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COMPREHENSIVE.

C. l.. PLIMPTON viii continue the Manufacturing snd
Jobbng OF Straw Goods at II Wiam-s heretofore con
Quoted by w. Newell 4 Co. B6ts
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THE REPUBLIC.

none of the applause which follows declama-
tory display; but il is large and valuable con-
tribution to the advantage Of the country and
It's substantial interests, and he is public
beneiactor through whose instrumentality and
industry such wise changes are perfected.
In our view Mr. Corwin has done himself
great credit in the administration of his office,
and secured reputation as sound and saga
cious statesman that will endure as long as the
fame which he had previously established OF
being among the most brilliant of American
orators. The whole machinery of the Trea-
sury Department, in its diversified and detailed
ramifcations, seems to feel the energy of one
controlling and active mind, and to turn upon
one pivot. And all this is managed and con-
Quoted without any attempt to attract notice, OF
any of the usual appliances to excite agreeable
comment. 1t is for such reasons as these that
we feel the greater pleasure in offering our tes-
timony as to the manner in which the public
business Is now carried on at Washington in all
that relates to the able, enlightened, and adj
vantageous administration of Mr.. Corwin's de-
partment.
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From the Philadelphia Amsrican and Gazette
The Treasury Department..

Our private dispatches from Washington on
Saturday evening announced that two millions
of dollars of the awards under the Mexican in
demnity had been paid at the counter of the
Treasury Department, and that every claimant
who was present, or who was represented by
attorney, had his account promptly adjusted,
except such as were enjoined by legal proceed
ings or stood indebted to the Government
1t affords US great satisfaction to make this
statement; for, although presented as an iso-
lated fact, we have reason to know that it is
an illustration of the uniform manner in which
the affairs Of the Treasury Department have
been conducted under the efficient, capable,
and vigilant administration of Mr.. Corwin. and
OF his anxious desire to accommodate the pub
lie, and to promote their interests, without re-
gard to personal convenience.
Mr.. Corwin has hardly been in office one
year, and yet during that limited time he has
accomplished very important results, the bene-
fetal effect Of which are felt and acknowledged
by the country. He has succeeded in re-
organizing his department in such manner,
without departing from any Of the principles
upon which the system Of accountability was
founded, as to ensure every person a just and
sufficient share Of attention, and the certainty
Of having his business properly and promptly
despatched. An effort Of this kind makes little
parade before the public, and is attended with
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have come to see that the erst mechanic and work
irgman in Congress is fully equal to the high
trust In his hands, and that under his rule the Con-
stituton and the Union are Executive landmarks.
Whether Willard Fillmore aspires to a re-elec-
ton, or will be put forward by party. is more
than we can pretend to know, but we feel certain
that his name is now one Of if not the most, at
tractve on the political chess board. And this is
not the result of maneuvring, of chicane his
part, but of his faithful exercise of the great yet
delicate power entrusted to him by Providence,
perhaps in double sense He has, it is true, been
assisted and advised by the best intellects of the
country; but, more than all this he has been die
tated to by sound selfudgment and patriotic prin.
ciples. If he holds the helm of State rs firmly to
the end, whether it be for term for life, he
will have won a consideration from history proud
any fame the true man can desire.
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From The Ne,p Yorker.
Willard Fillmore.

