OlEEAL MVS.
CALIFORNIA POUTICS HOME - MALE
CONTEXTS. Our rruiVr will rem em her that Convention
to frame SitOontitutioH preparatory tnadmis
in into the Union assembled s Monterey, Calf
loraia.oo )st ticrtcmber !at. Up to the 1st day
of October tb Convention btd not fully accom
plished the work for which it,wa convened, thou gh
the outline of a Constitution hid been agreed up
on, which bad passed through the fiut leading
without any opposition, and no doubt exists that, it
this time, the article reported haw become the
Constitution of California. This Constitution, as
reported does not differ materially from those of the
other free States of tha Union. The clause most
interesting to the South, is found in XVII section
of that instrument which we give entire :
"Neither slavery, trot involuntary servitude, un
less for the punishment of crime, shall over be tol
erated in this State."
Thus it Will be seen that California itself baa
eettled, aa we have predicted it would, this vexed
question of slavery, and seettled it too without
dissenting voice ; for although there were many
members of that body from tlx" Southern States, the
ection prohibiting slavery was unanimously adop
ted. ":-,.v;;.;
Th reader will be surprised, if any inconsisten
cy of the opposition can surprise him, to learn that
ome of the Democratic papers of the South are
not merely denouncing the action of the Conven
tion but denying its fight to determine this ques
tion ; and as a matter of course th result is attrib
uted to the influence and indirect interferenc of
Oen. Taylor. Without stopping to notice this rid
iculous charge against the President, we shall very
briefly ehow that the Democracy of Virginia, at I
least and we believe tbey claim to be the peculiar
defender of the South r forever estopped from
questioning the right of th Convention to deter
mine whether slavery should be tolerated or not.
In the first place they are estopped from denying
this right, iy theiy support of Gen. Cats, whose
views on this subject, contained in his celebrated
Nicholson letter, they endorsed and defended. In
that famous epistle Gen. Cass declared explicitly
that he "was in favour of leaving to the people of
any territory which may be hereafter acquired the
right to determine It the question of slavery for
themselves." Can any language be plainer than
this t He says the people of the territories, in their
territorial capacity as the Whig correctly inter
preted the meaning of the expression, have the
right to settle th question. Well, the Democrats
of Virginia by their vote for Gen. Cass and their
strenuous defence of bis letter say so too ; though
we are free so eonfeu that their wdutiont differ
ed from Gen. Cass' position. A they may claim
( m usual) to be judged by what they say rather
t mn bv'whut they do, we shall show, in th second
' -. !.iai tnry uru estopped from all complaint of
. it nreinst the South, by the formal edict
i." i -iVd in Richmond in 1848
,: njj a programme of its prin-
t iNxly solemnly affirmed that "that
w ni no uower either in Congress, or any where
else, save in the people of a territory, in the adop
tion of a State Constitution preparatory to admis
sion into tb Union" to decide thi question: Is
not thi, too, sufficiently explicit 1 They declare
that "th peopl of a territory in the adoption of a
State Constitution preparatory to admission into
th Onion" hav the exclusive right to determine
this question j and yet when California, strictly in
obediene to rite principle contended for, presumes
to exercise the right thus clearly conceded, she is
coolly reminded by the very subscribers to these
tenet that she Is transcending her powers and
compromising the rights of th South I On both
these issues, that made by Gen. Cass and that by
the Virginia Convention, the action of California
( perfectly defensible. She ha fully complied
with both requirements and still failed to give sat
isfaction. Congress can't settle thi question, say
Gent Cass and th Virginia Democracy, bnt "the
peopl of th territorie" ,may, says th former ;
"that they may," say th latter, but with thi limi
tation to th power they must being forming a
Slats Constitution. Tb latter propostion being
th major, involves the minor one of Gen, Cass;
bat when California "in adopting a Slate Constitu
tion preparatory to admission into the Union," in
troduce a clause prohibiting slavery th Virginia
resolutiooisi cry "hold on ! not so fast if you
pic- Just wait till w com and tlien we'll de
cid this question right." Thi 1 another speci
men of Democratic consistency.
Tb truth is, w hav been fairly beaten in this
' Matter, and however much we may regret ft, let
s submit In decent and becoming manner to the
' decision against as. Mr. Walker, Mr. Buchanan
and Gen. Cass all told ss that slavery could not
list there and the' peopl of California have still
northern phatically assured ntof th tact.
