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fcniIONICLK AND SENTINEL,
I .Moutl;iy Mnriiiilg, Siqilcmlier 10. 1
STATE RIGHTS TICKET
•&; POll COXOUKBS.
P WM. O. DAWSON,
Rj U. W. HAUEUSHAM,
P .1 C ALFORD,
m \V. T. COLQUITT,
SI E. A. NISBET,
m MARK A. COOPER,
V THOMAS BUTLER KING,
M EDWARD .1- BLACK,
B LOTT WARREN.
Hu our paper to-day, will he found the letter of
■ward J. Black, Esq., one of the Stale Rights ;
■ululates for Congress, in reply to the Franklin
Hi Taliaferro enquiries. His position may he
Hunted up in a few words :
lle is opposed to Van Huron, Clay, V eh-
B, ami Harrison for the Presidency, and will
neither of them. He will support Gov.
H>up or sonic olher man identified with us in
feelings, and interest.
He believes a National Bank to bo un-
and for that reason inexpedient >
no decisive opinion as to the expe-
of such an insulation, provided His con-
scruples were retnoved.
BBd. He is in favor of abandoning the use of
■Hits us the fiscal agents ofthe Government,
■is opposed to the exaction of specie in pay-
Kit of Government dues.
lastly ; he considers all these questions as
in importance to the great principle
■the Stale Rights parly, and no teste in the
election.
■ is co.liiiuly true that a majority of the Sta'e
parly of Georgia have always opposed a
■ Bank on (he ground of its uuconstitution.
hut it is equally true that it has never been
by that party a teste question. In 1834,
■n.hc principles ot .he party had been just
jHuuly re-proclaimed by a convention at Mil-
the parly with great unanimity and
fulness nominated and supported Mr. Wilde
|H^ on B rcss ) with the recorded fact before them
he had voted for the charter of the late Bank
and mote recently lor its re.chatter in
He not only believed it constitutional,
and yclhe received the highest
■us the parly for Congress. On the same
■ct. at tl> c same time, and supported with al
■k the same unanimity, was the name of Col.
■appell, who was universally known to he in
Hr of a H. S. Bank. These facts show that
in the days of its strictest scrutiny into
■ opinions of its candidates never made this a
■e question, hut with a magnanimity charac-
a parly formed upon paramount princi
to apply the bed of Procrustes to the
of its members upon subjects of secon
importance.—lt is known to our readers
■ upon the question of a national Bank we
different views from Mr. Black, yet we
■'lot refrain front expressing our gratification
■he conciliatory lone of his letter. He is ccr
■>>' not a Bub-Treasury man in its most ohjee-
lionablc form, for he distinctly opposes the specie
clause,w ithout which Mr. Calhoun himself voted
against the hill, denouncing it as a “farce,” and
without which Mr. Pickens spoke of it in the
most contemptuous manner, as an “emasculated
thing.”
We arc more than gratified at that portion of
the letter in which Mi. IJlack says that the Sub
-1 reasury is not a teste question among our friends
in his section of the country. It is an erneat
that the watch word of the parly will be "the
ticket. 1 the whole ticket!!” So let it be
every where, for while our candidates will stand
I before the people as men capable of thinking for
j themselves,and not the mere machines and hacks
■ °1 party, it will show to the world that the State
j Rights parly is not to be driven or deluded into
a foolish sacrifice of itself and its principles, by
every mushroom question which may spring up.
A New Line ofPackets between Savannah
and New York.
M e arc pleased to learn, says the Savannah
Georgian, that some of our enterprising mer
chants contemplate in conjunction with some of
their mercantile brethren of the city of New York
the establishment of a new line of packets be.
tween the two places. 'J’bo line will consist of
six fast sailing, first rale hermaphrodite brigs. It
is to be called the Schooner Line, to designate it
from the Prig Line already in existence. Thus
wo perceive, our merchants arc preparing grcate r
facilities to meet the increasing business of our
city. When this line is put into operation, which
we learn it will bo during the present season, we
shall have four lines of packets between New
Vork and this place; two ship lines, one brig line,
and one schooner line. The number of vessels
in these four lines will be twelve ships, six brigs,
and six schooners, in all Iwenly.-four first rate
vessels in their respective classes. Go ahead •
As young Rapid says “keep moving.”
