Evansville Journal, Volume 12, Number 4, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 5 February 1846 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL; "Not Caesar's weal, bat that of Rome. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1846.

y.HI.G- TICKET. FOR GOVERNOR, JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, Of Jefferson County. . FOR XIEUTESAST GOVERNOR, GODtpyjG S. ORTII, Of Tippecanoe County. - , The StateSeBtinel says Mr. Charles But ler is now engaged in making a report to the Bondholders whom he represents, as to the recent legislation in their behalf, on the part cupy his time till about the middle of Feb ruary, when he will depart for the East. Ct7"We find in the Indianapolis Correspon dence of the New York Journal of jC-cm-rnerce, the following just tribute to a worthy citizen of pur town Wsr. Brown Butler, Esqr., for several years a member pf the Indiana Legislature. The untiring zeal and prudence of Mr. B-. in forwarding the interests of the Canal are justly appreciated at home and abroad, arid ws would be pleased loses bim placed in the situation intimated by the correspondent. He says: I should not omit to mention another strong and influential gentleman who is here to further the interests of the State, and who has during the session used bis undivided exertion to bring about (his most desirable result. It is W, Brown Builer, formerly of onr city, but now of Evansville, yanderburgh cpunty. Mr Butler, has beeja here from the commencement of the session, untiring and prudent in his efforts to have some plan adopted by the Legislature, by taxation or otherwise, by .which the State might be relieved of the stain of repudiation. His gentlemanly deportment, general information, and experience in legislative matters, especially in connejion with the internal improvements of this State, (he having represented for a number of! years in the Legislature, a cpunty more than any other interested in completion of the Wabash & Erie Capal, and his perfect familiarity of the subject ; have made is services valu-bla here at this time. From observation and information from reliable sources, lata sure that if the bondholders consult their interests, they will, if they can, secure Mr. VY. B. Butler's services. The Act re quires that one of their two Trustees shall be citizen and resident of tbo Sah?. The oppointmentof Mr. VV. B. Butler as a Trustee, would, I am well assured, give general satisfaction. No more active or energetic man could be selected than Mr. B.,or one that wou Id do equal justice to the bondholders and the State. LorisusA. The Whigs have been most soundly thrashed in the late elections in Lou aiana. The Bee says From the present complexion of things, there can be little doubt that we have lost every thing, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senate and House. Our ancient strongholds seems to have been in almost every instance successfully invaded -. J - J l .lI ... uutaitieu oy ine enemy, we are so as tonished at Locofoco victories in N. Orleans, St. Bernard and St. James, that regret is al most merged in amazement at results so unexpected and astounding. As far as the account of the catosirophe extend, there are but two parishes that seem to have held fast to their integrity and justified the hopes of our friends, viz: Jefferson and Iberville. To speak seriously, the tesult has confoun ded the Whigs, astonished the Locofocos, apd proved the utter futility of all political calculations. That man would have been thought fit for bedlam who would have gravely asserted tie day before the election . that in the city of New Orleans, Judge Joniwo:? would obtain a majority, that St. Bernard would go .gainst the Whigs, and that St. James would give a divided vote. Yet it is even so, and what might have been regarded as the hallucinations of a visionary, turns out to be a simple fact. V!Qnr. friends in the country and ; the city have deceived both Us and themselves. " H?w they have managed to venture predictions so utterly at variance with the .reality,, we don't pretend -to .'explain. We have grossly - erred in 'our supposition,, but our errors were conscientiously founded upon what we took in good faith for unimpeachable data. - ; . - , UNITED STATES V S. MEXICO. ' The Baltimore Sun of Tuesday, 27tbinst-, 'says there are rumors from. Washington in relation to the course of our government and. the condition of 'Mexico, which afford reason to believe that the public Jinterest will be shortly directed with cqnsiderabl zest towa.ds that country. It is alleged that despatches have gone off requiring the home squadron to repair forthwith to the vicinity pf Vera Cruz the army iu Texas to proceed to tbo most available point near tb bank of the Rio dI Norte, to meet the Mexican forces, should they ba sent into Texag. ;

THE FOREIGN NEWS, . 1 1 another column will be found the intel ligeence from England brought by the Hi hernia. It is highly important, and, strange to say, pacific. The following is from the LonTimes of the 4th, later: It (Polk's message) need not augment the terror of the European alarmist," and it certainly will not change the resolves or add to the preparations of the British Cabinet. It is already resolved and .prepared. Mr. Polk, after ad verting to the recent negotiations and attempts at compromise before he came into ogice, informs ,us .what he

