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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-11-06
LETTER From MR.. cHoATE.

We take pleasure in publishing the following
letter, because, in common with the letter of Mr..
EVERETT and thousands Of other ardent friends of
the candidate whom they would have preferred for
the Presidency it concurs entirely with the views
which we have taken since the nomination by the
Wing Convention.-Boston Daily Adrertiser
Bosrox, OCTOBER 30, 1852
DEAR SIR: | certainly can have no unwlngness TO
repeat quite formally what have informally said 50
many times to 50 many OF our friends.
That regretted very keenly failure TO place Mr.
WEBSTER in nomination. l. Of course have disgus-
ed SO much too did ! love him, and much, 50
flaly-perhaps for him ounnecessarly-desre that in
all things his feelings might be respected his claims ac
knowledged and the effect OF the proceedings Of the Con-
vention on him mtgated, that although | have ever
deemed those proceedings obgng my vote Wing,
yet had decided that would not be decorous right
having respect those relations with him. which have
been and in their memory dear me, TO take any
active part in setting the head Of any other the hOnOrs
which be had earned.
But that the true interests Of the country as our party
has ever apprehended those interests require in the
tua the election Of the eminent person
who our regular candidate doubt As Wing,
still Webster Wing, standing his grave and revering
his memory think that Of his spirit more Of his
rnaxims Of government Of his liberal conservatism
more peace, more assduous culture Of that which we
have with reckless gasping for that which have
not would preside in the administration Of Gen ScorT
than in that Of his Democratic competitor for the Pre-
sidency.
There are good men who esteemed, Mr.. WEBSTER and
Mr. CLAY 50 highly and Justly hope that while they
lived although out Of Office their counsels would still BE-
Of power to repres the tendencies TO evil which they ea
from the ascendency Of political opponents But nov
that those lights are passed and set must not ALL
those Of us with special socitude who followed then
with most confidence turn Others whose association
and ties Of party whose declared opinions whose conduc
Of affairs and whose antecedents afford the surest rus
that their practical politics will be those which we hay
so adyisedy adopted and so long professed With es
politics and the great party representing them Genera
Scott is identified. His election would pledge his cha
racter and honor to seek through them and by them tn
common good and general welfare and there
to doubt that the convictions Of his judgment would guild
him by the path Certainly he is o Wing; and h
has rendered the country great services in importan
eoniunctures in war and peace
II il quite needless say then that shall vote 70
the regularly nominated Wing ticket Of electors He IN
bes beloved the most worthy is in his grave Duty sub
sists, still and ever, and am entirely persuaded ,ha
duty requires Of me this vote.
am. respectfully, your obedicnt servant,
RUFUS CHOATE
HARVEY JEWELL Esq
President Of the Young Mems Wing Club
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FROM OREGON

The Oregon Times says that the tide Of overland emf
grafton continues roll into that State with increasing
rapidity and numbers This years emigration is unpre-
cedented in the history Of Oregon The lowest estimate
places the number Mt 10000 They entering Oregon
at different pontsrom Rogue river, Fosters, Dalles,
all Portland, to Pugets Sound.
PUGErs SOUND CoAL.-We have seen several large
Jumps Of this COAL which appears to be far superior to
any that has yet been discovered the Pacific coast
Several gentlemen well skilled in geology pronounce it
pure anthracite 1t is said to abound in nexhaustibe
quantities within about thirteen miles Of the Sound from
which road can be made with small outlay, over a
perfectly level country, to ship navigation Arrange
ments are an progress to ascertain every thing in con-
nexon with this discovery extent quality, &c. and
to bring II into market Immediately limited capital,
with proper enterprise, will turn immense trade this
way, which goes to foreign Columbian.
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FROM HAVANA.

A Telegraphic, despatch dated at New Orleans on
the 3lst ultimo mentions the arrival at Mobile OF
the steamship Black Warrior in forty-nine hours
from Havana, and says:
The war steamer Powhaian, from New York. having
board Judge CoNKLIS the newiy-apponted Minister
to Mexico, had arrived at Havana.
