Weekly Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1841), 1845-11-05

              WEE (LY 0 TO rm a nnTTi KlSh URNAL VOLUME XXXVI. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1845. NUMBER 10. I'UIII.ISIIKIl KU'.HY WHDNKSIlAV MOUN1INO, HY CHARLES SCOTT & CO. Office in the Jouneil Huildinp, south-east corner of High street uiul Sugar alley. TERMS; TiinF.K IiiM,Ati rr.n annum, which miy bo discharged by llic payment ol' Two Uoi.j.ak in advance, and Iron of pontile, or of )cr rentage to Agents or Collectors. I The Journal is aUo published tluily during the session of the I .enitdiilure, and thrice, a week the remainder of tlio year, 1 for $b ami three times a week, yearly, for Jj( k THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1M5. Cf The necessary absence of both the editors for a short period, on urgent business, will Berve as an excuse for any omission in the editorial department. Oar political friends will bear with us for a few days, as the work has been all done up by the people for the present, and tiicy will cheerfully give us a breathing spell, especially as our duty takes us from our post. And as for our opponent why we can take care of them when we get back, to their satisfaction, and if they should miss us they will not complain. In the mean time, we leave those behind who will make our place good in all essentials, as will he seen. H" Fruit Tukkb. The attention of farmers, gardeners and others, is directed to the advertisement of Mr. Fisher, in our columns to-day. His assortment of fruit trees is said to he a good one, and persons who apply may rely on getting what they send for. Now is the time to attend to tho setting out of nearly every variety of fruit trees, &c. Tempcrnnco Mutter Rev. E. Goodman who has been associated with 8. F.Cart.t, Esq., in the publication of Ohio Temperance Organ at Cincinnati, has withdrawn, and it is now un der the exclusive control of Mr. Carey. The ability of Mr. C. is an ample guarantee as tn the manner in which this useful journal will he conducted. It merits an earnest support at the hands of the Ohio friends of Temperance. We learned with pleasure a week or two since that Mr. Carey expects to pay a visit to Columbus early in the winter, and will then address the people of this city. A meeting will be held shortly in this city, with a view to the commencement of vigorous and persevering labors in behalf of this good cause, at which an address will be delivered by Hev. Mr. MooniK. Due notice will be given. It is expected that some Tem perance pieces will be sung at the time by the mem bers of the Musical Society. H ANNF.it Town. The Whig Central Committee of Medina county havo awarded a banner to the Whigs of York township for giving a larger Whig vote in proportion to the vole last year, than any other township in the county. It is to lie presented at the village of Lodi on the 5th of November. Mr.ins County. The entire Whig ticket, we understand, was elected in this county, with the exemption of Sheriff. Austin, the Ijoco candidate, as we learn, succeeded by some seven of a majority. The Northwestern Districts. Tho Kali da Venture contains uncomplete returns from a number of the small counties in the North Western section of the Slate. As we have before remarked then? Wits no regular opposition to the Lorfo-cos in many of those counties. In the Mercer and Putnam Representative districts, as well as in the Senatorial district including those counties, the Whigs presented no candidates and made no organized opposition. We regret this much, an we are convinced that with good candidates in the Meld, and an energetic organized oppoHilion, the result would have been quite different from that we are called on to record. In Henry County a show of opposition was made by the Whigs, and they elected a portion of their ticket. I here was a maionty ol 2U only tor the ,ocotoco enndidate for Representative over a Whig Independent who took the field. Tod bid a majority of 30 there last fall. In Putnam an independent took the field just on the eve of election, and without organization redured the Polk majority of ii'dl tn2l!l. In Paulding, Williams and Allen, the Louofocos were at-1 lowed entire possession of the track on legislative candidates. In Williams, a county ticket made up of men of both parties, in opposition to the regular Loco nominees, was elected. In Ottawa, in the Lucas district, the Whigs addressed themselves to the work, and elected a part of their ticket. In Handusky C'uinty, the Loe.ofoco candidate for Representative would have been permitted, it is not improbable, to remain at home, if the Whigs had entered the field wilh spirit. Ere the campaign of lH lfi is closed, we hope to see a d liferent state of affairs in the Northwestern counties. The Whigs of that section should at once set themselves prudently, persever'mgly and energetically to work to effect a thorough organization, ami call out to lh''ir support every true friend of Hie Whig cause. If true to themselves, they will silence the insolent boasts of the band ful of demagogues who claim to have that section under their own exclusive control. They presume, we eniuiol but believe, a little too much on the gullibility, ignorance and subserviency of the men of that section, we are convinced, and it is time they were made to realize the fact. principle that can be established, fair and equal in its operations. It substitutes a certain and permanent criterion by which to estimate taxable property and allot its burthens, for one that is uncertain in its tenure, unequal in its operations, that leaves an unsafe discretionary power in the hands of the officer, nnd that has been a constant source of vexation and com-plaint. In the very nature of things, it is impossible that the old law can operate otherwise than unequally. Equally clear is it that, by the substitution of this new principle, a multitude of objections will be removed, and a formidable array of evils remedied. We rejieat, then, that the introduction of this reform in our system of taxation is demanded by the people of the State, and is a question settled by the recent election. Whether or not we arc to have the hearty co-opera tion of our political opponents, or any portion of them, in legislating on this subject, time alone oan decide. A few of their presses have spoken favorably of a cash valuation, and none of them have ventured to urge, in direct terms, a return to the old system. Hopeless, as they niUHt see the attempt to make an other issue on this question, lo bo, we may venture tho hope that they will aid in the great reform. At all events, on them must rest the consequences of a refusal so to do. Of course the next Legislature can only lay out the work on this subject. Provision can be made for a revaluation of the properly of the State, on the basis alluded to above. After ascertaining to what extent if at all the revenues of tho State fall short of its expenditures, it will bo the work of the following year (1847) to levy tho amount necessary, and carry into effect tho now law. Amendments, it is thought by some, may be made in the temporary law of last winter, so as to equalize still farther the burdens of the State until the new system of valuation takes effect. As it will only operate for one year more, at all events, it is of but little moment whether its details are amended or not. The objections to it are not of so serious a nature as to render a change imperative, if it yields a sufficient addition to the revenue to obviate the necessity of a resort to the miserable expedients that have been used for several years to make up the deficiencies. On the late Auditor of State must full the severest censure, for his remissness in not obviating the necessity of a resort to these expedients for increasing tho liabilities of the State without the knowledge or consent of the people. They are objectionable in tho highest degree. The revenues of the State should bo sufficiently abundant to preclude any necessity for anticipating them in order to pay the interest on our State debt as it becomes due. There will be a consid erable increase of revenue during tho present year, under the amended luw but wo are not advised whether it will be sufficient to meet fully the demands of the Treasury. The fact will soon be made known. In any aspect of the cuse it seems to us there is pla;n Hailing ahead for the friends of the State. Impelled and guided by a sense of duty, they may address themselves to an adjustment of the questions before them with a hope of making sedy and effectual work. If our anticipations are not widely