The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-29
WASHINGTON ITEMS.


It Is affirmed by the friends Of the Admins.
tretion that the President is determined to
crush the new Nicarsguan iilibusternr expedi.
ton. On the other hand General Walker and
his friends do not relax in their preparations !cr
war, aud evidently believe that Mr.. Buchanan
will wink at their invasion.
Disorderly street occurrences are upon the
increase in Washington. UuoHending citizens
are struck down by scoundrels in prominent
streets, and the police force seem TO be power
less. An omnibus-driver, says the Sta1- was
dreadfully beaten at the foot of the Capitol enc
evening last week. If the municipal authorities
cannot govern Washington, Congress will have
to take the matter in band.
The Secretary Of War has been on a iying
visit to New York.
David Dunn, of Maine has been appointed
to a second-class clerkship in the bureau CT The
Second Assistant Postmaster General. SALARY.
81 400.
The Star of this city contains the following
paragraph respecting the approaching election
in Baltimore:
The question has arisen whether the Dem.
ocrats of Baltimore should or should not essav
to avail themselves Of their nominal rights AZ
citizens OF Maryland in the approaching election
for State officers aud members Of Congress. II
strikes as that, unless satisfied beforehand that
they will be protected in the exercise of the
night Of suffrage, to essay to vote on that occa.
sion will be simply to imperil their lives to no
good end. 1t is Gear to nearly all outside the
limits Of that corporation, that It's authortia.-
OF course, including the police-are leagued with
the gangs who consider the attempt of a Demo.
crat to exercise the right of suffrage there
crime worthy OF the death penalty, ald who act
with impunity on that maxim
Would Democratic journals have given SINH.
lar advice TO the people of Kansas, similar ad-
vice a year or two ago, when the Border Ruff
fans, leagued with "tha authorities" made It
dangerous for honest men to show themselves
at the polls? That outrage WAS laughed at BY
Administration journals, but it seems that this
time it is their OK which is gored 1t seems,
however, that in the late riots in Baltimore the
fighting was commenced by Democrats.
The first mail on the overland route between
the mississippi and the PaClhc coast, under the
contract of the Post Office Department with
James h. Birch, arrived at San Diego Cali
fornia, on the 2lst of August, after Journey Of
ouly thirty.four days. IL is remarkable, from
the fact that the journey was made from San
Antonio in about half the usual time REQUIRED
to cross the backbone of the continent over any
other route and without the previous placement
of relays of animals along theToute. which will
in due time be stationed there to facilitate the en-
terprise. The entire success of this trip vudi.
Gates, eminently, the wisdom of the frmness of
the President and Postmaster General in resist
ing the sectional appeals against that particular
route, when making the selection.
In twelve months from this time, those at the
North whose business affairs connect them with
California, will wonder how any other than this
Texas route could have been dreamed of. so
glazing will its advantages over all others tray
elled between the Mississippi and Pacific have
become, in that time.-Er.
The above paragraph fails to state how long
the mail was in going from Washington to San
Francisco. The distance of this route is certain.
" as great as that Of the more central one.