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THE UNION.
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
THURSDAY NIGHT, JULY 31, 1845.
ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES.
I LAt'l.ll, ? *, I LAUGH, WHEN IT IIIA1DTH V
EKGIAMU CAHHOT COEELE AMERICA."
, Thil WH the language of Lord Chatham whih
discussing, in the British Parliament, it propnsilioi
i0 rffnul the tamp act?that ill-atarre<l and arbitral)
measure which excited the American colonies u
such " stubborn and effective op|><4ilion to tin
Briiiah crown. The triumph of the colonics proved
that, even in our infant resistance to lawless rule, m
Enghdiman?however firm in jniwer, anil gifted
wiih eloquence; however foremost in sugnrity, and
Hushed with the conscious dignity of pre-eminence?
could justify his contempt for the spirit and resources
"f the \nierican people. This hasty senument
of his Lordship was natural and intelligible,
for, courtly politicians, who burned to exercise imperious
powers, never estimated the ardor of patriotism,
the pride of liberty, the brave resolve, and indomitable
will, which animated our forest citizens,
who left their native soil to search for freedom, and
found it in America. In that sturdy and heroic age,
we did notqniie number three scanty millions of popuuition,
badly pre) ared for the dreadful vicissitudes
of civil war. Our hardy adventurers, and bold ussertcra
of each honest right, raised their naked heads
and rugged limbs, their unfed troops and unarmed
hands, against the peltings of a British storm. Thai
evil atorm swept the land with reckless rage, and
shook each timber in the temple of our liberties. Yet
the fury of the hurricane paaaed mournfully away,
and only hardened and fortiAed what it could not destroy.
Through seven long years of burning agony
end freer I ng toll, we braved the violence of British
power, haded us it was by the savage foe, by hired
myrmidons irom loreign pans, mm nurnu renegaues
from our scanty camp. But, instead of submission
to tins motley host, we gave our courage to our
country, our vengeance to our enemies, and to the
gaiing nations or the earth a lesson more lofty and
glorious than the proudest -philosophy had ever
taught. We broke the duelling coronet which
lured and infatuated the parasites of power. We
give gory graves to the paricida! tyrant* who strove
In roml'it to fasten their rtiahacl'es upon us; and, in
full and free defiance of the British King, we reared
i republic high above the models of ull ancient fame;
and here she stands?erect, conspicuous, and sublime;
the prize of valor, the reward of patriotism,
the delight and admiration of liberty.
But wholesome reconcilement seldom grows where
the cancer of family contention has eaten deep. The
same vindictive spirit which tnnrks the progress
aud the character of man, is often discerned in the
rondttcl of states, producing cotiseque"'-ca which
tio justice own.-, and llo humanity ilivokfee. Hence,
notwithstanding colonial resistance to English rule
ended well, and bound up the demon of discord in
the chains of peace. England has often west the sideling
glances of a wistful dominion over the fair
daughter^ whom her wanton cruelty ha* forced forjvtr
from her maternal control.
In seasons of professed frieSuolnp and Confiding
brotherhood?when no clouds of distrust shadowed
the gentler scenes of peace?England has sometimes
cxcrveu n llivuouuun nuuiuinjr vv?? uur niainniit
rights, insulted our (lag, braved our citizens, derided
our power, and pressed the idle notion' upon weak
nil credulous people, that We could not be kicked
or Cudgelled into war! In thfc morning of this
ru ntfhl century, orator Cunnihg, aild Other luminaries
of the British throne, mocked our militia, derided
our naval force, and promised, in the event ol
war, to shatter our national defences with early
thunders from the British Oak! But, from out the
dark snd rumbling sky of England, we bad often
heard such thunder-peals before. Yet, we always
relied upon our strength, courage, and patriotism,as
the safest conductors to carry oft' the lightning which
threatened to destroy its. Accordingly, we dismissed
all fear, and, in 1812, wc coolly OHsumcd the armor
of war, courted the perilous casualties of flood
and held, marched with heroic trend to the deadly
breach and briny deep, and often made the oceanmonarch
strike his prond standards to our gallant
hand*, and "tear down the colors which valor had
ai'ed to the.must."
A knowledge of the past invites and justifies a
goodly anticipation of the future. When young
and feeble, deserted and alone?when pressed by
poverty, and disowned by power?wc never yet
cowered to the stoutest foe< but burled back upon
him the missiles of arrognncc, till he smarted from
the evil* of his own procuring. It is too late, therelore,
to create the tmprcasion, in this thoughtful age,
that our great and growing republic can lie cuffed in
peace, or degraded in war. Twenty millions of
people, full of courage ami conscious of power, are
under the amount of population which wc can fairly
count. We can provide every champion of
American rights with all the armor, implements, and
munitions of war, which the safety and dignity of
the nation may require. We ask for justice, and
desire no more. Give us thai, and away with the
dreadful alchymy which would turn the milk of
kindness into boiling blood?the wholesome aliment
of peace into the immedicable poison of life. We
?re no advocates of abstract war. Wars often act
ass mist upon the mental lioriron, concealing what
is useful and attractive in peaceful times, and bringing
forward, in imposing glory, the creatures and
die qualities which profit from the brilliancy of a
military illumination. They furnish the uniform ol
history. Stars, and ribands, and epaulettes, and
regimentals offer advancement to unworthy aims,
give a dangerous pre-eminence to the favorites ol
fortune, and secure unmerited importance to tin
puppet-shows of stale and aristocracy. They create
watte, delit, burdens, and immoralities in appal
hng profusion; and sometimes enable a girted and
irtiiscciident tyrant to ruin Ins country nnd harass
the world. Yet we can endure these scourges ol
hard-visaged war, whenever the safety and dign
of the nation shall demand it; for bread and watei
renectar and ambrosia, when compared to any
lisfaction or advantage which we could jderivs
from a truckling acquiescence in the insolence of
power, and a lawless invasion of our dearest rights
England is, indeed, a brave nnd warlike nation
full of power, and conscious of superiority. Hui
he has a restless and indomitable disposition to com
trol the world. She would encircle the earth with
the terror of her arms, and hold together her urn
f'ssured dominions by the r.ohrsive power of hn
purse and the appalling havoc of her sword. Hei
project* nf government too often diverge from tin
dictate* of humanity and the welfare of her citizen*
Rut in this republican country the people are sovereign
and supreme. Without the impulse of patriotism,
we never concentrate trouble upon our oar
peaceful and ronaidernta head*. Before we moveii
am like direction, we always calculate the coat U
ourselves, and require to be convinced that the ob
I'ci* (1f the enterpuse will justify the evilaofamhi
Hon. We never fight for dominion over othe
fate*. We only endeavor to protect our own, am
*t* ever anxious to do it with our utmost means
'Rir maxim always ia: "To ask nothing tha
" not right, and submit to nothing that is wrong.1
This is the reason why courage, energy, and perse
'trance always distinguish the progress of our war
hltr achievement*. We elairn thi* noble advnntagi
<"er England, whaae valor we inherit and will neve
'urrender. We often imagine that, however d.videi
from our parent-land, we only live asunder in thi
model* of government. No modern nations cat
Roman bard?umbo enimes, ambo insignet, prirstan- >
tibia trmu. Both mindful of honor, both triumph- ,
' ant in battle. And we breathe an earneat prayer Ut
Heaven, that glory may ever hold in her prertoua ti
truat the kindred excellences of the mighty two.
