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

oonnot move from hlvae, or from OF. teorge,
two miles distant from Rivas, at one of which
places he now is. even to obtain the means Of
sustaining life. The loss Of the two lake boats,
San Carlos and Virgin has deprived him OF
the mobility which for some time had been MS
chief resource. The Island Ometepe, in the
lake, fifteen miles from Rivas, and tho coast
of Chontales opposite, some fifty miles distant,
have supplied him with provisions; put now,
with his boats and schooner lost, the strong
northeast gales which prevail on the lake at
the close Of the rainy season and render its
navigation impracticable to bupgos, will alb.
sofateIy conine him to Rivas. He can no
longer procure food to supply the men whom
fever and tho enemy have still left him We
see no alternative for him but to cspitulate or
starve." -
A Naval General Court Of Inquiry.-Ssv-
eral petitions having been filed at the Navy
Department asking for a Court of Inquiry,
under the recent act Of Congress, the Secre.
tary of the Navy, with view to granting a
hearing at the earliest practicable day, has
appointed Court, to meet in Washington on
the Goth instant
This Court is composed of Commodore f. A.
+. Lsvalette, Commodore S. II. Stringham,
and Captain W. J. McCluney.
Tho Attorney General is of opinion, as we
understand, that, under the law there may be
plurality Of Courts in session ut the same
time. Mr.. Dobbin, however, as We learn, does
not deem it necessary to appoint moro than
one at this tine.
The Fair.--The Mech anics' Institute Fair.
to be opened in this city to visitors on the I'd
proximo, is to be the greatest exhibition of the
kind ever seen in this immediate region. The
preparations made are on the graudest and
most elaborate scale, and the concourse of
strangers who are expected to attend the in
auguration will attract hither, as exhibitors,
men Of scientific and mechanical emin.nce
from all sections of the Union This is as it
should Is. We know that our fellow. citizens
Of the District of Columbia will vie with esch
other to welcome them and to make their par
ticipation in the grand display as pleasant ard
profitable eventually. as possible.
The Burning of the Theatrs-w. are
very sure that our fellow citizens sympathise
deeply with Messrs Kunksl, Floyd L Ford.
the young and entsrprising managers of our
late Nation a Theatre, in their misfortune, by
which they were deprived Of considerable
portion of the earnings of their many years of
hard labor No other theatrical managers
have 60 secured the confidence and good will
of this community, who havc known them
lons-6rst as the managers Of tn cir former
musical troupe, the Kunkel Serenaders. Their
rc rl, ALL
which, We hear, they had no insurance The
readers will find in the Stars local columns
full particulars of the catastrophe.
The Weather The spring weather that
has been upon Us for forty eight hours, though
promotive Of food Of slosh in most of the
thoroughfares Of Washington, is mos. delight
full over head. All the gay people in the city
were out in full feather yesterday afterro on,
giving Pennsylvania avenue a ravishing ap-
pesrance truly We question whether Broad
way looks mere brilliant on such an occasion,
the proportion of holiday -attired people here
being much larger than any where else in
this country, owing to the fact that Washing
ton is in winter to the country a. large, what
Saratoga. Newport, Cape May and the W hit
Sulphur are in summer.
The Politicisns.-Ths departure of Mr.
Buchanan has served as the signal for the de.
parture Of hundreds of the noted politicians
from a distance who some how or other acci
dentally happened TO visit Washington lmme-
distely after it was known over The country
that he had wendell his way hither. We no.
tice now, on our daily rounds, that the mass
of them appear to have disappeared &c sud.
denly and as mysteIiou.ly rs they certainly
arrived among US.
New Englandsrs -Amorg the stra 1gers Of
note nov here, we notice Messrs B. T. Butler
and Fisher Ames Hildreth, of Lowell, Mass,
leading Democrat; and also the merry face Of
Paul R George, Eco, of New Hampshire; all
Of whom are we'll known TO the politicians Of
the country They come, We take it for grant.
ed, to see how the land lies in the matter Of
the new administration.
From Nebr sska--
OMAHA. n. T., Jan. 20, 1857.
Editor Star: The bill for the removal Of
the Capital of the Territory passed both
HCuses Of the Legislature last week, but to.
day was vetoed by the Governor
From all appearances they will be unable to
pass It by t.o-third -ote; consequently this
question which agitated the fears of the PEG.
pie Of Omaha 50 wonderfully, is now Obsolete
The Country - The roads leading into
Washington from all directions are Just now in
worse condition than We ever before saw them
The immensely of the snow banks, the rapid.
ty Of the thaw, and the sudden exit of the frost
from the ground, together make them almost
everywhere impossible.
Dismissed Lieut.. Charles L. Fleming, U.
S. N late the FIRST lieutenant of the b,ig-of.
war Daipbridge ION the Brazil station has
been dismissed from the service in pursuance
Of the sentence in his case of the naval court
m atrial recently in session at Philadelphia.
The Remains OF Preston 8. Brooke The
committee from South Carolina, appointed to