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tat;i diplomatic set vices to his own coun
try, it** opened -111*J led the way to the final
j esogfiition, by the parent government at
Madrid. 3 r, object of great interest to this
country, of the independence of the Span
ish American countries—a fact, which, in
special honor aud compliment to him and
his. country, is recited and referred to by
the Spanish Government in the solemn in
struments of recognition, now qn record in
the archives of the new Government—(in
quire, if you please, of your Miuistei in
Mexico, anil he can ascertain inform
you of lire fact;) who has since been ! represented
' othci C 'Ui.ities ruled by the will of indi
viduals, baa oceti *t tbePie of demo
cratic leproach and denuuc-aiioii : but it
never surpassed this instance on the part ot
our ‘ Democratic’ rulers.
The remarks thus suppressed by an Ex
ecutive mandate, were of general interest,
we
From ifce XasliVi’ile
Gen. JacUsou, -’Mr. Pelk, and Jlaj.
The well known relations which existed be-
t «,••*> n Gft. Jackson and Mr- Polk, abundantly
justiUed tiie opinion so generally entertained,
and which w. s 'given expression to in the col
umns ol ilie public prints—that so old. intimate
and dear a friend of Gen. Jackson, and so roni-
31a-
uiianimouslv (1 was going to say ap- ,
Mr.
pointed.) confirmed by the Senate of the . T ,
- - ■ • - read letters from G eneral Jackson express-
Rives took occasion to speak very
freely and very plainly of this matter, and
United States, to the most important' r \r x> it- ,r
ofii.-e under our government (below the j mg his decided censure of Mr. Pok for the
Cabinet,) the duties of which he has per- course he pursued. He declared, as a mat-
f.r med with admirable success, as above } ter of fact, resting on the best authority,
recited and admitted—(one of the Cabinet (that a certain section ot the Loco Foco par-
litely stated, that in the Collector’s appro- j ty exactedfrom Mr. I oik the pledge that
priate duties, and his intercourse with the he should discard the Globe before they
went on like ; would support Ins administration; and he
ssed his belief that the same
and will yet, we are persuaded, see the | peieni and faithful a “ teen’removed ' if! me to which I have refe.red,
Iicrht They related, we uiideisiand, to the ijor Lewis, would not have been removea n - . ..
ii 0 ui. meyiew ™, : Gen Jackson had not at least assented to it.— .
course puisued bv President Polk, Doth i Torebllt a presumption so natural, Maj. Lewis, !
before and since his election, towards the ; ^ t | )e 0 f April, published in the National ;
Globe newspaper, and that portion of the j j nte )ijg elM:e , extracts of letters to him from Gen. I
Loco Focos whose feelings and policy it j Jackson, of a very recent date, fraught with sen- !
We have been informed that j timents of the kindest regard and most devoted
rendered necessity. because the position I oc
cupied was dangerous io die Government, inas
much as it would enable me to impart informa
tion to a foreign power to the disadvantage ol my
own country.
1 hope there is some mistake in this—you
had the right to take my office from me, but not
my reputation. I beg, therefore, to be inlormed
whether you have made the imputation against
; does not exceed tony thousand pounds annual j
; ly ; aud when the cost of keeping up their posts
The three assistant postmasters general The troops stationed ai Vera Cruz were
buted in small bodies to
country
some
Your obedient servant,
• [Signed.] \V. B. LEWIS.
To Jamks K. Polk, Esq.,
President United States,
[copy]
Washington 15th May, 1845.
deed, persuaded .
ness will not long exceed their expenses, even if post of.ice
ihev do so at present. The statement of the 6. Depu v * —•» -----j - - ■ : . , . • l —n
- - la judge letters and packages as may relate exclusively I apprehended that bad such a purpose be e Ul
6. Deputy Postmasters may send free all such j upon ihe prisoner, as had been threatened.
t-UIfi:
Company's affairs presents no criterion . ” , . -
of the success of their business on the North ; to the business ol their respective offices, and
I West Coast. I learned that it was the general may have allowed all postages paid or charged
j impression among the officers that such has
j been ihe falling off in the trade, that it does not
• now much more than pay expenses
Gov
era
me*
affection.
Government, every thml
clockwork who has, in'the recent elec-1 further express
tion, wit!, an honorable and consistent fi-! met. as early as August 1844, demanded
delity to his politics and party, had a most ; the same pledge as the only terms on which
roducing existing re- j they would go for his election.
career of j Mr Rives, moreover, if our information
read a letter from Geo.
These extracts with the accompany-
ing remarks, we published in the Whig several was handed to y ou on Tuesday morning, 13th,
weeks ago. and on Saturday, .he r,l, ins.., on j b J Mr.-Eaton, who inlormed m e that you assur-
the ncaision of Maj. Lewis’ return to his home, ed h "" « sh °“ ,d be ™‘*“ d «l to the same day.
in the vicinity of this place, we took occasion to As no answer has yet been received, though two
refer to them again, stating, at the same time, dd ? s b " e eiapsed, have thought possib y it
that thev satisfied us. that Gen. Jackson’s wish- 1 !“«*? have escaped your recollection. My ob-
es on his occasion must have been disregarded J«b therefore, in addressing this note to yon, is
1 ' , r CP,I bv Mr Polk Still again to ask your attention to the matter, and
and his feelings outraged ov :Vir. i oik. c*un. .1 , , . . , • j . „ r
this was matter of inference 'and deduction only, 10 sa ? “> “ at reply » ^ired as I
audit is within our personal knowledge, lhaI am anxtous to leave for I etmessee, and tins ts
notwithstanding the appearance of these ex- .-'l ‘hat now detains me. But allow me at the
n no wise disposed ! sa,lie t,me - I0 , s; ' y <° you, sir, that as my charac-
could not shake ,er 1S involved in this affair, 1 am unwilling to
sunimated, the enemies of the
would make a handle of it
to tiiem in the settlement of their accounts. Santa Anna left a farewell address t 0
7. Exchange newspapers between editors pass countrymen, in which he throws bimsclf llr u ’
free. ! their judgment in their cooler momec j -
8. Editors or publishers of newspapers may j declares that he had always loved them, j r j f
send their papers tree within thirty miles of the • been devoted to their interests. He bo a --
j good SCt nhrnBP lh*if Hi* Ofltninip*.,..: "
place of publication.
3. Communications addressed to the officers ' ways been
of the Government, heretofore having ihe (rank- j appears to breathe freer and deeper sj,...'
ing privilege, touching the business of their re
spective offices, are to be paid out of the contin-
tracts, intelligent gentlemen
to do injustice to Gen. Jackson
the impression off of their minds, that Mr. Polk ! leave Washington, however anxious I may be to
influential agency in pn
-nits ; a man, in fine, who.
patriot.
