Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-16
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

TIE COSFIRKArIoss.-we are very sure that
all sound Democrats will rejoice with US in the
unanimous action Of the Democracy of the Sem
ate yesterday, after the Star went to press, in
confirming the nomination of the Hon. j CLANCY
Jones as United States Minister to Austria, and
those of various Federal officers in Illinois ap-
pointed to fill vacancies created by the late re-
moysl gentlemen obnoxious to the Democratic
party on account Of their views upon sundry
slavery questions, adopted in common with the
positions Of the Republican party, to meet the
necessities of the late canvass of their friend
Mr.. Stephen Arnold Douglas. These latter
aPPointees were, every man Of them, gentlemen
who refused, we hold, very properly, to support
either the pretensions Of Mr.. Douglas to a re-
election or those of Lincoln, preferring to throw
their votes and influence in the cause of a sound
Democrat-Judge Breese. The fact that there
was manifested on this occasion by the Democra-
sy OF the Senate the same unanimity that they
manifested in open session substituting Sena-
tor Green for Senator Douglas in the chairman
ship OF their Territories Committee should be
sumcient, we take 1T, to convince all who de-
sirs to continue connection with the Democratic
party, that unless speedily washing their hands
ofsympatby with Mr. Douglas position in favor
OF the eminen: sovereignty over United States
Territories OF the two or three first gangs of
fqnatters the abolition aid societies NAV dunn
Into them, aud of the eorollary to that doctrine
OF which Mr.. Morris, one of Mr.. Douglas ILL
nois fingers in the House, recently gave nc
uce-the bill to authorize such squatters 10
elect their own Territorial Governors and Fed
erai Judges-they are in a fair way not very
long hence to find themselves clean out of the
true church-political.
ApTOpOs of the unanimous-so far as the
Democracy of the Senate were concerned
continuation OF the Hon. j. CLANCY Jones We
remarked day or two since, incidentally, that
Mr. John W. Forney babe fair to have his
labor for his pains" only, as the result of his
enort to bring about his (Mr. J.'s) defeat.
That labor has dou btless been incessant from the
moment Mr.. Forney arrived here until the vote
was taken yesterday afternoon. Nevertheless.
1t failed to induce the vote of single Demo.
cratic Senator in opposition to the nomin alton
Thus, however, potent for mischief to the Dem
ocratic party Mr.. Forney may be elsewhere. il
lsalready clear that no Democratic public man
mere Is 50 poor as to do his influence honor
4ne ruth Is he has gone the way of all politi-
cal phunkey fish ; OF, rather flesh He is
bllcaQ
party man, striving to strengthen that party
unaer the preteuce Of still claiming some sort
" aenufy with the Democracy. He sets ND
for the leading manager in the nightly eau
cusses Of coincidence of the little fshey squad
OF House members swearing by the eminent
sovereignty in Territories of the employees OF
the abolition emi grant aid societies; which said
little squad by this time must surely have
come to comprehend that they may not reason
ably hope to succeed in their plan of buster
ing the Democratic party of the United States
into enlishDg under their banner, as was ap-
Parsntly their belief fortnight ago.
WASHINGTON AoUEDUcr.-We undsr.,.nd
that the interior Of the conduit or main trunk
of the Washington Aqueduct was in,n.c,.d
yesterday by the Chief Engineer, Capt Meigs.
accompanied, on the Georgetown division, by
Mr. VIM X. Hutton, C. T. Division Eppin.sr
ana on the Great Falls division by Mr. C. q
1alcott, Division Engineer The second assist.
ant engineers, Messrs. Bender, Harvie and
Mason, accompanied Capt Meigs through the
paris oil the conduit on their respective sections.
Inc engineers entered the conduit at the
inuuent gate-house Of the distributing reser.
vor' passing under ground to the effiuent gate
mouse OF the receiving reservoir-a distance of
Two miles Passing around the receiving reser
Soir, a distance of half mile, they entered the
conduit again at the west end of tunnel No. 4.
MS tunnel, which is 700 feet long, is finished.
out the party did not pass through il. At
CABIN John Bridge, n distance of 2I miles thew
again saw daylight. The arch of this bridge "a
completed, but not the superstructure. Tbs,.
is gap also of $50 feet in the conduit at emil.
vert Is, near this bridge.
Entering again at the west end of the bridvs
they passed through the conduit without gan
Tor the distance of IL miles to the entrance Of
tunnel No. 3. of this tunnel, which ia $50
1eet long, about 40 feet remain to be excs-
.a'ed AT the west end of tunnel No.
Inc party again entered the conduit. psss;n .
'nrougn nve tunnels and two bridges. and
coming out, at the distance of IL mile a, al.
west end Of tunnel No. 1, near the Great F.u,
The whole distance traversed under oro,nd
was lot miles. In this distance are &C..
tunnels and two bridges, which the na,,v v.n,
through. The whole number Of tnnD.,. :.
Twelve, all but three Of which Are sn;.h.,
vi the four masonry bridges three are Rad,
io' the water. The gate houses are all in con
dition to be used WI
An 'he receiving reservoir the water ia two
iee' deep OF the sill of the conduit head. A.
.. As nall dozen pipe castings of special
Pelhs are received from PHILADELPHIA. and
'0ie"ea INTO their places, we understand that
water val be introduced into the tveIv,.in.h
MAN pipe which extends from the ,.,.,.o;.
through Pennsylvania avenu. to Tho MI
iafd- The water at FIRST introduced h.;n.
the collection of the late rains and IN. g..
ming Of the reservoir, will not be clear enon.h
iof do'ssstic purposes; but il will be avaii.bl.
hh ea.s of IRE As soon as bydranis are erected
,"ns TIE "venue. This should be attended to
atOaee.
zoe failure Of one Of the contractor, for pipe.