Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-14
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

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lows: Congress by law directed the Postmaster
General to fit up a certain edifce as a Phila-
delphia City Post Office. Parties interested in
and around different location commenced a
vigorous war on that action of Congress, using
the columns of the Ledger as their means Of
operating to make popular capital in their work
In accordance with their petitions the Post
master General temporarily suspended his
preparations to have the work commenced, that
he might thoroughly investigate the truth of
the allegations of those parties. He visited
Philadelphia and did SO; satisfying himself, we
presume, that the contest was nothing more than
such as invariably arises over the location of
every important public building in any city.
In the mean time the panic occurred, and he
was earnestly recommended by every member
OF Congress elect from the city, and nearly, if
not quite, all the members elect from the city
to the Legislature to proceed as soon as pos
sible to execute the law in the premises.
Common sense will teach any one that those
selected by the people to represent them here,
and at Harrisburg, were more to be copfded in,
as the representatives of their wishes and in
terests on such subjects, than any individual
property holders and spectators in real estate
in Philadelphia; and that in such a case as the
one on which we are ommenting the Post
master General must necessarily be guided by
the advice of the former, who are directly re-
sponsible to their constituents for any advice
they may give him on such a subject, instead
of by those who are playing, on their own re-
sponsibility only, for the advancement of their
own personal interests.
The intensity Of the chagrin and disappoint-
ment Of the spectators on finding that the Post
master General has elected to carry out the
design of Congress at this time. and thus ma
terially to alleviate the condition of the labor
ing poor of thatcity-rsther than to delay action
In the premises to enable them to grind their
axes before Congress next winter is abundantly
manifested In the virulence of their attacks on
that functionary pu blished in the LEDGER In
that journal they actually 60 to the extent of
lnslnuating that carriage which has lately
been built in Philadelphia to his order is a
present to him from parties interested in his
action above referred to. OF course this insin-
uation needs no contradiction from u.s. Those
interested IN the prosperity Of the city of Phil
adelphia should comprehend that thevery best
way conceivable to destroy the prestige of its
SO popular manufacture, is the preparation of
so villainOus trick for revenge, as the pro-
mitigation Of the insinuation to which we refer.
Gentlemen in public life can hardly hereafter
venture to purchase carriages of Watson & Co.,
however much they may admire them, if the
Philadelphia spectators thus misrepresent
their acts in so doing.
The BROOKLYN NAVY YARD-We are it,
debted to the Journal of Commerce for the
following sketch Of a recent visit of the editor
to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, exhibiting, in q
few brief paragraphs, faithful daguerreotyte
OF the state Of affairs there, which must prove
OF interest to our many readers in the service
now abroad
IRIP TO IKE NAVY YARD.-We avaled Of
me opening Of the Indian summer to wend our
way over the East River and onward to the Navy
ara, Tor the purpose of seeing whal Uncle sam
Is about In these had times.
On entering the va d, our attention was ar
rested by well which has just been bored to
ne oePth OF some Is feet, much of the way
n,ougn solid rock for the purpose of obtaining
that II had been done by contract to obtain sup
ply OF 100 gallons per minute that the quantity
desired had been obtained, but that the quality
is not good enough for general use We more
than half suspect that Uncle Sam, like his
nePhews over the river. will have TO depend
upon the new water works of Brooklyn after all
IL was eight o'clock in the morning-and some
eighteen hundred workingmen were rushing i'm
through the gates towards the octagonal muster
mouse on the right Of the main avenue, answer
ing 10 their names as called from the open win
DOW by the yard clerks, and then going of to
dlneIent parts Of the public ground in their re-
sPectlve working gangs. In less than half an
honr this vast population of mechanics and la
poiefs were busily at work in the shops, on the
wharves, and upon the new buildings which
are being erected-and the hum and hustle of
active employment succeeded the perfect quiet
ness which had before prevailed.
In the open space around the muster house the
marine officers were exercising the guard of the
North Carolina, and that Of the Vncennes which
Is soon TO sail for the coast of Africa Their eyo-
lutlonS were performed with great precision and
we were most favorably impressed with their
soldierly appearance.
The Lyceum edifice at which we halted for a
while TO call upon one or two of our old friend,
who are officers upon the station, is place of
some celebrity, as containing regular museum
OF eurlositIes brought from all quarters of the
BIooe Dy oincers returning from foreign cruises
ana on pleasant DAYS strangers flock TO this edi-
nee to see the Sights in great numbers-ladies
and children especially.
IheTe seem 10 he no ships building in the
large ship-houses from which the Nia1ara And
the Sabine were launched. The Vincennes is
hauied on into the stream, and will sail for the
coast OF Africa in the course of next week The
supply Will sail so soon she can be loaded
win stores Tor our squadron on the coasts of Az
RIGA and Brazil The old friga,e Savannah occu
pies the dry-doc and is being reduced to the
dimensions Of d 'st class sloop-of- war-and the
bfandywine and Potomac are living in ordinary
near by. as though they wele waiting for a new
dress Of the same character. The Sabine which
we believe was nearly thirty years in building
ana which Las never been even rugged, is housed
over on the dry-dock-so far behind the times in
her arc hitectural style and proportions as to be
considered by the Officers quite unfashloaable
The Dispatch, that Improbable purchase which
was made for the Hartstene Arctic Expedition,
hes al one o. The wharves as though the Govern
Inent knew not what to do with her-and vet she
has new set of boilers and is ready for use The
surveying steamer Corwin, having had new boil
ers, Is nearly completed for service and after do
ing little harbor work here, will sail for the
coast OF Florida early in December to enter upon
winter $ work around the reefs The steamer
Water Witch Is at anchor of the ward having
arrived from Washington via Norfolk few DAYS
since, with the properties for the construction
oePaItnlent; and after taking in additional arti-
cles here will sail soon for the Boston naval ,ta
ton. ~
These were our observations of the morning
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