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TWENTY- nintiTconukess, i
FIRST SESSION.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, June 27, 1846.
SENATE.
After the presentation of some memorials
and the disposal of some reports on private
bills, on motion of Mr. Dayton, the naval
committee was instructed to inquire whether
any contract has been made by the Navy
Department with R. L. Stevens, for building
an iron steamer, and if so, what legislation
I* necessary to carry said contract into effect.
Mr. Lewis, from the foreign committee, re
ported the army appropriation bill with sundry |
amendments. f
On motion of Mr. Johnson, the naval com- j
mitlee was instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency of making an appropriation to !
indemnify the officers and crew of the U. S. ;
steamer Missouri, for losses sustained by the
burning of that vessel at Gibraltar.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
judiciary committee to inquire into the ex
pediency of dissolving processes issued out of
the Supreme Court in the same manner as ;
those issued out of State Courts are now dis- j
eolved.
On motion of Mr. Miller, the joint resole- j
lion from the House, granting a portion of |
the public ground to be selected by ihe Presi- ;
dent, for the erection of a Monument by rlie 1
Washington Monument Society, was taken I
up, the question being on its passage.
After a spirited debate, in which charges j
of “p*h a g e »” etc., were made and repelled, |
Mr. Haywood moved to lay the resolution on ;
the table, with a view of getting at other i
business. The motion failed—yeas 19, nays j
24.
A motion to recommit the resolution to the :
District committee, with instructions to in- I
quire and report on a suitable plan for the i
erection of the Monument, was rejected— !
yeas 19, nays 23.
After funner debate, the subject was laid |
over till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion of Mr. McKay, leave of absence
for four days was granted to Major French,
the indefatigable clerk of the House. Os
late his labors have been so arduous, that he
is reduced to the alternative of rusticating
for a short lime, or of driving a bargain for a
coffin.
The House then went into committee of
the whole, and resumed the consideration of
the taritV bill.
Messrs. Redinger and Towns spoke an hour
each in favor of the bill, and Messrs. Ewing,
Pollock and Severance took the opposite side.
The empty desks had a large majority during
Ihe greater part of the day.
At a late hour the committee rose.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.]
Washington, June 28.
I learn that the President yesterday nomi
nated brevet Major Gen. Taylor, and Col.
Wm.O. Butler, of Ky.,to be Majors-General
in the Army of the United States. The former
is appointed under the provisions of the bill
authorizing an increase of one Major-General
and two Brigadier Generals, and the latter
under the bill passed a day or two since for
the organization of the volunteers. There !
are six Brigadier-Generals yet to be nomina- |
led. Col. Twiggs and Col. Kearney will
probably be two of them. •
It is understood that the Committee of
Ways and Means of the House of Represen
tatives, will, to-morrow, report a bill to au
thorize the issue of §12,500,000 Treasury
notes. Unless they bear six per cent, inter
est, they will soon be below par, and if they
bear that interest, they will be used for in
vestment instead of circulation.
The Tariff bill drags its weary length along
in the House. Some three or four speeches
are made daily, but no one appears to listen i
lo them. Even if they could change the
opinion of members, it is not probable they I
could change their votes. A member from I
Georgia, (Seaborn Jones,) has, within a few
days, thoroughly canvassed the House, and I
puts down the majority for M’Kay’s biil 1
(Walker’s,) at 18. This agrees with the es
timate made some time since by Mr. Hudson, j
of Mass.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington. June 29, 1846.
SENATE.
Mr. Jarnagan presented sundry resolutions
of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to
the pay of volunteers. They were referred
to the military committee.
Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, presented the ;
resolution of the Legislature of that State, re
lative to the removal of obstructions from the ;
navigation of the Mississippi.
Mr. Clayton gave notice of a bill for the j
relief of Robert Fulton.
Mr. Bagby offered a resolution, which lies !
over authorizing the appointment of a select j
committee to devise a plan for reporting the
debates and other proceedings of the Senate.
This has been tried heretofore, but without |
success. It is totally impracticable as a go
vernment scheme. In the first place, noth
ing would be reported but what the Senate I
might chose to have published, and in the 1
next place no paper could be found large
enough to contain the daily report of the
length which Senators desire. The business
must be left to private enterprise.
A resolution was adopted, instructing the i
committee on commerce to report on tue ex- j
pediency of taking measures lor the imme- '
diale erection of light houses on the coast of
Texas.