: These general remarks are submitted, with all
due respect, to the English nation. We have no ?|
desire to measure weupons with her. Wa know ((
her power?we know our own interest#; but we (J
trust we know our rights. No one would more re- ji,
joicc thai the important question (lending between
(he two countries should be satisfactorily settled. u
} But, wo re|>eat over and over ugtun,?let us have y,
pence. We are satisfied that the best interests of fci
I both countries reqhire peace, but it must be an
( honorable peace. Tlie people of this country will
I be satisfied with no other.
i ?r?; ? . - *
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO. lh
The following speculations are published in the si
"New Orleans Bulletin" of July SW. We give them la
for what they arc worth; but we must concede, at Oi
the same lime, that they are worthy of attention, to
We understand that our government has 110 re- of
cent accounts from Mexico. It has no positive th
menus of knowing at this time what course Mexico pt
will pursue in this new crisis; and, besides, all the b?
general elements of calculation are disturbed by its p,
revolutionary condition, and the instability Of coun- *1
cils which such a state of affairs brings along with th
it. We shall prsbubly hear something definite in re
a few days; and whether Mexico will offer us the pc
olive-branch or the sword, no one can positively a
undertake to say- But we confess we lean, as fur as n<
advised, to the opinion of the Bulletin, and have our
doubts?in spite of all her pronunciamentos, muni- ]e
festoes, resolutions, and menaces?whether she will dt
rush into a wur with the United Stales. n,
Pram the New Orleans Bulletin, July M. lit
In a few days, un arrival may be expected from w
Vera Cruz, giving information as to the course of le
policy determined 011 by Mexico in reference to the
, annexation of Texas. News of the consummation 111
of that measure must have been received at the cap- co
itul in.time to furnish results, tidings of which will
soon reach us. Whatever may be the upshot of
the matter?whether the voice of Mexico be for
lieacc or for war,?it can, in the end, make but lit
i 11*3 uiucrcnuc. rt uctiaiaiiun ui iiumiiikich uy iJlttl |ni
government can, under existing circumstances, u(|
amount to little else than a wur on paper. With- m
out a navy?without an Hrtny?without money or re
credit? totally destitute of the resources needful for |n.
belligerehcv,?how can Mexico draw the sword,
and carry into effect a proclamation of war? In her pr
state of debility and prostration, such an act would th
be the height of absurd folly. It would excite ridi- t|i
cule and contempt, and lie regarded as the ravings |,g
of impotent malice. If there were any hope of co- fu
operation on the purt of England, there might be ep
some show of reason in the proceeding. But the c|,
opposition of the British to the adoption of a bel- gr
ligerent policy is publicly avowed; and the motives
which influence England in her efforts to promote
pacification ure too Wfll known to doubt the sincerity
of her professions. The sagacity of British
stutesmen is fur-sceing. They discern full well that
the prosfceution of a wur by Mexico, far from preventing,
will onljr tenll to ejy>anJ annexation. No
succor or encouragement, then, can come from that
uuart';r- If Mtw Cillers into the fight, she must ec
Jo so single-handed, and with no promise u.' II!!
from powerful allies. If a judgment could bs form- . .
ed in the matter by reasoning upon facts and data
that would he taken its a puida in speculating ori or- i'
diriary subjects, there would be no difliculty in ar- as
;iv;r.g at the conclusion that our neuccable relations e|(
arc not likely to be disturbed by a collision with
our southern neighbor. But the government of 1111
Mexico is in a state so unsteady and fluctuating, cit
so much the sport of popular phrenzy, and so lia- fe(
hie to headlong impulses, that no probable conjee- ?
ture can be haftarded u? to its ultimate movements. .1
It may be expected, hoWever, that it few day# will
determine for peaco or for war. ce
"THE TECUMSEH ROORBACK." ^
A correspondent remarks, ihta "Uie genera! prdc- fa
ticc of the whig prcsaus is to use deception and hum- gt|
bug. This is the ease with the recent hoax about (g.
Col. R. M. Johnson and the (fictitious) Maj. Figg.
It bears hutnbug on itB face; for Col. Johnaon never
signs his name R., as appears in the late hoax, but na
Rh." It is again a very charming "hoax in other re- Wl
J spects. Major Figg's name is never mentioned in tic
Gen. Harrison's official account of the battle of the 01
Thames. There is no such volume as the one pretended
to be referred to as 'vol. 19 of Public Documents,
puge 762.' Hut in the 5th volume of Nilcs's
Register, page 130, is Gen. Harrison's official report;
and we find no Major Figg among the actors
of that day. Hut it is giving too much importance
to whig jokes, to notice them in this (serious) way, 88
were it not that in war, sometimes, a pretended at- g|(
tack, or a feint, is converted into a real one, if thfe
enemy be found unprepared for it."
And yet some of the whig presses, and among
them the "New York Courier and Enquirer" republish
the quiz, as if it were mntter worthy of
the attention of their readers. The character and Jv
services of Col. Johnson might have exempted him
from a ridiculous quiz, which is thus exposed by m
lie "New York Morning Newsi" ^
"We observe that quite a large number of1 public
I journals arc abusing not onlyotheir readers, but
their own columns, by the publication of a set of
very ridiculous letters, purporting to have passed 0f
between Col. R< M. Johnson and a certain'Major
Lewis Figg,' relative to the killing of Teeumseh.
The character of this fabulous correspondence is so
broadly stamped upon its face, that certainly no editor
could have been deceived into even a first impression
of its genuineness; and its promulgation,
through their respective journals, as an episode of w
. the history of an American war, must have raised
upon their brows u blush which even partisan ran- an
cor could not wholly suppress. to
"Amongst a people no intelligent as is the great
mass of tne newspaper readers in the United States, m
il'is, perhaps, a work of supererogation to give to W|
this miserable fabrication the consequence which a w
declaration of its falsity might seem to attach to it. ^
Such, at least, has been the consideration which has tjf
r induced us to refrain from noticing it. Nor would
I we now have referred to it, but for the purpose of gn
introducing, from the Kentucky Yeoman of the 24th gg'
' inst., the following remarks, which, while they c
' brand the whole composition a forgery, bestow upon g|,
i its propagators a casiigation much more just then ^
. severe. The following is the correspondence, so l0
absurd on its very face, which respectable whig
journals have not licen ashamed to spread before
I their readers, aa containing at last the true revelation Hr
i of'Who killed Teeumseh?' We copy it as an il_
I. ,l.?? II.. n.1,1 u lint nl. >
tempt to make their reader* swallow: ~
"Boston, Kt., June I, I&I5. joi
r " Dfa * Colonel: In the course of human events, it has ber
come necessary lor me to present my sell before the people
lor otftce. 1 opine that I shall stand in need of all the ex*
tenia! tid I can get. I am, therefore, compelled to ask
r your permission to make public the tine secret of the
death ol Tecumseh, and the slayer therefore. I hope this na
. will put jou to no public inconvenience. J:
"I am, as ever, your old friend and messmate, "
"LEWIS FIGG. ol
t "To this letter I received the following prompt rer'y
= S
"Oarat Caossixas, June 6, 1846.
"Mr nr. a a Vioo: Your note of the 1st instant was received p
by me llii. morning. I ha.ten to reply. Alter .lecUring.
ill ail ainccrity, my delighl in hpaiing once more from my
oil) friend ami me??m?t*. I wiU ?ey, I well remember lie D
circum.Unce. of that eventful (lay on which Tectimaeli p
waa slain. Now that I am no longer a candidate for nubUc ..
office, and having retired to the nhatlea of private life, 1 have ,J
nocau.eto regret >our making knowrn to the public tbe in
real Teruinseh killer. I itirely ought to real sati.fie.l with
what the rrputulioii of it litis done lor me, and am now willing
that yon should reap all the advantages from It you
can. The girl begs to be remembered to you, and wc
would be pleased to see you ut the (treat Crossings.
