The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-23
ID.cill Correspondence OF I'll. n. .. Cre.cent.l
WASHINGTON, d. O.. Feb. Is
THE NEW ORLEANS CUsToN.HoUsB.

| partment. IL appears that tne government JUST
ness, SO wisely ntrusted to Major Perry Fuller ct
our port, has not only been well managed, but
that in some particulars his reports have exceeded
in accuracy and promptness similar reports from
any other port. Especially has this been the case
with the warehouse statements, which, for the
short time Major Fuller has scted as collector,
have been rendered with a nestness and correct
not equalled by any reports Of like character
from any custom. house In the United states.
| Great praise ia due TO the collector and his en-
cient deputy, Mr.. Gray. who, hampered With all
the accumulated business Of previous admins.
trstion and with tie constant changes enforced BY
the treasury department in the retreDchmsnt OF
expenses, and thereby the necessary discharge OF
employees, have expedited and conducted the
public business with such executive ability as 70
| win the deserved encomiums Of both the treasury
| department. and the public at large.
THE COURT OF CLAIMS. tll
The Hon. Carpet Dagger +. A. Sawyer, OF Mas
sschusetts, by some hocus-pocus, accredited to
the United States Senate from South Carolina, TO-
day introduced into the Senate bill regulating or
ing the time within which all Southern
claims for property seized, appropriated, captured
or abandoned during the war shall be fled, at the
expiration OF which period further claims shall
| Do IoCciftu VI NOuHiuoIeu as Nduu- IL provinces
that said claims shall havs grace for four years,
dating from March r. 1866, if filed under the pro-
visions of the act of March L. 1868, and that all
bills fled shall be held TO be within the provisions OF
said act. The above may be considered Joke
in fact spicy little pleasantly on the part Of Mr..
Sawyer, to renind'us of our late unplessantness.
The bill, unfortunately makes no provision for
| the allowances of said claims, and he who hath
| hopes Of securing the settlement Of any claim
| under the present administration or mal-sdminis-
traon Of affairs in this rendezvous Of Office SEEK
ers, punderers and political humbugs can see
| light through q grind-stone or accomplish any
other little slight-of-hand equally as easy. Can
any good come out of NAZARETH Can any jus,
thing come out Of a csrpetbsg? Yea, verify,
| Sawyer-Sawyer of South Carolina has solved
the problem, and once more the reconstruction
acts, the divine rights of man. the niger and the
carpet-bsgger have been indicated.
THE CABINET.
Speculation is rife in regard to the cabinet, and
each day brings forth new rumors and new
men. Like the little joker, now you see 1t and now
you don't, it still remains the object of the
closest scrutiny on the part OF the observer, but
guess that he only who msnipulates the boxes
can very safely bet on the precise occupants of the
several little positions that are SO soon to become
vacant. The latest on dts are that SchofeId and
Eysrts still hive and hope, as this evening the
news is that Johnsons cabinet, with these two
exceptions, have preferred their designations, to
date from March 4th. Admiral Porter Is men.
toned in connection with the navy department
J. Lathrop Motley as minister to the court of ST.
James, also as probable successor OF Secretary
Seward; Ben Wade in connection with the Indian
department, and Boutwell, as secretary of the
treasury. Badeau will remain Grants private
secretary.
CULINARY AND CONGRESSIONAL.
OF late years, nothing appears to delight Ger. |
tain sharp-nosed members Of Congress half az
much as an opportunity to prowl about the back /
kitchens Of foreign ministers residing at the CAPT.
tai. This class of persons have, for obvious res.
sons. found difficulty in getting entire to the d.aw.
ing-rooms of these high officials, and content
their ambition by kicking about among the sauce
pans. An instance Illustrative of this kitchen |
mania has recently occurred, and its details made |
public through the proceedings Of the committee 1
on the District Of Columbia. This committee has /
under consideration the claim of w. W. Corcoran.
citizen of Washington, for the use Of his prop
eriy BY the government during the rebellion. The |
claim il conceded to be just, and Mr.. Corcoran |
has already donsted the whole amount due to |
charitable institutions In the city. But new fea-
ture has suddenly appeared in the case, and a
" reliable gentleman hailing from Massachusetts
comes forward aud charges Mr.. G. with dialoyalty
and uttering dsloyal sentiments. This party, |
whose name is Brewer, was formerly q waiter in
the household of the Russian minister, and, hear
ing OF this claim, he addressed a note TO Mr. Hsr.
Ian, The Chairman OF the investigating committee
stating that he had important Information to com
munlcate. Accordingly he was summoned, aud
testified that, at dinner party given by
Baron Stocked, In the summer of 1862, he heard
Senator Bsyard remark that he would give $4,000
to get Lincoln hanged, and that Mr.. Corcoran re-
piled that he would give ten times that amount |
for the same purpose. The witness further asserted
that the butler OF the Russian minister would cor
roborate this statement. This was q chance not |
to be lost, and forthwith into Baron Stoekel's |
kitchen went the congressional mandate for said |
butler to appear before the committee He WAS |
found to be an old man, eighty years OF age, and |
naa oeen butter for the Russian minister for forty |
pointed, as the old man sturdiv refusea 70 onan
hls mouth until he had consulted what he ter,ed 4
his 'innards." His naive remarks. spoken In a I
bloken tongue, made much merriment for the
Kitchen committee, but none OF the expected
secrets were evolved from the recusant witnass
Some doubts were expressed as to the power of |
the committee 10 compel the old man to testify as
ne was IN the employ OF foreign legation, bat |
precedent
which he thought settled the matter. Ii was this: |
during the revolutionary period Franklin was
accredited to the court of Frederick the Great of
Prussia to enlist the sympsthies Of that monarch
n our cause. Returning one day to his quarters. |
Franklin discovered that his desk hsd been broken
INTO, ana some OF his important private papers had
been distracted. After time suspicion rested
Upon the butler of the British minister and he |
was arrested and forced testify when he con |
essed that when at the tsolo one day. the British
minister SAID that he would give $500 for Frank |
M papers, and the butler, in hope OF obtaining
he reward, had committed the robbery The
papers were returned, and the British government
subsequently, made formal apology to Frederick
his settled all doubts in Summers mind al 40 |
he propriety of the kitchen crusade. ssnd the [
senate clnches the matter by passing RESOLUTION
authorizing the committee to send for persons And
'apers. They now propose to make the old man
ak without reference to his ''innards. but have
onsiderately given him three days to consider the
natter. The butler says be wishes to do what il !
lgnt, put be must first consult Baron Stocksi =
nd II that officer gives his consent he will tsir
NJ Otherwise not And thus the matter rest. | :
ne committee IN anxious expectation for IN. | h
'test edition OF table talk" the butler wonder
% what 'dem fellefs want in his kitchen Ana !
very one curious to see how the maze, III | !.