Numerous resolutions calling for informa- j
tion from the Departments, heretofore offer
ed were taken up and adopted.
The resolution of Mr. Bagby, providing |
forlhe daily meeting of the Senate at 11
o'clock instead of ten, was adopted: yeas 30, i
nays 11. The resolution of Mr. Simms,cak
ing upon the Secretary of the Treasury fi r
specific estimates of the revenue to be de
rived from the financial measures proposed in
bis recent report, was adopted.
A resolution authorizing the appointment
of a select committee lo revise the rules of j
the Senate, was adopted.
Some private matters having been disposed •
of, the Senate took up the bill to reduce and l
graduate the price of tire public lands.
Numerous amendments were proposed, and
a long debate took place, in which Messrs, j
Breeze, Johnson of Aid., Calnoun, l)a3 7 ton i
and others participated. [Fending the de- i
bate, a message was received from the Presi- |
dent.] ... !
Without taking any definitive action on the 1
bill, at an early hour the Senate went into •
Executive session. It appears that Gen.
7’aylor, and not Gen. Houston, was nominated
for Major General.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. James Thompson moved a suspension
of the rules, to enable him to offer a resolu- |
tion that the House lake a recess each day j
during the discussion of the tariff bill, from
three (ill four o’clock each day.
On the question being pul, however, no
quorum voted.
Mr. Thompson then moved a call of the
House, but without success.
The rules were then suspended, and Mr.
Thompson introduced Lis resolution.
Mr. Houston moved to amend it, by striking
out all after the word “resolved” and insert
| ing “that during the time set apart for the
debate on the tariff bill, it shall not be in order
for any member to move that the committee
rise until 7 o’clock, P. M.”
The amendment was agreed to, and the re
-1 solution, as amended, passed. So until
| Thursday the House cannot adjourn before
i that hour.
Some bills from the Senate having been
received and referred, the House went into
I committee of the whole and resumed the
consideration of the tariff bill.
Mr. Tibbatts spoke in favor of compro
mise.
Mr. Sedden went for the bill as it stands.
Mr. Hudson opposed it, and made a hard
| fight for the manufacturing interest.
Mr. Goodyear next gave his views, and
j the discussion was continued till seven o’-
i clock by other members. was extremely
I dry, and the hall was nearly empty during
| the greater portion of the day.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore American.]
Washington, June 29.
The nomination of Colonel Butler, as
1 Major Genera! of Volunteers, was sent to
; the Senate on Saturday, as I wrote you.—
j The nominations of “Genl. Taylor, as Major
! General of the Army of the United Stales,”
J was sent in to-day, and with it the nomina-
I tion of Cols. Twiggs and Kearney as Brig
' adier Generals, under the first supplemental
i bill. The Senate went into the considera
| tion of Executive business soon after these
I nomination were received, and all of them
j will probably be speedily confirmed.
LATER—BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
Washington, June 29, 7, P. M.
The nominations of Gen. Taylor as Major
General of the U. S. Army, and of Col. 1
Butler as Major General of Volunteers, have
been confirmed by the Senate.
8£ o’clock, P. M.
I have to inform you that Thomas L.
Hamer, of Ohio, and Gen Patterson of Phil- |
adelphia, have been nominated to the Senate '
as Brigadier Generals for Volunteers.
[From the New-York Globe.]
MEDIATION.
