The Wabash Courier, Volume 16, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 May 1848 — Page 2

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THE COURIEK

JE8SE CON ARD. Earn.

^TFSRO^HXUTE:

SATURDAVAVJHAY 13, 1848.

WHIG ELECTORAL TICKET.

SENATORIAL ELECTORS

JOSEPH O.

MARSHALL. OF JEFKRA*.

GOD I/O YE 8. ORTH, of Tippecanoe. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1st District—JOHN Prnorc*, of

Jon*

ad 3d 4th 5th 6th 7 th 8th 9th

8. DAVM, of Floyd

We think only nec««ry

MILTOK GUNM, of

Dearbor*.

LUNP P. HOUUWAV. of

Tonus

Wsyne.

WAWOUK, of llaacock.

IXMO.

H. ROTTKOUC, of Grren.

EOWASP W.MRCUU«itET,of Ptetnam. JAKES F. SRTT,

of Clirnon.

DUNN. D.

10th

PRATT, of

CW.

I)ATI» KIUWRE OF Delaware.

PRESIDENCY—NATIONAL CONVENTION. The time for holding the Whig National Convention is fast approaching, and the question, which has for some months, more or less agitated the public mind, must in a short time be put to rest, estness, uished stranger and trulv eloquent ora settle' .J: ...j.u "it

the question of the W hig candidate for: |je

the great Whig

P^TY OF

wishes of the people, rather than that of

of risking opinions in a matter which we have been deputed with others to settle.

The Delegates for the National Con vention must in a few way to Philadelphia. We wish to go. as was designed by the State Convention, through which the Delegates received their appointment, perfectly untrammelled as to tho names of candidates—free to act according to circumstances, as public opinion maybe developed and the

flinch until our candidate shall be secure of the place, which the good of our

THE MAMMOTH BROTHER JONATHAN FOR JULY 4TH. Wilson dc Co. of New York have sent us a sheet of specimens of the engravings prepared for their great Pictorial Jubi' lec Brother Jonathan of the present year, now about being issued. These are fine spirited portraits, the size of life, of Messrs. Clay, Benton, Webster, and Calhoun. The paper is likewise to contain ihe assault on Chapultcpec, before the walls of Mexico, 4y the American troops —an immense engraving occupying nearly two whole pages of the Jonathan. Tho stupendous siie of this picture has enablod the artist to give the exact posi•ion of the assaulting parties, and likenesses of tho various American officers in thoirsevoral positions. The usual variety of ongravings suitable for tj^e glorious Fourth are also to be given, together with a fac simile of the manuscript Declaration of Independence in tho hand-writing of Jefferson, with all the original signatures attached. 12 cents per copy for this sheet is certainly cheap.

GEN. TAYLOR.

We publish to-day another letter from Gen. Taylor, written two days before his recent letter toCapt. Allison. The Indiana State Journal of Wednesday referring to this letter says: ••A loner from G©n. Taylor, published in to-day's paper, settles beyond controversy, that ne intonds being a candidate for tho Presidency independent of the nomination by either party. This determination on his part precludes the possibility of his nomination by the Whig Convention. The Whigs cannot nominato any man who declares he will not submit to its decision. They will select some one who will no* only accept the nominaton, but pledge himself to bocome the "exponent" of their principles.— Any other courws would result In the dissolution of the party,and nomte Whig can desiro such a consummation.

The Hon. Chester Ashley, one of the t\ S. Senators from the State of Arkansas, departed this life, at his lodgings in Washington, in the afternoon of tho 2d inst. Ho is, we believe, tho sixth or sev-

uh member of Congress, who has oecn

called

FROM .imo to CN»l.Y,

comroenccmoni

UI ML*.

It is a

within a rauiiMM the other is now removed by death

POLK AKD SATA A*A.—The Albany

RICHARD W. THOMPSON. Our Representative in Congress seoms to be winning good opinions, as well out of the House as in it. His s|fceechea are received with much applause both in and out of the Halls of Congress. Mr. Thompson recently paid a visit to Connecticut—and while there was prevailed upon with others to address several public meetings. His speeches were all well received. The New Haven Palladium of April 25th thus notice# his speech at that place "The Whig meeting of yesterday it is conceded by all* was never equalled in numbers and enthusiasm in this city,— The seats in the Exchange were nearly all taken out of the Hall, so as to afford the greatest possible amount of room to all who might be present, and the people were there—a solid mass both on the lower floor and in the gallery. Hon. Win. Board man was in the chair, and introduced in a happy manner, first Hon.

