Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-06-20
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Early Closing.-Thoss sincerely interested
in the well being of our city, arc exceedingly
gratifed with the steps taken by its leading
merchants in many different branches of BUSH
ness, to afford their employees an opportunity
for relaxation every evening such as has not
heretofore been accorded to youpg persons so
engaged in Washington, and, indeed, in few
other American cities. He who works from
san to sun for another, labors at least suffi-
GENTLY long to requite the meagre compensa.
ton which clerks, boys, end porters in retail
stores necessarily receive; and to exact longer
labor from them daily, is to instill stupidity in
them, il lot to prevent the proper development
Of their physical faculties There is, there.
fore, benevolenes as we'll as sound philosophy
in the wise change in this respect that has re-
Gently been initiated here, which can hardly
fail to result bene6cially for the employer; a,
with few exceptions those who trade after dark
do not profit the dealer enough to pay the
nights gas bill, while gain of brightness Of in.
tellect and energy Of character, to the en-
ployee, through the relaxation thus accorded,
will in the long run, add sensibl to the years
aggregate of profits Of the employer. We trust
that all in commercial buSincssip Washington
will follow The good example in this respect
which has boon already set, as above ex.
planned.
The Model Southern Journal -0ur enthu.
siastic and talented neighbor, Wilhelm almost
{ very fre-cater, now coOIly asks the South to
join Wilson, Colby, Hale & Co. in electing
some Know Nothing to the Presidency in
1856. Ous neighbor evidently regards tn.
split in the Philadelphia Convention mere
ma ter Of moonshine, there being no radical
difference in tho politics of its members, which
should prevent them from uniting on some
man, after their own heart, for the Presidency
Such is a fair, practical translation of por
tion Of our gentle neigh Dor 8 leader of the day
before yesterday. Much Of the rest of it being
an apology to Wilson i Co. for the conduct OF
the Southern delegates in refusing to 90 in for
a repeal Of the fugitive slave lay and for a re
storation CT the Missouri compromise line.
Ger neigdbor positively cannot SEQ any sub
stantial difference between the South and
those represented by the seeding delegates
which should prevent them from remaining
one ard inseparable, as hercsofOro. But for
the fact that our neighbor looks at the aues.
tions in issue between the North and the South
through Vermonter's eyes, behind pair of
green spectacles, We should offer him ours by
way Of aiding him to comprehend that lis
proposition in the Convention, denouncipg the
enactment of the Nebraska bill, will hardly
go down with any considerable portion of
the people Of the South. But the game
would hardly be worth the candle, evil
deE''-, as our neighbor has got into its
head the idea that il only has to pronounce
the cause Of the South, as involved in the
Kansas question, not worth oortonding fo,, to
satisfy the unanimous South Of that fact. Our
ingenious neighbours sudden change CT front
on the pending slavery question, now that
Wilson Co. have pronounced in their PhiIa-
delphia convention against Southern rights,
VIII doubtless De duly appreciated at the
South, from whence il will very shorty hear
laundering responses from Know Nothing
journals that do not happen to be particularly
interested in tia votes, on the printing ques
ton, OF the Northern Know Nothing members
Of the next United States House CT Reprssen-
tative5, who are almost to a man Free Sellers.
Positively, our neighbor can see no good rea-
son Why they and the South should not har-
mcnize in politics.
Tbs Know Nothing Meeting To-Korro1