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES AND ES--.
v TijtATES. - . . .
Tb imposition journal r now Ming p their
vmc aloud against th Administration of Presi
dent Tayxc for iu extravagant expenditures.
Every dollar it ba paid out ha been disbursed
ander th appropriation bills of the late administra
tion ; and already th cry is abroad that these pes
I lent Wmos are plunging the country into debt,
and placing all manner of burden on the shoulder
f Mm oppressed and plundered peopl. fney
know perfectly well jatt now that this i aO eipn
and falsehood; but they will repeat it s often he
fur the year i at.thal they will begin to believe
It themselves, and to treat it as an admitted luster
ical (.r.t Their policy is to tret all their state
tuetua a admitted, aales they s contradicted
wad disproved, and" toett to nwesr to t lie truth of
lhtin, o the Bound of their hemg admitted. ?w
.x:hagtd so and . W bv npaatedhf
rtrgd sosnd W brisrgd so an so
iis,J Vuv m kv not denied it , Yon
dr not deny it. 'Wear prparJ to ovtk oatb
Hat it M sn aud so, seat yoj hav not denied
f-- k the Mann is which Locofoco facte ar
sarsdsWWftf!s, Ui W. Upim
fact that tm YVwos are always spending t! peo
ple's awn-y, and that llie Locofoco are forever
twuy looking after lira string boxes, aud taking
car that the treasury is not plundered. It is a
well-received Locofoco fact that th Administra
tion of Mr. Adaju wa shockingly extravagant;
and that it nearly ruined the country in the deco
rations of the East Room. The people have had
a succession of pure, virtuous, and economical ad
ministrations and now tb Wums hav gut into
power, and the country is to be ruined again' in six
months' time, by the payment of debts that their
Locofoco predecessors hare contracted. It will
not be ami to refrestTthe memories of our Loco
foco friends by a few figures; which we advise
them to run over before they pen their next allega
tions in regard to VVhio extravagance.
There was expended by Mr. Adams' adminis
tration, in the four years, the sum of 49,313,313.
This was some four millions more than were ex
pended during Mr. Monroe' second term ; but the
opposition and the Richmond Enuuirer "astonish
ed and electrified" the people into the belief that
Mr. Adams was ruining the country.
General Jackson was to take the burden from
the shoulders of the people, and show them, wilb
the aid of Mr. Kendall, how they were to enjoy
the blessings of a frugal government There was
expended during his first term $56,249,879. This
was only some 7,000,000 of additional burden;
but the Democratic presses assured the people that
every thing was managed in the snuggest and most
economical manner possible, and that they were
in the enjoyment of much more "frugal" govern
ment, though it was spending a great deal more
money.
In the second term of General Jackson's adminis
tration, the expenditures mounted up to 87,130,
428 ; and this wa so much more economical so
satisfactorily frugal, that the Democratic journal!!
recommended his appointee, Mr. Van Bukln, as
the most suitable person in the world to continue
this kind of relief to the oppressed and tax-ridden
Mr. Van Buren came into the administration.
and made as many flourishes about economy as
his predecessor and the Globe furnished its daily
certificate to the effect that every thing was right,
and that tb administration of affairs was on the
most economical scale. Iu his four years, Mr. Van
Boren and his co-patriots mansged to make way
with 112,188,691, or something more than twice
as many millions a Mr. Adam. Thus Locofoco
economy used up twice as much money as Whic
extravagance. .....
John Tyler's administration we pass over. It
was not Whio ; it was not Locofoco. It was sn
anomaly. It waa neither fish, flesh, nor fowl If
it had been pur Locofoco, it would have been
marked by the usual Locofoco corruption and ex
travagance. But the Harrison (tart made it com
paratively honest. There were no defalcations
that w remember and it expenditure were
some 30,000,000 less than those of th adminis
tration immediately preceding.
And bow we com to the last pure, Baltimore
platferm, Locofoco, Polk administration ; and here
we find that Locofoco economy has multiplied Mr.
