New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-19
swAsn1Heror CORRESPONDENTS.

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WAsHMGroN, Feb. IL, 1859.
The report that the Hon. George Eustis, Of your
city would ers long lead 70 the hymenial altar the
daughter and only child Of Mr. Corcoran the great
Warrington banker, Il confirmed The betrothed
couple received together on Monday last the re-
gular reception day Of the Corcorans was rumored
that Tie marriage would take place on Tuesday next
but this is mistake It will not until after the
adjournment u Congress.
Abill appropriatng $50 900 for the construction Of
IN iron lighthouse at the SonthWe Pass has passed
Tie House and ID now before the Senate.
Mr. Benjsmin's speech this morning in favor Of the
acquisition Of Cuba one Of the finest specimens
parliamentary oratory ever heard. It was listened
to with profound sensation by an immense audience
and many ofts passages ELECTED the applause Of the
galleries. II will create profound sensation both in
this country and in England. Indeed much of the
ab lest portion Of it was devoted to the trimming and
trickery Of English diplomacy and philanthropy in
past and present times The necessity Of slave labor
for tropical productions was never so extensively
treated or 80 irrefutably established. As the first
effort after reelection, this speech is well calculated
to produce the utmost satisfaction in Louisiana.
We have lad still another Democratic caucus, re-
sulting in triumph Of the Pennsylvania men over
the Son thern Rights wing. We now hear positively
that there will be an increase Of the revenue, or an
extra session. Clingman yesterday declared his will
ingne to spend the whole Of his Senatorial term in
extra sessions rather than yield to the protectionsts
Railroad iron he would admit duty free Thus, one
BY one, the ancient landmarks Of Democracy disap-
pear, and are swallowed mp in the ocean Of Buch-
anan federalism; il there remains principle for
which the Wing party commended, not now embraced
in the Democratic platform, it is the United Estates
Bank. and that alone. OF = truth, q times change
and We change with them !" yea, verify, and with
vengeance.
Poverty makes as acquainted with strange bed
fellows" An exhausted treasury has acquainted us
with facts more strange and astounding than any
bedfellows. Not only do we find the most wanton
and wastefnl extravaganza in every department Of
the Government, but the gravest corruption in the
highest places. As yet no charge Of venal jobbery
has been preferred against the Chief Magistrate him
self, nor is it possible there viii be; but he has sins
enough Of another sort to answer for. Mr.. Floyd's
performances in forts and beef cattle familiarity
known to grateful and admiring country. he has
been white washed, and the story is old. But here
OF late 1t turns up that both the Secretary of the
Navy and Of the Treasury have been following in the
footsteps Of their lustrous predecessors Of the War
Department Nepotism rules rampant in the Navy
Yards. Surprising coal contracts are made with
kinsmen Of Mr.. Toucey. As to Mr.. Cobbs dealings
in stone for the public buildings the facts not
clear. We may reasonably look for more light on
this particular branch Of the broad general subject Of
public peculation. 8ig
This much, however, we do know. That although
a Post Office and Custom House in Baltimore have
been authorized BY Congress- and the money for their
erection appropriated, not blow has been struck
upon them. When Congress inquiries why this ia SO,
Mr.. Cobb rebu6s the inquiry with the fiimsy excuse
that there was no money in the Treasury, when the
fact ID well known that at the time the above build
ings were authorized, there was surplus Of twenty
millions in the Treasury. The truth is, Baltimore
vas punished BY Mr.. Cobb for being the most ex-
.mplary American city in the Union This resistance
If the laws BY the very officers sworn to execute them,
mas reached serious hight. Not only does Mr.. Cobb
dare to resist Congress- bot in the case Of Carmack
& CO., we find subordinate official, q mere head
clerk indeed setting at defiance both branches Of the
National Legislature, by refusing to execute law
which had passed the Senate and House, and been
re-afirmed in the former.
Mr.. Miles Taylor's proposition for temporary re-
viva Of the tariff of 1885, meets with much approval
among the Southern Democrats who find themselves
compelled to yield to a modification Of some sort.
All agree that an increase of revenue is not much
needed as q reduction OF expenses. So the work Of
retrenchment goes bravely on, the mileage of mem
bers the saariesof clerks in the Surveyors Offices and
the appropriations for printing, falling after
other under the pruning knife Of reform. This may
be well enough in it's way, but Toombs touched the
center of the ulcer when he pointed to the Executive
and his Cabinet as the great offending head Of i'm
providence and corruption. Page in his recent work
on La Plata states that at the time of the disagree
ment between Lopez and himself, which brought on
the present Paraguan war, be agreed to whip out
Lopez with single armed vessel He applied to the
Commodore Of the Pacific squadron for this vessel,
and it was refused until the application could reach
The Navy Department here The application came,
Page was ordered home, and an armada comprising
nearly the entire American navy, was sent to do the
work OF single vessel The cost cannot be less than
several Millions But this was not enough No sooner
had the American feet been fitted out and got fairly
sea- than another vessel containing one Of these
patent new-fangled ante-war implements called
was sent after it, OF course the Com
missioner has high salary. And this is the way
The money goes
The nomination of the Hon. VIM. L. Goggin for
Governor by the Wing Convention, which met yes
terday in Richmond was, perhaps, the very best that
could have been made Mr.. Goggin is a man of de-
cided talent, and Of great energy and capacity, as
He can hardly hope to defeat John
Letcher !; but he well knows that the eyes Of the
nation will be turned to the leader Of the Wing battle
in Virginia, and that if he makes brave fight the
highest honors may await him in the early future.