It seems not to be certain as yet whether
i Great Britain has proposed to mediate be
tween Mexico and this country or nor; but
whether she has so proposed or not, it may
i be well enough to inquire why she should in
( terlere with our affairs atall. She certainly
j cannot be so silly as to suppose that we would
cease hostilities at her command, or make
terms of peace, merely because she desires
us to; but the fact is she is fearful that the
interests of iier subjects in Mexico, and her
trade with this country, will be injured, and
therefore she wishes peace. Independent of
these considerations,she cares nothing about
the war whatever; but suppose, for argu
ment’s sake, that she was not interested, what
i sort of a mediator would she be? She has 1
I just emerged from a controversy with the
United States, in which she was driven into
a treaty by the fears and the prospect of a
war. Nothing short of this ever induced her
lo close even at 49. Willi 'Texas lately lost,
and California in her eye, what a most disin
terested mediator ! With her hands and gar
ments reeking with the blond of slaughtered
thousands in India—with the deep curse of
the China war burning upon her brow—with
the recollection of her anticipated ‘booty and
beauty’ atrocities at New Orleans, that were
prevented by the heroic Jackson—with the
j deep hayings of the savage hell-hounds whom
she let loose upon her own kindred in the dark |
I hour of the revolution, forever coming up
I from the fire and blood and desolation of the
j scenes of that dreadful warfare—with the
I murder of Napoleon on her soul, as he closed
1 his mission to this world, full of war and am
; bilion and strife, it is true, but full of results
i to human rights and the welfare of the world,
as glorious as the brightest victories of his
most renowned batt!«-fie!ds—with all her in- i
! veterate and deep-rooted prejudices against |
Republican government —such a mediator! 1
! . Whatever England has done for the benefit
: of the world, for the advancement of science
and civilization, give her credit for; let not a
nation, the progress of whose empire has
been in the footstep of wrong and rapine and
; selfishness —who, in the face of the world, ;
has so prostituted her power and perverted i
the great principles of right, that she may i
| well be designated the great harlot of the na- i
lions of the earth—pretend to the sacred 1
i office of mediator. We want no such media- I
; tor; we want no European interference what- ‘
j ever on this continent. If it come in the mild j
aspect of a peace-maker, it will soon be seen :
as the wily diplomatist and the scheming and i
| flattering enemy of Republican liberty, or the ;
ambitious aspirant after more territory and
. an extended empire. I
Mr. Webster, in his late speech on the |
! Mexican war and our finances, although he
is very anxious that the war should iarmedi- j
ately be brought to a close, says ‘that some
; thing had been said about the meditation of
; England. There probably was not any ten- |
j dered, but if there was, Mexico must be
| brought to acknowledge our rights. But it j
I became us to offer a formal embassy to Mexi
co. She was weak and we were strong.—
! The contest was very unequal and all the
j world knew it to be so. We did not stoop, '■
! therefore, in tendering an offer lo Mexico.—
We could afford it. We lost nothing by it,
I and did not stoop at all in doing it. He hoped
i it would be done and peace restored. Should
Mexico not receive such a minister, on her j
head would all the responsibility rest, and if
the war continued it must be prosecuted with
vigor.’ That is to say, whether England of- j
fers to be meditator or not, Mexico must j
make the amende honorable. This is pretty j
HA.'-iaMUg; T, r? M JWU MOL-mj-'V JBJB, !jau m agrafeT"
well for old Dan, but unfortunately be be
trays 100 much anxiety for peace; and we
dare say that if he were sure Lord Ashbur- j
ton were coming to act as special minister in
the matter of meditation, he would make a
speech of two iiours duration in commeda
tion of the government of Great Britain for «
showing such a friendly feeling towards us
as to take the trouble and responsibility of j
settling a quarrel which we do not know how
to manage or get ut of. Mr. Webster would
press the matter on the attention of the Sen
ate most earnestly and emphatically, and
when he was floored, as he surely would be, i
he would denounce the spirit by which the |
majority were actuated, as ruinous to the best '
interests of the Republic, and would make it ;
appear, clearly enough for any tory to see by :
the force of his reasoning, that this nation |
would never prosper unless it were under
the guidance of, and in part controlled, by
‘the mother country,’ as he calls our ancient
enemy.
ISO PLEASING THEM.
Some of our Georgia Whig friends are not j
satisfied with the President’s suggestion, as
to the proper mode of increasing the revenue
for the purpose of carrying on the Mexican
war. They contend that the expenses of the
war will be double what the President esti
mates, and this,they say, will be “a clear loss
to the country.” To meet this “clear loss,”
they propose no plan, but are opposed to any
modification of the tariff, preferring to “let
the tariff stand as it is.” VVill these editors
inform their readers, how they would avoid
this “clear loss to the country?” Would
they abandon the war, call our troops from
the field, and leave Mexico at liberty to rob
and plunder and murder our citizens? Would
they sue for peace to Gen. Paredes, or beg
England to interfere and prevent us from
suffering this “clear loss?” What sort of
patriotism is this, which urges objection to
the means proposed to carry on the war, and
suggests no others—which labors hard to
throw our government in the wrong—which
magnifies the expenses of the war, and does
all in its power to render it unpopular? Are
those editors who do this, representatives of
the feelings and principles of the Whig par
ty? Certainly not all, nor half. Will not
those Whigs who are determined to stand
by their country, come out and show these
caviling, these objecting editors, that they are
on the wrong track? We hope so.— South
ern Banner.
