Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1857, Page 2

_EVENING ‘STAR: | WASHINGTON .CITY: October 13, 1957. SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS. The Union contains a dispatch from Leaven- worth, dated on the 10th inst., saying that the Democrats have » majority of one in the newly elected Territorial Council, and two or three in the lower branch, and that the majority for Parrott (Rep.) for Congress is but four or five hundred. The editor has entire confidence in the aceuracy of his correspondent. We trust his representations may be true, as the control of the Territorial Legislature of Kansas is at this time of more importance than aught else. we know of to the future of the Democratic organization of the Union. The Union is still “ down on” the banks aad bankers to-day. The Intelligencer republishes, from the Bos- ton Conrier of the 7th, an interesting disquisi- tion upon the origin of the Sepoy war, wherein it is charged to the interference of the English Government with the ancient religious preju- dices of the Hindoos. The editor, however, takes occasion to explain that writersin England contend that the war has its origin in the fail- ure of the Government to interfere sufficient- ly with the rights of the Hindoo church, which, from time immemorial has prescribed, in India, the canoas which regulate the descent, trans- mission and conveyance of property, the re- lations of husband_and wife, parent and child, guardian and ward, master and servant, and even appoints what garments shall be worn and how the nails shall be trimmed. ~ ———_—++e+-__ _ Tue Steamer ArLaxtic.—The sailing of the steamer Atlantic, from New York for Europe, has been postponed till Saturday, the Mth. Sop at a Low Ficurs.—The steamer South- erner was sold at auction Saturday morning, in New York, for $10,200 cash. be aii Ratan bo Britisu Consett at New Yorx.—Kdward M Archibald, formerly Attorney.General at New- foundland, has been appointed British consul at New York. I> A shooting affair occurred at Seeger’s La- ger Beer Brewery in Baltimore, on Sunday, which resulted in the killing of one man and the wound- ing of Deputy Marshal Manly. Out oF Emrlorment.—Over two thousand xirls employed in the cloak business, in New York, have been discharged from employment by the breakage, stoppage, or want of qmoney of the persons who employed them. Later Frey has been received at St. Louis. Otero has been elected delegate from the ‘Territory of New Mex- ice te Congress. The Cayem Indians are anxious for peace. From Mexico —Dates from Vera Cruz to the 7th instant have been received at New Orleans, ‘The Mexican Congress had held a Primary meet- ing, and Manuel Ruise was elected President There was a rumor that General Svavez had bec a assassinated. The insurgents at the South still held out, and robberies were rife throughout the country. Ce ——————— I> Seven persons, comprising the family of R. Jackson, residing at Hanover and West sts., Kensington, Pa., were attacked with very violent symptoms of poisoning on Friday night, in con- sequence of eating cheese. A Physician was summoned, who pronounced the cheese impreg- nated with a deleterious mineral salt which it had probably absorbed from an imperfectly glazed earthen vessel in which it wasmade. The patients suffered most severely, one of them nar- towly escaping death. Evectioxs To-vay —State elections take place to-day in Pennsylvania and Obio. In Pennsylva- nia a Governor, State officers, members of the Leyislature and County officers are to be elected, im Ohio a Governor and State officers only. In each Siate there are three distinct tickets in nomination—A merican, Democrat ic , and Republi- can. The candidates for Governorship in Penn- sylvania are—Wm. F. Packer, Dem., Isaac Haz- eiburst, Amer., and David Wilmot, Rep. The indications are greatly in favor of the election ¢ f Gen. Packer. In Obie the candidates are Peter Van Trump, Amer., Henry B Payne, Dem , and Gov. Chase, Rep. 17 The news from india is gloomy, very. The English have been obliged to circumscribe their lines moreand more. Havelock had retired a se- cond time from Lucknow. And at Jast advices, with a force of but nine hundred men, was ex- Posed to attack from four points. and no hope of relief for a fortnight. ‘The junction which we Predicted between the Gwaliors and the Oudex has effected, and with even more disastrous re- sults than we anticipated, for the communication between Calcutta and Lucknow cau no longer be considered open, exeept to anarmy ‘The matinies are spreadi and confidence in the loyalty of the Bombay native troops dimin- ishes daily while Calcutta is thought to be in seri- ous danger of an outbreak Ma. Dattas ax» Mr. Caaurton.—Letlers re- ceived by the Atlantic profess to give intelligence of rude treatment extended by ex-Minister Crampton to Mr. Dallas. It is said that Mr. Crampton repeatedly, and in the most public and marked manner, bas avoided Mr. Dallas, not- withstanding the best efforts of the latter to evinee the kindest and most cordial feeling on bis own part. On ome occasion recently, white Mr. Dalias was walking the street in company with a British nobleman, Mr Crampton was ob- served approaching from’ the opposite direction, but upou seeing our Minister, he suddenly passed up an alley-way and again avoided him. Con- duct like this, frequently repeated, has attracted attention, and elicited a good deal of severe re- mark 5 Mr C., who would seem to bave no jeuse for it, except his yeneral hatved to Ameri- cans since bis forced retivement from the Embas- sy here ——— Latea prom Texas.