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Ven and may routiner lobe productive j qucnro r,f a I'ronch Ordinance, pride on
“ J - »iJ&»
ot pn'Ht pood 10 ilicir fellow men, and hav
ing “ received the law.) of I ho society, and
ils accumulated funds, in sacred trust for
charitable use, M, tlte inniei signed can nei
ther renounce or abandon it. Wc most
cordnltiy unite with our brethren of Sa
lem and vicinity, in the declaration and
hope tlmt “ should the people of this coun
fry become no infatuated as to deprive
Muons of their civil rights, in violation of
their written constitutions, and tin: whole
some spirit of just laws wnd free govorn-
tbo 5tb Feb. 1826, by which similar pri
vdeges are given to American vessels, in
tliu ports of said Island'; and, by lilt* art
above in part recited, tit* I*resident is au-
lhorir,ecl to suspend it) operntion, if he
shall receive s.ui factory information that
the privileges granted by the ordinance to
American vessels pave been witlidiawn.
You will perceive, sir that the cases pro
vided for by the ordinance, and the law, are
only of vessels arriving laden with produce
«fec. &.c.; but a French vessel called ilie
meets, a vast majority of the fraternity | Victorian, having jaicly arrived at New
should have -fallen Into suc.lt an «rror. 1'
do not speak to the mere partisan f but to
those vd,o have honesty fallen into thlset-
tor, 1 would say, that 1 went to Miiledge-
ville, not seeking but declining ofAce; that
I rcsistod the repeated urgencies of much
respected friends on this subject while
there, and have continued, and shall con-
timm to do so, under a sense of my duly to
myself, and with a proper regard to what 1
owe to the Sltitg. 1 had, therefore, no mo
tive lortlns meanness. I will atltl that sittca
my return to Georgia, and especially
ingfor a renewal of the existing charter of deemed by that’resident to lie ♦iKujntor-1 tfiestune -villi o poiiRitifc or small gouge,
the Book, be begged to be indulged in mu? ised, nnd contrary to the understanding'fill the cavity with Dupont’s best gunpovv-
kmn a few explanatory remarks. With un- existing between tho Ameticanand ori- dcr, apply a match, and if the process is
hesitating frankness, lie wished it to be un tish government; that until the final nd-
durstoud by the Senate, by the good com- j justinent of the boundary question, affairs
ttioa wealth which it was alike his duty and
his pride to represent with fidelity on that
floor, and- by the people gonotaily, that
this application, at this time Imd been dis
properly executed, the corn will he blown
into ten thousand atoms !
should remain, on both sides, as they were
prior to its being referred lothc arbitration
of the King of the Notlieilauds. It fur
ther appears that the release of said pris-
Tlm following in communicated liy n worthy
and venerable member of the Friend's Society :
A SlVCOtAR SCRltrON.
.iiyjatuf.il
not exclusively,.by a desire lo preserve to : the P inside lit, comuMinicnt.eil liy Mr. Simpson, a few monthsbefore his death.
the nation the practical benefits of the in- i Bankhead to the Governor of New Bruns- | What I am gointg to relate, is but a sint-
t j stitu.iiun, the expediency of bringing it for- | wick. The correspondence evinces a imi- j pie story, and it is probable some of voir
couraged by him. Actuated mainly if i oners Was in consequence of a request of ; Drlivrrtd at fb-anlfurt, Turn.
