Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1858, Page 2

EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP pe ee Texvoceatic Notice —The Democratic Cau- WASHINGTON CITY: cus will xof meet this evening. It was ad- WEDNESDAY .......... February 17, 1855. journed to the call of the Chair. = Joun Cocurang, Chairman. Joun H. Reacax, Secretary. Washington, February 17th, 1858. Tue CoXtR@urt Case.—Our exchanges are beginning to reach us with unfavorable eom- ments upon the assumption of power om the part of the House to imprison without trial by his peers—a jury—e citizen, under an allega- tion of a contempt of the authority of the body in refusing to testify as to what he did with money in his hands, which he swears was not used in any way to influence the legislation of Congress. —_ . The impression of our cotemporaries is, evi- dently, that if the House have power to do as they have done in the case of this Mr. Woleott, their lawful authority is really authority with- out any limit whatever—as despotic as that of Alexander of Russia, and far more arbitrary than that of Louis Napoleon ; extending to any subject, person or thing concerning which they may eleot to order an ‘‘investigation,’’ whether that be a transaction affecting the honor of the Congress of te-day, or the doings of people in Kamskatka half a century azo. The Constitution expressly declares that no American citizen shall be deprived of his lib- ty without due process of law. In this case the House has not only snapped its finger at the right of the citizen under this clause of the Constitution to which we refer, but also at the obligations of the plain provisions of the law of the last session to prevent frauds. &c., where- in a mode of trial (prosecution, punishment, &c.,) is provided to meet such cases as that which Mr. Wolcott's would have been had he refused to accord the answer he gave, which really completely covered the ground of the authority of the House in his case. A single branch of Congress cannot by itself make law, as the House has attempted to do in this in- stance. A single House, however, can usurp authority, to the great danger of the future of American liberties. For a quarter of a centu- ry it was the policy of the anti-Democratic party to inveigh against the dangers of Execu- tive assumption of power. The Democracy al- ways, and very properly, seouted the idea that there was any real danger from that source; simply because the Executive, being a single individual, there existed no difficulty in fast- ening upon him due responsibility for all his acts. The Democracy have never yet dreaded the lack of will and spirit on the part of American public opinion to keep the Executive power within constitutional and lawful bounds. Their fear has been, on the contrary, of encroachments on the part of Congress. Individual mombers thereof are not responsible, strictly speaking, for the action of a majority of the House. From the formation of the government to this hour the avenue by which its centralization has progressed, (and we hold that it has made rapid strides, indeed,) has been through Con- gressional usurpations, one by one—acquirivg the force of precedent, eventually. Ten years ago that tendency was recognized by al! strict constructionists as ¢/e great danger to the fu- ture of the character and purity of the gov- ernment. Now, however, affairs appear to us to have undergone a very remarkable change in this respect. We allude to the votes of many really conservative members, who claim to be strict constructionists, in this affair, which proclaim that they admit no limit to the power and authority of the body to which they be- long upon any question whatever which they choose to assume to be ore affeeting their own “‘ privilege.” Tux Fisuy Democracy.—The fact that Democratic public opinion is everywhere rap- idly coming to regard the allies of the Repub- liean party in Congress who formerly acted with the Democracy on the great and over- shadowing question now dividing American political parties, as being as decided oppo- sitionists as those who avow that they occupy that position, is disgruntling them not a little. This is evident in the tone of the newspapers in-their interest, which seem foolishly to imagine that by pleading the wleration of a former common political faith, the great Demo- cratic organization of the land can be induced to overlook the fact that gentlemen who fight shoulder to rhoulder with the Republican party, aiming their blows against the heart of their late party—againat the great measure of the era, on the success of which it bases all its hope of ascendancy in the immediate future,— are essentially its more dangerous enemies than those who contend against it openly and avowedly. Now, the history of American politics shows clearly that protestations of a common faith on some points, while laboring to break down the Democratic party policy on the points really in issue between them and their opponents, have never yet sufficed to delay for an hour the eventual entire “‘ratting’ to the enemy, of gentlemen who fancy to take such political “chutes.’’ Vide the newspaper efforts made to argue Mesars. Rives, Talmadge, and fifty others we might name, to be the soundest Dem- ocratic party men, while they were leaving no efforts untried to defeat the measures of the party. Where are they one and all, political- ly, now? A Recowmenparion.