Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-19

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Efom VIM. Lloyd Garrison, down, they sp.
pear suddenly to have discovered his many
virtues as public man, aDd to appreciate the
fact that he has always been the fearless, pat
riotic, aud uncompromisi sing friend of light they
now proclaim him to be. A gentleman of less
modesty than the distinguished Senator from
| Texas might feel fattered with such compli-
ments; but, as his ambition is only to be per-
mitted to spend the balance of his days in the
satisfied that the ovations being paid to his
name, just now, will painfully affect his sensi-
bilities. The General is on a visit home at
the present time, half inclined to resign his
seat, being nauseated with the cares and the
hollowness of things legislative and political.
We pray the anti-Ne braskaites, if they really
value his( the General 81 services as legislator,
as highly as they are just now protesting to
esteem them, to cease singing peans of praise
to the name of the hero of San Jacinto; least
they go sicken him, as to compel him at once to
throw up his present senatorial commission
The presentation of the service of silver plate.
which State street, Boston, is said to have sub
scribed for him, will prove the death of him -
| State street, it will be remembered. was Brit
| ish '.up to the hub throughout the war of
1872.
The U. S. Steamship Fulton reached Wash
| ington yesterday afternoon from Havana. The
following are her officers Lieut.. Commanding
James M Watson; Acting Master, Leonard
Paulding; Purser, VIM. G. Marcy; Assistant
Surgeon, J. S. DUNCAN; Passed Midshipmen,
Watson Smith, A. B. Cummings, Henry Will
son and John Irwin Captains Clerk, 0. W.
Turk; Engineers-lst assistant, R. Fl. Long :;
I'd assistant, J. H. Warner; Sd assistants, G.
| R. Woodend R. B. Quin and Jas. B. Kimball
Writing on the Wrappers Of Newspapers,
| &c.-It is decided by the proper officers of the
Post Office Department, that letter postage is
legally chargeabls on packages having writing,
other than the simple address, on the outside.
If payment is refused, the party sending it
cannot be prosecuted Tor fraud on the De-
partment; as an attempt to conceal the writing
is necessary to constitute fraud as in the
case of writing words or signs inside of a
package of printing matter, which is a fraud,
under the law.
appointment and Conhrmation.-The Sem
ate has confirmed the following appointments:
John r. Jones, of Indiana, to be register of
the land office at Vincennes, Indiana, vice j.
| c.. Clark, removed.
| Iob- al of All IN ho
ceiver of public moneys at Batesville, Ark
vice J. T. Saffold, resigned
A Nomination Rejected we went to
press yesterday, the Senate rejected the nom
ination of Benjamin F Angel Esq, of the
| State of New York, to be United States consul
at the Sandwich Islands According to the
| apparent general understanding around the
hotels, there were but eight vote s in his favor
1t is further very generally bel ieved we know
not on what authority however that per
sonal misunderstanding between Mr.. A. and
ex-senator Dickinson, which occurred in 1913,
was taken into consideration, by way of pro-
ducing this result And further, that grave
charges (personaD were made against him.
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every thing that transpires-their name being
legion-very well satisfied that such were
the circumstances producing the rejection
of Mr.. A. We can say for Mr. Angel, how.
ever, that if the Senate have had before them
charges against his character and standing il
is more than the world have had He is we'll
known here, always passing for an irreproach-
able man, against whose integrity no one would
be apt to say aught when or where he could
possibly enjoy the privilege of defending him.
self. Under the prevailing impression that the
rejection Of Mr. Angel was the result Of
charges against his personal cha, acter, We fec
assured that much excitement will grow out Of
the affair in the interior of New York, where
he has many, and very warm friends who will
hardly fail to mako the country ring with
strong appeals against executive or secret sen
atorial action upon such matters.
| We repeat, we are wholly ignorant of tLt
circumstances really attending the rejection o.
this nomination, and present above, for their
history, only what is very generally believed
around Washington.
| "A VAIASouAuS SOu oOUC1o-N near INA
there is in course Of preparation, an account
Of one or more of the conclaves occurring al
NEST nightly in a room in the National, where
those secretly assemble who furnish and pre-.
pare the bogus-news, personal ISLANDERS, &C.
which appear in the New York Herald owe,
anonymous signatures, and are otherwise pre-
sented SO rs to shield their authors from proper
responsibility for what they put forth. Ac-
cording to what we can learn, this exposition
will 60 deeply into the antecedents of all en-
! gagged in this~work of secret villification OF
| gentlemen, towards whom its authors profess
the kiudest personal feelings and friendly re.
gard. Men, heretofore and at present holding
position in public aft airs, will be seriously com
| promised by it, we feel assured, as we'll as the
individuals so universally known to be utterly
without character, who are parties to it. only
| for what they may be able to make, pecuniari-
| ly, out of hiring their pens for such purpose.
The Current Operations OF the Treasury
| Department. yesterday, the 18th Of April
there wers Of Treasury Warrants entered on