Indiana American, Volume 17, Number 18, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 April 1849 — Page 2

A3IEKICAN.

B It O O Iv V I L I j K , I X I ) I A X A . FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1849, The t'hatrra. Since our last, there has been a ease of severe Cholera Morbus, or a slight cnse of Cholera, in our town. Mrs. Haile was attacked very suddenly on Saturday lust, and various have been the rumors relative to it. The above nre the facts. She is now in a fair wav of resoverv. WhJjj Jorernor. The Whig Convention meets at Indianapolis on Thursday next. The name of John A. Matson, Esq. wlfl he presented to the Convention. Should the Convention in its wisdom, confer the honor cpca our worthy and distinguished townsman, the nomination will be accepted, and he will canvass the Slate. In the White Water Vl!ey, there is but one feeling and desire upon the subject. There is no one whom they would be more delighted to honor. It is useless for Us lo say that he is our first choice, for that or anv other office. tirer ley's Alinr. ii:tr. We have for tome time, and still continue to jive a copy of Greeley's Whig Atmauac for lti'J to ail who will subscribe and pay for the American for one year, and .to all who are now taking the American and will pay for IS? 19. But we now have another offer to make. We will give a copy of t.'iis most excellent Almanac to any one who now lakes the American, a.ni never ixtkxhi to tat, if they will only annouuce to us their intentions. Who among our cotemporaries will be more libera! than this? Every or?e tfho" pa for the American, and every one who has determined uot to pay, can have this valuable statistic annual, by calling for it. Who will do without it? Who goes to (-etigrrm? Frobably it is not generally known thl the Whigs of the 3d Congressional District have to elect a member of Congress at the approaching August Election. At least there appears to be I but little preparation upon the subject. About three months now intervene, and no one, that we re aware of, has so arranged his private affairs as to be able to leave home for C or 8 months, commencing on the first Monday in December next. Every one cannot leare. Fearing calculations might be made inconvenient to us, we would remark in time, that it will be impossible for the editor of the American so to arrange h is private allairs as to be absent so Ing from home. We hope this announcement will be no detriment to the public interest. Cut who will go? Col. Joseph Robinson of Decatur has been favorably mentioned, and it is understood, would so far acrifice his own feelings as to serve the people of this district. He is a man of talents correct in his private walks ana private ways and would do himself and the ! district houor, should he he elected. Capt. Scott Carter, of Switzerland , has also been spoken of as a irimd i,-n ;,. I rersanally our tcqnaintance wilh him is limit- j eJ.buthehascomnenie.i liii.feif to our resnt ! ana esteem in various ,.i . . . , ways. When war was teciared agllst .Mexico, he cid not join with those who aide.) and abetted the euemy, by denonmii.j his own government; but i.e patriotically called Uf,on Ihe boys ofS wiuerland to enlUt iu their country "s service. lie raised a company and led them to battle. He returned home, and not hke some poor, contemptible cutthroats, did he traduce aud slander that great and good mau who had led our army to victory and houor; but he look the Mump in'defeuce ofGen. Taj lor, and hurled back w ilh withering scorn the vile calumnies that sme pitiful ri Krs had endeavored to fasten upon him. Opt. Carter fs a gallant fellow a good Whig, and always for his own country, whether in war or peacewilling; to shed his blood or sacrifice his comfort for her honor. His is not that selfish patriotism which bums only to serve his country in rich officks. II volunteered as private in the ranks, willing to serve in the humblest capacity. It has not beeu our privilege to hear him speak, but he has the reputation or being a tine speaker. Others have also been named such as Major or Lawrencehurgh, Walker of Aurora, Tingley of Rushville, &c. But whether they have ever dreamed of such things, is more than we know. It is time, iiowever. that no b .,., .u ; ... ' ' " n iiu 10 IU lead the Taylor boys of this district. I tltc Hijjl.t Spirit. k seems a man by the name of King, living liear Auror.i, Dearborn CO., Ind., has been attempting to kill himself. We like the spirit iu which the Aurora Commercial touches him otT. He that would commit suicide is no much us in the world, aud the sooner out the better. The Commercial says: 'ATTFjrrTr.n Suck f David King, a citizen f this vicinity, attempted to commit suicide on the 17ih inst., by hanging himself. When discovered (near the grave-yard!) he was dangling between heave a and earth, with his hands tied behind b:m!aud his tongue protruding from his mouth, two, two and a half, or three in. he, He was immediately cut down, and is now! walking about as usual. We hare heard of no reasons given by King for this rash attempt at self-destruction indeed we can think of none, except he may be an Astronomer, and wi-hed to see stars in daylight without the aid ef a telescope. As he has now had a sisht at the heaveuly bodies, aud peeped some ci.-iance into the future, he should rem tin content that the sands of life should run out in their natural way, without being again interrupted by the tickling and villainous rope. "Siuce the above was m lyp-, we earn u ,s the second attempt Ki,,g has made to elevate himseir. Well, you are a young and an able bodied mau, and should persevere. Go on, your aspirations are high the -third tm-. wiil be the charm.' " -nmriioii. Bill Daily of Madison, wish,-, the democrat nomination for Congress iu the Madisou district'Xot llljr Cualoiu." President Taylor, since his a'rivnl at WaJhingtoa, has visited Gvo-gelown, and exchanged salutations wilh some or its principal citizens. A short account of litis visit in one of the newspapers winds up with the following paragraph: "Georgetown is famous for good wims, and several attempts were made to peisuade theG, neral to taste of a glass; but he declined, and finally said: -Gentlemen, I will drink to your health in water, most eor.iiallv; but I must'posni.eiy e eve used trom driukiiia me, as it is uot my enstom -you can do as you please.'" I.nf .yetle nn,l ra rrj i!l. Hilroad The commissioners of Montgomery county Ind , have taken $100,(1(10 wonh of stock In' this road. The whole amount t.rstock now taken is22O,0i!0.

