Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-02

hat to do so is necessary to the preservation of
the public peace. His policy should be to close |
up, withoutdelay, every drinking house in the |
city reputed to be aplace of common resort for |
persons even spspeeted of sympathy with the |
rowdiss who now rule this commu.
nifty after dark, as it were, with their revovers
and brickbats.
: /" KISS Hun, GrDDISGs Kiss HIM, CID
DIGS !!''-No one who heard the speech of Mr.
Gilmer, of North Carolina, mot yet published
delivered on the day before yesterday, was
surprised on finding him yesterday doing the
work the Republican party managers SO ner-
vously desired him to do. OF the tenor of that
speech, It'll sufficient to say that instantly drew
a rush Of congratulatins Republican members
Northumberland him, at its conclusion
As the venerable Joshua, who was at their
head, bent over him, and with outstretched
hands and countenance beaming with delight
blessed him for the effort, as it were, Mr.. George
S. Houston, of Alabama, moved doubtless by
the pregnant points of the passing scene, fixed
the attention of all present upon it, by exclaim-
ing, in q voice heard by ali Kiss him, Gid
dings! Kiss him, GiddiDgs!H' A.. t....s 80.
This exclamation, under the circumstances,
told, perhaps, with more force upon the mind
of the House and the spectators in the gale
ries, than any hours speech of the session. -.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PREsIDENf-By and
1ciM the adUice and consent of tie Senate
Isaac Winston, for U. S. Marshal, Kansas dis
rct-reappointment; Charles c. Tongue, for
u s. Attorney northern district Of Florida-
reappoiutment; James G. Spencer, for U. S.
Attorney, northern district of New York-re-
appointment; Jefferson T. Martin, for U. s.
Marshal, western district of Virginia-reaI
pointment j. F. Wiley, for U. S. Marshal,
eastern district of Virgnia-reappointm ;
Thomas S. Bryant, for U. S. Marshal. eastern
district of neutrality-suspicious. Joseph
S. Kennedy, for u. s. Marshal, eastern district
Of Louisiana reappointment; Garret S, Cam
non, for U. S. Attorney, district of Now Jers
sey-reappOintment John M. Gregory, for u.
s. Attorney, eastern district Of Virginia-reap-
pointncnt; Thos. X. Dohoney, for U. S. Mar
shall, district of Kentucky; r. II. Tompkins,
for U. S. Attorney, district of New Mexico !;
G. p. Clever, for U 8. Marshal, district of New
Mexico D. W. Voorhees,, for U. $. Attorney,
district of Indiana Thomas 3. Children, T..
5. Attorney, middle district Of Tennessee.
MAIL TRAssPORTATIoN.-Thea annexed table,
prepared from official data, shows the cost of
transporting the United States mails, at three
given periods. namely, during the fiscal years
ending the Goth of June, lS45, 1851, and 1857:
lsi5. 1851 1857.
Length post reads, ....-,:...s =. ..
miles. ........::... 1i3 $40 1920 24a sol
Cost OF inland trans ..-'.--
poftation. s., aG5 so, 31s1 s5l 7,I21 $50
Length railroads. 4,oa2 S,255 ~ SD
Cost railr d service $50, l4l 9ej,Oi9 2,559,s;7
Local route agents Il
mail messengers. e37 ,5l3 1857 asa,si3
Lengt b of stea mboat
routes, miles. 1925 1923 I5,2i5
Cost of steamboat
.srrvice. s2793c7 500 99I .99a
Cost foreign mails. Siis, 1897 52s 800
In the foregoing table the railroad and steam
boat service and the local and route agents and
mail messengers are all included in the sums
above stated for g inland transportation The
foreign mails are not embraced in these sums
The COLORADO EXPEDITION were
received this morning at the office Of the ex-
plorations. War Department, from Lieut.. J. C.
Ives, commanding the Colorado expedition,
dated February H. The steamer had reached
the Mcjave villages. The navigation of the
river still continued difficult. The Indians
| stated that they had never known the water so
low. All the party were well, and no acciden at
whatever had occurred. t' IL
THE ARMY D,LL.-The bill authorizing an
increase of the military establishment. of the
United States passed the Senate yesterday 1t
provides for raising three regiments of volun-
teers, mounted or infantry, at the option of the
Executive. 1t had previously passed the House,
but the Senate amended it by reducing the
number of regiments from four to tire, and
hence it must again go to the House for con-
| currence in this amendment j..
CALIFORNIA SURvEYS.-The General Land
Office has received from the Surveyor General
| of California the following plat, viz Plat Of
the Chimilies Rancho, finally confirmed I'd
William Gordon and N athan Coombs, situated
in township G, north of range 2, west and town
ships 6 and Z, north of range B. west of the
Mount Diablo meridian, and containing II, 747
acres.
Tue AMENDED KANSAS STATE BILL IN TIE
days proceedings of the body necessarily closed.
Our impression is that the current condition
of the business before the Senate is such as to
make it next to impossible for them to dispose
of the action of the House on their bill until
carly next week. 49,. 90. a" /
The WHArHER.-The following report OF the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution.
The time Of observation is about7 O'Clock o. m /:
go. H.. APRIL 2, 1855 p 80 :.
New fort N. f.....,..'. clear, pleasant O.. !
Phfiadelpala, IA. .-...... cloudy. "a. I
Baltimore, Md cloudy. 80 .... y |
Washington, d. c.. cloudy, wind Me-
Richmond, Va .iain, fh Al, wind SNl
petetshurg. Va ............rain ming, windy:
Norfolk, Va raining, NE gale.
Wilmington, N. cloudy, coel ::
Columbia, s. C............rainy,c cool -
Charleston, 5 c.. .cloudy,th So wind N y
Augusta, Ga ..sse... cloudy, cool,
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