Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-04
Silly Rumor,-The guild names of the dis

Silly Rumors.-The q,si6 names Of the dis
tant press were racking their brains last night
to discover who wrote the veto message. Some
attributed it to the Attorney General, and
others to the Secretary of War; while others,
again, insisted that it was written by John W.
Forney. We have also heard it attributed to
Senator Douglas As matter Of course, we
shall soon see such speculations returning here
in newspapers, dressed up and issued as s'gos.
pei truth" for the distant gullible public The
philosophy of all such stories is simply as fol-
lows Readers crave "mare's nests'' and
wonderful things concerning affairs here, and
enterprising correspondents understand to a
charm precisely how to cater for such an appe.
tite for news. To those who are merely desir-
Gus Of learning the truth Of Washington mat
tiers, we have to remind them that the Presi-
dents forte is his capacity as writer. His
inaugural satisfied the world Of that fact
Now it is we'll known to many gentlemen who,
since Thursday last, (when the Insane Land
donation bill was sent to him from the Senate)
have had occasion to ask an interview with
hAAss ehoe hO LIDO DSOA AGA 4uOl0 ClOocty COu
fined than usual. Those who had the good
fortune to obtain admittance into his Office
have found him surrounded with just such au-
thorities, evidently being searched and studied,
as were necessary to be consulted in preparing
the strong and carefully considered State pa
pers sent to the Senate yesterday.
These facts becoming known through numer-
Gus such channels as we describe above, super
induced the understanding that veto would
be placed on the bill in question.
If our friends, the quid names, succeed in
creating the impression that any one, except
the President himself, wrote the message, we
advise them next to insist that he is spoon-fed
daily-the one story being quite as likely as
the other.
A Decision under the Clerks BiI.-We
learn that application was made to the First
Comptroller of the Treasury by the clerks who
were in the Census Office and had their pay
reduced on the LIST of October, 1852, from $1,000
to $3.50, by the Secretary of the Interior, te
know whether the act of August 81, 1852, did
not cover them, and thus place them among
the benefciaries of the clerks bill and thai
tho reply was adverse to their hopes, theil
class not being among those directly or ever
indirectly enumerated in the act of April %
1854.
Office Ront to Pension Agents.-A formel
Pension Agent, who had been suspended, re
Gently presented claim for several year
Office rent. The accounting officer rejected it
on the ground that the agent had already re
ceived the compensation provided by the act
of February 20, 1S47; and that Office rent hat
never been allowed to a Pension Agent with
out the express sanction of the Head of tn
Department. The case was referred to th
Secretary of the Interior, who decided that tn
claim had been properly rejected by the &C
counting ofic ers, and could 1ot be allowed
The Current Operations Of tho Treasur,
Experimentation yesterday, the Sd of May
there were Of Treasury Warrants entered Of
tho books of the Department.
For the redemption Ct stocks..... s69,913 4
For the payment Of other Treasury
0eptS ..'''''.s's'' .....s..:.s A,ll9 u
For the Customs ......,......... 95S s
Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. 72s s
Covered into tho Treasury from
Customs. .......... ........... 1872 O
For the War Department. 80,215
For re-paying for the War Depart.
mont. .................... 3.449 O.
For the Navy Department. 1884 0
For the Interior Department. 1919