New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-14
FROM FLASHING TON.
From OR own Correspondent.
WASHINGTON NAV 10 1853.

from OR Owr Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1859
Under the threat of an investigation next Win
.er the President considered it most prudent to
,scate the Superntendency of Printing which
Brigsdier-Genera Bowman Of the Pennsylvania
Militia promised to resign on the lst of this month";
but upon second thoughts recalled the rash pledge
thinking it best 10 pocket the emoluments of
shat be had, rather than trust the chances of what
might come. He had to yield however, TO ne
sessity which could not be avoided Mr. John
Heart, recently Of tn. CharL sion Mercury, and
bfmery assoc 'ated with Mr. Harris 10 Calhoun
,sper, called The COntitmion, published here SINE
lfteen years ago, succreds To the app'intDent-
icing IrOmOted from temporary Sl,20O clerksh p
d tue Post Office Department. Honesty Is most
required IN the place, which heretofore has been a
,e.t of the fuuIest corIup ion.
Much feeling has been excited by the disposal Of
be California Mail Contracts, foe the niue mootts
ter the lst Of October, when thu exl-tug arrange
pents by PaDama and Tehuant-p-c expire. The
Mmer Companies have had possessiou OF the mas
lDce the route was open,O, alId some idea may bs
brmed OF tho profits when il Is known they have
,so $40, 0O0 a month Of subsidy t. prevent com
xtitiOn, during the past two years and their RS
ant bid was at the rate of $500 u0U per anoum
zee than the prices they are now receiving. They
bo put in a general bid, proposing to carry the
nails for as low price any of eoeIr competitors,
gtch, of course, was not considered.
The Tetuantepec Company may be considered
pet of Gov Browns, the late Postmaster Gen
rs who stretched his outh,nty to make the
uesent contract, the appropriation for which WAS
arried by Senator BeIJhinIb-a large st ckn0der
at the last sessOD, aud uudrr circumstances
hat provoked much comment at the time. BOtn
hese corporations must therefore 60 b-fbre the
,ext Congress, with the disadvantage of being
outsiders il the contract awarded by the n caragua
pute should be executed 10 good faith. Tbefe is
certainly no sufficient reason Why three ocean mail
ines should be sustained by such subsidies as have
heretofore been awarded, espe ,ially the denial
Of the sbme policy to the transatlantic steamers
las driven Collins line from the ocean aud almost
urfendered our fOIeig "a mail-servlce to British
enterprise.
The President has promised to protect the Near
qua route, if once opened, aud under the present
sect Of our Relations with Eogloud 10 Central
lDt RIGA, that duty will become les, costly ADD em
arfsssing than has been anticipated. Ia fact,
With good understanding between the two Gov
unmepts. DO serious difficulty Gao occur, because
he whole reiaUce Ot NIcaIsgut proceeded from
dependence upon the ald of England 10 Opposing
he interests Of the United States. That support
siibdrawn, the Central Amer caD problem would
e at once solved Nothing is known at the De-
artment Of Mr. johnson, tee successful bidder
eyOnd what appears 90 the face of tue papers. He
vas recommended as connected with the shipping
sterest aud his suretes Mr. George Irving and
Tr Thomas r. Foster, are Endorsed by the Pos
ssster and Collector OF Nes-York. the name Of
M. Irving sounds somewhat famIr here as be-
hg a party to the Willett's Point transaction
vhich hos yet to be thoroughly Venrilatcd-and
as suggestion is strengthened oy other facts uo-
pctsssIy to be named nov. Any COMPANY or
vu,b inatiou wuich can get the Nicaragua route
I'D Keep it, with the assent of Congress, will
ske ''eoOd thing" of it, to speak In the phrase
u the l,hhv