Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-05

tortof question, and coming as It does from
those who would be delighted to End some
thing in his course Of an opposits character,
to corroborate their own, We confess We can
hardly subscribe to tho absolute present neces-
sity, just upon the eve Of the New York cleo
ton, of q bull Of accommodation. To us
the question does not appear sufficiently ripe.
With John tlarge and alone in the enclosure,
where 10 he to go' There seems to be no har-
Dor, NO place Of refuge. -
But if the " Dismissal of Prince john
from the Democratic party, just at this mo-
ment, may be considered as premature and
unwise, how much more unwise and impolitic
to hold the whole Democratic party tn Ne,c
York responsible for his vagaries, his satire,
and his witticisms, even upon the somewhat
improbable supposition that the New York
Tribune and EVeRing Post are mistaken in
their estimate of his efforts.
We have strong misgiving whether the al
legged politial gyrstions of /" Prince john" on
the one hand, or the exploded bugbear Of
Van Bnrsnisns on the other, are of sufficient
consequence to move from its propriety"
any considerable portion Of the Democratic
press or party of the Union. '<'a
Itmust be confessed that the % Prince is
in an awkward-not to say an unfortunate
dilemma. One the one hand, he is read out of
the Democratic party because he says he still
stands on the Van Buren, platform of 1S4S; and,
on the other, he is bitterly assaulted for leaving
that platform and going in for the Kansas bill
and the present Administration. The Prince
will require all his witticism to extricate him
self.
Important from Nicaragua.-we give
elsewhere, in our paper of this afternoon, n
necessarily condensed account of the highly
interesting news from Nicaragua, by which it
ments from California, the Walker expedition
has apparently made a conquest Of that State;
and that the Presidency, having been tender
ed to the flibustering Colonel, who declined
the preferred honor in favor of General Corral.
After Walker had taken possession of the cap
ital, and order restored, ION the 14th of Octo-
ber,) q committee of citizens called on the
American minister, Colonel Wheeler,) and
requested that he would proceed to Rivas
where General Corral was with propositions of
peace. Colonel Wheeler declined, not wish
ing, in any way, to compromise his Govern
ment. Having reached that place, and Corral
not being there, he (Mr. Wheeler) was about
to leave; but this he was prevented from doing,
and was arrested and imprisoned by the Gov
ernor and Project of Rivas. He was thus de-
tanned for two days.
According to the accounts Of these proceed
ings, the American Secretary of State has bee
advised upon the subject ats
The Florida Interest Claim-There exists
great excitsmentindeed, among those in w ash
ington interested in the prosecution of claims
on the government, with reference to the i'm
pOrtsnt case Of Letitia Humphrey, now pending
before the Court of Claims; as 1t ia held to in.
Volvo principle which, if settled in favor of
the claimant, will involve the eventual paw
msnt Of many millions from the treasury Up
to this time the accounting officers of the Treas.
ury, and also Congress, have steadily refused
to pay such claims, and we have no idea that
favorable action on them by the tribunal now
trying the Humphrey case, will induce their ac-
acknowledgement by Congress, except after
struggle almost as great as that which has oc.
Cured up to this time over the French Spoil
alton question. In spreading before the world
the whole of the testimony and the law in.
volved, the Investigation of this case by the
Claims Court will facilitate Congress greatly
in coming to right understanding Of the
questions involved
30 They Co.'s the evsntful Tuesday of
the second week in November approaches.
New York city appears to grow hourly more
rabid on the subject of politics To one as
sick OF the term and all it reminds one Of a.
the editor Of the Star, the newspapers of that
burg just now read as though three-fourths of
its inhabitants are fit subjects for confinement
in the dangerous wards Of insane hospitals.
1t is rare to find any New York daily paper,
except the Journal Of Commerce, Advertiser.
and Mirror, in these times, designating po-
litical opponent in any other way than as q
scamp Of the very first water. If we may
credit what they write of each other, too, the
veriest set Of bad men outside of penitentiaries
are the conductors Of and writers for all the
other daily journals of that emporium. We
do not know that any one is profted by that
style Of political warfare. 1t is very certain
that the public morals are not-very certain,
indeed. If they could once be enabled to
what cool and rational people
hundreds Of miles of think Of the value of
their editorial labors after this fashion, we are
very sure that they would soon appreciate the
fact that the game Of mutual abuse and villif.
cation, and nothing else, is hardly worth the
candle.
Discovery Of q New Planet.-Mr Ii. Gold
schmidt, of Paris, discovered new planet on
the 9TH Of October, 1855, of the IL. IL magni-
tude. The following positions have been an.
nounced by the disooyerer.