Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-22
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the press. Mr.. w., we believe, has not enter
tanned the idea CT embarking at n York to sail
direct for China in National vessel His pur-
pose has been to take the overland route toCey.
lon, where he was to have been met by the
Princeton before the condition of that ship 5
boilers made it very certain that she can hardly
be made ready for such voyage in time. Cey-
Ion, however, is about the worst point he could
select from which to embark in q nationa,
vessel-a miserable little hot and dirty town,
upon which the sun pours down so as to fry
an American in three hours, if exposing him
self so long to its rays, must be his stopping
place until one of the fine vessels of Perry's
squadron can make the long voyage west to
meet him there. Physically, there is very
little of Mr.. W., though mentally, as all the
world know, he never was larger than at pre-
sent; which is saying much, indeed, for the
condition of his intellect. Therefore, as we
have great desire for the preservation of
what is left of Mr.. Walkers physical man, we
trust he will make up his mind to travel, as
all the rest of the world do in that quarter, as
far east as Singapore or Macao. If he will do
this, he can easily be met promptly, we appre
bend, by any vessel of Commodore Perry's
Squadron he may designate as his choice to
the Navy Department. The squadron above
mentioned must at all events leave the coast
of Japan in October, to seek more genial
cline for the winter So if he will 60 on
by the usual public conveyance to Singa-
pore or Macao, the. Susquehanna can arrive
there in the nick Of time to take him to Hong
Kong; or rather within some sixteen miles of
that port, no such vessel being able to 60 so
high up the river as that her guns in saluting
may be heard by the Celestial authorities in
the City. Mr.. w., we take it for granted, will
60 out after the fashion we indicate, for it
embraces the most agreeable voyaging and
arrangements and will secure for him all the
eclat of q re graade Rou,tshe'i in the way of a
pompOus entree into the dominions of the
Brother of the Moon, deemed necessary for
effect. We presume that he can have the whole
of Perry's squadron under his orders if there
may be any necessity for anything of tho sort;
though it strikes us that he can have no pos
sible use for more than a single first class ship
of war to remain by him.
IMPORTANT FOREIGN AppO1NTNENrs.-Stren
no Us efforts have Of late been made by our
brethren of the press to ascertain what the
Administration have been about In Cabinet
Council. We too have done our best to
post ourselves in this connection until we
have come to the conclusion that the following
appointments have been made viz:
Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands,
Daniel S Gregg. Consul to Laguira-Isaac
I, Golding. Consul to Mozambique-G. R.
Dryer. Commercial Agent to Sumatra--R
r. Purvis.
A CHARGE AT PARIS TEMPoRAEILY.-The
Hon. Duncan McRae, the newly appointed
Consul at Paris, has been invested with the
functions of aCharge des Affairs at Louis Ma
poleon' court, until full minister shall be
sent out, we have every reason to believe.
The AVALANCHE OF EXTRA PAY CLAIMS,
shOwered upon the Office of the Navy Agent at
this point, has so completely overwhelmed
those employed therein, as at length to compel
them to decline settling such accounts as pre-
sented. That is, they require all such appli-
cations hereafter to be made in writing; which
being filed are to be taken up in regular turn
1t seems that hearing that they would be paid
in person, has induced the Jack-tars to visit
Washington in scores. Up to this morning
they crowded round the Navy Agents coun-
ter with papers thrust over the railing at
arms length, waiting hours on hours in such
positions to be attended to- The new Navy
Agent is exceedingly amiable Yet even his
proverbial equanimity of temper could not
stand this. So, to quiet the nerves of the
sailors az well as his own, he has been forced
hereafter to transact their business as all bust
ness is done in other Government bureaus in
Washington.
THE SAVANNAH AND CoNGREss-The re-
cruiting for the frigate Savannah is going on
rapidly. In addition to the eighty recruits
now expected to arrive in Norfolk for her
from Pensacola, as mentioned recently in the
Star, thirty haveju just been sent around from
Philadelphia, and twenty from the Baltimore
recruiting station. 1t is thought that quite
number Of the crew of the Congress will pro-
badly re-enlist. Sufficient, we presume, to
make it certain that the Savannah will very
shortly depart for the coast of Brazil, carrying
out Commodore Salter, but under the immed-
ate command of Commander Mercer.
PENSION AGENTS APpoINTED.-Edward N.
Fuller, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Geo.
Minot, Mt Concord, New Hampshire; and
David Raleigh, at Evansville, Indiana
NEW CLERKS IN THE PENSION OFFICE
Messrs L. Peyton, of Virginia, James Nor
row. of Maine and John Calvert. of MARYLAND.