The New York Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1860, Page 2

2 NEW Y TRE PRYOR AND POTTER DIFFICULTY. Supplemental Cards from Messrs. Chisman and Miles, Northerner doubtingly “velieves will te his presents ‘in its true light the valor of Rogel Pryor. Bat, atalt events, and whetber the offepring of & demec’ atic Conspiracy or the mere impuse of the dis- grace a bragga:t who sent the hostile missive, it was an atte mpt to buily and browbeat, and, if possibie, disgrace, ev ery republican who maintamed and was determined ¥ ractice om of debate Inthe House. And most ef. fectvally bas this attempt been crushed by the undaunted conduct of Jobn F. Potter. f Of ‘r A. Pryor there’cap be but one opiwion among rensible men, He bas been seexing a tight with some- Efforts of Pryor to Retrieve His Position. ib a irixing pra, of the ofamerted fact that no' me, tevolriog my character oF integrity Southern msn ‘wits ‘‘cal! oat? @ ORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET, . MEXICAN AFFAIRS. ich a; accor of character.”” much aa, ding to the whom he un | This docs nos seem to sadify you; bat you ditinely “dis, Those of Shey BOL ound to exehzngo this courtesy | using ‘xpressions y oo vl ry a ray ‘Biter a0 ‘good; and ae fa Yon on Pen Our Monterey Correspondence. a efere ogra . a ratisfed. Had you proceeded one step farther, made Mowrensy, March 29, 1860. ie at is Lr | a gentkmanly atonement for the “insulting and injurious bring fr tan ae Military Operations in Durango— Movements of Garvajal— ‘the or the | Temata under the enchementotuonted wba you | Defeat of Orlega—Buactions at San Luis—Recogntion of | \raxtin ating. the uistructons given to Captain Jarvis, We? bad raid (oo much, and that you withdrew them and rev | the Miramon Government by the Russian Minister—Blec. | SNE) Pa ceases, galas tha Sib of daly, 3868, | gretted it, Toould and should have expreaged mysel! (0 | tion of Vidaurri. as Governor of Monterey—he Oorlinds | was 4p \euve for San Juan de Nicaraugus, he ordered itn that, too, with pleasure, as I really and forortef “Affair, 2. wa 2 rol pgp? ane, beg pre wiebed to avold difficulty with you) ag fully satistle | You, however, in fact repeat the insult, and prooeed to | eay that your remarks ‘‘had referense to my qualifica- ticpe a8 @ member of Congress, and only involvei my | moral and intellectual character.” This might be ex: Ur mag Syma erepieding nero wy Narra basin pn id be necee- 1 gry, to protect ev Injted States veesel < = the nigh sea by gation whatever.’ To which it is added that Since my last there bas been no important change in the political affairs of thia section of the country. The whole attention of the public seems to have been di- LATE IS THE General Condemnation by the Press of His Poltrovery. 100 WOR.D. The ILustrative Correspondense of Ash- wore and Maxwell, ae, ae, ao. @he Cards of Messrs. Chisman and Miles Eetters from Pryer. CARD FROM MESSRS. CHISMAN AND MILES. Me conrequence of the numerous feise rumors wits ave been industriously circulated through the Neruher® = the undersigned deem it praper to make the Sn publication :— The sulyoined correspondence took place in conse: squence of certain words wiered cr rinag of Repre- penta . Pryor and Potter. aaa ee inenmemorancem (marked A), belog (60) pe arm home, Mr. Keitt received from Mr. Tan or. Pouer ‘s first nota, with the understanding (mathe was to bap icto Mr. Stiles, who delivered it to Mr. Pryor. As Mr. Lander distinc! tated to Mr. R, fet Mo, Potter ‘would not leave” the District, it was for obvious reasons, and to guard-againet fmterr mpuomin the ‘affair, that some one other then ® mem- der of Congress should beer the challen, ‘tore hostile ‘in the District” ter. Potter. Mr. Chisman, a mochng ‘dent of Washington, then assumed the place of eee cad Ter a. Pryor. Mt. Miles adwieed with bin Mrovghout, entirely concurzed with him in every step up to the termination o See Snape! ired to make bli statement i and bas desired to public statemait of ¥ WM. PORCHER MILES. A CARD’ FROM MR. CHISMAN. Be farther lanation of Mr. Pryor’s ‘pesition in the eentroverey with Mr. Potter, 1 deem it proper to make othe following ‘notes, which, theugh never de- Ware, have an essential bearing on the transaction. “Ihe first note was handed to me by Mr. Pryor, in Alexar- @ria, and, at his urgent entrenty, I agreod, against ry ewn judgment, to deliver it to Mr. Potter; but on reaching ‘Wasbington, in deference to the esrnest and unanimous yemonstrance of Hou. Messrs. Lamar, ‘Keitt and Milec, T @etermined to take the responsibility of withholding it. eds as follows:— mee Yunaixrs, 12o'¢took, Apel) 12, 190), n—Tavail myselfof the earliest moment, a! er) Mend Mr, Obleman, toserd yeu this note. In comee- ee of the Impoeerdility of communieating with me, my ‘nas been compelled to proceed without conference 1n the reversl staces of this coniroverm. He hus acied in my Debalf from the his best impulses of houor, and in obedience to ee rules which govern the condnct of gentlemen in the settle- oot of personal diiculites, Neverth: leas, {cannot abide his Gecsicn,”“Herore formally seceptiog your ierms ot combat, 1 gaust repel the intimation conveyed in the note of your rend, wr. Lander. to the ettect tha Tam seeking in some way f restrict your liberty of speech se a representative. Ido Sot question your privileges ia that | Fonly intend to . Protesting ageicat the terms of combat Oany pet Eccanee they fo Hot afford ine the * eailefea- tausi among gentlemen,” which you engaged to accord at our seceptance of my challenge; sesmdly, because oy J thuman atrosious ‘apd repugpant to ali the senti- menia of @ cis ilized community ; \¥. because by reason of your greatly superior size and sircegth, they deny me every Zonditicn of equal excounter—nevertheless I do accept your terms ard will figbt you as you Pp a Mr. roposed. My frien: ‘Cbtemen ia puthorized to arrange the doteile of time and piace. ‘Before concloaing I must agsure you that in the use of every ‘weapon, pave one, the pistol, youdave, at least, es much ex- Periness and experience os wsuelt, to ibis note £ require s . e. ve Fe Fepiy in your own Dam honor to, be, vary on Jonx F. Porrer. woe Brrr nor nanded ro the fatlowing, which 1 fagreed to deliver to Mr. Potter:— Ar ‘all winter. He hse had an opportunity to mingle in | neta equal terme, and under the rules of his much cher ighea code,” and he has shown tho white feather. By ome of the recogntred canons of that code, everybedy {s wathorized to Bim as ‘‘a poltroon and a coward. ¥t 4s iu vain for Pryor and bis patrons to attempt to creep ‘out of'titis dilemma through the small crevice ofthe al- Yeged unusual character of the weapons proposed by the ‘Becond'ef Potter. Knives are a recognized, and not an ‘unusual dueling weapon, in all the States slong the Mis- aiseippi Valley. We care uotbing about the custom in Potter lives in Wigcousip, near the Missiasippt river, and is not amenable to the code 88 congirued in ‘Virgibin, but rather on the banks of that river, But we care nothing about the weapons, except tha hey give an equal chance to both partics. This latter point being secured, really courageous mas, yea, any- ‘body but the veriestpoltroon, would, after doing and say- mg what Pryor bad done and sald, have fought Potter with any weapon. He bad, im the presence of the House of Representatives, implicitly charged Potler with cow- ardice, inelling him in gubstunce that thegeque! would de- monstrate that he would not stand by his words; that he (Pryor) would make him eat them, rather. Pryor, too, was told by practiced duelists, that there was no sufficient round for a challenge. Ebay) without first demand- ing an explanation of the werds claimed to be offensive, he sends Potter a peremptory eummons to the fleld. Pot- ter avows hie readiness to-go, and