Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-18
Washington News.

| 10 p. M, on Saturday night, accompanied by
all those who left this point in attendance
upon him, except Col. John W. Forney, who,
We apprehend, has gone to Lancaster, Pa.
His journey from Baltimore was performed
on special train, provided by the Railroad
Company for the conveyance of His Excellen-
cy and his travelling companions, There
were none at the Washington depot to receive
him. as the hour at which he would arrive
was not known in this city. Considering the
pulling, hauling, pressing, hand shaking and
feteing, to which he was subjected during his
tour, he looks exceedingly well, notwithstand-
ing the accounts of the Northern newspapers
concerning his jaded appearance Yesterday
| afternoon he walked, unattended over por-
ton of the city. His journey home was
very rapid one, its marked feature being an
| evident desire to escape the attentions of the
| office seekers following in his train in Balti-
| more, Philadelphia and New York. Fox might
| as we'll attempt to battle the hounds by taking
to burrow, however, as President Pierce to
rid himself of their pressing attentions by
coming back son the rum as it were.
| CAN'T STAND IT.-The War Department is
| constantly receiving information of the return
to..the settlements of gentlemen who started out
with the surveying party employed upon the
Pacific railroad explorations, under the COM
| mand Of Governor Stevens. We learn that it
| should not be taken from the retu, n of these
| gentlemen, that those engaged with Governor
Stevens are not enjoying good health. The
truth is, it is impossible to get together in
| cities party for such an expedition without
gathering in its folds more or less gentlemen
who soon find on a little experience that they
are not calculated to stand the physical hard
ships of a trip like that which this party is
making. 1t is fortunate for his enterprise
that such persons who have enlisted under
him, are returning thus early, as their pres
ence, in discontinued state of mind, would
serve greatly to embarrass his operations
ARMY REcRU1rs.-The War Department
are endeavoring to collect together consider
| able detachment of recruits to be sent as soon
as possible to California and Oregon, to join
the I'd and 4th infantry, the three companies
| OF the 1st dragons, one company each of the
LIST and I'd artillery, and the two companies of
the Sd artillery, which are now stationed in
that quarter.
| IHE New MINISTER TO CHILI.-Governor
Reuben Wood of Ohio, is expected to embark
on the day after tomorrow from New York
for Valparaiso, via the Isthmus.
| The PRESIDENTS HEALTH-LATEsr.-T
| President was quite unwell this morning. we
| learn, having been unable to leave his cham
Der until near noon. His indisposition is the
result of the fatigue of his late trip, which did
| not affect him until this morning A days
rest will, probably, restore him to his usual
strength.
CHIEF NAVAL ENGISEER.-We arc satisfied
| that Mr.. Copeland, of New York, will accept
| the position of Engineering Chief in the naval
service of the United States, though he is GER
| tainly much indisposed to do so. The Depart
| ment, we are inclined to believe, are exceed.
ingly anxious to induce his acceptance of the
| position, for he stands in the very front rank
| of American Steam Marine Engineers From
| the commencement of the naval steamer sys-
| tenn under this government much embarrass-
| ment and injury to the public service has re-
! suited from the custom of putting up naval
engineerships as prizes to be contended for by
| political partiZans. The selection of Mr. Cope
| land has been in defiance of this bad rule
The Navy will reap the benefit of this indie
| pendence of the Secretary of the Navy in the
| prompt infusion into the Naval Engineer de-
| partment of the life energy and practical eff
| cheney which characterize the Engineer de-
| partment of the commercial steam marine of
| the United States
| The FLARE UP OF THE Hon Mr. MAURICE.
OF NEW YoRK.-We have taken pains to as
certain at the Post-ofice Department the true
condition of the account Of the gentleman
named above with that Department of the Adj
mlnlstraton, for its favors, and regret to!have
to state that it shows very large balance in
the Postmaster Generals favor That is. that
SIX Of the seven officers for which he made re-
commentators were actually filled with ap-
pointees whose papers he had Joined in
signing In the seventh case, it appears that
the honorable gentleman had signed for four
persons for the same postion-of route agent
on the Long Island Railroad
| The person appointed to that position held
it under the Administration of Polk. and so
discharged its functions that the Railroad
| Company, large number of citizens manv
officers of the State Government, the whole of
the Democrats from that region in the State
Legislature, comprising the peculiar wing of
the Hon VIM. Maurice, petitioned for his re-
lnstatement. Maurice AYERS that the appointee
was not resident of the district but forgets
to mention that he was native of the district
/ and lived in II oil hiS Lee mail IA. 49,.