Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-05
WASHINGTON NEWS.


The President has accepted the invita-
ton to attend the opening of the Ohrystal1
Palace on the 18th instant.
The contest for the special mail agency
for Indiana, determined last week by
the appointment of the Hon. William J.
Brown, of Indianapolis, has probably
relieved the Executive of deal of pother,
as the struggle for the office was more
active and longer protracted than that
for any other in his gift. 1t is said among
those taking particular interest in such
matters, that Senator Bright conceived
that he had the matter settled against
the Hon. W. j. B., ere taking his depar-
ture for Indiana some weeks since. 1t
will be recollected that Mr.. Brown came
to Washington not long since ostensibly
to obtain the pardon of a boy who had
been convicted of robbing the mail. His
appearance here was followed by the re-
appearance of Senator Bright, as soon
as intelligence of the fact could reach
Madison, Indiana, by telegraph, and
steam could convey hither the Hon. SEN
ator. Again, it was said among the
Indiana partizans of the latter at this
point, who are both numerous and zeal
Gus, that he had surely defeated Browns
prospects.
Governor Wright, however, arrived here
subsequently, and very shortly afterwards
MIR. BIS commission was made out WIS
journey having been undertaken, it is
said, only with the view of in person sat-
isfying the President that his appointment
would best subserve. the public interest,
anu at the SAINT time crafty "the party"
in the Hoosier State. We mention these
facts by way ofconcluding the history of
this memorable contest, it's anterior chap
tiers having long since found their way
into the newspapers. Their can be no
doubt of the wisdom and propriety of the
action of the Executive in this case, we
take it; for Mr.. Brown unites four years
experience in the chair of an assistant
Postmaster General with great sagacity,
untiring industry, and better knowledge
of every body and every thing, good, bad,
and Indifferent, in Indiana, than is DOS
sessed by any other prominent Democratic
politician in the State. He will, however.
hardly exert himself uery strenuously to
bring up Indiana in the next Democratic
National Convention in solid column for
denomination of the Hon. Senator Bright
for the first office in the peoples gift.
In the reorganization of the I'd Audi
tors Office, Messrs. Reeve and Biscoe were
dropped, and Messrs. Cameron and Eleazar
Brown, all clerks, resigned.
Gen. G. H. Briscoe, however, has been
reappointed, under a clause of the last
general appropriation act which allows
the Auditor an additional clerk for one
year, at salary of $1,000.
The following list embraces the names
of the clerks of the Land Office who were
dropped" on the Both ultimo, under the
operation of the law recognizing the
several departments, viz:
Messrs. j. H. Adams, H. L. Austin, E.
Bell, L. Best, f. II. Van Kleeck, resigned:
- Calvert, N. P. Cattet, j. P. Chase,
c. Bernie, F. L. Cronise, j. P. Dickinson,
c. H. Dickinson, H. H. Moss, c. Pitcher,
F. H. Harson, R. M. Heath, w. II. Hale,
H. Hungerford, H. Hoblitzell, J. Jewett,
P. G. Johnston, R. A. Mathews, A, U.
Mayos, T. H. Miles, - Medara, jr., J.
Il. Noyes, 0. S. Payne, H. Robinson, J.
R. Somerville, T. R. Steel, Stewart,
John Tyler, j. E. Weems, H. R. Weight
man, jr., W. B. Williams, j. S. Williams,
and J. R. Sweeney.
We shall not be surprised if the Presi-
dent concludes to ignore entirely the
action of the Marine Corps court martial
very recently in session in New York, of
which Major TYLER was the presiding
officer, and Brevet Captain SMMs, Judge
Advocate, on the ground that its adjourn
ment sine die without orders or permits
sion from the Department so to do, vitiated
its proceedings, according to the military
code. No case Of public Importance was
however before that court.
Not long since, the President, in an