premptiy proceeds te exerove his undoubted privilege of choosing the weapons. Now, apy creature, after proceeding by such = path, te sucha position, and with such a flourish of taunts and {nvendos, would, if he had the courege of a louse, fight his foe with any death dealing instrument that could be brovght uy the field. To, the Mofect ig notin the canons of the code, but in the pluek ot Pryor. Ho inn dainty assaatl, whe aliecta heir triggers, becaveo his fiigers have beeo their pe ap he has no stomach for a fair Det, ‘which might result in his being carved up for we are forgetitg that Colonel Lander, the ‘second of Mi t at the suggestion thst the kind of weapon which tis prin- cipal had, through ‘him, selected, was bar! d thereupon, proceeding upon the celebrated precedent o! the Graves and Cilley duel, he proposed to fight Pryor with any weapon qhich that festidious gentleman might felect. Whereupon, this stickler for the tencts of the code, this punctikous Pryor, not relishing the whistlng of bullet any more than the gleaming of knivee, conceived a eudden prejudice against pistols, and informed Colonel Lander that he ‘had no controversywith hit. And 80, Roger A. Pryor, not to put too fin point upen it, who had gone swaggering into this quarrel, doubly disgraced man. [From the Daily Timea, April 16.} MESSRS. PRYOR AND POTTBR. tween Merers. Pryor and Potter friends. has ever adorned our pobtical literature. whether such a correspon: occurred amowg any people which had ever read Sermon on the the model ought to be es impossible as the Lagerany Bi defect of doctrine, or the slaughter of a nation. Usbappily its pot. fortunate in bis friends. outeet, ag is apparent from the tentative style of his open. ing letiers. “He was probably not unwilling tohave one. however, provided he oould ‘was most familiar, and which he, therefore, decided): referred. Col. Landers’ crisp was ended, through the action of bis second, man, he wrete an acce| of the terms, hivering it to Bir. Potter. nate in his friends than Sir Roger ce Pryor. Now we do not suppose that Mr. Pryor is a co; Re Yous thaugh our propceed teras cf combat were re) jonted 20 10 defend yourséN EGET" me, vet,t hure no alter- By dra seulement of Ue controversy beiween iP bowser, et fe pert Seon ‘within the ree bo pisee out city, wit esiguale some ‘and to arold injury fe eiber persose, I will aiford you an opportunity to redeem fe vaunt with which you parsde your reaourees of self-de- Tecce. Your obedient servant, = ROGER A, PRYOR. My friend Mr. Ubieman will celiver ihe note, BAP. ‘Bor. J. F. Portex. ‘When on my way to deliver the above note to Mr. Pot- ter, to my surprise I was authoritatively informed that he dead been arrested and put under bonds to keep the peace. Afier thie [ could, of course, present no such communica- ton to lum. T. P. CHISMAN. {From the Daily Tribune, April 16.) POTTER AND PRYOR. “The seque! wil] demonstrate,” said pee A. Pryor, 0° irginia. ‘Tet it demonstrate,’’ said John F. Potter, of Wisconsin. ‘It has demonstrated,” responds everyboiy everywhere. The person who wil} needlessly provoke a eentroversy, and taunt his adversary with a lack of cour. and (tien, on the flimsicet pretence, peremptorily ia vite him to mortal combat, and, when his challenge is Sovepted, refuse to fight on’ the allegation that the wea- selected are unusual, they affording to each party am equal advantage, must, by the general judgment of men, be written down a braggart and a coward. To go back a little. Roger A. Pryor brought into the ‘Hooee of Representatives a reputation for rare skill in the @vello. His friends and backers also pretended that he ‘Was a man of extraordinary steadinees of nerve and of the most unquestionable courage. Early in the session he gave indications that be was eager to enhance this reputs- @on, and was ready to put his nerve and courage to the triaf, on all occasions, suitable and unsuitable, It was evident from the outsct of the etruggle for the Speakership ‘What te more turbulent and vituperative class of Southern ‘members regarded Pryor as their orgen and leader. He ‘was thrust forward in every exigency to utter the sharp e@aying®, to give the lie and deal out the general abuse to- ‘ward the opposition side of the chaiaber. In these ocea- sions be openly or covertly alluded to the duelling code, fometimes giving his opponents to understand, in the most patronizing style, that he had no inten ‘ion of invok- ing ite aid, in that particular instance, in his own behalf; and then, ngain, informing bis antag »niste, in the haugh- Aiest. manner, that, if they felt agricved, they had their Femedy »nder the code Follew ing this general line of policy, and being careful @iwaye to pick bis quarrels with those who eschewed the code, his tiret ercounter wag with Mr. Nelgon, a quict, elderly member irom Tennessee, He came out of this ‘wontest creetfalien, and witu the laugh of the House ring- ing pitilcesly in his ears. Ho afterwards mete a most @buetve aesault upon Mr. Sherman, using towards him, and at a time when that gentleman, from the delicacy of his position as a candidate for the chatr, could not reply, Iapguage that outraged all the canons of parliamentary Jaw and good breeding. His next attack was upon Mr. Hickman, whom he called, in substance, a liar; aad when mildly rebuked for it by his senior colleague, Mr.’ Mill- ‘on, repeated the insult with a menace, and referred Hickman for redress to the code. Not long a'ter he eet all ‘the rules of social decency at defiance by an assault, alike ‘vulgar ard brutal, on the floor of the House, upon the wife of the editor of one of our city cotemporaries. Tho Brion redgin ron in retarn i ig geen Proceeding kept him rather quiet for a while. Bat, pantit Jor notoriety, he made hie recent. attack ‘upon itt. Love: Jey, Which led, by a plain path, to bis affair with Mr. otler. ‘The principles of thiz journal, in regard to the code re- ognized among duelists, are well understood, ani need wot now be repeated. We leave those principles to vinai- ‘cate themeelves, while we contemplate, from its own ox- a stand: point, the peculiar case of Mr. Potter. btleee, hie promot acceptance of Mr. Pryor’s per- emptory challenge will be condemned by many persons ‘whoee good opinion he would not willingly forfeit. All such persons should kaow that Mr. Potter, so farfrom Deing a dueliet, sincerely regards the code as a relic of Perbariem. But, #0 baseless were the grounds, even ‘within the canons of the cote. upon which Pryor chal- Jenged him to combat, that he and his friends believed @hat a deliberate purpose was formed to take his life, and ‘That, therefore, it was a mere question whether he would ‘fight ste fa Prescribed rules, or, declining to do #0, ‘would subject himecif to the hazards of a ctrect assault, at ‘am unguarded moment, after the manner ef Eimundson’s s@teck upon Hickman. Reasons, not patent to all, bat Anown 1 him, induced Potter to believe that, if he de- shined the duello, he would be liable to assaszination; and, aes ag ee wom es Pryor’a challenge, ir. Potter was sctuated by motives higher and Wroader, than any mere personal consisecattonn: We @eubt whether a braver man lives. He bes that calm, aelf-reliant courage that always mescures its words ‘and deeds, that never acts upon unreasoning impu'se, that mooves forward to its position after @ considerate ostimate of ultimate juences; aud, once Daving taken ite ground, never yields it but with life. He felt that in this a deliberate offort was being made te sacrifice (ree. m of speech ou the floor of House of Representa- tives, and to diehonor and disgrace the republican por- ‘Mon of the chamber, and that oach of these iuterosts wes, ‘time, commi to hie keeping, and was sought to ‘de imperiled in his person. Me thereupon determined te ‘meet the exigency, and defend, at