—Among the multitude of witnesses called hither of late by authority of the House to testify before this or that of their interminable investigating committees, are not a few brought here from points hun- dreds of miles distant. Such persons are in most cases thus forced to make grave business sacrifices. They must be absent at the pleasure of the House committees, from their own affairs for weeks, without the slightest regard to their own business interests. The Emperor of Russia cannot more imperiously direct the where- abouts of his subjects on occasions, than these committees do as a matter of course. Such witnesses are allowed as compensation for their S:rvices but two dollars per diem and their traveling expenses to and from the Federal me- tropolis. Congress has frequently sent commit- tees to distant points—some to make investiga- tions, others to convey the remains of deceased members to their last resting places, &c. If we remember correctly, the House has never yet failed to pay the actual cost of such journeys to its individual members; and there is no sound reason why they should fail to pay to such wit- nesses whatever it may cost them, directly or indirectly, to obey the mandates of their com- mittees in cases such as those alluded to above. i> Advertisements sheuld be sent im by 12 o'clock m.; otherwise they may net ap- peor until the mext day. SrikiT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Intelligencer is, to-day, devoted to news and the Congressional proceedings of yester- day. The Unzon expiains, with convincing force in- deed, the ‘‘ Economy of Increasing the Army” — & fact which the Star has repeatedly essayed to elucidate. We hope that the Union's views and statements upon the subject will be read and reflected upon by all in Congress, who up to this time, have not come thoroughly to com- prehend the fact that, as our frontier expands more means of giving due military protection to the settlers and other adventurers upon it are absolutely necessary Among many able and interesting articles upon the absorbing political question of the day, which we also find in the Unzon this morning, is a letter from H. Clay Pate to Sen- ator Polk, embracing numerous affidavits of well known respectable citizens of Kansas, wherein it is made plain that where a census (as required by law) failed to be taken previous to the election of members to the Lecompton Convention, that was brought about wholly by violence on the part of the Topekaites them- selves, who with rifle, bowie knife and pistol drove the census-takers from their midst. Pretty fellows, they, to complain, now, that nineteen counties of the Territory were dis- franchised by the failure to take a census of them as the law required ! The Union also republishes a letter from Mr. Parrott, the delegate from Kansas in the House, to a fellow-Topekaite in Lawrence, K. T., wherein that amiable individual coolly ad- Vises the supposed Topekaite majority of the new Legislature to make the penalty of a viola- tion of the election law the body is expected to enact for the benefit of the cause of Abolition- ism, neither more nor less than pEatH. We quote him, as follows - “The law of the Legislature for preventing frauds at elections doex not seem to be Stringent enough. What [ advise is this, to make the pen- alty death. I do not want to go on the bench, but wt fred Serene could induce me to it would be the wat! tion of sending some of these scoundrels to the scaffold they sorichly deserve *- Yours, Marx Parrott. “Capt. Samvure Warxer, Lawrence.’ Coming as this advice and the closing senti- ment with which it is accompanied does, from an individual who in this city is as “gentle as @ sucking dove,’’—conducting himself here ap- Parently as though not even inclined to en- counter his own shadow—it illustrates to the life the truth of newspaper statements of the Murders and other outrages committed upon the opponents of the Topekaites in the Terri- ‘tory, wherever they can be perpetrated in the dark. Thus, we have this so seeming inoffen- sive man urging his own eleciion to the bench, only that he may have an opportunity to hang his political opponents! Not having his pack of ruffians at his back to stand between him and bodily harm just now, #e would not ven- ture to hang a mouse, evidently here. Verily, ‘this Mr. Parrott is indeed'‘‘a representative man." —— 12. Boek Notices. Ecropgan Acgvaintancer ; Brixo Sxgrcurs oF PL Ix Errore. By J. W. DeForest; Hat- per & Brothers, New York. For sale in this city by Taylor & Maury. Since Sanderson's ‘American in Paris,” we have seen no more sprightly, piquant sketches of continental life and manners than are contained in this unpretending little volume. Not the least interesting portion of the work is the description ‘Of life at some of the German and French Water Cure Establishments. Scrxes iw Crericar Lire By George Eliot ; Harper & Brothers, New York Fer sale in this city by Taylor & Maury This is acollection of the striking tales lately published in Blackwoud’s Magazine under the above title ‘Tor Wortp oF Mino; Av ELaMenrary Boox By Isaac Taylor ; Harper & Brothers, New York. For sale in this city by Taylor & Maury. We have not had opportunity to examine this ‘work with care, but it seems to be a valuable volume for those desirous of entering upon a course of elementary reading in mental Philoso- Phy, unencumbered by controversial references to books either of the present time, or of times Past. Desitaxn Crepit Translated from the Ger- man of Gustay Freytag; Harper & Brothers, New York. For sale in this city by Taylor & Maury. Tuis most popular German novel of the day is remarkable for the truthfulness of the Pictures it presents of German commercial life. Its mors} 1s wot obtrusive, and, as a romance, it is one of the most fascinating we have recently encoun- tered. It has a preface by the Chevalier Bunsen, giving some account of the author ed iD” It ts estimated that the recent