Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-01-07

The Tire asury Department-The Admins
tration and Cuba-Senators Sumner and
Carpenter-Grants Still Looking after his
Cousins-some of the Kin ia Trouble
The Gold Panic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Suceessor-The South and the Supreme
Court Reneh-Texas Election Sc, sc.
WASHINGTON CITY, d. c., Dee. %, 49,
Dear J0mnal:-The Committee on Ways
and Means met yesterday and considered
the various appropriation bills The Com
mittee expect to have all the appropria-
ton bills perfected and reported before
the end of January. AS Boutwell,, the
economic, has placed the estimates OF the
expenses for the next fiscal year at $780,
OOO 900 more than the last, the Committee
has considerable margin to acquire a re-
putation for economy by cutting down the
appropriations. Hon. ". A. Richardson,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who
rendered his resignation some time since,
will leave the Department at the close Of the
year. His salary as Judge is larger than
that of Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
and with the instinct Of true Yankee he
goes where money calls. His administra-
ton of his present position was entirely
on the principle that Government en-
ployes were mere slaves and the Eastern
Factory system was applied. By his mar
row mind and decidedly mean behavior he
has endeared himself to Boutwell, and the
President, who have great pe1acha5t for
mean men.
It is now denied that the report preva-
lent yesterday that the Administration
were about changing front on the Cuban
question is true. Senator Sumner denies
that anything has occurred TO change his
views, as stated. So when Congress as
sembles we shall have lively tilt between
Senator Carpenter, Of Wisconsin. the
champion of the Cuban cause, who will
advocate the recognition Of belli9erent
rights to the struggling Cubans, and
Senator Summer, who is the Presidential
echo, and does not want to damage the
settlement of the Alabama claims question
by the enunciatiOn of any principle, no
matter how Just or desirable, because he
fancies that he viii gain new laurels in the
settlement Of the Alabama claims. Mr..
Sumner has taken hold OF the lines and
WHIP Nuu Is U0lCI 10 10 Inc UFlNcE,
if he cannot be the leader, Of the Senate.
The late Senator Fessenden used TO pune
ture Mr.. Summers balloon very frequently
and the Massachusetts man WOnld col
lapse and sit down like boy just spanked;
at other times he would stick needles in
the Sumner hide until the calf would be
ready to below with pain and impotent
rage. Senator Carpenter is bold antaG0
mist, but fe0r that he and his kind from
al, Al
Summers tirger1. The House seems to
regard the Cuban cause with greater
favor. There will be no vote taken on the
question until there is no doubt of the
passage OF @ resolution to that effect
Neither of the Houses have been cnnyasscd
yet as to vote Oh the subject.
Mr. Smith, of Washington, Pa, cousin
of Mrs. Grant, who arrived on Christ as
eve, is still a guest at the Executive Man
sion. st caunot be found out what posi-
ton Smltl.y wants, but the name of Smith
will ere long figure in the list of appoint
ments. 1t had been determined c0nclu-
sively that McKennon, Of washington,
Pa. same family, 1 believe, as Smith, was
the last relation that had to be taken care
OF, and this understanding was the reason
why he was confirmed by the Senate as
Circuit Judge. McKennon is 10 relation
himself; his son married Smith who is O
COUS1n VI MIS-. 0E6G1 anu II u0 deserved
a Judgshlp on account of that relation
ship, what may not the original Smith ex-
pect from the gOod-natHred "Lyses ?"
Collector Casey of New Orleans, brother
in-law Of the President. has been in hot
water for some time. He has retained in
office men who are not 'Ftruly loil," and
dead set has been made against him on
that account. His confirmation was en-
gineered through on the promise that none
but the faithful should be employed. Why
did he not emulate the example set by his
illustrious brOther-in-law the President in
this respect He moves in an atmosphere
of loyalty that none can except to. [ IN
understand. however, that Collector Casey
has again promised to do all that the Rad
icals insist on, and all is again quiet at
New Orleans.
The public will be glad to learn that the
committee appointed to investigate the
gold panic in New York, in September, by
the House of Representatives are ct
york and the majority report will, nc
doubt, present the President ana General
Butterfield as two innocent victims Of
base conspiracy. Whether brother-in- law
COrbln will get a touch Of whitewaeh will
depend upon how far the committee push
their investigation. There is one gentle-
man on the committee whose optics can
not be closed, either by trick, cajolery, big
AOCOC Va SoICC4OdChS1 61LI(l II klD - DCIL1IGIGQ
q little swing he will make q rattling
among the dry bones. No doubt there will
be minority report and it will be signed
by "Sunset" Cox, of New York City.
It seems to be conceded that Judge
Strong, of Philadelphia, will be appointed
by the President to succeed E. NJ Stan
ton as associate Justice or the Supreme
bench. Judge Strong is a man Of modcr-
ate abilities, firm Union Lacquer and
partakes strong of those saint-lil1e
qualities that distinguish New
England fanaticism, bJgotry and
psalm singing, When the name Of
Judge Hoar Y withdrawn or rejected,
which it will be if it remains before the
Senate, Southern man will in all Droba-
bility be nominated for the position. The
name of the Infamous Judge Joe Holt is
pressed by his friends. Is there no decent
Republican in all the South that can be
named for the place ? It is O very poor
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