every hazard, his wu Fights, and ~ 7 intel ed oie and also, and more ’ lom of debate on the republican side of the hall, which this peatilent Pryor and his brawl. His principal «mistake consisted in supposing this Potter. Mr. Pryor would scarcely akulked out of ita ‘We publish in full the belligerent correspondence e- a _ and their a ne It is about as grim savage a r a8 i Dug up a thou- sand years after the burial of some overwhelmed Pem- peii or Hercuiazcum, it would convey to posterity rather a shuddering ‘conception of the modes of thought and habits of life ‘‘usual among gentlemen” of the ers to which it referred. An enlightened mind would doubt dence could possibly have taken place in any century of the Christian era, and would have been very slow to believe that it could pare: jount, | In the nineteenth century and biic, such & correspondence certainly : ‘of a heretic for @ jozen children on the steps of the Capitol as a sacrifice to the gods 0! the Pt as ubfortunate in his antagonist, but doubly vate ia ts, He did not expect a fight at the ve It upen the terms, and with the weapons, and in the precise style with which he acceptance of the chal- lenge, and designation of the bowie knife as the weapon, caused Mr. Pryor to become technical. a“? affair ir. Chis- ptance ut even this ‘was stuffed ae full of explanations, exceptions, protests and cemurrers 9¢ a lawyer's brief ; and yet with all ite quall- ficatione, his good friends declined to oblige him by de- Never was a man more fortu- ‘d. Mr. have shown himeelf | cused, but you seem resdlved to make me pocket your in fult, whether I willor not, and further say, ‘tbat your estimate of my character was founded om many overt acte of my life, specifications of which you can refer to, and aid allude to about me.” “Overt acts of my life, Mr. Maxwell! You knew me when! was a small boy, not ten years of "Fe the child of (ages § stricken, but honest parents. You knew me again ag a youth—a poor store boy, earning my living at asalary of $150 per an- nem. feu bave since known me for long, long yoare, in higher and more distipguisued positions, still the child of toi) and honest effort, working my way up in life, and building up a character Iam now tenacious of sustalaing. Unlike yourself, who were born in the lap of luxury, and who have been rolling in wealth, and looking dow®, as you do, upon all who geek to attain the position you were born to, my life long effor; has been to reach a po- tition that euch men as you could not and would not sneer at. If, y. the wayeide, I have now and then committed a folly, it was cruel in you (assuming thet you have ypoken truth, which I deny, for you know nothing of the vhings of which you have spoken), to injure me, as you have dene, or attempted to do, by wilfully end wantonly speeking of me in insulting terms. But who constituted you my judge, Mr. Maxwell? From whence do you ob- iain the bigh prerogative of sitting in judgment on other men’s characters? You have spoken in ‘“‘vagae and ia definite’ terme of something in your note—it matters not what. Zwarn youtobe prudent, Mr. Maxwell. Intro- duce forbidden names inte a correspondence of this kind ‘at your peril. rouzpeak of “my previous life and conduct subjecting me tothe kind of remerks” you have made. Are you ® Detter judge of ‘/my life and conduct” than the great mass of those with whom I tave ever lived? Dees the voice of the people of Sumter district—with whom I have spent neavly all the yearsof firm your impu- tations? Did oy jellow io d of Ander on (hs ot en pevstas of Mate. refused to allow the: ‘3 de, took offence fellow townemen nderson (where not pe) authorities moras: w them te ra hg toe ee eve been foundopposed tome ob'a recent occasion), or | SCUTArY barcus; and | the overwhelming Voloe of the distriet, endorsed “your 6 voice of the South Carolina legislature rected to, and centered upon, the movement of Miramon upon the city of Vera Croz, and unti) the result of this ex- pedition is known everything will remain in » state of ex- pectancy. It is uselees for me to offer you any opinion fr » regard to the probable result of the hostile moveme at, against Vera Cruz, inasmuch as you will receive direct jm. telligence from that city of a later date thanI can gfer you; in fact, we received our latest and mos} reliab i in- telligence from Vera Oruz by the way of New Orlear a and through the columns of the indispensable Hrravp. Among the lees important military movements , Ym this part of the country, Ihave to inform you that & Wady of six hundred troops from this State had proceeds @i te Du- rango for the purpose of chastising the robbers amd reac- tionaires who have there been committing eutrages of every deecription. At the head of this band of eutlaws is as usual a Spaniard, It is to be hoped that Sustice may speedily overtake them. General Carvajal has been weil kno'¢n for many yesre upon the Rio Grande asa revolution’ sry leader, and for his sympsthies for the United States, and who has wholly withdrawn frem active wervice Of late, is now marching epon San Luis with about 1,00 Temaulapans. ‘Be is now at Valle de) Aralzs, a town distant three days ‘from thst city, and from his oharacter and energy, wo ‘may lovk for zome better resutts from his operations than from those of his ‘predecessor, Governor Garza. He had made-arrangements for several hundred Texan volun- teers to accompeny him, but the stupid and, at heart, re- toass through the State. If Carvajal had succeeded in opinions of my moral character!’ Have the 7,200 free | obtaining the-assistance of those rangers, undoubtedly a men of the Congressional district—who went as “inde- ‘pendent voters”’ to the'ballot box, and sustained me by a vote upparalicled in this State ‘before—bolatered up your slanders, which you and those of your deer ere circulating and sowing Droadeast ever the diatrict against me? Bot to the point. and did, injure mesofar as your influence could ao #0. I stated the grounds of my request, in previous notes, in 4 apy ox- polite and respectful terms. You ‘“‘disavow using et me. You made agsaulis upon me calcelated to, style of Sghting would have been introduced eatirely new o Mexican warfare. Governor Garza seems to be laid “upon the shelf, where he ought to be, the Juarez govern- ment haviog bad enough of his marching and coun- go shh grossly and wantonly | termarching, forced loans and injunctions, all without the Jeaat result, Governor Ortega was defeated,a few days since, by the reactionaires, at Zacatecas, loving several pieces of ar- pressions involving my integrity of character,” but repoat | tillery, So I suppose that city is again in the hands of suggert to you the propriet; cpeck in the expression Of ip yours about me,I am going liberty with the freedom and followin; Well, Mr. the example you bave set me. proud, haughty, overbearing, arrogant and pompous ‘towards these whom you think are mouthed detracter and slanderer of ters. Igo farther, sir, and say, if you dare to assert, your previous lapguage, or impl: engaged in answering, that henorable or dishonoring ac:, or that my “moral charac man, that you al in all probability, alter mine of you. Wii thie on my part, and that no furtner notice will communication received from hande of a third party. . D. ASHMORE, 44K. MAXWELL'S FRIEND TO COLONEL ASHMORE. the insu at the same time, by speaking of “my moral character” in the same offensive tone before objected to by me,anud barp upon ‘your opinions based upon m: duct.” Iea-e but little for your “opinions,” but I sorgent to you the, of being litte more ci. them Reve inailgs bys = 1d at least. But, as you havo indulged freely in yours. about, 4 now to take the same | days, until they raised the sum ot sixty thousand dollars, ou; and you will certainly not complain at Tehail exerciee, ea it is only