* i ours, truly, ,
11. M. JOHNSON. (If
"And the following paragraph, in which the Kentuckv
Yeoman kill* thii silliest of the Roorback N
family as dead aa Tectimaeh himself:
' .Viiat nor.s it xms'?la it possible the Bardstown Whig
Sentinel is lending itself to the propagation of a wicked and
] senseless hoax, or a barefaced lalsehood- published under
the signature ol Lewis Kigg?about Colonel Johnaon? All
' the names to this curious publication must either l?e ftcti- in
I tious, the whole affair a broad hoax, (and we should so con- )a
sider it, but for the endorsement of the Sentinel.) or the per"
sons interested have ken grossly imposed upon by some ?
practical joker?or it is a w icked fraud and forgery. To
exnose the whole affair, It la only necessary to say thai
Colonel Johnaon does not live at the (treat Crossings; that.
at the date of the first letter from him. he was on his Way to fj
B Washington city; thai (Jen. McAfee has not been In Scott I
r county this year; and that two days after the date of the last ,
letter purporting to be from Colonel Johnson, then at the 1,1
1 < Jreat Crossings, he dined with the editor of this paper, in
Frankfort. on Itia way home from below ; nnd authorised us df
then to aa\ that he did not know such a man as Vlgj. Lewis
I Figg- had never written sneh a letter as that published
over hie name in Plfg'a handbill and that it was all a hoax
8 or forgery We hope the Sentinel, in juatieo to Colonel
oliuion, will uy whether the publication of
rvslly shau. or whether the metteie thsrsl
re attempted id be palmed olf upon the peopii
ounty a> farta If the Utter, w? will take tilt
ree to uodacwlee them; and if tha partiee an
ouble, we doubt not Colonel Johnson will ta
leaauree to eaPQie and nunuh the perpetrateri
bin a fraud and forgery ."
The New York Express trente the matt
rid shyh: "The following extract from th
>f Major Figg) lo the people of hia di
te correajKindanoe It embrace*, till
dry."
The Express quotea the New York <
tying: "Upon this, 'a problem of at
sars standing htut been solved?tlu world
Hid Tttunwth.y "
POST OFFICE RESIGNATIOJ
We notioed some ten day a ago, that a g
it of the country poatmnalfers, particular!
e West; hud resigned in consequence of I
ve diminution of their emoluments undi
w, and that resignations were daily p
n a recent visit to the department, we we
learn that there had lieen a very consider
rin the number of withdrawals from thes
at the inconvenience apprehended from
tied general rcsignution at the small offic
i so serious as we had imagined. The o
ostmaster General, which whs publish
Union," allowing postmasters for the cu
e same compensation they received durii
spending quarter of lust year, has check
isition to resign, which was so generally i
few weeks ago; Ihe only curtailment of
)ti, now, being the loss of the frunking p
We were plensed with the tone of the
Iter, (of which we had liberty to take a <
eased by the Auditor of the Post Olfi
cut lo a postmaster in the State of Ohit
iving that its sensible apd appropriate si
ould have u proper influence upon suci
rs as are yet undetermined in relution to
lunnce in office, we commend it to their
i moderation.
Auditor's Orncx, P. O.
July 2
Sir: I have duly received your letter o
stunt. The department ia very sensible
Icouacv of the compensation to moat ol
asters under the late law; but it has ni
licvn them further than it has already
?v being equally binding upon it ana
eristics the hope that those who have
oved its faithful and eihcient agents in
e benefits of the system to the less settli
e country, will not wi'hdraw from its
;ht grounds, and that it will not be ver
re their commissions will be sufficiently
her by the increased number of letters
cap postage, or by some further provisit
ess.
I urn, very respectfully.
P. O. WASHING'
Wm. WAunlr, esq., t\ M., Plain, Ohi.
The National Intelligencer seems at a ?
tow whether "it will be in the power i
utive to command'' (Unit U tiie eourtse
2 National Intelligencer uses) "majoritii
j it to break up the prolecUvc system."
is impossible for any one to know,
there are firty-sbfeH fenresentutives
ictcd. Hut it is highly probuble that Lht
vjoi itics in both houses sufficient to c
led reform of the revenue system. W
ir, in thut event, of the ponsequence 1
ational Intelligencer anticipates, that "d
m must be the inevitable consequence i
ss." We are sure we tleed not say t
undation for any such apprehension; ar
ople cannot be deterred, by such a visio
Isiticn; from reducing the system to tl
tndard. The republicans are bp (lolled
xation in place of duties on imports.
Jl3=?We would publish with pleasure
lion to the President for an office in this
? ? ? oxmukkenainsi tkut it ratnrkf tnfr/ir|||i
D QIC ..
? which is not (he beat in itself, and u
is and embarrass the press.
OFFICIAL.
WAVY DF.rARTMtNT.-Osrir.il, I
L itiLT 3|Q.
Passed Midshipman H. K. Stevens, (c
nee two monlha.
Midshipman Richard P. Mason, ordei
oop Cyanc.
From the Norwich (CorfH.J R?
ELECTIONS.
During; the coming month, n number of
ate elections take place, involving the cl
presentuuvrs, and (in Tennessee) one i
ingress. They are as follows:
North Carolina, August 8?legislature
embers of Congress.
Tennessee, August 1?governor, legist
:ven members of Congress.
Kentucky, August 4?legislature and
rs of Congress.
Indiana, August 4?legislature and ten
' Congress.
Alabama, August 4?legislature and se
rs of Congressi
Illinois, August 4?legislature.
Missouri, August 4?legislature
These will complete the eltcjjopsk for
ingress in all the States except Me^lm
hich votes in October, and Mississippi,
ovember. The States of Maine, NeW IJ
d Massachusetts have one member each
supply vacancies in their delegations.
We shall very soon, therefore, be invi
ore in all the excitement and noise o
irfarc. The returns from these varu
ill be looked for with interest. The ch
c next House of Represeaentatives is a
id beyond a doubt; but it will be a matt
atulation if the principles of demociac
tabled to triumph in the local policy of s
'North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentu
tcial interest is felt in the result of the
ection, and the hope is confidently indi
e State of "Young Hickory" will come
the support of her honored son.
As regards our own State election, we hi
in 10 ininK 01 mni yei; uui wiicn hid j.
rives, it is to be hoped that such counst
isicd by such action, may prevail, as sli
rumeutal in placing Connecticut once m
?od old democratic platform. Whigery h
ng enough.
Hatti.?We have received a file of Pc
:an papers to the ]3th inst.
They represent the success of the Hayl
[ainst the Dominicans in glowing colors
er had taken Taxavon, and were marc
;. laeo and Port-au-Platle. They had
?er the flower of the party of the ens
era who conquered the French at Pah
e 7th November, 1808.
On the 11th instant, the Counsellor of ?
iron, jlied at the advanced age of 85.
Fbom Port-iu-Pi.sttiv?We learn fro
owes, of the brig September, fourteen i
ort-au-Plntie, that all was quiet when In
[ogan, the American envoy, was to tal
the brig Huntress next day for New 1
[AT. Y. Journal of Ci
MARRIED,
At Culpepper Court-house, Virginia,
ly evening, '21st July, by the Rev. J<
r. O. N. ALLEN, surgeon dentist, fo
ew York, to Miss SUSAN A. FRE1
ie former plare.