From the Connersville Telegraph. John A. Mntseu. The vacancy in our ticket, occasioned by the declination of Judge Embree, ns a candidate for th ofliso of Governor, will be filled bv the Slate Convention, and the August election, will afford us an abundance of lime for a thoiongh organization and an effective campaign. If the Convention should be f.rtun-tte in the selection of their nominee; if they should give us a candidate upon whom the party can cordially unite, one who is willing and able to entage personally ana actively in the canvass, the Whigs of the State will enter into the campaign, with that degree of spirit and energy, which tiie confident hope of victory never fails lo inspiroi If the nomination should be auspi

cious and the proper efforts are made, we believe the Whigs will be able to earry this State, at the approacning August electiou. Many of our brethren of the Tress, have expressed thoir preferences, and presented the claims of their several candidates lo the people, in connection with the ollice of Governor we claim the same privilege; and among the many eminent Whigs of ourSt;.le, we know of no man whose uame wc would inscribe with more hearty go-- I will upon our Gubernatorial baiiner, thau John A. Matso.i, of BrookviUe. In this seclion of the State, where he is personally known, his uame would be a "tower of strength;" his private character and public reputaliou, are elevated beyeiul the reach of party malevolence and political strife; while his ability on the stump, and his urbanity nsa gentleman, would win thousands to the standard of truth who are now treading the pathway of error. Among the earliest supporters of Gen. Taylor, there were few men in this .Slate, who labored more sincerely and rlfeclivtly at home and abroad, iu the Presidential campaign, than Mr. Matson he labored not for fame, but wherever good w as 19 he done, and the cause of the country advanced, there his voice was raised, and, we firhily believe that a largpr support could be concentrated upon him for the office of Governor, than any other public man, iu the circle of our knowledge. Let the Convention give us Jon A. Matson and Thomai S. Ttanfiei.d, as our candidates anl the people of Iudiana at the August election, will give the State another Whig Administration. A. OkIuxt of Whig ( itio! Every ty in the Empire State is Whig! This has never before been the case, at the same time. Look nt them! BUFFALO, SCHENECTADY", ALBANY, TROY, HUDSON, NEW YORK. BROOKLYN. ROCHESTER, AUBURN, SYRACU, OSWEGO, UTICA, W e may. add. in mMUm., !..., ... - . "w .""v muia uuuuites i have a majority of Whig Supervisors, and the I -t--.--p. -"' .........i in urc oi.uB is greater, than ver before! U e point, with pride and pleasre, to these gratifying indications of public sen timent. Erie Journal. .Tlav It '" d tl"' voung People of our little city 1 P "s w"" ""emselves on the first day of May ? We would like to see il celebrated it was in days of yore, when the lads and lasses would seek some pleasant and shady bower, hoist the May Pole, decorated with "wild-wood flowers," elect a Quern, place her upon her throne, and trie: Dance make merry in a loyal ring Round the Queen, but Quean without a King: Romp, and sport, and while the day away, And heed not what the "ol J-fr.lks" say, Wh ence were young and did fun enjoySo merrily dance both girl ami boy. Artidrut. We learn that Judge Dewey, en returning from thi city to his residence in Charlestown, yesterday, was accidentally thrown from his buggy and iu the fall had his thigh broken. We did uot learn any further particulars. New Albany Bulletin. Tlannjcric. It wil! be seen by Raymond & Co.'s advertisem -nt that the animals are coming. It is an old an 1 celebrated Co., and will not be likely to practice any imposition upon the public. (ntiafl.-i Annrintica. A petition is circulating in Kingston. Canada. for signatures, praying her Majesty, the Queen. ! to allow Canada to apply for annexation to .h f I uited States. Nil ii ii! r. By the Register kept in the New York 1 11mtic Asylum, it rppears that there have been 332 suicides in the State of New Y'ork dnrimr D.-I e, past four years. (fT We see it stated that T. J. B.irnelt, formerly editor of the Indiana State Journal, has received an appointment in one of the Departments at Washington Ciy. Front Wnxhington. Washington, April 24. is said that no important appointments will be made until Mr. Ewing returns. It is rumored that Col. D.iniphan has been appointed Commissioner cf Indian affairs. JT The clerical editorial correspondent of the Jonesborough Whig states that the main objections of the Senate to Mr. MrGaughey, were, first that he is ugh-raad second, that he is irilable. Tho r rep. Philadelphia, A'prH,23. Advices from the South state t hat nearly the whole Cotton and Grain Crops are destroyed by the frost. Judge Scott, at one time cm of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, and a most excellent man, was removed from the Register's Office at Jefiersonville, by Mr Polk, and the son o( Senator Read w a as appointed in j his place. We are now gratitled to find that the young gentleman has received his "walking papers," and that Judge Scott has been reiustated in that office. In due time all Lacorocodom will howl over that victim! The Uuion, ns doubt, will dress its columns in mourning. i Indiana Journal Ilorarr CJrertry. The editor or the South Bend Register savs ...at ne nas recently received a letter from Mr. v.K. rt.proinis.ng to be at the great meeting oi me c-ons oi lemperauce, at Cincinnati, on .i .-.. . . . tne i tun oi next inonth.ifn.it n,..i.j i... (..v u.u ...-t,,,- VI mnirsi. ,nr. uree ev is -S.,n lemper-ance," and, no tlou'it, will be called on ! to addrew the meeting. i Father Mathew, the grr at rri.-h advocate cr Teinicrance, is also expected to be present. ILTHon.Seth Rtrton, American Minister to l I. ill, was lately married to a Chili m SenoriU. Thcie is uo counitug for tule.