reduction of coal freight ou the Baltimore and Obio Railroad Will increase the demand for Cumberland coal trom five hundred thousand to one miilion tons Per annum SS {~ From J. Shillington, Odeon Balding, we bave the March number of Lestie’s “New F:mi- Ay Magazine,” containing, as usual, an extraor- @inary amount of matter—good, bad and indif- ferent—for the price, 25 cts. It is also profusely embeilished never? Dae eee UF The Maine Free Press, published at Ban- @°r, declares, in « manly tone, its determination to stand by the national Democracy and the ed Miaistration of Mr. Buchanan, notwithstanding ‘the sizos of disaffection and treachery on the part of some faint-hearted Politicians in its vicinity. COSC STEEN iO UL The 224 of February will be more exten- Sively noticed by the military in Boston and Vicinity than in some previous years. The New England Guards, Boston Light Infantry, and the National Guards of Boston al! make public pa- tades, 2s do also the military of Charlestown ee VaLvaBre Stock —It is asserted that the stock of the Cunard line of European steamships ts at over 2) percent. premium. Very little of it is eversold. A gentleman of Glasgow last summer Offered £3,000 for a share of £1,000 but could not get it. With their first five ships they have built all their additional eight or nine ships, with the common earnings, without any assessment for additional capital. eesti oe PERSONAL. «eee Mr ary W Pore California y Ward Beecher is abont to sail ---. The celebrated Chevalier B appointed Prussian minister wien ~~ +++. Governor Sam Med. maken rived at Columbus, Ohio, on the fyenenota, ar- ..-- Charles Matthews commences an ea, ment at the Holliday-street T noe praymonp ry Rory y-street Theatre, Baltimore, ---- Gen. Comonfort, ex-President whe jas arrived at New Orleans Sep teckmaierael is daughter, and will, it is said, —- aon. A ’ sald, come noity «+++ One item of the foreign news is authentic, no doubt—namely, that ‘Prince Frederic W il. Mam of Prussia has been invested with the o der of the garter - While attending Court at Litchfield, Ct., & few days since, Lion. Truman Smith was seized with 2 fit. Much alarm was felt for atime, but he has so far recovered as to return to New Yo k. Dion Bourcicault, who is now in New York, is about bringing out a new play he has written, called “Jessie Brown,”? founded on a beautiful episode of the war in India—that of the Scotch, igen oy irl, at the of Luck- — catching, am! § r, the slogan Scotch t ing to their ralteg before iteshrilletraia could reach af untutored ear. jon. ward Everett made an eloquent point of this epioose in a late lec- ture, and the fertile brain of Boureicault, who ‘was present, caught at it as a capital dramatic and ¢! the play. Miss mes Robert- son is to take the character of «. lessie,”’ and Songun Worps Fitty Spoxex.—We make sn extract below from an able and interesting letter in the Richmond Ezaméner of the 9th inst., upon the result of the recent contest'in the House over the resolution of Mr. Harris, of Illinois. We differ from its conclusions, only in so far as they anticipate « final triumph of the coalition of the Republican party and the fishy Democrats on the question of the admis- sion of Kansas with the Lecompton Constitu- tion; our faith in the success of the Democracy in riding safely through the current storm be- ing abiding : = wee Seward said, inthe discussion on the army “Tam sorry that the faith of t - ble Senator from New Hampshire in lees own. He apprehends continual disaster. Hye wants this battle continued and ht mishes, and to ve the enemy of every kind of we gee Sir, J regard this battle as already i Wisover, Alithe mistake ia that the that of “Nena Sahib,” honorable Senator and others do not know it We are fighting for a majority of free States There are already sixteen to fifteen; and what- hody may one year from this time we shall be nineteen to fifteen.”’ That is the whole story. With a strong demo- cratic organization, faithful to the Constitution and resolute in defence of the os argones rights ofthe minority section, the evil of a representa- ive pl ance of one section over the other in the Union could have been neutralized and obviated. But we see now, in the action of the Douglas democrats, the last bope of maiutagining ‘8 strong national organization broken. vote to-morrow may, indeed be carried, over the northern coalition against the South, By a lean ma- jority; and the admission of Kansas under the ton Constitution may, ind beachieved after a dozen or two struggles like that of Friday night; but, iu either event, I fear theevil day can only be put off; but cannot be averted. ‘he North solemnly agreed four years ago to adhere to their own previous solemn agreement of 1850, and to leave the people of the Territories to form their domestic institutions, \y and without outside interference, in their own y. But no sooner did they sign and seal the ment than a powerful party in that section organized societies for the purpose of enlisting bireling emigrants to force their own institutions upon nest All that money and muskets, agi- tation, bravado and falsehood id do, to ad- vance their own objects in the Territory, and to prejudice a peaceful, orderly and legal settlement of its institutions by its own legitimate inhabit- ants, has been done. The mere agitations they bave perperually kept up and excited against slavery in Kansas have driven out every slave and his owner from that Territory and deprived the South of oer poalee interest init. By the rebellious and ious modes arog loealy adopted to effect their purposes there th ve, it is true, so disgusted toe respectable inhabitants of the Territory as to have