Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-06

in rank, does not wish to place brother,
officer below the level of respectability.Nh hen
he does, what becomes of discipline Win the
Junior officer respect The senior, who is thus
elevated by taking che pay out Of his pocket to
put it in his own. If the country desires 10 re-
form the Navy, it must begin the work with
some show Of common sense and Justice.
.'JusTrrIA
Interesting from Europe.-The following
letter, reaching Washington by the last Euro
pean mail. is from the pen of one who was
long almost at the head of one of the first
governments Of the world. His experience
and high reputation renders his views Of great
interest indeed. His letter. translated, is as
folloWsis : -f-.--ttst, ..,...-.--.
q I cannot see how war between England
and France and Russia can be avoided. The
British Ministry have strained every nerve to
prevent it; but from present appearances alto
gether in vain. If once fairly commenced.
Heaven knows where it may end. The EN-
perOr Nicholas Is a man Of iron nerve, and
Russian diplomacy is more astute and success
full than that of any other nation. That he
| will peacefully surrender the prineipalities, l
| 10 not believe; but if he should the exertions
which he has compelled the Sultan to make
can never be repeated. His object is Constan-
| tinople; and this, successive Russian Emperors
have kept steadily in view, since Peter time
| ENGLAND has had so bad e harvestin guam
tity and quality, that there will be near a
| famine before the next season. There are
numerous and persevering strikes among the
workmen in manufacturing districts.
"This may delay for years a contest of diff
ferent character. The old Wing and Tory
parties are egete. They were both essentially
\ - L.
under the control of the landlord and money
interests. The next struggle in Europe will
be between the Democratic and Aristocratic
elements. This may not become serious for
| years. because the lower classes of the people
still work up with awful respect to their supe-
! riors but come it will.
There would have been, and may vet, be
a powerful agitation during the next session of
Parliament for an extension of the privilege
of franchise. War with Russia may, however.
prevent it,
Derangement Of the Mails,-Great COM
plants having recently been made concerning
the condition Of the mails in the Tennessee
valley, we publish the following letter which
satisfactorily solves the mystery;
| CHATTANOOGA, (Tenn.) Jan. 80, 1854.
| DEAR SIR The extraordinary and almost
unprecedented high water which has existed
in the Tennessee and its tributaries during the
past ten days, has entirely deranged and in
terrupted our ordinary mail communications in
| this section Of country. The water is still at
this writing, nearly at its highest point, and il
will yet be two or three days before any thing
like regularity can be attained over the west
ern mail routes From the 2lst ultimo to date
| there have been but three arrivals and the
| same number Of departures on the Nashville
and Decatur routes. Some Offices On the river
are wholly inaccessible to steamboats, in ex
1 treme high tides, and have consequently beer
entirely destitute of mail facilities during the
whole time above mentioned
Illegal Purchases on Government Account
1t has been decided by the Governments &C
counting officers that when purchase is mad,
ostensibly on Government account by a perso,
or officer claiming to be duly authorized, blu
| not 50 in fact. the Government is not bound b,
the contract, unless the vender shows that tn
property purchased has been actually used i,
the public service; and when an officer exceed
his powers, he becomes individually response
BILE, and cannot bind the Government by hi
illegal contract.
The Caucus Of saturday.-The Senatorial
friends of the Nebraska and Kansas territorial
bill were again in caucus on Saturday, ant
talked over many points on which there wa
difference of opinion among them. 1t wa
finally voted to subject the measure only to
slight verbal, so as to make it declare that tn
principle Of the compromise of 1850 is ''in
consistent avith' that of the compromise O
1850, rather than that it superseded it, a
the bill now says.
Navy Officers Ordered and Relieved.-Lieu.
David McDongal has been detached from tn
steamer Michigan; the order to take effect o.
The lst Of March Lieut.. G. II. Scott has bee
ordered to relieve him at that time
The United States Steamer Princeton. TIL
repairs and alterations of this ship s machinery
not long since ordered by the Secretary of tn
Navy, having been completed at Philadelphia
she is now being rapidly prepared for her tria
trip, which will take place in few days
The Current Operations Of the Treasur
Experimentation Saturday, the 4th of Feb
raary, there were of Treasury Warrants en-
tered on the books Of the Department
for tne redemption OF stoc 49,. $3.23S )
For the Customs ................ rs 5
Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. ......... 7,710
For the War Department.......... 5,157
For re-paying for the War Depart
ment ....................... 5,15S 0
For the Navy Department. % 8
For the Interior Department. 12,508 6
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DOINGs OF CONGRESS.
SENATE.-Mr. Dixon, in his speech on Sal