New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-30
The Partisan Correspondence Of the "Unlon
-Uorse-raising In Texas-Arrivai OF 1eh'
Peeslce of N. H-fInjor-Gcnerai Butter.


From our own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Saturday, March "a, 1917.
IN the National Intellgencer Of this morning Will
be found notice OF an attack BY the Partisan Cor
respondent of the Washington Union upon MI
Webster, and proper rebuke thereof
II one could be surprised at any act OF this Ao'
ministration however inconsistent 1t might be with
the laws not only of courtesy, but OF political nom
esty. he would be somewhat astonished that per
son should be retained in high Official position
abroad and at the public expense, whose principal
or exclusive daty it seems 10 be TO caumniate the
character and conduct Of the eminent men, whose
opposition to that Administration al home perplexes
and defeats it's measures But so it is. 1t is
well known that this correspondent OF the Wash.
ipgton Union is Secretary to the French Legation.
and receives from the Government s.. 900 per an
mum for his seruices beside the general desire
of the writer to make himself acceptable to the Ad-
nnistration by abuse of its most distinguished OPP
ponents be has a particular motive for bis attack
upon Mr. Webster.
That eminent person, when he assumed the
State DEPARTMENT. found the contributor to the
Caion in the Chief Clerkship. Wishing to
place some one in that necessarily intimate connec
ton with bis own position. in whom he could re-
pose personal and political confidence he removed
this Correspondent: and from that time to this, at
home and abroad, in and out Of Office this penner
of paragraphs, this Partisan Correspondent OF the
Union has sought every possible occasion to
vent his SANDER upon who never did him a dis
favor but at the same time the public service
1.-THE CALLED Jade winces" How much credit
should be given to personal malignity, unscrupu
Ious withal in its means and careless in its ends
it becomes an enlightened community TO judge
That the Union caters best for its readers taste IN
the publication of malicious and personal SANDER
rather than in the discussion Of matters foreign or
domestic of political or general importance, may
be easily allowed
copy the following extract Of letter from the
Union of last evening. II is from gentleman
in Austin, Texas, to a gentleman in this city.
"sipce writing tho above, the Indians hare stolen some
fse head of horses and have pursued several persons
about three miles from this city"
insert this because the portion in Italics is sug'
gestive Of many future fraud TO be perpetrated
upon the u s. Treasury. do not know, that horse
raising has hitherto been an object of much pur
suit to the Texans it seldomis incountries sparse
" populated have good reason for believing that
horse seling-whether ofhorses dead or alive, mat.
tiers It's destined hereafter to be an element OF
Texan prosperity. These fifteen stolen by the
Indians are already sold to the United States, and
Congress will take that they are Literally paid
for After the close Of this Mexican war, the le-
gislaton of Congress will be chiefly devoted to the
consideration OF the payment for horses, captured
by the Mexcans stolen by the Indians, or Ja65cat
ed BIZ The Te1ansi at least it for years after
the Florida war and there is nothing in the charac
ter ofthe present war or OF the for whose
sake il was commenced and is carried on to war
rant other inference No later than the last session
a bill was introduced into the House OF Represen-
tatiyes and passed both houses, providing for the
appropriation OF $50 in liquidation OF the claim OF
some one, "whose horse'-to use the language of
the act" had runaway from him, and had never
been heard of since" To such an extent proceeds
the benevolence of this Government it pays ex-
travagant prices not only for horses destroyed or
captured BY the enemy, not only for such as are
even stolen by robbers but for such as runaway"
from their discOnsolate masters What scamper'
ing of horses there will be, eenougb, after this
is terminated
But horses will not be the sole subjects Of future
legislative liberality fraud is to be genuine, not
specific term all kinds of property will be discov
for whose destruction, aOHappearance, proper
provision must be made If the present War bills
are hard to pay, the Peace-bils will be much hard
err understand from an oticaat source, that If all
the claims occurring far during the war were to
be Immediately liquidated the sum of ONE HUN
DRIED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS would be required
including of course, the regular expenses Of the
army The claims that win be preferred after the
war will demand still greater sum for their liqui-
daton. Why did not Mr.. President Polk, in the
official Munchausen he put forth to the world,
speak Of the costeSs as well as "bloodless annexa
ton of Texasr'
Hon. Charles II. Peasee, member elect from the
Second Congressional district in New. Hampshire,
arrived in the city last evening. Mr. Peaslee is a
much more respectable man. IN character and tai
ents than New. Hampshire Loco Focoism has been
accustomed hitherto to send TO Congress. If the
Wings have not yet obtained complete ascendency
in that State they have at least compelled the Lo-
CO. Focos to select their candidates with greater
discrimination. The election OF Peaslee and John
son is, therefore, negatre victory to the Wings,
as the defeat of Jenness and Moulton is positive
one Beside, if tn, Wings and Independents of
the Granite State, who agree upon the ONE GREAT
PRINCIPLE of future legislative action, will but
unite their forces atthe ballot box, Liberty yet viii
| claim one half the State.
Mai Gen Butler passed yesterday with the
President. From his views there is little to be
elected OF important bearing upon the conduct OF
tue WhV. ne uOCb not OtilcNc tudt SOi. MOrsun
has been cut off reported nor. though there may
have been some diminishing, any regular battle
between Gen. Taylor and Santa Anna. He will
| leave early on his return TO the Seat Of War.
| 1t is reported and believed here that Worth will
| be made a Ma or General, for which his services
\ and qualifications both recommend him. There
will then still be vacant Major. Generalship, to
which Mr.. Polk can appoint his personal and po.
| litical Tennesseean friend Brig, Gen. Pillow.
The Potomac river, understand, has gone South.
The gale that has ragged here for the last twenty
four hours, has driven the water far down below so
that the steamboats, have become stranded. No
boat left this morning for Norfolk, none will come
| up this afternoon. We therefore must be without
the receipt of farther intelligence from the army,
though you may have some from Baltimore by the
| Telegraph.
God forbid that this gale should have extended
TO the Cuff If so, it may have done more damage
! to cur ships Of war there than all OF San Juan
| dUlloas loaded guns.
CITY ELEcTIoS.-The following nominations
have been made by tho Loco-Focos of various
Wards Of our City
| Ward. alderman. Assistant
L. Henry II. Hyrne Philip French.
Ty george Ii. Purser, Dennis Mullins,
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