I ask then, again,
... T i do so. until apprised of vour determination in re-
never would have removed .viaj. ijewis,»nnoui - , ,, t , .
- , . . , , l,,i,„ Union to my note handed you by Mr. Laion, as
first consulting with, and obtaining the sanction , J J 3
I of, Gen. Jackson—which sanction, on liis part, : Stated above.
’ devoted 1 am ’ 9ir ’ y°ur obedient servant,
jor L. j
, , nl ,ery time, would nave rendered j
j common sense in discarding the Globe than I Him justly liable to the imputation of gross hy-1
is this man now to be j i' 1 an y other act of his life ; that it was a j , )ocr j sv and duplicity. Under this imputation
e ' ’ ’ - -u h :„ mihl’e etnnlov- 1 K not incorrect, read a letter from Gen. ol, uen. Jacxson—«mcu
forty years past m ad ^ ’ , <rackso „ wrilte i, in Ap.il last, in which h^ contrasted with the warm seniimems ol d.
meiits, and under all cucumstances, nasi r ’ ; affeciion with which his leiters to Maj
been a uniform and undeviating Democratic J declared that Mi. Folk had saoivn es^ i breathed at li)at very t ; m e f WO uld have ret
insignificant, precocious young men, pro
teges, and under the guidance and tuition
of a political Phraisee—men who now pre
suming with impudent falsehood to attack
the democracy of the Collector, wete in
their mother’s wombs when he was in the
full career of Democratic public service!
Is all this now demanded to gratify the per
sona! disappointment and political hostility
of a corrupt and worthless few, or to sub
serve ulterior purposes, both selfish and
ambitious—or both! But, I tepeat, those
odious heretics—those pretendeis, upstarts,
and false prophets, say he is not orthodox
—be is not of the true (that is, ovr) Democ
racy ! Why, sir if you were well acquaint
ed
base, corrupt misrepresentation
Washington.
This is the substance of the remarks
which the President and his Cabinet have
resulved to suppress. Because they are
unpalatable to the Executive, therefore the
Executive forbids their publication.
The whole proceeding has excited wo
little disaffection in the ranks of the party.
The overbearing dictation with which ihe
President discarded the Globe and its po
litical friends, the perfect subserviency
would have availed yourself of the opportunity
Mans (i/int* uisies. , ihns afforded vou to disavow them. I think
Under these circumstances, and in corrobo- , r 3 , . r , t
. - proper, therefore, to inform you i hat I purpose
ration ol our assumption on the 7th, that it was j ? r J r r .
impossible that Gen. Jackson, standing as lie ,
On my visit to Vancouver, Di. McLaughlin
Sir—I wrote you a note a tew davs ago, which ) was kind enough to offer lo keep a meieorologi-
-- ' t cal diary for me, during my stay on the coast,
j that 1 might have the means of comparison.—
J Thev had formerly been in the habit of noting
j the changes that occurred, and lor many years
Giad kept a journal; but lor some vears this had \
I been omitted. The task would be but trifling S^nt Innd provided lor their offices, or out of the
I in such a well regulated establishment, and it is ; treasuiy.
• surprising that it should not Lave claimed more j Rates of Postage. Cis
jatiention. The night observations seem to be j For a single letter, not exceeding half an
jibe principal difficulty. In the register kept! ounce, (avoirdupois,) sent not exceeding
during our stay, the instruments were only noted
; in the daytime, and the record is not available
i for the mean temperature of the twenty four
' hours; but as it may serve to show the state of
the weather during ihe summer months, at Van
couver, I will give an abstract from it. The
; thermometer was compared with our standard,
! and found nearly to coincide :
6 A. M. 2 P. M. 6 P. M.
- June 51 63 62 .
July 61 87 72
August 53 78 58
, The state of the weather during the period of
one hundred and six days, was as follows:
Fair 76 days—Cloudy 19—Rain 11.
From mv inquiries ol the residents, I am inelin
ed to the opinion that the above is a very fair es-
jima:e of the weather, though they almost all dit-
lered in their statements; some spoke of the |
season as a very bad one, others thought it was I
: very fine. The crops of all descriptions of grain j
were good, which I suppose to be the best cri-
pbrase. that his administration j l3 *
m mild and bloodless! The r-r..' *
COCO;,
absence. Caoaliz.o and Buzadre have
a Creej,
! the amnesty by which tirey sre bamshej
[Signed.1 W. B. LEWIS.
To James K. Polk, Esq.,
President U. Slates.
[copy.]
Washington, 19tli Mav, 1845
did on the brink of the grave, could have writ- 1
icn those warm and affectionate letters to Major
Lewis, without feeling a deep solicitude that he j
should be retained in office by Mr. Polk, we ap
plied to Major Lewis, and requested him to fur
nish us with any further information, in his pos
session, bearing upon the case. In reply, lie'
has furnished us with the following very recent j
letter from Gen. Jackson to him, which, being
but urit-
vvhich lie at first evinced to the designs of
the Calhoun faction, and his subsequent J marked neither private nor cofidenti:
dismissal of Mr, Van Ness of this city, io
violation of ail explicit promise, have com
bined to array against him in the Loco Fd-
in New’ York, vou would see it'is the j co ranks an opposition already strong and
of a few • rapidly increasing. Gen. Van Ness, of
leaving to-morrow morning for Tennessee, and
shall there determine upon the time and mode
of vindicating iny character against the aspers
ions which you have attempted to cast upon it.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
[Signed.] W. B. LEWIS.
To James K. Polk, Esq.,
Presideut U. Slates.
Now. after ihe publication ol these notes,
what sort of a figure does Mr. Polk cut as Pre
sident of‘these United Slates aud Commander
300 miles, -
Sent over 300 miles,
For every half ounce, and any excess over
eveiy half ounce, the same rates of post
age ; ami when advertised, two cents on
each letter; or four cents, it the adver
tising cost so much, additional.
For drop letters, (not to be mailed) each
For any printed circular, handbill, or ad
vertisement, unsealed, sent any distance,
For any pamphlet, or other matter, of “ev
ery kind,” that is “ iransmittable by
mail,” and has no written communica
tion. of one ounce or less, or lor a news
paper exceeding 1900 square inches of
surface, ....
For each additional ounce, or an excess
greater than a half ounce.
For any other newspaper, sent over 30,
and not more than 100 miles, or any dis
tance within the same State,
Sent over such distance.
1
contemptible tools, unworthy of the respect j Washington, it is well understood, has
or consideration of a highrninded and virtu- j written to the President a particularly
i tenon.
