Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-19
Washington News and Gossip.

The BRONSON AND O'CoNNoR MANIFEsToEs
were received in Washington shortly before 9
p. m. yesterday There was an exciting
scene in the ante-rooms Of the principal hotels,
occasioned by the very general eagerness to
get copies of the Herald containing these in
teresting and important papers. They went
off, of course, like hot cakes; it having been
announced in the Star that the Herald of the
day would embrace these missiles. Here they
arc universally regarded as about the best posi-
BILE defences to be made of the positions of those
in whose behalf they are written, viz: that
Collector Bronson did no wrong in combining
his patronage almost wholly to the 'Hards,"
and that the Administration does wrong in
insisting that those of its supporters in New
York, who, having been Van Burenites in
1S4S, now pledge themselves to the Baltimore
platform. shall be treated as though they had
never left "the party" By nine this morn
ing, Washington was filed with rumors of the
official decapitation of Collector Bronson.
Nevertheless, we apprehend that this impress
sion is premature; and that no such action
will be taken until the points made by these
gentlemen shall have been calmly and care
fully replied to through the editorial columns
of the Union. to which the public are to look
for the Administrations defence against this
terrible onslaught. Only after a carefully
prepared demonstration of the necessity rest
ing on the President to deal equally by all
his supporters, without distinction of section.
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mistaken; and that act will be accompanied
with explanations setting forth that that poll
cy must be abandoned, or be enforced in the
cases of subordinates who claim tho right to
set their faces against What the Government
here announce as their deliberate determine
ton. As political efforts, all in Washington
write down the effussns of Messrs. Bronson
| and O'Connor to be among the ablest things
of the kind known to the history of American
party squabbles; while all expect that the
refutations of, or replies to the positions they
assume, will exhibit at least equal ability; as,
if left unrefuted, they can hardly fail greatly
to weaken the present Government of the
United States with all. in every section of the
Union, who originally favored the Castle Gar
den movements. The game is just fairly open
ing rich. The scabbards of the swords are but
just thrown away. If the views of Messrs
Bronson and O'Connor obtain general cur
rency, the Administration is hereafter to be
| powerless, of course. AS all must realize this
| fact at glance, he who fancies that they will
not defend themselves against any such con-
sequence of the positions assumed by these
gentlemen, argues, in effect, that the Admin
istration do not possess the instinct of self
preservation.
THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YoRk HERALD AND
THE FRENCH MIssIoN.-The Herah half de-
mics that Mr.. Bennett was an applicant for the
| mission to Paris. Mr.. B. is too wiley a gem
any place under the Government. Yet he was
| by no means too modest to permit those con-
! nected with him to talk him up industriously,
| first for the Austrian chargc.h p, and after
| wards for the mission to Paris. He was not
| sharp enough to prevent the impression from
becoming very general in political circles
| here, that Mr.. Bennett and his friends con
| ceived the tender of foreign mission from
| those now in power due to the Herald sec
| ton of the forces which won the last Presi
dental victory. Nor was he wiley enough to
conduct himself at Wiesbaden recently. so as to
| prevent accounts of his demonstrations of i'm
I patience at the non-receipt of a commission NJ
] American Minister to France and accounts
of his expectations of receiving snch COM
| pliment, from coming to more than one person
in Washington connected with European
| embassies in letter after letter As surely
! as there are more ways of skinning a cat be-
sides hanging her up by the heels, so surely
| are there more expedients for drumming for
office, besides asking for it in so many blunt
| words.
But in sober earnest, Mr.. Bennett carefully
refrains from denying Tin the Herald that he
was after the French Mission. Some one
merely says for him that he the third person)
| is satisfied that he did not apply for it. This
same person. by way of turning our announce
ment into ridicule, declares that he is uo,y a
| candidate for the French Mission. TO this
| We may add that even bets may he obtained
| here on his getting it. provided Collector Bron
| sOn is retained.
CLERICAL LABoRs.-In order to be ready
| to meet Congress with a completion of their
labors for the most part. we understand that
the employees in the Census office or bureau
return to their desks in the evening, and each
| work three hours more than the six hours de
handed of them under the regulations as to
Office time prevailing in the Departments at
| this season of the year.
r WpTIoN OF UNITED STATES STocks
sKoAD.-Ihe northern press are grossly
.cror in intimating that most of the stocks
being redeemed at the Treasury Department,
are held abroad. We lea n ut the Treasury