Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-27

cal capital, offered long string of resolu-
tons, which were agreed to by the House of
Representatives, calling upon the Secretary
Of War for general and specific information
relative to the Capitol and Post Once extern
sion. The answers were furnished by Capt.
Neigs, the Superintendent in charge of both
buildings, through tho Secretary of War, and
the document has just been printed. From
glance at the more than two hundred pages.
it is evident that the affairs of construction
have been conducted in thoroughly accurate
manner, and the thousands of items of expen.
diture carefully noted so that everybody
can see " the way the money goes" And the
report is accompanied by such frank explans-
tions as must convince even Mr.. Ball himself
that, while the work has been we'll done, due
regard has been paid to economy. The pay
OF the employees in every department the
rules regulating the workmen the price of
materials; the names Of the persons who have
supplied them, by contract and otherwise
aud much additional Information is furnished
in full. Even the contracts form part of the
document. Tho "price of putty" may be as
certained by reference to the one hundred
and ninety-second page; but Mr.. Ball may
complain because the information is not cuff
ciently explicit as to the amount paid for
" soap."
The Law Regulating The Manner Of Hold
ing the Presidential Election In reply to
the inquiry Of our correspondent, j. r II ,
we state that the act of Congress passed
January %, 1S45, and designed to establish a
uniform time for holding elections for electors
of President and Vice President of the United
States in all the States Of the Union, provides
that
"The electors of President and Vice Presi.
dent shall be appointed in each State on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month Of November in the year in which they
are to be appointed: Provided that each State
may by law provide for the filling of any va
cancy or vacancies which may occur in its
college Of electors when such college meets to
give its electoral vote: And provided also
when any State shall have held an election
for the purpose Of choosing electors and shall
fail to make choice on the day aforesaid,
then the electors may be appointed on a SUBJ
sequent day in such manner as the State shall
by law provide
"whigs, and nothing but whigs.''-The
Inteiltgencer gives full credit to the assertion
Of contemporsry-the Fayetteville IN. c.
Obs.rUsr-that the late convention in Balti.
more was composed of Wings, nothing but
Wings" and that it is not known or be.
lieved that single individual who ever be-
longed to the American party was member"
of it Our readers are aware that the "Know
Nothing ritual enjoined upon the members
of that organization the sworn duty of deny
ing their connection with it :; and hence the
uniform reply of " L don't know to the cues.
ton so often asked, care you Know Moth
ing ~ Deception or evasion was a part of
their game, and is now. An effort is made TO
draw a distinction between Know Nothing
and American - but there is no difference,
In principle, between the two.
Death Of George Steers We yesterday an.
nounced, in the Telegraph column, that this
famous yacht and ship. builder met, on Thurs
day, sudden and violent death. 1t appears
that he was proceeding in q buggy from New
York city to Little Neck, Long Island, to bring
his family to the city, when his horse took
fright. He jumped out, but was unfortunately
struck by the vehicle on the head, Frustrated, |
and rendered senseless. He died late in the
night of that day. This celebrated mechanic
was, it will be recolected, the builder of the
yacht America, which, in England, won the
prize awarded to the swiftest yacht of all ma.
tions. The greatest triumph of Mr. Steers is
the steamship Adriatic, constructed by him
for the Collins line He was aboutthirty fvo
years of age; native Of the city of Washing.
TOD, but had lived in New York from his bow
hood
The Republicans Of Maryland have at
last formed their electoral ticket for Presi.
dent and Vice President and for the State at
large, Francis P. Blair and William Pinknev
Ewing are the first on the list. For the Con.
gressional districts-First, James Bryan Sec
ond, John Lincoln Third, G. w. Martenet: |
Fourth, Francis F. Corkran; Fifth. David
Gamble; Sixth, John Switzer.
We publish these names that the Star,
readers may SEQ who are lending themselves
to the purposes Of those who, in a slave State.
are seeking to overthrow the institutions Of |
the South.
Escort have been made in
Baltimore for the reception Of the President
Of the United States The various regiments
are to conduct him from the Camden station
through the principal streets to the Philadel-
phia depot, and committee, consisting of ono |
officer from each regiment and one from each
company, was appointed at the meeting last
night, to receive the President at the District
OF Columbia line and conduct him through
Baltimore to the Delaware line.
Dead We stated, several days ago, that |
Capt. g. Williams was lying dangerously i'll,
and now perform the painful duty of recording
his death, which occurred yesterday afternoon.
lie was in command of the marines at the
Navy Yard in which station he was highly