, 1861-03-27

: The New Yofk: 111ribaas has been examining
Tho contingent :expenses = OF tho Treasury
Department under: Mr.: Cohb's regime, with
the following insnlar rrsult1:: III: =.
The mo4eat sum Of $2s5 so .was: expended
for the chlef man Himself Calab Gushing,
for 4 professional services, received 9so0 Ia
tt possible that tho brIIHaut MexfeaQ 4e1e.
ral's peculiar abilities Wera c411ed forth In the
preparation Of the wonderful Treasury reports
which annually myBtaed the country "
for his assistance IN breathing np the Demo-
cratic party at Charleston 2-~-~~------ -~,'-
A horse figures largely IN the aeenupt !cs under
cqnsideraton:. 'W6 sdyafAfst the{ e{Ahsoluta
cost Of the horne, 1906 then bther items as
follows: Livery Of horse, 4168. 20; hire i~of.
horse, BIB 81; doctodng Of horse, $22; Bhoe-
IS q syast s d Sef4e $sssnstng ess Il ts set
disbursement for. the, qn&aruped, s87l8t0.
This experience Of Mr: Coa6 mAysaeeount for
:the small 'dIsplay Of. cavalry Id the Southern
ar7ay; for no treasury, aven aided bI an ex-r
port duty on cotton, one Of HoRe1Es most ~.
fn!nous ideas; conld sustain the dtaught: Of
5 In the midst: of such :e1t1ayRg1uce It Is re-
treshing to come upon - biF =of: economy,
though In this case It Waa not: fadictous; We
learn that the Charge for tuhikesa1shiag was
only five dollarsI . Surely This Was not rise; !;
surely It would. have been sbettar: to have
mora Whitewash ;:it eftatnly- was needed:
: Two hundred and fifty dollars fot' penkniVes,
seyen hundred. dollars for 5: single horse, and
only five dollars for WhiteWash l. The case
fs. worse than that Of Jack Falstaf e sack and
bread. -, r.:s- .s'....t
/: RaI the most astonishing Item Of Ill Is this,
which the reader will look at, then rub his
eyes, and look again: H. - i.
''vafuishing III. Buchanan n..:-.........-.sa.50.',
+: Vanishing Mr. 'Buchananl Consider the
:work!i Three dollars and fifty cents! Con-
slider the pay! As We r5yplge this bewilder'
Ing and fruitful. topic. IN our tortured mind,
what q picture rises before Us l.; The Old Pub.
lie Fnnctlonary presents himsen' in the Tfeas-
>ury Department for his coat: Of rarnish-lt
may be his second coat; perchance his third
wander umlesaly about ii search Of some
thing to grasp, while the puffy Georgian ap-
plies the brush; perhaps they fal1 on the pom
drrous lexicons charged among the continsen-
cie5 !; perhaps they Steady themselves ~ tile
Constitution and tho saws-boand IN Baeep.
With piteous accents be fpplores big friend
the Secretary, picks his te til with one Of his
psnknayes, while the President cuts s'chewi'
from his fay0rite weed With another, and than
goes out to dry, The apparent lmbeciliiy Of
Mr.. buchanan when he should have acted Is
now explained; he was not allowed to move !;
the varnish was hardening: - n. :
W6at Was the pnrpose Of the vanishing?
Was it to preserve the great man? Wasit to
keep him from crackinE?, Was It to restore
bls co}orH and briag buck tbs blush of youth
! Why was the nation asked to pay only }3 50
for this Important wor1e7 After having saSed
so much Ia whitewash, even though the pen
knives had bled us and thnt horse had been
ridden roughshod over ID, could we not have
afforded more than this poor fraction for such
ajoh? it must be that the ex-Secretary made
| hs tod labor Of love and only charged fo1
| the material. : :!r-
The publication Of this account viii do much
for the character. Of sMr. Cobb. He reduced
the country almost to bankruptcy; he snarled
and twisted oil the threads In which his clum
| 81 hands became entangled; he turned traito9
himself, and aided others to do likewise; bni
| this last deed shall be told to poRterity as TIL
one bright spot 10 his dali life, and the epitaph
engrayen on his monument bY ag1a.efal coua
try should be: He varnished Mr.. Hachananl i