Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-17

speech Yesterday In defence Of the BILL and Mr.. |
Dortch, Of Wayne, 'eplied against IT, To-day,
MT. r BIidgers. Of Edgecombe, aud Mr. J. |
Mr.. walser, of Davidson, and Mr.. Speaker Settle |
for II. IL was not disposed Of, but will come up |
again to-morrow, when Gov Morehead will
speak In Its favor and as he Is o'clock full and
running over" think he will be apt to start
up some one In reply, ard II is uncertain when a
vote will be reached, though think IL will not
pass, and Its friends are Inclined to think the
same way.
The Woman's Law will probably come up to-
morrow and there will be some discussion on
that whenever IL does come up; for, there a
good many young men In the Legislature who,
according to the common phrase, shave yet their
wives fortunes TO receive ~ and, OF course, they
don't want to "sign away their rights and priv
ilegesn
The highest compliment Of the session has, 1
l sarn, been paid to GIN Ransom In Il election,
on the first ballot, by very large vote, one OF
the trustees Of the University, Of whom there
were thirteen to elect, and Geo Ellis and Gen
Ransom were the only persons elected on the
first ballot.
Members Of the Internal Improvement and
Literary Boards have not vet been chosen.
The Senate has the w estern Extension railroad
bill under consideration, and Is laid over till to-
mo- row.
They will probably continue to sit until the
middle or last of February, and will be likely
to dispose Of every thing now before the two
houses, or that may hereafter be brought up be-
fore an Adjournment - place ***
FACTS AND RUMoRs.-A private letter re-
| ceived here, so it is said, states that the old
| in Arizona, the location of which was concealed
and has for many years remained unknown,
has recently been re-discovered. The site is
marked by the ruins of thirteen furnaces.
| The Judiciary Committee of the House have
been called upon to summon thirty witnesses
on behalf of Judge Irwin, Of Pa, whose con-
duct is being investigated with a view to his
impeachment.
| 1t is said that orders have been Issued from
the War Department to use the four or Eve
companies of troops now in Kansas as posse
cOmitatus to enforce the laws during the pres
| emit disturbances in that Territory
FOURTH AUDITORsHIP.-It is rumored that
A. J. O'Bannan, Esq, chief clerk of the Fourth
| Auditors office, has been nominated to the
Senate for the position of Fourth Auditor,
made vacant by the deceaso of o. A. Day ton,
Esq.
Another rumor says that it is Mr.. Welsh,
the chief clerk of the Navy Department, who
has been nominated to the vacant authorship,
and is to take Mr.. Heap with him as his chief
clerk from the Navy Department. while Mr.
0'Bannon is to be transferred to the chief
clerkship of the Navy Department.
We place most confidence in the first rumor
stated above, though we cannot vouch for its
correctness
| ACRowDED GALLERY.-Asi is always the case
when eulogies over the dead are to be pro-
nounced in the Senate, the galleries of the
| chamber were crowded to-day in the expecta-
ton that three or four such Orations would be
then and there delivered on the receipt of the
expected message from the House announcing
the adjournment over of that body on account
Of the death Of the late Thos. L. Harris, OF
Illinois.
The address Of Mr.. Morris, of Illinois, lin
the House, on the occasion, had occupied three
| quarters of an hour, and its peroration had
not been commenced as the Stars report left
| the Hall.
| POSTAL REvENUE.-1he reply Of Postmaster
General Brown, to the Senste's resolu ton OF
| inquiry as to whether the Post Office Depart
ment can be made self-sustaining, is to the
effect, that the surest method of accomplishing
that object will be by return to the old rates
of postage-that is, FIVE cents ON letters for
distances under, and ten cents for distances
over 5000 miles. 1t is not thought, however,
that such change will be made during the
present session of Congress.
| The WEArHsR.-Thef following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution
| The time of observation is about O'Clock:
| JANUARY II, 1859.
4 New York. N. .clOudy pipaSant