~ luuimiinicat.ed by Mr. ! Simpson, a few months before
Milledgevillo, tny view* in relation to the ward lints early in the term of its incor- j tun) disposition to avoid unnecessary col- j in uy have heard me tell it before ; but it
will still remain firm, rynfiding iu GodjYo k Irom Martinique, in ballast, was j President have neither yielded, not been j poraliott, during a popular rcptMenta- I lision, atjd to maintain uninterrupted ilie Mias taken such possession of my mind,,
and the rectitude of their intentions, for charged with foreign tonnage duly; and j required to yield any thing on this subject. I lion in Congress, which must cease to ex-I friendly relations hilltorto existing. ,-We.ilmi 1 thought i would just drop it for
consolation, under the trials to which they j the Minister ol supposing that this j My political associates who were assent- j tst somo years before that term expires, and (have hoard of no recent 3ist tit Indices in j your consideration. When I was a young
his j on the o.ve of all tho excitement incident the disputed territet v, and presume that j man, there lived in our neighborhood a
may be exposed.” " | case came within the spirit of the law ol ( hied at Milledgeville, will sustaitt this
[Hero follow the names of over qlevett 1 1828, applied for llto return of duties.— j statement of facts when it shall meut their I to a great political movement, strtlck his
hundred' persons.] | 11 is application to this Department was , eye. _ . | mind as more than doubtful. He felt deep
Among the Boston signors, wo notice, ] referred to that of the Treasury for its j I think I Itnvo wrested from this calnm-
says the Boston Gazette, tint names.'of decision, winch, being unfavorable to the j ny its power to deceive. It ascribes to
of cent lenten, who have long been diftin- application of the Minister, was commit- j uni the consummate lolly of seeking to
gttislied for ilicir piety ami intelligent
wealth, honesty, public spirit, ail'd all llto
virtues which adorn the Christian rhnrac-
tor—lawyers, merchants, traders, and me
chanics, wlto have mucli at stake in the
community, and who, it is not loo much
tu say, would never feud their names to
■sustain an institution, the mflocnr.o ot
tyliich wus of a mischievous character.
nhiuled to him with the insurance that the , conciliate, by mingling with faint praise
case would be laid before Congress, that I reiterated and serious crimination. It
they might decide whether it was expedi- imputes to me this folly without any mo
tive; for I was not un adventurer inquest
of office, but a private individual declining
the pi offered confidence of my fellow cit
izens. it imputes this to me at u lime
when 1 was in the free and unrestrained
expression of my views and feelings lo-
enl to extend the provisions ol tho law to
vessels arriving iu ballast, with or without
a condition that a rccipiocs! extension
should he made in the ordinance to meet
the iinprdbubln ruse of tiny of our vessels
resorting to Ilie Islands without some car-
■ | go. I annex to this report copies of the | wards tho President, in relation to whom
There has Itaon no little speculation on I French ordinance, for the better under- 1 repeatedly declared I Imd uniliiug to cou-
thn subject of a Comet, that, it is suppos- . standing of (lie case, should you think it j coal, and nothing to yield. There is tnote-
ctl, will appear in the course of the pres- j proper to make it the foundation of ii com- , over something in the forco of truth itself
ent year. In presuming the annexed ex- -mflnication. 1 which will sustain the declaration 1 am a-
trnet on tho subject, wo would remark I have the honor, See. j bout to make; that if there be s huinilia-
llial it hits been a topic in Europe, and llto! Edward Livingston. ! dun from which more that) any oilier, my
people of France having boon somewliut ! ■■ judgement and my feelings would revolt it
ijarmed, llto French Philosophical Acad-! Mil. BERRIEN. would be the attempt by an act of mine,
en.y somo liino ago, caused calculations to j It will he soen, by a letter which we ! to deprecate the resentment or conciliate
l*o modo of llio subject, nod.published |i j ibis day ].y before onr readers, that this ■ 'j* 0 favor of the Presidest of the United
report io allay the alarm which lin’d seized ! gentleman'repels, in a becoming spirit, I Stales to me as nn individual, i will add,
the minds ot tho ignorant classes on jlto | ihc construction which has been given by j i"" 1 l should equally devise myself if inv
occasion. The result of tltoir calciila* | ij,e Globe, and the affiliated presses, to standing will.tho people qf Georgia, wlial-
tho speerlt which lie delivered in Milledgn- ever •* ,ni, . v be, had been preserved by any
Tlllo. Kiiow'incrns we do thnt ho consul- | concealment ol my views, or suppression
err-d the qneslioii between himself and i n, . v feelings, in relation io that person-
General Jackson to involve the tssuo of a S c ' Joun M’PllKM'ott litiitiutiN.
solicitude and apprehension, lest, iu the
progress of enquiry and ill the devclope-
nii'itt of views, under |irescnt circumstan
ces, it might be drawn into real or imagin
ed conflict with some higher, some more
favorite, some more immediate wish or
purpose of the American People.
