The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-03-20
New YORK, Mach Is, lS43.


The sforn-the Great Western seamer--te loss Of the
Concord sioop Of pa-the Secretary o. the haru, and
the ,tary Of the Treasury Theatms-the comet
.Ns,o Hampshire elections, &C., sc.
"Returns' from the late storm show that it was
frightfully in many sections OF the Union and
visited with unusual virulence and whence that por-
tion of coast that lies between Sandy Hook and
Cape Henry. Many coasting vessels were driven
ashore, and some of them totally wrecked
The Great Western steamer did not put back, as
stated in my note of yesterday On the contrary,
she put to in The midst Of the gale and as she
joys the reputation Of being first rate boat
fears are entertained for her safety by the masses.
Not so wi h me. She was deeply laden with her
usual supply Of coal and she obliged to scud
to keep Oft the coast, she must have labored severely
hope, however, she is sac.
AT best however, it was but an act Of folly IN put.
ting to sea with gale of wind dead ahead for as
she could not resist it, every inch she sailed before
the gale abatrd, directly opposite her cgiti-
mate track If she had been in port till the next day
at IL O'clock at which time the wind changed TO the
West, she would have gained day or two's sail by
the operation. But she had a name for punctuay
and her commander, Capt. Hoskins put to at all
hazards The steamer President was lost by adopt.
ing the act of hardihood and folly.
The report of the loss the Concord soop of war,
off the cost Of Mozambique, is CO, 6rmed by an
arrival at New Bedford. The particulars of the
shpwreck have not yet been received.
One Of the city papers of this morning makes fu-
rious attack on Mr.. Spencer, tie Secretary of the
Treasury, and charges him with having made an al
tempt TO force Mr.. Secretary Of The Navy, Upshur
out of the Cabinet The folly of the attack would
one, if the object were not pelpablc to every
one. The object is TO array the Secretary of the
Navy against Mr. Secretary Spencer, and use his in
Auence in favor Of affair that is undergoing
investigation, and TO which will not make more d.
rect reference
II tae paper to VIII CHI REFER any other one fan
cies that Judge Upsbur be led from the plain
path Of duty, and be made to adopt steps, in refe-
renee to the affair to which refer, that not COM
patibc with the most rigid justice and honor, fancy
if will be very much mistaken. And least Of all,
imagine, is Mr. Secretary Upshur, to be induced to
offer any act Of favorism in consequence of the
''pu6ades' that sycophanty offered by press
that has heretofore been immensely abusive OF him,
and which is the very organ of that faction,
which, of all others, is the most abu i've of an Admi-
nslraton to which he belongs, and to which he is an
ornament. Until the case of Commander Mackenzie
was brought before the public, tie paper to which
aude was the daily beller of the Secretary Of the
Navy.
The able and distinguished Secretary of the Trea-
sury cannot be injured by the attacks that arc made
on him by the paper question Independently OF
their falsity, their macvolence carries corrective
with them and renders them mpotent The Secre-
tsry Of the Treasury, though assaed with the most
beastly masvolence by the ultra Wings, is in the on
oymsnt of the sstirs confidence Of all parties ~ .