[Fi •om the N. O. Picayune , June 27. ]
FROM VERA CRUZ.
The following letter was received by the
James L. Day, on her last trip. It is truly
; gratifying to perceive by it that the steam
frigate Princeton performed so admirably:
Vera Cruz, June 11, 1846.
Editors Picayune—Tins city has now been
under blockade for twenty-five days. The
frigate Raritan is the commanding ship at
this time—Commodore Conner being still at
Pensacola—and is at anchor near Green
' Island, while the Pensacola steamer is lying
off and on, just outside the Fort under sail,
and completely prevents all intercourse from
abroad. The Princeton now proves herself
; to be equal to the whole fleet, indeed supe
j ri.or. fcihe arrived iiere in 17 days from Bos
ton, having sailed all the way, excepting two
| days. In the horse latitudes she was be
i calmed. fSlie fired up—in 24 hours she was
i in the trade winds, which brongnt her oft' |
| this port, where she again fired up to enter, i
; She arrived here full of coal, and sailed du- i
ring the passage 9 and 10 knots for days to
gether. The Falmouth was blockading on
her arrival, and they sailed together for two
days. The Princeton can sail round her,
and is equal under sail to two-thirds of the
vessels in our Navy.
For 12 days she has been underway just
out of reach of the guns of the Castle. When
vessels make their appearance she makes
sail for them, and when they are very fast
and wish to run, she fires up—goes alongside
and places a prize officer on board. fShe is
the admiration of the English and French
men-of-war here. If the President and Con
| gress are wise they will immediately order
I a large number of ships like her, as they are
I invalurable both in peace and war. The
j Princeton is more useful here than three
j frigates.
• Tlie Raritan has the scurvy and it is also j
said the dysentary, on board, produced by j
having been much at sea on the coast of '
Brazil, from v\ hence she came to this station.
The Mexicans expect an attack upon the
castle of iSan Juan de Ulua, as soon as the
squadron arri es, and are preparing for it.
The castle and town are crowded with sol
diers: nearly all the families and citizens
I have fled to the interior.
Congress has been in session for more than
a week, and has resolved to push the war
i against the United States. On Monday they
| will proceed to elect a successor to Paredes,
j who has marched against the enemy on the I
j Rio Bravo del Norte. It is generally be- j
j lievedthat Santa Anna, even it elected, will
; under no circumstances return to Mexico.
He has money and is too much delighted
with the dissipated amusements of Havana to
return here. Gen. Bravo, the present Gov
ernor of this city, will in all probability be
! elected President. Many of the western
j Departments have declared against this Gov
i eminent, but they are equally in favor of
pushing the war. It was rumored here to
day that Gen. Taylor is advancing from Ma
amoros.
I will continue to inform you of what oc- i
: curs here by every opportunity.
Yours, &c. Herrera. i
P. S. Do not fail to send out a few more
; vessels like the Princeton.
Emigration. —The toliowing is an extract
; of a letter to the editors of the Union, from
Hanover, in Germany, May 23;
“The number of emigrants from Europe to
the United States, during the present year,
will amount, it is believed, to not less than
200,000 —a third more than ever embarked
in any previous year. The “Dublin Post 1 i
estimates that 30,000 will leave Ireland alone, !
most of whom are substantial farmers, and
that they will carry with them at least j£6oo ; -
000, or $3,000,000. In England the number
will be still larger, and confined principally to
farmers, who are frightened by the probable :
abrogation of the com laws. Many families in
affluent circumstances are also quilting Hoi- ;
land for our shores—a country which, for
a long lime, has been less of an emigrating
turn than any in Europe. Twenty thousand ;
persons, chiefly French and Swiss, will em
bark at Havre. Forty thousand Germans,
at the lowest compulation, will sail from
Bremen, three or four thousand from Ham
burg, as many from Rotterdam, and four or |
five thousand from Antwerp. Besides the
increase of our wealth from this addition to ■
our population by its industry, it carries with
it an actual capita! exceeding $2,000,000.
IF 'rom the Buffalo Daily Express ]
GOVERNOR MARCY.