has done towards the conclusion of this un fortunate dispute. In reading his simple narrative, it becomes necessary to remember that an American exists in a sphere of his own, and can hardly be judged by European ideas of moderation, decency, and honor. The President takes creat credit to himself for having made ap offer that he acknowledges to be les? than what the British government has repeatedly declined . - AI1 attempts at compromise having fail ed," Mr. Polk recommends that notice should be given to terminate the joint occupancy of the country; that the Jaws and institutions of the Union should be extended to the Amer ican settler in Oregon; and that military posts should be established for their protection'. All formidable enough would believe it pos sibie that any civilized nation would realy plunge into so fatal and suicidal error, as to defend by war the right of occupatiou, and the siill more imaginary claim to which Mr, Polk also refers the antecedent right of the Union to all the unsettled and undecided territory of the North American continent. The terms of the message imply the alter native of war, or conclusive negotiation. War is too monstrous to be thought of for a moment, except after every effort at a com promise has been exhausted. Britain and America must be too sensible of their mutu al benefits, mutual dependence, and mutual respect, to peril the substantial blessings they now eujoy, and are daily multiplying in the relations pf peace, for the bloody and pre carious glories of war. It is all but impossi ble that two great ard kindred nations,after heaji.ng so wide a breach, and helping one another to so gr,eat a common prosperity should become again mutual and unnatural destroyers for a mere point of honor, for a remote wilderness, separated from both by a journey of many m not lis, by stormy seas, and almost impassable rocks and deserts. Unless Mr. Polk is merely trifling with words and secretly scoffing at the universal senti merits pf humanity, he is himself incapable of so great an outrage and injury on the coun try of his ancestors, on the land of his birth, and tne whole race ot man. What means he by saying that he has adopted the maxim, "toasts nothing that is not right, and submit to nothing that is wrong?" and his furth er boasts that it is his "anxious desire to pre serve peace with all nations?" -That the Union should be anxious to heal this sore and should think it unmanly and impolitic to bequetb a quartet to posterity, is natural enough, i hat irjey should think to streng then their claim with strong language, is also in conformity with many examples, liut the decision is to be speedy, it can only, be by negotiation, either by reference to the method which, in the case of the disputed boundary on our Canadian frontier, proved so entirety successtut. . FROM MEXICO. By the arrival of the U. S. war vessel Porpoise, at Pensacola, we have later news from Vera Cruz. It appears that Gen. Paredes appeared with his army before the city of Mexico on the afternoon of the 30th. ult. The gates were immediately thrown open to him, and and he took posses sion of the town without firing a gun. He was immediately proclaimed President of Mexico and the revolution declared from one and of the nation to the other, complete. This is the amount of the intelligence; it is very .important. The editor of the Pensacola Democrat thus briefly gives the circumstannes attend ing the event. His informant is one . of the officers of the United States brig Porpoise. Gen. Paredes, previous to the sailing of the Porpoise, reached the city of Mexico at . 1 l i r r rvrrv . i me ucau oi u,uw troops, wnere there was was stationed 800 regulars and 30,000 ar med citizens to support the ; administration of Herreara, but upon the arrival of the for ces of Pared.es, the 800 regulars declared in favor of the revolutionary party, and the citizensSsnrrpunded President Herrera retiring. Oen. Paredes then dissolved the Mexican Congress, and declared that they should legislate no more until they should have done fealt to him. We are also informed that Gen. Paredes has declared himself opposed to receiving any minister from the Govern raent of the United Stales.' At Vera Cruz some blood was shed, but all, ip the shape of legal executions; several tmicers who favored the Administration of Herrera, proving somewhat refractory, " were tried, condemned and shot.' : . Mg, Clay. The New Orleans Bee of the ?8th ult. says The Hon. Henby Clay has' been in pur city some days, enjoying our fine climate in unostentatious privacy. We had the pleasure a day or two 'ago, of shaking hands with the veteran patriot and states man, and rejoiced at perceiving in his couritenance the hues of health and hi? unbend-J ing form, tokens that time deals leniently with him, and. that a green and vigorous old age has succeeded a manhood full of energy and usefulness. God bless our Harks of i the West! In prosperity and disaster, he is still the idol of his party, and the honored patriot whom all good men respect and reverence. ' V '

JLATEST news.

