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From the Louisville Journal.

The WASHINGTON UNION AND BLOODY Axes
The last number Of the Washington Union has an
article headed 'The Butchers Grinding their fires -
This is enough to frighten all the little children and
old women in the nation. If none other than the
heads Of innocent calves and squeang pigs were in
peril, the shock to ones nerves would be much less
affective. But old Father Richie says that the
Wing butchers, the regular out-and-out Murats
that hold Office in Washington, are doing all this
grinding Of axes in order that they may chop off
the heads of good Democrats! Ugh!
We understand that some of the Locofocos in
this neighborhood have discontinued the edfying
practice Of reading the Union aloud in the presence
of their children. The reason is, that the frightfu
any heads and of Wing butchers with bloody axes
in their hands have wrought on the fancies ofthe
little Locofocos that there is boy or girl who
Is not afraid TO go into dark room. The little
Locos in trousers and slips are haunted by blood
thirsty spectres all night. In this affective condition
Ct family affairs, the old Locos have resolved that
they will not permit their sons and daughters who
are not well versed in the igurative language of
Locofocolsm, 10 hear to read any more articles
which the Washington Union contains. This is a
prudential step, rendered necessary by consdera-
tons of domestic comfort Nero, it is said, was
perverted sadly by seeing and hearing of scenes of
blood and if the Locofocos would not have all
their children to grow up like Nero, they must not
undertake to edify them with articles from Mr.
Rtchie's paper, until that old geneman's taste for
blood and thunder is satated, and, like leech on a
fat leg, falls off from repletion.
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description, may be prepared in the Allan
TIC States and transported thither-thus
partially difusing throughout the country
the benefits of the gold mines. For pur-
poses of defence, the construction OF
large steamships has been recommended.
In view of the peculiar character Of the
Pacific navigation, auxiliary steamers of
the class hitherto SO advantageously en-
ployed by General JEsUp, like the Mas
sachusetts and Edith, would probably an
swer better purpose than any other class
OF vessels. Their consumption Of coal is
very inconsiderable. Their boilers are fed
by continual supply of fresh water, by
means OF a marine condenser, which pre-
serves them in perfect condition for long
period, thus obviating that necessity for
frequent repairs which would otherwise
be an objection to the use of steam on a
distant station. Add to this that if their
coal should fail, or their steam machinery
become disordered, they can be rendered,
by unshiPping their propellers, as perfect
sailing vessels as float the ocean-and we
may readily see that they possess advan-
tages for the navigation Of the Pacific seas
that are probably unrivalled. We look
with great interest for the completion of
the San Jacinto, as ship especially adapt
ed for this particular service.
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From the albany Ersning Journal.
. The Kn.v. a. min. honest Friend. $,

" The hnaNe In mine honest Friend, SIR
we despise and scorn dishonest deiaulter."
But to say that " Mr. DENLY got all
he could. and had robbed the treasury Of sl55 900,
was n calumny which no fer man ever could
have descended. - Washington Union.
The Union is a mos sturdy spologsr Of rascal
ity. It's editor seems 10 act upon the principle that
" an honest man rs able TO speak for himself when
a knsve is not" And as this knave is mine hon
est friend !" the Union is astonishingly jealous in
his behalf The substance Of the Unions excuse
Is, that Osborne, (Denby's go-between, " and not
Denby himself is the defaulter.
Ordinarily, when a man has his pocket picked
bv one Of gang Of pickpockets, he holds all Of
ih,m equally responsible. The fellow who was
holding him by the button-hole, or diverting his
attention by plausible story, Is properly con-
sidered just guilty as the scamp who makes
the abstraction. Just 40 in this The people
have had their 20, kets picked Of sl55,0O0 DENLY
was accused because he was known 10 have access
10 the pockel from which the money vas taken
He however. denies the soft Impeachment" and
charges the theft upon Osborne But the question
comes up. How did Osborne acquire the position
which enabled him TO get his hand upon this
treasurer" There no law authorizing either
DENLY or the Secretary Of the Navy 10 employ Os.
borne A thousand men could have been selected
who would have required no "go-between" TO
handle the public money TO keep their accounts.
