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JANUARY 25, 1841 FOR ? RESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET. We are Indebted u:he Delegate from this County to the Whig State Convention, for the names of the gentlemen who were put in nomination for Electors on the Whig ticket. The proceedings of the Convention had tint been publiied when our Delegate left Indianapolis, and we have kept back our r r ... I psper in hope? of receiving them in time to 1 Jay them before our readers this weeK. The ticket is a strong one: . " FOR STATE ELECTORS.. ' Ileory S. Lame, of Montgomery; Joseph G. Marshall, ot Jefferson. -"." DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1. John A. Erackenridge, of Warrick; 2. James Collins of Floyd: 3. John A. Matson, of Franklin; 4. Samuel V. Parker, of Fayette; 5. Hugh O'Xeal, of Marion; 6. George G. Dunn, of Lawrence; ,?r U. W. Thompson, of Vigo; 8. William Homes, of Cerrull; 0. John P. Biddle, of Case: 10. Lewis S. Thompson,' of Allen. The following Is the contingent Ticket. STATS ELECTORS. Jiiir? Rarzud.s, of Wayne; - " S-utrrx Jrr.H, of Knox. -DISTRICTS. ; 1 I. WitTTx Jes, of Spencer; "ii. "V. T. T. Otto, cf Jackson; S. Dr." Rowr-,ct Ripley; ' 4. Joa" Yaevas, of Union:. 5. Tho's. W. Vvaipoij:, of Hancock; . Jons S. YVA-rrs.of JJonroej 7. Dr. Cowgixc, of PjTnsrc; 8. Sasford-C Cos, of Tippecanoe ; " 9. Jobs S. Fatteesox, of Cass; REJECTION OF MR. PROFFIT. The N- tiunaj Intell'gencer of the 12th instant inibims us that irs Senate cn the day previous Tvjcfted the coir illation of George H.PrcfBt a& iitnis;tr to lj.-azjr.Tt his been a profitmission to the little t.-aitor ha having htt thousand dollars of the poopies uione. TVhen the fact was announced to or.- community the countenance of every rnnn we met wore a smile of approbation. We hie not seen the vote on his rejection," but we presume f.hat both parties were generally opposed to him. Daeey S. C-BB. was on the same day confirmed as Minister to Constantinople. 5-S:sethe has been rejected by the Senate-. He was nominated to the oSice of Solicitor of ths General Land Office. Sec rexars oy the Navy.- The Washington papers state that the nomination of the Hon. Divid Henshavf, as Secretary of the Nvy, was on Monday considered by the Sena te, end rejected. . si ETTCER has resigned the office of Secretary of the Treasury and has been ccminated u un Senate by the President for tbs ?xcar;t sr-'i o7j the Supreme Bench occafic:ied by ths death of Judge Thompson. CONGRESS. In the House, Mr. Dean t23 reported a bill providing for the election of Pcsidant andi Vice President on the same iLy throughout the whole United States, 'rtich, was referred to the Committee on Elections. , . -" CtniREct.ATfD Road. Mr. Owen, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, has reported a bid. directing further appropriations fo he Cumberland Road. He moved that the bill be printed and referred to the ComT mitiee cf the; whale, Carried. GEN. JACKSON'S- FINE. We received last week, but too late for insertion in our last number, a letter from our Representa--iwe5n Congress, dated the 8th instant, conveying the intelligence of the passage in the House Ofi that day, of a bill " refunding the arnount of ths fine, (1000,) imposed on Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall of ; Louisiana. The yote stood ayes 158,.nes 2S. This bill, we r.ehevc, is nothing more nor less than a cenFiire upon Ju-'ge Hall, arid consequently - ivul not piss the Senate in iu present shape. MR. V. l. fa the Law D vI'ER,. A statement ia made Importer for January, that Mr. Web3fC writing a history of the Fedetal Constitutive, ssa of the adaa:aistTAtion 'i-iUngtcu. Ha could Scarcsly make the Aercae people a more valuable gift than a ?'ork from his own pen on such, a subject. CirA b:Ii his passed bo'-h' Horjsts cf the Marytead Legislature, and become a law, districting the State in accordance with the jequireaneflta of the act of Congress.