Health of the Cities
In New York, during the week ending on the
Ist, (hciewcre 218 deaths.
In Philadelphia, during the same week, there
were 118 deaths.
In Baltimore, same week, there wore 73 deaths
Wheat was selling at Maysville, Ky. on the
30th ult. at 05 cents per bushel. The Kentucky
crop is said to be better this year, both in quality
and quantity, than for ten years past.
The Louisville Journal notices the receipt of a
letter from a farmer in the valley of Harroil’s
creek, which stales that the results ot the Wheat
harvest, in all the region around him, have great
ly disappointed the anticipations of the farmers.
He says, that the yield was less by one fourth,
and in some instances, by one third, than was
expected from the indications, previous to the
harvest.
Thomas .1. Sutherland, the Canadian Patriot,
who Wild emilpnoa.l 1., La Luni..Lc.l to Xo.w SuUltt
Wales, has been unconditionally liberated, on the
ground of his arrest and trial being illegal.
Lincoln tox, Septembers, IB3S.
Mr. Jones will please publish the following
ticket of the Stale Rights parly of Lincoln
county.
Senate.
PETER LAMAR.
Rep rcsen I alive s.
ELI EL LOCKHART,
CHARLES STATHEM.
From the New Turk Whig, September 4.
The Secretary of the Treasury has published
the monthly statement of the condition of the
Sub-Treasury Rank. Here it is ;
Treasury Department , Sept. 1, 1.138.
The whole amount of Treasury Notes author
ized by the Act of October 13, 1817, having been
issued, viz : $10,000,000 00
And there having been redeem
ed of them about 7,350,000 00
'i'ltc now emissions made in
place of those under the Act
of May 13, 1838, have been 5,574,310 01
There have been redeemed of
those last about 100,000 00
This leaves a balance of all out>
standing equal to otdy about $8,087,310 01
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. Woodbury also advertises that the Treasu
ry notes outstanding will bo redeemed. WhSla
wonderful condescension on bis part! Wo pre
sume that the redemption is to be made with the
money illegally extorted from the merchants’
pockets at the New York Custom House. But
hetc is this extraordinary document. Read and
stare.
Treasury Department, Sept. 1, 1838.
Notice is hereby given, that the outstanding
Treasury notes issued in pursuance of the Acts
of Gong-ess of the 13th October, 1837, and the
Act additional thereto, will bo paid agreeably to
their tenour, on presentment ai the Treasury of
the United Stales, whenever they fall due.
Each parcel ol notes offered for payment,
should bo accompanied by a schedule, showing
the dales and sums of the several notes, with the
rate of interest thereon.
Holders of Treasury notes, to whom it may be
more convenient to have the amount duo upon
the same made available at either of tho Ports of
Entry or Land Offices, arc informed that all
Collectors and Receivers of Public Money will
continue to receive them, and allow the principal
and interest due thereon, in payments for lands
and customs.
Those who may not wish to use the notes in
payments to the United Stales, nor find it con
venient to take the amount due on them at tho
Treasury, will Tie accommodated with drafts
therefor, payable at their places of residence,
whenever it is found to he practicable.
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Wo learn that the Arkansas loan of two mil
lions of dollars for the Real Estate Bank has
been taken. Half a million of it was negotiated
by the Secretary of the Treasury with the Smith
son fund through Mr. Beers’ Bank. This is the
beginning of the political influence that more
than a month since we predicted would be brought
to beat on this concern. Wo now make another
prediction, and beg our readers to bear it in mind.
Ere six months roll round, the JVnrth .American
Trust and Hanking Company -will he the pet
of Mr. Van Horen's government. The balance
of the Atkatisas loan, it is said, was taken to day
c at 4 percent, premium. It is further said tha
d the North American Trust Company look tin
() million loan of the State of Arkansas for 103 or
To morrow, (Tuesday, the -lib instant,) tin
r hooks of the Pearl street Dealers’ Bank are open
d od. Wo hope the slock will ho promptly laker
to n large amount. It will ho u capital chanci
f lor valuable investment of money.
The share market to day was rather hotter lltar
on Saturday. No U. S. Bank stock sold. Wt
s give the closing prices below. Six per cent
t Treasury notes Klllj.
From the-Nem York Whig of the sth.
money Market.
