Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-05-09
Correspondence Of the Sunbury American,
NUMBER XIX
WASHINGTON, May. 4.

WAsuSGToN, May, 4, 1916
The committees in the case of Ingersoll
VS.. Webster, have not yet reported the result
of their labors. In fact, some days must elapse |
before they do, if the reports of their having |
sent to Maine and other places for witnesses,
be true. No efforts will be spared by the com.
mittees, to place the whole affair in its proper
light before the country. This, the friends of
Mr.. Ingersoll as well as those of Mr.. Webster,
must eesire-the former gentleman feeling con.
fdent of being sustained ir his charges, while
the latter is no less certain of having his skirts
cleared Of the imputstions, by the investigation
The report, with all the facts connected with the
case, must settle the matter one way or the other
and until appears, the jnstness Mr.. Ingersoll's
attack cannot be determined. There is apparent.
ly q seeming Indifference abroad a. 10 the fate
OF either. the whole affair having been carried on
IN spirit Of illberaity little becoming the
dignity of American representatives Where
the servants of the people descendte the common
slang OF blackguard, and desecrate the Halls
of Congress with language too degrading for bar
room, they should look for little sympathy from
a virtuous people. But it seem. almost impos-
sible to legsla:s nowadays without the use of
such choice and beautiful language, as IN is a
he; the lie Of q so,rard," &c.
The business transacted in Congress, the past
| week, has been mostly Of an unimportant char.
acter The President sent in message stating
that he had approved and signed the Oregon no.
fIca 1pf p,ptn nf bar dina,
you will find in the regular reports.
The Wing party is in a dilemma to who
, shall be their choice for the Presidency in ISIS.
The asplrants in its ranks are too "thick to
thrive" certainly The great guns of the party
are making bold pushes here, as we'll as else.
where. Some talk about erpediemcy and araiht.
hiiy, while others declare it as their purpose to
consult duty only" in the selection of a candi-
( date. All have their warm and ardent friends
! Clay, Clayton, Webster, and Scott are the most
| spoken of, and share part of the confidence of
! the party. AT the opening ofthe session it was
| visible in the political skies, that Gen. Scott
was more favorably looked upon than the other
aspirants, and believe expressed such as my
| opinion. There has evidently since that time,
change taken place The leaders feel disposed
to cast aside the hero of Lundys lane, as well
as Webster, and fall back upon their first, love-"
and run Henry Clay over the course again.
| The late celebration in New York, of Mr.. Clay's
! birth day, plainly demonstrates this fact
Washington is, undoubtedly, the place of all
| places, for rumors. Yesterday it was reported
that news had reached the city of Gen. Tay.
| lors defeat with 700 Americans killed To-
day the tale is changed The Mexican army, in
| a skirmish with ours, had 200 killed and great
number wounded. No reliance can be placed
on the many unauthentic reports put in circula-
| tion here. From the last news received from
our army, however, fight with the Mexicans
was set down as almost certain. Mexico de-
serves, and she will no doubt receive thrash
! ing from the American army. 1t is true, Gen.
Taylor's force at present, is not as mnch by halt
as that OF the Mexican army, but for all that it is
believed his noble band will be able TO defeat any
quantity of Mexicans.
A report has been in circulation some days
that Gen. I. was oblidged TO shoot few of his
soldiers for desertion. To-day. in the House o
Representatives, John q. Adams submitted .
resolution, which was adopted, calling upon the
President for information relative TO this matter
so that if there is any truth in the report, II vii
not be long kept from the public.
CROMWELL.