Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-21


Sec 10. The fees Of constable shall be as fol-
lows: <
Forserving writ or process under which the
body is taken, ffty cents.
asu6P9na, where the body is not taken, twenty
Levying on property, and advertising the same,
fifty cents.
Serving a subpoena, twenty cents
Returning any writ or other process, FIVE cents.
Stensnr any ease my GENTS
Executing writ of possession, one dollar
Commitment to jail, twenty five cents.
Taking and returning any bond required by
law to be taken by him, twenty five cents
For selling personal property on execution, a
commission of five per cent. on any sum not ex-
ceeding ten dollars, and three per cent on any
excess above that amount but when the money
Is paid to him without sale, one half OF said
commission only shall be allowed; and in no
case shall commission be charged upon any sum
greater than that actually due and claimed by the
plaintiff.
Where, by virtue Of any writ or process, a con-
stable is authorized or required to take and keep
possession OF any personal property; he shall be
allowed the necessary expenses Of keeping or re-
And for any service not herein specifically pro-
vided for, such fees allowed to constables
for similar services, subject to the regulation of
the Circuit Court.
FEES OF NoTARrKs
Sec. 10. The fees OF notaries public shall be
follows:
For each certificate and seal, fifty cents.
Taking dispositions or other writing, for each
one hundred words ten cents.
Administering an oath, five cents.
Taking acknowledgment Of deed or power
OF attorney, with certificate thereof, twenty-five
cents.
Every protest of bill of exchange or prom,s.
sorry note, and recording the same, one dollar
Each notice OF protest, twenty cents.
The DELTA on GOVERNMENT INrERFER-
ENcE.-The New Orleans Delta is exceedingly
indignant that the Government should have
troubled itself with the affairs of the flllbuster
Walker, saying:
''This Federal Government of ours under the
auspices of late Administrations, has been arnbi.
tious, 1t would seem, to discharge the functions
of police officer and detective for the world at
large. 1t is great bully at home, this Federal
Government Of ours. 1t DULLES from the parlor
to the kitchen, and there is no private recess no
nook or corner. no sunny or shady place about
the premises, into which 1t don't insist upon
thrusting its intrusive and inquisitve nose Then
when that nose takes an extra pinch of snuff woe
to the subordinate tpstaves and bailifis if they
don't all snernutate in chorus and il that nose
should chance to smell or Imagine IL smells
down any dirty blind alley Whatever, lurking
conspiracy on the part Of sundry citizens or in
habtants to einigrate to foreign territory contra
ry to the wishes or interests Of any foreign gov
also to the said subordinate functionares il they
don't plunge into that alley to break up the plot
and arrest the plotters.''
We quote the above specimen of the Delfa's
highfallutin only by way of illustrating the fiji.
busters idea of the duty Of the General Govern
ment in the matter Of the execution of the law
where that may interfere with the disposition
of the lawless to despoil. Our impression is,
that by the time the Delta and its New Orleans
cenfreres realize that their council at this point
have been utterly unable to prevent the Gov
eminent from securing the Nicaragua route
for the benefit Of the nations intercourse with
the Pacific side-undertaken because the &C
acknowledgement of the Government of Nicaragua
and a guarantee Of the transit route must to-
gether ultimately defeat Walkers schemes on
Nicaragua-they will see digger snakes in
the action of the Federal authorities than were
dancing before the Delta's eyes when it gave
utterance to the unmitigated nonsense quoted
above.
BY the by, in the same issue the Delta earn
estly urges the appointment of the present
American consul at Vera Cruz, Mr.. ] T. Pick
EFT, as u S. minister resident at Guatemala
If that gentleman happens, to be candidate
for the position, he may we'll exclaim, "save me
from my friends" --
The FILIBUsrERs.-As journals at distance
are intimating that the Administration are Sc
cretly affiliated with the designs of Walker, the
flibuster-which story, by the by, evidently
originates with parties interested in his specu-
lation-we may not inappropriately say that
every atom Of the power of the Government ap-
plicable to his arrest, is now earnestly in oper-
nj tn hot h. =.
well that when it vouchcs for a fact concerning
the action of the Government, its statements
have invariably proved true. They will there
fore comprehend that implicit reliance may be
placed on this, our declaration.
The neutrality law OF the United States is
not worth a pinch of snuff in regions where
popular opinion and sympathy may be against
its enforcement. That all know, who know
aught of the history of the country for the last
quarter of a century. All the orders from this
psint that have been or could be issued, have
been so much paper and ink thrown away in
such localities; and their repetition will be of
no avail until the law may be changed.
On the ocean, however, the General Govern
ment has power, which in this case is being ex-
erted to its utmost limit. Three Government
(war) steamers are cruising to intercept the
flibustcrs, and other United States war vessels
besides. Here, it is believed that the chances
are all in favor of intercepting the iiibusters,
who, if thus brought back to the Uuited States,
will be prosecuted, wherever brought into port,
with all the rigor the Government can COM
mand.
MONETARY AFFAIRS Private letters from
leading financial sources in England, received
by the last arrival, predict very favorable
monetary accounts from that quarter, by the
Persia, the next regular steam packet to arrive
on this side. On her last trip she brought to
New York a million in specie-a very unusual
shipment in this drection-sent by English
houses really to sustain their own credit on
this side. On her return she carried over quite
100000 in specie due there, not dollar of
which was expected in financial circles on the
other side, owing to the condition of things I'M.
derstood to be existing here. tt shipment
went far, indeed, to re-establish confidence
there in the heIiaf TINT fha ato.,,, H..