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, ' ' mi i, I . r . - ' i j . ' I 4. . : ? - ' t I: 1,1 ill m jl I- n, t : .1 . '1- 1'f I: lit i - a pi-. i V 5 m P ' -r; .j.:-. 2 : ft i' ' r it i ''iff. ! 1 H EDItOOS CORRESPONDENCE, V v V 5 We weretRfttWnr quite intyj.a flutter yesterday Nl j reiv in.ourag from iftf ostOfficQ tho fhlloiyXtteK.Tr6nt Jtfib;JMcy old friend Mqjof 'Jadc Votcning, who eeems to have writer) ' ' ' it to us for the purpose of communicating to the Public, in his plauS way some views of President Polk Ybune Hickory, as he delights to call fiinu ; ; which that distinguished functionary had not .l bought neeesr- ry-onfidot;few.ts?? ' denlial mends before he met wnh the Majnr.r v . v, i National Intelligencer. lound jo - Connecticut anal jjawn ; Jasi, v bc . -My Pff r ar Frtsn dt i-A mltr. Buthanan snd the rest ,of .us qyf too! the president last iuckeredout,oavio gt throngh with all nt birda.eBrwinff' intthat5VerUstinirreat tityVitid . t-pudftn niish on this mornino' dowri"J3ast" Lwas 'jfroingto write r linfr-to:friend Richiss he's the .t5overnmenl Editor, is' soon s 1 could ketch; up 4Mti the President thd let him know hW the old v , orentJeman'stood the journey, t But 1 haboened to Jools into your papr, and I see brother Irfgersoll, 4hiIade1hV o,ypu. ,This puzzfed me s little aJirst, because I knew Jie Vpas on Mn Richie's fide, ; But I looked along, paper, a " powenui WeWthinks I,.that ltigerson it's cunning feller, hut he ain't Viroinff to eet ahead of me. If he writes, to the poebehind the limine, IstUJ too. wrote to him, vl twi?K you, -would just -faiooth, it over to himi and lei! him th reason of if, and tell him when the bid ship pets' orr 'trHher tack, and his paper getfl eh behind, I'll write, to. hitp. . As 1 hadcome right on from Mexico the shortest cut, and had brought z letter fromjGineral Scott to the President, as soon as we got to York I run right up to the tavern where he stopped to give him the letter. Folks told roe he was . at the Astor .iJouse that great tavern made out of hewed stone. So I went up, ahd went in, and asked one of the waiters if Colonel Polk put up there 1 ;r - -. : , - Is it Jemmy Polk ye mane; Young Hickory, the President 1" ays he. M Sartain," says I. Yes," syar he, he's here ; up stairs in his -room." " '' ' '' ' !" : ... , Says I, " Show me his rou cjmr l wtist eeje hitn." chamber as quick as You can't see him to-night," says he; "Young Hickory iVtired put, and can't see nobody at all at all. Why was'nt ye on hand in the Governor's room if ye a? aated ue hiu J Ail the boys had! a c,hance there. , , , Says I, thaCs ibthing to the pint ; I Was on ihe road from Washington thep, and. I'm going to 6fi thePreideivtp-night if I. have to go through tfte stpheT Walts 'jBf.thia house 'for It.' . , Th'enopcbme ,ikfr. Stutson : and says he, Patrick, wb,atff theow here 1'' .u y r 44 HereXaielir getting wrathy,' says Patricjc, "because, woulebm go up to the President's W'fA H f ' 1 AthaMt. Stuiwt arned round to me, and, Tis 60onas JjCfscp i roej he ket ctied - hold of tny hand, and, jiys he, "Major Downing, I am very happy to spft.ya.f.I'ifEhow you right up tojhe President's roont cayself. I'm sorry you was'nt here beforewdWe'vie had some very pleasant tea parties sinQtf thesPresident's been here."' ' AVhenM gotilnto.he President's chamber he was laying; down oo-the bed to rcst and looking trred'as 'rarohat- had beendrawed through forty knot holes But,' as soon as he see me, he jumped upV looktngrSther wild,' and says he, Major Ilowiilng; howre ye 1 I didn't think of eejngoulwick froia Mexico so soon as this bwdohlngs o there now r 4 . "'.SsjilCbid.netrthey-doh't go 'onT hardly at aJf. rhey'are ' waiting for more help. Scott and Taylor both ate' growing rather red and angry to llrfnk y?0 fhould chuck 'em away into the middle of Mexico there, and then not send 'em help to fight lheir.vay but again. And it seems to me, Colonel, you do hold back in this business a little tojo mucbZ; .If . yondpn't send .'era help pretty don, then) guerrillas will eat our .little armies all Pt Colonelr'r.says I, 44 if (his war had come pn in the time of-the old Gineral, my old friend HicJspryf ho would a had then? Mexicans haif whipped. to death -by this time. But here's a letter trona, Scott ; to tell yeMvhat he thinks about the business. I come on post-haste to bring it. He says he won't 6tir from Puebla till you sendonmore men to take the place of all - them thatytoming home." TJie President-took the letter -and read a few lines, and! threw it down upon the table; and ays hid It's no use ; Scott may grumble and rrowl as flinch as he's a mind to, but it's no use. Thiwaf id ac6ife'efn of my own getting up, for my own tisekod 'I shall manage it jest as I please.' Siys : he, i Major Downing, there's j reason in ill thingiit" jdon't wantthem Mexicans whipped too fast, especially wherr them upstart Generals gef all the glory of it t When, I found Tyibrwas swellib dp! too large, I meant to a topped' hitn at, Monterey and draw off a part of his glory j'bn;to'S4ottv .But that Taylor is a head strong1' chap,, a'dahgerous man. He overslept his Juty and bJundereEon