THE JOURNAL.
Hnntingdon, Tuesday, March 28, 184
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER
NER MIDDLESWARTH,
OF VNTON CM' NTV.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
The Chairman of the late Whig State
Convention appointed the following State
Central Committee
Alexander Ramsey, of Dauphin.
Morton M'Michael, of Philadelphia.
Thomas E. Cochran, of York.
Robert lredell, of Montgomery.
Washington Townsend, of Chester.
John C. Kunkel, of Dauphin.
James Fox,
Francis N. Buck, of Philadelphia city.
Benjamin Matthias,
George Lear, of Bucks.
Thomas J. Watson, of Philadelphia co.
George Erety,
H. H Etter, of Perri•.
Paul S. Preston, of Wayne.
Edward C. Darlington, of Lancaster.
David W. Patterson, .‘
George F. Miller, of Union.
David Cooper, of Mifflin.
Lot Benson, of Berks.
William H. Seibert, of Berks.
Joseph Paxton, of Columbia.
George V. Lawrence, of Washington.
John Fenton, of Cambria.
D. A. Finney, of Crawford.
L. D. Wetmore ; of Warren.
John Morrison, of Allegheny.
H. W. Patrick, of Bradford.
Samuel W. Pearson, of Somerset.
Alexander W. Taylor, of Indiana.
hireitiANT.—Those of our subscribers
who design changing their places of
residence, and desire a change of ad
dress in their paper, will please furnish
as with the requisite information as
early as possible.
The Canal.
Business has fairly commenced upon
our public works. The water was let
into the Canal at this place on Tuesday
of last week, and the first boat (Bing
ham's Line) from Philadelphia passed
on Wednesday last. The Packet Boats
have commenced their regular trips
from Harrisburg to Pittsburg, and we
are happy to observe, are under the con
trol of the same gentlemanly and ac
commodating Captains, who gave such
universal satisfaction to the travelling
public during last season,
THE MaxieArs CommissioN.— In conse
quence of the detention of Col. Sevier,
by sickness, Hon. N. Clifford, U. S. At
torney General, was nominated and con
firmed as associate commissioner to
Mexico, and set out last week with the
treaty, for Mexico. The Union says:
"Arrangements have been made to car
ry out the commissioner at once from
New Orleans to Vera Cruz, and thence
to the capital ; and similar ones for con
veying Col. Sevier, who hopes to leave
Washington on Tuesday or Wednesday.
THE NEXT NEws.—The next news from
Europe is looked for with thrilling in
terest, and as the steamer (Caledonia)
has now been out twelve days on her
passage from Liverpool to Boston, the
opening of the next week will probe
ably give us thirteen days later intelli
gence, as to the progress of the Revo
lution in France.—Daily News.
The " WILLIAM COLDER" is the title
of a new Packet which the Pioneer co►n-
nntlpr the, of
S. D. KARNS, to run from Harrisburg to
Hollidaysburg. e have not yet seen
this boat, but the Harrisburg papers
speak of it as a most beautiful craft,
with every convenience, and elegantly
furnished. With KARNS as its Captain,
the " WILLIAM COLDER" cannot fail to
be popular with the public.
SPRING ELECTION.—We are informed
by a Whig friend of Brady township,
that quite a spirited election was had in
that township for township officers, and
that the Whigs carried everything with
perfect ease. The Whigs of Brady are
intelligent, vigilant and firm, and will
give a good account of themselves in
October next.
GLAD TO HEAR C. Tobey,
better known as "John of York," has
received a commission as second lieu
tenant in the 4th Infantry, one of the
oldest regiments in the regular army.—
Mr. Edmund Underwood, a son we be
lieve of Mr. Underwood, the former ed
itor of the Carlisle Volunteer, has re
ceived a similar commission in the same
re,:imPnt
The Ten Regiment Rill.
In our last we noticed the passage of
this bill in the Senate. For what pur
pose this bill has been pressed through
the Senate at this time, directly after
ratifying a Treaty of Peace, it is diffi
cult to surmise. It is said upon good
authority that it will cost the country
three millions of dollars—while no one
will be benehtted by it, except a squad
of hungry loco-foco office-hunters. It
is to be hoped the House will put their
emphatic negative upon this electioneer
ing scheme of the administration, and
thus save the country from the waste
ful and useless expenditure of public
money contemplated by it. It is time
the political designs of the originators
of this war should be frustrated.