On the Way to California. The St. Louis Republican has a letter dated

Independence, April 9th. At this point, on the Frontier, the California emigrants and adventurers are fast collecting. At the date of the letter, there were 1500 at that place, and the number daily increasing. The following companies are mentioned.

Two companies from Mississippi one orga- j 1"lc,"f"f"1nized into messes of six each, have ten wagons, t Tlie Cllier Clerk of the War Department,

seven tents, forty yoke of oxen, and are under military organization: the other has one wagon, three yoke of oxen, a large tent, and are to go with a larger party. Another company made up in Wisconsin and

Pennsjlvauia, are lu messes of four each, have i llie clli,'f cIerkslP of the War Department. four wagons, three tents, &,c. ! Ir- Auderson was the private secretary of Gov Another made up from the Southern States, j Crawford, at the time the latter filled the Exhave four wagons, 20 mules, and 4 ponies, three i cutiv Chair of Georgia. tents. &c. I Col. Campbell, a good Locofoco, it is presu-

Another small Southern party, has one wagon, ox team, tent, &c., and will move in company with others. A company from Fort Wayne, Indiana is ready to move, and will go with Col. Russell. A company from New Jersey is ready with eleven wagons, eleven tents, mules and provisions for six months. After getting to tlie gold region, each man works "on his own hood [sic]." There is also a company of fourteen from Maine, and a company of forty-eight from Louisville, Ky.,who are to make the trip on mules, packing their provisions, tents, &c. They have eleven tents, one wagon, indian-rubber [sic] boat, &c. Each man has three mules, with three extra mules to each mess of four, and provisions ' for 120 days—are to leave about the 20th. Be- sides others, there are several companies mentioned from Ohio ready to start. One from Richmond county having two wagons, one tent, oxen, &c. Another from Hamilton county, composed of H. Wyckoff, P. Campbell and others, who have two wagons, sixteen mules, one horse, two tents, dressed in uniform, and intend to travel with Col. Russell. Another from Morgan county who have one wagon, two tents, mules, &c. Another from Huron county, a joint stock comgany, were the first to leave Ohio, and it is said, will be the first to leave Independence. They have three wagons, three tents, provisions for 200 days, and travel with mules. The company last mentioned from Ohio, hails from Richmond county—they are encamped six miles out—this company consists of five persons, one of whom is represented to be "a beautiful and intelligent female'' about sixteen years of age, who being an orphan, determined to accompany her brother for the gold regions. Her name is Susannah Hackett. This company have a wagon, ox team and a large tent, with provisions for six mouths. The letter concludes as follows: "The wagons generally used are very light, but built strong. Old traders predict that not one-fourth of them will stand the trip. Much the greater portion of the companies intend using mules, which are considered, for expedition, superior to oxen. The anxiety to move is so great, that many companies will start early, and pack feed for their stock for a given time. That such a course will not facilitate them in their journey, in the end, is generally believed by experienced persons. CALIFORNIA." ----- The California Line of March. Emigrants for California by the "overland" route, may find something to interest them in the following letter, which we copy from the Louisville Courier of Thursday. Independence, Mo., April 8th, 1S49. Mr. W. N. Halderman—Bryant's company are now encamped one mile from town, all in good health, and expect to leave on the 20th instant. Maury's company is encamped four miles from town, and, I understand, are all well. Emigrants from Kentucky would save money by bringing all their provisions with them, as there is a scarcity here. Huie's company passed here on the 6th inst., on their way to St. Joseph—they had a long and tedious trip on the Meteor. A company from New Y'ork sold their wagons and implements a few days ago, and have returned home. The game of "Monte" is played very extensively in this place apparently with the sanction of the law and a good many of the Californians have lost their all, in betting against it. There is a good supply of mules in the mar- ket at prices varying from $55 to $80/ A family of eight persons died at "Wellington" with the cholera, on the 30th ult. They were Dutch emigrants from New Orleans Yours, truly, 'GOLD DUST.' ----- Indictable Music At the recent term o! the Court or Cr-nv nt of the Court of Ccmmau .nty.a number of h.dividu - ud found guilty of riot, for Pleas, in Darke cob als were iiiitii-ti.J nn. 6 t serenading a wedding parly wilh instruments or .....-, .i.sagreeaoie 10 "ears pome." Judge, .1.... u,.rKO ,u .nejury, copiea Deiow, lrom the Greenville Banner, settles the law of all such cases in this circuit, and may be interesting to some of our readers. The assemblage of three or more persons with bells, horns and firearms, and with these to approach the house where a fami! mny resides, ratuing oeHs, ...ow.ng norns and discharging fire arms, especially In the nirht i it i, . . .... l-..l.i ....... ...i.-'i 1. .I .... .' ia.ro to. .arm anuterruy me inmates, is against i ii a nir n mm rmtrtu a 'n .1 . 1 . pence, ua riotous. iNor noee a change the !. t 1 . . character of such a transaction, that a wedding was the occasion or it Nor can it be justified otiuie grounu that it was intended as a sere- . . . . - - .,. . ..e-K.uornoou -ner, u was en.ccec, in ttns age of progress, ...i I'l.'-it-rcMiiii iu jiim sicai science nil.! ini. - , .i.. ...rui.-. u, rrnv K iuu r we EIIOU U cen h we do not Pall behind in the improvement or manners and morals. "Some or the witnesses have spoken or a custom in tht neighborhood lo honor weddhigs with music of thiskiud. ,e5s' il belongs uot to uot receive the sanctio I ,in g in a civilized cemm , v t . Mtiic liath cliarmn to soothe the sararr bi-it'' i, .i.i. . It must indeed be a savage breast that can h soothed by the hideousound, of Z Z s horse fiddles, ram', horns, and like musical in- ... , struments. ratthnir. ruicrinir. an1 i:. toother, and internosed bv ,be 6 plosion or gunpowder. I "Such serenade, are unlaws and riotous. St uch is the law. The iurv will find th. Ai j i r.,.i... ., . .. ( unij vi uvi guuiy , as tney nna tne I ; runta " Ilonlrh of ,v- Orlrwus. New Orleans, April 21. The weather is fine, and Cholera cases are rare. Th. w. t J...:.t.. t ... . j t... , ... - uui ihe tue ,aai icu ua s ua? IlllUred .he r.n ..... ,u- J.. :. . - - ww. . v lui;h i ,9 uu w ; fiue ou the Mississippi.

