Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-02-17
The WeeklY Star.

The Weekly Star,
Full as usual Of metropolitan news and gossip, and
choice literary reading, is now on our counter
ready for delivery to the public Embraced in its
interesting contents are the following articles:
epeseh "'fAorf Words, Cireumnarigating a
b"Ts'or; "Reminiscences Of Hon. VIM. Penning-
ron and Henry Clay; Physical Training;
oo'd 'i'IatH, Who morTiss a dozen tcirss;
M Rarsy and "a. Ca6mss; Adrsnfxrss Of a
Nugget: Married pnder Prob ibrfion;
Startling Family ConlpIiootions-o man coos his
oIcn daughter and nearly norriss her; a Dilenn-
Hnai The International Prize Fight; Nats,ol
Oyster Beds; Whol,Sais Poisoning; Desperate
BneoSnter Bssrsen Fsn1GIeS-a mine hopr battle;
Tie Pr6 Electrical; An Original Character;
TT, Horpsr's Ferry TJiGls-eonrietion and SEN
fsnee Of Sfsrsns and Ha -Iett; The HalyssriHe
Trdgedy-an Internal machine in a basket of
eggs;
CougrsJsional Proceedings; Proceedings Of he Sx-
P,s,ns and District. Cor,.s; Operations Of tae
Patent Once; Smith sonian Lsctnre,; TIL. Stand
sns Co,n'ai,'sss ofthe House;
A Count IA Trouble in Wasiin e on-an interesting
account of tie afutTS; Gas. under the non-reS-
idsni Lalc; LiterOi Customer; - Speak Kindly
eftie JerS;"
TIE HOUSE Committees; The President and the Har-
psr's Ferry Raid; Railroad Connections; The
h>SPfHe ffotC 30 rluke tuptt0t
for Senator Douglas; 7Ae Southern Mails; The
House Printing: Senator Ssicords O-ntors; III,
Does no. Wrthdrdc;
DEPARTMENT Nstos; Editorials; Washington Ners
asd Gossip; Local Intelligence, &C., &c.;
Late NsO', foreign and doms'tie, By NAIL and
telegraph;
tste,sstisg Personal Hems;
And great rarisy Of choice literary articles both
prose and poetry, too MUNITIONS 10 rlent;oa.
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Spirit Of the Morning Press.
The Constitution, speaking of the alleged pledges
Of delegates to Charleston, says:
LAS each Democratic convention OF the several
States meets and appoints delegates to the National
Convention which is to meet in Charleston OH the
sd OF April, the Geographic agents of the press
instructed doubtless by interested outsiders, i'm
mediately inform the public that the delegat or
4 majority of them, are pledged to support some
particular one out Of the large number Of candi-
dates for the next Presidency. In the cases where
the conventions have, by resolution declared
preference for any Individual, the delegation to
Charleston may properly be considered Fin favor
Of the nomination Of that person for the Presi-
dency; but where such resolutions have been
adopted, and no such preference indicated, it is
safe TO conclude that the delegates are unpledge ed
and VIII! vote for the candidate whom the majority
OF the Convention may select with a view to the
best Interests of the country and OF the Democratic
party. We know that this is so with regard to
the deie2 Of several states whom telegraphic
newspaper correspondents have described as posi-
lively pledged TO vote for A. b, or CO.
The Constitution further says that it has the best
Of reasons to believe that the Connecticut and
New York delegations are entirely uninstructed
and uncommi tied.
The InrsHIgsrcsr is devoted to Congressional
proceedings and news.