Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-26
WAsH1HaroH NXWs AID aossIl.

WAsHIHaT0E NKWS AED GOSSIP.
The Ninnssota Railroad Bill Investigation.
The select committee to investigate into Il.
eyed alterations Of the records Of the House
4 Representative, havs been lsboring assid.
aously since they were named by the Speaker.
Il is understood that they will make more or
sss very rich developments not long hence.
enough Is said to have been brought to light
10 the course Of their Investigations, to show
bat the company who, it is alleged, will be
,enefted by tho alteration improperly made,
unless Congress take action to prevent that
7esult,) are those who now control the Illinois
Central railroad, into the hands Of whose d.
rseton the alteration is supposed to thro.
about three millions Of dollars worth Of pro.
,erty, which the House designed placing in
he keeping Of the Legislature of the Territory
# Minnesota, to be disposed Of by that body
Under due responsibility to their constituents,
Is they might judge best for the interests of
he Territory at large. That Is: To be &C.
'orded to the company which would take
hem the donated lands) to build the road on
he line that might be best for the Territory,
md on the best terms. .5r-..-..l
The directors Of the proposed road said to
% benefited by the alteration, are Robert
schuyler, Morris Ketcbum, Erastus Corning,
lsorge L. Schuyler, {Robert's brothsr,) Ed.
ward Bement, (Ketchum's partner:) William
?. Burial, (treasurer of tho Illinois Central
railroad,) R. D. Mason, John NJ. Forbes OF
Boston, and John Gardiner, (brother. in-law
!" John Tyler The alteration was discovered
y the Territorial Secretary, who was fortu.
astely here . day or two since, on flJing
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Mr.. Letcher, Of Virginia, yesterday endeav-
bred to get in bill to repeal the altered act :;
but a. single objector was sufficient to rule
,ut his motion, 1t was not admitted. To-day
.he rule allowing motions to suspend the rules
o be made al any time within ten days of the
md Of the session commences to operate, and
se presume that he will get in his bill under
It with little difficulty, 60 great is the feeling
II the House upon the subject. It strikes US,
lowever, that 1t would be wiser so to amend
the altered oct by supplemental bill, as
amply to carry ont the intention Of tho House
in passing the bill aforesaid.
Yesterday, the committee examined Mr..
Forney, Clerk of the House, and, We are in
formed, the result was the unanimous conclu-
sion In their minds, that he had no knowledge
whatever Of tho proposed effect of the alter
alton, and that he consented that it should be
us1e only after hearing that verbal alter.
atoms In Senate bills In that condition were
aos unfrequently made in the same way, by
,fioers Of the Senate, under the direction of
thsmembsr having charge Of the bill.
The Navy Reform Bill.-The defeat of Mr..
BScock's motion to amend the Navy annual
Appropriation bill by appending to it the Navy
Reform bill, should not be taken as decision
against that measure. It was ruled out of
order on the principle which governed the
chairman and the Committee of the Whole in
ruling ont Of order the Army Reform bill
when moved some days ego as an amendment
to the Army Appropriation bill, by Mr.. Faux
uer. Both these measures bid fair to be enact.
I'd ere the termination of this Congress. Thei,
provisions are multifarious, and cannot fail to
90 extensively discussed. Nought but want
Of time prevents Congress from disposing Of
them at the present session. We have before
explained how this so-much-regretted circum-
stance occurred, and hope that, hereafter, Con-
srees will see the wisdom Of 80 amending their
rules as to compel the transaction Of business
IN their halls, really in business like man.
ner.
"col. Anthony Kimmsll, the Farmer Of
Linganore," and the Hon William 7. Ham.
lton.-1n common with our brethren of the
press Of this region, wo have received circu
az from the FIRST person named above, ex-
seeding abusive of Mr.. Hamilton. The offence
alleged is the failure of the latter to recon-.
mend Mr.. Kimmslps son for an appointment
at West Point, In % nplisnce with his promise
80 to do; recommending another in his stead
On inquiry, We learn that Mr. Kimmell is al
exceedingly eccentric gentleman, by no means
averss to seeing his name in the newspapers
placing 1t in there himself a ''Col. Anthony
himmell, the Farmer Of Linganore" The
Key to Mr.. Hamilton's failure to carry out his
original promise to Mr. Kimmell is said in
Washington to be the fact that, ere tho ap-
continent was made, another candidate for
ais nomination appeared, whom he judged to
% much more worthy, all things considered,
t his favor. This L. an excellent reason. If
Ill our public mon would have tho nerve to do
what their conscience tells them to be their
iuty in such cases, regardless of their former
Intentions, when not knowing half tho facts
~hich should guide their action, much fewe,
bad appointments of all sorts would be made
Hard Work.-The House are laboring vsr,
hard Just now. For some three or four days
past, they have been disposiug of bushes.
with great energy and success, having enacted
= very large number Of bills indeed, besides
iisposipg Of hundreds of important amend
nents to general approx ration bills. So far
se have not heard that they have passed an,
thing in their hot haste, of which they ma,
have reason to regret in tine to come; thai
being tho danger of crowding tho most Of the
business together to be disposed of in the wan
ing hours of the session.
Fees Of o. 8. Judicial Officers The fol-
lowing decision, recently made by the Firs,
Comptroller Of the Treasury, is of interest tc
q. s. Judicial officers generally:
.-.. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
CompsroIlsr's Office, Jafy 20, 1854. I