Evansville Journal, Volume 11, Number 47, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 27 November 1845 — Page 2

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"Ndt Caesar's weal, but that of Rcir.e. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 27, 1845. $3rOiiT Carrier Vcegls us to offer a topy of "BtyarA's American Poets,'' beautifully bound, ,for the best written New Year Address . to his Patrons. The address must be sent in by the 20.h of December. Mr. Calhoc n's Speech. We publish in to-day's Journal the speech of Mr. Calhoun, delivered at the Memphis Convention. Ii contains some remarkat le views andopiuions considering their source, and will be read and applauded by the friends of the West and South. "The Memphis Convention by re solving the Western Rivers into 'inland seas' says a contemporary, has tel'eved Mr. Calhqun from the great constitutional difficulty, which heretofore has troubled his mind, in reference to appropriations by the General Government, for internal improvements. We are gratified that this has been done, and that it has been accomplished by means 6o simple and easy. Living as we now do upon the sea coast of the United States, ap propriations to improve and defend which, are constitutional in the estimation of the strict constructionist, we may look tor out share of the benefit of Government appropriations, for this purpose. A Washington correspondent of the New York Journal ot Commerce, a Iocofoco pa. per, in an article intended as abuse of the AVhigs, has the followiug paragraph: "But still, as a body, what do the Whigs not control? What is there in morals, in literature, in social life, in finance, in commerce, m every important avocation in life, that they do not control? . They alone hold the keys to society. They alone can give social rank. They com role public taste.i : i .i : luey presiue uver luaiuutiuua ior euueuuou ; they guard all the crevices to professional success; they have almost the exclusive sway over religious associations; they engross the capital, the lalenr, and the business of the nation. Surely, all this ought to be glory enough for the Whig party, without any share in the political coutrol of the nation." After this wilj any Iocofoco have the hardihood to deny that Whig party is the decency party? If "in morals, in literature,1' and in every thuig else, the Whigs are so immeasurably superior to their opponents, and we veribly believe it so, the great majority ot, .those who have heretofore worked with the Jocofoco party are a precious set of jacks if they donl desert their leaders and join the true church the Whig church, to which their fa--1-t.t "j i r. " i ' " i. .t 1 u never have backslid. in which theie is room and inducements for occupying it, as is shown by this writer, such as no other association presents. Amekican Flour. The superiority ,of American Flour over that manufactured from wheat grown in Great Britain is said to be very considerable. American flonr will ab sorb from 8 to 10 percent more of its own weight of water in manufacturing it into bread or biscuit, than the English wheat. Mrs. Rundell states in her "Domestic Cookery" that while 14 pounds of American flour will make 2U. -pounds oi bread, the same quantity of English flour will produce but IS pounds. BuHTixa Alive. The Analachieola Ad vertiser says that a family, 'with whom the editor is intimate, desired his attendance at the removal of the remains of one of its deceased members. Prompted by curiopity, the lid of the coffin, as removed, when; to the utter astonishment of all present, the corpse was found with its face downwards, and in the manner indicating a complete change in the position ol the body. Added to this, as far as the hands could have reached, the lining . of the coffin was torn, and wound into a knot, and a considerable quan tity oi nair was strewed at the leet. All these circumstances, together with the sud den and singular manner of. bis .(supposed) demise, left no doubt that here was another instance of a too precipitate baste in consigning to the grave the body of those sup posed to be dead." CtrA public meeting was held at Terre Haute on Saturday last to take into consid eration the completion of the Wabash and Erie. Canal to (hat place, the extension of it to Evansville, and the payment of the State debt. We have not received the pro ceedings. - It has been proposed to raise the salary'o f be Vice President,' because Mr. Dallas can not live on it, without the disgrace of enga ging in his profession! Five thousand, dollars per annum, we think, aa, pretty fair salary for the trifling duties the Vice Presi denti s called on to perfotm. " The Members of Congress are very early in attendance at Washington this year. The U. S. Journal says that one hundred and six ly seats have been selected in the House of Representatives by new members in person

?"rHcv-The editor of, the Lafayette