"Does the Journal mean to say that " Lewis
town money" has been paid to" canal hands" by
the Supervisor, or any one authorized to pay such
hands, after it was known to them that " that in
stitution had failed !-- Ghia.
The " Journal means to say" that Lew
istown money was paid out to "canal
hands" by Supervisor Ross, after that in
stitution had failed, but before the fact
was generally known. And the Journal
means to say further that these same
"canal hands" had received no money
for a long time previous. If the payment
was made in good faith without any
knowledge of the condition of the Bank,
of course the Supervisor is blameless,
but still, the Commonwealth, and not
the poor hands, should be the loser.—
And therefore we thought it strange that
the petition of these men should be re
jected by the Locofocos of the /louse of
Representatives, who always prate so
much about election times of their love
for " Laboring Men r' It is well known
here that the agents of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad company paid out to their,
hands, about the same time, Lewistown
money ; but upon the receipt of the
news that the Bank tens broke at the
time the payment was made, it was all
redeemed with good money. We would
have the Commonwealth imitate this
worthy example.
If our neighbor has concluded to an
swer
for the Supervisor and his agents,
we may have a few more interrogatories'
to propound shortly.
OD`- The Globe in its weak attempt to
shift Black Cockade Federalism from
the shoulders of Gen. Cass, where, as
every one who has any knowledge of
that gentleman's history knows it prop
erly belongs, makes the ridiculous as
sertion that Cass was at one time found
" fighting hand to hand (!) against the
British and Indians" on our "north
western 'frontier!" As the historian
has entirely forgotten to mention any
such military exploits in connection with
the Senator from Michigan, the country
will feel indebted to our neighbor for
supplying the omission. After reading
the Globe's defence of Cass, we shall
not feel surprised should the editor as
sert that Jas. Buchanan, the Locofoco
nominee of Pennsylvania for the Presi
dency, never belonged to the old Federal
party. What say you, neighbor 7 Did
the "Favorite Son" fight "hand to hand"
with the "British at Baltimore?" Or
did he not at one time talk of " letting
out all the democratic blood which flow
ed in his veins'!"
Mr. Clay at Pittsburg.
I Mr CLAY met with a brilliant recep
tion at Pittsburg, on Tuesday. He
was escorted through the principal
streets by an immense procession. His
arrival was greeted by a salute, and
guns were fired during the progres of
iiie procession through the city.
WIZIG NATIONAL CONVENTION.—The
Whigs of Louisiana have appointed del
egates to the Whig National Conven
tion,
and the Whigs of Maryland have
resolved to do likewise. The Whigs of
the Union will be perfectly united in
the coining contest.
THE TREATY.—The National Intel
ligencer gives it as its opinion that the
treaty will be ratified by the Mexican
Congress, and amicable relations be
tween the two Republics be restored ;
unless intelligence of the removal of
Gen. SCOTT from the command of our
army should embolden Mexico to make
another trial at arms.
Q 7 In Detroit last fall the Loco ma
jority was 238—this year it has gone
Whig by 104 majority, being a gain of
342 votes in four months. The issue
was " Cass or no Cass."
Qj' The New York papers announce
the death of the Hon. AMBROSE SPENCER;
and also the demise of the lion. H. G.
WHEATON, late U. S. Minister to l'rus
•ja.
TEM VMAOM TREATY.
The Globe pretends to thick it very
inconsistent in Whig Senators to have
voted against the ratification of the
Peace Treaty--a treaty which gives to
the Mexicans all that they could have
asked of us if they Instead of us, had
been the victors. But the Globe says
nothing in regard to the abandonment
by the Administration of every,position
assumed in relation to the terms of a
Peace with Mexico. A Washington cor
respondent truly remarks:
One of the alleged causes of the war
was, that the Mexicans failed to pay the
money they owed us for spoliations done
to our citizens. By this treaty we for
' give this debt and assume to pay it our
selves. Within the ancient borders of
Mexico, there is a vast extent of sterile,
mountainous and desert country, only
populated by the wildest, savage tribes
of Indians. These Indians occasionally,
in great force, make descents upon the
settled agricultural portions of Mexico,
murdering the inhabitants, and driving
' and carrying oft' the cattle, and often
times the women and children. By this
treaty this vast extent of sterile desert,
with the tribes of savages, is ceded to
the United States ; and we are to keep
those tribes of Indians in subjection, or
be answerable for the damage they do;
and if those savages carry off any Mex
ican women or children, we are bound
to send force to recover them, and 'de
liverthem back without charge. In ad
dition to this, by the treaty, we give up
all the forts, towns, and territory, we
have taken (except the part ceded,) with
all the munitions of war, and withdraw
our troops, and PAY, yes, pay to Mexico
Fifteen Millions of Dollars in money ! !