in retaliation, fexwell, 1am of “opinion” that you arc & ‘mere boot lick of these whom you think your bs ng ti 70Ur Interiors; foul other men’s — Ty jy by your note 1am how ‘1 have ever committed a dis- ter’ is not the equal of your own, and that of a gentlo- an unmitigated liar, an unscrupulous scoundrel, and an unprincipled villain. Whenever you wake euch reparation as a gentleman may or can re. celve—change or retract ‘your opinions” of me—I may, , Bir, I dismiss you and your elanders for the prevent, simply addirg that the correspondence is closed be taken of, or z cheba through the | markable that foreign the chursh party, and will be subjected to « new series of forced loans and persecutions. What these are you can understand when I say to you that recently every merchant in San Luis was put into close confinement and kept on bread and water (probably poor at that) for six ‘which bad been imposed upon the commerce of the city asa forced loan to replenish the pockets of the church party. Among the recipients of thie humane and civilized treatment were Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans and Spaniards, and the respective consuls of each of those nations. Fortunately the Ameriean residents nad pre- viously taken their departure. We shall see what steps Monsieur Gabriac will take to avenge the insulted dignity of his nation. Had these indignities been offered by the liberals instead of his own party, he would have been sufficiently loud-mouthed in his reclamations, protests and demands for justice; as it is, he will probably pasa the matter over in becoming silence. The new Prussian Minister, who has just seen fit to recognize the Miramon government, will now have an opportunity to display his veal on bebalf of those he Liecab ery pre sep re- matic intercourre with a faction of a government which is continually heapiog insults and heat upon thefr resi- Pesprrox, Nov. 19,1868, | dent citizens. Nine-tenths of all y Con. J. D. Asmmonr—Yours of the 6th inst. to Mr. R. A.-| foreigners have en ee - the clergy party, _ Maxwell, Sr., together with your correspondence with | for the few commit y ee that gentleman, hes been placed in my bands. As his | hes invariably been given, and td ni friend end adviser, I return your of the 6th. {0 it ie only Power that has recognized the constitutional go- you assume tbat you have been insulted and wronged, and this in despite of his disayowal of having assailed the ‘With regard to our own local affairs, the only item of interest is the election of Vidaurri as Governor of this ptory—certainly would net have bul- | sntegrity of your character. ff such be your position for ‘Dolnvtied Woe with te ‘cock-of the.walk-ative ae! ry relation to him, no retort in words can avail | State. ae aa was sumecoens Py oe eat debate that he should staf’ ujue mark which he would | you, or relieve the responaibi ty under which either your | bells, ive charge Lary 4 Deals jee ry, a Swaggered off with the ar: t menadeG,.antagonist ia | focial pretensions or your public position places ‘you. being drnanegg es Hoo pad yA = = seen whether be would or not. Mr. Pryor has * yr | But more than all, Mr. Maxwell cannot, in view of the reat — inp ylang vor aunittbont and eo has the country. Is Mr. Pryor satiefe the correspondence and the attitude towards | Sume the gubernator pri » Mr. Potter ‘‘stand by’ what he said, or not? We feer the eni of in this affair, Col. Lander, in lar, is a good det particu! too willing for a fight, and will be very likely to charac- not terize Mr. Pryor’s attempt to have it scerstood that he oa ‘Wes quite willing to fight Mr. Potter on the unfair proposed, but could find no one sufficiently his ‘friend to carry his accept very likely to be required. It is obvious that Mr. Pryor his not only caught a Tar- tar, Dut that he hes blundered into a tribe of that people, We wish him a aafe deliverance, The Maxwell and Ashmore Dificalty. COLONEL ASHMORE, M. MR. ROBERT A. MAXWELL. Court Hover, Oct. 21, 1858. Srr—It bas reached my ears that just before and abou! the time of my election to Congress, you made gra\ serious ae against me, involving my int character. I regret that you did ao, as you arc a man and professor of religion: apologize for early attention to this note is requested. J. D. ASHMORE. Rowert Maxweu, Sr., Pendleton. MR. MAXWELL TO COLONEL ASHMORE. Paspieron, Oct. 28, 1858. stating ‘‘tbat grave and serious charges had been mad by me against you, involving your inte; answer understandingly, on the receipt of whichI wil reply promptly. R. A. MAXWELL. COL. ASHMORE TO MR. MAXWELL. AnpERson Covurt Hovsn, Nov. 1, 1858. gress, Personally, and used, in various instances, lang: which involved character, or my integrity of charac: ter, seriously.”’ In how many,or Mews palatine! points, is perfectly immaterial to the purposes ence, nor shal] I encumber it with them. guage, knowing, ‘wrong or injury of any kind whatsoever, pgp A You neither the withdrawal of insulting language used aboy Paget or of terms used involving my ey iat you did #0, according to th retan: others, I can abundantly substantia ere ther A requeet made in my firet note, viz: claim or withdraw all insalting and { that you bave used of charges of a character that you bave je against J. D. ASHMORE. P. S.—I believe I was in error in su note of the 21st) to be a member of MR. MAXWELL TO COL. ASHMORE. Pexpurtoy, Nov. 3, 1858. ‘Gamo statement as wag contained in your first note. of “‘quibbling,” what the sions “involving your intogrit ‘characters’? we re- marks had reference 40 your. qualifications as @ member of Congress, and only involved your moral and intellec- tual character. My cetimate ofgour ‘was found- ed om many overt acts of you." lus, specifications of which I can refer to, alin inconversation about you. ‘This, I contend, I have the right 0.40, in canvassing your had for four months been trying to strike claims and quaiiications as a ca'adidate, as an independent voter. If your previous life ana comiuet subjected The explanatory debate on Wednestay, betwosn P, to those kind of remarks, you couid not ‘but expect they ‘and Potter, reepecting what occurred on the oy Lovaiey: | would be brought eut againet you in the canvass. Tevet poke, Was a culminating point in the series of out | voter is to eiaee-gt Connery a nae We late Meaped by the chivalry ‘pon the republicans from the Ader nt nee candidates, them, i we have . 9? 6 ” on “murderers,” “incendiaries,”” ee yeni oot] ex 1 0" ‘of epithets whicn had been poured upon them far were and emphatic geetdres. Pryor, advancing toward bim in | can give ou. I cannot change or retract’ am Whenever jour charges are If this explanation will not satisfy you, i¢ ie all that I me to form. your own conduct has 0 Baaaie, sad more ioally ‘the mom insolent manner, told him he should not stand | } in know explicitly what I haye to answer to, ? shal fm tbe ares, in front of the CBALr, and shaico his fete ae | LOU #MPRE. Troms the aeowalat the Wane ce eae the Fufflanly manzer st members. Fotter simply responded, | €&Dansioilities in which it’ may involve me. Tam no. & ‘You are doing ue same thing.” That Potter thus said, | member of any church. R, A. MAXWELL, Se ae wae 8 SSE aiomant of what Frye wat | MR. ASHMORE TO MR. MAXWELL. then ong uestie. r these words Pryor | : Ye Tt ia aceged at Weak that the Axpmnsos Court Hover, Nov. 6, 1858. was sent after a co. 06 between some ten RORERT A. MAXWELL, Sr.