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Ca? revondence of the Pennsylvania Telegraph.
A,NINGTON, April 11, 1846.
IhtAtt SlR:—The scenes witnessed in
the llouAe of Representatives for the last
two or three days are enough to make one
turn with shame alai humiliation from the
; aroncile of the nation, to which we teat ti•
s.l to look up to pride with and admiration.
The causes which led to such painful re
sults may be looked at briefly for a proper
understanding of what we ate about to
sae.
Sono.- time since, during the discussion
of the Oregon question in the popular I
branch, C• J. INGeeam.r. without the ;
.lightest cause, made en attack upon Mr.
Witmer' in regard to the pert he took in
negotiating the treaty at Washington, and
made Porn e serious charges against that
distinguished man. It passed unnoticed.
When the House had disposed of the
Oregon subject, and the Senate had gone
into its consideration, Mr. I/reel:flow re-
CPI% ing his cue from Mr, INGERSOLL, quo.
red from his (L's) speech, and with slight
additions adopted his language, and sent
it out to the world—incorporated in, or
appended to his (ll.'s) speech.
While Mr. DicnialsoN was addressing
the Senate and using the offensive re
marks, Mr. WICBSTIR in the moot emphat
;c manner denied unqualifiedly the
.barges, and denounced them as false.—
Yet, notwithatanding this, Mr. Droll NSON
oblist ed, and circuiated them.
On Tuesday, Mr. NVEDSTER took up the
matter and handled Mr. Drcerarson and
r. INGERSOLL without gloves, and from
what we have seen since, refuted every ,
charge 'wide, anti stamped falsehood in
delibly upon each one.
On Wednesday, Mr. Dicroarsos; re
plied to Mr. WERSTER, anti endeavored
to defend himself and the author tram
whom he quoted. This was all very well;
and here toe matter should have rested, or
it adverted to at all by Mr. I smemou,
should have been done for the purpose of
substantiating what he hail already said,
car like an honorable man if untrue, to
have retracted.
But on Thursday Mr. INGERSOLL pre
facing them with some offensive remarks,
introduced some resolutions calling on the
President of the United States to furnish
to the House of Representatives an ac
count of all payments made on President's
certificates from the secret fund, front the
4th of March, 1841, until the retirement
of DANIEL Wans Tait front the Depart.
merit of State, with copies of all entries,
receipts, letters, vouchers, or evidence of,
payment, and to whom and fur what paid.
The resolutions were agreed to by a large
majority. Now I want you to look at the
position in which Mr. C. J. lamens(n. has
placed himself before the world. He
makes serious charges against a Senator,
that Senator in his place denounces the
charges as grossly false, and their author
as a slanderer and falsifier. Does Mr.
Irsosusou. affirm or reiterate what he first
said) No, sir. Conviction is imprinted
upon him, and for the purpose of diverting
public attention from himself, he brings
forward a series of new charges,and when
these are consigned to their proper rest
ing place, another and another sett will
be brought forward ; but each new series
will settle heavier on the head of the in
ventor.
During the discussion, Mr. Yaweey, of
Ala., a mimic' ful young man, took upon
himself the task of inflicting a tongue
lashing upon Mr. WICOOTER.
It is said by one who knows, that the
main, and active powers are developed
earlier in this country than elsewhere, that
our young men come forward sooner in
life, and mix sooner in the stir and con
(lids of politics. With Mr. YAcEY, the
effect must have been unusually early - and
happy,and we have to thank him for giving
the contradiction to that old apothegm
that the talented die young" for his'
eon case is directly in point. This young
roan—fur his eyes are hardly dry from the
tears shed at parting with his Alma Mater
—this prodigy—for we hold he is a prodi
gy when in his own proper person, he can
turn aside 64 arrows which destiny lets
fly at the precocioo—said among pretty
things in Ilia speech, " that he admired
General Washington as a Whig, but he
would loath to keep company wit"; Daniel
TVehatcr !" Loath Its keep company un:. 111
Daniel Webster ! W e do not know
which to admire moot, his candor of his
bravery. I airs afraid ambition is his
prompter. lie has not forgotten his school
books; the illuminations in the bible his
tory, which he was so fond of, remain viv
idly impressed upon his mind; the dimin
utive David with his sling capsizing Go
huh he would imitate, that he too, might
be sketched and handed (town to future
schools for example. And he has Samson
slaying his scores with a weapon, which
Mr. l'Arverx (he has an advantage over
Sampson) always carries with him; this
picture likewise comes in for a share of
his admiration."