DIED,
At Old Point Comfort, on Wednesday
sunt, Col WILLIAM BOLLING, i
nd county, Virginia, in the 69th year of
MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM
SECOND INSTAI.MklNT.
rHE members of the Magnetic Teleg
pany are hereby requesird to pay, i
' Corcoran A Riggs, an insulmeni of i
int. on the stock subscribed, within 15
tie.
W. W. CORCORAN, I~
B. B. FRENCH, ] 1
July '251?d6l f Intel.]
n *"nt?ln<5j A BEAUT1FUL EXTRACT.
t of Nelton Among tiie moil eloquent and touching produc
^woritT^he "ona which have been called forth by the death c
kv eSectusl General Jackaon, la the discourse of the Rev. Di
i of m>ib1mi- Rethune, minister of the Reformed Dutch Churc
t-r gravely, ?' Philadelphia, on the 6lh July. We are indebtei
te Address lo a friend for a patlipblet copy of it, with the title
trict and PttKe; "Truth the strength of freedom?A Discount
the tchute on die Duty of a Patriot, with some allusions to lb
'ife and death of Andrew Jackson." The text o
Courier ns this beautiful production is Pom Paslm 78, verses 5
ime thirty 6, and 7:
knows toho "Fm he eiUliliiheil u teitinionjr in Jacob. sinl aiipointai
a law in Uriel, which he commanded uur latln-m that the;
i, hould maku them known to their childrvu ; thai tbr gent
ration lo come might know them, even the children wind
should he horn, wno stiould arise and declare them to tliei
NS children, that thejr might set their hope in Cod, and not for
get the Walks of i.od.hut keep fail ctimnuudmuuls."
;reat num- , ,
I thoaa in preacher opens in the following uttprcSsivi
7 manner:
he.oppres- .
, "Among our many nutionul sins, there is noni
sr ine new more likely |0 provoke divine chastisement, ye
curing in. less considered or repented of, even by Christians
le gratified than ingratitude for political blessings. Tlint then
able falling are evils among us, no one will deny; that changei
i plight be made for the better, it were unrrasonnbli
ei vice, siiu t0 doubt; and, concerning methods of removing evi
the antici- or working good, we may differ widely yet honest
es will not 'y- Evil 13 inseparable from human nature; tin
rderoftlie human schemes are capable of improvement
and human opinions must be various, because tliej
led in the arc fallible. It is a narrow, unthankful spifit
rrent year which, brooding over iiiqierfpctions, or sighing aflci
n? the cor- S'ealer advantages, or bitterly condemning iiTl wht
. think not the snrne way, refuses to perceive and ao
" Jtnowledgs the vdst benefits we actually enjoy
manifested Never was there a revolution at once so jus( and sc
compensi- successful as that which won our countiv'r ind*
rivilege. pendence; never, except in the Bible, have the righu
of man been so clearly uud truly defined as in oui
following constitution; never did greuter success attend a so opy,)
ad- cial experiment than has followed ours. Hiiicc tin
ce Depart- establishment of our confederacy, tumults, insurreC'
i' and be- *"*' violent changes, have been busy in ull the
' civilir.ed world besidee. Throne after tlironc hai
uggestions fallen, and dynasties have been built upon the blood)
i postmos- ruins of dynasties. In some nr lions, the people buvt
their con- wrung, by force, partial conceesions from liereditur)
. rule; in others, after convulsive, misdirected effort*
o u% ana t|ley jJaV0 j)eon crtl8bed ugain by tha iron hoo; ol
despotism; nor is the voice of a prophet ne tie'
to Ibretell a long; desperate strangle of uprising
D., humanity with the powers of |>oiitiral durkness
9, 1845. while the bloody discords and constant confuaior
f the 99d of other republics on the same continent with otlfof
the in- selves, demonstrate the incompatibility of freedom
f the post- with ignorance and superstition. Ours is now
} power to with the exception of the Russian nnd British, (if
done, the indeed, the ptissnge of the reform bill wss not on orlitem.
It ganie change,) older than any monarchical govern.'
heretofore ment in Christendom. The increase of our populuextending
lion if-otn lead than three millions to twenty, in sevcd
parts of enty years, multiplies nian^ times any former exservice
on ample; yet, notwithstanding the enormous migrny
long be- tion to us from various countries where free princiincreused,
pics arc unknown, our wide land has more than
under the enough room for all. Growth in numbers hits been
>n of Con- a chief cause of our growth in Aklth; and our laws,
strong as they ure liberal, have proved ihemsclvei
sufficient to compose, maintain, and rule all in eonrdN,
cord; prosperity, nnd power. Yon will seurch in
\uditor. v?in for another example of a vast nation governed
o. without troops, or armed police, by their own will.
i> ..... in,.!
ore logs to 0,er *n 'mmepse territory, after a. contest, in which
the utmost enthusiasm excited both partiy*, changed
of the ex- their rulerst yet not a bayonet was fixed, nor h canms
phrase lion pointed, nor a barricade raised, to guurd the
ss, to enu- p'ar^ ft* auTru?e. The ballot, falling noiselessly at
,j', show upon ihs focb, achieved the result. "\Vithin
c ursc tj)e |aBt twe|vemonth1 the stOpendouq process hat
especially been repeated us peaceably aiid nu.Ui}: Bach ol
yet to be the great political sects which divide the popular
re Will he vo,e' ha" triumphed, nnd been beaten. Much there
' has bten to censure in the harsh recrimination and
llect u tie- unfWtternal bigotr^ on cither side; but, whan the dee
have no cision wus rcuebed, though the long-roiling swells
Arliich the which succeed the storm did not at onci subside,
and here and there some violent partisan may nave
ncc axa- betrayed his vcxution, the surface became calm,
of its sue- an(j the noise soon died away. Every true patriot,
here is no submissive to the oracle of the polls, whether wisid
that the dom or error, aaid in his heart, God bleu the people:
nary sup- "Our difficulties, real or supposed, have arisen
le revenue out of our advantages; for good and evi! are
to a direct mixed with all human affairs. The freedom ol
those institutions under which we live, has iti
price, which must be paid, so long as man ii
ika prone to abuse, by impatience and excess, those
nomt- j.nvorB of Almjghty Qod( whicb j,Wd Pappinem
i city; but only when they are used moderately and feli:e
a prac- giously.' Elated by prosperity, we have forced
ould har- ,,ur growth too fast. We have attempted, by plausible
inventions, to transcend the laws of trade and
production. We have complicated the machinery
of.our interests, until our clear, simple constitution,
has become, in uie nanus 01 sopnisiiraung politicians,
a riddle of mysteries. The limits of habitation
ha+e been enlarged beyond the blessings ol
;C- church and school-house. Vices and faults, peculiar
to new settlements, have reached the heart ol
ave of ab- our legislation. To carry on our fur-grusping
schemes, we have strained our credit till it broke
red to the Freedom of speech and of the press, has been abused
to licentiousness by prejudice, rashness, and
selfish ambition. Acknowledging as wo do the
rights of conscience in their broadest meaning, ever
'pob ican. ,^L. )10|y name of religion has been dragged upoh the
a'rentt of party.
important "Our republic Is not ? paradise; our countrymer
mice of 47 ij^,. ourselves, arc not ongeis, but f*s'l, erring men
icnator in Qur (, 1Ht<>iy has been .in experiment. Miatrdtei
have been made, and will be made. It is thus tliai
and nine we Bre (0 |Cnru. Shall we, in coward scepticism.