We some days since quoted from a leading
southern paper highly eulogistic article
touching the course and capacity of Willard Fill
more since his accession to the Presidency.
The artic2c in question accorded to him political
soundness, patriotism, and talent second to none
other that has graced the Executive chair. We
were only the more surprised and gratified that
manifest truth should have been so generously
spoken in section of tho Union where it is not
little to the statesman's prejudice simply that he
ia n northern man. Since then we have observed
the expression Of the southern press closely, and
are satisfied that, at this moment, there is man
in the .codntry more popular with the reflective
portion of southern people, and equally so with
the northern, than Willard Fillmore. Southern
presses of influence, not extreme in party tenden.
cy, hosting Mr.. Fillmore's name for the next
Presidency, on the ground that he has been tried
and found faithful TO the great national interests in
a crisis when other men, more marked in parties
and the councils of the Union, would have in his
place, fatered, fnot failed, in loyalty to the Union
That Mr.. Fillmore has fresh confidence and
admiration at the North by his frmncss and Exc
cutve ability, requires assurance, and. If il did
the demonstration of popular feeling exhibited to-
ward him and his Cabinet during their present visit
to our State ought TO be satisfactory Though
New York might overlook in one of her own sons
what she would scrutinize more closely in one from
another State her people not of the kind to law
ish political eulogy-by act othcrwisc-on their
nearest kind who have politically abused them or
the Union. Willard Fillmore was never so widely
| respected and popular as at this moment His Adj
minisration has afforded no opportunity for Execu
tive display; exigency has occurred to call for
brilliant action but grave questions have arisen and
been happily disposed of in quiet, firm manner,
dignifed ON his part, and inspiring confidence on the
part ofthe people. Men Of all sections ard parties
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From the Detroit Adpertiser.
Receptlon Of the Pre.ident and Cabin.t.

The occurrences of the day are to be regarded as
strongly indicative of the true cause of popu-
lar sentiment than any other exponent through
which it can be made known. The press may be
venal, the popular voice may be sted controlled,
but the spontaneous and voluntary acts Of free
people, acting under no dictation, can never bo
misconstrued or misunderstood.
The peculiar position of President Fillmore and
his Cabinet to the active and prominent questions
Of the day ia such as to make call upon popular
and evanescent enthusiasm at the North They
come not as the opponents of sectional the
ory-they bring not with them the prestige of
fealty and adhesion to new and captivating
doctrines of national policy--they wear no crown
Of glory as conquerors--they exult in no crown
of thorns as martyrs; but they como before
plain men at the request Of community of plain
men to do honor to an occasion which is in itself
type Of what plain, straight perseverance,
can do. They come as the President and Cabinet
of plain and enterprisng people, to take part in
celebrating the opening of the railroad, which 10
destined to become great northwestern thorough
fare, and which has been urged forward under al
most every imaginable difficulty and embarrass-
ment Of which such an enterprise il susceptible
Fit men are those, who have themselves been strug
Cling against peculiar difficulties in performance
of their duty to the whole country, to participate
in such proceeding.
The President goes not towards the South, where
his enemies aecuse him of seeking to manufacture
popularity, and where were their stories true, he
might expect to be received with general accla-
nation; but he presents himself whore, of all
places, prophet is least honored-upon tho soil of
his birth, and among the associations OF his child
hood and of his ripper years.
Coming to the North under such auspices and for
such ends, the President and Cabinet have been
greeted by no exravagant pourings forth of popular
admiration, but have uniformly received, at every
point which has been favored with their presence,
general demonstration Of respect and admiration
from that portion the community whose political
associations have left them at liberty to act the die
tation Of their own h. arts, and in whom tho sonti
ment of patriotism and love of country still pre-
dominate over party and section. The public re-
ception Of the President and Cabinet at Baltimore
Philadelphia. and New York, AZ well as upon the
line of the Eric railroad, at Dunkirk and Buffalo,
were such a. should crafty men knowing no OBJ
jects higher than to serve their country, and no
views Interior to her happiness and honor the APP
prevail of their feow-citizens, and their own con-
sciences.
Should the President see fit TO visit Detroit he
may confidently look for \ warm and hearty re-
oepton from all whose respect il valuable, or
whose esteem is praise, be their views what they
may.
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The convention, on Monday, by vote of SO
to 2, concurred with the committee of the
whole in striking out the suffrage basis, and by
vote of AZ to 81 in striking out the mixed ba-
sis. On motion of Mr.. WISE, the report of the
committee was amended by adding a section
basing representation in Congress, as now.
upon federal numbers. The amendment was
agreed to without opposition. The question
to insert the compromise adopted by them, Mr.
BORIS moved another compromise as an amend
ment, pending the consideration of which the
convention adjourned.
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raj and State governments, and individuals, In
which to exert their resources" They
thought, too, with Mr.. CALHOUN, that many i'm
provemenis contemplated were on too great
scale for individuals or States, and many of such
nature that the rival jealousy of the States If
left alone might prevent, and that these re-
quired the resources and the general superin-
tendence of the Federal Government to COM
plete them.
These have been the views not only of the
WING party of New York, but of the WING
party of the Union. 1t is not true that
they have been Indifferent to Improvements
by individuals or by the States-nor is it
true that the canals and railroads Of New
York have been made "without their aid and
in direct opposition to their policy" They
have encouraged Improvements by individuals
and by States, and, within its constitutional
powers, by the Federal Government. And it is
to their policy and their efforts that the people
of New York are now indebted for the compile
tion of this great link of communication between
the commercial metropolis of the seaboard and
the illimitable West And in this policy they
carry with them large majority of the Ameri-
can people--who are so emphatically people
of progress aud improvement.
If Colonel Howard, Of Texas, therefore,
and Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, are to be read
out of the party, and denounced as differing
from large majority of their friends on the
subject OF the Internal Improvement bill
6 of the last session." they may enjoy the
consolation of knowing that they have with
them that MAJORITY which in all Democratic
countries constitutes of necessity the only real
DEMOCRATIC party. The same consolation
may be enjoyed by Mr.. BowLIN, and Mr..
BUEL, and Mr.. Howard, and Mr.. JOHNSON,
and Mr.. McLANE, and Mr.. JAMES THOMPSON,
and Mr.. WENTWORTH, of the House, to say
nothing of the DEMOCRATIC Senators who
went with Mr.. STANTON and Colonel Howard,
| in favor of the River and Harbor bill Of the last
session. But WHIG PRESIDENT and Wing
CABINET may derive something more gratifying
than consolation from this fact. 1t must be to
them a source of congratulation to think that
the policy which they have uniformly sustained
and cherished should be permitted to triumph
in popular feeling and opinion, and that this
favorable feeling and opinion should be stimu-
lated by the success of this great enterprise,
whose completion has been so recently celebra-
ted-an enterprise that owed this success to the
State aid that was extended to it under WING
auspices, and which gave it such an impulse
that it was able to survive even DEMOCRATIC
hostility.
If the PRESIDENT and CABINET, then, have
seen fit to manifest a special interest in this
great work, we think they have acted wisely,
and we think if they have expected, as the
Union charges, to derive any political advan-
tage from this exhibition Of interest, they are
not likely to be disappointed, for they are but
responding to the spirit of progress which ami
mates the great heart of the AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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Correspondence Of the ~. Y. Journal Of Commercial
HAVANA, May IL, 1851.