The climate of the western section, through
out the year, is mild; aud they neither experi-|
ence extreme heat
‘ in winter. 1 am disposed to believe ihis to be j
: owing to the constant prevalence of the south I
westerly or ocean winds. It certainly is not j
lowing to the influence of any warm stream set-I
■ ting along its shores. The current upar the j
1 coast sets to the south east, and is of a cold |
. •, , m Chief of the Armies thereof ? What sort ot f temperature ; it would taiher tend to lessen the i
ten manifestly with a view to his using it m any . , . . . . , , ’ , , ,, . . . ,r.,
, - ■ ,• • a figure does he cut as a gentleman and a man heat in summer than the cold in winter. 1 here :
manuei he might consider necessary to vindicate p , e .. ® , , ,.i„ i i i , , .. • •
, ,, i L- ir . a a ■ ■ o honor? Scattering secretly and privately the have been no observations kept bv the missiona-
the General or himself from undeserved nr.pu-! , . ®. , , J . .. • , .
. . , . c .. . • , i , „ loulest aspersions against ihe character, person- n es in this lower section of the country. It is
talions, he has felt as little hesitation m handing , , r Nr • T a . , r . \ i
, i ■ i • i a and po htical, of Major Lewis, and when re- > babe rom the experience of our parties to early
to us for publication, as we do in laving it be-, 1 , ■. < v . . . . r r . J
c 1 , ,■ peatedlv called on by letter m the most ie»pect- . frosts, owing to ili£ proximity ol the snowy
fore our readers. It is higblv characteristic ot f - , , „„ ‘ 1 - - J '
IuI manner to say whether he had done so or
New Orleans, June 26.
From Mexico.
summer, nor severe cold | Late and Important—Another Revolution
v areicell Address—Candidates for the P>esi- Upi.n this, the commander nt a Preneii r
! ency in Mexico— Threat to lombard Mazat- i war. the Hermome then at Maz;„ an , de ,
ed an indemnity of Sll,300. with a threat
he would bombard the town in case of
Mexico—Chances of a War—Santa Anna’s
Fareivell
den
lan by the French—President Herrera's Ad
dress— Troubles with the French Minister—
Movements of Mexican Troops.
The United States squadron under Com.
Conner, consisting of the frigate Potomac, sloop
of war Falmouth, aud brigs Lawrence and Som
ers, which we announced as off the Balize on
years.
A proclamation has been issued far (j 0 >j.
an election lor President, on the 1st of \ T
The candidates are Comez Farias, (iL
who was for many months an exile to ' d ‘ *
Gen. Almonte ar.d Gen. Herrera, iLe
incumbent. Of these, the first, Gomez F *
is deemed the most prominent. Jt is ditii !
arrive at the political views of th e \j/
candidates for office ; hut Farias is i n *
I the Federal form of Government, which a-
! to be gaining supporters rapidly.
The difficulties in which the French V
I ter has become involved with the Gore,,' 1-
I are stated, in leiters before us. as near i S ! ' s
i be to the version of the story we publish”,.- ■!
j a letter received via Havana. The a8j, r J,
on account of the refusal ofthe Minisie-',, (“ J|
to pay for washing horses at a bath. ( ’
ed to violence, and, in the end, compiv.
the personal liberty of the Minister him-*.
The whole business, if some accosnis be t '
is little above the dignny of M r. Salignv'sse *
with the Texan Government about Bu;i
pigs. The Mexican press is belaborm® £
Cyprev, the French Minister, for betn*c,‘
in such low company.
We have accounts of a more seriousdi--
ance that has-taken place at Mazatlao.
pears, that some French Bakers were i
by the civil authorities to close their si
compliance with certain municipal re*
HOn-c*
| pliance. The next and latest information j
■ has been received from Mazatlao, is cora-J
! in a letter from Tepic, dated 27th Mav, b
| says, that a schooner had just arrived at 'J
Bias from Mazatlao. which place she left (
pointed lettet in reference to this last titans- j
action, which will scarcely be suppressed, J
as were the remarks of Mr. Rives, by the |
Executive mandate. Anil we have good j
reason to believe that a letter has been re- j
ceived by a gentleman in this city, from a j
prominent party in this whole -dispute, in
which he declares that whenever the proper
time shall come, be is ready to play his
true
remonstrances made to
;.peak out in tones and flashes of thunder
nl by
IwR 1
into an open contest, remains
But the spectacle exhibited
ion, in submitting to the dictation
ecutive power, and suppressing.
tins community. Be assured, sir, the peo
ple of the citv and state of New \ork will
not, for I know something of them, tolerate
the ignoble slander. As to the pretended
agitation, which it is thought so important
to compose, besides that the very removal
of the collector may not he unattended
with agitation the other way, any man of
intelligence and observation knows that if
the President had at any time announced 1 part, and to do his best to restore th
his determination not to remove, in forty-1 democracy.
eight hours time all would have been quiet j This quarrel, however it may result, is
and composure. Upon the whole, if you : a ma'ter with which we have no desire to
are not already convinced, on the principal J interfere. Some outbreak ofthe kind has
points in this case, by the honorable and ! seemed inevitable from the liegiunir.g, to
respectable individual' representations and j all who duly considered the nature of the
to vou, others rnsv j Actions l)y <1 union ot winch Mi. 1 oll\ wss
elected. Whether it will be checked and
and lightning, that may make the earth ' stifled by party chicanery, or allowed to
tremble under the very feet of those who [ burst
occupy the pinnacle of their country’s con- i to b e
stitutional eminence; those will not be con- j by l b
vtilsions tending to ravage 01 destroy our i of th
political fabrics, hut to purify the political I at its bidding, undoubted and important
atmosphere about them, and thus to aid in [facts, simply because they were unpleasant
restoring, improving and preserving the j 1° lhat portion of the government, is rer-
health of the freeand protecting institutions I tainly woitliy of attention. Under the
of a happy people. Should the Collector ! Alien and Sedition laws of former times,
and his friends, from considerations diffe- I the law of libel was considerably stretched
rent from their obligations to you, think i to shield the government officers fiom pub-
propet to prevent the actual commotion of ( Kc reproach but even those laws, h*udly
stormy elements, the lowering cloud will j as they have been denounced by the t de-
nevertlieless not be dispersed. At rest on mocracy,’ stopped far short ofthe point to
your lofty perch, I see you contemptuously , which President Polk lias carried his Inter-
regarding all this from an humble individu-' ference with the liberty ofthe Press,
al beneath ; but, sir, you have not yet learn-! After the above was in type, we received
•ed so much, that experience may not t-cach I the Washington Union, which notices the-
you a little more. | article in the Courier. The Union denies
dir, [ repeat that I speak freely. Were that Mr. Polk had any agency in tliesup-
I to be mute or sycophantic on this occa- i pression of the speech, and leaves it to be
sion, I would consider myself too degene- inferred that he knew nothing of it. The
tate, both as a man and a citizen of that fiee J material facts, however, are admitted—that
and exalted State over which you have the ; a speech was delivered by Mr. J. C. Rives
iioiior of at present presiding. I know, i —that it was in type in the Union office—
from your character, you would think no! that when tiie editor saw the proof sheet
bettei of me. And let me respectfully re • lie addressed a note to Mr. K_ in which he
mind you, sir, that this may not be the first i “ begged him to suspend- its publication"—
individual or private wrong that has led, in and that Mr. Rives received the application
the author, and is every word m Gen. Jackson's
own hand-writing :
From Gen. Jackson to Maj. Lewis.
