Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-03
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

The true cause Of the trouble was, undoubt- |
eddy, the fact that the construction compile |
tion) Of the railroad across the isthmus had |
native New Granadian who, for some years
past, had been living upon tho money extOrt-
ed, in thousand ways, from passengers to and
from California. The amount (aggregate) of
money assursdly spent among those people by
travellers has been immense; afording to thou
sands Of them the means of living in COM
psrative idleness and luxury. The compile
ton of the railroad and its appurtenances
upon the Pacific shore, however, completely
revolutionised the transit business there, and
left the greasers without dollar. They are
ignorant, lawless, and vicious, and one such
murderous outbreak on their part was to
have been expected, more especially after what
occurred not very long since at Erie, Penn
sylvania, where, fora similar cause, railroad
track was torn up, and property to the value
with some lives, if our memory is correct
It is only to be regretted that the rioters on
that occasion were not punished as severely as
the New Granadian Government will doubt
less punish the chief actors In the recent muir.
ders and robberiss. The failure to punish
the Erie rioters, by the by, has already re.
suited in q recurrence Of railroad ri OTIS there,
according to papers received day or two
since. An American naval force sufficient to
put down any effort to repeat the late affair
ont aida of ha &c L.
hand by the time the next steamer from New
York can reach Aspinwsll we apprehend
with orders to do so at all hazards, if neces-
sary. However, our expectation is that the
New Granadian Government has already
caused q scorce or SO Of the banditti to be
hung for 1t by no means stands on TRIES
when dealing with that class Of its subjects
The maintenance Of its transit route in safe.
ty and regularly operating is matter of
prime Importance to New Granada; afford
ing as that does the Governments chief source
Of revenue. Under these circumstances, We
expect that the next news from that quarter
will tell that terrible and very convincing
lesson has already been taught to the greasers
of Panama.
The Cause Why.-Among those most active
in the work Of lobbying to defeat the pending
national aqueduct appropriation, is a contrac.
tor now connected with the works He has
taken contract at losing prices, and the gu
psrintendent holds him to his obligations, as
in duty bound to do. If the appropriation
can be defeated, the individual hopes that his
sureties will, Of course, be released, the Gov
eminent having failed to comply with its OBJ.
legations. So he is moving heaven and earth
10 diseredlt the present plan, and to create
the impression that his company lin the moon)
will build a much better affair for much less
money, &c; in fact he aims to do anything that
will result in defeating the appropriation
All this has grown out of his over-eagerness to
obtain his original contract, which was let at
ruinous rates, as good security was offered for
is fulflment. We need hardly say that this |
does not belong here; for our fellow
citizens Of the District of Columbia are not
the men who take Government contracts at
low prices.
The Conference Committee. The Confer
ence Committee on the National Water Works
appointed few days since having failed to
agree, another was appointed by the Vice
President and Speaker yesterday. tits under-
stood that Msssrs. Davis of Maryland, Thurs
ton, and Seward of Georgia, could not be in.
iuced to abate any of their original hostility to
the Works.
Messrs. Pringle, McMullin and Stanton were
named as the new committee on the part of
he House. Our fellow citizens can only hope
hat the Speaker in making his selections has
not been guided by the spirit OF animosity
to the Federal city that has been openly mani
Tested by too many honorable members of late.
The Judge Twins Court Those in Con.
gress who are moving against Judge Irwin, Of
the U. 3. Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania, are apparently in earnest, and
will not rec. until they effect the enactment of
a law repeating the statute Under which his
court exists. Some years ago, articles of i'm
parchment against him were prepared, and
introduced into Congress; but the matter was
dropped, it being understood that he designed
re'igning. The particular cause of complaint
alleged against him at this time is the charp.
that he has kept his court open for six months
without there being any necessity for so doing
on his part, and at heavy, and, of course, un
necessary expense to the national treasury.
Naval Engineer Board-The Board of Ma.
val Engineers to examine candidates (of that
branch of the service) for promotion, has been
ordered to meet in this city. The candidates
for promotion, are required to report to tho
Enginecr-in- Chief, Mr.. Martin, at his Office in
the Department, on the 10Th inst. Candidates
TOR admission are to be examined on the I'd Of
June, proximo. Persons wishing to become
such candidates are required to file in the
Department satisfactory testimony relative to
their character and qualifications to perform
the!duties Of Third Assistant Engineers in the
United States Navy, and they will be author
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