The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-09
% fifty millions a year, the surpl-

to fifty millions year, the surpl
supplies will be consumed. Wer 81 @oa 'nS
q margin for the indemnitiee aust a'so leave
to be paid fer the stor WHICH VIII nave
Grey town, and for T. 1.s aou Duinns =,
a probable war. '0A''n' 0Ap'Aa'0 :"
Inc riv" IS setrcncAments and reductions
y ~ II schedules we're, therefore, but the
VIZ -s,c<s OF the passing hour. Guthrie had
simply miscalculated the economies Of the adj
minissration. Nobody else, we suppose, has
been sufficiently credulous to be deceived.
The hin for Tie reorganization OF the navy
has gone by TIE bosra--the old granny and old
fogy system Of the Anticipated bureaus Of the
department. still continues. Mr.. Dobbin, how
ever, is not much TO blame. The administra-
ton has been otherwise employed. The Kitchen
Cabinet had M time to spare for the substantial
and thorough reformation and discplining of
the navy, according to the exigencies of the
tin 4es, when such important spoils projects as
Oadsden treaties, patent monopolies, and Min
yiesota Railroad bills were pending, And so OF
! the arrty-so of the protection Of the Western
1 frontiers; and SO ct some Of the wise and hu-
mare saeasures for the pncifcation and subsis-
! tencc~of the frontier Indians. There was no
time to attend to them pending the grand
| sqachble for the public plunder.
| An instructive report with an accompanying
aensble bill for the reorganization Of our
bungling diplomatic and consular establish
Bsents, was introduced iato the House some.
time ago; but it has gone over among Che I'M
ltfnished business, and our consuls ard diplo-
mats mustbe content for some time longer with
the broad brimmed hat, shad bellied coat, and
linsey wvclsey breeches prescribed by Gov
Marcy. five cannot have the practical diplo.
matte good sense and sound Judgment of DR..
FraBklin, we must stick to his breeches; and if
they arc a little the worse for wear q patch or
two must suffice for the present.
We are not surprised that the bill Of five mil
lions for French epoliations has received no
attention whatever. 1t was vetoed by President
Polk, and nobody has had the presumption to
suppose that President Pierce is less a strict
constractionist than his last democratic prede-
cessor. Butweare little surprised at the failure
of the eight million bill for the naturalization
of the creditors of Texas, because that measure
hes about it SO strong an odor Of the lobby and
the spoils that it ought to have followed next
inorder to the'Gadsden treaty.
The report ana bill of Senator Fish for the
reformation of the abuses in passenger ships
were brought in too late in the session for the
consideration Of the Senate this season; but we
can hardly suppose that measure contemplate
Ing such wholesome sanitary regulations as
this, can fail Of the early attention Of both
heuses at their next meeting in December.
We have only to repeat, that considering
the disorganized and demoralized condition of
both the old parties in Congress, the feebleness
and spoils appropriating rapacity Of the admin
istration, the recklessness Of the spoilsnen Of
both ,honses. the lobby and the Kitchen Cabinet
and the general looseness which has character.
lied the proceedings of this late session, that
itisa subject for public congratulation that
the spoilsmen have not, besides cleaning out the
treasury, swept off every available acre of the
public domain. The fall elections will. per-
haps, have wholesome effect upon both
hoIaes in December next. Very likely.