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From ihr UoHtoit Courier.
II09IK MIMKIONM.
An mitt On tlu* lStli May. "This
Bmc\ olc'it Fraternity of Churches" licld its fifteenth
ttniiivi rsary in to* Federal street church.
Hon. Abbott Lawrence, umon^ other interesting
speakers, said he could not omit bearing his testi
inony to tlvc yrcat benefits, in his opinion, derivud
not only by this city, but by others, both In this and
foreign lands, by thin institution. He well remain*
i me J Dr. Tuekerman's commencement of this enter
prise. It waa a small I e (inning, but it had grown to
e great work. The tir*>t acauieu'a chape', end the
fir <t preaching to the poor, so far a* he It new, were j
commenced in this city. He was aware of ihcar-1
duous labors of the city missioi arios, andI senatDuoi
the great benefita he had derived f oin their la <ors.
According to the Saviour's declaration, we should j
always have the poor with us. And hebolievedthi
poor as great a benefit to the ri? h, i-B
to the poor. Otherwise, the almighty, benevolent
Creator would never have permitted such a state of
things. ?? The poor ye have always with you, and
if we" are Christian men, and acknowledge Jesus
Christ as our Head, it is our duty and our prtvil. ge,
too. to look to this class of our community. A large
portion of our poor are native cittaens virtuous and
use'ul ? and a larger portion are foreigners, invlied
here by the principles of our Govcrnrmnt. It was
too late now to discuss the wisdom of this policy.;
This country is deemed by the Old World the asylum
ot the impressed, and we have many poor flocking
l.ere to share our blessings.
He looked upon city missions as the grand means
of elevation for this class, and of security, too, for
our property and our institutions. It was our duty
and interest to attend to them; not to level down,
but to level up. It was our duty to minister to their
temporal wants, but more especially to their spiritual;
und the only sure morality was founded on religion.
Sunday schools were the great means of reaching,
this cl iss with spiritual Instruction. We are bound,
in every practicable way, to improve their character (
morally and intellectually ; to provide the means of I
such education as will render inem good and useful i
citizens.
In an economical point of view, the ministry at j
large should have our efficient support and co
operation. He regarded it as doing more to prevent
crime, and secure propriety, than any other equal
amount expended. He wished there was doable the
expense in this department. He rejoiced it was not
confined to any sect. For himself, he was no secta
rian. He acknowledged every man as his brother
who acknowledged Jckua Christ to be the Saviour of
the world. He felt that the laity, that each indivi
dual, had duties to perform In this work of moral
reformation, to sympathise with the missionary, and
cncourage him by aocial intercourse and generous
contributions.
He felt the uncertainty of life, and he could not
neglect that opportunity of bearing Ills testimony to
the importance of providing for the religious wants
of this community; and he would say to his friends,
tvhat we do must be done quickly. There was no
time to lose In perfecting our plans for benefitting
our immigrant population.
Our land, hitherto favored of God, was auch a na
tion as never did before, and probably never again
would exist. Do we, he asked, appreciate our privi
leges 1 Do we contrast our own atrong and quiet
atate, with the apprehension and agitation of foreign
nations ? All here were too inuch engrossed in
worldly interests. Ho was himself, he confessed.
B:t he felt that he lived in a land governed by Chris*
ti?n men and Christisn influences. The Christianity
which any possessed was all derived from the same
book. All our social enjoyments, our civil and reli
gious privileges, our common law, and the common
1 .w of our father land, were all derived from the same
ftreat Fountain?the Word of God. Let the Bible,
then, be circulated not only in this city, but let it be
scattered broadcast all over the land.
He believed we should "begin at Jerusalem.'1
Boston was our Jerusalem. We should take care of
our own lamily, our own household first; but we
should not stop there. For the great influx of for
eigners, he was aware, that not only the manners
but the character and the religion of the people might
be changed, All the ministers, all the bibles and
tracts could not prevent it, without we, as American
citizens, do our nart. After providing for our own
city, he should be in favor of sending missionaries
to our new States and Territories. Iliree hundred
thousand foreigners come to this country in a year,
and the number was rapidly increasing. Iowa and
Wisconsin, embracing 200,000 square miles, were, a
few years ago, regarded as beyond the limits of the
United States, or the possibility of being peopled
by white men, for many generations. But they
are now filling up with immigrants?Norwegians,
Swedes, Germans and Irish, and with amazing ra
pidity. Thirty years ago, religious instruction kept
pace with the increase of population. Now, from
the facility of inland navigation by steam, the popu
lation of our new States was fast getting ahead of re
ligious instruction ; and our Western and South
western States were the best missionary field on the
face of the glot*e. We need not go to France, Italy, i
Germany, and Sweden, fo evangelize them. The j
people of these countries were coming to us. He |
was in favor of foreign missions. lie contributed to )
theit support. He would not reduce fhetn a copper, j
provided they could at the same time bring up the
means of home-evangelization to meet the present
exigency.
In California there were, already, from the Eastern
states, from twenty to thirty thousand inhabitants,
and probably one hundred thousand in all. These
were of all nations and tongues. Why go to Katiip- ,
scatka or to Japan, when ICampscaika and Japan j
can be found in California.' This, he said, was a
matter of common sense. The people had the des
tinies of this vast nation in their own hands. How,
he asked, can our liberties and our cherished insti
tutions be maintained, but by giving to the whole
people intellectual cultivation ou principles drawn
from the Word of God? Without religiou pervade
this nation our government is but a rope of sand.
Let us, then, begin here, and show that here, in
thiB city of the Puritans, we have some just sense of
our responsibility. It is the duty of every man to
take un this work as a personal matter. He owes it
to God and to his country. Without the Bible, the
mind and heart of this people will be as barren as
the earth without the sun. And while our work
should begin here, it must not end this side of the
horizon. It must extend to our brethren lu foreign
lands. But we must take care of home before we
look to Europe. Immigration will not diminish,
and we must make preparation to meet it. It will
not be less than from three to four hundred thousand
tor years to come, and this, with the home increase,
will soon equal a million a year. With the Bible in
the hand of every man, we shall give law to the
world; and in giving law, we aliall also give religion.
This was a common object?one, in which Chris
tian* of all sects had an equal interest?all who took
the Bible as the foundation of their faith. For him
self, the Bible, just as it reads, was the Word of God,
und the only rule of religious faith and practice; and
he had no sympathy with any who wanted it altered
or explained to suit any particular creed. Let us
sec to if, he said, that we do what we can to give
this light of life to the whole world.
? ? ?in
CallfornlA
Much censure has been oast upon the last Con
gress on account of Its failure to provide a system of
efficient Government for California, and il has, In
some Quarters, been attempted to charge upon Con
gress the responsibility for disorders whic \ prevail in
that region of gold and speculation, whilst we ad
mit it to be beyond all question the duty of Congress
to provide by proper legislation, a suiiatle civil or-1
ganizai on lor the territories, we think the neglect 1
has not been in this case productive of iny serious I
consequent - think that any system of
gove nment adopted by Congress could, under exist
ing cucuMihtano .a, uave been earth d into effect.
