Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-14

Spirit OF Washington Letters.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
sette says: -
The relations between the President and
Gov. Walker are daily becoming more
hostile. The "friendly feeling" that is said
to have existed "when they differed, bu'
parted as friends" is giving place 10 one o.
open and bitter hostility. The course o.
tba Administration toward Walker, and
the bitterness displayed in Congress by its
sunporters, are bringing ont many interest
;nr facts, that will do NO credit to the oc.
cnnaut of the White House. Among the
latter, is private letter, received by Gov
Walker from the President, when encamp-
ed before Lawrence, unqualified approving
of aa has previous conduct. This letter
has been seen by several persons, and will
probably soon be published.
The correspondent of the N. Y. Express
in speaking Of the debate upon the con
duct of Com. Pauiding in seizing Walker
and his men says:
One of Mr.. Sickles' strongest points, in
answer to the objections of an q. S. force
going on foreign territory to arrest Walker
was his reference 10 Gen. Jackson's going
into the then Spanish territory of Florida
to arrest three persons, two of whom Ar
buthnot and Ambriter) he afterwards hung.
If Gen. jackson was not "recalled" Oh
'rebuked' for that act, he wanted to know
why Com. Paulding should be punished
for following his example!
The correspondent of the st Louis DEM
ocrat says:
have to repeat that all the signs indi-
cate change of the Presidents program
me on the Kansas question. But who can
say what his ultimate position may be p
He does not know it himself, for he is not
his own master.
The correspondent of the n. Y. Times,
(7th) says:
The Administration is greatly elated by
dispatches to-day from Gov. Denver, whose
opinion is decided that the Free State men
Will take Part in the State election, and
finally accept the Lecompton Constitution,
relying on their power TO change it imme-
diately afterwards.
The correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune
says:
Mr.. Pugh's scheme hardly excites seri-
Gus comment, so utterly has it failed to
conciliate one interest or to satisfy another.
At social gathering yesterday gentle
man asked Douglas what he thought of
the compromise. sOh very good COM
promise" replied the adroit taclician with
dash, may be, of irony. "With whom ?
called out third person. with HIMSELF
was the sharp and prompt retort of Doug
las, which brought down the house. The
point of this little episode doubtless tells
the whole story and explains the last pro-
ject of pacifcation.
The Treasury continues bankrupt
Members of Congress can get no money
The Secretary appropriated fund ofsS0,-
900 for the Senate and $4,000 for the
House, at the beginning of the session,
which was equal to the amount usually
distributed for mileage and fortnighfs
pay in additiot. Two weeks ago the joint
resolution was passed relative to the nine
months back pay, calling for s675,ooo and
on this amount dividend of only $4,000
was declared at the close of last week, in
driblets of 5000 to each of the most needy
members. The deficiency under this head
of account is half million of dollars.
The Treasury receipts last week were
s463,O0O. Those for the past quarters do
not exceed $7,5OO,OOo, a much smaller
sum than was estimated by anybody. As
things are going on, the finances of the
year will suffer an eclipse almost as COM
plete as that which darkened the last days
Of Van Buren. Estimates of $74,0OO,OOO
with contingencies likely 10 carry them up
to s9o,OOO,0OO, for the coming year, con-
trast gloomily with a current rate of re-
ceipts equally only to sso.ooo,ooo per
enpum.
The correspondent of the N. Y. Post
says:
The President becomes more and more
obstinate in his determination to force
through the Lecompton Constitution. He
is reported to have said yesterday that he
would stand or fall by that measure, if he
was its only supporter.
Besides the public instructions, the Pres
ident, on the llth of July last, just after
the denunciations of Walker at the South
ON account of his Topeka speech, wrote
him a letter of six pages, telling him that
his course was approved-that the consti-
tuition must be submitted to the people,
and that he should use all his power to en-
force its submission. "Let Georgia, Ala
bama and Mississippi howl, l and nay ad-
ministration will sustain you, and we will
stand or fall together on it."