And from such a conflict, wlial sincere
friend of litis useful establishment would
nut strive to save or rescure it by at least
a temporary forbearance and delay! Nev
ertheless, his conscious inexperience in the
hnuis ami contingencies of Legislation, in
spired a distrust ot his own judgement oil
tins preliminary point. The delorniinn-
tlte interchange of views embraced in this | Presbyterian, who was universally re-
correspondence, together with the cold ported to he a very liberal man, and un
weather and snow, will keen every thing I commonly upright iu his dealings. When
quiet u til the subject is difmitcly acted ; he had any ol the produce of his farm to
upon.—IS at. Amir. j dispose of lie made it nn invariable rule to
—— ! give good measure, over good, rut Iter
STEPHEN GIRARD. j mote than could lie required of him.—
We are indebted to u highly rstoeiwd ; One ef his friends observing his frequent-
friend for the following abstract from the ly doing so, questioned hint why he did
Will of the late STEPHEN GIRARD, j it—told him lie gave loo much, and said
Esquire. There is not perhaps, an in- : it could nut he to Itis advantage. Now
stance recorded in tho history of the ' my friends, mark the answer ol this good
world, ol a human being devoting such an j Presbyterian :—‘God Almighty has per—
immense amount of wealth, for the hone- j milled mo but one journey through the -
fit of Ins follow men, as the venerable do- ! world, and when gone, I cannot return to
lions went to show that nn sort of danger
was to bo apprehended on the approach of
this Comat. Tliu following we find iu u
paper Itcfore us. — Host on Ccutincl.
THE COMET.
Tho European papeis speak of a Com
et that will itp|>c:ir within 60,001) miles
of the Earth's orbit, Home limo in the
jfcor 1832. If llto earth should happen
to be in dial jiorlion of its orbit, nearest
the path of tho comet, in its approach to
vhc sun, they say its mm'mb will bo much
disturbed, mid serious consequences ntay
reasonably he apprehended. N. Lalande
has computed that comets may pass with
in JO,000 leagues without sensibly deran
ging the iiiniion of the earth. Tile Com
et of 1470 approached so near the raiili
as to increase ils periodical time upwards
of two days; atjjl had it* mass he n equal
to tlmt of the earth it is continued by La
Place, the earth's motion iu her orbit
Would ImVo been equally retarded, and
consequently have increased tliu length of
11to year unarly 49 hours. As no such ef
fect was produced tho distinguishing force
of llto comet was considered insensible.
The m iss of limcuiuot was 15,000 It part
less than tlmt of the earth. In 1454 the
inoitn wus eclipsed by a rotnot; which
must Itnvo passed within 200.000 miles of
the earth,,.,aud it is known that no effect
was produced Oy iu attractive force, either
on tltn oarth or moon The immense ve
locity of comols may ire a principal rea
son why they du nut sensibly affect the
motion of tho planets. That of 16,80 was
calculated by Newton to move at the rale
of 800,000 miles an hour, and Buybonu
obstived one at Polernto in 1670, wtiose
veloci'v bo computed to be equal to
2,500,000 miles au hour. The comet of
1-150 is best known to asttotioniers. Its
period is contputod to he about 75 years,
tho'igh front its motion being disturbed hv
the planets it is sometimes longer. It ap
peared m 1632 very bright; and >vus look
ed after with great anxiety in 1758 ;....but
Cloiroull determined front calculation that
it would not appear till April, 1759.
The increased length of its period lie
attributed to the influence of Jupiter uud
Saturn, near which it would pass. It ac
cordingly approached nearest llto sun on
the 121It of March, 1759- If ibis is the
cornel to which lltu European papers re
fer, it will not appear until 1334 or 5....
Thu distance of this cornet from the sun,
wlien in the extreme etui of its orbit, is
■ about 82,000,000 miles ; yet it returns re
gularly, mid its period liiishcon calculated
by'llte mathematician within 30 days
DUTIES IN FRENCH COLONIES.
The to.lowing message in writiug was
received from the President of the United
Stales,by Mr. Donelson, ills private Se
cretary, viz
ft (tllurig/ott. rill) D-r. 12,1831.
I transmit herewith for the information
of Congress a report of the Secretary of
Stale respecting tonnage duties, levied at
Alurtimq to and Gaud ilettpe,on American
vessels, and on French vessels from .hose
Islands to the United States.
