Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-08-23
THE NEWS HERE.


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SENSATION IN NRwspAPERDox- an
army Of professional writers for the press in Wash
ington-perhaps q hundred times as many az are
70 be found In any other city in the world of like
population The occurrence Of the slightest un
usual meter in public affairs naturally sets the
hive in motion, and the public places Of the city
swarm with them, In consequence, for an hour or
30, az the bees gathes on and around the hive at
the beating Of tin pan. Last evening" when II
became known, per telegraph, that the usual davis
bundles Of New York papers destined South had
been seized In Philsdelphia by direction Of the
Government, the hive swarmed "a hardly ever
before, and buzzed, buzxed, and buzzed over the
wonder until IL had been turned, twisted and
"Iansnagnided" Into all ilconceivahIe shapes
some comieal,- and others hideous and all OF
hugely elaborated proportions
To-day, however, the mystery Is unfolded
The authorities responsible for the proper con-
duct OF the war for the restoration Of the Union.
have at length come to comprehend the fact that
they may no longer safely permit the country.
snemtss with arms In their hands to be openIv
sided and sbetted by its enemies with pens and
type In their hands, worth more to their cause I'm
the way CT raising recruits, money, and popular
sympathy for their treacherous schemes) than an
additional army Of nfty thousand well appointed
troops So, they have determined hereafter tn
protect The public Interest anst the great danger
hefete, involved In the treacherous use of the
public press In the present crisis. Orders wers
given TO prevent the circulation Of notorious
traitor New York newspapers where their treseh..
" might do most misc hief-in the Border sta,.,
and all the New York papers of yesterday COMING
In this direction were found to be 90 packed to-
2ether as that II required time to separate the
ehar from the wheat SO the whole were detained
one night In Philadeiphia-and after taking out
tbs bundles Of the Day Book, Nstrs, and traitor
so-caled religious weekly, the rest were duly for
warded this morning to their several destinations
We have every reason TO believe that orders
have been Issued to prevent the circulation in the
mails Of those papers, the Journal of Commerce
and all other New York journals notoriously
striving to aid the purpose Of achieving the per.
manent destruction Of the Union.
The country at large will hail this energetic
action with joy; because long since aware that
the greatest element Of the strength of the dsunion
cause, was the immunity with which its active
supporters out Of Secessta have been permitted to
preach treason, and spread falsehood, to aid IL
broadcast, over the land; while anywhere within
secessia the newspaper that ventures to speak
above s breath in favor Of the cause Of the Union
Is Of course instantly suppressed.
Miss WINpLz RKDIvIus-Our old nrot.u.
Mis- Windle, the well known authoress OF 90
many works (by Mrs Gore has turned ND again.
OF course our readers have not 20 soon forgotten
the gifted Miss w. and her felicitous literary
echievenenS,-her charming "Letters from the
Springs" fer instence,-portionso Of which struck
the readers OF Blackwood's Magazine AZ idsnti.
eaHy az good - column after column OF tina,
megazine;-or, again, her remarkable "Life In
Washington" whole chapters Of which proved
70 be word for word the same las we did Mis
Windle the justice to point out at the tine) with
ehsPteu In Mrs. Cores novels, Of ten wears ante.
eedence, showing conclusively~that perddiou.
Albion In Its envy Of American genius could
stoop to anticipate thus unfairly what on,
gifted fellow countrywoman was going to write
Other discoveries Of this sort thickened upon th.
readers and (idsnI) admirers OF Miss windls, and
with ell their appreciation Of her talent, they
could not be expected to 60 on buying and reading
nef "twice-'oid tales So Min WIndle came e
gnef ana paied oot from the literary sky Blu
now 'ne looms mp In vet statelier proportions and
In new capacity. Born In the matter Of far
State Of New Jersey, she busts GU, a, an i,,en,,.
sble seeesh sympathizer, with {" procli vities y
&c, and as sach, according 70 the Alexander,
correspondent ofthe Associated Press. has arrived
af the distinctios OF military arrest But wis,
II 70 b done With her: Is she to be Provost.
0uarded, or how cared for, II seems TO us tina,
the parties In possession have got themselves int
. scraPe. The man who won a girare-or in
sisphant-which was 10, In q ranis seems bv co.
temporary history to have had q time of n: bp,
his NJ We should say was mild one comp,,ed
% that OF the authorities having this li srarv
maiden on their hands
Meantime abe gets frst rate notice. Him n,
the Associated Press at AIexandria, q gallant
susceptible swain we have to presume. cau,e,
every psper In the country to publish and nav 10,
nus elaborated trash enumerating the literary
'works' and Attachments Of this sseducaed l,av >,
30, &c. BY the way, we Zee tina, cotem nor, ~
misprins her Legend Of the waldenses,, =,
s"Legsnd Of the Wilderness More cane .bonld
b exercised In her Gaze A similar mi.pr,nt
might make her Miss swindls.
CLINICAL CHAssEs.-The following c,.ric,,
changes were made yesterday In the one. ~ ,hs
Auditor Of the Treasury fot the Post Ofnce DE-.
psstment: John Kearhs, Of New Jersey. nro.
motsd 10 . thrd-clas clerkship, salary nj 400
IA. Holden, Of Virginia, promoted to a second.
elias clstkship, salary 81 400; and John LYNCH
OF Indiana, appointed to q nst-class clerk,hip
siiary ei 200, vies p. A. Holden, promoted.
hsAovALs.-John Thaw, OF California, a third.
siaas clerk In the Once Of the Auditor of the
Treasury for the Posi- Once Department, has been
semoved o'
Ps'fick Jourdan, chief messenger IN the Wa,
Department, was yesterday removed from of,..
kssissrpS-ar. VIM. ID. BeIl, CLERK IN On.
ksymasser Generals Office al the War pera, =.
nsns resigned Yesterday, rather than taks A..
ssfh Of allegfsncs. Hs resides in Georr s,orn
n. Edmund Brooke bss been promoted 10 an
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