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'J'i> the lid tor cf the .*'■ u 1 ■ rsi I! •
I have seen i>■ (If )>-i -ci i ■ i.'■ ■■■■ • >‘ :
purport Hie In I(• l;ooi n i‘iiluht*l»>i 'lf <’> •- 1
Us Tttll.lll'lio C. >llll' V, HIJ I • 'I. ; “I I|"! SOM T.ll
gonllolncn \vln» me now ><!< * 'ln' | opii; j
i BMi’.Jaii s It.ir (, c.lo ii c vwr llie 10l
lowing (] i >slot.;
‘ls l . All \U: u: nr » ill' Jill cut n tjlHj
rnlion of the ipmcniiu i.t tiotn .i ■’ toi.ic ton
w.th Ban!;. 1 ?
2J. If li 11 above be iimwere i in Ihe if; a
live, llien n'cyoufor or nyaiiisl tin caliml ,-li
i non I of a Na ioaal l!i i■ ’ or,
:i.l. Arc yon lot ora-.'a'me n ilion .<
«>t llie I’d Hunk si'licine. 1 ”
In reply, pormil ine to ray 11.ri»n;yli your 1
pajff, llui I a ii I <r "an entire si'jfraliiei of
lee li iivi’i io ii ‘lit lr",;i *i I c 11 if /ii with -
1 tanks."
Ami a! 1 fli the !u ■ ipr , ■: . nr,• (• 11' I
in Ilf nbcrii >i .\ .*, I oil I mill iii 1 I i m i'|),f. |
i-nl to I he i•.•lab; •liiiienl of n \atun.;ii It ml;,
emi I Inn I <* iii i' jijioM'd in the i o.or r iti zli eu 1
ol- tin’ Pel I>ullk teheinc.
*]'!»:« tuimcr irf g.vcli w.ill Ihe ; i >{«• I
i' ft ifull,' .- , llm j ,;ti .my M'litum nt l».t\hee.i
already exjiri mm! (In.mi hi til’• l> iir.|Ml!>l oil
the Piirio liji'rt.
Very iCf jir I Cully,
.11 j NM IS HJi-kVKK 1
Atiiiinm, Any. y*»ili, l-s’l.'t.
(ii'iitlemi’ii: oir J«;tl< rol tin; H[|) ol ihii
uui'illl, iiccoill|mili(. , il liy ai■ >.ill mn adopted
I>y 1 In / ‘ iiuniliiT nC llm ml ./."iis nl J‘'>u.nkiill
v.i‘i iil v," (ins him'ii rc'M' v•;1 1, 'lml I n vail my "ll
<il' this, ■ In* cm In (ijijinr muJy, lo la jiuiiil to
it.
Tli" riM-iilulinii above referred' 10, •*iroc’M I
I hat “a com mil mo tit five he ii |i[ioiii Iml I i c ill I
iim each i■ ;i i j:1 1 1 1 ■ lor ('on oivs in llie N u'e j
•it (ii‘tirg:ii, lor llii'ir oin ii Jim s ii c'lve lo I ■ j
i onsl ll o'ion i, !y :im| c.vjied.rney ol i,lntll l s! i -
mg u United Soile., li.mli; a id I'nrtlier, that '
eaeli iiiiuilihilc lo 11 11 1 1 ■ I dto make Kiimvii
Ihe r chon e loi' the n > ' jiretodency, le U'.ecn
\ .mi Uiireii, (i uv, \\ I'ho'iT mid I larrisiiii.
Alt holly Ii Ihivc i .vjii.'seil my iijiimon iijmii 1
lio'll these mlj ■. 11l my ).,;•■ ,lo l!;r; (Mini. '
irnUee n( Ihe Union (Jtilivenlioii, I will lake 1
lhi« occasion lo Male very hrietly, ami without
i'o iiineiil tonne ol' the hmhum winch hnve 1
('■ought my imml 1. 1 lii.i eolicliiaioti that a
(lulled SlntcM liinli cannot In i s 1.1 lil ir> h i.o t
without a violation ol the roust it in om.
ll in not denied llml.no clause o) the con
it Ml ion I'Mjiresly authorises ( amgrcriH to vie
ale Hindi tin iiicorporii'iiin; and shall we, hy
impliailion, bo coiirttrue that ins'rotneni, da lo
cutler ii (tower which was ('.von n.-dy uhlioil of j
Iho convention l lint inhibited lint eonslilii'inn,
and which itiia reln-cd hy ih.il Imdy? Nn ;
true r/jtnlilican cun anew r tins ijocbtion al- I
lirmutively.
I In; only lugnmeni winch Ini i impressed
ITiy tiiind will) any force in favor ut llm con
stiiniiona! ty of iln (TitTl t-ij .Sidles limili, in,
Unit liy (lie first of llie fiimm ti» l i*<J powers,
Congress ih nnlborized in I'lillccl and d wburmi
ii ii'vi-riii'•; ami liy I lie In lul ill'' enumeralfid
powers, niiilii>mly is given “lo make all la'ws
wliirli limy In; necessary mid proper lorrany
ing into c.Yeriiijnii” all llio powers vested by
llm constitution 111 any department or ollicer
ol llio Covorninenl. And il in contended
that a United Slates Hank is necessary mid
proper for the execution of llie taxing and
disbursing power. Tins appears plausible,
and it is Ifni only argument which 1 consider
worth noticing.
If wo permit ourselves to be governed liy
tins kind of reasoning, there is an end of the
rights of the Slates, and of all lesliichoiiH ol
Federal power.
Let us examine it. and for the sake of argu
ment, let us admit Unit Congress lias power
lo create a Hank, because il is necessary to
cxocn'e (he (axing and disbursing power. Tins
only shows I hat (Congress is antliorißi’d In es.
tublish a hank as the fiscal agent of the tiov •
eminent —it does not show that it has power
to create such an nisi mil ion, lo i rg it lair Irtulr,
control the Stale Hunks, ami furnish uniform i
exchanges. Ifni it will bn urged I bat the ne- |
eessity renders its cslublisbiiiciit e.nnsiiiiiliun- ;
nl, and the benelils lesnllmg lb tcl'nini are in- i
cidenliil. Tins reply will do very well when 1
used by a federalist, tail it will he urged with
a had grace by one who professes to regard
the rights of llie Ssa us.