Judge CoNKLN after his arrival had interview
with the Captain General relation to the recent troubles
concerning the steamer Crescent City, when the difficult
ties were so arranged that the Crescent City viii hereaf
ter be allowed land her mails and passengers but Mr.
Smith, the Purser will not be permitted to go ashore
The Captain General, it is also stated, had acknow
lodged to Commodore NEWTON of the Powhatan that he
had acted too hastily, and willing to make suitable
apology to the American Government but in no case
would he allow Mr.. Smith to land on the Island.
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The above table shows the singular fact that the arr
exceedsdfhose from any other country.
MINING ITEms.-The Coloma Advocate states that the
Empire Company, the Middle Fork, about twenty
miles above Cooma, had taken out within fortnight
about 100000
The Sacramento papers say that the White Rock Com
pany of Feather river numbering twenty members had
taken out of Golfer dam 500 900; the Smith Company
numbering nine members Sl4 900; and the Jones Com
pany, numbering five members, during four weeks
100000
correspondent of the Stockton Journal says that
recent rise in the Tuolumne River had carried away
yeral dams. The companies at Temperance, Pioneer
and St Patrics Bars suffered loss New digging
have been discovered at Buckhorn Flat at the head of
Maxwelrs Creek Miners generally are doing well in
that region
INDIAN ATFAIRs-The Shasta Courier Of September
10 says :" The Indians the South Fork of Trinity
river have left their wild retreat in the mountains and
come into the mining settlements Two three hun
bred in and desired TO make treaty binding them
selves to refrain from stealing mules stock &c. and to
shooting white They wish to be allowed to
hunt, FISH, and dig roots, sc. in the vicinity These
the Indians whom Capt Dixon, with about thirty men,
chastsed severely months since for numbering
Anderson and stealing his stock"
The Stockton Republican states that the Indians of
Tuare county quiet and alarm is felt by the
settlers.
The Alta California says that there indications Of
probable rising this winter among of the most for
midable Indians in the South The Cahula Nation
calling in the various tribes preparatory it is thought
active depredaons when the rainy has set iu
These dsaections have grown out of the nonfuhment
Of and treaties made with them by the Indian
agents in the South.
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NEBRASKA.

A letter published in theSt Louis Republican un-
derdate Of Nsbrask Territory October states that
an election for Delegate to rapresenhe people Of that
younteerT Congress was held onthe second
Tuesday of October, several weeks previous notice
having been given, and that it resulted in the choice
of ABELARD GUTHRIE; though another letter states
that there was possibility that GUTHRIE was beaten
by his opponent, Major BARRON. The letter first
quoted states further that the United States officers
resident in the Territory opposed the movement and
the writer adds:
I" Another and not inconsderable portion of the
white inhabitants of the Territory neutral in the mat
ter under the belief that such effort form Terri
torial Government in this Territory is wholly in violation
Of law. They are quite anxious to such a thing
brought about but under the impression that the first
must be made by Congress- and not by the people
and found who speak of the effort
lutionary"
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$12l,46l GA

FROM MExICO-THE TEHUANTEPEC GRANT, sc.
New ORLEANS, NOVEMBER BY an arrival here yes
terday the Pcayune has adyces from the city of Mexico
to the 9TH October The proposals for the right of way
across the shmus of Tehuantpec have been opened by
the Commissioners appointed for that purpose. They
were not however awarded it having been concluded to
postpone the decision of the Commissioners for one hun
dred days. and in the mean time receive additional pro-
posais On this fact being made known, the original
holders entered their protest. which finally reported
to the Government The idea has been promulgated that
the company to Vhom the grant shall be finally awarded
shall settle all reclamations with the United States
Some further disturbances have taken place at Orizaba
and elsewhere, but not very serious.
The Cholera was raging severely Acapulco and troops
had sought refuge in the surrounding towns.
There further information regarding the rumor
ed Government coup d'etat.
