The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-30
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON.


The Ndeal Csayts-7hS Cases noU b, n 7hem &C. &C.
Next month Washington will be as )erful AS an APP
pontment; now is as duh as reuss The whole town
Is propped up on subpenas. Every man you meet is a
subpoena you call hack the beet has rolled away
with a subpoena you go church your pew blocked
up with subpenas and should yog be rash enough ask
for ice twice at the table twill be vai for the
last full has melted in hf throat of a subpoena.
For patronage drowned Notification before three
recfyng Courts Of Inquiry convened by the Of Feb
rusry 1857 to inquire into and confirm annu the
ton Of the rcormatory board OF Fifteen who
Iected TO purge, not paraly re, the navy.
The evidence brought before these upo which
agTrieved OH GERS demand their restoration for the
most detailed and faithful internal history OF the naval
service The examination Of witnesses goes back forty
years and the rank and character which the board Of
fifteen up had shot their roots deep down to tho
very basis of the annals of the country Captain
Browne dropped by the fteen has just concluded his
trial In his defence lie put the Of 1912 upon the
stsndalled Lake erie into court and swore the battles
OF Fort George and Little Yorka which testified to
his valor his services and his wounds General Dix who
acted his friend and adviser read most able and elo
<ynent defence Of him tremendous broadstc Of
mental canister into the fifteen" The Of Capt Levy,
winch sti progressing esces the most interest from
the long and unmgated series Of expressions and preu
which he has been subjected his entering
the navy 10 the final climax OF his dismissal And for
whatS Because he is Jew His ancestors happened TO
the Red Sea without wettng their feet and his
Commodore shubrick testified that when in his feet
Levy had performed his duty entirely satisfactory but
like heavily laden ship his reputation was low on the
water.
Commodore S;ringham objected to him because like
Cicero and Goldsmith, he a vain mar and p zen
subordinate officer told him something was Z" a CANNED
lie, instead of resentng IT, he acted like Apps Ciau
He looked among his followers
There TO do his will;
He locked among his lictors-
They trembled aud stood still
er Then Commodore Iavalettc stopped and picked
up ievys courage from where his brother officer and
witness had thrown IL, and proved that he had killed
IN duel after facing his fire seven times.
Commodore Perry thought Levy unpopular, like Ste
phen when he was stoned, but knew nothing definite
After this discharge the rowed ashore and
took its seat Then there sprung up the great nag cap
tain OF the court AID the country the venerable hero of
history and the navy the ndomtabe oid ronsides, Com
those rsking old fashioned volley tht ought down the
pennans OF the cyane and LeyanL He declared to the
Court tina. he would make Levy his flag captain TO
# in command OF squadron and that there was no
better sailor in the service.
Voorhees, and Mayo backed their chief in much the
spirit, and APP Catesby Jones just warmly, and
thus the record will go to the Department The prcsump
ton Is that these courts will do all parties justice.
gold lace so judicial killed and wounded 50
erect for another engagement
called the President for the frs, time this morning
The White House dc1nes gracefully over his white hairs
In youth be dreamed Of it, at maturity he toed it, and
in old age and a he has sunk into a chair which
poorer have filled. Mr.. Buchanan represents
that kind Of success which never astonishcs or
vices than its powers-the kind that is always
elected and remembered which enragcs the hero
who defeated and yet immoral-he kind tina; slips
between SCOTS sword aud Webster tongue and takes
che chair while they take the niche. Yet il s such
as buchanan who are the hope OF politics and the safety
of parties. Lucky for the shaking democracy that
they had both sensible and available. Poor Pierce
cured copyontons OF little men ard the home giants were
all vulnerable. - Buchanan torn from his English
exile like outlawed Bourbon, TO take his bone chances
for tbrssbne or a throne His Jus; and concillatorv
policy dances like sunshine the Aorthern hills Is
fast melting away those awful maorites that against
him like spirits that come to instruct and vanish.
WASHINGTON Nov 2s, 1857.
The Ncrz Speaker for Congrcss-Colonel orr the BcS.
CAanc-Cdndidatcs for the Clcrkshp-Intrigaers for the
Prlnting--A Wire PuIler from New Fork.
ia already manifest that there will be a vas, deal Of
plotting and plotting say nothing Of intrigues
and decertions, which viii be practsed to very large
extent the organization OF the Congress II IS now
fixed fact that Col orr will be the Speaker There
viii be quite number Of candidates presented in the
caucus. Besides Col orr who viii have a majority
all on frst ballot, Mr Phelps Of Missouri, who will have
IL or Is votes, J. Clancy Jones' OF Peansy vania will
have few votes. Alexander H. stephens, Of Georgia,
will also have strength Geo. W. Jones' of Tcnnes.
see, who Of the oldest members Of the House, WILL
out OF compliment 70 him be presented by bis colleagues
But all the strength Of these gentlemen combined will not
exceed thirty i've votes, and Colonel Orr will doubtless
be nominated first ballot.
"A to the Ccrkshp, there will be n spirited contest
Both the gentlemen named-hr. Robinson, Of Indiana,
and Br Allen, OF llinoss-have warm friends. They
come from the West two rival S,a,es-,no The TREND Of
Douglas the other the friend Of Bright Allen has little
The advantage a. he commenced the canvass early last
session he succeeded IN getting good many OF the Old
members who had already returned Congress
pledged 70 90 for him. But IN politics. matters
the not always with the swift the battle with
the strong and in these days tell who elect
ed until the votes counted.
But the great o7niest-ihe In which there s pile
OF money invclved-is the printer question. This is
prize worth struggling for Plotting and intriguing, bay
ING and selling, combinations 81 all sorts and kinds,
nov .ping The lobby, composed mostly Of broken
down and bankrupt politicians, arc as busy as beavers
A. o senator member arrives these miserable
devils make II their busncss.o call upon them, and
they aege sound thcm % sec u tney are an right Many
senator aud member has been sold by these worthless
and delesable specimens Of humanity alleging that they
had secured the honorable Mr. and 40, 10 fact
they never had spoken 10 them and did know
them. There person particular from New York,
who 10 Washington every session, who says that
he carry from seventy 10 ninety members almost
any important measure understand he Is 70 be here
this winter, and Il be comes shall let the country know
sbo he u, that they may secure his services.