Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-11
WASHINGTON NEWS And GOSSIP

country. The evidence is in the fact that our
journal, and ourselves Us its conductors. are
being maligned by many pens writing from
this city TO distant newspapers; while every
man in Washington interested in obtaining
money from the Treasury on improper pre-
fences, looses no opportunity to talk us down
Yet il seems that the more falsehoods are
propagated and retailed about the Star. the
more it grows in popular favor. Of the truth
OF this remark, our paper dealers and press
men are witnesses. Our circulation has already
grown to be twice as large as that Of any other
daily newspaper published in any city of
the population of W Washington, and is increasing
so fast that we anticipate being compelled
within twelve month to throw aside our fine
and costly press recently purchased, which
will work off 5000 sheets per hour, for one of
greater speed. We, therefore, are under obi
cations to these friends for their abuse They
| are putting money in our pockets, in spite of
| their intentions. Indeed, we should fancy that
We were failing in our public duty, if such
persons failed to do t4eir best to pull us down
Our success, as they we'll know, is to be synoni-
nous with a considerable change in the use of
the public money. In ninesy-nine cases out
of hundred, improper expenditures of the
public funds, are those which are so hunni-
| fuggled,' as that the country heretofore has
been able to get but very indistinct idea of
them We promptly publish to the world full
and reliable accounts of all such transactions,
and have already succeeded in greatly awak-
| ening the people to the necessity of standing
by the efforts of those now charged with the
| administration of the government, to guard
the Treasury against the thousand and-one
schemes Of questionable morality and legality
by which il is beset From Maine to Oregon
all appearing in our columns on such Subjects
finds ready repetition -publication-int those
Of hundreds, if not thousand other newspa-
pers. HtAc iW9 lachramo-hence the walls
of wrath poured on our head by the writer's
and button holders referred to above. Ex-
Senator John Davis of Massachusetts,, once
pronounced this combination one of the most
powerful in the United States. He was cor
rect. Yet we have taken up the impression
that the most of their strength is only in con-
sequence of the ignorance Of the people con-
| corning the ins and outs Of their plots. We
| intend that they shall be thoroughly exposed
| to the gaze of the world. We long since
counted the cost of our share in this good
| work, anticipating quite as much abuse and
| detraction as we have so far received from
them. And we are further quite prepared to
| bo coil cd h1yS Of fbo,,o
find the Star likely to interfere with the con-
summation of their particular schemes on the
Treasury of the United States.
Presidents Recep tlon.-We were sorry to
notice how few at the Presidents reception
last evening seemed to remember that the
time assigned by the Presideneto these recep-
tons, is from 8 to 10 clock. Every one sees al
once the propriety of strict and prompt
conformity to the expressed wishes of oul
worthy Chief Magistrate in this particular.
Building New Custom Houses, &c.-Up to
within the last year or So it has been custom
airy to at times greatly alter the plans and
specifications for all manner of public build
Jugs, on which Congress may have appropri
| ated for their construction. This habit is
thought by many to have caused most of the
| deficiencies in connection with them which
now annually require to be made good by
Congress. Although it may be impossib BILE
| always to avoid such minor changes in such
places, it stands to reason that the practice il
| bad one; inasmuch as it cannot fail to serve
for an excuse for extravaganza in connection
with the construction of such works, which
| Congress would not sanction, when cautioned
against it in the original report of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, in their recon-
mendation concerning each particular work.
We think it very likely, from what we hear
that Congress will pass law ere this session
closes, forbidding the material change of tn.
plan of any public building after it shall have
,een once sanctioned by themselves
The Garay Interest, as represented in Wash
ington, are said to be just now greatly excited
against the Gadsden treaty. as they believe il
| to have been amended between the President
and the Mexican Minister. Indeed, few here
credit them with having been much in love
| WIFI lTolH inc mOuleUl IL WAS knOWn tnat II
failed to make special provision for the settle
ment of their claim for damages, &c, agains
Mexico. 1t strikes us that the feature 81
| Objectionable to them, is really one of the -bes
Of the arrangement. If the Government Of
the United States is to be required to stand
guarantor for all the bad bargains which al
other Governments make with American citi
zens, or with those wac sell such hard bargain.
| to Americans, We will want ten times oul
present Army and Navy, and will be forced te
keep our diplomatists doing little else than
haggling with Governments who may fancy
themselves overreached in trades by shrewd
and enterprising Americans.
| In view of the approaching condition Of
| things in Europe, it is of especial Importance
hat this Government shall keep its.lf out Of
the position which the Garay spectators ask il
assume. Hundreds of American capitalist:
| will make contracts for the delivery of ships
| arms, munitions, &c, to the contending Coy
| ernnents, and, under the doctrine of the Garay
ties, this Government will be compelled frs
to guarantee their safe delivery, despite the
guns of the parties at war with the contracting
| Governments on the other side Of the Atlantic
| and, afterwards to guarantee payment to the
American contractors, despite the chances Of
war upon the European puI chasers