—I have received yours of the or a dozen democratic members, of whom Potter’s co}. ine Cyne ee minor ‘one, at which the o; ROt accept a 00 WAS expressed that nge. If thie be no, “th iinet Yeh eet amg a in he charges I have made against |. I stated explicit) ariousexpressions, oy ive character againes ‘eeehY a? Does affair has not yet been reached. Mr. Pryor can hardly escape remarks from Mr. Potter’s friends, which will not be complimentary to his behavior tance~as lees conclusive on the point of *‘courage’”’ than Mr. Pryor himself deeires it to be re- garded—and some further action on Mr. Pryor’s part is C., FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, TO of urch- ; mevertheleas, I feel con- strained to ask you to withdraw all such charges, and to use of all disrespectful terms. Your Cor. AsnMoRE:—SiR—Yours of the Zist inst. is received, ter.” T moat aak you to slate spcclt sally estat the cheneca rr. 8) what ie were that you allude to, for without this Tam unable to R. A. Maxweu, Sr.:—SiR—I have just risen from a sick bed, where I have been under medical treatment since your town (whose credibility and respectability you nor any other person will question, but whose names'I do not choore to use until there is a necessity therefor), that at or Just previous to the time of the late election’ for Con- you spoke in the most dierespectful terms of me this correspond- Ia the judg- ment of others (disinterested persons) my character was assailed. It became my duty, receiving the information I aia, to request of you a disclaimer or withdrawal of all such as I did, that I had scm you no of your reply forties ‘my postion and’ atrenginene ine disclaim a recollection nor make under the necessity of repeating and insisting on the “That you will die- ejurious expressions Personally offensive You (in m! church. ba! Col. J. D. ASHMORE:—Sir—Yours of the Ist inst. is re. ceived. It does not come up to the requisitions of my note of the 23d of October, in whick I requested to be in- formed of the explicit charges which you ailege me to | better country than his. ‘bave used, ‘involving your integrity of character.’ | asked to. know what the charges are, and your answer is | still vague and indefiaite, reiterating preity mach the I ‘think Ihave the right to inquire, without the imputation are, explicitly, before I can be called on to answer them. It is a privilege allow. persons to | Fyife. L. A. Beard: taamacter of and rot wit COL. ASHMORE TO MR. MILLER. Asprnson Covet Hover, Nov. 23, 1858. al Dr. until yeaterda: communication from a friend of Mr. Maxwell. ees Precedents jate) for the course the occasion demands. I return you your enclosures, J. D, ASHMORE. eight or ten days. The Slaver Wanderer Aga: OUR SAVANNAH CORRESPONDENC! Savannan, Ga, Apri! 10, 1860. it Witnesses to Testify at Farnham's Trial, dc., de. in two mates of the Orion, found in the posseasion of a number of negroes, lately brought to Boston, were to bail in $5,000 only. A strange difference.’ A lawy: whose only possible evidence was derived from his previous to the receipt of yours of the 22d, in reply to nired to giv mine of the aie ut” fais wll explain the delay tn ahis eer dt gh come ia os wy rejoinder. I will repoat in sul , what I before a been f2id, only a little more particularly, to avoid quibbling | ready ees alee peg ig ee hereafter. Ihave been informed by various persous in | yjz., Corrie at Charleston, Browm and Farnham here.” Gapt. Brown, who, by the way, prigon in Devetnber, 1868, with in confinement 216 days. The jury could not jail fees paid for these three and two govern: h | costa and the expenses, may be put at $20,000. Brown was arrested under another statute, for Henry R. Jackson, for the Presidency. lawyer, res! assigned, but it is universally betlered th and professional pride was wounded. was as fully ab! Jackson, if not more so. ‘The general sentiment here is ly to the proeecution, and many think that no found Sgainet Farnham. ave seen and conversed sengers on the Wanderer. to go back, en isa ~ about fourteen rument were going to him home. into tears, and said, “Me no go homy—mo on to eat here, and not much work.” e older one seems: rears old. and Parson Beecher. this beautiful sity, politics and busi Ni The following is a ii Germantown, which arrived at Norfolx Lieutenante~Jobn C, Febiger, L. A. ui Wi tant Surgeon—A. C. Gorpans Purser iy Lieatenant of Marinee—George Holmes; W. Alexander, Edward Terry, Fe Mt pees ead B, which it places both, condescend to enter- Hlemen in hostile relatiSiy, ™ 'Dquaee: improper in tone, Distin. —- by time snd of recent have adopted, can be given when P.S.—I shall be in the city of Columbis for the next Opening of the New Term of the United Stater District Court—2he Case of J. Egbert Farnham, Charged with Piracy—The Case of the Wanderer—Large Number of | Uaited Witnesses Present—4 New York Lawyer Under Eaorbi- pant tant Bonds—Twoo Allegen Caplains of the Wanderer Dis- charged—The Eapenses of the Triale—Two Part African ‘The United States District Court for the Southern Dis- trict of Georgia commenced its session yesterday. The principal case is that of J. Egbert Farnham, charged with Piracy, in being connected as captain of the celebrated Wanderer. There area large number of witnesses pre- sent on behalf of the United States; amongst others, Com Moore, formerly of the Texan Navy, and a counse lor-at- law from your city, who Was arrested ass witness and held in $50,000 ball. This may be common, but in your Journal received yesterday, I find that the captain and | the unressonab ‘hela er, Pro- is a Greek, was putin with two Spaniards, and kept he and bis companions in duration were discharged” Tre it wit- esses incarcerated amounted to $425. Sea to this “the $2,500 paid to an extra diatrict attorney, and all the other Capt. Janding slaves, a penitentiary offence, and held to bail in $10,000, Eaq., the special, was our former Minister to Prussia, a man of ability, but understood to ba a friend of Mr. Howell Cobb, aud an’ urgeat advocate for his n Mr. Joseph I, the District Attorney, a finished gentleman ead ar ed his post after the trial. No cause was particular, at his personal i cj showed thet ho | treme of insolence, tn Speaking of to represent the government as Mr. refrained in oppoett ‘Dill will be with two of the alleged pas- 4 They are notas dark as ne. ‘ces'generally—in fact, only about the color of a mulatto. 'y told me they came over on the W. tand did not want I told him the . He burst stay here ; sbout twenty-five. He is driving ® cart, and says that he will not go ‘back—that this is Mention this to Massa Greeley Iwill keep you advised of the trial, and will write nese, 3 Of the sloop-of-war Watt, from the Fast Indiee:—CommanderoR i, Page, | oral atait, thelr Kimberly, Joseph P. m. B. Sinclair; Assia- MM. Hieskell; First when new life and energy will be displayed in the man- agement of public affairs. For the last six months we trmmbg re mie oer aLPOURD AAV jf, Will be re- who, like Old Hickory, is not afraid to take the reeponsi- bility. General Zuszua is still here, engaged im organizing ©. Mnzxe:—Sir—Yours of the 10th inst, ‘reached | forces, and awaiting the arrival of’ Vidaurri, bofore com: I can receive but one kind of | Mencing active operations. A message was sent here this week from Matamoras, informing the authorities that ® company of Americans crossed the river, and asked assistance. fer as I can learn, they were advised this frontier trouble was the result of ther own foliy in sustaining Cortines, ani of their reactionary tendencies, and that they must take care of themselves and not look for’ aid from this quarter. This Whole Cortinas matter has been a very strange one, and but few of the secret aprings that have been moved on gither side of the river are known at Washington or else- Where. There has been a manifest determination to em- Droit the two countries in war, by some means or other, reonal . to subserve private interesta and pe an! ‘The feeling manifested here is favorable towards the , and the authorities here no idea of forced by the unwise measures of the Tamauli- into a hostile position. z . The Capture of Mtramon’s Steamers. THE SPANISH VIEW OF THE