overlook our immense advantages, to hang our feart
ature, and upon a few faults, or prognosticate the failure of t
system which hus accomplished so much, because i!
ten mem- snares with others the imperfections of humanity
/j there a inher-minded man among us, mho mould b<
members encounter the oppressions of trhat are callei
i ?li ong gorernnientt, that he might eieajie from under out
ren mem- promt system? Our faults are our own, and our mis
fortunes are consequences of our faults; but our po
litical advantages are God's rich gifts, which it be
Comes us thankfully to receive and piously to imthe
29th pgore. All our evils have their legitimate remedies
id, (nine,) [ an(j there is no danger which may not be avoidei
(four,) in by a wise care. Instead, therefore, of queruloui
ampshire, ftrlr? BIU] ungrateful discontent, the Christian pa
i to elect, triot should zealously inquire what he can do to se
cure and nrtvince the best welfare of our belovet
lived once |amt. Our, holy text is full (if ihstrketion to thii
f political end.
ius States i "The Psulmist is describing the policy of Got
inrncter ol with Israel, the people whoimhe wished to know n<
Iready sot- king but himself; and, therefore, the only safe pol
er of con- iCy f?r any people, who would presorve their liber
y shall be ,,es from the encroachments of despotic rule."
ucli Slates
cky. Es- The preacher then proceeds to analyze his text
Tennessee and descant upon its several divisions. It is alt of i
ilgeil that forcible??i1l beautiful. But we cannot embrace thi
no y UP whole; and therefore, passing over its intermediati
?ve not he- pages, we must approach the close of it, where he in
roper time troduccs the death and character of Gen. Jackson
!"'l abe?[n' nr0 l'ln' ?l'o|,,ey ? necessary to lx
ore on the mHde tn any readers of laste, or any admirers of trm
us reigned greatness, for introducing the following eloquent ax
tracts;
>rl Repub- "These thoughts, as you know, have been sug
rested by the recent anniversary of our national in
il.noiiilAiioa a /Irt tr tarhi/'ta flllflllld ltd (Ifflr linil M
lien troops | ?.. ?j - ?
The for- cred to us all, though often miaernhly polluted b]
hing upon intem|>crance, end profaned by party nascmblagea
triumphed j Surely, we might devote one day of the year to thi
t the aol- charities of patriotic brotherhood, and lose all mi
> [lineatlo, n?r distinctions in our common citizenship; no
' i should we forget before the ultar of our fathers
State, Noel j blod?'the Author of all mercies?his mighty doing
i for us in the past; the good, the great, the wise, thi
m Captain ' valiant, whom ho has raised up to servo, guide, ant
days from : defend us; and the blessing which he has caused ti
) left. Mr. i "'St upon their counsels, their arms, their zeal, am
te passage their sacrifices. Such recollections are due to Him
Tors. ! to our country, and to humanity. Children shouli
mtmrrcr. ' hear the story, and the best genius contribute to it
; illustration. Fresh laurels should be plucked am
wreathed qHpn the graves of the beloved for thei
country's sake, and eloquence pay its richest tribut
on Mon-: to their heaven-sent worth, that the living may lira
>hn Coi.e, and follow their example.
rmerly of "While I thtrs apeak, lite apell of a great nam
SMAN, of; cornea upon our hearts, compelling us to utter thei
thou hta snd emotions. When the sun of ths
? morning rose, it gilded the fresh tomb of one whoa
ear, for the first time since the 4th of July, 1776
the 17th ' 'I'd lo vibrate with the thiinderings of his coun
vf Gooch- try'* birthday joy; and a voice, for the firal lime
answered not us cheers, which, since its boyisl
j shout was heard through the revolutionary strift
p. had never been wnniing in the annual conclamalion
j The iron will, whose upright strength never quiver
ed amidst the lightning storms that crashed aroum
raph Com- it in liattle or controversy; the adamantine judgment
it ths office against which adverse opinions dashed themselve
twenty per to break into scattered foam; the far-reaching faith
days from that flashed light upon dangers hidden from the pro
i dcncc of all beside; thr earnest affection, that yearn
meters. c,'i in a child's simplicity, the purpose of a sage,
parent's tenderness, and the humble fidelity of
' sworn servant, over the |>eople who gave it rule am
elevation, htive ceased from among ua?Andrew
.. Jackson ui with God. He, who confessed no au,
thorny on earth hut the welfare of Ida country and
' hia own convictions of right, who never turned to
r- rest while a duty remained to he done, and who nevh
er naked the support of any human arm in
j his hour of utmost difficulty, bowed hia head
meekly to lite Command of the Highest, and
walked calmly dowu into the grave, leaning upon
e the strength of Jeaua; paused on the threshold of
e immorality to forgive hia enemies, to prajsforour
f liberties, to bless his weeping household, und to
leave the testimony of his trust in the gospel of the
i Crucified; and then, ut the full of a Sabbath evening,
passed into the rest which is eternal. His lust
j enemy to be destroyed Was death. Thanks be to
r God, who rave liiin the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ!
r "To soy that he had faults, is to say that he was
v human The errors of a mind so energetic, in a career
ao eventful, must have been striking; nor could a
b character be subjected to censure more merciless,
than he provoked by a policy ortginul and unhesitating,
at open war with long-established usages, and
9 dogmas thai had grown into Unquestioned axioms.
1 Uerefi in his early youth of parental guidance and
> restraint,- educated in the camp and the forest bi9
vouac, and forced to push his own fortunes through
s the rougli trials of a border-life, we can scarcely
: wonder that, until age had schooled his spin! and
' tempered his blood, tie wus impetuous, sensitive to
insult, snd prone to use the strong hand. Warm in
9 hia attachments, he wss slow to discover frailty in
those he loved, or to accord confidence where once
' he had doubted. Grasping, by his untutored genius,
i conclusions which other men reach by phtlosophir
cal detail, he made, while sure of just ends, some
' misiakea in his rtfethods fot the lime disastrous.
Called to act at a crisis wntti thtt good and evil in
- our national growth had become vigorous enough
' for conflict, and wealth and labor, like the twina of
Hebeeea, were struggling for the right of the elder
1 born, his decision* tn great but sudden emergencies
r were denounced by that after criticism, which can
" look back to condemn, but is blihd to lead. Com'
pelted to resolve stupendous, unprecedented questions
ef government and political economy, he
roused the hostility of opposite schools in those
1 difficult sciences. Never shrinking from cny re'
sponsibilily, personal or official, he sternly fulfilled
1 his interpretations of duty as a co-ordinate branch
' of the ffittional legislature, leaving his course to the
f verdict of his Constituent*; nor did he hesitate to
avail himself of all the means he could extract from
the letter of the constitution, to nchieve what he
' thought was the intent of its spirit. His was a stern,
prompt, and energetic sUfgeryr and, though the
body politic writhed under the* operation,- none can
toll, though some may conjecture, the more fatal
consequences hi* severity averted. If he were
wrong, public opinion has since adopted the chief of
his heresies, and there is no hand strong enough or
daring enough to. lay one stone upon another of that,
which he threw down into ruins. But in all this
his heart was with the people, his faith firm in the
sufficiency of free principles; und, regardless alike of
deprecating friends ana .denouncing opponents, he
held on throughout to one only purpose?the permaiust
good of the whole, unchecked by particular
privileges, and unfettered by artificial restrictions.