caused a constitution to be sent here containing a slavery clause But this is a result which the agitators sought ; and they have procured it by the refusal ot theirown min- ions to vote. They are now making use of this merely nom- inal clause in the Lecompton constitution as the pretext of renewed agitation and assault upon the South. And now, w the bour has arrived in which the Soutlyexpects a fulfilment of the sol- emn pledges of IX50and 1854—although merely in the letter and not in the substance—a large frac- tion of the very party on which it has a right to rely for the barren fulfilment of this pledge, bax chosen the bour of crisis and straggleto pass over into the enemy’s camp and to coalesce with them to defeat herdemand. S The loss of twenty.one Democratic votes in the House of Representatives leaves the National Democratic organization there in a hopeless mi- nority. Ifthe loss proves permanent, and [ have little doubt that it will prove so, it sectionalizes parties in a confederacy in which the South is in a minority, and leaves no other recourse to the Southern States but to determine what measures they sbail take for preserving their independence in the Union, or for getting peaceably out of it. I do not regard the question of the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution ax involving any practical advantage to the South. But it involves even more. It tests the fidelity of the North to the compromises of 1850 and the act of 1854. It tests the vitality of the Democrat- ic national organization—the possibility of main- taining a party founded on constitutional princi- plex. It tests the Tees problem whether the South can remain with safety in a confederacy of which she ix a minority, relying upon the faith of compacts and the guarantees of a common con- stitntion. — I was not disposed to take a gloomy view of this question until I came bere fora few months’ recreation this winter. But I confess that | now almost despair ofthe Union. We have but one thing left of the grand nationalities of our Re- public ; Giecd feaabs elxe is sectionalized. We fave yet a national, a constitutional Administra- tion. ‘The South may safely rely upon that, while it lasts—upon its stern maintenance, through evil and good report, of the fair, m national principles of the Constitution. "She should take care, however, that when the Ad- ministration expires she shall be in a condition to take care of herself. After the Administia- tion, then comes the Deluge. Daawixe tae Lixes.—It appears to be un- derstood among the Democratic politicians sur- rounding us that. yesterday, the President nom- inated Gov. Medary (Sam) to be Postmaster at Columbus, Ohio, (vice Miller,) and Isaac Cook, Esq_., (vice Price,) to the same office at Chicago, Ill. These nominations (if they have been made, and we know no reason to doubt the f&ct) involve the removal of the present incum- bents, both of whom were appointees of the present Executive, if we remember correctly. There is a moral in these changes which may be laid to heart by all Democrate who are in- clined to permit their devotion to the fortunes of individual prominent and ambitious gentle- men to interfere with the integrity of their al- legiance to the principles and measures of the Democratic party. It points with unmistake- able force to the fact that the speedy and en- tire settlement of the Kansas embroglio (so far as it may be regarded as a national question) is indeed the great issue of the times upon which the Democratic party stands; and that those who are with the Republicans on that issue, can no longer be held {to be Democratic- party men, without great danger to the fature of Democratic-party success. In this action, wherein the President bos nobly vindicated the integrity of the party or- ganization, he has also signally rebuked the labors of newspapers which encourage a lack of fealty to the Democratic party faith, under the plea that differences as to measures among Democrats are allowable. His reading of the party's doctrine in this connection we know to be borne out by all in Congress now entitled to be regerded as members of the party in full communion, and that—as thus elucidated— boldly proclaims that the opponents of the De- mocracy on the Kansas question are no more entitled to be regarded as of the Democratic party, jthan are the wing of the avowed Repul - lican party who seek to justify their identifi- cation with that organization under the plea that it is the defender of the unadulterated faith of Thomas Jefferson himself. TopocraruicaL INTELLiceNce.—The War Department is in receipt of despatebes from Lt. J. C. Ives, commandant of the Colorado Sur- veying Expedition, bearing date at the mouth of the Colorado river, December 14, 1857. Lt. Ives first announces the arrival of the expedi- tion at the mouth of the Colorado on the 2d of December, and says that the voyage was un- usually long, calms and head winds prevailing during most of the time. Opportunity was, however, afforded tor collecting useful informa- tion respecting the head of the gulf and th trance to the river. The present maps are defective, and in Many respects erroneous, and the Lieutenant thinks that sufficient material is now acquired to make a more correct chart. The expedition entered the river at the time of the Spring tides, the velocity of which is said to be so great as to render a vessel almost un- manageable, and the schooner was nearly three days in proceeding a mile’s distance. In order to effect a landing of the steamboat and stores, it was found necessary to run the vessel into a little gully,, where she has been since lying high and dry a hundred feet from the river, and at a