The Treaty of peace with Mexico gave us Califor
nia, an existing organized state or territory, with a
code of civil and criminal laws under which the peo
ple had lived. These laws, imperfect and ill adapted
to the character and genius of the American people,
were doubtless sufficient for the punishment of the
more flagrant acts of violence and gave at lemt or
dinary protection to life and property. There were,
and we suppose still are, officers whose duly it is
to attend to the ordinary administration of justice :
why then do we hear of acts of lawless violence tin
punished? The answer is to be found in the altered
character of the people.
The gold mania haa loosened all the bonds of so
ciety?Individualism Is the order of the day?every
man, woman and child Is seized with the selfisn
pursuit of gold in preference to everything elie. The
c mmon ties of nurnsnlty appear to be dissolved,
and each lives and breathes for hlmsHf. The soldier,
as soon as he touches the soil of California, abandons
his standard. The sailor deserts his ship a* soon as
she lands. The common wages of soldiers and sea
mm will not keep them to their duly ; 16 per month
w.II not hold a man when by desertion he can make
91000. He cannot be punished for lack of the means
of enforcing discipline. Under such a combination
of eircumstances it would have been out of the ques
tion to have administered any ordinary government
that Congress might have provided.
But for all thes?? evils there is fortunately a remedy,
and a far more eftieienf one than could have been de
vised at Washington. Whenever disorder and mis
jule become intulemble to the gold seekers, the ne
cessity of their condition will force them into action
lor the common welfare, and they will institute a
Government wiih powers suited to their wants snd
circumstances. This right of self-government Is an
American doctrine, and its practicable application is
well understood by a large portion of the people there.
The preliminary steps to organization have slreudy
been taken. It was the course puiaued in Oregon
and with happy results. The action of the inhabi
tants of California will remove from Congress the
troullfsome quesilon of the Wllmot Prevl*o, and
happily restore the vuiet of the Nor-h and South.?
Frederick (Md) Herald
We give publicity fo a
pr?s?eaby leading Democrats, when we sav that W.
J Brown, of WsMiingtonCity, can and will be beaten
I August.?Jndianoftoli? Journal.
* A New Pafkb. -The county seat of Minnesota
Territory Is called 8t. Paul A new paper is about
being started thtre, to be ctlled "The Epistle of St?
Paul."
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IOUTII1 NM'I'ON U. HNKTHKN. ^
WASHINGTON, 1). C.
Y MORNINO. APKI1
OFFICIAL ?
pfointments by the president.
TREASURY department
Collector* of the Ciutonu.
Bela B. Haskell, Waldoborough, Me.
Daniel Remick, Kennebunk, Me.
William B. Smith, Machias, Me
Surveyors <if the Custom.-.
John B. A bell, Town Creek, MJ
William Coad, St. Marv's River, M.I.
post office department
Postmasters. ,
Richard L. Wilson, Chicago, 111.
Julius M. Acklev, ltluoa, N. *
Nath. Wilson, Lawrence, Mass.
Abraham Joka?, Quincy, III.
Abner Austin, Lynn, Mass
Aup.luim.uMbjrO?
Timber Agentt.
E. D. Tracy, for the Atlantic Coast,
East Florida.
John Waterston, for the Gulf Coast,
East Florida.
I?AAC Townsf.nd, for Middle Florida.
Daniel G McLeanne, for West Flo
Antowo Collin*, for the Live Oak1
Plantations, Florida.
E. Sanford Sayrf., lor the Eastern
District of Alabama. ?
7. P. Davis, for the Western District
| of Alabama. .
J. H Thompson, for Louisiana.
Wit. B. Howell, for Mississippi.
See leading article of yesterday, cor
reeled, on fourth Pagf_
fo, The Cabinet was in session yester
day from an early hour until one o'clock,
P.M. ? #
Gen. Taylor visiUd the Marine
Barracks on Saturday last, and spent a soci
able hour with the gallant officers there sta
tioned.
PRESESTATION OF A IWOHD TO T HE
president.
A deputation ol five gentlemen from Vir
ginia have arrived in the city, bringing with
them a splendid sword, to be presented to
the President, as an evidence of the esteem
entertained lor him bv his native State, and
which was voted to him by its Legislature.
The ceremonies will take place to-day ati
eleven o'clock. . ?1
CONFIDENCE.
A man may be eminently capable to dis
charge the duties of a public office, not a
shadow of suspicion may rest against his
integrity, he may have demonstrated his
fidelity to the constitution bv a long life of
public service, and yet, if he be a candidate
for si place under the Government or already j
holds office, he may not be selected to fill
the post he desires, or he may be dis
placed, without necessarily subjecting the
appointing power to a charge of proscription
for opinion's sake. And why r Because
in all governments whether deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed
or not, confidence in the depositories of
public trusts, must be the grand element in
deciding their choice, or the appointing
power will have no guarantee, that the tius
tees will do justice to their duties. The
want of confidence in an incumbent, or in
an applicant for office, can never be sup
plied by any qualifications or qualities, no
matter how high, no matter how cumu
lative.
But it may be said, that the profession of I
fidelity to the constitution, integrity and ca
pability to discharge the duties of an office,
ought to beget all the necessary confidence
in the appointing power. We cannot agree
to this proposition. II public officers were
mere automata, merely passive instruments,
unimprensible agents, this doctrine might be
assumed to be true; but public officers are
men of like passions with the citizen who
does not hold a public trust. They have
their opinions of public policy, their likes
and dislikes of the appointing power, their
prejudices in favor of or against the dynasty
in possession of the federal government, and
their arts are necessarily influenced, by their
political opinions, their feelings, their preju
dices, in a greateror a less degree. Confidence
between man and man, depends not alone up
on the power or ability to do this or that act.
It is the creature of feeling, and more fre
quently than otherwise, it disregards thelack
of mental power in the person who may be
the subject of our confidence. In political
a (fairs, the necessity of confidence is over
ruling. It is so strong, so controlling, that
frequently the appointing power is impelled
to take a man, who may not possess the high
est qualifications for the discharge of ?n of
fice, if it has confidence in him.
The people, in the exercise of their ap
pointing power, constantly exhibit the work
ing of this great element in^he choice of
their tiustees. When they vote for a man
for a given office, they demonstrate th?t it
is not the "uccesssful candidate's possession
of the requisite qualifications for the office
that polely wins their confidence. (?eneral
ly, nay, almost always, it is accorded to the
candidate on totally different grounds. It is
a matter of feeling, more commonly than of
thr exoicise of cool and deliberate judgment.