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The Hon. FRANCIS BAYLIEs died at Taunton,
Massachusetts, on Thursday, aged sixty-nine years
The New Bedford Mercury, in speaking of Mr.. Bay
less death, says:
In of the most stormy periods Of our political his
tory gentleman was distinguished in the local
politics of this section Of the Commonwealth than Mr.
Baylies. He successfully elected a member of the
17h 18th and 10Th Congresses from the old Bristol dis
trict. He was elected supposed by National Re-
pubcans but in the Electoral College of Massachusetts
cast his vote for Jackson being the only member from
New England who did The election of Adams gave
great satisfaction in this portion of Massachusetts, and
New Bedford the event received with the ringing Of
BELLS the discharge Of cannon and was honored by pub
lie ball. In 1926 Mr. Baylies of course failed of a
election for the Bristol district although he had been
heretofore very popular. The late Hon. J. L. Hodges
was elected in his place. He was however, the same
year elected to the Legislature from Taunton General
Jackson rewarded his sanch and tried friend with
the appointment of Minister to Brazil Mr. Baylies re-
paired to his station but for which have never
been clearly explained to the public he almost mme
datey recalled This recall was however the cause Of
breach between the President and Mr.. Bayes which
threw him into the Wing party. He several times
afterwards elected to the Legislature from Taunton In
the House his speeches always listened with at
tention, and were characterized by ability
:. In the memorable campaign of 1840 his public adj
dresses for their force cearness and cogency of
ing, were remarkable and had much popular effect He
was also for several years by the Native American
party as their candidate for Governor of the State
Mr. Bayles delivered many orations and addresses
before public bodies and upon public occasions which
have been printed and attest his ability and historical
accuracy He was when not engaged in political bust
ness exceedingly attached to various research and study
for which his large and valuable library afforded him an
excellent opportunity His History Of Plymouth, to the
composition of which he led by many family and per-
sona considerations, is of the most excellent local
histories printed in this State At one time such
its confidence in his ability and accuracy the family
of Alexander Hamilton confded him the invaluable pa
pers Of that ustrous statesman for the purpose of pre-
artnno r,l1x -
and of desutory study prevented his making any pro-
gross in the work, and the papers withdrawn His
address to his constituents, published in October 1896
defending his vote for Jackson, remarkable pro-
ductinn y
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ALLEGED DErALcArroS-The decision of Justice Os-
in the of Augustus G. NJ Bowen late the clerk
in the Banking House of Messrs Brown Brothers Co.,
New York. who arrested three weeks ago. charg
ed with having embezzed 1920 900 from his employers,
rendered Saturday. The magistrate, after
fully examining the testimony in connection with two legal
gentlemen, decided that Mr.. Bowen had committed
criminal offence for which he could be held amenabe
the laws and he has been discharged Mr. CoSsrocK is
also discharged he having viii be remembered been
arrested for receiving money from Bowen knowing it
have been feloniousy obtained -E1press.
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1t gives us great pleasure to understand that
the PRESIDENT has offered to the Hon. EDWARD
EVERETT, and that the latter has accepted, the
vacant post of SECRETARY OF STATE.
There is peculiar fitness, we think, in this APP
pontment. Mr. EVERETT was the attached per-
sona friend of the Statesman whose lamented death
caused the vacancy in the Department, as well as
an irreparable void amongst the great men Of the
world. To this recommendation, however, may be
added the higher consideration of the eminent
qualifications of Mr.. EVERETT for the Office His
public services, at home and abroad, uniting expe
rence and thorough acquaintance with our foreign
affairs to his fine abilities and regulated temper,
render him worthy successor to the honors and
duties of the post
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A correspondent of the Baltimore American
states that the rise in the price of British railroad
iron has been so great that many contractors Of
roads now in progress will be ruined. At present
prices the difference against the contractors upon
the Cincinnati and St Louis road, if the iron were
purchased now, would be 100000 The CORE
spondent also says;
81 have caution 10 give ron-masters. They must
90 into the manufacture Of rails, IL they do il at all
Nth The risk Of haring The duty The British article entirely
repealed An attempt to do this will be made in Wash
ingon this winter The roads in progress and
wanting iron win crowd upon Congress to get rid Of the
duty The agents Of the British manufactures will be at
their sides helping them"
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The accounts from the CAPE OF Coon HOPE
give better prospect Of speedy termination Of
the Caffre war than has been entertained at any
previous time. The retreat of the chief Kreli has
been attacked and burnt, and ten thousand head of
cattle captured on the occasion Some Of the minor
chiefs have at the time made overures Of peace,
and general signs of Encouragement have been ex.
hibited on the part Of their followers.