■Hermitage, April 10th, 1845.
I not. shrinking from the responsibility ol manful-
; ly and unhesitatingly acknowledging lhat he
I had done it, and of avowing bimselfto be ready
to defend and make good what lie had said, or
“My dear Major:—Yours of the 31st, and to repair the wrong he may have done, as the
and postscript of the 1st inst., are just received, case might be. “Magnanimity I” Is it not ex-
and the information therein contained, ‘That; traordinary, that a man of Gen. Jackson’s knowl-
President Polk consulted with me on the subject edge of men should ever have looked for mag- : This current is found to increase in violence as j siderable extent at VeraCruz. The only war
of your removal from office, and that this step nanimity in such a quarter? No wonder he j the rarified region is approached ; and so con- / vessels left in port were the French brigs Grif-
was taken with my knowledge and consent,’is was disappointed! _ _ j slant is this draught, that we experienced only [ fon and Mercure. The schooner Creole was
positively false, and not even ihe shadow ofashade
of truth to support it. The first notice l had
that you were removed, or would be, was from a
confidential letter written by President Polk to
his triend in Nashville, which was shown to me
on the 4ih inst. by direction of Col. Polk, with
a loot; list of grievances against you, for years,
and of ihe danger ofthe position you were in-—
that he was aware of my friendship for you, and
that your dismissal would be unpleasant to me,
Ac. This, on the 41h inst.. was the first inti
mation I ever had. that Col. Polk desicned to
dismiss you from office. In my confidential
letter lo him, of the’ 4th of April, on another-
subject on which I had been writing, 1 look oc- j
easion to refer to the subject of your dismissal.
I assured the Colonel, that in one case, "his fears
were groundless, and in them the greai injustice
he had done you, to my own knowledge—that ’
vou were too much of a patriot, to do [any in
jury,] or suffer your own country to he injured
by a foreign Government, by either withholding
information that might be beneficial, or impart-;
ing it to a foreign power. That my relations
ot friendship with you were ofthe greatest inti-'
maev and confidence—that I was shicerelv your
Saturday last, arrived at Pensacola on the 23d 22d. and reports that the day before her
inst., in ten days from Vera Cruz. By this ar- |‘he commander of the Hermome gave
mountains. Frosts sometimes occur in the lat- j rival we have received our files and correspon-
ter part of August, which checks vegetation at j deuce to the day of the sailing of the squadron,
that early season. j The most important intelligence brought by the
The south-west winds are caused by ihe vast: fleet relates to a revolution that had broken out
extent ofthe sandy and arid country lying east | in the City of Mexico, and the purposes of the
of the Cascade and California range of moun- Mexican Government in regaid to Annexation.
becoming heated, rarifies the! The officers and crews of the squadron were , , , , „ , ,
in in-diaught from the west.— well. The yellow fever was prevailing to a con- , can3 be;lr 1,0 ' ove lo t he F rench, and a »n«J
' - - v — 6 the Siglo says “It is high time ihe Mena
(should show, that they did not achieve
; dependence, to become the vile pupn
Frpnchmen.”
! tains, which,
i air and causes
the Foreign Consuls and to the commaiitel
i an English frigate, the Thalia, then in pm,■ "
j he was about to fire upon the town. The o
| inander of the English vessel replied, thi ]
: would consider the attack as an act of pine
j At the time ofthe sailing of the schooner
issue of the affair was not known. The .M-l
A case is thus clearly made out of gross in- three days of easterly winds during our stay, and | the only American vessel there when the sqttad-
gr.itttude aud ill treatment on the part of Mr. these were very moderate in force. Immediate- j ron sailed, and little other shipping in port.
We proceed to lay before our readers at once
Folk
against Gen. Jackson. Gen. Jackson ■ |y on the coast, the winds are (rom the west!
FT... n :j . i.:„ «... t 3 ., . . , • . •
made him President, and one ot his first acts
was the dismissal from office, contrary to the
wishes of the General, and in a manner which
the latter considered as displaying a total want
of ••magnanimity,” an ancient and very dear
friend of the General, whom Gen. Jackson hint-
sell had appointed to the office Iront which he
was summarily ejected by Mr. Polk, and upon
whose official competency and fidelity a shadow
of suspicion has never rested.
In illustration of the warm and devoted affec
tion felt towards Major Lewis by Gen. Jackson,
up to the moment ol his death, we may mention
without impropriety, that shortly before lie died
he specially requested that, when dead. Major
Lewis should take charge ol his body and super
intend its burial—taking care to avoid every
thing like pomp and ostentation in complying
with this his dying wish.
| south west to west north-west—these maiutain
their direction, until they reach the interior, aud j
blow with great violence.
The winters are invariably what would be;
[termed open ones with us. Snow seldom falls,!
"We have before us the address deling
President Herrera, on the 30th ult., up-.-s
closing of the session of Congress. It is as
document of sufficient interest to requite
lation. The President congratulates the ctd
the following letter, which is the latest we have
received, which gives a more decided opinion in
regard to the intentions of the Mexican Govern
ment touching Annexation, than any we have | bers upon the full restoration of orderth
before had from the same source. The writer tlje Republic, and the ascendancy of le
and when it does, it rarely lasts more than two! considers war as certain in the event of Annex- actments over arbitrary will, i lie lure:,
or three days. The rains, during the season, i ation—a contingency that has in all probability (ions of the country he states to be nut
are frequent, though not violent The climate 1 taken place before this time. Our anticipation
of a declaration of war upon the part of Alexico
had begun to abate before the receipt of this let
ter. We are not altogether persuaded yet that
such a step will be taken, though we have re
peatedly explained why, in the present condition : ‘° Perceive what will he the termination y
of Mexican politics, such a course might be differences, which neither the Government
pursued, without any definite views being enter- tbe Republic of Mexico has promoted e
tained by the Mexican Cabinet of its ends or the directly or indirectly.
low as 18 3 in the winter, and to rise as high as | ° b J ec ' s be accom P l,sh ^ b ? il * Perhaps the | He applauds the action of Congress it
mao ,v,a cii'irto tr, an.n.na- rpi,; 0 B h t is ti G o v e r it me n t could give as good a so!u- I fe r fi ng u po n t lie E x ec u t i v e, t he a ti; hot i; v •
in the western section, ftom ali accounts, is not
• unlike that of England, and would be termed a
wetone. The winter of 1340 was the severest
| they had yet experienced.