Gov. Marry has been remarkable at limes
for the brevity and terseness of his expres
sions both oral and on paper, in 1838 when
i he was Governor of this stale, the Legisla
! lure protracted its session beyond the bounds
of reason or propriety, passing laws he
; thought uncalled for by the public interests,
1 and doing acts of all kinds against the well
being of the community, and especially inju
rious to the party. Alter the Governor’s pa
| tience had had its pertect work, and refused to
i work any longer, the two houses appointed a
1 joint committee to inform him that the Leg
■ islalure was ready to adjourn. The commit
| tee performed its duty, and inquired whether
| the Governor had any message to communi
! cate.
“They are ready to adjourn, are they?”
; said tlie Governor.
“Yes, your excellency,” replied the Chair
| man.
j “Tell them I’m glad of it.”
The note with which the correspondence
1 with Gen. Gaines is closed by Mr. Secretary
1 Marcy is nearly as brief and explicit.
“War Department, .June 2. 1846.
“By direction of the President, Brevet Ma
jor Gen. Gaines is relieved from the com
mand of the Western Division of the arm}’,
and will repair to Washington without delay.
“Brevet Major Gen. G. M. Brooke is as
signed to the command of the Western Divi
sion.”
\\ e know of no high official correspon
dence more short and sweet. The nearest
approach to it is that between Mr. Crawford,
Secretary of the Treasury under President
Monroe, and Silas Dinsinore, then collector
of the port of Mobile.
Mr. Crawford wrote—“ The Secretary of
tlie Treasury desires to be informed iiow fur
I tlie Tombigbee river runs up.”
j Mr. I)., who dearly loved a joke, and could
1 never forego an opportunity to indulge his
I humor, even when his interest was liable
' to be injuriously affected, wrote back—“l
J have the honor to inform you that the Tom
i bigbee river does not run up at all.” The re
joinder of the Secretary was about as brief, if
less pitiiy and good humored. “I have to in
form you that this Department has no further
occasion for your services as collector of the
port of Mobile.”
The United Stales Mounted Riflemen. —Or-
ders have been issued from the War Depart
ment for the immediate organization, mount
ing and equipment of this new regiment, as
i authorized by a recent act of Congress, and
i which is to compose a part of the regular
j army of the United States.
We learn that, in the absence of Col.
; Smith, who is on duty in the army under
I Gen. Taylor, and of Lieut. Col. Fremont, en
gaged in the exploring expedition to the
Rocky Mountains and California, orders have
been issued to Major Burbridge to proceed at
once in the recruiting and organization of the
regiment. Maj. B. is instructed to establish
his Head-Quarters at Newport, Ky. Ho will
then assign recruiting stations throughout
the country to the other officers. The re
cruits will, from time to time, be sent in de
tachments to Jefferson Barracks, near this
place, where the regiment is to be organized
and furnished with horses and the necessary
equipments. The enlistment, organization
and equipment, will be pushed forward with
; ail possible dispatch, so as to have the regi
| mein ready for service at the earliest practi-
I cable period.— St. Louis Republican.
Paixhan Cruns. —lt is not perhaps gen
erally known tiiat this description of artillery,
which bears the name of a French General,
is in tact tlie invention of an American offi
cer, Co'onel Bomford. In a note to Lieut.
Halleck’s work on Military Art and Science,
just published by Appleton & Co., (page
280) the case is thus stated:
These pieces [Paixhan guns, or Colum
biadsj were first invented by Colonel Bom
ford, of the U. S. army and used in the war
of 1812. The dimensions of the guns were
first taken to Europe by a young French
officer, and thus fell into the hands of General
Paixhan, who immediately introduced Ihem
into the French service. They were by this
means first made known to tlie rest of Eu
rope, and received the name of the person
; who introduced them into the European ser
j vice, rather than the name of the original in-
I ventor. A44 these facts, are so fully susceptible
of proof that the Europeans now acknowledge
themselves indebted to us for the invention;
even General Paixhan gives up all claim to
originality in his gun, and limits himself to
certain improvements which he introduced.
The original gun which was invented bv
i Colonel Bomford, and whose dimensions were
carried to General Paixhan in France, is now
lying at tlie ordnance depot in New York
harbor.
