Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-08

Mormons would soon cut of small force, and
large one could not subsist. The regular troops
will be restrained from collision with the Nor
mons, and the latter will avoid conflict with
them. Thus,a chance will be Afforded for the
re-establis hment Of the authority Of the United
States In Utah, without a war The Mormons
will hnd II their interest to submit quietly to the
soveiguty Of the United States, and this they
may do without relinquishing their absurd and
heathenish Institutions and practices"
Col. SUxNER.-By direction of the President
the War Department has issued orders con
vening a General Court Martial at Carlisle
Barracks, Pennsylvania, on the 10th instant,
for the trial of Col. Edwin V. Sumner The
Court will be composed Of the following men,
bers:
Brevet Major General Thomas. s. Jesup,
Quartermaster General; Brevet Major General
John E. Wool; Brevet Major General Persifer
F. Smith; Brevet Brigadier General Sylvester
Churchill, Inspector General; Col. Joseph K.
F. Mansfield, Inspector General; Col. Joseph
Plympton, LIST Infantry; Col. Francis Lee, I'd
Infantry; Brevet Col. Justin Dimick, ID Ar
| tillery; Brevet Col Joseph P. Taylor, Subsist-
ence Department; Col. Henry r. Craig, Ord
nance Department; Lieut. Col. George B. Crit
tenden, Mounted Rides; Major John F. Lee,
| Judge Advocate.
MAINE FoR LKcoMProN Editor Of the Star ::
The chairman Of the State COMMITTEE of Maine
| mot having realized from the hands Of the Ad .
ministration such consideration he regarded
himself entitled to,) recently issued a call for
meeting OF said committee at the State Capitol
| The Committee responded TO the call, and all
but one presented themselves as desired Upon
their coming to together, the chairman, with be-
| coming gravity, stated that he had summoned
them into his presence for the purpose Of king
some action expressive Of their deep hostility to
| the Lecompton fraud, and desired full and free
expression Of their sentiments I'm relation to this
mammoth swndle.
| The committee were not slow in civino pt,ar
ance to their views after another freed his
mind, - when to the extreme astonishment of the
benignant chairman, he found himself solitary
| and alone In his opposition
Maine was the first Northern State to declare
for Mr.. Buchanan, and she will be the last to de-
| sert hlm MAINE.
A STRANGE RESULT The Intelheeucer of
this morning says
| "It is reported that in Mr. Calhoun's state
| ment, submitted to the select Kansas committee
| OF the House, referring to the January election
FOR members of the Legislature, he says that
| 1859 free-State votes were cast, of which 63I
were illegal, while the legal Democratic vote
was 6 ,58I, thus giving nominal pro-slavery ma
jority, according to this test, of 1853 ~
The result Of the above figuring does not
| agree with the rules of Pixies Arithmetic, and
we would ask our contemporary whose is the
error? According to the figures given, the
majority would be only 1853!
| THE NEW CODE.-It was expected this morn
ing that the President will to-day communicat e
to Congress full report of the action taken
relative to the new code Of laws tor this Dis
trict. This report will embrace a detailed
account of the preparation of the Code. the ex-
tent of its circulation and the result of its sub
mission to the people of the District, as well as
give the entire expense incurred in this con-
nection. What action Congress will take in
| this matter remains to be seen.
COUNrERMANDRD.-The orders issued from
the War Department exchanging the stations
Of Colonel d. d. Tompkins and Colonel A. C.
| Myers, quartermaster's department, are coun-
| fernandez; they will remain on duty as here
tofore-the former at New Orleans and the latter
| in New York city.
| CLERICAL APPOINfMENr.-It is stated that
d. c. Blanchard, of Virginia, (son of the late
Washington Blanchard, artlst,) has been ap-
pointed to a temporary clerkship in the War
Department
TEE WEArHER.-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 aboutS O'Clock q. m ::