Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1858, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON CITY: UESDAY.. January 26, 1858. UJ™ Advertisements should be sent in by 42 o'clock m.; otherwise they may met ap- pear until the next day. SPIKIT OF THE MOR NING PRESS. The Union publishes the able and interest- ing report of the Senate’s committee on Foreign Relations, made yesterday by ite Chairman, Senator Mason, upon Commodore Paalding’s extradition of Walker and his filibuster fol- lowers. The editor very properly characterizes it as a fitting commentary upon the President’s ‘powerful special message on the same topic. We regard this report as driving the last nail in the coffin of filibustering against Central America. Its author is one of the most ardent Southern statesmen now in public life, and that he and his colleagues upon the committee have expressed their patriotic and convincing views on the subject as they have done, embraces proof positive toour mind, not only that the effort to effect a Southern Congressional combi- nation in favor of Walker and his schemes of plunder and rapine against a weak and unof- fending neighboring nation,has signally failed, but that the comprehensive Central American policy of President Buchanan for the extension of our influence and commerce, and the sure advancement of our national interests in that direction, as enforced in the late treaty with Nicaragua, cannot fail to be warmly seconded by the Senate of the United States. The truth is, the President has dissolved the difficulties not long since surrounding our rela- tions with the Isthmus through the improper conduct of the lawless and unscrupulous among usalone. Already all the Central American Governments are impressed with a sense of the integrity of the purpose of tho Government of the United States towards that portion of the Continent, such as they never before enter tained, which must smoothe the path of our diplomacy in that quarter, so that hereafter, in the due protection of cur national interests there, we shall have much plainer sailing than before. We also find in the Union an interesting and very able cynopsis of the uses, character and principles—the philosophy—of State Constitu- tions under our system, replete no less with sensible conclusions than with useful infurma- tion, in the course of which the plausible objec- tions to the Lecompton Constitution are blown W the four winds. , We also find in the Union ot this morning, an interesting letter from Secretary Cass, ex- Ploding the silly story that the mission of Amin Bey to this country was a fraud, which has found its way into a number of newspapers. 2+ —___ I~ Our neighbor, Metzerott, next door, sends us bis latest musical publication, viz: the * Vail- lance Polka Militaire,’ by Joseph Ascher. res eaeeesenenetE erent Tae Faexcu Exrepition Acatxst Cutna.— ‘The Paris correspondent of the New York Com- mercial says that the French will not act in con- cert with the English in the attack on Canton. The French ministerial organ confirms this by ‘Stating that the French Ambassador’s orders are simply to demand reparation for the massacre of Catholic missionaries, and if this is Tefused, to direct his armed forces upon Cochin China, where the assasinations commenced. eeeabeereeeeenaer ine Com. Pavinixe Burxt in Errigy—A public meeting was held on the 13th inst., in Scottville, Albemarle county, Va_, at which resolutions were adopted denouncing the arrest of Walker, and demanding the dismissal of Commodore Pauld- ing from the service. A correspondent of the Charlottsville Advocate says: After the adoption of the resolutions the meet- ing adjourned and repaired to Jefferson's Mount, & very commanding eminence which rears its lofty summit far above the tallest house which adorns the village and after successive yells from the large and excited crowd which had congre- gated to see and hear, the i fe was set on fire and consumed amid the loud and enthasiastic shouts of an indignant population. Sh AES Tue Berpett Mueper AGatn—Discharge of Ecke! — Yesterday morning in the New York Court of Oyer and Terminer, Mr. John Graham and Mr. Stafford appeared on behalf of Mr. John J. Eckel, indicted jointly with Mrs. Cunning- bam for the murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell, at No. 31 Bond street, on the 3uth day of January, 1857. Mr. Graham stated that on the acquittal of Mrs Cunningham, in April last, the late District Attorney, Mr. Hall, had set down the case of Mr Eckel for trial in the October term, but up to the Present time noaction had been taken. He would therefore ask the Assistant District Attorney, Mr Sedgwick, what course he intended to pursue. Mr. Sedgwick replied that he had been instruct- ed by Mr. Hall to apply for a nolle proseyni Afte: some further remarks by Mr. Graham, the otder for the nolle pros. was made, the recog- hizance were discharged, and Mr. Eckel left the Court in company witb his counsel. ot a eae [> The New York Times bas dates from Great Salt Lake City to December 10, one month later than previous advices. The Mormons had completed their preparations for resistance to the troops; not intending to risk an open fight, but Purposinz to undertake a guerilla warfare. For- mer intimations of this plan ef operations are fully conf:med. Echo Canon, a difficult pass, near the city, had been strongly fortified, and was occupi+d on the 7th of December by a strong body of Mermon rangers. A permit from headquar- ters was required before parties leaving the city were permitted to pass. The yield of the crops in Utah bas been enormous, so that the Mormons will be well provisioned. A number of Mormons are known to bein the camp of the army, and ac- Urate information of the movements of the troops ‘was daily received at Salt Lake City. The Mor- yaons are somewhat troubled by restless spirits who insist upen immediate measures of open hos- tility, but are held in check by Brigham until the Proper opportunity offers. PERSONAL. -... Mrs. Da Mota, wife of the Consul General of Brazil, in Brussels, died in thatcity on the 30th December ---- Hon. J G. Goodrich, Mass ; Ca L - ner, US. N ; Col. Jobn Harris, U'S wT c ap at Willards’ --++ Miss Baring. daugther of the