astray, the next Legislature will render itself even more popular than its predecessor, nnd will be able to complete its labors in a much briefer space, amid the plaudits of an intelligent and patriotic constituency. The Tin l.nw. Without circumlocution we may allude to a subject upon which so much has been said and written within n few months. We will not sny that all that has been aaid has been well said ; but we may say with perfect truth, that the public mind has Wen led into a more thorough and correct understanding of this branch of fiur domestic mlity, within that time. Taxation is one of the burthens incident to well-established govern men Is, and that legislation is most worthy of approval which is directed to the equalization of this burthen and its reduction within safe limits. It it not always that that eoplc are best governed who are taxed light-on! ; because government may be so straightened in its resources as to lie utterly inefficient and fail of the performance of its most important duties. Rut may safely say that out of the inequalities of taxation have grown most of the evilsexorienecd in the States of this confederacy, more especially those of the West, May we not go further and say that to the inequalities if tho Tax system of our own Slate, (to ssy nothing ; of tho improvidence of that legislation which has so swelled tlio debt of the State,) more than anything else, may he attributed much of the dissatisfaction that has so frequently found vent through the press and other channels ? So at least reasoned the men lo whose legislation wo an; indebted for the amended law of last winter. The people of Ohio have never manifested a disposition tn repudiate their honest obligations. On the contrary they view with abhorrence the very idea of repudiation. Whether more or less, properly or improperly borrowed, faithfully or unfaithfully expended, profitably or unprofitably invented, they are disosed to stand by their bonds and pay every rent that has been obtained in their, mime and used for their bene tit. Against the increase of that debt and an embarkation in new aehemesof improvement, they have, within a year or two, through their servants, spoken very plain ; and that they demand a more strict accountability, at the hand of their servants, there can be no doubt. Hut still, wilh one voice, men of all parties have proclaimed their desire to see such measures devised as may Ik neressary to maintain the faith and credit of Iho State. Thus viewing the subject, the duty of our legislators is made plain ; and nothing but the inter veu lion of a blind parlizanisui can prevent its faithful and successful performance. The thanks of the Stale are due to the last IfCgia lature, for its promptitude in attempting a partial re medy of the defect and omissions of the old law ; and thn indifference with which the idle clamors of ignorant and wilful men, were treated by the mass of the voters of Ohio, is a object of general congratulation It proves that they ant capable of appreciating, and wilting to sustain, what is just and proper. We assume, unequivocally, tho petition that the people of Ohio have sustained the legislation of last winter, on tho Tax Law. The issue was fully and fairly matte up for and against that law, and a thorough reform in the system. That law was known and admitted to lie temporary in its character 1 but the principle it introduced, and what was contended for by its fraiuers, is not temporary, but has received the earnest and ardent npprolmtion of the people, at theballot-box. Convinced of tho inequslities of tho old system, unwilling to return to it, they demand the cs tablishment of a permanent reform a reform tn be introduced in the spirit of the law of last winter. The taiing of property, at Us cash mlmt is the only Commodore Nteu'iirt'a Letter. We commence the publication of the gallant old Commodore's letter in our paper to-day, and shalt finish it in our next. It treats of facts of too much interest to be passed over lightly. Uty as we were, well do we remember the thrilling effect produced on the public mind by the victories of nur gallant little Navy during the darkest period of the last war with England. Every thing therefore calculated to throw light on tho subject, and to place the actors in those scenes of triumph in a proper light, before the country, should be given to the public. Mr. Ingersoll, in his history, has said of the p irt assumed by Commodores Jl in nitmn k and Stkwaiit 11 It was the mere remonstrance of a couple of naval officers against being deprived of their Utrlihtmd," which ch tnged the policy of our government toward the Navy at the commencement of the war. This motive Commodore Stewart, in behalf of himself and his gill nut comr.ide, (who no longer lives to defend himself,) indignantly repels, and, lesideg doing that, he places the conduct of the administration of that day in a far different and more consistent light than that awarded by Mr. Ingersoll. The country, at th commencement of thn war, was torn by faction. The old federal party stood ready to take any ad van t nee that might offer, from mishaps that should overtake the administration in the prone, cution of the war. Tins Mr. Madison ami his advisers well knew. The interests of the country were committed to their charge ; and inexperienced in of fensive operations ns all were, it tier nine necessary to be doubly careful what course they took in the open ing. Tint the earnest and able counsel of mich men as Rainbridge and Stewart should have had no inllu-enee on the coutioiis policy of the administration, is not singular that it did have a favourable in Hue nee, is creditable alike to all. Rut few of the actors in the scenes narrated in the Commodore's letter remain among us. Of the mem bers of the administration, Mr. (iallatin, now venera ble in years, is we believe the only one. In referring to him, Mr. Stewart says : " Mr. Paul Hamilton, the Secretary of the Navy, told Commodore Rain bridge and myself that he (Mr. (.) made the suggestion, (to lay up the venue I of war,) whirh, however, doe htm no discredit ns a counsellor of the President, nr ns a pit riot ; for it Bp-pea red to them the only mode in which our ships of war could be usefully and at the same time most safely employed." On this, a New York correspondent of the National Intelligencer, who seems to sjtcnk advisedly, makes the following explanatory remarks: o It is understood that Commodore Slewart submitted his reply previous to its publication to Mr. (iallatin, and that Mr. (iallatin after perusing it, Addressed a note to the gallnnt Commodore returning his manuscript, thanking him for his rnurtesv, and though nol requesting any alteration in it, yet adding, in substance, that he had no recollection of any Cab inet meeting at which it wns determined t detain the vessels of war in port, and that if such a muling hod been held hi (Mr. (i.'s) memory mast hare failed him more than he could nitre supposed. This however is a small point, anil may witli credit be left as the Commodore has placet! it. Hut it seems clear from the facta disclosed that Mr. Ingersoll is not the proper man tn write the history of the tale war. He was a member of the old federal party ; his party, with lluchanan, Taney, and other prominent members of the present misnamed 11 Democratic " party, w arrayed against the war policy : they had claimed lo tie tho exclusive friends of the navy : they had ridi culed Mr. Jefferson's gunttoat system ; and now, when war was upon us, and the efficiency of our mnratime defences was to be tested, Mr. Ingersoll seems snx ious to place tho Republican administration of that period in an awkward and false position, lie should at least have confined himself to farts, and in making a wrong use of those imparled to him by the Column dore, he has provoked a broadside which he will not soon get over his history is riddled and water-logged. Much material no doubt can be obtained from per sonal relation which would lie extremely valuable in preparing a history of the lale strangle. Of such, i hararter are the reminiscences of Commodore Slew- art. Other sources are open, and if honestly used in competent hand would he Itoynnd price. That portion of such a work which is to be drawn from public records, is easily come at. The volumes of N lies' Register for American authority, and the Hrilish Annual Register for comparison and contrast, would of themselves be quite sufficient. Rut we fearsome other writer besides Mr. Ingersoll or Mr. Kenniutore Cooper will havo to engage in the work, before tho public will rest satisfied with the manner iu which the labour is performed. ID We regret In see an intimation in the Logan reniisylvnuiii Election The Tariff. A few days since thu Statesman had the unheard of impudence and temerity to make the following remarks and ask us the question below in regard to tho Pennsylvania election, the Tariff, Ac.: "The Democratic majority in tho House nt llepre. 