SIR. RIVES. We give placa to-day, in preterence to other natter of importance, to Mr. Rives letter, in which he expresses his preference in regard to the Presidency.

We have not had time to peruse it ourselt, having placed the only copy received in the hands of the compositor. The Baltimore Patriot says of it, "The letter of Mr. Rives, which has just been made public, and in which he declares his intention to support Mr. Clay in preference to Mr. ""Van Buren, for the Presidency, will produce a great sen sation in the public mind. It is. certainly a most admirable paper, and presents the sub ject of the relative claims of the two candi dates, in a point of view that is utterly ir resistible. It is a document that ought to be read by every one who takes an interest in public affairs, and. particularly by those who are desirous of informing themselves of J the merits of the two Presidential Candidates, It is a production that will add greatly to the fame of Mr. Rives, as a man of trascendant ability, and a finished writer. AH that 13 wanted now, is for Mr. Calhoun to come out, and in the same unequivocal manner, define , his position on this question. That Mr. Calhoun will support 'Mr. Van Buren after the manner in which he has been treated by the Van Buren party, in reference to the Baltimore Convention is what no man, who has a due appreciation of his high-toned character, for a moment belie ves. - Let him, however, go a step further and declare, as Mr Rives has done, that this is a question upon which there can be no neutrals, and that al though his principles and Mr. Clay's are not in all respects identical, yet between the two, he prefers Mr. Clay for the Presidency. By pursuing such a course, he will not on ly vindicate Lis own character, but elevate himself in the nublic estimation. , It therefore is to be hoped, that if he has made the expo sition of his views which it is said he has (done, and which is soon to be made public, l it will be found he has taken the same decidS ed and manly grounds as Mr. Hives." We commend the letter to the earnest perusal of our readers. Mr. Rrvxs. The HoiuW. C. Rives has a powerful letter in the Richmond Whig ofj the.llth "mst., in favor of the election of Mr. Clay. The letter is terrifically severe upon Mr. Van Buren. It was written 'to a per sonal friend, but was obtaind by a gentleman for publication. The Louisville Journal says, the Richmond E.iqu'u el ii very much frightened at lhereport that Mr. RiverV.il support Mr. Clay. Mr. Rives is threatened wiih all sorts of direful consequences, and among others, he is warned that if he supports Mr. Clay, his book of the life of Madison will not sell! ; " " NO THANKS. The Indiana Senate on the last day of the Session refused a vote of thanks to the presiding officer, Mr. Bright. The correspondent of the Wabash Courier says "Oue of the majority members offered a resolution expressing a unanimous vote of thanks of Senators, to the President of the Senate, the Hon. Jesse D, Bright, for his j dignified and impartial conduct as presiding ofljeer, A motion was made to strike out the word 'ynajmows," which was carried. Then a substitute for the whole resolution was offered by Mr. Ewing, declaring that the presiding officer deserved the severest cen sure of the Senate for uncouiteous, arbitrary, and tyranical conduct as President of the Senate. These resolutions and amendments elicited a very angry ' debate, ia which Messrs, Ewing, Defrees, and Walpole expressed their opinion without much reserve of the Hon. Mr. Bright. Mr. Ewing's substitute, however, was not adopted. And when the main resolution came up, that, also was lost by a tie vote. ' So that the Lieut. Governor, not only goes unthanked, but meets a refusal on the part of the body over which he presides to acknowledge him as a dignified and impartial officer. -This, I believe, is unprecedented in the history of Indiana Legislation. It is much talked of here, but generally considered a just retribution towards a man who has conducted himself so entirely partizan as a presiding officer In the ether end of the House Mr. Robinson received a unanimous vote of thanks as presiding oflrcer, and that too by a resolution offered by a minority member of the body." MASSACHUSETTS.- George N. Briggs and John Reed, the Whir candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, were on the 6th mst.' elected -by the Legislature to those offices, 1 We are indebted to the Hon.R, D. Owen for documents accompanying the President's message. , ' ofj In a recent' debate in U. S, Senate, the records of ths Senate, which were read, showed tha fact, which ms.y be new to mztj cf our reada.T, that during the early psrlcd oi our Government, the practice was for the President, when tho Senate was in executive session, to enter the chamber and- take his seat by the side of the presiding officer, and there receive the counsel and advice of What body. -