R. W. Thompson to the audience, who was received with three times three cheerc, which were given with an earnthat showed that the disting-

|ept

the Presidency, in order to have perfect dience, for more than two hours, by a harmony and full co-operation of action speech that could hardly be excelled by

the

Difference of opinion, by every rule of'eI|

J.N|

question. has passed from our midst, and will The position of the Editor of this pa- live in tne memory whenever the events per, as a delegate to the National Con- reviewed are rccurred to by any present. venjion, hM placed kin. in the .allude riKoffc™! of one seeking to be instmcted as to the

good of Whig principles may seem to the soul. Richard W. Thompson is require at the timo. The question set-1truly an ORATOR. AS a Western man tied, wo expect to return, and take the iho "w.lked" otrni^ht into Ne«r England field for tho nomination—and

OHIO.—The

..H .11 .he HT»n.

are among

,he

human nature, was to be expected, until poWerfui to be found in the world.— candidates were appointed and fixed by There was not a course expression in an authority universally conceded as the? the whole of the speech ^ut it wa«A .* I polished lines, all radiant with fire which only legitimate source for settling the

JN IHE HOAN LONG AF

cause

giving information to them. We have' TRUTH,of JUSTICE, of FREEDOM and Hu sought to be correctly informed, instead! MA.VITY. We wish

,ER

THO AC

lIEVE

DESHED BY THOSE WHO BE

that the

|,e advocated was the cause of

we could follow him in his

exposure of the inconsistencies, the profligacy and recklessness of this AdminisI tration. It was, it is true, a humiliating •jpicture for American freemen to gaze

days be on their I upon, hut there was a necessity for the exhibition, and good must come of it.— During the whole progress of this able address, the audience were electrified with the elegant tones of the speaker.

He swayed their feelings as with a magician's wand—now exciting their deepest indignation, now stirring their highest admiration, and now again touching the finest and most tender sensibility of

hearts. He said he never touched New not to

g|ftn(i

countrv has so long required to be filled [been educated by a New England, (yes, a New Haven) instructor. Yankees by a staunch and unflinching Whig.

ji he day previous—but

he must have been of New England parents, and he told the people that he had

may well be proud to hail such Western men as brothers.

Whigs of Belmont coun

ty adopted the following at their late County Convention Rrsolred, That having had Presidents from the slave-holding Slates for about 48 out of 60 years, and having now, as at all times heretofore, many distinguished men in the non-slaveholding States eminently qualified for that station, we will insist, as a matter of jusiice and right, that the pominee of the National Convention, to be held in June next, shall be from a free State.

CINCINNATI WHIG DELEGATE.—The county Convention of Hamilton county, on the 6th inst. nominated L'Hommodieu Delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, and Thomas B. Stevenson alternate.— They were uninstructed, but it is understood that they arc both for Henry Clay.

THE CHICAGO CANAI..—This great work is now open, and packets commenced running regularly on Monday last* Some difficulty was experienced at first, on one level, owing to the original error of the Engineer, in its construction. The drainage was also large, and probably some weeks will elapse before the cause will are fitted up in splendid style, and will cause that route to be a favorite ono with travellers. Merchants at Chicago, and on Lake Michigan are looking to St. Louis for supplies of hoavier articles of merchandize, especially of groceries.— Everywhere along the canal great activity and energy prevail. Tho hydraulic works at Chicago promise to answer public expectation fully.—Saint Louis union, 29th.

PROSPECTS OF PEACE. Th* Washington Union, has the following, WWEK i* one day later than anything PREVIOUSLY icedwl

FROM

the city of Mcxieo:

Letter* of I rwwit date harp READIED thi* city from Mctico. Tbry

represent

of the present session.—j JtrCJifSwd had arrived i*!H*xk» an the 11th,

th« prapeel

ratification and of peace ronre favorablo. One of thcee btwn i* DATED 'he IFCK—the other en the 12th of vpriL According to the first, it is believfd

that there is no daiwer of any revolution in MF XIOFT- A^NORTIMOF the

Cwupr*«« of Qoerettro

cmaint? rxprctwi, and

a MAJORITY of

ANOTHER «R these letter*

Ihf

.NDEIFAJJAIEDIN

tnd BAD BRRO RECRITTD with thr

The Uniontavs: litaryhem**. Mr.ComniUrioner Setrtw ts« asmarkablc circumstance,

Journal says: -It now gives the Union 'satisfaction to know that Santa Anna has gone to Jamaica •, Mid il will gi™ i.f«ction'»koaw, no*' le®™-' Polk, Santa Anna's friend, has gone .. back to Tennessee." BA.IIS IN U5ITID STATES.—The

MAJOR DOWTMNQ'S LIRTSA.—SW the

Mcxico, March S5«h, on our fini page 'm .heir .ulo *11.833,000.

oagreee

mid to be favorable to pM«, sno that Harm* —LB* prac* man—WILL probably be

THE President.

ca!*nlat« confidently on

TANKING of a QWOMM. awl the

wrfMnformsd

writer helteve* that MM* will be made. The ay of the tteatv, and it* modification-* by the senate. whkfc had hern oabtuhed

in Ne* fork, had

Ksebad the capita}, had been translated into mm-

mo»t impoein* mi-

W O N the I*H «I*hof April-

,»_.—— mo not tantai* to btliev* jhat they will act Soine retired on learning the fate of their nnnofthe Senators from Arkansas has,

