The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-12-21
MR.. CLAY. AND THE UNION.

ne NUItOHUG tIiuS diS-
poses of The Unions sole cayil of any con-
sequence at the accuracy Of Mr.. Clay's
9peech:-
"Mr. SIidell must have been considered
as on his way to Mexico ,0ith his diplo-
matte credenSiGls, so long as 1t was uncer-
tain whether or not he would be received
by Mexico in his diplomatic capacity.
The order to General Taylor TO transplant
his command to the Rio Grande was CIV
ell before any information was received
here of the result of MIR Slidell's applica-
ton to be SO received. Without waiting
for the decision of the Mexican Govern
inent on that question of receiving Mr.
SlGelI, ,Ohilc that question aoas depending
and the Mexican Government implorlng
for time-that is to say, more than fioO
months 6rforeMr SideH dcmandt d his pass
ports from the Mexican Government
General Taylor was ordered to march the
army under his command to the Rio
Grande, and simultaneously strong ma
val fnrce was ordered TO be assembled in
the Gulf of Mexico. 1t was not until the
18th of April. full three months after tie
order was issued to Gen. Taylor, and
twenty days after he began his march, that
it was known here lin this city, that MIR.
Slidel had finally been refused to be re-
ceived.
Nay, the file of The Union itself con-
clusively exposes its own blunder in this
matter. The order 10 Gen. Taylor was,
ps we have said, issued on the 18th Jdnu-
uy-In the Union of February 10 the ed
itor informed his readers not only that Mr.
Slidell had not been rejected, but that
the had been received with much courte
sy, and welcomed in the society of the me.
lropolis as an elegant and accomplished
gentleman. He had not yet been received
by the Government in an official capacity;
neither had they declined his reception"
DEPARTURE OF MIssroNRIEs Rev.
Mr.. Baldwin and wife of Bloomfield. New
Jersey, and Messrs. Cummings. Richards
and James, Miss Pohlman and Mrs. Cum
mings, sailed last week from Philadelphia,
in The Valparaiso, for China. A large
company of Missionaries embarke at Lon
don, recently, for the Pacific Islands
ELECTION IN LIBERIA. We have seen
a letter from Monrovia of the 18th of Oc-
tober, giving the result of the election un-
der the new order of things in that coun-
try. The present Governor, Roberts, has
been elected TO that office by the people,
and the Hon. N. Brondon, Lieutenant
Governor. Commercial Advertiser
CHEAP PosTAGE.-So well has the sys-
ieu of cheap postage worked. that, accord
lug 10 the correspondence Of the Philadel-
phia Ledger, even Cave Johnson, the
most inveterate opponent of the reduction,
has become convert 10 it, and will prob
ably recommend the introduction of L.
inform rate The difference in the post
office department, which was $500, 900
the first year will hardly reach $4,000
this year Thus has the cheap system
indicated itself in spite of the opposition
Of the head ofthe department, who in
stead of favoring it, has thrown every
possible embarr assment in the way OF its
operation Bennington Banner.
: BrATH OF GEO. H. CoLToN.-We re-
greet to announce the death of George H.
Cotton, late editor and Proprietor of the A.
merican Wing Review, which occurred in
t New York on Wednesday last. His dis
; ease was originally Typhus Fever, to
: which Congestion of the Brain vas uIti-
: mately added. Mr.. Cotton was young
: man of exceedingly fpir promise, possess
irg noble principles a highly cultivated
mind, and spotless reputation. He was
: graduate of Yale College, and his re-
: mains were carried to New Haven for
burial. lie was 20 yeaIs old.
HENRY CLAY.-The Washington Wing
announces that Mr.. CLAY proposes to visit
Washington this winter, and that he will
: probably arrive there about the 33d inst He
goes for the purpose oil attending the session
OF the Supreme Court, in which he has pro-
, lessonal engagements. His appearance at
the seat of Government AT the present crisis
Of public affairs will Dc an event OF more than
ordinary interest.
MOVEMENTS IN DELAwARE'-A large mee-
ting was held at Wilmington a few days
since 10 mature plans for calling a convention
10 amend the constitution of the State. |: a
Convention is called. the question of provi-
ding for the final extinction Of all that remains
of Slavery in Delaware will doubtless have
10 he discussed and settled. Thus in Vir-
glnia, Kentucky. Maryland and Delaware
there are hosiiIies to Slavery which bid lair
10 result IN direct measures to procure lis o.
verthrow.
\ WING TRIUMPH IN BOSTON.
The election in Boston on Monday nassed
of quietly. although good deal of activity
was manifest around the polls. The vol.
was much larger than last year, as the ex
element in regard TO the result has been very
materially increased by questions no, then
: deemed OF So much importance as now.
The following is The vote !; Quincy, 474e;
Parker, 1861 Goodrich. Betton; scattering,
s.. Mayor Quiney's majority over all olhars