paper into sheet de-
voted to virulent politics, and the personal
abuse of those who, setting proper estimate
upon him and his schemes, refuse to take him
at his own idea of his value.
The PROPOSED RESOLUTION. OFFERING IL
TIE CAUCUs.-Ws have satisfied ourselves, il
the ten or a dozen Very Hard" Democratic
mombers of the house 90 into the caucus Oh
Saturday night Onto which outside friends OF
the candidates they desire to support are try
ing to coax them to go,l they will offer the
Cooley endorsing and Guthrie and Marcy-de-
nouncing resolutions threatened by the New
York Herald, unless their minagers dread
too much to have the fact made patent to the
world, that after all the blowing in their
newspapers they cannot muster five member:
to act with them, outside of the New York
Delegation. AS such result will show us, in
glazing colors, the falsity of the accounts OF
/ their strength and prospects here with which
the Herald, National Democrat, Albany
Argvs. ct I'D ontne gems, have been redolen
for some time past, we think that they viii
regard discretion to be the better part OF
, valor in their predicament. However, if they
do offer the proposed resolutions, they viii
at once be laid on the table sans ceren10n1s
] it being evidently the determination Of full
Rine-tenths of &" the party in the House tina
: they shall not thus make their New Yorl