JJ}, PROMPTITUDE

the city of Mcxico on Saturday evening. He left Mrueoabaat thru* weeks ago. Aqaorom ofC«Bgm* we* wippoeed to he together, and thete was hot little dowht of the ratification of the treaty that thowands of the people of

Mexico will toliow our amy wtea it

aggregate number of Banks in the United

gtales

fifth tawed of Major Do«l1» i»'«l'nil.ion •I IS.MSXW). wppawd

73#, capital 1208,416,000, cir-

THE ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SCOTT. The following, from the Washington correspon4«tt of thaFittttHUfh American, suggests that the Prvattrrri aad hia advisors are still acting according to their inntincta, and that

The la*t

this design

they are "till keep

ing up that "fire in the Pear," which wan

intelligence

where the disposition and power are

In the prrsent Instance one

foreseen

more than dreaded by one upon whom the whola force of the government haa been brought to bear, in order that, in some unguarded moment, he might BE crushed Mid annihilated.

from Mexico

Intimates that

the Court EL' Inquiry was about to ADJOURN HIM United State* and therefore that the arrival ofOan. Scott may be shortly anticipated. I plaoa no faith in thi* speculation, lor 1 have REASONS to believe that the administration desires to k»fp Gen. «eoft in Mexico at leant until the (*onventipns have terminated their proceedings, tnd that tne rrwrt* dent will adopt the necessary mean#

to execute

A pretest

is eaaily ootyured up,

eoniwned.

can be made to

ososa,

if it ban not already been MANUFACTURED- I UNDW stand Uiat the luajuNiMoust!) proposition of Ueti. VVorth to withdraw the charge*against Oen, acott —the more magnanimous from the that the

easy matter to postpone the adjournment «f the Court, by withholding the reply to thw reference, and tbua keep the question in abeyance until it be convenient or

,ilc earnest attention of the au-

inos

eloquent and

rouTte to

enthusiasm which will attend the triumphal rnaron of the noble old soldier ironi New Orloans, into the presence of hi* prosecutor* and slanderers.

I am persuaded in my own

The elections for the Convention are beginning to excite great attention in France, particularly in Paris, where the bustle and excitement unavoidably attendant upon them give room for considerable apprehension. It is still thought, however, that there will be a majority of Moderates in the Convention. Many of the distant sections of the country have expressed a desire that the Convention should be held in some city in the interior, distant from Paris, it being quite evident that its proceedings would be overawed, and anything but free and deliberate, when surrounded by the two hundred thousand idle men of that excitable metropolis. Whether this will be acceded to, is not yet known. It would probably be well for ranee that it should.

OHIO.—The Whigs of Champaign resolved that of all American statesmen, thev would rather see Henry Clay President, but that they feel they are but doing their duty in leaving the choice of a candidate to the Whig National Convention.

In Mr. Everett's Boston eulogy upon Mr. Adams, is the foltowing elegant parallel between the old age of the deceased statesman and that of the 5iow exiled Louis Philippe:

If I wished to prove to the young men of the country, by the most instructive instances, that the only true greatness is that which rests on a moral basis, I would point them to the ex-President of on the occasion refer-

absorption of water from that crown and compelled to beg a few francs entirely cease. The packets from the guards at his palace door, to help him to flee from tho kingdom!

the Mexican paprra, fiuipvrain station. Here were drawn

up a body of troops and 14,000 peasants, who surrounded the train and took the whole detachment prisoners. Several We other detachments entered Brussels.—

anddecwion, cat on all! militarv and

A Washington rarrapondent of the New York! were assailed with "a little more gfnpe Tribes*, say* ifroin the artillery, when they fled, leavinjr about four hundred of their number "MR. Rich, a hearrr of arrive! frnro

behind in killed and wounded.

PREVENTION OF COLLISION AT SEA. —Let a trian-

gular lantern be made with sides of different colors, red, blue and white, with slides to cover them,

the United States, .c red to, and d» ex-King of the French-j ir.tr my name Mr. Clay be the non, the one retiring to private life, an unsuc-

cessful, but not discredited candidate for re-election to the chair of state ruling, in a serene old age, in the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens borne, at seventy-six, almost on their shoulders from one joyous reception to another the other, sovereign but yesterday of a kingdom stretching from Mount Atlas to the Rhine master of an army to bid defiance to Europe: with a palace for every month, and a revenue of threo millions of francs for every day in the year and to-day (let me not seem to trample on the fallen, as I utter tho words) stealing with the aged partner of his throne and of his full, in sordid disguise, from his capital: without one of that mighty host to strike a blow in his defence, if not from loyalty, at least from compassion not darinc to look round, even to sec if tho child was safe on whom he had just bestowed the mockery of a

