Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-04
WASHINGTON NJ EWS AND GOSSIP.

of the Hon. Benz r. Curtis, Of his position Is
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States, reached Washington this morn
ing
News PROM THE IsrHNUs.-The Navy De.
psrtment has dispatches from Commander Hof,
the senior officer in command OF the Pacific
Squadron, now at Panama TO the 10th ultimo
Commodore Mervine sailed on the Sd of Au-
gust with the Independence for San Francisco,
The Decatur (sloop-of-war) Commander That
cher, reached Panama on the 5th of August
from San Juan del Sur, having on board twenty
five fllibusterS brought from Nicaragua, in a
destitute and desperate condition, mostly from
their wounds. Twelve of them had been trans
ferred to the John Adams, and five had been
forwarded (gratuitously) to New Orleans, per
the steamship John l.. Stephens.
The names of the twenty-five are as follows
Surgeons R. 7. Royston and G. B. Bouton !;
Major Dolan; Capts West and Rayburn; Pri-
Yates Cole, Burns, Boyle, Donaho, Dewett,
Graham, Green, Clark, Mccall, Cason, Madi-
son, Fizzell, Goss Amoroke, Langerford, Kipp,
Sigimound Ingraham and Forbes.
The most important information in these dis
patches is Commander Thatcher's report of his
legged forciple detention of Americans on the
Isthmus, by Costa RIGA.
This refers to the case of the engineers, fire.
men, &c, of the river and lake steamers, alleged
to have been forced by the Costa Rican author
| tiles to work the above steamers without pay
and otherwise ill used. Mora denied the story
rcmfbeginning to end; insisting that all SO enl-
ployed had agreed voluntarily to do the work
| and been paid according to agreement; that
| only one asked his discharge without getting il
promptly-the engineer OF the Virgin steamer
VINO was not permitted to leave the country by
way of San Juan, as he desired, only because
his treachery was feared. He was offered pass
ports, and Of course discharge, if he would
take different route. --
The CAMELs.-The War Department has re-
ceived an interesting report from Mr.. Z. F..
Beale, the Superintendent of the expedition to
construct the wagon road from Fort Defiance,
dated Ell Paso, July oath. Mr.. B. writes in
glowing terms of the success of the camel ex-
pertinent. The War Department furnished him
with some of those animals (only three of which
were males) to be used as beasts of burden--he
loaded them with 700 pounds each, of provendcr
for the mules. They bore the journey across
the plains-eating little but bushes, preferring
to browse on them to grazing on the best grass
far better than the mules of the expedition
They suffered much less than the mules from
the usual casualties of such journey-sore
backs, lame feet, &c.
He cOnceives it far easier to manage a train
of twenty camels than one of five mules, OK.
planning that the excellence of the temper of
the former, their entire tractability, greater
capacity for bearing burdens and going without
water, and their preference for food on which
any other animals would starve, make them
valuable for transportation on the prairies
Every unshOd beast of the expedition but the
camels reached Ell Paso lame, while not one of
them was famed in the least.
On the whole, this report is of much import
ance, insomuch as it embraces the result of the
first long and really practical business trial Of
the adaptability of the camel as beast of bur-
den on the plains Of the Great West
PARsoS BRowNLow IN A New CHARACTER
Parson Brownlow, so famous for never before
having uttered word of aught but abuse in
his newspaper, of any Democrat, has at length
relented, and actually approves an act of the
Postmaster General, half promising to go the
whole figure in the support Of his administra-
ton of postal affairs! We presume that Brown
low has showered much of his so-eharacter-
istlc dirty abuse upon the Postmaster General
individually, as on any other man living except
BIS ancient competitor, Andrew johnson To
find him thus changing his tune concerning
Democrat holding SO distinguished a position
as Aaron V. Brown, argues either that he has
entirely changed his nature, or that the Post
master General is remarkably fortunate in the
administration Of the patronage Of his Depart
ment. He (Brownlow) says:
The citizens of our town, and many citizens of
the county, are aware of change In our post office
Mr Earnest, the Democratic occupant. has been
removed, and Capt Harris, also a Democrat has
been appointed. Heretofore we have made no men
ton Ofthe change. In ailuding 10 il now we can
not ahord TO Play the demagosue by appealing to
the friends OF Mr.. Earnest and seeking to array
them against the administration This j. too
small a game for to play at
nile we have nothing to say against Mr.. Ear
nest, a sense OF justice requires us to state that
no man in the Democratic ranks in Knox COUNTY
would be as acceptable to all parties as Capt
George w. Harris While ne is a decided Dem
Oerat, and consistent one, he is regarded as an
honest man. He is attentive To business aud he
Is accommodating. And he is not the man TO re-
tam IN the once any deputy who Is not acceptable
TO the people. H. therefore Aaron v Brown
makes no greater blunder than he made in this
| change, his administration will receive our un-
qualified approval. We shall regret to see the
post office removed from where II is because il
Is in the best locality for all parties that can he
found in the city.
The COLORADO ExPEDIT1oN.-The following
persons have received appointments upon the
scientific party attached to the expedition, I'M
der the command of Lieut.. Ives for the explo-
ration Of the Colorado river:
r
geologist; Ii. Il. Mohausen, of Prussia, na,u.
ralist, (the latter was a pupil of Baron Hum
boldt;) +. VI. Egloffstein, of the District Of Co.
lumbis, arts; and tOpographer; Paul H. Tay-
Tor, of Richmond, and Charles Booker Hamp-
ton, Va, assistant surveyors
Lieut.. Ives, with portion of the command
will depart for San Francisco in the steamer of
the 9th instant, and proceed at once to eGulf
| OF California to commence operations
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