On Friday morning Mr. Dixon moved a
reconsideration of the vote by which the
resolution passed, and gave his reasons in
a most eloquent speech. Ile poured broad
side alter broatisole into the Locofoco
ranks, and had the odds against him riot
have been so great, the enemy would have
tied dismayed. In the course of his re
marks l v propounded the following query
to Mr. INuiensoxx, which for the future
will set all speculation in regard to it at
rest.
?Jr. Dlxov. I a;k the gentleman from
Pennsylvania sholter it is true that lie
11:,1 said that, it he had lived in the times
tit the Revolution, he would have been a
toev
4r. 1,-.stskot L. Yet. I .:it r•
Mr. lhxoN spoke his hour, and was fol
lowed by Mr. Vasov, reeking with smiles,
for he bud lectured in Baltimore the night
previous, on " the rights of woman ;" it
would have done any one good to have
witnessed his classical attitudes, and
braining features ; he's such a hand
some man." He endeavored to annihilate
the remnant of the " god-like," as he
facetiously, though not originally called
Mr. AVEIPITER.
After he had concluded, the motion to
reconsider was laid upon the table.
The House then, (in committee of the
ohole,) resumed the consideration of the
bill from the Senate to raise a regiment of
mounted riflemen, and for the establish•
ment of a line of military posts on the
route to Oregon•
An amendment, offered by Mr. Wnrrp.
of New York, that all the officers for the
said regimeut shall be selected from the
'regular line of the tnited States Army,
was agreed to..
. .
Before any further action was had, the
House adjourned.
On Saturday morning, after some ex
planation between Mr. WINTHROP and one
or two other members, the !louse took op
and passed the bill pending wheu the
House adjourned on Friday. It will be
sent back to the Senate for their concur
rence in the House amendment, and if
they act upon it affirmatively, it will soon
be a law, and one of vital importance to
emigrants.
Tile consideration of private bilis was
then gone into, and discussed till the
House ..ljourned.
In the Seilaie,on Friday, Mr. Farnmn
made some remarlo; in reference to the
Northeastern Boundary question and dis
sented from the views given by . M r. WEB
-rim on Monday. They did not make
much impression upon the Senate. Mr.
WEBSTER replied briefly, and satisfacto
rily.
Mr. BAGIr: then took the floor on the
Oregon question. lie was in favor of the
notice under all circumstances; out title
title to the whole he considered good, to
the greater part clear and unquestionable.
He thought the notice should have begin
given in December, and the wht;le matter
would have been adjusted ere this. The
great question regarding the revenue be
regarded of mere importance, aid he ho
ped this matter might be settled at once to
give way for that great subject. He con
cluded by guying, he would vote for any
thing except compromise.
On Saturday, Mr.CLAYTores resolution
calling on the President for late correspon
dence in relation to Oregon, passed the
Senate.
Mr. Urnam, who had the floor on the
special order being indisposed, the subject
was passed over, and the Senate at a very
early hour went into Executive session,
and after some time spent therein mired.
Correspondence of the Richmond Inquirer.
Deplorable Event.
CHARLOTTSVILLE, April 12, 1846.
Gentlemen: —Could You be with us this
morning, you would perceive grief depict
ed on the countenance of every person
you meet owing to the unfortunate occur
rence which took place at Messrs. Ray•
mend & Co.'s Menagerie last night. Du
ring the performances, and just as one of
the managers had entered the cage with
the lion, tigers, leopard and cougar, sonic
of the audience approached near the rage,
and were cautioned by one at the men at
tached to the Menagerie not to do so as
'serious consegnences might ensue to the
persons in the cage with the wild beasts.
