Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-18
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

papers by the arrival Of the George Law on
her last trip, is in a fever Of excitement over
the appointment of . Mr.. McDuffee, of that
State, to be the marshal of the United States
for the district of California. 1t turns out,
that instead of being the proper man for the
position, (as, of course, the President thought
him to be, or he would not have appointed
him. his business there was, not very long
since, that Of q chevalter d'industrts-or, in
other words, a professional gambler. 1t is
charged in the San Francisco Bulletin, which
attacks the appointment with great severity,
that Charles Cora, the italian gambler, who
recently murdered McDuffees predecessor in
the marshalship, the lamented Col Richard
son, was the partner or associate of McDuffse
in I" the help of the latter; and that Van
Read, who was at the same time partner in
McD.'s gambling house, was obviously and
Extensively busy in hunting up testimony to
get Cora clear of the law; while McDufee was
absent, having come on to Washington to get
the Office made vacant by Cora's bloody hand.
The San Francisco Weekly Times, though
defending AcDuffee with warmth, admits the
truth Of all these statements concerning him.
That journal says nothing concerning the
Bullettns allegation that McDuffee and Cora
are the protectors" of two Of the most noto.
rious women in California, who, being sisters,
make an additional tie between the two men.
Now it is very clear, if the statements of the
Bulletin and the admissions Of the Weekly
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ceeded in grossly deceiving the President with
reference to his true character; or he would
never have obtained the office. As matter
of course, the President could know nothing
of this mans history and position of his own
knowledge, and was forced to rely on the rep
reservations of others as to such points. 1t is
the habit Of every administration necessarily
so to do; and in making as many thousand
appointments as the American Executive
must, the wonder to US is that that function
airy stumbles on but few such customers az
this Mr. McDuffee.
If Med. is the man he is described to be in
California journals that have spoken either
for or against him, we take it for granted that
his official head was not fairly on his shoulders
before it was taken off again as it is highly
probable that the arrival bringing hither the
indignant comments on his appointment. also
brought proof from California that McDuffee
had egregiously imposed on the President
We therefore presume that the good people of
California need give themselves no further
trouble or uneasiness on Mods account, as
nothing is easier than to right such a wrong
as they say has been committed. The greatest
evil involved, is that the state of society con-
tinues in California to be such to this day, as
that person of Mods so recent antecedents
there will presume to apply for such posi-
ton, and has weight enough at home to find
the backing" necessary to lead the Execu-
tive of the United States into 80 grave an
error; for we take it for granted that he was,
as all applicants for such places are, loaded
down with letters Of recommendation from
individuals claiming the right to advise as to
the appointment to the partc ular Office he
| sought
Washington National Monument The
L SPiOy iONICW VI tuC IcpOTl vi tuOSe
who not long since took possession of the af-
| fairs of the Washington Monument Society, is
| from the pen of our esteemed fellow citizen,
VIM. Dougherty, late the superintendent Of
that work II makes the fur fly. decidedly
In the National Intelligencer of the lst in
| slant, is published the report of the Know
Nothing Board Of Managers of the W ashing-
ton National Monument, for the past year, in
which, after acknowledging the complete fail
| ure on their part to carry on the work they
endeavor to shield themselves by patching up
tissue Of falsehOods from beginning to end,
and whiningly complain that the unfortunate
| publication las they term it, by the old Board,
| was believed by their own party in preference
| to their statement, and caused the subscrip-
| tions that had been made in their Councils to
| be withheld. What a humiliating acknowl
| edgment this, to the great Vespasian, who
| twelve months since exultingly boasted in the
| columns of the Organ, that the great An,sri.
can party had got control Of the Monument,
| and that in two years time they would finish
the obelisk to its contemplated height, and
| before their term of office had expired three
years. that the whole structure, Pantheon
and all, would be completed.
| After lamenting over the unhappy differ
ence Of opinion between themselves and the
old Board as to the legality of their election,
| they state that its effects have been that to
| this day they have been unable to discover
! what agents are at work, or have been au-
| thorized to collect funds. For this assertion
| they have no excuse whatever. They knew
| when they uttered il that it was untrue; the
| record of every person who had ever been ap-
| pointed to collect funds, together with the
bonds of his securities, are now, and have
| been, in their possession since she time they
| fraudulently obtained control of the work.
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and papers have been retained by him and
were not submitted to their inspection This
| is certainly very modest 1t is like stealing
a mans horse and then complaining that no
| will not give them the saddle and bride also
The treasurer's vouchers they have in their
possession {: but the books being his only safe
guard in case the vouchers were destroyed or
made way with, he knows the value of them
to himself too well to part with them except to
+, those who may have just and legal right to
receive them.
They next state that they have not been
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