Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-18
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1hs New York Express can ind no higher
motive 70 sosuste those who stand by their
country isthe Greytown affair, than tha. they
are = hired" 80 to do. The editor takes the
Hbsrsy Of attributing the opinions upon 1t ex-
IPrsssedby the Star, to the (sllegsd) fast tia.
hA"hirsd"so to write and publish. S.
Wshsve again and again stated that We are
not In the receipt Of sixpence year from the
National Adminissr alton, and tho conductor Of
1 the Ezprsss kuoacs that statement to b true
to the letter, and In, spirit alse.s He know
that many years before The Star cane into
existsnce, Congress passed. law authorising
all future Administrations to publish the Gov
eminent advertisements in ono Washington
psper to be selected by them, and directing
them also to publish them In the two other
Washington papers which have the largest
| circulation. The conductor Of the Express
further knows that the Unio, Is the selected
journal Of the Pierce Administration, and that
the Star publishes the advertisements by vir-
tue Of law, on accouHt Of the extent Of its cir.
culation, If the Star were the bitterest enc
my the Administration has, the fact could
make no difference as to it's right to publish
| the Government advertisements All these
things the editor Of the Eeprsss we'll knows
yet he takes the liberty of attributing to ua
sinister motives % the basis of our views on
public affairs. ..I -,
We respectfully protest against his aet Of
searching his own bosom to find causes likely
to operate upon Us. he was in Congress a
few years ago, and sene one sent him present
of q fine and expensive equipage. He pro
fessed that he did not know from whence
the thousand dollar present came. Yet
all tbs outside world seemed to know that
it was forwarded to him by party to a ,ase
before Congress, who was in The receipt of large
sums Of money wrongfally taken from the ma
t'onaa treasury, as a large number of members
contended and large portion Of the country
believe to this hour. The Esprsss man was
the main defender of the sHindle in the House. .
Whenever he appeared on the Avenue in that
carriage, fingers were pointed at him as the
recipient Of a costly present which would
have been rejected with scorn by Legislator
who valued his reputation for personal integ-
rity. His acceptance and parade of that costly
equipase under the eircumstances did more
to shake the confidence of the country in the
honesty Of Congress, than any other thing
which has since come to the knowledge of the
world. 1t laid the foundation for the cbarg
Of bribery and corruption in Congress, which
has subsequently become so common theme
for newspaper homilies in all quarters of the
country. With the recollection Of these facts
fresh in our memory, the reader will perceive
that We have, indeed, fair cause to protest
against tho Espress mans act In taking the
liberty Of searching his own breast to find mo-
tives likely to influence the views Of the Star
On public affairs.
The Prospects for Europeon Emigration to
tho United statss.-Our countrymen may pre-.
pare to witness shortly an immense increa 80 in
European emigration to our shores, growing
out OF the legislation Of Congress at the last
session, whereby 80 many new public land
districts were directed to be opened in all
quarters of the Great West. These new 70.
gions to be thus opened for settlement embrace
every possible variety Of American soil and
climate, to tempt men Of every possible varie.
~ Of tastes and iacIinations in such IN tiers to
settle upon them. The statisticians and poIlt-
icat economists Of the Old World will soon be-
gin to discuss, 10 print the relative advantages
Of the different regions thus opened. Their
publications cannot fail, as usual, to induce
thousands in the Old World to rush over here
TO avail themselves of the inducements to be
come Americans, which they (the writers) will
80 eloquenuy set forth. .. 81.
TheE Custom Houses Ordered by Con.
5ress to be EuIit.-The proper officers of the
Treasury Department are now preparing in.
s:ructions to the Collectors and Postmas: ers of
! the cities aud towns whore the recently ordered
custom houses are to be built, directing them
now to advertise for proposals for the sites Of
Tue buildings, which is forthwith to be done.
The buildings are all to be entirely fre-prcof,
and complete in all particulars. The rolled
iron beams invented by Cooper & Hewitt,
whose works are at Trenton, n j, will be
adopted, if the Department prefers them.
after the careful experiments with reference to
| their strength and adaptation which are about
to be instituted In thiscity. We hear that the
| experiments Of this firm to perfect this beam
have already cost q hundred thousand dollars.
Recruiting for the Army the frs,
time in several years past, recruiting for
| the United States Army is going on in all re-
,ions Of the country perfectly satisfactory to
The War Department, We imagine; thanks to the
enactment Of the law increasing the pay of the
l non commissioned officers and men Of the ser.
vice. At one Of the half dozen rendezvous in N.
| York city, in the course of ten days very re.
| Gently, ninety-six presented themselves, but
| twenty.four Of whom we're accepted At four
other rendezvous in New. York, in the same
lime, Fifty men were accepted, and seventy
| we're not found fit to be Unlisted.
A New Army Assistant Surgeon. --Dr. De-
witt c. Peters, Of N. York, who now stands irst
on the list Of those examined last for admission
into the Army Medical corps, will be appoint
Cd an Assistant Surgeon Of the United States
Army, to fill the vaesncy in the corps occasion
| ed by the death Of the late Dr. Thomas hen
derson. '''a a IS #..E.