Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-04-04
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

correspondent of the New York Times to the
{" rst rate notice" Of him he compelled US to
publish on Friday last, and, we are delighted
to see, eyinces a thorough change in bis sem
timents upon the proper way of conducting
paper in the Federal city. We take great
pleasure in informing him that whenever it
becomes necessary for US again to take in hand
the author of the letter from which he quotes,
We shall leave as little of him remaining as
there exists of our talented, truthful and in
genuous neighbor himself, under our consid
siderate attentions for the past year and a
half. Our amiable neighbor knows, from sad
experience, that We never make such pledges
idly. With our experience of the result in
the public estimation of the publication of
in this city, as manifested in our business and
other relations, as a matter of course we await
the occurrence Of necessity for any notice
whatever Of what our so highly valued neigh
Dor copied yesterday from the Times. In the
mean while, however, We beg our neighbor S
attention to the little matter involved in the
following article which we re-publish from
the Star of the 10Th of February last, wherein
he will find ample matter to be replied to
and commented upon in the vein of his leader
of yesterday.
Query-Who, reader, would give ten cents
hard copper, for the influence of our talented
neighbor, and all concerned with him, in Sc
curing the election of Democratic nominee
for House printer, which, as will be perceived,
he modestly offered for the very low price of
Sit, 1000:
"DIDN'T GET SINGLE SoP.-Wby don't
somebody connected with the House throw to
our talented, truthful, and ingenious neigh
Dor bone We beseech some one for the
love of mercy, to do so for its GO suferings
IS intolerable - over the result of the contest
for House printer. Those who manage it
who were daft befOre-are now rabid. As run
mad, as ever CANNES were in August. They
are getting up all conceivable hearsay stories,
a.tributing to Mr.. Wendell partnerships with
Tom, Dick, and Harry, in his printing con-
tract with the House. Mr.. W. is now in New
York, and, of course, cannot in person contra
dict the ro0rbacks told in its wailings over the
fact that it didn't manage to get single tug
At nary teat.
"At his request, and giving him as our au-
thority for so doing, some days ago we contra
dicted the organs allegation that he has
partners or partner in the House printing;
which is positively false. He also authorized
US to say, if we thought the game worth the
candle. that in the course Of the contest he
was offered the Organ newspaper, the mate
rial, business, stock in trade, and TIE snfu-
enes of those concerned in 1T az obtaining for
him the House printing for t,genty thousand
dollars; which bargain he respectfully de-
clined, having no use whatever for the Organ
newspaper, and no confidence whatever in the
notion that those concerned in it were able to
influence a single mem ber's vote for printer
To show the party making this proposition to
him his estimate of the value Of the influence,
(Which was proposed to he SET down as being
worth SO, 600) he offered TO give to the pro-
prietors Of the Organ 81 goo cash for every
vote they or either of them would rscsive for
House printer, without any equivalent what
ever He did that thing, knowing well that
no member Of the House would touch our tai
ented, truthful, and ingenious neignGor with
forty foot pole in the matter of eIecting
printer.
We relate this affair, as authorized by Mr..
Wendell, that the public may comprehend
why IL II that our talented, truthful, and in
genuous nsighbor is Just now so busily en-
gagged in swapping with absurd stories) at the
House, its officers the House printer, &c, &c.
1t has gone mad over its personal dissppoint.
ment-that's all -
The War in Central America Some time
since, we incidentally called public attention
TO the fact, that for most Of the money, arms
and men, sert out from this country to recruit
Walkers army, he was Indebted to parties in
the United States deeply involved in the
scheme Of seizing Cuba By the last arrival
from Nicaragua we have information that the
three hundred and fifty recruits from the
United States who very recently joined Walk
er, are under the immediate command of the
Mr.. GiogOnria, so well known as the real head
and front Of all Cuban fllibustering in this
country lie is Cuban who left his country
cary 70 participate in such'enterp rises, and
succeeded In getting OF the island his large
peeuniary interests there. New York has been
the headquarters Of his operations. The fact
of his completely with Walkers operations to
the extent to which he has been mixed up with
them, embraces proof satisfactory to us that
the eventual destination Of the most of Walk.
er's forces is Cuba itself, three fourths of the
money and men sent out to Walker being fur
nished by the Cuban heads of the last raid
that was prepared to be made on Cuba from
this country.
Keeping their Courage up.-Those in Con-
gress who I" shrek for freedom in Kansas
have lnaugurated two or three new ideas re-
Gently in the management of party affairs.
They meet in caucus much more frequently
than ever has been the custom heretofore with
any party among the members; so frequently.
indeed, as to give rise to the idea among the
wags around town, that whenever one of them
thinks that his nose wants blowing, he calls
the party to meet by gas light in the House
ball to determine whether it can it can be