to that victory at Bueoa Vista, that sot evry thing all in a blaze. " I shan't overlook it in him, very soon. Jf the selfish crea ture had only let Santa Anna given him a hand ome lickings thereV we might a had peace in a little whilefor I had things all arranged with Santa Anna, to wind the business right up in such a way that we might each of us have made a handsome plum Out of it. But that unpardonable Taylor must cut and slash round with his handful of men, untutored volunteers, that I thought were as harmless as a flock cf sheep, and contrive, by that awful blonder, at Buena Vista, -to pour- all the fat into llie fire. Well, then, Scott has'nt behaved much -bet eight, and is swellin himself up in tJie eyes of the people shamefully. I thought if I could 'a sent Col: Bepto" on there, he wouTd a sqtieered the jj lory but of both of 'em in a little while, and set tledf'em down so they wonid'nt a been danger ous. But. that vagaborid Senate would'nt let me lo it. 'That waV too bad, fnjorj when 'them tK Oenerals'were attract'iog all the glory that be longed y-o me that the Senate woiild'ht Jet me do anytlMOg to Hflset'ttiem. But I'U "em; know thikt YoufiiDcory Jrnt to be bjeatj'any irre than CHd Hickory was. ' I've sent Mr. Trist on to look afiiejr (waiters and to eee, tba'thej ,jwif? doo't gp too awUfor Jl'oi de'termTnebjt"ah Tayahat Whip the Mexicans anfaajer than is prudentt'Ail the glory that's (to.cbme out oi tbis W4f farrly belongs to me, and I'll have it ov sys . 1, (Jolonel, youT aw a gouig to end Off more men, ain't you 1 fir what are vou going to dot A How .are you $eing to wind te taisinf1ip.rs, v.; , '. . ; r, i . - . Saya he. 'I'm,ioaiixcd to talk. over. tny flans to BighiriBataee fuo riee-d of your' Mt TtfbtildMeweCyet,. Mr. ?Tisf i ,tbere, a fcRBtfuet htm loobaftsrma4trs4pl-yoa hliPnthetnatih tas4ophff and take a trip down Easy and we Jcaa talk the ohject.over aoJur'Ieisure - -J -' Abdaf fi leVblocif inheTnorrirhg the ? President rattled away. at my. door snd waked me out of a eound aep smd, when We found I wasn't up, aays hb JMijor, you'muf t be spry, or you'll be too late for we're off at aix. .journal ;Y and then, the ihouirhlstrucJj me that 1 ' ; had Veadsooiewherehatthei-ey lipowfr ?be- hind the' throne ereaVer 'than the throne itself.? ?l was SSVni dresed 'about thfi'quickesf, ;and went out. and facf, Uiere was a quarter of a mile of 'soldiers, already to escott o to the, boai.--And' down wejwent,- through wholey streets full of men and women,; and boys and galskof all sorts and sizes, some running and crowding. and some hollering and huYrfthing, hd in a few ujinutes we were aboard the steamboat, and the bell irung, and the steamer puffed, and off we went on the ttyiua towards ConnecticuU , -rvV ''r The President had a little room all to him self, and he made me go right into it with him, and he sot down in an easy chair, and put his feet ujHn another, and 6ays he 4 Major, Pia glad t trt if ihA iH-owd aeain : we'll take a few hours of rest and comfort oa. this voyage, vi hw being President Major, is mighty hard work ; but, after all, I like ft v I've had a glorious time of it: in New York. Everybody was running after me.' and it seemsJas ihouch I had seen every thing, f I ftel as thputjU.! 1 ived through a i iwhble year in these three dayiand lieve anv bodv ever received more honors in so horj.A.apace4iaeJiithicojao Well,' saya I, Colonel, h seeras to me; a pity yop told )hej6Iks at Baltirnore theother,. day that voufsnbuid (tre '.yvbepKif te, , was, t Yoa might go tfeo terms? isMIIickr jdid,: jesvlas well as not, you are sd popular , rtf V 1 AtjKat, ne givb me ayckln theTriba and aaly wink, ahdfsas he J -'Major, 4ont you understand thatlTTelling MVnXt fWoajd;rif stand; another lerois'jest5 the rignt wlytpfmaVe 'em jhe more tierce lohaVQfne. Ij'o't you knw Anthony said Cesar jrefiisecl the crowrt lhreer times, jest so as to bo more sure of having it placed on his head I And jest see how Sa4iaAnna je working it now in Mexico. Svfienhe gets pretty near tin ?lown, and shivering' the wind ami irothinjj to stand upoft', be sends in his' resignation, with a !-ng pa triotic speech about sheddingthe last "drop of his blood for his country. And all that, and the people refuse to receive his resignation, and cry out long live Santa Anna I' and away he goes again and drums up another army of soldiers. . 4 But, to tcjCthe truth, Major,' says he, 4 when I made that remark at Baltimore 1 had some lit tle notion of retiring. Our party was so cut up, things looked rather dark ahead, and I find this Mexican war something of a bother after all. Taylor and Scott commit so many blunders, I had really then some notion of, retiring when this term is up. Bur, since I got along to New York, things seen; to look brighter. I'm popular, Major; I know I am. 1 I hhoold'nt be surprised if the Whigs- made a demonstration io my favor yet. They seemed very fond of me in New York ;and sf did every body, every body you could mention ; even the market-women look m'e by the hand and called me young Hickory and, gave me lots of fruit... 