To use his own lofty language, '1ft vain did he bear
upon his peison enduring memorials of thai contest
in which American liberty was purchased;?in vain
did he since peril property, fame, and life, in defence
of the rights and privileges so dearly bought, if any
' doubts can be entertained of the purity of his purnoscs
und motives. Nor could lie have found an
inducement to commence a career of ambition, when
gray hairs and a decaying frame, instead of inviting
to toil and battle, called him to -contemplate other
worlds, where conquerors cease to be honored, and
usurpers expiate their crimes.'
"But, though there are passages in his life, about
which the most honest have held, and ma^ yet hold,
contrary opinions, there are services of his demanding
the gratitude of all, and virtues all must delight
to honor. Can We forget that victory, in which This
ready strategy and conltfrrfmsie skill turned back,
by tne valor of scarcely disciplined men, the superior
numbers and veteran determination of a foreign
foe from the spoil and dishonor of a rich and popu|
lous territory.' or ths entire success with which he
delivered from the sealplng-knife and torture of wily
and ferocious savages, tne Florida settlements?an
[ achievement which, in Subsequent trials far lesa arduous,
no other leader has been able to imitate? Or
the triumph of simple firmness over diplomatic procrastinating
subtleties, when, planting his foot
upon what was clearly right, in a determination
to duffer nothing that was clearly wrong, lie
swung round a mighty European empire to pay
ita long-withheld indemnity for injuries done to
American commerce? And in thai darkest hour of
our country's history, when a narrow sectionalism
counterfeited the color of patriotic real, and
Discord shook her gorgon locks, and inen shuddered
as they stiff, yawning wide in the midst of our Confederacy,
a gulf, which threatened to demand the
devotion of many a life before ft would close again,
how sublimely did he proclaim over the land that
doctrine, sacred as the name of Washington?the
Union must he preserved! and the storm died away
with impotent muttering*. Nor is his glory in this
the less, that he shared it with another, and that
other one whose name the applauses of his countrymen
have taught the mountains and the valleys
to echo down for far generations, as the gallant, the
frank, the brilliant statesman, to whose fame the
highest office could add no decoration, nor disap?ointment
rob of just claims to the people's love,
t was a loftv spectaclr, full of rebuke to parly jealousy,
and Of instruction to their countrymen, when
Henry Clay offered lh6 copnpromise of his darling
theory, and Andrew Jacksofl endorsed the new
bond that made the Union again, and, ah we trust,
indiesoluhly, firm. "Remarkable
as the contrast is, there were trails
in the te/rfper of the indomitable old man, lender,
, simple, mid touching. With what faithful affection
, he honored her while living",- Whose dear duet made
t the hope of hia laat rcsting-plnre more sweet, that
) he might sleep again at her side! And, if his heart
5 seemed sometimes steeled against the weakness of
I mercy, when crime was to lie punished, or mutiny
p controlled, or danger annihilated, he could also
stoop, in his career of bloody conquest, to take a
^ wailing new-made orphan to his pitying heart;
with the same hand that had just struck down invading
foes, he steadied the judgment-seat, shaken
with lite tremors of him who sat upon it, to pro[
nounce sentence against him for law violated in mar,
tial necessity; and, at the height of authority, the
, poor man found hint a brother and a friend.
"But, ohl how surpassingly beautiful was his
I closing scene, when, as the glories of his earthly hon<
Or were fading in the brightness of his eternal anticipations,
and his head humbly rested upon the bosom
I of Hjm who was crucified for our sins, his latest
> breath departed in the praises of that religion
- which had become lib only boast, and in earnest
- counsel that all who loved him might obtain the
like faith, and meet him in heaven! There was
no doubt of his death; he had prepared to meet his
' God; and when his giant heart fainted, and his iron
1 frame failed, God was the strength of his heart, and
6 hia portion forever. Little would all his achieves
ments have wori for him, had he gained the whole
world, yet lost his soul; but now his fame will sur*
vive until time shall be no more, and his spirit is
immortal among the redeemed. The angels bore
B him from us?no longer the hero, the statesman, the
guide of millions, and the master mind of his coun?
try; but a sinner, saved by grace, to the feet of the
" Lamb that was slain?a little child of God to tbe
bosom of his Father. My hearers, have you been
his friends? Obey his parting counsel, and by faith
in Jesus follow him to heaven, whom you have
delighted to follow on earth. Have you been in op|iosition
to his life? Refuse not tbe profit of his
r death; but find in that blood, which cleansed him
' from all his sins, atonement for your own. O that
s his last testimony had the same power over men's
souls, as his cheer in battle, and his proclamations of
' political doctrine I Then would ne shine bright
among the brightest in the constellation of those
B who turn many to righteousness.
I "My brethren, I have, spoken much longer than 1
meant to hnvc done; but you would not have withJ
held from me the privilege. If I have dwelt upon
the best trails in the notable character of one, who
j has not been suffered to escape the earnest crimina
" , Hon of many, it naa ueen oecauae ne la urau. ion,
" who listened to me with ao much randor, when I
paid, four years aince, an humble tribute to the merr
itaofhim who renched the height of authority to
K auik into a grave watered bv a nation'a tcara, will
r not condemn my utterance of aimilar emotiona now.
The jackal hate, that hnwla over the lifeleaa Itody,
r ia far removed from your Chriatian charity and genJ
eroua judgment.
e Vile if the vengeance on the adiee cold,
; And envy base to bark at tlerping mould.
- | "Let tta rather pray, aa Chriatiana, that the memoi,
rv of good deeda may live, nnd the example uf n
h Chriatian'a death be aanctifled. Let ua, ax Chrisif
tian patriota. take new courage in aetting forth, by
i. word and practice, the paramount virtue of the religion
we profeaa, to aave our country aa it aavea
i the aoul; nnd, whtla wa mourn the conflicts of evil
i, passion, not forget the actual good, which, by the
a Divine favor, ia working out health from the myai,
terioua fermentation.
i- "There ia, notwithatanding occaatonal agitation, a
i- calm good aenae among our people, sufficient to rea
cover nnd maintain the equilibrium. It ia not seen
n bluatering around the polls; it ia not heart! vociferad
ting ami applauding in party meetinga; nor, unhap
ptly, does |l often appear on th? arena, where m?
lowered atateamen struggle rather for personal advancement
than their country's good; but it litea
with those who, in honest toil, are too independent -]
to be bought, or, in honest competence, too conteift ~ .
to deaire the doubtftrf distinctions of popular favor.
It is nurtured by the lessons of holy religion. It is
breathed in the prayer of God's true worshippers. Jui
It deliberates around the domestic hearth, whtre the cor]
father thinks of the posterity who are to live after .
himj in the philosophic retirement of the man of _
letters; in the workshop, where the freeman feela inU
proud of his sweat; and in the cultured field, from
which the farmer knuwa thnt hia bread is sure by to
the bounty of Heaven, h is fell in the practice of
common duties, the example of daily virtues, and ^
the results of observant experience. It is hko oil uoi.
on the waves of noisy strife. The man in power
tremble# as he hears its still, small voice; the secret Z"
conspirator finds its clear eye upon him, and quails nuu,
beneath the searching scrutiny; arid, like the angel t
of larael, it meets the demagogue on his way to
curse the laud which God lias blessed, and, if he be
not turned back, it alarms and forewarns the benst othi
on which he rides. Siai
"It may be said that the party of the honest and M
intelligent is small?fur smaller than, with my re- " 5
pect for my country, I believe it to be; but, if it "at
lie, it has still the controlling voice, from the divis- org
ions of the rest. Each disastrous experiment mi|
teuehca them new prudence?each well-sustained
trial, new courage. They have not looked for im- ^
mediate perfection, and, therefore, are willing yet to on 1
learn. They arc the men who hold the country to- I
gether, and their influence ie the salt which oaves ahj
the mats from utter corruption. I look upward,
above the dust which is raised by scuffling parti- j~
sans, to the throne of our fathers' God; I look back- P'c
ward on all (he threatening events through which he cep
has brought us; and 1 can commit my country to
the care of Ilini who "maketh even the wrath of T
man to praise him," and believe that it is safe, the
Under Providence, / rety with on unshaken faitk on P??'
the intelligent will <\f the Jtmericnn people. If my
faith be a delusion, niny it go with me to my grave!
