Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-12-29

proper and ample accommodations for the
growing requirements of the Governments
business as this point. II seems the hardest
thing in the world for many members of Con-
gress to appreciate the fact that the United |
States cannot rush rapidly ahead, in the race
of national Improvement all things, without
a corresponding increase of the demand for
Government facilities here. Not an addi-
tional bushel Of corn is grown anywhere in
the United States, nor is an additional dollar
paid into the Treasury for customs dues, which
fails to increase, imperceptibly it may be,
but, nevertheless, certainly, to increase the
cares and labors Of Government officers and
servants in Washington. We, however, see no
| reason to anticipate that counsels unfavorable
to ample provision. not only for the present
press of public business in the federal city,
but for its anticipated increase for some years
| to come, can possibly prevail. As for the
Secretary of tho Interior, his Congressional
| record shows conclusively that he has not
| advised the National Legislature on such
subjects, except after thorough investigation,
and upon conscientious conviction; those be-
ing emphatically among the leading points in
his character rs public man. When in the
| House Of Representatives, no other member
had more weight with the proverbially strin-
gent representatives, with whom he was
famed for usually voting. Like Cave John
son, in the latter's day, Mr.. McClelland very
rarely endorsed the propriety of public
expenditure which failed to receive the sane
ton of Congress, many members voting for it
| wholly on their confidence on his judgment,
and their knowledge that when lie stepped for
ward to advocate an expenditure, its prOprie-
| ty had been most essentially canyassed in all
| its bearings.
| STEAMSHIP CONrRaCrs.--We are inclined
to believe that the Government are by no
means made to feel more kindly towards the
principle of close contracts with the owners
of mail steamships by the act of the proprie
tors of the late Sloo line, in refusing point
blank to delay the departure of their last
| steamer from New York for twenty -four hours,
to allow time for the preparation Of most i'm
portant dispatches bearing on the efforts of
Americans to fllibuster in Lower California
The necessity for sending out these dispatches
arose SO suddenly, rs to make it imperatively
necessary that such 4 demand on the company
should be .-.dde, in accordance with the sixth
section of the law of March 3, 1S47, which
| gives the Navy Department, at all times, con-
| troll of their ships and according to which
The contracts with these parties we're IN ade
! The company are said to have refused to delay
! the ship a day, under the virtual order of the
Navy Department to that end. We have no
doubt that this circumstance will be used with
powerful effect against that line, when the ques-
| ton of continuing its contract comes up this
| session; as it will not long hence. There were
two grand pretences on which this contract was
made. First, that the Navy might have service
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next, that whenever the temporary use of dis
patch vessels (steamers) might be necessary,
they would be ut hand without costing the
Treasury the expense Of building and main
tanning them. The money to pay their first
cost was, for the most part advanced from the
national Treasury, and subsequently, they
have been paid two or three prices for their
services as mail carriers, under these preten-
ces. 1t is already universally admitted that
they never were fit for war steamers and
here we have them refusing boint blank to de-
lay for day to convey to our Pacific coast,
the most important dispatches eminating from
IN Executive Department in this city, since
the close of the Mexican war. Such occur
rences will hardly do much to reconcile Con-
gress to longer perpetuating the outrageous
arrangement under which they receive SO
much from the National Treasury
The COMING every HARD MEETING AT
PHILADELPHIA.-We perceive that VIM. +.
Small is tho president of the committee ar.
ranging matters for this gathering and that
John Campbell is the secretary. AS these gen.
tlemen are thus coming into public notice, it
may not be amiss to explain who and what
they are politically. Mr.. Small was one Of
the signers to the call for the Free Soil or
Abolition meeting held at the Chinese Museum
in 1913, over which Judge Petit presided.
subsequently, he went over to the Democrats.
and has been standing unsuccessful candi-
date tor all nominations going which were
worth having. His Identification with that
meeting, however, has bad the effect of defeat
ing him on every occasion. We hear that he
also, not long since, unsuccessfully applied
for place in the Philadelphia Custom House.
Is ne not the very man for King Of the Very
H.rds of Philadelphia next after Charley
Carrigani
Mr.. Campbell is an Orange Irishh,an, who.
tour years since, was fully identified with the
Native American party, when he made Native
American speeches. at public meetings, side
by side with Mr.. Fletcher, the editor of the
Philadelphia SIM He was recently an an
pllcant for the post Of Salt Measurer, in the
Philadelphia Custom House, which was re-
fused to him. Hence the running sore In his
| head
| - S'h' an hoN iSlON--ANOb IOHR since we
published the instructions of the Secretary of
the Treasury, directing that the commanders
of the different L. s. Revenue Cutters should
cruize around the coast to relieve vessels in
distress. To-day, we have great pleasure in
being able to publish the following letter.
showing the practical working Of that bcnevo-
lent order, as follows
GU. ). REVENUE Cutter CALEB crsHIxs.
| flarbOr of Portland, Dee. DC, 1851. {
| SIR Il have the honor to inform the de-
pariment that yesterday Seguin Island Light
bearing n. N. E., 1G miles distant l fell in
with and boarded the barque Governor Par
ris. York master, from Philadelphia for Port
land, having experienced heavy weather, being
III want OF assistance, part of her crew beng
disabled. | put on board an officer and three
men to take he. into port. So soon as the
ofhcer and men return on board, l shall i'm
mediately go to sea again.
With high respect, &c,
| GREEN WALDEN
Captain Z. S. Revenue Service
Hon JAS. GUTHRIE,
Secretary Of the Treasury
STATE FUNERALs.-The long line of half
empty coaches which followed the remains of
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