They vot. for a man who thinks as they do
upon political questions. In such a man
they have confidence, and in one opposed
to their way of thinking they have no con
fidence, no matter how brilliant his talents
or his genius. The operation of thissamej
principle is discovered in the custom, which
has very justly prevailed in our Government
since its foundation, of the Heads of Depart
ments resigning their offices on the incom
! ing of a President, who differs with then,
upon points of public policy. Nobody ques
' tions their honesty, capability, or fidelity fot
, a moment, but there is a want of confidence
I between them and the new Executive, which
no talents, no genius, can supply. If the
lule be a good one in the?e principal offices, I
we see no reason why it should not apply to j
the nubordinate offices. The relation of ? :
clerk to the head of a bureau is just as |
near as that between a Head of Department ^
;md the President, the ditlerence being only ,
in degree. No head of a bureau tan do justice (
to himself or liis duties unless lie reposes im- !
plicit confidence in his clerks. Men, whose I
political feelings run high, are active, sway >
tlieir judgment, are disqualified from holding
or receiving oHice under an administration )
whose tenets they are opposed to. No mat- |
I ter how pre-eminent the qualifications they
possess lor office, they lack one essential
? ingredient which goes to constitute a reliable
public officer, and that is, the confidence ol
the appointing power. And because such
is the lact, we should like to know by what
right, the appointing power can be justly
accused of proscribing thein for their opin
ion's sake, because they may not be retain
ed in or appointed to office. They are dis
qualified in the very nature of things, and
are the authors o( their own disqualification.
They have proscribed themselves?are not
proscribed. They lack the cement of the
ingredients of honesty, capability, and
fidelity.
But there are men in office and out of of
fice, who desire to be retained and appointed,
against whom the possession of opinions ad
verse to the public policy of the dynasty in
power, does not apply with so much force.
They enjoy the quasi confidence of the ap
pointing power, but they have no right to
complain of proscription for opinion's sake,
it they are displaced or are not accepted.
A lukewarm man in any thing, is not a fa
7?ritf wit); God or man. State reasons
frequently require the absence o{ sfjph per
sons, with quite as much force as those more
^decidedly opposed. Indeed, we have thought
and still think, that no man of high-toned
feelings, no matter what may be his pecu
niary condition, ought t? bold a public trust,
when ,his political opinions' condemn the
policy and men of the dynasty under which
he serves his country. It is impossible,
that he should do that justice, which he
1 ought to do, to his trust, if his feelings are
strongly opposed, and it frequently happens
that he dops npt perform duties 39 he
ought to perform theni) bfcapsp of his indif
ference to the success ol the Administra
tion. It such men are not sufficiently keen
judges ol their proper relation to the ap
pointing power, they ought not to complain,
if they are reminded of it by the appointing
power itself. At all events, they have no
right to judge in the premises.
Now, the chief merit of Gen. Taylor's
position in relation fo this question of ap
pointment to office, Consists in the fact, that he
does not proscribe men purely for political opin
ion's sake. We care not what the Union or
its allies say to the contrary, not a single in
dividual has been proscribed by the Admin
istration, because he thought thus or so. In
every case, there has been a want of confi
dence in the person displaced or not re-ap
pointed. In some instances?though they
have not been verv numerous?the possession
of high qualities and qualifications have
been accorded, but the possessors had,
by their own conduct, disqualified themselves
for receiving and enjoying the confidence of
the appointing power. They had shown that
they were not to he tilfsted in executing the
duties of their offices according to law. In
some cases?though few have they been?
stolid indifference to the successful discharge
of thei* public duties, has prevented the ap
pointing power from reposing confidence in
them. With the exception of the office of
Navy agent at Norfolk, of post-mnst#r at
Richmond and of four post-masters in
Georgia, there has not been, a single mani
festation any where of confidence in the Ad
ministration by our opponents. The friends
of the Administration in the vicinity of those
offices, did not make, have not made the
least exertion hostile to re-appointing or re
taining incumbents. Why ? Because con
fidence in the Administiation was manifest
ed by those incumbents, and it begat a cor
responding confidence of the Administration
in them. It ought not, therefore, to be a
matterof astonishment to the Union, that so
many Whigs have been appointed to office
and so few Democrats. The latter, not on
ly do not manifest confidence in Gen. Tay
lor's Administration, but avow uncompro
mising hostility to it. It is natural, that
Whigs should confide in an Administration
of their own principles, and that a Whig
Administration should confide in them, and
hence they are taken, when all other things
are equal.
But, say our opponents, Gen. Taylor
pronounced us a no-party administration.
To be sure he did and the old Hero it
giving the country every day just such an
administration. That more Democrats are
not appointed to office, is not the fault of
Gen. Taylor. Do they expect him to ap
point men to office, in whom he has no con
fidence ? Why, they demand of him to be
a party President. They demand, that he
shall not remove any Democrat from office,
that he shall appoint none but Democrats to
office. This is the substance of theii
clamor. They will not consent, even by
implication, that General Taylor is ca
pable of administering the Government and
yet they have the impudence to requite
that he shall appoint none but Democrats to
assist him in that labor, and shall ietain eve
ry Democrat now in office. They will not
allow him the exercise ol common discre
tion in selecting agents in whom be can have
confidence. Away with such senseless oppo
sition! The Administration has but two ob
jects in view, justice and the public good,
and it will select no agents, retain no agents,
who have not its confidence.
ft* In 1840, the fifteen free fcitates num- I
bered within their limits 1,129 slaves, of
whom 674 resided in New Jersey end 334
in Illinois. What were slaves doing in
those States at all? Perhaps someone,
earned in such questions, can answer.
ff- On Saturday evening last, General
Taylor called upon Mr. Daniel Carrol:.,
o( Duddington, but was unable to see him.
Mr. Carroll has been lor aojnetim# labor
ing under the affliction ol disease incident to
his declining'years, and it was with no littl?
regret to the members of his estimable lanii
ly, that he was not in a situation to rece ve
the kind call in person, of his distinguished
Visitor. VVe are happy to learn, that Mr.
Carroll was much better yesterday. He
is in his eighty-seventh year, aod one of tli
most interesting survivors ol the days ol th?
great and good Washington, of wheal hi*
was the bosom companion. May Ins yrti..
be prolonged !
The Locofocos have been busily
striving to induce Gen. Taylor to make
thein the sole recipients of his official confi
dence, and because they have not succeeded
in persuading him to surrender himsell to
thein, they turn lound and shout?that he
has surrendered to the Whigs. Pruy, gen
tlemen, are not the Whigs his friends ? Is
it strange that he should confide in them be
fore he would in you, who despise him in
your hearts?
The Baltimore Argun appears to
have no faith whatever in the judgment of
its opponents. It condemns, without excep
tion, every appointment of the Administra
tion as "unfit to be made." We should
like to know fiow lpng it has bi>en, since the
Argui has been made Pope in the matter of
the qualifications and character of its oppo
nents for public office ?
{jtj>The Auburn (N. Y.,) Advertiser of
the 20th inst., informs us, that, Governor
Seward lett that city yesterday morning, for
Charleston, ? C , tfhere lie ha^ beep call
ed by a professional engagement in an im
portant Patent suit, which is to be trieJ on
the 25th inst. He will probably be absent
three or four weeks.
