Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-23
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP


WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
SPEcULATIoS.-Yester we published an
article from the New York Times on the moral
disease that RACES periodically in this country.
upon the subject of land speculations in the
west Ere the sun went down we were acct
dentally an auditor of an offer made bv one
gentleman to another, which told the tale of the
soundneSs OF the advice we have more than once
OF late taken occasion to give the Stars read
ers who are citizens hereabout In 1898. n
gentleman eff Prince Georges county. MARYLAND
sold to WashingtOnian a farm situated within
three miles Of this city. To-day, we heard the
con OF the seller offer the son of the buyer the
original purchase money, and 20 per centum
per annum interest to this date. for the prorer
~ This offer was refused. One hundred and
nifty dollars per acre was then offered for it
the farm having been sold (as before me ntioned
In 1929 for 81 per acre. The offer of $50 per
acre was fatty refused, as it should have been
for, with prudent management. it can be sold
subdlvlded, for much more money.
We refer TO this transaction by way of illus
trating the fact that our fellow-citizens of the
District Of Columbia can really make no moro
prudent and profitable investments than in
property at home. Every additional bushel of
corn grown, every new fishing smack built.
every new mechanical idea patented i'm this
country, and every child, white or black, born
In the United States or brought bther from
abroad, insensibly help to swell the aggregate
OF the business of the Government necessarily
transacted In Washington; requiring more
hands and minds and the expenditure of moro
money in multitude oe WAYS to transact II
Those who talk of the removal of the seat Of
Government from this point are crazy people
neither more nor less-long ere sectional strife
teaches the point al which the majority region
Will seriously entertain such an idea, the South
will have 50 modified its business associations
as that sef-interest viii have compelled change
OF Northern sentiment that will restore the de-
sired unity Of sentiment and the change in the
politics Of the North necessary, in time. 10 the
preservation Of the Union
HE IMPEACHMENT CAsE-During the las,
session Of Congress We frequently felt called ON
to urge the necessity for the settlement of the
dlfncultles that had arisen between the U. S.
District Judge Of Texas and the people of that
etafe-for the latter had apparently made CON-
mon cause against him-by his impeachment
and trial here. We based what we said upop
the subject wholly upon the petitions before
Congress, with the documents ACCOMPANYING
them, and the action of the Texas Legislature
showing that there were sufficient valid reasons
Tor thorough investigation into his official
conduct 1t seems that an important law suit
has arisen In New York out Of his alleged acts
which gave rise to some of the efforts to induce
Congress to impeach him. We republish here
with the EreHiHg Posts report of the alle,a-
lions IN the complaint Of the plaintiff, by way of
spreading before the Stars readers additional
information upon this subject before Congress
last winter as explained above. As il embraces
narrative Of facts and circumstances BEARING
on the history Of the original occupation of the
lower Rio Grande frontier by our countrymen.
II VIII doubtless prove of great interest apart
from Its connection with the controversy. in the
prompt solution Of which we have taken so great
interest.
TsE CASE OF JUDGE wAIRoUs Supreme Court.
fore Gle Ike. j. -
Jacoo MH,'tna md al. ag't Charles Sti!lann
oh1 ot.-I MS and another case in which the no.
torlous Judge Watrous. of Texas IL ons ~ tbs
defendants, involve the sum of nearly q mIIlinn
OF dollars. and some questions of great nnhic .nd
poiItlcaI Interest. out OF which has i,rn,.o a..
resolution OF the Judiciary COMMITTEE OF Co.
gress TO iInpeach Judge Watrous O
Inc ease came up a motion 70 STRIKE nm,
paris OF the cnmplai lint, which is very yoIuninors
ana complicated NT. JeInegan, OF cornsei a.,
the plaintiff made the following statement Of To-
lacts as alleged in the complaint ON openina the
cess To the court: fs '4e
IN the year ISIS. during the military one-atio,s
"a. on oE our government on the banks OF the
'r Idher, ara after the occupation by GeneraI
10y ~ oI foit Brown. opposite Matarnoras ST
mo-. - one OF the plaintiffs visited Mata-
n,,, 40. tHe purpose of purchasing from the |
a., - ps Le>ldtd there the Lands i'm the yicin
,sy,jo, oiH' Isdpi which bad attracted his at |
IVEiIs 81 Pp1IiISinS a profitable investment
Ar,.-i ~, ne DeCdine assistant editor az tho |
90, - y. 10y Tie frst American new.n,n@, |
u fiio4.She1 On The Rio Grande f-ontier r~f
suUu,s,.d ,SoiIiS theTe in this capacity n. fir,
90 -, the Idea of founding a tn,vn on 81 .. - |
o,t Brown. on the left bank ~ tbo . tue sue
:, ine what the result has sine. ,,,o,S
a. 90 I'm destined To become n -, 81 'hit
- - IA COMMERCIAL impottapi, - i hioie
win tbls beiIef, he iTnncd tel, lPfes ed
NeSue stlons Tor the purpose 81 ,s."..shC ed IN
tIeS I'd the lands then known a. ,ha ,, ing the |
Commons oelonglng to the city OF Na,.AIuos o. 1
the opposite oank OF the river and ds, on |
area which now foFius the site OF P,a',S the /
hising SATISFIED himself that title to ,ha i
Souid De procured, he resolved To purchas anus mus
having secured an interest in the Lana anu |
moved his printing press to the opposite sId. s,
tne Evef ana commenced the publication OF ~.
american Flag there, for the purpose Of sttractinS