New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-05
FOREIGN TRADE OF BOSTON.
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FROM WASHINGTON
Correspondence Of The N. y. Tribune.

Correspondence OF The n. y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Oct. =, 1857.
This has been an unusually dull week, not a wave
let ripping the surface Of the political sea- There
were but two or three noticeable removals on the
LIST instant and among others was not that of Mr..
Brodhead. second Controller, to whose place public
and uncoutradicted rumOr bad promOtedJ Madison
Cutts. father-in law to Senator Douglas Ii is now
said BY thOse who affect to be in Administration Sc
crets that though the commission was duly made
ont for Mr.. Cults, its delivery was arrested by
weighty charges of kDOw.NOthlnslsm, from which
Mr.. C.. has not vindicated himself.
The changes in the Patent Office were resolved
upon seyeIal mcnths since and the determination to
make them was the cause Of Mr. Masons retire
ment While the country gives Mr.. Buchanan just
credit fer moderation in Furnishing opponents and
rewardng psrtsans and personal avorltes, the party
does not extend TO him the same indulgence. Each
spplcant considers himself as well entitled to OBJ
tain if he can the place for which be is striving, ms
Mr.. Buchanan had to suppant and reject from power
hisriya. Gen Pierce. In his degree each Democrats
asworby as each other and the last importation from
the Emerald Isle who tips his brOeue for messen-
gershp deserves as well of the country such is the
theory of the party as the luminary who has shed
the rays of his efulgence over the minds OF men
from his youth up, and who regards a full mission
lngs of Democracy are regarded with the greater
interest because they have chosen in the simplicity
of their hearts what others have adopted from assO-
citation and cold calculation. If Mr.. Buchanan does
not come down handsomely after the meeting of
Congress. wide spread revolt among his followers
must be the consequence.
An examination of the returns in the Department
this morning shows that the amount of surplus SUBJ
ject 70 draft on Monday last was not SIG 937, 602,
as reported by telegraph, but Sl6,0l2, ,055. The
receipts Of the week were very far below those of
any week since the beginning of the fiscal year. u
fact but little One-third Of the average. This
fact shows the utter prostrahOn of trade. What
few goods are imported lett in bond TO await the
collection Of means % pay the duties and the de-
mand which may be fairly expected on the return of
better times.
The redemption Of Government loans is going on
with wonderful activity. There were redeemed
Yesterday SiO0 900, aud since the notice Of a re-.
ductiOn Of premium the lst of next month stocks
of the three principal loans have been paid to the
amount of 81 ,293,00O. At this rate the national
debt will soon be extinguished.
The President is indisposed, and takes the liberty
10 refresh himself by abstinence from the details OF
labor AS he has not been visible 10 the public for
the last two days. his illness is presumed to be some
thing more serious than The slight cold when IS
given out rs the cause Of il. The location of his
town house IL provocative Of fever at this season.
The most approved remedy is the removal OF the
dwelling to distan e &C one nile and q half from
the bank of the rycr and about three irters of
mile north Of the Capitol an a swelling rise Of land
which commands good prospect of the oity The
expenditure If halt million of dollars IN filling up
the river fats half uncovered by the re6ux of the
tde, ID front Of the present mansion, would be a
more efectual and economical remedy of the evil
justly complained Of But economy is unworthy the
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