The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-10-16

POLITICAL GossIp AT WAsHINGToN.-"Po-
tomac,' the Washington correspondent ofthe
Baltimore Patriot, is very often a sore thorn
in the side of the Administration and its or
gan, the Union. In fact Mr.. Richie had
rather "Potomac7 were at the bottom of the
river than where he is--he cuts the old gen.
tleman up so. The Union is all the time
asserting that utmost harmony prevails among
the leading members of its party about Wash
ington,and as often as such assertion is made,
"Potomac" as regularly asserts to the contra
ny, and proves it too. Here are a few ex,
tracts from his last letter:
sis it not singular that the Hon. William ],
Brown, Chief Clerk of the Auditors Office in the
Post Office Department. who was surmised. by 9
correspondent of the New York Herald, TO have
been on a trip to Indiana to put a stop to the
movement to start a Cass organ at Indianapolis,
and.lo engage the Indiana Delegation to the next
Congress to vote for the organ editor as printer,
as a means of earning for himself the Third Au-
ditorship, now held by Peter Hagner, should de-
ny in the Union under his own name, only a
part of the Indictment? Mr.. Brown went to In
diana, and the movement to start the Cass organ
was "knocked into a cooked hat" but he says
that he did nothing in the way Of getting votes
for giving the Congress printing to the organ,
and that when he obtains offic it will be upon
a pledge faithfully to perform its duties. He re-
ally speaks as if he had now no Office, but may
have one. Good, 7 am for him. He shall yet
ertiring. When he puts his hand to the plough
there is no looking back. He can't be headed
or circumvented-that William ]. Brown! And
he goes the right way TO work. to wit: healing
the division of the party and writing editorials
for the Union. The correspondent of the Charles-
ton Mercury says that Mr.. B. wrote the article
in theIUnion of the 18th ult. praising the Hon.
Cave Johnson ia grand style and replying in
terms of mildness and peisuaiion, to some stric-
lures OF the St. Louis Reporter upon the course
Of the Post Master General in relation to the
Western interests
s.Could you but see the letters that / am per-
mitted to see, and hear what l caLnot help hear
ing. from leading Locofocos, against a great ma
ny of Mr.. Folks appointments, and particularly
those of Collector Horn of PhiladeIphia, and Col
lector Morton of Boston, you would be slow TO
believe in the popularity Of the Administration
among its own partizans, or tha Mr.. Polk could
possibly repose on a bed ofroses.
"a warm friend OF Senator Benton assurer me
with an arch smile, that If there be any coalition
between the Colonel and the Administration,
the latter has to present arms and to kne ell to the
great Missouriah-in proof of which the fact
was adduced that a few days since, when Col.
Benton visited the ceremonies OF the Columbian
College, at Mr.. Browns Church in this city. and
was escorted up The aisle TO where the President
and his Cabinet Ministers were bowling and
smiling to receive him, he suddenly turned on
his heel, so soon as he saw into what company
they were ushering him; and, with all the frow-
ming dignity of his nature, walked off to another
part of the Oh urch and took a place by him
self!
sBut the Colonel is himself sometimes cut
even as he would cut others. There is a little
quizzicaI looking old gentleman now stopping
in this city. named Graham, who is writing a
Life of John Randolph, of Roanoke. He is a
terrible Jackson-Pclk Democrat, though he
thanks his Maker,t he says, that he always has
been and still is a Federaiist! He hates Mr.
Clay, whom he delights to call "Henry Bargain,
He formerly admired Mr.. Benton, but now curses
him, on account, he says, of the Colonel's course
on the Texas question! You twould laugh to
hear the venerable old gentleman abuse those
whom he dislikes. tits the most hearty abuse
in the world. Well. the other day, a very affable
aud polite gentleman walked up with Col. Benton
to Mr.. Graham, AMI with all the good intentions
in the world, introduced line two distinguished
'democrats.i' Mr.. Benton advanced, of courses
graeiously and politely to shake the hand of the
little old Historian of Randolph, when 10. Mr..
Graham, with a contemptuous sneer, wheeled to
the left about and walked off in Randolphian
ma gesty TheIfeelings of all three ofthe g%entle-
men concerned may better be ina gined than
described.
POTOMAC.