ANDREW JACKSON,
truth or falsehood, wo believe him to he
incapable of the concession imputed to
him. Upon this subject, the letter be
fore us is explicit.— Georgian.
TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. !tV
From the beginning of the piesei t month
1 have been confined to my. room, and for
llto greater part of that time to my hud,
by a bilious and inflammatory fever. I
um still so, tinmen my fever has Intel mil-
tod. My physician had deemed it neces
sary to deny to me intercourse with my
IN SENATE.
Monthly, JunusryOlh, 1832. .
DANK OP Tun UNtrilD HIATUS.
Mr. Dallas presented It* following
memorial from the President, Directors,
and Company, of tho Bank at tho United
Stine):
'fit the Senate, and liuutte of Itejinscnlatieis of the
I nitial Slnlrs, in Congress assembled.
The meinunal of the President, Direc
tors, and Company of the Bank of the U
. niierl States, in the name ami in behalf of
friends, unit to keep from mu whatever tlm Stockholders of the Bank, rosjioclfully
might produce excitement. This system represents —
ceased bss given to the city of bis adoption,
lor tho laudable purpose of its improve-
tion of the parties interested, may be, nay 1 ment, and for tho melioration of the con-
must bo, wiser and betlei; and he could | iHtioh of its inhabitants,
no. but fee! strongly impressed by the re- j STEPHEN GIRARD’S WILL,
collection that the Legislature of Penn- Givos |0 , /|c p cu „„ /h , wlia Hospital,
avlt/Misi:* rue/in 11v tuin in nlfpirt- iinnnt. ' *' • ..
tin annuity ol
whom be sets
, .... . „ | free, $30,000
therefore willing, ns be was virtually an T(J fbe A lum f)f Uu Uc(lf
instructed agent, in promoting to the ex- nnd Dam ? J J 2 0,000
lentot Ins bumble ability, an object winch ( To , /(t 0/(a „ A h
however dangerously toned tts introduction , Tq , /(C Controllers of the
iiwtnit seem, Wits in itself, as he conceived, j ^ s c j l00 i s
■ | i r,' . • | I V U3 IU I fIC K Itltre'/f I/I
Bylv*niri, recently, and in citect. imam- . . .. m
J » . * * iji i p j subject to the ttaviiicui ol
mousiy, had recommended tho renewal of J i* c r.
.to charter of this Bank. He became!® 200 10 a sIi,VC<
ecltfy mistakes.’ Think of this friends:
hut one journey through the world—ihra
hours that are |>ast, are gone forever; and
the actions in those hours tiro nevoi to bo
recalled. 1 do not throw it out as trcliai gr 1 ,
nor mean to imply that any o^you aro
disliorest; hut the words of this good''
Presbyterian Imvo often impressed" tny
mind, mid I think in nn itistrttctivo oian-
ner. But one journey thronglt the world!
wc are allowed but onejournoy; tharefurc
Pith-
is m leuclli I't'laxed, and letters from
Washiligion, wltir.li were rereived lo-day
and vesler lay, have announced to me the
fact, tlitil I lime been, during my confine
ment, the object of n foul nnd biting cnlttni-
A certain degree of evidence' has been
obtained for this calumny, by resorting to
the despicable artifice of giving extensive
mid early cirrid.iiion to a mere extract
from the speech delivered by me hi MiI-
ledgcvillc—and by the suppression of tlmt
part of it, which would entirely have
changed llto character of the pnl>lisliorl ex
tract. ] have not the physical ability fee
a labored vindication, oven if the occa
sion called for it ; which I think it does
not. ! shall be brief; for mv rase is sim
ply stated. I may have eircd in my es
timate of what is just, liberal, and mag
nanimous in relation to a political adversa
ry—bat 1 am incapable of truckling to any
urm.