- From the Richmond Whig. j MR. RIVES. The following letter from the Hon William C. Rives as will be seen from its face, was written to a personal and political friend

( in Hanover: but another gentleman having learned in a conversation with Mr. luves, that he had written such a letter, containing a full expression of his views on the, subject of the Presidential election, has obtained a

copy of the letter, with permission to have it dividual whom they had so recently depos...,kt:et,ooa k hi monn nf satisfying ed, pronounce a flag;ant sentence ot stulti-

1 ' ii i all enquirers, and removing all doubts, as to the course Mr. Rives will pursue in the approaching coutest. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1st, 1844. My Dear Sir It seems to be now definitely settled, that the country is to be call ed upon to retract the solemn aecisiou pro nounced hv it in 1S40. upon the dements of Mj. Van Buren's Administration, and to restore him to power, without a solitary atonement for the past, or pledge of ameudment for the future. The indications which have been given here, since the assembling of Congress, are too significant to be mlsuuderstood. The Convention at Baltimore, will have nothing to do but to register and proclaim the edict of the Caucus in the Capjtoj - In this state "of things, are wet who have nftPn ipmified. in the face of the world, ourdeen an earnest convictions of the fatal and demoralizing tendencies of Mr. Van Buren's whole system of political action, to stand aside with folded arms, and to shrink into an inslorious. I had almost said, treasonable neutralitv. because of some differences of opinion on questions of public policy, from Mr. C av. which a wise snint ot moderation, - - - . . r. -. . I and the recognised arbitrament of the public will, are dailv narrowing in magnitude and extent? I humbly think not. The election of Chief Magistrate of the nation, is one of those vital processes, pro- I vided by the Constitution of the country, for the periodical regeneration of our system, by a fresh infusion into it, of the eliments of popular health and virtue, in which no good ritizen: unless under circumstances of a verv peculiar character,' can properly refuse to take apart.andtotheextentofhis influence and example, a decided and efficient part. When the vast moral and political influence of the office, as well as its direct attributes of positive and controlling power, are cons.dcted, it can never be a matter of indifierence.'oreven of an equal balance of conntervailiuj motives of preference or objection who shall fill it. There is alwavs a choice : and though the making of that choice, may sometimes be embarrassed by conflicting consideratious, arising out of a want of entire coincidence of opinion with either of the op posing candidates, it is only the more incumbent on us to determine our preference with care and deliberation, according to the "best lights of our understandings; aud ht.rj once conscientiously formed, fearlessly and unhesitatingly to act it out. lathe approaching Presidential contest, then, we ought not and cannot be neutral; and if, as every thing now indicates is to be the case, that contest shall be between Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Clay, I have as little hesitation in saying that there is but one line of action by which we can aquit ourselves of the full measure of our duty to the country and that is, waiving all minor consid erations, to give a manly and determined support to Mr. Clay in preference to Mr. Van Buren. For myself, I can conceive of no greater calamity to the nation, or deeper discredit to the cause and very name of popular government, rhSn the re-election of Mr. Van Buren would be, afteiMbc s'gnal and overwhelming niaiority Dy which he was so recently deposed from power, upon the fullest canvass of his measures, policy and conduct. The host ofvindictive passions which fol low in the train oi restored governments the crowds of hungry retainers, nleadinnr ' the merit of past services, who pres3 forward to claim the reward of their fidelity, or indem nity tor sacrifices and losses incurred in the common cause the infatuated and pertina cious attachment to ancient abuses the ar bitrary and self willed habits nurtured in the former possession of power the commitment to favorite but pernicious schemes ot policy, nave an concurred to give a sort of proverbi al currency to the remark of a celebrated English statesman and historian, that the worst and most d mgerousof all revolutions is a Restoration That all these evils would be realised to the widest extent, and in the most unmitigated virulence, m the restora lion of Mr, Van Buren, none can doubt who have been attentive observers of the selfish and vicious system of party exemplified in the creed and conduct of himself -and his friends, or who have not forgotten that mem orable motto of the pirty rapacitv,so boldly emblazoned on the shields of his chosen followers, which, in proclaiming "to the; victors belong the spoil Ef victory," shameless ly pointed to tne offices and trusts of the country, as the rightful" plunder of politica warfare n Uut to return to the remark I have already maoe. tould anything inflict a deeper wound on the cause of Republican institu tions, man such a spectacle of Ievitvand in stability, on the part of the constituent body as would be exhibited in the restoration of Mr. Van Buren, after the overwhelming con demnation of his administration, pronounc eaoy the almost unanimous voice- of the country, but three short years ago? Would it not render popular government i (self a"bveword and taunt" among the nations? In 1810 the American people, upon the fullest and most deliberate hearing of both sides of the pohtical controversey of the friends as well ns the opionents of Mr. Van Buren record ed their votes against him by such a majori ty as uever ueiore signnuzea the retreat ot any minister trorn power, and was till then utteny unparalleled, an even unapproachec, :n zne n.s;o:yoi our irresiuantial contest Of the 28 States, composing tha Union, he received the votes of but seven, and all of these (except one) the smallest of the confederacy of the 294 votes of the Electoral! Vyoneges, lie obtained" but sixty and of 'h? Mr. Fox, in his his lory of James II.

