The New York herald., 1850-05-22


and fly rapidly, with their plumber and prisoners,
many days, without halting. With such an enemy
no troops but an efficient mounted force can cope:
"An0ther reason for an increase OF The mounted
force of the army is the present wretched condition
of military defences in New Mexico. Every mail
brings us fresh news Of Indian depredaons and muir
ders there, las well the frontiers of Texas IL Is
well known that the Indians constantly waylay the
road from Missouri TO Santa Fe, as well as from
San Antonio TO FL Passo, and cut of, murder, and
rob small parties of traders and emigrants. IL is
| also well understood, that as soon as the spring
| opens, these two great thoroughares will be
| thronged with emigrants 10 California. IL rs
clearly the duty of the government TO protect this
emigration from Indian massacre. The protection
OF the emigrants these routes, by moderate In
crease of cavalry, will also be one efficient means
of giving security to the frontiers and asng
| their settlement with population which will soon
be able TO repress the savage, WIN htte or no AID
| from the government All that is required is
rity during the infancy OF these settlements. The
committee report the following resolution, and re-
| commend its PASSAGE
Resolved That the Committee on Military Affairs be
instructed to inquire into the expediency Of further
increase Of the army, by raising another regiment OF
cavalry TO carry out treaty stpulations with Mexico
and for the protection of the western frontiers"
WASHINGTON, May IS, 1850.
Richardson's Commihce-Ewing's CondiNt-I&
Barron Pension and ChickaSaw Claims, as they
nor o7Toor-1he Forged, and also the Lost, Po'c-
e Of Aii0,uey--Hotc The Money came TO be Paid
-Brvrs IN Horses Iaii--Eruitation of the Ca
binef Press and 1oadics--Sabbah Night Nego-
tiatiOns at Ciay0n'S-TAe Sipalatioas--- Clay
toms Comse Against Cioy and the JVhig Party
disappointment of 7tco T6adieS-FutWe CoTS.
of Bri3in and Sargent.
The investigation of the committee upon Mr..
Secretary Ewing's official conduct as far as it has
gone, shows up a state of things which will be
found TO be anything but creditabe TO the mpugned
Secretary.
The papers furnished by Mr.. Ewing, of them
sc Ives establish the fact that gross bunderng, or
something worse, has been countenanced.
The papers show concusyely that The Barron
pension clam, settled, closed, and the money re-
cepted for years ago. has been re-opened and paid,
principal and compound interest, upon a new prin.
ciple, different from the one it was formerly paid
under.
They show that, in the matter of the settlement
of the Chickasaw claim, Messrs. Corcoran and
Riggs drew the Treasury for Sj6,OOO, and DIR.
William M. Gwin for $4,000, under power of
attorney from the Indian Chiefs, one OF whose
signatures was invalid, as admitted IN the papers
of Or. Gwin himself.
A new power of attorney was afterwards gotten
up, nobody seems TO know how, which was lost or
mslaid but the contents of which were remem-
bered and certified to by Mr. Corcoran, of the firm
| Of Corcoran and Riggs, and upon his testimony in
the natter the psymeni'to thai firm, of SJ6 600, was
deemed by Mr. Ewing TO be valid and al right"
These are some of the facts, as they are reported
| 10 me, which the papers furnished 10y Mr.. Ewing
| 10 the Investigating committee will show. More
| will soon follow.
| Where burrs are found sticking too close to a
horses tail, they must he raked out, even though
the tail itself may be damaged. The seven burrs
in the Presidential tail viii be raked out, regardless
| of damages.
The Coioicr and Enquirer the North Ame7oan,
and all papers of the same ilk, are delighted at the
| change which has been effected in the editorial
| mi pf he nd
like, Carey, Fisher, ot id 0piai genes, now
tlsed that the Repubi'c will support the administra
| ton, .. c., the cabinet. And well il may support
| the cabinet Did not the cabinet, with the excep-
| ton Of Mr.. Reverdy Johnson, meet at Mr.. Clay
toms residence, last Sabbath evening, and arrange
The whole business of buying off Bullitt and Sar-
gent, installing Hall, and laying down the impcra-
i've rule that the new editor should believe in and
undeyiangly support, laud, and stand by the cabi-
net and s pans Of operation, TO keep the President
hoodwinked, and TO favor the assaults designed
10 be made upon Henry Clayi Who had Il better
night than Mr.. Clayton 10 have such an arrange
ment made al his own house Did he not sub
scribe s2oco-a third OF his salary-for two hun
dred copies Of the Rspp6iic?
For awhile, MIR. Clayton may succeed in wheed-
ling and misleading the inexperienced, confiding
yet stubborn old hero at the head of the govern
men', and in keeping the control Of the Republic,
% he has long kept the control of the North Aner-
can; hut with all his power, patronage and appli-
ances, he cannot sway the whig party Of the Union
or the majority of the wings in Congress. to his
~
Clay and shakes and quakcs until he is blue, every
time he hears that great wings name mentioned
And so II Will be, until public opinion and public
Indignation hurl him from the place he so inele-
Cantly and insuiiiciently fills.
IL Is pretty business, that he and Messrs. Mere
ditL and Ewing should set themselves up TO make
a nose of wax Of Zachary Taylor, President of the
United States, and TO dictate TO him that he shall
discard his old, best tried friends, and turn deaf
ear 10 any great measure Of the whig party or Of
the country, which happens TO be advocated by
HenryClay.
The compromise measure advocated by Mr.
Clay is the great measure of the day. The whig
party mainly approves of il, and is for it. But
Messrs Clayton, Meredith aud Ewing declare that
neither the Republic nor the President shall 40 for
IL. Well, conclusions in the matter are to be tried
General Taylor, too If he still allows il to hang on
TO him, will be.
II is currently reported that two Of the cabinet
lettef-writers are very much chagrined and moTti-
iied (as they had been waiting upon Providence
long time and lying hard for place each.) that
the editorial management Of the RsPi,Jiic has not
been rendered TO them. One of them exclaims,
"Who is this Mr.. Hall, who is to edit the Rcppb-
iicf have never before heard OF him" Poor fell
lows! Mr.. Meredith and Mr.. Clayton serve them
badly
Colonel Bullitt, who was down sick with fever
for few days, is up and out again, in his usual fine
spirits, and as true and noble awhig--a whole Union
whig-as ever. The rumor connecting him with
the edtorship Of the new Southern paper, TO be
started here, Is incorrect lie will probably return
TO New Orleans, and TO his old post as one of the
editors Of the Picayuns.
Events and Opinions In Washing ton.-No. ..
WASHINGTON, Saturday May Is, 1850.
The ComJromise at the Standardization Of the
U'nion-Soufhsrn Pubiie Opinion and its Con-
stifuenfs-Ths J1timdfrm.
To-day being the second of the three regular
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