nof a court and jury sit- ' wit: Mr. Ileulv. of InHin. i '. "u themselve. ridiculous bv A nil. tuai ne nad nat been apprehended

FROM WASHINGTON.

Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot Washington, April 12, 1849. esterday there were two removals of clerks lu ll,e War Diriment, Messrs. Wolf and S. IIum" Porter, both from Pennslvania, and the latter the son of the late Governor Porter, of Colonel Campbell of New York, was razed down to the Clerkship made vacant by the removal of Mr. Porter, while Mr. Anderson, of Georgia, was transferred frem the princiual .c'erl5slliu ' the House of Representatives to med cannot complain of the razeintr process. which reduces him from a S2000 to a 4.1600 offir. It is said that he was a class-mate of Col. B!iss al Wesl rint- WheD te took office first iu !,e War Department, Mr. Andrew Porter waa razd doA-u, I believe, frem a $IC00 to a j $14n0 offic". lu 'ak'' '00" for Col. Campbell, j ' wl"Ie a l,oor " "ig was turned out of the $1 100 j 'office to make room for Mr. Porter. Afl" Col. Campbell succeeded General ! Prker as Chief Clerk, and now descends lo his ' o'"wr I,lac' or on similar lo it, to make rooln lor -lr- Anderson. Thus go the changes, the upe aud downs ol P0''1'0"1 ''fe. A 'ou rce'Te. D.v telegraph, an official list i i i" - - " "n B.. 1 1 mi inii ntinn ikin niiic t. nf " - 1 1 . . . . which have been made to-day, of Laud Office I, !.,!. K.. ... .1.. ..!.. r T i Air .. Receivers in the North Western States, and of j Postmasters in Ihe Slate of New York. Messrs Uuor, Reyuolds, Gott and SllngerlanJ, of the ,,,w Yrk delegation in the lasf Congress, alt of whom are re-elected, except Mr. Sliuirerland. have arrived here within a few days. Mr. Schemerhorn, member of Congress elect from New York, is also here, I presume they are all acting for their friends at home. Among the removals iu New York made to-day, I may menliou lwo important ones, to wit: the Postmasters at Hudson and Rochester. Mr. Postmaster Carrique, editor of the Locofoco organ, the Gazette, at Hudson, gives plaoe to Robert H. Bernard, Esq. Darius Perrin.Esq., is the appointee or the Rochester office. Other removals for cause and appointments over the great Empire State, will, bow that the work is commenced, soon take place. No public man can do the business more judiciously and expeditiously thn Judge Collamer and Col. Warren. Nor will it be easy Tor the captious to find any mistakes iu their work; so thoroughly do they make themselves masters of the information on the subject before they act. Night and day they both g ve their close attention to it. They labor as diligently and arduously as did Sir Robert J. Walker on his great annual Treasury Report, a though they may now faint under the fatigues of the heavy business. Mr Secretary Ewing designs to leave here for Ohio in the course of a few days. There was a report in the city to-day, briskly circulated, that Teter G Washington, Esq., had been removed from the office of Sixth Auditor in the Post Office Department, aud that Mathew St. Clair Clark, Esq., had been appointed to the post a restoration. He was removed by Mr. Polk to give place to Mr. Washington. The charter elections in New York city are ull right, and fill the Whigs here with unconcealed pleasure. What a pity that the editor of the Union should have committed himseir to the free soil candidate for Mayor, (after he thought his electic was secure,) and urged the Locofocos to support him,. d then after all find his free soil friend defeated by thousand, of votes. What sort of a tale will he be able to tell to his Virginia readers on the subject, between this and the time the elections ai to come off in the Old Dominion? Nous verrons. POTOMAC. Washington, April 15, 1S49. Two excellent appointments were made by the President yesterday, to wit: J. Prescott Hall, Esq., as District Attorney for the Southern District of New Y'ork, in place of Larenze B S!inttmi fan anin.I J it -i: tr " " n..u rump none, x uir, iu piace 01 vs. o. Liogardus, tisq , remov ed. l. 1 r . .a , . lheS8 aPP01utme" B've very decided SatisI faCl,on t0 a" Whgi now here, with whom I hare 00s the subject, while the removi ' " . . -"ogaruus, 10 Lor f....... ci j 1 i , . j ident Taylor sees that, however unpleasant the ( j (j.w vvnit lliav i ICS ! . , . , r'"i'" oruer 10 carry out the administrativ measures which he believes are right, the preponderance of the incumbents of the principal j office, rrnder the Government must not be on . the side or his political opponents. Heisricht and the world will so decide. The Whigs al! iiu uie woriawill bo decide. The Whigs all ; expect this of him, and no reasonable Locofoco will utter oue word oT complaint. The appointmeut. bv Mr. Srreir r,.. ford, or Mr. La n man as Librarian of the War Department, is highly commended by every body who knows the talents, ...uustry ana worlh of the appointee. Mr. Lanman is a wor thy member of the Press, and in his appointinent, as well as in that of AJY ll.u .t."r...:. iv ter or the Treasury, the editorial corns will see -"" i J-e, inougn rattier slow of foot, per - i " e - perhaps, is not to be altogether withheld by this ' .... " t j "'i' Administration, from tl, . 1 working men, who do more to keen parties ,! ; gether. lo snread lioh. . i ' 1 A III! IU U U 1111 II II ' and make the re r .u any ; otner class or calling or men which can be na ' med. It is time that this class or men should k. :...-J ii'nrv.inieu accoruiu e to their deo-r.. K tl,nun .1 I .r.l.-f-. ' by the people. Franklin in the rlt"nTv. r ' lhe Repub,lc '. J e"'f d"8 ofl 1 all Europe! The neonM 7 L 1 . 1 ' members of the press and elected ih , r , row, or Tennessee and Mr. Gree ey, or New ' V- i k j .u . . i X ork; besides others who" had been- editor. TO eauor. I Zt 1 T I ? tCh"dl"' 'r n" f lha UniUd i states Gazette, and Jame. Brooks F.sn n r i ' uir. uiuuks, r,ftt.,ooe 01 1 -di'ors of the New York Express, have .1ready been Heeled. As one of tha corps, I go for the craft, and it rejoices me to see this Administration already conferring appointments of honorable distinction upon some of the wopj thiest of its members. What would the politi clan, or any party do, what could they do, whst would they be, in the range or political eminence, ir they had not the pres. to support and sustain them? And how Tew or the honest and capable editors or the press, who toil t . . . . and " their strength and mean. Tor oth er s advancement, are ever rewarded tor their i labors, either in earthly goods or earthly hon-