". iNfrfI0res DfDDy Ndt fllUtT NO ulsuO0tsl OF
incompetent 10 render Osborne indispensable 10
him. how can he escape the responsibility Of Os-
borne's acts
The arrangement between DENLY and Osborne
was speculative one The former allowed the
latter to trade upon this borrowed capital" IL
was perfectly well understood between them. Now,
does the Union hope to make any sane mar believe
that DENLY was not TO share IN the profits as well
AZ in the hazards Of such an ARA gemenp IL IT
should succeed in this, il would only succeed IN
bringing It's pet within Shakspeae's category
" a kneve, a rascal an eater Of broken meats
simplefon who supplied the larder. and permitted
himself to be put off with the bones.
The editor Of the Union is a bold " not skIlful
spologist But in this his zeal has entirely
run away with his discretion. It is no calumny''
To sigmstize DENLY as " defsultern-as dis
honest defsuer" He was dishonest" in going
beyond the law, and employing Osborne as his
financial agent He was " dishonest" IN permit
ing the peoples money to be used for purposes OF
speculation; and, after having been instrumental by
ahese dishonest" acts in effecting this dcfalcaton
he u dishonest IN meanly attempting 10 shirk
the responsibility Of them.
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OREGON,


Advices from Oregon to the 10th of June
have been received at the War Depart
ment, which state that most of the white
inhabitants have gone to the mines of Cal
ifornia; that white labor can with difficulty
be obtained at any price, and that Indian
labor cannot be depended upon
The quartermaster's bark .Hnata arrived
at the mouth of the Columbia river on the
goth of May, fourteen days from San Fran
cisco. in charge of Captain RUFUS IN
CALLS, of the quartermaster's department
He sailed up the river as far as Fort Van
couver, an establishment of the Hudson 5
Bay Company, where he found the steam
propeller Massachusetts, and where two
companies of the first artillery were al
ready debarked and encamped near the
fort. Captain INGALLS, took charge of the
massachusetts,, and, taking the .Anafa in
tow, steamed down the river six miles to
the mouth of the Willamette, and up the
latter river twelve miles to Portland, which
is the head of ship navigation, and about
twelve miles below Oregon city, the pre-
sent capital. Both vessels were in the
course of being laden with lumber for the
Government, to be used in erecting store
houses and barracks in California, and ex-
pected to sail on the 18th June.
1t was Captain Ingalls, intention to visit
Nisqually, or Puget's Sound, where one of
the artillery companies was to be sta
toned during the summer; and to visit as
many points as possible of the territory,
with view of obtaining correct idea of
its military resources. He states that as
yet very little is known as to the interior,
excepting the portion bordering on the
rivers Columbia and Willamette. In re-
spect to this region, he had obtained much
information from Governor Lane, Judges
Bryant and Pratt, and many intelligent Of
ficers of the Hudson's Bay Company; but
it all goes very little beyond the rivers.
There is no road but the rough one of the
emigrants from Fort Hall through to the
valley of the Willamette, a distance of
eight hundred miles. All communication
between the different points is generally
effected by water, and it was thought quite
impracticable to attempt to furnish supplies
to any troops that may rest farther in the
interior than Wallah wallah, though small
amount would be sent to Fort Hall, to
meet the rifle regiment which was expect
ed to be there in September.
Temporary quarters were to be erected
for our troops, as the points of permanent
military occupation would not be selected
until the arrival of General SMITH, who
was expected to visit the territory in Sep
TENDER.
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From the Philadelphia North .lul,rican.
Tn. Republican President.

A. our readers have been already informed Cen
Tsylor left Washington on Thursday last, on his
long contemplated VISIT to the Middle and East
ern States. setting out in manner, AID with pur-
noses worthy offhe Chief Magistrate of mighty
democratic republic, and his own dsinterss'ed ond
unassumng character. He goes, to use ms own
pleasant language, TO see the sovereigns The
people-of these noble States, so far removed and
IN many respects, as to arts, products and domesue
institutions, so different from the parts OF the Union
IN which he was born and has lIved TO see them ~
the;r fields and in their workshops---ln their mines
and manufactures, To which he has been 20 o''e"
,a.;,sd. and he goes IN zee them in " quiet way
tho way which IL most proper, and which ne pest
Ives. without pOrnp or ostenauon, or the ceremo'
me, and restrictions Of court etiquette; ciuzen
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WAsHisoros ALLsTos.--We are glad, says the
Boston Daily .7dpertiser, TO learn that the drawings,
sketches, and unfinished paintings Of this distin-
guished artist about be given the public in
the convenient and popular RIM of book of en-
cravings. Those who have had the privilege Of
examining his portfolio, and the sketches and paint
ngs which he left in his studio, know full well the
value Of this store of genius developed by tn
strictest accuracy Of drawing and labor in finish
unparalleled in this country, perhaps in this age.