The middle section is. on the contrary, cx-
; ceedingly dry, and the temperature more
: changeable ; the variations'being great and sud
den. The mercury has been known to fall as
possible footing ; save only with the
Stares. The passage of the Annexation Bsj
lutions had sundered these relations
Ministers ofthe two countries had (ieen tr, j
ly withdrawn, and lie declares lhat it is not!
Oregon.
The following extract from Wilkes’ Narrative
of tiie United States Exploring Expedition, pre-
103° in the shade in summer. This tempera-j
be on the eat
the middle section.
IIIICI. A IliS ICIIlUCld- | , j c , c • t rn s
tore may be said to be on the eastern border of V. 0 " ol lhe des, § D .■“'l* a war as President jsary to listen to the overtures which Dust
Here is the
friend, but that iny friendship for officers ol the 1 s ents a more comprehensive view ofthe soil, cit-
Govermnent should not interfere with his dis-; mate, and resources of the Oregon Territory,
missal of those w ho were obnoxious to him, or thap any other we recollect to have seen. The
the public disgust and redress, to extensive
general consequences.
In closing, sir, without any mockery or
affectation ofsolemnity, 1 am in duty bound
1 and the svecch was sus-
to protest against what 1 have said, either
for good or tor evil, being laid at the Collec-
t >r’s doer. He has no hand in it He not
even-knows any thing about it. I speak
for myself—needing no dictation or co-ope
ration: especially when I speak solemn
troths, and am confident and eonscieus that
I express sentiments aud feelings to which
tiie swelling bosom of every noble Ameri
can citizen will respond, amen!
I am, with high respect and considera
tion, vout feHow citizen.
‘ JOHN P. VAN NESS.
with courtesy,
pended."
It is to be observed, that alJ the material
allegations as to what the speech contained.
are not denied, and hence the public ate
justified in believing that they aie ir» the
speech.
Eut the publication has been only “sus
pended,” if the Union is right, because cer
tain of “its statements were net at this time
in perfect harmony with the prevailing sen
timent of mourning” at the death of Ge>t.
Jackson,— whose name and letters made
quite a feature in it. We hope the “sus
pension” will not.proveto be “suppression/’’
and that the speech will yet be given to the
public. Let us have it as at was in tvpe in
the Union office. The people are interest
ed in this matter of making and unmakiug
official editors, because such have come to
be, under our Locofoco rulers, part of tl>e
machinery of government. They have a
in whom he had no confidence. It appears
from your letter, that lie had commission
ed Gen. McCalla on the 31st of March, to take
charge ol your office on the first of April. His
confidential letter was shown me on the 4th
instant; four days after your removal. My
dear Major, 1 regret your removal, as well as
the manner of il. I did suppose that the mag
nanimity of Colonel Polk would prevent him
from the removal of an officer, without giving
him notice theteof—that the officer might make
arrangements to hand the office over to his suc
cessor.
for myself or friends ; and if I had been in the
habit, it was too late—you were removed.—
My dear Major, I am vety sick, and my disease
has assumed a dropsical type, and itow soon it
may end my days, none but God can de
termine. Nothing but the request in your let
ter. and justice due to myself and you, could
have induced me to make the attempt to write
this letter. It a kind Providence will permit me
to live to shake vou once more by the hand, at
the Hermitage,I will be greatly thankful, as well
as all its inmates. Here, all are your friends,
and will greet you as such always; aud all join
me in your kindest salutations.
Tour sincere friend,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Major Wm B. Lewis. Washington, D. C.
From this letter, it is
Lewis’ removal was made w
‘knowledge or consent,’and that he deeply re
operations of the Hudson Bay Company, lo tin j
exlent, perhaps, beyond the anticipations of i
most ol our people, are no doubt accurately de
scribed from information imparted by the officers
of the Company, as well as the writer's own skil
ful observations.
ou-ilie Ilndaou Kay Company—Climate.
O
The number of posts occupied by the Hudson
Bay Company in this territory is twenty-five—
these are located at the best points for trade,
and so as to secure the resort of the Indians,
. , r • i i : without interfering with their usual habits.—
A ou know. Major, that I nenliet beg I p|., ces are a | so occupied in the Vicinity of their
abodes during the most lavorable part ol the
‘ year, for obtaining the proceeds of their lp'nt-
'ing. This is regulated with such skill, tha the
' portion of the country once under their care is
never suffered to become exhausted of furs ; for.
| whenever thev discover a decrease, the ground
is abandoned for several years, until the animals
have time to increase again.
A charge has been made against the Compa
ny, that they were desirous of exterminating the
i beaver soutli of the Columbia, and would con-
; tinue to hunt them until every fur bearing ani-
; mal was exhausted. This, from the information
I received, I believe to be erroneous; the storv
I lias probablv proceeded from feelings ot ri
valry" on the'part of those who spread the report.
,, . Another charge against them, of exciting at-
mamfest that Major ( fac| . s on , he (ree , ra ppers, who are generally
ithout Gen. Jackson s -
Herrera or any of his Ministers.
. . letter:—
j Tbe eas,ern s “ ctl0n has an exceedingly varia- Vera Cruz, June 11, 1845.
( ble climate it fluctuates from cold to hot in a , An allempt at another revolution was made at
, lew hours, ranging through fifty or sixty de-1 t l,e City of Mexico on the 6th inst., which at
gress of temperature; yet from the accounts I j one Ulne had a most serious ap pe a rance. A
J have from respectable authority, the cold is by j re g im eDt broke through the guard stationed at
no means severe for any length ot tune. 1 he j t j le Government Palace, and took the President
Rev Mr. Smith, who was two years there, as-J and Secretary of Foreign Relations prisoners;
I sured me that the horses and cattle required no but the revolutionists were immediately after-
;other food than what they could pick up; the. wa|ds put down by tl)e citizens and soldiers,
natural hay being sufficient for their support, j and the above distinguished personages set at
The climate throughout Oregon, is thought liberty. In this affair a colonel, a captain, and
to be salubrious for the white race ; and was con- about thirty of the privates belonging to the
j sidered so by the Indians prior to the year 1830,' malcontents were killed, when quiet was once
when the ague and fever, or any disease resem- more restored. Many men in high station at
| hling it. was not known to exist. The Indians 1 Mexico are suspected ol having a hand in causing
fully believe, to this day, that Captain Domirys j tins new outbreak, and it is said that ex-Secre-
introduced the disease in 1830. Since that' tary Tornel has been anested and imprisoned,
time, it has committed dreadful ravages among J With respect to politics, Texas is the all-afc-
tliem ; noi so much, perhaps, from the violence j sorbing topic of the day, and all eyes are turned
. ol the disease itsell. as the manner in which they ------
I treat it. It was not until quite lately, that they
were willing to betteaied alter our mode, and, n ue stiou. The Government and people gene-
, they still, in many ctses, pre.er the incantations ■ ra || v are pretty well satisfied that nothing can
1 and the practices of the medicine man —
in the direction of that country in anxious ex
pectation of the final solution of the pending
rally
now prevent annexation.