Sireh a custom iil-! l i ... tr..... , i ulner o'cers, who passed their fim ... t uu uaess; that such mistake. wer

civilization, and should there were at least five nr.n,.r. ' 7.' i ,as 8U'"'n "d f'l,in Anti-Taylor club-ronn,. ! qUeUt occa"ce. and ii. only ,toni

unity. It has been said Pennsylvania;. Mr. Fisher, of Ohio: Mr. Bar- i J re80,Utious' "P8""". &c " l,ve 8,aTe,

ors? It is not one editor in every twenty who either makes his newspaper pay its way, or is thought of for one honorable appointment, when the great men whom he has helped to make great are advanced to power. Our good people are by habit, but ougot not to be, less ready to

pay editor's bills than any other bills. And i when a rare member of the corps, who by his I si se pi ess nights, by the sweat of his brow, by j toiling and delving for his party and its most j prominent men, and by his prudence and ecou-) omy, saves enough to exempt himself from be- j ing cauea poor, ana Happens to De Darned lor : an honorable appointment, how many there are ready to cry out, "Oh, Is he rich! he ought not to have auy appointment! the people ere not for him!" For one, I have no patience with those who i ;annot appreciate the press and these of its cou- j ouclors wno nave dJ"tlle ,uie country service. j 1 roioice to see thatX flay lor and his Cabinet , an and do appreciate -ttie editorial corps. I re- ( joi that worthy members of it have been ap- j Poited to honorable stations under the govern- j ment BIld 1 rejoice that there is a bright prosrCl thal Ir" Gallagher, of Virginia, Colonel , au" I or, Jir.uulender, of I oughkeepsie, aud Mr. Morris, of Philadelphia -all of the editorial corps-are soon to receive distinguished marks of confi- ; deuce and approbation ol this Administration. , plomat .t, Talleyrand, would never countenance , a blunder, for he considered it less pardonable , than a crime Gen. Taylor and hi, Cabinet. , . ... . . i'iiu nirin. iu iiihriuu rpinnvn nuv nini. - v...,c imb uniVr I hus f:ir Tl,0 . :. . .:. .!.. - . . . in VPUCLL ISIdirLII.il. The prospect is fair that none wi" he committed, so thoroughly is every . I r . i onri crAaiiiiucu ueiure u is taKen. To-day the "Union" is out wi.h A fromlh H.,ii(,t M, c.ui.. i,r 1 " " uiuuub, I., w up ii .nr. ?tubbs parades before the public a letter wkich he wrote to Gen. Taylor, asking mr the charge. against him, and to which he received no reply. TV.- .i.... i.jr-. , , ... . .ij nuui imu vieu. layiorio go wiln the j charges against Mr. Stubbs, or with Mr. Stubb's ' removal? Gen T.vW f, C.l.w. ..-t.. . , 1 . I . . ... . ' unow, nas noimng to do with the removal or appointment of any clerks iu auy of the Departments. And yet Mr. Stubbs tells the pub- j iio, that he wrote two letters, just alike, to Gen. j Taylor, askiig forcharges, and got no answer j to either. Alas, Mr. Stubbs. POTOMAC. From the Baltimore Patriot. The Appointments lo Office. A stranger to our nolitical hi stftTV find utTia AA Mrtf .1 r,,J..-.. 1 .1 I f J allu nliu u u.e principle oi our governmem, wno snould now take up the Washington Union, aud, confiding in its statements, read its lamentations upon the changes whieh have been made iu the incumbents of public offices, would be sure to conclude that some great wrong had been done lo those who are not kept in the offices, to which they would seem to be entitled by a right only less than the law. When a stranger, who should thus be misled by the cries aud imprecations of the Union, should come to understand, that the offices, from w hlch these men were excluded, were not their's by auy right, but had only been conferred upon them for partizan services by an administration which the people had condemned, aud that . ,,c.u ...e... tney aouseu Ulein lo control th. freedom of .lection.,-the stranger who i.;i. ii.-.. .i .i , i .u uSV,civra uy me cries oi me c nion, on coming to understand whence its tears flow111.1., ed, would not be apt to form a very high opinion or the pohncal honesty and manliness of that I PaTr' , , . . Un tlie other hand, a man whn hart vised, that Tor more than twsnty years a large portion of lhe citizens of thc 3 systematically excluded from all offices of honor L trust, sinfply because thTy id not favL Z success of a particular party, would be sure to ! expect that that nroscHbed nnrt J 1 I re. to "tot w tlTZSISXl !,'' !,;' i.:u t-j , . . 