The engravings are made by the Messrs. Cheney,
upon the daguerreotype plates executed by Mr..
Southworth, and are pronounced by the most com
peent judges to be not only literally correct trans
fers of the outlines, but TO preserve perfectly the
spirit and feeling Of the originals There are to be
twenty plates, among which we notice the follow
ing subjects: Titana's Court from Midsummer
Nights Dream; Fairies on the Sea-sbore; Michael
setting the Watch; Hiliodorus driven from the
Temple; Dido and Anna; Romeo; Ship in a
Thunderstorm; Sibyl; Figures from Jacobs Vi
sion, &c.
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TRoors IN CALlroRNA.--The following U. s.
army officers were stationed at San Diego on the
Sd of July. Those marked ~ accompany the
boundary commissioner, as do also II company,
ID infantry, and A company, LIST Dragons s p.
Heinizelman, I'd infantry, commanding post; Maj.
VIM. H. Emory, typographical engineers; Major
J, McKinsiry, A. c. M; Captains J. Hayden
and A. Lyon, I'd infantry; Lieut. VIM, n SIaugh-
ter, I'd infantry; Lieuts. Cous' and Evans LIST
Dragons; Captain Hardcaste, Typographical engi-
neers; Lieut. Whipple, do DIR. ]. E. Summers
Col. Weller, boundary commissioner, Mr.. Rabi-
neau his secretary Messrs. Grey and Whiting, sur
veyors, and twenty or thirty attaches were also
there. Fifteen others were hourly expected in the
California
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INJURED al III at, but is most indignant that Mr. Clay
ton refused him passport expressly on the ground
that the usage Of the Department was against grant
ing such TO blacks. So Mr.. Clayton was undoubt-
eddy informed by the clerk in charge of the pass
port bureau, and we have not doubt that it is true
The .4tias parades single Instance, and speaks of
another IN which passport sras granted to black
or rather yellowsh man. Perhaps diligent search
ing might dig up three -four more cases in which
passports had been granted to colored men as spe-
cia favors under the pressure of some strong per-
'nal influence, without at all nvalidating the gen.
eral rule of the Department. We have no doubt
that MIR. Clayton understands what the rule is a
little better than the .1tias, and is quite honest
exact, nndoubted truth, in stating that passport
was refused TO Hambleton on the ground that such
a rule existed.
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except in single instance, when the
whole sum received in six months was
just eight dollars! If the poor Frenchman
has taken the consulship under the idea
that he is to get living out of it, we fear
he will be disappointed.
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Elections.

The news from Iowa renders it probable that in
that State the Wings have been defeated.
Cobb (Locofoco) certain.
In Tennessee returns have been received, suf
fcient to show that the Locofocos have elected six
of the eleven members Of Congress- The Nash
vile daily Union claims farther victories in the first
and third districts but returns have reached us
on which any opinion can be based. For Indiana
we refer to our Telegraphic reports.
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The Albany ATLAS is one Of the few journals Of
whose intense personal malignity we are bound to
be a constant object Its conductors are among
tina, very consistent and we-prlncped class who
went their death against allowing poor colored men
the right Of suffrage in New York, bot now affect
intense surprise and indignation that they are not
regarded as enuted 10 all the rights Of citizens at
Washington Mr. Hamblcton, who recently APP
Piled 70 the State Department for foreign passport,
~ a citizen Of Pennsylvania where no coiored man
is aio,ced 10 pot at all The Alias has never muir
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Abduction Case.

