The Arkansas banner., 1848-05-09
Letters from Washinstcn.
lCOrresFehdenee of the Baltimore sun.l


 n eitber ranks, that pyestgs of victory which on former occasions was want to anim8ie tI.m Inc whAgs arc no longer in dregBmta: because Mir Clay has kindly helped them ot Of r. slll they et sttDafely refuse te consider themselves better off and show some disposition to be ungra'eful for the benefits bestowed upon them. Tue frien9s of Gen Taylor have lest their reeSonihg. asd cons der themselves al They try to fna General Tavlcr after t1e manser of some expert circas idef stand ing three four horses at once. fines taa dHl, s0metines,ail in row, and soanstiues paired of two and two, but with imminent danger te tae horsemea ef siipPiag through between ibern Nellher arc ihe democrats much better cf except that their athaity for each other is strotrer sna difficulties among them repaired ~ith gfester fsei- ty. Their forces divided info three lines In he hrsi are Messrs. Bachansn, Cass and Noodbury with tsr chance that the triangular fight between them may give the second line chance of entering sae field. This second line is formed by MessrF. Dallas, Wslker and wE. 0. Butler. This second line Is eyidently destined to do much execution and to decide the victory. The corpse de rssFYpe consists of Mr. Polk. The President. whaieyer may be said to ihe contrary in psper of another, Is no candidate Tor reelection, unless snune more of hcious than discreet friends choose to make him
 He s'ands eooi from the contest aud treats all pre- i sioegtial asprants alike. What he would do il the hrst and second line of candidates were to go bv 1 the board l know not; but there is 10 lkeiiho Of such an event Either Dailas or " alkei s able to unite tIe democracy of New York and tha uni ted democracy oi A York eaa carry that State by 3o,00o. The idea of counting out" silhoat New York, will som Se gwen ap by al sensible demo- crats. The i9ea tha; Tennessee, more doubtful State than New York. can make up 10 the demo ersts for inc loss ol the Empire Ssafe, Is roieai fiction bordering on absgrdty. The future Pr s- dent ot the United States may just well get along without heart, as the democracy of the Union without New York or Pennsylvania.
 Tie Caliloria clain tiI is likely 10 be reeoumit fed a the Senate; the features of the b, seems io be acceptable to tue Senate al ieast # to Inc House. The Postmaster General has succeeded u is year n letting t5e maa routes oi the ui!4le States al Sleo,o09 less than tie las, year This is saving of one oat of s7eo,o0o, CT equal To above II per cent Several railroad companies ttat have stood og', have come in on the terms proposed by MT Cave Johnson. and tie Department VI i'll go per fecily smooth in she-t time With these savings. the speedy introduction of the cheap uniform post age system is reduced 10 certainty.
 Mr. Aggent i sill in the custody of the Sergeant at Arms Of the Senate; but Mir Bennett, the enter
 risIrg proprietor of the Heraii being himself the spot his speedy release is h yhiy probable should nod wonder fl Mr. Bennett were able 10 prove tha, inc same documents, fer the publication ot which Mir N ls now at least indirectly detained ptisoHer were offered him ai the rate of S@00 but refused by him in t3e first instance. If Mir Benneit's af- fdata go-s before the Senate, if he b. examined by taa honorable body, ysu may certainly look out foF soins rich and Interesting disclosures N
 Washington, April F, lsis. Ihr last letter manifesto, proclamation o- what ever else il may bs termed. 6l the great Kentucky statesman, Is generally considered here indicating very concHsiveiy. fhe seniiiiy both phy scai and mental, of is distinguished author Nor uiil ii many believe be calculated to iacrezse his chances for nomination.
 There be no doubt l am more and more persuaded that the Southern whigs ln the Phl4 ceiphia national convention wi pertinaciously IT, sisi upoa tbr nomination of q -uerai Taglor. And there afe those among the S9uthera members of Congress- oi both polucal parties, who bel ved that H MT Clay's f1cBds to not yield t'e couvf nIipn wlli be dissolved without making any nomination whatever CT that separation wili ;ske place alter ie" baLo'inss, and two distinct crn' entlons be org4nized-oue nun hating Genersl Taylor and the other Mir. Clay.
