Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-24

guerreotyped in his New Hampshire Reporter
Of the 9Th of April, 1855, in an article signed
with an " index''-thus ~, which, accord.
ing to the notice standing at the head of the
editorial column of that paper on that day,
indicates that it is from Edmund Burke's pen.
We extract from it as follows:
"The American party will be substapti.
ally, if not ultimately in name, the great
American Democratic Republican party. and
henceforth it will govern this Republic The
great issues which it tenders to its enemies,
are the inviolability of the Union, and that
America shall be ruled by Americans; and
upon these issues it is ready to stand or fall.
But 1t will not fall. The American people
will rally almost to a man under tho banner
of that party which has inscribed its folds the
noble and spirit stirring principles which we
1t is not party of prescription. 1t inter
feres between no mans conscience and his
God. 1t only says to the Roman Catholic, We
cannot trust you with the administration OF
our precious republican government, while
you hold to faith which recognizes as its
head foreign potentste. As soon as you re-
pudiate the political and religious supremacy
of the Pope, and the vile tools of the Roman
Catholic Church, the Jesuits, and like all
other christian sects, acknowledge Jesus Christ
alone as the founder and head of your Church,
our opposition to you will vanish"
Pretty gentleman, this Mr.. Edmund Burke,
to be going to Cincinnati to counsel the Dem
ocratic National Convention what the real
views of the Democracy of New Hampshire
and the North, generally, are, upon the ques-
ton of the nomination.
Virginia.-All the districts of the Old Do
minion have now elected delegates to the Gin
cinnati Convention. We yesterday published
the result in the two last districts wherein
one Buchanan man and three anti-Buchanan
well-informed Democratic politician in this
city who now fails to comprehend the fact
that the vote of Virginia, at Cincinnati, will
beragainst Mr.. Buchanan beyond peradven.
ture. We recur to this subject as illustrative
of the accuracy Of our statements in advance
concerning the condition of political affairs
Our business is to keep the public posted with
correct information on all points of public
interest In this case the New York Herald
and other intensely Standardization presses
have been misrepressnting matters for polit-
ical effect; and in so doing they have injured
the cause they have at hesrt-the prevention
Of the denomination of President Pierce
Devastation "A subscriber writing from
the Choctaw country, on the borders of Ar.
kansas, writes US that so great has been the
recent devastation of the locusts throughout
" the Nation" as that nearly all there have
abandoned their corn and cotton crops of the
season in despair. Great consequent suffering
ON account of this af8icton from Divine Prov.
idence is anticipated.
A Correction.-A Washington correspond
ent of the Baltimore San says that "the
Board of Examiners is in session, not for the
admission of new men, but for the promotion
Of engineers (navaD already in the service"
This is a mistake: the Board is assembled for
both purposes, and is but examining candi-
dates for promotion in the naval engineer
corps first.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Departm ent.-Cn yesterday, the 23d of May,
there were ef Treasury warrants entered on
the DOCKS OF the Department
For the redemption of stooks.... 500, 1875 30
For the Treasury Department. 1,810 IS
For the Interior Department..... 46,1l9 ii
For Customs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2O,809 Is
On account of the Navy......... II, $40 &c
War warrants received and en-
tered. .................... 1884 So
Interior repay warrants received
and entered.... .............. 9,s7l 90
From miscellaneous sources. 1873 SO
From Customs .................. 3O97 20