New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-16
The Treasury Purchases Of st"ehs-Ns"' VIZ
rtcisn.- BRIGHT and Brown

sicians- Bright AID Brown
Correspondence. Of The n. Y. Tribune. 80, ,,,,
WASHINGTON CITY. THURSDAY Ap'l " iS
Those circulating much about the reasury prpa.'
ment. whispering just now at great ra'e oVu'
the alleged discovery of extensive inProPc'
connected with the use Of the pubic funds uboer h'
Eilmores auspices ! know nothing oil toe speoi'
charges though certain that Investigations are III
proeres. with the view unfold all the facts IN hat
dozen alleged cases As far as can learn they amount
To charges Of leaning the public funds without law
under the preence of making transfers for the Pubc
service it being Intended 10 IA" the money 81 IN
contract point Of delivery, which was changed ar"uni
and about always day before thr cNPraon oil the de-
livery time so as allow the favored parties such u.s. oi
Government money in trade for p"rSds ranging tr"m
thr,, months TO wear always ending IN an order ior
the final repayment to be made AZ the point AZ when the
money originally placed IN the favored hands Inn
commissions being allow ed for each constructive rasr
of course | repeat. | know nothing of the t'rts III
volvcl only feeling certain that the new officers oi the
Treasury fancy they have discovered more than one
such transaction.
These same Treasury officers are laughing over the
cock and bu story concerning the agency OF Mr. Slmeoh
Draper in the purchase of United States stocks on
Treasury account learn al the Department that IN"
legality AID pIoprety of that transaction Is not qlr
timed there Congress at It's last Session enacted thi
n certain portion of the Stocks of the Government
should be- retired by purchase before the l't of July
next within certain rates. MT Draper was selrc'cn
AS the agent to make the secret purchases on 0ver
mcut account and a. course, the funds to enable han
10 do SO were put at his command IN IN" shape ora drtt
IN the nited States Independent treasurer at New"
York City In their overeagerness Ia ma mare
nests the men of the Press have made such publications
concerning this matter as presume, TO render 1t I'M
possble that Mr.. ID will BE- able now to obtain the
stocks on as favorable terms he mis- otherwise have
commanded.
MIR Secretary Guthrie by.the-by, is said to have very
recently come within Of yctinzing the treasury
to the tune Of about SlJ00O0 through the advice OF
id good natured friends" l take it for granted
However he fortunately discovered the error he was
about committing in time to avoid making the mistake
This was in the matter of awarding contracts Tor the
California Mint fer which the bids decep.isc, as
that he was at moment On the point OF closing "h
one the lowest offer which on more thorough calcutta
tons proved to be $ij0OC0 higher than the proposition
adopted.
With the close of the of the Senate
shifting If the head quarters OF the office seekers VINO
now appear Ia congregae almost altogether about W IL
lard's Hotel where they still inger in crowds Ot from
fifty 10 two hundred They hungricr than ever hay
ing been kept long without bite at the treasury
Tie Pre- sdeu and Cabinet still doing their best to
rid of the presence of these gentry Tor they are turn
ing over the Offices Ia the faithful like hot cakes.
Suspicious afoat in the Treasury Department con-
corning the Of the finances in the Custom House at
Cincinnati wherein you will recolect there was trouble
immediately after the close of Mr. Polk a,lmnlst ration
The Indanans still at ogger-heads concerning
the spos Senator Bright is doing his best to prevent
Mr. VIM J. Brown Of indianapolis, (who was formerly
in Congress, You will remember,) from getting the Mail
Agency for which he is applying Brown is partisan
of Douglas, and supporter Of Petit against
Bright WhercupOn, Bright must be OF course against
Brow MS appointment As Bright has been disappointed
up to this moment in all he has asked, Brown has
doubtless been chosen out rs the victim By whose
sacrifice Senator Bright is to be appeased Unlucky
man. this Mr. Brown truly. Who or what is to appease
him in turnl Up TO p. NJ to-day no answer has
reached the President from Judge Bronson. perceive
that the administration having lost patience altogether
with the Iads very little whether he accept'
or declines ii he takes the office, his instructions viii
probably be- more stringent with reference 10 ialr
division Of its patronage than would have been gwen to
either Redfeld or Dickinson. The pcrtnacious deter
mination to rule ruin manifested by the Hards having
warned the President that they must be driven with
Hallett is here having come on from Boston only to
stand BY the New York Hards, it is thought.
EDTHEN