New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-11

4 Fillmore cave ma Tom Corwin the Ohio wagon
boy, Of wit matcess, OF voice so ihel9w ~, a tha
Organ-lik of cheek swarthy as IL sihltteh py the
fiery Orient most American of men-at ireside the
greatest conversational of his dayon the stump ny
a series OF transitions between ~, a n
old Burton. What a storm he invoked on thS HUI
of the House during the Mexican war A Demo-
cratic member had asserted that the natives Oueht
to welcome our troops. COrwln replied, ii Werea
Ncxicon rs | am an American, would welcome
them with bloody hands to h0spltable graves: ~
Stewards "Irrepressble Conflict nor Bankss lTV
the Union slide eyercaed forth such sweeping nalC
dctiOns. The wagon boy sleeps now, Nun tna'
white Hand upon his lips which bushes All paSsion
and makes successive patisans WONDER at 'ne pi'oi
ness OF every generation but their own ,,.,,
With Pierce came James Guthrie, the Kentucky
Anak with leyathan shoulders, and SIX 1eet ana q
half of hight. Son OF famed Indan hsntti' n n,
self flatboat hand and Catle-drOver IN youth once
in characteristic Kentucky ARRAY, he rece we. ~
shot from political opponent which conhne9 mn, 10
bed for three wears. He brought TO the treasury
bodness sagacity. and a handwriting winch no
man could decpher. One day he sent q letter 70 q
friend in Baltimore. The next morning It's IeclPleht
missiye "Mr Guthrie said he g ] can't make out
one word OF your letter but the signature so nave
brought 1T for you to translate In? SeCie so'nS
knitted his brOWs, and puzzled over III Ior Solhc
minutes. AT last he gave 1t up. Hang me III Gnu
read it either! have forgotten its exact contents
but know what wanted to see you about OH
down and I'll tell YOU
Guthrie was walking cyclopedia OF the Treasury
Tie knew more details in each branch than tnG SUI
ordinate specially charged with them: lis nf tt
tons were like lightning Old clerks insist tat 'lcr
hearing the first sentence he foresaw al lan vas
going tOsay to him. and tell drollst0rles OF ms slecpo
ing through long conversations and then waxing up
and answering each point exactly as ii ne hau hG9
it. They aver that he would run over nun0ren
letters awaiting his signature ana tlVW as,uE So
one containing mistake OF phrase OF nghe JUST ~
the cashier goes through pile Oh Dahk hoVeS anu
filings out COunterteits 80. = -
The mody archives contain two bits OF paper,
which illustrate not only Guthries character but the
contrast between two Presidents. While jackson
was in the White House he requested that the &C.
&C. - fpta MID
Fourth Auditor refused to pass it, insisting that as
sworn accounting officer he could not overlook us
irrogularity and illegally When that answer I Was sS
reported to him. Old Hickory instantly sent back me
original document with this Endorsement on the
back Let the Presidents fiat be obeyed ANDREW
JACKSON" The account was paid forthwith.
During Perce's administration Congress passed
law increasing 20 per cent the salaries of Government
employees Nicholson. the Public Printer presented
his account with this additional percentage Guthne
rejected il the ground that he was o. contractor
not an employee Nicholson went Tor help 10 ms
friend the President. lie Endorsed the paper
account seems to me correct. and. IN my Judgment
il ought to DO aid.-FRANKIIN PIERCE Then III was
handed back to the Secretary: Guthrie III IagAsi
replied Tell the President 1t is not correct ana IL
be ID if pay it," Nicholson, fancying he f0resaw
the Cabinet officer beheaded reported this rash re-
Spouse to the Executive. But that amiable, chief
only answered: Did Guthrie say that linen
don't think he riH pay it; meyer knew nm TO gave
up after putting his foot DOWN.