(j^? Th? Telegraph has Wn romancing
again. Its last novella is, that thirty of the
clerks of the Second Auditor's office are to
be removed on the 1st of May. We have
no doubt, the writer considered that there
was ample rcom for such a movement in
that office, for it was the political Botany
Bay of the tat Adpinistfatipn,
(ji3? The Pittsburg says, that r.fi
confidence can U placed in the promises of
the Federal [Locofoco] party before an
election. The people of Pennsylvania have
realized this fact, under circumstances they
will not soon forget. Ecee Polk and the
Tariff!
It appears, that Gen. Hoi'?ton, ol
Ala., is npt a candidate tor Cppgrpss. His
successor will be Nat. TpnRV. We sus
pect the General got out of the way o(
Terry.
(jc^-Our opponerfts are making a great
stir because Mr. Barry, the late Pension
Agent for Ohio, has been displaced. The
Cincinnati Gazette thus notices the subject:
"The appointment of James Hull to be Pension
Agent in this city, severely shocks the delicate
He use of propriety of our neighbor Enquirer. It is
thought highly improper to remove "Mr. VVm. l?.
Barry a stniinch Democrat," anil ?' for no other rea
ion' (os the Epquirer cipprplnnds) "than his bclnsr
a Democrat," Sow there are some strange tales
afloat, about the cause lor remoylng Judge Hall by
Col. Polk, to make way for Mr. Barry, and of hi:
agency of our neighbor of Ihe Enquirer in bringing
It about. Tell us, neighbor, the cause of Hall s re
moval and the made, the manner, and the instru
mentalities employed to effect 111 When wesrc
correctly Informed on these particulars we shall be
enabled to judge accurately of the propriety ofthe
act of the Secretary of the Interior In restoring
things to their former position."
The town of Danvers, Mass., at a recent meeting,
voted " that eich minister, each lawyer, and torch
doctor, he requested to deliver to the clti7.cnu ol the
town one lector.-, at least, each, during the year on
the subjects ol Temperance and Gambling.?
ford, 07., Cult rant.
We move an amendment, and that is,
that every minister, lawyer, doctor, arid
other citizen not only of Danvers, but of
every community in the Union, be request
ed to abstain from strong drinkes and gam
bling personally, and to prevent the use of
the former and the practice of the latter in
his family, if he has one.
I-JDIAN* ?The I nig, published at Rising Sun,
hoists the name of McQaughey for Governor. J>
V. Tribune.
Another verification of the old adage,
that a wrong always returns to plague its
perpetrators. Wrong was done to Mr.
McGauoiiey by patty violence, and the
justice of the people will rise up to avenge
it, in a way the least welcome to his op
ponents. _
{j^it appears that the opponents of Mr.
Beston in the ranks of his own party, are
beginning to make their usual efforts to dis
place the father of th* Senate. The St.
Louis Reveille says on this subject:
Our polltlcnl paper, are dseuly Interested in what
may vouibly be the fate of Col. Benton n this State.
The Republican fears leal the recent ala\eryexten
lion resolutions In the Legl.lsu.rr nuy prove loo
trouhlesome to the Senator. Col. Benton 1has atar
led a rail road extentlon monument, which v, in oe
apt to Silence all objectiona to his course this aide of
the Rocky Mountains. _____
I The two Whig journals of thla ctty, representing
the vlewa of a portion of the cabinet, desirous of
forcing the President to accede to "helr wl.h.s cr)
out lusilly in favor of general proscription.-Waefc
ingtrm Correspondent .V. 1. Herald. .
The above statement, so lar as the na
tional Wkig is concerned, is utterly untrue
in every particular. We'll be obliged to
the Herald to copy this correction.
I, I. nated thki Mr""Calhoun repjaledlv "I'M"
ring the Presidential contest, that the ?I"1'"" "f
Gen Taylor would be the signal for a coalition be
tween the Free Soil men and the I.ocofocoa. He
wm for once proph.Uo?MoMt Adrert?er.
But the cement is not strong enough to
keep them together. The fragments are
too repulsive?Ecce the New York elec
tkw. ^
ft^Ohio is making rapid strides in her
rail road enterprises. Read the following,
from the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"The Cleveland, Columns, and Cincinnati Rait
rnad have contract* M 7,?X> ^
rail dulBcimt to iron ont hslf of the entire road, i n
ton Will i", be laid down f Clevaland so^Mo
w.,d Columbus. Kince this pure ha", the p?l? ol
?alii haa advanced |7to |3 p?' ton.
A day of retribution l* rolling round?DaU. Ar
yua, (ffent ) ,
Unfortunately for Locofoco sinners, that
hour has com?.
Tlu EicdhUvc?Th? Next CougreM.
Sonic low weeks since wo took occasion to cull
the attention of our Whig brethren to the* neecaaity
of u united uml determined struggle in the Congres
sional elections which ure cuiniiijr on. If ever there
wut 11 period when such necessity existed In an emi
nent decree, now is the time. Every Whig patriot
| should clothe himself with his whole armor, and bat
tle with untiring energy.
I One great good attained by the election of General
j Taylor luis been the purification of the Executive
Department of the Government. It took the con
trol of that department from the hunts of those who
corruptly used in patronage for purposes of party su
premecy. It is now relieving the country from an
army of unscrupulous officeholder*, who have so
long rioted 011 the spoils of office, that they have
ccased to regard themselves as the sworn agents of
the Government for the performance of certain du
ties, but consider all things as subordinate to the in
terests of the Democratic party. The benefits of the
change will be observed in the greater purity of the
Executive department and the more faithful nerfortn
anceof its duties. It wilt arrest the tendency of
things to a state of corruption hardly paralleled in
the history of the world?to which they were fast
hastening.
His election has produced another important change.
Every patriot, at all concerned in the preservation of
the Constitution or for the glory of his country, must
have observed the tendency of the Executive power
of the Government to swallow up the other Depart
ments. This has been owing to the frequent exer
cise of the voto and other interferences or the Prts
ident with the legislation of the country. He has
had what lias been culled the Administration policy,
for the establishment of which he has prostituted his
official patronage in the most corrupt manner, and
made a daily Mae qf a power which was intended as
one of the most extraordinary in the Constitution.
This has caused the people to look less to Congress
than to the President for the legislation of (lie coun
try. It has been at war with the true theory of the
Constitution, und was fsst destroying that happy
division and balance of powers which experitncehis
proven essential to its preservation. Because it was
merging the legislative department of the Govern
ment into the Executive and making Congress but
a register of Presidential decrees, which themselves
have of late years been nothing but the echoes of!
certain resolutions passed at Irresponsible caucuses
called Baltimore Conventions. It takes ages to des
troy such a country a* thi? or to'undermine its Con
stitution. But ail will perceive that if such a course
us this were continued it would finally destroy the
Independence of the other branches of the Govern
ment, and concentrate all power in the President.?