—The Galveston Civilian says that instructions from the State Department at Washington have been received by the United States Marshal of Texas, and the Collector of Customs at Gal to believe that lawless persons are now en; paged Within the limits of the United States in netting on foot and preparing the means for military ex. Peditions to bw carried on against the territories of Mexico, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, and ury- officers to use all due diligence, those who may be found to heen, ed in settin; on foot bd ch sig such military expeditions = The Galveston News understands that the new steamship now being built for Mr. Vanderbilt for the New Orleans and ‘Texas trade, will soot be completed and brought ont. The Indianolian of the 3d furnishes the follow- ing intelligence: rumor reached town yesterday tha train of Government contactors, deder the — of — Le toy ae iotes, and two ser- eants, detai by order of Gen. Twi; ‘m attacked on the route adr Quite 2 number of volunteers, recruited under the auspices of Brevet Col. W.R. Henry, for the Nicaraguan service, have arrived in town, and Rte on one of the steamers to-day, for Gal- PERSONAL -++- Commodore Perry, U.S. N., is at Browns’. --- Samuel Crawford, many years ago editor of the sire (Va.) Argas, are last week cor- sudge Win. Pitt Preble, of Me., formerly nat qacinen ‘Ss Minister to the Hague, is dead— Edw rak, Colston, one of the reporters of fed en Sunds iil- m bronchitis and asthunaes » Peneu Sid +++. Senator Donylas ix aaj a ily in the current revulsion, having tees, ro peculations in Western oe Vibleck, of Knox necratic nominee to 1 il the wacubey ince = proaching Congress occasioned by the late Judge Lockhart ny the death of ---- Lt. Col. Silas Casey, U SA » and Sap G 2 Trenchard, U.S.N_, Capt wy aidner, U.S. N_. and Commander L. Stodda: U.8.N" are at Willards’. . ru The telegraph report of the death of Hon W. P. Fessenden of Maine, is believed to be an etror. Doubtless the Hon. WP. Preble is meant, who died at Porti: days illness ‘ortiand on Saturday last after three the tr ness, Le | 7" The bank have beouzhit to light an cld boghes wast ena bandeed oe ie streets over her loss of sixteen WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Tae ADMINISTRATION AND THE Business Community.—Among the most inteiesting signs of the times is the unaui with which the Opposition press are ju Upon the financial policy 6f the njstrc- tion—of the Treasury and Interior Depart- ents—so far as that affects the imtercsts o° fhe business commpnity. The truth is, the. manner in which they have virtually unlecked the doors of the Treasury of the United States, and relieved with its contents the most pressing wants of commerce, without vivlating either the letter or the spirit of the Independent Treasury law in so doing, has been the means of staving off universal bankruptcy on this side of the At- lantic. -But for Secretary Cobb’s timely trans- fer of coin to New York, and his proffers to purchase United States stock on liberal terms, when its equivalent is so much more needed by the holders than the stock itself, the New York banks could not possibly have been in a position to hold on as a point from whieh a res- toration of specie paying may shortly be initia ted. In the adoption of the policy in this con- nection upon which the Government’s monetary affairs have been managed, they have demon- strated that the Independent Treasury system is not only a safe one, so far as the custody of the public funds are concerned, but eminently a wise and benificent one, so far as the inter- ests of the community are involved, in such business convulsions as this under which the country is now suffering. Some around us are predicting that it will not be long ere the Government suspends specie payments, basing that opinion on the fact thei a wonderful falling off has suddenly taken place in the amount of money paid into the New York custom-house for duties. We regard the falling off in question as being but temporary. Just now no merchants are taking goods from bond untess after having sold them by sample, and all of them are bonding such as are arriving. because they cannot at this time lay out of the money (duties) necessary to get them into their own warehouses. To fancy that the rate of payments into the New York custom-house will continue as small as during the last week, will be to argue that because of the financial con- vulsion foreign goods will not be used in this country. The convulsion may for the time be- ing lessen the quantity purchased among us; but not materially, because, though the cities are more or less affected by the state of mone- tary affairs, its influence is hardly felt beyond their boundaries. In New York, of course, all in trade endeavor just now to pay out as little as possible, and therefore the payments into the treasury are thus affected. But, as thecus- tomers of New York demand goods, the custom- house must necessarily receive it due, furnish- ing in due time an ample supply of woney to meet the accruing wants of the Government. For years past the surplus in the National Treasury has been a great bug-bear in the eyes of the very parties most benefitted by the facts of its existence, and of the legitimate use to which it has been pat. If it can all be law- fully devoted to the purposes to which Seeretary Cobb has dedicated it so far, its use thus will be a god-send to the country; insomuch as it will obliterate the great cause of the increase of corruption in the National Legislature. We reaily knew of nothing more likely to benefit the country in the end than this depletion of the Treasury, which destroys the great incen- tive for combinations to accomplish improper financial legislation. Watker’s Career in Nicaracva.—Below will be found a portion of the history of the eareer of Walker in Nicaragua, promised in the Star of yesterday, which we divide into two articles, in order to avoid wearying the reader. It is from the pen of an individual who was an active participant in Walker’s scheme and in his proceedings in Central Amer- ica, and was himself a witness of nearly every- thing he here narrates. It will doubtless serve to warn the youth of the Southern States that unless they prefer death from the climate of Central America or from the vicissitudes of such campaigns as Walker has already made there, they had better keep out of his clutzhes. Wacker ann Nicaxacua.