JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, February 28, 1850.
IVolicc. Df. 0. A. Jarvis will deliver the 4th
Lecture of the series, to be given, before the Len
ni Lenape Institute, on Tuesday eveningi March
5th, at the Court House in Stioudsburg. Subject
41 Know thyself."
The public are respectfully invited to attend.
S. C. BURNETT, Sec'y.
ID3 The Locofocos of this County held a meeting
at the Court House, in this place on Monday eve
ning last, Doct Abm. Levering, presided, assisted
by John Miller and James Terpening as vice pres
idents. Charles Shoemaker, was appointed dele
gate to attend the Locofoco State Convention, to
be held at Willlamsport, on Wednesday the 29lh
of May next, with instructions to vote for the nom
ination of John II. Brodhead, a3 a candidate for
Canal Commissioner.
One thousand Winnebago Indians have returned
to Wisconsin, in pursuit of game. They declare
Uiat they wfll kill every while man in the country
before they will leave their old favorite hunting
grounds.
The Astor Library Building has been commen
ced in New York, and will be completed at the
end of two years and a half, at an estimated cost
of $75,000.
Mail Robbery.
Another mail robbery has been committed, says
the Sunbury American, on the route from Muncy,
via Danville, to Philadelphia. A letter containing
S500, mailed at Muncy for Philadelphia is mis
&ing. An agent of the Post-Office Department
has been on the line for several days trying to fer
ret out the robbery, but as yet has been unsuc
cessful. James Lennox, Esq., of New York, for whom
the original manuscript of Washington's Farewell
address was purchnsed in Philadelphia, has a for
tune which yields S 120,000 per annum. He is a
bachelor, and a man of the most princely liberali
ty and benevolence. It is said that his charitable
contributions amount to $00,000 per annum one
half of his income.
A correspondent of the New York Express
says: "Mrs Miller, who was reported as having
been seen in Virginia, has not as yet been dis
covered by her almost distracted husband. There
was nu truth in the stories. Major Miller has fol:
lowed each of these rumors, which, like an igni3
fatuus, have him to disappointment. There seems
to be but little doubt that she Aient over the falls."
The best quality of apples are selling in New
York at eight dollars a barrel, and inferior at $3
50 to $1, so scarce are the)'.
Some Editors contend that if each subscriber to
their repective papers, should procure an addition
al name, their present list would be doubled ! and
that it may be fairly tested, several of them have
consented to allow their subscribers to try the ex
pedient !
A Windfall for a Jersey Bank.
TJr A letter from a young man now in San
Francisco, states that $20,000 in bills of the
Trenton Banking Co. were destroyed by the late
fire in a gambling house in thai city. The indi
vidual who suffered the loss, also had 10,000 in
gold in the same place, which was also destroyed.
He, however, said that he would make it up soon,
and sure enough, in four days he informed the
writer that he was as well off as before the fire.
The Friends and the Union.
The imposture of the recent petition presented
to Congress, asking a dissolution of the union, and
purporting to come from the society of Friends,
has been fully exposed. We find in the proceed
ings of the Jlouse of Representatives on Thurs
day week, that Jude Dayton, of N. JM in present
ing a memorial for the employment of more cer
tain means for the suppression of the slave trade,
look occasion to refer to this gross imposture, and
at the same time to explain the position of the
society5 of Friends, in reference to the question.,
Jn presenting the memorial, he said :
41 This memorial has been delivered to me by
a committee representing this annual meeting,
and while doing so they were anxious in their in
quiries as to the presentation of a certain memo
rial which was presented to this body on a recent
occasion, asking for a dissolution of the union, and
which was understood as coming from the socie
ty of Friends, or certain members of it. They
desire me to disclaim, in the most distinct lan
guage, any participation in this matter, or any dis
position on the part of the society of Friends, to
say any thing of that kind. They say that they
know and appreciate too well the benefits and
privilege's conferred by and enjoyed under this
government, especially in regard to that religious
toleration which is given alike (to all denomina
tions, ever to desire the dissolution of this union;
and they disclaim on the part of that society any
indulgence in such feelings or ideas. They have
also requested me to state, that if any such memo
rial as that referred to has been presented here,
and represented or understood to have come from
any portion of their society, it can only have come
from individuals entertaining peculiar notions, and
not from the society in its collective capacity. But
this committee, representing as they do this large
meeting of this very numerous and influential class
of citizens, utterly repudiate" all such ideas as those
contained in lhat memorial."
