Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-27

In TIE SPECIAL sxssIoS OF THE SENATE, yes
terday, the attendance Of members was ABOUT a.
large as usual The only business submitted was
call for information by Mr.. Hale in regard TO
some Of the post offices Of the United States, the
delivery Of letters by carriers, and the use OF
boxes The usual committee was appointed to
wait on the President of the the United States
and inform him Of the readiness Of the Senate to
receive communications, and the standing CON-
mittees were continued as already organized. On
Mr.. Bright's motion, the Hon. Benjamin Fitz-
patrick was appointed to preside in the absence Of
the Vice President; and, on Mr.. Mason's motion,
an Executive session was held
The resolution offered by Mr.. Hale was to the
effect that the Postmaster General be directed TO
ascertain and report to the Senate at early day
next session the number and names of the post
offices where letters delivered by carriers for
the year ending June 30th instant, the number of
letters delivered, the number of persons employed
carriers and their respective compensations;
also, the number and names of all post offices
where box rent is collected; the aggregate amount
OF rent thus collected and the rate per box charged
at each Of said offices respectively also, whether
any, and IL so, what extra charge is made at any
of the post offices for depositing in the same box
letters for more than one person, and the maxi
mum rate thus collected for a single box. That
ii be also ascertained and reported whether the
practice exists at any Of the post offices of dstrb
uting and deli vering letters to box holders prior,
in point Of time to the distribution and delivery
of letters to non- box holders; and whether the
practice exists of neglecting to deliver letters to
the persons to whose care they are dire Gted, and
If 1t does, the cause of such practice.
REMARKABLE Determinations the
most noteworthy features of the occurrences in
Baltimore last week, was the intensity of the
manifest repugnance Of the Democracy of that
city to Douglas, his followers, and their cause
1t was seen plainly by all calm observers, Gin
the Square," every night throughout the week
With three magnificent bands Of music, and a
| large body of outsiders from a distance PLAYING
| the part of claquers all the time the Douglas
orators were utterly unable on any occasion TO
command crowd half as large as that.which
| thronged ''the Square, in front Of the Gilmor
House, from which the friends of the Democratic
| party's cause spoke every evening. All who
were in ''the Square, necessarily made the CON-
| parison; for the marked difference In the two
audiences was plain to all. That Baltmore's
Democracy, with great unanimity, regard Doug
las and Douglasism traitorous, was indeed
thus made evident to the most casual observer
By-the-by, Mr.. Reverdy Johnson, in smelling
around to pick out popular political lod gme mt
in his old days, has evidently made as signal a
mistake as when, with more youthful ardor he
adopted Federalism to the same end. He Is,
emphatically, politically, Monsieur MaE-0pro-
pos; being now as incapable of comprehending
the philosophy of the instincts Of the people, as
when he sought to take advantage of them by
being an active Wing leader
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