Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-08

seek only fair termination OF all disputes
between the two countries. We predict for
this convention greater popularity in this
country than is enjoyed by any one of our
many similar treaties with England upon the
strength of what the diplomatists say of it.
The Hsra1d's telegraphic correspondent
also revives the silly story that Secretary
! Marcy is about to retire from the Cabinet
This is the seventh or eighth occasion on which
Bennett and his birds Of ill-omen have started
the same wonder-always to be laughed at for
their pains. Nine months ago, Bennett an
nounced, with q flourish of trumpets, his pur-
| pose of " driving Seer etary Marcy from the
Cabinet" This and all similar repetitions of
this story are mere efforts to that end; so silly,
to boot, as simply to get their authors laughed
at. We repeat what we have before had &C.
casion to state, viz that the Herafd's Wash
ington news amounts in these days to little
more than budgets of sweeping falsehoods, to
crafty Benefits malice and envy; pub
lished to that end in the face of the fact that
| all the world now know their character, and
| have become suspicious Of the Heraid's first
Washington news, as being necessarily false,
because first appearing in that journal.
AFugitive Slave Law Question.-It will be
| recollected that Booth, the Milwaukee Adolf
| ton editor, who not since effected the rescue
of fugitive slave, has been for some time
under arrest by the United States authorities.
He has applied for writ Of habeas corpus of
a State Judge, demanding to be liberated from
custody on tho plea of the unconstitutionality of
the law for resisting which he is held to an
swer The hearing on his application was to
have taken place at Milwaukee yesterday.
This man and his advisers must have gone
clean daft, or the State legal authorities OF
Wisconsin must be in that predicament.
The European War.-It will be recollected
that yesterday we published the fact that in
formation of the junction of Prussia and Aus
| tria with England and France in issuing of a
new protocol or protest against the plans OF
| Russia, &C., had reached the European diplo-
| matists in Washington. It arrived here a
| week ago, and Of course, we were first to inform
the country Of it. This mornings mail brings
the London Times of the 9th ult., in which
we find this news fully confirmed.
| That journal, of that date, says:
s'Our correspondent at Vienna confirms the
fact we have already published, of the sigma
| ture of protocol by the representatives of the
Four Powers, asserting their determination te
maintain the integrity of Turkey
He adds that Austria and Turkey will now
demand the evacuation of the Turkish terrific
ry, and that accordingly draught Of note
to Russia has been sent by the conference tc
Berlin, for the approval of tho Prussian gov
eminent.
Work Done in the Land 0fice.-Durne
the month of May, just past, the following worl
was completed in the General Land Office:
Letters received, briefed and registered. 264;
! Letters written. ............'...... 2,4t'
Occupying pages. ................... 1,6l!
| Patents prepaid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9,04i
| Patents recorded. Observation-Disclosures. S,1gl
Patents examined-cash, 1898; mill.
| tary, 4,533.... ................ 9, z
| Warrants examined. Observation-Disclosures. 3,5S
Warrants briefed. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SIS:
| 1eoFoiuttouuTy SCTlp ACIeS. 10, oO'
| Entries posted, cash sales, military To-
cations, and swamp, railroad, canal,
and State selections. ........... Al 20;
The Senator Gwin story.-The distant pres
are informed that the story attributing speecl
| to Senator Gwin, addressed to the crowd il
this city on the night of the recent municipal
election, is wholly incorrect. He vas sick a
| .ta -
Justice to Senator g. demands that thos
journals which have copied the mistake, shall
contradict it.
Clerical Changes-The following change
were made in the Office of the Third Auditor o
the Treasury, viz VIM. S. Elwell, Of Mass, 2
class clerk, Isl 400 per annum,) removed; A
7. Palmer, lst class, promoted to be I'd elias
clerk in that office; and Merritt, Jordan, Q
Virginia, appointed to 1st class clerkship il
the Third Auditors office, Isl, 200 per annum
From Cuba.-We have received, through
friend in Washington, most important and in
teresting information from Cuba, in a lette
reaching this point by to days Northern mai
1t comes into our possession too late, however
to enable US to present it to- day to the reader
of the Star.
The Current Operations Of tho Treasur
Experimentation yesterday, tho 9TH of june
there woro of Treasury Warrants entered o
tho books of tho Department.
For the redemption Of stoc ks..... 81, 1863 5
Fer the payment of other Treasury
debts OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 27,1O6
For the Customs. ................ 1882 2
Covered into tho Treasury from
miscellaneous sources. so,sso 0
Covered into the Treasury from
Customs. .................. 800 4
For the War Department.. $3.50 3
For re-paying for the War Depart
ment commemorative. 1892 8
For the Navy Department.. ....., 1O,646 0
For re-paying for the Navy De-
partment Observation-Disclosures. 54,3lS 8
For the Interior Department. 80. 29,19S 4
For entering on the books Of the
Treasury appropriations to sup
ply deficiencies per act Of May
| II, 1854. ..................1,43 l $50 6
THE LONG ISLAND TRAGEDY COMES
SION OF THE MURDERER. .
The murderer of Mr.. and Mrs. Wickhar
| Of Gnfohoruo r.