The New York herald., 1845-07-29
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
aY LAST EVENINGS MAIL.

Richie and his Late Eqwivocatons-I The Oregon Ques-
tioa-Probable Policy herein-The Tayif-Whaf
is the Length of a Constitutional Riun-Ihs Nine
raj Region of Lake Superior-Hs Immense Re
sovces-Lnportant DeDeiopments-Ihs Wall a.
Brokeys-Bagby and the Menaggie tn Georgetos0n,
&c, &c.
We know man-and an old man--and Virgil
nian, ardent as Southern sun could make him,
and nearly as brown, who abandoned an office in
Virginia for one which he expected would be worth
twice as much, in Washington and we know Of
conspiracy to undermine and supercede this old
man, in his late uncouded anticpations OF the print
ing of the House
Unwllingly, but from the justiable law OF retali-
alton, we have found it necessary 10 put sundry
horne questions or allegations against this old man,
TO witt
I. That there other de faeto stockholders in the
Union establishment than Richie < Heiss
That the asterisks in Jacksons letter Of April
g. had an awful squirting" TO Father Rtchie.
question
standing between the conservatives and Col Polk last
to the effect that they sustained him through
the Presidential canvass he would in the Of his
election regard and respect the having
equal claims upon him. with any other portion of the de-
mocratc party.
Upon the first Indictment, after an evasve denial.
which upon its face appeared conclusive, but which
fell pieces IN the process OF dissection, the ardent
old man is speechless, becaused he Is cornered
dignifed silence in such dilemma, is a dcit con-
cessinn of the fact On the second charge, he has
transferred the onts probandt TO gentleman north
of the Susquehannah, whom does not seem TO fit
so WE'LL five are right IN our supposion OF the man.
On the Sub Treasur, question, he Is dumb as tomb
sone-the very words are so dreadful, thar they
watchfully excluded from his paper. Upon the
question OF veracity, iii the matter between the Pre-
sident and the conservatives, the organ has been
4 IL. uf.nuh n
iasty around the relic of the whteOak, or IN PLAIN
Saxon walking around the TRUTH but afraid to Crap
pie ito confess it-and TO ask becoming penance
and absoluIion
In the correspondence of various papers, of one in
the South particularly, we have In all these indict-
ments against the ardent old man, been abundanty
sustained He had better ccgri orhang out nag
of truce to the "scrbblers" al Washington. Without
an armstice, he will be utterly overthrown. We are
disposed to peace-disposed to treat the venerable
editor with fial and charitable forbearance; but
while he would consgn us TO the hard service and
poor pay of the workmen upon the streets OF Wash
| ngton, and that in the dog days,-whlle he would
thereby refuse to acknowledge between us that de-
mocratc equality OF which he claims TO be the Apos-
| tie but would assume to himself a superiority IN
consistent with his professions, and incompatible
with common sense, we have thought nj to hang up
the incauious octigenarian, and deliberately dissect
him This we have done, with some cOmpun ctous
ysirngs we confess but the general satisfaction.
! And now we have only single word OF admonl-
ton whisper privately into the confidential ear OF
Mr. Ritchie-el the truth, father tell the truth and
| shame the devil" Hold up your head on the Sub
Treasury-coniess 10 the matter respecting the Con-
servatlves and appeal that under the circumstances
the President could not help II; that he had not Of
fees for every body and that as the conservatives,
from the necessity Of the case, supported Col Polk,
| the President, from more imperative necessity,
was compelled To set aside his promises, and eject
the conservatives from ofce-tha ne could not help
it-that in attempting to please every body, ike the
/ man and the boy, and the ackass, he pieases no.
body,-and that really he is sorry tor what ne mas
done, what he is doing, and what ne expects to DO
with the poor conservatives, from the af0resald I'M
| perative law of necessity. Some such emollient Is
| required some such ought to be applied.
Setting this old subject aside for the time, iet US
look for moment into 81 heavier graver' and moe
ed-the rumble OF the distant thunder has died away
| among the mountains of Oregon and the valleys OF
| the Rio del Nore. Britain is disposed TO pacfica-
| ton, not less than our own Cabinet Mexlco II 8p-
pears is even poweress declare war; with the GER
tain consequences before her, that such declaration
would be the signal Tor her speedy annihllatlon and
| absorption into the Federal Union OF North Ameri-
| ca. The only result now TO be expected from the
Oregon negotiations is continuation OF the conf
pact OF 1877 and 1927. Under the existing state OF
things, this would seem the most advantageous ter
| mnatlon Of the long protraced deliberations upon
| the sublect-to let matters stand they are. And
| vet, although we should in season gain all by THIS
nolicy it doubtful, after the position taken by the
President IN the inaugural, whether the great West
| will rest short of any thing than the immediate occu-
patton, and formal governmental protection OF Ore
gon, up 70 the line of 54a 4O No diplomatic ar
rangement short of that boundary, will meet the
popular endorsement; and Mr.. Pakenham, we
| cpine, will not yield much, though he may be u-
ilmaeIy induced 10 split the difference between the
10Th degree and the line aforesaid We would have
public mind 10 ,s heao nlbne IN ie
has been effected in the Oregon negotiations and the
government stands like militia company against
board fence-.'as you were"
The tariff will then be the great bone of conten-
ton in the Congress, and upon this most import
ant OF all administrative measures there Will be an
exciting contest between the North and the South,
and the Southwest. Next after this, measure OF
difficulty, will arise the constitutional question OF
| the Improvement of the Western waters the
| question how long should river be to make il
constitutional Iver. n we know that the resident
as the Hudson, the Delaware, the Peedee the Savan-
| nah, or the Tombigbee. Then comes the effort to
carry through bill independent OF these log rolling
| eycresences; and readily anticipate that the
| llne ofdivsion will be marked and strong between
| the East and West upon this subject as between the
North and the South upon the tariff. We shall fur
her hazard our reputation as prophet IN the TORE
| shadowlng of an argument in the Presidents mes
sage, denlng.the constitutonallty OF the improve
ment Of the Mississippi the Mlssourl and the Ohio
rivers, and the unconstltuonality OF appropriations
to such tide water drinks as the Hudson, the Poto-
mac. and the Peedee. If the President should take
the ground that all rivers running as boundary be-
| tween two States are constitutional, then
| the Western waters will be improved; but II the
/ Eastern rivers entirely thrown out OF the ba-
| lance not being long enough, the snags and saw
vers of the Mississippi will get but scanty appro-
pration.
Several gentlemen in town from the copper and
silver domains OF Lake SUPERIOR have politely fur
nshed us with a statement OF facts respecting the
policy of the Secretary of War, the working OF the
mines their value, their extent NC, which cannot
f4il to attract universal attention The copper and
| silver of the Lake Superior country, indeed, It
would appear. are inexhausble in amount and ines
timable in value One great error in the Secretary's
policy has been stopping the issue Of permits TO work
hese mines, and the continuation OF leases. But we
have not the time, further, for the present. than to
promise soon statement upon this subject, which
ought receive, and doubtless will, the general at
tcnton OF the public These mines have been repre-
-ented to us as containing wealth sufficient to pay