Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-05-20
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

The Re publican Nomin ation.-Judge
Mclean is rapidly gaining the inside track for
the Republican party Presidential nomina-
tiOn. Three-fourths of that organization in
Congress, or out of that body, is composed of
persons always heretofore opposed to the Dem
ocratic party. Judging from signs around
us, that large majority have come to the con-
clusion that they have INDUCED their pseudo
Democratic allies about long enough with the
dream that the new political organization is
to be, in the influences controlling it, Demo.
cratic on all subjects but the slavery question
The recently published correspondence be-
tween Judge John Mclean Of the United
States Supreme Court, and half dozen ultra
federal abolition members Of Congress, de-
signed to put him right on the record to the
extent of getting him to display himself Just
now antagonistic to his late position upon the
fugitive slave law, &C., &c was the signal
for rally in his favor on the part Of every
element of Republican partyism except that
" rafting" from the Democratic cause within
the last four years. In this city the effect Of
the movement has been overwhelming 80 far;
and, as consequence, Col Fremont has been
knocked clean out of water, politically The
idea of his nomination (Which month ago was
confidently foretold by three-fourths of that
party here is already looked on as the idlsst
of the idle dreams Of desperate abolition poll
ticiars. In the whole course of our political
experience We never knew the cause of an as.
piring gentleman to rush upwards faster and
come down to mother earth again with so
great celebrity. Fireworks " amt a printing to
1t, no how one can fx it'
The Fever.-About fifty years ago, just such
another yellow-fever time az we have had all
along the Atlantic and gulf coasts as far
north as Norfolk, Va. in the course of the
last three years, afflicted this country. On
that occasion Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York suffered severely The terrible
fever OF this era came to us as that did, from
kio Janeiro, and is pursuing almost identi.
cally the same track and manifesting the
same characteristics in nearly every respect
We can see no reason to hope that its ravages
will cease until it shall have run race almost
identical with its predecessor, to which we
refer above, that was very destructive of life
even In Alexandria. Are W Washington, George
town and Alexandria, now in a condition al
TO drainage and cleanliness, such as may he
relied on to ward it of this summer, or even
to mitigate the horrors of its terrible march
northward?
fearful responsibility rests upon the an.
thorities of the three adjacent cities in this
connection. We have heard of no particular
preparations to prevent it from dealing death
right and left in this vicinity ere we have
frost again, and conceive it to be our duty to
urge all who would prevent it from desolatin1
this region, as il did that of Norfolk last year,
70 be up and doing" speedily Every house
holder should take due care that no filth of
OF any description is allowed to remain on bi,
premises, or In the streets or alleys adjacent
TO them, for forty-eight hours and more es.
pecially garbage Of any sort liable to become
fetid from the action Of the sun and warm
weather Precautionary measures cannot be
taken too soon, for we are about to enter at
once upon the heated term peculiar to this
region.
"A Live Lion.-Ran Runnels, Esq, of Pa
mama, is just now at Browns hotel, in this
city. We take it for granted that he comes to
tne seat Of government in connection with
business growing out of the late railroad riot
on the lsthmus. This gentleman went 70 that
quarter Of the world, from Texas, between
seven and eight years ago, and, until the ,.i,.
road was completed, he was noted for helm,
the very head and front of all the protection
that American travellers and specie epjoyed in
making the then disagreeable and perilou,
transit. Subsequently he has been the Amer
lean special inspector of customs for the por
Of Panama, and in that capacity has beef
almost Of as much service to all our country
men crossing the Isthmus, as previously. Lik
all the Texans who have distinguished them
selves a. men Of remarkable enterprise in wa
and peace, there is precious little about hi
looks to denote bis familiarity with a life o
wild adventure, hs.<breadth 's,apes, ant
daring incidents, sueh a. kaye fallen to hi
lot according to verbal accounts which ",
have heard at times from many who has,