Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-14


The editor Of the Post, when he comes to bis
senses, win hardly venture to argue thas such
a sum should be so paid on. of the Treasury
Of the United States. Tbs law authorizes the
payment Of the personal expenses of United
States Judges when engaged In holding court
out of their respective circuits; but it never
contemplated that under any such pret.nce,
precedent should be set for sqnanderirg The
public money like water. The offsuce of pre-.
s'nt'ng such an acceuat is more Aigrant in q
Judge than 1t wculd BE- In any other officer Of
the Government, because the public have a
right to look to furetionaries In suoh positions
TOR models Of prcpriety, moderation, and reci.
tuds in all they do as officers Of tho Government.
That the account in question lat $ls per diem)
is OUTRAGEOUS and indefeusibie, IL SO evident,
thst we venture to assert that the Evening
Post will not print line ia its defence.
Nor will the Post venture the opinion that
district judge of the United States can be In
be habit Of living at the rate of $ls Fer dem,
(ssan extra out Of the United States treasury, }
without being " fast" liver at tho public ex.
pense With all due difference to the Eren-
i"s Post, We take the liberty of repeating the
opinion, that tho extraordinary rulings of the
judge in question, in the cases of the United
States vs.. Kinney and Fabsns, wherein precs-
dent and common sense seem to rs and to map
others here to have been set at nosght, are in
fair keeping, indeed, with that "lttle 40.
count" at the rate Of $l8 per diem for hstel
bill and ct estsraS. We repeat, the pressnta.
ton of such an accoun. dispels our surprise at
the extraordinary rulings In tho trials men.
toned above.
4 Heteorite Tho visitor to the Smithsonian
Institution will notice in the large hall which
is designed fJr the museum, piecs of iron,
something in tho shape of an anvil. This
is a remarkable specimen Of meteoric iron,
and is the largest m ass in this country, with
one exception. It We CHS 252, pounds is high
~ crystalline, quite maleable, and lot diff salt
to cut with saw. 1t was brought to this coun
try by Lieut.. Couch, o. S. A, from Satiilo
Mexico. Various theories have been devised
to account for the origin Of meteorites. One
is that they are small planetary bodies revo!v
icg around the sun, and that at times thew
bscone entan lied In our atmosphere, lore their
orti.sl velocity by the resistance Of tho at
mosphere, and are finally attracted to the
earth. They are also supposed to have been
ej:ctsd from the volcanoes in the moon; and q
third Suppoaition Is thst they are formed from
particles floating in tho atmosphere. Dr.. J
Lawrence Smith Who has made the subject
special study. and las analysed this mel eorit.
and many c,hors in the possession of the Smith.
sonian Institution, concludes that the moon
is the only large body in space, OF which We
have any knowledge possessing tho requisite
condition: demsnd BY tho ply steal and chem
ical properties Of lnetcorites; and Il. at they
have been thrown Of from that body by vol.
capic action.
Dr.. Saith conducted his analy ticsl investi.
CATION in the Smithsonian labor story, where
&c also made, in behalf Of the Treasury De
partmcnt sn extended exam ination relative
to tho different kinds of ssolasse, imported in.
to tbis country.
The Sandman Purchases Through private
letters received by the la:t European steamer,
We learn that Cabcur's bargain with Ensland
20 furnish the latter with fifteen thousand
Sandman troops to DO wasted and destroyed
Ia the Crlmea proves SO unpopular in the Sar-
dinisn army as already TO have broken down
his (Caoour's) ministry. Many of the troops
to have been tent Of refused to 60, of6sers and
men shooting themselves to avoid this dis.
graceful and sslf-immolatlng service. Sar.
DINA would have received tS37 Per head Of
ofh:ers ard men, for his msjesty's slaves thus
sold to disease and death. The bargain has
but single parallel in the history of modern
nations; the sale by tho Elector of Hesse of
his subjects to George III to fight the battles
Of England In our Revolutionary War. As in
that case, these Sardinians have not the
sliga.s:t interest in the war, as neither their
oeuntry's honor, rights nor interests a o In.
volvs in it.
.hs ca cial Distance Military officers and
others in the service Of the Uni ed States, In
California, who may of right charge mileage
sgainss the United States for going out or
comirg from The Pacific side, will please take
notice that, according to the books of the Post
Office department, the post distance between
New York and San Francisco is but 5 $50
miles, not 5000 as heretofore allowed for.
Hereafter all such accounts will be settled on
this basic.
The sloop-ofwar Decatur was heard from
at tho War Department by the las. NJ all from
California. She arrived at Honolulu, on the
8,h Of March, after a passage Of forty days
frcm Valparaiso. Officers and crew wore all
WE'LL
Tho U s. Rssse Independence, according
to latest advic.s received at the Navy Depart.
mont, was at valparaiso on the 23d of March
last, and was to sail on that day for Talcuhana
in Chilli, and from thence to Panama, and 70.
turn to Valparaiso, touching at all inter.
mediate ports going and returning. Ali we'll
on board this ship.