The New York herald., 1845-03-18
Washington.
Correspondence of the Herald
WASHINGTON, March Is. lS45.

WASHINGTON, MdrCn 10, IS40.
EDITOR HERALD -
With your corps of correspondent on the ground,
| cannot expect to go much beyond what they will
more fully communicate.
Mr. Tyers choosing the alternative Of me
House resolutions to offer Texas as the mode Of
annexation, and sending them off by express to that
country, is justified by him and his friends on the
ground that date was inserted in the resolutions
directing the period at which the President of the
United States should make his selection. The
whole affair was claimed by the captain as " his
thunder" and he determined to use it. 1t is said
the captain was polite enough to inform Mr.. Polk
OF his Intentions and that if the latter did not ac
cept OF 1t he offered no serious opposition.
The cabinet being complete, all the heads of de-
parments appear to be very busy, finding scarcely
! time to speak, syllable with any. one.
Another cabinet council was held to-day. The
President received company at o'clock tonight
Mr. Bates IS not expected to live twenty -four
hours longer.
and kind feeling for his suffering colleague.
MIR. Cameron, the newly elected Senator OF
Pennsylvania, to fill Mr. Buchanan's place, is ex-
pccted to arrive in Washington tonight. He is
manners. He will probably just arrive in time to
receive eight dollars for one days work with his
mileage to and from hcme.
Col Laughlin believe has received the Office Of
IN the Treasury Department.
Ex-Mayor Robert H. Morris and Prosper M
Wetmore lett this evening tor New York Capt
Rynders also set off for New York in the same train
of cars.
Tomorrow will send you further interesting
| particulars. RELAY.
WASHINGTON, Sunday evenng,2
March 16, lS45.
Mr. BENEFIT
We are Informed that our worst apprehensions in
regard to the hopeessness Of recovery of Senator
Bates are confirmed by his death this evening at
about o'clock. He was on old man, but unim-
paired in the strength of his intellect, and the fresh
ness of his scholastict attainments as exhibited
in his last speech the night before the passage of
the Texas resoutions-again the proposed annex
alton. 1t was as strong and mastery an effort as
that OF any man, not excepting Choate, who spoke
against the resolution. But we adhere to our opin
ion that this great effort, and the excitement subse-
quent to It, unhnged his constitution and prostra-
ted him upon the bed of DEATH And if il were mot
out of order SO closely upon the departure of Mr..
Bates, to speculate upon his successor, we should
say that Ex-Governor Lincoln will be the man. for
Mr.. Choate has no desire to return to the Senate
again.
The death Of Mr.. Bates will probably protract
the final adjournment of the Senate by an inter
vening suspension OF the sttings for 1as cf m,
On tomorrow we shall give you scr5a a. vFGsr.
mens which will set politicians to sc ;-ii- tt@it
heads.
WASHINGTON, March II
Mr.. Bates died about FIVE or six o'v.s.s t,l,sfls
ternoon His decease will, of course, ca ~
pension of all business in the Senate to 81 ~.
final adjournment, it is said, will not he }sI'H
Wednesday next.
Among those who still linger in Wash 4Vtor r.
Mr. Postmaster Graham and Gen. Va
is supposed to be doubtful whether the
remain in his present office. The
thought, may retain his for season si es
Washington has become quite bad
Some few fashionable people. with y .E4,sa-:ss
seekers, still appear in Pennsylvania Aven.s -,
1t is supposed Gen. Cameron, the new Sena.sr
from Pennsylvania, will be in his seat tomorrow.
Mr.. Webster, it is expected at the opening OF the
deliver eloquent and feeling eulogium on his de-
ceased friend and colleague.
Yours, respectfully, RELAY.