Adams' extravagance by three. Instead of 49f
000,000, the aggregate expenditure of the four
years amounted to 148,934,409 1
Yet, in view of these familiar facts, the Opposi
tion journals have the impudnc to contrast Loco
foco economy with Whig extravagance I The
contrast is certainly very striking, bnt it is staking
ly against Locofocois'n. It is nardly credible that
men will venture upon such experiments ; and yet
pretend to' believe in the intelligence of the people
whom they Insult by their falsehoods. Republic,
ARREST EXTRAORDINARY.
One of the most singular instance of crime that
we have read of, has just been detected at Astoria,
Long Island, few miles from New York.
In May last, diabolical attempt was made to
destroy the live of Thomas Warner, Esq. and hi
family, at Brooklyn, by what is called "an infernal
machine," a viz : small tin box filled with combus
tible matter, the lid of which being opened, a terri
fic explosion ensued, carrying away part of the
rooms and hurling the window into the street ;
while Mr. Warner and hi family, narrowly es
caped destruction. A reward of 1000 being of
fered for the discovery of the perpetrators, a police
officer has ever since been secretly engaged in fer
reting them out, and at last has succeeded. A
man named Samuel Drury and his son have been
arrested and committed for trial, The father was
living on farm of his own worth 16,000, is pro
prietor of the Merchant's Bank at Canaudagua,N.
Y. is worth 80,000 ( and had been regarded by
his neighbors a an honest upright man.
The officer had employed two notorious rogues
to engage Drury in a conversation on the subject,
at place where what be said could be overheard
by witness. In this conversation Drury admitted
that be had constructed th machine and sent his
son disguised a Spanish negro to Mr. Warner'
house with it ) that he had used his best efforts t
destroy Mr. Warner and his fam'fy with it, and re
gretted exceedingly Ms want of success. He also
urged the individuals with whom he was convers
ing, to make a similar attempt.
On this information warrant wae issued for
hi arrest and that of bis son. On searching bis
house were found, two large boxes of gold watch'
s two boxes containing valuable watch works, a
a small box of watch-springs, and a variety uf oth
er tilings in the watch-making line, evidently the
result of several depredations; about 1 5,600 worth
in all ; also a Urge press for coining a number of
doubloons, dollars, and Hsytien money, square of
glass for altering bank notes, fancy type for inser
ting letters, chemical stuff for erasiog ink, pone he
for making dies and ether article f a similar
character. ''..!.-' . i ,:-
Mr. Drury will he spt to find out, at last, that
"bomwty 1 the best policy." Fay. OIs.
: THE CABIXET CHANGES.
The report that Mr. Clayton was to resign as
Secretary ot ptate, an that Mr. Wy wa to as
sume ks ardoon duties, is the emphatically eoa-ti-adictfd
by the New York Express : "We have
the bsst authority for ssying, that if such a thing is
ever to take place, nobody know anything about
it-awt even & parties anal internal," p
, - Washington, November 31, 1849.
The French Difficult j Settled Reception of Mr.
Rites 17 Slat Quertion CoW Webb'
Appointment Franca, drc -"
The difficulty with France is good as settled.
Louis Napoleon is on excellent terms with Mr.'
Rive with whom he has even conferred as to the
A mericans in Paris, whom it would be proper to in
vite to bis entertainments. ,
"The correspondence between Senator Foote and
Mr. Qingraan, published in yesterday's intelligent
cer, has created deep impression, which I trust,
will not be without its effect on the sober-minded
m-:i of the Union. It is true that the slave ques
tion should be taken out of the political arena and
disposed of in a summary manner ; but I am afraid
this will not be done without a struggle.
It is whispered that Col. Webb's appointment to
Austria has been reconsidered in the Cabinet but
I Kill believe that Mr. Webb will receive the
Chargeship, which is shortly to be changed into a
full mission.
Boston, November 31, 1849.
POLYGAMY AMONU THI MORMON.
A lady of Lynn, in our State, who has recently
return J from th Monnaa settlement at th Great
Salt Like, confirms the statement which appeared
a few days since in the Philadelphia JVortl Ameri
can, that the laws of the community permit tb
men to have as many wives a they can support
the young being able to tako care of five or six on
ly, and the older, twenty-Jive or thirty! They seem
to have adopted the Mahommedan practice of a
plurality of wives, though they do not keep them
shut up harems. It will be a question whetherour
laws are elastic enough to cover community in
which polygamy is practised, however conscien
tious the ladies and gentlemen may be, by whom
it is followed. ' If Descret is admitted as polyga
mous State, it will make odd work with our t Uute
books. . . .. . ;
CALIFORNIA CONTRADICTIONS.
