Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-20

Poor MCCREKRY,-The announcement that
Mr. MoCreery, the newly elected United States
Senator from Kentucky, has never held pub
lie office, is one calculated to make him an OBJ
ject of tender solicitude.
He little knows what is in store for hIm,-the
springes and traps and pitfalls that beset his
pathway henceforth forevermore. He is hap
PLY ignorant OF the dreary round TO be taken in
search of an abiding place when he first comes
TO the Capitoline city to assume the toga Sena-
toral; of the cherries halls, the shabby genteel
parlors, and the sleep -forbidding chambers he
shall see, all tricked out in the cast off upholstery
OF committee rooms; Of stately and freezing
landladtes, with the inevitable question "are
you member!"-the comforting assurance that
they don't keep boarders, but would be willing
TO take quiet gentleman of means, and willing
to pay, for the sake of his company,-the
overpowering information that Judge Boom
erang, Of Arkansas, occupied this dormitory all
the time he was in Congress, and that Colone
Diehard, of the reserve rear guard, rented that
hall chamber at Sl25 month during the entire
war; of the overdone beefsteaks, the underdone
potatoes, the leathery pies, the dishwater coffee
he shall consume.
He knows nothing of the exhausting de.
mands to help constituents and friends never
before heard or dreamed of; OF the unceasing
calls to be made upon him to contribute to this
falr and that charity; Of the persuasive appeals
to give the subscription Inst of this book and
shat engraving the benefit of his Influential,
name; of the thousand and one requests to
place his autograph in the album of that and
the other distinguished admirer: of the irresist.
ible invocation to have his classic bust done in
plaster and placed with the other prides of the
country in the old chamber of the House.
Innocent is he of the unavoidable button.
hnl lnU no. nd.,ra fr<xr, 4,e,,,
triots, with queer but conclusive reasons why
this little bill should be put through and that
one laid on the shelf,-why one railroad should
have dollars and acres by the million and an.
other prevented from being built, even without
Government aid; Of the innumerable raws
roasts, fries, steams and stews he shall eat and
the bad whiskeys he shall drink, to enable him
TO properly understand them.
He can imagine nothing of the hot and impure
air he must breathe: Of the bewildering points
of order to be raised on him; of the ALWAYS be-
ginning, never lending, and sleep-inspiring
speeches his tired ears shall take in from the
untiring lips Of nexorable contemporaries; of the
cringing and fawnng that shall attend his DOS
session of office, and of the cold forgetfulness
that shall follow his unwilling retirement
from II.
All these, and many other things that shall
yet to learn. We repeat: Poor McCreery!
RIGHTS OF NATURALIzED CITIZENS ABROAD
NEW BILL To BE REPORTED.-The Committee
on Foreign Affairs have agreed upon the fol-
lowing bill as substitute for the one heretofore
reported by them. 1t Will be reported to the
House al the earliest opportunity: Whereas
the right of expatriaton is a natural and in
herent right of all people, indispensable to the
enjoyment OF the rights of life, liberty and the
n ham ,tv,.Sc CO..
which the government of the United States was
established; and whereas in the recognition of
TINS principle this government has freely re-
celNed emigrants from all nations, and invested
them with rights of citizens hip and whereas il is
claimed that all such American citizens. with
their descendants, are subjects of foreign States
owing allegiance to the government thereof and
whereas II Is necessary to the maintenance OF
public peace that this claim of foreign aIlegi-
ance should be promptly and finally disavowcd:
therefore
BE ii enacted. &c, That anv declaration. in
stluction, opinion, order or decision of any Of
hcer OF this Government, which denies, re-
str1cts, lmpairs or questions the right of expa-
TRAITOR, is hereby declared inconsistent with
the fundame ntal principles Of this government,
and, Therefore, null and void.
Section ,. That all naturalized citizens of the
United states, while IN foreign States, shall be
entitled TO and shall receive from this govern.
ment the same protection of person and PROP
erty that is accorded to native born citizens in
Ike situation and circumstances.
Section 3. That whenever il shall be duly
made known 10 the President that any citizen
OF the United States has been arrested by any
foreign government in contrayention of the
intent and purposes of this act, upon the allie
cation that naturalization in the United States
does not operate to dissolve his allegiance to
his native Soye reign, or il any citizen shall
have been arrested and detained whose release
upon demand, shall have been unreasonablv
delayed or refused, the Pres ident shall be- and
hereby is, empowered TO order tine arrest and
dctain In custody any subject or citizen of such
foreign government who may be found within
the jurisdiction Of the United States, and the
PRESIDENT shall. without delay. give informa-
ton 70 Congress OF any such proceeding under
this act.
LA CoTEEIE CAENIvAL.-The grand la,
mosque comes OF al Marini's Assembly Rooms,
formerly Temperance Hall, tomorrow even
ing, 1T will be remembered. No such enter
tainment has heretofore been given in Wash
ington, and its novelty and select character
will insure a iull attendance, n o doubt as our
most prominent citizens are subscribers Mox-
ley. the costumer, will be on hand at the hall to
attend to those who do not come in costume.
The preparations now being made by Professor
Marini at the hall indicate that the AFFAIR will
be- carried out in The same brilliant and effec-
tive style that has characterized similar enter
tainments this season in New York and Phlla-
delphIa.
THE FAsHIoNABLFs and wou Id be fashion.
ables who ,ndeayor TO s'sensate at receptions,
etc.. may be interested in knowing that the
Washington correspondent of the New York
Commercial AdreTtiser declares that ssthe finest
looking woman AT the Presidents reception on
Monday evening was Mrs. Brumidi, (aee Ger.
moh,) the wife Of the artist who has so elabo.
rately decorated the Capitol"
THE PROTECTION OF PAssENGRIs-Tbe
Secretary OF the Treasury, in compliance with
resolution of the Senate, communicated to-
day his views, respectfully urging upon the at
tention OF Congress the necessity of providing
for the better protection of steerage passengers
AT sea by a thorough and immediate revision of
the laws now in force. The Secretary suggests
that the carrying OF steerage passengers should
b- confined 10 SINGLE deck: that the minimum
age at which two children count a. one pas
senger should be reduced, so that this proyiso
shall apply to children over one and under
five years OF age. instead OF eight wears
a. the law now stands: that every
vessel engaged in the carriage of passen-
gers should be required to have 4 we'll
supplied medicine chest for the benefit of pas
sengers and crew, and there shou Id be- a regu.
larly qualified physician or surgeon on board.
and that there should be improy ed mode of
ventilation and specified rule Of cookery Re-
cent facts brought to the notice Of the Depart
ment touching the protection IN morals ON emi.
grant vessels. disclose the most revolving de-
tails with regard TO the privacy of female pas.
sengers. All emigrants should feel, the moment