Where, under this treaty, is our "indem
nity for the past, and security for the
future 1" Who does not see, that by
this treaty, instead of obtaining this
from Mexico, she obtains both from us 1
She is absolved from a debt of five mil
lions which she owed our citizens, and
receives $15,000,000 in cash. This, to
her, is pretty ample " indemnity for the
past." For the future, she binds us to
shield her from the incursions of savage
tribes, on her borders. She is to be re
lieved from the expenses of maintaining
the Military force necessary for this
purpose, and the United States bind
themselves to furnish it hereafter for
ever. This is most ample " security for
the future!"
And what do we get in return for all
this, by the treaty 1 We obtain the
Sovereignty over about 651,000 square
miles of uninhabited and uninhabitable
desert country, with two sea ports on
the Pacific, but without any accession
of trade or commerce, and without any
additional market. It is un accession,
‘.4,;,.t.. in 1111110 I . ntlr.; WC Of the
present made by Louis Philippe to Queen
Victoria, of a very large dog, which,
upon the Queen approaching him, flew
at her to bite her. It gives us thousands
of miles of additional frontier to guard,
without adding one iota to our commerce
or to our resources.
State Appropriations:
The bill which leas paased the House
of Representatives, making appropria
for State purposes, provides for the sal
aries of the Governor, and all the State
officers, clerk hire and contingent expen
ses as usual—Public printing $21,500;
Laws $BOO ; Library and Public Ground
$BOO ; Water $6OO ; Legislative and
Miscellaneous $82,000; Canal officers
$67,500; Railroads and Canals and
their repairs $445,866 17 ; Canal Com
missioners $1,285 ; Damages on Canals
and Railroads $11,463 50 ; Common
Schools $200,000, Pensions $35,000;
Arresting fugitives $57 ; House of
Refuge $4000; Blind $6,000; Eastern
Penitentiary $8,009 ; Western $6,315;
Interest to Domestic Creditors, &c.,
$16,000 ; Danville and Pottsville Rail
road $15,000 ; Bald Eagle Canal $lO,
000 ; ' l ';.g. Navigation $7,500 ; Militia
$16,000 ; Powder Magazine 1,000.
Iron Convention,
The Pa. Telegraph of Wednesday last
says:
The convention of iron men assembled
in the upper room of the Court House
this morning at 11 o'clock, mid organi
zrd by appointing FRANCIS PARKE,
Esq., of Chester county, President;
Messrs. Tows of Philadelphia and
WATTS of Cumberland Vice Presidents.
Messrs. Cex of Berks, Coleman of Leb
anon and Fisher of Perry, Secretaries.
The Convention is numerously atten
ded ; and in point of standing and in
fluence has rarely been equalled.
The proceedings have not yet been
published.
ID> Gov. Shunk has appointed Capt.
John C. McCallister, of Dauphin coun
ty, to be Inspector of Flour, in the room
of WILLIAM ATKINS, Esq., removed.
0::7" The bill to secure to married
women the use and enjoyment of their
own property, and to exempt the same
from levy and sale on execution, for
debts of the husband, &c. passed the
Senate on •20th inst.----yeas 19, nays 11.
SCOTT and WRIST.
In the correspondence between Gen
eral Scott and Mr. Trist, we find the fol
lowing significant letters. It will be
seen that Mr. Trist has at leogth come
to the conclusion that Gen. Scsat is
somebody, and that he does him full and
ample justice in regard to the unhappy
differences between them.
It will be seen, too, that had General
Scott been endowed with the spirit of
prophecy, he could not have more accu
rately predicted his own fate, than
he does in his letter to the Department
of July 25, '47, an extract from which
we give. . .
PUE.LA, July 23d, 1847.
