The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-07-07
Smith. The attendance was large The people

Smith. The attendance was large. The people
are in earnest.
A Noble Monument TO honor the memory
Of the late Duke of Wellington, a magnificent
school is TO be established at which children
Of army officers are to be admitted free of
charge. The Queen heads the subscription
with $4,000; Prince Albert and the Duke of
Cambridge (the Queens uncle) follow with
$4,000 each; and there are several subscrip-
tons ranging from $500 to 81 900. The entire
subscription already amounts to $500, 900, and
will probably be increased to $500, 900. Isn't
this better than pyramid of useless granite ?
Freedom Of Speech. Bishop Hughes's organ
at New York, The FeemGn's Journal speak.
ing of Gavazzi and the Montreal riots says:
"We say, further, that any man who should
unwillingly or accidentally hear the Italian
BOBBY make use Of such language, and not
forthwith break his mouth, must be possessed
of very little Of that pardonable exuberance Of
irascible mettle that distinguishes the man Of
honor from the sneak"
Such language as this, from professedly
religious journal, is not likely to commend
Catholicism among Republicans.
Col Moses HodgIGnd, Of Millersburg, Ohio
formerly member of Congress, has been ap.
pointed, by President Pierce, Judge of Wash.
ington Territory, vice Hon. John X. Miller re-
signed.
"At the public reception, on Saturday, as the
President was conversing with Geo. G. Glazier
New York Hunker, Marshal in the Mayors
ofice,) Geo. w. Pomeroy Appraiser at large,
was spoken of as Buffalo Platform man in
l848, and as still ON the planks whereupon
the President remarked with unmistakeable
emphasis: No friend of my Administration
can stand, at the same time, ON the Buffalo and
the National Platforms and, pointing his
finger towards the crowd, he added, in a stem
torian voice, q viH mark any appointee who
attempts to stand on two platforms. Buffalo
and Baltimore are dntipodes.' Hunker spirits
are reviving"
So says the correspondent of the New York
Tribune, under date of the 26th ultimo We
thought everybody knew that Buffalo and Bal.
timore [platformsl are antipodes" and We are
pleased to see this fact recognised at the White
House. Those who aimed to take the Balti
more candidate without the platform will find
if they have not already, that they must en-.
dorse the platform, or lose caste with the "pOw.
ers that be-" The platform is the Procrustes
bed to which applicants for Office must con-
form, if they desire success We hope few will
be found ready to stife their convictions OF
Right and Duty for the sake of Office.
Dogs.-Mayor Maury, of this city, has issued
his proclamation ordering the owners of dogs
to keep them confined for the space of sixty
days. Several cases of hydrophobia have ap-
peared among them. The police are to kill
every dog found going at largo.
Rhode Island.-The returns from the election
in this State on the 2sth ult, for delegates tc
the Constitutional Convention, show in twenty
six towns decided majority of conservative
delegates elected, and majority of over 300
against holding the Convention. Five town'
yet to hear from will increase the majority.
John Fresland, colored man, for the lasts i,
years resident Of Indianapolis Indiana, wa
arrested few days ago on the affidavit o
Pleasant Ellington, of Kentucky, asa fugitiv,
slave and belonging to him. The arrest cause(
much excitement and the trial had not beer
concluded at the last accounts II is though
duel will grow out Of the affair, between th'
Hon. VIM. j. Brown, ex-member of Congress
and one of the counsel, in consequence of SOM
remarks made by the latter. Mr.. Brown ap
peared in court and asked to make persona
explanation, which the court refused.
Clerks, &c.--On the LIST Of the present month
the late act of Congress relative to the classif
cation of Clerks in the several Departments Q
the Government went into effect In the Ger
eral Post Office, II Clerks, all Wings, were n
moved in the Navy Department 8 in ii
Third Auditors Office, 9; in the Pension Ofic
40 and in the Census Bureau 40 were di
missed--l4 only being retained to finish up Il
work and superintend the printing. Colon
Charles K Gardner, it is said, has been al
pointed Surveyor General Of Oregon, and Wn
J. Brown Special Mail Agent for Indiana an
Illinois.