A low illustrations will show tlm diinjroroiio
extent. to wlich mid) Uiml of iirgiuncpi may
bn carried, and tin? absolute neo■ 's.-nty lor all
Ibo opponents of Centralism to koop no illy
( the Constitution, according to Us true in.
tout and moaning.
Congress Into (lower to raise ruvrnnc—it |
may bu urged thot u TunlV is uorcssaiy lo
execute tins power Tlio protecliea ull'onloil ;
by a lar 11’to (liiiii 'glic. imiiiulaciiii'ci, is j .si
as ire (lenta! as tlie I'.ll’ccl of a Uii'loil Mi.iio,-
D ink on Uiu cotnniorco and < M-lmnoi sol i | t .<
country; lionco a liigb pmitntivr i no' would
bo just as constilu ' loniil as a tunicil !<ia . -
Dunk.
Congress lias power I > regulate cnnim rro
with foreign u nions. It may bu urged Unit a
(groat mercantile incorporation is urn av to
cxecli'o lli sno ver—its nivossity makes it
const lint niii.il. Its boiioticuil clibris iro purely
I lie ul ■ ■ ill ,i I —lionco an Hist India Company,
sticlt as lias tor centuries nionopoltitcd llic
trade of Hagliiud, would Lo just us cunstiui
lionnl as a U. S. Hank.
Congress has power to regulate cointneroo
among tlit? Stales. To execute tins power 1
we iiiii-t have roads, canals, steamboats, «.V
] lence it may bo urged Hint ('oiijjrosss lias pow- I
cr to create compunies to construct railroads,
ennuis steamboats and bridges—to explore |
mines, &c.
Where will this ei d? VV Item v tv, -
the bnili'datiCs pn‘"T.n,'ii Ip a la r and | i-l
iii!erpictai:o:i of i.ie t'oiisiiiulidii, «r enter 1
an union led li Id oi I. -g >lat n m, an! nu I
constitut i, i id i oted, bo» 1 1
Contes Worse ll.ua Worthless. j .
i'ne ) o-ei a. iu! Mr. Jtdi' i■an na tbia sub- *
ject inu-l be ern - that to ri'iulrr IVderal ■
leg slul.ua ci nisi Hut a»; ai 1 oa Ibe ground es no • ;
cessily, li.il* I Coers I\ ne tb ■ ;. , . , /
jicralur, ami have relation ixdueive.v to tbe i
execution of llie enumerated powers
I do not believe a It ink in lie "nee. . Hrv
nm! proper” to enable I'ongrcsi to « v. e;'e
nny of ns enumerated powers—lienee 1 be.
lieve a I ailed S ales liana to be inu:on-uta.
tionnl.
Its inexpediency lias been shown by argn
ment and demons!rated by i \ a ran.ait. i ■! .
not believe it to be expedient lor Conoi-, s t i
delegate In any in in nr to any r, <■: , ra „„ t
power to fiinnsli llireo I’o irtb' id' the currency
of iln* country. o.n;.i nu institution weaal
be inexpeiiicnt. tinU rep-bj.cuu ami e\e .1-
mglv prcjud.oiul la I i interest of the South.
Willi repaid It. I m l rj to: [ .on pi .i
painnbil by I ins ri ■ 1 ,i . oap i;■ v 1 .1 jyoir ’
letter, i repeal’! ' *. \ m ,{■; ea, ]., jjj,
opniioa, merits t■ eo,did n. e and might ta
•• y 1 t. r i ••)..!.• r tee r.*
t”d S'a e,, aul l. i in i;,ut || j s I
di’iby lot.;, pr. ie, ~i„ M . . :r s, (*| U v, Wei.-
pier or Han . j i |
member ot Uto gd.h t.'nngav-., and the eb.-c-i
ill in cC Pn' , Juiil hlhiiM devolve upon the
I if Rvp ocniniivus, In- will itcmvo luy
i . t.
Wry r; if'illy,
.11 MU3 IIII.LVKR.
i 11. WliiMrn, T'. rn-. T. !■'. (toopcr,
! Kcuhcn /.htchoti, A, Dim i,Co irnitiuc.
i i '' i Si.mihjrd oj Union.
Mii.i,i;u<ii:vu,i.i;, Ann. ;£), HSJS.
ITo <'l< rn. S mi>Mci Fn-iclie. .1. 11. 11. Slinck-
I;' n A. (i Si ipiip i in, (tm iii’n O’Ni.'ii!, und
" lii;) ', < iliz ns of the county of Tu!itt‘nrro.
<i n ; . men—l Imve scoa in the la I .Stun-
Aiiil us I ’ inn, yon i < ornrniinii'ai hi of I In; 7li
j in,,!, in vvlncli you proponnil to Iho Mnnrnl
1 cniiiliilii'i (or UciiinrciM, llm following iinjni
r.m, to wit:
»];(. Arc V"'i Ini', "f nst, an cut iff
H-pnni'. m t.t p ivcrnincrit Irom nil coiincx
mu with Jlai.kn !
• 1 ftht*abi/ve bn answered in the neg
,■, \■ tlii'it ;;. • yon tor "f njiill■ I 11 jo uiitul).
,i.■ 1 1 ■;i; • i:. o' n Ml iolia I ll tlik ! —nr
J. \iv \ ‘iii lor, orn the re organ
! i/. i 1 ji 1 11 of I in; (ir:l bark edit 'Ui*‘ !"