considerable distance above it. Lieut. I. had expected to find at the mouth of the river the individuals of his party who had crossed over from San Diego, but the steamer used to convey suppliesfrom that point to Fort Yuma had left the latter place before their arrival there, and hence no means had been at their disposal for joining the expedi- tion. The steamer alluded to had been lying some twenty miles above the mouth of the river for two or three weeks, together with an- other boat which was there undergeing repairs. Tt was understood to be the intention of the owners to get both boats ready and send them down, 80 as to take the entire party up to Fort Yuma atonetrip. This measure, the Lieuten- ant thought, might occasion some delay in his operations and prevent his party from joining him. The inconvenience arising from this cir- cumstance was mitigated somewhat by tho kindness of Capt. Walsh, of the Monterey, who gave Lieut. I. permission to hire his crew by the day until the arrival of the steamers. We quote from the letter : “Our work bas -been condacted under some wi wi - try tring etemerged aie rrriig aie ee a jous y; is able to dry in but few’ places before overtiow, It bas been necessary to excavate in this gluey earth a pit la encegh to hold the ways of the steamboat, and allow men to work beneath her. The logs te be hauled ‘the . adistance of neatly two miles, and over a sur- face intersected by numerous gulleyx. A consid- erable = of the work tes, ywever, been accomplished. There have been nine worki: days since our property was put on the bank, 2 in this time the camp has been arranged, t! visions and stores safely stowed, the ways Scolabicied Pawo phi fogs c je fi ed and launched ; séveral s of wood hauled for the steam! and water for camp pur Y ‘bt from a of fifteen miles up Tee river, jeanwhile @ transit has net upand jomical observationstaken to fix the position of the camp. Tidal observations have also been made, and I have been experimenting with tolerable success in taking raphic views.”” The letter then proceeds with further detail of the expedition, and states that Lieut. I. had been jofned: by .Mr. Barker, who réports the safe arrival there of the San Diego party. Not- withstanding the inconveniences and unavoid- able detention, Lieut. I. states that he believes he will be able to leave Fort Yuma very near the time specifiedin his instructions. So far as he can judge both the time and method of ope- ration designated appear to Lieut. I. to be the best that can be adopted. A second letter from Lt. I. bears date at Fort Yuma, January 5th, 1858, which place he says he reached on that day, having left his boat at a point forty miles below, and crossed over- land. The steamboat was completed and launched on the night of the 30th, four weeks from the day they arrived at the mouth of the river. The river between the mouth and Fort Yuma is represented as being very difficult of navigation owing to the changes and irregular- tties of the channel and the rapidity of the eur- rent, which, at a low stage is some three miles an hour. In this letter the safe arrival of the mule train under Mr. Taylor at Fort Yuma is an- nounced as having occurred on the 20th of De- cember ; and after giving some other informa- tion of no especial public importance, Lieut. I. expresses his intention to proceed immediately to make the reconnoissance of the river to the head of navigation. Nava Inteviicexce.—The following named officers have been ordered to the steam frigate Colorado, the flag-ship of the Home Squadron, now lying at Norfolk : Captain, William H. Gardner; Lieutenants, Edward Lanier, Thomas H. Stevens, Abner Read, Wm. L. Powell, Beverly Kennon; Acting Master, Charles C. Carpenter ; Fleet Surgeon, Edward Gilchrist ; Passed Assistant Surgeons, A. M. Lynch, A. M. Vedder; Purser, E. C. Doran ; Chief Engineer, W. W.W. Wood; First Assistant Engineer, Thomas A. Shock ; Second Assistants, John W. Moore, Alex. Greer, F. K. Hain, Jno. Purdy, Philip Inch, Chas. H. Levy; Boatswain, John McKinley; Gunner, John Owens; Carpenter, Amos Chick; Sailmaker, Wm. Bennet. The Colorado is ordered out to relieve the Wabash, and the contemplated trip is her first, as she has not yet had even a trial trip. Commodore Paulding is at present the com- manding officer of the squadron to which the Colorado will be attached. Tue Exp or tae Carnivan was duly cele- brated here last night. Thus several very agreeable parties took place. The reception at the mansion of Secretary Cass was, of course, crowded as usual, throughout the entire even- ing The ladies present were generally dressed with great richness and capital taste. These entertainments, presided over by the accom- plished and so intelligent daughter of General Cass, are among the most popular that have ‘come off’ in Washington this winter, and are invariably attended by all in Washington so- ciety who are distinguished as statesmen, ora- tors, soldiers, diplomats, or as literary or scien- tific men, no less than by persons known es- pecially as ladies and gentlemen in fashionable life. We hear, also, of a small and delightful re- union last night under the roof of the English Minister, whose genial family are on the high road to great personal popularity here, through the elegance and good taste of their entertain- ments, and the artlessness and truly refined sociability of their intercourse with all with whom they are thrown in contact. Who ake to Preaca iN tur House Hare. — The following is the official designation of the clergymen who are to officiate in the House Hall on Sundays for some weeks to come. Viz: Rev. Geo. D. Cummins, D., D., fourth Sabbath in February, 28th; Rey. George S. Deal, first Sabbath in Mareh, 7th; Rev. J. R. Eckard, second do., 14th; Rey. J. L. Elliott. third do., 2ist; Rev. L. D. Finckel, fourth do, 28th; Rev. Jabez Fox, first Sabbath in April, 4th: Rev. Julius E. Grammar, second do., 11th. Mr. Hatca.