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The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-12-26
Nrw York Correspondence
NV Yonx. Dec. ~, 1912.

NEW YORK, Dec. ~, lof%-
We had another arrival from China yesterday,
bringing down dates TO the 9th of September. They
are not important, however,, and scarcely need be
referred To- since the steamer Britannia arrived al
Boston Yesterday, and has brought further intelligence
from Bombay, TO the 18th Of October, and from Chi
ma TO the lst. The China news, however IS not
quite so late as that furnished by The Helena al this
port Yesterday | send you an extra Boston
Times" by the mail, and you viii make such extracts
from il as you shall deem fit. The news from Eng
land furnished by the Britannia, is not important
Much anxiety is felt here in reference TO the fate
Of the Bankrupt bill. In anticipation Of its repeal,
hundreds running into bankruptcy who otherwise
would have kept along, and struggled to keep their
heads out of water They now clutch OF the straw
and painful and Notifying the alternative Is, con
fess themselves insoyent-beggars, for the clemency
of the lava kind of cemeney which the Shyiocks
Of the age refuse them
That vast majority Of the people Of the United
States demand the repeal Of the Bankrupt act, cannot
be doubted. That the law is susceptible Of vast
quantity Of mischief is fact that no one can gain
say; and yet, when we look around us, and see how
much good il has done, We cannot but regret that
il is TO be repealed. lis fate is probably fixed and
yet suppose that lis actual repeal cannot take place
till the latter end of the session
The election of the Tammany Hall committee
takes place to-day good deal of excitement is on
the minds Of the occupants Of the Hall and little
bit Of row may be realized before the affair is
closed. This committee is immense engine Of
power and indirectly has placed at IFS disposal State
and City patronage, to the amount of two millions Of
dollars and upwards. Few obtain Office without
being endorsed by il.
We all look to Congress with much solicitude, and
hope it will attend to business--to the legitimate
and necessary business. Let it cooperate with
the President, in carrying into execution the
policy he has suggested, in reference to finance, and
the nation will speedily be relieved from all embar
rassment.
The People, the great mass Of the People approve
Of the conduct Of the President they applaud his
talents, honor his patriotism, and appreciate his
great staesmanlike qualities. If called upon to
morrow and left free from the bias that unprnciplcd
demagogues produce, they would re-elect him by an
almost unanimous vote.
Yours truly,
NEcKAR IN NEW Yopg
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SPLEEN.
From the h,telligencer Of Saturday.

We are glad TO be able to-day to make room fol-
the Report of the Secretary of the Navy accompany
ing the Message Of the President of the United
States to Congress surrenderng to it the space which
il occupies not out Of any special claim which tha'
Department, or any other Executive Department
has upon our columns, but because we sup
pose that some of our readers desire to see these
annual reports, and may expect us to publish them
In point of composition and arrangement, and IN
deed in all points, the Report of the Secretary OF the
Navy is, however, very respectable document
We do not know when we have seen an ar
tice in which mean spirit and mercenary
one were better mixed. None OF the Depart
menls, it seems, have any special claim on the
publishes The reports of Heads of Departments
only because some OF its readers may desire to
see them.
The special claims upon the columns OF the
Intelligencer can only be secured by favor, pa
tronage, and pay, and the publication of official
papers, intended for the information of the pub
lie, and which every man of intelligence, and
every citizen, in every village of the land, who
knows of or cares any thing for public affairs de-
sires to see, appears TO be regarded, in the main.
by the editors, as favor TO the Departments.
The idea of re,pard in some form, pecuniary
To be preferred, as foundation for claim TO
its columns for public information, has become
so fixed and habituaI, in the minds Of the ed-
tors Of that paper, that il constantly manifests
ITSELF and never more awkwardly or in a sourer
temper, than in this instance.
The whole paragraph is truly contemplate.
frho obi IN
say, that the Secretary's report, g is very re-
spectacle documentp'
This reminds us of Lord Verisophl's remark
on Shakespeare, a clayver man, Shakespeare,
veryn
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FOR THE MADlS0NIAN