English bunk- €r, is. it ix said, about to be married to Lo Sus- ton, Duke of Grafton eehee ----Mr. J. Batlett Gibson, is hereaftez to be arsociated with Mr E. Se the Warrenton Whig 56 nity ae = bars tile concerts in the Car- as, en route for New Orleans. He | the South with the warinest peter ---- At the Museom, in Leicester square, Lon- don, there is now on exhibition the veritable ¢eremonial robe of that ‘«Hindoo demon of a Nena Sabib,” as the Bombay letters descri bim, which is daily inspected spermine crowds. The shawl alone is said to be thousand pounds sterling, and is'a ment york specimen of India workmanship ---- A new illustrated paper is abont started in London, on the plan of the + rhs London News” the pecuniary success of which doubtiexx, stimulated the establishment of 2 rival. The large capital is yuaranteed for the new paper, which will bear the title of “ The Illustrated News of London,” and some of the prom'nent literary New Yorkers have been en- gaged among its contributors. From Yucatan — anh Merritt, of the schoon- er Tallahassee, from Sixal the 6th inst., states that the port of Sisal was under a blockade, and on bis arrival off the harbor they would not allow Linn to enter at first, but on his insisting he was allowed to pass On the 3d inst., a Spanish man-of-war brig ar- rived off the harbor, when the fleet made sail and went out to her, firiny shots across her how for her to heave-to. shedid not notice them, but immediaely set her eusign, sod when the fleet saw it they ran back tothe barber. She remain- ed off the ore wotil the 6th, when she left A change of government bad taken place in Yueatan, ead D. Mastin Franaser had been elect- ed Goveinor. Peace neyotiations were progress. ing. and hopes were + ntertained that the revolu- tien would be atanend in a fortnight —y. 0. Picayune, th, WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Most Iportast rrow Kawsas.—late yes- terday afternoon, we received a dispatch from a gentleman at Leavenworth City, bearing date there on the 21st instant, and at Boone- ville, Missouri, on the 24th. So it is the latest from that quarter. The sender is, in our judg- ment, a perfectly reliable person. We would rather have his assurance than that of all the Republican-party blgtherskiting professional senders of telegrams in the Territory and St. Louis. He telegraphs as follows : “ LEAVENWoRTH City, K. T., Jan. 21, 1358 — Editor of the Star: The Democrats have certain- ly carried the Legislature, and most probably the whole State ticket. Place no confidence whatever in what may purport to be contrary in- formation concerning the result of the Kansas election of the 4th inst.’’ It will be perceived that this bears out our assurances published on Friday last. Tuer Must Fixp Favit.—The usually in- telligent and often fair Washington correspond- ent of the Courter and Enquirer revently launched forth a torrent of abuse and a flood of insinuation against the Secretary of War and the Department over which that gentleman presides, on account of the fact that the expen- ditures of the quartermaster's department in connection with the Utah expedition have swollen its aggregate cost to the Government much beyond the sum appropriated for its dis- bursement in the course of the current fiscal year. Now, all know that when the last Army ap- propriation bill was passed no one dreamed of the necessity for the Utah expedition, which all approve, except the Mormons themselves, and afew journals like the New York Evening Post, which gravely argues that the General Government has neither law nor justice on its side in attempting to maintain its authority in Utah, when the majority of the inhabitants of that Territory prefer that it shall be entirely independent of the North American Confed- eracy. That is, that it shall become a separate and distinct government, located in almost the very centre of the territory now under the jurisdiction of the United States. This absurd position, by the by, is a very natural sequence ot the higher Jaw doctrines of the Post and its confreres. The writer in the Courier and Enquirer of course sympathizes with it; or he would not rail against the cost of the so neces- sary expedition to which we refer above. But the folly and hollowness of his pretence of advocating economy and the strict observance of the letter of the law in this case, is abund- antly demonstrated in the portion of his (same) letter wherein he urges that the new condition of things (the Indian war) that exists in Ari- zona, renders it absolutely necessary that the ex itures of the quartermaster’s depart- ment in that region shall be immediately and enormously increased, though there is no law for doing there what he proposes. As for his foolish aspersions upon the Secre- tary of War for failing to withdraw all the troops from Kansas last summer, the pub- lic will comprehend at a glance that they amount to mere Republican party gnashing of the teeth because the Government here refused in that way to aid and abet the avowed purpose of Lane, Robinson & Co.. to create a revolution there against the authority of the General Government for the benefit of Abolitionism. It is the duty of the Administration—the ‘‘higher law’’ theory to the contrary notwith- standing—to maintain, intact, the General Gov- ernment’s authority every where within the limits of the United States. In such combinations of circumstances, most extraordinary in our history, if nc. in that of older nations, the responsibility for promptly crushing out rebellion during the recess of Congress or at any other time, is devolved. by the Constitution, on the President, whose mil- itary policy, with reference to Kansas as well as Utah meets the cordial approbation of a vast majority of the people of the country, as will be apparent to all when Gongress comes to vote upon it. Notwithstanding the compara- tively meagre pecuniary resources of the War Department for such sudden and wholly unex- pected emergencies as these, so far their man- agement by the Secretary has been the admi- ration of all the military men of the country ; for he has effected with them results that, had he possessed less nerve, energy and foresight, would have cost the National Treasury per- haps twice as much. We are very sure that Congress will be much more likely to tender him a vote of thanks for the extraordinary suc- cess that has attended all his share of the work of the due protection of the rights and interests of the General Government in Kansas and Utah, than to censure him for not quietly aid- ing and abetting Jim Lane and Brigham Young in their cherished idea of subverting the au- thority of the United States in both Territories. Pusiic-Scnoot Epirices.