As sn instance of the contradictions of Califor
nia letter-writers, take the following : A corres
pondent of the Portsmouth Journal write!, under
date of September 27tb,"Irike living in tne mines;
it is healthier there, far more so, than in San Fran
cisco." One of th "boys" writes laconcially to
his friend in this city : "California be d d. Par
ticulars in my next." A Nantucket says : "The
whole country is barren place. I suppose lum
ber will be high for some time to tome, for I bear
that a great many more fool are on their way
here." Another writes : "I am not exactly sorry
that I came here, bnt I wouldn't advise any of my
friends to come." Three more vessels left this
port to-day, carrying in all three hundred passen
gers. One more specimen of our New England
corressondehc from California, and 1 have done.
A poor fellow, who has seen the elephant, from
proboscis to tail, writes: "Should William and
Stephen feel at all inclined to come this way, let
them ask mother for blanket, little hard bread
and poor water, and then let them sleep out doors
for one week before they start."
A RUMOR VERIFIED.
The Rev. Dr. Forbes, of St. Lake's Church,
writes tne following letter, confirming the truth of
a previous report :
New Yok, 31st. Nov., 1849.
To the Rev. Wo. Berrisn, D. D., President of the
Standing Committee of the Diocese of New York:
Rev. and dear sir .-You may conceive that it is
with no ordinary emotion that I feel myself con
strained to declare to you, as prresident of the
standing committee of the dioces of New York,
that it is my intention no longer to exercise the
misery of the Protestant Episcopal Ohurch.it hav
ing beoom my deep and conscientious conviction
that duty to God require of me to nnite myself to
the one Holy Catholic and Aposto'ic Church in
communion with the see of Rome, to which alone
I feel that my allegiance ( due.
' With great personal consideration,
I remain, rev'd and dear sir,
JOHN MURRAY FOBES.
GEORGIA.
The Locofoco Legislature has turned out eight
Whig Judges of the Superior Courts, putting Lo
cofocos in their place. Speaking of Ibis proscrip
tion, the Georgia Recorder says,
"The Bench, that sound spot where politics
should never go, has been ruthlessly assailed and
prostituted for opinion sake ; and that too by a par
ty who are ever denouncing Goneral Taylor for-
qualizing the office botween the two parties !
W hat-shameless hypocrisy!
And again: Who have said more against the
Wilmot Precise, and attempted to prejudice Ger.
Taylor's administration in public estimation before
it had acted on that subject, than the Democratic
party of Georgia t Now look at the facte i John
H. Lumpkin, who voted for the Wilmot Proviso,
has cen elected Judge of th Cherokee Circuit.
"Alfred I version, who advised Mr. Polk to sign
this measure, has been elected Judge of th Chat
tahoochee Circuit.
"Jams Jackson and Henry R. Jackson, who
approve and sustain the course of Cobb and Lump
kin, each have been honored with a Judgeship.
Fay. Olt
MORE ANNEXATION. "
Late account make it certain that Mr. Squier,
U. 8. Charge de Affairs in Central America, l a
negotiated a Treaty with the Republic of Hoodu
ras, by which the Island of Tigre, In the Gulf of
Fonces, has been ceded to the United States.
The object of this scquisiliou is said to be, to check
mate Britain i the matter of the Nicaragua C
ul this bland commanding the cutlet of this Ca
nal in the Pacific. So that, though England cla mi
to have the control of a portion of the territory
through which theCtna! must pass, the United
States have both the Atlantic and Pacific outlets,
Octiaoi on Beaott. A scoundrel at the'
Boston Museom, when the crowd were passing
out, on Tbnrsdsy evening, deliberately cut off
thiee or bar ringlets from young ldy nock.