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. 22 DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND. We copy the following from , the Sun ex tra: RESIGNATION OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL SJR ROBERT PEEL AND HIS MINISTRY RESTORED RECEPTION OF THE PRES. IDENT'S MESSAGE NEWS DECIDED LY PACIFIC THE FLOUR AND (COTTON MARKET OVERLAND MAIL, &c The amount of the information is that Lord John Russell sought to form a ministry of Whig members opposed to the corn laws, but in looking about he found himself whol ly unable to obtain support," was compelled to requst the Queen of England to restore the direction of the Government to the bands of Sir Robert Peel. This was done at once and Sir Robert assumes the Premiership with many of his old colleagues, The change in the affairs may be rgeardas favorable to the cause of peac , inasmuch as every man pf Lord John Russell's ministry supposed to be hostile to this country, has retired. The news, is therefore entirely pacific, and the character of the commercial news show it to be.' We refer our leaders to the Commercial and the Money mark ets. " v . The news may therefore be considered as favorable to an amicable settlement of the difficulties between this country and England,as well as to a modification, If not a repeal of the Corn Laws. The old Peel ministry is, we believe, not to be entirely reinstated, but an effort has been made so to form it as to produce harmony in the settlemnnt of the various domestic and foreign difficulties with which government is surrounded. The article from the London Spectator on Oregon portion of Presidents Polk's message will be read with interest. , . Tar Duke and Sir R. Peel. It is no se cret that the dissensions between the Duke and the Premier have been so frequent and violent, as often to place the sovereign in a very disagreeable position, and make her re gret the more tranquil days of the whig Cabi net. ' Buring the many councils that have been held within the last month, the 4Duke's violence has been so great, and his voice so loud that the attendants in the other rooms have caught the sound and have learned secrets not intended for their hearing. A writer in the Edingburgh .Witness as cribes the potatoe disease to the anger of the Almighty on account of the passing on the Maynootb grant. Of the gentlemen returned as represcnta tives of the twenty-five wards in the London court of common council, the great majority are advocates oi the tree trade. ' We understand that Ibraham Pacha, son of Mahomet Ali, is not expected in London oe lore April, a suite ot apartments are in preparation, and a numerous tetinue is to ac company the tourot. Within the last four months the price corn aicoiisiauunopie has risen 1UU per ct. rrtt i T"i a t i ne new snip cnza ruonson, winch ar rived here from Quebec, has. we believe, the largest cargo of Hour ever imported into Liverpool. iear UUUU Lbls, 1 lie inhabitants of the kinsdum of Poland and the Baltic provinces are experiencing great, distress lrom the scarcity of provisions. I he clergy have taken advantage ot the mis ery to obtain converts to the Greek church, by offering money to the peasantry. The Emperor has humanely granted two roubles per mouth to each of his subjects. - The Ojibbeway Indiaus made their first appearance in Brussels the other nierht at a splendid soiree, given by Mr. Clemso the American charge des allaires. . . : The Cologne Gazette, of the 19th, confirms a report that the reigning .Duchess of Gotha is enciente. In the event of there being no direct heir, the duchy will become the property of Prince Albert. From the London Spectator. ' : . Claim of the United States to Exclusive Colonization in North America. In his message to Congress. Mr. Polk assumes as incontrovertible a doctrine unknown to international law, and utterly, though not entirely new in the mouths of American statesmen. Mr. Monroe asserted it during his Presidency, when he declared that '-the American continent, by the free and independent condition wh ich they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any Euro pean Power." , It is not in words alone that here affirms the position of Mr. Monroe. The immediate application of the abstract principle is made to Oregon, and he advises the legislature tq.give England notice of the termination of f he joint occupancy to establish an Indian , agepcy in Oregon to extend the laws and jurisdiction of the United States over its citizens resident there to make liberal grants to "the prairiotjc pioneers1' who may choose to open up f'the vast wildness intervening between bur frontier settlements and Oregon'WtQ connept tb norfh,west teritory those frontier settlements