Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-10-23


revival of the United States bank under the in
auence of the late panic.
PUBLIC EXPESDITURES.--Som Of the Wash
ingtOn correspondents are announcing the de-
termination Of the Administration to abandon
the prosecution Of this and that public work at a
distance, to reduce the Army and Navy actively
employed, and to consummate other strange
things OF that sort, by way of reducing the pub
lie expenditures TO meet the necessities Of the
times. Such publications are about on a par
with those which represent various Washington
correspondents as being ''leetle" thicker with
this or that Cabinet officer, the President, va
rious Foreign Ministers and other distinguished
public functionaries, than ever John Minor
Bolts was with John Tyler. in the times when,
according to the former, they slept together
and as being, Of course. the mouth pieces
through which they (the functionaries afore-
said) communicate directly with the public all
of which is calculated to create no little amuse-
ment at this point.
The truth is, the Executive branch of the
Government has no power in law to designate
those public works which shall be prosecuted
and those which shall not be That's the func-
ton Of Congress, which directs how much mo-
ney shall be spent On each and provides the
means Of spending it; the said money being
after their orders so given, available in the
Treasury, for no other purpose whatever. A
failure to spend it as ordered by Congress
would not increase the amount available in the
Treasury to cover other Government expenses
to the extent Of a penny.
We make this explanation only by way of
showing the value of such correspondential rev.
Citations of the purposes, in such connection, of
Secretary this and that one, which are, in
these times, to be found in distant newspapers
The DEFENDER OF CRISOLIyE.-Our friend
the late Attorney General Of the United States,
though a confirmed old bachelor of a widowor,
is an ardent admirer Of the fair sex, as we hap
pen to know; fancying them all SO much as to
be unable, as it were, to make up his mind
which specimen Of the genus crinoline he fan
cies most. e. sufficiently to anchor to for the
balance of his agreeable and useful life II
seems that he has . fired up at the imputation
| that the dear creatures-the ladies-are re-
spOnsible for some portion of the current finan-
| cial embarrassment Of the land, and that the
| hope Of relief is without foundation, because
such thing az economy cannot under any
pressure Of circumstances be instiled into
them. He resists the imputation upon the sex
with degree Of gallantry becoming his posi-
ton of a widower so much devoted in imagin-
alton to the sex at large, that he cannot for the
life Of him choose u charmer all for himself
| At the festival Of the Massachusetts Char
liable Mechanics Association at Faneuil Hall
Boston, he thus took up the cudgels for Flora
McFlimsey, who has been reported as a great
cause Of the 80 financial pressure" Hear him
| ladies:
One cause (of the crisis, they are told, was ex
| tTavagance-principaiiy the extravaganza Of La
| dies. ! deny it, said Mr.. Cushing, fgTeat ap-
plause and in the first place the ladies' share OF
| IL He was told that the superhuous founces,
DC was prominent cause, and lac said he was
| amazed at such an announcement. Did elegant
silks. costly iaces, or voluminous skirts produce
the failure Of the Ohio Trust COMPANY, of the
Illinois Central Railroad, or Of the Erie Rail-
! road daughter III sacrifice was necessary
he felt assured that Il would not be useless 10 ap-
| ply to the ladies'. They would be among the
| fist u make II. Even Flora MeFIiinsey lad "A
neart, and il only beloved us to learn the way to
| that heart then there would he found abundance
| OF sacrifice. The ladies were not the cause Par
| beyond them were the causes to be sought for
The country is rich IN Its agricultural and min
eisl resources, her commerce Is whitening every
s~a, and, as for retIrnchment, why should not
f'laD and woman enjoy the comforts and luXuTes
OF life which Providence had placed within their
reach In regard to the remedies, he would say
! 10 England-often fretting at us, but still our
nearest and best ffiend--bewarc how YOU commit
toward US tue same error az heretofore This is
hot impoverished Spain monrchical Mexico,
oht me Cnitfd states, with vast resources, wait
M o.ty 10 the nightmare panic to be taken OFF to
| help the action OF the BODY polite Applause |
70 tue pt.neeiy merchants OF Philad,l phia, New
ork ana Boston-wiih whose misfortnnes he
os WIZ. ha. %s0