So:ne words ensued between the keeper
and one or inure of them pressing on to
the cage, when one of the latter struck the
keeper twice with a cane or stick, and he
struck in return with a stick, and leveled
two or three persons, one of whom never
afterwards spoke a word anal died last
night at about 12 o,clock: his name is
Glover, from Alabama. Two others were
seriously injured, and are now at the
Monticello House, Messrs. Johnson and
Williamson, and another, Mr. Waring,
less injured. While these things were ta
king place, the Elephant entered the
crowd, throwing his proboscis about, to
drive the people from the ring. Cries of
horror arose on all sides; some were par..l
- with fear, and could not move or be
moved by their friends. Men, !evil)g as
it were, dead on the ground; the tinge
Of pliant driving out the people; the keep
er lio'''n cage; men pale with fear;
the mime': shriz•king; children and ser
vants crying ou.: th a i !lie wild beasts had
broken from their csizes, and were upon
them. and each person t wxious !o make
escape, presented a scene which tfw
would desire to witness. Nu daine was
done to any person, except what resulted
from a blow given by one of the keep
( ers. We did not learn his name.
IiPIAMAN EMICHASITS.-It appears from
the anneal report of the New York her•
man Society, read at their anniversary a
few evenings since, that during the year
ending at that dale, 30.312 German emi
grants had arrived at that port, which is
2,000 more than last year. A leading oh•
ject of this Society is to protect and pro.
vide for the German population, and par
ticularly emigrants. Their expenditures
during the year were about $5,500, and
their tcreipis some $5OO inure.
'rhe Nlontreal Courier cloaes an article
on the relations of England with the Uni
ted Stales, with the following paragraph:
We are told, however that many indi
viduals to town have received private let
tern from England in which it is under
stood to be the fixed &termination of the
British Government to yield no territory
• nerth of the River Columbia.
1 THE JOURNAL.
HUNTINGDON:
Wednesday, April 22, 1846.
Democratic Whig Candidate For
Canal Commissioner
JAMES M. POWER,
OF MERCER COUNTY.
(Cr Hon. A. R. Mcilvaine hes our thanks for
public docurner.te.
oj.The Mexican news, published in to-day's
paper, will be found very interesting. We have
" wars and rumors of wars ;" and-trom the present
aspect of the world the people appear more likely
to have occosion to beat their plough-shares and
pruning-hooks into swords, than the reverse.
The late news received from England by the
Pilot-boat Wm. J. Romer, will be found upon
our first page.
cc). IL W. Middleton, Esq., has started a new
Whig paper in the city of Lancaster, entitled the
Tribune and Public Advertiser." Mr. M. is an
editor cf experience and ability, and the columns of
the Tribune, the two first numbers of which we
hikes received, shows that his mind has lost none of
its former vigor. We heartily wish Mr. M. a sap.
port commensurate with his merits.
c-i• We observe, by reference to the yeas and
nays, that Mr. Patterson, one of our representatives,
voted for the "Right of Way." Did Mr. Patter
son correctly represent bin constituents by this vote?
Mr. Gwin voted against the bill.
Congress---The Tzriff of 1842.