When its warrant proves false, I could pray God, if -j
it be his will, to let me die; for the brightest hope
that ever dawned on political freedom shall have MT
been lost ill darkness?the fairest column ever reared pea
by the lianda of men east down, and the beacon- cf ,
light of the world gone out."
To the Editor of the Union: ?,c'
Sia: In your paper of Tuesday evening, I have ob- on 1
served a communication front Copper Harbor, 1
(Lake Superior,) so pregnant with errors or mis- jat(
representations, that I am constrained, by a regard
to trutlt and the public ialereats, to aak the use of
your Columns to correct some of them. I know l^e
not who your correspondent is; but, judging from lon(
the extraordinary zeal with which ha labors to fore- to ?
stall public opinion of certain government agents on
Lake Superior, whose conduct has recently become m01
obnoxious to very grave suspicion, I think it no d
unwarrantable conclusion that he hae either been fern
most egregiously Imposed upon, or that he ia ani- wai
mated in hia encomiums upon the officers alluded
to, by motives much more special than cret
in his admiring comments upon the handsome are
scenery and novel life upon the lake. He ia to t
evidently more than indifferently anxious to vin
dicato and extol General Stockton and his faithful
deputy, Mr. Gray. Otherwise, what necessity f.
would therh be for asserting facts which do not exist?
Your correspondent states that "the only tenement
on the island, (Porters island, the site of the (
mineral agency,) is a miserable log-cabin, in which w
Gen. Stockton, for the want of better quarters, is
compelled to keep bis office. The room which he ?pw
occupies is only about 8 feet square?just large gU[]
enough to admit a bed for himself, a table, and two gur
or three chairs. In this salt-box of a room, he it
compelled to transact all the business relating to the y
mineral lands embraced within this important agen- pjn
cy. As many as a dozen men at a time are pressing
forward to his 'free-gum' apartment, endeavoring to gjj^
have their business transacted.
"The offico of the surveyor of the mineral lands, ^
in charge of Mr. Gray, is still worse adapted to the j
transaction of public business. He is compelled to
occupy the garret of the log-cabin," Ac.
Now, so fur from this being true, "the miserable j
log cabin" of which your fastidious correspondent
speaks, is an excellent kttctd leg heme, well finished
and ceiled, with three good-sized rooms below, and H
three above stairs, amply sufficient and convenient i
for all intended purposes. The conMruction of this .
house cost the government some fifteen hundred :
dollars, and was designed as the egeneg-homt; ?
whereas General Stockton has converted it into a
sort of hotel?doubtless as a means of augmsnting j.j
the perquieites of his station. Hence he has stinted fro(
himself, and the convenience of the government ser- - ^
vice, to hie "bee-guni" and . "salt-box" penetralia ^
of "eight feet square." So much for this wwerepro
senUffiovr. *j
Your correspondent expresses a like sympathy
for the privations and long-suffering of Mr. Sur- [
veyor Gray. The apartment which Mr. Gray occupies
above stairs, is an ample room, some fifteen
or more feet square, and quite comfortable?nay,
quite luxurious quarters, when compared to those
of the other surveyors, who are where Mr. Surveyor
Gray should be, if he was faithfully dis- r
charging his duties?out in the woods and the ?
weather, among ihe rocks and swamps, driving
the conq>ass and chain through almost impenetrable
wilds. It may, perhaps, be a question with the
government, as it certainly will be with the public,
why Mr. Gray should be lolling at hia ease in the
agenry-house on Porter's island, while Dr. Hough?
?>? ?iK?r ir?vnr. is traversin? laree tracts of
the mineral lands, and sustaining all tlie hardships
and perils which pertain to hia employment? And ?er
it mny become a further queation, while I am on
this head, why Mr. Gray, who was an unrelenting
tool at the whig parly, and neglected the public eervice,
for which hie was receiving a handsome salary,
laat year, to mingle in the orgiea of federal-Clayclulmcs,
should not only be so sedulously retained
in office, hut he admitted to the privilege of almost ?
total exemption from labor, which he is employed
and paid to perform? It is a fact, that tip to the 3d
of July, Mr. Gray had surveyed only two mitts,
whereas Dr. Houghton had measured some Jive hundred
milts of the mineral lands! And this is the
gentleman against whose discomfort your corre- Cat
spondent so pathetically nppcals, forsooth, because
he is occupying at his ease an excellent apartment
in a very comfortable house.
The design of this letter from Copper Harbor is
perfectly apparent to me. It is the sequel to a
movement which was made last June, vie: to while- >p0
trush and to shield from a just reprehension the present
superintendent of the Lake Superior mineral
lands. On the very day that General Stockton
opened his office, a sort of soi-disanl public meeting '
was gotten up there, in compliment to the General,
in which the president of the New York and Lake
Superior Mining Company was the prime mover.
When it is known that General Stockton has certified
to the Ordnance Department locations by this qci
company of between one and three hundred square
miles, upon which leases were granted, when not a
single foot had been actually located, in flagrant violation
of all the laws and regulations, some 0|4fciorf
may he formed of the secret of this most disinterested
and valuable tribute to the official worth of the super- _
intendent. What might have lieen the potency of 10
this expression of public opinion (!) in protecting Gen.
Stockton's official conduct from censure and inveatignlion
up to the period of its dispensation, I will not
now say. But, certain it is, that large and glaring
spots which have begun to attract scrutiny and in- _
voke exposure, have rendered his escutcheon need- 1
ful of a new coat of ushitesoashinr; and hence this effort
of your correspondent to forestall examination
into hia conduct, by pathetic epica of hia patientlyendured
privations in the public service, and the ignorant
or else.ainister commendations of his conduct
In animadverting upon the conduct of General
Stockton and others, I do not mean to include Major To
Campbell, of whom everything that your correspondent
has said is hereby confirmed.
POSTEA PLUS.
U3-We have omitted a large portion of the
t,.?? rommunication. in which the writer proceeds
to complain of the survey of the mineral land*, and
arraigns the agents of the government for gross
malversation in office. These charges are of? serious
character, and they demnnd a full and rigid investigation.
But, as it might lead to a protracted Cei
and angry wnr in the papers, in which crimination
would he followed by recrimination; and as we are
advised that the Secretary of War is determined to *
investigate the justice of these complaints and the {|^
truth of them?as he will receive any specifications eac
in writing which may be submitted, and is determin- *h
ed to go to the bottom of the subject; and, with that
view, will appoint a commission of two of the most y
respectable gentlemen he can obtain, who will go up- ?
on the lands, and probe everything for themselves,? ?
we have thought it best to let matters take that cos
turn. We have not the slightest doubt that the at- wnl
tention of the department is thoroughly excited to j
the importance of tha duties which may devolve up- __
on it, and that it will unquestionably discharge p
them it is scarcely necessary, therefore, for the
press to mingle at present in a discussion, which
might occupy much space, lead to much excitement,
; ana, after W, fail to lead to the best and- wisest re- twe
suits.?Unkw.