A telegraphic despatch from New Or
leans, of the afternoon of the 14th instant,
informs us that the arguments of counsel
in this case had been concluded, and that
the decision Of the court was to be given
on the 18th. During the course of to-day
we shall probably receive news of the re-
suit
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DEArH or VETERAN EpIroR.--The Journal d
Commerce announces thu death of Thomas q Wood
ward, esq, one Of the editors of the New Haven
Daily Courier and Herald He died at New Ha-
ven early on the 18th inst, aged 81 years, after an
illness of about a week
Mr.. Woodward formerly conducted paper IN
Charleston, South Carolina, and, at the time of his
death was one of the Oldest editors in the field.
He possessed an inexhsustibIe fund Of native hui
NOR, which gave to his paragraphs zest which few
men could impart.
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The Artesian well at Charleston has been sunk 10
depth of over eight hundred feet without obtaining
water. The auger has penetrated the ''cretaceous
formation" but TO the great disappointment of the
friends of the enterprise, water appeared Should
the work be considered total failure, the discovery
Of the sixty feet springs will save the city many
times the cost of the whole undertaking.
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LIZ WERNER, the astronomer is a member of the
legislative assembly in France. In the first organi
cation Of the bureaux, Arago, in one, was elected
chairman, and LIE Verrier, Secretary. No Two men
dislike each other more, disagree less in politics
The secretary has spoken in his bureau, and ex-
ceedingly well, against the proposition Of amnesty
for the insurgents OF June, 1919, and the removal
nj martial law,
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POPULATION or CHIoAeo.--A census Of the city
Of Chicago has just been taken, from which we
learn that there are 22,572 white inhabitants and
37s colored; IN all, 22,950, This is an increase
since last fall Of 1926. In 1884 Chicago was only
military post, with but few white residents.
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;,;,, HE c;tizens desirous TO be received
as one Of themselves 10 witness their labors, 10 In
oure into their wants; TO learn. and If possible, 10
promote their interests and prosperity. ne lei.
Washington without any suite-without any guaru
of honoT-wthout any commlttee of advisers or
nomencIators he left by himself TO direct his own
movements 10 speak his own words, 10 act for
himself in all things, as free as the people among
whom he is TO mlngle.4 This intention was de-
clared and acted on al the outset; when, finding
that the Baltimore and Washington Railroad Com
pany had ''provideda large, new, and elegant car
1--WE quote from the account IN the Baltimore Sun,
neutral paper y for his exclusive USE he declined
accepting il as such and took his seat IN common
with the other passengers, all of whom were al
mitted al once 10 all his intended privileges. II the
President rode in state that day, so did all the
passengers; among whom he was kind affabe, ana
sociable, willing To converse and converslng WIN
all, and appearing, as described IN the above men
toned report--as "a venerable father IN the midst
of family of juniors"
And this is the hero of Buena Vista! this Is the
President of the United States. This is he, indeed,
who is worthy to be both What pity the peo-
pie of America-of the whole world-could not
have Witnessed, and contras,ed, at the same mo-
ment the spectacle ola European Republican PresI-
dent-I.ous Napoleon, for example--setllng out
on grand tour through the Departments OF France,
naughty and imperial, with stars, ribands, and q
chapeau--which is almost crown-a glorious cor
tege of ministers and hed-marshas about HIM
drums, trumpe,s, squadrons of lancers and culras-
siers, and regiments Of flying artillery IN attend
ance, with bushels of grand crosses of the legion
| OF honor to distribute along the way, amid mixed
| uproar of acclamatons and maledictions--"V ive
| Louis Napoleon.--V pEmpereur!'-"A bias les
| TyraDs ~ Contrast all this with what we have
seen Of General Taylors departure from the nation
al metropolis; plain old gentleman sitting in a
railroad car among an ordinary crowd Of railroad
travellers, gentle and simple, rich and poor, male
and female, old and young-with whom ne chats
| on a footing Of perfect kindness and equality; and
vet that plain old gentleman is of the greatest
and most famous Of living men; and the French
President with all his pomp and pageantry, so far
as his own and character are concerned, is one
of the most insignificant, if not one Of the most
contemplate personages in the world. Give us our
own Republic, and our own President!
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From Venezuela.

BY the brig Potomac, from Msrscaibo, arrived at
New York on the 18th, additional advices have been
received from this unhappy country.
