Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-01

practice. be will confer a beneiactisn upon the
hosts who entertain so hospitality here, and upon
lam Last SUNDAY some ladies thought the
| church broper place to beset Lady Napier who
| Is in feeble health, and beset her In such man.
ne as nearly to cause her to faint, and there were
| numerous instances of individuals persisting In
| their claims and showing peevishness at being
| respectfully refused, which were more indica,
| tive of their eagerness than their sense of pro-
priety. II Is said that cabinet officer returned
his invitation because of the offence taken at an
| omission of one to lady friend. A war with
| ngland is not to be apprehended immediately
| on account thereof.n
Now, for the information of the distant read.
emo Washingtonian needing to be informed
of the fact-we have to say that the "custom''
mentioned in this letter is not one practiced
among our resident population. tits INDUCED
in by strangers. The "Mr. Jenkins who
writes of tin appropriate terms, indeed
should know that Lord Napier has done no
more in this instance than every we'll bred gen
tleman in Washington society would do under
similar circumstances. Thousands of strangers
from distance come here, as they 60 to the
springs. In the eagerness of some of them to
sec and enjoy all to be seen and enjoyed during
sojourn at the Federal Metropolis during the
season, some of them, with more money than
breeding, doubtless "bone' for invitations out.
But that any person permanently connected
with Washington society INDUCES in the prac-
tice is mistake or a Misrepresentation. We
may add that the writer's account of the ex-
tent to which it was practiced on Lord Napier
and his wife is doubtless greatly exaggerated
Mr.. CAREY JOyEs.-This distinguished gen.
tleman continues to be, automatically at least,
q parody on the never to- be forgotten Delu-
sion" Smith, whs was only found after chase
of three years by the successor of John Tylers
administration. The newspaper correspondence
by the last arrival from Central America teens
with speculations concerning the whereabouts
OF MIR: Jones, and rumors, reports, accounts,
&C., of what he has done, what doing what
likely to do, and what not likely to do. All
the writer's concur in representing that about
the only way in which he will ever set the river
ON fire, In that inAammable region even, will
be for him to jump into it bodaciously. The
Heraia'S Nicaragua correspondent discourses
of him fully and particularly, as follows:
I" Carey Jones, the special agent to this Govern
ment, is still figuring about with his pretended
diplomatic napkin. do not think, up to date
MI Jones has been able to End where the Gov
eminent OF Nicaragua is. 1t is difficult to con-
ceive what the Administration was about in Sc
Letting such man for the Central American mis-
sion IL is truly amusing to watch him when he
is navigating under full steam. overheard him
one day, when he was brim full, discuss on the
public place at Rivas the question of the interna
tionai law. 1t is well, however to let your read
e's know that MIR. Jones was waddIing at the
me as a duck does in a gutter, and turning nm
his eyes after the fashion OF that biped in tbun
der storm.
He disputes the chronicled opinion that Vat.
tel is any authority at all. Since Monroe. said
MIR. Jones, the statesmen in Washington had ali
been ahoat on the true principle Of the rights of
national interference. He was for no milk and
water policy in Central America. If the flibus-
Brother Jonathan did. He would immediately
estapilSh new theory Of national law No fur
ther cardinal mistakes should be made Might
should he right. He had been sent out to Mica
raSha TO negotiate with its yovernment-had
been looking for il for period of three months.
ana AND he would be ID If he yet had been able to
ma one "D-n,' said Mr.. Jones' all inter.
national prOceeding-all diplomatic mission
Boys, let us have drink That. the policy Of
harmony" says MIR. Jones. "Nicarapua for
ever ~ MI. Carey Jones proposition unani-
hioaSiy adopted, and he, with his aids, disap-
reaIed IN a small groggery, and there they stuck
MI they all round got fairly blind
space and time will not allow me to record
the manifold scenes of ridicue which the special
minister from Washington has been enactinU
since his arrival in the country-from being con
lntu IN the calaboose, Threatening. war TO all
DESPATCH. fprl
three days on the Lake of Nicaragua i'm !, bunyo
wrapped mp in the flag of the ssstirs and stripes
INT; Jones has been the Sancho Panza for the
last three months in Central America
A CONCEIVABLE Proposition. hear
that the Hon. Mr. Burnett. of Kentucky is
about to propose simple change in one Of the
rules governing the Proceedings of the House.
which, II adopted, can hardly fail to s.econo-
mice the time of the body greatly, and to
much profit, so far as the public interest is
concerned. AS the rule now stands, any men,
Der may waste the time of the House when in
Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, to his hearts content, until general
debate nominally on any subject terminates
mat Is, he may claim an hour of tho time of
the House for the delivery of his Bunkum at
any time In the nominal discussion of apy bill
In Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union, before the advent of the hour when the
" live minutes rule" becomes operative. That
tine Is usually fixed by resolution day or two
before Its advent. Mr.. Burnett is about to pro-
pose that after it shall be so fixed no member
shall be allowed to speak to any question other
than the one formally up for consideration
The adoption of such an amendment will save
the members the expenditure of much breath,
and the treasury the expenditure of needless
millions-as it will give more time for the care.
full examination of real business, and will en-.
able the House to dispose of much more business
understandingly, than at present
WALKER, THE FILIBUSTER S. ACcUsArJoNs
The impudent stories of VIM Walker. attrib-
uting to the Government here the desire 70 en-
list his services in a flibustering crusade
against Mexico, have generated expressions of |
honest Indignation from the press of the coun-
try, very generally. The Journal of Com
merce says Of them:
" however such statements NAV sound to sym
Pathizing friends, there is no danger of them he
ing largely credited This country has not vet |
reached point where it is compelled to seek /
pretexts for war, through the instrumentalitv Of
any man or class of men nor has its policy to-
wards Mexico been such would render anotb.
er war desirable In any point of view. Or. IL
war was desired 1t is not probable that the dntv
OF continuing cavsa bella would be denuted ~
Ten Walker. That Friar Tuck of the present
day-parson Brownlow--is reported TO have
helped the Generals announcements.