Mr.. EDITOR: Tuesdays Intelligencer and yester-
days Globe contain beautiful extract, commenc-
ing 81 cannot believe that the earth is mans abiding
place" Sc, credited to BULwER In 1S34-5, Geo
d. Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, wrote and
published piece entitled "Dath and Beauty" imbodi-
ed in which is that entire article Can it be that the
erudte author of the life of Henry Cay-the witty,
spirited Prentce-woud put forth an emanation of
another mind as his own or is it more probable that
the elegant author of Pelham, the most classical
light-literary writer of England, would fitch from his
cis-atlantic co-aborer in the vineyard of letters
Can you explain III
Dec. %.
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LETTER FROM THE MEXICAN MINISTER

WASHINGTON Cry, Dec. "a, 1912
To The Editor ofhe Modisonin
SIR; Having seen in your paper, Of Friday, an
article taken from the ST. Louis Republican, in which
the people of his country are invited to emigrat to
California under the pretence that the Mexican Gov
eminent will give liberal grants of land to persons who
shatak the oath ofalegance, and conform the doc
rines Of the Roman Catholic faith, feel il to be nv
duty TO contradict such assertion and to state for the
information of those persons who may feel DESTROYS o,
removing to California in that belief that the Mexican
Government has never thought Of colonizng the
sad territory with foreigners and that so far from it.
it has expressly provided by law enacted the lth OF
March last that foreigner reiH erer be pc, mitfed
to coonise, or purchase lands property in The said
country, tcit,cm an eTIress permission Of he Cor.
eminent Of Merico.
Knowing, as do that no such permission has ever
been allowed TO any person, or corporation whatever
ar believing that the project set forth in the ST
Louis Republican, is mere scheme of some land
SPECTATORS, who wish TO take advantage of the ere
duity of the ignorant, think it opcr TO inform the
pubic of this country, of the true facts of this nev
plan of encroachment lest they should be deluded
and brought into difficulties that would end in the de-
srucon of their fortunes, and the distress If ,be
| friends.
Believing that you take deep interest in the wei
fare of your coun rymeo, doubt not sir. that vo,
will readily insert this communication in your vah,
able Journal, for the purpose of arresng the exec,
ton of project totally destitute of any probabii,,
of success, and calculated only to ell the pockets q
few spectators, who care not for the peace Of NJ,
tons, the happiness of their kind and who or,,
consult their avarice and cupidity.
am, sir, your obedent servant,
J. N. ALMONTE.
EnpOy Extraordinary and Miui,,,r
PkniPO'snti@y 10 The United STATE, Of .que,ies.
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SINGULAR Coincidence AT SEA.-The ship Charles,
Of Bath, on the ath inst, learn from the N. O.
Picayune, was ashore on the Brother Rocks The
French ship Louis XIV was alongside, receiving on
board the crew of the Charles. Every enc remem-
bers the excitement in New Orleans in the summer
of Is4l which grew out of the supposed piracy and
murder Of the and passengers of the ship Charles
every one, also, doubtless remembers that the pas
sengers and crew of the Charles neither pratt
cay mul dered drowned in the deep, but that
they taken IF the sinking vessel by the French
ship Louis XIV. It's asingular coincidence that on
the 4th inst the and passengers of the ship
Charles, when again in sinking condition, were
again taken off by the same Louis XIV This thing
{ two vessels meeting each other at sea- and under
like circumstance, may certainly be set down as
singular coincidence.
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ATTACKS ON GEN. CASS.

A friend a ,sured Us the other day that Mr..
Van Buren's organs we've not striving to ''kill
off" General Cass. We have seen enough TO
convince US that they are. Every day we find
in the special Van Buren, organs similar para
graphs to the following;
Their (the wings eyes seem turned towards ,emi-coo
Cas- more available than the lately "Great West
ern Statesman" straightforward decided man
stands no chance at all amongst the coons--.E ".
Piebeian.
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From The " Y. Monroe .7,ip0cafe.
THE MESSAGE

On hasty reading Of President Tyler's Annual
communication TO Congress, we find it 10 be such
as we ipated-replete with remarks sugges-
tons, and recommendations, flowing from an en-
ghtened and ardent love Of country and dictated
by wise and comprehensive views Of sound national
policy We therefore commend it, having at present
no space for further comment, to the careful and
faithful perusa of the reader who cannot fail to be
Interested IN the several subjects therein set forth,
and to which the attention Of Congress IS 80 Iiatly
and appropriately invited
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CALIFORNIA.

