New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-24
FROM FISHING TON.
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p.a;n,u Johnson. who was the successful bidder
f,,,,a california Mail service for nine months VIA
y;..,.0p,. The Departments is entirely ignorant
q, 10 his business, pursuits, or Whereabouts. hr'
onSen of the Custom ITouse, who ought to know,
certified that he was connected WIN The shiPpins
interests" One Of your cotemporaries desig-
mates him 40 ga broker in Wall street, and Others
-. 5;aercnt areoants The contract was put IN
form to-day and sent 10 the Postmaster "heh
,on,,.od and returned, the names Of the secuSties
,..v reveal the real parties to tins enterprise hu
Es, Panama stock does not seem ID nave suHeTeu
materially by the threatened coinpe'it.on AZ.
.na.nst;on on the subject will probably be put at
rsst in few days.
II pooe Plus has any idea of visiting his large
and faithful flock in this country, he certainly has
expressed no such purpose, 10 any iorm that ms
,aschsa the Government 1t is hardly necessary,
koweyer 10 say so much 10 eXplooe ihe oehnI@
reeentlv sent from the sensation iact0ry IN TINS cy
TO the sensation sheet In yours wnich; aiter the
European war, is the most disturbing eieinenI on
the other side Of the water.
There ia q very large screw loose among tue
oostmasters of this Immaculate Administration.
Three of the principals namely, at Detroit, Chicago,
and Philadelphia, have been under reve" upon tne
most serious charges affecting the integrity OF tneir
official and personal conduct. After long ana
tedious lnNebtIgdtOu, III WlHCu O'Ciy POi.'iN" ~
plspce was exerted TO procure delay and prevent
Justice. O'F'ynn, the late incumbent at Detroit,
taA 10 be dismissed and will probably have a
chance of an indictment beside The proofs OF
hs put are conclusive, and it is utterly astound'
inc how any President-but the one who wrote the
D1ouesne etter-cOuld have consented ID tolerate
sucb person in an Office of trust single hour
after reading the testimony, and knowing the facts
which are in possession of the Department. Still
he was retained more than a year under these Cir
eumstances. The case of Ike Cook at Chicago is
equally bad upon the face of the charges regularly
filed in the Department. Large sums OF money
have disappeared at that Office, false vouchers nave
been presented, and the whole service has been
loOsely and disgracefully conducted Yet, he ls
permitted to continue, with dark mass OF
evidence accumulated against him. which
will be called for next Winter. He attempted ex-
plantations 10 the President, and began defense
on such accusations by assailing the political hde
ity of officers in the Department whose duty for
bsde them TO overlook these notorious and esta6-
Iished delinquencies. Mr.. WescOtts case stands
upon somewhat different footing, and is confined
to q single point. lie alleges that some $1,000
were a6stracted from his Office, which he had to
make good in his accounts with the Government.
In order to recompense himself for this loss, an
increased sum was nOminally added TO the regular
pay of his clerks, and their receipts returned as
evidence of the payment he reserying the difference
to cover the deficiency. Consequently the vouch-
eYs were false fnasmuch as they represented pay
ments which had not been made. This conduct is
in direct contraventiOn of the Sub-Treasury act,
and therein lies the embarrassment with those 10
power for it is proper to say there is no general
belief that he intended fraud, while the abstract
fact is decidedly against him.
Dir. McLane has made no treaty OF any KIND,
nor has he given any assurance here that he VIII DC
able to do so. The special object for which he
was sent was to acquire terrltory-the alien Atom
Of which is forbidden by the very Constitution of
Mexico under which Jusrez claims to be President.
Still while that person asserts superior virtue to
Mirsmon and the other leaders, and claims strcter
devotion to the constitutional obligations of his
country he is the very man who is asked to do an
act which not only involves perjury, but treason OF
the blackest kind. A treaty made with bogus
Government Of this sort would command no re-
soect in the Senate, for the whole scheme Is 80
transparent-that Juarez was set up for particular
purpose-that it could be regarded in no other light
Than project to do by indirectiOn what could not
be accomplished otherwise Let Mr.. buchanan
send treaty acquiring territory to the Senate and
he will see how il will be handled In that cnanoer'
There ia not a spgle Member Of that body, even
including BiQler, who will care Zig for his recon-
mendation next Winter. His party have not
shovn Executive suggestions much respect IN the
past. and they will show them less in the future
lie and his whole Cabinet are not strong enough to
carry the smallest measure in Congress, now tha
From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May ~, 1859.
Considering the desperate straits to which th'
Administration is reduced, the President and hi
Cabinet endeavor to keep up their spirits, consol
ing themselves with the hope that better time Ii
coming, aud knowing that their condition in public
estimation can hardly be worse than it is. Since
Lopez came down SO handsomely, they are per
suaded that nothing more is necessary than to bu!
feet of condemned old steamers and fill them Will
anthracite coal, in order TO humble the pride, ant
impose conditions upon all nations. Paraguay L
pointed at as the example which sgnazes the glcr!
Of this era, and separates it by peculiar grandeur
from other times. The Pre- sdent thinks the only
parallel which our recent history furnishes, is II
the conduct of Jackson in requiring Johnny Crapeat
to settle up OF take the consequences. lie is will
ing TO stand on the same level with the "OlC
Hero"
Mr.. Cobb and his refined Assistant are now con-
tributipg their official time to the enlightenment o.
the 600 Office. holding subscribers of The Constitu
ton, in attempting 10 prove that an Administration
which spends between eighty and hundred mil
lions annually in time OF peace, and which II
eighteen months adds forty millions to the public
debt is more economical than one that only eX-
pends fifty millions and reduces the debt. FoI
gentlemen of their brilliant imsgnations, this feat
is not very remarkable though it might strike
every y-dsy people as little out of the common
order. The Secretary Of the Treasury and his sub
secretary need not give themselves the least concern
on this score. Their expositions will make about as
much impression on the public mind as gill OF
water on whales back. They may draw pay
until the 4h of March, lc6l frank official letters.
and flourish in their supposed consequence bat the
country asks, in the mean time, for this inflcton