Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-25

foreign legion
Thus, this matter turns out to be grave
affair, so far as Mr. Champion is concerned.
SO grave as that our Government, it appears
to ne, can hardly avoid taking official and, at
the same time, effective notice Of il. As, If
gentlemen occupying the high official position
of minister Plenipotentiary can be permitted to
set such an example with impunity, there must
be an end Of all hope of the integrity of the
administration of our neutrality laws.
r We hare simply to add, that during the ad-
ministration of George Washington, and while
Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State, un-
der circumstances precisely parallel with those
in which Mr.. Champion has involved himself,
with his eyes open, "Citizen GENET then
the Minister Plenipotentiary from France, wa,
sent out of this country by the government of
the United States: s7
Inc Davis and Scott Correspondence
Seeing frequent, and all of them grossly erro-
neous, statements with reference to an alleged
acrimonious correspondence transporting lately
between the Secretary Of War and General
Scott, on the subject of an extended leave of
absence granted by the latter to an army off,
Ger, which did not meet the approval of the
Secretary, We have to say that, in military
circles here, wherein all the details of the af-
fair are doubtless well understood, it is uniyer-
sally conceded that the partizsn newspaper
accounts of it are grossly false, one and all of
them-the facts involved being entirely differ
emit from the shape in which they have been
thus spread before the world in advance of
their official publication on the meeting of
Congress, until which time, it is well known 20
military men, they cannot properly be pro-
mulged.
1t will be recsIlected that in the case Of
General ScOtt's never-to- be forgotten 'ssoup-
letter -muss with Secretary Marcy, the ac-
counts published to irjure thoIatter, in ad-
vance Of their official publication, had the eff
feet, when that was made, only of damaging
the reputation of the General, for common
sense and discretion, in small matters partcu-
larry, most terribly. Our readers, who know
well that we are very apt to turn out correct
in our prognosicaiiOns-in advance in such
matters-msy write it down that when the
cfieial publication may be made in this case,
it will be found that the General has merely
been writing more I" soup letters" with about
parallel result of his original exploit in that
way-that's all.
Tho President, on his departure tomorrow
for the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Fair,
at Harrisburg, will be accompanied by the
Hon. j. CLANCY Jones, on behalf of the State
Agricultural Society, who invited him, and
Sidney Webster, Esq, his private Secretary
We presume from what we have learned that
the precise day of his return TO Washington is
uncertain.
The Afternoon Hail Train.-We hear at
the Post Office Department, that the railroads
North, or between Baltimore aud New YorF,
this afternoon again como back to their late
hours for running the mail train between
Baltimore and New York, the Postmaster Gen
eral preferring to send the through mail from
this city by the old schedule. So passengers
for Philadelphia and New York by the after
NUN eAAiA "AiIj 10 hOlSbuAoic, icdNt TIC W uSE-
ington depot at "a p. m, and Baltimore at 7
p M.
The Departmsnts-Last evening, orders
were issued for closing the several Depart
ments in this city tomorrow, in accordance
with the recommendation of the city authori-
ties that the day in Washington shall be spent
in fasting and prayer.
Appointed.-Akin Evans has been appointed
Register of the Land Office at Vandalia, Illi-
nois, vice Andrew j. Gallagher, resigned.
Tbs Current Operations OF the Treasury
Experimentation Saturday, 22l September,
there were Of Treasury Warrants entered On
the books of the Department
For the Treasury Department.. SIS85 90
For the Interior Departmental. 30,925 81
For the Customs. 20,57 50
War Warrants received ard en-
tered OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1865 81
War repay warrants received and
entered. ...................... 1883 II
Drawn on account of the Navy. 90, AT 81
Repayments on account Of the
Navy....................... 53,447 So
Covered in from Lands .......... Is, 1871 56
MONDAY, September 81
For the Interior Department go. S14,S44 l6
For Customs. ................... 32,19l 80
War Warrants received and en-