Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-07-16
as he himself describes picking his toe nails bv

Browns, rs he leisurely scanned the passing
:" taar OF bright afternoon. He went to Gen.
uai America under the influence of settled
"fourth-of-July' fever, of which, judging from
the tone of his letter, he had, happily recovered
on the 4thljust past; when it was written. He
sought our advice ere setting out for Nicaragua,
and we assured him that he had better break
brick-bats at dollar day, around the Public
Buildings here, than 60 to Central America all
for the sake of the glory of the proud bird-that
American eagle which has so manifestly spoiled
his beauty and tsttered the fine clothes he so
delighted in, rather than crowned him with the
longest feathers of its outspreadng piniOns
The result, as may be drawn from his letter,
justifes the soundness of our secuted advice
We shall be glad to welcome him home a wiser,
if a sadder man.
Our RELATIONS WITH NEW GRANADA-A
few days ago we mentioned that it was believed
in diplomatic circles here that the Congress of
New Granada would authorize the Executive
of that country to clothe its Minister at Wash
ingtOn, Gen. Herran, with full powers for the
settlement of the main outstanding question
with the United States, a lack of which had oper-
ated to prevent that so desirable result. The
correctness ofimpresson of ours was subsequent
ly denied in some of the newspapers. Yesterday,
we took occasion to publish an extract from the
New York EJpreSs, coming by subsequent
| arrival, saying that it was understood on the
isthmus that the desired authority had been
granted. To-day, we take great pleasure in
adding that we have every reason to believe
that our Government has received positive in
formation of that SO desirable action on the part
of the New Granadan Government. Placing
confidence in this fact we regard the path for a
full, final and speedy settlement of the pending
question between the two Governments as
having been cleared. This is just subject of
general congratulation, not only here, but in
New Grenada, whose real interests have of late
become deeply involved with those of the United
States.
THE GREAT MUNICIPAL ExCURSIoN-The
Councils Of various Western cities on the line
of the great railroad route to the West from
Baltimore, recently opened as through route,
who are now on the way to Baltimore at the
invitation of that city, are to visit Washington
on Tuesday next: we learn. 1t is appropriate
that they be received and entertained by our
fellow-cltizens with proper courtesy and hos
pitality To that end, we hear incidentally.
there will be public meeting, probably at the
City Hall sometime tomorrow. which we trust
will be attended by all interested in our city's
future. 1t behOoves Washington to do its best
to encourage travel on such route as this,
which will bring the vOyaging werld directly
from the Far West to our own door We know
no better way of doing so than by thus aiding
Baltimore in her efforts to bring it into general
favor.
NAVAL Courts OF INQUIRY.-To-day before
Court No. |, in the case of Ex-Lieut F. IL Ste
phens, Its. Maffitt and Van Morgan, and Capt
Rogers were examined on his behalf
Before Court No. 2, in the case of Captain
Sterrett, Its. Fairfax and Alexander Semmes
were examined on the Governments behalf
and Lit. Dallas, Captain Cunningham, and Mr.
JAS. S. Sterrett on Captain s. behalf; when the
testimony in the case closed. The defence
in it is to be read Oh Monday next
Before Court No. 3, in the case of ex-Lieut.
Rhind, Chas. REILLY, Nicholas Callan and Jas.
Kerr, Esqs, of Washington city. !. T. Cha
tard, Esq of Baltimore, and Commodores
Aulick and Smith were examined on the Gov
ernment's behalf.
STIRRING A HORNETS NEsT.-We published,
day or two since, an extract from terrific
onslaught in a recent Washington letter pub
liShed in the Cleveland PL0inaeaIer, aimed at
our local politicians. 1t has set many of them
manfully at work upon the details of the politi-
cal antecedents of the presumed author who,
they aver, not long since wrote quite as vehe-
ment detractiOns of everybody and everything
Democratic, for the especial benefit of the Hon
Joshua r. Gidlings, then his immediate patron.
as, now, of them. The result of his letter from
which we quoted. illustrates to charm, the
folly of playing with those dangerous edged
tools-personalties in politics.
REMOVED AND APPOINTED.-We hear on the
avenue of the recent removal of Mr.. VIM III.
Page, OF n. j., from his second class Isl. 400
per annum) clerkship in the General Land
Office, and the appointment Of Stacy b. Read,
of n. j., to first class Isl 200 per annum)
clerkship in the same Bureau.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL-the Hon. A. V.
Brown-returned to Washington, last evening,
from his recent brief visit to Philadelphia, and
is to-day again at his post in the Department.
APPOINTED.-The President has appointed
Chas. E. Flandreau to be Associate Justice of
the U. ,. Court for the Territory of Minnesota,
vice Petit. declined.
PRoMoTED.-Mr. S. c. Boynton, of Ohio has
been promoted from a third to fourth class
clerkship in the Pension Bureau vice Col. W.
o. Niles, deceased salary $500
PRoNorED.-Mr. J. E. Parker, of Mich, was
yesterday promoted to second class Isl 400 per
annum) clerkship in the General Land Office
The WEArHER.-The following report of the
weather for this morning is made from the Morse
Telegraph line to the Smithsonian Institution,
The time of observation is about o clock a. M:
JULY 16, 1857.
New York, N. Y..........clear hot
Philadelphia, Pa clear warm
baltimore, MD ......... raining hard
Washington. ID. C....... cloudy warm