; (Indiana) Journal who knows a thing or two, all hough he makes no claims to being a prophet, in his last paper says: , "Toledo is destined to be the largest city on Lake Erie, Lafayette the largest in the Valley of the Wabash, (if not in Indiana,) and Evansville one of the largest on the Ohio." Evansville is, at this time, equal in .extent and population with any city in Ind lana, and the amount ol business done here- the quantity of produce shipped from this point and merchandise received is greater than at any other. We do nor care to boast of our superior advantages over our' neighbors, and we are therefore content that they shall do us justice. Complete the Canal to the Ohio river and we will in a few years not only show one of the largest cities on. the river, but one of the most enterprising; and unless Lafayette 'goes it' from this out with a race horse speed, will leave her far behind. O-Sonie one sent Dr. Chilton, of New York, a living Chameleon, which changes its color with astonishiug rapidity, from white to black or black to white. The editor ol the Cincinnati Chronicle, asserts that there arepoijcdZchimeleons in this part of the world who creep on two legs instead of four and who can change their color as readily as the quadruped. He says: 'We saw one that came from Tennessee. The chameleon is a lizard it moves by creeping, but sometimes it gets very. high. Oc casionally ii may be seen on the top of a fence, looking gravely on either side. Then it will runoffwiih great rapidity, and exhibit very lively and beautitul colors. . Then it changes its hues, and each of three different specta tors will swear it is of as many different col ors in It is a singular animal; creeping and yet ascending: beautiful and yet mean: a fixed covering and yet changing colors!! Header! did you never see a human ani mal of this description? Mark an aspiriug, intrigueing and unstable politician. See him exhibit himself in the charms of eloquonce, makiug fine promises, then descend. n to mean and venal acts! See his political col ors; here one thing and there another; a b ree 1 rader in the south, a Tanffman in the North; all things to all men! Then see him creep, creep along till he ascends high places! Perchance he reaches at last the tall mountain-heights of ambition, that even the eagle flight of genius could not reach! Tiiere he crawls his lizard from in slimy paths ot these lofty summits, and twinkles his little eyes in mockery of the noble eagle!" Reader J have you never seen that ? Have you never seen a successful Dejiagogue? "ELEGANT EXTRACTS. " We give the following from the McKenzie compilation of Hoyt's correspondence, -cwwwcatTjrnnGSTrToTros- wncrnirccted to be so sorely shocked at the charge "against Mr. Clay of having once used an oath. It will be seen by the letters below, that the great ' leaders of the Northern Democracy in their confidential intei course do swear a little sometimes, and with a coarseness that cant be beat. It, will be recollected that these letters are admitted to be genuine and cannot be put aside by the usual cry, that they are whig lies: John, Van Bur en to Jesse Hoyt, at New York. Why God d n you Jesse! buy my stock and draw upon me at sight. You must be poor bilches down there, if you caunot raise this two penny sum. If the stock has gone up, let it go to hll. The Bank will come up against the Safety Fund Banks, and depress siocK the Govern or s Message will eventually relieve the country. Yours truly, J VAN BUREN. Mr. Thaddcns Phelps at Albany, to Mr. Jesse Hoyt, otJew Xorlc. "Dear JIoyt. We arrived this- morning. and have atVeady accomplished wonders, OUR INFLUENCE has already made SIX BANKS IN T11L 1IULSE, (no . f2ar of ihe Senate,) and by to-morrow night there is very little doubt we shaii have made TWEN VY OR THIRTY more. You fellows who are in favor of the Repealers itfay go tollell in your own way. Consider your, restraining law repealed. Consider me a partner in a B-inking Compihy I put iu 2,000.000 Call on John Ward for the money. No more ai present. Your loving friend, THADDEUS PHELPS. , "Arrived on Monday- momiirw." 29 j April. "Monroe has sent in his allegiance and the Native American party, may gato the D 1. Boat, off T. P," IngersoU,' in his history of the War. has made not a few blunders. In speaking of Gen. Jacksoa he says: , '.'Nothing was wanting to his amazing triumph, but that Wellington, instead of Pdckenham, as was first intended,, should have headed the invasion of Louisiana, thatJacksoi; might tear from the brow of Napoleon's conqueror the layrelsof Waterloo." : The New Orleans Bulletin spoils this histdrical flourish by calling attemion to the awkward circumstance that the battle ot New Orleans occurred-several months before the battle of Waterloo. . Newspapers. Tiiere are fifteen hundred and fifty-five newspapers and periodicals in the Uoited States, and but eighteen hundred and ninety-one iu all the world beside. 07Oat thanks are due to Captain Martin of the splendid steamer Cincinnati, for late Louisville pipers.

