Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-03-17
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Tho Scheme Among those who vote stead
lily with the Republicans in the House are at
least twenty gentlemen, who, if called mem
bers of the Republican party, affect to tske
the allegation in high dudgeon. They are, Of
course, sympathi.ers with the wing Of the
Know Nothing party that bolted the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Fillmore, and seeded from the
recent Philadelphia Convention. We are sat
isfied that their affostation Of anti-Republican
partyi,m is designed only to enable them to
carry over as large a wing of the remaining
Northern Know Nothing party to the Repub-
Iicans as possible, when their cherished scheme
shall be put in execution. This scheme is to
hold Northern Know Nothing Presidential
convention in advance Of the approaching
Republican party Presidential convention,
and to nominate a candidate sound" on ma
tional questions, according to the Republican
interpretation of the term. Senators Seward,
Wade, Wilson, ct al; Representatives Gid
dings, Stanton, ct al; and editors Greeley,
Bailey, ct al who form the Republican Cam.
ariAa at the seat of Government, will, Of
course, dictate their nominee. At present
their hopes hang on Judge John Mclean, of
the Supreme Court Of the United States. If
that gentleman is ambitious of martyrdom in
the cause Of abolitionism, he has it in his
power to be gratifed to his hearts content; as
it is we'll understood between the Know Moth
ings and the Republican anti-Know Nothings
Of Congress that he is TO be their joint nomi-
nee, if he will accept that compliment at their
hands.
Hon. John A. Rockwell.-This gentleman,
80 we'll known to most of our fellow citizens,
has just been honored with the straight Whig
nomination for Governor of his State-Connec
ticut While it is hardly possible that he
can poll more than two thousand votes, if SO
many (the original Wing party of his State
being now divided up between the Know
Nothings, Republicans, and Democrats,) we
question whether either party will present an
ADLER, safer, or more deserving candidate
He has what SO many Of the public men Of
the hour grievously lack, viz: great expert
ence in the conduct of public affairs. 1t is
now the fashion to " whistle" tn at "down the
wind, }" the pre- vailing doctrine seeming to be
that men become statesmen in this decade in
tuitively. Much of the extravaganza ultra
and unconstitutional legislation now marking
the history of the doings of various Northern
State Legislatures, and the acts of their Execu.
tives, is the natural fruit of the popular con-
tempt in which experience in the conduct OF
public affairs is at present held.
The Current Operations Of the Treasury
Dspartment.-On Saturday, 18th of March
there were of Treasury warrants entered or
the books of the Department
For the Treasury Department. S4S, 81 Al
For the Interior Department..... 20,IS6 OF
For Customs. ..'................ 4,845 4a
War warrants received and en-
tered.....................:... 4O,5so oc
Interior repay warrants received
and entered. .................. 1900 o.
FROM miscellaneous sources. so 0C
From Customs. s0,028 90
On account of the Navy......... e6,2O8 "A