Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-25
rRoM WASHINGTON CITY.

Of the HEHa""" f-'fA'''l
WASHINGTON, August 30, 1857.
.r,o ..,. Of old Fort Smelling seems to have given
,i.ss,;sfaclion to the squaties and srecna'"r-
mad around tina. locality, and, as species OF IT,
.- they have circulated the report that the Sec
r-,sry Of War. md even his Excellency, the Pref
dent of the United States are personally Interested
in the SALE In order to expose this lilly aud ro'cu'
lous Islander upon these high officials it ID only hecet
saiy 10 undel stand the modus opcrnad' OF
,.rs and spectators, when government proper -
their ueyhborhood is to be disposed oil al puon0
lion. The par,es meet and determine whal each
man :. N III, for and at what price. beyond 'h's
,..o hal nj the risk of his life, aud
, NV MI Interests are sacrificed to this comoE1:
,;"n i, was at IIesveuwortb, during Inc SAFE o'
,h D.l.vnre Trust Lsncs-eo II mas ever oeeu WI
ths tron,sr, whenever ana wherever SUE" o'e' "D'
taken place. ,; orno;,,ad two Com.
ss;oners TO make tie sale, IN directed by the ACT o'
Congress, instructed them as follows:
"Yuu will sell all that par: of the reservation moi
included in any tract to which an sctua. se.lef nay
have a lust claim, either at public auction. aitei
giving due notice in the principal papers III tne
North West or at private sale, in tracts or lois OF ~
acres each 80 TO enable persons OF Sai neans 10
purchase, or in whole, whichever. III your oP'non'
may be deemed best; but III neilher caSe a. 1908 no
g 50 per acre"
This discretion Of selling in lots or "in whole, at
nublio auction or at sprivste sale. was given these
Commissioners with a special view 10 Inc custom
mentioned above, and it was mol long a'teT arr'Sing
On the ground that the Commissioners Major Seth
| Eastman. ". :. A. and WIN. King Ileiskel OF Viz
pipia \ discovered that combination existed among
the sauatters and SPECTATORS, tor the purchase OF
every lot offered at price not to exceed TWO dollars
ner acre less that one third OF the limit fixed by the
| fSsnartment. What was 10 be done7 The Conmis-
soers did not hesitate but determined to thwart the
plot by selling the whole tract at private SALE they
could do 80. Accordingly the whole tract upward
1000 was Offered oa%e ap by
another offer OF $70,0OU-when the Commissioners
proposed taking 100000 nearly twelve dollars per
| acre This offer was accepted ana Inc safe was
closed at once to The great chagrln ana dsappoih'
ment Of those who had hoped to purchase Tor uete
snny Tb. result is these worthless and those in their
interests have flooded the country with insinua'oIs
that the Secretary of War was actuated III tne sae
by personal considerations, and that Mr.. Buchanan
had interest 10 the speculation. Inc RECORD .els
deductions with the simple remark, that this was 'e
| best sale ever made Of government property, M
| The Sixth Auditor of the Treasury-Wm r. fhii,
lips Of Fauquier county W. was TO Gay Is; ha
mace. Mr. Phillips seems to have been obnoxious TO
| most of the Virginia delegation III Congress, ana
demand was made for his removal. believe nis ap'
Monument was procured during the last ADMINISTERS
ton, through the innuence oI 'ne .a'e iio'. ~,
Harbour The Sixth Auditor receives and settles Ill
The accounts of Postmasters and has undsr him one
hundred aud fourteen clerks.
f. II. S,ckuey, of Maine, tSllUo clerk was to-
day removed from the office OF the Third Auditor
aud G. f. Ingle, $4,000 clerk. from the Light House
Board Charles Lndley, of California was appoint
ed Receiver of Public Moneys at Marysvlle' Caliior'
nia vice =. Z. Rust, resigned a..
Gov Floyd, understand, contemplates trip 10
Old Point Comfort, to spend q few days, IN company
with several other members of the Cabinet Old
Point ia now in full blast, and many OF our dlstin'
rn;.bed officials will be- luxurating ia the ssa. bath
next week. The hog fish are now in their PRIME
and in great abundance and the guests OF the cee'
brstsd Hygeia Hotel are growing fat and saucy: 1t
may be that your correspondent will slip down for
day two and take few notes for the benefit OF
your readers. hAPPAHANNock'