by a chain of stockades and block houses and move able columns of pjoutued riflemen' -and tp'establish a monthly overland mail bet wee ri the State and 'the American squatters on' the Columbia, In the same. message which recommend this system of operations; the annexation of tssxBs.13 uweu on wun triumph; threats ofan aggressive war are held in suspense over the Mexican Republic: and, with a sidc-alanr to the North, it is arfirmed that "the people of iuia vuuuucui aione uaie too ngm to decide tneir own oestmy" "should any portion of mem, constituting an independent state, propose to unite with our confederacy, this will be a-question for them and us to determine, without any foreign interposition" -"the American system of government is entirely different from that of Europe-n la abort, the

President of the Uuited Statesad vises Congress to arm and organize the- citizens in. order tbartbeymay be prepared to avail themselves of any emergency, to receive all com

munities already settled on the North Amer ican continent, into the bosom of the Union, and prevent the colonization of any part ot the continent by European nations. If Congress adopt the principle enacted y Messrs. Monroe and Polk, they will arro gate to the Government of the U. Sla'.esthe sole and exclusive right to colonize the yet unoccupied portions of the North American continent. The mere cx-parte declaration of one government cannot make any doctrine part of the laws of cations: the common con sent of all, or of majority of Governments is requred for that purpose. . But the doc trine recognised by the majority of civilized nations on this head is, that ail tracts of coun try inhabited only by savage or nomade tribes not organized into a State, may be colonized by the first government that sees fit to take possession of them, and that a government may, by certain preliminary measures, estab lish an exclusive right to colonize a more ex tensive tract of couutry than it is prepared to do at the moment, lhe Government at Washington is entitled to insist that all tracts of land to which it has established such an exclusive right shall be colonized either by its own citizens or by individuals who agree to submit to its peculiar laws and its instituions; but any other Government in any part of the world, si entitled to dothe same: and Russsia and Great Britain have done it. ' If is possble, no doubt, that a principle which has not actually been recognised as a part ot the law of nations may be so recognisedThe principle asserted by the Presidents Monroe, and Polk, though notlaw,may be so equitable that the British government would do well to combine with that of the United States to urge its adoption upon all other governments. It is worth while to ex amine the proposition ol the American states men, with a view to ascertain whether, since it is not, already, it ought not forthwith to be made law. The claim, then, which they assert, is neith er more nor less than exclusive right of colo nization over all the unoccupied tracts of the American continent for the government ot United States. To thisexhorbitant claim they can show no better title than the accidental circum stance that their government is actually res ident on that continent. That government and its citizens are themselves colonists from Europe; their settlement gives them a valid liile. to the territory they have actually taken possession ot, but no right to exclude trom the unoccupied tracts other colonies which European governments may send after them. The first laW delivered to man was that he should replenish the erth. In virtue of this law, all denizens of overpeopled countries are enti tied to seek for and take possession of new and unoccupied lands. I hey are entitled to transplant the institutions which hab it has made a second nature to them to their new homes. The European colonists has the same right to plant monarchical or aristocfatical institu tions in the territory to which Russia ana Great Britain have established their prefers ble right of colonization, that the U. States colonists has to plant democratic institutions in the territory on which his Government has laid its hands. In point of equality, the claims of the European colonists . are the stronger; for their over-peopled countries leave them no option but to emigrate, while within the settlements of the United States the population is insufficient to occupy the soil. The Polk and Monroe policy is the doc-m-the-manger policy, of excluding Eu ropeans from regions which their own coun trymen will be unable to occupy fur centuries to come. It has its original in a bigoted political sec tariauism which can see nothing good except in its own political