Female Labor. —Mr. Collins, in his recent
■ speech on tlie Tariff gives the following pas
! sage;
By the census of 1840, $20,000,000 worth
of woollen goods were manufactured in this
country, and six millions of dollars worth
| were imported. To protect that 20.000,000
against this 6,000,000 is what gentlemen
claim. By a further examination gentlemen
will find that they have mistaken their enemv.
Their camp had been invaded from another
quarter, and their citadel stormed. These
invaders are no less than American women,
j By looking at the same census, on page 409,
; it will be seen that over $29,000,000 worth
| of goods were manufactured in our families.
| Pulling out the thread with tlie fingers, tread
ing the loom with tlie feet, and throwing the
shuttle with the hand our noble women com
peted with both commerce and the jennies
and power-looms of the manufacturers, and
exceeded both. Their fabrics are now to
be found in many parts of our country, and,
taking into consideration their quality, are
offered at as cheap a rate as those produced
by the manufacturers. These noble women
ask no protection other than that love and
affection to which their virtues so eminently
j entitle them. And will gentlemen urge
; here that their families ought to be taxed for
: the benefit of manufacturers? Let such doc
tiine be abandoned, and save us the necessity
ot blushing for our country.
It is said, sir, that by extending legislative
| *° manufactures, men will abandon agri
j culture to engage in manufacturing and there
| by diminish producers and increase consum
ers. It certainly appears extraordinary to
; urge the passage of laws to divert men from
i their natural pursuits, and impel them to
s«ch as require protection to exist. But
I fcince it is suggested, let me inquire how it
i is to be done. ought not to re
commend a measure unless they know how
| it is to be accomplished. Is it intended to op
press agriculture, so as to drive men from its
• pursuit? Or are manufacturers to be placed,
in point of privileges, so far above them as to
j allure them to it? Let gentlemen answer,
* and in the mean time we must conclude that
; both these causes are aimed at, in order to
produce the effect suggested. It requires ;
I capital, skill and experience in order to en
; gage in manufactures, and not one in ten
j thousand of our agriculturists possess the
i tastes or qualifications for embarking in
! them. This very argument, then, shows
that such laws are directly intended to be a
lasting, ruinous, and tyrannical oppression !
| upon the agriculturists of the country.
j _ AUGUSTA. GEO.. ;
FRIDAY .MORNING, JULY 3, 1846. |
0“ln accordance with custom, and the. re- j
served rights ofour employees, no paper will j
be issued on Monday next from our Office I
Saturday the 4th, being a general holiday.
DU'Lieut. M. C. M. Hammond, of Edge
field District, South Carolina, has been ap
pointed by the President, Paymaster of the
Southwestern Division of the Army.
i 0“ The correspondent of the Baltimore
1 Patriot, in his despatch ol the 27th u 11., de
i scribes Mr. Toombs, as making a speech
' against the tariff of 1842. The vagaries of
I Southern tariff men of the Whig party, on
| this subject are so incomprehensible, somc
j times trying to hold onto the hare, while rnn
! ning with the hounds, that we are puzzled to
| know what they honestly do think, and what
they do advocate. Is Mr. Toombs really op
posed to the tariff of 1842? If so, he sepa
rates himself from his party. For the Whig
party look upon it, or affect to do so, as tlie
source of unnumbered blessings. If he op
poses it, is it upon the ground that it is too
protective, or not sufficiently so? The inter
ests of the Northern manufacturers seem to
be not less sedulously advocated now-a-day’s,
by Southern Whig members of Congress
than by their Northern representatives. This
guardianship has seemed so absorbing, that
the rights of the agricultural, and other inter
j esls of the country, appear to have been de
; ferred for their benefit. Tlie Legislation on
I .
i the tariff, seems to have been shaped so as to
i swell manufacturing profits as much as pos
i sible. We are pleased to learn that Mr.
| Toombs has, fora moment remembered, that
| the benefits thus bestowed on a favored class,
| are to be paid for by somebody, and that some
| of the classes not favored, are to be found in
I Georgia, who yet must assist in paying the
| contribution to the pets of the government.
I But as nothing is more uncertain than the
j statements of correspondents, as to what is
) said in debate, we shall await a regular report
! of Mr. Toombs’speed).
; We have thought him “sorter for tlie tariff
| of 1842, and sorter not, but rather sorter than
I sorter not.” But since the good old days,
when Georgia was unanimous on the subject ’
of a protective tariff, wo have seen strange 1
changes. We now require from some polili- j
dans on this subject, an annual confession of 1
faith, and Mr. Toombs is one of that class.
