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WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 81. ls4s

In 1845 the Union contended that 4" all
the offices held at the will of the Execu-
tive are supposed by the Constitution 10 be
reached by the renovating principle in the
reelection Of every Chief Magistrate"
Such was the principle and such the Ian
guage in which it was laid down by the
Union. II may be scurrilous" to allude
to what the Union then said /; but we
should like to know if the constitutional
effect of Presidential election is the same
now as it was in 1915 Does the consti
tutional construction vary with the polti-
cal bias Of the person elected to the Presi-
dency! Our contemporary claims to be
a strict con-tructionst and a consistent
member of that school Has the Con-
sitution been amended since lS45 or do
circumstances alter the construction Of
constitutions as well as cases.
The Union also laid it down as rule in
1915, that the matter-of-course resignation
of the heads Of Departments upon the in
duction into Office Of every Chief Magis
trate, was, Gin effect, to say that every
place under them was vacant" Does
this rule obtain now? The Union pro-
mulgated these doctrines in lS45 as fixed
principles of faith, deducible from the Con-
stitution and structure of our government.
They were not propounded argumentative-
ly, or as the expedients of the occasion !;
they were asserted and insisted upon as
corolaries to the fundamental law of the
land. Are they so now : or is there a
statute of limitation against the articles OF
constitutional creed
At the same time the Union also de-
clared that the President was &C as respon
sble for retaining as for appointing" a
person to office. Is he so nowl When
MIR. Polk assumed the Presidency, the
Union contended he was just as RESPONSE
bic for retaining Wing in Office as he
would be if he had appointed him to it. Is
General TAYLoR's responsibility for re-
tanning Locofocos in office the same now
We should like to know if principle de
rived from the Constitution itself is subject
to the vicissitudes of popular elections if
it is eternal or temporary if it is a re-
specter of persons and of parties, or uni
versal in its application. The Union told
US, no longer ago than yesterday, that
"the Democratic party profess to be a
party founded upon PRINCIPLE" Is the
principle-the rule derived from the con-
struction of the Constitution-laid down by
the Union in 1915, Of the effect of a Pres
idential election, and the resignation of
the heads OF Departments upon the subor-
dinate Offices, the true constitutional doc
trine 1t was so considered then what
of it now
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A Review Of General TnyIor's Pledges.

We have been favored with the following article
by friend, who is not Wing or partisan OF any
kind Though written some wee ks since, II viii
not fail we trust, 10 command the attention Of the
reader both for the justness Of it, sentiments and
the ability with which they are enforced
Anumber Of the Georgian Of last week contains
an article accusing President Taylor OF lnhdenty
10 a pledge not 10 make removals, and refers mat
pledge TO the following paragraph Of his inaugural
u II impossible for any impartial mind TO discover
in that paragraph such q pledge as the Georgian
charges and IL is right that the public should bc
dsa bused of the false Impression which the Derho
cratic Interpretation IL likely TO produce
So far as il is possible 70 be informed, shall
make honesty, capacity and fidelity Indispensable
ACQUISITIONS in the bestowa Of offices and the alb
Of either Of these qualities shall he deemed
sufficient cause for removal"
The evident meaning intended and conveyed ~
the former part Of this sentence IL, that every man.
irrespective VI party, must possess The quahhca-
tons there named before he can obtain an Office
that no Wing or Democrat, II be y not honest ~
his motives, capable in his mental qualities, and
faithful IN the discharge Of duty, is entitled 10
appointment These acquisitions are essential and
must be demanded by the President, who il true
10 the constitution u which be is pledged by The
most solemn assevcratiOns who " faithful 10 the
people who have elevated him 10 the lOfticst
init Of ambition, and who fears the eve Of God who
enters into judgment with the ancients Of his peo-
ole and the princes thereof" A. yet none haye
doubted the honesty, the capacity on the fidelity Of
those officials whom President Taylor has appoint
ed II there are individuals deficient in any Of
these qualities their appointments are, in common
Justice " be ascrbed 20 the Imperfect and partial
information Of which men in power are unhappily
TOO often the dupcs. The President u candid
enough implicitly, at least-to admit THE fact
and declares that, cas- far as " Is possible 10 BE- IA
formed, j" he will make honesty, capacity and fde
ity indispensable acquisitions. u he has been ms
led by false and prcjudiced information, and mad
improper men his officers II s the default OF his In
formers, not Of his own judgment or intentions
and il is the error which Presidents before HIM
more experienced ~ unraveng political intrigu
and in detecting party depravity, have often com
united.
But while General Taylor has Dc, Jared that "hon
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The influence of republican institutions has been
iorcibly exhibited in California In country poo
pied by emigrants from every section of the Onion
withouta territorial government, the people have,
with singular unanimity, taken the preliminary
means To secure the admission of their new home
INTO the Union. Elections have been held, the
rights OF all respected, and order maintained We
bearing OF our countrymen in that distant region.