—The speech delivered yester- day by this gentleman upon the Baltimore con- tested election case has attracted no little at- tention among the public men of all parties in Washington. His points told all the way through, with great effect, indeed. This speech has certainly marked him for one of the men of emphasis and effectiveness of the body of which he is a member. Tax Weatuer.—The following report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution. The time of observation is about 8 o’clock a. m. Feprvary 1838. Buffalo, N. Y.-- New York. Y Philadelphia, Pa Baltimore, Md .. clear, very cold. Washington, D.C... clear, very cold Richmond, Va cold; th.30; wind NE. Petersburg, Va cloudy, cold. Norfolk, Va. clear, cold. Raleigh, N.C. Wilmington, N.C. Columbia, 8. C Charleston, S.C Augusta, da Savannah, G: Macon, Ga. Columbus, Montgomery, A! Lower Peach Tree, Mobile, Ala Gainesville, New Orleans, L; clear, cool. clear.cool, wind W. Wear. «++-clear, cold --cold, cloudy. th. 28. Thermometer, imithsonian tower, min- last night, 13°; at 9 a. m. to-day, 14°; near he ground, minimum 14°; at 9a. m., 15°. Cold- est night, except 25th November. or ee CONGRESSIONAL. Thirty-fifth Congress—First Session. In THe Sexate, yesterday, Mr Houston pre- sented a memorial from citizens of New York asking the adoption of measures for the preser- vation and elevation of the American Indians ; referred to Indian Affairs Committee. The joint resolution for the of the Turkish Vice-Admiral, Mehmed Pasha, was dis- cussed at considerable fength, and finally passed by the following vote—yeas 31, nays 19. ‘The Indiana contested election case was next taken up, when the resolution was passed allow- rete sitting members and the contestants to further testimony in the case, provided the same shail be returned to the Senate within nine- ty 5 Yat ‘consideration of the Army bill was re- sumed, when Mr. Hunter gave notice that at the proper time he should offer a substitute providing for the in- crease of the A by the organization of one Tegiment of dragoons and two of infantry, who should be discharged after two Cumberland, M Wheeling, Va. Mr. Wilson offered as a substitute a ston for the ratsi Of volantesta, aot exceeding 000, rhage aeons enrolled to serve twelve months, not a discharged. ; einraia the question on any of the In tux Hovss,the contested election case from the Fourth Congressjonal District of Maryland U 4 enou or Chain Bui oceupied the House up till the hour of adjourn- ment, without any definite action being taken . . Brooks, the contestant, ‘wasopposed by Messrs Wilson and Washburn, and favored by Messrs. Hatch and Bowle Preceedings of To-day. In tm® Sevare, to-day, Mr. Pearce introduced ® bill to imeorporate the Washington National Monument Society; referred. Mr. sabmitted joint resolutions from the State ‘of Mic! . Opposing the admission of any ‘slave States, and protesting against the L constitution Mr. Houstou called up the resolution submitted. by him yesterday, instructing the Committee on ‘ol ‘n Relations to inquire into the expediency of this Government declaring and maintaining @ rotectorate over the States of Mex co, Nicaragua, ‘osta Rica, Guatemala. Honduras, and San Ral- vador, to such an extent as shali secure to the people of those Siates the blessings of gond and stable republican government. Mr. Wilson op the resolution, on the ground that it may give rise to filibusterism Mr. Houston contend: d that the governments of those States huve been failures, and it was a humane effort to save the people from the mis- management of rulers who may come into power from time to time. Iv Tax Hovsg the matter of the contested elc- tion of the Fourth Congressional District of Ma- tyland wastaken up. The previous question having been sustained, the question recurred on the amendment «ffered by the minority of the committee, which pro- vides for the appointment of a special commit- tee to send for persons and = Sy and is a grant of the prayer of the memorialist. This amend- ment was lost by the following vote: Yeas S6; ai: bye e question then recurring on the resolution submitted by the majority of the committee, which ts adverse to the prayer of the memorialist, it was passed by the following votc—yeas 115, nays 89. ~ ee CRawForD’s Wasnincton —In compliance With a request of the editor of the Richmond Ea- quirer, G. P| R. James. the novelist, bas fur- nished that journal with a lengthy critique upon Crawford's Equestrian Statue of Washington, to be inaugurated on the 2d February. He thus concindes : “On the whole, I may sincerely congratulate you on having, in Virginia, not only the finest work of art in the United States, but one as fine as any in the world—one worthy to commemo- rate a man whose mind was capable of compre- bending that duty is superior to glory, patriotism more great than power.’? PUBLIC LECTURE—Dr. Aytisett wil lelivera Lecture befc Wash Advoointion on WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. . a m, _The able are invited. fe 17-1t SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.—Mr. J.J. he Barcray, of Philadeiphia, former'y resident inthe Holy Land, wil! Lecture before th Men's Christian BOC! > Feb, t o'clock p, m. Sulject—“*kgy pt and Pales- ” The public are invited. E. BRISON TUCKER, fe 17-3t Seoretary Y. M.C. A. LECTURE.