Bar mini's pay to Jenny JLind.
The Liverpool Mercury of the 22d ult!f says
Mr. B's agent was anthorized to offer the Swedish
vocalist $250,000 for one hundred and fifty nights!
besides the full provision for her suite of six per
sons. It is understood that she has abandoned
the stage, and will sing only at concerts having
devoted herself aod her income to charitable ob
jects. Barnum is also said to have engaged to
deposit "30,000 in ho hands of Bating, B'othcrs
ito;ul;ji tlicm Ostt.
'Hie following article from the Bedford Gazette
is copied with approbation. by ihe locofoco papers:
David Wilmot. The course pursued by this
I gentleman during the present session of Congress-
appears to have rendered him odious to the entire
Democracy of the Commonwealth. Those who
once believed him to be sincere. (though infalua
nn the subject of slavery, now view him as
the merest demagogue and pliant tool of Whigge
ry. His opposition to the regular nominee of the
Democratic party in Congress, places him upon
the "Same -platform with Best a position which
will adhere to. him whilst he lives. We deeply
regret the necessity; which compels us to make
this statement, for our attachment to Mr. Wilmot,
whilst fairly acting with the Democratic party,
knew no bounds. We loved his a);?arcicandor,
and were carried away by the thrilling beauty of
his oratory but he-has" passed the line betrayed
his high trustand is now a deserter, fighting in
the ranks of the enemy I His doom is written in
the flood of indignation with which his treason has
been received by the entire Democratic press of a
State that once delighted to own him as a distin
guished representative of her true interests. He
is irrecoverably a lost man, and we record the fact
with pity and mortification.
Small Iotes.
It; is very, desirable that we should, have, from
our Legislature at this session an efficient Mlaw,
that will banish from our State the foreign small
Bank notes with which we are flooded. The evil
is a great and increasing one, to the inconvenience
and loss of our citizens. The people will have
a small note circulation. Legislation has in vain
tried to prevent it, and if we are to have, how
much better would it be to have these notes issued
by our own State Banks. They will, be redeema
ble with specie, and counterfeits will be more
readily known and detected. Our small note cir
culation cannot be less than five rmllions of dollars,
four-fifths of which are furnished by the Banks of
other States. Amongst them are in this section of j
the State many counterfeits on the Ilagerslown
Bank and State Bank of Ohio, and which impose
on the mass of our citizens. The Banks of other
States are allowed "all the advantage of this large
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not allowed to take and pay out these, notes, they
are from necessity forced into circulation and
kept current to the inconvenience and loss of many."
This is no party question now. Both parties are j
suffering from the inconvenience, and require
from our Legislature a remedy. Let our State !
Banks be allowed to issue an amount of notes un- ;
der five dollars, limited by their capital ; and for 4
this privilege to pay an additional tax or bonus ;
and forbid them to receive or pay out small notes
of the banks of other States, except for the pur
pose of remitting such foreign notes to their res-
nective places of issue for payment, the people .
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would prefer much as a currency the small notes
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of our own Banks, but until they are furnished ;
with such, they feel obliged to use the small note
currency which so extensively prevails, to their '
annoyance and loss and to the profit of Banks of!
other States, which are not under the control of
our laws, and contribute nothing to "our State for
the advantages which they have under this circu
lation of their notes. Franklin Int.
Making Axesi
The Cincinnati Commercial gives the following
account of the way they turn out 1500 axes daily
at Collinsville, Conn., the largest factory of axes
in the world.
