New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-09
WASHINGTON.
PecuisfioHs-O,d and New.

Correspondence Of The \ \. Itnue
WASHINGTON. Saturday August g. 1883
The election If General Pierce was the result OF a
general and widespread disgust &C the corrupuons las
teuinq upon Congress and the country under the admin
istrations OF Taylor and Fillmore Beside the Gdiphn
and Gardiner frauds adtngushed Democratic Senator
offered resolutions VIII ch adopted by the Senate,
charging bribery and corruption ON the members oil tha'
BODY and select Committee was raisedto investigate
the same From these causes, hl2h expectations were
induged that General Pierce would stay the torrent OF
corruption and call about him honest fat sleek headed
"men that sleep o nights; but expectation has STOOD
on tiptoe for five months without seeing the thugs
which she desired TO see The clalmagents and c0rruP
topists have been elevated to places OF high trust ana
convenient facilities willie the frauds the Capitol
enlargement as contained 10 the printed evidence oil
the Committee of the Senate, and laid before
the President have produced no change III
the Architect This was feared by many OF me best
friends of the President whenthey saw the splendid pres
ent to him Of Coach, Horses and Harness, before his
inauguration There is "qud pro quo Implied IN all
these Yankee presents To an Executive, and / nave
since heard celebrated Claim Agent here boast that he
owned $50 in the Presidents Coach
Neposm was another charge against the last Admin
israon but think the present will Out lierod BON
Tayor and Fillmore in this respect One family OF five
in office here receive over : | 900 annually.
But the strongest element in the election ot Gen.
Pierce was the Plumber and as heard an Auditor of
the Treasury say, This Administration had come into
ian inheritance larger than IL ever expected aud had
"squandered il all in three months he might have
added unworthy Objects
Tie President always on very amicabe terms with
himself has become not only Pedantlc but petnlant and
irritable almost arrogant. But there are great
allowances 70 be made for Gen Pierce Tie Is
feeble man. and somewhat ieyeriSh, aud flushed with
his uncNpectcd elevation to the Presidency The pruc-
eipes Of the Administration can only be inferred from
The autccedcnts Of Gen Pierce and his Cabinet Gov.
Marcy is the only man heretofore familiar with com.
pick National affairs and his powers were directed 70
the Mexican war and his erudlton exhausted on Gen.
Scott The Others are unknown National statesmen,
aud OF them supposed 10 have no fixed prnci'
pies.
There has been rumor that the Secretary of the ln-
terror had gone to New York in relation TO ggan-
tic fraud on the Government. kept secret Whether
this so or know not but the practice of Govern
pent officers keeping such things secret cannot be too
severely reprehcnded An Auditor of the Treasury told
ne that an Agent Of the Government had drawa olt
100000 flour hunded thousand dollars the last year
and no voucher or account had yet been made 20 hi
office when the law requires quarterly returns 10 be
made Is not this clear case of delinquency not only
on the part Of the Agent but of the Government