Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-10


with which he is to be entrusted, being man
Of great sagacity, energy. urbanity and expe-
rience. No better selection for the position
could possibly have been made. He has la
bored faithfully and always square" in the
Democratic party harness, and truly deserves
at the hands of President Pierce and the SEN
ate, the high compliment involved in his 30
prompt nomination unsolicited, and his instant
confirmation by the gentlemen with whom he
has 50 long occupied q seat in the Senate of
the United States Erts- I'D. ,as
Roorbacks.-One Of tho last budgets of Ben
nett's carrion bird, is as follows:
"Mr. Mann has signifed his intention to
give up his ofice of Deputy Secre airy of State
IN consequence Of q misunderstanding created
between himself aud Governor Marcy on the
subject Of the former persons letters. as pub
lished in the Herald week or two since
Mr.. Pierce personally called upon Mr. Mann,
and urged a reconsideration of his letter; this
Mr.: Mann is understood as having declined,
and will now await the arrival of Mr.. Soule
tor further action. This is another step taken
towards the unfolding Of the Ostend mysteries.
to keep from the public gaze. It's believed
that If Mann's silence upon this sAbject could
b. bought up, the mission to France would be
willingly rendered him, even with the certain.
ty that the Senate would not confirm il. Uuon
the publicity of Mr.. Maun's letters, he reason.
ably supposed he should have the Presidents
support in opposition to Mr.. Marcy. This the
President could not comply with, and now "a
threatened exposure Of our foreign and homo
mol lay hnd hnA s-.l
expected. In few days the President will
have to face charges Of duplicity and treachery
from SOule, Buchanan, Sickies, Sanders and
Mann, and perhaps something may appear
from Marcy. This is fair specimen of the
harmony surrounding the President
We have to say that it is false that there is
tho slightest disagreement or misun derstand.
Ing between the Secretary Of State and his
Assistant The latter entered ofice without
any solicitation direct or indirect On his part,
in order to aid the head of the Department.
his personal friend, in the discharge Of his
arduous and responsible duties; and up to this
time, 1t is well known to all tho personal
friends Of both, their intercourse md regard
for each other has been marked by unvarying
cordially and personal friendship The
story about the Presidents visit to Mr. Mann,
the mission to France, 30, &c, is the merest
conglomeration Of balderdash falsehood con.
cocted to exc out a telling paragraph ina.
ginabls. Bennett has not published line Of
truth in the way of Washington news con
nected with the French mission since March
a, 1858, except in Inserting quotations from
the Star, showing that his mendacious SANDERS
upon tie President and other prominent gem
tlsmen In tho puolic service, have their origin
in the indignant and deserved contempt with
which bis impudent application for the mis-
sion in question was received by the Govern.
ment Of the United States. .-.
The Claims Court Prof ct.-The Hon. ] .
CLANCY Jones, We hear, will endeavor to in
duoe the House to dispose of the Scnato's bill
to establish the proposed Court for the invss
tigation of claims on the United State flor the
settlement of which the laws make no proyi.
sion) preparatory to action on them by Con.
gress. We fear his effort will be in vain,
however necessary it really is, that the sub
Ject should be speedily and finally dispos ed
of. Tho action of the House on tho day be-
fore yesterday, in permitting him to report the
bill back from the Judiciary committee, over
the standing rule, evirced the disposition of
the body to make the project or something to
tao same end, law sooner or later 1t is clear
to US, and We are very rarely deceived in such
matters, that among the earliest public meas
ures disposed of BY the next Congress will be
an entire change in their system of dealing
with private business. The new plan will
doubtless be moro or less based on the provi.
sions of the bill reported back by Mr. j CLANCY
Jones Sew -' 7-l. s5
WY he Declines All are asking why Mr..
Breckenridge declined the Spanish mission.
which is admitted on all hands to be SO de
sirable In the eyes of public men. A wife
and i've little ones, were, it strikes US, at the
bottom Of his decleDsion. No gentleman GAG
the United States efficiently at Mad.
rid and save dollar of bis pay. Nor can
gentleman in the position (politicaI) at home
which Mr. b. occupies, vacate it for years
without having years of hard labor to un-
dergo on his return, to regain it. Mr. Breck-
inridgs bids fair to have more brilliant Do
litical future than any other gentleman of his
age in the country of any party. That fact
is we'll understood here, and together with the
reasons which We indicate above, are taken
BY wsll-informed and sensible persons arc q nd
rs to be the reasons influencing his determi-
nation in this matter Be-.
b The Current Operations Of the Treasury
yesterday, the 9th of Feb,
here were of Treasury Warrants entered on
he books of the Department
.or the payment of stock. ........ S45, 905 %
for the payment of Treasury debts ia 90
tor the Customs. ................ 1926 10
sor the War Department. ...... 27,2I9 81
FOR the Navy Department ... % 5S4 so
For the Interior Departmental. 2,I57 IS
C9NGR EsssONAL.
In the Senate, yesterday, after We went to
press the bill for the relief of the captors of