The iron is rolled out into bars the proper width
and thickness of an axe, and G, S, and 10 feet
long; it is heated, and cut off by a large pair of
shears, propelled by water power; another work-
. ... r r-. -
aie anc puncn, ana me puncn comes uown ana
torces tne noie lor tne nanciie oy puncmng out a
piece. An iron mandrill is then inserted in the 1
hole, and it is immediately put under another '
c- i r r .i j '
press, which forms one side of the axe ; and is ,
pic3, luiino o.uo we , an 10
then placed in an upright posit,on, and a chisel '
comes down andr splits the "bus of the axe ready
for the steel ; it is then thrown aside. All this is
done at one heat, and in less, time than-it takes to
write the modus operandi. The blade of the axe
is then put in and welded, and passed along to the
forger, tempered, and is cast upon the ground to
cool; it is then taken up and planed to an edge j
by a planing machine, and finished up wilh. the
emery wheels painted, labelled, stamped and
ready for market.
Post Office Business.
The New York Courier and Inquirer furnishes
the following statistics of the regular business of
the Post Office in that city. It says :.
14 There are made up daily in the Post Office,
four thousand four hundred and eighty mails, more
than two thirds of which are made up thrice in
each day, making over seven thousand mails made
up for separate places daily.' These are deposited
in two hundred and sixty separate pouches under
lock.
Of newspapers, there are about two hundred
large canvass bags despatched daily, and on Wed
nesday and Thursday, of each week, 200 and 50
extra bags are despatched oh each of those days,
and on Friday, nearly as many more. The aver-
age number of letters received at, and sent from
the office, daily, is between fifty and sixty thous-
, ' 3t . ., u .
uuu. kji newspapers, ine uany average wuuiu uu
about one hundred and twelve thousand..
" There are seventy-six clerks employed, and
thirty carriers, with their assistants.' Of these,
six are night clerks, who commence .at 6 1-5 P- M.
and leave at 5 A. M. The day clerks commence
at half-past five A. M., and all remain on duty, until
half past four in the winter, and five in the sum
mer; the remainder of the time until the night
clerks 'come on duty, a sufficient number remain
to keep up the work of Vhe office.
" The above work, which is exclusive of any
of the British, Bremen, or California steamers, will
give something like a correct impression of the
amount of labor performed at the Post Office in
one day."
Luscs Kature. The Cccilrpcmpcrqt. says that !
there is a calf at Chowder Hall farm, in thatjcoun
ty, which has two distinct heads, four eyes, ears, !
&c , though but one bod v. .
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Pennsylvania Legislature
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llnrrisburg, February 25.
; Senate.-$rhe Speaker laid before the Senate
the twenty-second Annual Report.of the House of
Refuge, v'. .
Mr. Matthias presented a remonstrance against
the incorporation of 1200 acres of Farmland into
the borough of West Philadelphia.
Mr. Frailev, petition for the incorporation of the
4 Farmers' and Mechanics Bank at Easton.
Mr. Shimer, petition for the incorporation of a
Bank to be located at Allentown; also, for the in
corporation of a Bank at Easton.
Mr. Packer, fiom citizens of Lycoming for an
extension of the charter of the West Branch Bank;
also from citizens of Westmoreland, Alleghany,
Butler and Armstrong, for the erection of a new
county to be called Oregon.
Mr. Cunningham petion to close public works
on the Sabbath day.
Mr. Saddler, petition to extend the rights of suf
frage without distinction of color.
Mr. Walker, a supplementary bill relative to In
spectors, passed April 15th,, 1825.
Mr. Haslett. petition to make liquor dealers per
sonally responsible for expense and injuries in
flicted by the traffic.
Mr. Drum a bill supplementary to the act con
cerning Divorces, which, on motion, was taken up
and passed Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Packer a bill relative to the destruction of
Relief Notes.
Mr. Frailey offered the followed Resolution,
which was lost on second reading:
Resolved, That any member of the Senate, who
neglects, or refuses to vote, on any question before
the Senate when his name is called by the clerk,
shall not, thereafter, and pending the same ques
tion, be allowed to vote without first obtaining the
consent of the Senate.