Reared in a Government of laws and under repub
lican institutions, of the value of which they have
manifested proper appreciation, they prove 10 the
world the capacity of people thus educated for
self government, and furnish to their countrymep
fresh incentives to maintain and cherish the sacred
principles of republican faith Exchange paper
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DocToRs FoR CALIroRNIA.-RccentF French pa.
peers state that number of mercenary individuals
in that country are preparing 10 proceed 10 the
Sacramento, aud offer their medical services 10 the
dlggcrs, who, II is well known, greatly in want
of doctors. These individuals are not connected
with the medical profession, but in order to give
plausbty to their assertions, they have bit on
strange trick, by which they enrol themselves clan
destincly among the profession. The widows of
medical men are carefully sought after and offered
very handsome sums for the diplomas of tbeir
husbands, with which these enterprisng gentle.
men intend TO practise in California. Our Cali
iornia friends should be ON their guard against
these "French physicians. Dos Jour, 27M
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The Next Census,

The following letter from the Secretary
Of the s'Board of Census" has been drawn
forth by series Of communications ad-
dressed to the board through the medium
of the New Orleans press, by Professor De
Bow, Chic of the Bureau of Statistics of the
State of Louisiana department recently
established by law in connexion with the
State Department of that State. The par
tcular portions of Professor De BOWS ar
ticles to which reply is now offered, are
such as were conceived in objection to a
proposition, at one time seriously enter
tanned by the board, to vary the form Of
the census blanks so as to adapt the ques-
tons propounded to the agricultural, man
ufacturing, mineral, and other resources
OF each section of the Union. By the late
law, under which the new census is TO be
taken, the queries to be propounded are
limited to one hundred-less than half
contained in the census blanks of 1910.
To make the most of this restricted num-
Der, it was deemed advisable to leave
out Of the blanks sent TO certain States
questions which are inapplicable to the
productions or other resources of those
States, and to supply their places with
such a. were. IL will be seen that ques-
tons relating to slaves would be Just
as inapplicable in Massachusetts, as in
quIries concerning marble and lead
would be in Louisiana. Hence it was APP
parent that, the blanks being uniform,
many questions will be useless in the diff
ferent States, and something lost in all, as
the law does not permit the board to null
tiply questions 10 make amends for sec
tionally useless ones. The proposition OF
the board will be illustrated by striking
out the questions concerning slaves, cot
ton, &C, from the blanks sent to Massa-
chusetts, aud inserting in their stead others
relating to the peculiar productions of that
State and so of Louisiana and the rest.
Professor De Row objected TO varying
the form Of the blanks, as apt TO do injus.
tice to the South. This objection is an.
swered in the subjoined letter. But apart
from then structures upon the plan of va.
RED blanks, the Professors articles de.
rived importance from the amount of reh
able statistical information they contained
of the productions and resources of the
South, and especially Of that portion of il
embraced III the valley of the lower Mis-
sissippi. Had the invitations Of the board
which were extensively circulated in al
the States and territories, soliciting inlor
nation upon every branch Of production
mineral and other resources peculiar tC
each section Of the Union, been generally
responded TO in the same spirit and will
the knowledge displayed in Professor DE-
Bows communications, the plan which he
condem would have been made easier o.
satisfactory execution. II is quite posi-
bic TO manufacture hundred question:
out Of the Professors essays which woulc
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The Reciprocity Bill OF the English PsrIis-
msnt-Mr.

In 1877, the Congress Of the United States, upon
the recommendation Of Mr. Madison, at that time
just going out Of Office, passed Law by which the
port Of this country were thrown open 10 all ma
tons who would throw open their pOrts 10 US IN
june last thc British Parliament passed law 10
~ into effect ON the first day Of January next by
virtue Ofwhich ships allowed To carry goods
produce "a any port OF reat Britain, the same
terms with the ships Of that nation. The Admins
tratiOn Of General Taylor has construed the law Of
1877 to extend only TO the indirect foreign trade
Mr.. Polk had a project Of admitting the British
ships " share In our coasng trade, condition Of
allowing " share in theirs; in other words Of
extending the reciprocity ~ the coastng trade Of
both nations. The speeches in Parliament proved,
incontestably, that Mr.. Bancroft had even entered
into an arrangement at one time, with Mr. Iabou-
chcrc, to that effect II hardly doubtful that Nj
Polk instructed Mr.. Bancroft in the premise and
yet IL is difficult 10 reconcile this supposition with
the letter Of Mr.. Buchanan W the British charge
at Washington, in which he reverses that policy.