—The mind of the New York public is being much exercised over the recent calamity of the suffocation of six little children in attempting to escape with their fellows from a “ model school-house’’ in Brooklyn, under a panic. The reader will recollect the more awful calamity of the death of forty-three such little ones by the breaking of the stairway by which, under a similar panic, a year or two since the pupils of a New York city public school were endeavoring to make their way out of the builaing into the street. It was supposed that that awful occurrence would cause the arrangement of sufficient secu- rities in connection with all public school edi- fices in that region, to guarantee parents against the murdering of their helpless children after any such fashion. This last accident, however, proves that those entertaining such a hope. hoped in vain. While it shows, past peradventure, that the New York public sohool houses are still la- mentably insecure, and thus unfit for the pur- Pose for which they have been constructed with such a flourish of trumpets, it also naturally Suggests to us the importance of the question, whether our own public school houses are posi- tively safe for the sudden egress of the hun- dreds of pupils that congregate within their walls when impelled to rush out under the in- fluence of sudden fear? Our school trustees should look closely into the subject ; for chil- dren here are liable to act precisely as children in New York did when surrounded by circum- stances such as produced the fatal results there, mentioned above ; and such circumstances are as likely to occur here as there. We append an extract from a late number of the New York Times on this subject, as em- bracing interesting data on which the public school trustees of Washington may shape the Proper inquiries to he made by them. An ounce of prevention, it will be recollected, is worth a pound of cure, the world over: Tae Peay Scuoon-Hovers —Just about seven pre.) on the 20th of November, 1851, a number of children in the Ninth Ward School, of New York City, being frightened out of their senses by the aspect of their teacher, who had fallen upon the floor in a fit, rashed out of their school-room and down the stairs to the street. ‘The noise and confusion thus occasioned set the rcholars in motion all over the building; the ery of * fire’? wan raised by somebody, within the house, (as it always is every where and on every occasion of a panic,) and echoed from the street, and ina few moments the railings of the stairways yielded to the pressure of the excited crowd of childien, and precipitated them by hundreds upon the stone hall fom which forty- two unhappy littie creatures were taken up crushed dnd dead, with a great number more who bad been injared move or less seriously. ‘The peculiar circumstances of this calamity im- Pp its lessons upon the public mind with especial force, and when it was found that the editice which the catastrophe took place wasa new building, erected under the supervision of the Board of Education, and with a fic view to the purposes for which it was igned, no little indignation was felt and ex that no re had been made against the pos- bits i Ee frightful a disaster. ility of so “ The authorities themselves admitted that the arrangements for ingress and egress, not in this one only, but in almost all of our school-houses, ‘were shamefully in: uate. This ex post facto wisdom, of course, could do nothing for the poor little victims of administrative thougbtlessness and incapacity, and for their heart-broken parents and friends — But it wax supposed it would have some effect w future Building Committees of the Board of Falucation, and that hundreds of children would not again he exposed to those special perils of a panic which their elders cannot often be safely trusted to confront. And many an anxious father must have been greatly satisfied to read in the respectable pages of the “ Fifteenth Annual Report of the Board of Education for the City and County of New York,” that our ‘nu merous school edifices are, with few and de- creasing exceptions, spacious, commodious, taste ful, furnished with every convenience requisite to the comfortable accommodation of all, and pre- senting every inducement to the most carefi 1 parent to place his children within their walls.” For this thorough-going indorsement of the architectural excellences of our public school- houses was understood of course to guarantee the prevision In every case of the most serious dan- gers to which the buildings Would be liable, and the careful protection of their future inmates from any casnalities within the control of a reasonable foresight. It is our painful duty to disabuse tne minds of our readers of t gratifying impres- sions. The shocking affair, which happened on Monday afternoon in one of the public schoo!s of the neighboring city of Brooklyn, might be re- peated at any moment in any of the school-houses of New York; for of all those school-houses, “*spacions, commodious, tasteful and pleasant’? as they arc, there is not one which is not 5 AaePR equally with the Brooklyn school-house No. 14, toa sudden conflagration from causes beyond the power of the most careful teacher to control, with all its natural consequences upon the minds of a multitude of children. Brook iva School-house No. 1, it appears, was a “model school-house,’’ built only four years ago under the eye of the chairman of the com- mittee, who took ‘‘extraordinary pains to make ita perfect school-honse.” ‘The New York catas- trophe of 1851 seems to have been borne in mind; for there was no ‘‘well of horror’? in the stair- way, and there were three piincipal doors to the building, all opening outwards, and all of 1eason- able width. Nevertheless, as soon as the pupils became thoroughly frightened by the fire, which in this case heb intch er ges nt = authentic conflagration, they rushed along the passage- ways choked the thatrs and crosted each other in the lobbies, till, in spite of the admirable be- havior of their teachers, and of some of the older among themselves, six of the smailest children were smothered in the press. Dounbiless thanks are due from hundreds of parents in Brooklyn, that the lesson of our more appalling catastrophe had been profitable enough with their School Committees, to insure the improvements which so far limited the results of this fearful scene. Returnixa Reason.