I lie hanks ol this city have determined to cut
r short the system of loaning money on deposits ol
3 southern and southwestern funds. This residus
lion has created a lightness in the money market,
\\ hen applied to for loans on this description of
’ security, the ■borrowers are told that they must
.sell their non-hanking funds in other quarters.
1 his is all lair enough. 'The carrying into exe
cution, however, of this policy resolutely will cl
i ,cct tho market very materially for some tiare to
come. It will put a serious check to speculations
and harrass those houses which are endeavoring
to recover from the shock they received in the late
crisis. But the cure of the disease under which
tha body commercial has so long been laboring
must come sooner or later. Perhaps we shall
not he better prepared to undergo the operation ot
llie necessary medicines than we are at present.
Ihe miserable policy of the government has
struck deeper than we imagined. How far it has
gone, time alone can show.
There was some activity today in Alabama
funds. The price was steady at 8 per cent dis.
count. Mississippi was heavy at 10-J, so large
i* the amount of this slate’s money in market.
Western exchanges arc much hotter, and more
was done in them this morning than usual. The
stock market was extremely flat. The sales were
confined to very few securities, and with the ex
ception of Harlem, all sorts fell off. No United
Slates Bank slock sold.
From the N. Y. Courier ty Enipurer of the sth.
f<ntcr from Liverpool.
The ship Susannah Camming, Capt. Sailor,
arrived at Portsmouth N. H. from Liverpool, on
Monday last, and brings papers from that port of
the 26th July, being two days later than we had
previously received by the George Washington ;
little news of importance, however, is contained
in the extracts given troin these papers, and we
therefore coniine ourselves to the following items ;
It was generally staled in and about the House
of commons, that the present session would not
conclude until the 20th of August. If so, the two
houses will have continued in session lor nearly
nine months.
A hill to regulate a Lighthouse at Gibraltar,
has passed the Commons, and a clause charging
one shilling on every ship which passed that place,
and which was objected toby Mr. Hume and otlu’
ers, on the ground that the expense of collecting
would he more than the money received was re.
tained by a majority of 70.
The splendid portrait of her Majesty, painted
by Sully, for St. George’s Society, of Phtladel
phia, (said in the Lnglish papers to have been
painted lor the American Government) was to
be exhibited at Liverpool.
* ihe 1 emperance Society of Liverpool and
neighborhood, held, as usual, their annual festival
doling the race week in July. On die lust day
all the societies walked in procession. The men
wore sashes, rosettes, and medals, and innumenu
inn Handsome and fanciful hann«t.. „. 0 , 0 t„,„ e
by members of the different societies.
Letters have been received at Paris, via New
London, Connecticut, from Capt. d’Urvi/le, com
manding the Aslruhalo, which sailed in company
with the Zelcc from Toulon last September, on
a voyage of discovery in the Pacific Ocean.—
The letters were carried to New London, and
thence forwarded to their destination by Capt.
Lawton, ol the whale ship Macdonough, who
found them in a post office established by Capt.
d’Urville, at Port Famine, a desert place, in the
Straits of Magellen. 'Fhc post ojftce was a box
set on a pole, containing the letters and a request
to have them forwarded to Europe or the United
Stales. Several letters for England were also
received by the same post. Capt. d’Urville ar
rived at Port Famine on the 25th December last.
The St. George’s Company’s steam ship Tiger,
has made the passage from Hull to Hamburgh,
in the short space of 35j hours;
From the N. O. Merchants Transcript, nj the sth.
On Monday last the Presidents of our different
hanks met to discuss again the all absorbing ques
tion of a resumption of specie payments; it is
understood that they *onlinucd in their determi
nation to resume on the Ist January next, provi
ded, “the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania would
furnish a circulating medium,” hut, as yet Mr.
Biddle (though it is now nearly three months
since their application to him) has nut yet given
them any hopes of acceding to their request.
There is a great difference of opinion between
the directions of certain of the banks and that of
those recently created, not only as to the expudi
cncy of the measure, hut also as to the ability of
the institutions to resume; the former seem anx
ious to redeem their promises to the public, if
they could do so being compelled, for
their own security, to assume a largo amount of
tire paper of the corporations whose issues (espe
cially the skeleton hanks) are excessive; and the
latter fearful of unpleasant consequences in case
the specie banks do not assist thorn, are desirous
of continuing lire paper currency. Thus mutters
stand—
Li the mean lime the all powerful voice of an
indulgent community is heard crying aloud for
1 long expected justice—our citizens are becoming
restive under the inequality of the exchanges be
tween this and the north, and are demanding' relief.