1 herct do you see that pine apple on the table there.! .says he. 4 That was given me at the Fulton market as we. were going over to Brooklyn on Saturday. Cut away, Major, and help yourself to it; it's a nice one. And here's a paper of most excellent tobacco,' says he, 4 that was presented to me at the same time. You go . i ; l . .1 111 ;. .u .,t. and then-we'll have a little more talk about the war.' ' Justas wo got cleverly under way they sung out aboard the boat for the passengers to get ready for landing. So 1 most cut' tity yarn otT here for the present j but likely as' not ' you'll hear from me again. Tnor ohl friend, MAJOR JACK DOWNING. RAILROAD EXTENSION. Our attention has been invited to the following account of the' proceedings of a Meeting which, it appears, was held in this city in February Jat, looking to the calling a General Railroad Con ventioo, should it be deemed expedient, at some time before the next Session of Congress, for the purposes stated in the Resolutions; to make known which we give the proceedings a place in our columns : ' Katinnal Intel. . At a;ineeting of persons interested in the ex tension of Rail Roads, held in the city of Wash ington on the 20th day of February, 1847, the Hon. Robert Smith, of Illinois, was called to the chair, and Gen. Duff Green appointed Secretary, when the following resolutions were moved and adopted: t Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting application should be made to Congress, at its next session, to enact a law granting aid by a donation of public lands for the construction of Rail Roads passing through or near such public lands, ami on condition that facilities for carrying the mails of the United Slates on such routes be given. Ilesohedy As the opinion of this meeting, that the existing laws relating to post office conrracts wnii ranrurtu companies may De so xnouinea as greatly to benefit railroad, companies, and at the same nine greauy reuueo me coci oi iransportiiig the mffils. Resolved, As the opinion of this meeting, that a committee should be appointed, whose duty it shall be to obtain, as far as practicable, full and detailed statements the condition of the several railroad companies now authorized by law, and of the plans, jestimates, and prospective utility of such railroads as it is proposed to establish here - r. l. J : e . i r aner, anu 10 prepare a uigesi oi me iniormation thus obtained, to be submitted to a convention of persons interested iu such railroads or to the next Congress. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of said com mittee, if, after consisting with the post Office Department and persons throughout the severa States, they shall deem it expedient, to call -, meeting to be held in this city, to be composed of delegates sent by toe several railroad companies and persons interested in the extension of rail roads, at or before the meeting of the next Con gress, for the purpose of preparing and submitting io uongresa memorial, ana sucn statistical and practical information as will enable Congress to pass proper laws on the subject. When a committee consisting of the fol!owmr named persons was appointed: Hon. Robert' Smithy of Illinois. Gen. James Gadsden, of Charleston, S c. Bcxllev; Esq., of VicksbuTff.- Miss. Hinton, Esq., 6F Raleigh, N. C. Gen. Duff Green, of Washington. ' ' Dr. William Collins, of Washington.? Gen. Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, f ,, HonElisha B. Whittlesey, of Ohio. ; ' Col. James E- Murray, or New York. Judge James Harwood, of Baltimore. ' ROBERT SMITH, Chairman. Durr Green, Secretary. ' ' ! BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. , j ,;-Over the pulpit, in the chapel at West Point, a some of ouf readers may perhaps have reoark ed, stands a fine allegorical picture from the true-to-life pencil of Weir,, A part of it; represents Peace, us a female figure, holding an olive brauch in her hand. During the performance of divine service, one or two Sundays ago, a smalt bird flew into the church, and made several attempts tojly on the branch ! A belter criticism upon the fidelity tf toe artist's'representationof airand foliage could scarce be mentioned. 'The same compliment, as our readers will remember,! tvas paid by a bird to Apelles, Some three thousand years ago. Jom.jiccxrnaZ. Dear Ihelakd.' The Boston Traveller "yMPengerhip. stopped at quarantine late ly when a passenger inquired, " And what Coun try is tW,8it3r Itis Deer Islahd,'' was the reply- Oh,'murther,and have I been on thii long voyage, and got back 6 dear Ireland again. I thouahtyou wimkl h-ve .be'ea bringing: tne. to Auririky, iuro J'1 THE PRESIDENT IN : MASBAcffUSETT& t Ths arranweinents for the ' receDtion at the Iresident in the city of; lJostb.nv as previously 1 annuuuceu, veiB- u v icu cuccv? if " afternoon of the 20th ultimo, excepting' that the displayof the PublicJgchools . was somewh'at in lefrupted.by th rain, which fl) irfcessantljf foe, several hours. " The procession throughout the nUre iine ormarchwa's accompanied byTi srrfart ahowe of raiiu which pretty thorough4y drenfhed ihe military and those hot protected hi carriage.; Mayor 'QutKcy," on Veceiving the PaESifCST addressed. him thus f'' Mr.'