Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-12-29

hoods against the South, published in the
Edinburgh Rsrtew, by way Ct getting over
the proof Of their want of foundation emb racsd
10 the U. S. Census, thi, scaly fellow (Hurlbut)
must needs tell falsehocd about Mr.. Dc Bow
too. Saying
The Census Of the United Ststes, prepared
In 1880, under the supervision of we'll knsyn
Southern writer sne advocate of slavery, Mr..
De bow, returns the total, etc etc It ia
COMMONLY alleged in the United States that
tho returns were tampered with to servo q
party purpose, etc etc"
The latter thus dispose. Q. The charge of this
poor devil
No one but blind zealot, or crazv fac.
ee.ist, could make such a charge, If he would
occupy but moment in examing the matter
Aue reasons OF this are obvious enough Since
FIRST Full copies Of all tho returns are
uepositea In manuscript n every county and
STATE IN the Union. whilst the oyigin1is are
hoW HE'D away in the Department Of the In.
terror at Washington, who're they are acoessi-
Die at any moment to every one. Ofcourse, in
tao certainty OF detection, only a madman,
rs well az knsve, could have undertaken to
tampeT' with them, for party or eny
other purposes
Second From the teIy nature Of an Office
employing such n large number Of persons.
IKE that Of the Census--persons from the
Month, South, East and West-through whose
names ali the vOluminous returns must pas,
before they can reach the head Of the Office
persons who make ali the CONVERSATIONS and
verlhcations, and 20 whom everything done
m the ofsss mus. necessarily be as Familiarity
known as the alphabes self
Third From the fact, easily aeeertained at
ashingtOn, that during TIE whole course of
my labors upon the Compendium and Mortal
lty Repcrts, continued at the head of the
0ftce ander me, and responsible to me for its
details, a citizen of Psnnsykran,a, whom [
had appointed, who was, L believe &. Wing;
and had never crossed, ] th'rh, Mason and
Dixon line, until eHcs. the time Of his en-
trance at the eensus office. This gentlem m
had the general direc ton Of the labors Of tho
clerks; assigned to each his department; re-
ceiyed the reports, and finally handed them
over to me. lie is still in tie office, in charge
of all the returns, and the manuscripts which
formed the basis Of the publications -"
After this, Hurlbut will probably pitch on
sctAe one else when aiming to sustain his false
hoods published abroad against a sectio, 6:
his country, by telling plsnsitle is about an
individual
Reor3acks Exploded. - The Charleston
1'ierc"ry declares the stories abcu. cruelty to
slaves in that city, now and for some time past
being published in the New York Erening
Post with great pre.ence Of particularly,
are gross fabrications. These stories Being the
stuff of which Republican party capital is
made erlcng the masses of the North, (who
ere blessed with jus: about sufficient educa,
ton to make them willing listeners to ard be-
levers in such rOorbackg,l are .e!ng very ex-
tens;vely repuhli@sei It newspapers of aboi-
tion Tendencies. We are curious to see how
a.Gny Ct them will! tell their readers that the
NercUry pronounces them baseless fabrica-
tons.
The California Election. have the
following letter from a friend in California:
SAN Francisco, Dec. ), 1856.
Our Secretary OF State says, in counting the
electoral vote, that Mr. buchanan is more
than sixteen thousand (l6 000) votes ahead Of
Fillmore and thirty one thousand $1,000
ahead Of Fremont.
Charles Fairfax. Esq Democrat formerly
Of the District Of Columbia, is elected clerk Of
the Supreme Court of California by over
eighteen thousand ahead Of his highest antag-
onist lie received more than two thousand
votes more than either Congressman on the
same ticket
Wilder.-We hear that many efforts have
been made and are now being made to induce
the President to pardon VIM. II. Wilder, who
ii will be remembered lie now in the States
prison Of Louisiana for forging land warrant
papers. The plea alleged is his iIl-health.
Our opinion is that he will be left to serve out
his term, his case having been one of the most
fagrant known to the history of the Pension
bureau. He is well known here, having been
among the very fastest men who were in the
habit of visiting Washington periodically
Resignation Of an Army Officer. The
resign alton Of BreTet Lieutenant Colonel Jo-
seph LII. Eaton, captain third infantry, has
been accepted b. the President, to take effect
December 81, 1886
Tho Current Operations Of the Treasury
department On Saturday, 9th December,
there were of Treasury warrants entsred On
the books of the Department
Texas debt warrants. SO $50 IS
For tic redemption of Stocks.... 46603 50
For the Treasury Department. s7,O24 90
For tee Interior Dcp3rtment..... l293S "a
For Customs. .,................. 81 l0l 20
War warrants received and en-
tered. $500. 49,. $3.50 13
Warrepay warrantsrecoiyoda
entered. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 455 70