P. S.—lt is possible that Mr. Towns was
meant, instead of Mr. Toombs. But many
of the Whigs in Augusta, not being apprized
of the mistake of the Baltimore Patriot, threw
up their caps, and said “Toombs was right.”
j We suppose now if Mr. Toombs comes out in
i favor of the tariff ot 1842, those whigs will
| throw up their caps again, and still hurra for
j Toombs.
THE 4TII OF JULY.
| We do not aim to write a regular built |
j Oration, or a patriotic essay on this inspiring
I topic. But though it is no new theme, yet,
I in tlie language ot Mr. Sprague, in thatora-
I tion conspicuous among specimens of Ante
| ncan eloquence, “it is one that can never
I tire, and must not be forgotten.” It is re
i membered and cherished as the birth day
|of freedom in this western world. The
I very name operates with talismanic influ- j
ence, to bind together American hearts, by 1
one common bond of sympathy, however :
widely they may he severed by fortune, bv
distance, by adverse interests and opinions,
On this subject, and on this occasion, we all
! feel alike. We are inspired by a common
j love, and a common pride in the institutions,
| the h' nor, and prosperity of our beloved
| country. We have nothing more to say
1 than this; long live this glorious day, the
i cheering beacon light to the oppressed of other
| lands, and long live our readers, to enjoy and
j to celebrate it.
j
j o*We acknowledge the receipt of the !
i following books from C. E. Grenville :
The Novitiates, or a year among the Je- j
I suits.
Voyages in the Arctic Regions.
Crichton, by Ainsworth.
The Confessions of a pretty Woman, by I
i Miss Pardoe.
o*lt appears (says the Baltimore Ameri
i can) that the present Postage Law has pro
duced a much larger aggregate than was es- !
tirnated by the Postmaster-General, and it is j
evident now that in a few years the revenue i
will exceed the outlay of the Department by
a large amount.
!D*Oiie hundred and nineteen thousand i
j eight hundred and eighty-four passengers ar- ;
1 rived in the United Stales, on shipboard, du- i
ring the year ending September 30, 1845, :
and there are eight thousand five hundred ;
i and seventy-seven registered seamen in the I
’ United States.
, Postage and the Foreign Steamers. —The
1 amount of business letters now transmitted
to Europe annually by the steamships plying
between Boston and Liverpool is about 600,- 1
000. The sum paid by the British Govern- :
ment to the Cunard line for this mail service,
i is 0150,000 per annum, and yet the proceeds
of postage are sufficient to reimburse the Go
vernment for this large outlay. The rate of
postage is one shilling to Liverpool, and 43| {
cents to the continent of Europe.
1 ya -a.. »pw .w« —ayvevjg
CTlt gives us great pleasure to insert the
following card handed us by an estimable
citizen of our community. lie Is a plain, un
pretending nun, and not a rich one. lie is
near enough to the condition of those he
would succour to k now how to feel for them.
His heart abounds in kindly sympathies, and
in the absence of any organized effort to aid
the poor soldier’s family while he is faraway,
; in the service of his country, offers his hum
! ble tribute to show that patriotic service is
i not wholly unappreciated.
If the names of persons designated in the
j card are sent into us, we will give the written
1 order to each on Mr. Blodget, who acts as
| agent of the benefactor. *
RICIUIOND BLUES.
The Mothers and Wives of the patriotic volun
teers that left Augusta for the Mexican War, may
j each have delivered to them a plentiful supply of
! Beef or Mutton for the 4lh of July, by applying ta
I Foster Blodget, in the market.
Go early to Market, that you may have the best,
I Orders given out at this office,
i July I 5
Reached Home. —The remains’ of Ganse
j voort Melville, Esq., late Secretary of Lega
tion at London, arrived by the Prince Albert,
at New York, on Thursday, and have been
conveyed to Albany.
Contract for Gunpowder. —Tt is stated that
the War Department has just contracted for
7000 barrels of the best gunpowder—enough
j to blow up the whole Mexican Republic.
American Ministers Abroad. — The Wash
ington Union, of Saturday evening, says:
“It is said that Mr. McLane thinks to re
turn to the United States in September; and
after the very efficient service he has ren
dered to his country in London, we should
think him entitled to consult his own wishes.