1 sentatives is tikkty-su, and in the Senate timikk. General Hums is elected Canal Commissioner by about thirty thousand ! Will the Journal publish this result as a demonstration in tavorot mo lurw r , What in tho world could the man mean by asking such a question ? Did ho not know that we had but to turn to the first Pennsylvania Lticuforo paper within our reach to show that the result of the recent elec tion could not be construed into evidence of an auti-Tariif feeling in that State. The vote of the Slate shows only that no interest was felt in the recent election, and Unit Pennsylvania still clings to the belief forced on her by the deception of Mr. Polk, that the administration w wt hostile to the Tariff. There is not, in all the limits of the Slate, from the Ohio to tho Delaware, from Tioga to Adams, a single Locofoco paper that dwe take ground against a Tariff for Protection, or the present Tariff! Not one. Nor did a solitary Locofoco candidate for tho Legislature, the Canal Commissioner, or any candidate, of any party, venture to break ground against the Tariff. On tho contrary, the only way in which the Stale can be prevented from casting a Whig majority of ftfitj thousand and undergoing a complete revolution, as the Locofoco leaders are well aware is to secure an unconditional pledge from every Locofoco candidate to stand by " the Tariff at it is " " Protection to the last !" The Statesman cannot possibly bo ignorant of these facts. What, then, does it mean by venturing such a question as that quoted above f Does it ask a confirma tion, fresh, strong, unqualified, from tins very organ of the Isocofoea party of Pennsylvania of the truth ol our remarks ? If so, take the following from the columns of the llarrisburg Union, one of several expressions made since the recent election : Free trade may suit the abstractionist, the theorizer. or if you please the cotton pi suiter, but it will never advance the interests ot any section ot country wnere manufactures and manufacturing advantages exist. Protection is absolutely indispensable to the existence of our manufactures. Tho amount of protection is a matter which we wish to see considered by a Convention called expressly for the purpose, and composed of friends of the Tariff' of every political hue. Such a measure is of great importance now, inasmuch as the advocates of free trade from other sections of the Union are iireimrinir to make a vigorous attack upon the Tariff", ut the next session of Congress, and where they would stop, i allowed to sack ami pillage unrestrained, it is not difficult to tell. These hostile dem onstrations must be promptly resisted, liotli uy our Representatives and by loud and emphatic expressions of popular sentiment. f ennsylvaina, heretofore, lias nol uecn siieui in ine matter of the Tariff'. The journals of her Legislature exhibit frequent in stances in which she has spoken loudly and with effect, and where the votes of her Representatives were given without regard to party distinctions. I lie different resolutions touching this subject are fruitful topics for iscussion in a laritt Convention, and we shall auvcri to them in detail at some convenient season. Our Senators iu Congress are hmiud tn support the tariffs and there is no mrlhhj doubt that ihnj will rote areitrdimr to their pledges in any emergency arising roiti the action of that body upon this measure. We have no fears that they will prove rtrreunt to the true. intrriiitsnC the kiifstmie. As Pennsylvania lias spoken in tunes past, so let her speak now. It it necessary that her position should le thoroughly understood by the wlime Union, and a determination miinifesled not to shrink from it. whatever may be the clamors raised nuost it from any quarter. It is only by the independent tone and action n each S'nte that a measure can finally be adoplcd winch will best promote the interests of every lion ol the union. Kven Louisiana is refractory when a repeal of the pres"nt Tariit and tue establishment ol a strict revenue system is spoken of. Hear the New Orleans Courier, Ijocofocn paper of the first water, on the subject, and then talk of demonstrations against the Tariff: Every thins beintr duly considered," it says, "we would prefer a Tariff' which, like that of lrVt can at least provide for the exigencies of the public service anil the security ot our national Defence, to a law which would lie characterized by one of the evils we have already pointed nut. There is, besides, no need of haute. The present act operates with sufficient regularity for Louisiana particularly, whose sugar in- ilustry ts recovering by degrees from Hie lonj rie inva sion whirh it Ins had to sustain. Why not wait some lime longer, and employ the interval of two or three Congressional sessions in framing a good system of legislation." This will not suit the orthodox. The drill sergt ants will have their hands full to establish discipline. ceeding cannot fail to secure to the in, now and hertaf-ter tho reward they so richly merit. Tho following, from the Morgan Co. "Independent," shows up some of the rascality of these wire- workers, including the correspondent of the States man : " Now mark the hypocrisy of the leaders of the op position. The delegates from Homer could assist to nominate Mr. Itetts, their voters could be asked to support him, even he himself could go and solicit their suffrages, telling them that he was in favor of their remaining in our county, and inducing them to believe so. All this, and much more, wns done; yet when the election was over, mid all was got out of them that could lie, and it was found that their vote elected Mr. Chandler, then was the mask thrown off, and their true character displayed. Why was this deception practised upon the voters nt those townshiisr Why were they not in the outset told that they yet belonged to the Alliens district, and must vote there? Tlio reason is obvious. That would have confirmed our charges that the leaders were opHsed to those townships remaining with us; and, as they would vote for our county officers this year, crhaps some of their parly friends in these two townships would consult their own interests and vote the Whig ticket Cnllin mill JnekMin A Difficulty. It is known generally that at the recent contest, a Locofoco was elected to represent (iatlia and Jackson enmities in the Legislature. M iitin Owkns is the name of the gentleman who, through some temporary ilissenlions, on local matters, defeated the Whig can lidale (Dr. Miu.r.it) for that post. His majority is 177, as will be seen hy the vote given below, A difficulty. however, has arisen which may exclude Mr. Owens from the seat and render another election necessary. It appears, according to the Callipolis Journal, that he held the officu of Postmaster at Jack mm, Jackson County, during the campaign and even after his elec tion. 1 ins is the statement tn that section, of which we have, as yet, seen no denial. If it can le made to nppear we do nol see how Mr. Owens can hold a sent n the Legislature, The Constitution of the Slnle is so explicit on the subject, that Mr. William, who was the Whig candidate for Representative in Clark, withdrew his name from the canvass a few days lieforc the election, because the Post Office Department had not signified its acceptance of the resignation he had wnt in t month irrneMJ,as Postmnster at New Carlisle. The following is the provision of the Stale Constitu tion on the point: Sec. Vti. No Judge of any court of law or equity, Secretary of State, Attorney (ieneral, Register, Clerk of anv court of record. Sheriff or Collector, member if either House ot Congress, or person noliling ny after under the anthnritij of the I mtrrt Mtitets or nny lucrative ottice under the authority i this male, (pro-vided that aonomtiiienui in the mdiliaor justice ol the peace shall not Ik considered lucrative offices,) shall lie eiigiiue as a candidate lor, or nave a seat in uie (ieneral Assembly, For any advantage that ran accrue to the Whig party of course it is unimportant whether a Whig or Locol'iro holds the sent allotted to Gallia and J nek son It is very plain, however, that if the facts are as rep resented above, Mr. O. cannot tnke the seat. The facta should he collerted at once and the matter set tled. If there is to lie a new election, it should W held before the meeting of the Legislature, or as soon alter as pose i Inc. The following is an official statement of the vote in the district R K P II EH E N TAT I V E EL I '.