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1t will ever be found vain task to endeavor to
engaft any of the radical isms of the day upon the
W hig tree They will not blend with it /; they can
never receive life and vigor from its sap withered
and useless, they must be Topped off at last as
brous branches or eating into the heart of the sound
trunk, they will render it powerless and cast it to
the earth For two years past it
has been the policy Of certain associates of the Wing party
to endeavor rucke to every popular cry and enlist
in every reckless scheme for the purpose making po
cal capital in the State Of New York. and graspng the
patronage of the State Government. To these selfish
and designs they have been ready sacrifice
the Wing party of the Union and have indeed length
revenge To them this result would be but of triAing
moment did it not entail destruction upon their fac
ton. But they find themselves suddenly deserted and
ridcued by their offspring; they behold the very
things they have created, that they are strong
enough to 60 alone fly off into the Of their Demo
cratic opponents For years they have courtea anti
rentism," and now it is their biterest opponent they
have nursed Intervention into being and II has swelled
the ranks of their enemies they have coaxed and atte
ed the Irsh and the entire vote of the Of the Eme
raid Isle has been cast against them they have coquet
ted with the Germans and the Dutch have Tilted them
they have intrigued with abotonism and abolitionism
has turned to the opposition and they look
forth from amidst the ruins and with the ready asehood
their lips tax others with having brought about
the devastation which they alone have wrought
4. Buffalo Commercial advertiser.
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If rumor speaks truly there is to be in the Uni
ted States Senate, at the ensuing session, of
contested election of a new character. Mr. CLAY,
it will be recollected, time before his lament
ed death, addressed communication to the Legis-
lature of Kentucky resgning his seat in the Senate
from and after the first Monday in September last
whereupon the Legislature duly elected the Hon.
ARCHIBALD DIXON to supply the anticipated va
cancy. But Mr.. CLAY having died some two
months before the time fixed for his resignation to
take effect, an actual vacancy was created, which
the Governor of the State Immediately filled by the
appointment of the Hon. DAVID MERIwETHER who
served the remnant of the last session 1t is said
that both Mr. DIXON and Mr.. MEnIwETHER are
now in this city as claimants of this seat, the one
claiming to hold over under Executive appointment,
(there having been no meeting of the Kentucky
Legislature since Mr.. Clay's death, and the other
claiming by virtue of q regular election by the
Legislature. The right of the matter appears to
us to be SO plain as scarcely to admit of two
opinions on the subject.
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BOUNDARY DIFFICULTIES seem to be prevalent among
some OF the older members Of the American Conederacy
virginia and Maryland at loggerheads about their
mutual limits and communications have lately passed
between the State Executives the subject A more
serious trouble to exist between Rhode Island and
Massachusetts,, the boundary between which States was
thought to be settled Commissioners were appointed
BY each State, and these line which was marked
BY durable granite monuments agreeaby instructions
The line was acceptable to Rhode Island, but the Coa
ton party Of Massachusetts, took ground against It and
directed the removal Of the monuments which has been
accordingly done
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GREAT Loss.-We do not know whom we have had to
record greater loss than that sustained by Rev. j.
PECK, Of Rock Spring, linois) in the destruction bv
fire Of his library, and nearly all his valuable collection
Of files of newspapers, pamphlets &c. the result Of his
antiquarian researches in this section of the country for
thirty or forty years In brief note us he
the destruction by FIRE of the building on his premises
known as the Rock Spring Seminary" with large por
u0n Oh ms norary the gatherings of than forty
years The FIRE occurred on the 18TH and Mr.. prcK's
loss, at the lowest estimate is FIVE thousand dollars The
pecunary loss Is great enough but Mr. Prcx collection
OF newspapers books pamphlets and periodicals having
direct reference to the history Of the Valley Of the Msss
spp we're Invaluable and cannot be replaced for any
money For thirty years we think he has been an
active antiquarian gathering together all that was Gu
rOus or interesting in relation the West and all the mo
MORALS necessary 70 history of the early pioneers
~. Louis Republican
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MR.. FAULKNER AND THE CUBAN PAPERS.

DESTROYS to yield to Mr. FAULKNER the ciyility
of the earliest insertion Of his letter, did not
think fit to withhold it long enough to enable to
ascertain how far his allegations in regard to the
transmission of the Cuban documents to the House
Of Representatives were well or i'll founded Since
committing it to the press, however, we have taken
some pains to verify Mr.. F.'s statements, and find
that they are inexact in several particulars, and
do injustice to the part which the PRESIDENT bore
in the transaction
These are the facts Mr.. Webster left the seat of
to recruit his health. Before leaving he had time
to examine only portion of the yoluminous cor
respondence; such other parts of it as Mr.. HUNTER
the Chief Clerk, had doubts about were read to the
PRESIDENT, and much suppressed, as unfit for
the public eye The rest was sent to the House on
the l4th of July as appears by the Register Of Mes
sages kept by the Presidents private Secretary 1t
will be perceived, therefore, that the answer was
not kept back for the reason suspected by Mr..
