The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-23

Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, July II, 1856.
The Kansas Contested Election The AppropriG-
toms raSds ana Corruption-1He Duel
The House Committee on Elections are ready 20
make their report on the Kansas contested seat,
giving il against General Whitfield, the present oc-
cupant Debate will be cut of by demand for the
previous question, when the committees report
will be adopted
The Appropriation bill, which is not yet half COM
pletsd. win exceed in amount wichou, the Omnibus,
some millions over any Of its predecessors. ! am
informed by one of the committee, that in the ex-
penditure of money by the Pierce administration
some startling exhibitions will be presented Of a;-
tual fraud, coming under the head Of appropria-
tons, by the last Congress-
The President and his Secretary Of the Treasury
in many instances have taken upon themselves TO
understand o give and directly opposite meaning to
the plain intent of Congress- while Ia other cases, as
] have stated, palpable fraud has been detected
in the appropriation Of the public funds.
Fayorites, many of them newspaper proprie-
tors and editors, have been largely provided for,
and penny sheet, published not far from this spot,
hut late insane advocate Of Pierces denomination,
am assured, has received in cash, from the public
Treasury, as an equivalent for merely spouting up
the claims Of Pierce but charged to public prnting,
the respectable sum Of thirty thousand dsars in IS
months. This paper is now an advocate for ba
charan, and one Of the Forney directors Of sbe
present adHl9is1tatiOn, when IN full poweS Mr.
Ball aas rHt commenced his inyesigauops zoo early
and the heid which is now open 10 him promises as
founding results. Many seem to think that the pre-
sent committee will end its abors, after the fashion
of those Of its predecessors 5ut in this they will be
mistaken the person who is at the head OF II can
neither be bought or trified witd
President Pierce deeply regrets his hasty spec n
made from the portico of the White House, on the
ecept OF Buchanan's nomination. He has expert
epced this regret frequently, but urges in extenaa
ton Of his blunder that he was over-persuaded by
Gen. Cass and Douglas Of the Senate. The efforts
which interested partisans in this city are making 70
show that the present administration is unit in
supporting Mr. Buchanan Is positively false. Pierce
aside neither Davis or Cushing are his friends, and
Fiilnores election would be preferable to either OF
them to Buchanan's. In conversation on Saturday
evening with Gen. Houston, who is fresh from the
South was assured that Fillmore would get as ma
ny Southern States as Buchanan, while gentleman
who was present-a democratic editor, OF Virginia
= said that that State would cast, for the Know No
thing Presidential candidate, ten thousand more
votes than it did when Wise was elected. Georgia
Gen. Houston gives for certainty for Fillmore
Each day the question ia becoming n ore interesting
and the desire stronger 10 know how Mr.. Buchanan
Is to be elected, and where the States will come FROM
that are to ect him. Patience, three months will
tell the story, by declaring in favor Of Fremont and
Dayton.
Mr.. Burlingame, member from Massachusetts,
has published card in this mornings Inteuigencey
which is considered q challenge to Mr.. Brooks, of
South Carolina This young gentlemsn-for he is
the youngest member Of the House-has been goad-
ed into this step by Thurlow Weeds aud others,
who are afraid to fight themselves, but anxious
get their friends to do it for them. 1t Is supposed
that duel will be the result Of 1t.