Congress has been in session almost five months,
and the question, What has Congress done?" is
tinily asked us by almost every person with whom
wo converse. The people are becoming restive
and discontented with the protracted debate which
has been had upon the Oregon question, prolonged
as that debate evidently has been by political dem- 1
agogues for the purpose—the sole purpose—of ma
king war speeches for buncombe. Without going
on to speak of all the transactions of the present
Congress up to this time, we will speak merely of
what is now before them, and of vital importance
to the people. Well, they have passed the odious
Sub-Treasury in the House by a large majority, the
Locofocos, who have always been loud in their pro•
fessions of regard for the will of the people. voting
to a man for it, with the emphatic and decided veto
of the people, upon this measure in 1810, staring
them right in the face. This we learn was done to
rally their party, which had been somewhat scattered
and disorganized by the debate upon the Oregon
and Barber bills. If we are not greatly mistaken,
they will find that if this bill becomes a law, and
its blighting influence once mare felt by the coun
try, that the old adage in their case will be reversed
—that they united to fall. The evil effects of this
measure are already being felt in our eastern cities,
in anticipation of its final passage; and what else
need those who have again warmed it into lifc expect
from the people but total political annihilation—such
as was visited upon them by the memorable cam
paign of 1810. But let their expectations be what
they may, this must inevitably be the result. There
is something that smacks too Much of monarchy in
a system having fur its object the cleating of two
currencies—Gold and Silver for tho office-holders
and rags for the people—to be sanctioned or even
tolerated,by a free, intelligent, and independent peo
ple.
Tho Tariff policy is the next great question of
interest about being agitated in the House. The
Committee of Ways and Means of that body have
reported a bill to break down the present prolative
system; and the probability, from the best infor
mation we can receive, is, that the party will be
again rallied and this bill, which will carry death
and destruction into every brunch of domestic
industry in the country, fastened upon us.—
The Whig party have done all in their power to
avert this blow, which must fall with terrible force
upon the prosperity of this State, and it now be
comes the duty of Pennsylvania Locofoces, to make
good their promises to the people and speak out in
such a tone upon this subject, as will be heard and
respected at Washington. How can honest Men
for political purposes, act an equivocal part on a
measure that is life and death to the interests of
our Commonwealth ?
Pennsylvania can never pay her enormous debt,
A etch hangs like an incubus around her neck, tithe
Tariff or !Sl2, is destroyed. If it remains as it t o
now—the piesent encouragement and protection to
the enterprize and indotry ,f our citizens contin
ued—she can pay it all, and triumphantly vindicate
her character for good faith and integrity. And
how, if the Tariff he reduced our National gov
ernment can pay the enormous appropriations Con
gress is making every day, without direct taxation,
we are at a tom to foresee.
Pennsylvania, wo fear, was much worse cheated
in the election of Jas. K. Polk, than was supposed
at the time it wusdone. The whole American pea.
pie will be aeverelf punished for their folly, and
Pennsylvania, the old "Blind Giant," will teceive
a double portion of this punishment, for her party
madness and simplicity.
THE MARKET.
In Philadelphia, during the laid week Wheat
Flour was selling at $4,80 a $4.81; a lot of extra
sold at $5.12,1 per bbl.
Grain.—Wheat—Penn's red, $l.lO a $1,12
per bushel.
Rye-70 a 75 cts. Corn-61 cts. Oats--43
a 44 eta.
Wl~lakey—in barrels, 22 di—market quiet.
Public Opinion.
According to the Hollidaysburg Standard, it would
seem that public opinion on the subject of the Loco
loco nomination for Canal Commissioner, changes
with every change of wind. Before the meeting of
the Convention, that paper favored the nomination
of Mr. Foster, but after the nomination was made,
when it was rumored that Mr. Ferguson would
succeed Mr. Watson as Superintendent, &c, on the
Allegheny Portage Rail Road, then the Standard
came out in a long and denunciatory ; article against
the nomination of Mr. Poster, from which we made
an extract last week,showing that the Standard had
kicked out of the traces.
By the last number of the Standard we learn that
the confirmation of the rumor that Mr. Fergu
son was appointed, has brought the " donkey's"
heels into the traces again. The editor glories in
the continuation of the Assistant, Mr. Boone, which
will in the public opinion aforesaid, "do much to
secure the efficient management of the road, and to
render the administration of Mr. Feguson os bene
ficial to the State and to transporters," and as prof
itable to the foundry of the sub-rosa editor of the
Standard, (where all the patronage of Mr. Wat
son and Mr. Boone was cast) as we believe it is
now generally conceded was that of his immediate
predecessor." -
The variable public opinion above noticed would
be enveloped in mystery, if the fact was not known
that it is cast at the same foundry where the cast
ings for the Portage Railroad are furnished.