A variety of private bills of no general interest
passed final reading, and the Senate adjourned.
House The Speaker laid before the House the
annual report ol the House of Refuge ; also te-
j monstrance from John Hare Powell, and others,
f against the extension of the boundaries of West
Philadelphia.
The bill regulating Banks was made the special
order for Wednesday next.
Mr. Smysor petion for an extension of the right
of suffrage, regardless of color.
Mr. Walker, for the passage of a law prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath.
A great number of petitions were presented for
the alteration of Tavern Licenses, closing Public
Works on Sunday, repeal of the $300 Exemption,
i remonstrance against same, to avoid the inclined
j planes on the Portage Railroad, petitions and re
( monstrances for and against the erection of new
counties, &c.
I Mr. Porter read in place a bill. relative to limi-
rations of accounts ; also a supplement to an
suppiessinf camblin".
act
ppressmg gamul
Coffee and its Substitutes.
The natural effect of the present very high price
of coffee is to diminish the consumption. At Cin
cinnati the consumption is said to have fallen off
more than one-half since the late rise, and at New
Orleans, a writer in the Bulletin thinks that the
sales are diminishing more than one-third, or even
one-half. He gives the average stocks on the
1st of February for five years in that city, at 20,
000 sacks ; now they are estimated at 75,000 to
S0.000. With reference to deficient crops and de
creased consumption, a correspondent of the Cin-
cinnati Gazette, has a word to say. Admitting
that the yield of lcvlO, in Java and K o, is less by
onn . 1 . . f ia,Q '
800,000 bags than was that of lo-lo, he reasons
lhat o0o3000 bags of this deficiency will probably
be made up fiom portions of the old crop held over
in the shell in consequence of the low prices of
l8l3 a" tlJal th.e diminished consumption in Eu-
I prices of 1319-50, will be equal to 400,000 bags,
which two items will reduce the . deficiency of
last year's crop, in effect, to 200,000 bags. The
Gazette adds :
44 In the country, we understand, the usual sub
stitutes for coffee, when prices are high, have
I been extensively resorted to; viz : rye, corn, bar-
ley, potatoes, ana sassairas. in mis city, at most
of the retail groceries in the outer pait of the town,
burnt rye and corn are now regular articles of
sale.; and a mixture of about equal parts of coffee,
corn and rye, carefully burnt, i3 exposed at some
of the laige groceries in the central parts of the
city, and sells at something less than one half the
price of coffee alone. This last preparation, we
are told, is not at all unpalatable."
Singular Circumstance Cotishins
i?j a ffutslieli.
A youllE roan nfimed Henry Perrine, son of
Nnoch Perrine, residing one and a half miles from
Half Acre Middlesex county, about a year ago,
swallowed a nut-shell, which lodged in his wind
j n . . . . .
j)jpe an(j aj eflorts l0 exmcate lt prored !n vain.
Since then it has gradually worked down and set-
tied on his right lung, and although the best med
ical advice was consulted, he obtained no relief,
and was finally given up to die. A few days since,
while in a fit of coughing, the sufferer threw the
j shell up, much to the astonishment, yet gratifica
J tjon of his friends. It is now thought he will re-
cover his usual health. Highlstown Record.
A. Singular Case. A somewhat singular case
has just been tried before the circuit court of Or
ange county. It appears that sometime ago the
wife of Mr. Ebenezer Seeley got a divorce from
the husband, succeeded in setting aside the di
vorce on the ground of imformality. or want of
jurisdiction in the power that granted it, and then
sued the second husband for improper intercourse
j with his wife. The jury gave a verdict of $1100
! damages in favor of the plaintiff. Poughkccpsic
Journal.
Growing: Potatoes.
