Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-20

fancy being to make IL the means OF carrying
out his new tangled notions in the way Of So
called reforms. He was against all "plat-
forms'' in Philadelphia, only because he
wants his own peculiar platform to be the
basis of the policy of the new administration.
What that is, his many readers know.
A story is in circulation here, saying that
Bennett and Greeley had parlor together in
Philadelphia, and were otherwise as thick as
three in bed. This must be nonsense-noth.
ing more. Their Identification in politics can
hardly have 50 soon led to any such personal
association between them. But give rs the
picture, Mr.. Yankee Notions.
Esq, of this city, has invented, land patented,
We believe,) q continuance for removing OBJ.
structions from before railroad cars in cities
1t is termed safety Attachment to City
Carr" and consists of a plowlike attachment
on each brake which, by the aid of point
travelling in the groove of the rail and pro-
vided with two small wheels, one placed hori.
zontaIly and one vertically to diminish the
friction, throws out, with kind of plow-li
action, every obstruction of whatever nature.
Recently it has been tried in the crowded
thoroughfares Of New York city, removing
logs, stones, efigies of human beings weigh
ing one hundred and fifty pounds and less,
placed in various positions on the rails to test
the capacity of the machine to answer tho
purposes intended. According to the Tribune
and Mirror, these experiments proved per-
fectly satisfactory. We congratulate Mr.. Ma
hon, the directors of city-line railway compa-
mics, and the public, compelled, at times, to
cross their tracks, upon this successful inven.
ton. Mothers, whose children play in the
streets of cities, may now rest easier when
their darlings Z" are out"
The Mystery Of Politics The recent pub.
LEGATION of the declarations in favor of Know
Nothingism made by Col. Fremont, on the
authority of members of the Massachusetts,
delegation in George Laws late Convention,
and the subsequent publication of denial
that he had given any pledge whatever to
them, signed by three members of the delega.
ton aforesaid, seem to puzzle straight forward
Know Nothipgs and Republicans amazingly
They appear unable to comprehend the dis
crepancy in these contradictory stories. We
can enlighten them in very few words There
is no doubt that Col Fremont's conversation
with the Massachusetts delegation was cor
rectly represented in the first instance But,
on being made public, it was judged that its
tendency would be to prevent him from re.
eeiving the support of q single foreign born
voter, and also to ALLEVIATE from him thousands
of the Giddings Freesoilers, who have con-
stantly opposed Know Nothingism up to this
time. Hence, the three of the Massachusett it's
delegation who signed the subsequent card
were prevailed on to eat their words, in the
hope of thus aiding Col. Fremont to escape
the legitimate consequences of his indiscre-
ton, ard that of the id good natured friends,
who undertook to obtain his endorsement of
Know Nothingism as one of the sovereign
remedies for the existing ills of the State.
Responsibility Of Army Officers Directing
Expendi ures to be made "A vessel as char.
tered for account Of the United States for the
transportation Of troops from an Atlantic port
to California. All the proper mess furniture,
cooking apparatus, &C., were, by the terms
Of the charter party, to be provided by the
owners. The apparatus proved unsuitable
and inadequate, and, by direction of the off,
Ger commanding the troops, purchases and re-
pairs on that account were made at the ex-
pense Of the United States. 1t was held that,
as the commanding officer who directed the
expenditure did not note it on the certificate
he gave of the service performed under the
charter party, so that the quarterma ster might
have deducted it from the amount due the
owners, the United States ought not to suffer
for his neglect; and the sum so paid was al
lowed to the disbursing officer, but charged to
the officer who ordered the purchases.
Sick at the Stomach.-The now so plain fact
that the old line Wings design supporting Buch-
anan and Breckinridge with much unanimi.
ty, having been announced in the W ashington
correspondence Of all the northern journals
employing writer's here, has evidently made
the Republican party press sick at the
stomach. Neither the Herald, Tribune nor
Times, Of Now York, can see the least pro
priety in their proposed course. They regard
that determination as being a strange one,
and positively disgraceful to the Wings, con.
corning whose future they suddenly ma nifest
great solicitude, indeed.
The Current Operations OF the Treasury
Dspsrtment.-On yesterday, the 10th Of June,
thers wore Of Treasury warrants entered on
the books of the Department
For redemption of Texas debit. S4S,030 IA
For tho redemption of stockf.... IL, 467 so
For the Treasury Department.. 10 90