, 1859-02-09
UUH WASHINGTON LETTER..


: Parliamentary 81! ihs rrs'' II Ttbnas1
1.-THE diimisted saRub4o Lsndal$svs voted
3 te,'e%gs re.e|otieaf
ss*ss &C. Gts. esn Il
theteotstsrs Il ~ intsser = eesa ths1s6
a:ate oi illinois, '~'~N '''>'''3 N'0"-
This is done in the interest Of tho anti .p.a-:
forth and Lindsley party Of Squstters. There
IL nj of course;7 to full iurestigs7
ton, and the papers called for ell necessary to
that end Forney writing WaAPsItopt, YFsse
ia his om paper, over the signature Of "0eear
sional ,Eoesvefy elsb prately into this .asir.
saying~ auton1 other bings that the chicago
PAkss tx6 TRiinarsE is il the confidence 81 one
set of aha spsculstosu, and quoting from my
correspondence. 1hib Is powerfully illustrative
Of Forney'a impudsnce] Boraey,. .hoxeEsr, Lett
eeveral kittens out Of the bag. which show that
he draws his tnspiEa,ioh from q distinguished
Senator; not enthusiastically devoted to Fitch
and Jones. III SAYS tht 1.land is worth ss,ooo,-
COOL TINT George Wallace Jones devised the
swindliog scheme to get It under q presence Of
preempt1on for t'epfn hundred douars, aud that
District Attorney Fitch is4n tho speculation,
instead Of taStrink - protect the gosefdment's
property. Where these charges cana rpm is
plain enough - ."~ -'--~ > -
information hss' inst ,reached- here that 100
men are occupied il caaiag down and carrying
awsy Tho timber On the island, ard that Mr.
Fitch has issued warrants ngsins. 'a!l of these
treepsssers, againstwhon atids1its bare been
procured. Thisyesy Reservation question glve.
nutr;nent to q reserved personnl and political
quarrel, and it is perfectly apparent lha! If may
likewise furnish occasion. for certain broken
heads 0ne Of the agents. states to ne that in
undertaking to explain the geographical and
Typographical bearings Of this cass, be wassnr:
prised to learn that ha!f the Senators had been
over thu Inland which, if true, shows how
sharp they are.
The Democracy have not ret. moved in col.
urn Cd the $50 ooo. 900 bill. On calling 4ho'
roll several contiogents, heretofore relied OBJ.
do not come up. Senator Bali thinks they have
abandoned the scheme Tor this session, bsiug
content with fhe mere proposing 1t for et1ecton
the Southern elections. They are not 10. fierce
for discussion as they were. Sanator Sevarda
speech has damaged the prospect Very greatly,
even at the South. Toonnbs' lame and reckless
reply has provoked only ridicu!e. There hes
besa no answer to Stewards pregnant inquiry
what will You do With those $50, 900 Tree blacks?
How willyo dispose OF that well drilled and
veil armed black ARMY which Spain has organ.
ized for the protection Of her interests,
and before which Be0, ,00e Creole ,nhabi-
inhabitaats already stand appalled,. These ques.
h-rn af ;rki
many of them begin to wish that Cuba WAS =, coo
miles away instead Of 10. l hare never known
any scheme OF our negro Democracy fAiI 50
dead and sHlIboIn. upon the public AZ this
s2oo. 100000 debt and Cuban annexation pro.
ject
has not been confirmed, and is likely TO be re.
jected.. lie 10 accused Of Abo!i!!onism, and, is
opposed By PuRh aud D ,ugla1 Oh that ground.
This silly. kno. him. we'll and Will giye
him my certificate for being sound On the goose.
as any Mississippi planter: He Wa3 10 Congress
during the contest on Texas annex stiqn, and
Went for the South e5n a,aore. This is The Gaze.
your readers will remember. over which Doug
las and Fitch felt BY the eafn
Ipresume the French spo1!atloa bill is. dead.
1t ia referred TO thu Conrnftte of the Whole.
where it will eleep the sleep of death, though
The bill has thirty mtjoritY on a fair vote, This
result il in part 'coLsequeuce of the Lqcotoco
AEH AItAF CAHCuaEH, HuIEu Hhfd QE33FQTeQ I'LL
hope Of areEisiou ofthe tariff By this Congress.
These conspirac!es agsinst tie Inv making ppy;
ct Of the constitution, nre encouraged By the
JTevival Of the revenues under the Influence Of
heavy imports for January aad February. Ills
now estimated that the receipts from customs
during the current month will be Six millions of
dollars April, May aud June will ho duu
months; but the nrt,sf,y Of the hour serres the
Democracy in their hsnd-to mouth policy.
This little reaction in business, too, has saved
Cobb. Buchanan has thus far tolerated him in
tbs face Of approaching bankruptcy. because
Cbhb Is ! powerful leader Of the Union and
compsonise Democracy Of the South. It is
Southern votes for his OWL re- nomination. This
makes it probable that Cobb will live through
the four years. Still, with all the corn shell.
oa, he would haze hsd., q hard row to hoe -
Il ts ssid thst Horace. T. CLARK ii at the bot
tom Of Shesman's inres isation into the corrup.,
tlons Of the nasT yards: It was his brother;in-
law whom the othtisls undertook to cheat out
of a sontract for machinery" The 'two gentle.
men are sonsiu-law to the famous Commodore
Vanderbilt, but 10 very likely That Allen 's rtla.
tionship to CLARK, who has repeatedly snuhbed
Buchanhu, was the canse Of the rejection of bis
hid:' Allen IL dn, engineer Of abilities, and
Weilknown and successful builder OF marine
. bi.ttict Attorney Fitch il here. Ike Cock has
sent documents in denial Of Senator Douglns'
charges against him. Tonight Mis-: Douglas
giEes grand party mud BALI r.: ~, Jus1us
1zs Hduy and Public Printing FTauds s-714
1ft1icin lrot3aoruts a5undonfd- The IayiF
-Qaesfioa, ttc
Correspondence ., The Cincinnati Gss.ss.,-.l ~. .
WttaRisc1os. Feb. e..
=, The Sherman cocmittee, appointed to inves-.
t!gate trfusactiona connected with the Navy.
Yard. will report next ThursdAy. Thus lar, tes-
t'mnny has been collected, showing the mott
proa'g4te abuses a7d corruption in the adminis.
tFatioa of that department Of the Government,
and favorit,sm towards The S=ereta1J =. sel:..
t'ons ard parttsans wholly unprecedented. lis
in proof that Buchanan and i;laEcj Jones were
direct parties 10 these dugraceful collusions.
aud TINT the money IVES extorted for personal
and political objects.
The committee to investigate the account Of
Steedmau, late Democratic Superintendent of
Public Printing, will conclrdc their abors this
weak. The evidence 1nbstan:iates the charge,
that colusion existed between him aud WendeII,
BY. which contractors. for engraving, l;thoeraph.
ing and ,fa1nishine paper, were ;systemat,cal1y