Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-12

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them into playing into the hands of his friends.
Oar own opinion is that ere senator Douglas
receives the, vote of one of them, he will avow.
some change Of opinion as to the right of squat
tsfs in territory to legislats against the
equal rights Of Shareholders in territories of
the United States.
RED PIPH sfoSR-We were shown, at the
Indian Bureau this morning, two large slabs
Of the famous red pipe stone of the Indians.
They were procured from the quarry, near the
Big Sioux river, about in latitude A degrees
north, in the State Of Minnesota, by A. Rob-
ertsOn, Esq, Superintendent of Schools for the
Sioux nation, and were forwarded By that gen.
tleman to Col. Pritchett, special agent Of the
Indian Bureau, where they will be retained as
curiosities. These slabs are from the identical
quarry that has obtained place in nearly every
work concerning Indians that has been writ
ten during the last half century. 1t is renowned
because a very large number Of the tribes re-
sort there to get the material for making their
pipes, and the locality 10 strictly neutral
ground on which all quarreling and fighting
is religiously RETAINED from. The stone seems
to be species Of soap stone. 1t is very easily
cut with knife, but wristbands the action of
FIRE. The Indians have number Of singular
traditions concerning it.
WHO'S THE DUPE The New York Herald
is exercised over the solution of the enigma
who is to be duped in supporting Douglas,
Greeley, Seward 4 Co, or the Richmond En-
quirer and the New Orleans Delta on the one
hand, and Senator Crittenden or the New York
Fireman. Journal on the other! All of these
parties yield him and his positions on public
affairs hearty support. Each see in him tho
representative of their principles. Now, As all
the world knows that the Richmond Enguirer
claims to be the antagonist rather than the ally
of Seward, and that Senator Crittenden il the
very embodiment Of American-party politics,
while the Freen,an's Journal ought to be, if it
is not, the stern opponent of Mr.. Crittonden's
political sympathies, it is very certain that in
uniting in a common support Of Senator Doug.
las, at least half these parties destined either
to DO grievously cheated, or to cheat themselves
most egrcgiously. Is 1t not?
The BALTIMORE AND Potomac RAILROAD
Tho parties proposing to construct railroad
between Baltimore city and the Potomac river,
opposite the mouth of Aqua creek, We fancy,
are about tired of their efforts to that end.
Instead of the millions necessary to mako the
work, they have only been able to obtain sub
scriptions to the amount Of s54, 000-a sum that
will not be sufficient to pay for the preliminary
surveys, We take it. The truth is, the business
of the country it is designed to traverse is we'll
accommodated by tho capacious Potomac river
on the south and east, and the Baltimore and
Washington railroad on the north and west. So
we'll accommodated as to preclude the idea of
any considerable local trade upon it, under any
circumstances. We, therefore, are not sur
prised that but $54 900, rather than the millions
required, have been subscribed towards its
construction.
SWAMP LANDs.-The General Land Office
has transmitted to the Governor of Arkansas
patents numbered 5 and 6, for swamp and
overlooked lands in the Helena district, which
enure to the State under the act of 1850; they
cover in the aggregate about 757, 465 acres
there is also in course of preparation. at the
Land Office, patent No. 10, for Ill 1868 Sc acres
of swamp lands in the same district, enuring
to the same State, which will probably be for.
warded in few days.
A CORREcrIOx.-Mr. James A. Shaunessy
has been appointed an acting Second Assistant
Naval Engineer to sail in the Arctic, and not
an acting Third Assistant, as enormously
printed in yesterdays Star.
TnA WEAralR.-The following report of tic
weather for this morning ia made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institut ton.
The time of observation is about O'Clock: