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1 y • • b c‘rv:g ij • c.i q i i.-*» «»t‘ ihe struggle, \\«
Inv • a!-paly an unr :fl! •! innq-nh! v throughout them
t r0 ,’,-MTirv and :»"?eo*»nl a •q rescence in the derision
i. : * thr'»u rh the hall »t b»x. It is a happiness f *r u«
t -r--. .1 \e have n tt ori'v nc * >mp! shed in peace*
.t i r v -i ns gr • m i;$ consequence a*,mv that
' ’ i v '.t * rey iluti cis of Kurc'.p,, but
1 11 * ft.-e'*,,., -vp have shown an examjde which
tiuit lod aa
examj ij c i fife red tor their guidance.
naval. ~
C•> n. n -* i. Ci per ti ts been r.pp intej to the mm
• 1 ’ • 8 i W jjfl . . . 1 -a 1 , a few
* . rt a. j iiu *ioop of \va: Vorkiown for tuai aui*
t .in
^ '* ^ N <' vo of .car (Jertnnr.town arrived at St.
1 oh the drd i ,s -nt. fr- in P* n-ncofa.
I Vs «in of war St. M irv’s. last from Rio -Janeiro,
arrived at V alpjTdiso «*n theSOtfruf August and Would
***’ in a few da .* i,T C dif.rnia.
The u. S. >team fr gate Saranac was to have been
Uvnc[»«d v Portsm u*h. N. II., on Tuesday last.
l. lie (’. s <;h > ,o Vincennes was hailed up for ex
tensive repair a’ the Brooklyn navy vard on Saturday.
It to k 1 *• men at the capstans. The frigate Savan
nah will be ready for h°r officers soon—destination not
kn*w i. I He stnatn triga'e Sin Jacinto isa'I ready t.*
receive her machinery. The store shin Fred i iia is re
ceiving cargo. Uie Work on the dry dock goes on
6 a nnrni ijly.
V. •• !enrn from the C u-:er, tit. ? Commodore Jesse
W > !k.n«*n. received hi* order* yesterday morning to take
c*' :n :;ar -ifth** Home Squadron.
T ie r s. s: »ip "f war Albany, Commander Rtn
d • I to Hava t,88 . ' b H t R nds on
Tlmrs i iv.
A draft of inert f *r th° I \ V Friga’e Raritan, arrived
here yesterday fro n P ladelphia, under command of
Lieut. Chapman and Mid. Bayard.
TV, ti,„ Tbuiorablc, the Members of the Senate an*9
Omtr y rt.-kga e», .f l’irginia.
The met,I, • i:i| ,»f thp citizens of_" — and ,lle adja
cent Mumies, respectfully ren- «*n'* that ,l»y the Act of
AsM'tiiliiy. piss,-1 mi tin? 11- •1 bay of May, iS3'J, incur
p.r.-i -Ig the James Riv 6s. Kanawha Cmnp.itiy, as well
ns the Act creiti — .ll"‘ Times Hirer Company—they
bid a r Jr • ''«]'>iro that the Cana], constructed by ei
ther , ‘-..'c-e cnrpi.ral'ons, should b.? extended to the Tide
>» <-ter at the City of Richmond—that in this regard
ri"i11" r til.* Old James liver Company, nor the James
Riv.r and Kanawha ,C? tnpary, have met the just and
reasonable expeclatii ns of the public. Your .Memorial-1
ists are not disposed Ui comment on tills neglect of duty.
ii it a due regard to the interests of that portion of iho
Commonwealth «l icit finds its way to market down the
new .d Janos liner, in the i piniun of your memorial-!
is'sn.| ires, ib.il y ,or bum,rnlile body should no l inger
permit'be Jam-- li ver and Kanawha Company to iris-[
--'! ^ ‘ : d !ri ns in tills hi halt: and your memo- '
rial ,>is w u'd,-: i view of all the circumstances controlling I
u"' Kr 1,1 riott Cnmprr.v, pray your Honorable Bo y
grant to it the .State’s guarantee on .the bond of the
0 op y, tor a snin ient am amt t i make tlie extension ,
"t their l anal from the present terminus to tide water !
nml-r S r, . ..ns a-:d ieservaiiotis, as, in the wis'-l
u in ot ill- (•< tier I Assembly, tiny be imp Sed for the
|C , act: •;> Ot the i. nxlneers of tonnage from burdens not
•ontenij,lilted when the General Assembly ‘granted the
1,1 r 1,1 ’riimps River and Kanawha Cotupanr
I -- s win not |. IW advert, in detail, to all ■
'“*** a,::! embarrassment. to which their commerce
- ---j cied. in ij'.*. iir*.1 of the necessity which exists
r a porterage between the uppt r and lower navigations '
tile Jirms River. but they would call tlie attention of
four Honorable Body to the Memorial of the citizens of
iltchmo-d in _reference to lira extension of the Canal
■oiigh that city, non especially to so much of tha me-!
-r al Ti admits "the losses sus’ained upon the present
to, over and abovethe charges fir dockage and wltarf
: ' '7 111:1,1 thousand dollars per an
■ 1 i b It 'll S very fa go s un forms but an iue.msid
'r"1,1 * p*»rtl-»n of the actual losses sustained by the pen
*te of the it peer James Ri or, will he obvious after ‘
’■•'r : ,VI •’/ ■ than isa f rded l y the Richmond ;
m.-mort.d. i’bis sum of eighty tiiousamt dollars retire-,
sets, as yonr memorialise I ,ve been informed, only
e ! p r ht •* ch trgf, incurred l -/ p vvh'i g- the export and
rf ,rads throveh lire rilij af'Uichmond. It omits
7 y f"V eompiitaiioi: ot losses sustained by the f.ir
" r sile et bis grain crops, in a market protected I
■ r mill, influence of fee mercamife i-;:,,petition That'
1 -i. n I, ■ trim <•• a racier ol th^ Richmond market fur
. x‘ ' ’’ ^ ,n** r.!l controversy. In proof of this posi- .
II ’* V, ur r: .I m's need < n!y refer to laris known to
‘ Very uv-mber ot the General Assembly, ataUconver *
>J'U? u lib -rlie \r niii and ll lr markets of that y;(lv anj j
me, v of IV.In note The ay* rage p tea of wheat at
1 bill "no,re Is throughout the y-ar, f„)|y five cents per
'• 7-ho, higlit-r tha. at R "Uond.w hilst it is equally well
lllal rite price „t Rut, mood City Mills Hour is at
.!-■ seventy-!', o cents per barrel higher.than Baltimore
Urottoii n ,nr. Can any fact wore clearly demonstrate
ihf position taken by y.«r memorialists, that they sus
t tin a ^reai lo<s in the necessity under which they labor.
. I sellnwr t'heirav’heat in a market protected assi the
Richmond market, from the influence of a free mercan
e c.iinpetiriun t r its purchase ? No man ran contend
iii.it tin Ri.dnii.n l price for wheat is the fair value tor
lb.* ar:H.\ with the t'.ict before him, tliat the Baltimore
mi'1--: wit! iricc fire cents per bushel more far grain to
m lunfaclurejl'iir that sells al Jive dollars and fifty cents
per bar ref than the Richmond miller will give when he
rtcc.r. $ fit' his four six dollars and twenty fire cents per
barrel. I no conclusion is incontrovertible, that theilit
.11.*.11• y • I shipping wheat from the present B.isin of the
James Uivor Canal, . peiates ovoatly to the injury of the
prod ii ors ot that artie'e; and tliat Ure ad vantages which
t e larint rs . f the J imos RiverC3iiritry should enjoy fmm
thesu,- ri ri y of \ iroini i or .w n w in at, to produce flour
s ;,ite.l for Cousumpn- ti in !r-jh s ititii- r i latitudes, enures
• i 1111 « !v ; -io«‘ o.\ m» s..ftlie n.illinoestablishmentsc.fRich
• nion '.\ ur rn- riio'ialis s c-.niiot lor a moment question the
will:nchess i i \ oih Honorable IJodytoredressagriev
auce so >eiions, wlien properly made known, ami they
w.itild theref re a-k tlie in .bi'oei.ce of the Genera! As
semble, whilst tb.y p’aco before Utem a statement upon
*v it*11 they,rely, to oive wore accurate information, as to
tlie oreat n ccssity v.htCo t--\.stsf*-rgran:ing the prayer«f
tb's, t: eir pettiion.
r rum i lie-sources of intnruiation within the reach of
ym r nu momlis's, they es'iuKite the quantity ofllour
inaiuitactured in the City of Richmond, ai 120,000 bar
rels per annum, at 4 bushels45 pounds to the barrel, live
hundred snd seventy tlumsaud bushels of wheat. J bey
•iIso state that the canal ll »ur, or that ground in the up
per country, and sent to Hi.-huiond for sale, is 130,370
hrrels, as sl.wa by • lie report of the .James River and
k iawl.1 Company f-rthey.ar 1640: i ii is reduced to
w heat gtv ss \ hundred and nineteen thousand two huu
drtM ami fit v-se\ e:i bushels, which added to the con
su npti n • It City Mills, «* • & . ne it.illioa one hun
dred a- d i :ghty nine th * s-ami t\v »liur.dred and fifty
,-eve.i ishr’s. as the quantity i f wheat purchased at
U nnenl nr. ' i i the upper country at prices graduated
hv th Ui.-hnn.iiJ market. The l ss per lmshel in ihe
s . e • *i :lus product ot « ur * enters, because of '.he iu<n >
p l.v « f tin* grata trade at ii ••huioud, rar.nof, in \ir\v of
i • t re's s'.avu ai: ve. he t <mated at les- than ten cents,
v :i*ch - h >\\ s an : ggfvgale l-ss in the sale of this staple,
f ii l''.026 :.;r Tilly. Add 'o this the Ls-es sustained,
t c r !■!:.’ to t!:e ado i->;.-ns of the R dim md tr.ein rid,
:' , and it ex : fact tbit the c »mtn< rcc
On r .la ii»s Rivtr um caUv taxed one hundred
i to i* t v c. !i t : housjr.d nine tin mired and twenty*
i d !urs, 1: want i t the tidewater connection. Can
nger lie ter of surprise that the agric
t i e upper J ; < - R v c ii :rt should yield noprofi s
t:• *e« i tr-igi d in the cultivation ofthesm;? Out large
-- 'i rsr.iro int is. y. ur mem I’-alists declare with much,
id ! *.i v. tu-u they d » n t b dters it large enough t >
:>re- n* t'.j iy ar i t i.iy th j i j dies they sustain by
• taf are «f the Janies K.*vej an i Kmawhi Company
r.«np v NVMii the req liremen'ss of their cn irter, t»> coh
• t tlieircmal with t .e tide water at kielnnmd.—
.i* ; • i »n is rased upon a somewhat caret’.I jnvesti
-1 of the subject, with re’erencc in the imp ri
n as well as the expor*. The annexed ta*dp. lur
- red . y the l..sr annual report of the James Kiver
I k.mwhi C’oi»p»nv, : rT r«!s s >me data upm
o'h in etsTuia e the tosses to which we are su.-j e;, in
• * h« rt items imp* 4 an the leadi g articles of me itn
r« tr •.d->. 1 » conio’r'. i«m wx hr., u* tv. mid present a
i ie ut ihe porterage charges, prepared ny a gentleman
■Migagp I hi i he commission and t r warding business iu iht
-')• o! U chmoiid. \ ur mem uidists will nut lengthen
eir p i. ev going i it.* a detail on tins branch ol
>esti'.j ri, but Would in st respectfully askyimr liuu»*r
a ;l<* buoy to cause «:k ii an n.v« s igution to be made by
wh mb i lie nmn rial nmv r»e refer reu.
i or n that tne full uveasure ot the injury sumatot-u
luav ue k sown rti ie:u!y bdieving ti,ai such investi
a ■ T* ••• '• • •• • ci - _ . ag be prayt.
( of y*>ur petitioners. V nu memoralists would beg leave
to disavow anv intention to attribute to the James River
1 ami Kanawha Co upany any improper motive in direct
j in r ihe |>**iicy which has leJ l<* sticli serums injury to the
' great body of the people of ihe Janies River country; on
' the contrary, they heiieve. and so declare, ;hat they feel
well assured that tu neglecting to make ihe tide water c m
nection. while that C..mpany were able to do it, with
out the aid of the credit of the Stale, the Executive < ffi
j cers of that «• unpany were influenced by what they re
garded as the tme interest of all persons concerned in
the cui;s:ructio« of live great work confided to their
charge.
Entertaining this belief, your memoralists now petition
, your honorable body to grtj'it ntch relief to this C-unpa
' n v as may enable them to comply with the requirements
. of th* ir ch arier, and to meet the just expec aii -ns. not
>n!v of the people of the upper James River, hut the
tide water rgon. who have a great interest in all the
improvements w hich can connect them, commercially,
vvi h tlie interior of the commonwealth.
STATEMENT
Of some of the principal articles of the import trade on
the Junes Iliver and Kanawha Canal, during the fs
cal year ending October o\st, 1847.
