Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-13
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Douglas, his Illinois mouth-piece, THO S"soeeo
Times, has been rampant in its abuse OF tne
President and various distinguished Democrats
Of distant States, whose unmistakeaoie and
manly renrobatisn of the Senator'S traffic with
the Republicans to secure his reelection, and
of his more open and shameful congress ional
alliance of last winter with that party, has
aided in calling public attention to the fact
that his abolitionism is really of more dan
gerous tendency to the future of the Demo
cratic party and to Southern CO. equ atty under
the Constitution than that of Senator Seward
himself. More bitter, vulgarly abusive, and
caiumnious articles against President Blu.
chanan have not even graced the columns Of
that model Republican party sheet, the Phila-
delphis Press. That they were instigated d.
rectly by Senator Douglas himself, we have
not the least doubt; because they are but echoes
OF the conversation of those here who are GER
taiDly at this time the most intimate political
associates Of the Illinois Senator. As furiousIy
as they will beat the air through the columns
OF the Chicago Times, Philadelphia Press,
ct al, (of their organs they will " sing
small' enough In both halls of Congress for
the balance Of the session, for there, they may
expect to find their insinua tons and com plants
promptly answered and refuted. Their game
Is never to venture on open and manly contest
with able and ready Democrats over the ques-
ton OF the propriety Of the late political course
of Mr.. Douglas, and the Democratic soundness
of the doctrines he holds in common with
Messrs. Seward, Hale, Wade, Giddings Il Co.
FACTS AND RUMoRs.-A Washington CORES
pendent of Western paper says: Speaking
of Cuba reminds me of the rumor that the Hon.
James b. Clay, of Kentucky, contemplates
making large investments there after the cx-
piration of his present session in Congress"
Reports from the Pension Bureau state that
the amount of money given by the United
States to pensioners, since 1889, is over eighty
six millions of dollars. That is considerably
over ono million of dollars year Of this
one-hfth has been paid to residents of tho State
Of New York.
The correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
says: The Spanish Minister is very explicit
in his denunciations of that part of the Presi.
dents message which relates to Cuba. He
does not hesitate to declare that any attempt
on the part of tho United States to take that
island will be resisted by the combined Powers
Of Europe"
On account Of the resignation of the Nicara-
guam Minister, Senior Irisarri, Senior Jerez was
recognized by this Government as Minister
from Nicaragua a week or so ago.
The Secretary of War has reported that no
addition to the Army will be required for the
military occupation Of Sonora and chihuahua,
as suggested in the Presidents message.
Beverly Tucker, Esq, denies the rumor that
he intends resigning the Liverpool consulate
on account of inadequate salary, or any other
cause. He "goes in" for getting Congress to re-
lieve the salary of the Office from the charge of
the Office expenses, which now cut it down to
but 81, 500 net.
The storeship Relief, fitting out at New York
for the Pacific and Home Squadron, will leave
for Aspinwall in about ten days
SENATOR SLIDELL's LETTER Senator Sill
dell publishes in the Union of this morning a
letter, called forth by that of Senator Douglas.
which We published yesterday, wherein he ex.
plains in detail all the facts inducing him to
believe that Senator Douglas was certainly
privy to efforts to procure the insertion of
anonymous aspersions upon him in the news.
papers, prepared by the hand of Senator d. a
private secretary. This secretary, it will be
remembered, was the same who accompanying
Senator ID. throughout his late canvass, was
the author Of the one-sided reports of his dis
cussions with Lincoln, and Of the extrayagant
puffs Of ID. which afforded the newspaper world
50 much amusement That is to say, az illus.
trations Of the capacity of the stomach of the
Senator from Illinois to digest and
be nourished upon pufs SO gross and pal pablo, as
that they would have been "thrown up, !" as too
by the illustrious Barnum, in the
times when, Senator Douglas not having gone
into that line Of business,J he Barnum) was
thought to be the most remarkable procurer of
newspaper puffs of himself, and detractiops of
nose supposed to stand in the way of the suc
Jess Of his charlatanism, the country had so
lar produced.
We regret that q pressure of "copyn pre.
rents us from publishing Senator Slidelrs re.
oinder referred to above, until to-morrov
The AVENUE RAILROAD QUESTION Altar
Ts went to press yesterday Mr. Brown reported
rom the Senatc's District of Columbia COM
nittee adversely on the several petitions in ia
'or OF vesting the right to construct a railroad
through Pennsylvania avenue in the Metronol.
tan railroad company, and remarked that nj
he last session Of Congress tho House of Rem
esentatives had passed a bill authorizing a |
company, commonly known as Vanderwerken's
company, to construct railroad on that ave.
iue, which bill had been referred to the Com.
nittse Of the District Of Columbia in the SEN
tie, and was reported on favorably, and is still
'endins there The committee believe, if per-
nission is to be granted, that it had better be
ven to that than to any other company. 1t
will be perceived that this action bears ont
THAT we said yesterday with reference to the
onclusion arrived at few hours before in the
hamber Of the District of Columbia COMMITTEES
TlE WEAfHsR.-Ths following report of the
'eather for this morning is made from the Morse
telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
'he time of obaervatio IL ehork -,