institutions, and would compel all settlers in America to adopt them It betrays on the part of the Americans a want ot faith in the goodness of their own institutions; if sincere and consistent in their belief of their excellence, they would leave them to be voluntarily adopted by the new comers, instead ot trying to make submission to them a condition of settlement. The aim of this attempt to prevent European coloni zation, to extend the political influence ol the American Government, not to promote the individual prosperity of American citi zens. ' The pride of professional politicians may be gratified, and their emoluments increased, by widening the sphere within which the auihorityof the central government at Wash ington and the local machinery of govern ment throughout the Union is paramount; but private citizens can only be benefitted by removing- every obstacle to the speedy settlement and cultivation of the waste. 1 he imposition of republican institutions is an obstacle to European colonization. The American citizen who sacrifices real indi vidual interests to gratify the vanity of this government, is as simple as the European subject who does so to pamper the pride of a monarch. ' IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. The New Orleans Bee of the 24th tilt, says: The barque Perio, which arrived yes terday from Vera Cruz, brings intelligence that Mr. Slidell, our Minister to that Re public, had been ordered to leave, and that no escort had been allowed him to Vera Cruz. A bearer of despatches to the United States Government came passenger by the Perio. , :'; ' '. ' t is further stated that on the reception of the news of the dismissal of Mr. Slidell, the' commander of the U. S. brig Somers, at ancl.or at Yera Cruz, started immediately for the city of Mexico, with a detachment of Marines, in order to escort our Ambissador to that port for embarcalion, and protect his person. . " " ' , ' ' , War with Mexico. Tbe New York Ex press stales that a private letter from Wash ington mentions a report that Mr. . Polk will soon recommend a war with Mexico.

PENNSYLVANIA ONTIIE TARIFF.

I tithe Senate of Pennsylvania, on Friday, 17th'inst, Mr. Slergerh, from the Select Committee to whom was referred that portion of the Governor's Message which relates to the Tariff, reported the following preamble and resolutions;. WhereastThe Tariff of 1842 produces no more than sufficient revenues to defray the necessary expenses of the General Government, and only affords an adequate incidental protection to American industry and American manufactures against foreign competion and foreign policy, and a consequent encoragement of commocial enterprise to agricultural pursuits, and to the development of our internal resources: And Whereas, it is believed the people of Pennsylvania are opposed to any .alteration in the existing Tariti, until further experience has shown that a modification is required to secure a continuance of such protection, and to promote their general welfare; Therefore. J - Resolved 4'C That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be, and they are hereby required to oppose all attempts to alter or .modify the Tariff Act of the 30th of August, 1842. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the abov epreambleand resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, ... . .- - - - . t j The resolutions were unanimously adop ted, under a call of tne yeas and nays. The preamble being under consideration Mr. An derson moved to amend it,by selling forth that although the tariff act of 1842 is defective in O many particulars, yet as capitalists ha ve made investments in faith of it, and as the preseni condition of Foreign Relations is such that our munitions of warshould be protected at home, therefore the tariff should not be disturbed.. Mr. A's amendment received 11 votes, all Locofocos; nays 21. The original preamble was then agreed to. LEGISLATIVE. We copy below, in addition to what we have already published, the substance of the pricipal acts passed by the last Legislature We copy from the Sentinel: z The revenue bill, to carry out the provis ions of the act for the settlement ol the public debt, provides for a taxation of 25 cents on the one hundred dollars valuation ot property and 75 cents on polls this is the high est point to which it is said taxation isoolig ed to be raised to carry out the provision of the above bill . This is an increase of c els. on the hundred dollars valuation of properly and 25 cts., on polls, over the taxation of the nast few years. . . . A bill has passed both Houses" providing fur a compensation of one dollar per day to grand and petjt jurors, with power, in the hands of the