Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-08-29

- hsEsa "a. EpipRs,---A llhoagh not much OF
psaflct yrt 1sAh.ll mako a prediction; which YOU
will hereby place upon rccord--it is relative TO
tho course u the opposition in the next Congress,
sad heaccinthsi eountry,s Tho srest inventor
e'ansracs and principles Tor all fctions, the New
York Hcrdid, has clearly marked gu, its own line
Of action, and bciorc December next it will 50
ssse The forces drilled that Il win as efectuully
wheel them into line as,it did nominate John c.
Fremont for fhs Last campaign. 1t has tlken up
'sAe Old srn1y drill Of apolcon--a divide and
cynquer = Of as he used to tell Ney, in a nod,
"Pidrce The centre" The Hersld has the best
corps Of reporters and correspondents in the world
beyUpd Z doubs They are in every hook OF Chris
tendom and as Tor our own land, they are all
over it. They arc IN Mimic and Alabama, in
0ssgon md xlonE tbs 2fslsaftic, and what is the
result They report Che smallest items at head.
ap1fters--aot for crude publication, but for ma.
fsssA fof about dozen assistant editors 10 con
every = Put this and ihst together" and out of
small disAasc'ed meeting in Mississippi On the
Aanaas squabhie, and another 10 Texas, on Ger.
tain appointments, and putting that veil mixed
~ vita an editorialiir the Richmond Wing, i,
e,nsslout in leader day alter d.y, and with
concentratedncss OF purpose that almost believes
the tale itself, after this vice There will and
tncst spring upn centril party conservative
PaFty--a uSies party al. that's the wogd,)
upssn party % inediite between the pot devils Of
rampant aboitienisis of the North and their broth.
rem, the mildcr black republicans and between
the quiet demoerats of the North and their III.
.hs brrthern of the South" All Ut once the
Herald has discovered that the Union must be
saved Or, ita own logic pu, into the Kings Eng.
lish Eew York must be spird the losi of the cot.
t'srH busiaess. The Herald and its party could not
-4ss*etyc the union outright last Fail, and they
are now going to try and dissolve the Democratic
paSlyswhieh : the same Thing; for take the Domo-
cratlr party away, and there would not be a skcc.
~ 81 the Consultation lcfl-thc cormoranis Of
fxnaiicisn would teaf it into thousand shreds.
sind seatter Il over the boundIexs fields Of dispute
IA lees than three months.
This Is the policy of,ie opposition.to-day The
old Wing party tried ii (ia the dark,) in 1852,
and 4 Wa found out in time to show the country
that t,s leaders of that psrty were notorious abo-
itionists, and down they went Know.No,hinu.
aain rose from It's ashes; and in the North the
black fame ofanti- Ncbruskeism was seen flick.
efih3 "A the would-be new light--and sure en-
sugh, as soon as Congress met, out burst the pent
up flames ana threatened to put our fair insiiiu-
mons 10 thetcst Of political coufagraiion but il
VS. discovered in tinlc, and down Il went. And
now that the tloyen foot " IS so pl inly seen in
the Last performance, and as there is no more
chancs 70 Ne cut Of they intend TO make clean
breast Of y, and shake hands 10 open dry. Mcs=rs.
editors, cad on you 10 witness lhe marriag the
os2ousals OF hnow-Nutlingim in the South and
bsaes Repnbiie.n Aboilionisin ia the North-tley
afeAbout being united in common tie. The
Richmond Wig has offered the ring Of property
on tue part OF the former, and Plrson Bennett has
placed Il on the finger Of the latter although he
Mars Daddy Greeley sigh, for fear It. will not be
ahafny union. fer.genilemen, il is this HUnion
fsrty '--alias, all theiisms OF the lind combined
--that the great Constitutional Lsioa Democracy
VIII have to couicnd with, apd---as the Fatcs
would say--to conquer.
We oil the South and NJrth arc not quite 80
disunitcd as the Her.ld would fain have US be.
ieve A little storm docs the Democracy good
sliile ihunder and lightning clears the sky and
tbs Demecfatic party Of the United States Is the
only ons On this earth that can have fight be.
tween themselves before an election and then turn
around and whip the enemy. 1t is only pure be-
cadse 1t can bear pusging. The opposition can
not stand the corroption to be shaken out Of It,
ics then there would be nothing left.
hnt mark my prophecy, that in December next
o e :sen iasrs der saehe Doctors can meet and
will -~4s-- A-AaaasAAfrtrdz sls~
iristh of 4 very promising child, the offspring Of
Mr.. Lloyd Garriscn's negro wosshiper on the one
part, ann Mr.. Humphrey Mlrshalrs yelled beggdr
on the other-James Gordon Bennett and Henry
Winter D4sis in locked arms, standing as God.
parents, and Rev. II. w. Beechcr, in the name of
frog love. free soil and free niggers pronounce the
baptisrnal mime Of Union Conservative" Amen,
We saE Two more harmonious elements will
never meet this side of perdition.
But 10 the scattered items. must be brief.
According to the Treasnrcr's weekly statement,
tne amount credited to the Treasury of the United
States. in the hands of the Assistant Treasurcrs
and designated depositaries, and in the mint md
branches, by returns received to the 18th instant,
and the amount at that date subject to draft, s as
Eoliows;
Amt in the different depostaries, s22, 73l .S5946
Drafts drawn but not paid, 2727,497.93
Amount subject to draft, 20,0O7359.5l
Reduction from llss week, ll,l3Ss9
Amount Of receipts, 1,542,1S1l2
Drafts returned psid, l,423,77953
Drafts issued, Iy556,323OI
A large number ofpersons were assembled near
the Treasury extension on Friday to sec the first
ofthe long pilasters Of the second story of the
south wing of this work raised to its POSITION
This block of granite is thirty-two feet five inches
in length. and weighs about twenty-eiglt toms
General Denver, Commissioner of Indian af.
fairs, Is now on his way to the West, ostensibly
for the purpose Of making treaties with the Ponca
and Pswnec indians in Nebraska; but il is gencr.
ally understood that he will make complete
tour through all the Indian Agencies, and inspect
an porson the administration of Affairs at those
points. Tits also thought that he will visit Min.
nesota, as the Yanctpns seem anxious to make a
treaty with the United States,s
We learn, at the Navy Department, that the
United States steam ffigate Mississippi has sailed
from New York for the East Indies Among the
list ofoficers We find the following Dclawarilns
Robert Dandy and John Johnson, as engineers.
The United States steam ffigaie Merrimac is
now preparing for sea nj Boston, as the Gag ship
of the Pacific sauldron.
We learn that the Fort Kearny, Honey Lake
and South PISS Wagon Rond expedition, Dr.. w
M. F. Magraw, was at Fort Kearny on tho 3lzi
osJuly. The party were all well and in fine
spirits sl i-
One offbe stpplatons of the general pre-emp
ton law is, that the applicant, to bring himse
under its provisions, shall abe citizen of the
United Slater, or shall have fled his declaration
Of intention to become citizen" guder the de
ci,ion oftte Supreme Court of the United State,
in the bred Scott ease at the December term, 1855
A free negro ftbe African race, whose anccs