New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-12
from FLASHING TON.
Prom Or Special Co'respordeut.


which has been observed here for some Il ne past
they have st last come 10 points AID thrown away
the scsbb.r6 This result was long since tor5seen
10 be inevitable, by those who koeS tn deep feel
inc euterta;ned by the President, and how deter
mined he was to make no compromise that would
for,c) recruitment for the crusade which the s na-
Tor from nlrois led in December last. The order
from the White House was t. crush hin out ~
every bszard, even IL impeTng The sue ,ess of III.
party for bitter was the hostility that the suc
cess Ct Repubcanism was regarded as a preferable
alternative to the triumph Of Douglas even with the
rank and file Of the Democracy at his back. TIL,
nominah'gs at the Springfield COnv, nton yester-
day, iced 70 resolutions TO explan their manifest
purpose. They convey an open declaration OF war,
which is fully under tood here, and will b. heartily
reciprocated by Douglas in good time. The agents
OF the Administration who proclaimed their hatred
Of Doug as in that body, were quite worthy of the
confidence wkich they reflected Carpenter has at
tanned wide fame already, and Lob, the mail
hgeut Of Uncle Sam, has a record ia the public
documents, which would be quite refreshing To r..
produce. a. he Is reported TO have been one OF the
DANTE leaders IN Kansas, who fled after exciting
he violence there, it is nOy proposed to call the
Administration party Of Illinois, Dante Democrats,
The Instructions given to our officers in the Gulf
Of Mexico have not yet been communicated to
CoI gress, aud it is only through mysterious sugges-
tons that the public have been enabled to under
stand their diff When the fleet Of large aud
little craft started ont in such hurry, every body
supposed its first duty was 10 "smell the blood of
an Englishman,' and then deyour him without the
least ceremony. This was believed to be the
why the Styx suddenly disappeared, smelling the
rOmlrg storm from aiar 1t turns out that the IN
structions we're much more amiable and that Mr..
buchanan is not the bloody minded President he is
represented to be- These officers We're only ordered
not to allow any acts Of Writ, examination or dcten-
ton to be committed ia THAR PrcScncc. 1t is diff
cult 10 SEQ bow such contingency could well hap
pen, and ii was probably in that view that the
gallant Mr.. TOuccy sent his fleet roaming over the
Gulf, knowing that whoever attempted retaliation
for an outrage Pcrpetrated outside The limits OF hls
orders would be liable to dismissal. Altogether it
may he regarded as q very ingenious mode of pre-
serving the public pence. The Navy Department
deserves leather medal certainly, and the officers
are inclined to subscribe, since the insurance COM
panies will not new put up the premiums GA their
valuable lives.
No important appropriation was ever carried by
a closer Otc thau hat authorizing the construction
ri ten slOOps of war last Light. When the Navy
Dill was fist before the House, this item could
hardy get decent hearing, and it was for that
Ieaso On that the Senate reduced it 10 five. The Ad
mnis.ratOn mustered its forces yesterday, aud
Iung in some of the Opposition, who are always
open 20 conviction, and then by one majority car
RED their point. inserting ten sOops, and by the
same relative vote passed the bill. Several Repub-
hcans lodged, and one or t@O in the halt could not
be induced Ia face the nus.. Newl0rk had
large lobby on hand, persuadmg tins bill through,
armee with arguments that are known to b. poem
tihl. 1t has been remarked on several occasions
lately, that the few men claiming Ia be Rcpubli-
I'D nr.f sslI
for bolt on Iecompton, and for whose votes an
sfice broker claiming also 10 be Republican. Is
said 10 have contracted-sOne of his letters
making demands upon friends OF the Administration
are stitl In existence have followed the Democratic
lead and deserted their colors The fac, is not 10
be disguised either that portion Of the lobby here,
some OF which i. connected with the press have
traded upon the capital OF their pretcnsions as Re
nubIicang and undertaken 10 sell their alleged
friends without -cruple. Several cases have re-
cent, come to light, with which the public may be
enlightened before long. When newspapers aud pol
itics are pTOsliiuicd 10 such vcnal purposes, ii Is
high time the rogucs we're exposed vino disgrace
both.
MIR. BENJAMIN has worked TO some nominal pur-
nose After GONG all the way H. Mexico last year,
as the agent and attorn,y Of the Tchuanicpec Com
papy and beiug accredited by the President rs his
next friend II was only right, perhaps, he should
try to make good thing Out OF hts mission. Hence
in his patriotic endea,ors 10 get the Endorsement of
the Government upon this enterprise, and 10 pro-
cure a contract upon which he might ralee the
means to build road for transporting the mail
across the lsthmus. No exception was taken 10
the disintcrcstncss Of the zeal thus manifested.
Yesterday the pOstmasttr-Gcneral signed a con-
tract based upon his letter TO the Post Office Com
mittee Of the IIousc-that is contingency here
after TO sIse la that letter he admits the grant Is
in dispute aud therefore capitalists viii see, with
out being told what sort of security they i'll have
for advances. When Mr.. Ward OF Pcnnsy lyania
gocs 10 England and looks hi, green specaclcs
perhaps he may discover John Bull is not near 50
stupid as he tuok him TO be. Aud whon Mr.. Ben
jalnn kcels urging an appropriation Of dollars and
cents for iis object, TIE dear public ought not TO
forget that he il an lsr0ic without guile. sim-
plc-nlndcd Senator, who has no idea OF the worth
OF q Jews eye. l>DLX.
From Or Own Correspondent.