Now at "a, James Guthrie is Senator OF the
United States who has not appeared Ill his seat Tor
two sessions and millionaire, who carries Ill MS
pocket the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
To Buchanan were we debtors for Howell Cobb,
the heavy Georgian who went with his State" to
ruin and finally for John a. Dix. usual embodiment
of Safe Responsibility, and in inspired mdmcnt
Spokesman of the National determination " Ii any
man attempts to haul down the American fIag SHOOT
him on the spot" -
tic presence, met the sOreSt eXlgcncy since robert
Morris Now wears he uneaslly the great erInlne. IS
il because there is yet higher mantle of RepuD-
purple. that this man, born TO MAKE preccdents
chafes in position where he can only follow them
Next William Pitt Fessenden-always an Invalid,
but always a worker-cold tenacious. Temorseless III
debate-whO has gone back to the Senate TO adihon-
ish Sumner and instruct the other Conscnpt Fathers
And finally, Hugh McCulloch OF Indiana; ,,,;.
The first Treasury here-a little brick building
was burned by the British in 1874 No Subsequent
national diSaSter-nOt even Bull Run-ever so morti-
Poor Mr Madison and his Cabinet were unsparngly
denounced for their ineflcency lwas even proposed
to the capital, as If this luekless Spawning
city of 5000 people were to blame Tor DeIng capued'
The damage TO public property was about $2UOuOU;
The office of The National iRtegencer was cleaned
OUT because it supported the war. sheet of that
| venerable journal about Oneeighth Its then usual
size printed on wrapping paper, two days after the
enemy left lies before me. 1t looks marvellous
| ly like the Nicksburg issues born while " tho man
with the cigar was starving out tDat Obstinate
! stronghold.
The Treasury archives-taken TO Virginia farm
| house few hours before the British aiIlycd-wero
| all preserved. A new building, erected at once, was
occupied until lS} when IL caught fire and burned
to the ground. Then the present ediice was designed
bv Robert Mills Official science exhausted itself 20
| find building material which could endure. AZ
last after elaborate INVESTIGATIONS and reports tle
new Dunfries quarry, a few miles from Washington,
was pronounced Just the thing 10 exhibited sand
ON top; then shale then the firm stone which was
supposed of recent formation SO the blocks were
quarred out and piled up here in an imposing struc'
tuTc shaped like capital /.
The sarans were mistaken. The Dumfrics stone
was not forming but dsintegTatlng. The surface
sand was not turning to rock-it was old rock,
already powdered. Now, some of the exposed mold
ings and little columns would break of their own
OH lanff Inc
The extensions completed on the south end and
now building the north, have converted the orlgi-
now the middle cTOss-stroke of the H. which has also
an additional crOss-strokc at each end Thus tho
double building, surroundngtwos square open conits
has two long wings and three short ones II IS our
most symmetrical public ofice, except the Depart
ment of Patents. or, technically OF, the interior.
The architecture is GTcCian lonlc-wth bold project
ing p0rticOs at each end, aud noble cOlOnnade
tending the entire length--almost 800 feet.
On the west, the Treasury fronts upon the foun-
tain the elms. poplaTs, wanuts and cool grass
of the White-IlOuse grounds. The south end over
looks sckly, unsladed garden, inclosed with iron
fence; beyond the unfinished, abortive Washington
Monument; and then the bright mrror-like Potomac.
From the eastcorer of this portco which cuts of the
great Washington thoroughfare from its original in
tent of extending to the WhiteIOuse points broad
Pennsylvania-ave. for mile and half straight Up
to the spTawling, squat tOp-heavy National Capitol
Off the coast of Maine an island of solid rock rises
sheer from the sea, until ship drawing 40 feet Of
water can lie along side to load. The stone is fine,
firm, even and taken out in larger masses than from
any other quarry IN the world. vi tins beautiful
Dix Island granite the enlarged Treasury is built 1t
stretches afar on each side from the sandstone of
the primeyal I, like new silk piecing out old
cambria. The south porticO columns are five
feet in diameter by % in length yet shafts have
been taken out long enough to cut into two
columns and a half. One slab of granite-a but
thickness sufficiently large for the wall of a
good sized room. BY their shrewdly -wOrded con-
tract after stone was three inches wider than three
times its thickness the builders were entitled to d
per cent extra its price for each additional three
inches of width. Thus, by measurement the stone
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