Buckstone gives notice of the thieving Knobs University job.

It is said the noses have been counted and enough votes have been bought to pass it." For some time the correspondents had been posting their several journals upon the alleged disreputable nature of the bill, and furnishing daily reports of the Washington gossip concerning it.

So the next morning, nearly every newspaper of character in the land assailed the measure and hurled broadsides of invective at Mr.Buckstone.

The Washington papers were more respectful, as usual--and conciliatory, also, as usual.

They generally supported measures, when it was possible; but when they could not they "deprecated" violent expressions of opinion in other journalistic quarters.
They always deprecated, when there was trouble ahead.