I prefaced tiro allusion to the dissolution
of the cabinet, by llto declaration, certain
Iv not complimentary to the President,
that mv retirement from the public ser
vice, was the result of a sense of duly. In
reference to this event, I used this I m-
gunge— 11 a just sense of self respect—of
which is duo to the cause of public morals
—to your most sacred rights—10 the sanc
tity of rlomestic life—anil to those house
hold iiflcction* which constitute tit once,
the charm and safeguard of society, will
forbid mo to retrace a step which I have
taken—to alter a sentiment which I have
avowed.” I stood before that company
by this declaration in the very act of re-as
serting every statement contained in my
two addresses to the public—re-establish
ing ibeir position—ro-tstth iniug their sen
timents—and renewing the declaration of
my determination to vielil nothing in rela
tion to rklier. Now let nnv molt ask him
self what are the sentiments repressed, the
views eihihited by these addresses con
cerning tho President of the United
Stales. Let hint remember that 1 bad just
re-asserted them in their whole eiieni; anil
then let him make one further reflection.
If it had boon my object to conciliate the
President, tvhnt could Imvo tempted me
thus deliberately to throw in bis face these
offensive addresses which so fur fromqiro-
pleating must necessarily have vxaspera-
| ted him.
The Message was read, and on motion ! . . ,hlls ? nnoune « J , mv I"™*
- - . ' bioil follow citizens, that tho ivUti.nis
which ti e events of the summer hatl^rrea-
Tb.it llto charter ol the Buik being •-
bout to expire, on Ilie 4: It .of March 1836,
your memorialists ilt-em it tin ii duty to in
vite tho attention of Congress to its re
newal.
The genera! considerations which caused
the establishment of the Bank, the man
ner in which it has executed the duties as
signed to it, rind the reasons which re
commend its continuance, your memorial
ists forbear to discuss, since of lltesu sub
jects, your honorable bodies are more com
petent nud appropriate ' judges. They
will therefore merely state the views
which induce their application at this
time.
Unless the question is decided by the
present Congress, no definite action upon
it can be expected until within two years
of the expiration of the CJiarier—a pel i-
od before which, m the opinion of your
memorialists, it is highly expedient, not
merely in refervnro to the institution it
self, hot to tho more iinptirtunt interests ol
tho nation, that the detot initiation of Con
gress should be known, independently
of the influence which it necessarily exerci
ses over the state of the currency,by which
all the pecuniary transactions of tliu com
munity ate regulated, its own immediate
operations are connected intimately with
the local business of almost even soctio
entitled in every consideration and favor.
Mr. D. concluded by moving that the
memorial be read, and bo referred to a
Select Committee of fivo in inimbor, nnd
that the Conuniiten have power to scud
for petsoas and papers.
The memorial having been read, and
the reforeuce ngrecd to.
Mr. Dallas moved that the appoint
ment of the Committee he postponed till
lu-niorrow.
Mr. Bril said he was not aware of any
reason for the postponement j and as noue
had been assigned for it, lie could perceive
no |>roprioty in the postponement. It
would, also, he a thing unprecedented in
the Senate; and unless some reasons were
I adduced in favor uf the postponement, lio
shoflld prefer that Hie Senate should, ac-
ordiug to its usage, procee.* at unco to the
the appointment of the committee.
The question being pul on the post
ponement, it was negatived. Ayes 15,
lines 24.
The Senate then proceeded to Indict
for the Committee, and the following gen
tlemen were chosen to compose it,V'z: Mr.
Dallas, 'Mr. Webster, Mr. Ewing, Mr.
Hayne, and Mr. Johnston.
10,000
10,000
10,000
20,000
120,000
4,000
Succour iu the Poles:—Tho following
letter from General Lafayette, ot 29'h
October, acknowledges, as will be seen,
the receipt of the money colloctcd here
fur the Poles, and transmitted hv Mr.
James G. King.—N. F. American.
Paris, Oct. 20th, 1831.
Mi/ dear Sir :—! have received ilto
proceedings of the meeting held on the
5lh September, fur the relief of the Polus,
also the twenty thousand francs, and
twelve hundred and seventy one francs
which you have been pleased to transmit.
The proceeding cotthl not but excite
warm feelings of patriotic pride and per
sonal gratitude ; the money and till oilier
supplies we may receive from American
si mpuihy, will be of greatest importance
for the relief of refugees from that heroic
e , ,, - , c ... • . : country, who are determined never to
>f the United Slit eg, with the commercial . .. . . ,
1 siilimit to tho Hussein desy.it.
of Mr. Gnmbceh'iig, was referred to the
Commit lee ofCoininerce.
REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF
STATE.
Ihyt »f Stale, Washington. Dee. 17. 1831.
To tlis President of the Uuited States.
Sir—OntheRtll Mat, 1828, an act
was passed entitled un act regulating Coni-
r.terciul intercourse with die Islands of
M-otiuique and Goud.doupo, by which it
was enacted ** that all French vessels coin
ing directly from the 1st mils of Martin
ique nud Uuadaloupe, and laden with Hrh-
ties, the growth oi m umficiureofeither of
said Islands, ami which are pcimiltod to he
exported therefrom in American vessels,
msv be admitted into the port* of the U-
nited States, on the payment of no higher
duties on, loan ige, or ou their cargoes,
thrill are iii«po.->u>l on Aniencau vessels.
toil between ibo President and myself,
were to remain unchanged; having estab
lished, ns l sutqiosed, nn intopcrnble hnr-
rier between us, I lliought I bail plneeil
myself in u position l,> disclaim for myself
ihiv private complaints, or personal resent
ment*, ami to announce mv determination
to tive continued stqqiort to those meas
ures uf bis ndiuinisiratton, in which ( have
heretofore concurred. I thought I could
do tlris without tho possibih' v of being lia
ble to the imputation of having been in
fluenced bv unv unworthy motive. In
this I was deceived,— I was right, how
ever, and I fenifessly appeal to tho public
to review its derision, I am free Io con
fess iliiit the conviction is deeply humilin-
j ting—-llial^iMiv portion of the American
intorcluiiiges between the several States,
and the intercourse of thejji tdl with for
eign nations.
Of the value tu tltn community, of the
system which, after long and anxious e(-
forls, anil u( groat pecuniary sacrifices,
yotir memorialists have a; length succeed
ed in establishing, it is not for them to
speak; tlieic more immediate purpose is to
represent, ns they do most respectfully,
tlmt the continuance or destruction of that
system, tbits w idely diffused through till the
avenues of the pioihidivo industry of ilie
country, affecting all the relations of public
revenue and private income, and coutii-
buttng to give stability to all the rewards ot
labor, is an object of general solicitude.—
If, satisfied with the practical operations of
(lie institution, yiuu honorable body shall
deem it worthy of commit nice, it seems
expedient to relieve the country, ns sunn
as may rottsisl with mature deliberation,
from the uncertainly in which all private
transactions,and tdl public improvements,
dependent on ilia future condition of the
currency, ami nnmunt . f capital disposa
ble for those objects, must necessarily be
involved until voar decision is known. It
on the Ollier hand, the wisdom of Con
gress shall del"i mine that the Bilik must
cease io exist, it is still more impoitmu,
that the country should begin out ly to pre
pare, for tho expected change, and that
the institution should have as much tun
as possible to exacute the duty, always
very delicate nnd difficult one, ef aiding
the community to seek new channel* ot l>'t-
siness, and, liy gradual old gentle move
ments, to press with the least iuconveni-
j euee ou 'he great interests connected w.'b it
Having requested the gentlemen of
the first committee, w ho are still in town,
to bear my communication on the subject,
I beg leave to wait the departure ot the
next packet to have the honor to write to
the New York committee. Be pleased
in the meanw hile to offer to them my af
fectionate thanks and highest respects,
must Iruelv and affectionately, vonr fiiend’
LAFAYETTE.
P. S. I have received a sum of aionev
and a veiy excellent letter from my be
loved young friends of the Westpoinl
To the Citi) Corporation, to
be invested, and tite interest to
beappliedumiuully in the pur
chase of wood for the poor,
To the Society of Ship Mas
ters,
Xp the Free Masons' Lodge,
For a School to be erected in
tite township of Passyuiik, for
jioor while children,
Sundry Legacies to individuals,
amounting to
Several annuities amounting to
about
To the City of Xcw Oi leans,
1000 acres of improved Land
in the territory of Mississippi,
i One-third of 207,0(X) acres uf
i unimproved Lund in the same
territory.
To the City jf Philadelphia the
remaining tton-thirds of ho
said unimproved lauds. [This
lull', is saitl to lie now worth
500,000 dollars.]