different county boards, to increase the compensation to one dollar and twenty-fi7e ctjnis pr redttce it to seventy-five cents. An important bill has passed both Houses, providing for a revaluation of taxable proper ty in the State, during the present year. By this law, it is made he (July of the county commissioners pf the several counties, at their March term, 1846, tp appoint assessors, whose duty it shall be. to appraise all the real estate subject to taxation, which apnraisement shall stand and remain in force until altered by the Legislature to be gov erned by the Revised Statutes, in their du ties, except so lar as the same may contravene the provisions of this act. The assess menl in Owen county to lake place by town ship assessors. Other counties to have the privilege of appointing county assessors: provided, that where any of the counties have no assessor, the county board shall ap point the appraiser. In the counties of Scott, Crawford, Putnam, Monroe, Morgan, Dubois, Dearborn, Hendricks, Washington,Kando!ph Switzeiland, Knox, and Boone, the apprais ers of personal property shall be the apprais ers of real estate. It is made the duty of the several county auditors to make out and deliver to lhe appraisers, on demand a list of all taxable lands situate wiilun their respective counties, on or before the tenth of March 1846, together with the name or names of the owners thereof. Another important principle, showing the progress of the age, has been partially adopted, at the present session. We mean the passage of a law giving discretionary power to juror) in all cases of murder in the first degree, either to punish capi.ally, or by imDrisionraent for life in the State Prison. Un-i der this law few, if any, executions will take place. There will be more convictions than under the old law, and punishment will more certainly follow crime. ... An act has passed giving five years additional lime to borrowers of the various trust funds, interest being punctually paid, where the officers of such funds deem the securities sufficient. - ,.' An act has passed giving printers the same fees for publishing delinquent lists s am allowed for the publication of SlierifTs siles, making it their duty to insert them in as compact a manner as possible. "A bill has passed both Houses, providing I hat a vote shall betaken, at the August election,. for or against calling a Covenlion to amend the Constitution of the State. - An act has passed, providing for the purchase of not exceeding thirty ,acre3 of land, adjoining or near Indianapolis, for .a site for the erection of a building for the" Pekf and Dumb Asylum, at a price not exceeding three thousand dollars the purchase to be made by the trustees of that institution. An act has also passed, authorising the erection of a splendid building, on the site purchased last summer of N. Bolton, two miles from this city, to be known as the "Indiana Hospital for the Insane" the building to cost some thrity or forty thousand dollars. The building is to be four stories high, and the basement story will be erected by next fall, in order that the foundation may settle, during the next winter. A tax of one cent en the hundred dollars has been levied for tho coming year, for this purpose; also, live

mills for the Deaf and Ddmb Asylum', and two rriills for the education ofthe blind!. " ; No'chauge has been made irt the execution law, with the exception of an explanatory law

in relation to executions sent from one country to another. ' Correspondence of the Louisville Journal. Washington, Saturday, Midnight, )' January 241846. ) The House to-day have performed another act of legislative Locoloco tyranny, in turning out Mr.,Cabell, of Florida, who had.tha regular certificates of the Locofoco authorities of ,the Slato for his election, and bav given his seat, to Mr. Brockenbrough the Locofoco contestant. r " -" ' 'r - -: , . It was in vain that the enormify of these proceedings was pointed out,, "Several of their own party told them if they 'thus turned) out the mau, who was legally returned,witbout a fair and full trial, that the State of Florida would ring with appeals about the injustice of the proceeding, '- ' ' . . . 