MR. CALHOUN'S ADDRESS.

Gentlemen ol the Convention 1 thank you for the honor you have con ferred ou me by calliiig me to preside ove you deliberations. The object of the meeting, so far as have learned, is the development of the re sources of the West and South. And, gen tlemen. it is for vou to determine what they are, by what rneans they .can be Lest developed, and also, how far.the aid of the General Government may be invoked to can ry ihe in out and here, I trust, it may not be deemed improper to state my own opinion onj these points.. I The region occupied by the Western and Southern Slates is of vast extent. It may indeed be properly divided into three parts. 1. The Mississippi Valley, that maguifi cent country drained by the mighty stream whose currents rolls by yourcity which ex-, tends nearly through the temperate zonej from North to South, and from the Rocky to the Alleghany mountains, from West to East. - ! 11. That portion which stretches from the mouth of the Mississippi river along the Gulf of Mexico and the Ailantic ocean, and the chief productions of which are Cotton and, Rice. 111. That portion stretching from the Mississippi river along the Gulf of Mexico to i the Mexican line: and here I may be per mined to include Texas, which, though not yet formally admitted as a State, is destined, at no far distant period, to shine as a bright! star in the national galaxy.- Cheers j The vast region, comprehending these three divisions, may justly be called the great agricultural portion of our Union; and as sucli it must ever predominate. Consider its climate, so various: its extent, so vast; its soil, so fertile; its products are every fruit and grain and vegetable belonging to a temperate zone, and that in rich profusion and abundance. Nature has been munificent towards this favored region. Already has much been done in the onward progress of this country. Here ail the articles to clothe and feed mankind are produced, not only in sulficieut abuudaiice for our wants, and for that of the U. States, but their supply demands the market of the world to consume. Cotton, breadsiuffs, lead, ssgur, tar una turpentine, ginseng, aud other articles too numerous to mention, all seek a market boih at home and abroad. In a short time, also, your fertile vallies and extensive prairies will have undergone farther, improvements and extension. Your cotton and breads! ut"s will have greatly increased in quantity, and at the same time Texas will have added greatly to the manufacture of Sugar. The great question then, gentlemen, I now approach. How shall we develope these great resources? How shall we bring into active use the munificent gills of r.atuiehere provided, whether on the surface or in the bowel of the earth? There is one thing needful: that is, that you shall get a fair price for all you produce. This' will make this region the garden of the world. Now, how will you do this? There is but oue course, viz: a commensurate extension ot your taarket. This again can be done only in one way. That is by afree and ready transit between this region and the ssveral Slates of the Union, and beyond that with the rest of the v.orld. Here, gentlemen, I would remark, I 1ntend no embellishment. We l.ave met for business purposes, and for such an end the preseui remarks 1 shall endeavor to make practical. How shall we effect this' cheap and perfect transit for peisons and merchandize? Gentlemen, nature has been eminently- propitious to us. First, we have- the mighty Mississippi and its tributaries. It will be your part to see that these shall be so aided by art, as to give the uirnos facility for their navigation. How, theu, shall your valley and the Southern Atlantic cities be united? We have at present only a coasting-' voyage round the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. This ought to be made secure in peaceful times more especially in event of war. ' A war would here produce the stoppage of an artery of our system; and iiivitably end in the convulsion of commerce. Great though the natural advantages here may be, ntucii remains to be done. The great impediment to be overcome is distance. From New Orleans to Cnarleston, via -Florida Point, js somewhere about two thousand miles, and a very dangerous passage. The Florida Keys are fraught with danger to the mariner; and long before commerce had attained its present state, the annual losses iu this voyage a mounted to not less than five hundred Thousand dollars. ' '.. . : ' This it may be true falls on insurance; but is not less a loss. From "Memphis or from Nashville, the distance to Charleston is not less than two thousand three hundred ini.'fss, via Florida Point, with all its danger: while i.? a direct route across the country it is only about six hundred miles. A good railroad wbulJ be the means of accomplish ing this journey nt two days, the