The former sees the
I satisfied rn vsell, that llte accounts given of the ; moment arrive with regret when it must dec'are
made to Mexico, and even to proceed so
ito negotiates treaty, subject to the ess®::
! tion and approbation of the legislativebodj.
(justifies this action of Congress bv them
! nence of war, and the absoluie necessity o:j
sistingthe unjust policy ofthe United States
! He states, (hat the preliminary proposuioaj
' Texas had been received, and the Mexican (
vernmeot haviDg signified its readiness to i
upon the negotiatioosto which ii bad been inst
| the negotiation would or would not have -
! according to the judgment which the Me j
I Government should form upon tliehu-'
] character and advantages with which iteoi
concluded. But should Texas, contrary:
expectations she has held out to Mexico,!
to Annexation, he urges upon Congress
' to see that the justice and rights of Men J
j well as the honor and dignity of tb-
shnuld be protected, and the Execotrij
ported in the protest it had made against Aa
ation. He alleges, that the Mexican'aj
ment bad done all in its power to prevent
lure with the United States, at the s :i:|
that it has strenuously resisted the AdkiJ
of Texas. He relies upon the justices
Mexican cause anJ course of procedi'e
i depopulation of this country are not exaggerated ; I war or fall, and the latter wait with anxiety for pensate for any want ol lorce, to secure
i for places were pointed out to me. where dwelt the arrival of the time for the Government to I tegrity o( the Republic. This is the ie>
I whole tribes, that have been entirely swept oft':! take a step which, but for them, would have ! like passage of the address, and it M
and, during the time of the greatest mortality, been taken long siuce, without even reflecting j definite in its suggestions. \\ebut£i' c l
1 the shores ol the river were strewed with the , on the consequences—the declaration of hostil- to the general tone of it. He congratu^
dead and the dying. This disease occurs, it | ities agaiust the United States. As one of your ' Chambers upon getting rid, so easily.ot ;
is said, semi-annually: and, in the case of for-' celebrated editors says, nous verrons. In the i State prisoners, and concludes with ;
; eigners, it is mere mild at each succeeding at- meanwhile, theGoverumentis noiselessly march- Ieral and common place remarks upon
from our borders, is lo be received with many
allowances. It has been made in many instan-
• | .1 c ■ . *11 illlUW clllLCO* IJOJ wv-vm ••■ j
gretted it. and the manner of it particularly ; as Rf>s from inIerP „ Ied m0 ,j V es; and I am satisfied
not comporting with true‘magnanimity,* on the |hat no , hjng of tl)C kin( ] could emanate from
Pram the Baltimore Patriot.
Crcu. Jadiscii aud 3Kr. I*olk.
The following, from the New York Cou
rier and Enquirer, gives us additional evi
dence that nothing bat the death of right to know what influences effected tine
I recent change, nnd what influences were
_ „ . j prostrated by it. Mr. Rives’speech throws-
Censorship or ihe ress. a \et\ cu . j- ^ on su bject, and therefore it is that
nous and somewhat important instance of, ^ is ca]le(] for _ .. X|ie handkerchief—the
suppression of ihe truth has recently occur-1 han(lkercllie f_ give us the handkerchief r
red in the Washington Union, the special , T - • , . ,
Executive organ. That paper on Friday j Thfi edltor of the LniOB complains that
part o! JMr. Polk.
It is further apparent, that Mr. Polk, aware.
Vancouver, or from any ol the officers.
The whole conduct of Dr. McLaughlin is to-
; as he says Ire was, of Gen. Jackson’s ‘friendship’ ; tally at variance with such a charge ; every fa-
tack.
I Owing to the above causes, the population is
much less than I expected to find it. I made
.every exertion to obtain correct information.
; and believe that at the time of our visit, the
! whole territory may be considered as containing
! about twenty thousand Indians; and this, from
1 a careful revision of the data obtained by myself
j and some of the officers, J am satisfied is rather
above than under the truth. The whites and
troops from Mexico into the interior; and al
though their destination is said to be California,
still tiie knowledge ol the fact that in that de
partment the Government has no need, or im
mediate need, of more soldiers than are there
now. would lead oue to suppose that the real
destination of those at present on the march
northward is the frontier of Texas, or that victni-
*>•
It would be folly, perfect madness, for a coun-
uf Congress and the Executive, to exer:
I faculties to fulfil the ir duties to the coiF
for Major Lewis, and that his dismissal would be j c j|j t y y, as been at all times extended to new
•unpleasant’to tiie General, did not consult the comers and settlers: it is sufficii
Jackson prevented an open rupture
tween him and the President:
ent that they
latter at ail about the matter. He merely des- j are of good character, and the use of cattle, lior-
patched a letter to a friend in Nashville, con- j seSi farming utensils, and supplies, is invariably
taining a long list of alleged grievances against i extended to facilitate their operations until such
Major Lewis ‘lor years,’ with a request that the ,j mes as they a re able to provide for themselves,
letter might be shown to the General; and be- | p urj mv at Vancouver, I had the plea-
fore the letter could possibly reach its destina- | s)jre of s ” ein ‘„ , nan y me , n bers ofthe Willamette
nation, proceeded summarily and unceremoni- j Mjssion . bu^liov were unable to give me much
ously to eject the General’s ancient friend informa tion They invariably spoke of Dr.
from office. As truly remarked by Gen. Jack-; ^ r h | in in ,h'e highest terms—thev were
son, the deed was done before he had ■ ; ver , e J his absoiute rule over the whole terri-
half-breeds were between seven and eight Itun- try like this, distrained and without means, to
jdred. One hundred and fifty were Americans.; go to war with the United Stales, and lor a ter-
■ The number of the latter has, however, increas-; ritory that does not belong to them; but I still
i ed very much since the year 1840, as many emi- think the measure will be resorted to. In my
grants have crossed the mountains. The de-! mind the matter does not admit of a doubt—if
crease of the red race is, no doubt, equivalent to Texas is annexed, Mexico will declare war.—
! the increase by immigration.