To Mn. BUCHANAN-Sir : • • • • In
my No. 8, under date of 7th inst., I transmitted a
copy of the letter addressed by me to General
Scott, under date 25th June, and his reply to the
same. 'ibis constituted the commencement of
our intercourse with reference to the duties with
which I was charged. Justice, to say nothing of
my own feelings, towards a gentleman and a pub
lic servant. whose character, I now believe, that I
had entirely misconceived—defrauds that I should
embrace this early opportunity to say that his
whok conduct in this regard has been character
ized by the purest public spirit, and a fidelity
and devotion which could not be surpassed, to the
views of the Government in regard to the restora
tion of peace. This spirit on his part—es will
clearly appear when the details are communicated
—has manifested itself not in a passive way mere
ly, (as might be supposed from the nature of our
relative position. and duties,) but in a disposition
to assume responsibility, and responsibility of the
gravest kind, in utter disregard of consequences
to himself.
And this disposition, or rather thin readiness
and fixed determination on his part, although the
occasion which has called it' forth did not relate
to the discharge of his military duties, strictly
speaking, has not required any appeal from me to
elicit it, but has manifested itself in the most spon
taneous and patriotic manner. Under these cir
cumstances it could not but be a canoe of the
most serious regret on my port, if the correspon-
Jenne between us, that took place shortly after my
arrival in this country, should, in any way he
brought to the notice of the public, and mute
: queney, if, in your judgment, consistent with
propriety, it would be highly gratifying to me to
be permitted to withdraw it from the files of the
Department.
cry reppectfully,
N. P. Tn..,
Extract from Get,. Scott's letter to the
Secretary of War, dated,
PtanLA, July 25, 1847
The first letter (dated Feb 23,) received from
you at Vera Cruz contained a censure, and I am
now rebuked for the unavoidable—nay wise—if
it had not been unavoidable—relense on pvrol of
the prisoners taken at Cerro Gordo—even before
one word of commendation from Government had
retched this army, on account of its gallant con
duct in the capture of those prisoners. So, in
regular progression, I may, should the same army
gallantly bear me into the city of Mexico in the
neat seven or eight weeks—which is probable, if
we are not arrested by a peace or a truer —look to
Ire dismissed from the service of my country !
You will perceive that I am aware (oaf have long
been) of the dangers which hang over me at home;
hnt I toe am a citizen of the United States, and
wen KIIOW We LimAgativ,•e• el•tru• •
cumstances, by an enlightened patriotism."
That Indemnity.
We went to war, it seems, according
to Mr. Polk's manifestos, for indemnity
I for the injuries inflicted upon our peo
ple by the Mexicans. The Treaty, as
we understand it, not only sacrifices
these claims, but compels our own gov
ernment to pay our own indemnity!—
We could prior to the war beyond all
doubt, have secured the boundary line
of the Rio Grande, and Upper Califor
nia, for less than ten millions of dollars.
IThe war has cost us a hundred mllions
in cash, and an entailment•of pensions
that will exist for half a century,—while
we now stipulate by Treaty to pay the
;Mexicans $15,000,000, and some $5,
000,000 more of our own indemnity.
REDUCTION OF WAGES.— We under
stand, says the Delaware County Repub
lican, that one of the most extensive
manufacturers in this county has given
notice to the operatives in his employ,
that after Saturday next, their wages
will be reduced twenty per cent. Will
those who boast so much of national
administration as embraced in the ad
mirable workings of the Tariff of '46. be
kind enough to assign a cause for this
state of things?
1 1 THE WORKS OF JOHN QUINCY AFAMS,
which will make some fifteen or twenty
large octavo volumes, we understand
will be soon given to the press by Mr.
Chas. Francis Adams, the son and ex
ecutor of the deceased Statesman, who
had carefully revised them for publica
tion, and by his will appropriated a sum
of money to defray the expence of prin
ting, &c. Among the unpublished wri
tings of Mr. ADAMS is a new version of
The Psalms in Metre, a translation of
of Wieland's Oberon, and several minor
poems ; but the chief portion of his
MSS. consists of historical, biographi
cal, and poetical works, relating to the
last half century.
The gurrillas wear a medal with Cor-
win's minaturo around their necks—
the same as a charm is worn in Africa.
Indiana State Sentinel.
The friends of Santa Anna in Mexico
wear a fac simile of the countenance of
Mr. Polk next their hearts, and go into
battle shouting "1 pass.”—lndia..a
rp;es6.
ritoni WASHINGTON.
WAsIIINGTON, March 23,
SENATE.—On motion of Mr. Atherton,
the Senate proceeded to the considera
tion of the Loan Bill. .