II this policy had been carried out il would have
been most disastrous ~ American interests The
cOasting trade OF Great Britain IL comparatively
very small, and is carried in vessels OF such a
cheap construction, manned by sailors whose wages
are 10 low, that no American vessel could ever
compete with them. Tie small surface Of the
island, and the unrivaed facilities Of internal
transportation which it enjoys, have indeed almost
cut up the trade along the coast by the roots. The
Americans could gain nothing by such an arrange.
mont At the same tirne it would throw open ~
the English the most magnificent trade that the
world ever beheld; t.dde amounting 10 several
hundreds Of millions ready, and destined 10 an
indefinite increase. Tife British vessels would have
enjoyed great advantage over our own. They
could bring cargo W this country, under the re.
ciprscity system, and, while the return cargo was
/ preparing could make their expenses, by engsg.
ing IN the cosstng trade. Tney would be enabled
further from this advantage, and from the lower
wages OF their scarnen, 70 put down freighs ~
Tow as 70 drive our own ships out Of the trade
tirey.
u Is well That ibis suicidal policy arrested
Richmond Hing
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leetle the smallest vessel that has probably yet
attempted the voyage round Cape Horn was cleared
by her owners and navigators at the New Bedford
custom house on "Wednesday, and has taken her
departure for San Francisco She lie schoo-
ner, called the Toccao, and Of only twenty eight
2l-s5th tons burden! She is commanded by Cap.
tain James M. Cranston, manned by compile
ment or four seamen, and il intended 10 be en-
ployed as freightng vessel the Sacramento
river ON her arrival at that destination.
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have no application in many of the largest
States of this Union. Had the other States
bureaus of statistics, with chief as com
petent and willing to advance the ends
aimed at in making a census as Louisiana
possesses, the general object of the board
would have been greatly promoted, whilst
upon the particular matter in question it
would have been relieved of all difficulty
and embarrassment
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The Union revels in the contemplation
of the havoc the Senate will make of the
appointments. 1t ticks its lips as though
they were unctious with anticipated gore.
Good The Senate will do what it likes
in the premises. But with what differ
ent emphasis, and from what diverse inn
pulses it aforetime exclaimed, Z" Look to
the Senate ~ Our contemporary is wei
come to all the entertainment it espies in
that body. Perhaps it has made the Sen
ate special depository of the cimeter and
Saladn, and the battle-axe Of Richard
Ceur de Leon, of which it spake just now
with learned prattle. We shall see how
many defunct othce-holders the strangling
of few live ones will bring to life.
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IMPORTANT lNvESrloN.-Thc Liverpool Mercury
says that p. Mack, of that city, has hit upon an in
vention for the prevention Of shpwrcck. The edi-
tor Of the Mercury says, eve have ourselves in
spocted the plan. and consider il worthy Of the a
tention of all competent Judges, designed as il is
10 be preventive against the possibility OF ships
being driven on sunkcn Ocks, banks or on lee
shore" No description Of the invention IL given
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M. BOdiscO.
resigned.

Under our telegraph head will be found
an extract from letter published yester-
day III the Courier and Enquirer, from a
correspondent in this city, which speaks
of recent act of cruelty of the Gar of
Russia towards M. BoDIsCo, so long the
Ambassador of the Emperor to the Gov
eminent of the United States. We know
not what reliance should be put in the
statement. 1t seems hardly possible that
intelligence of the kind should have been
in this city for many weeks without the
facts becoming known. The Emperor,
however, is in one of his wilful moods
just now, and his demand of the Hunga-
rian prisoners evinces temper capable OF
any barbarity.
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New BRUSswIcK.-The Nst0 Brunstoieker of Sat
urday last says:-"A rumor is in circulation that
the House of Assembly of this province is to be dis
solved forthwith, but we not yet in possession
of information TO warrant us giving circulation to
the report The Royal Gazette OF "Wednesday Is
silent on the subject
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Rice is becoming Of the important staples Of
Alabama Within few years past the planters
have devoted considerable attention to its produc
ton Sugar is also produced now in much greater
quantities than heretofore.
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GIVING LOUIS NAPoLKoN THE MITTEs.-It APP
pears that before the French President made pro
posals for the daughter of King Oscar of Sweden,
he popped the question, by proxy, TO the daughter
Of a wealthy English banker who peremptorify de.
clined the honor of his hand. She was a sensible
woman. Wealth, independence, and safety in
London, are far preferable to all the honors and
dignites OF a lady president in Paris. The swed.
ish princess 10 whom Louis Napoleon s soon to be
spliced Is said To be ''tochcrless'' damsel.
" Y. Times and Messengsr
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The following promotions and appoint
ment in the Navy we learn were made
yesterday by the President:
JAMES M. MCINTosH, to be Captain
in the Navy, vice Gwinn, deceased.
WILLIAM F. LYNCH, to be Comman-
der, vice Mcintosh, promoted.
