Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-20

dorse this action, as in many States there are
70 be November elections, In which h"norabie
Sens,ofs of course desire to {" take band"
Th;s sbev cannot do as we'll here, Is at home
So. We anticip ,te that they may quietly amend
The resolution by substituting the irst Monday
in October. ins.e Of the FIRST Monday in No.
vember; which being done, the House will
surely lay it on the table. e
The Fights Ct Contractor with the Gov.
ernment.-We hear in one of the Department
bulldogs, that the Attorney General decides
that when q contract with one of the Depart
ments has been performed in part, in good
faith, and then rescinded by the Government
withou. fault on the part Of the contractor, be
is to be compensated for the period of actual
performance, according to the rate prescribed
by the oontrset. .----
The New York District Attorneyship.-We
have every reason to believe that up to late
hour last night il had not been determined
who shall succeed Mr.. Charles O'Connor. 1t
is believed by those who setm to be up to
Trap on all such subjects, that the only three
candida es who are being seriously urged for
the position are the Hen. Mr.. Westbrook, and
Lorenzo Shepard and John McKeon. e qs
Each Of them has hosts Of friends here, who
feel perfectly certlin thst their own favorise
is to triumph. Mr.. Westbrook, it is we'll
known, is supported by all his colleagues who
voted for the Nebraska bill. Mr.. Shepard is
very faithful party man, Hho has uck by
the Democratic organic .tion with perhaps
mure fidelity than has been manifested by
any other prominent New York city Demo
cratic politician. lie is emph aticalIy the
hard-wo, king party leader of tho Empire
city. He held the Office under Mr.. Polk. i
will be remembered, FOR the b.ief season in
tervening between the death of Mr.. P.s fret
,ppointee, and that of the Polk administra-
Iion.
Mr.. MoKson served in Congress with the
President, and, when there, was Loading
and very efficient party man. Subsequently,
though he has g bolted," and Jumped the
fence" back and forth, time and again, in
State and municipal elections, and though he
was one of the hardest of the Hunkers ON all
state questions, it is understood among poll
tici ms here, that he has been steady sup
porter Of the administration of his old friend.
lie refused to go with those with whom he hal
so long acted. 10 efforts 20 organize wing of
he party against the present Administration.
He, TOO, has served at least term as the in
;umbent of the Office in question.
We need hardly add that all ,hre are an
ply qualified to discharge its duties. Their
| chances are even as lie az may be, to judg.'
| from what is being said just now among those
| taking most immediate interest in the disposal
Of this particular appointment
The Eject Of a Vote 1t seems to be under
stood that more or less of the anti. Neb aska
Democrat members Of DO Hovses of Con-
sress, are just now exceedingly wOrried with
| their own course upon the bill. Those t.
| whom We refer, were until day or two ago.
staunch believers that its enactment would Ut
repuditted as II Democr atic party measure, by
iii the Democratic pirty conventions to meet
! IN northern Sta.es in the course of the current
year. They felt assured that the one in s.. sion
would either pass the subj set by in silence, or
| take del berate ground against it. Few of
tnem, indeed, contemplated leaving the Demo-
| cratic party Organization, when they voted
against the bill; aud they are of course essential
| iy fiied on finding the New Hampshire Harmo-
| neous in State convention, unanimously de-
| o:ariug for the bill in its principles and de-
| tlils, and laying down the doc rins that aequi-
| essence ia it and defence OF i. are now cardinal
points to which oil NUT subscribe, who, in
New Hampshire at least, contemplate future
| Identification with the Democracy. All read
ers Of tho Star will remember that before the
enactment of the bill, we more than cnce took
| occasion to point out the fact that whether
/ members voted for or g,inst it, it could not
| oe otherwise than that, if they proposed to re-
main identified with the Democratic party,
they must leeds" make VI their minds to
sink or swing with the Nebraska measure; as
nothing could prevent it from becoming the
| great issue between the parties, the whole
;ountry over. The fact th at our prophecy has
come true so soon, is evidently annoying SOME
| Seut'eineh fdsuy LOU We are OF impression
that quite thrce-fourths Vt the anti NJ braska
Democrats Of both Houses Of Congress, are moe
anxious to get back "in;o line.' They voted
as they did, in the belief that there was trutf.
in the bogus representations of the anti-slavery
press; not bee iuse they de ire to differ with the
great mass Of their political friends. They
bought their party at hume opposed to the
bill, and essayed only to Garry out that will
The distant public may rest asst red that few
a.re are more rejoicel at the bold and fIu
;tand taken by the lew Hampshire State
| democratic Convention for the Nebraska bill,
nan more or less of these same gentlemen who
| nsde the slight mistake not loug since.
Tho Attorney Generals D-ci.ion on Points
IN the Clerks Bill-In disposing Of question
gently submitted to him, We learn that the
Attorney General has ruled that the first sec
ion applies only to Clerks in the Executive
| departments at Washington; and that the
| second section does not embrace any Clerks
! rot enumerated, whcss salaries are fixed by
he President and not by Congress.