Ot?" The editor of the Chicago Democrat
(“ Ixmg John”) writes from Washington
to his paper, as follows:
The “ Wilmot Proviso” *o called, w ill lie
placed on the Oregon bill, it is said, by the (
: vote of every northern man this year, save
les* than a dozen in lioth Houses. Humor
«ays look out for a gun from Col. Benton
about these days in defence of the late Gov.
Wright’s position and the present position
of the mas* of the northern democracy!
Single 'bill-, for the “ preservation and re
pair” of the public works on our Harbor*
and Rivers will soon lie reported, and will
lie taken up awl pass'd, and vetoed. But \
whether they will tie repa«M-d by a two- I
thirds vote or not, depends upon how* many !
can be got to dodge, and how many to turn
their backs upon their eomttitiients under j
the various operation* which Prerogative ■
under all Governments can always find,
methods to apply.
The CocxTEtm’T Gold Coin.—ltissai' ■
that the core of the new counterfeit Intel
detected, is s mixture of platinum and si! j
ver, and that as platinum is heavier tire J 1
gold, the presence of base metal caunot be I
detected by weighing —Buff Com.
“rPAV ARD AN D O N M ARD.”
From the National Intelligencer.
Third Despatches from Major Downing.
/'o James K. Polk, President of the United
States of America, .Mexico, \c.