REVOLUTIONS AND RAILROADS. The intended revolution in Belgium was defeated by the arrangements upon the railroad. Several thousand Belgians and Frenchmen left Paris, to raise the standard of insurrection. A conductor of tho railroad train, with anti-revolu-tionary propensities, instead of stopping at Valenciennes, the last town on I" rench territory, from which the invading legion was to march on foot into Belgium, proceeded directly into Guievrain, notwithstanding the cries of the legion. On the arrival of the train at Valenciennos, where the French engine, as usual, ap* proaclted and was attached to tho train, the train was in the act of moving on, when the alarm was given by some one in the station, that the whole party was betrayed. About one hundred immediately jumped off the carriages but the engineer, having had his instructions, proceeded at the top of his speed across the frontiers, and did not stop until he and his cargo arrived safely at Guievrain. The train ran direcily into the

WADE with A^HN

EXTXMTFD WHEN

pode

caation were few »hi|» WOAID run

AACH other.—{Gateehead (Kwe*rer.

manv tdi-erttr

bATK FROM VERA CBU».

Bcode

encounter tne

mind—though

I have

authority for charging it directly—that STOP* have already been taken to protract the ourt

ot in

quiry. Mr. Polk ha» not the courage, or the reliance in the justice of his outrage* on the victorious General, to meet the popular judgment, and he is too much of an intriguer to hazard it, by the presence of ninn he has so deeply wronged, and to whom he ami the country owe to MUCH of grautude and admiration. N

THE ELECTIONS IN FRANCE. The European correspondent of the National Intelligencer gives tho following paragraph as to the approaching elections in France

ami Picayune of 80ihfp*

Return Mr. Tr#§# tmit General Cndumtmdmr* The stetmahips

Augusta

Crus came up to town., Virginia having got ADI

and Vininia left Vera

u* on Saturday, the ®4D inst.

The

Augusta

ftfarnoon, while the JM in one of h«r wheels,

waa obliged to come to anchor at Poverty Petot,

fifteen mile* below the cit Gen. I ad wslider and Mr. Trist came over pas •ensew oa the Virginia, and will no doubt up fo town this morning the pMsengw* Augusta we have given in another place.

nsew oa ttte Virginia to town this morning

XII*

we have given in another plat great mail was seat by ths Virginia, but we received a paokage BY the AQ Vert (-TUB paper*

containing ths city

totneWd,

aro

Merioo UNHEL MH. fa another «olumn we have giv. the

week, and that Oen.

ment

Boott would await its

Ths

cused stood nssdy to confront them and challenged their investigation—HW been referred to the W ar Department, and that, aa yet, no anawer ha* been returned. Now, il Mr. Maroy, or the President, have any particular purpoae to graUty in preventing the return of Oen.Scott, aa foelieve they have, it»» an

adjourn

Star of the L&th says that he

The

retaro. It

is obvious

is in fine

burthen of the editorial articles of the Star is that there is yet no quorum of Congress

Que-

form the Stars reiterated

complaints that there is great fear leat no quorum should meet at all. We nave not room to-day for ita srticlea, but this is the burthen of there.

Mcuor Stewart of tho Pay Department, hsd arrived in the city of Mexico on ths 14th.

Parades,

as late as the 11th inst., had not been ar

rested by the the Mexican Government. He was otill

at San Lui* and according to a letter in EI

(."omercio, "taking up nis residence with the different lawyers in the place." We hear nothing more of

his designs.

Secondly- I do not design to'with-

inee of the Whig National Convention and in this connexion I beg permission to remark, that the statements which have been so positively made in some of the Northern prints, to the effect that ^'should Mr. Clay be the nominee of the Whig National Convention," I had stated that "I would not suffer my name to be used," are not correct, and have no foundation in any oral or written remark of mine. It has not been my intention at any moment, to change my position, or to withdraw my name from the canvass, whoever may be the nominee of the National Convention, either of the Whig or Democratic party.

Thirdly. 1 have never stated to anyone that I was in favor of the Tariff of 1846, of the Subtreasury, or that I originated the war with Mexico nor, finally, that 1 should, if elected, select my Cabinet from both parties. No such admissions or statements were made by me at any timo or to any person. Permit me, however, to add, that should such high distinction be conferred upon me as that elevation to the Executive office, the constitution, in a strict and honest interpretation, and in the spirit and mode in which it was acted upon by our earlier Presidents, would be my chief guide.— In this I conceive to be all that is necessary in the way of pledges. i'he election of another candidate would occasion no mortification to me, but to such a result, as tho will of the people, I should willingly and calmly submit. As I havo had no ambition to serve, but in the desire to serve my country, it would bring to me no disappointment.

With sentiments of high respect and regard, your most obedient servant, Z. TAYLOR.