have nothing new to report in political matters
There appears to be rather less talk and less alarm
about the coming expedition than there few
days since, but yet it is more or less the common
topic. The Captain Generate short address to the
army few days since is just what this occasion
calls for, although the simple "givc no quarter
men who, without flag and without country, are
by the laws of nations but pirates" indicates de-
termination to avoid another discussion as to the
fate Of prisoners.
There some movements of savsrs within the
past few weeks, and am told that several vessels
have landed cargocs Of Africans the south coast
heard of this before, but unwilling to report
until satisfied in my own mind Of it's truth IL all
hear, and which do not think it judcious to men
ton, be true, the Spanish government is apparent
ly determined to set that OF Britain at deHancc for
il is not to be supposed the government of the island
would connive at the inlraction of the treaty with
out the concurrence of the mother country.
The sloop- Of war Decatur is here-she IL not the
cleanest looking ship have seen.
Inc intendentc, Don Claudio de Penilloy, Count
oil Villanueva, resigns Office the 10Th proximo,
ana retires to Spain Immediately.
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We learn from the Erening Post that DR..
II. j. ANDERSON, of New York, formerly a
professor in Columbian College, who was as
ISOLATED with the Dead Sea Expedition under
Captain LYNCH, has made the generous dona-
ton of one thousand dollars to the fund which
has been raised for the benefit of the orphan
children Of Lieutenant DALE
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THE REPUBLIC.
WASHINGTON:
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 81. 1851.