popular suffrages, a majority of 145,000, but

of the tree and enlightened citizens ot America, who voted in the election, gave in their accumulated vevdict against him. And yet in the face ol this solemn finding of the

great inquest of the body, of the nation- 1 while the echo of the general voice which pronounced it has not yet died upon the ear a beld attempt is made to induce the peo ple to take back their own settled and wellconsidered judgment, ana in elevating again to the-highest office cf the Republic the in ficatioa and incompetence upon themselves, knQW njt -n wfaa ljght Qther mind3 may v;ew sucu a proceeding; but to me it seems a contemptuous sporting with the sovereign constituency of the country a. sheer mockery and insult to the public intelli gence. - r - : And by what means is Mr. Van Buren to be again presented as the legitimate and an nointed candidate of the Democratic party? Not certainly oy tne will or tne great body ol the party, who, we have every reason to believe, depneate and deplore the madness and folly of the act, but by the secret and invisible agency of self-constituted conclaves and CArcrsis, controlled, with absolute sway, by a few bold and adroit political managers, I run no risk in saving that if the individuals composing the party throughout the Union could be interrogated, upon the voir dike, to say whom they would prefer as the Presidential nominee of the party, three-fourths of them, at least, and probably a tar larger proportion, would, unhesitatingly, declare their preference for some new candidate. And yet m utter contempt ot tne popular sentiment of the party, and disdainfully rejecting the only equitable as well as practicable mode T 'II .1 ' or aniving ai uie win oi uie maioruy niro the medium of a fair, etjual and uniform Popular representation .in the nominating convention, the friends of Mr. Van Buren, (holding ou to that old machinery of party d.sciplins and subordination, derived to them from the cunning order of ihe . Jesuits thro' the bloody Jacobinical Clubs of Revolutionary France, by which one or two active spirits are enabled to suppress the will and control the movemeuts of vast and entire bodies of men,) imperiously declare that he and he only, shall be the candidate ot the party.; Is it not time that honorable and, patriotic men, as they respect the dignity of their own character, the privileges of freemen, and the sacred principles of Republican Government should unite in one generous and virtuous struggle to overthrow, effectually and forever the tyranny oi a system, which, if now sub mitted to, must finally convert our noble popular Institutions into the worst ot de nominations -that of an . unscrupulous and sordid party oligarchy. And what are the wise and benignant. measures of administrative policy which are promised us as the fruits of Mr. Van Bnren ' restoration? A return ta the glories and' blessings of the Sub-Treasjjry system a renewed war upon the currency, commerce and business of the country ! Just at the moment when, by the mere fact of the withdrawal of the hostility of the government, and that vis medicatrix naturce which is in herent in the energies