O. P. BALDWIN, Esq., or Ro. II. GALLAGHER, Esq., Editors of the Richmond Republican, Richmond, Va. ,.

TO MAKE HENS LAY PERPETUALLY. HENS will lay $g* perpetually if treated in the folkming manner:

hens frean

egjga

HEM no roosters give the

meat chopped up like aaraace-meat,

anc« a dry, to each hen, during the winter, or from the turn that ineects disappear in the fall till they appear again in the TARING. Never allow any

to remain in the neat, for what are called

neat egg*. WHEN the rooaten do not ran with th« hen*, and no neat

raosten and

If the

QQP

winter* redoeed

ita entire

EGG* are left in the neat, the,

HEW WIN not ee**e laying after the production of twelve or fifteen QP, aa they alway* do when

nest «gn are allowed, but con tin tie perpetually. 5fy hens lay all winter, and !*rin?! each In

aeventv to one hundred spot in

-I-

FCfta vNTM* #*-f

a trian-

of dtffctmtow!

OR DIE larboard, the hiue: and speaking of this very excellent maxim, when refining free, the white. If thte jimple pre- SAY*—*«Jf Kings do not take care,

wwbb tofuiopud. become obsolete, for though it may be W hTtle doohTthat"anme Meh v«y true thai a cat may look at a King," the NTmie trranetorst as this, etmld its adoption N-- time may come when a cat mu&i m«»e wwii. woeld have the epbet to pitAen*

vert

O O N a E S S I O N A

ANOTHER LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR. As a matter of general interest at this moment, we make room for the subjoined letter from Gen. Taylor. It was written in answer tf inquiries propounded to Gen. Taylor, by the editors of the Richmond Republican, as follows: ..

Nat. Intel.

"It has been stated in some of the papers, in a most positive manner, that you said, if Henry Clay be the nominee of the Whig National'Convention, you will not suffer your name to be used as a candidate. "It has been also stated lately that, in recent conversations, you have declared that you are in favor of the Tariff of 1846, of the Subtreasury, of the War that, in fact, the responsibility of the war belongs to you also, that if elected President, you will choose your Cabinet from both parties. "We respectfully solicit an answer t« the following questions: "1. Will you refuse the nomination of a Whig National Convention? "2. Do you design to withdraw, if Henry Clay or any other man shall be the candidate? "3. Have you stated, that you are in favor of the Tariff of 1846, the Subtreasury, that you originated the war, and should select your Cabinet from both parties?"

The following is Gen. Taylor's reply: BATON ROUGE, LA. A^ril 20, 1848. Dear Sir—Your letter of the 18th instant, which alludes to certain statements that have recently been made in some of the papers of the North, and which submits several inquiries for my consideration, has been received.

To your inquiries I have respecttully to reply: First. That, if nominated by the Whig National Convention, I shall not refuse acceptance, provided I am left free of all pledges, and permitted to maintain the position of independence of all parties, in which the people and my own sense of duty have placed me otherwise, I shall refuse the nomination of any convention or party.

WASHINGTON, May 3d. SENATE.

The Senate was called to oirtie^ and proceeded to the consideration of the morning business. The President's message relative to the state of affairs in Yucatan, was taken up, and on motion referred to the Committee on .Foreign Relations.

Mr. Westcott moved to take rip the bill authorizing the Circuit Court to hold a jerm at Chicago-

The Mil to pension the widow of Commodore Barney, was passed. Mr. Douglass introduced a bill granting certain lands, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the construction of a railroad connecting the Mississippi river with the northern Takes at Ch ago.

V'ri"

The bill was put upon its pftsage and decided In the affirmative, 24 members voting ave—11 noes.

The Senate then adjourned over to Thursday. iWfPt zt*, f»rf HDUSE OP REPRESSNF ATIVES

The select committee to whom was referred Mr. Whitney's railroad project reported favorably to it^The report was ordered to be printed.

The bill to extend the privilege ofob taing bounty lands to soldiers who have been promoted, was discussed in Com mittee of the Whole. #FU -n$

Mr. Butler introduced a hill, to facili tate the recovery of fugitive slaves, and imposing a fine of one thousand dollars upon any person who might be detected in aiding and abetting the escape of slaves. A report was made on the same subject bya select committee, and ten thousand ^Uttra copies of the report ordered to be printed.

Mr. Hall submitted a resolution instructing the Committee on Judiciary to inquire into and report what legislation was necessary to protect the free colored persons residing in non-slaveholding States, which was adopted.

I. WASHINGTON, May 4. SENATE. The Senate assembled as usual. Mr. HANNEGAN, from the committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the President to take military possession of Yucatan which after considerable discussion, was made the order of the day for to-morrow, (i. e. yesterday.)

The bill relating to the list of retired officers, was made the order of the day for lV|onday next.