MATTER—WHAT THEY THINK OF IT AND HOW THEY FREL ABOUT IT. (Transiated from the Foo del Comercio, of Havana, of pril 3, for the New Yorx Hxpatp } Some days since we gave, among the news brought us by the steamer Star of the West, from New Orleans, an account of the forcible seizure in the waters of Vera Cruz, on the morning of the @th, of the steamers belon; to General Miramon, by United States vessels. We 2 gave the notice, without comment of ‘kind, notwith- Standing it contained « demonstration (though scarcel; entitled to credit, since it was comminicated by the perl. odica's of the Union) of the culpability of Captain Jarvis, x leness of the attack the steamers, Miramon and Marquez, by the Indianola and Wave, aud the capture of the same, after a alight combat, by the Sa- bees the North American squadron. Following the ‘prudent example of our government in the affairs of Mexico, notwithstanding we had good reason to comment upon and censure #0 grave an act eommitted the maritime forces of a nation with which we were on friendly terms, and whose President is recog- nized by all the nationgof Europe, we repeat that we ab- from all comment, hoping that the United States government would, on learning the occurrence, hasten to rotest against the conduct of the captains, Tarner and jarvis, a8 we were bound to expect from its neutrality it ‘would do. Whether our hopes will or will not prove chimeras, it is certain that until now we cannot determine, however much the silence of Mr. Buchanan could already be inter- preted as more or lees favorable for those who have com- mitted such an outrage upon the vessels of the President of the Mexican republic, since what we neither can nor ought to suffer is the injustice with which some journals of the Union, in mentioning the event ia their columns, mix up the Spanish nation and the oo name with a eee the 6th of March in the waters of Vera carries ih ae Ae the ex. in umns— Spain, who has all interference, who, ‘we repeat, hag conducted heraclf with the greatest dence in Moxican affairs, notwithstanding the right whic The Hrrarp, “w ig unquestionably hers to favor the intereste of the Mex can government, as the United States, without this right, directly favor those of Vera Cruz. In one of ite last nombers this journal, taking it for granted thet Spain was mixed up in the civil war of the Mexican republic, recommends to its government to make a demonstration against our nation, and 80 as to breeds ‘nughable)" hone) , ways ‘as LD (such rogan “we ma) Sutter , rm y well be able to take we were not well acquainted with th = ema areceane san mer mano col e Un! stes, such wo! this time seg some concern, re —~ oat ! Poor ‘e-liners, who, in orde: sell the numbers of vei publican, ‘make their papers Bier jus in the eyes of all Europe by big and alarming “Take Cubal”’ says the Herito; ‘and if ment does not do it the country will.” ° the Hxr4tp and its colleagues, in the person of their edi. were the country!) be @ march ithe galley, ms upon rs A ridiculous Press is that which Pe . ani comes out in such terms in referring to a nation like M. Bunce: "1 Clerk—Thomas Jones; Parser’s Cerk—W. § eran tee eartalutryiarsharesens ayer ple Hh Postewaln—Michaal Hall: Gunner—Coaries B. Oliver; | the lapessfOlity of tak og the nk Aosta eens ue mier-—Hobert M. Bain; Acting Sailmaker—J. E) | porte th bis ool mms, with a formality as Yserioes os : laughable, ae idea = “taking Cuba before mi peace,” a8 not wave ‘Spanish ‘ Obituary. fieg which is to dag regarded with me rath Feore oa ‘There died in Jackson county, Tenn., quite recently, a | consideration by the most powerful nations of Europe, for soldier of the Revolution by the name ot Yrivaree Nevis | the warlike deets which tho descendeos u Pelayo, of The deceased was bora ia Rutherford county, North Ca- | Cid, of Cordova and Cortez, are achieving under’ ite rolina, on the 25th December, 1763, and was consequently | shadow on the shores of Africa. jn the min seventh yoar of his age, Ho wasan astive Tet the Hieraip koow that there are in Cubs, participant in the el scones of tbe Revolution, from cannon, hempen cords always prepared the time of the defeat of Ferguson at King’s Mountain to | for pirates, of’ whatever kind may be, and the ever-memoratile sureender of Corawailis in 1781. He | however repugnant the sight. wor , there is was an ardent patriot, and a true whig, adar form, but blessed with & fine const ees energetic, he would, at the age of cighty-one, ride horee- back with the boy. Gifted with a retentive memory, years of his life, quite distinct. Els veracity was unio. peachabio, and he was ever esteemed by his neighbors ag a conscientiously honest man. He took a lively interest in the institutions and politics of hig country. He hae yoted im every Presidential election whic’ had been held in che United States. He voted twice for Washington, once Zor the elder Adama, twico for Jeftereou. twioe for | Madison, twice for Monroe, three times for Gen, Jackeon, and once exch for White, Harrison, Clay, Taylor, Scott and Filmere, room enough on the point uefore the Moro them. Enough for to-day: for we do not think tt n 0 Jose time in demonstrating what cone knoe of the United States have aesumed in reference to the matier of me steamers Miramor and Marquez, eince we are sure that there is no one at al! connected with the affair who is ignorant thereof, or of its entire unconnecticu with the government of the island of Cuba. The iario de ia Marina, pore go 7, has lengthy editorial in reference to the capture of Miramon’s vessels, in which they state that had great curi- oeity to see in what way a dofence could be meie of the seizure. They aiirm that the assertion of Miramoi’s steamers showing no ensign is of bo weight at all, jog to chastise t hog communication had been recently directed to Captain oo “er sn 10 Oe de prolsolion to oct etdeous tn, Vern 4 wo 1 o ore tbe Eresieat hae oad Hos. B MoLane, thas if 3 Rosi force auld approady tbe town,” ard the Atuerian 0 the Dutted Sintes. men necessary f o ‘the officer who commancs to disembark i the hems whatever ‘The Diario observes that this communication bears date the 13th, while the seizure of Gen. Marin’s steamers took place in the night, between the 6th and 7th. It continues that the orders of 1858 were only geveral instructions, that, even bad 8. commu! Dod tat — dated previcus tothe capture, none 0! occurren there Pre-suppoeed took place, that hence the eonduct of Jarvis was entirely arbitrary on his part, and that he exceeded not only all the limits of law, but even the instructions r ‘by him from his government, at least these which ho acknowledged in his commupica- tion to the Senate. Inasmuch as the Secretary of Marine hae declared that the py ey approved the coniuct of Jarvis and Torner, it bow, says the Diario, become ‘an international question. The article concludes by say- ipg tbat, notwithstanding the excellence of Miramon’s de- fence, they have not much bope as to the result. prt ae the submission of the case to ihe yr tribunals, they will knew on what to , for tribunals will be obliged to give the points of law in reference to Jarvis’ proceeding, aud then they can determine whether Ameri- can ships of war consider themselves bound to respect other laws than thote of force. Astounding Developements—-Chevalier Wikoff on Chevalier Forney=The Truth Coming Out. TO THE BDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘Aras 15, 1860. May I ask the favor of your columns for « few moments, on @ matter of no great interest, to be sure, but which is ‘not likely to weary your readers, as it chiefly concerns an individual very widely known tofame. Iam referringtoa gentleman, not only figuring as the editor of a Philadelphia newspaper, but occupying a position considerably more Jucrative, In his caze—that of Clerk of the lower house of Congress. Is it necessary to say Iam speaking ef Col. John W. Forney? 