of a fiee, enterprising and industrious people, all the business pursuits of the nation are retaining their prosper ity and activity, and the currency and ex changes of the country are indiug their pro per and natural level, every thing is to be again thrown into confusion, and we are to be replunged into a choas of wild and perni cious experiments, simply to signalize a remorselss parly triumph, in the consjmation of a measure openly-at war with every great practical interest of the community. .And to Urfs would be added, by a natural and necessary connexion, all that long train of congenial abuses which so ingloriously illustrated the era of Mr. Van Buren's former administration multiplied schemes for extending executive power and Presidential patronage profuse and profligate expenditures of pub lic money the impunity and protection of faithless public officers, purchased by the merit of their party services a new brood of defaulters, of the Hoyts and Harnsses, a race, the entire disappearance of which, since 1S-10, is one of the proudest proofs of the justice and necessity of the change, then decreed by the voices of the people.. But it were in vain to attempt an enumeration of the teeming abuses that must ever attend the fundamental heresy of Mr. Van Buren's political system, which, instead of regarding government as a high and a holy trust for the good of the country, sees in it nothing but a job to be administered for the benefit of a party, of which the President is the head and grand almoner. , Now, I would ask, what is" there to be apprehended from Mr. Clay's election, which ought to have the weight of a feather in the scale, when compared with the fatal and destructive evils, poisoning the vital elements of Republican freedom and virtue, as well as the essential sources of national prosperity and happiness, which, we have every reason to believe, would inevitably follow the restoration of Mr. Van Buren. "; We shall, doubtless, have paraded before our eyes, in stereotyped horrors, the old and thread bare apparition of the Tariffs ihe Bank and the Distribution. On the subject of the Tariff I do not hesitate to say, that " Mr. Clay's creed, developed in his recent letters, iin every jespect, as just, as sound and unexceptionable as that of Mr. Van Buren, and his practice . better. Mr. Clay did not vote for, or approve the Tariff of 182S, consigned to an odious celebrity, under the name of the Bill of Abominations, which Mr. Van -Buren arid his friends carried by their votes. It is rather an unfortunate coincidence, considering the professions of Mr. Van Buren, that all the Tariffs which have been most complained of in the South, owe their existence upon the Statute Books to the vctes of himself or his friends. It is no want of charity, then, but the result of the most candid and deliberate consideration," when I espress-ths decided opinion, that Xr Cky is far mora to ba relied upon for a practical r djustment of this delicate and complex subject, on terms just and satisfactory to all sectioa"ofthe Union, harmonising their various interests by the golden rule of moderation i winch is the only pledge of permanence and j t

