Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-30

company, VINO have nj ne steemships, fourteen
steam boats, FIVE hundred employees and
$4,000, 900 of capital, &
/ It would seem that nothin now q Goes.
sary to be said on thisssubjsct, that hM so
much, recently, occupied the pablo mind;
and we should not have said thus much, had
We not believed the public to be deceived
both as to the title Of the company, to the
land they claim, and their ability to occupy
it. s' - -e' .
Were the question one between the expedi-
tionists and the feeble power of Nicaragua, or
the feebler Mosquito King. their hopes of
success might be justified, however much
might be said against their humanity, and
heir violation Of national rights. But a. the
question is between the company and four
gOvsrnmsnts, (including their own.) saying
nothing Of the Mosquito King and the Transit
Company, We forbear to discuss it further!
The District Judiciary Reform Bill BY
the amendments proposed to this bill n
the Senate the people are not to be con.
suited. That is, they are to have no right
to vote on adopting the code of laws to
be provided for their government TIE
noble consider alton shown by tho House
towards the sovereign rights of our people
is thus wholly reversed. We cannot but
protest most solennly, as we do, sgainst
this cruel and anti-republcan prescription
We bsiied the concession Of the House, in this
respect, towards our disfranchised, unrepre
senfed people, with infinite pleasure We saw
In it the dawn of our freedom-ths cle1r light
Of our republican first principles let in for the
arst time upon US and now that our hopes
have been thus lighted up, is tho darkness of
a gloomy dsspotism again to be thrown over rs,
We appeal from this iDjastice--to tho sover
siSn States of this Union-against such an
sct We T. mind them that we dwell here in
the heart of q free government, at the centre
of its intelligence and in the midst Of the
daily practical administration Of its epubli.
can principles. And especially do We appeal
to our mother State of Maryland against this
crying injustice. We call on her to see tina,
the promise is fulfilled by the United States
upon which alone she consented to ceds away
her territory and to part with a portion of her
people We refer TO the act Of Maryland rat
flying the cession, in which the rights of our
people are guarded by the provision that the
Congress should provide for US the improved
institutions of free and prosperous govern
msnt We appeal further to the Fathers of the
Constitution, and invoke the benefits Of thei,
construction of that great charter, so far as !.
was to apply to our condition; We invoke he
wisdom of James Madison, in his dssIar alton
" that the people of this Dissr:ct will have
their voice in the election Of 49, se-arnment
which is to preside over th-,f go ? .snici-
Pal legislature, 70; local .-EEgt5sf~a, f.-.iyed
from their own free suffra, 2. 81: * curse,
be allowed to them"
And finally, We must expires. OF. profound
regret that the judiciary Committee Of the
Senate has seen fit also to strike out that ad
nirable provision of the House bill which is
in these words:
And tho said code shall be constructed &C.
cording to simple method and be expressed
In language concise and plain, and as far As
possible, be made level to the under standing
OF pc son of ordinary intelligence and edu
cation"
VIII the Senate-can any Seuator-be will
ins to condemn such q provision as this, If
50, let our laws be forever hereafter as they
have have been-a sealed book before the
eyes Of he people. Lot the laws of the Medes
and Persians be ours 1t might as we'll be so,
unless the laws which are to govern us be such
as We can I'M isrstand. In such event, let some
Caiigula srise, and order that these laws be
hung upon the pillars of the Sen ate chamber,
so high that none can read them, and vet CON.
denim to condign punishment whoever NAV
violate their provisions. .s.. .,...
Check In an unexpected Qusrter.-We
learn on authority on which we place conf.
dence, that the officer in command Of the
British Squadron in the caribbean Sea, has
been instructed by his Minister at this point.
not to permit any portion o: the proposed ex.
petition from this country for an armed 90.
cupation Of the Musquito Coast, to land on the
shores Of Central America. The ground of
these orders must be that Mr.. Champion looks
upon the enterprise as involving an infraction
of the (so called) Mosquito Kings territorial
rights or rights Of sovereignty. The instruc.
tions to which We refer above went out by the
last steamer from New York destined for San
Juan del Norte. -r a.a a.:
"nats In the Wind "A large part y Of
New York 4" Soft" politicians is now in W ash.
ington, as follows, viz : Ex Governor Seymour.
John cochrsne, surveyor of the por, of New
York; l. D. Fowler, postmaster; L. B. Shep.
ard, ex-district attorney of New York S. ].
Tilden, Esq; Col. J. Addison Thomas, at,or.
ney of board Of claims in London; John A
Kennedy, Esq; Hon. W. H. Ludlow, e1.
Speaker New York Assembly; John E Dave.
lin, Esq; Philip J. Joachimson, Esq assistant
United States district attorney of New York.
and Hon. Preston King, ex-member of Con.
gress.
Inc qu'G names seem to be Of opinion that
the presence Of Mr.. Joachimson in Washing