Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-16


fy any one that the Pennsylvania Bank bnildinq
Is located at point central and convenient for the
business people, And its adoption Post Once
VIZ and prudent. The movement in favor of
Dpresent Custom House building is pioneered
by afew men who are personally and directly In
eresteu IN the change. The great mass Of the
people are entirely satisfied with the proposed
loestlsa On second street prefe,ring that size to-
street, the only msft Of which is its close pAoxsr
unity to certain properties belonging to men who
are now clamoring about traders In Government
jobs The attempt of few individuals to i'm.
pose upon the Postmaster General has bee m ked
with an impudence not often paralleled even I'm
this age OF cant and hypocrisy. But the plain
practical sense OF Mr. Brown pierced beneath the
paper testimonials on which the case rested, and
saw the whole question In its true light and this
honest, faithful officer will not be deferred from
doing his whole duty, by the mean and cowardiy
ment has been thwarted by his recent lust and
popular decision. An appeal to Congress NAV
develop some facts not understood at present by
all the principal business Arms Of Philadelphia
and show the real motives Of those who lead the
Post Once removal column in our city Whether
those facts would be likely to further their sell
fish project, or remove that weight of public con-
demnation which now so justly attaches to them,
remains to be seen when the appeal il made and
examined" --JP
WALKERS EXPEDITION FRoM THE UNITED
STATEs.-That it is utterly impossible, with
the laws of the United States in that particular
standing as they do, to prevent the egress of
flibustering expeditions from our southern
ports, is apparent in the facility with which
Walker and his marauders recently set sail
from New Orleans. Though the Saratoga is
awaiting his arrival ut San Juan and the Wa
bash-another vessel of the Home SQUAD
ron--was some time since ordered TO cruise to
intercept him, and though the Fulton sailed
shortly before his departure on like errand, !
and the revenue cutters stationed at Mobile
and New Orleans followed close in his wake,
our impression is that the speed of his steamer
(the Fashion, will enable him to effect land.
ing where he wills. We are inclined to believe
that he seeks to reach Yucatan rather than
Central America because, unless infatuated
beyond conception, he must know that such are
the preparations Of the Central American Gov
ernments for his appropriate reception. as that
he and his followers will surely fall into their
hands, dead or alive, in one month after they
land. The Colonel" Duncan, u s. A.. said to
have gone in command of his artillery, is merely
flibuster Colonel, not Colonel in the army
of the United States, as alleged by telegraph
dispatch writers in the flibustering interest.
Many years ago he ,cas lieutenant in the
army Of the United States, and more recently
acivil employee Of the Government about the
new custom house in New Orleans He became
somewhat notorious some years since for I'LL
clustering in northern Mexico, in conjunction
with Caravahal
NAVAL COURTS OF INQUIRY-In Court No
i, to-day, where the case Of Mr. Barney still
progresses, much documentary evidence was
read and submitted, after the examination of
Capt. Van Brunt and the Rev Stephen Hill in
the case of ex- Passed Midshipman Nathaniel T.
West, in that gentleman's behalf-tbe latter
case being still pending before this Court
Before Court No. 2, to-day, the case of Com
mander Ringgold was being closed by the SUBJ
mission Of documentary evidence on his behalf
The case Of ex-passed Midshipman Dominick
Lynch is expected to come up next, before this
Court.
Court No. were to-day awaiting the prepa-
ration of the objections of,the Hon. B. F. Butler
Zone of the counsel Of x-Captain Levy against
certain documentary evidence the Government
proposed to submit on Saturday last.
The CONCERT TOMORROW EVENING will be
crowded one, of course, for without the addi-
ton of Frezzolini and Patti Strakosch Thai
berg and Vieuxtemps will fill any house in the
United States at any time. He or she who
have never heard Thalberg, as yet is ignorant
of the capabilities of the piano. Frezzolini
comes to this country with very high reputa-
ton as vocalist in the concert room, and has
already become leading favorite with tho
New York critics; while Madame Strakosch is
regarded rs having improved more in the last
two years than any other professional vocalist
in the land She is now the favorite ballad
singer at the North, and will, doubtless, please
as much here as there.
The ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OF THE Pro
VISION TRAIN, which we mentioned on Friday
last-the burning Of 70 government wagons by
n band OF 700 Mormons, on the plains, about
$50 miles east of Salt Lake sCity-cannot posi-
bly, embarrass the troops now On the way to
Utah. They contained nothing but provisions
neither arms, munitions, nor accoutrements;
and sufficient provisions for $500 men, have
been sent forward whereas, but 200 troops
have been sent thither. twill be remembered
that it was originally designed to send twice as
many there, but the state Of things in Kansas
and in the Spirit Lake country caused the des.
tination Of half Of them to be changed.
The ADRIArIc.-We have private advices
from New York Of the entire success Of the
trial trip Of the Adratic, the new steamship of
the Collins line. She had been off on it "a
hours when the advices on which we were writ
ten, were sent to the city. She had given entire
satisfaction in all particulars to that time.
The REPORTED MASSACRE OF FIVE Hun
DRIED U. S. TROOPs BY THE INDIANS, near the
Missouri river, detailed with savage minute
ness in letter from the Rev. Thos. William
son to the St. Paul (Minn.) Times, gains no
credence at the War Department whatever.
FILIBUsTERING.-We are assured from a
quarter that should be thoroughly posted in
such matters, that a sailing vessel slipped out
Of New York harbor on Saturday last laden
with men and munitions destined to strengthen