Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-22
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


here, are not a little amused at the use which
the ultra opponents of the Nebraska bin are
already aiming TO make of the vote of the
House, yesterday, by which il was referred to
the Committee Of the Whole on the STATE Of the
Union, in the face of the fac. that some seven
teen Of its avowed friends voted not to make it
an exception to the rule governing the House in
preliminary legislation upon all such measures
1t will be recollected that the subject has al
ready been maturely considered ard acted on
by the Committee on Territ 'ries. who some
time since sent to the Committee of the Whole,
similar project, The subject is, therefore,
iegitim .tety in the keeping Of the Comm zee
Of the Whole on the state Of the Union The
idea that it can be easily strangled there, is a
fiction, majority being in its favor. The
case is different with measure in which com
paratively few members take interest When
such bill is sent to the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union without beins 9
made special order at this period of session,
the chances are that ii will not be reached; as
it is not to be expected that majority will lay
terested to crafty the wishes of a few In
such ease as this, however, with a clear ma
jyity in favor of the bill, il can be taken up at
any lime they will, by refusing to take up bills
which are before it on the calendar; As is done
frequently in such cases. The only hope of
its opponents is to defeat it by Legislative
expodients,' which, at times, succeed eventu-
ally, when a measure is not regarded as
of great importance; but never when it may
be 50 considered. The decision of Mr.
quorum, commented upon by us yesterday, is
destined to tell with powerful effect against
any such efforts of the opponents of the Ne
brsska bill, by-the-by 1t utterly deprives
them Of their means of wearying the majority
with cross-motions, and other time consuming
motions. Our readers may look out for ali
sorts of extravagant stories relative to the de-
struciion of the measure, thus accomplished,
in the first place, in the anti Nebraska news
papers; and, afterwards for appeals on ap-
peals, in the same journals, that it may be
killed ''dead-er," las they say in the Bowery ;
The bill will be taken up as soon as public
business, standing in the way, can be disposed
of; which action will show how foolish are the
reference yesterday, they have "killed' tie
prospect for the enactment of the measure
Mr.. Corwin's Connection with the Gardiner
Claim.-We have a long communication i'll
reply to the letter copied into the National
Lntciiigencer recently, from the New York En-
press. defending Mr.. Corwin with earnestness
and ability against the accusation of completely
in the Gardiner fraud.
As the writer reasons from the facts pre-
scented in the report of the House investis eating
committee, which be says Mr. Cs defender
omitted 10 state, and as his reasoning upon
these facts raises grave questions, we present
to the readers of the Star what he says in that
connection: merely adding that the committee
after a thorough examination into all the facts
which had been elected in the course of the
investigation, entirely exonerated Mr.. Cor
win from all suspicion of knowledge Of the
wrong perpetrated by Gardiner:
The report of the Committee says {" The
assignment of his tMr. Corwin's) fee interest
and his interest in the one fourth part of the
Gardiner claim, and all his inter est in all the
other claims before the Board of Commissioners
tthirty-seven in number) was execu ed b,
Thomas Corwin to j acob Little of New York, in
Novemb Der, 1850, and the money for the pur-
chase was then paid to George Law, to whom
the assignment to Jacob Little wa. at that
time transferred. The money for the sale
$50, 1851, was received by Thomas Corwin. and
on the I'D of November was deposited by him
to his credit with Messrs. Corcoran & Riggs
Now, why did the champion of Mr.. Corwin
mutilate the report Of the Committee and strikt
out all of that part of it which went to show
that Dir. Corwin was interested in the Gardi-
ner claim from the time he went into the
Treasury Department, in July, 1850, until he
received the money for it in November, 1850 {,
Was it not SO as to make it bear out his asser-
ton that, after Dir. Corwin entered the Trea
sury Department as its Secretary, he had no
interest, direct or Indirect, in the tGardiee.
claim, when the report of the committee OF
itself, shows That Mr.. Corwin had a positive
interest i'll the Gardiner claim for four months
after lie had assumed the duties of Secretary
of the Treasury, 40 80.
As the subject is again before committee
Of the lower house of Congress-it may be
we'll for the facts to be elected As to the date
aud the 0n,oHnf Of the loan made by Mr. Cor
coran to Thornas and RobcrtG. Corwin, which
they advanced to DR.. Gardiner for one-fourtb
of his claim, to enable him to 90 to Mexic.
and perfect his vouchers, and also the ,futr
and the amount ef their payment to Mr. Cor
coran.fo. the loan he had extended to them.
1t also may be of interest to the public. if
the committee will ascertain at ,chat fimt
MeSTs. John Young, James S. Thayer and Il.
Il. Corwin, rendered their Judgment as to THAT
sum should be paid by e. Gorge Law to Thomas
Corwin, for his entire late rest in the Gardiner
claim, and in all the other claims against Mex
leo, for which he was engaged as counsel;
whether 1t was before or af or Messrs. Young,
Thsyer and Robert q Corwin had ascertaincd
what would be the un,oatht of the award whic.
the Board Of Commissioners would make on the
Gardiner claim. PUBLICoLA
The cost Of Capt. Hunters Wheel to the U
s. Ire asury.-A correspondent in Alexandria,
Va, commenting upon an article appearin;
some time since in the Star upon the subjee
Of the failures of T. s. naval steamers, con
POUNDS naval steamers with other Government
steamers He, however, throws light upon th
the history of the four revenue marin
steamers, which were subsequently transferre.
20 the coast survey. The navy had nothinz
to do with their construction. He says, how
ever -..I ..~..fsi :--..-.
-"In your valuable paper of yesterday
Wednesday, March IL, in y statement concern
ing the several failures Of Government steam
els. four such failures are not mentioned, rhos.
If the McLane, Dallas, Spencer, and Bibh
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