Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-04

General has almost as little to do with the 30.
lection of postmasters. NORMALLY made by
him, a. the man in the neon.
Az for the idea that any gentleman 20 far
honored with the position Of Postmaster Gen.
eral of the United States, has ever in any one
case made an applicants religion question
in considering his appointment, it would be
ridiculous, If it were not started to subserve
the worst partisan purposes, and to justify
fanaticism and brutal prejudice on the part
Of the grovelling mind into which the thought
enters
The present head of the Post Office D epart-
ment has had q hard time oft, inasmuch as he
has had his hands full of vexatious questions
with railroads, and the difficulties and embar-
rassments growing out of the putting into OPP
Grafton tho lower postage system, and the
formation Of postal treaties with foreign Gov.
ernments. He is man of great energy and
industry, and capital judgment, and though
pursued with hound-like ferocity by many in
and out of tho press who have found it impos-
sible to use him for sinister purposes, he has
already made as much solid reputation among
the thinking portion of the community who
desire to have the Govern nent keep steadily
in view the general welfare only, as any gen
tleman has ever yet earned by his manage
ment of an Executive Department Of the
United States.
The Philadelphia Sun, always stern poll
ti,al opponent of Judge Campbell, and at
times in the habit of abusing him roundly,
says, in its issue Of Saturday last:
while many captious complaints are maao
against the Postmaster General, to whom is
charged every Unavoidable failure of the
mails, we find that he is using every energy
to expedite their transmission, and has effect
ed many important reforms. On Thursday,
at II O'Clock the Cincinnati papers of the pre-
vious morning were received in our city, hav-
ing been only thirty-six hours on the road If
our railroad companies would be little less
exorDitant In their charges, or legislatures
when chartering them would provide for
cheap transmission Of the mails and the de-
lays occasioned by too frequent stoppages were
avoided, We might be able to record many
more triumphs of this character. Our politi-
cal opposition to judge Campbell cannot pre-
vent our doing justice to his excellent per-
formance of his official duties"
All in "Pi."--We are satisfied that tho
Members, of all parties, are in quandary as it
were. The anomalous political condition of
the country sends them hither more undecided
as to what should be tho tenor of their legisa-
tion upon political subjects, than we ever be-
fore saw them. No party seems to have the
slightest idea of what will be their best policy
for the session. The Democrats look apparent
ly only to tho Administration for the lead,
while the Wings seem only anxious, SO far, to
ascertain whether there is really any such
thing as Wing party left.
Itstrikes as that this so undecided condition
of parties in Congress cannot last more than a
week or two. Or, in other words, that new TO-
litical eombinat ons will be made very soon.
The Know Nothing and Nebraska questions
are evidently to be the turning points Some
of the northern Wings who are not to be in the
next Congress, will doubtless make up their
minds to sustain the Administration as against
the ultra i.Nebraskaites and Know Moth
ings; while more or less of the anti Nebraska
Democrats, (who are not reelected, } from their
conversation, bid fair to join some anti Ad-
ministration combination.
A False Rumor-There was a story afioat
around the hotels yesterday evening, saying
that copies of the message surreptitiously OBJ
taiued, were in the hands of various persons
connected with distant newspapers. As a
matter Of course it was false. The duty of
guar ling that paper after it left the Presi-
dents hands, was devolved on Mr.. Seaman,
the Superintendent of the Public Printing,
who has also been responsible for expediting
the preparation lin the public printing ofice)
for Congress Of all the mass of documents ex-
pseted to be published for the first time to day.
He deserves great credit indeed for the energy
with which he has pushed the work executed
under his supervision, as we'll as for the success
with which he has guarded tho papers, $50
eagerly sought after in advance of their official
publication,) until they be promulged "by
authority"
CALCULATIONS. one hour before the
meeting Of the two Houses to- day. both Halls
Of Congress presented animated scenes in.
deed, being filed with members and the at
taches of the House and Senate, official and
unofficial, whose tongues won't like all the
world let loose. Old associations were re-.
moved, and the results of the observations
among the dear people" during tho recess
were duly given and commented on. The
killed and wounded in the recent elections
seemed to be in better spirits than the re-
elected
Desperate Sell This morning discovered
the Presidents message stuck up on various
corners of the city, under the head of the
" W ashington Union-Extra % An immense
sensation Immediately followed in all the hotel
public gathering halls. The qu,a names, in
their eagerness to devour tho document, read
nearly through it, some Of them, before dis
covering that it was tho message of last year
Some wag had thus taken them in The sell