bilry in arrangement that may te made,)

than Mr. Van Buren. The wise and temperate spirit so strikingly exhibited in his letters which have been recently given to the public, .sustained by his well-known

influence with bis friends, and his own high and unquestioned character for frankness and decision, is a guarautee which no portion of the nation will lightly regard. . With respect to the Bank if the country shall be reduced to a choice betweeu the odi ous and grinding Sub-Treasury Scheme,and a National Institution of finance, properly guarded against abuse by the jealous restnc tions of its charter, as well as by a vigilant public supervision and control, 1 do not be lieve that of such an alternative, would find any cause of quarrel against those who, free from constitutional difhculties on the sub ject, should go for the latter, in prefeience to the former. And as to the Distribution of the proceeds of the Public Lands, that stands necessarily and evidently adjourned as a practical question, 'till the sober judg ment of the people, under the presure reve nuesbf the nation, compared with its expen ditures and engagements, shall be in very different situation from that in which they now are, or are likely to be for years to come My own individual opinions on those sub tects, have been so often and fully- stated that I need not repeat them here. W hat mean to sav, at present, is, that these are is sues either hypothetical and speculative, or neutralized by equal and opposing consider ations on the other side, and should not di vert the mind, for a moment, from "those higher, and more urgent and vital questions which are the true tests of a sound and cor rect decision in the pending Presidentia Election. Those tests I have already adver ted to. They are such as are inseperably conuectdd with the purity, character and preservation of the Government itself, and in my humble judgement, are overwhelmingy conclusive against the pretensions of Mr. Van Buren. .. . - As little shall we permit ourselves, I trust, to be "frightened from our propriety" by the old and hollow expedient of a senseless and arbitrary use of party names. Those who are prone to ring the changes cf the nomen clature of federalist and Republican would do well to remember that they have men, reading and enquiring men, to deal with, and not children. Try Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Clay by any test derived from the authentic history of political parties in this country, or by the standard of those great principles which exist in the essenticl elements of our popular institutions, and Mr. Clay stands before the world the far better Republican of the two. In that great array and struggle of the two parties of the country, (among ihe most memorable in our history,) which arose out of the controversy and war with England in 1812, where wa3 Mr. Clay and where was Mr. Van Buren? Mr. Clay gallantly leading the Republican host of the House of Representatives, and sustaining the administration of Mr. Madison, with ail the ener gies of his patriotism and eloquence Mr, Van Buren uniting with the Federalist to depose that illustrious man from power, and to supplant his administration! Try them again by that standard which Mr. Van Buren himself, in a most elaborate speech delivered in the Senate of U. S. in 1828, declared to be the true and legitimate distinction between the Federal and Republican parties, the one seeking to extend, the other to restrain, Executive power. The public have not forgotten the various schemes so sedulously devised or countenanced by Mr. Van Buren, during the whole period of his administration, and fully exposed at tne time, to augment Executive patronage, discretion and power; and nothing -surely, has more eminently distinguished the career of Mr. Clay than his constant and persevering efibrts to restain, and to provide new dikes and securities . against the enlargement or abusive exercise of the powers of that department of the Government. Judging them, then, by Mr. Van Buren's own definition of political parties, as correctly laid down by him in 1828, but totally lost sight of in his subsequent practice, let the sober and impartial judgement of the country decide which is the Federalist and which .the Republican. ; It is impassible for any reflecting man to contemplate the actual and prospective condition of the country without seeing in it already the gem of new difficulties and troti bles, which may, in their approaching developemen?, agitate our glorious Union to its centre. The Oregon and Texas questions in our foreign relation at home, a deficient revenue, with all its ordinary sources pressed up to their farthest productive limit, and some of them their is reason to apprehend beyond, the Tariffcontroversy re-opened, with all the conflicting interests and passion which never fail to beawakened by it; and added to these the re-kindled fires of the Abolition excitement each and all of them are questions which carry in their bosom the fearful elements of civil discord and intestine strife. The worst and most dangerous aspects they present is that all of them bring into immediate and opposing array, if not an angry and hostile cofiission, the sectional interests and feelings ot the different geographical divisions of the confedracy. Whose, at such'a moment, is the master-spirit that may have Ia the speecn alluded to, (made on the 12th February 1828, on the . powers of the Vice President as presiding officer of the Senate,) "Mr. Van Buren comments on the "attempt" of Mr. Adams, in his Inaugral address "to trace the origin of the two great political parties," "which,'" he adds, "have divided the country from the adoption of the Constitution to the present dny," and after rejecting Mr. Adams' theory, he gives his own in the following words: "They" (ihe two great political parties of Federalist and Republican) "arose from other and very different causes. They are, in truth, m iiuly to be ascribed to the struggle between two opposing principles that have been tn active operation in this cou::ry frora-the closing sce'nes of the Revolution to the present day the one seeking to absorb, as far as practicable, all power from its legitimate sources and condenses it into a singte head: Ihe other, nn antagonist principle, labouring as as siduous'y to resist the encroachments and limit the extenl of Executive au; aerify."

power to Etill the ' rising tempest, before it" ; sweeps with destructive fury over the face o f our yet happy Union; or should this prove

