Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-03-02

pledge on which that S230, 900 was obtained
was, that II should be built by contributions
of American citizens, without regard to diff.
fsrsnoss Of -politisss religion, On nasisitzsihas
il should be q monument Of the heart felt
gratitude Of all orders, classes, and sorts Of
psopls in our country for the public services
Of George Washington. We prefer to sec Il
stand forever in its present condition, rather
than that It should rise higher as monument,
not to Washington, but of the sudden lapse of
his countr, men from devotion to the principle
OF coequality Of civil rights and privileges
under this Government, on the part Of the
professors of all religious creeis. for which
Washington fought in the revolutionary war
at the head of patriot armies, composed indis-
criminately Of natives and the foreign, born,
Catholics and Protestants, all Of whom worth.
lily suffered and battled in the cause of q com.
mon country and humanity, though now, for
sooth, the monument to their commander is
sought to be turned into plot to aid 10 giving
the lie to the truth Of the great doctrine of
equality under our institutions and govern
ment, so selemnly pledged In the Declaration
Of Independence and the Constitution of the
United States. We expect soon to lay before
the country the facts involved in this contro
versy, as setforth by q committee Of the real
board Of management.
Frontier Protection. We fear that the
eagerness of interested parties to feather their
own nests, in connection with schemes Of ell
| sorts, will have the effect of preventing final
action on the bill of Senator g win for horse
express across the plains. 1t is nominally an
additional mail project. We do not advocate
it as such, but rather as the chea pest possible
method, as well as the surest possible method
of according protection to the great overland
emigration to New Mexico, Californis, and
Utah, Washington, and Oregon Territories
The scheme to make an additional close con.
tract with the parties now carrying the mails
in ocean steamers between New York and San
Francisco for weekly rather than a semi,
| monthly mail, if successful of course defeats
| the overland express. 1t is the more mon
| strous from the fact that they VIGOROUSLY run
the slowest route-the steamers by the Mic
| aragua route invariably beating them from
one to four days every trip. 1t is a mere pre-.
tence got up to give some tive or three hun.
dred thousand dollars from the National
Treasury to the individuals owning the stock
| of those lines.
The public interest would be much better
II sAvvaA &c Cd &. l.
put on ocean wise, by Offering it to the lowest
bidder to carry it in the shortest time in
which it is notorious that the distance be.
tween New York and San Francisco can be
traversed with the mails; the service to be
| performed wholly under the rules and regula-
tons governing ordinary inland mail contracts
| This is virtually the Recommendation of tho
| Postmaster General in his last annual report
| However. We trust that nothing will be per-
nitted to interfere with the great object of
indirectly establishing settlements every TWEEN,
ty or thirty miles across the plains, by which
the emigration to the Pacific side will surely
be amply protected. with a saving Of nine out
Of every ten dollars that must otherwise be
| expended in the military defence Of that line
| With such settlements, the emigration must in.
crease ten-fold in three years Without it,
We question whether it will increase ten per
cent. in that time
The Court o; Claims ten. Jno. r Daniel,
Of North Carolina, SO long the chairman of
the House committee on claims, is now in this
city. 1t is understood that his friends are
urging him for one Of the judges of the pro-
posed claims court. This news, il there is q
| probability of his success, of which We know
nothing at present, will prove exceedingly
/ gratifying to all who served in Congress for
ten or twelve years Immediately preceding
tho commencement of the last session. On
claims cases, his approval was regarded as
settling the question of their enactment.
owing to the fidelity with which he investi-
gated every subject he had occasion to IL.
proach. He is man Of nerve, energy, saga.
city, integrity, industry, fine attachments, and
high personal character. If appointed as ore
Of these judges, will be positive and salts
factory assurance to the country that there
will DO neither Gsrdnerisms nor Galphinisms
IN its discharge Of the duties devolved upon it.
| Important Action o; the Senate this Morn
| ing.-1he Virgins military land scrip regu-
lating bill was laid on the table.
This will be great disappointment to thou
sands in Virginia, If We may judge from the
activity and earnestness of large number of
we'll known Virginia claim agents around the
| halls In behalf Of this measure for ths last
few days.
Next, they agreed to all the House amend.
ments of the Brodhead bounty land bill,
which will probably be a law by sundown to-
day.
The Proposed Additional Brigadier Gen.
sralship in the United States Army.-It
seems to be understood that the Senate will
promptly confirm the action of the House last
| night, in inserting in the Army appropriation
bill a clause establishing an additional Brig