 Others agaiu from the same section of the Union, ohnk II quite pro5ahiy tbai the whig convention may consent fo gnie uroH a couprornise canJiasie and thai the claims oi Gen Sc0tt--s'reaihened by hts services m Mexico and sympathy excited by more recent events, will uot b. disrerardeo.
 The preference manifested for M5 Polk by cer tam democra'lc members from the Soath--tieorgIa ariicuiarlydoubi!esS arises from his Vi WIS en the question Of internal improvements. On 1his sub ect tbe doctrines oi the Presidents late message are more ia consenance with The views and feelings of Geergia, than those of. any other dis'i age-ttad democrat N hcse name tas vet bes Il EneGiieuri Id connection with The next Presidency.
 he Democrats of the Georgia delegation, both III the last and pfes'at Congress. have uuiiormiY voted against al bis making appropriaiiqts Tor ter Ti'0iia imProV ca that containing az propra'ion iof the removal Of obsrgciIoas ia the Savannah riYeT.
 The views of Mir. Dallas on this question were given ia his PGtsbufg speech, and siailar r. those expressed by Shss Wright in bis -iier 70 ihe Chczgo convention. which letter Mir Dallas pro- baby lad ID his mind hen bis speech WIS deliver sx th. .reTA .fA Ata Esz mess. .ge, those of Mr Dallas are nnqnesi'onably ! most ia aceordancs wh the tiews Of the State ol : Georgia.
 The result of the rrcent election in ths city ogN. York, and he proceedings oi tIe lrEiat,e caacaf of that State, CT he limoi proyso and eihsr mai ters. will have, II Is supposed important bearing upon inc presidential question, and may Iniiaenee m4cfsiiy he conclusions oi the BallImore Co0Ven- lion, and The sabsequen action Of ihe people them- seises Many now e1pTess the behef that Mir. Van BGren vii b- pfoDiaent esnaidlte before ths; eunyenfiah-t the iiGe Of popular feeling in New fork II lcad 10 the adu into the convention of delegates igcm that State Favorable o Lis alton.
 With Mr Clay the csn1idats Of the whig pArty MT Van Bufru coaia undoubtedly be elected. bat many sound and reaecting demociais eEteusia ibe opiuiou that success could only be rendered iain by the nomination oi MT Dallas for the rresl- deney, followed ia September by that of Gen. DlN for Goyernct of the Empire state.
 The desk and seat 10 the House ef Representa- tiyess reeeaty occupied hy Mr Jers. tlginc! Ad-f ans, and winch were eg.sisogdet in IaoRuirg Tor thrty days after his death perceive How o>- cupied by Mir VIBiou, Mir. Horace Asnn, the sue, eesscr to Mr Adams, taking thr seai hiheFto oceu- pied by Mf Nintea.
 Yoa wil have perceived ttai humefocs memori- ais have recently been preseutea io Coz Sre7s from different sections Of the IGoa, fer lhe purchase of Ahaat Vernon by the Uaited Sfstes- The otject oi the asrAlot4llsss z6 sei bah h CoPy "hleh eheoSe, iasued i,Is, Is sin ordeT thzi the maa-i3h aHI fayurTie g-UuRs of Nzshstgss aA .ts izs ,olab containing his sacred remains, may be kept ia suitable and proper stats of preservation, and no ioa ger leit subject to the eeeeneics and transfers of private esiaies and that thus Amercaa eiilssus ard iaeIg posiesi;y may have iegs aaf uHdi 'Pa''d ghi To vif'. without restraint ite place, haoSee a. # iS, by eYeTy paiIiotie assoca a'ioR ssd emoon thst eRC haig tae hesy;s of AmeiicsHs.