This would constitute him a monarch. Whether the
Government would bo an elective tyranny would de
pend upon the intensity of party excitement and the
disposition of the incumbent.
Gen. Taylor at once arrested such a consummation
by his solemn announcement that he would veto no
bill passed by Congress, on grounds of policy merely;
but only in cuses of manifest haste or clear y{o|^i
tioni of the poftitifutiofi. Thi? re^ores the law
making power to its proper department. The coun
try, already, since his election, ceases to look to the
President, but to Congress, to ascertain what wil|
be the legislative policy of theGoyernmei?t. Jf, thfrf*
fore, we desire to establish Whigpojlcy Ip the coun
try, or to arrest the progress of democratic misrule,
we must maintain our present ascendancy in the
National {louse of Representatives. The Democrats
have a clear majority of 8 or 9 (n the Senate. This
will for the present prpYept the Whig? from effect
ing any Important change In the ifglalqtfon Qf the
country. But If the Democrats also Obtain a major
ity In the House of Representatives, their past policy
so far as it can be, constitutionally, will be contin
ued.
The election of Gen. Taylor has placed an honest
man at the head of National affairs. That is a tri
umph. But where will be the fruits of that triumph
If he is not sustained by Congress? fje cqn hard
ly adopt such measures as ape necessary for tha
purity and effjcicncy of his own department, unless
Congress i? with him. The Democratic party can
have every thing their owti way. Tney can
place the J*resi(Jenf in numberless dilemmas. They
can embarraaa the operations of the Government,
paralize the efforts of the President and his Cabinet,
and make our triumph barren. Already they are pro
claiming that they will do it. Their unexpected sue-,
cess in Connecticut has encouraged them to hope
that they can obtain a majority in the next Congress.
The Washington Union has announced that they
want but a few more gains to give them a majority.
One of these grains is required of Kentucky. If we
falter in our duty the day will probably be lost, and
Democratic misrule again prevail in tiie land.
When this state of things is presented to the
Whigs, they will a| oftce pefcejyp the nepeyslty of
exertion. A loss of one member of Congress from
etch Slute would bo a loss of thirty In the Union.?
H >w easy is it for ouch u joss to fukr place, if there
apathy or Indifference ip oiir ranks. There shopld
? no indifference. no jjiiposliiop hi lay upon our
pira at this time, If >ve desire to effect any salutary
p'langc In the legislature p 1 the cqpntry, or if we
p mnot do that, to arrest lhp headlong schpmes of our
opponents. Let the Whiga of this diSlriiU keep their
atten:ion awakened to those truths. This is a dis
trict which has heretofore been closely contested.?
We succeeded at the last Congressional election by
but a small majority. We have every advantage
now. But if there is any apathy, we may lose it.?
Let every true Whig, therefore, rouse himself
up and work nobly until the election.?Maysriih
hi/., tingle.
1'ioin the Marion (Ga. Journal
Removals paou Office.?His political opponents
affect to bp greatly horrified at the probability of
General Taylor's turning out a portion of the Demo
cratic office-holders. Tne M hoary-headed political
cheat'* of the Union is thrown into spasms at the
very sight of the guillotine. No wonder these com
plaints arc common?
" No rogue e'er ssw the hnlter draw,
With /food opinion of the law."
Pity, a wondrous pity, that Gen. Taylor will not con
sent to feed the hungry crowd who, a few months
since, moved Heaven and Hades to keep him out cf
the White H use. Pity he will not consent to com
mit the execution of his purposes to men who are (if
they are hone t) opposed to him on principle und
who of course, would rejoice at the failure of his
administration. Pity the Old Hero would forget
himself and pursue a vasclUatinff. time-serving po
licy, which would make him aHice the contempt of
his enemies and scorn of his friends. This would,
doubtless, gratify the Union and its friends almost us
much as the late triumph of their Abolition allies in
Connecticut. Gen. Taylor, however, will pursue no
such course. He will not hunt down and persecute
men for opinion's sake; he will not cut off hears
merely for the purpose of seeing the blood flow. He
will give his opponents a reasonable time to arrant ?
their affuirs nn l set their houses in order, and will
then turn over the keys to hi* well-tried and trusty
friends. In doing this, he will do right, and will vio
late no principle or pledge. In doing It it he will gra
tify his friends and add to the efficiency of thepuDi c
officers.
The head of every Locofoco office-holder that is
made to fail, brings agonizing groans from the hearts
and big swelling drops of teors from the eyes of the
survivors. Twenty-one years of peaceable posses
sion, had in their opinion given them a life estate,
if not a right in fee simple, to all the offices under
the Government. They therefore, look upon the at
tempt of the Whig party to repossess what they, to
say the least, have an equal claim to, not only as a
piece of downright presumption and Impudence, but
as absolute barbarity. It is made the daily theme of
the Locofoco press from the Schoodiac to the
Aio Grande, and such niteous waitings and doleful
lamentations never before went up from an op
pressed peoplp as have rent the air since Gen. Taylor
began to purify the country of Locofoco office-hoid
ers. One would suppose that the eyes of the whole
Locofoco party were water and their heads a foun
tain of tears, by the copious streams that flow from
them about these times. But they will feel, better
when they have been as long used to this process of
decapitation as the Whigs have, and will then be
come better satisfied with ther fate.?Auburn (AT. y.) |
Advertiser.
The Scfeeintendent or Indian Affairs, and
the Stmvsyob General.?The Union of this city,
seems to desire a controversy on the propriety of th
appointment of other men in the stead of these Lo
cofoco officers. We cannot think that this is desired
by either of them. If it be, and we can have the
slightest Intimation that tbey approve of the Union's
course in this matter, we are prepared to givege>od
and sufficient reasons for their not being re-appoint*
ed. As they are going out of office, we have no wish
to discuss the past, or array before the public the
reasons which ought to have influenced the appoint
ing power. But If the investigation is courted, the
facts are at hand and will be forthcoming. This
thing is a "fixed fact." They came in over tne heads
of tne ether men In office, and they have no cause of
comnluint, if they go out by the same process.?St
Louts Htp.
Removals.?Tho Locofocos are, by turns, de
nounring the president, and whining like great lub
berly children, because some fow from among the
thousands of office-holders are going out of place,
and Whigs are appointed In their stead. They seem
to think that the officrs were made for their exclu
sive benefit, and that nobody rise has a light to fill
them. For twenty odd years^ they have been In the
habit of distributing**!! the patronage of the govern
ment amongst themselves, and thereby perpetuating
their power, and now they exhibit a degree ol peev
ishness and madness 011 tne one hand, and of whln
Ine and folly on the other, which 0 ight to deprive
them of all sympathy.?St. Laui* Rep.
The Election roa Goveenoe.?We notice in pa
pers on both sides, the names of distinguished gen
tlemen. suggested as suitable catldidstes for Govern
or at the election next October. On the Whig side
are named Hon. Edw. V. Hill, Col. R. V. Hardeman,
Col. Hlnes Holt, and Mr. Asbury Hull.