POSTSCRIPT.
By Iku stcmng's xmUurn mat/.
The brig Dal fins, Captain Pocal, arrived ul Nyw
ana from Vera Crux on the 3<1 instant, bringing
rices from the city of Mexico up to the 28ih of
m, nine days later than the last received. They
itain no news of commanding importance; yet
ir details of Mexican affairs are not without
'reel. The Picayune says:
Veibaily we learn that the Mexican government wee
end *0 000 men immediately to the frontier of Texaa.
ere these men were to be raised, la a poser ol itself; but
ire the meene to procure money enough even to etert
n on such t fool's errand, le evrn a greater mystery,
I?s British gold la at tho bottom.
Vol a wonf is said in the |>a|>en of tho capital about a
with tba United Slate*. Some of Iho secret sessions of
benate may have been occupied with the subject, but
ung ie divulged."
in extra eeeeiun of Congress has been culled, to
s various aubjecta into consideration?among
era, their existing relations with ihe Unites!
:ea anil Texas; which indicates that lliey have
ret determined on no settled policy as regards us.
rious projects are before Congress for the better
nnizauon of their army; and their committee on
ilary affairs have reported a plan for that pure,
though nothing as yet has been determined
in the premises.
lustamente reached the capital on the 'diet ult.,
1 immediately offered hie services to the governat
to maintain the national claim on Texaa. 'ihe
ayune saya it was thought they would be acted.
Krem the New Oilcans Picayune, July M.
he sloop-of-wer St. Mary's sailed from rensecola est
morn lug of the Hist lost., far the 8. E. Pees, lor Uw purs
of conveying the vessels with troop, from this oily for
pus Chrisli. Tho lest of the sousdnin at Pcn.ecola
V to sail yesterday or to-day?probable destination the
t These facte we have from ae attentive correspondent
["be New Orleans Bulletin, of Ihe 24th instant,
a: "The Diario del GobUmo announces the entire
ce establishment of the Mexican army to consiat
bout 30,000 men, vix: 19,000 foot, 8,500 caval2,200
artillery, and 1,300 sappera and miners,
; some portion of which are at present engaged
the frontiers against the Indians."
'he same paper contains a letter from Mazatlan,
id April 23, giving a detailed account of the peritiona
againat American citixens, on the part of
Mexican authorities of the place, which is too
; for thia evening's paper, and too full of intereat
ie given in part. We therefore lay it by for lorrow.
l correspondent writing to the New Orleans Jefonian
from Vera Cruz, dated July 3, predicts
' with great confidence, giving detail* of the *epreparations
Mexico ia said to be making. Wo
forced to lay over his letter this evening, owing
be late hour at which the mail arrives.
LOSING OUT CLOTHING, WITHOUT
nnrt anr\ HA CAOT A.. j
IVCiUAIVl/ A V VUO*. *u Uirac (Will iui
fall Block, being determined to close out my
imer stock of clothing, without regard to the
, I offer, viz:
rseillea vesta, from 50 cent* to 50, handsome
style
eed coats, |2 50, and upwards
inner coats, 75 cents, and upwards
rimer pantaloons, 75 cents, and upwards
; vests, $1, and upwards
With a large and handsome assortment of?
e cloth dress and frock coats
nch an l English casaimere pantaloons
; and satin vests, fine shirts, collars
ridkercbiefs, scarfs, socks, gloves, (fee.
Vhich I will sell equally low, for cash. Call
see for yourselves, and save nearly one-half, at
WM. MARSHALL'S
Auction and commission store, Penn. av.,
uly 31?eo9t between 9ih and 10th ate.
OR RENT.?The three-story brick dwellinghouse,
on 6th street, first north of the Unitarian
rch.
; is just finished, and has advantages and conver
ices about it not often found in houses for rent,
ong which is an extra stairway front the baseit
to the attic story. Also, sleeping accommoons
for servants in an out building, separate
n the main house. Rtun-water cistern and pump
lie yard. Side alley to the street, Ac . Ac. 4
ipply to Mr. Francis Mohun, at the new buQdadjoining
the premises,
uly 31?3tif*
SPLENDID LOTTERIES.
J. G. GREGORY A CO., MANAGERS. "
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, |
Class 31, for 1845.
be drawn in Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday,
August 2, 1845.
SPLENDID SCHEME.
Six prizes of $10,000, amounting to$60,000.
$3,500!?$2,340!
25 prizes of 1,000 dollars !
53 do of 4Q0 dollars!
Ac., Ac., Ac.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Uuarters $2 50.
tificates of packages of 26 whole tickets $130
Do do 26 half do 65
Do do 26 quarter do 32 50
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, <j
Class 32, for 1845.
be drawn in Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday
August 9,1845.
OBAND CAPITALS.
$35,294?$10,000?$4,000?$1,603. j
50 prizes of $1,000, 50 of $400, Ac., Ac.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 50.
-tificates of packages of 26 whole tickets $130
Do do 26 half do 65
Do do 26 quarter do 32 50 j
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
Class 33, for 1845.
be drawn in Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday,
August 16, 1845. >
CAPITALS.
125,000?$10,000? $5,000?$2,000?$1,750?
$1,500.
10 prizes of $1,000, 15 of $500, Ac., Ac.
13 drawn numbers out of 66.
Tickets $10?Halves $&?Quarters $2 50.
tificates of packages of 22 whole tickets $100 00
Do do 22fcatf do 50 00
Do do 22 quarter do 25 00
ALEX ANDR1A LOTTERY,
Class 34, for 1845.
be drawn in Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday,
August 23, 1845.
SPLENDID CAPITALS.
1,000?$10,000?$5,000?3,000-$2,500-$1,017
100 prizes of $1,000 !
Ac., Ac., Ac.
rickets only $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 50
rtificates or packages of 25 whole tickets $130
Do do 25 half do 65
Do do 25 quarter do 32 50
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY.
Class 35, for 1845.
be drawn in Alexandria, D. C., on Saturday,
August 30, 1845.
SILLIANT SCHEME.
$40,000?$15,000?$7,000?$5,190.
6 prizes of 2,000 dollauw!
10 do of 1,500 dollars!
20 do of 1,200 dollars!
50 do of 1,000 dollars!
60 do of 500 dollars!
Ac., Ac., Ac.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Uuarters $2 50.
rtificatea of package* of 26 whole ticket*, f 140
Do do 26 half do 70
D* do 26 quarter do 36 I
)rdera for ticket* and ahare* and certificate* of
:kages in the above aplendid lotterie* will receive
mo*t prompt attention, and an official account of
h drawing eenl immediately after it ia over to all
n order from US. Address
0 order trom j. 0. GREGORY A CO.,
Manager*, Washington City, D. C.
Vuguet 24?2*w4wdAcif
iOR SALE, 300 cord* of Iwst quality V'How
pine wood. Alao, hickory, oak, and nntlirHciie
|; which will be delivered for ca*h on reasonable
m. PETER CASANAVK,
10th street and canal.
uly 1? 2aw.1w
INK FRENCH CALF BOOTS ?The latest
style just received, at the cheap cash store of
W. MANN,
ign of the large Hlarlc Bool, Pennsylvania av.(
1 door* west of 4J street,
uly 24