Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-23
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on Gen. Cass's late speech at Detroit, SAYS:
: Gen. Cass might have moderated his lam
guage to suit the temper of his constituents.
but it was scarcely allowable in him to sacri
flee his principles even to the necessities of
mis- position. At any, rate he cannot expect
the South to recollect only the brave words
which he uttered in Washington, and to take
for naught the treacherous recantation at De.
troit., If his language be correctly given i'd
the report Of his speech, he has severed the
last cord which bound him to the Den,ocracv
OF the South: Henceforth he must rank with
Benton and Van Buren,; as one who has in.
-, l-'u our feelings and betrayed our confidence
The weak attenpt 10 serve two masters, to re-
concile devotion to the constitution with sub
mission to abolitionisin-an attempt to which
ne " as persuadedby the suggestion of an un.
dying anbihon-hN placed him with these
lliustrious apostates, in the limbo of lost and
dishOnOred politicians. y ~ ..ft. -
-. The Pbiladelphia Sun, in its issue Of
Yesterday attempts to justify the rufians who
broke up the Meeting held at Carusi's Saloon
on Wednesday evening last Wedid not think
that single paper in the Union, pretending
to responsibility, could be found whose editor
would have so little respect for the laws Of the
land as to do such thing. We live in strange
times. 20 a.@ ''3-t -'5raa .sv --.-;' = =
80. The Baltimore Patriot thus speaks of
the democratic nominee for the Mayoralty of
that city an - =.
/" He is no slrng- shot nominee Mr.. Thorn "a
il no defender Of corner doEgeries, or of Sun
day saloons. He is not the apostle of radical
doctrines, We might anticipate at least, an
orderly and respectable administration at his
80. Ex-Rev. G. c. Burr, tho whilom Uni
versalist preacher and Bree-soil lecturer. talks
vast deal about "bad rum " One vouid
think, from tho disparaging terms in which he
alludes to 1t, that he detssts tho article. He
has punished such immense quantities of it in
his day, that it is now high time he was used
to it. The feet of the European allies could
float with ease in the bad rum that has been
guszled by Chauncy. -
-. The Hon. Alexander Stow, late Chief
Justice Of tho State of Wisconsin, died in Mil.
wsukie on the morning of the 18th instant. E
49,. Speaking of the Know Nothings, the
Baltimore Argus says: i"
DR.. Orrick, who was some short tina s;ncs
a leading man in the movement, has formula
Withdrawn from the association; and with him
large number Of others who had been led
oy speclous pretencss Of the conspirators into
their secret Vaccinations, have also resolved
70 quit iijii1-<h$ Bih puid1T ..nt'
'A. '!.oDr Walter Claiming has resigned the
professoEship of Midwifery and Medical Juris-
prudence in the Medical School of Harvard
,University. Dr. D. Humphreys Storer,, of
Boston, has been chosen to Eli the vacant chair
I'VE perceive by an announcement in the
London Court Journal that Mrs. Butler, for,
merly Fanny Kemble, is giving lessons on
graceful department., attitude, energy of die.
ton and seIf-reliapce - - u = II -.
-. The New Hampshire Statesman saws
that . handsome marble monument has been
erected in tie old cemetery at Concord to the
memory Of the Countess OF Rumford, who
died in that city in the year 1852. She was
the granddaughter Of Rev. Timothy W alksr.
the first settled minister of Concord, and. az
the founder Of the Rolfe and Humford Asy-
lum, and the patroness of other insti utions Of
a like character, her name will be long re.
membered. a...e,, -t.,@ .-.-..-
~. The Ashtabula (Ohio) Sentinel saws
that Hon. B. F. Wade left home ON the 13,b
inst on tour through tho counties south of
that. place, whore he will address the people
on the topics now before them. 7at'H
49,. Mr.. Louis Sers, teller of the Citixens,
Bank at New Orleans, was accidentIy drowned
a few nights ago. - 49,.