New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18
FROM flashing TON.
From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May l6, 1S59.

From Our OWr t0fIespVnnfDi.
WASHINGTON, May l6 1S59.
All at once, our venerable President bus become
intensely vigiant, and dedicated tins day, in com
pany with the Secretary uf the Treasury, secretary
Of the Interior AID AttorDcy-G neral to The busi-
ness Of examining the sites for Unitrd States
Court-IIouse in B4ltimore. This little relaxation
from his duties as -ditOr and censor Of The C0HStt
tuition will doubtless prove very acceptable, and
nov that the precedent has been est.olishrd, 1t Is
e. be Lap-d that be- "ill 6Gd tme to extend
the saue CONSIDERATION to NeA-YoIk, in tue
cho;ce of Pos, Office site, f1r shich aO-
proDriatOn of bhf n Gill "u uf dnliars made
three ,ears sRo Mr. C"bb aud TIE late POST.
rna-ter (ier-ral contIi*d bY g"nd un-
derstapding 10 keep that appropriation uu-
tOurhed; aud uow when tu"r- thai half fhe tern
of The Admin srat'"u IL the 1rst step has not
been ,strn toward carry lug "ut The crsgns OF the
CcnQ1e,s which grnntr6 the m'an. before DIR.
BuchoDsD csu. int" .fiice. 1t is by such unworthy
tricks ss these, tt" n'urR the VII nj tbr rg'sla
tive depsTrne' tt, that the Treasury It able to make
the figure it 40. d'"s fo"r II ~. Mtpy mIlli'ns
heretofore appr"p lated h. not applied, uui-r the
arbitrary pow. anOactusly *, rClaed Al the Ire1s
ur,, ard 'or The pn,p"re Oply Ul making false ex.
hibit al it, conClfi"o
/ The grea'e.t TrceGt achievement Ol Mr. Cobb
was in pro uri x the 'pp 'iu;mcDt III ihat motor
- iGus yagt bond, The Sfaits calls hun, who
sigus hlu.,tlf Henry Nlk"h, rs Br,rer OF Dis
patches 10 Ctina persi"nlng blm on the ser ct
service fund where IT was hoped the shameful ini-
pO-tIOU w0uli cs ,ate UO'ice. 1h-re are pienty OF
such IA he hasking in Official sunshine, and there s
some consolation ~ hhvwlng that the Whole tribe
will te exposed Dex, WDter The President
has no conuer'ioo with this last appointment Of
WikOf-Mr. COBB is entitled to all thr h'n"r.
The little s,J"neefs who 60 mOvng about the
90 (. a :. ~.
messfDgtTs iU ibe nuti rn"ms Oi the Srcrrtlriss.
are ve,y much xrrc srd sb nat rc,'mrtch change
in several e our m"irtaut ulls"i 'n' abr0ad. They
were dOubtltss told tosLy wbat thy did IN bad
EDgish, bnv,ug no brit'r far day -erv'ct, b-c1ute
ODE story ~ quite as gOd ~ another ~ such mat
ters. The puSJns- Is rntertanrd aud with abuu
dant reason for th.'e ia n't IA eHvrrn,nrHtO OG the
face Of tie ehrib iuGrirntiy frprutcutcd as this
now il abroad s,d at TUE at the most ainGeGt-
Gus events Wb.u th" highest "'der of states
nisnship ana ssG+riiy - d-in1ndri, NOT ou'y
for the prutecii"n nt pr.set mt rests, out to
be prepared for the lmpor,ant r"nt ngr nclrS wnch
may hereafter pr scot themselves Ill th' progress
of the VAR the arr-i &C." -n's t"r peace Mr..
Dallas il u rcspccinbl" c''urt,r, and never was
ANYTHING else. J. h. Mr.. Turv'ydrop. h. Is nan
of Deuorturnt. Therein CONSISTS hl~ only merit.
He long aspirrd Ia he rlsal of the Tres dent 8,
but never rrhch.d high the bead al
fiction COnsoering tteir rrlati"ns, he should
have rendered his reNlghation two years ago
but he preferred to put the points "f d"lcacy
on MI Bych,uap, and 10 hold position,
there he ln.W hims,lf I" b. mn uuwcicnmc 'ucum-
bent. and no enj. y'ng the full confidence If 'ho
Administration. Mr.. Ma,"u has c"urted LOUIS Ma
pc leon tuough otx"tr cir sympaths int" wish
for rrtt ntion which of cnWrs" rs g""d rec"mu9n-
dntion for n diUd-rn Dem0c st. hriig partially
dsublrd he i. ru'Icd (" immunity ir0 lticisn,
but ever, booy knows hr Is not the man i"r Theses
IN tnl.ly b,piPrMblA tp some
Oth,rs MIR. Glauc, J"hrs Wrut to An.tra, wliha
c,rtica'e ~ ca ,r.cicr fr mtbr s Congress, which
on. .bt to comnend h'm 10 FT-ncis J sch Me-
Wight has alrrat, cut figure al the Court Ot
Berl,L aud Mf. Perkins at ~. Petersburg has the
merit ~ vug heou "hotu InNtn-lhle to fear.
Throwing in Mr J"sy Coamilrr al Naples, Who
t.s b,s beads Ms r.gulal, us tbe su.ke rises from
Vr.nyins, aud Nj. Sincktnn at Rome, ard the
country can resoll, de'ermue how we'll the United
States aeleaT in court dress