( T I O N . The following is the official statement of the vote in this district tor Representative " Rut there is another reason why the voters of these townships were not told that they must vote for Senator and Representative in Athens county this fall. It was hoped, aye, and expected, too, that taking their vole from Athens, iu conjunction with the schism said to exist amongst the Whigs there, the Locos might probably elect their ticket. The leaders in our place manifested considerable anxiety to hear the result in that district; but, thanks to the gallant Whigs of A-thens, their hopes were blighted in the bud, o Now, voters of Homer and Marion ! if you are satisfied with being thus disfranchised for the basest of purposes, you can manifest it by supporting our Locofoco leaders. If you are content to havo your dearest rights and privileges thus trampled on by these men, to secure their own dishonest ends, just become their supple tools, and do their bidding. Rut, if you do, we must confess that wu have been grossly deceived in you. " Our Locofoco leaders have gotten themselves into a complete fix in this matter, and one which goes to substantiate our positions. When Homer and Marion townships were annexed to this county, seven sections of Roxbury township, in Washington county, were also put into this county. Now these sections orti- nu 11 y belonged to this Senatorial district. UurL-oni-missionera attached a portion of these to Marion township, and the balance, which by the way have a majority of Loco voters, to Windsor township. Now those in Windsor can vote in our county for Senator, and Representative too, whilst those in Marion, who are nearly all Whigs, are not even allowed to vote for nenaior in their original district, tian these men mo power, well may wo nsk, what would they not do? Now their own friends are allowed to vote for Representative, under circumstnnces which they contend are unconstitutional, whilst the Whigs are not suffered to volt; for Senator in their proper district. Rut what is that to men who act uiwu the motto, the end justifies the means' f " From the CI in tun Hrpuhlican. The 1-Jcction Passed off without the least excitement. There was no pulling here and pulling then-, but every man voted us his conscience dictated. There were a variety of candidates, and nlmost every man was suited. 1 here was more splitting ' than we have ever known at any election and this was dent? on the part of Whigs, while the Locofocos adhered to their men with their usual tenacity. The result is a Wing triumph, except Treasurer. The Loco candidate is elected hy seventy-seven majority. We regret the loss, but il is no use to cry over "spilled imik. iletli-r luck next Inn We shall not complain, but we regret that W higs aided a party whose every effort is directed to the annihilation of the Whit's, and who never pursue a course that will in the least cripple their strength, or tend to thwart I hem in their objects and purposes. We have too many n lugs who act without due reflection. tWicn they vote lor the enemy no matter how small or nil. port ant the office it is building up the Locofoco at the expense of the Whig parly. It is by pursuing this mrse that the Whitr in counties where they tiavo large majorities are defeated, and their forces scattered fore and al. No such suicidal courso is pursued by our opponents. Whether they have large majorities, nr greatly iu the minority, they adhere to each other. and either triumph or all fall together. We trust that the Whigs of Clinton have satisfied their utmost di re and that hereafter they will not permit trivial matters to divide them, but that they will bo united and present bold front. t liutoii. i.reene. una rtivettn. The following is thu result of the election in this strict lor Senator: Clihtum Martin, Whip, ... J)7'.l Harrison, Independent, - tiHi Stewart, Liberty, - - - Wl Martin's majority in Clinton, IMi:l (tnr.Enr. Mnrlm'i majority, - 1117 Fa vettk Harrison, .... i(i:l Martin, (ill Harrison's majority in Fayette, !Ctli Martin's majority in the district, H.Vj! Jmirnnl. Frem the (inlliii Sfimtohmi. Ei.n-Tioi. We give below the result f the elertion for Senator in this district. We omit the full vote, and only irive the majority in each county. I wo ,oenii)co raiidutaten wen voted tor Messrs, iales nnd Cleveland. The former received the pnrty vole in JiiekMou and Gallia, uud the latter that of Sci- nd Lawrence, J icksnn county, C.ilha " M'lb-r. Owens. r.w pit MH't k, i l.'.7ij I7:.:i Kwti - - J77 Guxelte that an effort is liciug made to start anew Whig paper there. The (laxette, published there, it sound to the core, has rendered efficient service tn the Whig cause, and is worthy of full confidence. Tho publication of a new Whig paper there can only have the effect to weaken the Oaxctte, while it will not se cure a living supmrt to the new editor. We speak out of regard for the ctuse, not from any want of regard for the gentleman whose name is connected with the proposed publication. The valuable cement used in the south of Franco for grafting Irees, is said lo 1h made of equal parts of train oil and rosin melted together, and applied to grafts wilh a pui liter's brush. Locofoco majority, Tho Mormin County Frnudt The fling of the Statesman's MeConuetsville cor I'sjHtnilenl at the Journal, may pass for what il is worth, (It appeared on Monday.) The writer, if wo are not mistaken in the man, will have an opportunity to lest the feeling of Morgan to wan Is himself next fall, as welt as the truth of his prediction. The absurd at tempt to holster up a claim for Mr. Hells, to a seat in the House, by a reference to the fact that a portion of the voters set off into a new comity, from Hichlani), vote for Senator and Representative as they did before the change, is worthy of a gentleman of hit legal at tainments. I le, unfortunately, otrrltmked the fact that tpteiat authority and directions were given to them by the Legislature thus to vole. The idea that this im lies a waul of power in (he Legislature to attach them, as voters, lo another Representative or Senatorial district, is certainly an original one ; and the institution- ft lawyers! of Morgan who have attempted to cheat the pnqterly elected llepresentativu out of his teat, lo stifle the vniee of the county, and disfranchise several hundred legal voters, will recoil on tin-in with a force that they do nol now dream of. If they had not made all these discoveries after elertiont after their own rand'dutff backed by them, had electioneered for vole in the annexed townships, and oJ)er their own party friends, iu the annexed townships, in nlicdicnce to their instructions, had voted for the Morgan candidates, their case might ho urged with a sammr of plausibili. ty j but, as il is, their trickery and hih-handed pro- (in Ilia, majority, Jackson,-Scioto, " Lawrence, Whig majority, Coombs. I'M 47d GfltcB Thin District. Mr. Marie's" majority in ferry is M. Ward's majority in this county is in Morgan I Hi fi78 Mr. Hart's majority, ... 4.r;i With a full vote it is a Whig IHstritt. Marietta IntelUgtnrrr, Ot.n Mmi Fonr.vrn! The regular Whig ticket has succeeded in this county by sin nit ( rO majority ! neither regular ijocniitcoism nor independent y mire. ry ami liocrdoroisin enmmned, was sole lo prevail against it. A hundred cheers for the sterling unchaug- ig, unchanged, and unchangeable Whigs ot the coun ty who have maintained the faith and preserved the integrity of tho Whig party. 