We would respectfully call the attention of
the public, and the press, 10 the letter Of the
Mexican Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Penpoteniary, on the subject Of emigration by
American citizens, and the subjects Of other
countries, to California.
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THE PR ESIDENCY.

The Niles (Mch.) Republican says: "Wc have
our choice and in giving our opinion as to who we
consider the man to lead us to victory do not ko,c
that agree ,cith single member Of The Democratic
party in Berren county on in the Vest"
The editor subsequently says he is in favor OF
Mr.. Fan Buren,.
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From The Journal Of Commerce
THE VETO POWER.

II is amusing to see the who few
months ago assailing President Tyler so violent
ly for what they called an abuse of the Veto power
now invoking his exercise Of the same power to save
the Bankrupt Law rom repeal. What does this
show but that their former denu,catons were heart
less and hypocrilcal else that they are ready 10
abandon their principles whenever IT suits their con
yeniencel
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CHRIS TMAS.

TODAY our printers will be at church, and
consequently no paper will be issued to-mor-
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FoRcrESEss.-The highest of all characters, in
my estimation, is his who is ready to pardon the
errors OF mankind as if he were every day guilty of
some himself -PIMy.
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HANDY ANDY-cheap edition-with illustrations.
This popular work (by Samuel Lover may be had of
Franck Taylor.
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From ihs ~ Y. Union.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE AMERICAN
PARLIAMENT.

"Tei your nephew,
The Prince Of Wales doth join with all the world
In praise Of Henry Percy
do not think a brave gentleman,
More actiye-yaliaut, or more yaliant-youns
More daring or more bold, is now alive,
To grace this latter age with noble deeds
KING HENRY w.
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There was remarkable instance illustrative of
the position here assumed that occurred ia the House
of Representatives during the long session of 1910.
Mr. Chas. Ogle, of Pennsylvania, delivered speech
remarkable for It's vruence and injustice toward, Mr.
Van Buren, and ns administration. The speech will
long be recolecicd, and the especially so, he
cause il attack on the party then in power was so
gross and objectionable that the more respectable
portion of the Wings disowned aud denounced it,
and cried shame, shame, whilst il was beinp deliver
ed. And one of the most ele qucnt and distinguished
Wing members of the tlouse of Representatives
Governor Lincoln in consequence of its utter falsly
{, II himself constr aned a Of honor TO oueniy
contemn and repudlate all connection with It's sub
stance. This he did IN manly and eloquent speech
delivered on the floor of the House of Represr nta-
tises and it may be here added TO the credit of the
bitter portion of he Wings, that they wnh almost
entire unanimity, repudated Ogle's trade
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THE PHILADELPHIA GAZETTE.

We have never seen this paper-it was mol
on our exchange list when we purchased this
establishment. We shall ask an exchange in
asmuch as we perceive, by Mobile paper, that
1t is continually pouring out its scurrlity at oul
heels. Had we known it, we should have kick
ed it over long ago.
The Philadelphia Sentinel has intimated thai
the Gazette is owned by the proprietor or pro-
prietors Of the North American, and that while
the latter processes to advocate the measures Of
the Administration, the former is vilifying the
Executive. Of all this we know nothing Bu
from the article in the Mobile paper we are
forced to believe that the editor has ready &C
cess to some office where the Madisonian is re-
ceived. The article alluded to commences thus
'The Madisonian of yesterday contains about
three columns OF calumny, &C." OF the obliga-
ton to send us the sheets containing such as
saults, the public must Judge.
We do not endorse or reiterate the charge OF
the s'pccular" connexion of the two papers,
We know nothing about it, We can only hope
our esteemed contemporary of the Sentinel is
mistaken But we desire to look all that assa
us full in the face
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Mem fork Correspondence.
New YoRK, April "a.