Hearing the click of the Missels, the young lady
quickly turned around and uttered a scream, but
the perpetrator oft Is) outrage had fled,
" The Legacy or tub Mexican War Debt, of i
fifteen or twenty millions, announced semi-officiai-ly
aa what our Government in its expenditure ex-:
eeeds its income, is but a partial instalment of the
legacies which will be constantly coming from that
4oorcc---ia aopltoattoe tor pensions, sou lor
losses of horses and other property, are almost in
numerable, and when they will end no man can
tell. For the "glory" of wr we must thus expect
to pay ; but wbeo we reflect upon ka cost, glory
has severe drawbacks, , , , f t s
Among these drawbacks, no doubt, there Is one
which will ba pressed upon the incoming Congress,
and that is, the necessity now of continuing on in
the abandonment of all the internal improvements
of the country, We shall hear that as the coun
try has run fifteen millions in debt, there "are now
fifteen millions of reasons why the country should
not undertake to improve its rivers and harbors."
Thus, in consequence or the cost of the Mexican
war, the opponent of the whole system of improve
ments are to b furnished with showy argument
against the Improvement and progress of the coun
try. More lives are to be sacrificed upou our lakes
for want of breakwater and harbors ; the "snags"
and "sawyers" are yet to continue in our river
and property is to be sacrificed on all sides, because
a great country is yet to be taxed to pay for de
funct war.
Instead of giving much force, however, to such
arguments, it strike us they furnish good reason
for invigorating the Tariff so as to make it meet
the expense of this war. There is no reason for
entailing upon this age a paralysis in it career,
because a war has bequeathed us a legacy of debt.
Whatever of fjree there is in the arguments, only
goes to show that we should forthwith raise duties
enough to meet our expenditures, and to protect
lilc it iid property upon our rivers, lukes,and coasts.
I'o sacrifice uiiiuitii beings year after year, and
im'ii.. ns ui , roperty, becauso we hesitate to pay I
the exp' iit' of protecting them, is not only cruel,
but the worst sort of political economy, v
If the Tariff of 1846 was execured in good faith,
or rather was executable, there is but little doubt
lhat in the main it would afford revenue enough to
meet expenses and pay off debts. The ad valorem
frauds and evasions of that act, however, put it
out of the power of the Secretary of the Treasury
or thi Appraisers to execute the law in its spirit
and intent, Mr. Walker made the effort in se
ries of circulars, which fill a flour barrel in quanti
ty, and he stretched th letter of the law till it of
ten broke in his bands; but it is impossible honest
ly and fairly to collect the revenue, under any u-
niveisal system of ad valorem. As well pass a
law making all men equally long, or equally lean,
or equally fat, or of equal weight, as expect a lev
elling horizontal sysrem of ad talorems to be exe
cutable. To confound cigar and silks, molasses
and bar iron, in on genus and species of duties,
is about as natural as an effort to amalgamate the
things themselves. Untsl all such unuatural laws
are abolished, th Tariff will not only not yield e-
nough to pay th expenses of the Government, but
we must stop in our career of Internal Improve
ments. A. Y. Express.
AnoTKCK Leaf at Hungarian Biography At
a banquet, given at ne of th Hamburg Hotels,
recently, in honor of several distinguished refugees,
ust arrived there from Hungary, one of the speak
ers on the occasion exclaimed "Hungary is crush
ed to death !" Klapka, who was present, replied
impulsively. t
"No ! no ! Hungary is not crushed to death :
she is but a little relaxed from ber horrible strug
gle with two overwhelming powers ; but verily she
wants only a breath to inflame her again to a sec
ond heroical insurrection.
This General Klapka was one of the truest sol
diers, and one of the most consistent patriots who
played a part in the Hungarian struggle. What
he says, therefore, carries with it a weight whic h
entitles it to credit and consideration.
Being asked if the rumored stipulations of the
treaty of capitulation of comorn for a general am
nesty to all Hungarian captives, including Count
Bathiany, were true he answered :
"It had not been positively granted, but as a mat'
ter of honor and humanity it was solemnly prom'
ised as soon as Comorn should be surrendered.
He hastened, from this motive, the conclusion of
the treaty of surrendering." , :
What follow the Journal of Commerce has had
translated from some of the German papers ;
Georgey was characterised by Gen. Klapka as
a real traitor and common-place egotist, destitute
of all lofty inspirations for the holy cause of liberty
He further believes that Georgey, who has been
overrated, may not have despised Russian gold
but Hi not ascertained, though no doubt exists,
thit he frustrated the plan of Kossuth for annihil
ating the Austrain Government at Vienna, last
Springs which was a matter of no difficulty before
the inroad of th Russians as the Austrains were
at that time entirely routed.
