Washington telegraph., 1852-08-18

country sanctuary for the felons of Great Britain
family, in this quarter, who have freed the
saves which they once owned in the South, and
therefore have no mercenary motive for defending
slavery, say that Mrs. Stowe has made very un-
far specimens of Southern life in her work called
Uncle TOMS Cabin"
Rowdyism prevails in this city, with the coun-
tenance and connivance Of the aldermen, who
make friends with the rascals arrested and secure
their aid at the polls beating off opposing voters
by setting them at liberty, Excuse me, if 1
should be absent a week or two from my post.
Yours truly, #.
New YORK, July %, 1852.
Mr.. Editor: Every body knows the fable of the
shepherd-boy who cried wolff wolff! when there
was no wolf, and who finally acquired such re-
putation for lying, that, when the ravenous beast
really did attack the flock the boys cries for as
sistance were utterly disregatded. So it is with
the Locofoco party. Their leaders have been cry
ing out upon the stump and in the halls of legis-
lation, for the last twenty years, that British in
fiuence was at work, interfering in elections,
for the benefit of the Whig party when they
knew the charge was false; but their followers
believed them time and again. and rallied to the
polls, as if they were thereby going to annihiate
this much dreaded British interference
1t would seem. however, that there has been
all along, some reason for dreading foreign in1u-
ence in our elections; for the thing has at length
become a reality. But, strange to say, it is thrown
into the Locooco scale, and that makes all the
difference in the world In vain does the honest
press of this country point out to the Locofoco
rank and file, that the London Times, the London
Daily Ne,cs, and other leading journals of England
advocate the election of Mr.. Pierce, whose tri-
umph they assured will contribute to the tri-
umph of British commercial interests in vain is
it pointed out to them, that the British are even
now harrasslng our hardy fishermen, by the inso-
lence of their naval officers, in order to intimdate
the United States into the adoption of the Demo
cratic" doctrine of entire free trade. The wolf is
now upon them; but they have been SO long hum
bugged by their leaders, that they turn deaf ear
to the alarm, and submit themselves like lambs
to the slaughter.
England is opposed to Gen. Scott and millions
of her money at the service of the Locofoco
politicians. to defeat his election because she bears
him grudge for his victories over her armies,
in the War of 1S12-14. and because she remem-
bers his letter in favor of the Annexation of Can
ada Gen Scott is, therefore, pre-eminently, the
american candidate; and, as such, he cannot fail to
raey the vast majority of his country-men to his
support. Nothing has done him so much good. as
the abuse which has been and still is poured out
upon him by the English and Canadian press.
| am not partial to the nomination of military
men to the Presidency; but, if there ever was a
time when it seemed advisable to place man of
great military reputation at the head of the gov
ernment, it is now, when we threatened with
war with England-a war which, once begun,
will never terminate short of the entire expulsion
ofevery shadow of British power from this conti-
nent!
There is also terrible Indian war looming up
our Southwestern frontier. Under these ciT-
cumstances it would be folly not to place at the
head of the nation, the greatest soldier the
ton, 1.-The nObest Roman of them ALL" Place
General Scott in the Presidential Chair, and the
people at home will be inspired with confidence
that their fire-sides will be protected from the
ruthless invader; and the enemy will hesitate be-
fore he dares to make the assault.
Although the English affect to treat with con-
tempt our rivalry with them on the ocean, they
yet conessing superiority, by their actions.
Two English ship builders are now at the Astor
House, sent to this country by company of Eng
lsh capitalists that are about to start line of
steamers to some port in Africa. The object of
the visit of these gentlemen is to inspect the
steamships of the U. S. Mail Steamship Co., run
ming between this port and Aspinwal, and those
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., which run
from Panama to San Francisco These two lines
Of steamers celebrated in Europe as in
America, for their strength their swittness, their
convenience, and their interior splendor They
always beat the other lines between this and San
Francisco, by two or three days-some times by
ten | do not think however, that our transat-
lantic cousins will be able to build anything like
them when they go back; but if they do We'll
build still better ones.
A marriage extraordinary took place here
yesterday, being nothing less than marriage by
prory 1t came off at the office of the Spanish Con-
sui, where Wesley Smith, Esq, Alderman of the
Eleventh Ward-united Don Juan A. Barreiras,
of the City of Havana, through tis attorney Jose
Barrieras, in the holy bonds of matrimony with
Miss Ann Eliza Rapp, of the City of New York
Don Jose will 'do the gallant" until Miss Rapp
arrives in Havana, when she will be bodily trans
far rrad tO the cOnnuhia1 care Of Don Juan and the
rites will be solemnized according to the rules of
the Roman Catholic Church. Marriages by proxy
frequently occur between royal persOnages in Eu-
rope but the above is the first instance of the
kind which has ever occurred in this country.
The difficulty between the Methodist churches.
North and South, in respect to the mammoth
Book Concern, IN this city, has not yet been final
ly disposed of; although the principle involved was
decided by the u S. Circuit Court in favor of the
Church South, and the Church North has determ-
ined not to appeal The cause of the delay is said
to be the confused state of the accounts of the
Concern, which the most skilful bookkeepers find
it difficult to unravel; and, until these accounts
are Strengthened out it will be impossible to as
certain the value of the Concern The fact is, the
Book Concern has been in the hands of the most
stupid and incompetent men that could have been
called from the whole field of the Methodist de-
nomination. They may have been abundantly
blessed with pety but they have not had the least
modcum of business tact and have gone on heap
ing blunder upon blunder, until the principal de-
partment is in an almost inextrcable confusion.
The best way to settle the matter would be to sell
out the whole Concern to the highest bidder and
divide the proceeds.
Yours truly, PETER PIKE.
Mr.. PIERCE AND HARBoR AND RIVER IMPRo ROVE
MENTs.-We are glad that the friends of Mr. Pierce
have come to his rescue in the matter of River