Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-08-31
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

REPUBLIcANIsM IN New YORK is on the eve
of q dissolution or split; Kansas "freedom
shriekips," the shibboleth up to this time
keeping its incongruous materials together,
having died natural death some time since.
Some weeks ago we explained the current ef-
forts for the reorganization Of the Opposition
in the Empire State on some basis promising
to permit continued unity Of action among its
several components or wings. Subsequently.
We have observed no signs in the political
horizon foreshadowing success for that scheme,
though Horace Greeley, j. T. Hsadley, and
Theodore Westbrook, Ia disappointed appli-
cant for Office under President Buchanan did,
not long since, in set speeches, exhort their
several followers to unite upon a platform of
common opposition to the Democracy. So far
from succeeding in swallowing the American
party there, the Republicans are really 'throw-
ing" themselves cup" as 1t were-splitting up
among themselves, as will be perceived from
the following extract from the New York Err
press, which We republish, as explaining in a
few brief sentences, the true condition of that
portion of the opposition in New York:
"There seems to be great deal of misunder-
standing In this State between the Old w big
wing of the Republican, and the Preston King
wing, Of which the Evening Post appears to be
a sort Of an organ. The Tribune is almost daily
urging adequate protection to American indus
try, at which the Post laughs and, in lieu there
oil, recommends direct attention to the doctrine
OF the nullifers Of South Carolina.
"'No more slave States Is a cry that NAV or
may not divide the Republicans more and more
Tom Corwin, whom the Republicans have re-
Gently put up for Congress in Ohio, laughs at it,
and Greeley, at Kingston pronounces it 1mpossi-
bic. What Preston King has to say-who when
IN Congress, made the bargain to let in all the
Texan slave Siaies-remains to he seen.
Many Republicans understand that mo liduor'
and anti-slavery' are twin companions in poll
tics, the theory of Gerrit Smith excepting lager
Deer) which union, however, the Tribune SAYS
was never agreed upon I'm any Republican Con-
We apprehend that, apart from the negro,
mere is not single issue upOn which the Re-
Puollcahs OF New York can agree, not even the
interests Of our own State.''
The CARGO OF SLAvEs.-ln Yesterdays Star
We published an extract from a letter from
Lieut.. Bradford, giving an account of his ar
rival In the harbor of Charleston, S. c., with
the brig Echo, alias Putnam, which was cap
tured on the 2lst inst, off the coast Of Cuba,
by the U: S. brig Dolphin, Lieut.. Mafit, COM
handing, with n cargo of slaves on board.
which she intended landing at Key Verde on
the evening Of tho day of her capture. We
have since learned that the United States mar
shall at Charleston, into whose custody the
slaves and the officers and crew of the sIavor,
except the captain,) were delivered, was tele-
graphed yesterday to remove the slaves from
the vessel to Fort Sumpter, about five miles
distant from the city, where they will be al
lowed to remain for the present
What will ultimately be done with these
captives is being the subject of great deal of
conjecture. Under the law of 1919, the Presi-
dent is authorized in such cases to liberate the
negroes, appoint agents on the coast of Africa
for their reception, and remove them thither
The same law entities the captors of the SLAYER
20 the proceeds of the vessel and prize money,
besides, at the rate of SIS per head for each
negro on board; and provides that the officers
and crew Of the SLAYER shall be delivered to
the custody of the United States District Court,
to be tried accordingly to the law. The laws
against the expectation of slaves from Africa,
We believe, make it an offence punishable with
death, and the officers and crew of the slave
vessel are alike amenable.
The captain Of the SLAYER is reported to have
been detained on board the Dolphin, which
first ran into Key West, but subsequently sailed
thence to Boston. The port to which the slave
vessel belongs is a matter of dispute. From
her build she is supposed to have hailed origi-
nally from Baltimore, but this is denied and
the fact that two similar vessels of the same
name, Echo, are known to have cleared from
New York, not very long since and another is
owned at st. Johns, N. B., furnishes sufficient
reasons for entertaining doubts about her iden-
tity.
RATHER SEvERE.-The Sonora (Cal) DEM
oeTat contains the following notice concerning
the estimation in which Senator Broderick is
held by the people of his own State:
"From the returns OF the county conventions
received up to the present time we perceive that
Frederick Will be represented in the State Con-
vention by the following vote: In Amador county,
l; Butte, II; Napa, S; PIumas, =; San Fran
cisco, Il Santa Cruz, 9; Shasta, Il Yuba. IL
total 81. There are 32i votes in the Convention
Not a very fattering display OF the strength of
the " urave young Senator, - who would not obey
the Instructions Of the last Legislature ON the
ground that IL did not reflect the sentiment NJ
the people. He has made his appeal-as he made
II once Beforehand received a response that we
think would be sufficient to satisfy him that he
Is incorporating the people Of California. Vet
knowing so, aud feeling so, he will hold on to
his place until the expiration of his term, There
Is no chance to get rid Of him. We can only
hope to remind him, yearly, that we do no, re-
cognize him as Democrat, and that we do not
wan, want MN. He may draw his pay and bide his