Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-02-13

man was unsble TO answer them and second.
ly, that it was your duty, If Mr. Joslin disclosed
anything that required an explanation he
was unable to give, to recall us and ask for
it. If you find yourself in difficulty in at.
tempting to work out the abstract propositio n
perhaps find relief in supposing yourself
condemned by some court for refusing to an.
swer question you were never asked, and in
rejecting whether you would consider It q
very just judgment.
II, after examination, you should conclude
that Mr.. Letcher had deceived Won into sign
ing the statement, which you will find to b,
false upon mere inspection, perhaps YOU may
be induced to say so, in order to relieve those
you have injured 90 unjustly from the effect,
of your decision, SO far a. you can now do it
If, however, Mr. Letcher should advise YOU
that 1t is better to adhere to an error than to
admit yourself 1rong-that, after having IL.
jured man deeply once, the better way is to
tuting baseless assertion for fearless honestly
I would advise you, before you decide, to have
recourse to the elementary works on morality
aforesaid, and to let them guide you.
As to the other points in your report-such
as the kid gloves, the supper in which I did
not speak of Colts bill, but checked those
who did, and the doggerel verses-I refer YOU
to the enclosed letter. If you can answer
them, no doubt your friend will be grateful.
There is one other fact which you have en-.
tirely mistsken. You said in Jour speech
against the bill that you did not recollect tina,
you sat in secret I will aid your memory
The injunction ofsecrecy was so stringent that
when Col. Colt and 1 went together to read
over our testimony as it was engrosssd, We were
compelled to separate, and the one to stay out
of tho xrhiIa tho ~ e..
tear either should see something which would
suggest to him additional proof On this point
call upon your clerk as q witness. You will
also recollect that we were directed to with.
draw while other persons were examined-that
We were ordered not to write down our an
swers or keep notes. You will also see by
reading the testimony that you called upon
Day and his friend, Mr.. Clingman, and exam
ined them on my testimony. giving them an
opportunity to say whether or not it was true;
but that you took care not to show me their
testimony, or to permit mo to be present when
they were examined on mine
l beg you not to consider that wish to de.
privs you of the pleasure which you and Mr..
Letcher seem to have taken in abusing Col
Colt personally, and in slandering him before
the whole country, from position in which
you feel that you cannot be called in question
as other slanderers can. To have done inf
mite service to the interests and reputation of
his country, is enough to draw upon him your
condemnation. Though it may be true that
in some sections Of the country man worth
80 900 is considered rich, it need not excite in
your bosom feeling of envy and hatred to
see person with brains enough to support
hundreds of his fellow mon, and to command
wealth for himself if he choose to be conten
with money alone. You but prove the aphor.
ism" When man Of true genius appears in
the world. it may be always known by this
that all the blOckheads are combined to slam.
der him"
have the honor to renew the assurance OF
my distinguished consideration for the posi-
ton which you occupy, and to subscribe my.
self Your obedient servant.
EDw. N. DICKERsoN.
The Proposed Express Across the Plains
The action of the House yesterday upon the
bill of Mr.. McDougalI, for the establishment,
Of a regular communication between St. Louis
and San Francisco, overland, shows that the
project of Senator Gwin, which is akin to tina,
of Mr.. Med will probably become law ere
the session terminates. That of the latter il
for daily mail, to be carried in twenty days
twenty cents to be the charge for each half.
ounce letter. That Of the former, is for a
weekly express to be carried in fifteen days
each half ounce letter to be charged fifty
cents. The reasoning Of the writer in Sun
days Union against the project to the con
trary notwithstanding, the trip can be made
in fifteen days, as it will not require an aver
age speed of eight miles per hour, which with
horse express mails is quite moderate. There
was large majority, though not the two
thirds required, vsting to take up the propo.
sition of Mr.. McDOugall yesterday, doubtless
with the intention of modifying il according
to the proposal of that gentleman's senatori al
colleague.
We advocate it as the cheapest, as we'll as
the most certain means of giving peace tc
that portion Of the frontier over which this
express is proposed to be estab he'd as the
best possible means of insuring that in future
the overland emigration to Utah, California,
Washington and Oregon Territories, will be
saved the losses and horrors of Indian hostiIi.
ties, such as in the last year have almost bro
ken up the travel that way. The establish.
ment of weekly express over tho plains wi tn
stations every twenty or thirty miles, will at
once be the means of filling our extensive
western possessions with the very best settlers
aginable-thousands on thousands of back
woodsmen trained to frontier life in the valley
Of the Mississippi.
Election OF United States Senator in Cali
fornia.-The dispatch below from New Or
leans gives the result of twenty.t 70 balloting g.
for Senator in the Legislature of California
1t may be proper to state that the Legislator,
is composed of lib members, of whom SO wer.
nominated and elected as Democrats, including
he IL Broderick men who have seeded from
he party. Two Democrats (Buffum and
Rogers) were elected by the Know Nothing:
without Democratic nomin alton; the balance
Of the Legislature (42 is composed of Whigi
proper, Know Nothing Wings and Indepen.
Tents. Senator Gwin gets, on every ballot, a
majority OF the Democrats:
DISPATCH