Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-01-17
STAR,
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 1856

New YORK, Jan. 10, 1855.
We come very near having a scene from the
drama of the Northern Light enacted on board
the Star of the West previous to her depar-
tire for Nicaragua. The Central American
Transit Company notified the District AttOr-
ney Of their intention to take any person who
presented himself, and was able to pay his
passage, either to California or ports or the
route. As the vessel was on the point Of start
ing, officers went on board and arrested and
brought ashore five persons for an intention to
violate the neutrality laws. Unable to OBJ
tain bail, they were sent TO Jail, where they
yet remain. The arrest, and all connected
Herewith, detained the Star Of the West only
about fifteen minutes. 1t has been rumOred
through the city the last couple Of days that
Parker III. French-the Nicarauguan Minis
ter-was on the eve of being arrested; but
this event has not yet taken place.
In connection with fllibustering events, L
may mention the perfection Of another Ere
arm eclipsing Sharp's rifle, which has lust
been patented by j. w. Best of this city. 1t
is repeating rifle, which can be loaded and
discharged thirty times in a minute Ii j.
very light and convenient; has but one dis
charging barrel, and does not revOlye. Under
the barrel is a tube which receives thirty
acorn shaped water proof balls, each contain
ing within itself powder and percussion for
propulsion. The act Of cooking the piece
places a ball on the breech, and tho whole
thirty may be discharged in the most rapid
succession. In a late trial the gun was dis
charged ten times in ten seconds, and may be
fred surely thirty times per minute. The
ball is shaped like that Of the Minnie rife
and the gun itself is calculated as well for
long distance as rapid firing.
We were favored last week with a lecture
by John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, on " The
Foot. steps of the Celt" The lecturer en-
deavored to prove that there is no such thing
as an Anglo o-SaxOn-that nearly all the great
men which Europe has produced have been
Celts. and that the same blood which ran in
l their veins runs in the veins of the Irish
There is tradition in European countries,
| that most beasts of prey have such a respect
l for royal blood that they will not attack the
1 descendants Of king. John Mitchell appears
| to reverence :" blood " more than education
and intelligence. Theodore Parker, Of Bos-
ton, was announced tOr lecture on anti-sla-
l very the following evening, hut failed to make
l his appearance; cause.-the delay of the trains
| between Philadelphia and this place
l A verdict has been rendered by a coroner
l jury, upon one Of the victims Of the Hudson
l River Railroad disasters in which the Direo-
1 tors are blamed for allowing one fast train to
l start from station a few minutes after an
i otueT anu lot employing incapable men for
4 signal bearers. The conductor is censured
| for starting almost three minutes before his
| time. Blame is piled high on the shoulders
l of the stupid "signal man The conductor
| Of the train whose cars were smashed, is not
only entirely exonerated, but praised for his
endeavors to avert the accident
The Irish are catching the illibustering
fevers. Last night Col Doheny and a few
fre-eaters Of his stamp, held meeting at the
Broadway Tabernacle, in order to encourage
each other in some plan for the Liberation Of
ireland, and denounced all who differed from
them in the manner of efecting the resurrec-
ton of the ''dear little isle of our own" In
a characteristic speech, the gallant Colonel
exhNrted the Irish in this country to 90
steadily to work, with their teeth clenched,
until an opportunity, fitting to strike blow,
presented itself" He must surely have meant
opportunity for taking a bite.
ham and sausage panic is beginning to
rage among US. Some persons were, a few
days since, poisoned by eating diseased Ger
man sausages, and now it appears that every
ill which flesh is heir tO-frOm tape worm to
cholera mOrbus-results from pork. Ham
mot to mention eggs has a downward ten
dency, and hog flesh generally is on decline
Butter has become so scarce in New York that
economical families purchase hogs lard, and
eat it through yellow colored spectacles, as
substitute. TEcUMsEH.