Besides all this petitions arc heinggot up pray
ing the Legislature, which is to assemble the first
week in January, to compel, if necessary, a re
sumption.
From the N. U. Picayune, September ilh.
Fires.
On Sunday morning, between one and two
o’clock, a (ire broke out at Miller’s saw mill, some
two or lltrce miles below Canal street. —An im
mense quantity of lumber was destroyed. The
loss, wc understand, is from $20,000 to $30,000
—but whether there was any insurance, or to
what amount, we could not learn.
Notwithstanding the great distance, our lire
companies, with their usual alacrity, were on the
ground ; and while they were at the very out
skirts of the city in a downward direction, aunt It
er fire broke out in the upper part, at the corner
of Hi. Charles and Julia, in a parcel of small
frame warehouses, principally occupied fir the
storage of hay, lime, &c. This the iiromen also
visited—so that they bad a pretty hard night’s
service. The loss at the latter fire wo did not
hear estimated—but wo believe it was inconsider
able. In both instances the fire was supposed to
have been the work of incendiaries.
At the same time of the above mentioned fires,
an attempt was made upon a house in Circus
street, belonging to W. F. C. Duple: is, E «i.
Great pains had been taken in the arrangement
of combustible materials ; hut fortunately the rain
was so great us to extinguish the brands.
»t 7 Mr. 15!ii«k’s Letter.
~ Bcnivtix County, Ang. 25, 1838.
ir To A, E. Whitten, Esq. and others, n Com
i- millee ot the citizens of Franklin County, mid
Simpson Fonche, J. 11. 15. Shackleford, Esq*,
and others, citizens of Taliaferro County
n Gentlemen :It gives mo great pleasure to
e answer the questions you have propounded for
*• my consideration, and which have heen ad
dressed to mo by letter, and through the nows
papers. The Resolutions enclosed tome
Irom Franklin County, calls upon each Can
, didaio for Congress, in the Slate of Georgia
f for Ins opinion relative to the constitutionality
„ ai "l expediency of establishing aU. Slates
iiank, and to express their “ choice ” for the
J next President between Van Huron, Clay,
, Webster,and Harrison; the citizens desire to
be informed whether I am for, o>- against, the
. separation of Government from all connection
\vitli Paulis, and if that question bo answered
, in the negative, then whether lain for or
» against the establishment of a National Hank,
: or tor or against the re-organization of the Pet
i Punk scheme. For the convenience of all
parties concerned, I bug leave to reply to both
■ these communications at once, mid to pro-
I mulgnto my answers through the press, as the
i best possible means of conveying to the voters
of Georgia, all the information in relation to
1 the opinions of one of the Candidates for
Congress, necossa'y to a correct and patriotic
exercise ol the elective franchise. This, 1
do more readily, because I have ever conten
ded, as I yet do, tor the right of instruction
and consequently for the right of the people
to be fully informed as to the views and opin
ions of those who are offered for thoir suffra
ges.
1 am asked then, to make known mv ‘choice’
for the next President between Van Pnren,
Clay', Webster, and Harrison ; —being a Slate
flights man, and accustomed from the earliest
period ol my political career, to look to the
principles of Thomas Jefferson as lire only
true creed in politics, I of course can have
no choice between the individuals above pro
posed.
Mr. Van Pnren is a recorded advocate for i
free negro suffrage—admits the right ot Con- i
gross to abolish slavery in the District of Col- i
unibia, and loaves us no safe-guard for our I
domestic institutions, Int bis promised veto, i
He voted against, the Tariff, mid made a i
speech in favor of it—he was an advocate for i
the Proclamation and Force Pill—heapprovs \
cd the removal of the deposits of public mon- t
ey in violation of existing laws—he advised i
and approved the Pet Pank system, to which r
•he State Rights party were unanimously op- i
posed; and last, not least, lie “paltered with i
us in a double sense” in relation to the rcino- <
val of our Indian population. j
Can it be seriously supposed, after this ;
statement ot laets, that Mr. Van Puren is my ,
choice for President'? If there are any ,
among us who can choose him with a full know- \
ledge of Ins political character all I have ,to i
say, is, they are much - more easily satisfied (
than 1 am. it is true ho is at this time favor- i
able to the establishment of an Independent
Treasury; but be lias been forced into that
position by the successful opposition ol the
Slate Rights party of the South, and the
WJ»*gfO .rftlui Vr.itl,, 1.10 I>_.t
tern, to winch be clung as long as there was
a ray of hope to animate him.
