The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-20
WASHINGTON, March IL, lS47.

WASHINGTON, March IL, lS47
St. Pat1ck-Ihe Mefhodists-Gensrol Butler
comang-Projsctsd Journey of Mr.. Wsbsfr to
the Nos4th-Sxggsstsd Journey Of Mr. Calhoun
to the NORTH Good Effects of both Trips
Mail Failssrss from New Orleans Why don't
the p. NJ G.. stsy them-Army Letters, &c.
st. Patrick, in this latitude, has seldom had a
finer anniversary. The day has been clear; and
the air, though cool, delightfully."- agreeable on the
sunny side of the avenue. We approve the plan
Of our Irish friends here. of not Teasing to-day,
while their countrymen of the island of ST. Pa
trick are s'arving-a nation of brave people starv-
ing for lack of bread. And there is another thing
which is commendable. We heard of no rag
images or men of straw, being hung up to-day in
mockery of our Irish fellow citizens Let us hope
that this savage sport is utterlyEabandoned.
We wish to be correct in what we state, and
we seldom find it necessary to revise rapidly
written letters, very few of which we seldom
read over till they returned us in the Herald
We, therefore, ask to state that having lost long
ago our copy Of the Methodist Discipline" and
though born Methodist, as Felix Grundy was
"born veteran" we relied upon our faint
recollection of the regulations Of the annual
conference, and were mistaken. A brother in
forms us that all the ministers from all the cir
cults embraced in the conference, attend, and al
though the ministers generally stay upon a circuit
two years, yet there are many changes, which re-
quire general reorganization every year. The
details Of the regulations would occupy too much
room. But for an error committed in haste, and
without the documents before US, it is proper that
it should be deliberately credited
Major General w. 0. Butler has been sent for,
and we suppose will shortly be here. His wound,
received at Monterey, has compelled him to quit
the field, but the War Department have another
branch Of the service in which his talents may be
eminently useful, and that is in the employment
of his experience in the Mexican service in the
councils at Washington.
1t is intimated that the journey of Mr. Webster
to the South has "an awful squirting" at the
cond place on the ticket, in case Mr.. Clay should
be the nominee to the first but in no other con-
tngency is it pro able that Mr. Webster is looking
to the chances Of the succession. We were pre-
sent at the last Baltimore wing convention, and
heard Mr.. Webster in ten acre field, give in his
ardent adhesion to the nomination OF Mr.. Clay;
and pending his speech a man exclaimed in the
crowd, Yes, Daniel, and you shall be the next"
But we suppose Mr.. Webster has forgotten that
promise, and has no intention ofholding his friend
to the bargain. In short, we suppose the visit of
Mr.. Webster to the South is to be rather a social
than political excursion; but that it will have
oonciating effect upon the temper of the South
it is quite reasonable to expect, when consider
that the people of the South, like Mr.. Rtchie's
young Vlrginian are ''as ardent as a southern sun
can make Them 1t may be well enough, how
ney in the way of political capital. And with this
admonition, we wish MIR. Webster trlumphal
tour of observation !; for we suppose, that in an
swer 10 his appeal, "Where am l to 20 ?"-hs
friends have said, Go down South.''
Mr.. Calhoun, meantime will, we hope, by way
OF retaliation, take journey to the North. We
should like to hear of him among the iron men OF
Pennsylvania, and among the girls at Lowell, at
the spndles, while Mr.. Webster is gathering in
formation among the rice fields Of South Caro-
Ira, or the cotton plantations on the Tombigbee.
1t is not improbable that Mr.. Calhouns ideas
would be expanded beyond the borders of free
trade, while it is equally probability that Mr..
Webster's notions Of Massachusetts, protection
might undergo material mitigation. A theory
or an abstraction Of forty years standing is some
times upset In single glance at the naked fact in
BODILY form. But, as matter OF electoneerng
policy, we advise Mr.: Calhoun to head an inva.
sisn into the North, while Mr.. Webster is overrun-
ming the South.
The New Orleans mails have come through to-
day. The mail has pretty uniformly failed, at
some point or other on the route, about three
times week, and sometimes for two or three
days in succession. In consideration Of the army,
and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of a regular COM
municaton with New Orleans. we hope thar M
Johnson will stretch his energies and his authori-
y, If necessary, to the utmost, in retrieving those
irregularities in the Southern mail line.
Respectfully, THE Doctor.