' As ' Spring-time of year is coming,' a corres
pondent very seasonably sends us the following
seasonable account of a method whereby (he says)
people havinor very little ground, some leisure, and
no fear of a little work occasionally, may grow a
very decent bin of Potatoes for next Fall and
Winter:
Yqu procure a cask or sugar hogshead with both
heads taken out ; and place it over some soil pre-
pared in the usual way. You then plant six or
more of your "seed potatoes, place the cask over
ulRm' 's eann as usual, ana
I earth them up well when the vine is of the usual
height for hoeing; you keep earthing till a month
or so before digging,. The vines will grow in
some instances six feet, and at every joint there
will be a crop of potatoes, so that in some cases
ten-times the usual crop will be procured with
less land being occupied.
I am informed that it has been tried in Ireland
with considerable success, and for my own part
think it feasible, and would try it if I were a far
mer or had ground fit. Yours, M. O.
Debt of Taxas. The report of the Auditor
and Comptroller of Stale, recently made to the
Legislature of Texas, now in session, gives a
full and derailed description of the character
and valuo of tho outstanding liabilisies of tho
late republic of Texas, from which it appears
that ihe ostensible dubt; including interest is
$11,055,604 71, and the par value of the same
$5,600,696. This includes the total debt, that
not presented for" (scUlumeni as well as that
which has not leen fjlcd
From Florida. " &
The Tallahassee Floridian of the 9thiustant;
states. more particularly than we did on the Gth the'
nature of the latest intelligence from Honda. It
will be seen by this account that the Indians have
agreed to emigrate, and are expected to be re
moved from the country in the course of three or
four months :
From the Tallahasssoe Floridian of the Oth inst.
Good Netvs from the Seminole Indians. We are
enabled to communicate to our readers highly grat
ifying intelligence from the Florida peninsula.
When we assure them that it is entirely reliable,
we know that they will feel the same pleasure in
reading which we do in publishing it.
The Council at Choko Nikla, on the 21st ultimo,
was attended by Billy Bowlegs and eight or nine
sub-chiefs of the different tribes. The result of
the conference was highly satisfactory. They all
consented to leave the country as soon as they can
collect their people, on the terms offered by the
Government. Bowlegs left the council for the
purpose of collecting his tribe; and there were to
be about thirty warriors, with a corresponding pro
portion of women and children of the Tallahassee
and Micasukie tribes, at Fort Meade, on Pease
Creek, about the 7th of this month. It is believed
that the Indians will all be out of the country by
the last of May.
. The following are the terms upon which the In
dians consent to emigrate: Each warrior is to re
ceive (before he goes on board the boat) $500,
each woman $100, each child $100. Bowlegs
himself will receive about $10,000, and two or
three sub-chiefs about $5,000 eacfi. They are to
be provided with rations for one year after their
arrival in Arkansas, and to be guarantied in the
possession of their negroes. It is estimated that
the whole cost of the removal will be about $225,
000. The latest Intelligence from
Hungary.
By private accounts from an Hungarian source,
which we have received, we learn that the follow
ing are the latest acts of the Austrian government
to the country and people now lying prostrate at
her feet :
An order has been issued, intended, no doubt, to
reach tho Hungarian exiles in America, to the
following effect :
All officers of tho late Hungarian army are
commanded to present themselves to the Austrian
army, to be enrolled as common soldiers, other
wise they will be considered and treated as de
serters. All individuals charged with political
criminal offences, whose names have been pub
lished in the Vienna Zeitung, are judicially com
manded and required to present themselves and
make their defence before the proper tribunal,
within three month's time.
Among these persons are : Kossuth, ex-Psesi-dent,
and Minister Szemere, ex-Ministers Casimir,
Bathyany, Bischof, Howarth, Yukovies, Eugene
Beothi, and Ladislaus Madarasz, the two latter
the most distinguished republicans and orators
of the late Hungarian House of Representatives ;
the others all of them active agents in the late at
tempted revolution.
Our correspondent inquires: "Who would be
so senseless as to present themselves before their
slaughter benches He adds : a sullen stillness
reigns over the country, which it is to be hoped is
the precursor of a storro. Ninety-five Colonels of
the Hungarian army have been lately condemned
to eighteen years' impiisonment in irons, and a
great number of Majors to twelve years' confine
ment. Indiana and the Union.
