Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-21

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NO scientific person has estimated the COS
OF the work on the plan proposed, at NOR,
than Engineer Meigs's estina'e .. Ersry on.
OF that class, scho haze ezami,ssd tho s,.b,ec,
earefhity, unite in testifying their belief til al
the estimate of the engineer is ample Tn.
writer of the letter to which We allude, ye
know to be oneof those besieging the halls Of
Congress for charter for q compan to con.
struct water works for Washington from the
Little Falls of the Potomac; most Of them
all whom We know to be connected with the
scheme-heing mere men of straw, like the
Clippers water works correspondent, who, we
take it, SO far as his individual wants are con.
cerned, Is much more solicitous about raising
sixpencs day for his necessary supply of bad
brandy, than for all the water in creation.
The route for his proposed speculation has not
been surveyed and mapped nor have the plans
for it been matured and titnated for, by COM
petent scientific persons, as he alleges. II is
entirely the creation of the brains of parties
bent on inducing Congress to legislate them
into chance to speculate on any body, who
will be foolish enough to buy from them any
privileges which Congress may grant them in
the shape Of an act of incorporation,
We have more than once cautioned Con.
gress against those who are bent on maxi
ing speculation for the benefit of their Own
pockets out Of this water works question. and
hope to see the people of Washington testify
20 these people shortly, in some way or other,
their sense Of the sel6shness and impropriety
Of their 1abors against the interests Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, az involved in this question.
Appropos Of the CLIPPER: that journal has,
Of late, undertaken to regulate tie local poll,
tics Of Washington, through tho pens Of CORES
pondents (of whom it affords US pleasure to
say, that their regular writer from this city,
Mr.. g., is not one0 wholly irresponsible
in every way. They have used its col
umns to ~malign some of our best and most
sseful and respected citizens, pursuing them
with malignity and disregard Of truth, and in
appeals to thelowest and worst passions of the
most ignorant and vicious among US. The
case of the ruthless and unfounded ISLANDERS
thus published concerning Mr.. Dougherty, the
superintendent Of the work on the W ashiugtor
Monument, is fair example of what We mean.
In the case Of Mr.. D., that gentleman's peril.
nacity in lsboring to discover the name of hi.
slanderer, induced the latter, a]day or two
since, to take back through the Clipper,
columns, all he had said of him. Others Of
Washington, who have been similarly treated
of late in that paper, have not so energeticallJ
essayed to- right themselves, and, therefore
have not been even so far redressed.. ..F
But while we regard tho Clippers efforts IL
regulate tho politics and religion of Washing.
ton, as merely being amusing, we do protes,
against its custom of loaning itself to aid the
speculstions Of those who seek to make money
out Of the defeat of the Washington water
works appropriation asked by the District.
AS its circulation here is limited, the public
Of the District may not know that ever since
The subject-matter has been before Congress
its columns have been teeming with the vail
ings of these people, embracing all their sweep.
ing miscellaneous designed to defeat the con-
summation Of the work in question, which is
of more Importance 70 the future Of Washing
ton and Georgetown, than any thing ever be.
fore undertaken by Congress. No other press
in the United States has exhibited half the
settled malignant hostility to the District Of
Columbia, which has thus far characterized it,
saterI#orks publications. adi .l,s4a
The st. Louis Arsenal 2pestion.-We are
much inclined to believe that host of mem
hers Of the House, yesterday, took occasion to
remember the sweeping assaults of Mr.. Benton
on various of their friends, and those to whom
they wish we'll, when voting Oh the proposition
to sell to St. Louis the thirty seven acres ol
land adjoining the city, now appropriated b,
the Government fer arsenal purposes. The
city desires it for the noble purpose of pub.
lie park, and there was evidently great desire
among the members to let her have 1t on the
easiest possible terms But Mr.. Benton is BY
no means popular in the hall. So, as the af
fair went Of, it looked very much as though
tho city received ~ cold shoulder on his &C
count. .y,. -Ia ->.9u f.a .-5rl g..-
/ The Franking Privilege al the saperin
tendant Of the Coast Survey and hiy Assistant
in Charge.-Tbe press Of the country will
render a service to postmasters generally, by
notifying them that Congress hes conferred on
the Superintendent of the Coast Survey and
bis assistant in charge, Of the Office of the
Coast Survey, the franking privilege, in all
matters, appertaining to the business of their
Office or bureau, including, of coprss, dthe
tight to frank, the Coast Survey documents
published by order Of Congress, and to receive
free 6 postage all letters relating to their
public duties. This fact not being generally
known, country postmasters especially are in
the habit Of discredisipg the franks Of these
officers -'-" - -'i'' .-'5 tet f,'iH,hi'.
To Postmastsrs, Especially.-We learn that
great many letters haze been received from
postmasters at the Post Office Department ask
ing whether and how the writer's are to profit
under the law Of June I'D, ult., to increase the
rate of commissions allowed to certain post
masters and for the relief Of distributing ana
separating Offices. 1t took eject on the LIST
Iof July inst. :, 30 that those postmssters to be
benefited by wild Isve TO settle their &C
counts for the current quarter under its Pr.
visions. .fiC : ms y n... -..f