Mr. STURGEON submitted a resolution instructing the committee on foreign relations to report upon the propriety of allowing Com. Biddle extra pay while acting as Commissioner to China.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Ten Regiment bill was discussed and referred, with an amendment, to the Committee on Military Affairs.

The bill respecting the retention of "Generals" at the end of the war, was passed by ayes 71, noes 66. (This bill repeals the provision' in the act of 1846, which required the President to dismiss, at the end of the war, one Major General and two Brigadier Generals.)

Sundry bills from the Senate were considered in committee *ol the Whole, but nothing of importance was done.

On motion, the House adjourned.

anccea-

ABOVE plan waa generally fallowed,

wouidhMt be as plentiful in winter as in rammer. The only reaaon why hem do not lay. *O freely in winter aa in rammer is the want of animal food, which they get in aemmer in abundance ia the form of inteets.

I have for

utrreral

thy theory to practice, and proved

MnectnoM.—('CwwfOBilence

Cor

of the

A CAT M*r «X« IT A Kura.-Puncb

it will

look

sharp indeed to find one.*'

WASHINGTON, May 5th.

SENATE.

The Senate was assembled as usual. Mr. Atchison, of Missouri, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported a bill granting certain lands to the State of Missouri for the construction of a Railroad.

The resolution of enquiry as to whether "any officers had been appointed by the President and whose nomination had not been submitted to the Senate, and if so, why adopted a few days since, was reconsidered on motion of Mr. Allen, of Ohio, who contended that the Senate had no right to make this enquiry inasmuch as the power of appointing to office during recess of Congress was vested in the President.

The subject was on motion laid aside informally. On motion of Mr. Hannegan, the bill relative to Yucatan was taken up

He charged England with interfering in the affairs of this coqginent, and with endeavoring to stir up an insurrection among the Indians, by furnishing them with arms, ammunition, &c.

Mr. Clayton followed in reply. He thought that the adoption of this bill would be a direct violation of the treaty of peace with Mexico, which probably ere this had been concluded. If the the treaty had not been concluded, it would be a violation of the armistice.

Mr. Jefferson Davis offered a substitute, proposing to send part of the force now in Mexico to Yucatan and to supply the places of the troops thus sent by volunteers.

Mr. Crittenden opposed the bill Mr. Foote advocated it. The Senate, however, adjourned over to Monday without taking any action.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A communipation was received from the relations of Baron DeKalb, relative to his portrait, which they design presenting to Congress.

On motion the communication was referred. During tho remainder of the day the House was engaged in considering private claims. tr

see stated that at a soiree recently held at Manchester, the following toast was given from the chair, and enthusiastically responded to:

Obn FELLOWS.—There are in the United States more than 1000 bodges, with 100,000 members, who pay for the relief of destitute families and sick brothers $200,000 a year. Christian, Turk and Jew may enter, hut those who dedare their disbelief in a Supreme Being ar« inadmissible.—Boston Bet.

From the Phils. North American. SANTA ANNA AND THE PASS. OM, TH* TRUTH AT LAST AT By a rare coincidence, we have received at one and the same moment, the "last dying speech and confession" of Santa Anna, and also—we were going to add—-of the organ of Santa Anna's friend:—in stricter language, however, we have received the farewell address of the Benemerito, on taking Jeave of his countrymen, which may be viewed in the light of a dying speech and an article in the Washington Union, commenting on his departure—which may be regarded as a confession, because it does confess, in away of its own, a way equally chafming for its honesty and simplicity, all the sin and iniquity of the "pass," as charged against the same from the beginning—only that it makes' a merit of the sin and a boast of the iniquity, and. is quite indifferent to, or proud of, the consequences of that most foolish and fatal indiscretion. Excellent organ! how little it cares for the wo of blood which Santa Anna's admission into Mexico brought upon the people of tlj^United States. {3 "If Alcflfadea kill my countrymen,

Let AMbiades know this of Timon—

That lSbon cares not11 The Union begins its confession by expressing its pleasure at getting rid of Santa Anna. "It gives us some satisfaction," it says, "to state, as a fixed fact, that Santa Anna has embarked for Jamaica." ^Had it not somewhat of the same satisfaction in learning the other fixed fact—of his first landing at Vera Cruz? The article which we are reviewing, declares and defends the pleasure.) "We are happy to see that he left Mexico under a deep impression of the kindness he has received from the Americans." We do not know what kindness he ever received except from the President, who landed him—took him from fighting cocks, and set him to fighting Americans certainly, it was not the kindness he received at Buena Vista, or Cerro Gordo, or in the Valley of Mexico, at th'e hands of Taylor or Scott, or "the Americans" of their commands.