'if Register, Ciscixi m, Ort"ler Fi.orn. Sales on Sat urday of I,IHHI barrels city, aljfil I'tin the mill; !tr linrrel country at 4: HI : 47 liarn-ls do at 4: 1 .'4 ; bit and Vt barn-Is du at 4 : 1 ; fill ami iiun barrels do at -t ttl; (itj barrels do nt 4:!, and 4D0 barrels do at 4:it, all lcar;47." barrels city at4:'i.",Mud lH barrels at 4:!L'7. Fihf. at Wisi iikstkb. We received last night an xtra from the Winchester Republican containing the ollowing particulars of a destructive fin) which oc curred there un the Ulnt inst: On Tuesday, about I o'clock, the alarm of fire was given, just at the moment that many of our citixena were at dinner. It was soon discovered that the f(rt) was breaking out in the back part of Taylor's Hotel, occupied by 1. S. Danner, and notwithstanding the most prompt efforts, the tl nines could not be arrested until the whole building was enveloped. The wind blew almost a hurricane from the Northwest, and the loss of tho greater part of the town emeil inevitable. The firemen were soon at work with their engines nnd hose, and, aided by the cilixens of the lown and country, made the nioxl extraordinary exertions. The result of tln tire is, the burning of the Hotel and the building adjoining, occupied as a store by O. W. Hammond, the range o olliees and sin n mi called Hoff's Row, opposite the Court-House, slid the back building of William Miller's dwelling. The high wall North, saved the buildings occupied by 1 hoinaa II. Campbell as a Jeweller's shop, nnd the block adjoin ing, t orluiialely, the wind carried the II times troin the stables ami buck buildings of the Hotel, aud directed them towards the Coitrt-llouse space. W e have examined hastily the premises injured and endangered, nnd find dnntnue done to several adjoining buildings, Hammond's store house entirely destroyed, William Miller s residence, anil the whole block South of it, were saved, though the fire had communicated to Mr. Re I Is store aud several oilier buildings further up the street. Ei.RcTitiR m Woo ii Cm nt v. The voters in Wood have done themselves honor, in electing good men lor county officers, without being controlled by parti san demagogues. Such men as Addison Smith, Whig; Jhn I talis, Ucmocrnl, (real Democrat;) John Webb, Whig, should never be left out of office, as long as they so well perform their duties. Friend Hopkins, V lug, we are pleased lo see, is elected rrosertiling Attorney by one vote over W. V. Way. Toledo HI tide. We understand that the Trustees of Harrison town ship, closed the (mils nn hour in advance of the time nrescrilied by law 1 If tins be true, we should like to know why they acted in tins way, and violated their official nalhs. Was it to deprive certain Voters of their rights t II so, then should the hand of the l lie laid heavily uixm them. In learn ll i that the way of the transgressor is hard.-Ilrnry to. Journal, Anti-Tor u c-o. The Alice;! y Methodist Conference lately reuuired "lluit no Minister shall bo ml milted into this Conference who uses tobacco iu nny of its forms, except as a medicine, and in thai case satisUctory evidence shall be givi ll. NATIONAL NAVAL IJ1STOHY. The following exposition, from Commodore Ciiari.f.s Stkwart, the highest officer (except one) now on the Navy List, elicited by certain passages which have appeared in print of Mr. Ikokrikm.i.'b History of the War of IHJli, commands a place in our columns, as well through resei:t to tho public services of the wri- j ter, as because of thu intrinsic interest of tho subject j which it treats ot. I Nkah RoniBNTowi, fN. J.) Oct 10, 1845. To the Editors of the Courier llaifuirer : The various notices and comments in the New York Courier and Enquirer and other journals upon certain passages in the History of the Late War, by Chaki.es J. Inoriisoll, Eso., having reference to the decision of tlio President and his Cabinet to lay up our naval lorce in the harbor ot New York, and not to employ it at sea during the war; the doubts expressed as to the accuracy of this fact, and the effort made in your jour nal io controvert it; and it having heen publicly stated, doubtless proceeding from Mr. Ingersoll, in the correspondence of Uie Washington Union, that tho account published in his work has been derived from me, render it proiier and advisable that I should make certain statements on this interesting passage in the nn- vai ana political history ot the United States, which will place it, as well as the agency of the late Commodore ilAiNiminnic and myself with respect to it. in a proper and accurate view before Uie Public for all tune to come. In order to do so properly, it will be necessary to refer to and comment upon much that has been said by the public press, ns well as to correct some inaccuracies and misapprehensions into which Mr. Ingersoll has fallen, and also the injustice done by him to the motivcB of Ihiiibridge and myself. My own rem iniscences, consisting parity ol tacts and partly of con versations, will be set down necessarily in a somewhat desultory form, and in a detail which will present nn opportunity for a better comparison and test bv other lacts, eiuier ol record or existing in the memories of persons now living, and suslumed by other corrobora ting circumstances to which 1 shall advert. I have the less hesitation in asking for room in your journal, inasmuch as, from what has already appeared therein, 1 may reasonably be expected to make this statement. First: To show how fur I am amenable to the charge of having furnished information to Mr. Inger-Hid I derogatory to the character of Commodore Ruin- bridge, und acknowledging impure and selfish motives in our enorts to gel the ships ordered to sea by Mr, Madison, 1 avail myself of the opportunity to tran scribe a part of my letter to Mr. Ingersoll, on receivinif from him the extract from Ins work speaking of this raiisuction, which will exhiliitthe view I immediately took of the matter as represented by him ; and which was done also to enable him to correct the errors and unjust imputations before the work had passed through the press : uoiuiKifTowfi, Sept. Si., lit-l.i. "Sirt: I received last evening your note of the Irith ustant, (post marked the ytllh,) wilh the two passiiires from the New York Courier and Enquirer, containinc siriciiires on your History oi tne war ot mi'4 with if real liritam. 1 regret exceedingly that you did not, as you promised me in May Inst, show nie the manu script narrative prior to the publication of that part re- I'liuijf ur nit: i-ninij iiH iu in uie vessels oi war, uisieau of keeninir them in the port of New York for the de fence of that city. Had I seen the manuscript it would have enabled uie to correct several inaccuracies in your account of that affair; nnd to have satisfied you Unit the motives which you havo assigned to Commodore Rainbridge and myself for our course nu that occasion, hare nn foundation in truth Jmt that nuite the nrersr mis thn rase. We had both, but a short tune previous, returned home from our mercantile en terprises, which we had been prosecuting for more I than four yenrs, (on furlough,) in various parts of the J world, hnriiig earh of us realized a fortune ample j rnovjk for nit our purposes." I o this Mr. Ingersoll replied, saying that ifl would wait until I saw "the volume of his earnest effort to elevate the American Navy, and Commodore Rain- ondge and Stewart as two ol its glorious blunders, by the exploits of the worof 1H2," 1 must be convinced that any disparagement of either of them was a thought never hurlwred. The volume has now nppeared, in which the following passages occur, which certainly must go down through his history to our eternal "disparagement." ' It was a mere remonstrance of a couple, of narai officers against firing drprirrd of thrir Hrrlihood, which prevented the flag ho gloriously triumphant iu every sea, from being veiled before that of Croat Hritniii,"&c. " Slewart hud built a privateer called the Snapper, eventually commanded by Captain Peregrine (ireen, nnd captured ns soon as she cleared the Delaware Capes. In that privateer, if deprived of the authority to go forth in frigates, these gentlemen proposed to seek their fortunes on the ocean, serving each in rotation ns captain or first officer. It xras not with them, therefore, matter of mere national character, nor were they lo be moved entirely by puerile or unselfish considerations : they wanted fortune as well as fume, lireli-hood hmules distinction. If the A'ary was laid up they saw thiir occupation gone for ail advancement unit all acquisition." The facta furnished by me to Mr. InirersnH in May last did not warrant his assumption that the motives ot Uomniddoro Ifainbridge nnd myself, in getting the ships of war to sea, were of the nature so gratuitously piionsncu uy nun ; nm, on uie contrary, mere are many fad, among which may be mentioned our pe cuniary circumstances, rendered ample by recent com mercial enterprises, wined go to show unequivocally bat tbts hvimthesis ts without a shndnm af sunoort. With respect to other portions of his narrative, there are inaccuracies nnd misapprehensions of the lucts I gave him, for which he mast alone he responsible, hese have reference principally to what Commodore Hainbridge and myself said to the President ami the Secretary of the Navy at our interview wilh them. I o many persons o the present day, like yourselves, Messrs. Kill tors, not sufficiently contrasting the differ- lie twee n the position ol this country in IHia and its present