—Yesterday we took oecasion to publish extracts from Kansas jour- nals representing the opponents of the original adoption of the Lecompton Constitution, which show the fact that the farce of lunger opposi- tion to it is played out completely in the Terri+ tory, if not here, where it still seem to be regarded as a capital hobby for the over-ambi- tious to ride. To-day we make a very similar extract from the New York Times, which shows that the light of common sense is breaking upon the minds of those at the east who have been in times past the bitterest opponents of that in- strument—the Lecompton Constitution. Such publications in the columns of such journals, 60 to show—do they not ?—ihat the views of the Star on the subject have been sound and prop- er views from beginning to end : “it may posy Le said that if the Lecompton Constitution should be adopted, it could not be changed or snperseded until after 1864. We ap- prehend, however, that this objection would have no weight whatever, either with the people of Kansas or with the country at large. In the first eae there is in the Constitution no express pro- ibition of its amendment previous to Is64, but only adirection how it shall be done after that date: while the Bill of Rights expressly recog- nizes the right of the people to alter, amend, or supersede their Constitution at any time and in any manner they may see fit. Besides, without ane such provision, the right of the people to do this is fundamental and inalienable. It bas been exercised in rier States, and in regard to Kansas has been distinctly recognized by all the leading organs of public ‘opinion in all sections of the county and without distinction of party; and, more than ail this. if the people of Kansas were to exercise this right, there is po power that can interfere to prevent it.”? A SLanpen.—Perceiving, in various newspa- pers published at a distance, insinuations against the integrity of an unnamed Demo- cratic officer of the House of Representatives, we have taken occasion to trace them up, and find that they meana charge that the Door- keeper, Mr. Hackney, has sold places under him. Now, we are authorized by him to say that nothing can be more false than such an insinuation. He knows not who is the author of the story, that individual having taken due care to put it forth from behind a cover, so far impenetrable to the party against whom he has hurled the insinuation. Mr. Hackney assures us—and those who know him personally will be satisfied of the truth of his assertion—that his whole official conduct is open to the severest scrutiny even of those who, having been disap- pointed in his distribution of the patronage in his hands, have become his enemies. He is not aware of having any others. He invites inves- tigation; though so long as his assailants con- tent themselves with whispering insinuations against him in the dark, we see no substanti reason why be should give them a moment's thought. This seems to be the era of charges of official corruption. So far, nothing whatever has been substantiated or even plausibly charged against any Democratic functionary, we are glad to have it in our power to write. Resiaxation.—We hear that Mr. Corbin of St. Louis, who has been the Clerk of the Com- mittee of Claims of the House of Representa- tives during so long a term of years, has re- signed his position in consequence of severe and long-continued sickness in his family. In the course of afew days, he will probably take them to the interior of Florida. Mr. Corbin has been elected fifteen times Clerk of that Committee, the election boing au annual one; and never, since his first election, has he had a vote cast against him by any mem- ber of any political party! Upon that Com- mittee some of the leading men of the nation have served during that long period—men hike Gov. Vance, of Ohio, Gov. Cobb and Mr. Ste- phens, of Georgia, Gov. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, Mr. Giddings of Ohio, Mr. Letcher and Lt. Gov. Leake of Virginia, Gov. Ligon of Maryland, Mr. J. Glancy Jones, and Gov. Ram- sey, and Gov. Pollock of Pennsylvania, Judge Dargan of Alabama, Judge Daniel of North Carolina, and many others. Itis needless to praise one who has so long preserved the conf- dence of such men. Of course the Committee will fill his place with some able lawyer, but before doing so, the salary ought to be made higher than that of an Engrossing Clerk. Tur Poxitictans.—The visit ef the ava- lanche of ‘Soft’? and ** Hard’’ pol 8 of New York, who came upon us in Washington, last week, is followed this week by a similar visit of Democratic politicians from Maine, Mas- sassachusetts and New Hampshire. They are all attracted hither, doubtless, by the fact that the President is understood to have recently made sundry important foreign and domestic nominations, and is preparing shortly to send in others to the Senate. Their earnestness about such matters, is, to say the least of it, quite amusing. However, their presence helps to make a busy time for those in trade here; so we welcome them among us, come for what they may. Removed anv Appointen.—We hear that Mr. S. H. Lamborn, of Obio, an $1,800 per an- num clerk in the office of the Superintendent of Public Printing, has been removed, and that Mr. a ennsylvania, has been ap- pointed in tead..This change is suid to have been mad wholly omthe Principle.of ro- tation, no fault whatever being found with the ‘ manner in which Mr. L. bas discharged the duties of his late position. Tue U. 8. Bric Perry.