—C formerly the Vieeroyalty of G posed of the States or Republics of Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Their emancipation trom Spain was com- paratively bloodless ; but the ebb and flow of in- cessant revolution, and the consequent anarch and desolation pervading them since that period, tamp their mournful history with impotency, and a perversion of all the lone ats of material wature, the proper harvest of which constitutes the true sourer of a nation’s greatness. It ix not vur intention to give even a synopsis of the past history of Central Auferica, or even to tell the causes that led to the invitation by which Wm Walker gained a foothold on the soil of unha Nicaragua. Suffice it to say that the year found the country represented by five i ent republics as above named; and Nicaray prostrated by a protracted civil war raving be- tween the Democrats and the Chamoristas, rey resented by two distinct governments; the tormer located at the city of Leon, with Castillon as the President; the latter at Granada, with Estrada at its head, aud recognized by this Government as the government de 7ure. Each had an arin inthetield. The Democrats commanded by Gea. Manos and the Chamoristas by Corral. ‘In the fatter part of the above year, one Byron Cole, of San Francisco, was at Leon, traveling in the prosecution of his private business. Living on intimate terms with President Castillon.and the Democrats being Lard pressed at the time, he one day said— “Why don’t you send to Califernia and get some American uid? 1 know two men there ; Parker H. French and Wm. Walker, both con, nected with the press, and well kuown in the United States, who aze well qualified to bring you the necessary assistance by which you can close this warand yive foo to your distracted couatr: df have no doubt but that they will readily come, provided the proper inducements are held out to them.’ Castillon caught the idea at once, and request- ed Cole to write to them, and enclose an juvita- tion fom himself for them to come down with two hundred mento his assistance ; promising, on obtaining @ peace, to use bis end avors towa'd the advancement of ‘atagua bythe introdac- tion of American institutions and_ principles, after the mode of this Republic, and to give a grant of fifty-two thousand aeres of land, for the said Americans to locate upon, together with all the rights and privileges of Aijos dei paces afier the conclusion of the war, and Colonel commis- sions for both French and Walker, Cole did as requested by his fiend Castillon, and his communication found the embryo Colo nels at Sacramento, in January, 1855—Walker as the retafned editor of the Demoeratic State Jour- nal,and French as the editor and Proprietor of the State Tribune. They consulted on the prop- osition made to them, and accepted it—French taking lead in the matter, because he had more means and intluence in California than Walker It was understood and ayreed between the two, and was reduced to writing, that they entered on the enterprise as joint partners; and whatever good fortane befell the one, whether civil or mil- Hary, sould be equatly shared by the other—a partnership of fiiendship and interest, by which they mutually bound themselves to share, and share alike; to become good citizens of Nicara- gua, and contiue themselves to her limits. It wax determined that Walker should first yo down with a Luadred mea, and that French should fol- ion with alike nunber 45 soon thereafter as pos- sible. ‘Thus commenced the advent of Americans in Nicaragua. Profuse in their loyalty to the Re- public, humble in their early aspirations, and ronaetg an honest desire to extend the area of Simsaea ic principles. Walker declared to Pres- ident Castillon, that the happiest moment of Ais life would be when he could retire to the cultiva- tion of an estate after ,» when De: rule was restored to bleeding Nica ceitiul promise! Fatal confidence! !’ was this unfortunate event, which created a Judas that betrayed with a kiss—a viper that stung the bo- som warming it into life. The patriotic Castil- ton did not ‘Sie to see the ruin he had thus en- tafled on his devoted couatry, nor did the heroic and gullant Cole survive sufficiently to see swarth of desolation that characterized the final tracks of bis pr . Desperate, and deeply bgt at the lawlessness of Walker's course, ¢ found a welcome and an early death in the bleed? charge of San Jacinto. Walker sailed in the brig Vesta, from San Fran- ciseo, in the spring of the year 1555, with sixty- six companions, stvied colonists; for he promised to divide the 82,00 actes of land eqitatly among them, and bad persuaded thein that in all human probability they would never have te Gent, or if itral America, mula, is com- pritises | they did, siz months would settle the whole af- 1air, when each one of them, would be comfort- ably located on a fine cocoa estate. Poor dupes, their c: ality, and wants, made them ‘bink wi ey désired to be true, and they fol- rtunes., wed fter several efforts, the brig ide the heads an elect! tle band divided into t Decrrixe Watuineron.