Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-19

inquest DIancH Vi Inc Natlondl Legislature act
as though there should of right be no real
, responsibility in the use of the public money,
can the public expect hungry and needy nd-
venturers, who are under TO pretence of official
responsibility for their acts, to hesitate to dig
"a deep into the treasury as possible on all pass.
ing occasions What hope can justly be enter
tanned Of the inhexible administration of JUS
! tice to the Government, by an ordinary iury,
in the sight of this example act by the Senate
( of the United States
/ In view Of what We have written above. We
call on the House, in acting on the Senate s
contingent fund joint resolution, now before
| them, not to pass it without the amendment
/ subjecting the payment of every dollar e1-
pended thus to precisely the same ordeal of
I investigation and proof, or voucher, as is re-
! quircd to pass accounts at the Treasury De-
/ pariment for any and all other disbursements
! On public account. While we know that there
! are many gentlemen in the Senate Of the
/ United States. who dSapprove of many prac-
! tees INDUCED in in connection with the use
/ of their contingent fund, We cannot sec how
! they can hope to escape due responsibility for
/ the wrongs of which VIC write. If they did
! their duty-if they took bold aud smrhatic
/ ground against them, the needed reform would
! instantly take place. They could ut any mo-
nent bring them prominently before the
| country, which act. in itself, would Prove Suf-
/ iiclcnt to put stop to them. Yet, they move
/ not
/ CATCHING 4 TARTAR.-Ws understand that
! Ex-senator Jere. Clemens, of Alabama in
reply to a letter asking him to address pro-
! posed meeting of sore headed and disappoint ID
| Office seeking Democrats in Philadelphia soor
to,come off ha, witten an awful letter. Ono
which they will never publish, we take it
lie is said to pitch into them without mercy
| The Meeting which was to have taken place ir
day or two has been postponed until the
Both inst, it is said. We presume that thi,
| postponemcnt IL in accordance with the ju,l =.
mcnt-thc iat-of the Hard leader in tn.
| House, Mr. .Jno. Wheeler who seems to have
completely taken the wind out Of the sails OF
MoSsra. Cutting and eechham. who are said t,
! he comparatively 'nO where in the Hard
souncls. Mr. Maurice is the only gentleman
| who Is supposed to aspire to rival Mr. "
as the Hard leader. So they 60
| THK BILL FOR THK RELIEF OF PURCHASERS
! AND ,LGCATons of swamp lands, introduced
| by Mr.. WashEurn, Of Ill, is an important
measure. It is to patent to ,uch parties land,
! which they have regularly entered, on tract:
previously donated to the States under tho
swamp Land Law of September % 1850
! these parties have paid the Government full
! price for them; and in many instances they
| have since been sold and rc-sold again. The
Government must either assure them to their
| their present holders or pay back the purchase
! money with interest. II assured as this bill
| proposes, the States must be permitted to Sc
, lect other lands in lieu Of them of course
| By-the-by, it is said in Indiana, that one oil
| the largest operators in swamp lands so do
mated in that State-purchasing them from
| the State-is Senator Bright. Can this be true
| THE DURrQuE CLAIM This ease is now
tean plaintiff, IS. lIalony. 1t involve. inter
ests to the extent OF some IS 900 600; Mallory
is the ycpdee Of the United State Chouear
| claims under Dubuque, in virtue Of an Indian
sale and 4 concession from the Spanish Goy.
erpor, and, consequently, on the ground o.
priority OF title The Attorney General is e1
I pected t" appear in the ease on the part Of the
! nltct states. The claim embraces the tOwn
! Of Dubuque, Iowa, and extensive bodies OF
lands in Dubuque ard Jackson counties Iowa
| on the Mississippi river. During Folks adj
ministration the claimants applied to The
/ Commissioner If the General Land Office to
/ withhold these lands from sale But tn. az.
/ plIcatIOn was OyerrulcI.
/ The McDoSorcH CASES BEFORE THE St
/ rREME Counr.-The Supreme Court have de-
! cided in favor Of the United States. in FIVE OF
the cases argued at the present term, in which
the question WAS Of snndTy titles to different
/ tracts Of land claimed b. the representatives
! "f the late john McDonougb, of Now Orleans
under pretended titios from tho French au-
/ thoritrs Of either Louisiana OF Florida The "a
! are Ill the McDonough casas &C far decided
| NAVY OFFICERS ORDERED. DETACHED. &c.
! Commander Isaac g. Storrott detached frosl
the Naya! Asylum at Philadelphia, from Jan
! uary lst proximo, and ordered to command
the sloop of War Decatur
/ Commander James :. Lardner has been or
! lercl TO thai Asylum in Commander Stcrrett'
! stead
, Li"nts Joseph b. Levi. and Aaron X.
| Hughes. Passed Assistant Surgeon Richard
W. Jeffrey, and Assistant Surgeon John Y.
Taylor, ordered to the Decatur b. January
| lst, proxmO.
TIE CURRENT OPERATIONS OF THa TREASURY
, DEPARTMENT ,--nn Saturday the 18th OF De.
cemher, there were of Treasury Warrants en-
! tered on the books of the Department
, Far the redemption If stocks S,ol7 IS
! For Treasury Department, e1clu-
! siVe OF stocks. ............... 2179 ,.
For the Customs. ............... G3,497 81
| Covered into the Treasury from
! miscellaneous sources. 2JaI o.
For the War Department. ......... .O,GS0 81
| For re-payins for the War Depart
| ment...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l4.5I9 81
! For the Navy Department.. l4S,Il9 -
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! DDINs:s OF CONGREAS.
/ IL.