Mr. Webster, who was entitled to
the floor, addressed the Senate on the
7;ifkfeet, in his most earnest and effec
tive many!. He said it had been sup
' posed by ate country at large that they
had been eh, aged for a fortnight or
and that a tretity-. 1 14..
more in secrets
scion with closed doors
s
been ratifited
which would give t 3 the •ttlnion an en
during and substantial peace; - gaßiu34l
the wounds of tear; stop the dreadful
' effusion of blood ; cut off our rapidly
accumulating national expenses, and
permit our friends--cu. children, if
they were yet living, to return fronm th e
land of slaughter. This had been eve
ry where recieved with demonstrations
of joy ; bat hardly had the halcyon
notes, which proclaimed it ceased, crc
we were summoned, as the representa
tires of the people, to pass a bill to raise
thirty new regiments, for the further
prosecution of the war. We were call
ed upon to furnish the means to strike
at the vital part of Mexico, and to press
home by fire and sword the payment of
her claims insisted upon in the treaty
for nn ignoble peace.
. .
Mr. Webster alluded to the singular
circumstance that in the instance of this
treaty the usual order of diplomatic, pro
ceedings had been reversed. It had been
customary to negotiate first and then to
ratify—while we first ratify a treaty and
then send two Commissioners to nego
tiate its terms.
He expressed his repugnance at
some of the terms of the treaty. He
was opposed to the acquisition of new
territory; he was opposed to the prosecu
tion of the war for that object. He sup
posed for the avowal of such sentiments
he should be denounced as a "Mexican
Whig." Though a Whig he did not like
the Mexicans, but if there were any
who did, he thought the greatest Mex
ico in this country, in that sense, was
the Senator from Michigan, (Mr. Cass.)
Mr. Cass would like to inquire of the
Senator how he was the greatest
Mr. Webster replied, that the Sena
tor had afforded Mexico "aid and com
fort," by his assertion when the Ten
Regiment Bill was under discussion that
its object was only to frighten Mexico
into a compliance with our terms, and
not to do her any harm. This had
been openly said, and must have its ef
fect, when known.
Mr. Webster charged that the great
object of the Thirty Regiment Bill was
to secure the political patronage which
would result (ruin the creation of so many
new appointments. He hoped the Bill
would never be passed and wished the
numerous seekers after office a safe re
turn to their homes in good health, and
..,aJtla Isu reJulued to sec
them.
He protested again against the acqui
siton of any new territory; he did not
want it ; he did not believe the people
in nny section of the Union wanted it,
and was convinced that they would not
support n war begun, continued, and
now prosecuted solely for such acquisi
tion. He was for letting Mexico keep
her territory, and for keeping our mon
ey...
Alter Mr. Webster had concluded,
Mr. Hannegan obtained the floor, and
upon his motion the Senate went into
executive session.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A boy about
eleven years of age, named Charles
Cook, was run over by a coal car on
the railroad, corner of Broad and ‘1
il
low sts., on the afternoon of the 14th
inst., and was dreafully injured. One
of his thighs was crushed close to the
groin. He was picking up coals on
the track at time of the accident and
did not see the car when it approached,
nor did the persons in charge of it see
him until it was too late. The poor
boy was taken to the hospital.
D.' A horrid murder was committed
in Philadelphia on Friday morning last,
in a private house in the heart of the
city. The victim was the wife of a
German Physician, named Rademacher.
Mr. R. was also severely injured. The
deed was committed whilst they were
asleep in their chamber. The murder
er had not been discovered.
Since the above was in type, we learn
that a German Shoemaker, named
Charles Langfeldt, has been arrested on
suspicion of being the perpetrator of
the horrible deed.
MILITIA TRAININGS.—The Bill to abol
ish the system of militia trainings pas
sed the Senate on the 18th inst. Instead
of requiring each individual liable to
do military duty, to practice the art and
mystery of managing a broomstick, du
ring some period in the month of May
of each year, it imposes upon him a tax
of twenty-five cents in lieu of the afore
said absurdity. The balance of the
fund thus arising, after the payment of
all necessary militia expenses, is to be
applied to the encouragement of the
several volunteer corps of the Common
wealth. Sundry attempts were made
to amend the bill whilst under consider
ation, but without success, and it at
length pa,sed a final reading.
