Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-19

spected fellow citilens-a gentlemen Of I'M
blemished personal integrity and unusually
agreeable manners in his social intercourse
with all classes. We know him as friend Of
the poor-as q perpetual benefactor Of the
poor widows OF this city, who, when the pier
cling blasts of each successive winter brought
shrieks Of cold, and hunger, and want, in the
frail tenements of Poverty, could apply to the
buchanan Relief Donation" for their an
nual supply Of wood, and sitting down with
their orphaned children in the cheerful warmth
of q blazing fire, lift their hearts in silent
gratitude to God, and teach their little ones to
bless the name of James Buchanan. As q
citizen, q neighbor, a friend-in word, as
simply James Buchanan, We yielded to no man
in the measure Of our respect and esteem
and were he still before US as simply James
Buchanan-as he was few years, and when
he and we occupied the same broad Jefferson.
ian republican platform-when 1t least one Of
the editors of this paper voted with him year
after year, the same Democratic ticket-then
ours would be moro pleasing duty of support
ing instead of opposing the election of OUT
esteemed fellow citizen and neighbor to the
highest office in the gift of the American peo-
pie, and the highest position of political dis
tinction in the world"
Col. Whitheld.-Col. Whitfield, the del
egate from Kansas, has returned to Washing
ton, and appeared in his scat in the House
to-day. While There, he was electrified by
learning that he, in command of the border
ruffians, had, q day or two since, had a great
battle with tho troops Of the United States
under Col. Sumner. Such despatch reached
W ashington at ii q. m. to-day.
The reception here of. this important news
on the wings of lightning, after General W.
had returned to Washington on horse back,
per steamboat and rail car from the frontier,
illustrates most forcibly the character of Free
State stories of current events in Kansas
From Fort Laramie "A correspondent
writes us from Fort Laramie, Nebraska Ter
ritory, on the 9Th of May last, as follows:
81 see from the papers that the severe win
ter We have experienced has been general all
US occurred on October Sd. The month of
March was 20 pleasant that We began to feel
sure Of an early spring, but ales! We were
doomed to be disappointed. The 18th and
18th of April snow fell to the depth of 5 or 6
inches, and yesterday and the day before We
had another fall of about the same. However,
we still cling to the hope that Spring will open
next month.
eve received no mail from the 23d of Octo-
Der to the 18th Of March. The first Salt Lake
mail arrived out April FL.
The Indians are remarkably quiet, and
apparently penitent. The lesson Gen. Har-
ney gave them near Ash Hollow last fall, and
his talks to them since has produced quite a
change among them. They say they never
heard it thunder until they heard him talk"
An 0mission.-By some omission of the re-
porter of Senator Buffers speech, or the re-
GREETED inadvertence of the speaker, the name
Of Daniel Morgan was not mentioned in con.
nection with tho battle of Cowpens; clarcn
'aomen impressed upon the popular mind by
history needed no comment. The omission
will be supplied in the pamphlet copy Of the
speech.
Monetary and Commercial.-The following
quotations of bonds, stocks, and land warrants
were furnished US to-day June 19) by Swee-
ney, Rittenhouse, FAINT & Co., bankers: