Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-19
WASHINGTON NEWS AND aocsrr.s

'"he" P'a0e ye'eeid"y II Is cchndenlfy De
lieved that it will yet be ratified by that BODY
in form that will adjust permanently the mos,
inn ortant questions with Mexico, 50 as to pre-
clude the possibility of war between this
country and that. It is of the utmost impor-
lance that the Mesilla Valley difficulty should
be speedily arr anged, and we presume there
| is not Senator who does not join in this OPP n
| ion. In a pecuniary point of view, it is of
| equal importance that we should be released
from the 18th article of the first treaty, which
| if not abrogsted, may involve us in hundreds
of millions Of cost; and scarcely less in impor-
lance than either, as far as the great interests
of the Union are concerned, is it that we should
obtain good practical route to the Pacific, On
soil under our jurisdiction. Were these OBJ
jects accomplished, our relations with Mexico
would create no more uneasiness for years.
In full Senate, it is believed that the treaty,
30 far as it relates to the three stipulations
mentioned, would have more than the requisite
majority. With this evidence before the mi
nority, We hardly think that it will be dis
posed to persist in its opposition to a measure
demanded emphatically by the nation as a
safeguard to the preservation of its peace Re-
cent investigation into the history of the trea-
ties made during the Washington and Polk
administrations, have satisfied us that the
Senate has the right to amend treaties; and,
We learn, that it has amended materially the
one now before it. In the enjoyment of this
right, it has seldom formally rejected treaty;
never where interests Of immense magnitude
were at stake. Until we took occasion, of late,
to look closely into the history of the Senate g
action on such subjects, We candidly confess
we entertained erroneous views of that body S
right ul powers and obligations in such con-
nection.
The Six New Naval steamers-It appears
yet to be understood in well informed circles
here, that the Secretary of the Navy has not
up to this time, concluded in what navy yards
he will order these steamers to be constructed
The building of the hulls may be effected with
equal advantage at four or five yards. Most
of the machinery for the whole six must be
manufactured in the Washington yard, it
| seems to US, unless that be given out by con-
tract; which cannot be done with the surety
that it will prove wholly acceptable, that
would exist, were it manufactured wholly
under the Departments auspices. The Gov
ernment is prepared to build such machinery
in the Washington yard only, and at present
the accommodations at that place are not suf-
cient for the construction of all six Tor twelve
engines, boilers, &c. here, 10 due time Never
| theless, the arrangements at this navy yari
could be economically and speedily altered SO
as to admit Of the prompt construction there, of
all the machinery of the six steamers This
could be effect ed in less time and at less cost
than would be requisite to prepare works
| In any other Government navy yard, suf-
ficient for the speedy and satisfactory con.
struetion of the machinery of any one of the
new vessels. This is a fact of which the De
partment are probably we'll aware; and, we
doubt not, it will have the weight to which it
is properly entitled, in determining the ques-
tion-where is all this machinery to be con-
structed?
a Shocking bad Sell-We have inforna
ton from Green Bay, Wisconsin, saying, that
between ten and fifteen thousand dollars Of the
| notes OF some concern, purporting to be a
Metropolitan Bank located in this city, have
been put in circulation in that viciaity, and
asking to know the condition of the institution,
| We have to say 10 reply to the question, thai
| the swindlers who put these notes upon tha
| distant public, know too much to essay the
game of passing them in this quarter There
is no such thing as Metropolitan Bank here
| and never was, nor was there ever bank il
Washington bearing any title approximatiD2
| that. The parties to this fraud are probably
located in Wall street, from whence all sorts q
currency purporting to be District of Colu1n ID
bank paper is issued, none of which however
is seen here, as it is by no means manufactured
for this market The courts of Wiscon sin
should mete out to the parties introducing those
bills into that State. the punishment due to the
| counterfeiter or the swindler by false pre-
| fences
The Clerks Bul.--The beneficiaries Of this
measure owe much indeed to the Hon Johg
| Robbins, for his skillful management of their
| case yesterday and the day before, in the
House. The onslaught upon it was tremen-
dous; its active opponents being most of them
gentlemen particularly skilled in the art of
defeating an obnoxious measure by "legisla-
tive expedients. A single false or dilatory
move on the part of Mr.. r. would have afforded
the desired opportunity for making some lac :
ton to end in the defeat of the bill His at
tention being ceaseless and his motions al!
being properly timed, he carried all his points.
as the result proves.
The Work on the Aqueduct was suspend, d
yesterday afternoon. The Superintendent we
understand, was compelled to this act by the
fact that the balance of the appropriation On
hand would not have been sufficient to carry
on the operations until the close of the current
month. Between two and three hundred
workingmen, collected here with great d fl
Guilty, our fellow-citizsns will recollect are
thus thrown out of employment. Not being
among those who believe that the Government,
Is bound to furnish employment for any one
We shall not indulge in a TRADE against Con-
gress for failing to make the appropriation in
time, necessary to have prevented the tempo
rary sacrifices, and, it may possibly be, suffer