Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-29

out his district, bat by bringing his well-known
powerful personal influence to bear In all di.
restions in behalf Of the cause in which he
was enlisted. Victory, in the shape Of q re-
sleotion, has psrchsd on his banner; but his
greatest victory has been In so soon demon.
strating past future question, that Know Moth.
ingism has had no more consistent foe tn an
himself
Cold Comfort, &c.-Our talested, courteous,
amiable, entertaining, and truthful neighbor
gravely recommends those who speculsted 70.
Gently to 90 great advantage in the correct
ness Of its advice about the condition of po-
litical affairs In Virginia. not to mind their
defeat but to put their trust in the better luck
that may be in store for them naAtstime. Their
confidence in the integrity of its advice, as in
it: wisdom and knowledge, has made them all
rich of Of their winnings from those blind
fools-the friends Of Wise. The circumstances
attending the reception of dispatches in this
city, on Friday and Saturday last, 90 to show
how fully We are justified in complimenting
the good faith of our neighbor. 1t was 70.
ceiving news by the wires of the result in diff
ferent counties, just as its opponents ..velyed
theirs from the same Counties. 1t, nrefes.
sional sporticcs friends had los. heavily, and
were doing their best to "hedge"-that is, to
get bets on Wise with unprofessional bsttcrs
in the Know Nothing rsnks The purely
accidental temporary suppression around
our neighbours Chico, of the true news, on
which the friends Of Wise and tho profess
sional K N. sporting men were betting (the
latter through Wise men) on those days, and
the as purely accidental ostentatious parade
Of the bogus news received by our neighbor,
on which the K N. rank and Ale wore stalking
all they were worth for the most part against
the money Of their own bettors- hy-trade po.
litical brethren were remarkable coincidents
indeed. Oar talented, courteous, amiable, en-
PERTAINING, and truthful neighbor is, however,
capable Of doing astonishing things, purely
accidental, of course, as in this instance We
shall not be surprised to find that more or less
of the hard working members Of its party,
whose money has been thus accidentally alb.
stracted by the suppression of true news and
the PRONUNCIATION Of that which was false to
reimburse the sporting fraternity for their
losses continue for some time to come to bless
the day when they pinned their faith to tho
sleeve Of our straight forward and ingenious
neighbor.
Precocity the rufhsns who attended
the meeting called by the friends of Mr.. Wise
to hear an address from him on Saturday
night last, had driven that gentleman from
the portico Of Browns Hotel by their COW.
ardly insults and hootings to drown his voice
a verdant youth, evidently wanting some years
Of being Of age, was placed upon dry.goods
box In the middle Of the street, to pow WOW
to their taste. He went at 1t with more as
iurance than We ever saw Daniel Webster or
Henry Clay manifest in public speaking in
the palmiest days of either Of those gentle
men. To the pertinent question-whether Ills
ma knew he was out ?-spearsd st him by
some wag in the crowd of thousands by whom
he was surrounded, he coolly informed those
present who differed from him that they might
retire, if they did not like his sentiments; as
that "was an American meeting!' We mon
ton this affair only by way Of showing the
true sense Of right and wrong actaating the
gangs of rufians who went to tho meeting of
the friends Of Mr.. Wise for the ayowsd
purpose Of destroying the right OF free
discussion in this city, by violence. The
instant that word " 8 said by by stander
disagreeable to them, they essaysd to as
sumo the position of the parties who were
rightfully there, and to resent that word as an
infrsctisn Of that very right they had attended
to destroy. In the course Of tho incohcrent
rawlings of the prsoocious lad to whom We refer
above, he uttered torrents of vulgar abuse Of
the foreign born citizens Of Washington, one
and all; denouncing Thorn as worse th an pirates
and traitors, on account of the accident of their
birth. When some one in the crowd sung out
that he was thus cursing his own worthy father
and mother, who were personally amenable to
the sweeping charges he was making The
announcement of the fact was hardly neces-
gary, insomuch as no boy in whose veins there
would have spoken sentiments showing that
no had boon brought up so entirely ignorant
of tho true principles of American institutions
and liberty.
The Msnomonee Indisns-By the treaty Of
May II, 1854, the Menomonee Indians have
secured to themselves twelve townships of
land, ia the form Of parallelogram, on VOLTS
river, Wisconsin, intended as their perm ansnt
home, 60 to be held a. Indian lands" instead
Of quantity in tho Far West as was contem.
plated in their treaty of 1s4s. This change
wo understand, is In consequence of the hu-
mane policy which has been adopted, to intro.
duce, if possible, the blessings of tho Chris
tian religion and the arts Of civiled life among
this remnant Of a once powerful tribe Of the
wandering sons Of the forest, who are so fast
fading frsm our view, for all which the treaty
amply provides. May God speed and give