Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-08

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3HR OnsAsIzArrox % rHE HoUss.-Ths nsn-
lgfng men Of the Republican party though srpe-
renkiy a. sll a. mice ere nevsrsheleo just now a
=. those pessevering little animals In
he matter Of composing the suocea q theif
pasns for the organization Of The UsuseH Rereo
ssus.sivss. An opposition I'm thstF prl5) 70 -
ssuarations Of Mr.. sherman has been p~ppceeo4
~ prssensioas Of Mr. Grow includeds 0ough -
vnpsthizing Colleagues Of that gsntlo11aa an =
fev Others are of eourse expee1ed T. ceta 60
plimentary vote o. % for him.
: fhs original effort Of the managing men above
ss1ensd 70 was TO secure the votes Of Messn. Eth
esfdes, Winter Davis, Hukin, Bickmap, Swa the,
Clarke, Davis Of Indiana, Reynolds, Adrian, and
Bnggs q N. Y sdirectiyfor Mr.. Sherman. But
that pro3fzmme has peobably been abandoned;
thkr scheme being 10 secure the votes q these
gentlemen for the adoption Of the plurality rule.
which will smoant, practically 10 voes Ia Mr..
sAe5mzn. -.ss-e- ----
/ We are very certain that hey imagins that they
have satisfactory assurances tat al these gentle
mrn win thus willingly play into heir hapds.
Nevertheless we question whether more than one
!. The scheme for forcing MrsForney on the Re
publican party q the House Clerk has % faf failed
mainly through the expectation Of the anistance
Of Messrs Ethefidge and Winter Davis and Mr..
Sehwartze, without the accord Of that qsd pro gre
Tor aid 10 be rendered In securing the election Of
Mr.. sherman; Mr.. Schwartz, contrary 10 all pre-
sious expectation, scouting the idea that he has
any particular interest whatever In the fortunes Of
him Of the Philadeiphia Press. 4a@ a.sss 3
II the calculations Of the Republican managers
With re1srence to Meon. Etheridgs and WiAis9
Davis are correct, Mr. Fosnsy's psospects are cer-
tainly worth nothing. tss
7 These imansRen, by the by, favor the sspira-
lions Of Mr. Underwood, of Kentucky, whose
chances are now decidedly better than those
Iof either Of his opposition opponents. II an OPP
position Clerk IL to be elected better selection
could be made for the general interests Of this
city, TO which be has ever been 4 consistent
friend. Ell - eta 81 -
/ Our hope. however, stiil ID, that the present
efacient and - generally accepted Clerk may be
reelected upon his peessnal merits a. valuable
depository Of the important public trusts Of the
House Clerkship. In guarding Of which for the last
two years be has earned an enviable reputation,
Indeed
THE roxR or TIE SOUTHERN PRKss upon the
Harper's Ferry AFFAIR IL, with few and unimportant
exceptions, most conmendsbie; being dignihed
md entirely without bluster, while at the same
time 1t ARMY but quietly urges upon the South
10 place itself, through a fitting organization, in .
proper position to resist and successfully counter-
act the many efforts to follow the example Of
ossawattamis Brown, which win doubtless be
essayed under the influence ofthe system Of apol-
ogy for and Justification Of the conduct Of the In,
vaders, involved In the comments OF The Repub.
lean party pres. The exceptions, 40 far % we
have seen them, nearly altogether journals that
by advocating the latter day doctrines Of senator
Douglas, have become Justly iiscredited at home.
Some lof them bluster over the Harper,s Ferry
affair q II anxious to prove to unrefectfng readers
that, Notwithstanding their support Of the Doug.
las scheme for securing that state Of things in
United States Territories for which the Republican
party contend, they are the only Legitimate news.
paper vindicztoss OF Southern rights and interess
Most Of them, IT win be remembered, are also
violent advocates Of the revival Of the African
slave trade, a. inconsstent any such position 10
with advocacy Of the presidential aspirations ana
squatter sovereignty theoryof their political emi.
god, now being urged on the abolition xef tiinens
g the North a. the quietest, surcst and iauicheui
way Of preventing the admission Of more slave
States. a 5,efs ~ n ~ -, -. - ~ r. p
Az matter Of course, the abolition press arc
disappearing ths course Of the southern iour.
nails on this lthe Harper's Ferry affair; trying "a
induce their readers 10 believe that from Masou
and Dixons line 70 the Rio Grande they have gone
stask mad over it. IL win. however, soon h
compseheaded the county over, that the sqnatte,
soveseignty priats Of the south are alone tearing
their shirts in this connecticn, in the violence d
their saortsto attract Southern popular sympathy
% shsmsslves and the cause Of Senator Douqias 81
'nis connection. .----s - ssAssssss Sz.lsl 30
From fHE MKDIrKRKASxxs SQUADRON -Des
patches from Flag Omcer Lavallette. datrd :,
Naples, Oct "a, have been received at the Nav
De artment. The nag ship Wabash had returned
fron Tip 10 Tunis, where she had carried A.,
Nicholson, the new American Consul slnce the
departure Il Mr.. NicholsonS HedecessoE the IA
pes had been in the hands Of Mr.. Davis, ACTING
vfce-consal. Fsench and English officers alone
heretofore, have been hoaored BY sslate. from th,
nstiouaf batteries OF TOMS; but the proper repre-
sentafions having been made to the Bey the land
ing OF NJ. Nicholson was acknowledged by The
usual salute; The hag-onlcer Of the wabash. ON
'nviiaaoa, visissd she Bey, BY whom he was most
OPINION OF rRx ATTORNEY GKNxRaL.-At the
request Of the Secretary Of War, the Attornev
General has given an opinion In relation 70 the
claim Of Minnesota TO the sum Of q $50 under the
provision IN the Army appropriation act Of the Last
session, for the payment Of that sum, Of 20 much
thereof = may be necessary, 70 meet the expenses
Of company Of volunteers called out In 1887 70
protect the ssstefs against the chippswa Indians.
II y maintained by the Attorney General that the
accounts Tor the expenses Of the volunteers must
be audited BY the Federal scceunting ofacer,
This 70 In opposiaoh to the demand Of the Execu-
i've in That State, that the entire sum Of % $50
should oe banded over to the State ofcess, leaving
them TO decide upon the proper mode Of disburs.
Ing it. 81 IL u 49,