Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-27

! no power on earth win Be strong enough 10
keep the Union much longer together.
Our distant readers may place implicit Goa
fdsace in what. We writs above eonesrnins the
growing indis ssitisa Of the great hgdy Of
Wings ef Cone.ess from Aotksectisns, to try 70
sstale their diaerences BY mutuaf concessions.
Though much lsssh said of the sectional aif.
fsrences In The Democrats party jast now
the cohesive influence of the possession Of the
patronage of the Government operating a a
powerful scdative for sectional ebuiiinans
| among them-we perceive In their ranks m
under current Of i.reeonoilsable seotionalism
quite Is falarmins - Itha. manifested among
the Wings, which can hardly fail e swell into
torrent again, Just - soon as they may have q
surrender the patronage Of tho Government:
I j These are plain truths bluntly told, only te
| the end that duo knowlsdse Of them may be
| profitable to our whole country. Much Of The
danger lies in the propensity of puhHe men
| Of the day to seek to maintain themselves u
place by pandszins to the passions and preju.
dices Of their respective localities, which il
growing upon oar public affairs, and blightins
every great public interest it touches. Even
- late as twenty Eve yeao ago, almost all
men ia public life in the United States as
sumed to lead spds direct public opinion al
home. That is, strove SO to advise it. as thai
it should keep IN .thesright channel. Now, its
excrescences are much more closely watched
| (than then> to the end of mounting fnomentary
hobbies founded on popular ignorance and
prejudice. We do not write down the habit
as general one Yet II is notoriousIy be.
coming daily more prevalent, to the very
grievous injury Of the public interest.
| Nplomatists' Claims for Extra Compsnsa-
tion.--The Senate yesterday refused to pay
| the claims Of Mes srs .Schenck and Pendleton
| and Mr.. Sanford, late American Secretary Of
| Legation at Paris, The claim of tho two FIRST
was for extra pay for negotiating treaties With
Paraguay and Uruguay, to which Govern.
ments they were not originally accredited. We
presume that the Senate rejected their claim
only on the ground that their extra expenses,
occasioned by their special journey to attend
| to- that particular business, had been duly
paid out of the United States Treasury, and
that the Government was equitsbIy entitled to
| their services at any time and under any cir.
cumstances they might be required, SO long as
they continued to draw their regular compen-
sation. sL2"f ll,N0
In the case Of Mr.. Sanford his claim Was
Tor ar" outfit az Charge, which position he
held for short time previous to the arrival
out Of Mr. Minister Mason. e.
As soon as a full Minister leaves his post, his
Secretary under the prevailing rule becomes
charge Gd interim, and receives pay ct the
rate Of 81, 800 per annum, instead of his for
mer $4,000 or $4,000 compensa ton, until the
Minister or another supersedes him. If left
in charge Of tbs mission for year, the 'sout.
TT" is allowed to him by the State Depart
ment, but not otherwise In Mr.. Sanford g
case he had not acq uired the right to 1t pbe
additional $4,000 in the estimation Of the De-
partnent; and it seems from the Senate's ac-
tion that that body endorse tho action of the
Secretary of the State in refusing in any case
| to give the extra allowance, except where the
Secretary has served in the higher capacity
for the requisite twelve msnths.
Frsights.-Certain ordnance stores we're
shipped on account of thu United States, to a
distant port, and, on their delivery, some de-.
muir was made to paying freight, as some of
the stores were in bad order from rust.
1t was held that if the rust was occasione cd
| by the necessary incidents of sea-voyase
without negligence on the part Of the master
| or owners, the damage caused by it did not
constitute valid objection to the payment of
freight. The law is well-settled, in case of
injury to freighted goods, that " if the deteri-
| Grafton has proceeded from an intrinsic prin-
oipie Of decay naturally Inherent in the COM
modify itself, whether active in every situation,
or only in the confinement and olosensss of
ship, the merchant shipper or eonsignee)
must bear the loss, - we'll a. pay the freight !;
for the master and owners are in no fault, nor
| does their contract contain any insurance or
| warrant against such an event." Freighted
materials of iron cannot by implication be
considered as insured from rust. By the own
subjected to the action Of sea air in their tran
| cit from enc port to another. ,.=,.
An Army Officer Resigned.-cspt Henry
W. Halleck, Q. S. Corps of Engineers, has re-
signed, to take effect on the LIST proximo.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Experimentation yesterday, the 18th of July.
there were Of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books of the Department
For the payment of Treasury debts $34, 108 81
For the Customs. 11,430 10
Covered into the Treasury from s...,
customs. .......... ATT 06
Covered into the Treasury from
miscellaneous SOURCES. ........ s,7ss 4s
For the War Department. ...... 1910 90
For the Navy Department. 5000. 1892 80
For .rs-paying for the Navy Do
partment ..:................. 1903 81
Far The Interior Department, 1920 SO
For re paying in the Interior De- s. 81
psrtment. ..................... 1882 SO
D0INas IN CONGRESS. i
In THE SENATE, yesterday, after We went to
press, they adopted Mr. Hamiinis nmendment