Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-09

has very enormously made 1t appear that the
Rev. Thomas Stockton was tho minister who
preached the obnoxious discourse. Nothing
could be more unjust and unfair than to thus
belle 20 good man. Mr. Stoc kten's beneVo
lence is too pure and his judgment too sound
| who has thus openly vili6ed this excellent
| man must be void of conscience or common
respect if he do not openly and uahssitatingly
make the ansende honorable.
have been told there is quite breeze ut
present in the Know Nothing municipal wig
wan, and that the several branches Of the
| administration are somewhat at loggsrheads
Mayor Kinks, they say, Is being q little 10
fractory. He has overstepped that patient
unassuming dif6dence which dwelt upon his
| innocent brow prior to the press of applicants
for Offices, and, Napoleon like, plants his i'm
perial foot upon an independent platform
He asserts that he did not seek the Office that
he asked no man for his vote that he made
| no pledges and does not consider himself in.
debted to any specific party for the position he
holds. The voice of the sovereign people pat
him there, and to that voice only will he listen.
He does feel bound by party nor subservient
to cliques. His appointments shall be made
solely upon the basis Of merit, and that Demo
Gratis, Wings, Know Nothings, and all, are
| alike of his family, and equally entitled to
favor or subject to frown. This pronuncia.
mento, 1t Is further said, by the outside bar
| barians, has brought upon his devoted, official
| head perfect storm Of imprecations, moro
| furious than thunderbolts from the arm of
JOve. The Natives are discounted, and the
whole machinery of Office seeking has been
knocked into "pi," even before it fairly
| reached tho press. do not vouch fully for
| the above humble rumOrs, and am willing to
| lntsrsperse them with some grains Of doubt,
but there is something floating upon tho
| breess which is certainly less harmonious than
the dulcet sounds of the Aolian harp. Perhaps
the harp of Erin, in endeavoring to triumph
over the inharmonious rhapsodies, has been
struck on discordant key and echoed those
wailing notes Joking aside; if Mr.. Kinks
ao's with Independence and does his duty free
from intriguing cliques, he will do we'll
learn that there il considerable competi
ton for tho agency Of the McDonough estate.
and pays about 81, 500 per annum. Some have
hinted that it may possibly be given to the
author of "Captain Canot
Quite forgery has recently come to light in
our city. The perpetra.or is Jacob F. Krid.
ler master builder, in the upper section Of
tho city. The papers represent tho amount
forged to be over $4,000; but learn it is not
above 81 900. He has vamosed, and was last
heard Of in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
loaIn tudt Wm MeaOe AQulS0n, ESQ. .,
United States district attorney, has made the
very handsome donation Of $500 to the Irish
Benevolent Society of this city The sum
above named came to him in tho shape of a
foe in consideration of an important case in
which he was engaged, and he generously ap.
propriated it to the charitable purpose named
Many blessing will come upon him from the
honest Irish heart for this praiseworthy act
If he has no self aggrandizing motive in view
it will, like bread cast upon the water, come
back after many years; but if simply to make
beauty.
We have very cold weather, and the ice
mon are busy filing their houses with tina,
| summer luxury. Every hour gives evidence
of approaching suffering among the poor. The
future looks to them decidedly unpropitious
Business Of all kinds is dull, and the necss
| saries of life high. BEN BoLr.