. President i.ln behalf of thejrof Boston' J welcom.6ithe Chief 3wfrrl?f 1b Union to the rhetropoUs of MassachasstisVf wel come you asofiicially the represefltajlvy of tiios whose fathers stood by ours in,the lays of the Rvoluttonrand of the twenty milliois who now with na constitute this great Confedet cy. t I wel come you, as a statesman; to an a quaintance with the men and to an examination f the insti itutibnV jpf ew England .: to an t quaintance .with men whose industry,, intellijene, and en terprise have-clothed this barren soi with pltfnty, and made it. the abode of art and sc snce, of vir tue, and religion; to an examination l our insti tutions, particularly of our free scl o!p, the pe culiar institution or' our land, by wl ch, with the blessing of Heaven, we hope to cotinue a race ofinteUigent freemen, who will understand, main tain, and transmit the liberties ail . virtues of their fatherstolheend of lime. We fereive you as we have received your predecessor in office, and ask that you will grant to us, as their did, the lion, or of considering you the guest of lie city during your stay among us. j, To which address the President repksd : . Air' Mavor: For this maoifestaTuiWCof wel come from the capital of New England f feel the most ardent seneattons of gratitude. In the his tory of fuy country I haye read of your free insti tutions of learning your common schools and it is with no ordinary feelings of pleasure that I pay my first visit to this great city, the ground which those noble institutions have hallowed as peculiarly their own. i ; With you, sir, I agreethat upon the injelligence and virtue of the people depends the perpetuity of the free institutions under which we live ; and I hope that during my short sojourn among you I may become person ally acquainted with many of those excellent men who have made your city so celebrated fur its benevplence and liberality. Arrived at his quarters, the President was waited upon by Governor Bkiggs, who, having been formally introduced to the President, ad dressed him as follows, in behalf of the Common-. wealth. Mr. President : In the name of the citizens of Massachusetts, 1 tender to you, asJajetMajT- isiraie oi ine umieu oiaiec nicir rr.-pntis. auu oiu you welcome to tne iiospitaiuies oi we com monwealth. I should be happy, lr, if vour official duties would allow "you the time, to go with you through out our State and show fou our people and their institutions as they are. I should 'be pleased to have you go among pur farmers upon the moun tains and in the valleys, and upon the distant cape, that you might see the unncuities tney have had to encounter in cultivating a hard un yielding soil, when that soil is compared in fer lilny and productiveness with the rich bottom landj -and wide prairies of your own great West ; to go into the shops1 of our merchants, and the marls of commerce, upon the docks of oir sea ports, andupon the decks of our merchants ves sels and well-equipped whale ships ; to show yuu our district schools, the cherished objects-of the people of the Commonwealth from their earliest settlement ; and to visit with you the temples of religion erected in every village and neighbor hood. I know, sir, you would be pleased to wit ness the varied and persevering industry of our people. j. jk But, sir, while the citizens of Massachusetts are engaged with untiring perseverance' in those avocations by which they hope to promote their prosperity and happiness, they remember that they belong to that great famiiy of Slates over whose destiny you now preside by the suffrages of a free people. To this Union our people, in dividually and as a State, acknowledge their ob ligations, and they intend faiihfully and always to fulfil those obligations. That Union, under a General Government conducted according to the provisions of the glorious Constitution establish ed by the w ise patriots of a past generation, stead ily pVogre!?6ing in the principles of liberty, civil ization, and chr.stianity, they trust in Heaven will be perpetual. We shall ever rejoice to see your administration contribute to thai kuporlanl and desirable end. The President replied to tJie Governor sub stanttally to the following effect, but somewhat .more at length : Sir: In receiving from you, the Chief fMagis istrate of this ancient Commonwealth, the wel couie with which you have honored me, I am sensible that your purpose is to recognhiaigTt?at principle. I feel that it is the office which"! hold .that you wish to honor ; and, while you honor it through me, I feel that I am but the humble rep reseniative of the people for the time being, and that, though thus honored, it is only as their ac countable servant. I hear with deep satisfaction of ihe prosperity of the people whom you repre sent. I should be most happy to extend my visit throughout your Commonwealth ; to visit your common schools,your academies, and higher sem inariesl of education ; to visit your workshops, yoOr manufactories ; to visit your agricultural districts, and witness the prosperous labprs of vour husbandmen. All this would give tae plea sure, but it would be incompatible with my pub tic