—It has become fashionable, of late, to decry our city as being the sink of iniquity, ‘& perfect paradise of blacklegs, rowdies, ruffians, 4c. We take from *giNewX ork Tribune an extpact from of Wash on’g fair > 1 rations the following sea ae de wi lornsby, Lieutenant Turnbull B4 r - Second Com Capt. MacNab and Lieutenant’ y Without crag Same sa Frask Aaderson. Walker was in command a budget o misrep of ie ion, with the rank of Colonel, Achiles ~~ . i . Kewen the Lieutenant-Colonel, and Crocker | Condition ef scei@ty here. It is as follows: Major. short time before the Vesta sail French and Walker called on Capt. C. K. Garri-. son. the Nicaragua Steamship Company's agent in San Francisco, and endeavored to make an ar- rangement with him, by which the expeditionists should go down to San Juan del Sur in the com- pany’s steamer. But Garrison, who had never seen Walker before. doubted the policy of Amer- icans interfering in the struggle, and not only re- fused to make any such arrangement, but refused to sell tickets for Nicaragua ; so that every person going there was co: lied to buy through tickets © New York and stop when they got to their des- tination, thus losing half their e money. At that time French and Walker were the er | rsons engaged in the enterprise—French ha he greatest means, and the whole affair was looked uponas a Naarivenlign iermcnae pet was viewed as a senior partner. He promised to pro- tect the Transit Company if Garrison would as-~ sist them; and if they succeeded, make war on them if he did not. Garrison treated the whole affair as a bnbble. By the time the Vesta reached Realejo, Casiil- lon repented the invitation he had given. Walker assuined a dictatorial and threatening attitude as oon as he arrived inthe country. He laid down -he program of a campaign, and demanded one hundred and fifty men to go with his Americans and attack the town of Rivas, near the line of transit. They were granted. pops, SY on board the Vesta at Realejo, he sailed for Boito, a smail bay near that town; but his movements were so slow, and loosely managed, that, by the time he reached the town, the enemy were in- formed of all his movements, and had so fortified and strengthened it, as to make a suecessful as- fault impossible, His defeat and retreat are mat- ters of history—it was a gallant struggle; but our limits will not permit us to dwell upon its iaci- dents In miserable plight he embarked the rem nant of his band sed returned to Realejo| The day this dampening news reached California, French had arrived in San Francisco with forty recruits for his friend Walker. But, in came the steamer Sierra Nevada with news of defeat, and that some sixty of her passengers had died: on the upward tp, with cholera. The forty recruits backed out te a man. But French, nothing daunt- ed, embarked on the steamer Uncle Sam, with no one but his servant, determined to keep faith with Walker and be in Nicaragua at the timeap- pointed. On his arrival at San Juan he was taken pris- oner and carried to Granada. He was kindly treated and allowed to go about that city on his role by President Estrada and General Corrall. The time so employed proved fatal to that unfor- tunate city, for he noted its strength and defences, and mapped its approaches with a faithful eve. and gathered the necessary juformation by which Walker was enabled to storm it on the 13th of October following. French sent this information to Walker at Realejo, with the advice tbat he should embark all the force at bis command, sail for San Jvan, take and fortify the place, and make it the base of bis operations, where he could recruit and receive supplies. The letter was sent by a courier, on foot, enclosed in the hol- low of a bamboo cane, and was safely delivered. Walker acted on the advice, embarked fifty-one Americans and two hundred and fifty native troops under Cols. Chillon and Mendez, and ar- rived in San Juan the night and bour that French did after e nada. Wo met on the deck of the Vesta, at tweive o'clock at night, in the mellow light of a full tropical moon, in presence of the assembied forces. All night ong they exclusively ocenpied the quarter deck in consi That was a solemn night to the fate of thousands of men, thea little dreaming of the influances at work on their destinies. ++ On whataslender thread ethe- rial matters hang ?? Two days after, French returned to San Fran- cisco on the Uncle Sam, with the determination to make a grand effort in stirring up public sym- paints and obtaiaing material aid in bebalf of Vaiker’s operations in Nicaragua. He had au- thority lo raise troops, grant commissions, and to raise funds, by pledging the public faith of Nic- »tagua, at ten cents on thedollar. lis authority Ws from Castillin Two days after he lef’, Walker marehed to Virgin Bay and fought a ba - tle. Five days after French’s arrival in Califor- nia, he embarked on board the company’s steamer forty récruits, armed and cluipped, for Walker, under the command of Col. Gilman and Captain George Davidson. Yen days later, he embarked. himself. with Colonel Fry, and two companies of about fifty men each, under Captains ‘Turnbull and Astin. Let me here state, that in the early days of this enterprise, before Walker bad developed his un- Principled ambition and selfish ihgratitudc— when the cause was plausible and just, when ea- pectation was high and hope was honorable, be- cause men then engaged thought Walker honest and the cause legitimate—French wes the head and soul of the cause. Possessed of means, cour- aye and ability—with more tact, kindlier feel- zy with Walker—he sus- the cause during the first month of its infancy, during all which time it would have died without his support. ‘The Vesta could not have sailed without hima. At one time every paper in California was against the enter- prise, except the Tribune. His pen was fertile and Incessant Jn its support, and he ereated the excitement that sustained aud fed the canse Authorized by Castilion to pledge the faith of the Republic at ten cents on the dollar, he could not find purchasers for it at any price; and in default, he sold his daily paper for about $20,600, apply- ing the whole proceeds for the benefit of Nica- Tagma, with the direct promise that his own money, so advanced, should be repaid from tbe first money received. It was he that enlisted and gave commissions to Fry, Saunders, Rudder, Anderson. Astin, G lwan, and, in t, the entire list of officers that ngured in Nicaragua during the first year. On his arrival in Nicaragua with Fry’s com- mand, he found Walker in possession of Granada, which he had taken by a coup de main two days before. The idmirers of the grey-eyed man often cite the captuce of that city as an evidence of genius and abi How little do they