I Sacks ! Tuns oil I ns of I Ions ot
|-.fSalt.I Piaster | C>*al j Castings
1846. —November,! 2.984' 2755 i 1395 !
December,, 3.435 299 I 1075
1847. —January, l,8'.=9j 1865 • 214
February, 2,809! 582V 755 ^3
March, 963 ' 7164 95 174
Aprii, 1.931' 5714 £*>5 515
2.7G0j ^ J21 41
June, 3vsV. i t" * 63
July, f-’l 92 ,7i 83}
Au«- : ! j/->4 HU 1041 62}
r.-|i'ember,| 3,6261 65} 57 goi
_Oouhcr, : 4.28sj 391 112} 65}
ot.ouoi o.oissj 8/o | 4c6
| Ions ot Bbis. ot IKeijs ul'jTolis ot'
I Bar Iron Fish, j Nails. | Steel.
1847.—February, iTi 35 18^ Oi
March, 31! 74 612 lor
April, 38! 205 1,250 4;
May, 291 1,304 i 339 i
J't’te, 27 i 1,379 3 i 7
July. 24 200 168 T|
August. 201 258 140' j
September, 29j 70 765 Jt
_October, 43 54 749
_260 f 3.5S01 1 4,522 381
statement
Of the Porterage tharget if the Jam* Ricer trade
through the City of Richmond.
|T0 ROCKETTS.| pro DOCK.
MWW
j? Jf j p s j
Hogsheads Tobaoco, Stemmed, 36 j JT . 20 g .9s
VV iu.sk ey arul M<jla*ses, eaciij
F lonr, Fisk, per barrel,
Salt, per sack. 5 I C I 4 -a fi
Hem,, per ton. JO 5Q 100 ! 33 JO 83
Manufactured Tobacco,pr box, j 3a a 4 j oj
Bacon, per ton,-2,000 lbs., |5o'|30' 100 34 30 64“
Bar lion and Fig Lead per ton, [50 20 70 133 ;-25 jg
■glron, 50 15 65 j 33 20 63
1 Lister, per ton, 50l12 62 33 u jg
Shut and Bar Lead, 50 12 , 62 133 25 58
31 classes in barrels, 9 I t 10 | 5 2 7
Sugar, per box 9 4 13 5 8 13 '
Sugar, per hogshead, 25 5 30 20 8 '8
Coffee, per hag, 33 J 4 2 1 3
Lorn and \\ heat, per bushel, 1L i U s * i
Cotton, per bale, 12 5 ' 17" 7'1' 6* 13
I.ime and Whiskey,per barrel, 7 a! 7a 4 1 5
Coal P,rt''n> 34 |10‘| 44 ||25 120 |35
The drayage „n merchandize m Boxes, Feather
Leather, Flaxseed, Ginseng. tkc., cannot be definitely
cetentmied in consequence of the various weiolile OJ'ti/B
[‘'ackages, 3
Correspondence <f the JVc*r Oiluuis Della.
WasniNGToit, Oct. 39, 1848.
CORCORAN AND RIGGS,
THE CELEBRATED JlMEltlCA.Y BANKERS.
Ebitors P-Jeta ; All the world now knows tbs A
P'e/,,T.n U tiischilds, Corcoran and Riggs—tlnir time
has spread from ibis metropolis to London, Caris, Vien
na, ilaiubnrgb, and in short, every w irere that trade and
commerce flourish, and vet, within a very fmv years,
they were as little known as the humble correspondent
you have selected to give you the sayings and d nogs of
Washington. Alas, Delta, what changes lake place in
this mundane sphere* Smite men rise to fortune almost
in despite of themselves, while bad luck and ill fortune
pursue others from the cradle to the grave. The hare
idea is enough to make a man a firm believer in predesti
nation. The In-ad of lb i House of U ahschilds was deep
ly impregnated with this feeling. According to Ins own
admission, he would never have anything to do w ith an
unfortunate man, declaring -lira! lie had known very
shrewd ami sensible people Ilf 1 haj caste with their toes
out ul their shoes. Instead of eschewing such people, I
think it would Itave been more to his eredit lu have re
lieved them.
I lie head of our k\ ashington Banking House, \V. \V.
Core* ran, is the son ot a floor Irish shoemaker, who set
tled in Georgetown, in the Distric of Columbia, upwards
ot hall a century ago, and was a warm hearted, gener
ous sari ot Kriu, a great I.iv-er of liberty, and a genuine
disciple of Democracy. In ti»e stru«j;k* between the elder
Adams ai d JefiVr»<>n,he was equally ready with his f>urse
aud-shil'.elah.to pro note or defend thecv.useof the people.
By industry aud integrity he amassed a handsome for
tune, and retired from business. Such was the esteem
in which he was held by his fellow-citizens, that he was
chosen Mayvr, and held the office until fae saw fit to re
sign it. In alter years the -depreciation in property in
Georgetown was $t» great, that his estate, which w as con
sidered an ample competence for all his children, became
a mere pittance. William, the present banker, was the
! youngest s »n, and commenced his career in the auction
and dry goodsbusings in conjunction will* a brother some
what older than himsell. The affairs turned out disas
trously, and they failed; the partners sacrificing every
thing t meet the demands of their creditors.
Mf. H m. Corcoran was then employed to aid in wind
ing ep the affairs of tire-<4d Bank «4‘ CcdumboL, which
had turned over it* assets t« a Drancli of the United Stales
Bank tor the benefit of its creditors, aud I a n sorry to
say it was not long before this very branch broke like ail
the re>t of dial unfortunate concern. 4t was beret proba
bly, that Mr. Corcoran first learned the ludtinents of
1 money-marking. While engaged in this settlement, he
paid his addresses to a daughter of Com. Morris,a young,
lovely and blooming girl, b it ihe father having violently
opposed the match, on account uf Mr.•C’s.circumstances,
the young lady saw til to give the>old gentleman the slip,
and united her destiny w ith Mr. C. She did not live,how
, e*. e\ to see l is present affluence, hut died eariv, leav
ing en only daughter, now sole heir to the father’s great
i possessions. Mr. C. afterwards opened a broker’s office
in the city, and managed matters with sn much-skill, that
• his accumulations were exceedingly rapid. In the ar
rngement of some business iV Mr. KILha Riwgs, of
New York, that gentleman became so ph ased with the
financial skill evu ced. that he jnaced hissui, George
\V. Riggs, tii partnership with Mr. Corcoran, with liber -
tv to draw on New York to an unlimited extent. This
w is the commencement of the celebrated Banking house
• if Corcoran and Riggs, and it went on in one full tide of
successf 1 experiment Imm its f rmation to the present
t ine, i he first G ivernment Uo3n offered by the pres
ent a i ministration was taken by this firm, and an enor
mous .-um realized from the transaction, 'i he house has
ever neen as lib- rai as successful. 3t gave'the‘handsome
d >na ion of fivje thousand dollars to the poof Irish, at the
time of the famine, and Mr. Corcoran has since given ten
ho :-nnd for the ben* fit of the poor widows of ins native
town, besides uumeions sums in charity to the poor » f litis
city. Such men deserve the bhssings of fortune to be
showered on them. George \Y. Riggs tettred from the
ri n before ihe second l»*an was taken in part by the
II uise; b it a brother of his taking his place, the original
firm » f Corcoran & Riggs still stands. Mr. Iliggs is
n »vv enjoying {/tinm emu disnitate on a beautiful c- uotry
s at, a; out one hour’s jidt imm Washington, where he
gives up his time to the pursuits of literature, and the
uu| rovemeut and ado-uimem of his Eden.
Such., Delta, is a brief history uf the origin «f ihe House
>f Core or oil a*»d n 4Lrtn iiiat -has unussed more
weatli, risen higher in public opuri-m, and wielded more
iff .ei»ce, f »r its short career, than any other in tiie Uui
. itu bta ea« f America, or pmbzb'v in the world.
' HIILO DELTA.
J
j _ FORIGN IftTLLIGENCE._
Fr*»m ihe Baltimore America'!
.IffRIlMC OFT3W •iC.IIHil.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
The stt-amer Acadia,with Lur-iean advtc.s to the 4th
instant, arrived at 10 >st»»n yesierduy all- rn - n. Our
i Correspondent at Itoslnti has trim-nidi <*d to nsthe annex
ed interesting gum miry i f Enr. in intelligence.
Transmitted by Telegraph for the' Ii Itimur- American.
R S'ox. N v. 19. (>. \| •
The Acadia has arrived, bringing Liverpool advices,
to the 4rh r.st.
Tie Engli'li Parlhtnent has heen again prorogued to
the itjlh Dreemtier.
’1 he London Herald intimate* that S;r R ,b»rt Pee!
is ready and willing to resume me Premiersbip of Eng
land, and only awaits |iermissi-ei to do so from the Queen
IRELAND.
Tlte Stare trials re toiumenced at D it.liu on Fii.lav.
The Attorney General at the commencement gave hi>
fiat fm issmug a writ of errors under the certificate lod
ged by Mr. W. Smith O’Uriet.’scou sel. on the trial of
- Ural ttenilenjen at C i-uuud. la accordance with i it is
decisiun the distinguished prisoner will be bmnohi t„
Dublin and the writ will then be argued before the'Cmiri
of the Queen’s Reneh, from whence,should 'he decisi..n
I still be unfavorable-to him, his ease will !*? removed to
j the House ol Lords. Similar •auctions have been uian
. ted in the eases of Messrs. Meagher. McManus" and
U L/omjjjhue.
FRANCE.
j I he coming election ot Piesnient of the Republic ap
pears t.. be rite all eon using sahj >ct in France. A tna
J"rity ol the members of the National Assembly
I ^Solved ti» tMrs-puiie ihe flection until some time m
February, but Cavaiguac’s deeded opposition bad check
j ed the movement, and the el ciion will luke place as at
first ^Jecideii, on the ilth ol December. Pouts Napo
leon s trieuds feel confident of eketmg him lu the Pruai
i dency.
1 he Cholera was progressing through Franee insid
•usly, but was not creating any undue alarm. The nu.n
!>^r of deaths in Paris w eekly w as below the average of
the last five years.
VIENNA.
The continued interruption, if communication precludes
nny thing like a correct detail of events in this belea'm
red city. Accounts down to the 2Clh Oetnlier, received
by way of Berlin. Male that everv no ans of inducing a
: surrender having failed. Count Wimlisehgtz commenced
! bombarding the city, and that lie and JelTalich still com
pletely stirrnui d*d \ ienn.a with a very large force, and
which force was daily increasii ir.
I be water and gas pines which supply the city with
those twnarticles Inti been demined t-v the imperial tm ps
aftPr a severe conflict had taken place between the two
armies, fighting for the mastery i f the works.
There are renewed reports vf the advance of the Hun
garians up tfte Danube for tfte purpose of relievin'! the
city nf Vienna, Ini' at each successive approach th -y re
tire before the galling fire nf Imperialists. ‘ Thus fir only
desultory conflicts between the be-, ge.i ai'd’beseigrrs had
taken place, attended with considerable} slaughter on hotn
sides,
ITALY’.
Tt is reported that the Italian ihflieidiy has been settled
thnuigh the mediatiim uf France and Enolaml. Austria
is to retain Lombardy, but under a new constitution, arid'
is to withdraw her (mops from the soil ofltalv.
The chances of pace in Italy-predominate. The
King of Sardinia lias w isely hesitated to recommence 1
hostilities, and it is Imped negotiations will prevent! fur- j
tiler appeal toaVins.
The German Central Power proposes that Lombardy 1
shall remain attached to Austria, but to constitute pais,
of the Italian Diet, w hich several of the Italian No.e-J
reigns are anxious to create—thus Lombardy w ould h .hi
the same relations to Italy that the Duchy' of Lusem
botirg ltulds to Germany.
. Liverpool, Nov. 4, 1848.
Cotton -It is active. In the early part of the week an
advance of **to id took place, hut became dull toward
the latter cud with a downward tendency .but the Bunk i
of England having reduced the rale of interest to three
percent, prices recovered yesterday, and closed stead v
at an | advance on last Week. Orlcais fair 4M mid
dling 3|d; fair U( land Mobile 3 d; middling CM. The
sales of the Week amount to 34JQOO hale.-.. Of 3000
bales v\ bite 8ea Island offered to day at auction, only
300 hales sold at 7d a8d, being |1 declined o:i private
sales. The -Stuck of Cotton on hand in Liverpool troll,
000 bales agamst 401,000 bales ins time last year.
Breadstuff’s—The Corn markets are ail quiel.and pri
ces a -hade lower, indicating that tin* potato rot is
increasing. FLur is quoted nr 24. r'-l •. OGs. Yester
■lay i/JUU bbls sweet Philadelphiaand Baltimore snld at
'd9s. Wtiite C'lru 23s Bit yellow do34s (jd to 3us fid.
Meal 17s. \\ Inal 7s to 8s Cd.
'I’he duty on Wheat is 5>; on FI ur 3s.
Money is easy. Consols at SGia&ifji
LATENT NEWS BY THE AC ADI A.
By cicclric telegraph from Lnuhn to l.ieei jmnl
From the New York Courier and Enquirer.
London, Saturday, Nov. 4, H i o'clock, A.M.
In Foreign Exchanges rates for Bills on Holland are
somewhat higher. Hamburg Bills area trifle lower
than yesterday. The Paris Bourse is the same.
Letters received yesterday, from some of the leading
firms in Paris, manifest considerable increase of distrust,
and a desire to restrict, as far ss possible, even their ore
sent limited transactions.— Fee piestmt state ofaffairs
causes increased dtffiultics in finding employment for
money—discounting being now as law as from 1 to 4 1-2
percent.
1 be Norm, South arul Great \\estern Hailwavs, are :
amalgamated.
VtFsn, Oet. 29i!i—The suburbs bad been taken by
the Ban’s troops; the Chasseurs were reported to have
taken thirty barricades in three boars, ijie city w as on
fire in several places; a deputation proceeded in search of
Windischgrars
Bresi.au, Oct. 29ih, 4 P- AT.—The train has arrived
from Vienna without lellers. The editor of the Breslau
Gazette has nine from that place, and stales iliai Win
disc 11 gras z will endeavor to take the city by assault, llis
troops have been ordered to abstain front pi I lace.
Passengers by the seven o’clock train state that Henna
is inflames, not the result of bombardment, but from iho
•dreadful confusion -w Inch had .prevailed from the cannon
ade in tile thoroughfare.—\\ indisctgralz lias proclaimed
that all shall be stint who ate taken with arms in thin,
bans.
The postscript to a letter dated the 30th, from a res"
pectahle firm at Breslau, was received in l.mtdon tester- 1
day afternoon, slating that the train had just nriivcd, and
brought intelligence of the capitulation of Henna.
Berlin.—In the sitting uf lb- Assent oly on theSlst
nltimo, an amendment was tit ved It Schneider, an ultra
democrat, that the nobility .with all its titles sod distina- j
lions, be suppressed. It was rejecltd—193 to 149. Om
deputy, in the course of the debate, said that be would J
not waste many words tip >n ibis nobility, as it is dead
to day, and tt is a matter uf indifference what epithet you |
inscribe upon its tomb.
The greatest ex'-it- ment prevails in the Duchy nf'P,i
sen, relative to a decree of the C batnb-T. \\ bicli, ins'eud i
ofdrawing It ties of distinctiun between Poles and Ger
mans, will colonise the popolation.
Several officers of the United Slates frigate in the We
ser have come on leave tu Berlin, and tin-ir uniform at
tracts considerable attention. The people in general are
persuaded that they represent the German fleet.
I)esmarc—Tim Danish question is daily gening mure
complicated. The stipulation for an armi-lice is entire
ly overtu ked. 30.0U0 men are collected in Schlesw ig, i
The Danes are determined to retain possess! ai of Alien. '
Lord Palmerston is reported to lake the same view as
the Danish Government, but it is hardly possible. If
the demand is insisted oil it must cause a rupture with
Germany.
Antwerp.—Cutton—The market is flat; about 600
bales American found buyers at low rates. Suck 7,300
bales against 7,500 in 1847.
Amsterdam.—Cutton—Phe market is very quiet,
and vviib the prospects of a very large crop in the United
tsafes. it is Vi rv improbable that pi ices will rise: some
uf Georgia, uf ordinary quality, sold at ctdlj. lA.ceis
nog ei te.l; puces are nominal.
I I amburg—Cotton— I lie market is flat, and no trans
actions of moment have occurred.
Pile L ni n kindly informs General Taviartbat lie
will not find ids position as President, **a bed of ru.-es.”
I'ti.ink you, sir. l ue old liero will be prepared for it.
He has slept in a blanket on llieground, tnajiv ami ma
ny a limi, and will not require a **hed of ri ses” to
make him comfortable and atuisease !—filex. Gazette.
Serenade.—Tiic I'illn ore Rangers of the Farst Mu
nicipality last evening mar.-hed in a ludy !otlieSt.Ch-ir
h « II lei and serenaded Mi .s. K. Taylor, the daugh
ter ot ’.lie ti n.—.A’ O. Pieaynne, Nov. 14.
i JTHE LYNCHBURG VIRGINIAN.
BL ACKFORD, TOWN LEY DILL ARD
PROP RlF.ro RS.
1 1 -N 0!’EMBER W. 1848.
WHIG mpawing.
A meeting of the Whig# of Campbell will he held at
the C»u:rt II use. on M inday next. the 4th D- cember,
(being C urt dav() for the f urp.se of taking into consid
eration the propriety of appointing Delegates to a Con
vention to nomina e a suitable candidate to he supported
by the \\ higsofthis Congressional District.
It has never been our wont to cavil at any of the ex
cuse made for defeat by the vanquished. Ordinary hu
manity shou d prevent one from knocking away such
c«»ns dation as ingenuity may suggest in the hour of dis
aster. We may smile, it is true, at the intensity of
State pride which induces our locofucos to set up the
success of their t'cket in Virginia, by a pitiful and rnea
gre majority.as almost as equivalent for the ignominious
defea* of their party in t lie Union—assured, as we are,
that they arc thoroughly convinced the result of the re
cent struggle is but a premonition of overwhelming and
decisive defeat in the Spring elections. We mav soiile
also at the jeremiads of the organs over the want of Dem
ocratic organization and concert—knowing, as we do
that never was there less ground f * such lamentation.
But we may not permit to piss unnoticed the boastful
declaration, made on every hand, that, though the peo
ple have triumphantly elected Gen. Taylor, yet no con
demnation Ins been passed upon Democratic principles
and measures.
We may not suffer this lo go uncontradicted, because
tve believe it tn be entirely untrue. The people hire
pa-'sod upon the great principles i f modern, Jackson
Poik, Democracy and have i uposvd upon them
the seal of their condign reprobation. It was not, as lias
!iee:i alleged, the magic of military tame which has
home General Taylor into the Presidency. In 1840, the
[‘.oquirer insulted the American people by the reiterated
assertion that the election of Gen. Harrison was the re
sult if a drunken national debauch, and the same man now
would resolve the great civil revolulv n .effected in tiie re
■estaidisbmeut of the principles of the Constitution, on tbe
7th ■ St., into a childish ad uintiun fir tin- glare of mili
tary' success—tiius a second time insulring tiie good sense
if tiie nation, it is true.asa subsidiary agency, lie hints
—for lie is asiiaun d to make tiie charge directly — at the
influence of Banking capitalists. The influence of
Banking capitalists, upon three millions and a half or
four millions of voters,scattered over half a continent!!!_
is not the idea ton absurd fir refutation?
If nothing in the way of principle has been settled, by
the late election, what is the use i f a “Platform?” Did
0 ’t the Baltimore Couventi. n set firth a confession id
loth.? V i re not the patent dogmas of Democraey specifi
cally enumerated? Did not Gen. Cass, in accepting the
nomination, not only c instructively .but iu terms, "uve in
his adhesion to these d igtms—nav, make them thesuh
j'ctuf tiis special c i iimendaiiiiri and extend to them his
unqualified approval? Del lie nut go s ill farther, and
say that ev. ry act of the Admi lis'ration of the little em
bodiment of Deni cratic principles met his cordial appro
Inline? Now here was an issue tendered—Democra
ev presented itse'f in full proportion—every limb bared—
every muscle developed. It was the boast of the patty
that they had nnfyrled their glorious standard to the
breeze, with .all their cardinal principles inscribed there
on, and tlie Whigs wore derided because, as was alleged,
they entered tire contest w ithout any flag whatever.—
1 Irese are facts which, we presume, no one will lum- ,u
liardihooil hi Oooy „„.i .i ;-..uexton with them,
how can it be sam mat the election of Gen. Taylurde
cides no pr nciple? Oi l the people rally under the Dem
ocratic standard, crowded as it was w ith inscriptions in
dicative of the doctrines ef the party ? Did they rush to
the platform prepared with so tuuidi care ? We will not
hurt the f;-. lings of any Democrat hy insisting upon
categorical answers to these queries. It is already a mai
ns' nf history that a large rnaj .riiy o he American peo
ple repudiated, with contempt a . abhorrence, the
confession of Democratic faith promulgated at Balti
more.
It is a Democratic boast that with their party princi
pies are all, men nothing. Gen. Cassavas selected as
their candidate, not only because he ar.is the best em
bodiment of their principles, but on account of his talents,
fair standing and popularity. We do Hot believe that
■ heir principles suffered any detiiment from the eharae
'er of the man selected tn represent them. In the defeat
of Gen. Cass, therefore, it is logical to conclude that the
American people passed in solem i JuJgmeiyt upon the
principles of which lie was the exponent, and condemned
them in the most emphatic manner known tu our institu
tiuns. Suppose he had succeeded,Would nut Ids election
have been claimed by his party as the most indisputable
recognition of the truth and value of Democratic princi
ples? Would not the Whigs, in like manner, have ad
mitted tli.il the verdict had gone against them, and that,
good nr bad,the doctrines of Mr. Polk and his party were
those of a majority of the nation? When a different result
is witnessed—when State after Slate, long known f r
unflinching Democracy, lias voted fur Gen. Taylor—and
when others—like Virginia and Alabama—have failed
to do so bv the want of a few votes—when a most dis
astrous defeat has been sustained and the Whig candid
ate is borne into office on tiie full tide of a popularity, at
once enthusiastic and national, is it consistent with com
mon sense,or logical accuracy.to say that ail this decides
nutlfisg hut a personal issue, and that the Democracy,
cist down in its men, is yet intact and triumphant iu its
principles?
The Democratic party was bent upon forcing an is.
issue of principle. It took unwonted pai rs to deprive
the contest of a merely personal character. Its doctrines
and measures were tliruct upon the people in every con
ceivable manner. Mr. Polk, whose Administration was
the development of the principles of his party, and every
act of which was endowed by tlie Baltimore Convention
and its nominee, was keenly alive t« the importance of
having a verdict in iiis favor. He was on trial—si said
all his organs—and there can bo no doubt that the elec
lion of Gen. Cass would rightfully have been construed
as a deliberate approval, by the American nation, ail'all
the enormities of the present administration. It is too
late,now, to siy that nothing as to principle lias been es
tablished by the election of Gen. Taylor.
I Imre are certain issues of mere expediency, which
sometimes are magnified into undue imp irtance. but
which, inevitably, under the adjusting influences of time
and the progress of live age, soon .«iuk into comparative
insignificance. A party, which lias gotten inti power
upon them, of conrse.strives In >naitita:n their importance
and ti invest them witn vitality lung after 4hev are vir
Wally dead. The cry of "Xu Popery and wooden shoes”
frightened England from its propriety many years after
tite House of Hanover was firmly seated uj»n the throne.
The distribution of the proceeds of tite Public Lands
was once a Whig measure—but who would propose such
a tiling tt iw, with an immense war debt pressing upon
tite country, even hud not legislati m rendered it iui|tuasi
ble, by mortgaging the specific income from the sale of
the lands to the public creditor? Vet the Democracy
w ould have us bijicv.c liiat distributiuti is an object w isi.-p,
I lies near llie heart of the Whig party. So of a Nation
al Bank. It was once a Whig measure—as in 1SI7 it
was forced upon the country by the I) mocratic party._
The ' bigs were defeated upon the t>sne. No one made
it an issueduring the late campaign—and we venture to
say that such a measure will nut be recoin ..ended by the
President elect.nor propos al in either House of Congress
by any >' big, unless the necessity fur it should become
so apparent and imperative as to disarm all opposition —
a crisis not likely, in our opinion, to happen.
fx ar, except in a fe v and lim. ed localities, was the
Sub-1 reasttty made a prominent issue. Kxpericnce has
shown the itnpissibilt'y of carrying it fully into execu
tion. Our opinion remains unchanged, iha', neither in
its good nor its bad effects has it realized the hopes nr
fears of friends or enemies. We d i it it believe, with
the present Democratic majority in the Senate, that a
repea! can be effected.
The Tariff more generally, though, we admit, n
universally, was a qiesli m at issue. We are indebted
to it for the vote of Pennsylvania. That State, deceived '
and swindled into the support of Mr. Pull; itt l$ll, |,v
him and Iter own leading Democratic politicians through
hat...s and falsehoods, which, in the concerns of private
'ife, would subject them to an inJicttnent for conspiracy,
was at last aroused to a sense of her wrongs. Site suf
fers severely under ilieoperation of the Tariff of ’4(7. and
site has at las: risen in her might and forever thrown off;
the shackles of Democracy. We do not expect that any
material change will be effected in the existing Tariff— ;
the Senate bping largely Democratic. Some modification
may be carried—as it would have been, had (Jen Cass
succeeded. 'The increase of duty upon Coal and Iron, so
warmly urged by Mr. Walker, may he adopted, and to
ensure it passage through both houses, other items may
receive additional protection.
\\ hat then, it may he asked, were the great issues in
volved in the recent Presidential election? We answer,
issues compared with which. Bank, Dis ribtttion. Tariff,
and Sub-Treasury, sink into insignifiesnee. The power
claimed f.r the Kxeentive to declare war anil lew taxes.
without the aid of Congress, and the right to control the
legislation of 'he country hy means of th ■ Veto. These
were the great issues which, even before the nomination
of the candidates for the presidency, agita'ed the public
mind, and which stripped Mr. Polk of the mnj .rity in tin
lower 1 louse of soinp seventy votes, with which he began
his Ad Ministration, and returned a majority of Whigs to
the present H >use. Tim American prunin' were thor
oughly alarmed, as will they might he, at the monstrous
powers claimed and exercised by the President, nod hy
the hold asser ion of his being a component part of the
Legislative Department of the Government. We now
deliberately and calmly reiterate the opinion we advan
ced before the election, that, had thesed -ctrincs been rat
ified by the American people, in the election of General
Cass, whoadop'ed them, tlie whole theory of our i-is'i
till ions, as well as their practical working, would have
been changed, and an elective—the worst kind—of mon
archy been induced tinder the forms of a constitution,
which was intended to establish a representative, federal
Republican form of Government.
The people, thanks he to Heaven, have risen in thei,
strength, and scattered to tile winds dor trines so fatal to
their liberties. Congress has been restored toils legiti
mate sphere. No President will, hereafter, dare to
usurp legislative functions. The Constitution has been
vindicated and reestablished, and the tendency to despot
ism, which is inherent in ultra Democracy, checked in
its insolent career. These were the pri ciph s establish
ed hy the recent election. It they are I).. tic, then
indeed is the biast of the party organs w II founded,that,
though defeated as to men,their doctrines are triumphant.
We insert a few extracts of articles from the Wash
ington Union wriiten before the election. It is exceed
ingly amusing to ubserve the overweening confidence
with, which every prediction connected with the result
of the struggle is uttered. Ws need ~-r
suuemciiiscaused natty to bet largely,and that their loss
es are attributed by them to the tone of I lie ntii -ial organ.
We need not say how thpy curse the ignoranceor design
which led thpm to lose their money. The result of the
recent election is a striking comment upon what is called
the sagacity of the politicians. We have heard of some
remarkalde predictions with regard to the contest in Vir
ginia. A wiseacre in the Convention, which me* here in
September .cyphered out the preeix; majority with which
Cass was to carry tla) State.—It was 7040, we think.—
Our Governor prophecied that“so utter would be General
Taylor’s defeat that, in three weeks, it will lie forgotten
that he ever was a candidate.” R ihert G Scott, who
stomped it considerably through the State, suggested that
a transparency in Norfolk, which gave Cass 5'JOO major
ity, should read 12,000—John M. Patton, who has a
reputation for p li'ical sagacity,and who was never hef ire
caught ia a minority, said that “Gen. Taylor will possi
bly, though not probably, get Kentucky, anJ that will
be all.’*
Wing predictions and estimates have been the subjec's
of much merriment with the Locofocos. We humbly con
coire that the tables may now be turned. Never did an
eleetiou—birth as to the general result and the details —
so entirely filsify all Democratic calculations. On the,
other hand, the Whigs claimed nothing, which they
have not gotten, except Ohio, and are likely to receive
some votes which they had -not included in their estimates,
whilst the Whig majorities are everywhere larger and
the Democratic smaller than they anticip ted.
Od- We have seen it repeatedly stated in the Demo
cratic journals that the recent Whig triurnph is, in the
main, attributable -to the union uf all the odds and ends
of factions in its fivor. This is a singularly unfortunate
statement. It has no foundation whatever. The Whig
triumph would have been more signal but for third par
ties. The factions operat-d against Gen. Taylor. We
should have carried New York had Mr. Van Boren not
run—and, with still larger majorities, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Gland. It was the!
confident hope of the Democrats, after the election uf'
Johnston in Pennsylvania, that all the Whig Abolition
is’sand Free Sod men wonld rally upon Van Boren, and
that this deduction from Geo. Taylor’s strength would!
give the state to Cass. We have seen that this calcula
tion was n >t verifi d. A similar reliance was placed
upon the Whig Abolitionists of the Western Reserve in
Ohio—and with more justice. They did, almost unani
mously, votef»r Van Buren. and thus give the S'ate to
Cass. So far from the Whigs being benefit ted, they
were injured, as they al ways have been, by the factions.
Tbe death of General Kearny involves no pro mot on in
the army , nor will the resignation of Gen. Taylor. Thp
act of Congress, authorizing the appointment of one addi
tional Major General and two Brigadier Generals, limited
i iheir continuance In service to the duration of the Mexi
can War. This law was, last session, modified, so as
; to retain Generals Taylor, Kearny and Twiggs iu-ser.
; vice, but ; rovided that upon their death or resignation,
the vacancies should not be filled. By a recent i*d»T of
; the War Department a third Military Division lias been
created,cal led the Pacific, to the command ufwliieh Brevet
, Major General Persifer F. Smith, Colon* lot' Mounted
Riflemen, has Seen assigned. Brevet Brigadier General
| RiGy, Lt. Col. 2nd Infantry., >h as been ordered to relieve
1 Col.Mason,1st Dragoonsjn command of the 10th Mdita.y
i Depertuient, of which the head quarters are at M mterey
Tr«m|i8 continue to be sent from New York, for Califor
nia, via Cape Horn.
Di.riug the present year, up to il»e 1st inst., there ar.
j rived in New York I5tt,€23 emigrants—many of them
from Germany, w ho arc said to be of the better cla s:
\ IKUIKIA ELECTION
We must s^P—ssmrs,,,! ,, p.. wi„,
to the returns from Vtrgmii. N;nda.s, [jraxiin 1
gan and (jilmer, still remain to be heard |>,m, ' ''
majority so far 11 GO. Wo thi.,;. the ..
show that he hag carried the State hv a iJinu-*. "‘ll
what more than 1000. ' • 8umu
RUMORED DE V l il OK mJ{ c[Ay
We have .seen a holer, dated Richmond, ogj \
Ver. which states that a T, legiaphic despatch a„„ ,em'
the death ofMr.Ciav. The R,c..
n-xi m Tiling : re silent on the sueject, and «•,. are °
induced to hone the repart is unfounded. \ Slllul ( "H
mor prevailed i„ Baltimore, on Monday lust. \,“r
«as much indisposed on [he .lav of the Presidential elec
um and did not go out. The Lexington Observer „f p '
I5th says he was stilUpuie ill. Ills physician ,huu„J
turn better, but n »t out of danger. “
i>3* We believe we must give up the hope,
peciedly kindled, of the Whigs carrying I lot States of
Alabama and Illinois. Phe termer is rep tried tuhavegotm
lor Lass by a majority of from 400 to til 10. p~||oa
majority was I 1,402 I !! This is one of the greatest vic
tories achieved during the late campaign. It ,3 ap,m(,nt
that the slightest degree of confidence of success, on the
part ol the \V bigs, would have given them the State —
They will lose no time in organizing t,ir the State elec
tions. A Legislature is to be chosen in August, and, as
up°n it will devolve the choice of two Lotted Senators,
the complexion ol that Ixidy becomes a mailer ofereat
importance. The Whigs will strive also to return more
than two members of L.jjigri ss, On the \t hole, while
we should have been d- lighted to record the vote of Ala
bama, fir Oen. Taylor, in common with that of her
neighbors on every side, it is glory enough hi have redu
ced an immense Democratic mnj city to a few hundreds
The Whig gain in Illinois is prodigious, hut itseents
not quite enough to overcome ihe majority of 12 793
w*‘ eh Polk obtained. The friends of Cass have nothin™
■ o boast of.
We believe Mississippi has gone for Taylor—so say
the Democratic journals of the State, who would not be
apt to make the admission except from the most conclu
sive evidence of the fact.
{>>■ General Taylor ami Mr. Fillmore,within four (|ays
after the 7th. knew that tln-y were President and Vice
Prtsideiii elect. The It stun A lias,on the nioruingi.f i|,8
8th, published returns from 29 ) towns nf Massachusetts
—eumigh tn show how tha State had gone. This news
reached Washing’on, in the A las. h.dbre returns were
h el from the adj lining counties iu Virginia and Mury
litul. Even in Lynchburg—a town with less mail fi '
ciliiies than any in the United States of its size and com
mercial im|tortatice— on the evening ofSaturday, the
11th, we had returns sufficient tosh iw that Gen. Taylor
was elected. It is sai 1 that before daylight, on the 8th,
this fact was known in Nrnv York. With all these
mighty triumphs of the l e| agrapli, it is strange that we
should yet be without decisive information from many
States, and Irotn s > ne have not even a single return.
\\ e have adverted, more than once,to the diffusive and
truly national popularity of Gen. Taylor. Me was no
sectional candidate. I Iu was supp >rted with not Irss en - ,
thusiasm in Maine than in Louisiana. Wisconsin vied
with Florida, and Pennsylvania with Georgia, in his be
half. 1 he result shows that lie has obtained not only a
in ij oily nf the slave-holding States,but a majority of the
non-slavehohiing also. The strength of the Southern
States in tile elect mil edlege amounts t i |g|—of which
General Taylor receive,1 72—ora majority of23. The
non-slaveholding Slates have 1(59 votes in the c .11. ge,97
of which are cist up in the S ml hern planter, being a ma
jority of 25. We say nothing, no' .of die popular ma
jority—the returns lieing incomplete.
STAUN TON SPECTATOR.
Kenton r’ 'frier. Esu.. has disiviee/l ,.r*«t.e Poimum
Spectator to Messrs Littleton Waddell and Joseph A.
Waddell, by whom it will in future lie conducted. Wo
part with Mr. Harper u itli sincere regret. .V veteran
ta the editorial corps, ho conduc ed the Spectator with
signal ability and ill a gentlemanly spirit deserving of
all praise. We regret his retirement from the post which
he has so long and faithfully filled, and the uinrp, inas
much as it is induced by considerations connected with
his health.
From what we know, personally and by report, of I ties
Messrs Waddell, we believe the high character of the
Spectator will be maintained. They have our best wish
es for their success.
TIDE WATER CONNEXION.
We publish the petition prepared in relation to this
subject, and beg that it may receive a careful perusal —
Let every one interested i« the trade of the river exert
himself to procure subscribers and forward the memorial
to the Delegate from his county without delay.
Caleb Cushing, it is rumored, is to he appoiuted Col •
leetir ef Boston, vice Marcus Morton. This is ari office
the enjoyment of which, for three or four mouths, is
scarcely a compensation for being twice ho .ten in the
racy* fir the Governorship of Massachusetts. Me was
badly beaten indeed,on this day fortnight. Out of 125,090
voles given, he received about one fifth.
.Mr. Cliffird, our Commissioner, and subsequently our
Minister Plenipotentiary, to Mexico, has relumed to the
United Stales, bringing with him a Mexico* Ambassa
dor, in the person of Senor de la R isas. Messrs, Clifford
and Sevier had handsome pickings in thin Mexican job.
The latter, however, is not likely lu regain his seat iu the
the Senate of the United States.
{£>* The Whigs of Richmond were to have had a torch
light processing on Friday night last. The state of the
weather,doubtless, led to its postponement until to night,
as stipulated, in case Friday night should prove utjfavwr
abi e.
The Union announces that Mr. Secretary Walker, af
ter the 4th Match, intends not to return to Mississippi,
but to establish himself permanently in Washington's a
lawyer, with a view to practice in the Supreme Court
Crj- Taylor’s majority in St. Louis was 46. This is
the only return we have from Missouri.
(jrj- Official returns from 31 counties in Ohio {out of
81) give Cass 70,344—Taylor 62,359 and V an liuieu
23.427.
Rumored Appointment.—It was rumored yesterday,
we know not on what authority, that General Cusfiiug
is appointed Collector of the Pori of 13 »»;on, in place of
Governor Morton, retwrved. The report appears tu ob
ain credit, and we know of no reason for questioning it.
Some change in the office has been for s one time expec
ted, and as the emoluments, fir the short period ot ser
vice between this date and the lih of March, according
to ihe jule U"ci»nipensatio i in that t ffi :<*, w ill tie liberal,
the appointment is lik ly to he conferred on some special
favorite of the A dininistratiun, who made sacrifices m is
cause. — [lias, villas
Official Wit —The messenger ai; ached to tlwe War
Department, at Washington, is a wag of ik* first water.
A part of his business is to introduce strangers having
business at the War Oili *e, to S ere’nrv Marcv. Ou
.«ne occasion, since ilia election, w ishing to see Gov„
, Marcy, ard not finding him in bis room, tiie messenger
rushed up to thech^rk; and placing i.i.nself w a tbei.tri
cal attitude, in the words oi Pope’s celebrated by tun,
exclaimed—
“That Marcy, I to others show, '
, Thai Marcy show* to in'5.**
This suecessfel effort at parody was greeted with
slum's of laughter, in which im one joined umre heartily
than the Secretary,who entered rbe juoio i t time luoicii
ilic whole t.ccju*.