duties. In a few days I must return to the seat of our common Government. Your allusion to the Union meets my! hearty response. There is an altar at which we may all worship. However much we may differabout local or temporary questions of policy, on the question, of. the Union we,ftrq unitdd.J.VJtp,are all agreed to preserve it. We recognise the Uni on in-all our public acts. We recognise fit now and here. In; this imposing welcome, which you have extended to me,.I see but the feet that the whole Union is receiving honor front one of the States which form the Union. t If Ihe President may make war, (is, by abus ing his powers, we have sejjn he maji,) and then, under the claim of belligerent rights, jnay collect revenues, establish courts, try, Condemn, and hang the citizens, wharm a state ofjwar, is left for Congress to do, and ; become of bur consti ttio and the; institutions eatabl!hed Mnder it 1 Under the dogmas of Kxectitive Infallibility on the part of the"President;andof passivejobedience on the part of the People, practically asserted by the war party, the only use we have br a Coo gress is to furnish ttoe President mooev for what ever uses he may demand, and to bear all the odium of Exectttive blunders that 'can. possibly be est off t he. President,, .;' . But all reflecting minds perceive that ifcls ike of things must soon lead to a military deiqMisin, in which the constitution and the free institutions it establishes will be utterly egulphed It estab lishes for the Executive a practical omnipotence over all the department s of the GovernmentTata l to freedom and repnblicanrsm C7nnnnaft'4ii DEFINING THEIR POSITION " Ex-President Tyler has avowed his preference for Gen. Taylor for the next Presidency. Tht Whig papers of New York intimate that President Polk will shortly make the same avowal. " H ' 1 1 ! f Our i are the plans of fair delightful peace, tarp'dlby party rage to lite like brothers." M Unttoty RALEIGH, N, C. Friday July 95 1847, 3 ! CHANGE OF PUBLICATION DAYS. Owing to the yripvoking inconvenience of the ar rangements for th departure of several of the Mails from this City, we are compelled, in order that our distant Subscribers may be furnished with their Pa pers as early as possible after their issue, tochange our days of publication. The Register will, therefore, hereafter be publ ished every Wednesday and Saturday. This arrangement will enable nearly all of our Sub scribers to receive their papers several days earlier than by the old one, and will cause no detention to the others. The Weekly Register will be dated Wednesday, and by this means we shall be able to start our Paper to the Targe body of our Subscribers in the Eastern and Western sections of the State, on the same day that it is published. Advertisements, &c. must be handed in by 10 or lTo'clock, A. M., on Tuesday and Friday, in order to ensure their insertion in the forthcoming number of the Register. CT Vre learn by the "Standard,-' that Lieut. Col. Fago, with his Company, had arrived at Ca margo on the 10th of June, and that Capt Grehn W. Caipwei.l, with his Company of Dragoons, was expected in a few days. Col. Fagg had not lost a man on his way, and his Company had experienced but little sickness. COL. 0UIS D. WILSON. ! It is at length rendered certain, after a number of contradictory reports, that this Officer has accepted the Colonelcy of the 12th Regiment U. S. Infantry. He returned to his home in this Slate, from the Scat of War, tia Washington City, a week or two ago, with the iutention of leaving again soon for Mexico, to take oootraand of his Regiment C7" Wo regret to learn thp melancholy intelli gence of the death of Exum L. Whitaker, Com missary to the North Carolina Regiment Mr! Wuitaker was appointed to office but a few -months since by the President, and was a young gentleman of excellent character and of much promise. He wasa son of Spier Whkakcr, Esq. of Halifax, late Attorney General of the State. Ia it entirely certain that the active leaders In the Ute Taylor Meeting will not take back their words before six months shall havt- passed airtjl-StandvrdJ It is positively certain, that the Standard's' friends, Gen. Daniel Asa Biggs, &.c. would give "right smart' if tiny could ; take back" their vote to censure Gen. Taylor, which they gave some six months ago. The u StandardY' is an unanswered question ours, a demonstrated certainty. RUMORS OF PROBABLE PEACE. Our exchanges continue to furnish speculations in relation to an approaching peace with-Mexico, which have been circulated by the correspondents of the Press f rom Washington C ity. What is now said on the approach of peace is bat the repetition of a story with which we have been frequently entertained for several months past For aught we know, however, it may be that peace is really near at hand, though we cannot discover in the recent intelligence from Mexico, any thing to sustain the confident tone of some of the papers. It is certain that Mexico is ut terly unable to raise and equip armies capable of meeting our forces iu the fieldHand it may be that the increasing evidence of this fact forms the ground on which a speedy peace is so