Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-15

the business transactions OF Washington. There
rs, and brokers and bankers may advance their
rates sof interest with the pressing demands of
borrowers but from the ruinous effects Of money
"panfcs" and mercantile "crashes', the CITY Of
Washington Is entirely safe, and, from all that
we now see, Is likely to continue safe for many
years tor come. Real estate in the federal capital
Is lower than in any city in the Union of its size
importance, and advantages; stock speculations
here are unknown great commercial adventures
unheard of; large investments in real estate sell
dom made, and always made with care and, al
though we have not few banks and bankers our
circulating medium is almost exclusively me
tallic one. The business men and capitalists
OF Washington have not unfrequently been re-
preached for their timidity and want of enter
prise: This reproach may or may not be merited
At all events, in season like the present, when
In the North and East the failures of banks rail-
road companies, and merchant princes are mat
tiers Of every day occurrence, we are disposed to
bear with reproaches which may, in whole or In
part, have secured to our community such SUBJ
stantial and abiding advantages"
The LATE PANIC IN NEW YoRK-The New
York journals tell us that the panic in the
money market in New York has passed and
gone-that it is over It's effect must be to
check speculations in Western lands, to which
it is really attributable. The New York Tri-
bnne, however, insists on laying it at the door
of over importations Of foreign goods, which
though they have been made, are by no means
dead capital. From the Custom House returns
it is clear to us that such importations have not
been made to an extent sufficient to make for
eign goods Of any description drug in the mar-
ket, and that, after all, is the criterion which
must solve the question whether or not sufi-
cient have been imported seriously to interfere
| with the monetary condition of the country
NAVAL COURTS OF INoUIRY-To-day before
Court No. 1, Ex-Governor land formerly Pur-
| ser) Price, of New Jersey, was examined on
behalf of Mr.. March, whose case is still under
consideration. ~ .....
Before Court No. 2, to-day, Commanders
TOtten and Godon were examined in behalf Of
Lieut.. Chas. Hunter, whose case is under con-
sideration. Documentary evidence in his case
was also adduced.
Before Court No. 3, notwithstanding the alb
sence of Commodore Storer, who continues sick,
the case of Lieut.. GLEASON (furloughed) was
proceeded with to-day, and Commodores Perry
| and Boerum were examined on Lieut. G s be-
| half, and Lieut.. Seldcn for the Government.
NOT So.-The newspapers are extensively
publishing story saying that purse of 49,
600 has been or is to be made up to induce Mr..
Beverly Tucker to accept the Liverpool consul
late. While we wish Mr.. T. the best possible
"luck, " we are very sure that there is no truth
whatever in this story. 1t doubtless had its
origin in the fact that when the same position
was offered to Mr.. John W Forney, that gen.
oHa lonox
annum for certain literary services to be rem
dered during his expected residence in Liver
pool; which offer, by-thc-by, is the foundation
for the story that he too was offered heavy
bonus by personal friends to induce him to ac-
cept one of the very best offices in the gift Of
the President of the United States.
The INEVITABLE GOLD SNUFF Box-The
recent arrival Of Andrew Jackson, jr, at New
York with the veritable gold snuff box in charge,
was the signal for a renewal of the agitation
concerning its bestowal according to the terms
of General Jackson's will, that so disgraced
that city not long since; turning honorable sell
vice in the Mexican war into by-word of ridi.
Guile and reproach, by rendering it apparent,
as it were that nearly all in that section claim
ing to have been American heroes in Mexico,
can much more easily prove their title to the
appellation Of BLACKBOARD rowdies.
The TINES "OPERATOKs." Among the fail
ures noticed as having recently taken place in
New York, we perceive that of Wesley & Ka-
lOwski, brokers, house said to be as heavily
interested in the stock of the New York Times
as Mr.. McElrath was in that of the Tribune at
the time Of his late failure. 1t will be recol-
lected that during their late controversy over
the course of the Hroid, concerning Parker
Vein, "Potosi," &c, &C., that journal alleged
and maintained with a strong showing of proof
that the money articles Of the Times were but
strings to the kites that Wesley & Kalowski
were flying.
COLORADO WAGON RoAD.-A private letter
reached a gentleman in this city yesterday
evening, stating that the wagon road expedi-
ton, under the direction of Lieutenant Beale,
reached Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the 9th
OF August last, en- route for either Fort Defiance
or Zuni All well. 1t is expected that Lieut..
Beale will follow Whipple's trail pretty closely
at least as far as the detour to the south on the
Big Sandee. The Navajos are said to be trouble
some
VALIDITY OF TITLE.-The Secretary Of
Warhaving referred the question of the valid
ity of the title to certain lands in Georgetown,
purchased for the use of the Washington aque-
duct, the Attorney General has decided that the
deed from Charles Albert and wife for the lands
SO conveyed vests q valid title in the United
States.
Mr.. HENRY, the Private Secretary of the
President, having suffered not little from the
location Of the Presidents mansion during the
past summer, has left Washington for brief
sojourn at Lake George, we understand We
presume that his absence from the seat of gov
eminent will hardly extend beyond a fortnight
APPOISrED.-Mr. +. H. Stickney, of Maine.
has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the
second class Isl 400 per annum) clerkships of
the Third Auditors Office, made vacant by the
late removal of Mr.. Geo. w. Hall