New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-26

n. Treasurer. at 81 GOO each, which are wholly
unn.ces.sry. The only actual expense incident to
the i,,ue OF this loan is that Of engraving the scrP
Ever since 1872 when this modern loao System
began, in consequence OF the legacy OF indebted
ness and bankruptcy from Mr.. Van Buren's Admin
i,trstiop this 500 900 item has always been put in
and without particle Of necessity. portion OF
il wss employed at one time for extra clerk hire,
ard the balance, after paying the engraving bills
was usually expended 10 some other cOnvenlen.
mode.
There are row two clerks and messenger N the
Registers Office assigned to the loan business, VINO
do not perform good day's work in month, az
the transfer books will show. Most of the public
stocks are he'd for permanent Investment. and con-
sequenty no transfers are made to vethem EN-
ployment. When the semi annual dividends are 10
be prepared they have certain routine ~ perform
and here il may be said their labor ends. Any IN
telipent boy Of seventeen years old, familiar with
the rudiments Of arithmetic, ls Competent 10 the
task. Yet in the present state OF the treasury,
when the Government is living from hand 10 mouth
it proposed to increase the clerical force without
any reasonable pretext except the desire to pension
two additional drones. II the loan is granted, the
necessary expenses Of engraving should be allowed
and nothing more There are scores OF ldlers about
the Departments 10 whom little work would be a
novelty. And the Register of the Treasury can
supply ali the force that needed without the least
interference with any other branch of his Office 1t
,say look small thus to take exception 10 the crea
ton of unnecessary cerkships. But the whole ten
dcncy here is bureaucratic, and it is just by such
dribets that the machine Of government has be-
come 80 expanded and nbecile. Mr.. Hunter prob
ably adopted the precedent formed on other loan
bills az to the $50 600 appropriation, and added the
two clerks at the suggestion OF others, who were
plausible enough to mislead Mr.. Cobb. The salaries
of these proposed pensioners might as well be
Il -, h. Dot f.ra
render the public service.
Lord Napier has returned from visit TO Mr..
Rives in Virginia, which he extended to the foun-
tain of Old-fashioned Democracy at Monticello.
He is unreserved in saying that the proceedings in
the Gulf were entirely without any knowledge, d.
rect or Indirect on bis part and he has every rea-
son to believe that the Ministry were equally lgno-
rant @ When the first facts were divulged IN the
newspapers, he at once wrote to the Admiral OF the
squadron, Dclosing the statements and comments
with decided admOnition against their repetition
In this aspect of the no apprehension is enter
tanned that there will be the least difficulty in effect
ing a prompt and satisfactory adjustment or pro-
curing precautionary arrangement by which re-
currence will be prevented. Neither country Is IN
a condition to make war; even if there was the In
clinaton, and the patriots who are now Overlooking
with indignation had better run Down to Mexico
dnd give vent to their excessive ZEAL
The Committee on Foreign Relations in the Sem
ate met Yesterday morning to consider the papers
transmitted by the President and the resolution
submitted by Mr. Seward. They reached no con-
clusion and adjourned till tomorrow, IN order to
get the benefit of further reflection. The President
has power enough already to extend the requisite
protection and to resent aggression If needs be.
If he would break up our parade stations abroad
and send sufficient number of vessels to the Coast
of Africa and Cuba to stop the slave traffic, In con-
formity with the spirit Of our treaty obligations,
Il cnuld poto If they did
would be followed by the quickest and sternest re-
dress As it is, the Government is made indirectly
q party to the OdiOus trade, because the flag is
abused to cover it, while conservative gentlemen IN
Boston, New-York, New Orleans and elsewhere are
pOcketing the profits.
In the discussion of the contested election case
of Campbell and Valandingham yesterday, point
was turned which produced much impression on all
sides. The contestant had argued his case with
considerable ingenuity and SKILL commanding the
attention of the House, and the special admiration
of the South as he proceeded. And where he took
occasion to charge that sixteen colOred men had
voted for Campbell and to comment upon the va
rious hues of color, the application of the bred
Scott decision and such matter, he quite won the
hearts of the chivaly. They we're in ectstacy over
the new Northern recruit, when Mr.. Wilson of
Indiana rose to reply. He had shown on former
occasion faculties and parts that insured COM
manding position if properly applied, and hence In
terest was felt to hear his review OF this case.
After removing the himsy covering with
which Mr.. Vallandingham had sought to shroud
the legal and other propositions, he then
turned to the point upon which so much emphasis
had been laid, proving in the first place, that the
allegations in regard to these sixteen coored voters
rested upon the most miserable hearsay statements,
derived from third parties, and which would not be
tolerated in a Justices Court, but more than this,
that the bearsay itself depended exclusively upon
the affidavit of negro This announcement fell
on the ears of the astOnished chvalry, like thunder
clap. A negro sworn In Court Who ever heard
of such insult to the Constitution and such an out
rage on the rights of the South There was an i'm.
mediate rush to the volume of evidence to verify the
charge which happened to stand out in the planest
ebony. Mr.. Vallandgh propositions which had
expanded considerably, appeared to shrink under
this discovery, and after some further debate the
decision was postponed till Tuesday at o'clock:
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