Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-22

open question till the next presidential contest
will stand or fall. If the Union stand that party
goes by the board. If that party triumphs, this
Union cannot live.
the high and responsible duty therefore, de-
volv upon Us TO take in our hands the orr anic
ACT OF this Territory, and acting upon its prnci-
pies, to present to the Congress of the United
states Constitution framed in such a manner,
and harfng srth an endorsement as that we may
not merely petition for admission to the Union,
but demand that we shall be admitted" =
THE LESSON TO ZEE DRAWN FROM 1.-THE
New York Journal of Commerce, in its com
ments on the loss of the Central America. says :,
The steamer was provided with six life boats.
Two were Francis's metallic boats, and the re-
manning four Were fitted mp with air tanks on the
end and sides, and each of the six was capable Of
eqipped with 600 or 100 life preservers, bat had
no bulkhead partitions. We have here another
terrible lesson respecting the necessity Of having
all sea going stea ners furnished with water-tight
compartments; for 1t is reasonable to assume that
had the Central America been thus provided the
lamentable loss of life now chronicled might
have been greatly diminished, II not wholly
In this brief paragraph is conveyed the les
son of the ineffciency of the present mode of
insuring life at sea upon those ships which the
public regard os being most safe, owing to the
nominal precautions taken to that end. The
question is, will that terrible disaster superin-
duce better preparation on other American
steamships for such a storm as that in which
this ship went down? .. .~s- r 80 .-
PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE THE FILIBUs-
TERs.-The Central American Governments are
energetically moving in the matter Of defend
ing themselves against the new filibustering
expedition being prepared to sail from the Uni
ted States. A congress of all the Spanish
American Republics has becn oalled to devise
an extensive plan Of mutual defence against
them. Tomorrow, we will explain what they
propose to do in the premises, in detail. In the
meanwhile we publish below very recent pro-
clamation of the Costa Rcan Government on
the subject, which shows how keenly alive they
are to the necessity of being much better pre-
pared to check the first efforts Of the filibusters
to get foothOld in Central America, than when
Walker first landed on Nicaraguau soil. Had
such spirit then actuated the Central Ameri-
can Governments as now actuates them, Walker
and his men would have been driven out in
thirty days, if one of them could have got of
alive. Experience, after ALL is indeed very
sure teacher. The Cronica of August pub
fishes the following decree: d.
JUAN RAFAEL MORA, President Of the Republic
Of Costa RiCa.
CONSIDERING that in the United States recruit
ing is going on for the purpose of invading Gen..
trail America again; that w. Walker being the
promoter OF the recruiting, and that he does il
without legal mission. without flag, and with
out justice, and only for the purpose Of convuls-
inS Central America, and planting its soil the
slavery of man by man, which the religion and
the civilization of the age is opposed TO- and
which our laws expressly forbid, that for such
acts he and those who accompany him place
themselves in the position Of pirates:
DEGREES.
Article /. IL in an unexpected manner and by
avoiding the vigilance Of the authorities Of the
Union any party of armed men present themselves
whether commanded by William W alker or any
of his agents, and invade any port of Costa Rica
or any of the allied States of Central America
with the intention Of possessing themselves of ali
or any part of them in the said act of landing on
the shore they will be considered as pirates, and
as such remain beyond the protection of the laws
Art. z. All those who have served in the ranks
of Walker cannot return to the Republic for any
purpose without the previous permission of the
Government; and those who at present reside in
the state shall leave il within thirty DAYS reck-
oning from the date of this decree but those who
exercise any honest profession and conduct them
elves properly, proving the same to the Chief OF
Police, can remain IN the state with the previous
written permit which shall be given to them
Art. 3. The present decree shall be made known
to the Government Of the other Cent al mer lean
States in case they should think proper to adopt
IL
ish American Governments, to the representatives
Of the Republic abroad and to the di plon ali
corps.
Given in the National Palace. in the office of the
Secretary OF War, In the city OF San Jose, Au.
gust 1th, ls5I JUAN RAFAEL Mora.
RAFAEL g. EsCALANTEs, Minister of War
NAVAL COURTS OF IYogIRY.-Before Court
No. I, the case of Lieut.. James NJ. Watson was
concluded to-day. (His defence will probably
be read to-mOrrow) The case Of Lieut. Peter
Turner was then taken up. and Capt Buchanan
was being examined for the Government in it
as the Star went to press. Messrs. Blount and
Phillips are his counsel-the former attending
to the case.
Before Court No. 9, the case Of It. Parker
(furloughedD was on trial to-day the testimony
in it being 80 far documentary. 1t. P. con
ducts his own defence. ...--
Before Court No. 3, to-day, the case of Com
mander Jarvis (furloughed) is on trial, and Lit.
Brashear, Captain Mckinney, and Commodore
Storer were examined in it for the Government.
A CHANCE TO SEND LETTERS TO Persons IN
U. S. SoUADRONs ABROAD.--The u. s. Naval
Lyceum at Brooklyn is about to despatch mails
for the squadrons on the following foreign sta
tons. Viz: tho coasts of Brazil, Africa and the
East Indies. All letters and packages for either
squadron, if left at the Lyceum Rooms, Navy
Yard, Brooklyn, by the 10Th instant, win be
promptly forwarded. So also will those be that
are enclosed by mail (post paid} to g the Naval
Lyseum, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, n Y" in
time to reach there by the night of the 24th
instant.
SURVEYS OF PUBLIC LANDS IN KANSAS
Additional surveys of township IL, south o.
ranges one TO six, east of the sixth principal
meridian, have been returned to the General
Land Office by the Surveyor General of Kan
sas and Nebraska, embracing about 135, 900
acres. Also, in township 9, south of ranges
two to seven inclusive, east of the meridian,
containing about 136, 900 acres THE latter Sit
uated in part on the Big Blue and Republican
rivers, all Of which fall within the Western
Land District .' ','