To the City of Philadelphia
Stork in the Schuylkill Nav
igation Company, 110,000
[w-or’li in the market consid
erably more tliau this sum ]
For a College tot poor white
male children and its proper
endowments, the sum of 2,000,000
To the City iif Philadelphia,
for certain city improvements,
to he invustml, and the inter
est to he annually applied, 500,000
All his remaining estate, real
and personal, (no part of tho
real estate to be sold) is to bo
aiqdied as follows :—in fur
ther aid of said College—im- .
provements of the City and
in relief of llto faxes.— This
estate is very large, but not
yet valued.
To the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, to be applied
to Internal Improvements by
Canals, provided the Legis
lature shall, within one year
from Stephen Girard’s de
cease, pass laws authorizing
llto City of I’hil idulphia lo
make the intended improv-
moms—otherwise to the U-
nited Slates for the same ob-
jert,
let none of us say, ‘My tongue is my bwn,
I’ll talk what I please—my timo is my
own, I’ll go where 1 please—I can go Its
meeting, or, if tho world calls me, I’ll
stay el home.’ Now, this won’t do, friends.
It is as impossible fonts to live as wc list,
and then come here to worship, as it ts
for a lump to burn without nil. It is ut
terly impossible. And I was thinking
what a droll composition man is lie "ts
a compound of hank notes, dollars, cents,
am] uewpupers ; and bringing, as it were,
6,000 '" u world on his bark, itc comes here to
perform worship, or at least to have it ttjtv
pear so. Now, friends, I jnsi drop it be-
•ore we pari, for your consideration.—
Let oncli one try himself, and see how it V
is with Itis own soul.
The above was a man of eccentric char
acter, esteemed a sound Minister of the
Gospel, a worthy member of the Society
»l friends or quakers. Though there
was much singularity in his cmnmunicn-
lion and deporWritot, ho appeared to he
himself and no ntftn’s ropy.
Ph Had. pa/rrr.
300,000
The movements in Virgini.. and Mary
land, in relation to the colored popula
tion, have excited the attention of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, some members
Academy, also two fine colors from fee of wl.tcli entertain the ep.nion, that re-
voting men of Boston, both of wind. I strict.vo enactments by Virginia and Mary-
shull acknowledge immediately' after the > '!*'' wl " l'' r * , ' !u l ce i '“ "'Creased emigration
American meeting I have requested to !““■«* colored persons from this Slate
ex......tie will, me, what is best lo do, io m.o Pem.sylvama.
the present circumstances, for the relief ol
the sons of Poland.
To James G. King.
.Xurthcastcrn Pound ary.—The folloiv-
Tlto following preamble and resolution
have been introduced into llto bouse of
delegates of Pennsylvania, by Mr. Vun-
saill:
Whereas the States of Virginia und
Sir Isaac Newton —Dr. Brewster hits
lately written the Life of the great New
ton, for the English Family Library.-.
Newton is stated to have been a posthu
mous child—his lather dying at the age of
96. The helpless infant thus ushered
into the world, was ol such tin extremely
diminutive size, and seemed of so perisha
ble a frame, that two it omen who word
sent to Lady Pakndiaiu’s -it North Willi
am, to bring some inediciito lo strengthen
him, did not expect to foul him alive ou
their return. Sir Isaac Newton told Mr.
Conduit, that he had of.en heard his
mother sav, that when lie was born hdwa»
so littlo that they might lt*.e put him into
a quart mug. S*> weak and so diminutive
was the being, whose fame yvas afterwards
destined pi fill the world—the foremost
man of all llio earth. . He was very Inat
tentive lo Itis studies and stood veev low
in the school; but a single spaik of honest
pride filed (he genius which was destined
to illuminate the world. The hoy who
was above him having one day given him
a severe kick upon Ids stomach, from
which ho suffered groaCptiin, Isaac labor
ed incessantly till he got above him iu feu
school, and from that time he ■ continued
lo t iso till ho yvas the head boy/ From
the habits ofainiliciiHpu which this incident
led him to form, the peculiar character of
his mind was s|»iedily displayed. During
tho hours of play, when the other boys
were oc-opieil rvith tlieir amusements, Ins
mind yvas engrossed with mechanical con
trivances, either in imitation of something
which lie had seen, or in execution of somo
origioii|r , oncepiioii of Ids own. . For this
purpose he jirovidefl himself with littlo
suivs, h.itrlrels, hammers, and nil sorts of
tools, yvliicli lie acquired the «rt of using
with singular dciteri.v. Tho principal
pieces of mechanism which liu thus cou-
strttcled yverca windmill, and ti carriage
put in motion liy the person yvho sat in it.
