Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-01-12

I'M. because it fs very evident that they play +
asst and loose with all principle where slavery
nav be in any way in issue. They secuted 9
he idea &c being bound by the (Missouri)
ompromise of 1870, when to have been 30
pound, would surely have resulted in the em.
grafton Of citizens Of the South into Caiitor-
MA, carrying with them slave property. To
ret around their obligation under that CON-
promise, they refused to make territorial
for California; insisting that
laws excluding slavery there, wholly for
eisn 70 the letter and spirit OF the laws OF the
realm of which that region had suddenly be-
come an integral part, should De operative
there, until, by her admission into the Union,
before the South had time to take advantages
of her inst and legal rights 70 share directly |
in the acquisition, they the sOuth) might GER |
tainly be cut of from all such participation. |
This is. briefly, the true history OF the rea- |
sons vhy the compromise Of 1850 was forced !
upon the South, and Of the circumstances at |
tending that action of Congress; though We
are most happy to acknowledge that many
gentlemen participated In 1t, only because IN
so doing they were virtually restoring the OPP
Grafton of the true principle Of this govern
ment, suspended from 1920 to that time. as we
explain above. 1t so happens that the COM
promise of 1920, il reaffirmed now, will pos
itive,y exclude the South from carrying slave
property into certain portion Of Nebraska;
while the compromise Of 1880 will do no such
thing. Hence we find gentlemen and presses
who look only to the end OF crippltng the
| South as their highest political duty, already
CRYING for the restoration Of the law Of 1920,
| virtually repealed by them 30 lately, when
| found inadequate to the attainment Of the
great object of their labors in connection
| with public affairs.
We are most happy, however, to be able to
say that, at present, the appearance OF matters
here is decidedly against them. While we
have every reason to believe that majority
of the Wing party in Congress will be found
tru. to the great purpose Of the restoration Of
| harmony between North and South by the
late restoration of the operation Of the true
! principle Of the government in such cases, We
feel equally certain that the Democratic party
in the national Councils arc about to shos an
almost unbroken front in favor of the bill.
! ALLorMENTs.- For the information of those
connected with the Navy, directly or indi
recty, We have made inquiries into the rules
in this connection prevailing in the Navy
Department here, and are able to say that
allotments from the pay Of naval officers,
seamen, &C., are allowed by the Navy De-
partment to provide for tho support of the
families of those by whom they are assigned
| and except in the cases OF death, discharge
or desertiop, the pnrser is not justified in di-
recting their discontipuapea. No allotment
can be made payable on any other than the
last day of the month. Persons who execute
aiiotments (Which are only powers of attorney
under another name,) hays right to revoke
them whenever they please. They are not
intended, nor can they be legitimately used,
to secure the payment of debts. They are
allowed only for the support of the families
Of those granting them. If the allotment be
stopped by the person who. executed it, the
attorney named has no remedy against him,
except what any other creditor would have. An
officer cannot. grant an allotment, unless he is
absent from his family and on dMty, nor can
any person allot more than half his pay with
out The SPECIAL permission Of the Department
TnE SEASON IN WAsHisGYoS.-Th gay sea.
son has fairly opened upon Us. Balls and
private parties, hops and receptions, IRE now
taking PLACE here nightly. Indeed, they are
of as frequent oscarsEnee in Washington as al
the great watering placesfn their season, Fol
the inGormation Of our upsophisticated reader:
in distant quarters, ne have to say that 60 hop
is the new name for private ball, at which
the guests arc not fed and liquored az extcn
sivc|y as Of yore. Neither ladies nor gentle
men arc expected literally to Imp Ut them; but
to dance some or all of the new fashioned
dances Of TIE age, known, many Of them, by
foreign, if not almost unpronounceable names
"Recertions. too, mean private anti-dancins
parties to which immense crowds are invited
because, it not lining fashionable to spead the
old fashioned sHmptupus feast before The
guests at them, 1t il well nigh as convenient
so 10 entertain 4 thousand az one hundred
sOIi,s Of course. nearly everybody who claim:
to he any body in the fashionable world, are
eager to give p hops" and g receptions" 5.
those at distance who may be curious OF am.
bilious to probe the depths Of Washington
fashionable society, may rest assured thai, il
they please, they may come here and be sur
feited with such affairs. E5r.
We may also say to those who would like to
visit our city, to read and appreciate the hos,
of really great men whom We have among us
every winter from all quarters Of the country.
that if the stranger be himself 90 minded il
costs much less to 20 into society in W ashing-
ton sufficiently to become personally aequaint-
ed with all the leading public men of the mi
ted States, than is DIR. ai,eI Of by ono who has
not been among US for some time during ses-
sion of Congress. The most accessible unas-
Stunning and unpretending men in public life,
are invariably those who have wide spread
reputation, because they are really great men.
The REVENUE CUTTER WASHINGTON, which
went to sea few days since, in search of the
San Francisco from New York. returned to
that port yesterday, in disabled condition
When one hundred and twenty miles out, she
| encountered hurricane from the north,
which so damaged her as to compel her cap
| tain to put back into port. As soon Us she
can repair damages she is expected to resume
the search.
The RIGnTs OF PENsIoSER CoNyIcTED AND
IMPRISONED FOR CRIME.-A person inscribed
on the pension roll committed an Infamous
crime, for which he was sentenced 10 the pen
itentiary, while in prison he applied for his
pension money; and it was held, that the con-
viction and imprisonment of a pensioncr for
crime does not disqualify him from taking the
usual oath of identity, nor does it deprive him
of his right to draw his pension, or to appoint
an attorney to draw it for him.
CONFIRMATIoNs BY THE SENATE.-Ycstcrday
the Senate confirmed Thomas Rainey as U. S.
Consul to Bolivia; VIM. Crosby, Consul at
Talcuahanna, Chilli. This is the position de-
clined by Col. Sam. Stambaugh, of Pa. VIM.
f. Giles, to be District Judge for the District
of Maryland; Josiah L. Parish, to be Indian
Agent in Oregon, vice j. W. Garrison re-
signed. e.. l4: , i