confidently predicted. THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAGE OF ASHLAND. A gentleman recentl v from Kentucky informs the Editor of the N. O. National that it is the intention of Mr. Clay, during the ensuing month, to become a communicant of the Episcopal Church of Lexing ton, of which he has for many years been a lay mem ber. It is also stated that the Church will endeavor to secure the services of Mr. C. as a delegate to the Episcopal Convention, to be held in one of the Northern Cities during the summer. As time passes on, (eloquently and justly remarks the National) the people look to Mr. Clay with in creased affection. The feelings oi the nation are y et to be wrought up to a higher pitch of intensity at the name of the S.ig of Ashland, than it has ever yet experienced. In permitting his defeat for President, they dimmed not th-e lustre of his fame ; but they did an injustice to themselves and to their country which will be felt by generations yet unborn. The time will come when Mr. Clay, will be.of history. His name then will stand out from among his con temporary statesmen, as does th Alps from among the surrounding mountains. Thousands of the gal lant Whigs who supported him will sleep in the patriot's grave, but there will be living gray Laired patriarchs, who are now known as the rYoungVhigs of '44 ;" they will sit by the hearth stone and refer to those st irring times, and they will lie honored and loved, because they were the friends of Mr. Ccar, and stood by his Side in the memorable, and as will then be considered, the singular contest in which he met his defeat It is a legacy of love of country to leave behind tbem, possessed by all who can be re ferred to in the future, as the political friends of Henry C-a y. GENERAL TAYLOR. . ; The "New Orleans National," learns from good authority, ttat the General's' private affairs will de mand his presence in, the United States in Novem ber next, at which time he will ask a leave of absence, and not at prssent, as has been stated Dy Of twenty-eight Whig papers published in Virginia, sixteen have come ouin favor of General Taylok for ihe Presidency. - GEN. TAYLOR' AND THE PRESIDENCY. rf : OEfERAt SCOTTUND;Mr, t. lection tCrwwWiiwto TrT" 4 of rital candidates. GeoacaWASHiNGTpN was so chosen he tvaji Presldeni pf the whole country., Ht js noto M supposed (Say tlv Baltimore A- l t. r rr . .Afi."ij.,:nTi r it limit re- "ferenceto party, will operato prevent the existence Lot parties But there aimes idien the questions dividing parties either cease to be questions s ottaj interest, irom tne preaominance 01 wuc v other, or lose heir primary importance by the de Velopeme&t of other issues.affecting more profound country. .In such cases re-organizations of parties take place. The dusty arena of conflicts, no longer possessing the interest of novelty, is abandoned ; the thrice beaten Chaff of old polemics is given to the winds; a new field opens; a wider area is displayed? The general sentiment of the country seems to be just now, tliat a crisis is at hnnd, in which a Man of Gen. Taylor's stamp is precisely the sort of Man the country needs. Having found hira without the. assistance of a Convention, the People will probably elect him without needing the interposition of such a body. It is not Gen, Taylor's military successes alone, which give him so strong a hold upon the popular affections. One can discern something of the secret of his popularity rom the way Col. Jkffebson Da vis speaks of him. He said in his speech at liew Orleans that Gen. .Taylor had shown himself the distinguished soldier of the age, yet he was equally remarkable for his kindness of heart and sinaplicitly of habits, his strong judgment and excellent sense. He alluded to the fact that Gen. Taylor had sh.atd the humblest soldier's fortune in the campaign ; that he had iu every thing identified himself with his troops. He alluded to that hour of the battle of Bu e'na Vista, when the day seemed, if not lost, to be going ngainst our arms when Gen. Taylor, amidst the thickest of the iron hail, rode upon the plateau, and calmly surveyed the scene. Vast as "were the consequences of that hour, he appeared to fear no danger, expect no harm. From that moment (said Colonel Davis) the volunteers felt assured of victory. The presence of that old man inspired a courage that could not be overcome ; and not a soldier pres ent, said he, (pointing to the Regiment before him:) but felt then willing to die rather than to yield an inch. , It was not (continued Col. D.