Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-01

always ehasaessriss the dying days Of sss.
sion Of the House Of Rsprsssntasivss--svsry
avenue to the House being crowded the while,
With. deeply intsrsstsd shutting, busting
and swsasing crowd, b heightsn the confusion
and excitsnslt reigning. as
The Colt Case Investigating COMMITTEES are
expected to report, tomorrow, their progress
up to this time, and to ask leave to sit again
next session. They have examined large
number Of witnesses, keeping some OF them.
we hear, for from four to ten hours under in.
teyrcgatiop. The outside impression Is, that
they have collected mass Of testimony which
will 60 to show that the lobby in Washington
is extensive and we'll drilled, though nothing
will be exhibited eliminating any member OF
Congress, or proving aught except that parties
who have the means of paying for the services
Of advocates for the enactment oftheir projects,
| can obtain them in any number, in Washing
ton, of all capacities, who labor in al con-
csivable ways to strengthen thecause in which
they are thus made interested. 1t strikes us
| that every evidence of improper lobbying dis
covered, tells against Congress itself. Com
mon sense people will be apt to conclude that
If Congress were unappToachabie, improperly,
nobody would spend their money in efforts to
seduce them, or rather to blind their better
judgment. The srest leading fact to be made
prominent before the country by the reports
Of these various? investigating committees is
that the smart ones around Washington have,
after due experience here, got it into their
heads that they can do pretty much as they
please with Congress, and that their employ.
ers entertain the sane opinion. Now, though
there is little or no truth in this notion it will
be difficult to persuade the country at large Of
The fact, if any considerable portion Of the ir-
relevant and "hearsay' rumors, currently be-
lisved to have been taken for testin ony by some
of these committees, be gravely spread before
the nation as the result of their labors An
Immense cloud Of dust bids fair to be raised;
when it blows of, we fear the result will be
only lowering Of the character of Congress
in the popular estimation. To guard against
any such really deplorable occurrence, We
trust that these investigating committees, one
and all, will report legal testimony taken be-
fore them only-not what Tom said that Dick
said, that Harry believed Bob would have
done if he had had fair chance.
The Senats's Amendments to the Civil and
Diplomatic Bill Some seventy-fve of these
amendment. bear upon the future pay Of clerks
and others in public employment here, &.
They are said to vary greatly from the stand
ard of the law Of April 81, 1854 and, under
that impression, the House yesterday refused
to concur in them. The Committee of Ways
| and Meaas intend to propose in lieu of them
partments to Pay al! hereafter not included il
the provisions Of that act, according to its diff
ferent standards. The House, acting under
| the Ways aud Means Committees advice, have
also refused to concur in the Senate's actor
| In granting additional clerical force to great
many different bureaus. They have, however,
| assented to . small increase of the clerical
force of the Post Office Department, tho A;tor-
| ney Generals Office, and the Sixth Auditor s
| bureau.
The Proposed new Custom. Houses and
Marine Hosritals.-A desperate struggle is
| expected to come Of 10 the House Hall to-day
over the Senate's custom house and marine
hospital amendments to the civil and diplo-
matte appropriation bill. They propose the
construction Of some twenty eight new extern
sige buildings for the Government in all quar-
ters Of the country While it is probable ,ha
no ons of them by itself could pass-brousbt
forward thus at so late period of the session
it is thought by those usually best Informed
on such matters that the combination en-
braces strength-votes-enough to pass them
! oil triumphantIy. However, VIC arc destined
| to have q tremendous struggle over them, be-
yond doubt The Senate's plan has been
to Gx the total amount to be allowed for the
construction of each particular building, and
| TO give the Secretary Of the Treasury carte
| blanche as to how much he will pay for the
| site Of each.
The Expected Message on Cuba-The hes.
Informed Democratic politicians in Washing.
| ton are expecting message from tho presi-
dent to be sent in TO day: taking the Cuban
bull by the horns, and explaining in e:atsnse,
just what the President thinks should be done
| by the Executive and legislative branches OF
tho Government with reference to Cuba.
We have barely space in which to write that
it strikes US that this expected paper will act
be transmitted to Congress to day.
Tho Minnesota Land ELL Investigating
Committee are expected to report tomorrow
morning. seme measure to do away with the
effect Of the alteration made in the bill afte,
it passed the House. There can be no doubt
that whatever they may recommend after the
patient and careful investigation they have
given the subject, will be promptly accepted
and endorsed by both Housss of Congress, be
| that Taat it may.
An Army officer Killed by Indiars.-The
War Department have jus! received intelli
gencs from Lieut.. Col. Cook, of the second
| Dragons in command of Fort Union, New
Mexico. saying that on the s0th of June last
there was a skirmish between portion of the
troops stationed at that fort and band Of hes.
tile Apache Indians, in which Lieut.. J. E.
Maxwell, Of the third infantry, was killed.
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