New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-04
WASHINGTON.
Comm ssioner Of Public Buiidinzs-The Clayton and
Bul,yer Treaty The Navy Department VIM j.
Brown and the Indiana Mall Agency-Tricks of
the British Post 0nIce-Department of the late
a.

The DELAY in commissioning Major B. B. French to be
Commissioner Of the Public Buildings does not arise
from any question as TO the ProPnety OF carrying out
the Presidents determination 10 appoint him to thsoce
in question / presume it is at his own suggestion, IN
order to allow Capt Easey the incumbent time to con-
| cude particular business of the office On being IN
formed by Major French of the Presidents intention to
make the change Cspt Easley promptly rendered his
resignation Notwithstanding the article in this NOR
niDgs Union Major French has not been commissioned
yet or late the COmmissiOnershiP of Public Buildings
has lost much OF It's importance Up 10 the advent OF
the TAYLOR administration that officer not only ds0ursed
al the money for public Improvements here, but made
All the sre6al contracts, appointments, &c connected
with s,lcb rnYnremens. He was also MAYOR DOmO az
the Executive NJ -sion. Now, he only appoints the
Government Policemen and lew bridge AsePeis, Isa'
inc the contracts and Jobs be given out by the Gov
eminent Architects, who also alooihl oe ~
ents Of all the various public Jobs me DISTRICT Mar
shall has also ousted him from the privilege OF standing
in white kids on the Presidents left on ~ PuONc oc
casions
The President spent an hour and half yesterday
morning in Caleb Cushings Office Mr.. G. and himself
engaged in studying the Clayton and BuSer Treaty
debating, rather carefully examining ITS various
questioned questionable provisions MI Marcy and
Mr. Buchanan are also frequently in consultation IN the
same way over the same paper. You may rely on IL
that something in this connection puzzins them al
exceedingly They preparing instructions Tor BOZ
land based in part the result OF recent correspond
ence with England relative to her views OF her own
rights under the treaty in question.
Gov Cobb OfGeOrga. and his friends are not satisfied
with the appointment OF C's brOther-lnaw Jackson to
Vienna He asked for a full mission They may bless
their for what they have got as even chat was by
an awful tight squeeze.
The recent removal of three Clerks from the Office Of
the Clerk Of the House of Representatives was Occa
stoned by the exhaustion nadequacy of the fund for
paving for clerical services therein. They we're all
Democrats, of course.
The NAVY Department this morning received advices
Of the arrival of the flushed decked s0Op-ofwar, or
corvette Macedonan-late the famous frigate of that
the Island of Madeira where she arrived from
NewYork on the LIST of May after fine passage OF but
II days This was her first trip anywhere since being
rebuilt Her Commander Capt. Abbot reports her in
all respects equal to any vessel of her class in the Navy
All we're we'll As soon as she could take in water and
provisions she was to have sailed for the Cape of Good
Hope on her way join the East India squadron under
Commodore Perry
The Navy Department is now paying agents on pow
ers of attorney heretofore except IN cases wherein
something connected with the papers or in the powers
of attorney which the agent claims the right to handle
the cash. generates suspicious in the minds OF the ac
counting officers.
Hon VIM j. Brown, editor of The Indiana State SeRt-
mel again here He Ostensibyt get pardon fora
boy Of fourteen fifteen who has been convicted Of
stealing letters from the POst-Oce. hear, however
that it is not unlikely that he will devote portion OF his
time in Washington to the question OF the Special Mail
Agency for Indiana AS Mr. Bright is now well known to
| occupy a somewhat equyocal position toward the Ad
mnistration il is probable that Brown will secure that
Office after all. The President has proved far too inie
pendent for Mr. Bright in the matter Of Indiana appoint
ments as for many other members aud Senator'S IN max
inc appointments elsewhere. Nr. COrwln used 70 eX
claim loudly against the disposition shown by members to
entirely regulate such things according to their
interests-each in his own District Mr. Fillmore
somewhat in the habit of bowling to their dctaon even
though they we're Democrats. Pierce however, ignores
their pretensons very often. They have come to be
oicebrokers kneelng at the fOOtsto0l of power and
beseecLng for the application OF the Executive patron
age 10 the end principally OF grinding their individual
axes The spectacle they present IN this connection
dsoracef To our country for it shows them in light
other than that of free independent and wholly patriotic
guardians of the public at large, they were designed
| to have been.
secretary Dobbin went to Norfolk at PM to-day
en- route for North Carolina. He will be absent
! ten days.
We are about to have question with England rela
tive to the allegation that her postal authorities deain
continental letters from America, in order TO send them
by the Cunarders and also collect postage the
other side on letters sent by steamers which is prop
erly coectabe only here thus sujectng the letters IN
question Illegal and excessive postage charges Our
Department have no evidence OF the truth OF these al
locations except such as may be drawn from the fact
that letters so delayed and charged have been forwarded
10 this point Cor redress The cases so tar are few in
number and the wrongs involved may yet be explained
! ON the ground Of mistakes
send by this mail q copy Of the last published table
of rates of hostages between the United States by all
conyeysnces and to all foreign countries corrected of
course 10 this time. lou Will ma IL Ol service III
ia expected that a somewhat improved simartab will
be published by the Department in perhaps thirty days
Governor Vroom, Of NewJersey, is expected here to-
NIGHT lie comes to receive his instructions. He en-
lows far more of the Presidents confidence than any
| other NewJersey Democratic politician.
The following are the rules governing the transactions
Of business in the Interior Department, which have
given SO much Olense 10 many Government employees
here They have very lately been CticiqHy promuged.
take il that men Of common sense will see the pro-
prety of every of them though the clerks seem IN
| capable of taking any such view Of them
They are as follows:
Aueei required be their proper desks from An
o. TSrI of he epsrtnent open taking and
tuins hooks only until 81 M each morning. may however be
Other connected with the department for
tie Of examining books and documents in relation 10 their
Wknsyr any wishes to clerk on other than public
;rss h. viii ae wishes the chief clerk Of hs Office
b ie clerk attached and the clerk wanted will meet him out Of
Us ~ rk ,hs absent himself during without the
rs appreciation Of the head Of his office his chief clerk
No sha another
r. public business which akss hin there requires.
Carriers newsVapers subscription lsis for
30 h. Above dunrg hours visit any the
bnsiness tansact
nee Of private or personal be transacted
10 contracts Of clerks pay be cosnzed By
"a contracts and discontinued and the
Nod the protect the clerks against them
-. eTt grH claim agent other person connected
h 80 Eeer 70 which 10 Els without the
eon' q en Who nav visit lie rooms Of CLERKS without permis
novel A Y r WI rom he =, Of reeosnzsd agents
H. CLERKS vi be required to be personally and not oy proxy or
n he chief clerk OF does report fully and
rromr every month pursuant 70 the statute shs be considered
S No tasks but all combinations and
Of action any ether expedeUt delay work lessen the
Isus Aho Of Office during oe h0u must be noticed and re-