A I:. i" i luv <' _; 111, i•i s - 1111 <ll f these Fll'tjuclt
; l.:u nl;i -i<ly Ihtm di-linetly su'wcd Ihrungli
in': | , I'liiriial:', y• • I recognizing *° , * l ‘‘
| i"hl extent, tin.- ri;_'lit of (III! citizen I bo •<*-j
I /<>rlli<■ >I ii( tin; fenlnnenlH ol those who ispirt! |
lei ho Ii s lopresenlaUve, i< is with great. ch'-er- ;
fiiln- Unit I proceed Id comply with the iC r I
'jut’-I of’ ho r< s'/i.-utable a portion of the c t,semes
til Till in!’.■ i ni.
In tli" luii«n:iDf! of your first inijuirv, I ad
v11(’ fi 1 1; ‘-an entire r'ojKi rut ion of inn govern*
iiii'iit In.in n,l; cDiini'iiinn With lianke,” and I
In• 1 11• v.• llnil ilie i; 'ii I) 1 1 s 1 1iii■ ■ 11 1 ill an indepen
ili'iil treasury, wholly uneimnecleil with bonks
innl banking operations, Will llirin-li the best
guarantee Cor Ilir: cimlliui'.'d independence nl '
the government itseit, and lie an res I. pledge 1
llml it. Mill nl all lifin-H la; aim; lo control Its '
own means, innl lo curry mil the will of t.lie 1
I' 1 opl<\ long all he public inoney bIiuII lie 1
locked no in the vnnliß nl the banks, mi lout | I
w.ll I lie government bo subjected I > lons, limn I 1
the (Incinj.linns of coinnicrce, a depreciated
' ni 't ncy, mid the corruptions of iirespoi,table
c''i|i natiniiH, to whom the ili'iinnciaiion of
llm I iw, are Iml as (lead teller. Under no
(it hi tsy-1 cm lb.in that of an independent licit- .
miry, do I conceive it possible lor the govern
loent Wit.li eijiiul certainly, and at all limes In
contud its io.li funds, in keep iln fallli, mid in
preseive tbo publiu treat lire from depreciation
and loss.
I inn opposed to l lie establishment. nf a nn» j
liomd bank I bcln vo lliut mcli an institution j
would be d mgernus to Ihe liberties of the peo
ple, and hy its innneiiso power, it, might in
i too, control itch ilie governincnt itself. —
U<• Jinvr? nlrriidy H'l'ii n h inilar niHlltiilion
I exercising n power .1 ml i nflm; 11 o 100 {front to
bo wielded I>y »itiy doily of 1110 lin a republican
government. JVlun: glaringly tincontgilniiun
-111 limn 1110 inn/r—ll undid hardly plead 11 pur.
liul ffood (o iitonn dor 1111 universal ovil.—
Mipiii ly mu I opposed lo tho re-organization
111 iliopel hank mclh.mmi’. Whatever may have
lioon 1 lie liopna nod expectations of those who
organized I lint system (mid I donlit not tlioy
wore ns pure ns ilioy wore sanguine.) ilm ex
periment, after having Peon fairly tried, has
laded—signally (ailed. Wo have before ns a (
strange spectacle in the Ins’o y of civilized
government. In a time of profound pence, 1
with millions nominally in the treasury, scarce ■ I
ly a dollar cun he had in the legal currency ol j
the country. The treasure of this great re-, j
public—the taxes ol its people—have been,
and still are, locked up, 111 the vaults of the
banks, in defiance ol the government—and lor
aught that, we know, the.r rags and shin-plas
ters, may ho all that will over be obtained for
a large portion ofil. The country sustained
loss by the adoption of tho system under the
administration ol Mr. Madison, mid wo can
only hope dial it will ho more fortunate under
lliiil of Mr. Van Huron. Can any patriot
again desire lo sue it revived I To see Ids
country, the pride of the proud, and the boast
of the free, dependent in its liiiMiicinl opera
tions, upon the miZ/and the faith ol a mere
corpoiiUmn'! Hut 1 place my opposition to
1 the stale bank scheme on higher ground
| The privilege ol using the public money for
I banking purposes, is tli 1 * solo condition upon
| which tiiit banks are wiling; to perform tiro
j duties of treasurers. The loveuuo was never
ilesipneil In I 1? applied to Midi purnußCH liy llio
IViiim rs of lln constitution, mul il never can
| lie r;; .Hullv thus applied. Apart limn llio
I eonsiiitilimial objection, llio government can
uni, wit limit vu>lut iiim (lie plainest principles
! oi r irlii. taUe money out of my poiluil, to be
j lent in my neighbor lor Llio purpose »1 specu-
lilt ion or iiade. Much less cun it. rightfully
pcfvii't ii lew favored Inuiks or individuals to
it'i ils rmlil, as so much uclual capital, to the
c;,i lu.ioii ti ll injury us the great mass of tho
i |i 1 1j1 1 11■ -s ci ii coursr, whenever inloplml, will !
. open ii door tor patronage, favoritism, and {
. .inojil.on, to winch the privilege of appoint* j
in;; u Ihonsuml ir< usurers would he hut ns n
ci .mi of Mind to the mo ntlmn. It this sv: I in
■ hie I ho revtvi ci, Willi it will revive the enoses
wh i n h.ivo led to the present pecuniary dis,
1 lie- es i f the country. The use of the public
inonev for private purposes will again lend to
over-trading, over-banning, mid speculation ,
i ami nlier a brief power of hollow prosperity,
«e will anvil be overwhelmed by fluctuations
; in trade, credit and currency, from which the
labor and economy of a generation may not
relievo u,--.
I Invi’llio lu)nor In l>r», gentlemen,
Vonr obedient iiitil very humble serv’l.
.1081 All S. I'A TTKHvSON.
I'OVIMITON, ’Jii.li August, IS3B.
<1 ill nen -Von letter o( the Bth instant
is n-i e.\ i'df 111 lor( m111 Hit 1 o; vmir :i)>pmntuiunt,
uni ri\ iv » 1 ill ion uiiin in ■nsly passed by it
la* 5 ■ number id'the cp /.imi.s nl Franklin nml
nl.i r ciiiii!ics i'i tli'o", ui at, it meeting re-
C.'ir ly I. ill nl (’urne ville, In ii .quire nl e;.( li
oniilliiuiti* lor t iiiitjii ss in tin' Mule ol tieor
-111, Ins n| mi m; 1.1 ii'ln l l id Id 11 io const it nlionals
tty nml c.\| . ■ ■ of establishing nU. S.
li;i k, and to request lliom in make known
their oli,mo lor tho Presidency, between Vail
lluroo, v 11y, Webster anil Harrison.