..1,hs series of measures to which have alluded
are regarded by me IA a settlement, in principle
and substance-a final settlement-of the danger
Gus and exciting subjects which they embraced"
..By that adjustment we have been rescued from
the wide and boundless agitation thatsorrounded
u.s. and have firm, distinct, and legal ground
10 rest upon. And the occasion, trust, will JUS
.tify me IN EXPORTING MY coUNTRYMEs TO RALLY
UPON AND mAIsrAIs THAT GROUND as the best, II
not the only means, of restoring peace and quiet
to the country, and maintaining inviolate the IN
stegrity Of the Union."
,[PREsIpENT FILLMoRE's MESSAGE.
1.-THE ,President's message, at the opening 9th
present session of Congress, expresses fully and
plainly his own and the unanimous opinion OF all
those associated with him in the Executive admin
.istration of the Government, in regard to what
are called the Adjustment or Compromise mea-
sures of last session. That opinion is, that those
measures should be regarded in principle as
a final settlement of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embrace; that though they
were not free from imperfectons, yet, IN their
mutual dependence and connexion, they formed
"a system of compromise the most concihatory
and beat for the entire country that could be OBJ
tanned from conflicting sectional interest and
Opinions, and that therefore they shouio DC au
shered TO- until time and experience should de-
monstrate the necessity of further legislation &c
guard against evasion or abuse That opinion, DC
.fa- as know, remains entirely unchanged, ane
will be acted upon steadily and decisively. The
peace of the country requires this; the security o.
the Constitution requires this; and every conside
ration of the public good demands this. II the
Administration cannot stand upon the principles
ofthe message it does not expect to stand at all
IDANIrL WEBsTER's Letter to The Union Meeting
at Westchester.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
Movements of the presidential Party.