—The U. S. brig Perry is fitting at Norfolk, Va., fora cruise on the coast of Brazil. The following officers are under orders to her: Lieut. Com’g Rich'd L. Tilghman, Lieut. Wm. T. Truxtun, Lieut. Jno. J. Cornwell, Lieut. Charles E. Hawley, and Passed Ass’t Surgeon J. W. B. Greenhow. ‘tux Weattinn.—tThe following report of the weather for this mornitig is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution. The time of observation is about 8 o’clock a. m.: JANUARY —— Buffalo, N. Y. -Taining. New York, N.Y -cloudy, damp. Philadelphia, Pa. -cloudy, damp. Baltimore, Md. «raining. Washington, D.C -cloudy, warm. Richmond, Va. -cloud¥, cool. Petersburg, Va Lynchburg, B istol, Tenn . warm, raining. Norfolk, Va «cloudy. Raleigh, N.C scloudy. Wilmington, N.C Columbia, 8. € Charleston, «cloudy. cool. .clear, cool. lear, pleasant. Aucusta, Ga londy, warm. Savannah, G: lear, cool. Macon, loudy, cool. Columbus, londy, warm Montgomery, loudy, warm. From Tur West Cumberland, Mée.........cloudy, mild. Wheeling, Va........+ ....clear, pleasant. Barometer at the Smithsonian, 30.170. Thermometer, on the Smithsonian tower, min- imum last night, 414°; near the ground, 43°. ete CONGRESSIONAL. Thirty-fifth Congress—First Session. IN THE SENaTE, yesterday, after our report closed, Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Jadiciary submitted a minority report in relation to the contested seats of Hon. J.D. Bright and Hon. G. N. Fitch, as Senators from Indiana, which was ordered to be printed. ©n motion of Mr. Allen, a resolution was adopt- ed ordering to be printed ten thousand copies vf the addresses made on the occasion of the an+ nouncement of the decease of the late Hon. Jas. Bell, of N. H., Hon. Andrew P. Butler, of S. C and Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas. On the report of the Committee on Foreign Re- lations, which we noticed yesterday as baving been submitted by Mr. Mason, there was consid- erable debate. Mr. Douglas, asa member of the Committee, dissented from the report. Mr. Foot, also as a member of the Committee. concurred in the general principles and proposi- tions laid down in the report, but so far as it re- flects blame on Commodore Paulding, he entirely dissented. Mr. Pearce expressed full concurrence in the re- rt. On motion of Mr. Mason, the report was made the especial order for Tuesday, Feb. 9th. The motion to refer to the Committee on Terri- tories so much of the President's message as re- fers to Kansas affairs, was taken up. Mr. Harlan spoke at considerable length in opposition to the Lecompton Constitution Mr. Hh believed that, to carry out the views of the administration, would be to secure the organiza- tion of a slave State; but to submit the question of slavery to the people, he thought, would re- sult in its annihilation Mr. Polk read a statement from the Missouri Republican, signed Wy, H. Clay Pate, denying the statement of Gov. Walker and Secretary Stan- ton, that the people of nineteen counties in Kan- sas had no opportunity to vote for delegates to the Lecompton Convention. Mr. Stuart thought the testimony of Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton should be credited in preference to the statement of Mr. Pate and his friends. On motion of Mr. Brown, the question was postponed until one o’clock on Friday next,when ‘The Senate adjourned. Ix tHe Hous, yesterday, when our report closed, Mr. Gartrell was speaking in favor of slavery in reply to a speech of Mr. Blair, of Mo. He said the time had passed for making apolo- Vee for the institution of er j.and as for him, e regarded it right in principle and practice. He quoted largely from the Pentateueh to saow toat slavery existed among the Israelites, and was sanctioned by divine and human laws. He avowed his determination to maintain Southern rights and the equality in the Union of the South- ern States, and regarded it as essential to the roper respect of ese rights that Kansas shall admitted with the Lecompton Constitution. Mr. Washburne, of Wis., made a speech on the financial revulsion, contending that it was not caused by the bank credits or expansions, but by governmental extravagance during the last twen- ty years Mr. Granger, of N.Y, said the Administra. tration had reason to be alarmed at the recent financial difficulties. By extravagance our ex- pens?s had run up to eighty or ninety millions cf dollars a year, while our revenue had run down to twenty-five or thirty millions. Mr. G. cen- sured the Administration on account of the in- crease of army expenses, and then proceeded to argue in favor of a protective tariff Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, made some remarks on the Nicaragua question, in the course of which he approved of the act ‘of Com. Paulding. He then proceed: d to debate the Kansas question in oppositios te the Lecompton Constitution. ‘The committee then rose, when The Speaker laid before the House various communica ions from the Commissioner of Pat- ents, the Secretary of the Interior, the Treasury Department, tue decraacy of War, and the Post Ottice Department. On motion of Mr. Faulkner, of Va , the Com- mittce of the Whole on the state of the Uaion was discharged from the further consideration of a bill to supply an omission of upwards of $300,000 for the national armories from one of the appropriation bills, and it was made the special order for Monday next Proceedings of To-day. Is THe Senate, this morning, the Chair pre- sented several Executive communications from the Secretary ef the Inierior, giving information on Indian and iand matters. Mr. Donglas, from the Committee on Territo- ries, introduced a bill for the admission of Min- nesota into the Union as a State; which was read and placed on thecalendar. On motion of Mr. Pearce, the joint resolution voting a medal to Commodore Paulding, was postponed till one o’clock on Thursday next. A message was received from the House an- nouncing the decease of Messrs. Brenton and Lockhart, members elect from Indiana. Messrs. Bright and Fitch respectively deliv- ered eulogies, and the usual resolutions of respect and condolence were adopted. ‘The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill to increase the efficiency of the army by retiring disabled officers ; and this subject wes still under