Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-07

ting debate, which was participated in by large
ing could be done, and motion was made 70 al
was carried.
The Republican members held a caucus in N.
| room Of the Committee of Commerce Fifty-one
| were present. A resolution passed unani-
monsly reasserting the doctrines of the Philadel-
phia platform, when, without transacting further
business, motionwas carried to adjourn until
Monday morning at half past o'clock
An ExPLANArIoN.-An earnest Democrats
friend having misinterpreted a portion of a
brief paragraph in the Star of Saturday last,
ack acknowledging the efficiency of the services Of
the New Hampshire Patriot and Dayton (Ohio)
Empire in the good cause of the acceptance Of
the Constitution of Kansas by Congress, 90 az
to mean advice that it be rejected, lest others
| may draw similar conclusions we hasten to cor
rect the phraseology of the sentence SO that GU II
meaning will be obvious to ALL We said on
that occasion a-. ......-
"DOING Coon SERVICE NO other two Demo-
cratic newspapers are just now doing better ser
vice in the good cause of the immediate settle
ment Of the Kansas mbrOglio by remittjno II
back to the people of the Territory, clothed NTH
al the undoubted poIers of citizens of a State
Of the North American Con federacv, than the
New Hampshire Patriot and the DAYTON (Oho)
Empire"
Our meaning was to compliment them for
their efficiency in advocating the prompt ac-
ceptance of the Constitution, and admission of
Kansas as State upon 1t, by which acts the
people OF the Territory will be instantly invest
ed with all the functions of citizens of a State.
which will give them the same power at once
to al er and amend any portion of their funda-
men; al law at viii, is enjoyed by the people of
every State of the Union. The argument of the
opponents of the acceptance of the instrument
is that that act will force the people of the
Territory to live under constitution repug-
nant to majority of them; and in speaking of
RENTING the instrument back to them when
clothed with all the functions of State citizen.
ship, We simply aimed thus to illustrate, in as
few words as possible, the fact that there is no
soundness whatever in the plea of our oppo.
nents that the action we advocate can BY DOS
sble chance interfere with any substantial
right of the alleged majority of the inhabitants
of tho Territory.
The CALIFORNIA WAGON ROAD "A letter
has been received by the Secretary of " ar from
L. F. Beale, Superintendent of the Wagon Road
from Fort Defiance to the Mohavi river, dated
9th September, 100 miles east of the Colorado
river, in which he says:
II have the honor to report my arrival at this
place, acreek flowing north into the Colorado
| have spent the last ten days in constant explo-
ratlons OF the country in advance of me, towards
the Great river, in order that might know on
what 70 depend when left this place, as II e
and water.
s'Up to this point, the road has been beyond
all comparison, over the easiest unbroken coun-
try for the same distance, have ever seen and
should il prove of more difficult character from
this point TO the State line Of California 1t will
even then be, thousand times better one than
any know OF, carrying, as it does, abundance of
water and grass throughout, and passing through
the finest forests Of pine timber possible to con-
ceive.
II send Mr.. Thorburn to- dsy on an exploring
another line tomorrow.
= | cannot sufficiently express my ad miration of
that noble brute, the camel and look forward
confidently to the day when they will be found in
general use In all parts of the country. The idea
that their feet would break down in travelling
over rocky ground, is an exploded absurdity. In
oil the explorations over the toughest possible
volcanic rock they have been with MS, patiently
pack king water, of which they never drank d-op
aud corn, of which they never tasted a grain On
the expedition from which returned Yesterday,
they were four days without water and apparent.
ly without feeling the want of it,
send back TO- day part of my escort, hav-
ing no further use for 1t. My animals are all in
good condition, aud the men in good spirits.
The next dispatch you will receive from me
will announce my arrival in California, and also
the fact OF my starting back on my return.
81 repeat, that up to this point, the road, con-
sidering its length and the fact that IL is un-
broken is the best in all points in the world, and
that it will prove, in spite of all opposition to the
contrary, the great emigrant route to California
Ii cannot fail In this, for II is nea y two hundred
miles shorter than any other, and carries grass
wood and water, besides being very fertile ia ali
parts''
The ENGLIsH AND FRENCH PROTEsr-Some
time since we mentioned that the English and
French Ministers at this capital had been in
structed by their respective Governments (un-
der joint understanding to demonstrate with
the Governmentofthe United States against Il .
impunity with which organized bands of Ameri-
can desperadoes assail the territorial rights of
weaker neighboring nations. To-day we find
the fact disputed in sundry exchange papers
Now, we have to say, that though the fact Of
walkers escape ere the arrival of the instruc-
tons IN question Mt Washington, or some other
good and sufficient State reason, may have in
dueed the Withholding of the remonstrance in
question, that it was originally determined on
AID directed, is proved by a semi-oficial an
The UTAH ExPEDIrION.--Dr Jacob Forney
superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Ter
ritOry of Utah, has written a letter TO the In
dian Bureau, dated Fort Laramie, October 26,
1857, (and which the Acting Commissioners
Charles L. Mix, Esq, has kindly permitted us
to peruse.) in which he states that the troops
would leave there on the evening of that day,
and that he and his party would follow on the
morrow. He says that they met no hostile In
dams between Fort Laramie and Fort carney
A report had reached him that portion of the
Utah Indians are Mormons, and that Brigham
Young boasts that he has several Indian tribes
in his service, and ready to take up arms
against the United States. The Doctor saws
that, in the course Of few weeks, he will
know the truth of this report.
AT THE CAPITOL THIS MORNING The scene
in and around the two national halls of Legis.
lature this morning was yery brilliant inter