Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-21
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS

Inc Union announces the confirmation Of
wilson Shannon, of Ohio, to be Governor o,
Kansas; that Don Angel de Yturbide has
Deen accredited as Charge d'Affairs, adj ints-
I'm, from Mexico, General Almonte having
left Washington for Mexico; and the pre-.
sentation by Senior Don Juan Y de Osma, late
charge d'Afairs from Peru, of his new ere
oentiais as minister resident near this Gov
eminent. The Union also replies to the In.
tslltsencsr's wit of yesterday about its re-
markable discovery, saying: r. ~.
We regret that our neighbors have not
made this discovery sooner themselves as il
would have saved them from the completely
with Black Republicanism in which their
blind advocacy of the Missouri Compromise
mas involved them. As the scales have at last
1aHen from their eyes, We trust that the char
acter Tor fairness and cendor and conservatism
which they have sought to establish, will no
longer be appropriated TO the promotion of
sectional schemes of Black Republicans Per.
maps we ought not to be surprised that our
nelghbors have overlooked go long the truth
which strikes them rs so wonderful a discovery
1t was certainly obvious enough not to be
overlooked but so, also, was the talent for
Waggery, which our neigh ors never d discovered
Is decidedly good, and none the worse that it
about as old as the " antique event" on
which our venerable neigh bers turn wsgs II
answers, however, &c well as if il were original,
In lieu of an argument 1t lie no uncommon
thing for old and skillful tacticians like our
neighbors to avoid the force of an undeniable
argument in this way
The IHtelligsnesr says of the new steam
frigate Merrimac:
This fine ship is just about to depart on
trial trip IN order to test the general working
OF ner engine; for which purpose the roug b
weather SO prevalent on our coast at this sea-
son is well adapted
1.-The MerTimack il the first of the new
screw -frigates, for which the navy ia so largely
indebted to Secretary Dobbin and ut is to be
hoped that his reasonable sntieipations in re
gard TO her performance may be realized
Ihe steam vessels Of the navy that have p,e.
coded this excellent class Of ships NAV be
considered, strictly speaking, to have failed
ei'ner In principle or In execution. Their
great speed has been purchased at too great
cost either of means or of other ouaiities
while many of them, even after these sacri-
noes. have proved too deficient in the motive
power, Tor which so much had been made 10
give way. The screw frigate is after all
among war steamers what the sailing frigate
mas been among national vessels prior to the
introduction Of steam-each uniting in the
highest degree the qualities of force. speed.
accommodation for the men, and capacity for
stowage.
In power of battery the new screw -frigates
are peheVed to have maLy advantages over
the latest frgates Of foreign navies Their
gun-decks are lined with the 9-inch she'll guns,
recently adopted, which are known to over.
match any shell guns carried on broadside by
English or French ships, whilst at each end Il
heavy pivot 10-insh, likewise Of recent date.
and modelled like the 9-inch shell guns, from
which shells Of 100 lbs. are projected. In
these improvements of the battery Secretary
Dobbin has taken great interest, and it is to
his decision that the Niagara owes her entire
battery Of very heavy pivot guns.