Wo have indeed arrived nt unimportant
political crisis, and it is no matter of surprise
tlmi the freemen of Franklin should lie dispo
sed to in-iitutc it particular inquiry into dm
op ini '.-.1.1 pohiu al principles of those who
arc to represent Ihein. In my letter ot ac- I
I'l'pliince, tiildressed to the eoMiinilteo appoin- I
led by Iho lute I oidii Convent mi In nulitV
me of my nommaiion, 1 ihsiincilv nnnouncctl I
my opinions relit.ve to the expediency of i s- i
inlilisiiine aU. >S I tank—l lie independent!
Treasury tys'em —and my choice ot lho cm 1
did.i'os lordm Presidency. Ity a referonce )
In hat letter, it w ii ho seen that I am decided- j
iy opposed lit,' establishment olnl'.S '
da il; upon die ground of expediency—that 1
mi ni I.nor of an entire separation oftherm*
ver.nncni from ednneclion w,tillin' |!u,
and that 1 prefer Mr, Van Jinnn In any ol
die candidates who have Imen spoken of fori
ic Presidency. Hilice penning lliul letter,
nothing has transpired to change the opinions
then expressed. Tim local Hanks every
where nro coir.rr.encing specie payment*. —
The distress and embarrassments which the
country was then suffering, aio giving plate
to a mure prosperous siale ol thugs, mid we
have tinw every rcu-on to cnngfslulalo our
selves upon the dawn of a hotter day. In r<;
laiion to the constitutionality of o L. S.
M ink, I would B'ate that 1 rogird this govern
rnont ns emphatically federal. possessing cur
;to in specified powers for general purposes, I
! believe it can rightfully exercise such powers
only us have been specifically granted by the
; Slates, or nroabsolutely necessary and proper
to carry the delegated powers into effect.. The
power to charter companies is no tVhcru to
he found among the specified powers, mol d
it ex et nt all, must ho classed aiming the ini'*
| plied powers. Its friends have fixed oiAuri
oiih provisions of the consti ntion from whence
Ito deduce the right to charter u Hank, and
■ have supported their positions with great in..
, genu ty mid eloquence. To admit, however,
that ('(ingress has the right to charter u Ii» >S.
Mu.nk, because such n Hank might he a con
venient agent in the collection and disburse^
: merit of the public revenues, would he opening
a wide field of cons’ruction, and thereby con
ceding to the government powers almost o<i
-1 limited,
I believe we have n currency independent
of a IJ. >S. Hank, that will ahswer all the pur
-1 poses of commerce, and that a Hank is not
i necessary to the government in the collection
I and disbursement us its revenues, Nj(, lunvev
hi ll esc opinions I am in errnj, let time
and ilenience put me right; and then, and ]
not fifl Mien, will I admit the constitutional
right of tins' government to charter a 11. S.
Mink.
In ofl'ering this brief reply to the enquiries
contained in your K'lter. I have taken the lib,
erty ofndverling io n.J' opinion on the subject
of the independent tre»i‘ ~ry pyslem. in order
thal. this letter may helalo n h* a reply to the
inquiries nf’my fellow-citizens, both «l frank
lin and Taliaferro counties. I h HV,: emitted
to say any thing about what is called the I’et.
Hank system. It seems to receive ht.'l
favor from the public, and is in my op. won
decidedly the worst of the throe iinoiili.'^l
propositions submitted to the present (mu' j
gross.
With great respect,
Your oh’t. servant,
JIAM/.11.1.A1 GRAVES.
A. E. Whitten, Tito’s. Mounts &c.
• 5958
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AVGUSTA.
Tlinrs<l») IVlorniiit;, Hrplrmlivr2|l.
STATJE IIUiJtITM TICKET
Hill CONGIIKHE.
WM. C. DAWSON,
11. W HABERSHAM,
J. C. ALFORD.
W. 'J'. COLQUITT,
E. A. JVIBBET,
MARK A. COOPER.
THOMAS BUTLER KING,
EDWARD J. BLACK,
LOTT WARREN.
run SKNATt,
ANDREW J. MILLER.
mu iiKPiiKHKBTATivr:s,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
WILLIAM J. RHODES.
As this will lie llio last opportunity wo slinll
have of addressing through the, columns of on.
Weekly paper, those ol our firtuds who reside in
counties remote from this place, we cannot per
mil it to escape without saying u few words of
caution and admonition to them.
We are on the eve of an election in which fo r
many considerations, our success is of deep and
lasting importance. It is important to the success
of those great and paramount piineiplcs of State
Rights which lit; at the foundation of our political
ciccd; it is important to the charactar oflho Stale
to have a reprcscnlntion in Congress capable of
maintaining and defending the rights of their con
stituents with dignity, energy and ability ; it is
important to fix tlie condemnation of the people
of Georgia upon the coirnpl and profligate practi.
cos which have grown up under the late and pro- |
sent administrations of the General Government; \
important in fuel for every reason that our organ j
izaiion as a parly is important. Impelled by nil
j these high considerations let us rally to the polls
with alacrity, energy and confidence, in ilia 1
strength which carried us triumphantly through
the hist election. All that is required to ensure
success is unanimity in action, and utidiscoura.
j ged perseverance. To the polls then, once more
|wc say, Slate flights men of Georgia ! To the
Tolls !
tlinllli nl Charleston.
' The phatleslon Mercury of yesterday say* :
j “According to the report of the Hoard of Health,
I published to-day, there have been ninety-two
j deaths during the'week—of these (i 8 from Strati'
j gers’ fever—a greater amount of mortality than
j ever hefoie repotted in this City, from a similar
cause, during the same peiiod of lime.