anow of the true history of the afluir. The whole plan of his taking the company’s steamer at Virgin Bay, of throwiug on beard bis entire command, cousisting of ninety Americans and two hundred. native ti nies or steaming for Granada in the night, while Corral lay at Rivas with fifteen hun- dred men, supposing he had him bemmed in, of landiag and storming an unarmed place at early daylight, thas capturing the stronghold of the enemy with all their munitions of war, thelr pub- lic archives, some of their public men, and the wives and children of Corral and his principal officers, was devised and communicated to Wal- ker by a genth n_ of New York, connected with Nicaragnan offsirs. Such a pegam was beyond the originality of Walker. et when presented, he followed it out, and then claimed all the glory arising from it; although be wrotea note of gratefal acknowledgments to its author atthe time. The only orizinality he displayed in the whole drama was the cold-blooded execu- tion of Mayorga, without offence and without trivl, followed by the threat to shoot all the women and children in the place if Corral did not make a treaty with him. A threat not im- sible, when we consider his total indifference forhumaa life, and his utter disregard of all the decencies and humanities of civilization. Corral believed him capable of the deed, and trembling atthe prospect, he hastened to make the treaty by which the Rivas Provisional Government was established. Each day since Walker's arrival in the country had witnessed some fresh nsurpa- tion of power. Overbearing, capricious ard cruel, every official uncovered in his presence, and trembled at his frown A Decisiox.—The board of army officers lately assembled at the West Point Military Academy to test the qualities and adaptation to the military service of the Government of the various breech-loading arms offered to that end, have made an elaborate and able report to the Secretary of War. From what @e can gather on the subject, they unitimously agree in declaring the Barnsides riffe to be the best arm that was thus formally’ tested by them. They are also said to have decided that they have not yet seen any arm that can properly be substituted for the muzzle-loading gun, for in- fantry use. They state, further, that having tried Colt’s revolving pistol with shoulder-piece (to be conyerted into a carbine when necessary) they entertain a high opinion of it, and advise the appointment of a special Board to test that and others. They report the firing of all the arms before them, at one and six hundred yards, to have been very good. Srraxaers.—The lending hotels of Wash- ington are just now well filled for the season with sojourners, who come hither for the most part on business with the Government. Their number strikes us as being greater than usuél ‘at this period of a long recess, which proves the steady inerease of the business of Washington, that must expand pari passu with the expan- sion of the general business of the country. Dism1sseD.—The Court Martial recently in session in thiseity having found Lieut. L. H. Lynde guilty as charged, and sentenoéd him to be broken, he bas been dismissed from the ser- vice by the President. 12 % “The Federal city is fast following in the wake of Baltimore. Last nighi 7 prominent politician, and a Republican,was shot at three times by rowdies. Thesame gang broke into-two private housex, and fired several shots at the inmates. The massacre by the Government troops on the Ist of June has emboldened the dis- orderly characters of the Democratic to the. commission of all sorts of outrages. A few nights since, a party of them set upon a procession of bl n, and a regular engagement took place on Pennsylvania avenue. One hundred shots were fired, and seven is were wound- ed, one, it bas been teported fatal . A Vigilance Committee is spoken of. ‘EMABUID.”? If one believed Washington to be in the state which this writer describes, it would require but little stretch of the imagination also to be- lieve that it isthe daily or nightly scene of outrages hardly second in atrocity to those dis- tinguishing Sepoy rule in India. Neverthe- less, we have to assure the distant reader that, though not manufactured by this. Abolition cor- Trespondent out of ‘whole cloth,” (for these wholesale slanders on Washington are old ac- quaintances of the Washington public.) Wash- ington is at least as peaceable and safe for the orderly and reputable citizen and stranger as any other city of its population in the United States. The truth of these matters isin a nut shell, and is as follows: For some time past the Fed- eral Metropolis has been favored with the pres- ence of two squads of mauvais sujets fleeing fsom Baltimore to escape prosecution. One squad are known as thimble-riggers, patent- safe-game men, and artists generally, after that fashion—flashy dressed young men, ready at all times for a row or a robbery, when and where either may be perpetrated without the prob- ability of due punishment—their number is perhaps half a dozen. The other squad follow some legitimate business in the day time, and render night hideous through the disturb- ances they generate under the pretence of being firemen. The latter were the parties who joining issue with similar fire-following rowdies—not reputable firemen as the wri- ter we quote intimates—for whom Washing- ton is fairly responsible, thus.created the “ fire riot” that occurred at the corneg.of Pennsylva- nia avenue and Four-and-a-half street on the night of the 29th September ultimo. The twa ‘quads are now understood to have united forces, and have commenced the busincss of black-mailing the timid—male and female— who are supposed to follow practices which the law forbids. Washington, in common with all other Amer™ ican cities, contains, we regret to have to writ’, its due proportion of gambling houses anu houses of ill-fame, which rely for the most part on the patronage of strangers from the States, by the