On the part of the Democrats. Gov. Town% Mr.
J. F. Coopsr, Hon. J. H. Lufnpkin. Other promi
nent names may be suggested In due time.?Augusta
ConstttutienaJtit.
Naval.
Tile II. 8 Sloop of War Albany arrived otlllio Na
vy Vurd, Penwcola, Saturduy evening I lie 7lh luol.,
having Men cruizing nearly live mouth*. She nulled
from Norfolk id November lam and urrlved at llu
vanu after an unpleaaant passage?of that month.?
From Havana, she run down the Bay of Honduras
to lite Kiver and Gulf of Dulce, communicating by
means of Iter boats with tile town of Isabel, In Gua
temala, aome forty or fifty mil' * from itio uucborage,
und then touched at Omeu In the town of Honduras
From Omea to Huvana, Islands of Martinique, San
ta Cruz, St Thomaa and Porto Klco, two porta in
the Inland of St. Domingo, and two porta on the
South aide of the laland ol Cuba.
The following ta a liat of bar officer! i?
Commander?Victor M. Randolph.
Lleutenantn?Daniel R. Ridgelv, James II, North,
Washington Held, Jamce A. Doyle.
Surgeon?RobertT. Barry
Asa t. Surgeon?Cbarlea Martin.
Purser?George F. Cutler.
Marina Officer?Brev't 1st Lieutenant, Freeman
Norvell.
Acting Maater? Charlen W. Place.
Pitaaea Midshipmen?John M. Kelt, Francis G.
Clarke, Cbutn J. Hopkins, Francis A Hoo.
Midshipmen?William Van Wyck, John R. Eg
gleaon.
U mliwain?John Bates.
Gunner?William Arnold.
?Sail outer?John J. Slranford.?Ptmaeula 6'u
ztltr, 14(A inst.
fciTTEH t aoM Gin. Taylor.?General Taylor hav
ing been Invited by the Common Council of Boaton
to visit that city, replica that he shall be happy to
catpply with their wishes when public duties and
other cireumatances ahall peimlt.
Washington, D. C., April 17, 1849.
Ginti.emin : I have had the pleasure to receive
your letters of tha 7th Inst., communicating the in
vitation of the Municipal Government of Boaton,
to visit that city at my earlieat convenience.
I beg that you will convey to the blanches of the
ci y Government which you represent, my most aiu
c ra thanks for their kind invitation. 1 shall be happy
tolconiply with their wishes, whon public duties and
other circumstances shall permit, but it ia not now
uossible to forsee at what time I shell be able to leave
the seal of Government. 1 need not say thft I will
gladly embrae'e the first suitable opportunity to meet
rpy friends in tyostun and again witness the activity
?nd prosperity of that thriving city.
1 remain, with respect, your obedient servant,
____ Z. TAVLOH.
Giiand Council or thk Praihib Indians.?The
Little Rock Democrat of the 30th ult., Iins Informa
tion of reliable intelligence having reached the fron
tier that it it the intention of various tribes of Indians
Inhabiting the territory between the Rocky Mountains
and ihe Indian country west of that SJmtf und Mis
souri, to hold a grant} CQ^Hcll, 4oiutiluu' during the
coining summer The object of the council is not sta
ted; but it Is believed to nave reference to the new
movements In California and New M?lc? conse
quent upon the recept change of title to lho? territo
ries, ana fh? discovery of Shos; \aat deposits of the
prec^oiiii metals whlcl) hay? doubtless been long
knowq to these {n jjanfi, but which knowledge they
have (nott sedulously concealed from the whites.
The Prffiocrat calls the attention of the Govern
ment ;o the matter, suggesting that it may be of
sufficient moment to be worth watching.
Th? PaBsmiNT or Libibia.?It will be remem
bered that when President Roberta was In England
a promise was made to him that a vessel should be
placed at hli disposal for the suppression of the slave
trade on the coast of Africa. In our English papers
we find the following paragraph -.?Bait, A^me-ric^n.
"The Lords of the ^dn^luitv have ordered the
l^flt, a small vessel lying at Chatham, to be fitted
as a yacht, for the tige of the President of the Afri
can Republic at ^.Iberia."
An Et(T^a(<iiFiHa Gold Huntcb.- A fnevlmen
of tlip gcniis lojjliir cpiilflvfd recently to (.it from
New yorlt to Charges withuut paying a cent.
Thcnco h<> walked across the Isthmus, and through
the connivance of a fireman, concealed himself on
the steamer California, for San Francisco. He
made his appearance on deck when three days out?
too late to get rid of him, and he thus accomplished,
by Impudence and Jeremy Dlddlerlsm u voyage that
costs others hundreds of dollars,?Philadelphia Em.
Bulletin.
The liate Kloprment.
Baltimore, April ?t, 1840.
The reports wlllph nfl doubt (iavp readied your
qlty in regard to the late elopements are strictly true.
John OweW the'edmedlari, anil 'Manager of the
MTi.grum, and Mr. Qalla|i^r, a member uf hl? com
p ny. are' actually piarfitd. Tha former to* Mies
Slil'ry C. Stevens flf this city, and the latter to her
cousin. Miss t(ary 1,. Stephens, of Ceptreville,
JJd.i daughters of highly respectable and wealthy
n.(i chants,
Ari)tRANtEu are ofton DeuWtivi.?We
heurd of a nruirket-house trick yesterday which made
us "hue with admiration. A gentlemen, rather un
used to marketing, purchased a fine-looking, sweet
smelling roll of butter, weighing some ten pounds,
took It home, cut It In two, and found to his surprise,
that he had been dealing In the vegetable as well as
the butter line. To the depth of about an inch all
uround was good ||mter- q|I tile ye?( lyas -.naihitlpo
tatoes.?Louisville Courier.
Anti-R^nt l(ov?^(:ujp. -The declalon of the
oifc court a against thp Van Reneselaers has
given, of course, new spirit to the Ami-Renters. A
f.uit ft Boon to be Instituted to teat the validity of
the Hardenburg title*. The Anti-Rent associations
keep up their organization and prosecute their oper
ations with combined energy. They carried the
town election in Ronsselaerville; and in that town
have determined to resist the collection of the rents.?
Trenton, N. J. Gazette.
The ablest man among our foreign diplomatic, it
Mr. David, of Indiana, and now Commissioner to
China.?Cincinnati Chronicle. ?
Where under tha aun, good neighbors, did you get
the above information ? If it be a fact that Dr. Davis
is the " ablest man" among our foreign diplomatists,
then the remainder are greatly to be pitied, as every
man acquainted with the Doctor well knows.?In.
dianapolis Journal.