effect of which in the rapid transit of persons and light merchandize will be of gr.at importance To effect this object, nature Ms been eminently munificent. On either side the "range of Alleghanies are vast and fertile plains: and bursting through these ranges, inconven ient gaps, flow the Cumberland and Tenn essee rivers. It so happens that from every, dii ection there are natural openings through this lofty range, all meeting in the 8131601 Georgia at a single point, Atlanta, in De Kalb County. In every direction they fend to that point, harmonizing all interests of all directions in that one spot, and interesting all parties in the farther execution of each other's views. I cannot here go into detail as I could wish. Facts however will be presented to. the consideration of the' Convention by a suitable committee for that purpose, which will dispense with the necessity . of rny going farther than a general allusion to this topic. 1 ' . I may, in illustration however, be permitted to say that at the outset of the construction ol the Charleston and the Savannnah railroads there was great jealousy of each other. Eventually however better counsels prevailed. The roads, by necessity, met at Atlanta, in DeKalb county, Georgia, and from that point there is to both of ihosff corn-

,'p:inies a mutual and joint interest in the far-j

iher prosecunon to completion of a railroad so the Mississippi valey. Now, a railroad is projected froin Oxford, through the fliwassee District, which of necessity goes io Atlanta. That from Nishville, through Chattanooga, must .pass to the same point. That from Memphis Hie same. From Grand Gulf or Vicksburgh, the same. And this shows that instead of rivalry, we in truth are interested in the execution of all. We all meet at our point, the farther progress from which is of mutual advantage and interest to all, I trust, gentlemen, a spirit- will govern this assembly which w'll remove all jealousy ifany may have existed, between divers interests: They are all one in reality. I hope to see harmony: all, aiding in all, and rejoicing in doing so. hi these remarks 1 do not cross the Miss issippi river to the newer region of country, lor on this point I am uopiepaied; but f linn lv hope and believe there will be no diffi culty there. Their interests are ours I lie systematic police ot your streams, and their protection in war, will, it is true, afford great facility in the transit of persons and merchandize, and a ready market m one place if not another, even a market to every mans door. But that is as yet but little. We must look to our connection with ihe North, as well as amongst ourselves; and see that connection shall be secure from danger of navigation as well as contingency ofw.tr. The rail road system is the only sure . and uninterrupted means of connection there with, and that for the si:: months in the year when, Irom opposite causes, either ice, or drought, the ordinary channels ol inland navigation are closed. Besides great rail road communications, we must also connect the vallies of the Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers: to effect which, the Illinois river presents great natural advantages. Other jinks of connection now in progress will short ly be completed. The N. Y. &, Erie Rail road The' Pennsylvania rail roads The Baltimore rail road The Chespeak and O hio Canal The James River aud Kanawha Railroad and other companies pushing on their nolle enterprizes to completion Here the assembly was disiuibed by the removal oi a drunken man. This then, geuilemen, brings us to a more delicate question and that is, how far we may invoke the aid of the General Govern meat? Or. this point, genilemen. I am aware there is a diversity of opinion. It is well known that 1 am lor a rigid construction of our Constitution. I will not, nay I would scoin to take this occasion to pass opinion on topics belonging to other Halls than these and here 1 would beg all to act with forbear ance. If general topics arise, let every con stitutional scruple be an untouched point. Your circular of last July excludiug subjects ot political controversy, I read with pleasure on that account. Our general government, however, is one ol limited powers, lis re strictions must be sacred, and on them de pend the duration of our Constitution and our couutry. On their integrity depend the fond anticipation of the founders of our government that for time to come it should far surpass all others -As to. Ihe. lauirovementJf tlm valley f Vie Mississippi wiiat, then, can Hie .General Government do? The invention of Ful ton has, if I may be allowed the expression turned the Mississippi river and its tributaries into an inland sea, of equal importance iu its navigation with Chespeake or Delaware nay. 1 ueiieve jt tnererore to be a matter peculiarly within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, and