1 . , . , . , . , uon wincn had prevailed against them, and now 10 uo justice, oy placing members of it in positions of honor and trust, to which their ability and nsefulnesa made them competent to discharge the duties that devolved upon them. Not to do so, would be, by every honest aud fair-dealing man, denounced as a wrong a I ... aouiiie wrong, indeed, coming fiom political Tl,; ; fh ;a r.u . . - vvuiu r-At, uor - j-vjiurui ui me country, i nis is the expectation of Whigs and Locofocos, and the Union may be sure, that this just expectaI lion will not be disappointed by the men to "in liou ms nave coniiael t he nower nf u- K n ... , 1.. 1 1 t , ... ,neetj u I , " "T "e Un'n 10 exc,te ".Pby I Tl.. ... . . .1 11 . I irom in ose who are made, as it savs. "victim." tn n.t,o 1... .. . ... I ,hu w is.iuuinig uut-even-nanded lust w ." s answered in the following extract of a'letter , ,he Jou mal or Commerce, from n- ., " ""'i.JU"r"a' 01 wmmerc,, f I PBrUcn, f"end of the Whr ' TV" admitted ful ig cause, tho full memhersein in the Locofoco fold: Washlngtbn, April 12th. Our Democratic friends are unreasonable. They seem to think that they were born to-suck Treasury pap, and that to deprive thorn or it is to reverse the order or nature. The races , make arB wnraa of weaning infanta. Tliw h- . .i, :j .l . .. ...... m.la .1 . rt- ... 7 gi . lnal orovprnmo,,. u... !""""'" S' "'em omces, and they have certain- ' i,. ,i ..ii.; , . . ! , " " ""ceieui, when Jefferson was! elected. A party which k j . I ! r ,i,:.:." ' . l.:i:, .... 1 "u ,l nor monopol.zed the social influ- ' l"c ntry, nave laid chiim to all the anne a hA & ! !,,r0.n,8 Got- I have little doubt ! I,ml- wilh the eeption of a brier interval, here I l . ' i ana ",ere- ',eir demand will be comolied wi.h I ha have never deemed it, however, the peculiar ion or this Administration n m. ,t. missii ! sordid inii;ia r. :i . .. ! . , r l"a" lne democrats i '". a Party, indulfed ia. S. , ' - r J , luuuiireain. Sum. Mm l 7" n'ad8 Vl"day, and others will 80on fol-ia-lhn is to be manifesto, it seem, -wmc g CIIIUVHIH ' " r?m'al of hordinat, clerks and Washington, April 17. eriiis to DO a deal of i Snecnlalinn I, and elsewhere about th. Z M.- .! i ' Ut He "eW "T,'e RY uo buiIlea ,u'his city the 13th of i tie new paper will be started at that time, T:?VT edlt0riaI maa-rement of Alex- ,, oi iNew Orleans, and John O. S-rffeu , of INew York, there can be no doubt. But whether the -Republic" willstand a Better chance of being the organ or this Administionthan the N.,loal IQteencer Tthe Rational Whig, remains to beleen. It i. a fa.r, open field for the three journals to .trive honorably which shall best deserve th.approba! fonof the Administration. The Intelligencer is an old and Well-estab-h'hed journal, with a world-wide renown for i' great respectability 0f character, and for the

dignity and ability of its editoaial articles, and

the faithfulness of its Congressional reports. I Its senior editor has the most generous and be nevolent heart, perhaps, of any politician in the Union. It may be said of him thai he is beloved by every body who knows him, and by Gen. Taylor as much as by any other public ' man. His associate, thejunior editor, is a gen- ! tleman of great urbanity of manners, wilh j hosts of warm friends at home and abroad. I Wherever the Intelligencer is read its distin- ) guished editors are highly respected. No edit- j ors were ever more kind or indulgent towards, their subscribers and debtors. They never distress them, oi instruct the their agents to push collections. As an evidence of this, I understand that there are debts dow due the establishment amounting to upwards of $400,000! Tne good will of the establishment alone, without the uia u uc u, or me materials, IB valued at $OU,000 at least. The idea, then, that such an establishmeut is to be purchased by the projectors of the new paper, is somewhat superfluous Some cry out that it would be cruel to withhold the patronage of the Administration from the Intelligencer and Ustow it upon the Republic. -uu, u.ereiore, mat u would b wrong in Messrs BuliiU aud Sareeut lo undertake rac of competition iu the matter. that the Now there is no sort of certainty Republic, or the Intelligencer, or iheWLir wil! trat.on, and there is no sort of cruelty about the matter. . llmi l-il ...w.:... . . -. - - j - - . -uru

. . I .. .

.....Wa um.irijid.m.

