The New York herald., 1851-10-02

hotels, no other case occurred.
The number Of deaths during the past year ex-
ceed those Of the previous by few. But when We
pulation Of between forty and ty thousand, besides
q large number Of strangers and sojourners, and
whom We examine the table Of interments, We can
readily account for it; and even with this increase
we compare most favorably with the nesithiess
parts Of the world. Our list of deaths prove, 700,
the nrequency of deaths from that class OF diseases
usually accredited to the influence OF climate anu
locality Our city has, within few years Pas''
undergone o marked Improvement in tins respect,
As was natural to pres uma, from It's iat,tuce anu
topography, much appre ehenson wa, felt for Hs
heathfulness; and, in the earlier % sae
city, judging from the health reports oi ,rAs s 10y, ~
there was much mortality from feyers but, as we
have stated this form of disease is TAR less
and when it does occur, is OF svery simple ana
mar Reable type. The cases when We now nave
seem to be limited TO Partieuifi Par.s ~ sne 0.y,
nrogressjpg such as cutting new Streets hihng up
bonds. &c These, we have invariably remarked,
have caused fever, which is mostly OF the inter-
mittent form, but the influence endures but one
We have quoted largely from this document,
believing that it is subje,t Of general interest.
Large numbers of citizens, from every part OF the
Union, are drawn to Washington, either on busi-
ness or pleasure during great portion OF the year,
and ANYTHING therefore, relative to its sanitary
condition. must be interesting to the whole commu-
nifty The place, it Is seen, - healthy; and IN aa-
attractive. The age is one of progress, and the
District of Columbia Is determined not to be be-
hind the times A. G.
WASHINGTON, September IS, 1851
Il Regular Wig Vhu Of the Prospects for the PuSi-
aency-Scat and Doug GAS Pedses-A Sagaclons
Senator'S Skach Of President Fillmore The ptoe
Presidency The administration aud Mr.. Cotfar
The Commissioner Of PeaSiOns-Ihe Capittl
Enlar gen1fnt- -An Error Corrected.
1t is now generally conceded by the knowing
Wigs here, in Office and out, that General Winfield
Scott will be the nominee Of the National Wing
Convention for the Presidency in 1852. From al
most ali the leading wings who come to this city,
from time to time, gather the fact that General
Scott is to be the man. But one pledge will be
exacted Of him. ana that is, that, if elected, he will
STAND by his friends and let his enemies paddle their
own canoe. Leading wings from Tennessee, North
Carolina, and kentucky, whom have met here
within the last few weeks, all agree that they can
trus. General Scott on the slavery question, no
matter who at the North may choose to support
him, with as much confidence they could trust
any other man. They say that they trusted
General Tayler, who, after his election, pitched
heels over head into the arms of Seward
iim. He had never gained victories in the North
But General Scott, who has done gloriously, both
for he North and the South, who was born and
raised in Virginia, and now halls from the North,
is Just the patriotic lover Of this whole beloved
Union, they say, to be trusted by the South and
North alike. The only pledge they will exact of
him is the one already alluded to, that if elected
President, he will stand by his frie ndsby the
who shall have made him the chief m gistrate Of
the nation.
United States openly declares that he will exact
this pledge, and none other, from General 5 ,ott.
IL is more nor less than the openly avowed doc.
trine OF stephen A: Douglass, i" the young giant of
the West" who will be, in all proba bity, the de-
mocratic opponent Of General Scott.
The same sagacious whig Senator tells President
Fnlmore's character and success in brief manner
the whole is in nutshell :" Why" said he,
act Of Providence. Why was he Vice President
Because he was pu, the ticket with General
Tay or account of his being fair man, respect
able talents. and popular whig in the empire
State / should have exer,ed myself to have got
him appointed to an authorship"
The National Whig Convention will coatain
large majority Of delegates, favorable to the nomi
batien ol General Scott Governor Jones, or Sena-
Tor Fell, of Tennessee, will probably be selected
TO run the ticket with him for Vice President.
In either case the ticket will carry Tennessee,
North Csrolra, and kentucky. 30 proclaim good
Judges from those states.
You would be surprised, could you know as
brow, the number Of men 10 Office here, ani in
many high places, TOO, who are secretly doing all
they to advances the oft cause, while most OF
th, profess to be good Fillmore mea, and succeed
10 making Mr. Fillmore believe IL. A great many
prominent Office holders under the Tyler admins
tIaticn, succeeded in hoodwnking the then Fresi-
dent in the same way.
trouble just low, on account of eipose made by
Schuyler Colfax, Esq Of Indiana, who has just
arrived in this city. Mr.. Colfax is an eloquent,
hghtone and popular whig, who run for Con-
gress ia the South Bend district, Indiana, at the
recent election, against DR.. Fitch, the democratic
member Of the last Congress, who was q candidate
70. re election Mr. Colfax came near defeating
Dr. Fitch, and he and his friends think he would
have defeated him, but for the strange conduct Of
the whig administration on the occasion. In the
midst Of the campaign. IL appears, Mr.. Secretary
Stuart sent an Indian agency appointment, worth
eight dollars per diem, TO DIR Fitch, for him to con-
fer lnid flee uron such friend Of his as ne might
select This enabled DR.. Fitch TO tell the wings, in
one portion Of bis very extensive district that he
enjoy I'd the confidence Of the whg administration
at Washington, and pull out the evidence Of his
words ana show IL to them; while In another por-
tion Of bis district, where the democrats were the
most numerous, he banged away at the whg
adminhtrstion and Mr. Secretary Stuart, without
stint or mercy.
But, rs II this was not sufficient to accomplish
the certain defect Of the able and excellent Cofax
the heightened head Of the Post Office Department
removed the stepia,hcr Of Mr.. Colfax, as Mail
Agent, good and popular officer, and true whig,
ard appointed in his place a person who would
would not take any part in favor Of the election Of
the whig candidate for Congress.
Mr.. COlfax and his friends have brought the
whole matter to the notice Of President Fillmore,
ana efforts are nov making TO atone, in some man
Der, for Mr. Stuart's and Mr.. Halls aggregious
blunders, or democratic master-strokes, whichever
they may be called.
Very great ard constant complaint is made
against the Commissioner Of Pensions, a venerable
gt ntlemar. och esteemed for his good qualities Of
heart, but whose mental faculties are universally
admitted 20 be altogether UNEQUAL TO the responE-
bic duties Of the station he holds Great efforts
making 10 bring about a change in the head Of the
ension Office. The work on the new wings Of the
Capitol, under the chief superintendence Of sam
uel Suong, Esq, Of New York, goes on prosper
ously. The foundation, or cellar walls are almost
completed Better walls Of the Kind, and better
work. IL is said, have been had in this ooun.
try Mr.. Strong gets three hundred perch, Of the
heavy granite stones, OF which the walls ard piers
are IAade, laid per Day Before Congress convenes,