Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-29
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


pn fTesS, In lts eagerness 10 DfinS TUG oo-
ministration of James Buchanan into disre-
putes, republishes, from the Columbus, l0hio)
Statesman, a contemplate "Hing at the ar
guments of the Union and Star in defence of
the policy of the Democracy upon The Kansas.
question, alleging that they are the result Of
being "pensioned, T&c. v y
In tie columns Of the Statesman such an in
situation would not be worthy of notice, inso-
much as that journal is now VIGOROUSLY con-
Quoted on the principle that every newspaper
has its price While appearing in Its columns
only it could harm no one, because all the world
must see that the Statesman man is but meas
uring our corn in his own bushel. ...-.s
The Press, however, makes pretensons to
integrity of purpose and dignity of character
and in thus STOPPING to "sling the slush' Of
the Statesman at gentlemen makes it our duty
to say to the distant world-all here knowing
the fact well-that until the almost superhu-
man efforts Of the Press cOterie to obtain Fed
eral Government patronage-''plunder. - as it
now courteously terms it-were found to be
emphatically labor thrown away, not whisper
was heard from i. against the Kansas policy of
President Buchanan. For days, weeks and
months, of late, the President and heads of De-
partments here were beset with personal up.
peals to aid to sustain the Philadelphia Press,
by bestowing on its conductor the printing Of
the blanks for the Pest Office Department
Finding all such appeals fruitless, we now
have the Press in the very van of the opposi-
ton newspaper army Of the land, virtually
Dragging in its every issue that the Republican
party voters are doing for it (by sending in
tens of thousands of subscriptions what the
Democratic National Administration-not be-
ing able to do on q review of all the circum-
stances of the case-of course declined doing
The idea of finding the conductor Of the
Press rolling up the whites of his eyes over the
alleged venality of journals anywhere, and
more especially here, will be regarded by the
public men of the country as the coolest speci-
men of I" cheek" imaginable. For many years
our pen has written columns i'm his defence
against charges of venality, &c, on his part
Our reward for it, it seems, is his republication
of the Statesman article, referred to above
Perhaps we deserved such a requital for pei
hitting our personal friendship for the gentle
man in question to induce us to scout the adj
vice of older and more cautious friends, who
against him to which we allude
The TREATY WITH NICARAGUA We hear,
on all sides, rumors of desperate efforts being
made by persons in this country to defeat in
Nicaragua, the contamination by that Govern
ment of the treaty recently negotiated in Wash
ington between Secretary Cass and Sr. Irisarr.
Such interference with the foreign affairs of the
United States Government, on the part of any
American citizen, is a grave offence under the
law, as we took occasion to explain a day or
two since, in publishing letter from Goicuria,
the chronic flibuster, to Jerez, one of the Pres
idents Of Nicaragua. 1t was plain, from that
letter, that e. was but an agent Of Mr.. Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt in the business So il becomes
a question of no little public interest, how far
that person has rendered himself amenable to
the law, by his attempts to interfere in Mica
ragua against the policy of his Government.
A correspondent sends US a commune alton,
purporting to lift the curtain so far obscuring
the late Nicaragua movements Of Mr. Wander
bilt, full of strange and striking developments,
which we publish to-day, by way of calling the
attention of the authorities here to the course
of Mr.. V. against them
NEW YoRk, Dec. - 1857
Editor of the Star: On the revocation of the
late Transit Company's charter, Mr. Vanderbilt
became very Indignant at the alleged treachery
forgetting his own exertions to accomplish the
same end. To secure the poor Stockholders ~
got himself appointed trustee of their assets to
aid him in his noble, disinterested work he had
one son-in-law appointed president, and two
others directors, of the old company: and, to
show his zeal, commences suit against Mr. C n
Garrison, for several hundred thousand dollars
on acc cunt OF pecuiations which he alleged that
Garrison had committed while the agent of the
company in San Francisco. In this suit some
forty thousand dollars have been ex pended and
some few days since Mr.. James Cross Wander
bilts son-in-law, acting az president of the de-
lunct company, declared they had sufficient evil
drnce to recover from Garrison. Yet, to-day
Vanderbilt called hiS directors Of the old Transit
Company together, and had them pass "A resoIu-
tion to pay the costs and discontinue all p oceed-
ings against Garrison. -.E
strange as it may appear, Vanderbilt has man
aged 10 get sheIiH's title to all the old comp
nys steamers and was, for Inany months actin
ally in the receipt of Si0,UOO per month f,otn the
Panama Mail Company for Keeping the Nicara-
qua route closed. But all the while Mr. Wander
bilt has been moving heaven and earth to get
charter from the Central American States for
himself. lie not only made direct overture to
Walker for himself. al the time Morgan ont.
wItted him, but af er the flibuters expulsion
he entered the field once more against Garrison
Morgan, and sent a special messenger with
ulStlnct Propositions 10 Costa ktca to a char
ter from d power that had no right 10 grant n
Being defeated, he turned to Martinez and Jerez
IN Nicaragua. Again Frustrated by the revival
of the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company's
grant, he played humble, confessed himself
whipped, Professed to desire the imrned iate
opening Of the route, and offered to charter said
Company his steamer (the late Accessory Transit
Company steamer, which he now claims as his
own Bnt this was only dodge; he had three
strings to his bow, all of which be commenced
pulling. First-hr opened communication and
came 10 an understanding with Walker; and the
latter, on landing al Punta Arenas, showed Cart
J N Scott letter from Vanderbilt authorizing
scott to deliver up every thing TO Walker. II
the pirate succeeds, Vanderbilt gets the route
This is string No. J. Gil r.... q 49, : -
Second. Mr.. Allen, his son-in- law, was dis
patched To Central America, with the notorio
Webster. who was lately denounciny Vanderbilt
and writing bitter phillipics against him, TO get
senior irisarri recalled and a new minister an
pointed. empowered by both Costa RIGA and
Nicara2ns, who could (he said new mi nister) he
contfot mo granting 4 new charter TO the
Commodore, or failing In this, to have the late
treaty aud The charter above mentioned so modi-
ned as Ia LET him In. 10 being falsely renr.-
senfed to those Republics that Mr. Vanderbilt