Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-02-07
TON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Business before Congress Less ttan four
weeks Of life is left for the present Congress
Yet the mass Of the business Of the session re-
mains undisposed CT. That is. of the business
that cannot be left undone without greatly
embarrassing the operations of the Govern.
ment. Yet We do not really perceive DISCO
ntion on the part Of the House to buckle
right down" to the work However, the evil
OF approximation in their chamber, growing
out Of politics for the most part, is no new &C.
auaintance of ours, for VIC have witnessed it's
hi-sfects fer years and years ard years. o.
ten, too, have We 81 yssted the remedies Viz:
remove al desks from the body Of the hall,
prohibit the reading Of newspapers there, or
the delivery Of speeches not germain to the
subject legitimately before the body Place
decks behind the Speakers chair to which
members may retire who desire to write, AID
still be within instant call when vote is
about TO be cast. Fewer political spesche,
will then be made, and no one will be called
on to vote on any question amid confusion
worse eonfounded Sooner or later the House
will be compelled TO resort to some such re-
forms, for the evils making them necessary in
erease with each succeeding session.
Pennsylvanians Gen. VIM. F. Packer, of
Pennsylvania, is al the National, in this city
During the late national canvass he was upon
the stump alnos. daily, and exerted an in flu.
ence over tie popular mind second to that of
no other in the Union. When in PennsyIva-
MIA during the canvass, though it was nCt our
good fortune to hear him, we were forcibly
struck with the moral force Of his oratory, as
manifested in the impress it left on his fellow
citizens wherever he was heard. All seemed
to remember his points and TO respect bis ad-
vice, as though it was the testimony Of a man
in whom all coufded, given from the witress
stand. 1t Is not wonderful, therefore, that he
appears to be looked to by the mass Of the
Democracy Ct the State a. their party csnd;-
date for Governor in the election to come #
there next fall.
We also find Ellis B. Schnabel, Esq at the
NATIONAL champion OF the Democratic
cause in "the infected district ''-wilmots-
before whom David, and others of that ilk ed
20 iDgloricusly from every stump
Cabinet kakirg is Just as earnestly prose.
euted at this hcu, in Washington a. when Mr.
buchanan was here. Indeed, as tbs Fourth Of
March approaches, those-and their name il
legion-who seem ambitious 10 relieve Mr.
buchanan Of this delicate, responsible and ar
duou, task, seem willing to redouble their
labors IN thi. matter. yehaye seen 80 many
Cabinet: made, or rather e:sayed to b made
BY outsiders for so many in coming Preside nts
OF both parties, as that over-sp Iiety on their
Fart on the subject only serves to snuse as; and
We therefore look upon such scenes as now NEE,
our eyes at every turn with imperturbable in
difference. though NJ, always able to coa,rol
cur disabilities Every little fellow in the party
AMBITIOUS to enjoy the smolumepts Of even
messepsership, has, apparently, his own
slate, the virtues Of which he ..tola IN IN.
skies to ali green 'uns willing to souapder tim.
IN Listening 10 it's praises.
Flcaragus---We have adyiees from San
Juan del Eorte, by the steamship Cahaxba
to the 2lst ult Col. Sturges says that W aiken.
position il not desI crate; that be is about to
retake the boats on the river, aud that the
Costa Ricans we've deserving to mis- standard.
The Tribune says
"But We have information from another
source, which We consider more trustworthy,
that dissipates all probability ths, reinforce.
ment, from this side can reach the now sur
rounded and doomed flibus.ers. The forts on
the San Juan river have been put in thorough
oder by the Costa Ricans, under the direction
Of the Americans and Europe sns'who are En-
ssged with them Fort San Carlos alone, with
garrison Of 400 men, has seyen pieces Of can
non-one or two Of them carrying "a ID ball
ana an abundance Of ammunition, captured
on board a river steamer. along with arms
SAID 70 nave been sent out by our fellow-ci
hen, Mr. George Law. The Castillo fort and
the lntrenchments at the mouth Of the Sara
piqui are also obstacles Of some account in the
path OF an invading party on their way up the
river
g The idea Of recovering the river boats ia
dslusion They have been taken up the
sarspiqui, great part Of the N achinery taken
cut, and guard put on board with instruction.
and arrangements to set them on Ore the in
,Iant there is any danger of their recapture
oy the hlhbustsrs. There remains at Grey.
toVn prscsrious and fragile stern wheel