condition, the circumstance of Mr. Madi son and his Cabinet having determined not to employ onr navai ioree ai sea may seem surprising and doitht- itii, nut tuts ts an tncontrorertihte Jact, i heir reasons r such a conclusion were doubtless such as miirht have been expected from a combination of prudence. wisdom, and patriotism, viewing the circumstances of the country and ignorant of the capabilities of our own rtavy, on Uie one band, and on the other feeling tlx tread inspired by the brilliant naval victories of the nemy through a period of i iirhtcen venrs. and the heavy responsibility and anxiety lest a folse step at the outset might ultimately involve tho country in loss oi rnaracier. If we look bark to tho history of tho Rritish Navy iiiiii (w-re.ni, uii-n uie nioiu lormmaiue naval comni-nation ever known, sustained by constant and success- nil practice, with nno thousand ship ol war, two hundred and eiirhtv-three of them ships of the line. in all mounting forty thousand cannon, spread over the whole world, occupying every tea, and their larger ships, too, each carrying iu weight of metal as much I ns nno half of our whole available marine force, we shall see that these facts were fearful odds to encounter, when our entire force cnpable of going to sea consisted of but tlii guns, vii. 74 in frigates, (j'i in sloops oi war, aud Ii7 in brigs and schooners, to wit: r rignie Constitution, M guns ; It mtcrt States, bv guns ; President, U'4 guns ; Chesapeake, 40 guns ; Constella tion, 40 runs: Conirres, 40 nuns; Essex. 'Mi mins: Adams, 'M irons. 'I he frigates New York and Rostou had been condemned as impracticable to repair without a dry dock to place them in. Attempts had been made tn repair the liosbm; but alter an expenditure of if-ny, a uuaiiy iniieu, an a sue sunk tu the Eastern Rraneli Navy Yard. Had your opinion, Messrs. Editors, or Mr. C. J. Ingersoll s, been required at that time tiiMin the pro priety of wilding the shipa to sea, "for tho redress of n.iimiv n i'Mii;a aiiti "Uinxiia-lllU rigUIS OI SHllors ngamst such a superior naval power, would you not, as well as he, notwithstanding his vaunted foresight now, nave concurred with the rresident and his Cabinet in saying, "keep your ships at home to send them to sea is tint to give them to the enemy f" In- oeeo, sir, i anew oi mil one man, not belonging to the Navy, who differed with the great mass of the nation on this subject, and he was Daniel W. Coxc, of Phila ipnia, an eminent merchant and a patriot. There is nlso an error in the article in vour journal regarding the appropriation by Congress, in March, if i, ot several millions ol dollars, fur Jin mg out our ships of war, and that the funds were ihliijenllv ap plied to that object." See note A It will, on tho contrary, he found, on a closer examination, Unit the appropriation wns chietly made for the supimrt of vessels already Jitted out and on duty most of which force constituted the sfjiinilren under Com mod ore Rod- gcrs; me imisiiiulion, i'apt. Hull ; the Kssex, Cnpt. i oner, aim several smaller vessels Siren. txen. Wasp, Nautilus, and Enterprise for the usunl annual support of which nearly two millions were required. Three hundred thimsaml dollars only were appropriated or ivmmug uiu lining oiu mo outer portions ol tne navy. 1 he report of the Naval Committee of the House of Uepresentatives of rl l-'I'J, prior to the declaration oi war, ol which the Hon. Lnugdoii Clievcs was chairman, is minted ns evidence that Congress " had mrt nimhdoiied the Navy as an efficient arm of protec tion and defence on the sea." it seems to me, if the notion of Congress on the report proves nny thing at all, it proves that Congress had abandoned the Navy as an efficient arm in the war then contemplated, and reposed nn confidence iu it as effectual or important against the naval power of England. Had Congress naopted that retnrt, meager as its previsions were, nnd appropriated the momy to build the ten frigates, nnd to purchase the limber recommended, oa well as fur eoii struct nig the dock for repairing the vessels of war, it would have been some evidence that Congress meant to sustain the Nnvy J or had that Imdy gone further, slid adopted the suggestions of the Secretary of the Navy in lHl, it would have furnished emphatic evidence lu thu President and his Cabinet, to its uoiitdit- ueuts and the nation, that the Navy wasuototilv to tie sustained by Congress, but that it was to be used in the most effectual wav for the prosecution of Uie war on the ocean, to vindicate the honor and to preserve the interests of the nation while battling for the rights of sailors." Rut their almost total disregard of the Committee' report, and of the Secretary's opinion and recommendations, furnishes strong presumptive evidence that they expected nothing from the Navy. niueeu, auer our snips nan achieved uy their prowess the most splendid victories, the reluctance of Congress to sanction the bill providing for four 74 's only, speuk in language too strong to be misunderstood in contradiction of tho suggestion in reference to the appropriations recommended in that report. On the Kltth November, 1814, a bill providing, amongst other vessels, for four seventy-four gun-ships, passed the Senate by a large majority: in tlio House of Representative it met with great opposition, and the seventy-four were stricken out hy a majority of three votes. On this occasion Mr. John C. Calhoun, (who hoarded at tho same house I did,) when he returned from the House of Representatives, suggested the idea of nutting Congress in a better humor with the Navy. Phis suggestion I promptly nctcd on, and a ball and party were given on board the Constitution, then lying off Greenteaf's Point. All nppeared highly gratified. Mr. Calhoun took advanbigo of this and culled for a reconsideration, which was carried, and that portion of the bill relating to the seventy -fours was reinserted and finally carried by a majority of six votes. Perhaps Mr. Ingersoll will credit me also with a want of those ships for plunder, as a set-off' for the !j:i,ri00, (three venrs' pay,) tlio expences of the ball. True, this would have been a strange bribe for a poor navy enptain, who wanted bread and fornne. The Federalist Representatives, opposed to the war, were fhr more strenuous and liberal in their appropriations for shins than were the advocate of the war; and they contributed to sustain tho Navy until our successes on the ocean and lakes became so frequent that some persons began to fancy it was " nol becoming a moral and religious people to rejoice in their victories. In these facia we cannot but see that Congress expected nothing from the Navy as an auxiliary in the prosecution of the war ; and, a they exercised an instructive power, the decision of the President aud Cubinet " not to risk the ships at sea " may have been in nccordanco with the views of that body. Tilts being determined on, the next question was, "how shall we dispose of the vessels already in com mission, tor which appropriations havo heen made tor the year ?" Congress had made no provision, hut left the whole subject to the 1' resident s discretion, either to send them to sea or lay them up. Looking back to the events of the Revolutionary war, and to tho avidity with which the Rritish seized New York and its waters, and with what pertinacity they held it during the whole war, it was natural that the President and his Cabinet should feel some anxiety for the safety of that great commercial emporium ; and they readily embraced a proposition of Mr. Uullntin, the Secretary of the Treasury, to employ our ships in the defence of Ihat port. I sny Mr. Oallnliu's proposition, because Mr. Paul Hamilton, the Secretary of the Navy, told Commodore Rainbridge and myself that he (Air. O.) made the suggestion; which, however, doe him no discredit as a counsellor of the President, nor ns a patriot, for it appeared to them the only mode in which our ships of war could be usefully, nnd, nt the samo time, most safely employed. Considering the facility of its approach, Iho weak state of its defences, and the superior inducement to an enemy for striking at New York, I should have thought Mr. Gollutin entitled to credit for suggesting a protective force in Uiat quarter. Indeed it has surprised ine that the enemy did not attack New York instend of wasting their naval and military strength in predatory and petty efforts at Lewistown, Stonington, Norfolk, and the waters of the Chesapeake, to the great prejudice of their chivalry and character. Iu June, 112, the United Stale entered on a war th Great Britain. All will