deserving in -the hiuhest degree of its police aud protection. "This is not a matter to be left to individual states, ll is one of high national importance. " We may safely lay down as a rule, which it , is presumed will be acceptable to all, that whatever can be done by individuals, they ought to accomplish; whatever is peculiarly within tbe-proviiice of states they should ef fect; and whatever is essentially within the control of the General Government, it should accomplish. I believe the free and uninter rupted navigation of these inland seas (so to speak) is within the peculiar province of the General Government, (great applause) But oil these topics it were useless at present to go into detail. , . - Again, The connection of the Mississippi Valley with the , Southern Atlantic Slates is a matter belonging to the General Government; and requires attention in two points: '1st. Auinre uninterrupted communication between the Mississippi river and the Gulf by deepening the bar at the Bilize, so at all times to admit the passage of the largest vessels, and thus effect a more immediate junction of ;he ocean and river trade. 2nd Security in the event of war, not only by an extensive naval station on the Gulf, and the permanent occupation of those waters by a large naval force, but also by the speedy fortification of the Tortugas. 1 - r These means will tend to keep open the present modes of transit between the Southwestern and Atlantic States. " , There is another mode of inter-communi-catton, however, wherein the iutervention of the General Government may be more than doubtful.' I now allude to the Rail Road system. Now, Government, I contend cannot create a rail road system, or any other system of internal improvements within any seperate state; and grant that it had the pow er even then it would be in vain to look for any appropriation. Local appropriations, if I may use a vulgar' expression, are controlled and overruled by "log rolling," and in illustration of the futility of the General Government embarking in any undertaking of the kind, I wuld state that already it has extended not less than seventeen millions of dollars' therein, the whoieof which at this time is not worth one million dollars. However, the Government' ought to subscribe to every work of internal improvement in proportion to its ownership in lands to be benefitted thereby, just as individuals or corporate owners do. This is no new idea to me. " I once gave the casting vote in the Chair, for the Ship Canal connexion in Illinois, on this principle. Now the Government is a great landed proprietor in the new States. It ought to terminate that ownership and transler its manigement to the States, allowing them thirty-three and one third (a liberal allowance to be sure) pr. cent, for attending to it, the ther sixty-six and two thirds going to

he general government, and connecting this

at the same time with the graduation of 'heir prices, bo as to reduce their pi ice even to 25 cent per acre, 1 111s course genuemen, would be productive of a fund which might be appropriated to rail roans or, other woiks of benefit to the lands owned. It might.be applied by subscription with States or indi viduals, to alternate sections of such improvement, all in the ratio of respective owner ship. Such a coucce will have great eiteci ou the improvement ol the Mississippi val ley and ns connection with the Atlantic States. 1 now come to another point. I do not want to allude to the pioicctive system, nor discuss the meiits or demerits ot a high or ihe present Tariff.. Nor do 1 desire at all to force my opinions ou any gentlemair pres ent. Uut oue subject may incidentally de mand our consideration ou one article ofduty, which may perhaps be discussed, without entering into ihe province of Legislative halls and which has an -immediate bearing on the present topic. Individuals may accomplish much by their subsenptions to public enterprizq:but regard the expense of a railroad al present prices. The usual T railroad iron, as imported into this country under the pres enitariff, cosis not less than 2,000 per mile for the. duty. Now were this duly repealed, it would virtually operate as so much money actually subscribed to the completion of a road. Our own manufacturers can make such iron at from fiity five 10 sixty dollars per ton. 1 his 1 have irom the best authortiy, and from a gentleman who at this time has not less than $3,000,000 invested in iron works. There are at present but two manufactories of railroad iron in this country; but I apprehend many will be induced to engage therein on terms which will produce an ample supply, at a fair profit, on prices not to exceed seventy five dollars per ton. I sincerely trust the Tariff on rail road iron will be reduced. The importance of thissubject will be duly considered by this Assembly, and