by. They exist here, as elsewhere, in defiance of law. Their inmates and habitues of course prefer to submit to the perpetration of outrages upon themselves to bringing their affairs before the public, at law. . Calculating upon the immunity which this state of things secures for them when attacking such parties, the rowdy ruffians above mentioned have, of late, attacked, under cover of midnight, two or three gambling houses, and as mary houses of of ill-fame, where they are said to have been refused bribes to induce them to refrain from such outrages. Though no public sympathy attaches to the attacked in these cases, the law requires the due punishment of the offenders, and those of them that can be identified aro now fugitives from the officers of justice; venturing abroad only in the night. So for, these gangs have confined their at- tacks, numbering half a dozen in all, almost entirely to such, places; and it is very certain that if they remain sojourners in Washington auch longer, their earcer will end between stone walls on the banks of the Potomac; for they have fairly aroused all here to the neces- sity of taking care of them after that fashion. We repeat: they are strangers—not Wash- ingtonians ; and our own people are not the parties responsible to public opinion for their brief temporary presence among us. ae pg Nava Courts or Inquiny.—On concluding the case of late Passed Midshipman Hall yes- terday, Court No. 1 adjourned over until to- morrow (Wednesday) morning ; when they ex- pect to take up the case of Passed Midshipman Bohrer. Before Court No. 2, to-day, the case of Lieut. Alexander Murray (furloughed) is being tried. The reading of depositions in this case had oc- cupied them all the morning. Rob’t Ould, Esq., is Lt. M.’s counsel. F Before Court No. 3, the case of Commander Shaw (retired on full leave pay) is up. Com- modore Perry, Captains Ellison, Gardiner, and Morris, and Commander Swartwout have been examined in it on the applicant’s bebalf, for whom Mr. Scott is counsel. Navat Orricers Orpergv.—The following officers have been fitting for sea at the New York Navy Yard, destined for the African squadron Viz: Commander, B. J. Totten; Lieutenants, E Lloyd Winder, J. W. A. Nichol- son. Wm. C. West, Daniel L. Braine, and Wm. E. Fitzhugh; Surgeon, John Thornléy; Assist- ant Surgeon, Frederick Van Bibber; Purser, J. B. Danforth, Jr.; Acting Master, Thos. 0. Selfridge; Boatswain, Joseph Lewis; Gunner, John A. Lovett; Carpenter, E. W. Barnicoat; Sailmaker, John King. Arroixtep.—The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed Dr. Richard B. Fern to be the surgeon of the marine hospital at Mobile, vice Dr. Lopez, removed. A CompLiIMENTARY CorRESPONDENCE took place on the 30th ult. between the employees in the office of the Second Comptroller of the Treasury and its former head, Dr. Richard M. Brodhead, wherein the former expressed their regret at parting with the latter officially in feeling terms, to which Dr. B. replied most ap- propriately. Tus Wearuer —The following report of the weather for this morning is made from the Morse Telegraph linc to the Smithsonian Institution. The time of observation isabout7 o’clook a. m.: Octoser 13, 1857. New York, N.Y. Mobile, Ala ‘Gainesville. Gunzrats Scott aNd PiLLow —The recent card General of Scott, ied into our paper. makes up an ween General Pillow and himself, decerminet. We piprmemberveten ten from Pu IREES RGN! othe i! acl Thorn’e < Toh ste are most respeot fu! bt ~ Committee of Arrangements. the sworn testimony of itr and others, fuliyand | | W. Hucbinsen, ; btm ae cere praterihi at coset by 208 13-008t* bi i General win Bis recent address to the peo- CADEMY OF MUSIC, i Tewnessce: ro a — by oe ‘wa Corner lith st. and Pa. ary i say, thal as ean procu! a — copy of the record of the testimony he will sub- THURSDAY, Oowwdee 15, 1807. mit to the public an answer to the card of Gene- ral Scott, recently published —Nas&ville Union. SOIREE MUSICALE, docoeccs fl cninnsioeeepOiaindni tte ver SIGNORA BIANCA PARAVAL! Margiepin a Dissectixe Room.—Last Sunday Douna, ey e Gene =, em night a couple were married by the Rev. Dr. and recently from Grand Mexico. Fisher at the Dancing Academy, late jedieai College, on Western Row, to which we have be- fore alluded. The prospective bride, we learn, Assisted by Mr. Crovcn. Tickets One Dollar, To commence att o’eleck, oc 12 at had inibibed a si) rly romantic notion, 3° reading the,Gazelle, of being wedded in 2 place QPP FELLAS BALL that been used as 2 dissect; room, and -o0 SECOND AND LAST WEEK! she swore to ‘‘ love, honor and obey,’’ in theaame apartment where the dead had Iain all ghastly and horrible in the cerements of the grave. Whether this rendered the connabial vows more solemn weare unprepared to say ; but those a pant ts who declare matrimony and death closely allied might find sor rest their theory —Cinctn COME, AND LAUGH?! NEW FEATS IN MAGIC. NEW SCENES IN VENTRILOQUISM. Tux Leaxwep Canary Binns & Srinit Rarrinc. SIGNOR BLIT WILL REMAIN ONE WEEK LONGER, basis on which to zette, Sth ‘ive hie Siew or the Times —Iin e of the " IBITIONS severe financial crisis now upon us,D. L.. Hough fected AE PSE URLE seruonees, with sell at auction oe ene ata > eta Wednesday the entire contents, from ce! to a , garret, of two magnificently furnished private |] WEDNESDAY & == a RDAY AFTERNOON palaces in the upper part of the city.— New York a at _ Admission 2 ots.; ‘Children 13 ota. __ 20 10-tf_ OOK OUT FOR THE BUTCHERS. FIRST GRAND COTILLON Washington Butcher Club, No. 1. The members of the Washington Rotohers’ Cinb take great pleasure in announcing to their frieads and the able generaliy. thet their Fiest Grayp Cotirton Party will take eee eran eeu Hall, on TUES- Wasnate Cotillon Band has been engaged for the oneasion. ickets FIFTY CENTS—admittinga Gentleman and Lidly-me be had fromany member of the Ciub, erat the door on the evening of the Party. A lsome Wreath wi!! be presented to the Club —— the crentest number of members present. oe 8-5t* “Com. OF ARRANGEMENTS Tribune. U7 Wa. 8. Martin, of Baton Rouge, La., has invented an engine which can be constructed, beiler and all, for about $50. ea aces o’clock. Pune attewlance regelr den Ae NOTICR Sy. M.F.W. A. Me 1. meet at your Hall THIS (Tuesday) tNING, at se ‘clock. By order of the PRESIDENT. ee CEDEENT POTOMAC BUILDING ASSOCIATION, .The seventh annan! meeting of the above peceintion Wall bem id at Potomae Hal!, Island, on THURSDAY EVENING, 5th October, 1857, at? o'clock. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected, oc ls3t* 5 C. ASHr ORD, Seo. Bf NGTON SUSEDS, ee ROLREE DANSANTE. N.—You are requested er e ere mee} PROF. H. W. MUNDER takes great pleasure in TAURSDAY EVENING Octohe isthe” ct announcing to his friends and . that attendance ia expected of every member, the first Soiree of the season at of flicers, to fill vacancies, will come m hy "00 12-2 take sircets. on WED- RG Ottcber 3th, 1857, 2%) 8 preci: and continue every W Boo any ealwar: enjoyedthe repatation ese > ve s of being the most sooial abd agroeable entertain nny ee f given in Washington cit q and a8 jeavor them Attractive by the introduction ef many new and bean - tifn! Danoes, which will rere. very instructive to those who frvor him with their patronage. R. GRIMES. FAIR IN EAS’ Ne 1 ‘he Ladies of the Eben dist Episcopal gharge Rev, William H. Chapman, astor,) willopen & FAIR at Odd Fellows” Eighth street east on Monday evening, the tant, for the benefit of their new Church. The Hall will be handsomely festooned. and anat- tractive variety of articles be oxbibited for xalr. lem Withers’ Band has been engaged for the addition- Gentlemen can season tioket pon al entertainment of visitors each evening duting the | reasonable terms, by making application at the Ball Fair, = s on Tuesday and Thur:day evening from 73s patil Ya, swe Lies Ling tet ia Invite their friends and | o'clock. oe 541 = ie een iy gegen ag ve acail, ae pork Will Open 3t 642 o clonk in the evening, also, after Morday, at 2p-m.. for the aconmnmodation WANTS. of eared who may find if inconvenient to be present at night. Single admission, 123 cents. Season Tickets, ad- mitting the purchaser oue week, (if the Fair contin- ues—two works,) 5) cents. An Omnibus will the Hall each night at iy to 10 o'clock, to convey ® as far as Sixth «treet west and Pennsylvania avenue. ves-co. REWARD, —1 will pay One Hundred 100 deters reward on the detection and eenvie- tion of the Incendiary whe fired two separate stacks of grain on the lot attached to my Printing office on WANTED IMMEDIATELY—At 445 ISth st., between & and F. a good. competent Cook and Washer and Ironer. None other need apply. Ger- man or Colored preferred. m N AMERICAN WOMAN wishes a situat as Cook and to assist in Washiag or Chun! work. Apply one door trom theeorner of Wth st ,on Louisiana avenue, between 9.i and Ith streets, ANTED TO RENT.—A comfortable Brick Hou-e to cor 8to10 rooms, Situa- tion im the cent) t of the city, tor cha Saturday evening iast. ae house, at s fair rate. the rent will be paid in advance, ‘oc 12-3t* C. WENDELL, 3 13-31" VAL! CUAL! COAL COALN rene Hore 8k this office ra WANTED At the Avenue House,” dhe firnt- ed tfully informs the public vest foe NT to take-charge a sat he eerie foes supplies of Cumber- Servants. jand COAL, in beat loads, winch | now offerte the | 2° !5°St" __H. J. KING. _ trade at reduced prices for casi. This Coal is of a ANT A middle-aged WHITE We- Buperior quality, and of a large size. MAN at ™ Can be seen at my Depot, at the corner of 12th and it vath. . easy JONAS P. LEVY, oo 12-1m Grocers and Provision Store, MAGNIFICENT CHURCH stops, 7 octave compass, at the oe 13 -6.M Hh LARGEST ASSORTMENT OFORTES is to be found at the ai ant. Aj H street, between ih and ith”??? oe 1'Gt* WANTED —A« single MAN to take charge of a jaree Dairy. He must be x good milker, wacom the eare and management of Cows, good nees. Als two good Men to work ina Dairy, A AL Locust Hill Farin, 7th street road, made tie est ne = toll-ente. Oo TAD Music De- O STONE CUTTERS AND QUARRYMEN pot of = T Wanted. at the ones Gee Ante ‘ash- ols ___ W. G. METZEROTT.. ington “Aqueduct, fifty Koad Stone Gutters ors and one P'CKLES by THE HUNDRED. ae a A lot of selected PICKLED CUCUMBERS, in | 5914. Apply at ihe (tuarries on the Poronme River, leaves Georgetown every morning at 7 o’elock, for vinegar, which we will sel! in any quan’ Sets the Quarries. oct x een eee _KING & BI F% SALE—A Pair of fine youn: The owner having no use for them the reason for disposing of them. oe ae NAILOR’S Stab! | H. L.. GALLAHER. WARTED-By 8 YOUNG WOMAN. asitus- tions Cook, Address Box No. 3, at this of - fioe. oc 10-3t* ee ne V J ANTE D IMMEDIATELY.—Twenty-five GIRLS to do Embroidery on linen and cotton, The best of bape oo None but goed bands naed apply. Samples of work required. Apply at 246 G street, between I7th and Ifth sts. oct tw WASTED.—One ortwo unfurnished ROOMS, near Penn. avenue, where there are no board ers and no other lodgers. Address Box 13, Ster OF- fiee. eos ANTED—In the family of a gentleman reside two miles from the city. 2 good plain COOK. 00 13-5t* OCKING HORSES WHEED BARROWS. Bird Cages, en's ITs, ete. ete. 0013-38 Tres "LAMMOND'S, 7th street. MERICAN GOLD, bought and sold. by M. SNYDER & SON, CITY BANK NOTES, aie and sold = R A BANK NOTE mat A, fa by VIRGID NKN y houcht and sold by wine M. SNYDER & SON. \ PROF. J. SCHEEL begs to announce to his pet- | One whe can bring recommendations for skill, hon- Tova, that he has opened his PRIVATE eaty, and cleanliness will find a cod wation and MUSIC'CLASSES,. Applications may be left reguine wages. Apply toJ.P.CRUTCHETT, cor, at Miss Harrover’s School, in Georgetown. or ner of 6th and D street: fy 16-0f atthe Music Store of W. G. Metzerott, in Wash- "Juvenile Singing Classes forming now, oc 15-e03t* Te THE TRADE, Just received, London Brown Stont and Scotch ALE, of —— eae, ae $1.75 per dozen by the ks of 6 a 0 dozen. oes onel JONAS P. LEVY, Commer of 12th and B streets stovih, LOST AND FOUND. $5 Ren ASP adits ngs eri, Geet rd will'be paxd for any information if left with e KE, L. KEES, Police Officer. oe oa $100 REWARD.