1 don’t know anything more disagreea- ble, allow me to premise, than to be obliged to defend oneself against the ill-natured attacks of « former friend, and this is just my position towards Col. Forney. J bave known him many years, have received some civilitles at his hands, but have never given him the least cause of offence by word or deed in my life; yet, ‘would you believe it, Mr. Editor, he seems to be aiflicted with the singular mania that I am one of his bitterest eme- mies. If this be not s0, why sbould he continue to aseail me day after day, and month after month, in his journal at Philade)phia, crushing me to a jelly, at one time, under a ponderous leader and then piercing me through and through at another, in a sharp, rapier-like letter from Washington? If this be not a case for the intervention of some American “Humane Society,” I should like to know what is. I re- peat my innocence of all provocation versus the furious, TRE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. - Opinions from Massachusetts and Maryland. ee MOVEMENTS OF THE DELEGATES, &e., &e. Our Washington Correspondence. * Wasmmcroy, April 15, 1960) ‘The Administration and the Charleston Convention. . Every politician who has had any conversation of late with Mr. Buchanan in reference tothe Charleston Convention will bear testimony to his calm philosophy and confidence in the happiest resulta to the party and the country in the ticket and in the platform. He is con” fident of @ national platform which will be satiefactory to the North, and of a ticket which will be indicated by { the South. Out of the let of candidates himself, and hav- ing no desire, in any event, tobe taken up by the Con- vention for a seoond term, Mr, Buchanan has wisely avoid- ed committing himself to any particular candidate, Thug entirely free from the charge of any attempt or wich to k dictate to the Convention, ths administration is at least. entitled to common justice from the Grand Saohsirimoft | the party. B ‘Wo know that the Sonthern democracy, who atk no- thing more than thelr rights within ths Union under tne constitution, are grateful for the aervices which Mr, Buchanan has rendered, anil for the sacrifices which he has maie in defence of Southero rights. We koow that the national democracy of the North are proud of him, And just here is the issue upon which ‘Mr, Douglas at Charleston will fall to the ground. Betiev- ing in the good faith of the regular democracy to their principles, Mr. Buchanan would be as much surprised at the nomination at Charleston of Mr. Douglas for Preai- dent as he could be with the proclamation of Horace Greeley as the democratic candidate for Vice President. He believes the one thing to be quite as much within the: Yapge of possibilities as the other, And wherefore? Ask him and he will possibly say that it is because Mr. Doug- Jas is too fresh from his anti-Lecompton defection to satiety ‘the Convention of the expediency of .bis nomination under ‘any circumstances. He will speak upon this subject, not as a man who bas any ill will againet Me. Douglas, but with regret that the Senator from Illinois should have thrown away his golden opportanity in the matter of that Lecompton constitution. The Preaident, if required to explain, will doubtless say that, under the Léecomptont | constitution, the result to Kansas would bave been the game as under any other—a non-slaveholding State—but that had Mr. Douglas stood by the party in Oongress upon that question, his nomination at Charleston would have been secured, re-elected to the Senate or left out, qud that bis defeat in regard to the Senate would only have made assurance doubly sure in reference to Charleston. | ‘You may not, perhaps, be able to draw Mr. Buchanan to any further expression of opinion upon this subject; Dut still the real issue which is thus presented to the: Convention is between an endorsement and a repudia- tion of the administration. The nomination of Mr. Douglas and his platform—and they must both go together—will be a rebuke to the administration ve and decisive as the whig Congressional manifesto of 1841, fare ate Jobn Tyler out of the whig party. thing will not be dose, ‘The Charleston repre- | democratic party will understand the services ani sacri! , unappeasable Forney. 1 brandish the factin his face, that, a0 far from injuring him, I bave not failed to sympathise with his misfortunes, and to rejoice in his better luck. Every mystery bas, no doubt, its solution; but every man is not an £dipus. I have done my best to fathom the inscrutable depths of Co!. Forney’s vindie- tiveness, but the effort has invariably recoiled upom me. Yesterday, however, a copy of his newspaper fell into my bands, when the following startling paragraph mot my eye It tn gerera‘ly 2, Wikoft. of the New Your appear before the Covode Commitee. Panes rhachis ap ae “ea Jganeport of the administration, dnt mua ive persons! friends. For the first time, I may say, a light hea dawned upow MO. Th te the weeres, sks LaactKtn enamininn, shee I miny have been paid ‘a very heavy salary for doing mothing”’ by the Presiaent that bas rankled in the pure mind of Col. Forney, and driven him well-nigh crazy. But this is notall his grievance. He says] was further rewarded for “securing the support of Mr. Bennett for the adminie- tration.”” Now, let me appeal to your sober reasen, if you have any, Colonel Forney, whilat Iask you that if I were, in the least, instrumental in obtaining for the ad- ministration the invaluable adhesion of a journal that everybody reads, and the ‘‘support of Mr. Bennett,” whom everybody admits to be the Hercules of our Press—strong enough to build up or knock down whatever he likes, would not that person—answer, Colonel Forney, be on- titled texome ‘‘reward?”’ As there is little likelihood ef your condeseending to reply to me in apy decent lan- guage, in your present delirious state, allow mo te ap- peal ‘from Philip drunk to Philip sober.” Ihave pre- served, Mr. Editor, among numerous letters of Colonel Forney’s, addreseed to me only three years ago—when be was far from thinking me the ‘‘infamous” maan he new styles me—the following epistle, which derives peeuliar interest from the proof {t affords that he thought me en. titled to “reward”’ for zometbing, since he states that he ‘Sntroduced my name” to the if Wheatland. But here is his jetter. Judge for yourself:— ss ad ericet a: Wasnrxaven, March 25, 1857. Lregret we could not meet tefore youleft. [ bave had such ae rum as rumpus that I could cot visit my friends. I had much to sy to you Lest evening I sew the Sage (Mr. Bu cbapas), and jotreduced your name, and told bim that some- thizg should speestiy be done He ne hesrtily, and seemed sorry that you bad Be Getermined to do the bardsomé thing When will you | for Europe! tha'l you be here soon? J romain fora fe ays oniy, and theo go baek to Philadelohia t> foilow out th: u us policy of which we epoke some weeks ago. wy Feet {o Mr. dennett. Ss walting a speedy answer, I am, yours truly, B.'Wixorr, beg. 3. W. FORNEY, Now, Ishould like to know whose fault it was if I re- Ceived a Dey ealary for doing nothing.’’ not Colorfel Forney admit that he urged my claims upon tho ofthe White House, and obtained a hearty response? he not zeem conte § in the conviction that the Presi- dent was ‘determined to do the handsome thing?” 1 ask, therefore, whether the blame, if any, of the bos ror ments I received does not devolve os ‘Forney and not upon the President? It is silly and illogical in Forney to age to such unfounded pretexts to aesail his old patron, . Buchanan. Fie, upon you, Colonel! It ia Just to Forney, however, to explain the ‘“ m: policy” he alludes to was the ‘8001 dent derided. Forney, then, Py policy” I auggested, but he was too full of bi to adhere to it, and from that time to thig he has mado a oo war upon Wr. Buchanan, his political god- er. Let me basten toa conclusion by dropping Of advice to the aiders and abetiors of the po ordey vole Committee, before whose dread tribunal I am threatened by Col. then § with a summons. I beg poten Beagle na ct . 