Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-07-07

to Buchanan by fifty thousand majority while
the other delegates from that State made no
secret Of their belief, that to essay to add to
the Fremont dose the dose Of VIM. F. John
ston for the Vice Presidency, would probably
secure for Buchanan double the majority indi-
Gated by the sagacious and experienced Mr.
Stevens!
Now, these two individuals have been, per-
haps, the most conspicuous and jealous Know
Nothings in the land laboring harder to OBJ.
tain prominence in " the Order" than per.
haps any other two men in the United States
They have been their party's men of all work,
and have earned only noteriety SO notorious
as that their touch is voted by their fellows
at home to involve political death. Not q
few patriotic Know Nothings in this quarter
have been treated rather ungratefully by
their friends in the matter of nominations,
but these two have been more shOckingly dealt
with, if about according to their deserts.
Born notwithstanding to the Republican
press, we have not only Bourbon I"
amongst us as was so conclusively proved not
long since to the satisfaction of-here and
there fool-by the reverend Ebenezer Will
liams, but a veritable second Washington,
and what is quite as remarkable too, second
Patrick Henry. The Washington being John
c. Fremont, and the Henry, of course no other
than the Mr.. Dayton, of New Jersey, recently
nominated by the Republicans for the Vice
Presidency.
1t was our lot to have had our eyes on this
new born Patrick Henry in the Senate cham
Der every day he sat therein from his entrance
on to his exit from the stage of public affairs
in this city. We therefore know the me tai of
the man as thoroughly as any one man can
possibly know the calebre of another. Now
we aver positively that no other man has
served In that body in the last seventeen years
who has made less character in so doing, with
a single exception-John Fremont-whose
entire unftness to be entrusted with the duty
of thinking in connection with American pub
lie affairs, became so manifest as to have been
from that day to this standing joke among
the reporters and correspondents for the press,
a class of shrewd observers and astute COM
mentators on the capacities and character OF
public men. Dayton, is intellectually an owl,
with the dignity (pomposity) of peacock
He is good ntSi PyInS lawyer. There his
capacity terminates. The ultraism and bigot-
ry Of his federalism rendered him a mono
maniac against progress while in the Senate,
where his idiosyncrasies had 10 influence
whatever. because his intellect was too feeble
to give them effective point. His bombast,
coupled with his so remarkable weakness rem
dered him the laughing stock of the reporters
gallery for years.
This is the Gods truth about the TriBuns's
second /" Patrick Henry"
The End Of the Enlistment Question -
The sum of the last news from England upon
the Enlistment embroglio is, that public opin-
ion there most completely justifes the course
OF this Government upon it, from beginning to
end. It's force (that of British public opinion)
has compelled its Government, however re-
luctantly, to acquiese gracefully at last, in
admitting the entire propriety of the course
of the American President and State Depart
ment. We record the fact just now only to
call the attention of our cotemporary Of the
Courier des Etas Un,s, and of the French
Embassy in this city, to the position in which
they are thus placed it being a significant
commentary, indeed, upon the justice and
propriety of their course in rushing so swiftly
forward to NEEDLE in the matter, against the
side of the United States, thus indicated so
triumphantly by the tardy admissions of their
antagonist-the British Government The
position in which the Courier and the French
Legation are left by this alteration of the tone
of Britain upon this question illustrates, with
degree of force Undesirable with the pen,
the idea of quitting ones foot in it -
Left Washington.-We hear that Senator
Sumner left Washington this morning on the
train for Baltimore ; for some watering place,
we presume.
The wags around town have, for some days
past, been discussing the propriety Of serving
a writ Of ha6eas corpus upon the Republican
party managers requiring them to produce
the honorable Senator and to show cause why
they have been holding him in so close eustc-
dy for political effect
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Dspartment.-On Saturday, the 5th of July,
there were of Treasury warrants entered on
the books Of the Department
For the redemption of Stocks.... s6.3S SO
For the treasury Department. 6,446 95
For tho Interior Departmental. 4,283 OF
For Customs. .................. 4O,561 %
War warrants received and On
tered ....................... 1907 %
From miscellaneous sources...... 70 %
FROM customs ................. s. 81
CONGRESSIONAL PROCRRnINes