— Rauaway fom my res,- u den @, in the county of Washing! x Wine e ton, 00 13-1 we al EGRO MAN JACK; calls himeet Jont B NOTICE. a Johnson. dark mulatto, five feet ele- OOK AND JOB PRINTING, | veninches ht, with avery full soit of The unders: |. having purchased the mtercst of | hair, ias a laree soar on one cls: froma bur: ; the late Jobn T. Towers in the Book ac:| Job Priat- | had on when he left a suit of binck oloth. One hun- ing establishment lately fu by John T. and | dred doi w li be paid on his delivered tome Lemuel Towers, corner of 6th street snd Loutsiana | orjods Jal, ao fean avenue, will continue the business inal! its branches oo 13 3t Wit _ STON with increased facilities. ‘The large room in the third story would be rented $ KREWARD—: —— from the subser: ber. 4 r el § he 6th instant, ared and while spotted ba m9 potent vk Binder, or an oo ecg OW with white tone bare beeen. le with one to establish a bin oc 13 3t LEMU TOWERS, REMovaL AND RETIREMENT. Most effectual!y to refute the false report that “ Dr. Vax PATTEN has retired from the, practice of Dentistry,” he has REMOVED hi RS office from his residence near Georgetown, will be paid for the delivery af said Gow te will be paid for jeliv Cow Beriber’ ae K. GLAD. hed » between M "TE" PER CENT. INVESTMENT. Corporation Bonds of the City of Dave: 5 and Opened a Central Ufiice ty fi t. unt it hy C over Potentini‘s (formerly Miller's) celebrated Con fowe. Pain ese each. Kf greuher ‘ae fectionery, opposite McGuire’s auction store, Pa, Davenport has now sbout 20,000 inmbatatanta, and os avenue. ‘Felective and Aching Teeth certainly restored to usefulness or skilfully removed and beautiful Teeta of natural appearance as possible substituted with the least possible pain or delay and at reasonable rates. Office hours from 10 00 13-tf tapidiy increasing in wealth and population. Its memes 1 debt ttenly 2159,009, and its railrand debt only ‘g [25,000 and cannot now be increased. The statistics of the eity were published im the Intelli- gencer of the Sth September. We recommend these bonds, helieviag them to be as safe as any he a CBUBB BROTHERS ime 0 li he taken at y these rates for Groceries, Wines, and Liquors : at Par it ati re at 5 per cent. discount eerie A.1n. to5 p.m. { States.) GEoRG E SANDS’ NOVELS. Consuelo, three volumes. La Marie Au Diabie, I vol. pep nnd vol. le ate Fadaiie }» L vol. Beste tine of New York at oper os tine, i vol. ‘ tate of New Y: G cent. discount Le Pech De M. Antoine, 2vols. pe tteecen per cont. dragay nt Jennue, | vol. At No. 564 12th street, corner of B. Een 100 ie Lee Champi 1 vol, — oleh a NCO! . a a Feverino.i vel. | NOtice TO SPORTSMEN. Mauprat, | vol. i < aa Indiana, | vol., Lelia, 2 vol. faceenns Floriani, i vol. Pri Ter pie Voyageur. 1 ea “ee rice 3) cents per volume. Im rom ris oc 3 . FRANCK TAYLOR. —etiesennene FFRUIT. ORNAMENTAL TREES, &. The undersigned calls the attention of planters to Just received, and k tly on hand, appa grneey eithebest qunlty oF CUN POWDERY “Cheap for eas only. JONAS P. LEVY 022 tt No. S54 12th atreet. corner of R. H* M5, SIDES, SHOULDERS, AND LARD. hi tensive stock of FRUIT TREES, which Just received, Hames, Sides. an¢ Shoulders, and are of the Roa quality uarnateed as to accu 9 ord aad frock Butter aa mine Fionr; rac ‘very cheap, viz: brow: Sugars ioe, * ii Owart Bent chovonntsariety,ontive and Eu- | Pandiee, and ‘reap eneral assortment of 15 1s Peach Drees, stannard trnds, @10 par 100, OG P. DENY, 19.00) Apple Trees, best Southern vatrety, @18 per v2 No. A 18th street. corner af at FAL AND WINTER Goops, ‘and Pacifie Mills Del. styles Merino and Valencim . Arryrieht, Lansdale, and New York 2,090 Lawton Biaokberries. é pricots, Cherries, Piums, trawberries, Raspberries, Sree Grape Vines &c .An immense sti Ooseberries, Currants, of all the “finest vary Shade “Frees, Evergreens, Roses, Khubard sud Asparagus Roots. With allarticies pertaining to the Nursery. » business, 0. HN Ci 367th street. corner H street, At woo ‘Ashington, D.C. ey > frown and Bienched Sheetings, of si! widths, Customers may Wi a, food Goods, and the lowest prices. saree M. . RILEY, = _#¢15 1m corner 8th st., oppo. Centre Market. Goons FOR ViRGINIA BANK NOTES, R. H. MILLER, SON & CO., will sell a! desory OE EH UNA. Glense alge all NS"WARE, GAS” PIRTORES QUEENS ON Goops, Se. ke, nt their wets regular low pete! with a discount of five per cent. for cash af heretofore, receive in payments notes of any of the Virgimia Banks (except the Bank of Kanahwa) atpor. Any and ali debts due them, can be im the same currency, with thanks to such of their deltors as choose to vail themselves of this prop osition. rin, Sept. 29, 1857. se 20-4 forming an immense variety Articles, embracing a! most every thing required t» furnish: the Parlor, Chamber, ng-roem Kitchen, all of which I will seil at very low prices for cash, of on time for a] raved es 3 . W, BOTELER, Generai Meise-Furnishiss Rtore. Alexand| GENTLEMEN'S UNDER DRES&, &e. 00 13-c08t ron Hail. FLASTIC RIBBON Ir Tan HL | | We offer thi season for the trade 1 BVGSIG GIBBON, for undorsicoves, Bindk | supply of Sethe mit our usual Card for Veils and’ Bracelets; Buifao ‘Tuck Yoke Neck” and “Shoulder Senm” Bhirte Combs. &c., cheap for cash. at Scoteh Wool and Merino Under Shirts and 0010 a ~_ LsAMMOND’S, 7th treet. Pre. ereapescemeagene NE SPLENDID PIANO. simort new, for rs um Si uate ond Drawers On Cane ative ithae Des Bape a ieuerl aed Joan Drawers. seer or W. G, METZEROTT, T] | fer Gentlemen’s Under Garments to the trade, or at 0010 Moines df fitatrect nod’ Pa, av, | Fetail at the lowest and aniform Prices ns POR PRESERVES, PICKLES, &0—all varie 00 S-0tif Ssles room oer ne ve Yona eeekta,, | CONCERNS me aaD TREN som Cor. Vermont Svenue dnd bth atroct, 0c 10 W. 6. TZEROT?.