Washington telegraph., 1851-09-17

RGSAOSNI IkLmOkEs"2V ossOAs6Ss
evidence can be adduced Of the virulcnt
! rancof of party spirit than the abuse
heaped upon the President by partizan
presses: Acts. exhibiting the strongest
patriotism and flrhness. and meri'ing the
undivided praise of the country, are de-
nounced as designing. imbecile. and un.
worthy the Chief Magistrate of free
and great nation. Even his language,
dictated by the purest and most patriotic
motives. and called forth on proper occa-
sions. is distorted to party purposes by
Fthese hyenas of party; and she ability
OF the statesman and the honesty and
purity Of the man lost sight of and alb
, sorbed in an unsuitable gluttony for the
"loaves aud fishes"
+ We do not cast this cet1sufe on the
entire Democratic press. There are those
amocg them capable Of rising above
party tfammels. and of according to worth
/ its proper need of praise.
When those slanderers OF Mr.. Fillmore
are asked to establish their charges by
reference to particular facts, they hesitate
--are found wanting-and back out
giving no other response than a consinua-
,ion Of their INSCRIPTIONS and ground
i less assaults.
We are led 10 these remarks by notic-
ing the inconsistent manner in which
Mr.. Fillmore has been abused for his
course in relation to Cuba. by these parti.
zan presses. There were q number Of
young men in New Orleans, awaiting
an opportunity % embark for Cuba, moel
of whom were estimated to be Wings.
These presses exonerate the Wings, IN.
dicidMaily of any hostility to the Cuban
expedition, and throw the whole burden
upon the shoulders Of the President. We
will not here discuss the question whether
these 'ndtridxal Wings are right or not
But we do say thar Millard Fillmore is
right as :he President OF this nation
holding as it does friendly relations with
! Spain and bound by the most solemn
treaty obligations. We do say. that SO
far from being abnsed for his course in
relation to Cuba, he deserves the highest
praise, and that his conduct has shown
him to be above the exciting influences
which agitate the masses of the people,
and in eveTyrway worthy the high station
which he holds. So far from detrac.ing
from his fame, it has bound his brow
with an additional laurel. So far from
proving him inimicai to the best ln-
terests OF the country. il has shown that
be knows schat those interests are, and
that he dares maintain them. So far from
proving him low-spifited and imbecile.
il has displayed. in the strongest light,
his inagnanimity and firmness, and given
additional brightness to hia already pure
and elevated character.
The CATERPILLAR. - The George.
town. Is. C.) Observer of Wednesday
August Goth. says: This destructive
wom has made its appearance in every
parl OF our district. doing great damage
to the peas. slip-potasoes and young corn.
Ten days ago we visited a plantation on
Santee. and found tina, ia the course of
thiry-six hours they had completely des-
tToyed small field of FIVE acres of Young
corn with all the peas that was on about
fifty acres. They first attacked the crab
grass which is entirely eaten up by them,
not . leaf being left in the whole 6elds.
We sae q few in the high parts of the
rice, and upon examination found that
they had not only eaten the leaves. bu,
had attacked the ears. We learn that
on plantation on Waccapaw they were
doing sefeous injury 10 the rice. Should
they get in the rice fields in the same
numbers that are found on the uplands,
the crops would be entirely destroyed.
They are about an inch and quarter in
length. and Of q dark color, with green
veins or streaks on the Sides"
REPoRTED CAPTURE OF LoPEx-The
New York Journal Of Commerce Of the
evening Of the 23d ult.. says tina. WE'LL
Informed Spanish gentleman. in intimate
intercourse with the minister Of Spain in
this country, states that despatch ad-
dressed to the minister, Don Calderon de
la Bafca, was put on board The Cherokee
at the moment Of her departure from Ha-