Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-06
Warrington News.

ground, will return to- New York to sail
Tor the Island of Ceylon, to be ready to
meet and convey the Hon. R. j. Walker
and attache to his mission, our talented
fellow citizen, j. Ross Browne, esq.,, to
China, with the least possible delay. He
will leave New York, journeying by the
overland route aboutthe 18th ofSeptember.
She will perform this duty as soon as she
can be spared from the fishing ground
squadron, it being deemed by the govern
ment of great importance that Mr.. Walker
should be at his post at the earliest pos
sible moment. 1'i
There never was before time when an
American diplomatic agent Of his sagacity
and adroitness was so necessary China
for the furtherance of our commercial in
terests. There is no telling what is to
be the upshot of the current Chinese revo-
luton, so far as the Chinese themselves
are concerned, yet it is already apparen
that it cannot end without greatly in
creasing their commercial intercoursewith
outside nations; and more especially with
ours, if our affairs there be properly man
aged.
Fortunately, the recent embarrassing
quarrel between the late commander of
our squadron in the East Indies and the
Hon. Humphrey Marshall, terminated by
the return of the former in time to leave
the latter free to act efficiently for his
country, just as efficient action on his
part became necessary. Those who know
him we'll feel assured that he will render
a good account of his recent opportunity
for usefulness.
The DEcATuR.-The sloop-of-war De-
catur, just ordered to the fishing grounds,
is to be commanded by Commander
William G.. Whittle. The Lieutenants
ordered to join her are Messrs. DeHaven,
Van Alstine, and j. S. Cunningham.
Other vessels are soon to be ordered to
the fishing ground.
THE New CHIEF NAVAL ENGINEER.
Mr.. Copeland, of New York city, has
been appointed Chief Engineer in the
United States Navy, vice, Stuart, resigned.
There has been much bad feeling of late,
we hear, among the officers of that branch
of the service, which may be credited
with bringing about the Secretary's de-
termination to look beyond the corps for
a successor for it's resigning chief. Mr..
Copeland has gained much professional
fame and large fortune we presume, in
rs'--S--~. H. :---:a So
basily engaged on profitable works, as
that he may be induced to decline the
high compliment thus rendered to him.
The PRESIDENTS TRIP TO New YORK.
The President, accompanied probably
by Secretaries Guthrie and Davis, will
certainly attend at the opening of the
worlds fair in New York on the 18th
instant. Ten to one, Mr.. G. will be taken
for some stalwart customer from western
New York interested in breeding or driv-
ing very fat cattle. While in the Empire
City, however, no other gentleman will
be more attended to by the very ..:leanest
kind of cattle there. The "dear peo-
pies" men, (for consideration and the
office-seeking tribe generally, will of
course make him the object of their an
noying courtesies, next to the President
himself
Their visit North must be very short,
as the condition of the public business is
such as to demand their almost every mo-
ment.
GETTING TO RIGHrs.-In the Treasury
Department they were very busy to-day
arranging books, indexes, desks (of duty
&C., to meet the requirements Of the new
classification. 1t will be perhaps week
before this necessary work will be COM
pleted.
GETTING UP BACK WORK.-We are
glad to learn that in the Office of the
Third Auditor, the business lately be-
hind-hand in connection with the boun-
ty land cases, re.examined cases, and
pension cases, has at length been brought
up, for the first time, we apprehend, in
many long years. Facts like these prove
the propriety of the rules recently adopted
in that Bureau. However, it is due to
the gentlemen employed therein, as well