WILLIAM E. BoupINoT, to be Lieute-
nant, vice Lynch, promoted.
VAN RENSSELAER, MORGAN, TO be a
Lieutenant, vice E. c. Anderson, re-
signed.
RICHARD T. ALLISON, Of Maryland, APP
pointed Purser in the Navy, vice Nathan
iel Wilson, deceased.
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The managers of a supper III ST. Louis, Mo-, for
the benefit of the Catholic male and female orphans,
acknowledge the receipt of twelve hundred and
thirtytwo dollars and twenty cents the nett pro-
ceeds of the evenings entertainment.
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The New York Sun, which is presumed to be
well informed as to the contemplated outrage
against the island of Cuba that the organiza-
ton for that object "is this moment AS vital and
formidable the day when the proclamation
uttered against it,"
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INTERESTING TRIAL OF RoPE.-A test trial of
Manila and Kyanized American rope was had ON
Saturday last at Griffeys foundry, which resulted
most favorably TO the American manufacture The
parties met at about three o'clock, D, m. and inn
mediaely proceeded to the trial. small Manila
rope, of the best quality of Boston make was first
tried, and was broken, after sustaining a weight of
500 pounds The Kyanized rope, invented and
manufactured by J. 4. Crook & Co, of Maysville,
was then put TO the same test and sustained weight
Of 1920 pounds before parting. A second trial was
then bad of the same size of Manila rope which
sustained a weight of 2 200 pounds second trial
was then also had Of the Kyanized rope, and IL sus
tanned pressure OF 2,4lO pounds
Two trials were then had Of a larger size of the
Manila rope, manufactured by Bonte, which part.
ed first at 2,s40 pounds, the second trial 7e6
pounds. One trial was then made with Kyanized
rope, which sustained the weight of 1920 pounds
before parting. The average difference i'm favor of
the kyanized unrotted hemprope being in the first
trials 500 pounds, and in the last 400 pounds This
shows that the Manila rope, which has always
been considered the best that was ever used is far
inferior to the American unrotted hemp rope The
kyanzed rope is manufactured from the unrottcd
hemp, and Is not only the strongest rope made but
by the chemical process of kyanzing, is by far the
most durable Cincinnati Commercial.
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ry for the manufacture Of sugar." presume il
would cover all the ground necessary. ! cannot
but agree that the especial questions" alluded to
are OF great interest but they could only be pro-
posed, under present circumstances, by special
blanks" The importance of bureaus of stats
tcs for the several States, and general bureau of
statistics at the seat of Government is manifest to
the mind of every individual who has at all turned
his thoughts to this interesting subject; and il is
gratifying 10 notice the increasing number of pow
erful advocates for their establishment Ii is
tainly complimentary TO the State of Louisiana that
she has been the first to establish a regular coffee
Of statistics" and it is to be hoped that the
lions she is making To secure the cooperation Of
the other States in this great work will not be with
out their influence. The advantages of such
summation would indeed be incalcuable.
As the remainder of the series is confined 10 strc-
lures upon the last census, and suggestions for the
next, it is not necessary 10 alude further to them
than to say they extremely interesting to the
public useful to the board, and prove their author
to have given the subject no inconsiderabe degree
of attention. Very respectfully,
JOS. c. G. KENNEDY,
Secretary Board of Census
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J. t. Buckingham esq. in his series of reminis.
cences, in course of publication in the Boston
Courier, speaks of the importance of the printer 10
the authors, as follows:
g Many, who condescend to illuminate the dark
world with the fire of their genius through the col.
umns of newspaper, little think of the lot of the
printer, who, almost suffocated by the smoke of a
lamp, sits up till midnight to correct his false gram
mar, bad photography, and worse punctuation ]
have seen the arguments of lawyers, in high repue
as scholars sent TO the printer in their own hand.
writing many words-and especially technical and
foreign abbreviated, words misspelled, and
few no points, and those few if there were any.
entirely out OF place. have seen the sermons of
eminent divines sent to the press without points
or capitals to designate the division of the sentences;
sermons, which, if published with the irnperfec
tons Of the manuscript, would disgrace the prin-
ters devil if he the author. Suppose they had
been SO printed The printer would have been
treated with scorn and contempt as an illiterate
blockhead-as fellow better fitted TO be a wood
sawyer than a printer. Nobody would have be-
lieved that such gross and palpable faults were
owing to the ignorance caroessness of the author
And no one but the practical printer knows how
many hours composition, and after him proof
reader, is compelled TO spend in reducing to reada-
bic condition manuscripts that the writer's them
selves would be puzzled to read'
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We understand that Professor JAMES
G. BooTH was appointed, on Saturday
last, Meter and Refner at the Phladel-
phia Mint, vice Richard ]. McCulIoh,
resigned