Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-10
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80. The verdant youth who writes love lot.
tiers from this point for the New York Herald
calls the Star ''the small sheet" Oh, suds.
80. Hon. Henry Wilson, the new Senate,
from Massachusetts, arrived in this city to-
and took lodgings at Willards' Hotel
80. The Hon. Walter I Colquitt's disease
has taken favorable turn, and his physicians
have strong hopes Of his recovery
80. The Boston Pos! says: We lear with
surprise that Bishop Reze, Of Detroit, who was
called to Rome BY the head of the Catholic
Church, is kept close prise no-, and has been
so long time without hope of restoration to
liberty"
80. The editor of the Baltimore Patriot, a
pro-slavery man, writing editorial cor-espon-
dence from this city for his paper makes excuse
for Gen. Wilson, the abGlitionist, who has Just
been elected to the u 8 Senate, from Massa-
chusstts, by saying, when he cJInes here "he
will soon have an opportunity to speak for him
self" lie has spoken for himself. On Feb.
lst, while Senator elect, after listening to Bur-
lingame's abolition lecture, when the South
was denounced with loud voice and in strong
terms. Mr. Wilson said .. :,
In public or in private life, in tho MAORI
ty or in the minority, at home or abroad, | in
tend to live and to die with bitter unrelentipg
hostility to slavery upon my lips. / make no
compromises anywhere, at home or abroad /
shall yield nothing Of my anti slavery ssnti-
mens, at home or abroad, to advance nv per
sOnai interest, or any party interest, or to
meet the demands of any State or section OF
the country"
The TELEGRAPH informs US that yesterday a
crowd of aboiitionists met Mr.. W. at Worces-
ter, to bid him God speed to Washington, when
be spoke again, reiter ating his abolition senti.
monts = '' 81 -.
-. The following is an extract from cir
,oular sent to all tho Know Nothing councils in
the State of Pennsylvania
RssolUed, That in Ex-Governor Johnston,
James Cooper, and Simon Cameron, we have
no confidence whatever, believing that they
have united themselves to US through personal
motives alone, and not until they discovered
that their own parties had been swallowed up
by the swelling tide Of Amerisanism.
Res0tvsd, That in o Ii. Tiffany, We have
man who identified himself with US when in
cur infancy, and whose answering devotion
to cur principles has brought upon him the re-
proaches and anathemas Of our adversaries
whilst his fine literary attainment and integrity
OF character promising usefulness to the Order,
entitle him not only to our respect and conf
dence. but point him out az the person emf
nontiy quahned 70 represent us 10 the Senate
Of the United States. and satisfies US that his
eleotion would be hailed by the Order as one of
the greatest triumphs they have yet achieved,
and would give strength and permanence to
the party in the Keystone State.
-. Mr.. George Gordon, Jr, announces
himself candidate for Congress in the 18th
district of Virginia, and aasig gins, in an address
in the Wytheville Republican, tho following
reasons for desiring q seat in Congress: 81
think it nothing but common honesty to CON
fess that L am mainly moved to become q can.
didate because of the easy life and the high
wages comm cted with seat in Congress. Now.
l do not mean to assert he life is easy and the
wages high, as regards those who ocoupv a
distinguished place in the great business of
the Congress Of this great nation; I alluda In
those who stand foot or constitute the tail of
and Of which there must al
ways be more or less, and of which. [ think
there may now and then DO an election with.
out any serious public detriment-tbereforeI
have presumed to become a candidate. -
-. The Philadelphia Pennsylvanisn SAYS
"Simon Cameron produces certificate to
prove that he joined Know Nothing council
at niddletown in September last. Those Mid
dletown notes sometimes work wonders
go. They know where to look for good Off
GERS in the Wisconsin Legislature. Colonel
Scholes, who is elected Speaker, and Mr. A..
wood, chosen Clerk Of the House, are both
printers, who have long been honorably iden
tilted with the press of Wisconsin