Officers or the Customs Philip Greeley, jr., j n,uusl",'1us i uis power, his wisdom, his goodCollector of the District of Boston, Mass. ' ness' and his tru'h this man is greater, as well

i ' 1 SamU?1 J" C"l' f" 'he District of New Orleans, La. I . . ' BenJamin S- "wley. Collector for the Dis- ! v '"P nne' UfFlCer for l,,e DUtrict of ; Newlork. Robert B.Siille, Naval Officer for the District Af "cw vnrau. Manual J. Garcia, Surveyor or the Port or

New Orleans. : two twin daughters only four years or age, BY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. ' who were found dead in their bed on WednesApril 16 John W. Crockett, to be Com-I day morn'Dg last, with their throats cut in an missionerto superintend the building of the new awfm" manner. The husband having escaped, Custom House in New Orleans. ; suspicion was at once fastened nponhim.and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. ' Search im,lled'ately made, which proved sucJ. Prescott Hall, of New York, to be Attorney CeSsM yesterday morning, he being found in of the United States Tor the Southern District : th.e W00i8 wilh the hlood of !i is victims upon of New York. , him. He was at once arrested to await the

Charles Bingham, of Alabama, to be Marshal i . . ; of the United States, for the Southern District or 1 Alabama. James Scott, of Indiana, lo be Register of the ! Land Office at Jefferson ville, Indiana. ' o senteTI t l ook nt thia lirlurr, In lSJi, Llisha Whittlesey represenTi?Q the Congressional District iu which Joshaa R. Gid- ' dings resides. His charge for mileage, as the i records show, reads thus: . i "1837, Elisha Whittleseff Cr. j Dec. 4, By mileage 341 miles at 80c, $272.80." ; Sow look n t This. ! Joshua R.Giddings, whose residence is only fifty miles from that ot Mr. Whittlesey's, was a I member or the last Congress. His charge for ! mileage, as the records show, reads thus ..1S48, Joshua R. Giddings, Cr. Dec. B miIe M0 miIes al $G?0.00." ; tS"fiiit movrmrni Irrideniial JVoiuI inn lion in ninr: j The friends or Mr. Clay in New York.to the ' number of fonr or five hundred, celebrated the ; anniversary of his birth-da v on the 12th or A- . . . . . 1 Mr Clav General T I d M Tt ' Z' j SS T m tt'd d7' n , , h !'fd T Tv 7 t ! 7h , T among others; and, after defining his present ' ol Ashland, as the candidate of the whig party 1 vuuuiuaig UI IliC null UriV n lg5a... (It may be said of him as it was to the celebrated Dr. Pangloss, who offered his services as a pedagogue for the children of a bridal party just going to be married: "I find, sir, you are one of those people who never lose an office from not speaking for it in time.") Washington Union. ' Blork Tom." ST- : . r .1. ft . ... . ..ii. vurviur,ui me wnronicie, writing lrom Washington, telis the following good one about Ohio's dark-skinned Senator: "The proverbially conceded fact that the dark and swarthy hue wLicli overshadows the feat uresof Senator Corwirr, Orrro's proud Representative in the Executive branch or Con1 eress' wnlcn en'llles ",n o the soubriquet or "Black Tom." wmsiritini-lt. i'I,i.i,.,ij .r. . -ov "" I da'.S B,aC m U"8 Ciy- IIe had' il aPPear8. ccasion lo ca!1 at lhe Navy Department lo trans , j aci some ousiness with which he wasentrusted. Whilst there, waiting the return or the SecreI tar' 8 mesenger, by whom he had sent in his ' name' a gen''eman, whose modest and excited ' aPPeara,1C8 betokened an office huuter, stepped ! "P l Corwiu' whoin he supposed, from his comPlexron was lhe veritable messenger, i llauded him his 'papers,' with tho request ' "lali"e,wu"1 lhem to the Secretary. Mr. i .u...alncu. i,lat ne was otnerwise " eilfraired inst nt iVint lima 1... . t . ; . . , D B. J. uul tuu''au8 ne, i i!irepIinT tho tAni;nn r u.

S'eman to ajAnemin(nt citize asked him, playruHy, the 8 "S a corner or the room ir vou will ... , ... , ,." j, j.-

. - ; Iitivk Tnnr nn... 4. i . , .T"" ""ere, ne will iiiitvn in in in ilia eu - r 1 -t w ' . avy. just " "." ' V .cquaiated with ? . yrwia entered ,he rootn. ""d "dd--I,.. I I ed him by name. The confusion nr ,.fr: 1 Ca" hnag',nd than described. j hooked as ir he hud committed an nnnardon : able sin. which ntterlv .(....j ..ii i . . " uupe oi ins ! u""n'ne an otlice. He androached the Sen.tnr "' LdrP" f PP having collected i on h'8 brow-took him to one aide, and in a i toemn!ous "ic. begged hi. pardon. Mr. C. . ; enJyed he jke' lold h,ra l V" himIf or fre hment before as locofoco Triekery. The Locofoco Postmasters, who fin :.,- t.nll.. l-.ll . I . e ' "-o" of the Union, are floedlD- e Post-office Department a ivi i a representing that they have taken no active part n partisan politics, and that they are strictly attentive to their duties, end askinir to be retainea in tlie public service. Nearly every one

i !