-.tif) alone on tie battle field that we learned to love Gen. Taylor. The excitement of the carnage over, the same soul that could remain unmoved when his friends were falling like leaves around him, who could look unblanchcd upon the front of the thundering artillery, became the poor soldier's most sympathising friend, and the eye so stern in battle was as mild as the tender hearted matron's. ANOTHER RETREATING "DEMOCRAT." Samuel F. Rice, Esq. a leading member of the Locofoco party in Alabama, residing in the Con gressional District formerly represented by Felix G. McCoxsell, of whom he was at one time the unsuccessful opponent, iu virtue of the nomination of a Locofoco Caucus, is now in the field in opposi tion to McConnell?s successor, Mr. Bowde.v. He is of course harged by the Locofoco papers in his District, with producing ; discord and disunion in the Democratic ranks." In reply to this charge, Mr.'Ricc states that the disunion and discord com plained of arc ascribable to other causes that is to say, " to certain measures of Mr. Polk's- adminis tration, and to the acts of the last Congress." Among the ' measures of which he complains, is Mr. Polk's getting ourcountry into this very popular war with Mexico, as the Union assures us it is, when, as Mr. Rice truly declares, " it was as easy to avoid a war with Mexico about Texas as it was to avoid a War with Great Britain about .Oregon " As in the latter case the President consulted the Senate before taking any decisive step towards Great Britain, Mr, Rice expresses his surprise that he should have adopted such a decisive course towards Mexico, "without consulting either branch of Con gress." This act of usurpation, together with the censure of Gen. Taylor,- and th efforts to supersede him by the appointment of Benton as Lieutenant General, and some other acts to' which he refers, has induced Mr. Rice to dissolve his old party relations, and to come out, as Jie docs decidedly, iu favor of Gen. Taylor for the next Presidency. A LETTER. The u Standard," and other Loco Foco Prints, it will be recollected, a short time since, charged the Whigs with misrepresentations" touching certain movements in Mexico, and declared that a certain Proclamation, issued by General Taylor, in June, 184G, was his expressed opinion as to the cause of the war. The " National Intelligencer" gravely in troduces the following order, which, shows the oriia of the Proclamation : Letter of the Stcretary of War to General Taylor. War Department. June 4, 1846. Sir: 1 send herewith a number of copies of a proc lamation in the Spanish language, addressed to the people of Mexico, whfch you are requested to sign, and cause to be circulated in the manner, and to the extent you may deem proper. You will use your utmost endeavors to have the pledges "and; promises therein contained carried out to the fullest extent. There are also Sent some copies of the proclaraation in the English, language. l.. Very respectfully, your b't serv'r, I, -t . W. L, MAitCY, Secretary of Wari Brevet Major General Z. Taylor, ' Commanding Army! of Occupation, Texas. . MIL POLK IN BOSTON. The President made his . entree into Boston, -on Tuesday, in a shower of rain. He was received with the usual ceremonies and escorted through the prm-J cipal streets to his Iodines at the Reverd House. I -The Atlas says when ttiage iri'which th sident was placed, passed the lower end of the Old State House, a stout old gentleman, evidently uneasy at tho plentiful lack" of enthusiasm which prevailed, took off his h iid cried oat, with a lond vqjee, " Three cheers:fnre&.iacksonnd all his friends." This unexpected dxaftupon the patriotism . of the crowd was duly honored by a lud laugh; Even the President could cot resist smiling at the singularity of the appeal VIRGINIA SPECiAIi ELECTION, We learn from th Richmond WMg that at the special election held in Morgan on the 2Jth nlt to supply -the vacancy the House of Delegates, oc casioned by the" resignation of Awoaxw Michael Esq., la conseqneBce of art alleged informality in April last, that gentleman has been re-elected by a majority of 13 votes. 1 Parties are now tied in the Legislature on joint ballot It fd wall ral Scott was sent to Mexico with a fu)i J; . . . -Mi 0Ternm(. ne anticipate!, jirea upon w the rear was his back well turned, than the and pertinaciously pressed, for aupersedi Lieutenant Geoeral c Benton. Wl. ien tit fortunately put their veto onon . TristafrVJnrte State Departmcw out to direct him, and tofw-vri,i. .' . l '.TMI anticipated, Lag J tween Gen. bcott and Mr. Trist, nnl the ,jl -may, in its progress, .seriously embarrass lt and ieopard tlie public interests Vl,att culty is, a Jala pa correspondent of tli.' Republican thus sets forth: 'p' I neglected, in the hurry of Writing tr mcntion.that a warm and somcwn-it ' 1 jinu orosi-n oiu wawren en. Scott rind tl tfr tne OLitejJeprtment, Mr. Trisr. ;1,0 l here as a sort of Generalissimo of ml M :rwy. x ins is tne same iir. Trist if er. iinmrted to Charles Innpooi ,k i ' mi; Kno'tr the existfnce of private an3 confidential ' Secretary Buchanan, and who found cmtj , which Mr. Ingersoll unconstitutionally mJ them, which enabled him to make hLj and puerile attack upon-Mr. Webbtcr. ' This Mr. Trist, jn the exercise of yiKiiary uivti. ait'x uuniiuy puwcri". anctrejvcrf 1 io jrcu. ocoit, uirecimg mm as to what i must make with his troops. A portion of rections were such as Gen. Scott bi'lienjl' J war with the best interests of our govern the tendency of which would biU,!' H..UA ! .! . p 1 . . 