Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-09-13
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


Richmond South, of Thursday last, which
shows that our appreciation Of the conduct of
Mr.. John w. Forney, towards his benefactor,
President Buchanan, is coincided in by our CO.
tenporaries of the press 81
elm its impression Of yesterday the Waig In
dulged its readers with cop'ous extracts from
recent harangue, In which John w Forney es-
says to persuade the American people that the
highest functionary Of government is the basest
villain In the nation.-fhis N the truth Of the
story: James Buchanan and John w. Forney
have been friends ever since the latter emerged
rom the obscnrity Of village printer to the con-
spicnous eminence Of pimp for j play actor. Mr.
buchanan took the destitute apprentice under his
protection, assisted him as well by material aid
as by friendly counsel, elevated him 10 a respect
able position a society. commended him to the
confidence Of the Democracy, rejoic0 at his sue
cess, adhered to him In adversely, and at last
crowned the long succession Of generous service
by an act of the most devoted affection. On the
other hand, Forney appears to have appreciated
public gave him the praise of fidelity in friend-
ship, because Of the zeal he displayed i'm his ben
efactor's service. The event, however, has
was merely the interested consistency of an adven-
turer who hopes to rise with the prosperous for
tunes Of a successful statesman. For no sooner
did Forney discover that the arm which he
Gus ambition, than he essayed to paralyze II by
treacherous blow. He is person of ordinary
abilities, imperfect education, and equivocai
character. Any employment Of special trust or
responsibility was quite beyond bis merit but
the President would not dismiss him without an
equivalent for his services. He aspire to a seat
In the Cabinet The President gave him the APP
pointment of Consul to Liverpool He rejected
the offer, and straightway set himself to oppose
and revile the Administration. At last, in the
phrenzy Of bsfied cupidity, he publicly impeach-
es his benefactor OF the most atrocious offences
against personal and political morality.
s'Whatever political adversaries NAV think of
Mr. Buchanan as public man, all admit that
his private character is without reproach His
GUS endeavor. We know nothing to his dis.
credit, except his friendship for Forney and that
may be excused among the amiable inf rmities of
a falii6ie nature The only stain upon Pierces
Administration was the slime Of Forney,s sup
port. No generous spirit will reproach MIR.
Buchanan with the unworthy alliance at the mo-
nent when his bosom is torn by the fang of the
treacherous beneficiary
"Of MIR. Forney little is known and the few
conspicuous incidents of his life are notorious for
no other significance than eminent examples OF
personal depravity. In the field Of literature,
the Forrest letter is his most memorable produce
ton. In the province Of politics, his most sig.
nal achievement was a corrupt INTERPOLATION In
the journal Of the House Of Representatives,-an
punishment in expulsion from Office throup b a
defect of legal evidence lis this the sort of man
upon whose word the President of the United
states must be condemned TO perpetual inf ,my,
The ingenious expedient by which Mr. Forney
once proposed to blast the reputation Of a helm.
less woman, suggests the probability Of a like
fabrication OF false testimony against generous
oenefactor. He is an aspiring individual and
we cannot do him the injustice to suspect that he
will stop short Of the climax Of his career.
HE INDIANS IN WASHINGTON AND OREGoN
TERRIToRIEs.-The only allusion to the In
dian difficulties in the Northwest we have been
able to find in the papers from that region, re-
ceived by the recent mail, is the following, CO.
pied from the Oregon Statesman, of the 9Th of
August. 1t is short, but to the purpose and
highly interesting. The Statesman says
"Mr. John Owen. Ind an agent, writes to the
superintendent OF Indian Affairs, from Cnlville
valley and SPokan county, under date of July
II, 1e5s. He had seen and talked with several
hostile bands of Indians In that country and
'their voice was still for war Many of them
were well mounted on the u g. Drapoon horses
and mules captured from Col. Steptoe,s COM
mn, nah6 ,ne latter they were offering for sale to
the Hudson Bay Company.
"Noihing but the war cry, day and night, is
heard ffOm one end of this valley to the other ,,
writes Mr.. Owen, and he was notified of an in.
tended attack upon his party whenever he at
tempted to leave the country The Indians are
all well armed, have plenty Of ammunition. and
fully prepared for war. They can get ali the
powder and ball they want from the Hudson Bay
Co at their new post called Fort 40, about thirty
miles above Co Vile and in the British posses.
sions. They ex press design to fight the reou
lars again, and declare that they will not be sub
dued by them-that one Thousand men cannot
whip them. Mr.. Owen was present at a Council
on SpOkan river where Were gathered eight him.
dred warriors, elated with Their recent victory
over Col. Steptoes command The scalp fbay
ing the sealps taken from Strptoe's men) and war
dance was kept mp incessanuy.''
SIBERIAN CoNMRRCE.-We understand that
Capt. Collins, whom some of our contempora
ries style the gu. S. Commercial Agent for
the Amor river country" expected to sail
from New York for Europe to-day. He is
going to st. Petersburg, it is alleged, in order
to perfect his plans with the Russian Govern
ment and the Amoor River Trading Company.
for the development of the commerce of ST.
IBERIA. Among other objects which he is rep
resented as having in view, is tho forwarding
of camels across the Pacific to Oregon. Can't.
Z. Is the officer who, a few years since, made
an exploration Of the AMOR river and its con.
fuents, at the order of this Government.
lengthy report of the results of his expedition
was made to Congress at the last session, of
which synopsis was published in the Star, at
the time. We also gave, in connection with
our notice Of the report, brief sketch of the
plan of organization of the Russian AMOR
River Trading Company, which is very similar
to that of the British Hudson Bay Trading
Company.
RAILROAD ExPBNsEs.-TheNe New York Eren-
ing Post is publishing q series of editorials
upon the comparative expenses of railroads in
this country and Europe, including England
Of course. They are carefully prepared eyi.
IDENTIFY by some gentleman who has made the
financial results Of such enterprises matter
OF careful and elaborate study. He is showing
conciusively that the more thorough system Of
European management works results, indie.
pendent Of the advantages of the less cost o.
materials and labor on that side, which would,
u adopted in this country. turn perhaps more
than half the Improbable railroads into hand
someiy paying concerns. A copy Of the series
OF articles to which we refer should be in the
hands of every railroad director and superin.
tendent in the land.
HE CARGO or AFRIcANs-A day or two
a m mad hAt L.