As regards the supposed discovery of gold, men
toned by the former arrival, it appears that the
specimens sent in turned out to be merely sup hu-
ret of iron. From the nature of the country, how
ever the coloniss entertain impression that val
liable mines will ultimately be found
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AN IMPORTANT SLAVE CASE DEcIsIoN.-The we'll known
case of Oliver and others against Daniel Cauman Stephen
Wheatey and Philip Brechte charged with harboring
and assisting thirteen fugitive saveso escape from their
owners in Maryland, decided in the United States
Circuit Court at Philadelphia Saturday, by the jury
rendering verdict for the plaintiffs in the of So 800
damages against Cauman and guilty the other
two defendants The trial commenced the 10Th of last
month, and the jury locked up from Thursday
ing until Saturday evening This decision settles The fact
that uries in The United States Courts in Pennsylvania viii
give verdcs against persons who aid the escape of fug
tive slaves
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A young named James McGrade was arrested in
New York Thursday evening for hurting burning
torch upon large tent erected at the junction Of Horao
and 9Th avenue in which congregated about
two thousand persons, who listening lecture on
temperance The tent set on fire. but happily the
flames extngnished before damage Of any amount
was sustained The audience much frightened but
person injured, and order restored 1t
is doubtful whether the act done desgnedly not
He had taken the torch from a companion and was
ming away with IT, but finding himself closely pursued he
threw it into the air and it fell upon the tent The
sed was however held by Justice Stuart await exami
nation
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Two arrests have recently been made in Prussia in
formation forwarded to the police from New York. of in
dyiduas sent to Europe to pass forged Prussan
fabricated in America One Of them arrested before
he landed from the ship Bremen with large amount
of the forged paper in his possession the other ia
ken at Dusseldorf, having arrived by another route.
Every step Of the ogers regularly reported to the
Berlin police by member Of the band and they al
lowed to carry out their attempts only to fall into the
hands Of the authorities when the proof was rife
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TERRIBLE RAILROAD AccIDEsT AND Loss LHE.-It
was mentioned under telegraph head Monday that
the express train between New York and Boston was
thrown of the track Saturday afternoon, Windsor
Locks thirteen miles from Springfield, Massachusetts
The Boston Bee says:
The accident caused by portion Of the rail on
abrupt angle being forced from the track by which three
passenger thrown Off The was thrown
with tremendous force fifteen feet below into the
basin the canal in which there about twelve feet
of water There upwards Of twenty passengers in
the cars, several Of whom ladies. The train
going full speed at the time, and tremendous
the collision Of the that in its descent to its
terry landing It made entire revolution, striking wheels
downwards
The almost Immediately filed with water, but by
great effort Of the male passengers the doors forced
open and the persons by one, drawn from their ter
be and death threatening confinement The top Of the
opened possible with axes in several
places when two brothers. named Parker, belonging in
Pawtucket Rhode Island and having just returned from
California, taken out dead Ii generally thought
that several others killed. but subsequent investga
ton happily proved the reports untrue All Of the pas
sengers or less injured.
The revolution Of the is said to have excited in the
hearts Of the passengers the most terrible and ndescrba
Bile emotions IL but collision, bound rcvou-
ton and submergementa in the rapidity almost of
thought.
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TREATY WITH BUENos AYREs AND MoNTEvIDEo.
