Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-18
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Washington that serious efforts are about
being made by the lobby men to start now
party, whose real object will be to prevent the
success Of the Administr alton plans to guard
the Treasury of the United States from them.
Some of the mail steamer men are its god
fathers, SO far, though the Silver Greys OF
New York, and disappointed Democratic Of
fce-s seekers everywhere, are expected by its
originators to join it as soon as its flag may
be raised. 1t is proposed that this party shall
assume to take the Union and the rights of
the South into its especial keeping; and its
leaders foolishly entertain the hope that they
can induce the South to come to their assist
| ance. All the Southern elections taking place
since the 4th of March last, however, convey
assurances to men of sense that they have no
| ground for any such expectation. P3nnder
| and nothing else, is what these leaders are at
ter. The records of Congress, from the founda-
ton of the Government to the termination of
the last session, show that the United States
have had no other so Jealous guardians Of the
Treasury as the Senators and Representatives
| from the southern section of the Union. Under
these circumstances, We may safely venture to
predict, that whenever any persons identified
with the proposed new political organization
venture to play champions of the South in
the House hall or Senate chamber they will
'catch very high fall" indeed. The very
fact that it is to be emphatically the organi
cation of the lobby, will, from the start, bring
down upon it almost every southern member
Of Congress without distinction of party.
| The AMERICAN Consul AT PARAGUAY
Complaints have reached Washington against
| this consul, a Mr.. Hopkins, for improperly
using tho American flag for the protection of
me of the vessels stolen by Admiral Coo and
sold to the enemies Of the cause he WIS serv-
ins when he turned traitor This consul is
said to have employed her in the service of
the New York Paraguay Company, whose
agent he is, Immediately after Coe surren-
dered her, and had the American flag hoisted
upon her for her protection. The officers of
our squadron who were at Montevideo, where
he brought her, were, on the Goth of August.
taking measures to force him consul Hopkins)
to haul down the flag, and were also about to
ask the State Department to cause his con-
nexion with Goes act to be investig tied, as
well as his alleged act in misusing the flag of
his country for the benefit Of spectators out
| there.
| BUSINESS IN THE FlRsr AupIroR's OFFICE
We are happy to be able to say that the bust
ness in the First Auditors ofice-accounts of
customs, naval officers, surveyors Of ports.
marshals, district attorney, clerks Of United
States courts, or, in fact, all the revenue trom
customs) account, light house and marine hos
pital accounts, judiciary do, mint accounts,
coast survey do, territorial do, for the pay
ment OF civil list salaries paid directly from
the treasury. accounts of disbursins agents Of
| all the departments of the government for the
payment of salaries and contingent expenses,
do for refunding duties illegally exactcd, for
the redemption of stocks, do. of the treasurer
and assistant treasurers of the United States
and designated repositories. do. of the COM
missioners of public buildings, do. of pay and
mileage of members and salaries of the officers
and contingent expenses Of the two Houses of
Congress, Mexican war bounty scrip account.
Texan indemnity stock and treasury notes
&c, 6c.-are all up to date, as will be seen
in the report of the head Of the bureau, soon
to be rendered to Congress. 1t is due to this
bureau to say that it's business has ever been
quite as little behindhand as that of any other
| Government office in Washington
IMPORTANT TO Z. S. DIsBURsIyG OFFICERS.
An officer of the Treasury Department has
recently had occasion to address L. s. Pen
sion Agent as follows. viz:
| The transfer of funds in your hands for
| the payment of Pensioners mentioned in your
letter, appear to be transfers made by your
self in your pension accounts. Such transfers
| never have been and cannot be recognized by
| the accounting officers of the Government
| All transfers must be made at the Treasury
| All transfers Of money to cover disbursements
| under an appropriation Of which you have
no money in your hands, and consequently
the amount disburssd must have been drawn
from some other approl ration, it will be
made in the settlement of your accounts at
the Treasury.
Your duty in keeping and rendering your
account for settlement is very plain. That
| is-tO credit the United States with al! the
money you receive from the Government
under the appropriations from which it was
drawn from the Treasury, Uhe money is
! always so charged to you on the books Of the
Treasury, and must be so charged in the set
Element of your accOuntS,) and TO charge your
disbursements under the appropriations to
which they properly belong.
! Should any error occur in your accounts
! it will be the duty Of the accounting officers
| to correct them, and to call for al the trans
| fers that may be necessary in the proper set.
| Element of your accounts at the Treasury
The COMING PROPOSITION FOR The ANNGxA-
TON OF THE SANDWICH IsLANDs-We shall
not be surprised to find the message announc-
ing that, long since, our Commissioner at the
Sandwich Islands was directed to keep his at
tention fixed closely to their political condition,
and respectfully to receive and forward home
for the consideration of this Government, any
advances OF propositions, which that govern
ment might make by way of giving the United
States rights there likely to prove almost in
valuable to American commerce.
BosH.-Ali stories in the correspondence OF
the New York Herald, saying that the Pres-
dent has called in any others than his Cabinet
to see or to advise about his forthcoming