New YORK, April "a.
| In the Albany Evening Journal can be found a
complimentary letter fom the New York Wing mem
bers of the Legislature to Mr.. Clay. Some effort was
made to give him nomination there, by the way of
start but in vain All that could be done this
| a reouiem over the last of who has done the
State some service but whose day for action is over,
and whose end has come
Ii is well known by all intelligent men of forecast
and character that if Mr.. Clay the candidate
for tho Presidency in this State, the AZ votes we
have would 60 against him at least by $4,000 ma
jority, and probably 10000 He never has had
strength in the State, and he never can have it.
"The Clay Clubs" in the city make great noise
They made just such noise before the nomination OF
| i" Tippecanoe and Tyler too" They invncible
in that kind of victory They have not though,
what is very necess ny on the day OF election the
potes and the they take will never get them.
They attempt to overawe and Dragon the State
They made the like attempt prior to the Harrisburg
Convention, and will again meet with like success.
This violent spasmodc attempt of the friends of Mr.
Clay to create or to dictate public opinion will fail, as
suredy fail. If Mr.. Clay be popular, he surely
needs no. that any man be denounced, who does not
think him So ANA III MS SUCCESS ID W &c 50 se', IL
is not necessary thus far ahead to foresta all opinion
concerning him.
The President dscharging his duty as he does, will
weather all the storms of the two extremes-Scya
on one side, and Charybdis on the other Taking the
helm of the Government he did, without money
and without means, in peril of war frem abroad, and
in party exhaustion at home, he has had hard
storm about his ears but storm cannot last always
and when the storm is over, sage rejecting men will
do him justice and the country will follow after them
The CorporaPs Guard will swell to the National
Guard anon, especially if the Senate show cioren
| foot often as in the rejection of TYSON
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GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCE CRY
is "STILL THEY COME"

Weare informed by gentleman, that steamboat
passed up the ST. Johns the 18th inst with one hum
bred and SIXTY settlers, and their implements of hus-
bandry destined for the rich hammock lands in the
neighborhood of Fort Me Ion. We are also informed
that another steamboat with large number more
destined for the neghborhood, was daily expect
ed. This is indeed gratifying intelligence, and we
welcome these hardy pioneers with the spirit of true
brotherly love.
The above is from the St. Augustine News.
Is it not somewhat remarkable that settlers
should thus be hailed in section of our coun-
try that was the first to be inhabited2
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CONGRESS-.

On Tuesday, very soon after the reading OF
the journal, the House resolved itself into Com
mittee of the Whole and took up the Appor-
tionment bill Mr.. Cooper, of Georgia, con-
cluded his speech in favor Of the ratio he had
proposed.
The merits of the various Representatives
were discussed by Messrs. White, of Indiana,
Everett Bidack, Fillmore, Caruthers, Cooper,
of Pennsylvania, Pope, of Kentucky, &c.
The points . issue were the comparative ex-
pedency of large or small representative
body and the arrangement of the subsidiary
fractions arising under each proposed ratio.
The question was then taken on the amend
ment proposed by Mr. Briggs to the amendment
submitted by Mr.. Anterior. This was to sub
stitute 0,179 for the number proposed by the
latter gentleman. This was agreed to by vote
of so to 72, and the amendment as amended
was agreed to-ayes 90, noes SO. So the bill
as it now stands fixes the ratio at so, l79, which
will give House of 306 members.
Mr.. Halstead then proposed an amendment
by direction OF the Committee on Elections
providing that representatives to Congress shall
be elected in each State by districts. This wa:
advocated by Messrs. Halstead and John Camp
bell, aud opposed by Messrs. Underwood, Col
quit and Gamble; but before taking any ques
| ton, the House adjourned.
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NEGOTIATION WITH THE ENGLISE
MINISTER.

