New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-30
WASHINGTON.
The san Francisco Mini-New-Y ork Appointments
Mail Lock,-Disney-Peter &. Washington.

Correspondence o The n Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON Thursday, April %, 1853
II is said in Washington that there was bid of
Thos johnson & Co.. of San Francisco, for the
structon of the California Mint and proposing to throw
in the land necessary, at 100000 less than the bid
which accepted And further, that t was indOrsed
by gentle man well known to be worth perhaps million
of dollars The lot offered in this bid is claimed to be
double the size of the lot accepted and the time de-
manded in il for the completion Of the work was one
wear only That is three months longer time than that
stipulated for in the accepted bid. The probability Is
that this offer WITHDRAWN so as to prevent II from
being acted on when the tenders were formally opened
as the Secretary of the Treasury could not otherwise
have overlooked any such tender However, such bid
der may bless their that they failed to get the con-
tract ct their rates II would cost them certainly not
les than S125000 more than their pay Tor the job
Hon. Richard ii. Stanton of KY is here, looking
after the business interests of clients rather than seek
ing the COmmissOnershp of Public Buildings as al-
eged though he will doubtless accept that post ten
deIed to him--as it will hardly be under the clrcum-
stances However, he is better qualified than any other
gentleman so far named for the post being practical
bu.lcer by trade, as well a gentleman of cultivated
taste in matters such as it is the function OF the Com
missioner of Public Buildings to attend to Tor the most
part.
The Hon Virgil Paris of Ne. continues among us,
II Ourh of late he wears an exceedingly dscOnented air
He is after the Consulate at Rio, particularly vt we
appreberd that he will not refuse almost anything hand
some he members 1.-THE Cdbnetare getting
cose-mOuthedwth reference their dongs endeaVorlg
10 keep their cOunsel-an imposslbty as they VIII
fndin the long run Yesterday their main discussion was
certainly over the manner in which important foreign
amendments shall be apportioned out Ihey settled
this point and have every reason to believe alter de-
terninng Informally to give the full mission when IS 10
fail TO the lot OF Virginia to Hon. Richard hldder
Meade and the important consular place, which New
York is to get to Hon Angel they passed TO other
subjects The post to which Angel will be sent is the
oSos Islands, which have recently become one OF the
most lucrative consular stations under the ned states
Government.
dertaken in the belief that he might be able to secure
for s V X Pruyn Esq, of Albany, the Foreign Mission
(fulD which is fall TO the Stare OF New lo.k Two
weeks since it was considered that Mr. Pyns chance
was utterly hopeless. But Mr. Corning, however, mas
certainly Frightened his prospect am Yet OF opinion
that he will fail TO get anything abroad worth having
II has been formally determined that in making the
appointments in the interior OF NeW-lork' popular
0emocratic) sentiment shall, for the most part De al
most alone consulted which it is Judged, Will throw
nearly all the places in the hands Of SOfts and Barn
burners This subject has been discussed again ana
spain of late in Cabinet Council
In month from this date all the through (brass L. )
Mail locks now in use by the Post-Ohce Department
Will have been retired They are getting in quite 100
day. and substituting in their place the old Post-ofce
lock OF Dr. Andrews, of Perth Amboy, ~ j., with
single improvement OF a spring which forces the
catch wide open or back when unlocked, and gives
ASSURANCE notice tlat IL Is ProPeii! iVChcu "Hch
tbe basp is forced down, by report or noise lt
makes The Cincinnati COmpanys lock adopted
wear and half ago has been fairly tested and found
entirely unfit for Post Office purposes owing 20 It's com
a,i Ms and the ease with which mud or gravel renders
+ ont of order Fortunately but comparatively few OF
those locks were ordered by the Department, though
round prce has been paid for such they have used
NJ General Hall while flncyng that be had consider
able mechanical taste ard aptitude was aided IN getting
into this lock scrape, by commission consisting Of
Chief Patent Office Examiner, avery rabd SIyerGrey)
tbe foremsn Of the Government Works at the Washing
ron Arsenal and the head Machnst Of the Coast Survey
Office who on investigating Post Office locks for per-
hans month under his Hals) learned supervision, re-
norted fayoraby on the patent Of bis especial friends
Wbie taking the Cincinnati locks out of use, they the
,e 50 tar have been able to get withther
Cd Heretofore retired) locks which Andrews has re-
rtd for them and have thus escaped the necessity OF
torc 10 Cougr, tor another large lock Appropriation
The Hon David L. Disney, OF Cincinnati, who still
fingers in Washington appears greatly dissatisfied with
the Administration principally, 1t strikes me, because
they insist on cOnceivng some other matters to be OF
higher public importance than the duty OF at once dspo
sing of the Cincinnati appointments and few others In
that immediate vicinity He trets awuly under the In
mation contained in this executive that all the
worlds affairs may not stand still for few days for his
especial accommodation
The secret of Secretary Guthres prompt selection of
Mr. Peter c. Washington 10 be his assistant secretary
of the Treasury lies in the fact that they were engaged
together in the prosecution of the claim Of Mr. Cameo
niele once a very large western river Mail Contractor,
on the Treasury Mr. Guthrie managed C.s legal bust
ness at home and employed Mr. w to attend to his In
terest before the Government. The manner in which
he did il occasoned WIS selection, Of course when
Guthrie came into office. Though Washington obtained