| The Franking Privilege, &e.—The privi-
j lege of franking is so much modified and reduc
contained the following notice ofthe meet'- W- away from the Capitol “catch up j “on that ,t w» intended Mtq.! ^ and altboogh i, was considered by them
I.f the “ Demon atir Association” of I llie 3 oss 'P of tlve streets of ’ Washington”' j Lewis’ removal took pffice on the 31st of March, j ag de sp„tic, they could not adduce any instance
ofthe Democtatic Association ot, , . TT ■ • ^_ f and was undoubtedly and necessarily determm-• ()f lhe R w a J, licatioll of h is power. He is
n,l nnnn cnt*;l> rtllVC ItPmrP * IV II P \1 *• Poll/’o . . * 1 . i >>
that city, on Thursday evening, to take j a ," d P^ llsh u ‘. He < “'8 ht to K " ovv .
measures to pay respect fo the memory of! 1 > e puhhcatton tn the Union ts«. pomt-
Gen. Jackson- ! f !,at « « of sac ! 1 1 [ ,e rt ' tai1 '
“The association met pursuant to ad- *«8 of t ll,e S 0SS, P Washington has hero
jo urn menu John G Hives, Esq., president! b ^ u g l1 a ” acknowledgment from the
- 1)d was regularly I editor, that an important speech ha<r
elect, presented himself, and
installed. Being conducted to the chair,
lie rose and delivered an address.
“ The President having to leave the
Chair to make a report, requested Robert
Coltman, Estj., vice-president, to take the
chair.
“ On motion by Mr. Ward, the secrotary
was requested to solicit the temarks of the
presideut for publication.”
Then follows the “ Tribute of Respect”
been suppressed—for a ttme at least,—even
after it had been put in type in that office ;
—and by not contradicting, he has admitted
that Gen. Jackson had expressed “decided
censure” of certain conduct of Mr. Polk—
and that the evidence that this censure had
been given, had received the marked favor
of the party in Washington.
Neither “ good sense” nor “good taste”
is outraged by a course which leads to such
results, nor is the “decency” of any paper
ed upon some days before ; while Mr. Polk’s
letter was shown to the General on the 4th of
April. Un that very day, however, Gen- Jack |
son—ignorant that the removal had been actual- :
Iv made—while writing to Mr. Polk on another;
subject, took occasion to vindicate Maj. Lewis
front a foul aspersion contained in Mr. Polk’s I
letter to his friend in Nashville—the'only one, it |
is evident, tiiai he thought worthy of notice, ! , . , . . .
- , , »• « i • t vf t) 11 • .• - 1 profit thev derive (rom their business on the
out of the ‘Iona; list’ which Mr. Polk, in Imspn- l ,ruui . V y r I w Th*; c»n,L. .u*
y* r ri> i • west side of the mountains* i ne stock ol the
vale way, was casting upon Minor L. 1 o his own•» ' L i a
knowledge, Mr. Polk had done Major Lewis | Company certain y pays a ‘^dividend; and
great injustice, in supposing him capable of be- ; “ IS asserled that in adninon y nsi era e
i ray ing the interests of bis country to n foreign , surplus has been accutnu a e i rq enter-
Government, because the Minister of that Go- j S ecc U? - ve ‘ ** ■be questioned whether therr
vernment had chanced to marry a member of I ,rade ' n the Oregon ferriiory ytc s any pro it,
notwithstanding extremely unpopular among all
classes of our countrymen, but tor what reason
it is difficult to conceive.
The trade and operations of the Hudson Bay
Company are extensive, and the expense with
which they are attended is very great. lam in
clined to think that it is hardly possible for any
one to form an exact estimate of the amount of
ed by the late Post Office Law, which goes into
operation on the 1st of July, that it has become
a question whether officers have the former un
qualified power at present allowed to them, and j
bow far it is reserved to them. With the view
of ascertaining the privilege allowed by the law,
I we have mounted up to the best sources of in-
i formation, and now lay before the public the re-
1 suit of our investigations, in the following com- 1
1 prehensive table.— bnion.
which was paid by the meeting to Gen . . ,
Jackson's memory- but nothing whatever } compt omitted by such publications, when, i Lewis in office and given to him his u
of the address of Mr. Rives appears. We j as in this case, they are kepi within the . confidence, alter the connection, by
are informed, however, on very reliable au
thority, that a copy of bis address was lur-
nished for publication , and that it was in
type and about to be put to press in the
Union, when it was accidentally discovered
by the business partner of that paper, who
stopped the t>res3 and posted to the editor.
That gentleman, in turn, posted off to the
President, who summoned to council liis
official advisers. The speech was laid be
fore them, and the result of their delibera
tions may be inferred from the fact that the
speech of Mr. Rives t though in tyve at the
Union office, has “ever appeared in that or
in any oilier paper. It was decided by the
Executive authority thatccrlainfactsshould
not be la(d before the public, and forthwith
ihe
bounds of decorum^ though we will not
undertake to say that honesty and frankness
—which always court the light—ate not
lost sight of when a suppression of facts is
attempted, for any put pose whatever.—
Thismatterof “decency,’’and“good sense,”
and “good taste,” are things which each
editor trust decide for himself: but this we
have found, that those who ate ever ready
to charge their violation upon others, are
most likely to commit offences against them;
aud that their show of dignity on occasions,
when facts bear too bard upon them, is a
mock affectation, assumed in the hope of
distracting attention from the allegations
which rumor has set afloat, and which, like
most lhat Madame Gossip retails, “are
founded,” as in tire case before us, “an
marry a
his family. Mr. Folk’s fears on lhat point, the
General assured him. were altogether ‘ground
less.’ As Gen. Jackson had continued Major
abounded
marriage
of a near relative of the latter with theFiench
31inister took place, 31 r. Polk's imputation on
the integrity audi patriotism of Maj. L., in con
sequence ol that connection, was an imputation
upon Gen. Jackson’s vtgilence, sagacity and dis
cretion. It was virtually saying to him. “Sir,
you have retained in office, and are still desir-
nlthough it is now conducted at much less cost
than formerly. The diminution oi cost arises
from the fact that a great part of the provisions
are now raised in the country by the labor of
their own servants.
The Puget Sound Company, although it has
been in operation for several years, has made no
dividends. The accumulation ol their live stock
may, however, he considered as an equivalent
for moneyed profits. In the event, however, of
the country becoming the abode of a civilized
community, the farms and other land possessed
The Franking Privilege, as regulated by the
' act of the 3d of March, 1845, Jrom and after
the Iff of July.
Foreign merchants are purchasing up all the
cochineal that can'be bought, aud remitting it
to Europe by every opportunity.
Yours, &c. 6cc.