Wc have been politely favored from an official
| source with tbo following statement, the correct'
i ness of which may be relied on.
Statement of the number of r ises of Strangers’
fever admitted into the City Hospital, at the Poor
House, from August 10th, to Sept, loth, 1813.8.
Admitted, 103
Deaths, 37
Discharged. CO
Out of the number of deaths, twenty six wete
dissipated characters, and many oftbomdied with
the horrors, or mania a [lorlu on them, and so
soon after their ad" illance, that no relief could be
{ alforded.
There lias been no new rase brought to the
Hospital for tho last three day*.
Coder the circumstances, the above statement
is certainly lavorablc, us it regards the character
iif the disease, and creditable to the skill and care
’ of the medical attendants."
An endorsement on the post bill, from Hunts'
viile, (Alabama,) dated Sept. 15, says— ‘ Died
in .hi- place this morning, at It o’clock, if llil
-1 i"!' fc > er, af-< r an Illness of two week'. Col.
W ot. l.indsay. of the Li. Army. Churlealnn
, ( mricr of ;k■xlerdtiy.
\ similar endorsement came on n way hill to the
Post < Iflice in this city, day before ynsteidav, from
[ (lie same place, ami healing ( he fatnedale. It D
! impossible dial any communication by mail could
| have reached here loin Huntsville, Alabama,
ilie 15th insiani, as there is no direct iom
municalion from (here lo this part o( Georgia,
and tbc distance is about 400 miles. \A e have ■,
reason lo hope therefore lhal the report is false,
although it had been previously reported that Col.
Lindsay was dangerously ill.
j (£/■ Wo request our friends in the different
I counties of the stale to scud us a statement ol Ihe
! polls at the approaching elections hy the first i
] mail, or hy the carlosi private conveyance.
J - : j
■|' -| From our Cumtpnnrlenl.
Wash ino tun, Sept. 13th, 1838.
President Van Buukn is still recreating
himself at the Springs in Virginia, hut is ex
acted lo return lo Washington next week. Mr.
I'onsrtm has got hack to his post at the State
Dtymrlincnl. Me was received with the greatest
distinction hy Lord Durham and Ids suite in
Canada; ami it is believed that his vi-dt lo the
Vice Hoy will have a henelieial effect on the j
stale of our Canadian relations, and lend to pros
mole so amicable settlement of the North Eastern
Boundary difficulties, Buntov has gone at last-
No doubt is now entertained among the best, in
formed people here, that the Missouri Hum
, bugger was the author of the infamous attacks
ion the Navy that appeared in the Globe. Mr
KiiNDAi.t, positively denies the authorship, and
Mr. Paoldino, though he declines to take any
public notice of the paragraphs aitiihuling the
libels to him. declares lo his friends--that he did
not write them. Benton has often manifested the
same spirit in the Senate with regaid • to" I lie
Navy, and used almost the very same language.
Mr. iii hum: has recently established an agency
of the Bank of the I idled SlaU-sPof Pennsylva
nia, in this city ; and the Treasury Department is
daily drawing its drafts upon this agency, which
are paid in notes signed hy Nicholas Biddle!
This is the “Sub-Treasury System in operation,”
wh’chhas been boasted hy the Globe and its
echoes ■ This is proof of what Mr. Calhoun
in his sf .‘tech at Sandy Spring declared—“that
(belong Riding connection between the Banks
and the Govci.n'nenl had been dissolved!” Nick,
BIUDLK ACTS AS A FISCAL AOKNT OF TUB
Tit K ASU a y!
The Globe copies ai JfHgtb Mr. Calhoun’s
letter, and other proceedings on tjie occasion of
the Dinner at Ueaufoit, South t'omtiliit, to Mr. j
11. Uaunwkll Itiihit—whore the company |
toasted Van Duron as “a Northern nvrl with -
Southern principles,” and expressed in »dijo?w
ways their readiness to go over lo the “Jloouks ,
a.vii JloYALisTs,” in a body. What must wc *’
think of such a man as John C. Calhoun attempt- | a
infe to connect the question of the Sub-Treasury ei
with Atiolilion ; and to hold u[) all who oppose at
the former, as allied lo the fanatics. Could there °*
be any thing more calculated lo hound on the
Abolitionists, than to establish Mr. Calhoun’s 0 |
idea, that the fate of Alsilition is involved in the cs
fate, of the Sub-Treasury ; and if the latter is
defeated. Abolition will prevail 1 NVUat is this W
but to say lo the Abolitionists “t»o on!—your
only opponents are the Suit. Treasury party —a p
little remnant arrayed under a banner liittered v
and lorn.” The patriotism of tho American J
people has put down the Sub-Treasury, and ,
they will keep dow n Abolition, in spilo of the j t
now alliance of Messrs. Van llttrcn, Kendall »S c I *
Co. on the one pait, and Messrs. Calhoun, Cratle, j
Illicit & Co. on the other. Tho allies are trying I s
to gel up excitement on both these questions for I
the purpose of uniting the South ; and then a }■
1 rally on tho Presidential question. It won’t do. J
The people understand the plot, and will defeat j ,
1 it. M. I
From the N. Orleans Courier of (he 14</i.
! I
Texas.
Trie Inst news from Texas shows that country !
at war with the powerful lubes ufCamancho and j
Cherokee Indians.
The elections going on for president and vice
president ol Texas, had absorbed so much of the ;
public attention, that little heed was taken of the '
unsettled stale of their relations with the Mexi- ’
] cans and Indians.
As far as wo can ascertain, at this distance, \
] the prospect before the Srfble of’Texas, is inauspi
cious to peace and tranquility. The Mexicans j
| have not evinced the least disposition to acknow. j
] ledge their independence. On their Northern !
frontier, the Indians are hostile, and wo all know j
how harassing and distressing their inode ot ligh !
ling is. The Camanches, ISeminolea, Creeks and t
Oherokecs ran fnr.dsh nearly as many warriors j
jas there are lighting men in Texas; and there is
evidently a disposition, on the part of the MexT |
j cans, to pay those tribes to light their battles.