discussion when the Star’s report closed. Ix THe Hovuss, the resolution empowering the select committee appointed to investigate the charges of corruption in relation to certain mem- bers of last Congress to employ a stenographer, ‘was adopted On motion of Mr. J. G. Jones, of Pa., the House then resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole, when Mr. Andeison begged leave to define his Posi- tion on the subject of Kansas affairs. He said he came from a constituency who are in favor of al- tering the naturalization laws; and who hold that the regulation of their domestic affairs be- long to the people and not to Congress They recognize the inviolability of the domestic rela- tion of master and slave. He then proceeded to explain his position in relation to the Lecompton Constitution. The Convention by which that Constitution was framed, was organized in accordance with the act of Congress, and there ix nothing either in the assembling of the Convention or in theforma- tion of the Constitution that can justify Congress in refusing to admit Kansas into the Union under that instrument. He was in fevor of the views advanced on that subject by the Administration, and contended that the complaint that all the citizens of Kansas had not enjoyed the privilege of franchise in the election of delegates to the Convention, was not Properly a matter for the consideration of Con- gress. * He took the ground that the official information in possession of Congress in regard to this subject should be the basis of action. If, said he, the people of Kansas are not satisfied with the Le- compton Constitution cannot they as a State re- m del and alter ito suit their own views Mr. A. called attention to the fact that it has fot aways been recognized as a right of the peo- ple of a State to ratify a constitution adopted by aconvention. In the States of Ohio, Kentuck ae Lanes ous not be voir) pursued, and yet the id not complain of any right violated hie ‘3 re Mr. Cox interrupted Mr. A. and denied that the Constitutions of Obio and Kentucky bad not been submitted to the penis for ratification Mr. Anderson ex that he did not mean the existing Constitutions, but the original ones under which those States were adi intothe Union. In relation to the submiasion to the people of Kansas of the slavery clausealone in the Lecom ton Constitution, he said it was the Question about which any contention existed. He re- Fras hts Coeattetion 5 rt ly framed, and umbent o: beateepted n Congress that it should ngiess, he says, bas not the right to em; the prople of a Territory to farm vente epee pon. i ie eye Asa with the people, nce reason the enabling act. Sonera Peas He waid that the opposition to the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Constitution grows out of opposition to slavery, and if Congress sball igre to receive her as a State, her citizens would e reall: rieved. Wh he faquired. does the North continue its — on ogra i co Ripper ——— the responsi rests South. All the South asks of the North is, that they and their institutions shall be let alone. Fiom this topic Mr. A. proceeded to justify the Institation slavery, on moral a religious grounds. He also took occasion to deny the assertion that the people of Missouri are on the eve of becom- ing favorable to emancipation. He recounted events transpiring in the recent election in that State to show that the grounds on poi get this opinion, advanced the o nts slavery, is based, are falsely Anessa Tux Dirricorty BETWEEN Mrsers. Ringway 4xp Wisg.—The personal rencontre that took piace on Friday last between Mr. O. Jennings Wise, the son of Governor Wise, and Mr. Ridg- way, the editor of the Richmond Whig, has re- sulted inachallenge. Both gentlemen give dif- ferent versions of the affair, of the assault. and the circumstances connected with it. On Saturday Mr. Ridgway sent to Mr. Wise a letter, making the following Proposition : | propose that you and I select only one friend each, and, with one pir of pistols, we «hall all meet in either your Office or mine, at an hour to be hereafter designated ; that after thus meeting and the door being locked _— and I shall be se- curely blindfolded ; that then the seconds shall load one of the pistols and leave the other ua- loaded ; that they shali next determine by lot the choice of pistols; that pistols shall then be handed to as, and that yours shall be placed di- rectly against my breast and mine against yours ; that, next and finally, at the giving of the word we shall both pull trigyer, and let the conse- quences take care of themselves. Mr. Wise, in reply ‘se I musi cali your attention to the fact that, by tle code of honor, the Challenging party is not enti- tled to prescribe the weapons, nor the mode of using them. Moreover, the inode which you sug- gest is one entirely incompatible with the usage which obtains among gentlemen, since it would leave the issue entirely to the decision of chance I am not willing to permit you to use a weapon against me without an Be se ney fally secured to me, of equal resistance. Still less will I con- sent, under any circumstances, to use a deadly weapon against an unarmed man. In conclusion, Mr. Wise expresses his willing- ness to accept a challenge recognized by extab- lished usage, and without conditions invasive of his rights as the challenged party. Mr. Ridg- way, in his rejoinder, claims that Mr. Wise had already placed himself outside the ‘code by at- tacking him in bis office, and adds: In a word, you set out with a deliberate viola- tion of the *‘code,”’ and now claim to have con- ceded to you all the rights, privileges and advan- tages which the ‘code’? accords to those who Tecognize it and regulate their conduct by it This unjost and extraordinary concession I am not prepared to make to you or to any other man Under the circumstances, therefore, you are not entitled to any recognition from me under the ‘code.’ 1 have, therefore. submitted to you a proposition outside of it, which youare at Ifberty to accept or not, as suits you ‘tae ofhvers of the be punctual in ther a zood standing are co) By order of M. W It G.A. id on NIG next. at 4 o’ciock p.m. rrand e are requested to endance, and all brothers in lly invited. ef. RZEMAN., G. See. “== PUBLIC LE \ Enq., will deli ey I3th and 141 itreets, 01 1 streets. 