Faulkner, nor for any other The difference
of date between the Presidents message and the
Secretary's report was one day only, and was a
mere accident.
It must be recollected that voluminous corre-
spondence, running back thirty years, had to be
carefully looked through, and the proper portions
Of itselected to answer the call, and the PRESIDENT
we have been informed, read or heard read, before
the Secretary's report was made, all of the CORE
spondence which he ever read, and much Of it from
the original papers, which we're copied at all.
This plain statement will show, we think, that
Mr.. Faulkner's material allegations and surmises
are not sustained by the facts; and from what we
have stated, heretofore, in relation to this CORES
pondence, the reader is already apprized that it
was by mere accident that the papers, after lying
the Speakers table for six weeks were ordered to
be printed at all.
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COLD COMFORT

STAND BAcK!-The Cincinnati Enquirer, under the
caption Hint" informs those actively engaged in the
work OF obtaining Offices under Gen. PIERCE on pretty
good authority that the General is perfectly noncom-
mitted In such matters and free to choose as reason
and propriety may dictate" One thing only it says is
certain viz that he is likely to admire that retrea
disposition in others which has been the chief cause Of his
own preferment and that therefore he least apt yield
TO The opportunities Of politicians, view with favor those
assiduously pressed by particular cques" Stand back
gentlemen don't crowd Those who keep the farthest off
viii fare the best
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Indeed, if ever there was time when the loyal
Conservatives of this country should stand firm in
their allegiance to such Wing doctrines have been
exempifed in the pure administration of President
FILLMORE, it is the present. International ques-
tons about arising which will require the steady
and prudent management of discreet men in all
parties. wild and lax spirit of aggression, rife
among certain classes, must be held in check And,
with view to the maintenance Of our rightful in
huence in such crisis, our organization should be
preserved with the utmost care and alacrity.
BGlfinrors American
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sNAG-BOATs ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

The Philadelphia American" notes the fact that
snagboats once more to be set to work clearing
the Mississippi and other Western rivers of those
dangerous Instructions caused by fallen trees At
the last session of Congress $4,000 was appro-
priated for this purpose 1t is true the amount is
altogether disproportioned to the immensely of the
work required to be done but in view of the entire
neglect of those great Western highways Of late
years, it is perhaps source of congratulation that
any appropriation was made at all.
According to Congressional report the steam ma
rne OF the United States the number OF steamboats, lost
on the Western rivers far could be ascertaned
down to and including the year 1849 1885, of which
4l9 were by snaggng. AS regards the amount of pro-
perty lost by these 49 disasters have statistics
separate FORM but it may be judged of by the
in the loss Of the whole 1856 boats the loss of property
was 50, SAB 79l the boats and $l2 529 on the
cargoes, or in the aggregate, Sis, $40, 1929.
In one year. ending July 1851, there SO steam
lost on the Western waters and that year
in which fewer disasters took place than had occurred
long while. Although the number Of steamers on the
Western rivers and lakes is but sixth greater than
the number the of the United States the
number Of disasters is nearly hs greater In fact
the proportion of boats lost there those actually built
in those regions is AL per cent is shown by the fol-
lowing figures which quote from the report
The boats built at the West prior to the year S49
bered 1855 and the number of boats lost by disaster
stated above 1885, The loss of life by those accidents is
not known, but it was very great.
In view of these facts it source of great pleasure
to know that Congress- at its last session. returned to the
proper course in this matter and it is sincerely to be
hoped that at the approaching session it will be still
more considerable of the public interest and make more
adequate appropriation.
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PUYcTuALITY.- was n minute man An
accurate clock in the entry Mount Vernon controlled
the movement of the family At his dinner-parties he
allowed five minutes for difference of watches and then
waited for no one. IL members Of Congress came at
late hour, his simple apology was, Gentlemen, we are
too punctual for you;" or, Gentlemen, have cook
who asks whether the company has come but vhe
Their the hour has come" Nobody cper RATED for Gen.
WASHINGTON, He was always FIVE minutes before the
time and II the parties he had engaged we're not
present at the season appointed he considered the en-
gagement cancelled and would leave the place and refuse
to return.
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"REMINISCENCES OF MR.. CLAY.