Lutinarzys Occap.sTroxs.—For the informs.
Lion of the curious, says the Harr:sburg Union, we
annex the occupations of the Members of the
House of Representatives, which shows that the
agricultural interest is well represented. The
House consists of one hundred members, and is
made up as follows :—Formers 4 , 1; lawyers 14 ;
merchants 8 ; doctors 6 ; millers 3 ; morocco dres
ser 1; carpenters 2; saddler 1 ; shoe makers 2;
tanners 3 ; artist 1 ; clerks 2 ; teachers 4; inn
keepers 2; printers 2 ; oak cooper and guager 1;
transporter 1; currier 1; gunsmith 1 ; geologist 1
Roc:ammoAr..—Tho Rcv. Mr. WINECOTP, of
Somerset county, has received and accepted a call
to the Lutheran Congregation of Williamsburg, in
this county, in place of Rey. Mr. Eyrrsa, who ac-
cepted a call to the Lutheran congregation of Green
Castle, Franklin county, Pa.
'"The Aspect of the Times."
The suggestions contained in the following,
which we clip from the York (Pa.) Republican, aro
worthy the serious consideration of the People :
o The new dose which locofocoism has prepared
for, and is beginning to administer to the people. has
commenced to operate. 'Phe passage of the Sub-
Treasury Bill by the House of Representatives—
our disturbed relations with Mexico, and the an
nouncement in the London paper brought by the
last packet ship to New York that the Queen was
about to send a special Message to Parliament on
American affairs, have combined to cause a great
scarcity of money in that City—to depress the
price of Stocks, and bring about several commercial
failures, leaving the apprehension that some more
of the same sort" may shortly be expected. Thero
is in fact a great alarm now prevalent in all busi
ness circles. The domestic policy of the Govern
ment, and the entanglement of its affairs with for
eign nations, check the spirit of enterprise, and are
already operating to reduce the value of property.
This is only the beginning of the end." Let the
party in power go on—let them curry out their
measures in full—let the Tariff of 1842 be repeal
ed, and the people reap the fruits of Free Trade
and no Protection, we shall then realize in earnest
the blessings and benefits" attained by the elec
tion of Paste and the success of the Locofocoa. If
to all this are superadded a War with England and
another with Mexico—both of which may be—our
cup will run over. The signs of the times are be
ginning to be worth watching. The cities may first
feel the blow; but, as heretofore, the country will
have its full share in due sewn,"
New York Elections,
The election throughout the State of New York
for corporation officers took place on the 14th inst.
In the city of New York, the vote for Muyor stood
--Mickel (Loco) 22,126; Taylor, (Whig) 15-
061 ; Cozzens (Native) 8.208; Smith (Reform)
634. The Locofocos have carried a large majority
of the City Council,
In Brooklyn the Whige elected their Mayor by
about 1000 majority.
The election in Albany, on Tuesday, resulted in
the succesa of the Whig ticket. William Perm.-
lee was elected Mayor by a majority of 596, and
fourteen of the twenty Alderman are Whigs.
NEW 'roam CUSTOM9.-David McCartney, a
Custom House officer, has been arrested for felling
a man to the earth with a stone on election day,
and causing his death. John Rose, another Cus
tom House officer, has been arrested fur persuading
others to vote illegally.
C►PT►IN FRENONT-INTERNEIPPTNO.- The
Union publishes the following extract of a letter
just received in Washington, from „ Jalapa," March
27, 1846.
" Letters from Mazatlan of the 4th inst.
state that Captain Fremont. with his corps
of observation, arrived at Sotter's Settle.
ment, on the Sacremento, early in January;
he is said to have discovered a good wag
on road to Oregon, which is much nearer
than any heretofore travelled. Lie had
gone to Monterey, in Upper California,
leaving his corps on the Sacramento.