I shall be glad to hear any facts which gentlemen here shall be able. to present, in the course of our future deliberations. I have now passed, 1 believe, through all that we can ask of the General Government, except one topic. We must look to a foreign as well as a home market. The present tariff is a barrkr to the command of the foreign market. But 1 recommend, even if lins be so, that we shall not battle this here. The Halls of Congress, not ' the Assembly here met, is the place for that discussion. In conclusion, your position in point of couniry is truly remarkable for climate, iertility, and extent; but great as it now is, a more brilliant destiny awaits you. It will not be more tli n twenty years before you will be deliberating, not how you shall connect your valley with the Southeastern Stales but how you shall connect your valley with the Pacific ocean, and how, across the Continent, you shall connect the commerce of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and thus control the transit of the products of the World. Lei your moderation, harmony, and unanimity, geuilemen, set an example which shall hereafter have its effect in simular results, where we trust the deliberation of thisConvaaiwHt will ha duty responded to. And may the results be such as-'-te-- perpetuate- and sttegthen, if posible, bv other indissoluble bonds that intimate connection which shall ever be our boast that, as time shall last we may ever continue over the most prosperous regeous ol the world the UNI TED STATES of America. ' . . - .Mr. Nicholson, who was defeated for the U. S. Senate in Tennessee, has, it is said, entered for Secretary of that body.' .The office hating Iocofoco" are ready" always to receive any little crumb from a Senator down to a Messenger and a runner of errands ifthey cant get the first cut. they put up with a bone. . .' v The Washington , Correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot says there is truth in the rumor that Mr. Webster will, resign hi? seat in the United Stales Senate,' and that Ed ward Everett will stand a fair chance to suc ceed him." " .-" , The Choctaw Indians, it is said, will petition to Congress at the approaching session to be allowed a delegate on the floor of the House. . , - , . ' . ' Congress and our State Legislature meet on Monday next. We may possibly receive ihe Governor's Message in time for next week's paper. . , 0-Our neighbor of the Caurier, in his las! week's paper, announced his intention of delivering a Lecture, to which he"invited our citizens, and requested us to copy the notice. The request and notice escaped our eye, and we had not the pleasure of hearing him. OCT-Mackenzie's pamphlet reveals one of the most remarkable cases of accurate guessing ever recorded. In a letter to Hoyt, Swart wout, who stoic some hundreds of thousands of the people's money, said: , - "Whether or not I shall get anything in the GENERAL SCRAMBLE FOR PLUNDER, remains to be proven; but I rather guess I shall.". " " Fizzling Out. The N. Y. -Tribune, speakmgof a new School History of the United States, says: "It commences with the discovery of America and ends with , the election of Polk; and if any body can tell how a hisiory can be taken off to a smaller point than that we should like to know it.'' MR. PEYTON, M. C. This gentleman, member elect from the Nashville Districr, Tenn., died last week at his residence in Sumner county. A new election has been ordered. Edward IL Ewisa and several others ate named as candidates. " ,

STOCK GAMBLING JN NEW YORK. We have three Boards of Brokers. (some call. them breakers.) The Upper Board or tesponsible, sitting iu secret conclave. The Lower Board, (a majority of whom have been lame ducks) sitting under a canopy in the great room of the exchange, and the Street Board, which is composed of as heterogeneous a mixture f"gags," bith Jaw and Gentile,as ever shaded the flagging. The members of this street board are generally called the Boars.. The aptitude of this appellation any one who comes into Wall street will fully appreciate. The Bears are those who sell stocks to be delivered on a future day, expecting to bny in cheaper. ' The Bulls are those who buy stocks to be taken up at a future day, expecting to real ze an advance.. The same broker may be a - Bear on some stocks, apd a Bull on others. Shorts, are those who have sold more stocks' than " lhey have to deliver Longs are Bulls. . Stock sales are often marked b. 60 which means that the buyer can call for the stock any time within sixty days, and that the seder caunot compel lbs buyer to take it short of sixiy days. And s GO gives the seller the action to deliver the stock to the buyer any time during sixty days, 6 m means that the stock is to be delivered and taken at the end of six months. The purchaser of stocks on time pays interest on the amount of the purchase at the rate of six per cent, except when marked f., (flit,) in which