From all we know of the character of General j
] Lamar, we think he is not likely to remain a pa- j
lient spectator of procrastinating, predatory indi- |
an warfare. One of his first measures, we think, 1
| will he to rinse a considerable army, with which j
j he may hope to compel the Mexican Government |
to abandon their Indian allies, and acknowledge I
the independence of Texas. This, however,
cannot he done without means; one of which may
lie the passage of a law, offering large bounties
of land to volunteers.
For a year or two, at least, to come, Texas
can hardly he eon -dered as holding out those
inducements, which heads of families and quiet
people look for, when seeking a home.
I'vum the anil Ti'tim Register, Snpl ].
The Camnianchies must soon become tired of
; hostilities, as they have been unsuccessful and !
1 driven like timid deer in every skirinnh that lias
; teeontly taken place with our citizens, Ou the
loth nit., a party of about two hundred warriois
made an attack near the Armijo Seco, upon a
company of twenty one men, commanded by
Col. Karnes. Hut diey were completely defeated
anil driven from the field with the logs of several
of their best warriors and a number of horses. !
it is believed that Isamani, a distinguished chief, j
was killed in this engagement, and another chief;
named Casemirn was dangerously wounded He
was borne oil’ by several attendants who were
obliged to ride on each side of his horse and
hold him up in his saddle. Not one ot the men
under Col. Karnes was injured: ho, however
received n slight wound from a nlle bullet which
grazed his temple. A few days after this engage
( merit, a small party of Indians stole about (bit tv
horses from a settlement on the La llacca. They
were instantly pursued by the citizens of the
neighborhood and overtaken. A trifling skir
itrsh ensued, in which two Indians were killed
and left upon the field ; the remainder effected
their escape. All the hor.es were retaken, and!
thirty or f rly oilier horses were captured with
■ 'hem. About the same time a small party of!
j Indians were discovered near Haslrop; l ot they i
I had hardly made their appealancc, when a com '
1 1' "tv of .citizens were . tab. died and m full p,i r . |
( -uil, They however el fee led
j Hili-'y l>y dispersing In a thicket near the inoun.
j lams. These. Indians appear to he now held by
I the citizens.of the frontier in complete contempt.
They have hitherto been dreaded tamely because
j credit has been given to the ridiculous stories
j which the Mexicans have originated respecting
; their prowess and formidable numbers. The
! citizens of Bastrop county alone, could easily
| repel an attack from the whole tribe ; and parties
1 from that place have frequently penetrated into
j the “very heart” cf the (Jammanehic country.
State Debt ok Pi. .s ss v t.v a via. —On the
■ 18lh of August the Shale debt of Pennsylvania,
as officially ascertained, was #-4,330,003,32 vc.
ry nearly the whole of which has been expended
1 by the (State in the construction ol works of In
i rind Improvement—Turnpike Hoads, Canals
ami Kill roads, —and when the works which the
1 White is now prosecuting tire finished, her debt
will rise to full #d0,00(1,000. This at (he first
I blush would appear to be an enormous huilltcn
for any Stale to sustain, and yet it is the result ol
' the voluntary action of the people, who by tbeir
I representatives in the Legislature have willed that
the debt should be contracted on their behalf,
j The sound wisdom of the policy which has with
1 so liberal a hand expanded million aher million
j in the establishment dfvirtificial channels of trade
: that penetrate every part of hur vast territory, is
j rxemplifie’il hy the comparison of Pennsylvania
j as she was before that policy was commenced,
1 and what she lias since become under its magic
j working influences. ’The increased value of pro
j pony of every description has altoady indirectly
I paid the debt many limits.over. In lact, no true
estimate can bo rnadu*yijc|bc amount, of benefits
which has resulted to lilts .people of Pennsylvania
from their Internal Improvement system, audit
will he recollected, each successive year,
increases in a rapidly progressive ratio the vast
aggregate of prospetilyL-Jjjowing from this source,
lint it is not only TnSfrcclly that the works of
Pennsylvania are productive. The direct re
venue derived from bills thus far in the fiscal
year is nearly $BOO,OOO, and by the period of Its
termination it will probably reach $l,OOO 000.
Had not the freshet taken, place which in June
last destroyed thirty miles of the Canal on the
Juniata, and has proved a-seiious drawb.icls.to
the business and reveriucs < of -the' Line,*
there Is but little doubt that Ihp .tolls of the year
would have reached $1,300,000, or innio—ma
king a gross return of five percent, on the whole
amount of the Stale’s debt. The principal por
tion of the revenue from lolls is derived from that
part of the public works known as the* Main Line
—extending from Philadelphia to Pittsburg. The
Canals above the Juniata, including those on
both Branches, costing about $5.py0,000, have
produced but little revenue to’ the Stale for want
of an appropriate outlet from Columbia directly
down to the Chesapeake. That outletJs now
in the course of const ruction, and its completion
will at once bring such an amount of new trade
into action that the Stale’s revenue from tolls in
1810 will be but little if any short of $3,000,000.
— Hall. Am. q|
Cheat Excitement at Galena. — A gen
I,’;,,man colled at our office, who was just from
(Jale.’ta, and informed us that, on Wednesday
last, all business was suspended there, and a gen
eral excileiii>mt pervaded the community, in con
sequence-of u,no of rhe contractors by the name
if Dougherty having left the works with the full
irnouru of bis esimv;.'le in bis pocket. The fa
vorers were much in need of funds in consequence
>f a general prevalence ol a sickness fatal in most
ascs along the whole road, particularly to chil-
Iton. Their condition was deplorable enough
with their wages; hut, when deprived of them, it
is belter imagined than described.—Upon hearing
Unit Itieir employer bait absconded, they rushed ■
into Galena, and, at lasl dales, the inhabitants I
were all in arms to protect the bank and oilier 1
monied buildings from depredation. When he |
left. Wednesday evening, the excitement had
not at nil subsided and troops worn enrolled and
being stationed for the night. A letter from Hock
liiver confirms the above. Chicago Democrat.
