Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-29

tell Oh the entire absence OF elements Of NUM-
eipal political interest, we beg the parties pre-
pairing to take part in the grand hubbaboo we
should rightfully have upon us shortly, to hurry
up their cakes. Nobody's abusing anybody
yet; nor is any one engaged in that so patriotic
labor of spending time, BREATH and liquor of
questionable quality in making very great men
out Of such materials as the local politicians OF
this burgh affords. We are for long night,
hot fight, and free fight for the nominations,
decidedly, because in that way the candidates
will be 80 thoroughly sifted as that both parties
may, without liability to mistake, select their
very best men, If they ,c,H.
STIRRING HoRNET's NEsr.-Caleb Cush-
ing's recent speech has fairly frensied all Abo-
litiondom. Its exposure of the silliness-to use
no harsher term-of that political creed, as
illustrated by its effect on the popular mind of
his State, is SO powerful as to have we'll nigh
crazed everything in the shape of Republican
party paper throughout the on-slaveholding
States. Believing in the soundness of the phil
osophy of laughing and growing fat-anathemas
on the interminable National Hotel disease
that won't let one grow fat, laugh as much and
as heartily as one may,-for the last twenty -four
| hours We have been almost splitting our sides
| over the ferocious onslaughts upon the Hon.
Caleb, appearing in every thing falling into our
hands IN the shape Of newspaper with Free
Soil proclivities; if but because we know that
he will enjoy them as heartily as we do. That
man don't live who has greater contempt and
| a more fixed abomination than has Caleb Cush-
ing for the hypocrisy, ignorance, mendacity,
and self-suficiency of political Abolitionism in
its popular-Republican party-phase. Nor
does any other in the range of our acquaintance
so deplore that his own State has fallen vic
tim to it; thus losing her prestige and her OPP
portunity for practical usefulness as a sovereign
member of the North American Confederacy,
which, were it proftably improved, might make
her foremost in all things that men of we'll
balanced minds approve; instead of being, as
she is, prey to observation-disclosures, social.
and political. No other man so despises the race
of little great men who have led her astray; and
| whose toadies, conducting the progress press,
are now blatant against him for pricking the
bubble of their self-suficient imposture as he
did, in the never to be forgotten Newburyport
speech to which we here refer.
THE MINNESOTA INDIAN MAssAcREs.-From
| the data concentrating in this city for some
time past, concerning the Indian difficulties in
the Spirit Lake country, we have arrived at
| the conclusion that the reports with which the
| Northern papers are filled relative to them are
greatly exaggerated, indeed. Three-fourths of
them doubtless grew out of the Spirit Lake
murders of which the readers of the Star were
some time since apprised, in our exposition Of
the information relative to them dispatched to
| Washington by Agent Flandeau. There is also
probably "a wheel within wheel involved in
these reports. of which most of the public are
not aware Not long since it was intended
speedily to offer for sale at the Sioux city and
Fort Dodge Land Offices (recenty estnblished)
the very territory which, according to these re-
ports, is being devastated by the savages. The
settlers and indigenous land spectators in that
quarter are much opposed to the plan of per-
hitting the outside world to compete with them
for these lands, which, of course, they desire to
| monopOlize. Those around us best informed
concerning the tricks and contrivances of land
speculatiOns, are firmly of opinion that more
| than half the horrors of these newspaper reports
have their origin in a desire to keep off outside
bidders, by making them believe that every
mothers son of them will risk his scalp in at
tempting to prospect there.
The CALIFORNIA INDIAN RESERVATIONS
Interesting dispatches have reached Washing
ton from j. Ross Browne, Esq, agent of the
Treasury Department in California concerning
the state of the Indian reservations and the
tribes in that uarter. He regards the Sebastian
reservation, near the TETON Pass, and also the
farm Qndian) near the Tulare Pass. rs being
too arid for profitable cultivation They have
not been satisfactorily improved on that account.
The NOmelackee reservation possesses a fine
soil and location. and the Indians upon it are
working we'll. All is prosperous there The
reservation near Cape Mendocino is the best
location for the purpose in the State. 1t is easy
of access from the sea, most of the year of good
soil; is well adapted to root culture; and is
isolated from the white settlements 1t is in a
very prosperous condition, indeed The farm
in Nomecult Valley, midway between the Nom
elackee and Mendocino reservations, is in fine
condition. and fourishes satisfactorily
The Indians of the north section of the State.
though most of them were quite savages when
the experiment of thus locating and working
them began, are much more thriving and pros
porous in their new system of life than those in
the south portion Of California. Thus the In
dians around Los Angeles, the most wretched in
the State, are so through long contact with the
whites, whose vices, through neglect, &c, they
have adopted without prOfiting by the adoption
of any of their good traits.
CORRECTION. - The hlteligencey this
morning copies into its columns the following
paragraph, which, we have every reason to be.
lieve is erroneous:
DECISION BY The NAVY DEpARrMEyr-Sec
rotary Toucey has decided that the retired and
dropped officers coming before the Courts or In
quiry may demand copy of the charges prefe-red
against them. This is in opposition to ATTORNEY
General Cushing's decision, which requires the
al mental professional, and physcal-for the
| service