Shell ids temporary advocacy ofa single
abstract proposition, involving a quest innaa
much ot expediency as principle, out-weigh
the long list of political heresies with which
lie stands so justly chargeable ? Mo has had
one fair trial before the people of Georgia; his
friends wore then, us they now are, ‘‘moving '
heaven and earth to ensure Ins acceptance by !
the voters of this Slate; but after all that was
said in support of his pretensions to their fa- '
vor. they rejected his claims hy a triumphant
majority. Upon that occasion I contributed ]
nothing to bis support, for the reasons above
s'atcd and aware of no reformation in his
principles, or policy, since that time, I shall
be free to leave him to the support of those
who affect to admire the elevation of his po -
litical character, and his devotion to the rights
and interests of Georgia.
If genius and intellect of the highest order
if oratorical powers comparable to the ablest
efforts of ancient or modern times—if a free
and generous character in every thing person
al to himself were the only attributes and
qualifications necessary to constitute a wise,
just, and efficient magistrate, upon whom the
South as well as the West could rely lor the
protection oi lier Constitutional rights, 1 should
certainly select Henry Clay, in preference to
, almost any man, for the exalted station to
which ho aspires, lint fortunately there are
j. “dark spots on his sun,” which to the eyes of
a Southern man, educated in the strict tenets
■■ ot our political faith, must eclipse all his
. brightness, and obscure his effulgence. Ho
|- has been charged with advocating in a Con
vention of the people of Kentucky, and inure
. recently at a meeting of the Colonization >So
. ciety, the abolition of slavery—and the charge
s though publicly made, has never boon denied;
s he is the father of the so-called “American
System,”—the plain English of which is, he
i goes for a high protective tariff of discriminu
r ting duties. He has suggested a ‘ Fifty Mils
; lions National Pank” —ho approves the Prne
■ htmulicii and Force 15 11, and has lately boasted
■ in the Senate of the U. Slates, that “HE” had
- saved the necks of the Stale Rights men of
1 the South from Gen. Jackson’s snare and
- halter ! —He is a consolidalionist, and, if elect
ed to the office ho seeks, would do, as he has
dune, every thing in lus power to convert this
confederation of States into a spiended cen
tral, consolidated Government. Although a
’ Representative of the West his patriotism has
become so expansive of late, as to take into
its embrace ail sorts ofpeople, hankil.es, tatilf
j ites, consolidtttioiiiots, federalists, and all, —In
t short, he has no political interests or princi
ples m common with us, and we could not
. rationally expect him to side with us in any
. future contest that might unfortunately occur
. in relation to onr violated rights.
• For these reasons Henry day is not my
r “choice for President.” I admire him as a
I man of powerful and fascinating talents ; but,
! we must be wholly forgetful of wind, we have
’ been, and are, before we cun support birn lor
’ any office.
Daniel Webster is a g'aiit m intellect as in
Federalism. Glorying in the name and
> piiliciples ol the old Federal Party, be adheres
to them with a firmness of purpose, which,
’ while it elicits our admiration lor bis constan
cy, is by so means calculated to conciliate us
l , to his advancement. Me is so totally foreign
, to us m every view of-lhe case, that I do not I
believe he could gel ten votes in the Slate of j
Georgia for the Presidency. Os course I con
aider him out of ilio question.
As for Gen. Harrison, ho is not known in
t his section of the State as a Candidate lor the
executive and ifliu lias been occasionally
spoken of among us, it has been only as an
abolitionist, aud a man who would nut suit us
under any circumstances.