hopeless and impossible, whose the com manding genius, "to ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm r, To preside over the destinies of a great Republic, in a crisis of such complicated diihculty and peril, calls tor something more than the acts of mere party politician. It demands the highest moral and intellectual qualities of the states" man courage, self-possession, elevation of character and elevation of views, a noble ness and generosity of nature that attracts confidence, and can inspire enthusiasm, the spirit of persuasion and the spirit of com mand combined. Let the annals of the country, in some oi the darkest moments which have ever lowered upon us fortunes, be consulted, and they v?ill answer whether Henht Clay or Martin Van Bcsen is the man for such a crisis. I have thus, my dear sir, with the frankness due to our relations of friendship, per- -sonal and political, given you my views on a subject vhich is soon to absorb so large a portion of the public attention, and to which no good -citizen can be indifferent. I flatter myself they will meet your concureace, and that of our Republxan t:;enc3 who nave acted with us in the trying scenes through which we have passed; but in any event I, am sure they will be received by you with the kindness and cordiality, in the spirit of which I pray you io believe me, most truly and faithfully vours. W. C. RIVES. , Col. EorJTjND Fontaine, Hanover. ON DITS. We have very decided ru- ; mor3 from Washington that an important let-1 ter has been received from Mr. Calhoun, in which ae declares, in substance, that as be- . tween Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren, there -should be no hesitation in taking the former. We see this rumor alluded to ia several papers to the East. The AVashington correspondent of the Boston Atlas under date of Jan. 5, says: . , .'' - '-. "There is also a' very cuurrent rumor ia the city, that Mr. Calhoun has written a letter . to Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina, in which he ; complains of the want of nerve of his friends . in the House speaks in terms of great se-; and verity harshness of the course ofMr. Van Bui en and his friends towards him, and withdraws from the race; but at the same time, he withholds his influence from Mr. Van Buren, and stands back in solitary grandeur.This rumor is entitled to additional credii. from the course which the Calhoun paperu are taking in Alabama and South Carolina. A correspondent of the Hantsville Southern Advocate, in referring to the treatment which , Calhoun received at the late Loco Foco Convention in Alabama, says that the tie Pa -raetie has been trampled upon by the Calbage Stalks. - ,- - . The Washington correspondent of the?'. Y. Journal of, Commerce, which is friendly to Mr. Calhoun, writes under data of the S'h hist, as follows : "The Calhoun manifesto against the Vt.n RuTen Convention has not yet arrived, but I learn that it is in print, and will soon be here, 1 It has had the effect, in anticipaticr to shake the confidence of ihe Van Baron men ii. the stiength of their position. It is not ai'all in-probable that the friends of Cass and Johnson will also keep alocf from the packed convention. Mr, Calhotjn. A Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Mercury aid Journal writes: . - "Mr. Calhoun has writen a long and powerful letter, discussing the:' whole questitn, denouncing and renouncing the 'Poiidciaas' Packed Caucus,' which is to assemble at Baltimore in May next. " It will be shortly published. A national convention will be called, at which the People will be rep; esented and a third candidate nominated. That convention can choose from among Calhouu, Stewart, Cass, or Johnson. Its nominee will stand a better chance of elecr:, than Mr. Van Buren. It will at least accomplish one thing, which is now found to be indispensable to the welfare of the co intry and the triumph of Republican principl es, to wit: the re-organization of the Dernoc tic party in 1845. Clay Cixb at Washington City. The Washington correspondent of the BalUrxore . Patriot writes under date of the 9thinst: ' "The Whigs of Washington city held a meeting, to-night, at the Assembly Rocffis, for the purpose of forming a Clay c!ab. It was a vast and most enthusiastic aasembhge. It was cheering to all who takes an interest in the cause of the great statesman of the West, to witness the display of zeal and ani- " mation that were manifested oa the occasion. Whatever may be the warmth of feeling and ardor of the friends of Clay, in osher sections of the country, I can assure you 'hey do not exceed what is felt and exhibited by ' the party in this city, The club was duly organized by the appointment of officers, and was addressed by a number of distinguished members of Congress. Those whom I hoard were Messrs. Stephens, of Georgia, , Jame- j gan, of Tenn., and Chilton, of Virginia' They all acquitted themselves well, which was testified by the manifest interest with which their speeches were listened to, and the applause which at frequent interval i, iainterupted their rcma.ks. There has been rumors in Frovidecca fpr several days past that a letter hag bee a received from the notorious E. K. Avery, the Methodist clergyman who was tried a few years since at Bristol for the murdar c M ss Sarah Maria Cornell, making a fullccnfesaoa cf bis guilt. Very little reliance is phct-d on the rumor. The story goes that Avery has lately died in Ohio, and tht on hs death-bed he made a confessipa which bo desired should be transmitted to Rhode Inland. By this confession he not only acknowledges the murder of Miss Cornell, but likewise of 4wo other females. xY. Y. lYibunc. '

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