case no interest is charged. So much for preliminaries. Now for'tbe modus operandi, or merits of stock gamblings, by which the big fish eat up the little ones. Jacob, John, and James, being the great operators of ihe street in money, stocks and toreign exchange, Jacob says to John and James, "Let us make an 'operation.' We will sell out put exchatige up 10 I0J, and scarce at that let the importers ship a little specie call ia all our stock loans, and ejtiier frighten or induce the Banks to call in theirs knock stocks down ten per cent then auihorize our 'stool pigeons' to buy in for cash or ou time, while we are offering to sell tor etlect. While the panic is oh, we can sweep the -market and get contracts for thiee times as much stock as there is in the company. We can then make the money market easy by a fall in exchange, and stocks will rise, by our becoming ostensible buyers. When a ten per cent rise has taken place, we will loan ou stocks to within ten per cent ot their selling price, and call in all our time contracts. In this way we will force stocks up twenty per cent; when we will through our 'stool pigeons,' sell all out as clean as a whistle, and sell ou time to all -who have more money or credit than brains left." "Agreed," say John and James; and the"operatson is made. Suffice it tat, say, that at this stage ol the "operation,", exchange rise again money is tight stocks fall lame ducks waddle out of the Boards and join the Boars iu the street, and the flats wonder tchy things took such a turn. More when we can find, nothing else to fill our 7 by 9. Thompson's Bank Note Re porter. SOMETHING RICH. : The Democratic Association of Washington City-heliLa rneeilug on ilio 3J -( July last, and desired its Piesident, John C. Rives, Esq. to iut'oim Governor Thomas W. DoTr,ot Rhode Island, that he 'the Governor .had been elected an honorary member of that Association. . The President, Rives, wrote a lettter, and received on answer from "the Governor."" -The Union last received, "contains the correspondence, which deserves some nolic. We copy a portion, to show to what degradatioir the mind , may be brought that allows of 110 staudard of right but that of a faction. " ' . .'" ' Ail mankind at least all "who are oppor sed to kingly governments owe you an everlasting debt of gratitude, which can. never be cancelled, for Your sufferings in the cause 01 nueriy aim tijuai nyius. io man ever suffered so much in ibis country, or in any f 1:1 ... 1 .... other, that I am aware of, for his puliiiciai' principles, as you have for yours. ,You have suffered everything but death, and your conduct leads me to believe that you would have surrendered your life rather than your principles. - l am proud that I advocated, to ihe extent of my poor abilities, your course and your cause throughout; and that I contributed as much as any man, perhaps, either in or out of your State, for the relief of those poor persons who were turned out of employment for casting their suffrages for you. You are probably aware that 1 proposed , to -your friends in Providence . tos go as far aside farthest to liberate you from , prison. ' I feel proud, very proud, of these acts of my life; and thetefore 1 should be pardoned iu some degree for my egotism. ' . 1 "" All mankind opposed " to kingly govern-, -ment owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Dorr!!! Comment upon such sentiments is unnecessary. Poor Tom Dorr had not, in our opinion, the semblance of a wrong to redress,ra right to establish, compared - with the anti. rent iroublers and murders who have been State Prison in New York- and yet there is found a man in Washington to talk to him of an everlasting debt of gratitude due to him by mankind!!! . - MEXICO. f The Washington correspondent of the' New York Journal of Commerce Writes: . The despatches brought by M. Periolt from Mexico, which reached here on Sunday, are very important. I was not mistaken as to their purport. - Propositions aie offered indirectly, but substantially,'' frotn the Mexi can government to settle all outstanding claims and difficulties between the two governments. - - " , ' ' ... '. "" , As far as can be unofficially . learned, the Mexican government proposes, 1st, the with- , drawal of the United Slates naval force from Vera Cruz, and the Mexican coast; 2d, upon the compliance of the Uuited. States with this request, diplomatic relations to be restored, and diplomatic agents to be mutually appointed ; 3d, negotiations to be entered into for the settlement and liquidation of alt difficulties between Mexico and the United States: 4th a proper boundary lino to be airisvu upuu uvini,ti lie UllllCU jtaics auu Mexico; 5th, a proper and reasonable remuneration to bo sllowed to Mexico for the adjustment of the new boundary.