Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-21
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ing them to their destination:
"WoRsE AND WoRsE.-MIsprREcrED LET
rERs.-We called the attention Of our readers,
on Thursday last, to the number of letters
mis-directed to this city. belonging to firms in
Boston By an inspection of the advertised
list of letters, published in the Herald on FRI
day last, it appears that the number mis-dl-
rectsd to firms only is double that of the week
previous, being sixteen in one week. In the
last list will be found the following: j. A. and
w. Bird 4 Co., j 8. Gardner Co., Marsh,
Jordan & Co., Burr, Brothers; Geo. W. Alb
bolt Co Sanborn, Carter Bazin; Blake,
Hare Co Simpson Caldwell, Geo. Oar
ling & Co., Town, Hendrick & Co.; Fiske 4
Norcross, q W. Warren & Co., Geo. Griggs
& Co Whitney, Lane & Washburn; Chas
Grffths Il Co, Raii,cay Times, &C., &c.
This for Boston only Philadelphia, Balti-
more and other cities have their share as we'll.
Mr.. Etheridge, Of Tennessee.-The clique
who are hoping to clutch more OF less of tho
patronage Of the House by hanging their
claims to the tail Of the Know Nothing news !
paper published in this city, have started
Through the Now York Expressly Mr.. Ether
idge, of Tennessee, Us candidate for the
Speakership, supplemental to, or in place Ct,
Mr.. Haven. They would greatly prefer Mr..
H., who is more Immediately identified with
those on whose sympathy they most rely. But
Gen. Cullom turns out to be the ugliest posi-
BILE customer, to all who had hopes Of clutching
the patronage of the House by making some
sort of a combination in which all its minor
offices were to have been duly divided out in
advance of the election of the Clerk to be cho-
sen to carry out the programme. 1t seems to
be understood that the General refuses either
to get out Of the way, or to enter into any bar
| gain whatever; and, further, that he has
much moro strength among the opposition
members, than can be controlled by any COM
| bination of aspirants and other outsiders. Sc
to choke him off the course, as a last resort,
Mr.. Ethcridge is brought forward as candi-
date for tho Spcakership-as it would never
do to tako both Speaker and Clerk from the
same State. The game cannot possibly win,
: frr divers reasons, which, in due time, we may
take occasion to explain.
| Mr.. Peanington.-We, yesterday, wrote
down the Hon. Mr.. Pennington, Of New Jer-
sey, who is one among the many opposition
members whose names are being urged for the
| Spcakership, as having been originally ST.
ver-Gray Wing. We learn to-day from gen
tlcman miro familiar than ourself with Lis
| political antecedents at homo, that his inter-
| party afiniteS were rather with the ultra anti
slavery wing of the former Wing party; that
| he joined the Know Nothings soon after they
| began to assume political Importance and
| that now he is credited at homo with being
| warm sympathizer sith the Republican organ
| ization. We deem it best to publish this brief
| account Of his political antecedents, by way
| Of letting all the world know precisely what
| he is politician, as we design shedding as
much light as possible upon the vexed ques-
ton Of the qualifications, positions, and pros
rects of the legion Of candidates for the Offices
in the gift Of the House.
Dom Piatt, Esq, ex Secretary of United
States Legation at Paris, writes to the New
| York Times, denying that he left France
owing ten thousand dollars there. He says
that his uncancelled obligation. in that coun-
try arc only about On eighth of that amount;
that he was forced, during his official resi-
| dence there, to spend eight thousand dollars
more than his pay; that his departure from
| that capital was not clandestine, or account Of
his obligations, es represented by the Paris
| correspondent Of the New York Times and
that the American residents in Paris, who pro-
| fess to feel indignant at the manuer in which
i L l1G, r.
| pean aristocracy, who owe him grudge be-
cause he would net loan his position in the
Legation to minister to their pride and dspo.
sition to dishonor the institutions Of their NOM
inal country. lie also asserts that he left an
accredited agent (Mr. Fleischmann) in Paris,
to whom all accounts against him were directed
to be presented, and that he expects to liqui-
date them as fast as they may be transmitted
to him from that city.
| Self Defence.-The New York Chamber of
| Commerce have recently taken occasion to con-
slider the subject of the libelIing of the bark
| Maury at the instance Of Mr.. British Consul
| Barclay 1t gave rise, we hear to intense ex-
| ctcment in their hall. That body may we'll
| begin thus to look to their rights and interests
as thus Involved, if the agents Of Britain in
this country are to assume the right to as
sail them after the same fashion whenever
| they (the agents afOresaid) may desire in that
| way TO cover up their own violation of the law
of tie land. Mr.. Barclay moved in the bark
Maury case, only to seem to have some reason
for his previous unjuStifable attempts to in
| terferc with the due course Of the law here,
and at the same time to raise an excitement
counter to that which grew cut Of the British
Governments illegal efforts 10 recruit among
US
The Printer The Washington correspor-
dent Of the New York Courier and Enquirer
writes down the ORIGINAL editor of tho Know