Dkciikctation of the (ioi.it Coinage.— The
subject of the gold coinage is beginning to attract
the serious attention of the private bankers in the
city, its depreciation in weight now causing an
immense quantity of sovereigns to be rejected by
tire Bunk of England, to the extent, some persons
assert, of one half of all the daily payments which
arc offered at. that establishment. In this course
tin.' Bank of England is justified undoubtedly, the
object of the regulation being to prevent the prac
tice of “sweating” the gold coinage, as that nefa
rious practice is termed, by which a number of
sovereigns are shaken in a bag, which is after,
wards burned, and the gold dust collected from
the remains. Owing principally to ibis practice
the depreciation in the weight of the gold coinage
is so rapid that by experiments made at the Mint
in the year 1833. ii was found that the sovereigns
of 1817 had lost 8s lUd. in each hundred pounds ;
; those of 1831, !)-. Idjpcr hundred jhhuse of 1835
i 6s. 8 1.; and those of 1829, (is. 2d. per hundred ;
whilst on the half-sovereigns coinage in 1817, the
! loss according to the same experiments, was as
! great as 16s. 4d. per two hundred ; of 1831, Kls.
I Oil ; of 1835. 13s. 6,(d. ; and those of 1829, 6s.
3d. per two hundred half-sovereigns. At this
lime the quantity of gold rejected hy ifio Bank
of England, and by the Customs, Excise, and
Slainp office, is so seriously complained of by the
mercantile interest, that some remedy for these
‘ inconveniences and losses must bo found, it is
I thought, before a very longtime.— London .Morn
ings Chronicle.
Ktw Okleans, Sept. 10.
During die lost foil,'light, there have been seve
ral sales, by auction, ol real estate and slaves in
this oily. In every instance that we have beard
of, fair prices bave bren obtained. Negroes, in'
particular, sell well. We mention those fuels,
because they shew there is no hick of capital, or
I any great discouragement existing in the mass of
our fellow-citizens.
Marvellous Tweaks of the Whirlwind.
The Providence (If. I.) Journal conlains some
marvellous particulars of the pranks of die fate
1 whirlwind near that place. In passing through
Cranston, it drew all the water and fish from
i Tongue pond, and likewise from a pond of sever
al acres in extent, on the farm of Mr. John Burr.
A powder house, containing ten ca-ks of powder,
was carried oil', and no traces of either the build- !
log or the powder have since been discovered.
The same paper also says that an old woman in
Cranston, a professed fortune (oiler who sloid in
her door, broom in hand, when the tornado pass
ed. was borne alolt in tire whirlwind, amidst
trees lorn up hy their roots, the ruins of houses,
and whatever else bad l ain in the path of the
tempest; hut true to her character, she rode out
the storm, and descended uninjured. The suspi
cion long entertained'hat the old woman holds
converse with spirits of another world, has thus
become ce tainty. Had this old woman lived in
the days of Salem witchcraft, she would certainly
have been burnt for a witch, or drowned.
Printer's Proverbs. —l. Never inquire
thou of the editor for the nows, for behold n is
Ins duty at the appointed time to give it unto
thee without asking.
3. 55 ben thou dost write for his paper, never
say unto him, “what thinkest thou of my piece]"
for it may he the truth might offend thee.
3. It is not lit that thou should t ask of him
j who is the author of any article ; for his duly
j requires him to keep -itch things to himself,
I 4. sVben thou dost enter into a printing oflice,
j have a care unto thy sc(f that thou dost not
i KiWh (w tv pWMbhou Waystcaa'sc the printer
. much trouble.
/ (j. Look thou not at the copy which is in the
hands of the compositors, for that is not meet in
b the sight of the printer.
s (i. Neither examine thou the proof sheet, for
t it is not tcady to meet thine eye, that thou mayst
3 understand it.
/ 7. Prefer thy county paper to any other,
s subscribe immediately for it and pay in advance ;
i and it shall he well with thee and thy Jiltle ones.
Expeditious Justice. —Two hours and a
half sufficed, yesterday, with the court and jury,
■ ! in the parish of St. Bernard, for trying and find
’ ing guilty the four men, arraigned for the mur*
• dor of the Spanish tavern keeper, named Barbs.
— ,V. U. Cornier, 14 th inst.
■ i
i Skciikts.—A secret is like silence; you can'
i not talk about it and keep it. It is like money ;
l whim once you know there is any concealed, it
tiis h df discovered. “My dear Murphy,” said an
i Irishman In his friend, “why did you betray the
1 secret I mill you 1”—“Is it betraying you call ill
• i Sum, when I fiund I wasn’t aide to keep it my -
; sell, didn't I do well to tell it to somebody that
, could 1”
Transposition.— An old covie ordered his
| son In turn out die saddle and hang up Ihe mute.
Said he lo a neighbor, "when 1 came home yen- '
lerday, I found my wife wide open, and the doors
I sick abed; the gale had left the hoys open, and
the Hold was in the hogs;‘so I caught, up :i hog
end broke it over every rail’s back in Ihe field,
mul every pumpkin look a hog and run!”
Rnil-Itoad Meeting.
i A meeting of the citizens of Burke connty,
and of all others interested in the success of the
projected Rail Road to connect Augusta with the
Central Kail Road, will he held at Waynesboro,
on Tuesday the 3J October next, at which time
the Committee appointed at the meeting on 6th
August, will he prepared to make their report.
Watnesroiiu. September J*B, 1838.*
< 'OH M ' *
; Augusta Market.
J/'-Cotton—Thd receipts iof new Cotton
upwards of fifty bale's aldny during'lhe .'
week, and’have, been eagerly picked up at Ufa 12
ets. Ihq quality of the crop brought to market has
been very handsome. In old Cotton, considerable
has been doing, and the market has advanced at *'
least hall a rent my all qualities—our quotation*
are from 85 a 11 cents.
