Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-28

fore such commission. Their evident design,
judging from what the New York Tribune
and Times published concerning their method
Of conducting the investigation, it is clear,
was simply and wholly to bolster up the cause
of Abolitionism in Kansas, rather than to OBJ
tain fair and truthful testimony concerning
the real occurrences there. Acting as they
did throughout their Investigations, as attor-
neys for the Abolition cause, rather than as
judges sworn simply to do justice between the
parties, it is not wonderful that their witnesses
should resort to wholesale perjury to help them
in making out the ease they seemed to be
aiming to cook up for effect on the gullible Of
the North. L. cannot be possible, after their
recent violent TRADES of abuse of the anti
Abolitionists of the Territory from the stump,
that their recommendations to the House with
reference to Kansas affairs will be allowed to
have the least weight in the minds of fair and
really considerate members of Congress; other
wise, it will be idle hereafter to hope for the
triumph of justice and right before the House,
in any case wherein party point may be es-
sayed to be made.
The Mares Nest Our truthful, talented
and ingenious neighbor yesterday astonished
the world with the announcement Of the dis
cOvery Of an error in the method adopted by
the Treasury Department for the payment of
claims under the Texas debt act, through
which the Government had actually paid
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bonds, than they were legally entitled to-
Now, on ing uiry, VIC find that there is just
about one ounce of truth in onr neighbor s
ffty-six pounds of virtuous indignation over
this alleged mismanage ment of the affairs of
the Department.
In the first place, the aggregate amount over
paid, was just 81, 922, in all the FIVE cases
wherein the mistake was made.
In the second place, the treasury cannot pcs
sibly be loser to the amount of single
penny through the mistake, as the payment
in which the error occurred, was made through
the Comptroller Of the State of Texas, to par
ties Of character and means sufficient to make
it very certain that on the instant they learn
that they have been overpaid, they will re-
fund the amount-a fraction less than Der
centum-thus improperly finding its way into
their hands.
The error was made in the settlement of
what are known as claims arising under the
second section Of the act. That is, where
Texas had already paid thirty per csntum on
the face Of the bonds. They are a small
class in number, and their settlement is a
more complicated business than that of the
rest.
The Officers Of the Saranac The follow
ing 10 list of the officers who have just re-
turned to the United States in the United
States steam frigate Saranac, from the Medi.
terranean:
Captain, John c. Long; Lieutenants-C.
B. Poindexter, E. T. Nichols, M. X. Warning
ton, Aulick, j. d. Daniels, T. C. Harris :;
Purser-Thomas R. Ware; Surgeon-George
Maulsby; Assistant surgeon-W. T. Hord !;
Master-W. II. Cheever; Marine Officer
I'D lieut. William S. Boyd; Boatswain-
George Smith; Gunner-B. Allen; Car
penter-M. M. Dodd Sailmaker-John Jones;
Engineers-Chief, w. P. williamson; First
Assistants, T. Zeller and F. c. Dade; Second
Assistants-M. Fletcher and T. Freeman;
Third Assistants-J. W. Moore, Thomas Will
Hanson, and Z. W. Manning
Another Backbone Doctor among US
The Hon Thaddeus Stevens, of Pa, has has
tened to the Federal City, We presume to aid
the distinguished New York back. bone prac-
titioner, the Hon. Horace Greeley, who is Just
now very busy indeed, with his bottle of lucu-
brating liniment in hand We congratulate
Mr.. Stevens on his fine personal appearance.
which tells we'll, indeed, for the health pre-
serving characteristics of his residence in
rural city of Pennsylvania.
Graduating Class Of Midshipmen.-The
following is the list of the late acting midship-
men who have just graduated at the Naval
School at Annapolis, Md and are now mid
shipmen JOS. W. Harris, Augustus P. Cooke,
R. L. Phythian, Thomas K Porter, Rush r.
Wallace, Thos. II. Eastman, VIM E Evans,
Robert +. Bradford, w. N. Allen, LIE Roy
Fitch, George A Bigelow, Chester Hatfield
George S Shryock, and George NJ. Blodgett'
They stand on the naval register in the order
announced above.
Mr.. Stephens, Of Ga, today delivered a
very great speech upon the Kansas question,
which was listened to with profound atten-
tion by every member
Appointed The President, we hear, has
appointed VIM. Blanding. ESQ.,, of San Fran
cisco, U. S. District Attorney for the district
Of California, Vtce S. w. Inge, Esq, resigned.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Dep artnent.-On yesterday the 9th of June,
there were of Treasury warrants entered on
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