Georgey also anxiously concealed from the Hun
Parian army Die report of the glorious sally of the
garrison of Comorn on the 3d of Angus, ander
Klapka; and it did not become known till after
his defection on the 13th of August Tb disas
trous catastrophe at Vilago wa to snch a degree
perplexing, that every hspe from resistance vanish
ed. Klapka wa at that ume recruiting 0000 men,
and preparing for an mvou of Btyna,
Th highest veneration is paid by Klapka to the
genius and greatness of the character of Kossuth
In Klapka' opinion, Kossuth armed too much at
once, and was too decided for the entire Indepen
dence of Hungary, and for a republican govern
ment. But f.ir litis, the most favorable conditions
would hive been agreed to, in the Spring, by Aus
tria, unit r English and French guaranty, .
Th- emigration from Hungary is now daily in
creasing. Tliere are 160 Hungarian now
H .mburgh, and th most liberal collections have
been made for them. The banker Heine, for In
stance, has subscribed for himself alone, fiOOO
marks banco, equivalent to 3000.' General Klap
ka da gon to England, where be will hve aa
interview with Kossuth, who i expected there on
tba6lbinsL
The editor of the Washington Union announce
oracularly lhat there ti "rascality somewhere."
Few men bare better reason to be eonscion
of that unquestionable fact Ifluis Jaurnnl.
RAIL ROAD HE-TINd IN FRANif.LlNTON.
A respectable meeting of th citizens of Frank
lin County, met at tiio Rail Road Hotel 1n the
towaof Frankllnton,oo the 17th instant, for the
purpose of appointing delegates to the Rail Road
Convention, to be held in Greeneboroagh on th
29th instant ; and Was organised by appointing
Col. Edward T. Fowlke Chairman, and VV. II.
Joyner Secretary, .
' The Chairman briefly explained the object of
the meeting in a neat and pertinent address ; and
on motion, appointed a committee composed of the
following penoo, to draft resolution for the action
of the meeting, via ; W. F. HilHard, Willie Perry,
Jr., Dr. L. A. Jeffreys P. P. Perry and J,. IL
Whitfield ; who, after a short retirement, came in
and reported the following Resolution t
Resolved, That too much praise cannot be a
warded to the last General Assembly, for the pat
riotism manifested in passing th act to incorpor
ate the North Carolina Rail Road, and that we
cordially approve said act
Resolved, That we heartily approve the contem
plated Convention of the friends of the North Car
olina Rail Road, to be held at Greeniborough on
the 29th inst., and that the Cliainmn appoint
twenty delegates to Ittend said Convention.
Iu obedience to the J mt Resolutions the Chair
man appointed the following delegates, viz : Cle
ment Wilkin, R. C. Maynard, Dr. W. W. Green,
John D. Hawkins, Sr., B. B. Lewis, P. C. Person.
Willie Perry, Jr., Isaac II. Davis, Robert S. Glenn,
Dr.L. A. Jeffreys, AlL-n C. Perry, Thomas B
Tharranton, Capt. W. II. Simons, W. F. Hilliard,
James Shaw, Rich'd. F. Yarbrough, Dr. Willie
perry, David VV. npivey, Juo. D. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. P. 8. Foster; and, on motion, the Chairman
and Secretary were added to the delegation.
On motion, the thanks of the meeting were return
ed to the chairman,' for the faithful disclufge'of his
duty as presiding officer of this body.
On motion, the chairman and Secretary weredi
rected to sign the proceedings of this meeting, and
forward the same to the North Carolina Standard,
Times and Register for publication, and request all
other public papers in the State, friendly to the cause
of Internal Improvements, to publish the same ;
after which, die meeting adjourned sine die.
E. T. FOWLKE3, Chairman,
VV. H. Joyner, Secretary.
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES.
hit amusining t read in the Opposition jour
nal suggestions and censures of Whig eitrava
ganc. Already tbey begin to raise th cry of
multiplying expenditures, and increasing the bur
dens of the people, when there has not been a cent
of disbursements except under th provision of
Locofoco administration. We all remember the
alarm that waa raised by charges of thit nature du
ring the administration of Mr. Adams ; and that
the public expenditure were doubled under his
immediate successor. : We all remember that the
Richmond JEnoutrer "astonished and electrified"
th country with it article on the paltry defal-
eaton of Mr. Wateins ; and that the same jour
nal "keptdark," exceedingly dark, on the depre
dations that were committed to the amount of hun
dreds of thousand of dollar in tb post office.
land office, aud custom-houses, under the reign of
General Jackson and Mr. Van Boren. We all
know that Mr. Pout's administration oppressed the
country with the weight of an enormous debt, and
that this debt must be paid ; that Mr. Polk' ad
ministration entered into obligations to an enormous
amount, and that those obligation must be met,
And now old game i to be played over again.