1 am aware, that in thus rejecting all the
names you have proposed, 1 will bo wrongful,
ly subjected to the uncharitable imputations of
some who won d he glad of any pretext of op.
position. It will be said by our opponents,
that 1 reject every body and everything —that
1 ani negatively captious,und have no choice.—
hucli, however, is not Hie fact. If you present
me with lour decided and acknowledged evils,
you surely will pardon me fur choosing neither
<>J them, hut rejecting all. If your question
had gone a step farther and asked who 1 would
support lor President, if 1 should reject all the
Candidates you offer, I could readily have giv
en you an unintuitive answer. I would vote
lor George lU. Troup, or any other man of
h s intellect and principles, for the highest
otlice in [ho gilt ol the people ; because m so
doing, I should nut only be voting loom man
o( confessed abilities, but in *,io appropriate
language uftho citizens ofTaliaferro, 1 should
he “sustaining one who had faithfully repre
sented our views and feelings,” and should
not he ‘•hazarding the total overthrow of those I
long cherished principles of politics and con- [
stitiitioniil construction, for which wo have so
zealously contended through evil, and tnrongli 1
good report.”
For my npinion relative to (ho questions of
Hank and Treasury, permit me to refer you
to the history of the Slate Rights Parly, ns
connected with that subject. That parly have
unilorinly, and almost nnaniniorsly, been op
posed to the creation of a U. Hiatus Rank up- i
on the constitutional ground —that Congress i
had no right to charter such an institution, t
They believed that as the Constitution con- i
tuined no grunt of power to the federal an- 1
lliorities to charter a Hank, the fact that the 1
power to pass acts of incorporation hy Con
gress, had been more than once proposed and
rejected in the Convention which framed that
instrument, was proof positive that the quoa- '
tiun had been lully considered, and decided in
tiie negative by those to whom the people
had entrusted the task of organizing the gone-
rn) government. They reluaed to legislate
into existence, a power which the law para- 1
mount of the land did not grant, and which ,
was expressly rejected by the Convention it
sell. Those, and other grounds of objection y
to a Hank having been again and again‘delibc- t
ralely resolved oy oim Legislature, and repea- ,
tudly sanctioned by the primary assemblies of i
the people, precludes at once the question of (
expediency. That, which is unconstitutional ,
is certainly inexpedient, at, least, to those who
are disposed to abide hy the Constitution “in i
spirit and m truth,” and to recognize it as the i
guaranty of their rigl Is and privileges. If t
that instrument should even he so amended as I
to grant to Congress power to pass acts of in
corporation, n may then very properly become
a question whether it is expedient to create
such an institution. Until such an amend-1
menl is made, 1 will not permit, myself toen-1
tertnin, even fur a moment, the question of
expediency, iu opposition to my cr>n.viniii,.ynj
Bcn,|»ies. Thu object to tic attained can never
aanelily the means.
'l'bo successful opposition of the State
Rights parly of Georgia to iho “JVt Hank
scheme” of Gen. Jackson Van Hu
ron, is ol too recent occurrence to demand
proof by reference, to t ie facts which trunspi
red at the time. Having participated in that
opposition, I entertain now, as J did then, a
settled repugnance to the ‘ scheme” ns one,
the signal failure of which, has proven con.
clusively, the truth of the many objections
which were urged against its adoption. JO van ;
its original authors have abandoned it ns incf- 1
licienl, and a vast majority of the people have 1
fully sustained our opposition. What course 1
remains then for us to pursue'! If we intend
to bo true to ourselves, and consistent with
our former professions, we must necessarily
advocate the adoption of an Independent
Trbasuhv. Having rejected a U. Slates
Hank as unconstitutional, and consequently,
as inexpedient— having repudiated the I 'ol
Bank system in all its bearings, we are no lon
ger at liberty to refuse a fair trial to that only
remaining plan of collecting and disbursing
the public revenue, which proposes to divorce
the Government from all connection with
Hanks, a« fiscal agents. While, however, 1
admit the general principle of divorcing the
Government from Hanks, I should insist upon
a satisfactory arrangement of the details of
the system, before 1 could give it, my support;
for that which might be a very acceptable “Hub
Treasury” to one man, mig.it be exceedingly
objectionable to me. J should vote not only
to sever the Government from Hanks, but I
should insist upon severing the Treasury, and
the appointment of its ollicers, from the hands
of the Executive. I would place the control
of the Treasury, and (he appointment and su.
