New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-02-17
From Washington.
Things in Washington.
rrou, our Regular Correspondent.
w .surNcrnS Feb 18th Is.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 18Th loi6.
nis seldom that correct any typographical error
:, nv letters, though some unmportant ones occur
occasionally Ny only surprise is that manuscript
FINISHED in such hurry can be printed so correct
"! but there is one in my letter IN your paper oi
Friday last which must correct In speaking OF
Mr.. HovsToS Of Delaware said " w haterer j. "
uors1os does is done independently and patriot
ically" The paper makes me say w NAT e0tI' &c
aid not intend 10 charge any etn actions 10 my
JIrb;g friend from that noble little w hlg State.
n The same letter gee | am represented as hav-
INC said that two of the Ohio Wings voted against
the Notice Whether wrote il So or not, !; is
,n;stake Seven OF the Ohio Wings voted for II,
only one agans; il see a synopsis OF The votes 60
inc the rounds OF the papers which Is taken from
The Times of this civ THE new name OF the old
Madisonian1 which contains several errors NY
error with aspect 10 Ohio lay in chasing ALkAAs-
DER HARPER of Ohio in the Negative Mr. hAR,
PER is true Wing and native OF ire,aao, aou
you will generally lind thar an ii''n " us "''
no back out in him
Thsre have heen so many rumors OF late that
h,.a nm, i;,,e faith in any of them. heard, as
well as other letter writers. the rumor OF Mr, faheh-
t ho;ny offered 10 take 49, &c. but did not be-
Ieve them then and DO not believe them YET l
.h;nk IL doubtful whether Mr.. Pakenham will make
snv more offers unless it may be an ultinatum when
he hears from his Government again. Inc oner o.
zoe will probably come from our Government next
understand that there is much talk among Inc FOLK
mon here of offering 49, with some compromise 70
brpak down the Tariff and that Mr.. BUCHANAN IS
opposed TO ii and will leave the Caoinet on tnis ques
,;1p the fact that the Jadgeship of the Supreme
Conrt is kept so long untitled looks as ii It was be-
Ing kept for somebody not yet ready TO take II.
mentioned to you day or two since that would
giye YOU something about a curious piece oil Native
in.olerance from the pen Of Gov. MORTON OF Mass
1 ~, ,t,x orn Dr-
ros. on the 18th day Of June last. wrote letter
N the Postmaster General here, demonstrating
soainst the appointment of Mr.. ONElL OF North
Bridgewa,er, Mass because he was a -" CathoGc IN
Religion and a swadder in politics!' Mr.. . NEIL,
Ibelieve is a native OF this country, but he believes
IN the Catholic Religion, and therefore must go by
the board We shall pretty soon have beautiful
Collection Of facts about the opinions OF distinguished
Loco. Focos who have cheated the Irish Cat holics
ont Of their votes only to abuse them when they got
into power The Boston Pilot perlinenty says
These were not his sentiments when he was can
di3ate for the office Of Governor. How long shall
honest hearted Irishmen permit such Loco Focos 10
claim the votes OF Naturalized citizens as belonging
10 them.
PHILADELPHIA and MARCUS MORTON OF Boston, as
The Collectors Of these ports, will be rejected
believe that about one half Of the Loco Foco Sena
tors are opposed 10 MoRToS, and that number also
are opposed 10 HENRY Horn. Mr.. Polk appears TO
be unfortunate in his appointments. Somehow or
other they won't stay appointed. can t say, now
ever whether Horn and Morton are TO be rejected.
Ii is curious fact that the most eloquent parts of
Mr. BARCLAY MARTINS speech. oil tennessee, was
stolen from speech made about one year ago. In
Coleman's dining room, by Major DAvEzAc. You
ncollect that gave you a sketch of Mr.. DAvEzAc's
al the time II was upon the last anniversary OF
JAcKsoNs Birthday. In talking about our having
poGeneras TO lead our troops against any enemy with
whom we might get 10 war. The Major said that live
unlytook the old cooked hat of Gen. JACKSON and his
meteor sword, and elevated them on hickory pole,
tens and hundreds of thousands would flock TO that
standard battle for our country. Mr. MARTIN
made use Of about the same language, tother day
on Oregon The ideas can't be original with BOTH
Did MARTIN lend them TO DAvEzAc or do did Dave
nc merely anticipate Martin
Gen. Francis GRANGER is among the visitors
low in this city JOHN L. O'SuLLIvAN also, OF the
Morning News. is here.
The Union of this morning has a curious puff of
NrSecretary WALKER for his Z" studious secuslon
while collecting facts on the "Profectire Tariff
lsl odious system OF injustice. Other Secretaries
used TO get along very well with their regular
Clerks and assistants but Mr.. Walker has en-
puyed all these. and Ten or twelve leading officers
Of the Custom Houses of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Baltimore, who have been detained from
their duties al home for several weeks, 10 swell Mr.
Walkers help. This indiscriminate pulling. where
none is deserved looks very bad. In this morning
article the Editor calls of my assertions IN ques
| ton shall only say, that what is there written Is
true.
In commenting on some Washington letter wri
tiers the Union says of one that il appears he is
Whg from his opposition 20 tho reduction OF the
Tariff" If that is prima face evidence oil Wing
gerry where do Mr. BUCHANAN and other Pennsyl-
yania Tariifmen stand RICHEL1EC.