OF
PARIS, NOVEMBER l5 1852
We have read here with lively satisfaction Mr. CRIT-
TENDEss Euogy of HENRY CLAY inserted in the Wash
ington National Inelgencer of the 7th instant 1t is
not too long and the style is not
rare in American productions Of the kind The salient
merits of the and character of the are
happily chosen and indicated Mr. CRIrrEspEN executed
his task with the judgment and feeling and within the
limits proper for the occasion We might wish indeed
that he had brought into stronger relief the personal his
tory and qualities of the defunct statesman with whom
he had maintained so close intimacy. comprehen-
sive, compact familiar memoir seems to be needed In
one of his letters to me Mr.. CLAY says "0f the bio
graphical sketches of myself which have SEEN that of
Mr.. Prentice embraces the facts, and they are
generally narrated by him with accuracy" As he was
not cassicaly educated always particularly i'm
pressed with the purity erseness and richness of his
diction in speaking and writing. You do not find blot
nterlineaon in his private letters which are at the
time as if they had been deliberately pre-
pared for the press
resided near him at Washington for six months dur
ing the session of 1917 lS19 the period when he
was urging the recognition Of South American indepen-
dence He then submitted my inspection some of the
speeches which he framed from his notes and the reports
of the stenogaphers His manuscripts required no
change whatever in the dction the exactude and flow
were the same in his letters.
The fascination which he exercised over all-eyen his
personal and political enemies and the merest
has been sgnazed in most Of the panegyrcs
since his death II was unique; he never failed to in
gratiate himself, less, when he aimed or did
specially aim, to please his nearer or companion Sir
CHARLES BAooT, well remembered Washington as the
Minister Plenpotentary Of Great Britain related to me
this anecdote After the Peace of Client the American
Commissioners went to London Lord CAsTELRraGH
gave them dinner Sir CHARLES BAaor was Of the COM
pany and the eve Of departure for the United States
The conversation became animated and was protracted
hour more beyond the customary time of leaving
the table, Mr.. CLAY INDUCED his powers Of dialogue
and discussion with his characteristic ease and pognancy
His colleagues took their due share in the conversation
After the dispersion Of the guests Mr. BAaor
behind for some confidential discourse with the host
As as they alone hslordshp rubbed his hands
together and exclaimed, like the Kentuckyman the
best; like the Kentucky lyman the best" Mr. CRrrrES
advertsto the qaoi Of Kenfucksm Its rest
in Mr. CLAY, was refined it succeeded every where it
charmed the dictator oracle of the Congress Of Vienna
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The Opposition prints are complaining very much
OF the Presdenfor furnishing the correspondence re-
lative to Cuba called for by resolution ofthe House
of Representatives. We think it was about time that
the public should have had light upon the subject
The people require some information as to the do
ings of the Executive; especially when, under the
modern system, the most important questions are
started and the most important measures carried on,
IN secret, without even consulting the Senate, or
letting the Representatives know one word about
the matter. Alexandria Gazette
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The Second Auditor of VIRGINIA has recently made his
report on the Fund for Internal Improvements !" from
which il appears that the receipts from dividends and
interest during the past fiscal year were S345 800 The
receipts from loans we're SO, 060, 102
The productive Investments belonging to the fund reach
Ss,74S,os and there Of subscriptions available, but
not productive, $ls l29975 The State yet liable to
be called on for 229 on account Of subscriptions
promised prior to the lst October last
The aggregate existing de5t Of he Commonwealth" IS
stated to be S14, 1858 928.
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LAnESTABLE AccIDESr.-The Charleston papers an
nounce the DEATH Friday evening last by an accident
which occurred the Camden Branch Of the South Caro-
lima railroad, Of Col RICHARD SINGLETON, and his grand
son, ROBERT DEVEAUx 1t appears that the excessive
rains which had fallen the two previous days had under
mined culver which gave way the train was passing
overit The engine and tender passed over in safety
but the baggage car fe into the chasm and the passen
ger car was preopitated upon it. COL Singleton and his
grandson we're in the baggage car, and il is supposed
we're instantly killed No person in the passenger car
was killed, but several were good dea, Injured,
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The New York g Times" says that it will have
to take back all the fine compliments transferred to
our coumnsJ which il paid to the returning sense
of Mississippi State credit The result of the late
popular vote on the question of paying the Planters
Bank bonds is the reverse of the first report twelve
thousand six hundred yeas to twenty-four thousand
four hundred nays. This amounts to refusal of
taxation to liquidate the bonds
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COLLECTION OF SEEps.--The American Farmer" saws
that the present Secretary Of the Navy the Hon JONI P
KENNEDY soon after coming into Office renewed the order
to our naval officers commanding ON foreign stations to
De ugsnt IN the collection Of such seeds roots and
plants as were calculated to be introduced Advantageous
INTO the agriculture Of the country Such attention to
tne great interest of nation entities Mr. KENNEDY to
the THANKS OF every farmer and planter Of land and
the more SO from the promptness Of his action in the
premises.