Captain Smith states that the whole country was
in state Of revolution. General Paez landed in
Coro, from Curacao, about the first of JULY with
about sixty officers He was Joined bv n large
force, and the whole Of that province AT once de-
clared in his favor This intelligence formed a pre-
text FOR every species Of insult and Outrage toward
foreign merchants of Maracaibo the greater part of
whom, as well as all the respectable citizens. are
opposed TO the present government The greatest
luminosity prevails toward American citizens and
their houses are searched by government officers.
under the pretence Of disaffected persons being Sc
creled therein. Their property is sacrificed, and
they themselves IN many instances have been
thrown into prison. Soon after the intelligence of
the landing Of General Paez at Coro, the house Of
the American consul at Maracsibo was attacked by
soldiers, said to be headed by some of the prncips
officers of the city, and severely pelted with stone.
and other missiles One American merchant was
confined IN prison, and others had their houses ia
ken from them by order Of the Governor who
threatened, If they did not give them up without any
remonstrance, to imprison them ALL
Captain Smith further states that since the land
ing OF General Paez and CO., very little has been
learned of his movements, although there had
been some fighting in which the government ,roops
were defeated II was supposed he would move
toward Caracas. II is a fact that no American
man-of-war has visited the port Of Maracaibo One
drawing not over l0l feet Of water can pass the bar
and proceed to the city with safety, and would put
stop to some of the outrages committed upon the
foreign residents, the greater part Of whom are
American citizens The Potomac, after being regu-
arly cleared out at the custom-house was detained
several days by order If the governor Of the castle
OF Don Carlos, without giving any satisfactory
reason for so doing
Minnesota ELECTION The Franklin No. 2 and
the Senator both came in on July ~, from ST Panl
The election took place July 80. The following
gentlemen elected to the Legislature in St
Paul district
Counoii-w William II. Forbes and James Me.
Boa
Representaires--yohn J. Dewey, Henry Jack
son, Benjamin w. Brunson, and Parson X jain.
We believe u was generally undo rstood tina,
party politics should not enter into the election
How strictly il was observed we are unable TO saw
For ST. Anthony Falls district, w. r. Marshall and
Mr.. Collins were elected. The population OF The
new Territory, as ascertsned by the late census. /,
4, lO0-Gaiena .adp
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MR. VAN buren, has been appointed delegate
from Columbia, TO the Barnburner branch of the
Siamese convention at Rome, ,oiihout the po,Cer Of
substitution John T. Hogeboom is his colleague.
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From the National Intslligencer.

Inc lTOCldtfldtlOH, COpy VI WHICH VIII DC IOuflu
in another column, received yesterday at the
Department of State, in communication from the
President of the United States, at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
For some weeks past the country has been dis
turbed with rumors Of the assembling and drilling
of bands of men in different parts of the United
Sta,es Various places have been artfully desig-
mated as the object Of their destination. 1ampico
and the Sierra Madre provinces of Mexico, Yucca
tan and Cuba, have all been alluded to in connex-
ion with the enterprise. But the truth has been
studiously concealed by the leaders engaged in it.
The common soldiers who have been enlisted were
TO be entrusted with the secret the object
TO be effected until after embarkation. How far
the expedition has proceeded we know not But
we do know that bands of men have lately assem-
bled at a point not far from New Orleans, and that
the evidence is clear that Cuba is the real object of
those engaged in it. Most earnestly do we hope
that the President may succeed in arrestng the per-
peraiion Of such an outrage on a friendly nation,
and maintaining unsullied the honor of our coun-
try. Plumber be the only motive Of such all
enterprise; and all good must rejoice to VIII
ness the honest redemption Of General TAYLoR's
pledges to his country, TO preserve the faith OF
treaties and suppress all illegal enterprises against
friendly foreign nations. The gallant soldier who
has spent forty years in the camp, and braved the
bullets of his countrys enemies IN many bat
tles-who has sounded all the shoals and depths of
military glory--proyes himself TO the world TO be,
as We predicted before his election that he would
be- the oman OF PEACE
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Knickerbocker's Magazine for august, l649.-This
pleasant miscellany has again come to hand, and
the editor, Mr.. Clarke, maintains his reputation as
of the most agreeable complers of the day
Few periodicals maintain SO high reputation or
so well deserve it,