—Rev. Byron Suxpea. xp will deliver a lecture at Coiuintia Hail, Cap oo. FRURSDAY EVENING, the léth "clock. Sali he Dominion of Man by the Power of Thought The public are invited to attend. Lecture free. fe 17-2t* RELIGIOUS MEETING CONTINUED. NF Rev. O. Parken, the creat Evang will ie at th Western Presbyterian Chureh Ree y EV NG doring the prese o H V7 RE SOCIETY will bh ing of the Societ: ‘orvoran's, Fsq.. srooms, on H y ED Y EVENING, Fel 17, at Fo'clock. when seeds and reports from the Patent «*fhe= will be distrib- WM sHUGHE uted to the members. Recording Secretary. fe 15 st DR. POPE, Homeopathic Paysician and Surscon, dings, No. 376 H street, north side. between iSth and l4th ated 19-e09m 1€ mes CREAM AND WATER ICES, of the best quality. in moulds or otherwise, at $1.3 WASHINGTON HORNICULTU- old the tenth meet- at Wm. H.C 's,_ F gallon. F: rnished at less rates, tionery. corner 12th and jan 22'1m* PROFESSOR HARDY, THe Gurat inva Can be consulted, free of charge, for on all cases of Contracted or Chronic Di ‘airs and other public entertainments ‘at the Philadelphia Confec- Fate. oy. priser. = eases, at No. 479 Ith street, between E and F. He will guar- antes 8 8) ly and permanent cure, a urs from 2106 p.m. er and Ague and Magic Remedy, for all sale as above. fe 12-iw* HE WAY TO SAVE YOUR MONEY tocallat J.SCHAFFIELU’S Baltimore Confectione y. 6th street, between G and H, where tae-eisthe very best assortn of Cases, made of the best materials, aud sold lower than elsewhere io the Distri t. wort, made of the purest cream. at . Particular atten- Qon paid to the furnishing of Private Parties, Balis, Cotillons, at the lowest rates,and at the shortest notice. fe 9-eozm 18 pain, fc B2LLUE BOOR FOR 1852.—The New Bin or Government Officia! Register of all « the service of the Umited States. Civil, Mu ra! Naval, with ond ‘np sgiarien, « x SD. postage ®) cents, prepa: or sale in tagtonvat TAVCoR & MARY'S le a KOPOSALS vating and x corner of ith and itrects, & large part o1 ravel, suitable for streets. Persons desiring to bid for the above sre requested to send in writing to J, ©. & HA. Willard. fe \7-\w SMOKED MACKEKEL AND SALMON. ® Extra No.1 Ma kerei in Kitts, qr. barrels, half barre's, a d barrels, No.1! Pickled Salmen, French and Grand Bank Codfish. For sale by SHEKELL & MILLER, 276 Pa.av., adjomi.g Kirkwood House felt-lw - (intel) WASHINGTON f propose to cure any Scmiual or other Secret Diseases that should happen to befall my fellow men, and also the female sex. They can trust the greatest confidence in the Or. His resitence ts at No 542 ra. avenue, where he may be found from 74. m. to 1! i eg THE CITIZENS OF ciITY, < P. CONLY, _fe 17-2* Washington Citv, D.C. ARBLE WORKS. WM. RUTHERFORD, ARTIFICER 1N MARBLE, E Street, between i2th and 13tn Streets North, ASHINGTON CITY, Invites public attention to his exten ive stock of besutiful Sosizwed aud Rlaboratey Cirved MAN- TELS in & variety of Marbles, together with a choice assortment of STATUARY, wach for de. sign fish eannel surpassed, are lapte1 for the Garden or Tomb. A iarge ment of Plain Mantels, Monuments, and Tomb- atoues at very low prices. Monuments of any design executed to order with punctuality and dispatch. Estimates given for Brownstone or Marble work or reba River F.aging, and every other work iu our line. Ple se call and make an inspection of our stock N. B.—Make a note of the address, fe .7-6m ABPEHEAUTIFUL HEAD or RICH GLOSSY HAIR, COMPLET*LY PRESERVED TO THE GREATEST AGE. And who that is gray wou'd net hsveit restored to former color; or baid, but would have the growth re stored; or troubled with da druif and itetune but would have it removed, or trouvied with scrofula, scald head. or uther eruptions but would be cured, Wich sick headache (neuraixia) but would be ou.ed it wit ped pa es from the Bao orskin. rof. # Hair Restorative wil doail this, see cireular and the following: NN AR+oR, Nov. 5, 185 Pror.O. J. Woop—Dear Sir: I have heard much said of the wonderful effects of your Hsir Restora- tive, but having been so ofien cheated by quackery and quack noStrums, bairdyes,&c..1 was disposed to place your restorative in ime category with oy; oem aaa ore. soni ipeted quack rem ies, until met you in ‘wrence county some months since, when you gave me su: h Sesaranes as induced the tri bof your Re torative m my family, by my good wife, w bar had become very thin and entirely ic of your large bottl: its original beauti and family and friends fose my skepticism ue and charactor are entirely removed. an i | canand do moat cordially aud confi tentiniiy reoo amend its use by all who would have their hair restored f om white or gray. by reas: n Of sickness or ace) toor ¢- ool. beauty, and by al! % would have theit halt besntiful sed nfoper:om8 WhO iy yours, SOLOMON MANN, Frirxp Woop: It wasa jong time after gt Blisabeld before | got the sottle of Restoraiive ich you me an order upon your agent in fpetrets, and when I got it we o«nciuded totry itoa ra. Mann’s hair. as the surest test of its power. It bss done allt OU Ase ed it_would do; and fs fects, tte now seine td ccommending nr tee LA ite ; rt nd recommending its — = Again, very respect nd trul ay SOLOMON MANN. Caxurxz, Ix., June 22, 1852. I used Je " ir Kestorats b house is veil has resumed rSigeat amie ey a eg 0. J. WOOD & Ci i Set a eae | fo1t'im “™4 . AMUSEMENTS. BANGLON DPeweA TRE ONE MUSb NIGHT OF CAMILLE tw order to'tecommodate Lumbe-t who were unahie to sduvexo on M nds, cvenme, 9 MATILDA th RON Will repeat her world famed rmpersomative of CAMILLE. Matitpa HERON cannot remain Leyond this weet THIS EEEEING. Dob n. The creat not Pay of CAME, Matilda Heron as... ae Camilie. No other piece pinyed the same evening. Rox book now open. Doors open at 7; performance commences a! 7. GPanv VOCAL CUNEC . Wesley Chapel Choir. Conpvcror.... soe Ma. dH