Exchange—Checks on New York, Philadelphia,
anil Baltimore, are selling at. 3 per cent for current
money and U percent for city bills—on Charleston
25 per cent for current money, and 1 per cent for
city bills.
!■ heights lot harleston have been advanced 1
by the Kail Road lo 5 cent, per lb.—the river is A
very low, mid tbe boats cannot get tip ta
jLwhnrves unless empty. J
MARIN E IX TEEEIGENCE. /
riIAUI.F.S'rON, Svilt 18.—Arr yesterday, Ship Vic
tana, Camller, l.iverpool, lr sl,n> Nimvtlle Deux f>n
nettu tel,oyer, Havre, br la v, -ml, Monday, Matanzns.
schi I igei. tleurs, New Crleuns, steam packet Oov Dud
ley, Ivy, Wilmington.
VVi'mmgum 0 JLsUl ' ll ’ l) ’’ stu:nn packet Gov Dudley, Ivy,
A\ yl, ' m, " y ’ 3team l ,acket Gov D««ry. Ivy,
!■■■ II -I ~
e“ nrr ’ l "lb.’ rizc(I lo announce David l»
Bkh OB ° Candil, ‘* , ° ‘° f
10 """ounce SAMTJP./f
o ‘ V' V ’ L *'l- ,m 11 candidate lor Major oI the
! ?frh Battalion Georgia Militia. soot r,
1 Ceorgminsumncc nmrFioisi Co. t "
1 A N io ß ,ol m ct"fm 8l q\vu y | , i''ii l r r S
1 per nlmre, on tho lu . w , ’ I lj l>rs , n, .“ 1 bitty cents.
i *-*•
— 1 ■ — - __ to
P,VAM'?’t )SA, ‘ S , CtHi CItOSS-TJKsr~
111)1 UoAI.S will bo received milil ifie IGilr
day of October nest, at the Engineer’s efiTeo
m Greensboro, lor delivering on or before the first
1 day <>f April next, 1,/bl) Cross ties on each section
ol the Georgia Railroad, between Greensboro and
Madison.
’I he lies must be of the best post or while oak
limber, tree trom all material defects, exactly 8 (eel
long, (with squared ends,) and riot less Ilian l 2 inch
es m diameter. They will ho divested of their
hark, and redueed lo 0 or 94 inches in thickness,.
I (when seasoned,) by hewing on one side at a hear
ing surl ace of at kast 9 inches, and on the other 6
indies.
'1 lie ties when inspected, will be piled by the
1 1 contractor according to directions of tbe Engineer,
j and at such points on the side of tbe road as he
may designate.
Ail pi ecs ,5 inches tbit k, mul otherwise under
j siZ< ‘ that u ill answer lo go in the road, will bo re
-1 ecived at half price.
J. EDGAR THOMSON,
. , Chief Engineer.
Engineer s Office,Greensboro,)
September 19, 1838. > ts
STOVALL, SIMMONS & CO.
Augusta, Georgia,
b> ESPFCTFCEE f inform iheir friends-ond the
Nw' public, that they continue to transact the
factorage ami « oiniiiissiun Hn.siiiesk, at
|lbeir hire-proof Ware-house. Their strict and
prompt .attention, as heretofore, will be given to or
ders lor storing and selling Colton, receiving, for
warding,and purchasing goods, <fcc.
They are authorized lo say,that particular rare
will be taken by the agents of llio Georgia Bait
Road, at all their depots, in forwarding to us all
col lon director! to our care, ns well as in forwarding
ail goods,as last ns practicable, to their places ofdes
tniali.m, live of charge lor such services
'J’o their patrons they tender their sincere ac
i knijwledgmenls.
STOVAI.I, & lIAMI.MN,
A RE now receiving their fall supply of Groce
\ 1 riesaml Dry Goods, at their store m
• the brick range,next below our Ware-house, where
they invite Planters and Country Merchants, to
make their purchases Their wholesale Dry floods
. store, is in the second story, over their Grocery.
Goods bought by ns of them for customers, are
warranted to give satisfaction, and free ot cotnmis-
I sums. S. S. & CO.,
sept 18 Irw&vv4w
KW <■<>() US.—B jfKIRTLANAD St Ca.
i . Merchant 7 ailors, have received a very neli
i assortment of extra super Broadcloths and Coasi
; meres,
j Extra super Black Velvet Cloth’
Do do Blue do
Do do Green do
Do do Green mixt do
Do do Coronation ribi.d Cassiraeres
Do do Regalia do
Do do Satin stripe do
Do do Empire Diagonal do
D> do Wool dyed Black do
Superior Black and Bine Black Satin Vestings
Embroidered English do., Woolen Velvils, &c.
Superior Black and Fancy Col’d Hoskin Gloves’
•Suspenders, &c. &e. sept. 18
soUTII-w MS rr.iivlta i l- u o \u "
HANK.
rbOt'KS will bo opened by the undersigned
»Comm is runers lor Slock in lids Bank, or. the
Bth day of October next,at Hamburg, and continue
open between the hours of 10 and 2 o’clock, for
130 days. Every Stockholder in the Rail Road,
who shall pay up the second instalment on Rail
Road Stock, is entitled to subscribe for an equal
number of Shares in the Bank. Twelve dollars
and a hall on each Share so subscribed for in ihe
Bank, must he paid at the ilmool subscribing, cither
to the < i inmissioncrs, or to the Cashier'd am
Bank in Rood ere 'it A Meeting of the hol
ders ol the Bank, in parson or by pr. will be \
held at Charleston, oniho 20th .\i o, aber, ulicn
the Mother Bank will lip organized..® Brrnches
eslalt inhcd in North-Carolina • ,l( Tennessee, n .«
soon thetcaocr ns possible. ; oopy of the Cliar
ters is in our hands (lirexamj *' ’ l ''
Signed, W. U . STARbj’, v )..
OUVFti si; v ‘b. Commissioner,
11, jfcV.’ttt ’’ ’
sept 18 /' "•« 7 vv