We know nothing of the progress of the ne
gotiation between the Secretary OF State and
Lord Ashburton, but from the uncommony fire.
quent meetings of the Cabinet, OF late, and the
daily conversations which we understand to
take place between the negotiators, we presume
the parties are not idle In the mean time, we
see, with great pleasure the manifestation of a
disposition in the Senate to adopt measure,
already recommended to Congress by the Presi-
dent, which shall make suitable Constitutional
provisions for such cases as that of Mcleod. If
we are to have war-upon the probability of
which we express no opinion, and have no
means of forming one-let us have it on some
matter Of real national interest. Let not the
McLeods, and the Hogams, and the TheHers,
have power to set the two leading Governments
in the world, at loggerheads.
On this point we agree with MIR. Adams II
we have war, let it be on some question OF clear
right, on our side, and then let us fight it out.
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We have been kindly furnished with several
listing between this country and England. But
as the proper authorities are now engaged in
the endeavor to settle these disputes (who may
well be supposed to be fully acquainted with all
the facts and the laws governing such cases.
and in consequence of the relation this journal
bears to our Government, we have thought it
prudent and proper to abstain from the insertion
of comments on the subjects of difference while
the negotiation is pending.
While upon this subject, we would remark
that all the rumors in circulation respecting the
progress and probable termination of the nego-
tiation cannot possibly be more than vague con-
lecture.
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From the on. Y. Express

The REJECTION Mr.. Tyson AS CoMMssARY
GENERAL.-We must join with our Washington Cor
respondent in expressing great surprise at the reec
ton by the Senate of Mr.. Tyson's nomination The
vote stood for confirmation, eleven-against it twen
ty-nine. Seven Wings Messrs. Evans, Bates, Choate,
Tamadge, Sprague, Preston, Rives, and four Loco
Focos, Messrs Calhoun, McRoberts, Cuthbert,
Walker, voted for him. The remainder, with the ex-
ception of nine who were absent, went against him.
The Senate, having previously confirmed MIR. Tyson
for another important Office. unanimously, and there
being allegation, that he has not faithfully dis
charged the duties of Commissary General, it fol-
lows that this rejection both the part of the
IRENE Wings, and the extreme Loco Focos, is purely
tactious.
Oh the wrong absurdity, and impocy of such
this on the part of majority of the Senate,
there can but be opinion among all fair-minded
and impartial The given is, that Mr..
Tyson as Tyler man.
If this be good reason equally cogent is the reason
that the President should nominate only Tyler men !;
and thus the u S. Senate makes emphatic appeal
to the head as we'll the heart of the Executive to
convert the patronage of the Government into per-
sonal qualification Honorable Senators in calmer
moments will deeply regret such action, and such
appeals these. If hereafter the Executive should
take them at their word, their mouth if they have
done right is shut as to complaint
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COMPARISON.

The following is from the Ohio Statesman
All will at once see the difference between
the Democratic and Wing sheets when speak
ing Of the President
TO be more explicit, Mr.. Tyler has saved the coun
try from moneyed despotsm. In the Veto OF the
first bank bill, he was the instrument OF higher
power, In arresting measure, which, If confirmed
into law would have fastened upon the people, a
federal dynasty Of money brokers, more PreJudical
to their interests, than the late bank with all Its
corruptions. In the Veto of the second bill, the
country was saved from system of kite-Aying ex-
changes, that would have thrown the whole paper
circulation Of the Union into the hands of shavers
however reputable for honest management the banks
might stand. In the one case, and in the other, ne
has only acquitted himself of his duty to the Constitu
tion His sense of fidelity has been his reward, and
the support of the democratic press, against the mer-
CHESS assaults of the manifesto party. In his veoes
Mr. Tyler's will go down with history, in Juxta
position with that of our glorious Old Hickory.
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OUR PARTISAN CORRESPONDENT

The letter of l.. S. j., Jr., to-day, smacks
somewhat of 6erceness against England. Hav-
ing determined to say nothing pro or con on
the subject ourselves while the negotiation is
pending, we must beg to say that our cores
pondent merely utters his own sentiments, as
he has perfect right to do. The following in
genuous sentence in the letter induced us to in
sert all his remarks on the subject g You see
am gro1Ding bitter against oar trans atlantic
cousins. This comes IN great part, no doubt,
from my being in France, and hearing
Frenchmen talk about it,"