1am perfe motives that induced Mr. Bennett to ere he heariy a Useful support to the administration, and 1 have the means of showing that nothing could be more thoroughly ciemtecetied and kind-hearted. 1 eae also why Mr. le go many generous e! to get Forney Peetmatier . i could a ir ate raeni as le unt why Forney has railed se feroc! the administration, and why he is looked pei ao Dator of the Covode Committee. ‘Still, I don’t moan to tell any of these curicus things, and perhaps I it as well £x3, the reason. It is only because my intention is to publish all of them, amd a great deal more, in my own = time, and it is not my intention, therefore, to be rob- bed by the Covode or any other, committee of some of © spiciest pages of my intended book. dient servant rf HENRY W Sx. Dams Horst, Eicn Water at 1H Wast.—A despatch from Pittsburg, dated the 11th inst , ssys:—The rg 4 rains for the past three days have caused a freshet, with the de- struction of le property. The low lands along the Monongahela and Sep on Mai are completely inundated. The rise came #0 uy that several canal ela were swept over the dam and ¥ FF. ecmpuee nn and fen rendered le for ir two. message from Col says jl the roads leading into that place are rerteven ad —_—_—_——__ Locvsts.—The expected locusts have appedfed at Dan- vile, Va. 8 inistration, the Convention will most assured): regort to no such desperate expedient to often tbe abot tion sentiment of the North. Our Baltimore Correspondence. Barriwore, April 14, 1960. chanan’s Administration—A National Democrat for the Presidency—Analysis of Senator Douglas’ Oarcer—Big Efforts cn the Missouri Compromise Measure, dic , bc. ‘Unusual pains having been taken to misrepresent the Position of the State of Maryland in reference to the nomi- nation of a democratic candidate for President, it is pro- posed to present in the columns of the Hxnatp a brief re. view of facts for the purpose of correcting the miasiate- mente which have been made, and asking your kind fa. vor for the space required. Two years go it was plainly manifested that small faction in this city had determined upon making steady war upon the administration, in return for their disappointed attempts to control entire the patronage of tbe federal ' overnment, All the elements of discontent were rallied ogether by means of a secret political organization modelled after the institution of Know Nothingism, and which was exposed by some of your correspon. reonths ago in the Heat. To their secret manage Sine but the initiated could gain socess, but their objects ang Progress were subjects of boastful communications, from time to time, by the weaker vy concern. to it io Notwithstanding their several unfailing on the control of the conventional organa of arty, most industrious and expensive wen tare ie Om we ate reagan their tor ‘sidency (Mr. Douglas), and in the recent election of & convention in Baltimore to elect del to Charles- ton, their plans were fully the astonish. ment of community, several of the most infamous Know Nothing clabs were in attendance at the call of that faction, prepared and determined to exercise their Practised hands upon unoffending democratic citizens. In some wards, by the open assistance of those clubs, they succeeded in obtaining majorities, and where, they were likely to be overcome in numbers they broke up the elections by means of the most disgraceful character, not Surpasged in riot and debauchery by the State elections recent years. To consummate their work, though de- feated in carrying a trig’ of the wards, they went for- ward (a minority of the Ra Merge and e) gentlemen to represent them in the National Convention, from the Baltimore city district. The majority of the Gelegates, in a regular manner, elected their Tepresenta- tives to Charleston, who will go there armed with the evi. dence necessary to hold their seats, and whether their Opponents will appear in the Convention as claimants re- —_ + een. ce Last time the remaining districts of the State hi choren their delegates, and on the 23d ultimo the Sule Convention, by a vote of seventy-six to twenty, flected Senttorial delegaten Iy opposed to Mr: uglas ane juatter £01 the sixteen delegates from State, there ‘The above is # perfectly truthful and undeniable ment of the fects in reference to the position of in this State, Until the entire South ‘fall deteraatae in favor of Mr. Douglas, there is no Possibility of his re- ceiving 2 vote from Maryland in the Charleston Conven- tion, and even in that event, or any other, the popular the del i #0 de~ ae that the majouity of the vet ‘votes aa ure bs wha im. tis at all times paintul to speak of misfortunes; ral to a political party togpeak its own shame and idbrace. tion; to enumerate the elements of discord and weakness when and where there ought to Dut at times it beso at large, and necessary in justice tion to otbers. To did the faction espousing Mr. nouncing that faction, and declaring the determination of the party, ‘‘under vo circumstances, to recognise them ag deserving of confidence as democrats, nor to act or affili- ate with them as party members.” Apart, however, from the odtum which the reck- less course of @ debauched political faction, repre- ting not a hundredth part of the democracy of State, may have brovght upon Mr. Douglas, | there are strong reasons which expisin most * fatisfactorily his unpopularity and unavailability in Maryland. There is no State in the Union where the venerable Pree'dent Buchanan has more devoted and de- termined friends than in Jand—not friendships gene- rated in the magic circle of re, or by = | the pereuasive but delusive acta ef ruiem—but | friends who value at their true worth the qualities of sin- cere patriotism whieh subordinates all selfish coneidera- tions to the public good. The executive, through an eee in bis Miner rh abor, his never vary! levotion country’ forests in nll emergencies, his character as an able, di fied, experienced, tried and pare statesman of that old school which was truly venerated, were all apprecia'ed his age of life, by the people of id; and now, at ben quietly ad: with ‘wisdom the duties b that c towhleh he had called in a crisis— th office when, pet for the influence of his name, the Union might bave gone to aterrible wreck—it cenld hardly de aup- posed that the perpetrator of a flerce and unwarrantab! attack upon him and hig administration would command the plaudits of the ple who warmly sympathized with the President and ve icy. It wee when the famous letter bs pees from Judge Dovg)as in reference to the appointment of one of his near kiremwen, in 1857, that sagacious friends of the administra- tion raw ‘with resl sorrow the restless spirit of war ia tho Senator. The fearful carnival of insubordipation aud de- struction which was then being worked upon the canvass of bis mind was observed by friends of the aiminia- tration, more In sorrow than in anger, however, for the Jowa ExnGRast AGENT in New Yorx.—The Davenport Demerat says Governor Kirkwood, of Iowa, has Lientcnaet Covernor Rusch emigration agest for the date of Jowa, in the State of New York The regards ibe sypointment as a very good one. Senator's own sake. The sad realization of this begisning was eeen in his ultimate and unjustifiable agesniis npom the party of the administration in the Levompton ieeus; hia frequent ard familiar conferences and caucus: with the black republicans to defeat his party; the unfortunate