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

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Chamberlain, Ind.
The HERALD ON GUTHRIE The Very Hards |
in Congress and their confreres in the lobby, |
were exceedingly hard on the Herald yester-
day, on account of that journals comments
upon the Annual Report of Secretary Guthrie
They accuse Mr. James Gordon Bennett of
deliberately stultifying himself, by at one
blow demolishing the prospect Of ousting Mr.
Z. from his present position, which he has
been SO industriously building up for them
for some three months past We have rarely
ever heard an editor more heartily cursed
than Mr.. Bennett has been by the lobby for
the last thirty-six hours all owing to that
article essaying to show by facts and figures
that, after ALL Secretary Guthrie rs really the
ablest and most valuable Secretary of the
Treasury, so far as the true interest Of the
State is concerned, who has filled the post for
twenty-six years past, 1t will be remembered
that the Herald, for the three last months,
has been devoted to the work of proving him
to be dunderhead, nincompoop scoun-
del toady of Secretary Marcy, a Free Soiler
in his secret prOclivities and every thing else
terribly shocking to which Mr.. Bennett could
lay his pen, so prolific in the line of detrac-
ton. The sudden change Of his tone con-
corning Guthrie, has almost dumbfounded the
Very Hards' around us who, up to this
time have had hopes that by industriously
plying the papers in all directions with abuse
of the Secretary, he might be induced to re-
tire in disgust. Shrewd persons here account
for the change in Benefits course relative to
Mr.. Guthrie, upon the theory that he never
fails to take post on the strong side whenever
he can find out where that side is beyond
peradventure. They assert. indeed that such
complete SOnersetS are every day affairs with
him, and they laugh heartily at the Very
llards for entertaining the idea that Ben
nett would keep faith with them moment
after he finds their side becoming unpopular.
On the whole, Benefits sudden change with
reference to Guthrie. is written down by the
knowing ones as the death knell Of Democratic
opposition to the present Administration, and
bets are being made that even the Hon. John
| Wheeler of New DIRK city, will soon get tired
of the game of amusing the qf,d names with
Democratic opposition on paper, which has no
existence in fact. Mr. w it should be I'M
derstood, is credited with being the chairman
| Of the < Union Safety Committee consisting
of . Asmodeus.' Peter the Hermit, and
himself. We know not whether he does or
does not supervise the funny dispatches and
letters appearing in the Ueraid, Naiionai
! DemOcrut and Albany Argus, which are being
credited to his tnrent're genius. If they are
| prepared under his supervision, however, they
| show that his peculiar talents fit him some
of these days to write fictions which shall
take the lead of Sinbad the Sailor OF Robin
| son CruSoe.
| ALLOWANCE FOR PAsslGE TO LIGHT ARTIL-
LERY OFPICERs.-I. has been decided hy the
! Government accounting officers that the clear
meaning Of the law OF February q. 1912, re-
quires that the companies shall he mounted
| in order to entitle the officers Of Light Ar.il-
| lery to communication of forage. No conStru
| tive mounting of the companies will fulfil the
conditions Of that law, or Of TIE law of March
| 3, lS47.
The EASTERN QUESTION We have to-day
seen letter from a person in London whose
means Of Judging of such matters are second
to those of no other gentleman in Europe, who
writes that the state of affairs between Tur
! key and Russia was never more critical than
! ut present, though there will be little more
| hghtnS during the present winter II the
| English and French feet enter the Black Sea
| Western Europe will almost surely be involved
| quickly in the war. He thinks that Prussia
and Austria will keep out of it unless it is
, pretty clear that Russia Is to triumph when
| they will take sides with her
| BUSINESS DONE IN THE TREAsURY.-For the
week ending Dee. 10th inst:
! The balance in the Treasury at " Washington
on Saturday afternoon, Dec 10th loj3 in
cluding money then on account OF the Post
| Office Department. was ........ S347. 100 %
! From public depositors. l2lO38 50
Si6s4I7 II
Payments from the Treasury in the aforesaid
: u.
| Post Once Department.. Sl27l76 20
For depositor checks. ......... II4.jj3 II
S2JI.73I 50
ARRANGING House. CoMIIrTEEs.- We hear
that between the hours Of seven a III and
three p IN. yesterdaySunday though it WAS
there were nearly one hundred calls on the
Hon Linn Boyd Speaker of the House Of
Representatives of the United States at his
! lodgings at the United States Hotel. The on
TIT around the house ID, that the honorable
| gentleman was compelled ut an early hour, as
on the day before, to vacate his own rooms
slowing himself away with pen, ink and pa
| per, In garnet or some other out Of the way
nook in the premises, where he could pursue
| the lnyestg cations unmolested. which were
Hece-sary 10 ehaDie hln to continue the work
| Of casting the committees according to his
views OF the oxigencies of the public sery ice
and the qualifications Of the different member.
! OF the House. Quite as many such call. are
| understood to have been made upon him on
| the day before Saturday. While perhaps
one in ten Of those visiting him in the course
| OF the past week went at his solicitation. tC
accord him information on which he could
safely base his selections the rest Of course
called to get axes ground. AS a matter of
course, he could not attempt to see one fifth
OF these visitors, without abandoning all idea
| OF striving properly to discharge the import
ant duty in hand.
The LOBBY, in the hotel halls, last evening
were in IL terrible stew, owing to the repulses
which some of their premonitories are said 70
have met in their efforts TO find out lust where
he sraS concsated iii the House illustrating.
some OF them literally, in their searches. the
old distich
"hoosey, g0oscy, gandcr
here shall we Warder:
Up stairs down stairs
Or, III the lady chamber ~
IMPORTANT TO UNITED STATES Pension
AND NAVY AGESTs.-It has been decided
that the provisions of the acts Of July %
1916, and February 26, 1853 SO far US thew
relate to powers al attorney ora mot .o,,;l,r