2VENING, Jan. 2th, at Ts invited. : WEONESDAY Tae pudlicae _jan B-zt (Fr NOTICE— Persons having Books out of the Library of the Columts Fire Company. are seeeested to return them to me, on or before tne Ist of February. P. J. ENNIS. Librarian. jan & 2'* LECTURE.—Grorcr Corway, Esq., the Indian chief, wiil deliver a lecture, .n full Indian costume at the Philharmonic Hall, on THUR Y of this week at 7% o'clock. On the Duty of the American Govern- mentard People to the Indians ” The twelve Indian delega ions from the West now in W agton will be present on the platform. n 25 cents; children 15 cents. nat 6%z o’elock. Lecture to commence wk. jan %-3t ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES, of the best quality, in moulds or. otherwise, at $1.0 pergalion. Fairs other public entertainments furnished at less rates, at the Philadelphia Confec- tionery. corner I2th and F sts. jan 22-Im* J. FUSSELI.. A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR SALE,— ' Ten Sha-es of the Stock of the MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH Ce The dividends of this company are paid prey. ‘The holder of this certificate has been paid a~ high as fourteen per cent. per annum, and never less than eight per cent. of the heaviest capitalists and beet known business men in Baltimore, Phiiadeiphia, and Washingten hold the stook. The present owner will sell the ten shares fur $759. Par value $10 pershare. Address Telegraph. at this office. ian 23-St f DR, PoP: Homeopathic Paysirian and Surgeon, De Menou or Chain Buildings, No. 376 H street, th side, between 13th and 14th ats. d19-e03m : FRESH GROUND NUTS t $1 per bushel by MURRAY & SEMMES, LENTINES! VALENTINE: Wholesale and retail, at jan 2-3t LAMMOND’S, "th stree’. A N UPRIGHT PIANO, 7 octaves, beautiful rosewood, fine finish, and exquisite tone. sor sule ata great bargain,at oar Piano Forteand Music Store, No. 3% Pa. avenue, between 9th and 10th sta, jan 26 JOHN F. ELLIS, NICE LITTLE PIANO for $5, in good ton . <& Excellent for new beginers. Call early at #6 Pa avenue. i JOHN F. ELLIS. jan 25 URLED HAIR, MOSS, HAIR SEATING 4 Ciara Tufts, Buttons. twine, es ask, Sofa Spru 5 prs C.. ec, a prim it ot Cabinet Makers’ and Uphol- A fallassortm nt ot Cabinet sters’ Goods at prices tu suit the times. b ANS & THOMPSON, 325 Pa, avenue, bet. 9th and 10th sts., jan 3-2w Washington, D.C, (Intel,,States,& Alex Gazette.) 1AL NOTICE.—Our sincere thanks are reby tendered to all who have settled theirsc- counts with us since our last issue of bills. But our Principa! object new is to call the attention of those who have not paid to this notice. We want them to know that we are suffering for the wse of the money due us. and hope that without delay those persons whom we have in good faith accommodated will call or send in their settlement SHAFTS, Leather, Collars, i Car Buckrams, Bands, Handi: x Laces, Fringes, Tas- Slides, Files, Mal. Castings, ace Re, ke. Ke. the Coach Vind L h avery article in the Coach Vinding Line, chen; for cash. ELVANS & THOMPSON en? Sign of the Red Wheel, . 326 Pennsyivania avenue, jan 26-2w Washington, D.C. (Intel. States ,& Alex.Gazette.) IRON AND STEE AR, BAND. SCROLL, A Square, Oval, and Half- reused [ROD » Tire, Bieter and Round ST. Sern Orders filled for any and every dc scrip’ and Plate Iron, and lrenand Brass W. ELVANS & THOMPSON, = S26 Pa. ave., bet. 9th and loth ste., jan 26 2w Washu gtoa, b, C. (Intel.,States,& Alex.Gazerte ) M M. BRADY Teena announces that he AVE. ha: lished a GALLEMY OF PHUTO- GRAPHIC ART Washio, » Beis red to execute commissions for the Iny rial, Photo- graph, hitherio made ouly at his well-known estab- lishment in New York. A variety of unique and rare Photographic speci- meus are tuciuded in his cvi lection, sopeiner with portraits of many of the most distinguished citizens ofthe United 3 al Washington Gallery the . Mr. Braby brings to h results of ,ourteen years’ experien Europe and America, and the choicest prod f his art di od. He fe confident that the re- sources at bis coi ie quality of his works will commend his Gi yy to the aten ion of the Weshi_gton public. Jen 2-eott War DerartMent. Adjutant General's Office Washington, Jan 22,1 BOARD OF MEDICAL OFFICERS assemble at Richmond Virginia, on Thurs- dav, the Ist day of Apii!, 453 or as svon thereafter 48 practioabie, for the examination of Assistant Sur- xeons fur promotion, and of such can lidates tor ap- pointment to the Medios! Steff of the Army as may be inv. to present themselves. Detail for the Board— Survreon—C, A. Finley. = +S. 8 tteriee. 1h 8, P. Moore. a Assistant Surgeon—!.. A. Edwards. Fs) fem Lob 98 Recorder. y order of the Secretary oj ‘ar: f S. COOPER, jan %-3'd Adjutant Genera!. Geons AT AUCTION. .This announcement loses all its efficacy at this time, when dealers are offering SILKS AND FANCY DRESS FABRE S atabout one-third Special Orders, - "No.8. os i ponte less than the rame g: would ihe PUBLIC AUCTION. HOOE, BROTHER & CO.’S, Bat ue ‘and look through the superb SHURTLS, SILK ROBES, Boe Seconp FLoor, and be convinced of thoatvoninens to indies sn purchasing at private rather than at pat we Goods are new and fresh. 06 ; ‘The cot agths are all right © T Ptloes are ‘one-third than foraca tne faraiwer rlevlehsina Raestscht ces cicercar ae Fer O0 ip BROTHER «co, INSYLVANIA AVENU' jan 26-8t between 8h WASHINGTON THEATRE Last of the F: ‘Star, BiB ER ROSE TREE The et vanoe 4 PAu tate LT, as wet his own tesautel iv THIS EVENING, Jan. 2, THE LIFE OF AN ACTRESS, Violette. Acnes Rubertson. Grimaldi... am + Dien Boureianit. In of the | h of the play, there al he ont er portormansne . pan ————— re" THe wiimscl,’ * gl THEIR LIBRARY FOURTH CO oF TH 600d INTER A CIATION, At Munder’s Hall,on THURSDAY EVENING, th, 1858. eae can be obtained at Jos. C, Caden’x Secar Store, ert, mh and tith ste, jan 36-3t" 1. PORT BENEFIT OF THE OR- BA PHAN BOYS The public sre respectfully informed that there will be x Ball grven at the Washingt Assembly Rooms on THURSDAY = ING, F-bruary ath, the proceeds of winch a @ to be'presented to St. Joxeph’s Male Orphau Asy i} "Professor Esputa’s celebrated band of music has been encaced for the oceamon, Confectionery