Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-28
WASHINGTON NEWS AID GOSSIP

6ave frequently taken occasion TO write con-
Germ NJ the eopocify Of that body. 80 obscure
usually by the miserable custom Of talking so
much for Bunkum, wherein s.bigh falutin'
and dear-peoplish augmentation take the
place of legi innate forensic eff,rts. Every
speech made was addressed direc ly to the
important subject in hand, and every one OF
the many orators-Messrs. JOLes of Pa, Pull
lips, Gerrit Smith, Haven, Millson, Boyce,
Bishop Perkins, Ravens, 4 lett, Washourn #
Ne, Bocock and Boyce-add ressed themselves
MIST forcibly to some poin: clearly involved
in The contro, ersy over the bill before them.
The main plea Of the opposition was that
they could Lot proper'+ vote the money asked
until after setting il .dgnent upon tAefe ,tures
of he treaty, with ell the documents before
them, bearing on il, which the Exc :utiye has
Ia Lis possession. AS m, st Of them read theil
du:y, we have a third branch Of The trea y
making power, unknown, howev to the fran
e,s If he Constitution With those gentlemen,
the doctrine set forth With such force and sig
nal ability by Gen. THIS Ii. Bayly on the day
before, that the po1cer of the House to with
noid appropriations in such CASTS could only
be prudenily and properly exer used in cases
# fragrant violation of the Constitution o,
corruption tproved) in making the treaty and
further, that the requirement Of o-thirds
vote of the Senate for q treaty's ra if,ation
involved we'll nigh positive insu: ance against
The eccurrence Of any such contingency, seemed
have little weight indeed.
II is worthy of remark that Mr. Gerrit
smith Oddly xvosed him elf ia favor of the
Acquisi ion Of Cuba, even With slavery remain
ING in the law of that land after 8 change OF
tiove nment lie sustained himself in 80 do.
ing, by powerful argument to show, FIRST, that
negro slavery un.ier this G,vernmeut infli ;,ed
less evils upon the slaves than under that Of
Spain and that it was the duty of the truly
phillnthropic always to g. for that which
Amelioraled tie Condition of the oppressed
&c His argument upon the wher. abous'
t the treaty max ng power uLder this Gov
eminent, wherein he eschewed the recently
revamped claim thai it is shared by The Huuse
Ut Representatives, was capital eff r giving
the House much higher Opinion Of his abili
ties as a stat. sman upon questions other than
bis Ainki than they reviously ent, r.ainei.
Notwithstanding the popularity Of his views
on the slavery question, on which De is more
ultra than any other member, he has f.isly
managed to win the personal resi- cot of all
his fellow members in high degree, and their
unanimous confidence 10 the tegriry of his
| NM in oil no IN no l.
ths last particular. he stands alone; all The
rest of his fellow Abolition members being
very generally credited by most Of those liz
public life here. with merely riding aboIilionism
as poihtcat hobby-to which fact is to be
ATTRIBUTED much Of ihs sweeping congressional
unpepularity Of their ultraisms.
Fees Ct the Coroner ofthe County OF Wash.
ington, D. C-For sumo sig yesrs past the
Coroner of this Distric has drawn his fees from
the National Treasury; about $1,000 per ar.
| mum, being regularly provided in the general
app, opr alton bill for the expenses of bis
Office Or department, which, it is estimattd
t,ok perhaps as much more 10 payments no;
| thus regularly provided f... Recently the
, having some disputed point as to what that c #
ser might be entitled to from the United States
. tiled, referred the question Of his comp g, sa-
ton under the laws, to the Attorney Genera
who, We understand. has dec: ded that he ia lit,
| au horized by law to look to the General Gov
e nment TO- any compensation whatever i.
being the duty f the county # W ash nyton 10
provide the means Of payiag him his legal
| ices.
Dull Times The last two or three terri bly,
not avs have made Washington shockrgly
| dull 10 those who, like oUrself, are ef-rn. y
On the ga. prOe for news. Those to whom We
are accustomed to look for most of the iufor.
tnation for the STIR, seem to have been T uck
With an anti-infornation paralysis, az it were
The fact that the hea and front of ali int er-
esiing occurrences among us-the President
Is absent, seems to have the effect of ere
ating in their Minds the impression that no
thing worth the Effort of thought to reca |
| II tu memory IN be going on during his ab
'.nce 1t il undoubtedly true til It his presence
quickens everything here in business way,
ca Fly aSlBs 2ns can discover '' f'ot very
BY the by, MT a word or a line ,n.erning bis
adventures upon his present t.ur has reached
Washing on newspaper up to the hour a.
wi ich we write. Nor I'VE We been able to &c
dis progrs s. chrOniclsd in any journal pub
iishel elsewhere. We made ample arrange.
uents to obtain full Information conceruii Q
tie events Of his trip worth publishing; liza,
Is, af er be arrived at Old Point But nor
nearirg from eu correspondent engaged up Z,
his lime, AMI as before remarked finding
every other neSsp per as much la the da. k u,
The subject as the Star, we take it for x, anted
hat bis Excs'lency has managed t, achev,
he same rigid privacy (fsom the men Of tn
prsss) on his arrival at the Point. with "hicl
ne made The j,urney down. 1t II be rec u
| ected that be went on an q. s. steamer, upoi
which, of curse, none travelled but her off
rs and men, and those forming part of ,h.
Presidential party.
The Labors Of the Supreme Court of tn
United States-rh, serst,'s Judici ny he
10 m Ball Tho fifteen volume of Howard I.
reports is j ist published 1t con,ains only hal
the cases disposed Of at the recent term If tn.
supreme Court of the United sta.es As
her etcfore, a single vo.ume per annum stuff ,ed