Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-25
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Impeachment Of Jno. W. Forney, Esq.-of
all nonsense ever concocted by disappointed
Office seekers, that of an intended impeachment
of the Clerk of the House is the most nonsense.
cal. Two men, without character, who are to
be seen daily in and about the Capitol, who
are VIGOROUSLY his personal enemies, be-
cause he refused to appoint them to subordi-
nate clerkships, are Systematically engaged
in getting up stories against him for the
Herald; attributing to him, first, the pur-
pose of resighing Finding that expedient
failure, SO far as failing to get him out of their
way was concerned, they raise the other story,
about an intention to move to impeach him, only
in the hope of finding some mem Der soft enough
to render himself ridiculous, for their gratiti-
cation. According to their public ations, they
have apparently sought aid in the right quar-
tiers, SO far as it may be necessary to secure
the assistance Of gentlemen who do not COM
Prehend when people of common sense around
them are laughing at them. No one has
breathed in Washington a personal charge
against Mr.. Forney, and we are curious indeed
to ascertain how they have gone to work to
coax even the most brainless member in the
House, or the one most famous for spending
nearly all his time in putting his own labors in
search of mares nests in the hearing of letter
writers, to enlist under their banner in such
we take it for granted, are to be persuaded to
essay the silly work Of these people.
Ho! for the Veto.-The excitement among
the stiff backed men of Congress, concerning
tho probability of a veto of the Insane Land
Donating bill, hourly increases. They are
praying for it most earnestly, and are every
where declaring that the future Of the Demo
cratic party is involved in the result of the
Presidents deliberations upon it, 1t should
be known that they regard this particular mea-
sure as the entering wedge for sweeping legis-
lation, which is to end in virtually giving away
to any and all askers, the whole of the public
domain. They conceive that veto of the first
move in the initiation of the system, will in
stantiy check the majority of Congress, who
are credited with being disposed so to use that
trust for the benefit of all the States Their
impression is that veto of this bill will at once
have that effect; consolidating both the friends
and opponents Of the present Administration
and, for the future, efectually preventing any
party or clique whatev err, from sheltering them
selves under the plea that they belong to the
great Democratic party of the country while
cooperating Indirectly or directly with the
opposition movements of those who proclaim
that they are its opponents on long established
and clearly defined principles. They crave
this veto, if but because they believe that il
will consolidate and draw more enthusiastically
around their respective colors, both the Dem
ocracy, and the opposition.
The Last Anti-Nebraska Dodge.-We find,
on inquiry, that there never was the slightest
foundation for the story of the clerk of the
House Committee on Public Lands, written to
the Philadelphia Ledger, charging the House
Committee on Territories with disreputable
intentions with reference to the introduction o.
new Nebraska bill; with taking advantage Of
the accidental absence of many of the oppo.
nents of the bills to that end now in the Com.
mittee Of the Whole on the state of the Union
The subject of reporting a new bill has not
been once spoken of in the Territorial Com
mittee. No other members were more sur.
prised on seeing in lrint the cock and bull
story of the clerk of the Public Lands Com
mittee, than those serving on that (the terri
toriaU committee Yesterday we had barely
space in which to mention, that The design OF
summoning hither all the absent friends OF
Mr.. BENEFITS land donating bill, was though
to have been at the bottom of this roo-5ack
Last night, and this morning, we founi tina
impression universal among the supporters q
the Nebraska bill
A Discharged Soldiers Transportation. -
The proper officer of the Treasury Department
has recently had occasion to dispose of claim
which, with his decision thereupon, may IL
stated as follows, viz: A soldier who had re-
ceived an honorable discharge, was paid by
the Paymaster at the place, all his arrears
OF pay, &c, including travelling pay and allow
ances, under the act of January 20, 1913, foI
travel from the place of his discharge to hi.
place of residence, with the exception of thai
portion of the distance for which public trans.
portatiom had been prorided for himself and
| some other discharged soldiers. He died almos
| Immediately after his discharge, and his rep
| resentatives claimed the difference Of travel
pay between what he had received and tn,
| amount for the arhote distance, on the grount
that the soldier had vested right under tn,
law to pay for the whole at the moment of hi
discharge. Held that the Government not be
ing in fault, but having fulfilled its obligation
by providing transportation in kind, though
the soldier did not avail himself of it, the
claim must be disaliowed.
Our Affairs with spain.-We apprehene
that there need be no fear that our presen
issue with the Government at Madrid. ma,
possibly cause embarrassments in our futur,
negotiations with its foreign Office It is con
fdently expected by the diplomatists of foreigr
Governments in this city, that the representa-
tons which Mr.. Soule has been instructed |,
make with reference to the Black Warrior af
fair, will be promptly and eheerfully met an,
acquiesced in by Her Msjesty's representative
| Id Of IL