The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-07-29
CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON July &c. TS4!J
To tie Editor of Tie JYsu Fro.

'"'h'N"ioN- July 70, tSiJ.
10 the Editor Of the .Ne,o Era:
Sir After much wandering. both men,aIIv
and bodily. rs search of that ever desired, but
rarely possessed bliss. a couch of contentment-.
having IN my Perambnlations brealhed. and been
strengthened by the pure air Of the mountain
heights, and afterwards dsbiliiaie by the rniasma
OF the marshes of the south, and again revived bv
The oracng breezes that pass over old oceans sur
face; } NOW find myself disposed to pitch NV tent
IN the midst of The inhabitants and soonruers or
the Metropolis of the Union, and be chiei
amang them taking nDies, and faith III preut
en- thai is provided Mr.. Editor, you give your
consent to my doing 80, and if you do not, am
determined to get that of some other editor. who
may be democrat OF fair standing, as good and
as true as yourself.
IL was with pleasure that I read your pros
pectus ior the publication of the New Era with
delight see that you have gone boldly and nobIv
to work. and that it is now sent forth oo the hioh
ways and by ways, and from thence to penetrste
the parloFs OF fashion, the cottage Of the farmer
the store OF the merchant, the shop of the artisan.
the laboratory of science, the cabin, waTdroom and
torecastle, and places of public resort But let
me premonish you, that in the advent of the
" New Era" You let not the sterling PRINCIPLES
Of the era Of the olden time be fnrgotteo-tbat
era, when the mother of States and Of statesmen.
good old Virginia, stepped forth the pioneer in
democracy and has ever since shown upon her
noble crest its beautiful and revivifyine buds and
blossoms, and ever may its seedlings prove to be
the true offspring Of the parent stock, and when
engrafted with sprouts Of congenisf nature as
is now being done IN your immediate neiobbor-
hood, or elsewhere, may the nourishinp alimen.
Of the New Era give size and vigor to their
growth.
Washington rs filed with rumors, bu, thew
run one into another to snch an extent that !, ;s
difficult to separate what ia probable and ,,,e
from the improbable OF false. The wbios ar.
again greatly alarmed, and even the democrats os
long standing have aPpfehensioOs that long pos
session OF oiffce BY no means guarantees a per-
Petuty OF safety the idea of rotation seems nov
10 be in the ascendant. and the known late order
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, and perhans q
similar order from other Departments. renuiring
report of the length Of time that each individual
has been in office, may give inst cause Of sppre-
hension Of a move amongst the seribes and otbers
they are sensitive generation.
think it is settled that Major Dade, the keeper
of the District Penitentiary, who seems 10 have
as many official lives as a eat has natural ones ia
to shuttle off his official coil the rUmor is, and in
it have cause to think there is much tYuth, tina,
the Presldenton Saturday last desired Mr.. Mason.
the Attorney General, to inform the Major ,ba,
his place must necessarily be vacated a messeo-
ger was sent to the Penientiary to anpoDnee ibi.
I
doeni fact, upon his return he was questioned nm.
on the manner in which the message was received
and who was present; he answered tina, /" il wss
received in very good humor; number were
present drinking wine; the good hpmor was kent
uP, and that he was sent away in good hnmorp
and there is 10 doubt but the new yecipiep, ,yi1,
enter upon his duties in good humor. By.tbe-
by, must ask the Majors pardon for calling him
the keepers" such was the former title Of the
official grandee ofthis receptacle Of thieves. when
It was under the government Of only plcbcisny