Such was the birth, and such yvas the first
dawning, of the greatest man that has ov
er lived in the tide of dines.— lipis. IF.
and oil la.c cogues impottcj in'American people, even though originally misled l>y
yesscls." Thia law tv«s pawed-in conse-. the garbled publicutiou of my address.
Under these impressions, they
fully request that iIip chat ter of tho Bank
may bo renewed.
B) order of die Boa <! of D- ectors;
N. BIDDLE, President.
Mr. D ill,is said, lb it Doing required to
present dns ifpcitnienl to llio Senate, pray-
ingnodee of die Cor.espondei.ee on ibis! Maryland me about tu pass some pent.,
subject, between the American and Bri-1 e.iHCtniemsfer tin. purpose ot expelling
tish authorities or their Agents, ns com- ! «!»»*»..to black population Iron, their rc
tnunicuted bv the President in obedience; Native bta.es amoon.tt.g to dm number
to n resolution of the Senate, is contained ! °» ls »- 0 °0, whereby Hie adjoining
in the New York Journal of Commerce States without some lo.mmrvatl.ng pro-
I consists of two letters from Mr. Van '>»"*}>? 1“". '»"?* >« overrun, by an ...-
Bure., to Gov. Smith of Maine, throe «•'* indolent, and depraved
from Mr. Livingston io die same, two population, most dangerous tu the peace-
iVoiii Mr. Livingston lo Mr. Bankhead, I ful l l « l,,s * uf our fellow citizens, and .end-
B. m-li Charge at Washington, lttree i me to tmde.mmo the fundamental prmc-
Ic.iti M'.'B inkliead. to Mr. Livingston, 11''** of the Repubbc-Tberefore, -
and three from Gov. Smith lo Mr. Liv- , That -he Committee on the
mgs' on, «id. accompanying documents. Judicial System be instructed to mq.t.re
l'lie whole presents nofe.ng n..tor.i.l, in i** 1 ** "F* Mpcdtoncy of passing a law to
addition to yvlh.t i» already known to tho protect the good cum* ns of.jus eomtnoH-
'restV'c.. • public. In . g od d„ Capture mid im- 1 health agautst the evils ar.sing from the
r ‘^- i--t - B.rii.has Hun.mweU ami: ein.gimmn of free blacks fiom other k tales
w «k» *.-lensem, hv tl.« jintc' Pennsylvania.
Mr.’L'
Neyv Br
jui-onmen
mb rs. ot M
author.ms - _
,. v ,, Gov. Sunlit, 'it-i tie-* - 1 Tho latest receipt for curing corns—
e.iags it SI hit ui, iv'ih Ii j perforate dm emu with n small gimblet or
occasion of the it. t-io, tvey. |bu.'iitg_bt : llitn enlargo the lower part oft ibc^est and bane.
tngs.on w.
lection on
ware the
Character.— In society, character is tho
first, second, and the ultimate quality. A
turn, is never ruined yvho has not lost his
character, rvhilo lie yvho Inis lost bis char
acter, whatever he bis position is ruined as
to moral and useful purposes. Envy mid
calumny will tolloyv a man’s success liktT
Itis sl.ndoyv; but they will bo powerless, if
be is tree to himself, and relies on Ids un
live energies to beat or live diem down
Virtues may be, misrepresented, but thev
are virtues still; and iu vain will an indus
trious man be called un idler; a wiso mann
fool; a prudent man a spendthrift; a perse
vering man a changeling; or hi. honest
man a knavo. The qualities are inher
ent, and cannot be removed by words, ex
cept by a man’s orvn consent. At the same
lime ail calumniators, il.ricp delected
ought to be banished ns criminals, unwor
thy of 1I.6 benefits of’tlio society, of which,
however powerless, they endeavour to Im