Wisconsin Bankrupt.?The Mllwaukle Sentinel
inrorms us that the treasury of Wisconsin is so
palpably empty that the members of the late Legls
lature either went home without any money, or nod
to stand a heavy shave on their warrants. The
counties are delinquent to the amount of over #19,
000. The deficiency in the treasury is about #25,
000. Locofoco misrule haa accomplished this state
of things.
It is estimated that there were in store, at the vari
ous ports on Lake Michigan, at the latest dates, two
million bushels of wheat, and eighty thousand bar
rels of flour. Of this six hundred and thiify thousand
bushels of wheat, and eighteen thousand barrels of
fiour were in store at Chicago, on the 7th of April.
There were also in store at Chicago, waiting ship
ment, twenty-five thousand barrels pork and four
thousand barrels beef.?Af. Y, Mirror.
Goon Appointments.?We understand that Sol.
Meredith, Esq.. has received the appointment of
United States Marshal for this District, rice Colonel
Jordan Vigu?, Esq., has been reinstated as Post
master at I.ocansport, from which office he was
removed by tne late administration.?Indianapolis
Journal.
Fire at Xtwhargh.
Newsman, April 21,1849.
A fire broke out this evening at Mr. P. H. Foster's
lumber-yard, which was extended to several wooden
buildings on Front and Division streets, and may go
farther, as it is still raging without abatement. Fos
ter's lost most be from #6,000 to #6,000.?New York
Herald.
Incbeabeof Population.?Mis. Miller, residing
near Fahnestock's brick yard, Harriaburg. on Mon
day morning last gavs birth to Jive boys all of which
art alive and doing well. What makes this case
singular is, that at ner first confinement she gave
birth to two, and at her second to three. and at this,
her third, to five, making In all ten children In four
years, and all living.?PhiJ. Pennsylvania.
Chinese Chlobofosm.?By an article in the Cou
rier de? Ktat# Unit, we psrcelvc that M. Joileii
lately read In the French ''Academic," a paper de
signed to show that chloroform, ether, or some sim
ilar anwsthetlc agent was used hy the Chinese doc
tors several centuries since. He prnauceu pu...?
rious Chinese recclpes from ancient and modern
works of medicine, to sustain his position.
I We ore sorry to find the Argus echoing the wall
Ings of the Union. The leading organ of the New
York Democracy, whose rule or action has been to
neither give nor ask quarter, should be above the
weaknesses of the edltotf of tho Union .
" Whose tears run down hie beard tike winter's drops'
From esvet of reeds." {Albany Erming Journal
New PosTMAfTEB.?Col. A. W. Ru*sel succeed*
Dr. Dunlsp, as Postmaster at this place. A more
acceptable appointment could not have been made
by the department. The new Poatmaster will enter
upon the discharge of Ms duties ss soon as the ne
ressary papers are appfoved and placed on file,?In
dianapolif Journal.
??Can thebe be a church without a Bishop?"
snd "Msy a man marry his deceaeed wife's sister?"
sre no longer disturbing the ecleslastlrnl peace of
our eastern friends j but the enquiry now Is. "Can
a rumseller be a christian?" How can we tell when
none of them ever tried.--LwiitvilU Courier.
IJcevsi Law.--A casein which ihecor.stit itlon
I ty of the license laws at Vermont In relation to
tV sale of ardent spirits, was brought Into question,
WdS decided In the Supreme Court of that Stata last
week. Tha constitutionality of tho laws vtas fully
sustained.
WKIC4I1TS AND aUCAflVXtHtf.
ut 1*0111 or viorcKagoR sachk.
VVu have been fuvorcd with u conw ?r ??.*, i
Report of Profeasor A. D Uu. lw ??,, ?i v Annual
III the following year, (lie Treasury Department w..
directed by a joint reeolullon of Congress to hnv^J
h! lM9d? mudf for each of ,l"i and
in 1838 the construction ofstandard balance, (or the
wnrf.ri" " rr pY lh? """" ouiliorlty. This
"* a continuation of that already ordered wss
h!?im.! i !feiC' " ol Hsaslsr, who, previous to
his lamented dcccsse, in November, 1843, had mad*
very considerable progress in it, execution, llraldea
the preliminary inquiries by Mr. Hasalei and lh!
| preparation ot mater ale,drawing,.pattern,'and tn.!
I Itlnety, the standard weights for the States and for
the custom.hoiikin had been made, adjusted anddc
hll't F ""e-l'alf of the capacity measures
had been finished, and the rest were in different
Between one-fourth ond ons
hi l.h, measures of length had been completed j
S? - l"wre In progress, and the balance, for the
^tates had been commenced. In January 1844
and fiT'r l0Vk cha,?" t,f lhls "nHnisheti work'
United Sia/JiVi' . ph Sax'na> EN , 'hen of the
w dT H..t p' W"' on ,lu! r'''enoiion of Ed
man ' E,1> appointed assistant and fore
Milkm . ! mechanics and laborers already
! ? ll"' 'ofmerjand elx of the latter,)
S>h 4e*!e uPon which the wotk was to lie
and len^h " r< or eo|npletlon the rapacity
Zi hlnea*U??'and lho Wancesj the S
ment and eon.na.iaon of ,he |,.ngih measures- th.
a Ijustment of the measures belonclng to the scienti
fic portion of the work, and the construction of Hi.
balances to the mechanical ran ^ 01 "w
|7Vhe "djuaituent of*the gallon measures wu
completed, and capacity measures ware adjusted for
the ordnance department. The work on the balan
r? V!J* eMimalfd to have advanced about one
r" b'r;?rd! C"niplellon Th? "'<> ha so sppara
t IB for the coast survey wns compared anew with
the standards. The e*tlmats of progress on the bal
n?r r ^l'" Prob?Wy fiom two to three
reef'dam whfT!'1 e' norordlng to thr more cor
rect data which have accumulated since, nearei one
eighth than one-seventh. In the report just referred
to a statement of lh, weights and W.melS
.mfl k 5i V work on bs/sncss
under his direction, was given in detail.
In 1845 the Adjustment of the half bushel measure
was was completed, and the de,ailed table, of lh?
adjustment given, In the report for the year. Five
balances of the formci pattern were altered to the
new, and the progress in the whole work, during
the year, was estimated at about one-seventh. This
also wqpld be more coprectly slated at ope.elghlh
The balances for the Stales of New Vork and New
Jersey were delivered and set up by Mr. Saxton In
the State House, at Albany and Trenton, In 1846
early In 1846 the adjustment of a now base ap
p,?'V:/?r !>'" ??? survey was commenced. 1
In 1846 the adjustment of the new base apparatus
was continued. The process required the applica
tion of much patlom mechanical skill, as well es at
exact scientific research. The mechanicians were
lh?.Ph?r "'V' Ye'y, during this time, on
the balances (or the Stale,, and the work required
no special report. A particular account of the pro
gress during this year and the following (184<) is
given In the present Report. The full set of stsnd
con,1st Of an mctt"ure8 0uPP"ed for the State*
troy pound' 1 "> ITHlrdwpamo *J lbs., and
of siAuHcJf tr>)m I OZ troy to 1 ten-thousandth
3. A yard measure
4. A set ofltqulii measures consisting of the gallon and
U. parts, down to thr half-phit, inclusive. 1 **
1 ??. On* half-bushel measure.
