Phenix Gazette

Mr. Branch and Col. White.—Our readers recollect, no doubt, the pungent debate between these two gentlemen relative to the Live Oak in Florida. We had thought that the whole matter had sunk into the " receptacle of things lost upon earth." We perceive however, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, that the report of the Secretary of the Navy has brought the matter once more into public notice, and that not in the best light for the Ex-Secretary. The Inquirer says: " We rather think Mr. Whittaker, the live oak agent'—not wooden nutmeg agent,'—ought to feel most gratitude for the Ex-Secretary, for it appears that the latter, before his retreat from Washington, contrived to compress several months pay into a few days, by a modus operandi, that would be best understood in the famous Wall street of New York. On a perusal of this document, all the accusations of the Ex-Governor and Ex-Secretary against Col. White, completely fall to the ground. It shows, most conclusively, that the purchase made of Col. White by the government was a good purchase, and that the land was well worth all he received for it. Mr. Branch will probably think' twice ere he meddles once again with the delegate from Florida. Like old Joliba in the 'old play,' he will be satisfied that, when he meets,

A sleeping lion i' the way,

I'll prick my ears and friendly pass him by,

To massacre the first thistle "