A Washington letter to the New York Telegraph
says : "It is pretty well settled that Mr. Polkwill
consent to be a candidate for re-election. If so,
this will upset the calculations of a good many as
pirants, who have been looking eagerly to the suc
cession."
Cr The M. E. Church in Warrenton, Vt., have
unanimously protested against the action of the
lat. Baltimore Conference in determining to remain
under the jurisdiction of the Northern Church. A
reiolution wan adopted in favor of transferring their
circuit to the Virginia Conference, and calling a
"..";unvention, in Fredericksburg, in May next, to
further this object.
EXPORTS or FLOOR, &C,—The exports
of flour from Boston, from September Ist,
to March SO, a period of seven months, has
been 84,818 barrels. The exports from
New York tor foreign ports, during the
same time, amounted to 442,057 barrels.
Pennsylvania Legislature
Correspondence of tho Huntingdon
Journal:
THE " RIGHT OF WAY" PASSED—THE
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD DILL SIGNED BY
THE GOVERNOR.
HAuniestno, April 17, Mt
My Dear Captain
There is nothing se's
the Legislature to work in good earnest as effectu
ally as to see the day of final adjournment, but a
few notches ahead of them, with a lot of important
Bills undisposed of on their hands. This bag been
exemplified during the present week. Voting has
at length succeeded to talking end several impor
tant questions have been disposed of,—how well,
remains to be tested by time and their constituents.
The " RIGHT or WAY. " This Bill granting to
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road company the
privilege of continuing their road from Cumber
land through Pennsylvania to Pittsburg, on certain
conditions, was warmly debated during the fore
part of the week, by the champions on both sides,
as well as by the smaller fry who read speeches
which had been prepared by themselves or some
, body else for the occasion. Amongst the Cham
pions who opposed the Bill none were superior to
your old (though youthful) friend, John C. Hun
' kel, Esq., of Harrisburg, whose eloquencehas given
him considerable celebrity in the Legislative Halls.
At length a vote was taken upon the hat section of
the Bill, on Thursday last, which resulted in its
adoption, Yeas 50, Nays 48. Mr. Campbell of
Luzern°, who would have voted against the Bill
being sick, and Mr. Patterson of Blair, who ought
to have done so, being absent. The bill then pas
ead in detail the same day, on second reading, un
dergoing some modifications—not very important.
This morning coming up in order again, the same
passed final reading. Yens 51, Nays 45.
The bill must be returned to the Senate for con
currence in amendments made by the House, the
moat important of which. is the proviso offered by
Mr. Kunkel, to prevent the act from going into
effect before the 30th of July 1847, and providing
that if a certain amount of the Stock of the Penn's.
Rail Road be taken, and $1,000,000 actually be
paid in, and 30 miles of the road be put under con
tract at its Pittsburg terminus—all before that day
--then this act ganting the right of way to the
Baltimore and Ohio Company ,to be null and void.
It is thought the Senate will concur in the amend
ments, as with the meagre majority which the bill
sustains in the House, it would be hazardous to risk
it in the hands of a committee of conference.
The general appropriation bill is in the hands of
a committee of conference, having passed in both
Houses, with amendments, which cannot be agreed
upon. The principal of these is the School appro•
priations. The House passed the bill with $2OO,
000 to this object. The Senate reduced it to $l5O,
000. I think the conference will restore the
amount inserted by the House.
Since the above was written, the committee of
conference has agreed upon a report, corresponding
with the above intimation, which report has been
adopted in both blouses. So it is finally disposed
of. The appropriation to the Western Reservoir
which the Senate had proposed to repeal, was not
meddled with in the report of the conference. So
the appropriation to the Reservoir remains as by the
former act.
Tho bill authorizing the Canal Commiasionera to
construct en out let lock or. the Delaware Division
of the Pennsylvania Canal, at Wells Falls (some
distance below the famous " Black's Eddy") passed
final reading in the House this morning by a vote
of 53 to 38. It has now passed in both Houses.