But let us hear how the Union, while following the fallen Mexican with its sympathy, confesses all the folly—and it protests the advantages—of the pass, and the President's "kindness!"" "What is to be the future destiny of this extraordinary man, (says the Union) is beyond the ken of our sagacity to predict but certain it is, that the Wnigs can no longer make any capital of the pass which admitted him into Mcxico. We have even cause to rejoice at the opportunity which he has enjoyed. These bragging Mexicans cannot now say,

Truly, in this paragraph, the Union has made a clean breast of it It admits the Mexicans "HAVE had every advantage"—which the President cotrld give them "they HAVE had Santa Anna, with all uie resources of his

how

4We

could have beaten the Americans if we had seen our best general at our head.' They are now stripped of this pretext. They have had every advantage which they could command in the contest.— They have had three times as much force as we, acquainted with all the localities of the country. They have been protected by every species of entrenchment. They have had Santa Anna, with all the resources of his fruitful mind—the greatest general of whom they could boast—at their head. And yet they have been Vanquished in every engagement. Th^v can no longer boast their own prowess in any future war they must confess themselves decidedly our inferiors. Let us hear no more, then, of the famous pass, nor of the unjust calumnies which the Whigs have heaped upon the President's head. It is now rather the theme of congratulation than of complaint."

fruitful mind—the best gener

al of whom they could boast—at their head—put there by President Polk, and no one else "they

HAVE three times

as much force as we have had,"

having been supplied with a "distinguished leader to ROUSE VF T8K MILITARY EITERATES OF HIS COUNTRYMEN,"

as the Union exultingly

says in another

paragraph—the President having, in this way, succeeded better in raising Mexican armies than American armies. And thus encouraged, and remarshalled, and led by their "best general," the Mexicans had under Santa Anna's auspices, the opportunity given them to shed American blood which was poured out at Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Molino del REV, Chapultepec, by which thousands of American families have been covered with mourning. But what of this? cries the Washington Union. It has given us the better chance to prove our superiority—to vanquish the Mexicans every engagement! "We have even cause to rejoice in the opportuniiy which he—Santa Anna—has enjoyed," to destroy so many American lives! All THIS, says the Union, is now rather the theme of congratulation than of complaint!" Was there ever exultation so preposterous and so unnatural?

But how does the "dying speech," correspond with the "confession." Let us understand the nature of Santa Anna's gratitude—of "the deep impression of kindness he has received from the Amcricana"—that is to say from Mr. Polk. "What recourse," exclaims the exiled General, in his farewell address, "remains for him who OKLY returned to his country to satisfy the public wishes, and to FMHT, in support of tho noble cause, AOAUFST THE FBREIGS ENEMY." For

what other ob

ject, indeed, could he be "passed" into Mexico?— We were once told he

was

sent back to make

peace with us. Observe how fiercely the bloodstained hero of the Alamo repels the msulting idea, and boast the personal rain ne PREFERRED to the ignominy of pacification I "In the exile to which I condemn myself," he says, "the grief which will weigh upon my spirits will receive aome mitigation from the gratifying idea that I have preferred my personal ruin, the loss of wealth ana power, to bending my knee be

IF Mexico, to obtain by

fore the enemies of Mexico to obtain by entreaty a peace, which destroys the eletneats of wealth and nationality."

The Union exults over his defeats. Let

Santa Anna

feats, but

so mnch

rectly

MTheUnited

8tates

of America: the cheapest governed country in the world the institutions of which, based on the sovereign will of the people, we highly admire

also think mat

us hear

exults—not exactly over the de

over the American cam age

WHICH be

bequeaths as a recollection of vengeance against the national foe: "My garments pierced by the balls of the enemy," he says—"the thousands of Mexicans who fell IN my presence and under my orders—-the blood of the invaders and their corpses which remained piled in heaps on the field of battle, will be so many titles of glory for my country sad my children."

Over these remembrance#, whreh with the two pieces ot artillery taken at Boeaa Vista and recovered at Churubusco, he in the last paragraph of his address, terms the "trophies snatched from foreign invaders" which he "has had the glory of offering to the Republic," the exiled barbarian naturally enough rejoice*. The only thing extraordinary is that an American—the editor ot the Union, the government paper—also rejoices- -rejoices with an exceeding joy—TNAAAMBLA of ths shame, regard leas of the sorrow, quite unaware to all appearance, thst the loss or

American Mood, shed di

by Santa Anna in battle, is a circumstance worthy of ths slightest regret. No, inked, Santa Anna exults and—

TUnon carmwl" ,.Y« ..

"Let ns hear no more," exclshas the satisfied Union, "of the runii PASS, nor of the unjust calumnies whfah the whin have heaped apoa the President^ head." We think we shall hear a •rest deal nore

shoot the famous peas and we

after the above confession

Union and dying speech of Santa Anita, few per sons will be of opinion that any "unjust calam nies" have been heaped upon

head in this matter, out rather bitter truths which sboold bora Uke coaia of FIR&

Beautiful is the dying ef thestm, when the last song of the birds fsd*« in the lap of silence when the ilSaitds of TH* cfowhteT* hathed in light, and the lim etar springs up o\tr the grave of day.

