Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-02
WAsHINGT TON NEWS AND GOSSIP

The KANSAS STATE BILL.-The action of
the House yesterday upon the senate's bill to
s1mit Kansas as State into the Union, was
anticipated in all its particulars BY the we'll
informed friends of that measure they knew
we'll that ON the naked question Of reJscting
the bill, to be then made, its opponents would
De defeated BY at least thirty majority-rather
than by the majority Of forty-two votes by
which they were defeated. They knew further.
that the opponents of the bill in any shape,
embracing the entire Republican party and
few sore-headed nominal Democrats, would,
sooner than permit the bill to pass so early as
yesterday, waive their objections to it to the
extent of voting for the proposition Of Mr.. Crit
tenden, which numbers precisely twenty five
friends in the House hall. That il to say,
there are but twenty five members las the vote
of yesterday proved) who prefer the passage of
the bill in that shape, to its entire rejection on
the one hand, or to its passage as it came from
the Senate on the other hand r,..
This last mentioned little squad Is composed
of some of the intense Douglas men-the men
who, not caring button about the slavery ques-
ton, have hitched themselves on to the coat tail
of Mr. Douglas for the sake of making something
tor their own political future by SO doing the
men, who were deceived into taking ground
against the Lecompton bill by the original
brazen pretensions Of the Senator from Illinois
that he was simply laboring to vindcato the
principle of the Kansas Nebraska bill, rather
than to secure his return to the United States
Senate by the expected next Republican party
Legislature of Illinois tas was made 80 plain,
recently in the House hall by Mr.. Smith, of
Virginia. and also by the few South American
members who prefer to carry out the purposes
of the Aboltionists for the time being mt least
to witnessing what they regard as triumph
of the Democracy. .~'-.--- -.-.' ---..- 80 80
These parties, acting under the immediate
command of the Republican party Of the cham
Der, have simply sent the bill back to the
Senate, to be retained to the House stripped
OF the Crittenden amendment; when the real
| contest over it is to come of, We have per
siStentiy assured tho iStar's readers that il is
destined to pass the House as it was originally
sent down from the Senate. The legislation f
yesterday makes us doubly sure of the fact,
which is fully realized by nil the opposition
| leaders around US who comprehend what the
majority of fortytwo votes against the rejcc
ton OF the bill on the motion Of Mr.. Giddinre,
really means. r.-... :.
HE VAeARIEs OF POLITICs.-We desire to
call attention to the dirt eating' position IF
We may be permitted for the nonce to borrow a
favorite expression Of their own party journals)
of the Republican party of the House on the
Kansas State bill They voted to legalize the
admission of Kansas a slaveholding State, in
| voting for the Crittenden amendment. This
pill was swallowed With exceeding bad grace by
| more or less of them, we know of our own
knowledge. They have no idea, we also know
of our own knowledge, of being bound hereafter
| by their votes for that proposition, their pur-
| pose in giving them being simply to cheat the
too eonfdiDg Democratic absquatulators and
the South American ultra haters of the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party, into the tempo
rary belief in their purpose of dealing honestly
by them in the coalition recently formed be-
tween these parties. Nevertheless, in giving
such votes they demonstrate to the comprehen-
sion of sensible men of all parties that they do
not care straw for the principle of anti slavery
for which they nominally contend, but stand
ready to ignore-sacri6ce-it, whenever that
course may seem likely to strengthen their
more important purpose of thwarting the Dem
Ocratic party. .,..
IHE WHALIsG-SHIPMAsTERs on CoMaopoRE
MERvISs's REroRT.-The following is copy
of letter now on file at the Navy Department,
controverting the views of Commodore Mervine
with reference to the practicabiity Of loading
ships with guano at Bakers island 1t Is hi Oh
nautical authority under any circumstances,
but more especially as its signers have them.
selves done what the Commodore SAYS cannot
be done
NKw BEDFORD, Mass, Feb, 1858.
To the Hon Secretary Of tie Nary,
| WaShingfoH, d C..
| SIR: Tue undersigned American shipmasters
| Deg leave most respectfully to state that they
have arrived in the vicinity of Jarvis and Bakers
Islands between lao deg west and I-O deg. east,
! near the Equator; that said regions being en-
bracsd within the eastehy trades, are seldom if
| ever visited with gales; that in our opinion vow
| ages may be made To and from JaI Wis and Bakers
islands with as much safety AS In any other
| that most of the undersigned have landed on one
or both OF the said islands-more particularly
however, upon Bakers, that being the post OH e.
depot Tor our whaling feet; that the idea Of III :
| Guilty In landing upon said islands or in taking
| anything theTefrom has never entered our minds
| hat the report Of Commodore WIN. II Mer-
VINE, representing thSsc Islands unsafe places
| "fo"s anu CndfleS Ill Davis
nnrnatofy letter, published in Honolulu stat
| Ing that Commodore Mervine's concI usioEs are
approved, are In direct conflict with our ex peri
| ence and representations
| We deem II duty which we owe to ourselves
AID To- the interests OF commerce to state that we
should not anticipate half The dfrulty in obtain
| Ing cargo OF guano from either one of those
islands that we have often experienced IA II n,,
All old and ugly whale. ~ .s.'.'--' .
VIM III HaTdwick, Obsd Carr
| Jabez y. Hathaway Ell Chisholm. /
Riclmd Manchester, James w cod -
John Honeywell, Francis Aren 20 ;
90 !aoez w Manc hester, Benjamin tPfjcc, |
Avery Z Parker, Alden Il EIii. !
- Geo. T.. Netcher, Gideon SMITH
The AMENDMENT THAT PASSED Tn, Uousp
The New York Ereuiuo Eyorfss Of vcsterda