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PRESENT ASPECT OF THE CUBAN DIFFICULTIES
We take for granted that every honest and patriotic
citizen resices in The course of the President upon
the Cuban dificuldes The Presidents letter dis
closes the course of our Government upon these
difficulties and shows that IL steamship company insist
upon wagng against friendly nation they do
II on their and risk must not expect any
countenance protection from their own Government
AS TINS In strict conformity with the laws Of nations
the private war-makers cannot justly complain. All
asks OF our Government is the enforcement Of
own Jaws upon our own people and all that Govern
men ASKS OF Spain fidelity treaties and conformity
with the laws Of nations in protecting herself What
each asks Is precisely what the other is bound to do
Accordingly our Government says to its own subjects who
disposed TO excite difficulties between tho nations
"You must not expect the protection Of your own
in any unlawful conduct towards Spain II Won violate
her laws, you win be left to their penalties y
The Cherokee appears off Havana with "Mr Smith j,
on board and is forbidden to enter Has her
instructions from the company to this order at de-
ance, and attempt to enterf We will suppose that be
has, that he makes the attempt and that his vessel l.
seized, and he and the whole crew are imprisoned Ia
this outrage upon the American fagf Not at all The
Spanish Government in thus selling merchant vessel
which openly violates their laws do than any
other Government our own included, would do under
similar circumstances The denquents, fully warned by
their well the Spanish Government and thus
acting in defiance Of both warnings renounce all claim
to the protection OF their own Government and defy and
invite the penalties denounced by the Government upon
which they aggress.-f'rJbc Ledger
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The House of Commons of the North Carolina
Legislature has passed resolution claiming for the
State ga fair and equitable portion of the public
lands or the proceeds thereof" to be applied to
purposes of education, internal improvements, and
in relief Of the treasury and public burdens of the
State
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81 served" says JEFFERSON, with Gen. WASH
'INGToN in the Legislature of Virginia before the
Revolution, and during it with DIR. FRANKLIN in
Congress. Inever heard either of them speak ten
minutes at time, nor to any but the main point,
(which was to decide the question. They laid their
shoulders to the great points, knowing that the
little ones would follow of themselves"
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SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR The Telegraph re-
ports that the Legislature of South Carolina has
elected Judge JOSIAH j. EVANS United States
Senator from that State for the full term commenc
ing on the 4th of March next, when the period for
which Mr. DESAUssURE is elected will expire
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We are not half so much concerned for our ma
tiona reputation on account of the publication Of
the Cuban correspondence, because of the Fill
clustering propensities of portion of our people,
and portion Of the press, including, we are sorry
to say, some papers which ought to, and doubtless
do know better Fillibustering is land piracy and
any of our population who engage in it have no
reason to complain if they are treated as the Lopez
expedition were, and as Americans would treat
set of foreign rascals who should land upon our
shores with the intention of forcing us to adopt the
monarchical form of government. If the Cubans
are worthy to be free, they will achieve their own
independence, or at least make the attempt. We
not at all sure but their Government is as free as
they are capable Of approaching enjoying How
much better off are the South American Republics,
which have revolution every year or two, than
Cuba or Brazil And if they are better of, what
business is it of ours2 Who appointed us regu-
lators of the affairs of nations, and especially of
European nations 2--Jouraal Of Commerce
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The Hon. w. F. DESAUssURK, who was Senator
in Congress from South Carolina during part Of
the last session by Executive appointment has been
elected by the Legislature Of that State to serve till
the 4th of March next.
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The Shawl Goat Of Thbet from the fleece Of which the
finest Cashmere shaws manufactured has been
cessfuy nnturazed in Chilli The Peruvian Government
has recently concluded contract for the introduction
about eighty animals Of the pure kind with the object
propgang the stock the mountainous districts Of Peru
where i is believed they win thrive as well as in the
high table lands Of Ladak and Thbet the regions of their
origin. Nst@
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A vacant clerkship in the State Department was
yesterday supplied by the elevation of Mr.. G. BARTLE,
who has for several years filled the position of a
Messenger in that Department This is carrying
out the just and salutary principle Of promotion by
merit, for which Mr.. Secretary EVERETT deserves
credit.
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The State Treasurer Of ALABAMA has published his
report for the fiscal year ending the st instant from
which it appears the receipts Of the Treasury we're
s74s,557, and the expenditures 1905 2l5. The Comp
troers report to the date makes the balance in
the State Treasury on the LIST instant 1858, 49,