New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-29
From UASHING Ton


WASHINGTON. Tuesday, April %. 1853.
Daniel f. Sickles ia acquitted Of the murder Of
Philip Barton Key and to that extent public *
pectation j. fulfilled, for this verdict was clearly
forcshsdOWed. even over the limited belief that
there were one or two men on the jury " no stu
regarded the law a. obligatory, and considered II
sny clemency belonged to tie case, 1t should pro-
ceed from the pardoning power. 1t may no" be-
taken as settled. after the rulings Of Judge Cra"
ford in the cases of Herbert and Slekles that ~
long a. be slts an the crinl0.l bench. no member
of Congress can b. coovirted Whatever m,y be
the nature of the or me for which be may Or ar
Iaipurd, The character Oi hi. sBtecr dents. Her
bert rad bee notorious gambler 10 Colltofnia aud
committed D. r-voluLg murder D. ever disgraccd
the criminal annals. The earl y career OF Sickes
IL well knoWo in New urh. aud II the deliberate
killing of an unsrm-d man be MURDER IN the eye ut
the Is - be is guilty and s"phistr! can reeTe the
bloody deed oi that complexion. TIE jury when
they let the box sto"d eleven for ac4uttal and one
FOR conviction. After d'llbcratlng nearly all hour,
he latter yielded. aud the verdict Mas received
with l0I z and loud spplsnse. lbe prisoner was
IN mtc istely discharged sud taken through The
Narshais room Ia = carriage m front Of the Court
House, ltt0 Which he aud several Of his counsel
ett,fed snd Grove of rapidly. followed by others,
elG iaIle crowd ell foot. IhH- endr this tragedy,
v hich. from first +. a.t. bss been invested With
the tone and all the tssOrl.s al mc'o drama.
AccOrdiul IA the iuiurDatlOg communicated To
the Department, the nsl contractors who have
undertaken Ia carry on the service without pay,
find il more difficult THAI sppfeheDdcd to raise
money on the eyIdenc-s of Indebtedness issued BY
the Postmaster General, after their accounts are
AUDITED. And this, TOO, Notwithstanding the int-
nation of Mr. Hot, 10 bis first letter On the sub.
jrct that there claims would be equltaby entitled ~
bear interest, aud the promise OF the President To
recommend II IN bis AuDUsl Message. Capitalists
seem tO require better .ecuTity than either or bot9
these il dorserF. Aud they are right 10 tbs eau
ton, for whoever .upposes that the POst-Ofce
Appropriation bill, with its twenty MILL is OF dol
laIs csn be rushed through the next House OF
Representatives wi'h"ut scfutny, ~ u vicnn OF
misplaced cortd.I ce. That oil must be thor
ougby ventilated. 10 order that The country may
see " hat eUoruvUs abuses aud eXcrrscrnces have
grown up in rhe space "f tDo short Year..
One Of the inrst CRAFTY inc incidents contested
with The curtailmrHt G the Post-Dficr srry ~ ~
the five Soaih-Tn States for wsIch contracts we're
awarded yesterday. II the Tact that Georgia has To
brnr her proportion AT The sealing process pro rata
with the other-. This piuoh vii make the consti-
uents of Nh. Tooubs feel enough "a inquire Why II
Wa after Joint Committee Of Conference bad
agreed upon d compromise VII :h saved the "ppr0-
print obs for the next isxt scal year he iacrlous
" resisted the bill in the dnal hour Of the session,
after the House had passed IT, and no other OPP
position was threatened ia the Senate The organ
here, and the Democratic papers elsewhere, have
studiously misrtpIs seuted that whole matter and IN
nineteen cares out of twenty, Mr. Toombs's name
was no more mentioned tbsn if he had been absent
instead of beng, as be- was, the Single man 10y
whose obstinate speech and persistent hostility
the bill was lost.
Much has been said Of the large expenses con-
Dectcd with the White House, aud tue cost OF
keeping up the dignity of the Presidents position
There never ~as greater mistake. Mr.. buchanan
must save at least $751; 900 year from his salary,
as will be readily seen by comparison with ms
more recent predecessors, most pf whom retired
| with very comfortable provision. Mr.. Tyler Il
believed t. have carried awsy $50 600 or 200.
| Mr. Polk took home much larger sum. MI.
| Fillmore, who served something over two years
, and half was quite up tn the mark OF MT l!ier,
| ard Mr. PIERCE who lived more HOSPITALITY aud
generously thsn either Of those nsmed saved about
! $50, eco. All these Presidents incurred some eH-
| penses from which Mr.. Buchanan is entirely eH-
empt The W bite House ia now heated and LIS hted
| entirely at the publ charge. large Kitchen
| garden is cultivated which furnishes all the
vegetables required aid more. A fine green-honse
/ has been added, which is found both useful aud
! ornamental. just before the inauguration of Mr.
| buchanan, the Private Secretary ot the President
| Was made sasred Office with -, 800 per sOnuui,
! and d clrrksbip attached to it. The steward, who
was previously paid out Of the Presidents private
pure, was also salsried at > 200 year. aud ines
sengers were added, ~ reduce the outlay for ser
wants. The only serious cost now incurred ID tor
the ofcisl dinners during the sesrlons OF Congress
and II is well known that Mr.. Buchanan has been
| prudent beyond Ill example In this respect. Ills
ordinary household consists Of three or four per-
ton. ard the servants, aud there ATE hy gentlemen
| in the city, who maintain more style aud spend
| more money without any appearance OF e1trdva
| pauce Mr.. Buchanan has always been careful
| mansger and nov finds plenty of time to examine
his market book, amid oil the cares of State, and
the pressing demaDds for office II is not snrprls-
ing in this view, that be should be wiling 10 Try
second term.