porvisioti of those who are to administer its
a Hairs, in the hands of the House of Repre
sentatives. The members of that House are
elected at short intervals by the people—their
responsibility is more direct,and their connec
tion with the constituent body more immedi
ate than any other branch uftho general gov
ernment. To that, department too, the Con
stitution evidently looks as iho most appropri
ate agent to supervise the “ways and means”
of the people in their political capacity, when
it clothes it with exclusive power to originate
a revenue. 1 would also leave the govern
menl free to receive the bills of specie paying
Haiikij; for while I distinctly recognize gold
and silver only as money, and as the only cur*
rcncy known to the constitution, 1 do not think
I should be violating either the loiter nr spirit
ol that instrument, hy receiving the hills of
such hanks ns promptly paid specie, dollar for
dollar, at the will of the holder, I should look
upon such bills as the immediate representa-
Uvo of the precious molals—a.-rspecie certifi
cates, convertible with gold and silver, so long
as they were so in fad. I should receive thorn
not mailer of favour to the Hanks, hut of
■convenience to the government. I refer to
these particulars only to shew that thu gene
ral principle of the divorce is one thing, and
the details of any bill, establishing that prin
ciple, quite another, and equally important, if
not more so, as the original question.
I make this expos lion, thus m nuto’y, of
my views in relation to an Independent Trea
sury, purely in obedience to the call tioni
Franklin and Taliaferro, lor while wo look to
it. with sumo interest, in this? section ol ttie
Slate, as a que. lion of policy, involving the
I diiect violation of no fundamental principle,
j we do nut recognize it as a teste of political
purity. It i.s not permitted to interfere with
considerations of higher moment, or to oper
ate (o the exclusion of those who may hon
estly differ from us.
I have the honor to be,
very respectfully,
your follow-citizen,
\ EDWARD .1. BLACK.
IniDi tin New York Evening Star.
I.ate mill Important from Jamaica, W. I.
By the ship John VV. Cater. Gapt. Mcado. wo
have our Idea to August I3th, inclusive.
'i’he great Emancipation day for the slaves,
August Ist, passed off quietly at Kingston. The'
(■hurdles were crowded, and the negroes with but
lew exceptions, behaved themselves in an orderly
manner, though advised to excesses it is alleged
by the incendiary whiles. Among the fetes are
enumerated spectacles, bonfires, hull processions,
I :• " transparency in the evening on the parade,
winch is nut particularly described, and whieh
did not have the desired effect on the negroes,
who thus spoke of it;
‘ lit ! warm for show for we freedom on parade
—gallows. Warm dis—do nigger hab free, and
den put him on gallows I Ha! ha! ha! see Je
nngur—now him go get free, lice so true.”
Lieut. (•uvornor L. J, Doyle had previously
prepared the way for this pacific termination to
I the festivities by publishing a mild and friendly
j proclamation to the colored inhabitants, exhorting
l heiu to peaceful conduct and industry. Many
of them scorn to he under the illusion that with
their freedom the land of the planters also falls
into their possession. The total emancipation
Icll peculiarly hind on the poorer planters, whoso
existence depended on their llirco or four slaves.
Thu conduct at Falmouth of the Key. Messrs.
Knibb and lilyih, of the Baptist persuasion is
much censured for counselling the free negroes
Bom the pulpit to hold out lor high wages, when
it is known such seditious recommendation would
add to the ruin of the already impoverished plan
ter, and as a consequence bring down civil war
and misery upon black and while. Among other
anecdotes is related the following dialogue, over
heard between master and negro:
l i- I thought you were going to work to-days
A. Ves, niassa, wo been thought so too.
Q. When do you intend to turn out again;
work, then 1
A. Wo no know yet, massa—ham bye.
W- \\ by, it you do not soon 1 will not employ’
you again.
A. VV cno care a d n, massa t ’cause you 1
no employ mo. plenty else huckra will.
Congregated among many of his class, whir
laughed heartily at the apaarcnl Joke.
As one of the pernicious results of suddenly
letting loose the negro population it may be men.
Honed, that on the night of August 4th, three
days after the emancipation, a negro hoy aged
14, slabbed a little while child of Mr. Kinlbcrg,
cabinet maker ut Kingston, and in doing the
deed exclaimed excitingly, ‘-1 am now free !”