oi inese letters ha. been followed by irrefragible ! ffic r but a poor compensation for the anxi--evideuce, that these post-master, are the most 1 ete & toils incident to public station." hoods "occunlT f re"PeCliVe hhat- SnT" their political LtT V""""" Positio i Long John Weotworth, representing the Cl.inotoriously negligenro0r 'faD'Zatk)I18' and are , cage Congressional District, is getting himself such case where iJ r In eTerv J P"t forward as a candidate for the Senate of the rence and' neglect e'rVnT r"' interfe- U. S., to fill the vacancy now existing. Mr. ble sources, the trendeis60"" ? "" resPon8'- j McCIernand, another representative iu ConThis statement will explai'ttho dKplaCf'd-' gress from the Southern District, is also reeling rtmeMhM'" iUt tle Same Slttli0"- (n-Shi'lc!s

letters have not bee

-r.-vUUiuuiii, wny their

Rich Men of Boston. The Boston Post publishes a list of tl,. m.-

of Boslon who are taxed over $100,000 ia the first class, there are 116 who are taxed on $100,000 and less than $000,000; 12 on $300 - find nnA U A inn rr " J",uu. v e give tue list f l'le others: Taxed over 400,000 and tinder 500 000 Samuel Appletoa Hari?on G Otis Nathan Appleton James Parker William Appleton Josiah Quin"y Jr Fliphalet Baker ' iaxea on ouu.uuu and under COO C00 John Bryant Thonvu Wio-i .it " ''" iaw Lawrence John Wells Taxed on over 600,000 Peter C. Brooks Abbott Lawrence Jonathan Philips Robert G. Shaw JohnD. Williams $1,324,200' 830,400" 633COO' "16,50y "85,200 k Boston for its population Is without doal' j one of the wealthiest cities in the Union. Fifty ! Tars ago there probabfy was not one of its inV habitants worth 100,000 I A Sublime Tr .h Ltt a man have all the world can rive h u. ..: ' he is still miserable, if b . ...u: i ' .tered, nndevout mind. Let him have his gar- ' ).no 1,L CJ.I. u: , ... ' ,,V . ' . , . nS, fr gran And Ut another have neither field nor garden ' ; ,et h- oa(v . . . n. l'eD- , ed mill(1 ' !n1 r'T ... treator a hi worts. e pin!J ik. .. . ",""'- ' ness, and hi: ! as happier, i ' i, - , . 8 f ,U Pf'ty, than the other in his ' riches. Jones of Naland. 1 , Horrid Jloro. r of Mother d her Two ' Bir.. uu9iuu, .iprii nin. The town or Wilmington (Mass.) has been ', thrown into tl-e greatest state of excitement is Pnn so nnanra nf Mnna 1 r J i i . , r u.os nornu murder WD1CU has PerVer on Mrs M. B. P.-eston and her , ctlarSe- . From the Hamilton liuelligeuoer. Poelrj- in .Tlurrif-d Life, OR A SPRING MORNING. BT MRS. SNOOKS. The morn was beautiful and bright (Here, Nancy, please to snuff the light!) Aye, beautiful surpassing thought (O gracious! what an ugly blot!) The birds sang on the dewy spray -(Do take that mewing cat away .') And gloriously arose the sun (The bread, I think, is nearly done.) A rill ran trickling down the dell (Stop, Willy, do not ring that bell!) The village steeples shone afar (Why will you, child, my pleasure mar?) I sat upon a mossy log O Johnny, da not tease the dog!J And gazed upon the golden skies Fy fy, to scratch your sisters eyes! O 'twas a scene so heavenly fair f Willy, stop pulling Fanny's hair! That could I there forever stay I'm glad the brats have gone away. My cheek was fanned with woodland airs Children, don't gs toe near the stairs! Before me lay a glassy lake Take out the babe for goodness' sake! The dews were bright within the flowers This smoke my senses overpowers! Before me knelt a handsome swain Perhaps I'll write the rest again. O" A friend handed us the following, and says when he came to the "pantaloons," he buret his breeches! Household Order. Rachel, go and comb your hair, Betsy, stop your laughing there! Kate, make haste and wash the dishes, And Susan, mend your fathers pantaloons f Sammy, run and feed the hogs, Jim, go out and bring some logs! I'll whip you John, you know I will, If you don't stop a kicking Bill! Attempted. Huicidc. A young woman boarding at a respectable hotel in this city, attempted suicide last night by drinking laudanum. The large quantity taken, ho wever, and the prompt assistance of medical aid, renderad the attempt abortive. The recent loss or her husband and destitution, together with having been forsaken by those whoshould I have protected her, are said to be tlie principal ' causes that induced the rasli act. The woman in quesiion is said to be a native of Exeter, New ' Hampshire. St. Louis Republican. Prefers Ihe .Vliliiarj Title. The etiquette, at AVashington, has been te address President Taylor as "Mr. President." , otner oay, wnemer ne was to oe ouuar. a. Mr. Fresident or as"General. "Oh.bythe h mMn. th. renlv. So ,ayg ft corre(I,10Bde.t 0f lhe Baltimore Sun From the ooihwet Pmt. I 1 ErHic Co.mpnicatiom.-u un some- - ! thing or surprise we heard last evening that the telerranh line to the Southwest Pass had beerr r L J v so r complelea mat a message naa oeeu trans- - " . . . . . . . mitted tllereb; Th despatch was dated at 2 ' 'cIock lerday -ftwnoon, and addressed to e Union Towboat Company. It announced lhe arr,TaI "l " 1.aSS r "e Br T T : 'eaos 0116 Pnish brig and two scheoners, the ' narn,s ' which had not been ascertained. New Orleans and the Gun of Mexico are thus brought into almost instant communication. ! N. O. Tie. I (Ti-The Nashville Whiir. an opponent of the i ldte admims'ration, .ays: i "Mr. Polk look, broken to a w.nderful degree since his elevation to the Presidency, hi. j hair having become white, and to look at hi. f worn face marked by the fines of care, it is - 1 ngli to convince any one that the honor, of ana jui:re ureese win. il is nresumea, oe can-

nanswered.-Nt.Whig. ! didalee.