Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-29

About fifteen millions Of this aggregate have
been or are yet to be voted, over the opposition
Of q majority Of the Democrats Of the House,
and probably Of the Senate, who in their dis
position to cut down the public expenditures
to tie lowest possible figure, are understood to
30 acting for the most part in strict sympathy
with the national administration.
Fifty millions of appropriations is less, how
ever, than We thought would be made, two
months ago, as large as it seems. Money does
not 90 as far now BY at least ten per centum of
its nominal value. in ordinary business trans
actions, a. even year ago; while the devel.
opement of our national resources, the spread
Of our foreign commerce, and its prospects,
growing out Of the political condition Of Eu-
rope, and many other indirect necessities for
heavy public expenditures have increased
much moro wonderfully in the last twelve
months than ever before in the same time.
These are facts which must strike all as true,
who are accustomed to study political economy,
or who understand the demands of trade on
government. We are, therefore. by no means
surprised at the extent of what is to be tie
grand total Of the appropriations ordered at
the present session of Congress .
Mr.. Benton's Very Last is letter to his
constituents abusing bis colleague, Mr.. Phelps,
in choice Bentoni an style aud phrases, for al
legged score: opposition to the appropriation
for the st Louis Custom House, carried through
on the deficiency bill, as clause in the az
gregsted Cog rolleD Custom House amend
meut to that measure. Standing by itself, il,
would never have touched bottom, owing to
the uDrnnularity of Mr =. in the hall which
results from his dictatorial ways and his pro
pensity to assume superiority to his follow
members when essaying to take part in the
proceedings. Without prcsuming to take sidss
as to the merits Of the question at issue be-
tween tae gentlemen mentioned above, we may
not inappropriatsly add that Mr.. Benton's
habit Of writing letters personally abusive of
his cotenporaries in public life, is becoming a
most insuferable nuisance, being carried to an
extent which renders il certain that his mind
is essentially diseased on all subjects affecting
his hopes of the Presidency, as laughable as
the idea Is that he should continue to have
such hopes. With all his claims to dignity of
character-and they are far mere profuse and
ridiculously elaborate than those Of any other
man now in public Efe-he has written and spc-
ken for the public eye and ear in the last year
moro low and imperative abuse Of individual
gentlemen among his ootemperaries than all
other American public men together have said
or written In the time specified. This fact is
notorious, and proves not that the gentlemen
personally assailed by him deserve his abuse.
bu. that the habit has become second nature
upon him, and has run to an extent to earn
Tor him the reputation Of q common scold, to
the infinite scandal Of the body of which he is
q member. f ...s- .---- e.
The Texas Debt Bin.-The Till to pay the
creditors Of the Ex- Republic of Texas In full.
from the U. S. Treasury, cannot possibly be-
come law in any shape ut the present session,
Notwithstanding the tremendous efforts being
made to induce favorable action upon it in the
House ut this time. We presume that there
are at least one hundred of the most active
and talented persons accustomed to urge bills
through, now laboring with might and mair
70 obtain such action on it. It is to Do hoped,
however, that early next winter the subiec,
may be disposed of, On terms which will
not involve bleeding the National Treas.
ury any deeper on this account. The whole
of the original appropriation of ten millions to
Texas, was made to enable her. to settle he,
anti annexation debt. The five millions paid
to her were 30 paid in order that she might
use 1t in getting in the evidences Of the debt
On presenting them at the U S. Treasury, thu
law in question authorized the payment to he,
Of the i've millions withheld for the time be.
Ing. She has failed, 20 far, to comply With
her obligation to cancel the debt, and We pre-
sumo that Congress has not the least idea wha,
she has done with the msney. It strikes u.
that Congress would do we'll to demand an ac
count frop her Of the manner in which tbi,
money has been expended. It will be per
cieved, by old members, that those who or.
urging the immediate passage of the bill nov
before Congress, are for the most part, the iden
teal parties who urged the enactment of tn,
original bill which was to have rid the Gen
ersl Government of all further trouble o,
pothsr upon the subject. o..
The New Surveyor Generals pi,trie,s-
We learn that the proper employees of tb,
General Land Office are very busily engspef
in preparing the instructions, &c, necessar,
to set in oper alton the recently established
public lands departments Of Washington, New
Mexico, Kansas and Nebraska Surveys ar,
now g'ins on in Washington under the charge
OF the Surveyor General Of Oregon 1t is cal
euisted that some time in the fall they will e
commenced in all the other territories named
above. .+
4 Mistake.-Seeing stories in northern ma.
pefs, apparently coming over from Eurone
credi;ing Mr. E. Baltzsll Buchanan. Of Ma
consul to Rochelle, France, with being specially
employed by the U. S. Government on servic,
other than that Of his simple consulate, We
have to say that this is o mistake. We bav,
satisfied ourself that be is intrusted and CHARGE
with nothing for the Government, except tn,
eonsulship to which he was appointed long be-.
fore he LEFT the United States for Europe.
The Current Operations Of the Treasur,
Department. On yesterday, the 2sth of july,
there were Of Treasury Warrans entered or
the books Of the Department -