and fee pone me by one most ex ven caterers enty. “fan eiherent Lat has a engaged, and the very be preserved. vepickets &7s tore had of the managers and at the | book and music stores, PHT” Positively wo pemate will be sold at the door. er. James G. Berrett, Walham T. Deve, Francis Motbun, John ©. Fitzpatrick, ‘horman Thorman J Fisher, 1 ” Joseph F. Brown, © . H. Las! *, Hud=en Taylor, William H. Ward, in 2-dth Gekano COTILLON PARTY : or Fe . NORTHERN LIBERTIES’ ASSOCIATION, AT Turin Haut, On THURSDAY EV i __ tees ORE DOLLA _ HE OLD FOLKS ARE COMING! w ington, give a CONCh wi AND SACRED MU LOWS’ HALL, on 7th street, above Pennsy ivanr “FUESDAY NIGHT NENT, Jaxcany 2rn, when wi!l be presented 2 Musica! Entertainment of an entirely origin ter. That tLe music of the highest order, their unparalicied sneo 5 the cities of Boston, Worcester, New York, P: edelohia, Baltimore, Ac., performing to immense audrences, sufhciently attest. THIRTY-SEVEN PERFORMERS COSTUME OF ONE" HUNDRED YEARS with an efficient Orchestra. GrRanpratuer Foss will preside at tne Grear ANDEATHER FippLe. Tickets Fifty Cents, to be had at the music stores and at the door of che Ball 37m D-2t* WESTERN BOYS IN THE FIELD AGALN. THE EIGHTH GRAND BALL or TH z Western Hose Compeny, No. 1, AT WESTERN HALL, On TUESDAY, January 2th, 185. WESTERN HOSE COMPANY i an BJ this, their Eighth Grand Ball, pledce themselves that nothing will remain undone to. eit No.1 ball of the searon. pon | — Supper will be served by an experienm caterer. Scott’s Cotullon Band has been eneaged. Tickets ONE DOLLA R—to be had at any hote! or of any member of the Company. Committee of Arrengements, R. J, Masten. + 3 famier. . Fall, . F. Hughes. 2. F. Green, Jan 13.15.18 20.224 5 ODEON, = Pa. AVENUE, NEAR TenTH Stree. J. W. LAN DIS’ CELEBRATED BURLESQUE OPERA TROUPE, Comrrisinc Tweive Stax PzxrouMenre, for EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK, NEw songs, “* "ver with asi NAW 'Uhnse 8. ~ NEW DANCES, and most LAUGHABLE COMIC PANTOMINES. hia ORTAIT. tly. for jadies and conten aon fal them — ace ee jane LEE MALLORY. Be WANTS. WANTED.—A SITUATION as Cook, Washer. and Ironer. Apply at No.97 K street, betwer n “3 ess Agent. Met and 2-d. ANTED.—A SITUATION, by a re-pectsbie young Woman, as Seamstress, avd williog oe Chamberwork. Apply at No. 17 13% st. jan 05-2t* V ANTED—By a competent MAN,a situation as Farm Hand. Wiil make himself useful about the farm. Apply at Ne. 27 B street. between 2d and Sd stre nquireatthe store, jan 25-21" V ANTED IMMEDIATELY.—Four or five experienced L.A DIES wae thoronghly under- stand the Dressmaking business. To those compe- tent constant employment will be given. Apply #* No. 195 F xtreet, between 17th and I8th. jan 25 9° N Warten married) German MEN, deed —— — a Paci istry. B0- Wo) aN‘ "do ‘he briety. Alse.n lo house work, cook, wash, milk cows, &c. Inquire immordi- ately = = Pe. avenue, between 3d 4s ste. wan 23-%* A comiiitatve § ing xbout six rooms, some enue and | street.and between i5th and «th streets. Any one having such 8 Houxs for saic may meet a purchaser by reseinr An to Box No. 12, Star Office, if disposed to sell a price to suit the times, statin lowest price and pre: cise location. inn 2-0 N + STRUCTOR WANTED. entieman refiding iu ® neighboring State. wishes to eb- tain, for the benefit of his three children. the servs- ces «f an instructor in Frenea, Music, (the Piane,? snd Drawing. He prefers a native of toe continent of Europe, of mature n settled halite. ‘the in the family ef the ad her cinsses in the nesh Areample opportunities: his residence being near a village, where there a four boarding scheols, and m the midst of a pop: fous and ~ well-te-de” region. None need npplv except able to produce sntisfactory testimoriaix a to thorough competerey snd unquestionable per- sonal charscter. A male Instractor prefer though a female one would not be refused if a suit — able male Instructor caunot be obtained. Address box > tar office. jaodiuf ANTED IM ME DIA TELY—A furnished Ww HOUSE, with five or six chambers, parlors, ont Gore room. Apply to No. i61 Browns’ Hotel. ‘A Black Lace VEIt.— Centre Market, throgh Ps. avenue on Saturdyy morning last. The finder.! y retor 1 the same to 436 6th street, wit be suitably rewarded. if required. 1* OST—On Sunday night, between the Rev. Mr. 4 Gurley’s church, on F atreet, and No, 493 17th an mosaic BREASTPIN, little less in verter vf a dolsr, round in shape, with lion’ head upon a back ground be suitably rewarded on jeaving the pin at the num!nt above mentioned, ut I OST.—Between the Arsenal and Tucker's, on 4 Pa. avenue, A two feet Rifle Barre both ends. The finder will be suitab’y re leaving it at this office. rr LOST —A dark brown HORSE MULE Shoes on fore feet but ane on} hind. was e: her taken or esc:ped from ‘Toowas Donaldson's lot. near the steam boat wharf on Thursday nicht. His mane, wen cancbod — | out Srememned. An one bringing sai 1 mole to Thomas Donaldson. on the Island. or to AUSTIN L. ADAMS, Prines George's evunty, near Browd Creek, will receive S5 ne are ward for his trouble, yon 95-3t* t, 1 T cP IN Goo A fine assortment of oases, from ome with good Likevosses. either Ambroty pe, Das ne een od or Meleainotypes. Warranted good liks nee. Come early in the day. ian 2-1f ee — ferns gogonatuteivs BONDEa ae Sire! it ating tw. « ate Califorma, Nos S2and St for $300 ench. pasate Se 1*75, as the same have miscarried in trenamission per mail on the t4th instant from New York to Wash- ‘eeton, D.C. Application will be made for a new Mpanil2w (Ipteh2w) RIGGS & Co. Ww HAYMAN been to return his thauks «to the Ladies, who patromized bem so libera ly, and to inform them in order te better display nis elegout Laces, has moved to the Lakes, No. 94 PA. AVEN near Adams's Ex- press Office where he respectfully invites their at tention to his entire new stock of round point, powt copleaue Nan eg Fat Honitoe a eure heat el —— and new importations ck Veils, at wi jesare prices ot 2 a wm hl EW MUSIC received semi-weekly ; Music or- from and sent t part of country 5 Susie Bound, &o, &e., at our Piano Warervoms: ae Svenae, herwean Sth and Rey 1a ADAME DIEDEN, a will nin Washia ww 5 EMBROIDERIES, LA Jan 25-40" mf pw. net a7 Pacmvenee fo ol &o., &o., &e.