Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-12
wAsmNeroN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
PnoNPrxRss IN GovKxNKSrAL ABrAiHs-fne
'romptness Of the present administfatien In TIC
lischsfRe ora dutio ~ a s61kingly f1uzftsssd
& the Brownsville AFFAIR a. In that Of Harpers
Fery. On the day before yesterday We snnoancea
lat an application for military assistance nad
zen made 70 Il from Brownsville, Texas; and ere
he star went to press on the same day, the troops
4 Baton Rouge were actually n uoao 10 fepoaf
. the scene Of the Texan, or rather Hexican, 0s-
terbances II IL 10 be hoped that the views q he
war Department, relative to the the incresne q
he United States Army, win prevail with Con-
ares next winter, such expedi1onsps this hem
Baton Rouge cannot possibly be Sent here and
there without leaving the points from whence
hey start without due military protection. Il
would be well Tor the country, indeed, II the
mind Of Congress could be sbstsscted from Pres
iient-making long enough to enable majority Of
ne mernbess 70 compsphend what nearly all othsFs
how fully appreciate-vix: the fact that system
Of military defsncs--ss. b the numhss and -
scription Of the troops required-which answered
Che ceadition Of the country well enough twenty
fears ago, il by no means sutea its present NH
itasy requirements.
The PnorosxD AvxNur RAILxoAD.-The con-
struction Of this work has already become ques-
ton Of time only; and very short time 1t that II
n now evident that this community II, 30 70
speak, unanimous fin favor Of the improvement;
the only dificulty being the conflicting schemes
Of the different parties desiring to get the work In
their own hands, that led last winter 70 the crmi-
nations and recriminations which defeated the
enactment by Congress Of all the different propo-
sitions to secure the end In view. The meeting
on the subject, held on the night before hst, the
proceedings Of which appeared In yesterdays
Star, Representa- one, and very respectable inter.
dououea De tnfee or FOUR sucn in'sfs equaiiy -
anxious 10 obtain IL warfare on the subject "m-
iiaf to that Of last winter, BIDS TAR 70 spring up
shortly. We are Tor the consuucsaoa OF we Wofk,
under some proPeriy-guarded authority nom Con-
gress, without caring VINO secures IL 70 INA. II
enures 70 the dement, OF tne washington PuDnc "
assuring 70 them the use OF the ROAD ~ modefa'e
charges, ana without granung away hgnts ana
privileges likely 70 prove oisaasan'i- eou' Ia sns
emo 70 the genera in'efe".
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rno. THE noAh osuADAoN,-Dp.0a . . ~
~, :. nous oqs.e'1A, os,e. =" Do'e s.e ..r
noAhoAe, On AsPlnwsn, Wv: .o' NV 80 ~
,eiseo :. 'ne Nssf DeP...me ,a No noal' !. :.
el' H'rn~.r :. w In . w. .au 49,. . NV, -
naming on there until the Path, when the snip
len to return to Aspinwan On her cruise the
hag-shiP communicates with the St. Louis ON
the mouth OF the Colorado orancn canal, where
sne WIN remain unui renewed ~ some otnei
vessei ana also win the Preoie, ssanonei q
Cninqui Lagoon. Tne koanoke reached AS an
wan On 'ne s'th aH- Inc SABINE vs. on San
'uAn oea NoIse. Ine .smesowh .tnse" ~ AZ :.
PinwAl on tne z'tn uIs- rom Carnsgena, ana
having pfovisioned, let on the !" inss. iof san
juan oei Nofse ano the coast OF Nicafs8ua,
sTAxAfIos.-ln the last sixty years there has
Warrington, sixty thousand dollars on the prop
ersY situated between the Canal and the Eastern
Branch, south q street, terminating at Buz-
Ing which (property) 10 the uses and occupation
Of our fellow-citizens. we published an article a
day or two since. We learn that in the course Of
the whole sixty years aforesaid, the only expendi-
lures Of the Corporation ON that property thus
Welding sixty thousand dollara of Corporation
,ev.rr. ,..hc.n =, a,ooin1 ,h,.. iii. 80
49, go al
pacing In mem ufee pump sne expense OF
which was, by-the-by, assessed on the property
th.,, ,rd.n.na.,, - a.; ,.,s,,,., So, -,
'e'' '. 'A'. iek UNI eAnuAi sAAe'
Land Office has Just received plat and fixed
notes Of the Pawnee survey recently completed by
Deputy Surveyor b. d. Holbrook. This arrives
w,. ma. On .o.o,d.n,. ,.,.,, Y,..,.u..,-- ~,
s. N.ao an WIN ihAiuc.lons OF 'ne
-, 80 90 eyeo tesef sssion conoin'
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