The State guard., 1848-04-25
Correspondence State Guard.
ASHLAND, April II, ls49.

ed yesterday, was marked with much abil. ity and very forcible conclusions. Col Benton's California Fremont bill was un. der consideration. It appears from the testimony spread before the country in the last book about Col. Fremont, the print. ing of which Col. B. procured at the ex. pense of the Treasury, that Commodore Sloat and Col. F. acted in the matter o making a revolution, as it were, wholly without orders from the Government, anc without knowledge that war between the countries had actually commenced; and further, that Commodore S., anticipating the commencement of hostilities, hearing that Fremont and Gillespie had actually drawn the sword in aid of the insurgents supposed that they did it under orders. Sc he too must needs go off half cocked.- It was evidently the aim of MT. Mason to spike federal gun, by showing that the administration is in no manner, shape, or form, responsible for the original interfer. ence ofSloat or Fremont in purely Mexican difficulties; and further, that the proposi- ton to legislate any particular individual into the Commissionship for which Col. Fremont is named in the bill, is unconsti. tutional. He was understood heartily to approve the proposed selection of Fremont for the post, but to object simply to the unconstitutional manner in which the bill designed to make the selection. Under the ir;umstances-as this Government was so soon thereafter involved in war with Mexico, and was thereby enabled fairly to profit by the unauthorized proceed. ings of these ofliccrs-he advocated the appointment of the man suggested in the bill for the purpose of paying off the claims.
 This speech will have an important bearing on the next Presidential contest furnishing, as it does, the facts with which democratic speakers and presses, every where, may be enabled to disprove the al legation federalism intends making in thi: connection.
 Our small majority in the election 0 Mayor of New York, in the contest whicl came off in that city on the day before yesterday, was the result of a very bat nomination. MT. Havermeyer, the demo cratic nominee, it will be recollected, was Mayor very few years ago, when he per sisted in nominating for very importan post, after repeated rejection, one of tho m ost ultra political Nativeists in the city who at no period of his life professed any sy mpathy with the democratic cause o pa rty. He also set the example of licens ing negroes as carmen, which gave nor tal offence to large number of adopted citizens, usually sustaining democratic n, minations with zeal and fidelity. N persuasions proved sufficient to induce them to refrain from voting for the whis ca ,lidate to keep Mir. H. out. Mir. Hay erneyer is also understood to have exert ed himself to defeat our last previous no mination for mayor, and tor the membe of Congress representing the district ii which he resides, who belonged to the oth or section of the party. These consider ations threatened to produce his defeat, il spite of the earnest labors in the leader oi the other section of the party, who la bored with manful zeal to secure his tri umph, because fairly and regularly nomi mated.
 The story that the late French minister Mir. Pageot, was offered to be continues near this government by the new govern ment of his country, is not true. He wa perhaps the first diplomatist recalled. H. is by no means popular in Washington out of the little aristocratic circle of whicl l (giving the best dinners and most of them he has long been the magnet. His sala " of thirty thousand dollars has enabled him to lay up q handsome fortune, whicl he will probably enjoy in the Unite' States, declining to risk his money in re publican France.
 The New York city contested electiol came upon the House to-day for the frs time, and Cobb of Georgia made the ve ry best speech of the session in favor o the sitting member, Jackson. Murphy Jackson's colleague, also made an abl' speech on the same side, and Thompson of Indiana, chairman of the committee making the report in favor of the fedora contestant, spoke in his behalf. In thi case, the right of Jackson (dem to tn, seat, is precisely similar to that of Runl Gin the last Congress) to the seat then hel' by Farlee, dem. Bunk obtained the sea by the vote of House with 6S democrat