Dantes Coneert 4 UPSDAY SS Se ee dtes Oke cae will be ass: samber af talent ed panne coat al oo naviated hz 0 wamehet nf alent ington. “Phe public may expect the best Concert o! (he BeABON. Tickets 25 cents—to be had at the Book and Musio Stores, and at the dvor of t buroh on the i-eof the Concert. On with the dance! let joy be ; . No sleep "till morn. when youth and sure weet ‘To chase the glowmg hours with fying fect. GQECOND GRAND ASSEMBLY - or THs AMERICAN |. Hook & Ladder Active Association. The Second Assembly of the Amonene Hook and 1 Active Association will tke pince at Odd Felwws’ Hail Navy Yard,on MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 22d, 1858, a zpene Frill be spared to make.thes t aera! ol e Witner's Ceiehcated Cotilton Band hae been en~ "Kcacben will leave Sixth street and Pa. av every ten imaute during theevening for the Hi: Tickets FIt TY CENTS - to be bad of the n bers or at the door, Floor Managrrs. Josopn lgwrence, |. Thomas Hinelne GRAND VALENTINE FAIRS 1 BY THE Melodeon Upera Troupe, who will appear EV <VENING, wntd furtasr notice, during the part, in WHITE PACES, perfurming their nsual recite epee GRU MINSTRELSY, ies ECCENTRICITIES, Fack purchaser ofa ticket, on entering the by orimtueesscl ttc Gara, orders are sevied in ui of a 25 cent ticket form en’ receives valunl abl t worth twenty times the amount of the ticket A splendid Valentine iting the Mid summer Night's D eam, anda King scoompanying it, all val at $25, will be to = 5 man that accompanies the greatest puraber of isdies to the ooucerts Fron the Wth Lad instant, to be presented on the evening of the 5 ‘Admission 25 cente. Dvors open at 6% o'clock ; el LAE MALLORY few WARTS. ANTED—Bye GERMAN WOMAN. WwW a S:tuation ‘as Unambermaid. Nurse, or to do eneral Housework. peter cen Fm 6 siness Agent. y ® between I3thand Mth. . FOR TWO \ ta currency retu Poa! Offre, *RENCH wIRt. WANTS A SITt as Child's Norse: hye wo emectvons to The best reference given. este fee. “wo day — © street, bets een i3thard 14th, No. 238 1 WAdZED SA. crepectaite rere A WOMAN or GIR1. as Houseservant. Ary on southwest corner of K and |2th streets. fe 17 5 A GOOD COOK AND WASHER WANTHD 7 m4 3 184 I street, between 20th and 2i«t. jo W-2t* Wanree TO BORKOW—89° fo: Libe-al interest and good secu given. Address H. K. D., Sinr Office, — ANTED TO RENT—Fora term 0” yen WwW 0 Mor more ACRES OF LAND, the 7 street road and pot more thon fromthe city Address Box 788 Post uame, location, and terms. W ANTE D—By 8 competent yo Protestant WOMAN a sit and Seamstre:s, Has the best willing to tra to Any part reg at 2 Todinna avenue, near 4°: st HAMBERM4ID WANT, / ton House imme lately. AN ELDERLY La DY Was Acta ‘small family; with rete 255 Pa. avenue, opposite Kirkwood H« street. WATED-A goud COOK to assist eceasion~ ally at Washing sud trening. A slave prefes red. One who can come we'l recommended wuil hear of a cn gg by applyiug at No. W Ist street, Georgetown, DC. * 16 -e03t* aie oe 1 ST — a ANTED.—A WOMAN to Wash, Iron, end Assist in Chamberwork. Apply at this othee fei Ww ANTED TO PURCHASE— For 81.000 Casi, tm Gold; the balance on such terms food and convenent BRICK HOU suitah.e for a geatieman ravnte reas dence, in nhealthy and elizibie neighberhord Enicenot toexceed $3,000 to $5,500, Address W ‘A PARISIAN LADY | a Situstionas TRACHER £ private nie. Seve or aber at pecin pupilsonthe piano. Best refer nee: 04 Address X. X. X-, Evening Star Othoe. te is ss" WADTED—A WHITE GIRL to do ¢ Housework at No, 521 stroet, betw and 5th. h can ANTED, A. doomshie S re BE RC avenu-, it en bt Oth etree dress Box 764, City Post Other. " —8P a month od wil expen ce paid. Tis WANTED county ted States, “i je and easy business, profits may be certunly made. For address ©. MONNETE & CO. corne and Meroer sts., New York City, incios: tage stamp Yesterday, between Georgetown ani o. Sth aud | streets,e Black LACK VEE hle reward will be given if eR at No. 96 oo wer of 9th aud I sts. u OST.—t ast yt Seo. Toucey,a CAMEO BR ye "i ip the wen s kb. = on ler Ww. sui ad) lea. office or No. Sil E street.“ OST—Vesteriay even ng, a HAI L Ser. with cisap set with jet. y ward will be givsu to the finder u Bro.’s js weiry atore $2 Rt WAS Dales ° Par of GOLD prr. Toce0 case, & good deal Mary lane avenue, betw: 4th street, between Mary et, prol aly iw the uw arc t. wii be paid if returned to tunwe ae Maryland avenue ang 7h claxp. tag scat thee VARDING No. 193 F str fe 16-31" XTRA BOAT AND CARS F . E MOND: RS FOR RICH aeDeeb Gs ee; Hor the Inauguration of the Statue of Wark tugton on the 22d of February For the pur; ef secom: are isons cotSeceerrmeuaing, the Mistry the dad nee “ate: of Wrehington @ Bich. oudsa eamer Balti ered te the Will loave ner wha:fat ike to, cn sireet.on S pay «the 2ixt, at 12. 0’clock oe ly, for Aguia Creek, mK At Alexandria » other nee On the river. At the Creek Aa tra i be im readiness, by am: of waich passer will reach Richmond yaar bodiwag Riches Atte p.m. after & wivp yor imitpaent $5.5; obildren under ten years of ‘ar factaer ufo: fe\6 General « ition apply to 2OKkOE MATTINGL of the Potomac SC US 18 TO GIVE NOTICK that sulser > A ber hath obtained from the Gcpease ce t w ton Cousts,in the District of Colun letters of administration on h= pers:nal ertate if John McDouald, inte of Washington con's. os Baving claime Seninet the wud . fo exbibit snte, With the vouchers t eek of Febr: next; ex the oOo DOMINION Bi RE PROM LOB DOL N Three of the very finest and inttest breves we have lately set eyes on passed down the avesus, by Prptice. ths - They were raised by Jona » Deiany, of Loudoun cou: Va. and have been Sityrand will donbel ee ee nate WS entre a r some day hereafter. ° 4 f . ~