admit, now. that longer submission to insult and injury wns eternal dishonor, id that we had no alternative but wnr. Without tho means of striking efficiently al England or Iter colo nies by sea. Congress made its appropriations for Uie land service, for the purpose of attacking and suhdu. ing the Lauadas, in the hope that their acquisition would be a sure harbinger of peace. And these view of the Government are strikingly evidenced in tho translation of our seamen from the ships on our sea-hoard to the bikes, the excessive armaments on Lake Ontario, and the turning of the whole military and fis cal resources of the country to the northern frontier. The anxiety of tho Government to obtain possession of these provinces grew out of a desire to have some thing winch might be yielded to hngland as an equivalent for the abandonment of her system of lawless blockades, and still more lawless impressment, and thereby be enabled to establish tho foundations of a permanent and satisfactory peace. And the Government were induced to increase their efforts in that direction, under the belief that the Canadian would joyfully throw off their British allegiance the moment we extended an invitntion to them ; and hence the silly proclamation and advance of Genera Hull, which forms a too poignant page of our history. Rut that people betrayed no desire for a temporary annexation, and the views and expectations of the Government were entirely thwarted, notwithstanding tne vast expenditure and armaments to enforce them. On Uie lilth June, Itil'J, setting out from Philadel phia for Washington in the stage, I was unexpectedly joined by Commodore Rainbridge, whom I supposed nt ma command, the uariestown or iiegton iavy Yard; but he was also on his way to Washington. We arrived at Baltimore the same night, and ire thers learned, for thn Jirst time, of the dic.lurntton of war by Consrcss on the pririous daij. The next day we proceeded to the neat of Government. On the 'J 1st of Juno we made an official call on the Secretary of tho Navy. On entering the room of the Chief Clerk, Mr, Charles W. Goldshornugh, lie aaosc from the desk at which he was engaged, with a paper in his hand, and expressed great gratification at our arrival in Washington at so importune a moment, saying that war wns declared and that ho wished us to read the paper he was holding before wo went to the Secretary. I read it with attention, but extreme mortification, and, handing it to Hainbridge observed, " This blast all hope for tho Navy." Rainbridge' manner when excited was remarkable, and on this occasion, as on all occasion when his indignation was aroused, with a vehemence which impeded hi utterance, he exclnimed, " f'nto, unto you will ruin the nary if such he itsdes-tiny." This paper contained the orders which had just been drawn for Commodore Hodgers not to leave th waters of AVn York with hi natal force. We then entered the Secretary's room, and were received hy him with murh kindness of manner. Mr Hamilton observed that war ws declared, and that he was glad to ee us there, as it had been decided by the President and the Cabinet to lay up our vessels of war in the harbor of New York ; that Mr. Gnltatin had suggested Uiat they would be useful there in defending the city and its adjacent water from attacks of the enemy ; that the gun were to be taken from one side of the ships and landed at the batteries and wharves, to which tho officers and men could eventually retrent, and Uie re use the cannon in case they could no longer tight in the ships. To these arrangements for the puna, however feasible they might nppear to persons unacquainted with the mode ol using guns on board a ship, we urged our objection respecting their carriage and management with tackle, for which there were no convenience on the wharve or batteries, and expressed our sorrow and disappointment in learning from him, as well a by tlio order preparing for Commodore Rodgers' squadron, that nn other disposition wo to lie made of our naval force than for harbor defence i that we did hope, as war had at last been declared a-gainat England, a wide and glorious field would bo ojM'iied to the Navy : that to meet and conquer those on their peculiar element, with whom and where no other nation had been heretofore able to cope successfully, wns nn object of fitch high moment to the American Nnvy that wo still hoped it would not be lost. " Ay," replied the Secretary, " there will be no difficulty in meeting litem ; but to conquer men no practised in naval warfare, proud of their long, glorious nnd distinguished services, may bo found difficult. I do not wisli to disparage our little Nnvy, hut compared with the Rritish Navy It must be considered in its infancy : unpractised, the midshipmen inexperienced, our seamen unaccustomed tn blood and battle, in the carnage of nn netinn they might become downenst nnd flinch j and in case ttf an accident to the Captain, might not the result differ from our hopes f " t He continued : " lu a contest, man to man and gun to gun, with thn most expert and liest-lrnined naval force that ever existed, in constant practice, and with an experience of eighteen yenrs, how can we hope tn bo successful in battle with Iheiu ? With every confidence in the skill of our commanders, nnd in the courage of all, it should not Ite forgotten that the British Navy has triumphed nver all the Navies of Euroic, and of nations, ton, long skilled and practised in maritime warfare. We did our best to answer these searching reinnrks of the Hecrelary, and what we said seemed to make a deep impression upon him. He rose from his chair and observed that he would see if the President wns at leisure, in order that we might communicate to him in person the views and information we bnd just set forth. A few momenta arter, we were summoned to the presence of Mr. Madison. Mr- Hamilton de-aired us, for the information of the President, to nn-swer the question he proposed to put to us. Mr. Madison asked na anrslins, but listened to what wa said; then rising, be nd dressed Mr. Hamilton, nnd said they ought not to despair of our Nnvy; that though il numbers were smnll, nnd ever hnd been, still its conduct in the Revolutionary war, and since, admonished thein that il would do 'it duty. "Yes, The circumstance, of Mr. Hamilton laying so much utress upon Ihn i lien pene tire nf the tnuUliqmien utrnek lis both ns suiiilur, ami is attributed to Ins want of knowledge in nnvnl in. itlers. tTbis nrtniillv bnpened ill the only two instances where we bwt onr vesrels, Willi nn equality of force, the Chesapeake frigate and bri(i Arns. sir," wo said, it will ; " and added, with the ener. gy his encouraging words inspired, bo assured that igni encounters out oi every ten, with any thing liko an equality of force, will result in victories for our country. Rut, sir, wo do not say that we may not lose our slupa by being captured ; the numbers of tho enemy so vastly exceed our own, that, after a sue ccBsful encounter on our part, fresh ships may come up while ours are in a crippled state, and capture them, and retake their own." To these remarks Mr. Madison replied, t it victories wt want; if you give ns them, and you lose ytmr ships afterwards, Utcy can he replaced hy others." He then informed Mr. Hamilton that he would assemble his Cabinet at eight o clock that evening, and submit the subject for their consideration, with the new information he had received from us. Late that evening, we awaited Mr. Hamilton s return tu his house. He informed us, to our extreme disappointment, that all change in the disposition of the vessels of war had been overruled Mr. Monroe being the. only member of the Cabinet, on that occasion, who advocated the ships being sent to sea. For hiuiHelf, he admitted hi distrust; that he wu new in office, unacquainted with the service, the officers and men, aud much that would be useful to him; that when he considered the smollncss of our naval force, the numerous enemy that would soon swarm on our coast, tho rigid blockade that would be instituted of our port and harbors, and by ship superior in iorce iu our ingaies, uiese circumstances had deterred him from urging the merino re in Council with the energy he would have done had things been otherwise; that he was fully sntistied that we believed all we had said to him; but, nevertheless, there were no many strong reasons existing in his mind against the results being so favorable as we all could desire, that his conscience would never acquit him if, by sending our vessels to sea, the germ of our Navy should be lost. He xpressea uie wipe uiat we would not leave Woshing-on for a few days, as he wished our advice in refer. encc to other matters connected with the Navy. We I.MO. uur ii-uvu, aim rem men w tne notei under a melancholy excitement, created bv our uiiRiir.r..