The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-07


Our Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON Fob. .. 1858.
The Loeoy and is kOpcmes- Newspaper Corr posacrt
I~fostant Law QuesiOn-1hs Lsdtans, de-
The movements Of the lobby have ma yet become suf-
ncienty marked TO particular attention. 1hns
fnr Oil schemes are n state o preparation, snd not do
veof+d for pubic confederation Colt wants an extension
N his f~sent Mccormick anxious W obtain renewal OF
his rcnope, the rubber interests probably working
70 get their masters shape 60 before the House but
yet all parties sea- drifting scut 10 find the best
haven in the committees and waiting for the represents
tive man IN the House TO turn So far as can ascer
tanand am looking closely for all facts connected with
We operations o. the obby-he various parties
ing the patent interests "yng ow" for the present.
without programme OF action, and destitute of full
sanzation upon any Of the 10 which have Al
sdsd. In due committees will commence their
reports and then the lobby Will be fairly before the
country In all Its length and breadth.
The "cOetiveness' Of Washington newspaper cores
pondenH upon various important questions is mainly
attributable the influence OF the lobby Parties having
claims against the government measure Tor patent
extension steamship line land grant, any matter Of
private speculation preliminary action consider II
cessary see" the correspondents such may be
commended, with Wow 70 securing favorable notice,
their silence may best suit tho ends contemplated
Az general thing Washington correspondents not
gifted with suhcency Of this worlds goods as 10 render
them impcrvious 10 the approaches Of the lobby
and consequently they are insenslbly drawn into
vortex from which there is no escapc. No
class Of men in Washington
posed this kind Of temptation than these
pondents They are sought AFTER and the influence Of
good society good dinners and supply Of money too
powerful attractions to be resisted they fall gradually or
tackled with kind Of moral dyspepsia extremely hard TO
The expense Of living in Washington IL extremely
high and few papers the country afford 10 support
here or some
hence the writer however well disposed forced 10 have
TO Other means than his pen 10 maintain himself
and the lobby making the hast bid him. do not
offer this in dsparagement OF the corps here.
l merely design TO give 4 az a cause Of the effect
which you notice IN your remarks upon the I" Co.'S
tivenees of the letter writer's Washington 1t is to be
hoped that the corps will cut itself adr from the lobby
ifsuch . thing be possible
An important question in law argued In the gu
preme Court last week. The suit is OF the most in
termnsble seres commenced by Mr. Horace II. Day
against the vioators Of the Chaee patent and
menced IN the District Court Of Connecticut against Mr.
Nathaniel Hayward. The suit was dismissed from the
Court below and comes up here the appeal OF Mr.
Day The question involves great constitutional principle,
and the decision will be looked upon with much interest,
as establishing Precedent Of vital Importance in
a resident in Rhode Island, but property
in Connecticut Upon this property Mr.. Day
lays attachment with view of forcing Mr.. Hayward
bis D's) suit in that district The ruling has
uniformly been that person should only q
where he may be found and not be compelled TO follow
suit into another district simply because he happened 10
property there The Court in Connecticut maintaining
this sensible and equitable view OF the law dismissed the
case and hence the appeal The decision will be rendered
in few days There is another involving the
principle yet 70 be argued before the court The suit is
brought by Edwin Chaee az trustee Of Horace H. Day.
and out Of the violation Of the Chaee patent by Mr.
Hayward.
Much remark has been created here by the manner in
which the United States officials parade the Indian deiegs
tons about, and understand they contemplate exhb
itnG them at fifty cents head The Indians fairly
"playcd out"
WASHINGTON Feb. 3, 1853.
The Public Printing International Opwigh La,o-C7ams
Against the Govenment--Mr Williamson, dc.
Bouse bill No 1o2 providing the deficiency In the
appropriation made for the printing Of the last two Con-
erssses like wounded snake drags A slow length along
Every step In the debate exhibits deormy In
the present system Of the public printing and each day
exposes some new swnde In the way OF Congressional
bookmakng While the subject fresh before the peo-
pie, msy be proper To mention acts in relation
the public printing which have not yet been made public
The Thirty third Congress divided the printing between
Beverly Tucker and Gen. Armstrong Of the Union-the
Senate eecng the former and the House the latter Wen
dell fuckers of business and had the superin
tendence the Senate printing Armstrong dur
ing the session OF that Congress- believe Judge
Nicholson became Senate printer the surviving partner Of
the Union establishment II u this time that Wendell
exhibited his peculiar talents In business nesse. Having
control Of the Senate printing, he saw that very
good thing could be made by communion OF interests be-
the Sentinel and Union in regard to the Congress
siopa printing, great saving being effected In compost
ton By such . union Wendell offered Judge Nicholson
more than be (N) could make by doing the printing
the Senate, and take of his hands. The Judge
sbc took the offer and retained Vie honor of being &c.
nate printer got rid Of the trouble and realized hand
some premium, while Wendell made heap Of money by
the operation By this means Wendell gained strength 70
20 alone for the house printing OF the last Congress-
Nicholson printer the Senate and the arrangement
made between the parties for the printing Of the preoed
Congress again put into operation, 20 the mutual
advantage Of the parties concerned Such the way In
which the public printing has been managed, and in tho
the printing for the present Congress be-
ing conducted s,eedman has been indnccd 70 abandon
his project 10 establish another Office AFTER interest,"
ing s., ss%' pOr.SIs rro% ws sS The S.S
gain has been contaminated; and suppose that all tho
parties Interested in hs phase Of public plumber per
boasts that Ia eected public printer, he 10
do the printing and Wendell right in his estimate This
e.,ept al eyery Cousress and The syssem should
be abolished unjust and demoralnng. The public
binding the printing Of blanks &C fall into the hands Of
H. and II In sold out a. openly the holder youd dispose
Of . broken wnded nag. These are what, have been
termed the "good thing about Congress- which the in
usted continue to pick up and dispose Of TO the
great scandal OF our government These abuses
will continue until all printing, binding, &c,
for tie government executed by proper bureau
created for the purpose The action OF the House
Deficiency bill under consideration will have the effect
20 greatly reduce the profits Of the public printer, by
cutting Of the printing Of copies OF reports unless
ordered by Joint resolution Of both houses Here good
begins the not half done The establishment
Of government printing Office and bindcry viii alone
entirely the evil which has become such widely
spread cause OF complaint
The question he asked, what IL the Library Committee
dong with the international Copyright bill referred 10
them time SINGER The consideration Of the bill can
not be very difficult affair that should remain 20
long in committee. Shall not hear from this matter
before lopgf
The glorious uncertainty which attends claims against
the government when tbey get before Congress worthy
Of remark. MY attention has been called 10 this sub
jcct from looking over the index Of claims against