The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-04
Col. Webb OF the Regular Army" and
Tom MARSHALL.

IN ~ well known 10 every body, that the great
Temper rance anniversary comes Oft to-day at the
Tabernacle and that the celebrated orator the
Hon. Tom Marshall, is TO make a speech there.
And AZ this is the season when the spring blood
rises, and when Col. Webb OF the regular army
generally breaks out in fresh place, the " Courier
yesterday contained a violent attack on Mr. Mar
shall, for repeating in the House of Representatives
what the Courier calls gross SANDER on that pa
per, originally published in the Herald" and copied
therefrom all over the world.
Now the fact is, that Mr.. Marshall never repeated
any SANDER against the Courier because We never
published any SANDER about it. The whole gist of
the matter ia this. The " Courier out and in al
most so many words charged upon certain members of
Congress that they had been brlbed by payments Of
SlOO, 900 each, paid by British agents order TO vote
down certain measure. This statement We copied
from the " Courier and republished The members
of Congress we presume seldom see the Courier"
and took notice OF the original SANDER, until the
g Herald" reached Washington with a copy of il re-
published from the g Courier" Then a majority Of
| them treated the remarks of the Courier with
silent and utter contempt Mr.. Marshall, however,
rose in the House and pronounced the statement In
| the Courier to be gross falsehood.
And it is for this alone that Col. Webb :. of the
regular army" now comes out the eve of Mr..
Marshall arriving in this city, with violent and
Billingsate attack on that eloquent gentleman and
merely because he has joined the Temperance Soci-
ety. Webb makes that the ground of additional abuse;
charging upon him that he has been incorporate and
mprudent in his past life Now this comes with a
very queer kind of grace from person like him " Of
the regular army" who has squandered over $780,
900 in all sorts Of stock jobbng and such like gam
bling transactions, ridiculous speculations, $40 din
ners and all kinds of foolish and preposterous ex-
travagance according to his own statement before
the Court of Bankruptcy. Really, this is the most
aughable specimen of morality that has issued
from the moral Wall street press or the Irregular
army"
LATE FROM Big RHODE IsLANp-We annex the
following which is the latest despatch from the seat
of war;
PROVIDENCE, I'd May, lS4l.
Preparations for the Repoi.ton- Poodcr and Shot
Blood and Ihu,uder-Becr and CaksS-Gredt Sport
Expected.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.
DEAR SIR,
The representatives under the constitution are
fast coming into town. The Quarermaster il dis
tributing arms-the cows are in great tribulation-
the troops are moving in the countryside United
States troops have arrived at Ncwport--lobby men,
bers are grinding out laws-military men are draw
ing petitions for charter-root beer is foaming-blue
eggs are being boiled, and election is legal in
Rhode Island where there are no blue eggs. All
parties are talking valantly. Some few men, with
tears in their eyes, are excaiming that they are
marked men, and shall certainly be shot. Captain
Tyler's troops are laughed at and altogether the
community and the Legislators are in an admirable
condition for calm and consderate action and legis-
ation So Rhode Island is lik ely to be disenthraled
regenerated and redeemed.
The Charterites say they shan't NEEDLE with the
Constituencies to enforce the Algerne act at
present. but shall do dreadful things by and by. So
there is little chance for row. though the suffrager
will do what they please and go where they please.
The banks have sent away most of their specie, so
they are in a woful state for to be commenced.
Rhode Island will be bowed up, and there will be
nothing left three days hence but shoal in Nara
gansct Bay Ii is probable the suffragers will or
game tomorrow and finally adj oum in two three
days, without breaking things and then wait a few
weeks and come together to work in earnest unless
there is some new movement to the waters. New
port would like to Providence all blown up, but
Newport is in danger from the sufiragers than
is Providence. Yours, &c
II. = Those Senators at w Arlington who stated
their places that the II. l. controversy settled
| lied most abominably. We will have a muss if we
like, and nobody shall interfere without repentng it..