BUFFALO, Monday, May 10.
Mr.. WEBSTER, with Mr.. HALL, went to
the Falls this morning, and will return this
evening, and speaks from the Phelps House
tomorrow afternoon. The Mayor and leading
citizens of all parties rendered him dinner, TO
testify their sense of his public services to the
country. He accepts in the following terms:
"PAELps HOUSE, BUFFALO, May 10, 1851.
"GESTLEMEN: have received your communi-
cation, expressing desire Of rendering to me.
without distinction of party token Of respect for
my public services. ! expect to DO in the city
through Wednesday, and shal be at your disposal
that day; though hope you WILL as far as may
be, dispense with ceremonious forms.
81 am, gentlemen, with entire regard, your
faithful friend and obedent fellow citizen.
DANIEL WEBSTER.
ITO the Hon. JAMES WApswonrH, Mayor Of Buff
falo, Hon. ALBERT Tracy, and others"
FLETCHER WEBSTER is better, and proceeds
to Albany by Lake Ontario this evening.
Messrs. FILLMORE, GRAHAM, CRITTENDEN,
and HALL, leave tomorrow morning, stopping
at Rochester, Syracuse, &C.. probably reaching
New York on Thursday morning.
MIR. CRITTENpEE will probably proceed
without stopping, and reach New . York on
Wednesday morning
M6ssrs. CRIrTENDEN and GRAHAM returned
from the Falls this morning in pretty good
health, but Mr.. CRIrTENpEN is very hoarse
The dinner to Mr.. WEBSTER will take place
at the Mansion House.
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LARGE WHEAr.--A few stalks of large wheat
from the farm of Joseph Tatnall were left at
Office on Thursday last They measure about four
feet in length, and are out in head. We under
stand that the wheat in the field from which these
stalks were taken has already commenced lodging,
Wilmington (Dsl.) Republican, May IS,
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Mas MowATT.-We understand that this clever
popular actress has taken passage for this coun
try in the steamer which leaves Liverpool the 9th
July After speaking in complimentary manner of
her in the character Of Rosalind at
the amphithcatre in Liverpool, where she has been
playing short engagement, the Mercury, Of that
city, says:
s'Since Mrs Mowatt's arrival in England she has
cast away that diffidence which characterized her
first appearance in this country; and whilst her
acting has lost of the natural grace which then
distinguished it, il has become more finished and
easy. Her person, too, has attained more eu,bon-
point, without at all detractng from it's elegance,
and her voice is clear and musical. Sangone ex-
pcctations we're rtaincd, the frstappearance
Of this lady in England, that she would attain a
high position in her profession. These expectations
she has fully realized. and now ranks among the
leading actresses Of the day.
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FAoM THE IsTHMUs.-Thc Prometheus, which
arrived at New York on the 10Th instant, Gas an
nounced by telegraph,) made the passage from
Chagrcs in days and ~ hours.
The steamer Falcon and the British steamer Dee
were at Chagrcs when the Prometheus left; the
latter was to take her departure the next day.
The steamship Gold Hunter arrived at Panams
on tho 4th instant with one hundred and forty pas
sengers taken on board at Acapulco. The 18th
mus, which left San Francisco in company with
the Panama, arrived on the 7th instant She had
on board one hundred and cighty-f five passenger
and $500 900 in gold dust.
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VIC eeoho ID no longer Wltnln Tue limits OF The Dis
trict.
more beautiful site for city could hardly be
obtained. From point where the Potomac, at a
distance Of two hundred and ninety, five miles from
the ocean, and flowing from northwest to south
east expandB to the width of mile extended bac k
an almost level plain, hcmmed in by series of
gradually sloping hills, terminating with the
heights OF Georgetown; the plain being nearly
three miles in length, from east to west, and va
rying from quarter of mile to two miles in
breadth; bounded on the east by the Eastern
branch Of the Potomac, where are now the navy
yard and Congressional cemetery, and on the west
BY Rock creek, which separates it from Georgeto
The small stream from the north, over which the
railroad bridge now passes on entering the city,
empticd into bay inlet ofthe Potomac about four
hundred feet wide, which utted in from the west to
within quarter of mile of the Capitol Hill, and
nearly divided the plain. Not far from the head of
this, and south of the Capitol Hill, small stream
took its rise in large number of SPRING., and
empticd into the river at place called Green
leaf Point, formed by the intersection of the
Eastern Branch with the Potomac, and was known
As James creek. There is a stream above G Gorge
town which has always been called Goose creek;
the Mayors Office at Washington, dated 1863. il
appears that the inlet from the Potomac was then
known by the name OF Iiber, and probably the
stream from the north emptying into it bore the
same name; so that Moore did injustice to the
history of the place. and COMPOUNDED streams when
he wrote the we'll known line:
"And what was Goose creek once, is Tibcr now !"
BY the same survey it appears that the land COM
prising the Capitol Hill was called Rome or Room,
two names which seem TO have foreshadowcd the
destiny of the place. Mr.. Force, Of Washington,
ssuggests that they probably originated in the
fact that the name Of the owner Of the estate
Pope, and. in selecting name for his plantation,
he fancied tho title Of Pope of Rome"
Il 10 said that Washington's attention had been
called 10 the advantages which this place pre-
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AnccdOte of Napoleon.

'On his first nomination to the ar
my Of Italy, the Directory is said to
have been unable or unwilling to sup
ply him with the money necessary
for the journey of himself and his
aids-de-camps TO the spot, and their
suitable appearance at the head
quarters of a considerable force, In
this emergency, after collecting all
that his resources, the contributions
ofhis friends and his credit could
muster, he is reported to have APP
piled to Junot, a young officer whom
he knew to be In the habit offrequent
ing the gaming tables, and conGding
to him all the money he had been
able to raise, in itself no great sum,
to have directed him either to lose
the whole orincrease it to consider
able amount before the morning, as
on his success that night at play, de-
pended the possibility of his taking
the command of the army and APP
pointing Junot his aid-de-camp. Ju-
not, after succeeding beyond his ex-
pectations in winning to an amount,
IN his judgment equal to the eXigen-
cies oShis employer, hastened to in
form General Bonapartc; but he was
not satisfied, and resolving to try his
fortune 10 the utm st, bade his friend
return, risk all that he had gained,
and not quit the table I'LL he had lost
the last penny, or doubled the sum he
had brought back with him. In this,
also, after some fuctuation, the chan
ces favored him, and Napoleon sat
out to his Headquarters, furnished
with sufficient means to take upon
him the command with no little per-
sonal splendor and eclat."