?s?J?f ???J?dS?.cb received sft.ll
J: Sfcif'
12. North Csrolina,
13. South Carolina,
14. Oforala,
li|. Alabama,
16. Michigan,
17. Ohio,
lfl Kentucky,
19. Illinois,
SO. Missouri,
21. Arkanaea.
-? .?...-.JOhUMtlf,
9- Vermont,
4. Rhode Island,
fl. Connecticut.
G. New York,
7. New Jersry.
8. Pennsylvania,
9. Deluwar?,
10. Marylaiut,
11 VtiYinia,
TrrXil'i'n^'1","' ""d dry nonire, remain st the
treasury Department, subject to the call of the RY?rtuiv*a
stat? Of New Hampshire aud Tenn,.Me thJ^othe?
Th.'Ll? hai-lm hffn received by tlloK Stalri
rilf SR)?|l*r jnlgbtk, nnd die stfudards liuunii arul
*nV'ifrl?3'1 y?& meastire, and the liuuida
""'d W. ?.X;
fRePor' 'hiougl.OH,, like every thin> that
comes from the pen of Professor Bache is able and
'0 "he purpose.-PhUa. Inquirer. '
The Missouri.?We are glad to perceive that
while the members of the cabinet at Washington
!? nV r fu" w"h 'he claims and recom
mendation, ot those who look for office, they are
constantly tinning their attention to that business
for which all offices are instituted, via : the great
concerns, internal and external, of the nation 1 and
In I hi. <!r'"er; e'alm? ?hall have beep diminished
in the usual mode, those higl\ seryaptg of the peo
ple may hope for the cpmlort pf an exclusive oc
cupation of their time in the (attpr departments,
slniiM.6'1 Tir! W!"jlrobohly recol,'c' that some year*
'Ince the United Stntes wnr steamer Missouri was
burnt in the harbor of Qjbraltor, and that the un
consumed portion of her hull sunk in a considerable
!" Brl.ll,h figlneers have for a
a'1? bocn endeavoring to raise the hulk, but
wlihout success, and as there Is danger tn allowlna
It to occupy its present position, an appeal was rc
i"'!y.Jn?ve Br"l?n authorities to the Qovern
ment at Washington to procure a removal of tills
?",^?,rner wa"ole '""motion received
iy Mr. Preston, the present Secretary of the Now
Ihfdiffi ?K' n! Inquiries for, person to undertake
ihedifficult office, making it a matter of necessity
that an person employed should possess 1 (kill for
such the undertaking, and that that skill should be
American.
As oppeal was made to the heads of various bu
reaus of Ids department and they unanimously re
commended George W. Vaylor, rf.q., for the work.
Mr. Taylor has di.'ilnguished himself by his sub
marine undertakings, and several of the distinguished
poet captains of our navv have experience In the ex
lab r" va' "Will and In tne efficiency of 1,1,
We learn with pleasure that Captain Taylor has
been engaged to |uoceed al one. to Gibraltar and
T.h 1 of 'he harbor, and the situation
iw Missouri, and he Is then to repo. t
upon the feasibility and coat ol raising and removing
the obstruction. Willi Captoln T.'s sul,-marine
machine and his great experience, he will scarcely
ran of success I there must be more hands than such
board to keep her at the bottom, when
Captain T. orders her to be got under weigh.
?>c learn that Captain Taylor Is now making
arrangements for his depsrture. He will probably
go out In the steamer Mississippi, and in tne same
steamer goes ihe gallant Commander Morgan to
lake command of the Mediterranean squadron. We
congratulate our naval friends In that region upon
the appointment of Commander M.
? ?
t ^R?v??oe.?.Some years since, say, the
P?trim f 9<,"""?r1l "f y?'<,"l?y, a man residing In
?mJ I ' 17,rr '^ " Voun? 'ad>' f'idlng in the
,h" ^ ' lhey. had been married ,ome five
!t ?l.i parties wero blessed with two children
ft?.. I f' went smooihiy on until it was dlscovsrei/
thai the husband had fallen desperately in love with
a young woman living In the 'family' PlnX /hs
inUhl"? rPi I1?'1'1 J 08'rl '"parts unknown, ieav
ho^hn.. t04* r .h an. ?h"<,r"r> without a protector,
?rri?fi.0D^?er- UA frw "inee, a s,ore-bost
irrlved at Patilot, the owner of which proved to be
the recreant husband, and his mistress was on board.
I hese fact, soon reached the ears of the deserted
wife who forthwith armed herself with a hatchet In
one hand, and pistol in Ihe other, Intent on slaying
lot husband and the wretch who had seduced nim.
Ihe woman on Ihe boat noticed herspprooch, thus
nostilely equipped, and there being no chance but "a
tight or a foot race," she took to her heel,, pursued
by the Injured, infuriated wife. After a run of some
distance, shs was ovsrlaken, and several fearful and
dangerous wounds wero inflicted with Ihe hatchet.
She would have been faitly "inlncrd," but lor the
Interference of lookcrs-on. The husband fled down
the river, in Mm* to escape a eoat of tar and feathers
alreedy prepared for him and Ids paramour. The
mistress remains 011 the store boat, tinder the pro
tection of the police and physician,. Public ,ympa
thy I, atrongly In favor of the injured wife ? Tin
Nonpareil.
ms ? m?
Hunnesism Attn Fun Soilish ?The represent
vea of the two factions Into which ihe Democratic
party of the Stale of New Vork Is divided, hsve esoh
published ?n address to their respective constituents,
which appeared in their several organs. In tone
both ate conciliatory, snd justify the opinion that
there will be eventually a re-union. The Hunkers
have not appointed a dsy for their convention but
suggest that Loth parties shsll hold them at Ihe llama
1 me and place, and that, If practicable, the nomlna
n,n*r.l i i.""uC llnn *hell be of such a
lOinpleiiion as to make them acceptable to all. This
certainly evinces a conciliatory spirit. The Bern
burners malntsln their free-soil stiltude and have
appointed I, ilea, and the 1'th of Septembir next ss
We ,ee ?o.l!in for holding their convention.
Z ,n ti,h" ?dd""
n^'TVr"- K.lom lh'' r.oUe made by the
) '' might naturally b? supposed that nearly
But V'r? . ,n "trn chopped off
4S ve W ib^? nlvi*n',,C'ly ?">',hln? has been dons
b!J? 'i00?,^0,'hiasiers, less than 200 hava
l?.?.hrP 7^ .1! i li1"' when " '? known that st
t 1f "" wh"lr number come within
V ' * rt,l*i '* """'ling al ?H. Ws Inftr,
Jowever, that something handsome will bs don* In
dtu season.-A/tony Rr.nh,f Journal.
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