1 correspondence growing out of this oprnion. that was the immediate result o ture. Copies of all the correspondenf rrert aave Oeen transmitted by Gen. Scott u Department; and if. at the next stssit gress. they are not voluntarily r product tsfJil (lysett - fct: seflsi . that they should' see the public light of jthis of a resolution calling for them.7' rishcJjflj " dd'ncl THE BATTLE. OF BUENA Vi,h f ,t Brilliant as was the victory achieved L- ii.atlH Taylor;s Army at Bueua Vista, the crnsto sat resulting from that victory stamp it with tl ' ' of importance which has scarcely bn fVH1, Jf ciated by the country. A-a fete of arwsjadeil$ii' Journal of Commerce, (a paper friendly to ccouaio ministration,) truly remarksyit has never bisturiy passed in our history, and perhaps never prr:c3fcc But who has reflected on the fearful conAt 3 tftflo that would have resulted from the defeat of i0i-"'- Taylor at that place ? The same point, forcibly remarks: praifi "By maintains his position, Gen. TavnrVe W ? ui 1: .! . S his whole line of operations from Buenii V Xh" rl m mouth of the Rio Grande, while by faihnrm c $it. army of 30,000 men, was left in a most fm- d it ion, with scarcely a day's ration. anh? T between him and the means of subsistence F F $m kins this attempt unon Gen. Tavlor. Sarin 11 5. T O effect abandoned Vera Crux to its fate-' losses which he sustained in the battle subtil deprived him of the means of successful r. even iu the difficult and seemingly impregj v' files of Cerro Gordo. It is now evident, , was so at the time,) that the Battle of Bueil , . " was the key to the whole campaign. , Uponf " sue Santa Anna hazarded every thing nl!' 1 knew it Hence the intensitv of the stricvr J vv nac nas 6inee toixowea, was the natu most necessary consequence of his dt feat, tolf o...-.T-n success, if you chose to-call it so.) at Buem! co as Iftf K n olrYict ciitai-Vi nmnn tiff, ...f a 1 1. ... serve the lasting gratitude of the ' countn.!8ifl will receive it." ' ItTO atlaj .,. fntai UivJS. TAlL.UK SlJFliliSLDU j The New Orleans National- savs: -JJeic.'. what we conceive to be undoubted authoritjft'' !'J iiug, mat ucii. a. ty lur mis ueeu sujjcrouwi command.- An express passed through Hi some weeks siucc, with the credit of beark.J,he,ti news to Gen. Taylor : iu due course of tim4$rflt ?B mor comes from Monterey that suck is telj?i' that Gen. Taylor is hereafter, as a svbtr&x rveryti report to Gen. Scott, and through him to pfee Department at Washington." 'af l,'if Tho National proceeds to commeat jj statement as follows: , T"V;o tnof. opt nf nn nntiiTr-ir A Imuii.t'K.-t " """"t-f j - run.''. hostilities,- neglect, ana not an opportunity has seen ptz:- si to pass, that could be taken advantage iL vj fi and harass him. The intention has been Ill Gen. Taylor into some act ofindiseretionth. flrr.-iJ nm I fir. Kim nnnATtn1ii Kfrro tlia j-tstnnlp 1L ' . X C . MU -l ' o tar, the enemies ot the uid nero n disappointed in their expectations, as tbeyff5jt be; but Mr. Polk has lost his judgment, jp, -sfied precisely, the course of conduct h? ctt elevate the man he wished to destrov. 'Itn- imagine a more total ignorance of the fe, t govern the people of this oountn-. thun I from the Administration. Three times bwi . it on the battle .field, when his defeat wouwV, . volved it in total ruin, without afftctingbi1? ita.ry fame ; and for such vast services o hi:- v" predated by themation, he is without cem jht prived of hU troops, and finally has the ico r But thie war on Ge. Taylor is all fruitl- ; nlrl Chif HnKmit nAttPnf.lv find looks V " Tenec,-' ---'Tf-- " f: " THJ2 PRESIDENT AND THE P1? " Si The Hartford Courant in its docouni c ij of Mr. Polk to that City says: fexi"-' L " A halt was raadeVhen the President -"ky t- 4 j posite Mr. Siffourney'a residence, and .Mr vtho ney presented him a bouquet of flowers-' 2. TL . This was very pretty and very proper r -JJ bnt thft fnllnwinfl. wliion vrc finil'ni the 3iW!,t;-oil! Ee!f.rs? i.-If f We nnderstand that while the PrcsiJcSv f Krsc Mr-SigQurney's, a rogue took from the toU!lexicn4 nAnAit'K&canil tnrt ,VitAa nmLl TW11S. t . r m , GENERAL MINON, LNr Wiom Santa Anna denounced for want and courage' at Buena Vista, has publishel , jBnWcarefutation of the charge brongbPrpf ' him.f He'oclares thit the assertion madegrfe Anniif the want; cvf provisions and water J iml.l r7cr,wl ' Ha sflVM that hC nlDV - ' ' cattle to the number of six hundred heai l . maize and ffoar, of which' he apprized ban") t' - n lurtner asserts, uuu o ianw .,i justifiable : that the manner of it was still n- j K;t , moviitff Off tn the darkness or.tnenigni, hundrwla f his rioor wunuea KOiuiero -it ... . . . r in f JUL . n the field, more like s ... ... i-j:fP. . ; fugitive - nwi uk - f -. t irinir td recruit blS : It was to prevent these facts from being nw loir, that he (Gen. Minon) was persecuted, unill c and denied communication with his frieu'i r ing. not only that he was to have artail of force, which has never been triven l, J2 ne WflS to Tie mrmortAri hv thr. rt. ' ft "J .. uutc will seal its fate with the American conduct towards Gen. Taylor from the ,'' -ment of actual hostilities,- has been characlfrfbe CtJ i I VERY TIGHTLY B0UN0 ' V Wl- . . 7, ,:; ; i ry I - ',-.!.. ?! - ' .- Ji : i . v. i
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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