Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-30
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

formed Democratic sources in New Hampshire
and Connecticut, which satisfy US that bucha-
nan and Breckenridge will surely triumph In
those States 1t will be recollected that within
the past year severe political battles have been
fought within the limits of each of these two
States, wherein Republicanism did its worst.
In each of them heavy Old Line Wing in
terest has since ranged itself under the banner
of the Democratic national nominees, and the
national men among the Know Nothings have
gone out from the mass of the opposition, rails
ing and fighting under the banner of Fillmore
While tie Republican party have not painsd
single vote from the Democracy within the
limits Of Connecticut or New Hampshire since
these late hand to hand and practically drawn
battles, they have lost in all Of them ,bou
sands on thousands, as illustrated above. The
worst that Republicani.m could possibly do To
the cause Of the Constitution has long since
been done throughout New England, and anv
changes taking place there within the last four
months have been all against the Republican
cause Inc political elements are all conspi
ring to make the changes in that quarter in
the right direction vast, indeed Those whose
business prosperity depends upon peace and
brotherhood in the Union are at length fairly
aroused to the extreme danger of dissolution in.
vowed In the success of the Republican party
and the instalment of its principles and views
as supreme In the Government. They are,
consequently, working just now like beavers
we may illustrate what we mean best, by
stating tact which is now notorious. Viz: in
the New Hampshire spring State election the
great ship building interest in Portsmouth and
Its vicinity voted almost to a man fo- Tho 20.
publican party, then fighting there under n
sort OF bastard American or Know NOTHING
banner. Now, it is en- M asse for Buchanan and
brsckinridge, in whose election it secs tho
only positive surety against the triumnb ne
new principles and measures that cannot be
uPPermost In the government without a suretv
tnat northern United States TONNAGE will
speedily lose its practical monopoly of the
American coast carrying trade Or, in other
words, that with divided Union. the South
and Its customers will of course have 20 reason
whatever to prefer to do their shipping on
nortnern-State bottoms, when on European
Do'tons 1t can be done as safely and conye.
nentiy, and al much less cost
Reeder,-It seems that vberever
heeder pengrlnates, there is of course money
u be made or raised. lie went, when Cover
nor oi hansas, to Pawnee city, forcing the Ter
rnOfiai Legislature to assemble there vbar.
they were compelled to camp out in the wood,
without roofs under which TO sbeIte, ,hs;r
heads. That was to make money out Of his
private speculation ir Pavnee city town Late
subsequently he Went upon The Kav Iaps-
tue iSIu' OIL MS "ard, the Kaw Indians There
ne was engaged in base effort to get their
iands from them, On terms and under eircum
stances which the Comm :ssioner Of Indian AZ
fa'rs denounced as fraudulent and embracino
betrayal OF his tlust. For those offences
asanst the Obligations of his trust, common
honesty an ordinary humanity, he was re-
moved subsequently we hear of him speak
ing foT bleeding Kansas"-having turned
abolitiOnist when so deservedly kicked out Of
once by the Democratic Administration for
mslfessance-and, Of course, holding out the
hat for contributions
Again, he was at Buffalo after Gerritt Smiths
money, nOminally "for bleeding Kansas. He
came to Washington under presenee of having
been elected to be the delegate from Kansas
through bis political friends Of the House who
voted for him without shadow of legal claim
to the delegates seat, he succeeded in hunpi.
fugglingthe United States Treasury out of some
six thousand dollars or more on that account
Last, he turns up in the New York Taberna
Gle, With the hat out again for "bleeding Kan
sas" When bleeding Kansas gets a picayupe
OF the money collected or begged by Reeder
on:ber account, it is to be hoped that she will
inform the world of the fact, as the news will,
be exceedingly refreshing indeed. The ides
Of November will bring Mr.. A. H. Reeder nm
with q round turn; after which his money mo =.
king fPeculations on abolition sympathy, Of
nce' politics, &c, will hardly pay, even accord
ing to the true value Of his Iabors
VIM C. Rives, Of virginis.-As this ,sr-
tem"n Is quite active among the cold Line
wings" Of Virginia who are eIeetionas-ino
Tor the Know Nothing Presidential non;roa
IL Is proper that his fellow citizens Of the ora
dominion should all know that in ssn,;r.,,
ne has long been heart and soul with N.
hnow Nothing party. lie applied in person,
or through friend, long since, for admission
Into the Know Nothing lodge Of tho P;,.,
ward In Alexandria, and was refused ad,,;,
mon Inc late George Plain took ground
against ms admission into that lodge, on the
plea that If DESTROYS of joining the order h,
should seek admission into lodge nearer 81,
residence; the fact of his having come ~
the way to Alexandria being eyiden.. a.,
there was something wrong in his appl;cs,;or
to be initiated
He subsequently, applied for admiss;o,
another Know Nothing lodge, and was ~,
cepted- meeting was bold to initiate ,irD