BOBERT J. WALKER—tire great' 4 1 al cil
later.—" Independent"—the correspon ,
dent of the North American—illustrates
in the following manner the accurate'
arithmetical powers of the much vaunt.'
ed ROBERT J. WALKER—the pet of the
British House of Lords, and enemy of
the free white labor of American Cia
zens :
"Not long ago the Treasury Depart
ment corrected an error of sonic six or
seven millions, which occurred in the
Secretary's Report. That correction es
timated the deficit to range between
t we riqjr,NL tltiLccn nii, s. I have in
lormation to day, froni a source in
.
administration will hardly gainsay that
the corrected statement is erroneous to
the extent of sonic fourteen hundred
thoussnd dollars, which happened iii'
this way. This sum was received at the
Custom flotit:e s for revenue duties, and
necessarily represented so much specie
received. In estimating the means and
expenditures, the fourteen hundred thou
sand dollars of Treasury notes wero
credited among the available resources,
as being capable of reissue, while the
expenditures were not dinged with the
redemption being as mos* appear to
every practical eye, a palpablti m d inex
cusabie blunder, and forming :thither of
the long series, which have, from time
to time, been exposed since the numi ng
of Congress. The effect of this mis s ',
will necessarily be to increase the ret io i:
re d loan from sixteen to seventeen Rol
a half millions of dollars, as it is !nil
eipally needed to cover deficits.
Mr. %Vanier first asked Congress for
eighteen millions and a half of dolfsra.
Then au error in favor of the Treasury
was discovered, and the acting Secreta
ry signified that it might be reduced to
twelve millions ; then a mistake of three
or four millions, proceeding from inten
tional Under estimates in the War De
pertinent raised it to sixteen trillions;
and now the detection of another blun
der, increasing it a million anti a half
more; so that, after two months and a
I half of see-sawing—of running back
wards and forwards—of adding and
subtracting—we have got back within
In fraction of the point at which we start
ed—just as I predicted we should do,
when the first of this ridiculous series
commenced. What faith can be placed
in official reports or estimates, in the
face of such proof, as this, furnished
from the records of the Treasuary
If the Chairman of Finance in the Sen
, ate does not bring this blunder to the
notice of that chamber, it will be be
' cause he is in the wrong, and not the
Department. We shall soon know the
whole truth in n more official shape."
Two CHILDREN BITTEN By A Alen
Don.—We see it stated in a Doyles
town paper that a dog, in Mooreland
township Montgomery county belong
ing to Mr. Richard Woodington, went
mad and before running any, hit two of
his children and a cow. The latter has
since gone mad, and was accordingly
shot durring one of the most horrible
spasms of hydrophobia. The children
have not yet shown symtoms of the dis
ease.
Railroad Accident
TRENTON, IitITCII, ti I.
As the morning cars from New York
were crossing the Newark drawbridge,
it gave way, and the locomotive and one
bagage car went overboard into the
Passaic river. The chain by which
the passenger cars were attached gave
way, or they would have been carried
along, and probably maiy lives been
lost. As it was one fireman was
led, and the engineer seriously hurt.—
The passenger cars were full, and their
escape from destruction is indeed prov
idential.
fr-i- We gain by the late trenty with
Mexico according to Mr. Roo; member
of Congress, from Ohio, plenty of "rocks,
rattlesnakes and Camanches,"—valun
ble acquisitions.
Ca- The news from China shows the
Chinese and English to be at loggerheads
again. The Chinese mob had murdered
six Englishmen ; and the British were
preparing for a blockade of Canton
EN. SCOTT, says the Boston Jour
nal,"succeeded in conquering Mexico,
and has been suspended from his com
mand. and is to be tried by a Court
Martial ! Mr. Trist has succeeded in
negotiating a treaty of peace, even of
ter his instructions to that effect were
withdrawn. What terrible punishment
hangs over the devoted head of the di
plomatist, remains to be seen. 'rite
Journal might have added that the first
communication from the Department of
War to General Scott, after the taking
of Vera Cruz, was one of reprehension,
on some trifling matter, and that Scott,
from that moment, predicted that when
he had entirely conquered the country,
his reward would be—what it has pro
ved.
Whig Triumph in Reading.
Gen. Wm. H. KED!, the Whig candi
date, Was elected Mayor of the city of
Reading on Friday last, by a majority
of 13 votes over his loco-foco opponent
DANIEL. CLYMER. At the election in Oc
tober last, Gov. Shunk had a majority
of some three or four hundred in the
same city.
y- The Civil War continued to rage
'n the Republic of Venezuela, 8. Amer
ica, at the last adviccs.