“We understand, also, that Mr. King, out#
excellent minister in Paris, wishes to return *’
to the United States. We regret to see that
his health lias been delicate. A Paris cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier says,
that. “Mr. King has been suffering much of
late from a chronic disease to which he is sub
ject, but is now belter, and does not mean to
abandon his post temporarily until the latter
pari of July.”
The English Press on the Value of Re
i publican Institutions. —The London Weekly
Despatch of the 31st nit., after comparing our
reasons forgoing to war with Mexico to those
assigned by the wolf lor going to war with
the lamb, goes on to remark as follows:
“We may differ as to the cause of the war
hut that 50,000 citizens should be ready at
once to advance to the frontier at the peril
oflife and to the abandonment of all oilier
occupations, in a cause which they at ail
events hold to he just, is a proof of the tre
mendous strength and value of popular in
stitutions, an obvious example for the right
means of preserving a national security. The
number of volunteers was expected far to
: exceed (he limit voted. Mexico will ultimately
j be no match for its f<>e, either by sea or land,
I and it is therefore consolatory that President
! Polk should declare that he will always bo
i ready to offer or accept terms of peace”
| Launch. —The U. S. sloop-of-war Albany
j was launched this afternoon, at the navy
j yard, in the presence of thousands of specta
tors, many of whom were ladies. The pupils
of the institution for the Deaf and Dumb
were also present. Eleven o’clock was the
time announced for the launch, but hall-past
eleven was selected as the belter moment,
and then the beautiful vessel glided off the
ways in handsome style, amid the cheers of
the assembled multitude. The shrouds of all
the vessels in the docks were crowded with
spectators, and their huzzas were hearty in
deed.
j The Albany did not shoot, far into the river,
j and hove to across the stern of the store-ship
j Relief, where she got foul, without, however,
j doing any injury, or receiving any beyond a
1 scratch on her bulwarks. She is a beautiful
model, and of greater length than we had sup
posed. She appears to be calculated for a re
| markably swift sailer; but we do not antici
pate that she will ever show her heels to an
enemy—she will prefer showing her teeth
; and making them felt whenever they may be
! required. Every one seemed struck with her
| symmetrical proportions.— N. Y. Commer
; ciul Advertiser, June 17.
Santa Fe. —The Lexington (Mo.) Express
\ says, that by the arrival of Mr. Houck at In
! dependence, they learn that the Northern
Departments of Mexico are making prepara
tions for defence. The authorities are forti
fying Santa Fe, and besides two thousand
men underarms when he left, the Governor
had made a requisition on Chihuahua for
five thousand more. Mr. 11. performed the
■ trip to the settlements in 20 days.— Picayune .
Strawberries. —The cultivation of this deli*
| cious fruit for the supply of the city of Cin
-1 cinnati, is prosecuted on a large scale. The
Cincinnati Gazette has some statistics on
the subject, showingthat during the past sea
son there were under cultivation in that vi
cinity no less than one hundred and thirty
| eight acres of strawberry patches. The aver
j age yield per acre was about fifty bushels,
j making the total yield of the season G9OO
bushels, or 220,800 quarts. There were also
some twenty or thirty acres devoted to the
culture of the finer and larger varieties of the
fruit, not taken into the above account. The
Gazette adds:—
| By the general promulgation of the theory
j recommended by Mr. Longworth, and alten-
I tion in keeping up a clue proportion between
: the male and female plants, Strawberries can
■ be raised with that profusion that nature in
; tended, in all parts of the Union, as well as
I here. Mr. L. does not claim to be the dis
j coverer of the fact involved in this theory—•
| it was long known to many monopolizing cul-
I tivators, who had kept the secret to them
i selves—but Mr. L. chose to have the tact uni
; versally known and improved. Mr. Buist, of
Philadelphia, a distinguished horticulturist
j and the author of the Flower Garden Direc
i tory, was formerly skeptical in regard to its
! truth, but since Mr. L’s pamphlet has been
I published, he says, in a letter to a friend in
j this he has become a firm believer,
I and thatTUpßiithor deserves a statue from
i the of this quarter.
Rio Grande. —This river,
under the of American enterprise,
is assuming a very busy appearance. The
steamers Frontier and Cincinnati have ar
i rived at Matamoros, giving to the port of the
town a lively appearance. “River front lots”
j will soon become valuable in that city, and
1 stores will be erected on the water’s edge.--