Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-20
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP
Hot Quite so Jolly.-The eff 9 seekers o.
oil degrees, who are to be met in our streets
Just now, do not look as jolly as a week ago
BY hall. Then they were full Of hope ard
fun, every man Of them. Now the game has
become serious, and they all appear ION their
countenances) to realize that the chances are
more than even against any one Of them that
can be named But enc can be in luck fol
every ofce being sought here in person, though
there are at least en- average of i've after eoch
such Office, and as many more engaged in
spending their money and time in looking
after the fortunes Of friends in this conn ection
TIN thankless business, a rrc7 ling bust.
ness, sr. Wearying business, to Be engaged
in-thst OF Office seeking bringing one's
fssh down and tfurrowing ones ccuntenan.e
with wrinkles svsd faster thsa the National
diarrtes.
These facts account f.: the so sudden change
In the appearance Of the ,,ass Of strangers to
which We allude-yesterdsy, SOystering hey
dey fellows, in manner and tore, svcry man
of them, ard to-day nervous, brief CT speech,
and Iuekered around the mouth, as though
Just rising from making dinner on unrips
persimmo:s.
Nicaragua AS We perceive that portion
Of the distant press seem inclined to deceive
themselves and their readers upon the subject
of the disposition Of the new Administration
70 enforce the neutrality law as we'll as all
other lsws- that Ii, In the matter of Ni,sra-
qua sfairs-ws have but to call attention to
the fact, that within tho last week the recruit
Ing shops for Walkers benefit lately four
ishins 10 New York city under various Pre-
tssess, have been closed, and It las been de-
sidsd by the United States Commissioner In
the case of Fabens and Bolton to hold the &C
cussd for trial. These facts do not look as
though those who would violate the neutrali.
~ Law may reasonably expect any more SYM
patty from the Buchanan, than they received
from the Pierce Admipistrs ration. The fllibus-
tsrs are very a,tivs gentlemen, and watch the
signs and the chances with constant so.ioitude
If there existed the least disposition on the
part Of the new Administration to wink q,
efforts to violste the neutrality law they
would have discovered il ere this, and their
recruiting shops in New York would be div.
Ing brisker business than before; instead OF
being shut up, as At present.
Plagiarism.-Bennett,o of the New York
Herald, as every body knows, is q feree
stickler fox what he is pleased to call L" his
property" According to his fancies, vne kalf
Of all the newspapers in the country are edi-
ted by distractions from his columns; and
cnehalf Of all the Volume, published, are
compiled from tho same exhaustless source
Now, one would suppose that Bennett himsel,
would scorn to appropriate single line no,
his; and Jet, in the very number of the Her
I'D, and In the very column "a few days ago
In which he fulmir ates one Of his xholesal.
and ridiculous charges Of plagiarism, he thu
ooolly appropristes, without one line Of credit
four columns Of word for word, and figure fo
figure, which must have cost our neighbor o
the Intelitgencer, In which the matter frs
appeared, great labor and expense:
elsewhere in to-dsy's paper may be fount
clear and complete analysis Of the new TART
act which g6es into operation on the 1.t o
July re1s Business men will find 1t an in
valuable document, as its arrangement Is such
'nst tney can ASCERTAIN at a glance the amour
calculated under the old and that impo ssd b,
tSe paw Tariff upon any Inscription of msi
Kansas Affairs Since writing thu intro
duction to the communication on Kansas If
fairs appearing in yesterdays Star, va bav,
received the SquGttsr Sovereign Of the a.,t
Of February-stringfellOw' journal-apd re-
joies to ind that our friends in the Ter,;,o,,
have the good sense, amid all the incentive
TO undue excitement by which they are So,
rounded, to AJAX Of the Government here q
Interference OF their behalf Inconsistent wit
It's high duty of abstainins from taking side
directly or Indirectly with either contendin
party Of the Territory. Wequote Gen. strini
fellows paper, as follows, to bear out on
view as to the position Of those with whom b
aots:
kansas Is now In O state Of quietude or
We want only an. h0neJt, tnteiiigent man fo
Sovsrnor-one who won't attempt impossibi
tuss, bat be content to see the laws admin
tered oy honest ard impartial oficers-on
vhO hos NOT a Prudential e4ndidats 10 ca
TtoH hss 6def, as our present Executive in
ssined ne mad, AID We will not care where
nsns iIon; provided slways that he Is an ole
fashioled National Democrat'' .
In ali sInceriiy aud caudor we state. thu
We desIe nothing more than fair bones
and imp rtsaE Naturalization of tha matt,
l. our Teriiiory, and 10 matter what the =,
suit nay be officially, we uilhbe the nrst
seQuiesce. We have cur opinion as 70 Nh,
that resuit should be, and We win labor far
and koxssay for II; but IL We are dsfest.
- vfll uttoy 90 NOT ono Word M ua,v,n-s