Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-13

s~ Congressional Pisty.-Mr. Meseham, Of
Vermont, member of the Judiciary Commit
tee of the House of Representatives, has made
a very able and elaborate report from the
COMMITTEES on the subject of Chaplains in Con-
gress and in the army and navy. 1t is House
Document No. 124 of this session. As to Con.
gressional Chaplains, the Committee say:
"V there be a God lcho hears praysr-as
zoe 6eltere there ts-tce submit that there ueper
acas a deftberatiUe body that so emtueutkv
needed the Jerrent prayers Of righteous men
as the Congress of the United States. There
never was another representative assembly
that had so many and 80 widely different in
terests to protect and harmonize and so mann
local passions to subdae. One member feels
charged to defend the rights of the Atlantic.
another OF the Pacific coast one urges the
claims OF constituents on the borders of the
torrld another on the borders of the frigid
zone while hundreds have the defence of
varied interests stretching across an entire
continent. Dpersonal setfshaseSs or ambition,
IT party or sectional plescs alone, bear rule.
all attempts at legislation ac,I be fruitiess'
or bear only bitter fruit. If wisdom from
above, that is profitable to direct, be given in
answer to the prayers of the pious, then Con-
gress need those devottons, as they surezy
need to haze their piea0s of personal impor.
lance datly ehaste'aed by the reflection that
they are mnder the government of a Supren,e
fo'oer; that yntes not for one locality or one
i'ms' ont governs 'corld by general lars,
suc5eetsng all motives and acts to an ouauis-
c'e'at scrutiny, and holds all agents to their
Just aacardS by an irresistible potcer''
Mr.. Meacham is clergyman himself, and a
gentleman Of the first order of erudition and
ability, and has been distinguished College
Professor. Nevertheless. he does not Sc en-, in
this report, to accord with the $500 Vice &C.
rents or Vice Regents, who assumed to speak to
Congress in the name of Almighty God, against
the Nebraska bill, but seems to deprecate any
union of Church and State.
The Gadsden Treaty.-It is currently be-
lieved in Washington that yesterday afternoon
the Senate in voting On amendments to the
dadsden treaty, reduced the sum to be paid
under 1T to seven millions of dolls rs; and, as
an onset also reduced the territory to be ac-
qulred' prcportionably. The general impress.
sion among well informed public men of both
parties is, that the Presi lent on receiving off
cial Intelligence Of such action on the part Of
the Senate, will quietly let the matter drop
the constitution having devolved on him the
treaty making function Of the Government of
| the United States, and on the Senate lin tina,
connection) only the duty or privilege of rati.
tying or rejecting treaties, as he may send them
IN. 1t looks to us now, as if this is to be the
| upshot of the whole affair
A Government Commercial Decision.-A
vessel chartered by an agent of the U. States
Tor the transportation of supplies, &C., was no,
| long since wrecked and totally lost A claim
was made for continuance of wages and 70,
passage home of the captain and crew. 1t was
held at the Treasury Department that wages
Of seamen could not be claimed SUBSEQUENT f.
the breaking up of the voyage, and that there
was no law that would render the ship owne,
accountable for the expense of returning the
| captain and crew to their home port.
a New Secretary Of Legation at Paris
We hear that the Senate yesterday confirmed
the appointment of Dom Piatt, Esq, of Gin.
cinnati, Ohio, to DO Secretary of the u S. LIE.
CATION at Paris. We apprehend that this an.
pointment was only determined on a dav O,
| two SINCE
AClerical Appointment. -Lycurgus W .Cald.
we'll, of South Carolina, has been appointed
| to Sd class clerkship, in the Office of the So.
licitor Of the Treasury, in the place of John
| Stevens deceased
Appointed and Confirmed. Rowland II
Brigham has been appointed and confirmed
Collector of Customs, for the District of Pc.
nobscot, Costine, Me.
Light House Keepers Appointed P
Small, at Petit Manan, Me-, at 1925 per annum
Miss Mary J. Reynolds, at Biloxi, Miss, al
$500 per annum.
0. Il. Allen, at Vermillion Ohio, at $50
per annum.
A New Consul for saxony.-The President
has recognized John Leppien, as Consul for
saxony, at Philadelphia.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Experimentation yesterday, the 18th of April,
there were of Treasury Warrants entered On
the books of the Department
Fer the redemption of stocks..... sIS.433 i
Fer the payment OF other Treasury
debts ...................... Ats 20
For the Customs, ................ 97,1O1 Al
For the War Department. Use y
For the Navy Department. IL y
Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. us n