Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-23
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pes OF law and strict justice aiming only 10
Findic tie the honor of the House by the dis
'overy and exposure of the guilty members,
if such there be, or to satisfy the world OF the
and utter mendacity Of the
,harges against the integrity Of tho National
Legislature. This We take to be the unan'
nous Judgment of all in W ashington.
We make these reflections and suggestions
on the subject, only by way of inducing the
Senate so to amend the bill as that, not being
offensive to ordinary principles Of jurispru.
dence and liable to become the means of work.
ing injustice and oppression, it may really cure
the evil it aims to eradicate.
Business bsfore the House -Ihere are now
but fourteen days of the session left in which
to dispose of the. mass of bills of public i'm
portancs yet remaining on the calendar-that
is, in the order in which they stand upon the
calendar. 1t will be reeOllected that Mon
days are dedicated to such business as can be
got before the House by successful motions to
suspend tie rules, and Fridays and Saturdays
to the consideration Of private bills. 1t will
be seen that, with the best possible manage
ment, therefore, it will be impossible even to
approach the consideration Of much that
stands upon the general calendar; while, TAX
ing the previous history Of the legislation of
the House near the termination Of a session
as a just criterion on which to base an opinion,
there is a strong probability that many i'm
portant matters will be disposed of under cir
cunstances in which more or less members
VIII not be able to comprehend the ultimate
effect of their votes The problem, how many
or how few, is to be solved only by the solu.
ton Of that CT how many of the brief remain
ing hours Of the session are t. be devoted to
the delivery Of speeches for Buncombe. 1t is
to be hoped that the country will note who
among the members, under such circumstances,
is of opinion that it is proper that the legiti.
mate public business should he postponed to
enable him to fire off political speech.
The Inauguration. From all accounts in
distant newspapers we are satisfied that the
throrg in Washington en- the fourth of March
next will be twice as numerous as ever before
on similar occasion. The following from the
Baltimore Sun will give the reader some idea
of the preparations being made to attend
EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS roR THE FOURTH
OF Marco Tho approaching Inauguration Of
the President elect bids fair to excel all others
IL the number of its witnesses We hear Of
the most enlarged preparations for the event.
and among other items Of Information We
learn that the transportation lines leading to
Washington from all quarters are already run
down with propositions to convey the expect
ant crowd. The Baltimore and Ohio company,
whose branch road forms the funnel through
which is poured all the Eastern, Northern and
Western travel to the national metropolis has
arranged, it is said, with a number of politi-
cal, military, hremen and other associations,
to carry them from Wheeling and Baltimore
to Washington on the 81, and back on the 9th
of March The company are further said to
anticipate such a pressure upon the day Of the
Inauguration that they will not undertake to
make special or exclusive provision for asso-
Citations on that day
Among the parties who have secured accom-.
modatlors on the Sd are military companies
FROM Pennsylvania and New York and two
fire companies from New York and Boston
"A proposition has been made to the company
we understand, TO furnish an excursion party
from the eastern States and New York city
tor eighteen passenger csrs-say 900 people,
who are to pass through Baltimore on the
morning and evening of the fourth. going and
returning from the inauguration. We thus
have IN these projected journeyings Of the
people TO Washington foresh Allowing of the
mass which will be presented on the 4th of
March next TO witness the great event Of the
peaceful change Of the administration, under
the constitution Of the country
The Wagon Road We are glad to per-
ceive that public attention is at length being
awakened to the feasibility of the construc.
ton of the proposed Military Road from some
point in 81 ssouri to the settled portion of Cal
ifornia, and to the fact that to construct it
will cover the real necessities of the case in
Volved in the plan Of making a railroad over
the route at the cost Of the rational Treasury
directly CT indirectly. For years past we have
doLc our best to make these facts known to
the public. While the Military Road, with set.
Elements every thirty miles or so along it, will
afford way for overland emigration parties
to travel the route, it will secure them from
molestation by hostile savages and ford them
the means Of obtaining supplies, the want of
which is 50 destructive Of the property Cattle,
horses, vehicles, &c Of those who essay to
make the overland journey either to Califor-
MIA, or to Washington or Oregon Territories.
Esbeas Corpus.-We hear that J. W. 81.
monitor has applied to the L. S. Circuit Court
for this District for writ Of habeas corpus,
directed TO Deputy Sergeant. at.Arms, Flood,
requiring him to show by what legal authority
he holds the body of the said Simonton in Gus
tody, and that the questions arising under it
are to be argued to-day by the Hon. Reverdy
johnson, bis counsel.
The decision Of the Circuit Court in this
matter will settle the point so ardentIy dis
puted in the Hall, as to the extent Of the ex.
isting authority Of the House to punish con
tempts.
=. 5. At ii a. II. tc-lay no such writ had
been issued.
LATESr.-At two p. In. no application for
writ Of babeas corpus had been made by Mr.
Simonton, his counsel being engaged in exam