The Legislature of Indiana having taken the
necessary measures to forward a block of Indiana
marble to Washington, to be placed in the Nation
al Monument. Governor Wright has requested
that the following patriotic sentiment be engraved
upon it : INDIANA
Knows no. North, no South; nothing but the
Union !
ITT A Printer, in the neighborhood of sunset,
who has fallen into the hands of the Philistines,
breaks out in the following heart-rending appeals:
11 Sheriff spare that press,
N Touch not a single type,
Don't put me in distress,
, .. To stick to me through life !
5Tis all in all to me
If lost, what jshall I do! '
Then, why not let it be 1
Oh, sheriff, boo, boo ! hoo !"
The National Monument.
The resolution relative to the block of mar
ble, and inscription, from the Stato of Penn
sylvania, to. be placed in the National Monu
ment at Washington, finally passed both branch-
es of the Legislature in the following form.
Resolved, That the Governor is hereby au
thorized and requested to cause an appropriate
block of the native marble of this Common
wealth, to be conveyed to the National Capitol,
to take its placo in the mouurnent to the mem
ory of Washington, and to have inscribed there-
. t rN . r it
on tne atate coai oi arms, aim tnese words :
"PENNSYLVANIA,
Founded
1GS1,
BY DEEDS OF PEACE."
Resolved, That a sum not exceeding ono
thousand dollars, is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions of tho
foiegoing rosolution.
JTJJ3 We were no little amused some time
ago, at hearing the follottihg'a'necdote, it being
original wilh the narrator. Speaking of pretty
women, ugly women (pardon us it ia an un
meaning conventional term,) and from that to
marriage and wives : somo one remarked, that
in order, to secure himself from jealousy, he
thought il would be best not lo marry a woman
very handsome.
" Yes," said a tall, raw-boned, Btragly-haired
looking fellow, in a crowd, I thought so my
self, when I. was young,' and 1 looked out for a
woman rather ugly, so that my neighbors would
not like hnr, and I got one? but bv .Juniior. 1
over done ihe matter, T got one so ugh that I
can l tke ner myself.
correspondence of the miners' journal.
From Washington.
Admission of California Clay's Compromise
Resolutions His Speech The Cabinet and
the Nic'arauga question Webster and Ste
vens Executive A ppotntments Bradbury's
Resolutions The Post Office Department
Col. Warren.
' " Washington, Feb. 20, 1850:
The question of admitting California is now a
direct issue in both houses of Congress. On
Monday last, the House was in session from 12
to 1 o'clock, midnight. The Southern members
are resolved to ward off the question, and hence
consume the time of the House in taking the ayes
and nays, in calling divisions, &c, and moving
anjournments ! They seem to think that nothing
can be accomplished for the security of the South,
if California is admitted into the Union before the
Wilmot proviso shall have been killed, inasmuch
as she would increase the representation of the
free States two votes on each floor of Congress.
Under these circumstances, it is likely that much
more mischief and tom-foolery is yet to ensue be
fore the vexed question can be settled.
I stated in one of my previous letters, that the
principles of Mr. Clay's Compromise Resolutions
would nally prevail. At first there was scarce
ly a man who approved them certainly none
from the South. But within a few days pasta
marked change has occurred people of all par
ties, in all sections, are warmly sustaining the old
patriot, and Benton, Houston, and other eminent
statesmen of the South, are one by one, coming to
his aid. Mr. Clay, unlike other eminent states
men, boldly strikes the ase into to the roots of the
evil and every body trembles lest he fail 1 He
resolutely penetrates the mist and fog that sur
round the ship of State, and while he seems bur
ied in ruin, emerges, with every sail set and the
stars and stripes proudly floating in the breese,
into the clear sunshine of prosperity ! I don't be
lieve there is another individual in this broad
Union who could have united as united they will
be the discordant elements of our unhappy posi
tion, besides Mr. Clay ! Look at him ! Look at
him, when charged by Mr. Foote with abandoning
his allegiance to the South, he replied with the
dignity and mien of a patriarch : " I know who
sent me here ! I know my duty and need not be
reminded of it! I owe allegiance to no South
no North no East no West ! I owe allegiance
to two Sovereignties the Union and the State of
Kentucky !