1 he vote declaring Mr. Cabell not elect ed was taken by yeas and nays. Yeas 105, nays 85. .The vote declaring Mr. Brockenbruugh elected was carried by yeas 99, nays 85.' A vote to reconsider, so as to give mors time, offered by Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, was negatived by a very small majority. ' 1 hus has the b lorida contested case been decided, against the wishes of the . people aud against lhe certificates of the regular returmug othcers., I am mistaken if this does not give- Florida"; to the Whigs at the next election, ana ior some nine to tome. Among the speeches to-day was a very able one, from Garrett Davis, of your State, in favor of Mr. Cabell. . Mr. Stepens of Georgia, also spoke well; but what use is there iu addressing arguments to a party whose principles are acknowledged ma the floor of the houses of Congress to be repugnant to education. Mr. Cabell also made a short explanation to-day. He concluded by saying that he felt more honor m being elected by lhe people of Florida, to the House, than he would feel in receiving all the honors which that House could heap upon his opponent. - - : . " You have probably heard of the rejection of G. W. Woodward who was nominated to the bench ot the Supreme Court ol the U. Slates. It was Mr. . Woodward, you. know, who proposed, in the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1837, to exclude all foreigners, arriving in the State of Pennsylvania after the 4th of July, 1841, from holding office or voting. That is a little worse than the Nativism of the present day.. And, while I say nothing about rejecting Mr. Woodward on account of his Native Americanism, I have a right to hold up for for condemnation Jas. K- Polk and his friends nominating Natives to office aftering cheating the adopted citizens into the belief that if" Mr, Clay was elected President, he would . nominate Natives to office. The naturalized citizens protested against his nomination, and, when Mr. Polk had acutually nominated him,, they called upon the Locofoco Senators Jo reject him. Notwithstanding all this, Mr. Woodward would to-day have been a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States but for Whig votes. His opinions on vested rights,' aside from his other wild theories, were sufficient to make every honest Whig vote against him.'.- The whole Whig party voted against him, only 'one fourth of the Locofoco party voted against him. The vole Btood 20 to 29. ' I am informed this evening that, the probibility is that Mr.-Buchanan - will yet be appointed to the judgeship, and that before long. This appointment hart, cost Mr. Polk a great deal of trouble. The old war orthe "factions" has again broken out, and Mr. Buchanan is the only man who can satisfy both parties quiet the. political tumult which this office has created. V" : . . I should not be at all surprised to hear that Mr. Buchanan is to be judge of the supremo Court, and that Mr. Walker, now Secretary of the Treasury; is to be Secretary of State, with some Calhoun man as Secretary, of the Treasury. . - - - , .. K . Mr. Buchanan gave a splendid .party at Cause's Saloou last uiglit. About fifteen hundred of the aristocracy of fashion, wealth and talent were there, (I always put talent last among the Locofocos.) . The supper was very good but too many wished to enjoy it. The supper cost probably a thousand dollars. 1 The heads of departments, foreign ministers. &.c, were present. Daniel Web ster, Gov. Seward, and other distinguished WliiTs were also present. I din not see Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Buchanan and Mr. l'ackenham seemed to be on very good terms. " , '. There is great wrath among the Locofoco Seuators here at Father Ritchie and the Un ion. I understand that some twenty of them have formally protested against its being con sidered the organ of the party;r The Tumor that Allen (of the Senate) &. Co. have some intentions of . starting a new paper; with Brou gh as editor, may not be improbable. The Senate has a good many important nominations before it, which may cause still more trouble.' Morton, of Boston, and Horn, of Philadelphia, collectors of their respective districts, may meet with a hard opposition. - - - .- : - A BRAVE AND GENEROUS. ACT, Tba last Charlestown (Kanawha) Republican record the following: '''-J -u-: . An interesting little boy, who cold not swim, while skating on oar riven, .on 'new-year dy, ran into a large , air, bole; he kept himself for ome time above water; the-little boy a all gathered around the opening, tried to hand him poles but the ice continued breaking and he was (till floating out of reach; despair at length siezed hit heart and was visible in every face around. At this critical moment when exhausted, th poor little fellow about to sink - when, a brave) andg enerous hearted boy exclaimed, "I cannot stand it, boys1' he wheeled round, made a run and dashed in at the risk of hit own life, and seized the little boy and swam to the edge of the ice, after breaking his way to the more aolid ice, handed- him out to his companions, who then assisted him out.1 " In Roman this act of heroism would have insured this bravo youth a citio crown. H'm nam

is Albert Ilersubergor. .