Besides our own correspondence, we have
beeD favored with the perusal of others, received
bv the squadron, from which and our files we
give a summary of news lhat may be interesting
to the public. We would add that from no
quarter do we hear so strong an expression of a
belief in a declaration of war as from the letter
above published.
The following additional particulars of the re
volution in 3Iexico, furnished us by a corres
pondent, may not prove uninteresting. It seems
that “a part of the corps of grenadiers, headed
by General Renglon. raised the cry of Federa-
obiained possession of the palace, and
El Siglo DiezyNueva advocates*
! the claims of Gen. Herrera, as a
I the Presidential Chair ofthe Republic-
The recent outrage upon the Frencit'
i ter, Baron Alleye de Cyprey. as we hi'**
i ed above, occupies the attention ol the!
j The French Courier is exceedingly r
I the treatment received by him, and
| its opinions in no measured terms. T : i
defends 3Iexico, and in so doing, i‘ lt ?
(the acts of violence complained ot.
j outbreaks of an ignorant rabble; that j
I no intention to insult the French Mis^
that as soon as he was recognized as
violence ceased, and he aud liis stutt *"]
tected.
A force of two thousand picked tn^
(one of our correspondents, is said -P
[ way to California, under Gen. Jot^'
J Mexican editor remarks: “God srati;
I save that precious territory from thee* 1
d foreijner.” The peculiar emphasis
J correspondent places upon the ;
' shows that he doubts whether the -
ytlie troops is really Ca'ifornin; and •“
I tgrets with the » riter of the letter "'V
from \ era Cruz.—Picayune.
tion,
, t> -j . made prisoners the President and three of his
L. The President,. ex Presidents, and 3Irs. jviinisters. The remainder of the troops, how-
Madison and Mrs. Harrison, retain the franking , ever proyed laUh iu!, and after a skirmish, suc-
privilege as regulated by former laws
2. The Vice President, members of Congress, j
and delegates from Territories
31 av transmit public documents free during .
their official terms ;
May send and receive, free, letters, newspapers,}
or packets, weighing under two ounces, during
the session of Congress, and for thirty days be-
ceeded in putting down the insurgents aud re
establishing order.”
The same correspondent who furnishes us
THE EYES OF INSECTS-
derfully constructed is thisbeaaiilal [ -.
sect vision I How admirably adapt _
necessities of insect life ! The ^
fly, presenting, as he does, such a
and templing show of colors to ,be !'- j
low, eludes the feathered eitemV ,
agility ol flight. Mere agilitv, bo 1,t: '
he aid of P°* e, j
bun
I avail nothing without (I
with this intelligence, also gives it as his opin- I Accordingly, nature has given h'
ion, that in case Texas accede to the propositions • more than twelve thousand brig 1 ^
ofthe United States, .Mexico will not declare ’ ones, some looking upwards, som? '
jo*1
| some backwards, and some on eit
rher
in the horsefly, four thousand ; in :
ous of seeing retained in the public employment, i b y tbis Company must become va ua e < as j
and you have also continued to extend y 0Ur | posts occupy all the points mos avorn v sima-
whole confidence, regard and affection, to a man i | ed * rade ' and ‘. be agrtcu ura es « is ments
who is capable of betraying the interests of his / have r b * en P laced in ,he best P osmons
country to a Foreign Government!” Very f “ r farm.ngoperat.ons. The utmost economy
..i.i /-vi i /-i • f . J w nr:w*ticpri in* PVPrv nart OI tllC £strtullSbm6l)t
complimentary, indeed, to the U!d General ! I
In this place, and in connection with'this part
of the subject, we cannot do better than to insert
the following notes; copies of which have been
furnished us by Major Lewis :
[copy.]
Washington, 3Iay 8th, 1845.
Sir:—I learn from a private source that vou
g||MNi y |gikA || ife|ii|
titan
is practised in' evpry part of the establishment
of the Hudson Bay Company, and great exer
tions are made to push their operations over a
larger field of action. Mercantile houses, sup
ported by the credit and capital of the company,
have even been established at the Sandwich Isl
ands and San Francisco, where articles of every
description imported in the vessels of the Com
pany may be purchased.
alt the fnrs obtained on this coast
war against the latter, if the smallest loophole is
- , , r. i left for her to creep out of the scrape. If would
fore the commencement and thirty davs after; .i i v> ■ i , m nr «
• J ; reallv seem as though the President was ill pre- ... •—
the close ot any session. I pafe j , or a war while a revolution is siaring hint ; flies, upwards of seventeen thousand
in the face at his very palace gates; but some of j dred and fifty five have been L ° ua ^
the factions which distract the unhappy country I some coleopterous or scaly-wme e 1 ^
mav vet drive him into the measure solely for have been numbered no less ' ha “
the’purpose of putting him down and raising thousand and eighty-eight.—
They would not he9t-
3Ia_v receive letters free, not weighing over
two ounces, during the recess. This does not
include the interval from the close of oue Con
gress to the commencement of the next.
May transmit free written leiters from them
selves'the whole year—that is, from sixty days
before the commencement of any session until
the meeting of the next Congress.
3. The Secretary of the Senate aDd Clerk of
the House of Representatives
31 ay send free public documents during their
official terms ;
31 ay send and receive free, tetters, newspapers,
and packages, not weighing over two ounces,
during the session of Congress, and for thirty
days before anil after.
M.y send free letters written by themselves dur
ing their official terms.
4. The Governors of Slates may send free
the laws, records and documents of the Legis
lature to the Governors of other States.
themselves in his stead,
tate to plunge their fellow citizens into a war, so
that they might be able to rise to a brief authori
ty. albeit at the cost ot the disastrous defeat aud
utter prostration of the country.
The .Mexican Congress adjourned on the 30th.
of May; but an extra session was called for the
15th of June, principally, it is alleged, to regu
late the tariff and remodel the election laws.
The cotton growers will make a desperate effort
to have the foreign article excluded.
Santa Anna, whose arrival in Havana we no
ticed some diiys ago, sailed from Vera Cruz on
the 2d inst. in the British Steamer Medway.—
He was not brought into the city of Vers Cruz,
but was embarked some miles to the north.—
Father Matthew vs. Father
Ann Dunn, the teetotal wife of a,!
i:ic“
teetotal fiddler, was put to bed io ,
short time ago of her twenty-*** 0 pi
When the midwife banded it to' P 0 ^ 1
fiddler facetiously exclaimed, “ ’
^gam I how often must I take it
l?- 1 :
A Russian named Ermett
Cincinnati, a poor ragged cobb e _
not make a living, ami therefore■ » -
engaged in the manulaciuriDg 0 •
He returned to Cincinnati, a
worth -320.000.
it?