It was ° log rolled" along with the " right of way"
procession.
The bill to abolish the Mayor's Court at Lances- I
ter—a perfect sinecure—having nothing to do but
draw a salary--has at length been passed in both
Houses, as it has done at former sessions, and
lwhether it will again be prevented from becoming
a law, under some quibbling pretext, for the purpose
of allowing the incumbent, to draw another year's
salary, or not, remains to be seen.
The bill to incorporate the York and Cumber
land Rail Rood, which had previously passed the
Senate came tip in the House, this morning, and
Ipremed final reading with some amendments. Yeas
46, Nays 41. The " right of way" is thought to
1
be partially acquainted with this bill too, for the
Cumberland members succeeded in getting an
amendment on, to keep the road entirely on their
side of tho river, with the privilege of connecting
with the Cumberland Valley Road either at the
West end of the Harrisburg Bridge or at Meehan
! icaburg.
It was ordered in the House, this morning (on
motion of Mr. Trego) that the $4OO of Plainfield
notes, said to have been offered to Col. Piolet as a
bribe, by M'Cook, shall remain on deposit in the
Dauphin Deposit Bank, subject to the order of the
Court of Quarter Sessions of Dauphin county, be.
fore whom M'Cook is to be tried for the said alleged
offence.
A bill to incorporate the Black Mine Rail Road
passed final reading in both houses, together with
a host of other private bills, " too numerous to
mention."
Tits CENTRAL Roux!. It being understood
that the Governor was about to veto the bill to in
corpotate the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company,
on account of some defects alleged to exist in its
details relative to the powers reserved by the Legis
lature to regulate the Company or repeal its charter,
and vest the property in another Company ur in the
State itself, in order to complete the work, a supple
mental bill, to obviate these objections was got up
on Monday—passed through both Houses and sent
to the Governor, who the sumo day returned the
bill and the supplement, with his approval. 8o
the " middle route" men, may go to work now.—
' Their bill is a law. And they must go to work or
the Baltimore and Ohio men will get ahead of therm
We shall soon sae whether the Central road is a
" humbug" or not.
The Revenue Bill from the House ha. been the
principal theme of discussion, in the Senate during
the past week. The Committee of Finance in the
Senate changed it so much that its own Father in
the House would scarcely recognize his progeny.--
But when it got into committee of the whole it was
worse dealt with still, and I doubt now whether it
knows itself. I guess they are getting it up for tho
fun of seeing it kicked over again. It is now on
second reeding, at the 9th section.
A supplement bill in relation to " Blair county"
was pawed in the House and subsequently in tho
Senate, with amendments, introduced by Mr. Mor
rison. The House then concurred in the amend
ments with additional amendment.; but the Cleik
by mistake brought in a wrong message, and the
bill was about to go to the Governor when the mite
take was diacoversd, and the Senate then insisted
on their amendments, and the bill is now in the
House. , It is not very important, having reference
only to the transfer of Suite, Mechanics Liens, are.
from Huntingdon to he tried in Blair, where the
parties residing in the latter county desire it.
[The House,we learn receded from its amendments,
and the supplement passed.—En.l
A great many private bills were disposed of this
afternoon between the two blouses in the shape of
amendments, &e. The House spent a great por
tion of the afternooa to.day on the bill to extend
the Charter of the Bank of Commerce of Phil'a.
It was passed on n third reading. The Senate pas•
se d finally the bill to extend the Charter of tho
Farmer's and Mechanics Bank of Philadelphia.
The Rope for the Ferry at this place is not yet
stretched. It is a tremendous; weight, and is too
I much for the machinery employed. The original
Icontractor has " guv it up." PHI.
Webster and Ingersoll.
The Washington correspondent of the N. York
Herald, (Locofoco neutral) thus speaks of the
Webster and Ingersoll controversy
" This has been a tremendous week in Congress.