The old plunder of the treasury, the very men who
by their reckless and wicked extravagance have
plunged the country into indebtedness, now talk of
"taxes falling upon llie shoulders of the people, and
paralyzing their energies by the crushing weight
of debt"
This is a liitU too ban faced but the most bra
zen impudence and the most base hypocrisy hav
coased to "astonish or electrify" us. We are pre
pared for all manner of fiction and fabrication.
We are prepared to seethe defalcations of Col-
uns, Moore, Derby, and Osborne, laid at the
door of the present Administration ; because they
cannot conjure back the money that those men
biive taken from the treasury. We shall not be
surprised to hear the Administration reviled and
railed at, because they are compelled to raise the
money to pay off the accumulated war debt which
has been bequeathed to them. This game, indeed,
has been already commenced, and the Locofoco
pack are already loud-mouthed in their outcry a-
gainst the Administration, because they are paying
out money under Locofoco appropriation bills
which they have had.no band in framing.
This is a kind of political swindling, which, in
point of morals, is just one shade removed from the
actual plunder of the treasury. It is the difference
between bearing false witness and thrieving ; and
we leave it to Locrfoco casuistry to speculate on
tht distinction.
The Washington correspondent of the Philadel
phia North American says-
The Secretary of the Navy has dismissed Pur
ler Kennon, of Virginia, from the service, for be
ing a defaulter. Hit deficit it stated at ten thou
sand dollar, which ha been placed in the hand
of the Solicitor of the Treasury, In order that action
may be Instituted against the principal and bis
sureties. At yet no appointment has been made
to fill the vacancy. , ' ' ;
WHAT MRS PARTINGTON SAYS ABOUT
THEM.
Yes, I did go to hear th Et-thsopium Sary-
naoVrs yes I did, and I don't keer if Deacon
Blathers does her of h. Vi rather hear them
black martingales than a dozen of Deacon Blath
er sow tarmint. un ot mem tang what my
poor Paul ased tt like- In the salt-seller voice,'
jatt like a baby' whistle and musical snuff box
together. One of era shook his finger together
and they rattled like pip item, but what I liked
mostest of all was th beautiful music of th ac
cording line. Ob how delishe the must rolled
out of it; I could hsv got up end danced with
delight And tb old jady finally got up and real-
ij iftooi persetf au over,
The Annual Report of the Postniast t Gener
al, which is now being prepared for Congress, (hc
cording to th Washington Correspondent of tb
PennsylvanianJ will present the most favorable
financial aspoct the Department has ever been in.
There remains now undrawn, appropriations in th
Tresu7, to nearly half a million of dollars, sprit
es ble to the want of the department, granted on
account of the Congressional free matter, and for
foreign mail service; and tt the end of th fiscal '
year, 30th of Jane, 1850, there will be epward
cf 669,000 dollar for the same service. Not a dol
lar has been drawn from the Treasury th preaest
year, on this nor any other account, nor will there i
be a cent ; and on the 30th of June next, the ear-
plus on hand, it is estimated, with the amount in
the Treasury, will reach nearly a million of dollar.
The receipt of the department, for th quarter
ending 31st October last, show an increase of
little over 14 per cent, compared with the carrea
ponding quarter of the year, but about hajf of this
increase, i. ia supposed, will have to be paid to
Great Britain, under the Postal Treaty, upon th
settlement of last quarterly accounts wilh that gov '
eminent, as the department will fait coniderally
in debt ; :
The "Herald" still adhere to its account of lit
attempt upon its virtue by the libertines of the Cab
inet. It gives all the particulars. Sneh'.amU--cious
profligacy transcends belief. ' The- tap ,
the Sabine was nothing to l.Rieh. kl'fui. ,
Col. Wi appointed Minister to-Aotru.