-MUrnl efforts to get the vessels of war lo sea. V e entered liatnfiridge s room, when he oWrved to me that he had understood in Philadelphia that I wo ...M.ii,.K tinx-i ii iiviiu.'iT, umi ii we were not pcrmillcd to go to sea in the service, he should like to take a part and command her, ifl did not intend to go myself; but if 1 wa iruiiiff iu her he would tnk lilf and go with me, and wo would command alternately. ...1.1..1. ..,,.,,1.1 U .A,l.t- . .Jt nii.vn nuiuu iru ii i, nunc tu Wlllg IsOpcniHtgrncU lit New York, or blockaded there in a frigate during Uie war. In such case he would relinquish the command of the Charlestown Navy Yard on his return there. unutnrvw vji nts rvmmissiun. 1 told Illin I did not in- lenu going in ner myseit, ana that lie should bo welcome lo the command of heron the term mentioned. Thi proposition wa made by Rainbridge in a moment of excitement. The privateer referred to by Mr. Inffersoll was then building ot Kensington. My purpose was to aid the war by contributing my mite towards annoying the t uuhij, oa on (mmiu ciuzeilK IIBU a Tlgllt IO do. I WHS the owner of one-half of this vessel, and lost aUmt eleven thousand dollars in the enterprise : for she was captured four day after leaving Delaware Ray. She was pursuing at the time an English convoy ; but observed by two frigates of the enemy, (I think the Narcissus and the Acasta,) one to tho windward, and the other to tho leeward, they gavo chaw, and she successfully passed through "the fire of ono of them, but fell a prixeto the other, though not until hcrsails were cut down by the fire of the latter. I merely cite thi incident as evidence that I hod something to risk he-side my person in war,, to aid our country in asserting her righUj and defending her honor; and to show Uiat "fortune" and " livelihood," assigned by Mr. Inger- o iu u u in governing motives oi our action, were not waffled, though "une" and "distinction" verr : and thus ends the affair of the Snajipert commanded by Cnpt. Peregrine Green. It would appear to me that if there wa any truth in the motives which Mr. Ingersoll imputed to Rainbridge and inyelf for urging the Executive to send our slims to sen, our true policy would have been to have coincided with him. We then should have been at liberty to havo sought fortune through plunder, and without much risk to our persons ; as fighting and glory am not the object privateersmen have in view, but plunder alone, we could have thus easily gratified our desire. We knew at that time, and Mr. Ingersoll did also, there wns nothing to be had in the national ves. se of war of that character, for Congress hud already closed the door to prixe money by the application of one-nan oi uie prizes to tne navy 1'ension Fund, and nearly all the other half to prize expenses and double duties. It is not necessary, or proper, to state here tho rwi-jroa and observations communicated to Mr. Hamilton, in reply to his searching question at our interview with the President, as many of the cause for thu defeat of our antagonist, and our own success, still exist. And although I wa then, a now, Imund lo give the Government all the information in my power, it i better that the reason set forth on that trying emergency by Rainbridge and myself, and which produced rem Hi so unexpected to the Government and the people, should sleep with their authors. Notwithstanding our effort and our remonstrances nf that day had terminated so unfavorably, Rainbridge was determined not to relinquish the great object, lie derlared we must not let the matter rest where it was. Rut it appeared to me a case almost hopeless; and we were acting under restraint as officers, with respect to the higher authorities, lest our iiiimrtumliea should be regarded a meriting censure: ami nnni.-n. larly after it had been twice deliberately decided in Cabinet council not to send the shinm t ....I ,..,- utter our special views had been laid before Uieiu. He proposed that we should address a written paper to the President himself, as he cherished a Iiom' that ....... .... ....... aim rprcBions at our interview during the morning he was not unfavorable to the vessels' Mug sent to sea, hut had yielded to his Cabinet Anniu a ociock mat night we prepared a rough draught of a letter to the President, and r... Hie night; but such was the iniiatience of Rainbridge that he returned to his labor and prepared a fair copy which I found ready for my signature at breakfast-time! On signing it I remarked to him that if the President did not receive it in the same good part it was intended, wo should both Im cashiered. Ho replied, "I would rather be cashiered Uian to be a port captain during tho war." He then enclosed the letter in a private letter to tho Secretary of the Navy, and wo jni in u mi in" iepnruiicui. ee Note B.J Mr. Hamilton read the letter, butdnnlin,. it to tho President, saying there were passage m it which he considered obiectionnble : !( ii ... u ed in dictatorial term, and reflected upon the member uir vuiiiri, uu won uie nest leelings towards us ho cmld not be the medium of conveying it to the President i but if we would omit these passages he would deliver tho letter with pleasure in ordi-r to sat-isfy us. Wo would not consent. hnwfv i l- nny modifications of our expression, nor to any erasures ; but told hiin it was not a time to stickle about worn ; wiai no as wen as the President, ought lo feel satisfied that we could intend no disrespect toward him ; that it wns true the letter was written under strong feelings for tho country, Uie navy, and the success of hi administrntion through tho clorioti struggle upon which it hnd entered ; and ns regarded nny reflections upon the members of the Cabinet ther referred merely to tho absence of that know'ledoo on t heir part, not being of the navy, which it could not be supposed they should possess, and not to their honor or Uie.r integrity. Rut Mr. Hamilton remained firm. As all our effort seemed unavailing. I ihn t-j the Secretary if he would permit me to take the brig nrgu one oi commodore Kodger squadron and then supHied to be at New York) and proceed to the West Indies, to conr the Rritish Islands of their coaster and commerce, as I believed that before they could receive information that war was declared I could do I lien, infinite mischief by cuttingout vessels from their ports. He said he would go and consult the President, and sjmn returned wilh the President's consent to the expedition upon one condition, tn vi.ii, i ......... and 1 then received the following order: Navv nrpAnTstKUT, June 22, IH13 Bin: You will nmceed immediiiii.iu m. vi nnd tnke command of the Argus. Vith her you will iru. 1,,("e and Hull Stream, considering vnnrip l unMu..... belligerent right of attack, capture, and defence of and del Ta appoint six or right mates of vessels to be rated i luunu-r iimu-s nnu to serve as pnxe-innsler. To your judgment, your valor, and vour .,n s committed the best course to lie pursued to accoin- 1-iiiMi uir miriri 01 mew insiructtiini. I he Arirus is now attnehed. and i aiill i sidered as attached, to the squadron under the com-" mnnd of Commodore Decntur, May success and honor attend you. Let me hear from you frequently, I am, with great respect, sir, rnnrohedient servant, p u ui .1 l'A"1' HAMILTON. l.W. Phow these instructions to rnmin...i.,M i. nr. Any articles that yon may require fur the briff yoi win iimeni lor eiuier on the agent or un CanUin Chnunccy. 1 Cnpt. Ciias. Stfwaht, present. I was immediately joined by Limt Cuinirsf mnoKi v, now Commodore Rid"gely, who was then in Washington with us, nnd we departed for New York but on reselling Philadelphia we learned that Comm.J dorr Hodgers had sailed with his entire fi.rce two days previous. On taking leave of Cnn,.nndre Ibiinbridim. he assured me that he would not go from Washington until he got onr joint letter before the President . and on his return to Philadelphia he informed me that he had accomplished hi purpose and that the hi,M were ordered to go m sea. Home years nan, in a convert I turn with Mr. GoldslNinunh regarding In Nival Chronicle, he informed me that he had searel- A the I lib u of Uie Navy Department for that letter, liut un len.gerent right nt attack, capture, and defence of and igBimd any of the public and private stuns or the kiiiir-lorn ofGreat Hnlain, Ireland, and their dependencies lake Lieuts. Rulgely and ('banner r wilh von. amt