Hon. ROBERT G. ScHENCK arrived at Rio Janeiro
on the 18th instant from Montevideo, whittier he
had been negotiating a Commercial Treaty with the
Governments Of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. In
these efforts, we are glad to learn, he has been emf
nently successful. The treaties in question will
greatly facilitate and extend the commerce of our
American merchants when once they 60 into opera
ton Their stipulations viii transpre in due time
BY the same arrival which brings us this. agree
able piece of intelligence we learn that the naviga-
ton of the Parana and the river Plate had been
thrown open to vessels of all nations, and that de-
cree had been issued allowing the bonding of goods
for any term not exceeding eighteen months
New York Express.
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CHINESE mechanics. The granite walls Of Parrot
magnificent building the Of California and Mont
gomery streets have been completed and number of Chi
nese workmen are engaged in dressing the stone.
They cleanse il and with chse cut IL until it looks
white and smooth as marble They appear be very in
dustrous and cheerfnrather slow and calculating but
sure. An Saxon could with perfect perform
twice the amount Of any species Of hard labor Some
thing could be learned from them in the way Of making
scaolds for buildings the now used by them being
simple and substantial with little danger Of giving away
San Hanasco pdp~.
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TREMENDOUS ExcITEnEsT ALONG WISCONSIN, RIVER.
We learn that upon the deepening Of the
Meeting the Fox and Wisconsin river large share Of the
Upper Wisconsin waters passed through the canal into
Fox River II is said that the volume Of water which
has ever since flown into the latter river is equal to sixty
feet in width by three feet in depth and consequently
the Wisconsin waters have been drawn off equal
tent Some time elapsed before the inhabitants along
the river discovered the Of the unprecedented fall
the excitement has scarcely been confined reasonable
bounds Meetings being held at the villages to or
ganze for resisting the outrage Of the Board of Public
Works in permitting the Wisconsin waters to be plumber
cd for the benefit of Fox rver.-Grant county Herald
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MIRACULOUS EscAPE.--A gentleman named Wood,
living near Railway, IN. J as he going on horseback
TO church. Sunday evening" took the New Jersey Kali
road track to save the mud Of the road Sud
denly, before he could reach crossway, and while ne
yet undiscovered by the engineer train running at
the rate Of forty miles hour struck his horse and kill
cd him instantly tore off the saddle so that 1t hang TO the
sides of the locomotive, and yet left the perfectly
unhurt though he thrown Oft TO some distance When
the train was stopped and the passengers back to see
what the matter was, he found contemplating has
poor horse, without bruse or scar. How he escaped
he cannot tell he lost all consciousness the moment
the accident occurred.
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CHINA.-The latest accounts from Hong Kong
Ito August 24th) state that quietude prevailed at
Canton and in the north. The news from the west
part Of the Empire favorable to the success
of the Imperial troops The chief Of the insurgents
is reported to have been taken and beheaded though
his followers are said to be still mustered in great
force
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ToBscco.--An advertisement in the London Times Of
the 10th ultimo calls for tenders supply 200 900 o
grammes Virginia tobacco, 1900 900 Kentucky $50 900
Maryland do crop Of s5152 for the use Of the French
Government Tenders be decided 10th January next
AZ Ministry OF Finance, Paris
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We have much pleasure in recording the conduct pur
sued by Commodore PERRY, who sent with his fri
gate the Mississippi to the disputed fishing grounds
not as some would have wished to protect the American
fishermen, whether right or wrong but as the Commo
dore correctly understood his duty as officer and
gentleman, TO see that, while American rights not
unjusty invaded his countrymen did not provoke
aggression by their unjustifabe conduct and by
disregarding the treaty subsisng between the
tries Every account have Of the conduct Of Com
modore PERRY, in executing the delicate duty devolved
upon him. reflects the highest honor on his character
an ofhcer.--London Shipping GGzeae
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CUBA AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.-The late advces from
Europe inform us that the Government at Madrid
had received dispatches from the Captain General
of Cuba dated the l4th September, announcing that
all was then quiet Orders have been given to
dispatch to Cuba the steamer Antonio d'Ulloa, in
room of the Pizarro. Another steamship, named
the Secondo mate Of the Primero, launched recent
ly, was launched on the 10th, on the Thames Both
ships are intended for service on the coast of Cuba