Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-15

turn :" and this Government is asked to &C.
knowledge the rightfulness of his acts, with
the avowal on the part Of those who advocate
such q policy for the United States in the
newspapers, that it is to be Q mere initiatory
step, first to encouraging all who want to flli.
buster to violate our own laws; and next, to
lead quickly to the employment of the army
and navy Of the United States in Central
America as auxiliaries to Walkers fllibus-
tiers. Verify, We are on the threshold of .
very fast age" indeed. s'@-
a Godsend.-All Republics In party dom in
Washington is in extacies over the very latest
news by telegraph from Kansas. The cry is
that border rufRanism has conspired to- pre-
vent the further action of the House Commit
tee, by force of arms, and that pro-slavery
mob is marching to destroy the testimony
the Committee have already taken!
The truth is, Kansas grand jury indicted
those who assume to be the functionaries of
the mock State of Kansas, which has been set
up against the territorial authorities by force
sion of the mock State Legislature. The off
GERS Of the law vent to execute upon the mock
functiOnaries processes Of the District Court of
the United States, and they ran away. They
have ventured back within the jurisdiction of
the authority of that Court, under the shadow
and in the train of the House investigating
Committee. Reedsr, on being arrested for the
crime Of treason, for which he was indicted
before the House made their investigating
Committee, essays to escape the marshal's au-
thOrity by pleading privilege" he being 3
party to the case which the Committee are in
vestigating! The majority Of the Committee,
admitting that they have no right to step in
between Reeder and the authority Of the Uni
ted States District Courtfor the Territory of
Kansas, nevertheless advise him to resist tn
marshal's writ. The minority of tho Commit
tee-Mr. Ovlier-very properly advises him
to obey the Court. Robinson, not having at
hand the plea that he is party to the case
before the Committee, again takes to his heels.
and is caught and held by neighboring law
abiding people, who knowing him to De a fu-
gitive from justice, and keep him to be sur
rendered when legal demand may be made
for him. Such is true statement of the case
over which Republican party dom in our midst
is now in 60 great a glee, as embracing a DO
litical mare nest just suited to their present
emergencies.
The Protest AS published in the Now York
Herald, the protest of Capt. Tinklepaugh, of
the steamship 0rizaba, is the subject of much
laughter among Naval officers in Washing.
ton; As he says that he invited Capt. Tarle.
ton to dictate to him what he should do
with his passengers, and exhibited to him
his list Of passengers without o word of OBJ
lection, and was then told by Captain Tarle-
ton that he declined to interfere with the
Orizaba, or her passengers, who might 70
where they pleased, and do as they pleased
The truth is, this protest business seems to
be but another move in tho game of humbug
On which Walkers cause alone rests. II was
evidently designed to get up high pressure
of sympathy for him under the notion that
England had attempted to exercise the right
to search an American vessel at San Juan.
Every word embraced in Tinklepaugh's prote st
that might lead to tho irferen,e that Cant
Tarleton dtd entertain the idea of trenching Cd
American rights, is svowed to be but "hear-
say" while all that Tinklepaugh says Of his
own knowledge, shows that Tarleton only in
terfered as far as he did, with his (TinkIe-
paugh's) consent, and at his request; unti'
finding that even to express an opinion as to
what would be the proper course for Tinkle.
paugh to pursue, he positively refused to ad
wise him one way or the other. The TarIetou
case is the very last humbug o. the age, and
Tinklepaugh has labored earnestly to prove.
in his protest, that he is, himself, the veriest
of asses.
Cencelling Of Postage Stamps.-we learn
that the Post Office Department has reason to
complain of the general neglect of the regu-
lation which requires that postage stamps
affixed to letters or packages be Immediately
aud .feesnally cancelled 10 the Office in which
such letters or packages are deposited for
transmission by mail. The cancellation should
be effected by the use Of black printer 5 ink,
wherever that material can be obtained and
where it cannot, the operation should be DER
formed by making several heavy crosses or
parallel lines upon each stamp with pen
dipped in good black writing ink''
As the failure Of the postmaster to enforce
this regulation opens door to frauds upon
the revenues Of the Department, hs cannot be
too careful in its Observance
The Water Works morning the
District Committee of tho House voted to 70
port bill for the completion Of the Nations al
Aqueduct, when next called on to report
The bill in question proposes to finish the
work upon the plan on which it is now being
constructed.
Commissioned.-Yesterday Mr.. A. Gordon
Mcarath, Of Charleston, was commissioned al
judge Ct the United States District Court 70,