The New York herald., 1861-12-06

will rise to its own deliverance.
Already we arc Informed of startling signs of
mutiny in New Orleans against the intolerable
| despotism Of Davis. No other city of any nation
in modern times, without being besieged or
sacked by an enemy, has suffered rs New Orleans
is suffering The horrors Of war. Where are the
hundreds Of steamboats,, and tue thousands Of
arks and barges, which constantly piled between
her leyee and the abundant stores Of provisions
Of the Northwest, bringing down by millions Of
tons those stores to her merchants, in exchange
for their cotton, sugar, molasses and imported
goods Where are the fleets OF ships, going
| ard coming which, down to April last, wLitened
the outlets Of the Mississippi river? All gone.
For months not a steamer, barge or flatboat
from the Northwest has gone down, and not a
sail from the sea has gone up to New Orleans.
! Thus literally reduced to starvation, can it be
! supposed that the thousands Of loyal men of
that city win submit TO the tortures Of this mon
strous rebellion much longcrg We are satisfied
that there will be very little, if any, resistance
to our advance upon the city, and satisfied, too,
that what with starvation and what with the
| despotic tendencies of the rebel leaders, this
whole rebellion Is on the verge Of grand col
! lapse
President Lincoln's views in the Message upon
the subject are intended as shot between the
wind and water Of this projected Southern Con-
federate oligarchy And we hope very soon to
hear that he has hit his mark, and reused up in
the South popular revolt against this rebel
lion which will speedily bring it to the ground.
REDUCTION OF GovERNMENr ExrENDrruREs-At
every session Of Congress proposition is made
by some member who is desrous of obtaining
reputation for economy, looking to a reduc-
ticn OF the civil expenditures of the government.
Eut it never amounts to more than the intro
duction or the reporting Of bill, and its being
then printed aud referred to the Committee OF
the Whole on the State of the Union-a tomb
from which the chances of resurrection are OF
the fimsiest. In this or in some other way the
responsibility of voting on the proposition is
evaded, and every member can therefore con-
| tinue to proclaim his great desire to cut down
the expenditures. Already one Of those inevi-
table propositions has beon introduced by Mr..
Frederick A. Conkling, of this State, and is now
Conkling proposes the following retrench-
ments -
l. A reduction Of twenty-five per cent on all
salaries, civil, naval and military. amounting
to $4,000 year or over, including emolu-
ments.
2. A similar reduction of twenty per cent
where the salaries and emoluments are over
$4,000 and under $4,000.
8. Similar reduction Of fifteen per cent on
corporations between $4,000 and $1,000.
A. The reduction of salaries Of members Of
Congress to $4,000 per annum. subject to for
| feiture Of $40 for each time that member
does not answer to his name on call of the
yeas and nays, and the reduction Of mileage to
ten cents per mile from the post Office nearest
the members residence to Washington city, esti-
mated by the nearest mail route.
5. The absolute and total abolition Of the
franking privilege.
6. The cessation Of the system Of appointing
supernumerary officials, and the reduction Of
the officials in all the departments Of the govern
ment to the number actually requisite for the
proper transaction Of business.
ton we fully coincide with Mr.. Conkling, except
only in regard to the salaries. The salaries Of
the officials under our government, from that
of President down to that of Custom House
officer, are all too small II would be better to
increase Than to diminish them. The President
Of the United States should not be confined to
the pitiful salary Of s25 900, which is less than
cp, Al,
good practice. But to all the other abomina-
tions aimed at-mileage, the franking privilege,
and the swarming of Offices with superfuous
oficials-there should be no mercy shown.
They should be ruthlessly swept away. Why
should members Of Congress be allowed ten
| times as much for travelling as it actually
costs them, or why should they have any exclu-
| sive privilege in the mails more than any other
citizens? As they are supposed to pay for their
| boots and hats, so they should have to pay for
| their stationery and postage. Let there be no
deadheads in the Post Office Department, whe-
ther they be members Of Congress or newspaper
proprietors. This is not the country for any exclu
sve distinctions, and it is certainly full time that
all such should cease. Let the Committee Of Ways
Mr.. Conkling's bill as lop off all these costly
excrescences; but let them not do anything 50
foolish as to attempt to cut down the salaries Of
government officials We hope, if the commit
| tee do report such bill, that neither house
| will, by any parliamentary mannuvring, avoid
| coming up to fair and square vote upon it.
Let us see who are really in favor of cutting
down judiciously the expenses Of the govern
ment.
RAILROAD J0Bs-Now that the elections are
over there is general rush after the special
jobs for the next Legislature. Especially is
this true in regard to the Broadway Railroad
project, there being no less than three schemes
for railroad in that street. The managers of
each are working night and day. preparing for
grand rush to Albany the moment the Legis
lature assemblies. Our citizens may therefore
look for grand struggle for that prize with the
Tribune, the organ Of one clique, and the Times
for another The probable result will be- that