In most of the towns in the interior the news
is satisfactory, and the heed apprentices quietly
attended on the day ol their total emancipation
the various churches, all of them ultiicd hi their
best dresses.
Just blame is attached la those unprincipled
persons who wish to make harvest out of the
negroes by exciting their worst passions, Knibb,
the Baptist parson, is stated to have even recom
mended the total abandonment of cultivation on'
'be north side, rather than not obtain extortion,
ale wanes. While another Itaprr.i par..,,, named 1
VVliileborn, ut St. Andrews, is accused of using
the most fulsome compliments to the negroes
declaring them as free and refined and good as'
their neighbors, that all are gentlemen and ladies,-
cSi.c. We shall hear ol some rare amalgamations,
and dread the consequences which such seditious
conduct may lead to. One half his congregation'
were so disgusted that they left the Chapel.
Ibe Despatch says, one poor woman belonging
(t. o. who did belong) to Doctor Spad/ittg, cumo
to gel tier child christened. The Rev. Mr
asked the name of the child, and whore the
woman lived. She, poor woman, inadvertently
said massa Spalding. He, the parson, flew into’
sueh a rage ut the name massa, that (hero is lit.
tie doubt left, but the poor woman will remember
tlio jaubalion she received as long us she lives.
The negroes were flocking into Kingston to’
market with loads of fruits half ripe, to realize
something for themselves. The Governor is
accused ol favoring the incendiary Baptist prcach
ots, Taylor and i’hilippo, on the Busby I’ark
Estate, where disturbances had ensued in conse
quence of their interference, such as recommend
tug change of overseers, Ac. The despatch of
the bill says :
The disinclination of the negroes to labor has
become general. ’l’he account we have elsewhere
publish ’d front I’ort Royal is equally unfavorable'
as those from St. George’s, St. Dorothy’s, St.
John’s, St. Mary’s, Ac. Ac.
The residence of Miss Mary Hull at Union,-
had been destroyed by lire, supposed to be by
ibe negroes. At St. Andrews, the sable peasantry
struck for higher wages. The negroes at Port
Royal Mountains struck for 3s. and 4d. per day ;
and the women declare they will do nothing but
pick coffee. The consequence is that the whole
Island ol Jamaica remains uncultivated since
August Ist; ami if matters go on it must be a
waste like San Domingo. The preacher Knibb,
if all is true, threatens to revolutionize the Island
and make himself King of the negroes. At
Falmouth, he had 4000 negroes at his heels listen
ing to bis treasonable harangues, out of which;
100 of them formed his body guard, and thus
surrounded, he entered Falmouth in his carriage
as the (Jrand Jlgilalnr. The magistrates brought
him up, and ho defied them, saying that he l ad
10,000 negroes at bis command. The negroea
flocked around him at the Court House and call
ed him "massa parson.” This is the man; 100,
whom Kir Lionel Smyth delights to honor.
The accounts of damage done by the desertion
of the estates by the negroes, are distressing—
cattle destroyed, cane pieces, and coffee dropping
from tlio trees to rot on tho ground, Ac, Tbs
overseers anil domestics obliged to cook their
own meals. 'The Wesleyan and Moravian min
isters arc much praised for their good conduct.
Eclipse of the Sex.— A great Eclipse of tha
Sun, according to the American Almanac, will
lake place on tho 18th of the present month.—
The calculation, made lor the latitude of Boston,
state that it will commence at 27m. 325. after 3
o’clock in the afternoon and end at 56tn. 16s. af
ter 5. Tho Boston Advertiser says :
"Much diminution of tho light during the con
tinuance of the eclipse, is not to bo expected, but
a Very considerable depression of the thermome
ter will be noticed, and for balfan hotr the pow.
rr of a lens to produce combustion, by refracting
the solar rays, will he nearly if not wholly destroy
ed. h is, however, not impossible that tho plan
el Venus, notwithstanding her great distance from ««,
the earth, may he seen by the naked eye during
the greatest obscuration, ns she will then be seen
21° VV. INI. VV. of the Sun. Perhaps, also, soma
one of the following bright stirs may be discov
ered—Accuras high in the Southwest, Lyra in
the East, Allair rather low in tho Southeast, Spt
ca in the Southwest, Antarcs in the South. Tha
planets Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn, will be abo.v*
the horizon, but 100 near the Sun to ba |se«n.”