Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-30
benefits will surely follow the defeat of Know
Nothingism at our election on Monday next.

benefits will surely follow the defeat Of Know
Nothingism at our election on Monday next.
The Oh allenge.-We learn that GeneraI
Lane, of Oregon, was, yesterday, the bearer OF
a challenge from Hon. P. s. Brooks, of South
Carolina, to Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massa
chusetts. The letter Of Mr.. Brooks, we learn,
concludes thus:
q, therefore, hold myself at liberty BY this
note to request that you will inform me with
out delay where and when outside of this Dis
trlct further note will find you
Gen. Wilson replies:
81 characterized. on the floor of the Senate,
the assault upon my colleague Is brutal,
murderous and cOwardly." Thought SO then.
L think 30 now. / have no qualifications
whatever to make in regard to those words. /
nave always regarded duelling rs the inger-
Ing relic of barbarous civilization, which
the law of the country has branded as crime.
While, therefore, 1 rsligiously believe in the
rlghs of self-defense in its broadcast sense, the
law Of my country and the matured convio-
tions of my whole life alike forbid me to meet
you for the purpose indicated in your letter"
Vote Early 1t is to be hoped that every
anti Know Nothing voter of W ashington, draw
ing wisdom from the experience of our last
municipal election, oomprehsnds the import
ance Of essaying to get in his vote as near the
opening Of the polls as possible. The fact
that the number of precincts is doubled and
the time during which the polls are to be kept
open is heightened, furnish no reason for ne
gscting the prime duty of voting as early as
possible. At the last election the anti-Know
Nothing cause lost full FIVE hundred votes,
owing to the difficulty attending the getting
them in, most of which loss would have been
avoided if the voters welding them had At.
tended early and kept their places in the lines
until reaching the windows. Nine-tenths of
the violence that disgraced that election and
deferred hundreds from psrsevering until they
could exercise their right, occurred in the af-
ternoOn, when the laggards came on in crowds
1t is the duty of every voter, Of whatever
politics, to strive to dsposite his vote as early
as possible on Monday next.
An Old 'Un.-Yesterday We saw, in this
city, Roman silver coin, weighing about as
much as two of our ten-cent pieces will weigh,
and Of the diameter Of tho 12f- cent piece
1t was coined as early as A. D. 30. and its
execution is not inferior to many of the silver
coins Of this era. On one side it bears the
inscription "Tiberius Imperator," around
raised bust of the Emperor Tiberius, on the
throne when it was coined very marked
and distinct countenance, indeed. On the
other side, it bears a raised figure Of female
(seatsd) resting one hand on a lance standing
on the ground, and bearing a branch in the
other hand. twas sent to friend in Wash
ington by Buckingham Smith, ESQ the Sec
rotary Of the Legation of the United State.
in Madrid, who is himself distinguished
numismatist and literary antiq uarian.
Telegraphic Feat.-The voluminous and
important documents communicated yester-
day to Congress by the President, concerning
our relations with England, were transmitted
by the telegraphic agents Of the associated
press to the principal cities northward, and
appear this morning in the columns of the
leading journals of those cities.
Salt Lake Mail BY Geographic despatch
from Independence, Mo, dated May %, we
learn that the Salt Lake mail, which left Salt
Lake on the LIST of April, arrived at Indepen-
dence on the Goth Of April. 1t was delayed in
consequence Of high weather and deep snow
in the mountains
Removal 1t was runored on the Avenue
yesterday afternoon that Virgil D. Paris,
special agent of the Post Office Department for
the New England section, had been removed.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Department.-On yeterday, the Goth of May,
there were Of Treasury warrants entered on
tho books Of the Department
For the redemption Of stockg.... 1923 697 80
For the Treasury Department. 1902 IA
For tbs Interior Department. 4,OSS "a
ror customs. .'................. 1888 38
Var warrants received and en-.
tered. ..................... 1880 20
From Lands. ................... 2,288 q
from miscellaneous sources...... IL %
On account Of the Navy........ SO Os2 As