The episode in the Senate came in upon the quiet
monotony of the Oregon debate, likes tornado that
has long been brewing in the horizon, but which
has suddenly burst upon us in the middle of tho
day. The old-black-maned lion of Massachusetts , .
who has been, for some years past, the theme of
abuse and detraction, by every pettifogging dema
gogue in the country—of the cellar-door democra
cy—that class who regard it aristocratic to wear is
clean shirt, and as sn evidence of federalism to t.it
found in contact with soap and water—old Died(
Dan, we say, has been waked up, and has shaken
himself; and has moved up the hill with the gates
of Gaza upon his shoulders.
No report of his late speech can give you crcn a
shadowy idea of the second day of "the god-like''
in the Senate. Ho stood Ilk an isolated, stern, rag.
ged cliff, in an open plain, with darkened clouds
around its summit, and thunder muttering in them,
and lightning flashing through them ; and a storm
of hail and meteoric stones descending from them.
In short, he loomed out as dark as a thunder-cloud,
and the boldest felt something of terror in his pre
sence. The greatest, or at least the most conspic
uous, and unescapeable point in his second day, was
that Hon. Charles Jared Ingersoll is not a man of
truth. Never was mortal man more unequivocally
explicit in denouncing the lie, without using the
word, than Webster. Ho has raised a direct quo.-
tion of veracity; and there is no escape front it.
The fact is, Webster has been ape/scented man.
All the dogs of party—
" Trey, Blache and Sweetheart,
Only see how they have barked at hirn."
And they commenced again at the present see-
Ilion, actually forgetting that the man himself was
on the ground, and that there was a probability he
might think fit to discharge his "seven vials of
wrath," (us Mr. Dickenson was pleased to call the
, wrath of his „ faithful adversary,") upon their
humble and devoted heads."
Mr. C. J. Ingersoll, with his very equivocal posi
tion in the affections of the democracy, and anxious
to divert attention from his equally equivocal posi
tion upon the Oregon question, rather than to con
fess himself, was driven, ex necessitate, to some
thing startling in his closing address upon thy no
tice, as Chairman of Foreign Affairs. Hence his
assault on that common scope-goat of political
hacks, that resort of patriot indignation of tho
Round heads—Daniel Webster. His shoulders
were broad, his forbearance had given a tacit assur
ance that he would not notice it; and Charles Jar
ed would reap the immortality of having disclosed
to the democracy the latest, and deepest, and basest
of Daniel's derelictions! Alas! for poor Charley.
He counted without his host. Hewes caught nap
ping that time; and the only regret is, that Mr.
Dickenson had to coffer with him. But he stood
as Charley's endorser, and he was bound to foot the
bill. It was like drawing his eye-teeth, to be sure;
brit ho had to do it.
Mr. Ingeraoll's manner in the House yesterday
was rather peculiar. His face was positively livid
with mingled ferocity and fear'; for we know that
the men was in fear. He stood before the house
under the most scathing and withering denuncie
firms of falsehood. Ho attempted not their refute
lion ; because tie could not, we are apprehensive—
he could not refute those blasting disclairnora of
Webster; but will this extract that "emphatic
monosyllable" so openly cast into the teeth of
Charles Jared I No, sir.
And what else? After having denounced the
imbecility of Tyler and his administration, after
having used him to his purposes, and then betrayed
him, we find the gentleman actually crouching and
creeping and whining, like a cur lashed out of the
kitchen, at the feet of Tyler. We know some
thing upon this point; but we also know that John
Tyler will never turn traitor to Webster, to servo
the purposes of Old Veto's own political deceiver.
We shall have something more upon the subject
presently. We may have no particular affection
for a grizzly bear, but when we see a whole pack Of
starveling wolves around him, we go for the bear—
we'll fight for him, rather than look on in silence at
such foul play. Go it, Webster! Hit 'em again.
You have shown fight at last, and we like your
style of °putting in" exceedingly.
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(C. The Grain crops look exceedingly well in
this neighborhood at present. The earth, however,
is becoming exceedingly dry, and a rain very nsuclx
needed.