Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-01
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

\ s"Amin8 oVer inc Capltot daily ana nightly,
as thick as bees in q buckwheat isld In the
last OF July. The crowd of intensely interest
ed men by which they are surrounded, rem
dsrs the elegance and good taste with which
they Are universally dressed, and they dress
REMARKABLY we'll, of little avail; inasmuch a.
| the stsrner sex, one and all, who are row found
there, inter stsd, not in the smiles Of beau
ty, but about the Almighty Dollar-the only
thing Of which an American almost invariably
thinks more, than of ''Divine Woman" Such
| glances a. are just now being thrown away in
the Capitol upon the sordid things, would turn
the heads Of half Paris, in a trice. Those
who are attending to their own cases, bid fair,
all Of them, to win the day; inasmuch as the
members are, one and all, in far better tom.
per than We have seen them (of both Houses)
for many years in the waning hours of a
session. Those who are electionsering, as
regular professional borers, must take their
chances, which strike us as being just now,
very unpromising; as the funny evidence be.
fore the Letcher committee about the lobbying
OF ladies upon a presumed capital of signs,
soft glanees, and piquant conversation, to say
nothing of the talismaRic vote securing effect
0fwell-timed pressures of warm, delicate, and
mssmerising hands, has certainly rendered
Honorable Gentlemen disposed to be gallant,
shy Of the appliances of such lobbying
Cock-and-Bul story.-The New York
Hsrald Of Monday contains a story, saying
that the Southern Democrats of Congress and
others are engaged in q scheme designed to
bring out Mr.. Daniel S. Dickinson, Of Nav
York, for the Presidency. Never was n5ws.
paper roorback based on less POUNDS alton. We
are very sure that the idea has not entered
the brain of any Southern gentleman, in or
out Of Congress, who is now in Washington
Ninety-nine in every hundred persons now
here from distance, except the ladies, land
many of those dear creatures, too, are chin.
deep in such matters,) have come hither to of
feet, ifpossible, the enactment of some favorite
measure or measures now before Congress
30 under the existing almost unexampled
pressure of business they have no time in
which to scheme with reference to the success.
sion. Besides the Southern Democ rats, more
than any others, are advocates for awaiting
the action Of the National Democratic Conyen.
ton, to assemble at Cincinnati. The course
Of Mr.. Dickinson and his friends agai INST the
present Administration has by no means
served to render him and them acceptable to
the South-ina'much as it is glaringly evident
that they have not been governed by princi.
pie; bu. rather by disposition to obtain 70
venge for their personal disappointments In
pursuing such course they have, for all time,
rendered 1t certain that the South will never
more confide in them-Southern safety, in the
eyes of Southern Democratic politicians, being
| wrapped up wholly in adherence to the we'll.
known landmarks of the policy of the Demo
cratic party.
selden, WIthers & Co.-Frcm the announce.
ment, in the proceedings Of Congress, OF the
fact that the Secretary OF the Interior had
asked that an appropriation of 81, 400 be made
to replace certain moneys deposited with the
late firm of Selden, Withers d Co., which are
not available at present, owing to their sus-
pension-an erroneous inference might be
drawn; to prevent which, wc will state the
facts as they have come to our knowledge
1t is customary for the Indian Office, in some
| cases, to receive, and, at the proper time, pay
ever to individual Indians, the moneys arising
from the sale Of their reservations These
sums are sometimes paid in drafts, checks, or
coupons, and the disbursing agent under the
last administr alton was in the habit of de.
posting these drafts, &c with that firm as
50 much specie to the credit of the Indian
office. In this manner the said sum Of 81, 400
got into their hands Upon the resignation
of the late disbursing agent, and in the al
justment of his accounts, these deposits did
not come under review, as the same were not
passed to his credit; and it is but recently
that the Commissioner became aware, that
Selden, Withers & Co., held funds to his credit.
The amount is now due, and il not being
available, Congress is asked to appropriate
the same, to be reimbursed to the Treasury as
it may be collected of selden, Withers & Co
rather than to keep the Indians out of their
just rights No part of these funds were thus
deposited since the 4th Of March, 1853.
How Matters stand.-Itis impossible Just
now to tell how matters stand before Congress.
More than half the imr ortant business of the
session is still to be perfected, while much
that seems to be very cure to pass may yet
fail for want of time. The Claims Board, the
Consular and Diplomatic reform and Naval
reform bills are Through the woods" alone of
all tie great national measures Of improve
ment which have occupied the attention of
Congress this winter. We do not regard the
enactment of the Bounty Land bill as being BY
any means sure, though the House passed it
yesterday with Mr.. Richardson's substitute
tackled on, or rather IN its place. The Senate
have yetto act upon this important change
made in the House Thres-fourths of the
members Of the Houss were, in their private
judgment, against the bill in any shape We