Two hundred reams of paper have already been
consumed in the publication of his speech at the
Globe office, and such is the demand of the peo
ple for it, that that establishment still finds itself
unable to supply it. Other establishments, here
and in New York, have commenced its publica
tion as a matter of pecuniary profit, and steam
presses are puffing, rattling, and snorting night
and day, to lay It before the eyes of every citizen
in the land.
Rumors were set afloat, a. few days ago, that a
rupture had occurred in the Cabinet, in reference
to tho settlement of the Nicaraguan question.
Mr. Clayton, it appears, had drawn up the projet
of a Treaty, but inasmuch as the British Minis
ter had no orders or authority to negotiate, the
paper of Mr. C. was deemed premature and un
safe. The Cabinet did not wish to propose terms
until arrangements should be completed by the
other party to entertain them. What gives inter
est to this Nicaraguan question is, that an account
of our valuable possessions on the Pacific coastr
and the immense trade springing therefrom, it is
very important to connect the two oceans, by
means of Railways or Ship Canals, over the coun
try known as Central America, which separates
them. Certain stipulations have already been en
tered into by our Minister, in that country, with
certain of its constituted authorities, for improve
ments to accommodate our commercial interests ;
but Great Britain pretends to have claims upon
portions of the Territory, especially that under the
authority of the King of Musquito, which includes
the portion extending along the Coast, and hence
the proposed negotiations. Mr. Clayton, it is
said, tendered resignation but, however true this
may be, it is certain that he is still Minister of
State.
It is expected that the Hon. Daniel Webster,
of the Senate, and the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens,
of tho House, will speak upon the Slavery ques
tion before their respective bodies, in a few days.
Mr. Stevens is known hare, by every body, as a
gentleman of extraordinary intellectual powers,
and there is great curiosity felt to hear him. It
was somewhat amusing, when he first appeared
in the hall of the House, to observe with what
minuteness certain Southern, gentlemen regarded
him. When he entered up in the aisle, as he fre
quently does, people would point to him and whis
per, and every now and then some one would pass
him with significant glances at his massive head,
his fiery eye, and general carriage, bold, dignified,
and lion-like! Mr. Stevens' health had, for some
time back been much impaired ; but he is strong
now, and it will not be long before he will make
some of the animals m the menagerie roar I
It is generally conceded that no further Ex
ecutive appointments will be made, nor any con
firmed by tne Senate (ol those already made,) until
the resolution of inquiry of Mr. Bradbury, Sena
tor from Maino, shall have been answered. This
resolution involves this simple question : Has the
administration or has it not removed men from
office on political grounds 1 As soon as this ques
tion is answered, the Senate will adopt some
specific rulo to govern its action jn the premises.
If any one supposes that Gen. Taylor will escape
the factious opposition of the Locofocos, by pur
suing a milk-and-water course between the two
great parties, or between all parties, he supposes,
simply, a great absurdity. The Locofoco paHy
proper, resolved, from tho first, to oppose him to
tho "bitter end," and they are doing it now.
While the brave and honest old man is being stabbed,
persecuted and insulted in the Capitol, he is feed
ing hundreds of his enemihs with high-salariedtof-fices,
in the several Departments of the Govern
ment! Whigs, who for 20 years past have been
spending their time and money, and talents, to car
ry out principles which they consider of vital im
portance to tho country, and who have always been
excluded from places of trust and profit under tho
General Government, are again thrust aside, with
almost contemptuous reserve, there, are places
for Locofocos, but none for Whigs ! There seems
to bo an impression abroad that the offices' are
nearly equally dividod between the two parties ;
but it is a mistake. Take, for example, the Post
Office Department, and there are four Locofocos
for every Whig 1 When Judge Collamer came in,
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