We find in the New York Courier of yeatrrda; th
following telegraphic sespatch r .
Washington, Nv. 19, P. M-
It has been said for some day past, tliat an in
timationba been received at the Stat Di-part-'
ment, that Austria intends to send us a full Min
ister ; and that in consequence, the selection for
that Mission will be made by our Administration
with a view to its future importance.
Col. Webb has bee here, and left for New York .
this morning ; and since the adjournment of the .
Cabinet to-day, it is publicly said that he is ap
pointed to, and his accepted th Mission to Am ,
"We might as well have Queen Victoria, or any
other respectable woman, at the head of the go?- '
eminent, as Gen. Taylor." Union. .
We trust that our friends of the Union, will not .
labor to inculcate such a monarchical idea I It i .
an opinion, which, though privately entertalqed
by them, ought never to be publicly expressed,
Altx.Gax. ... , ;.,';, .
The Hon. M. Vinton, th distinguished Whig
representative of the 12th Congressional District
of Ohio, ba published in the Galliopolis Journal
a farewell address to bis constituents.'. He will
retire at the close of his term in the next Congress
He has been in that body for more than a quarter
of a century, with high honor to bimseif and tho-i'
who placed him th&re, to whom in hi address b
payt a proper tribute. fitf.A'orrt American.
-"Collet Cibbeb" the theatrical critic of
the Philadelphia Penntylvanian, gives u llie his
tory of one of those slang phrases of the day, which,
some how got current in society, good, bad, and
indifferent, among the polite as well as among th
vulgar. A correspondent wanting to know th
rigin of "some pumpkins," one of the latest of
those vagabond expressions, and whether it .is not
to be found in tome of the old English dramas, th
Pennsylvanian critic replies, that he is- not awn
of the saying being incorporated in any play ex
tant, although it can claim an existence ef nearly
sixty year. It originated wilh James Fennel, the
celebrated tragedian, who came to this city, inlh
year "93. When quite a lad, Fennel, in company
with Dr. Moeely.and the celebrated philosopher,
Mr. Walker, and ton, made the tour of Frances
Arriving at Rouen, and wishing to tee kit they
could , they kept peeping through the little window.
As they were passing the famous cathedral of Ron,
en, young Walker, peeping through hit liubj
quare, exclaimed, 'Look, Fennel, what iirmenM
pumpkins.' His father, who had been attentively
gazing at the building, turned round, exclaiming,
'God I can yon be looking at pumpkins, while yon
are passing arch a cathedral as this J' Young
Walker observed that he did not know what he
fas passing, for he could see nothing above the
ground. Young Fennel could not reit th tempt
ation of plagueing Walker about the pumpkin;
so, when ever they approached a stately building,
or tower spire, be would invariably exclaim Look,
Walker, thore are "some pumpkins ?" It is !
most needles to say, it became a favorite, if not
common laying, at it it to thit day. " .
From the Missouri Republican, 14'.!)..
' Santa Fb, N. M., Sept, 7, 1149.
A short time since, Lieutenant Colonel Beale.
who wat then acting Governor and commanding
officer, recommended to the people the necessity
and property of sending to Congress dek-gate,
and through him to petition Government for civil
laws. Too people assembled, ejected delegate,
and those delegates are Mow here in convention.
For delegate they have elected Hugli N. !mi0i
esq. He and Jiajor weighimaa were raodiuau.
It it not yet known what instructions th earn
tion will give to the delegate. We wi'j know they
are all against slavery.
IT To take a man by the hand it regarded a at
act of friendship', white to take him ly the note it
looked apon as an act of violence. We should like
to know why there U so much difference in the
two acta. The more the hand te siqrzed the
greater is supposed to be the friendship, while lh
harder the nose it pinched, the greater-is suppos
ed to be be enmiry. Truly, here is ftrange par
adox! ';;. -v"-v;: , --
.TiiE7iniojx)REa.Mi
.TbeTMottjhai 'cW'ApCateAr Jona had
been superseded by Com. Smith it at pretedt at th
head.of the Bureau of Dock 'and Yards, and will
repair, in course t a menu, to iaeeommana oi
the Squadron. Com. Jones has not fallen under
the censure of th Secretary, but I believe a Court,
Martial will b ordered, Th difficulty wa shunt
some negTes-jWash, C. Jlto'imerid Wti j
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