Since going to press, we have the fol

lowing Telegraphic despatch, by way ef Cincinnati:"

FOREIGN NEWS.

The steamship BrittanWa arrived at Boston on the 7th instant, bringing Sevea Days Later News from Europe.

The news from France is of a* highlyinteresting character. Great excite-** ment prevailed there. ,lf Ledru Rollin' has attempted to destroy the Provisional Government. Accounts state that great numbers of troops were constantly amoving in Paris from all parts of the coun-* -._-

It is supposed that the causes of the hostility which exists, arise from the influence of the Bourgeoise over the Provisional Government.

The news from Ireland represent the country as being on the very verge of war. Great excitement prevails throughout the nation

FOREIGN MAHKKT.—The Cotton market is unchanged from the last steamer's news. Tho market in breadstuffs continues firm, and has advanced from pre vious quotations.

Corn 24sa27s: Flour 26sa27s.

TAYLOR CONVENTION IN MARYLAND. The Convention which assembled in Baltimore a few days ago, for the purpose of forming an Electoral Ticket for President of the United States for the State of Maryland, consisted of Dele-

§ates

from about half the counties of the tate, including the city of Baltimore.— Alexander Randall, Esq., a sound Whig, presided. We learn, however, from the Baltimore Clipper, that in the composition of the Convention, party distinctions were not regarded. "On examining the names of membors of the Taylor Convention which met in this city on Wednesday last," (says the Clipper) "it will be seen that prominent ami influential gentlemen, of both of the old parties, have united upon Gen. Taylor, with the patriotic determination to bury the old political feuds, and to pull together for the interests of the country."

The leading resolution adopted at the Convention was, that it would support Gen. Taylor as "the People's candidate for the Presidency and the Convention nominated an Electoral ticket pledged to carry out its purposes.

Should Gen. Taylor receive the nomination of the United States Whig Convention^ be held in Independence Hall, on the 7th of June next, he will undoubtedly receive the vote of the State of Maryland and it will be no objection to us that his political opponents in Maryland like the nomination so well as to sustain it.

Should he not receive it. however, he will hardly get the vote of the State of Maryland, though those who have all their lives been opposed to his political principles should vote for him. The Whigs of Maryland will, generally speaking, support the nominee of the Whig National Convention. There may be individual exceptions but we doubt even that.—Nat. Intel.

OUR ARMV IN MEXICO.—The following are extracts from a letter dated "City of Mexico, April 8," to the editor of N. O. Bulletin. Tho editor says "We have seen other communications which speak in strong terms of the growing demoralization of our army in Mexico."

We are beginning to reap the fruits of the idleness and demoralization which have been growing up here amongst our officers and troops.

The robberies and murders that were prevailing in the neighborhood of the city, are transferred within the walls, and house breaking and robbing individuals in the streets are by no means uncommon.

Any observing, reflecting person, long since would have known, that the gambling and debaucheries that prevail here amongst the American officers to a great extent,'must necessarily terminate in degradation to themselves, and distress and mortification to their friends. A great responsibility rests somewhere, for the outrages that are committed here against the welfare of societv.

THE TRUE WHIG POLICY. It is with regret, says the Boston Journal, that we see certain Whig papers which, not content with advocating thor nomination of some eminent citizen for the Presidency, are disparaging the claims of other distinguished and abler members of the Whig party, and encaging in a scurrilous warfare against Wnigs who do not agree exactly with them or* the question the Presidency. The Whigs have enough todo to carry on ther war against the destructive measures or the present administration, and union should be the waichword with the Whig party. We have many men in our ranks, who, placed by the people in the Presidential chair, would administer the Executive Department with talent, dignity,, and wisdom. Let a selection be made by the Whig National Convention, jpul* it will become the duty of every Whig— of every man opposea to the line of Mr. Polk, to spare no tabor, and to exert all his influence in favor ofthc .£ajp^atc oC the Convention. V4'

Tit4 SOOTT urn Mi*ev C6Hf»KH«^l~1rho Washington Union contains the letter of General Soott and the reply of SECRETARY Marcy thereto* which was written some days xrrtn the call for the correspondence was MAD* by Congress, and* which can, therefore, be regarded no other LIGHTS TK«n AS one manufactured to suit tho occasion.

We have carefully read Mr.

of the

SccnHary Marcy'A

lengthy tirade of abuse of the Conqueror of Mexico, ana, w» venture to predict, it

the

effect upon

die President's

will fail to havn

the public mind desired by its au

thor. We r«ret it as alike discreditable to himself, and disgraceful

the administration of which he

is member. He attempts to review snd criticise Gen. Scott's military movements, and undertaken to point wit his blunders, with all the gravity and salt complacent assurance, which might only bo expectod trom "ONE of THR GREENEST Onrrala of tho JV#ID"TIR» RWUT appointment.*."- Daily