Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-05

man for the session. It is understood that Mr..
Bnght's name only has been urged in connec.
ton with the position. So there is, evidently.
to be no opposition to him # tho election be
made. He 10 in all respects competent. and
will discharge the duties Of the position, it is
to be presumed, quite as satisfactorily as thew
could be discharged by any otAer member Of
the body.
Leak, Somewhere.-Much feeling il man.
Tested by gentlemen connected with the press.
over the fact that by theft on tho mart Of
some one, unknown, supposed to be in Goysrn.
nent employment, facts embraced in the 70.
ports Of the Treasury Department, appeared
in one Or more Of the Northern newspapers, in
advance Of their official promlg cation, yester.
day. Men Of the press here, who respect
themselves, refrain from efforts to possess
themselves Of such information, whom it i,
known that those charged with the duty of its
custody desire that it should not be promulged
in advance Of the official publication. When
it thus leaks out surreptitiously it Is excessive
ly annoying to them; as they find that their
consideration for the wishes of the Government
merely serves to put them behind hand, as it
were, in the race Of newspaper enterprise.
The Bank Of Columbus, Ohio-We hear
that information has been received 1t the
Treasury Department. that the Bank of Colum-
bus, Ohio, against which there is q Govern
ment suit pending for the recovery of the
100000 deposited with il by order Of Score
tary Corwin, as we have before explained, has
made an assignment for the benefit Of its cred.
itors; or, in other words, has taken that means
Of preventing the United States from recover.
ing by due process Of law. We learn, further,
that it is the opinion of the law officer Of the
Government, in whose charge the business is,
that no such assignment will hold good to the
prevention Of the United States from reali zing
first, in case they obtain the expected iude.
ment.
General Cameron.-Geu. Simon Cameron,
Of Pennsylvania, has recently been in Wash.
ington, and is credited in political circles with
having buried the Ratchet with the Admins
tration, and the outside Democrats in Wash
ington from Pennsylvania, who, up to this
time, have been his stern political opponents.
1t seems to be understood that he has fairly
succeeded in making treaty of peace, as it
were, with the Buchanan interest at home,
and that he bids fair to be supported by them
for United States Senator in the election in
that State soon to come off, in view of tho fact
that with the legislature as at present oonsti-
tuted, there Is the slightest possible reason to
hope that they can secure the return of man
who has always been after their own heart.
These are the calculations of his immedi ate
friends in Washington.
{ The Alteration Of the Message.-It is sup
posed that the delay in presenting the Message
to Congress, yesterday, was occasioned by the
discovery, only after the President was notified
OF the assembling of the two Houses that a
few verbal errors had been made in the print.
ed copies which were ready for circulation.
1t was necessary to correct them, 50 that the
Message, rather than the erroneous COPY
should be officially communicated. The al.
terations made were all unimportant The
Union Of this morning contains the document
precisely as communicated to Congress.
A Stew.-Washington continues in hub.
bub All are at odds and ends-at heads and
points-no one appears to be settled for the
session. All the public places of the city
swarm like hives when the young bees are
being driven forth. This state Of things will
hard be over until the end of this week.
The Naturalization Laws-Mr Taylor, Of
Tenn, "a Methodist clergyman to-day intro.
duced into the House q resolution of inquiry,
looking to the repeal Of all naturalization
laws. It was referred, according to the Gus.
tom.
List Of Patents issued from the United
States Patent Office, for the week ending Dee.
8, 1854-eaoh bearing that date:
Aaron II. Allen, Of Boston, Mass,-For inn.
provement in seats for public buildings
Gardner 8. Blodgett & Paul T. Sweet Of
Burlington, n. For improved oven for
baking.
Patrick CLARK, of Railway, N. J.-For i'm.
provement in steam boiler alarms
Horace J. Crandall, of East Boston, Massa.
chusetts.-For improved arrangement for reef.
ing tops
Jos D. Crowell, of Boston, Mass. AFor i'm
provement in steering apparatus.
Joshua Gray, Of Boston, Mass.-For rotary
pump.
Jno. 7. Hammitt, of Philadelphia, Pa.-For
improvement in railroad Car seats
Samuel P. Kittle, of Buffalo, N. Y.-For i'm
provement in railroad switches
John Lilley, of Birkenhead, England.-For
improvement in machinery for separating the
fibre from the woody portion of tropical
plants. Patented in England July II, 1853.
Leonard +. Markham, of Cambrideeport
Mass.-For improved machine for rounding