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n>| 114 iVl E. JONES* AUCUSTAj (IEO., THERSDAI EVENINfi, ADGIIST 17, 1837. [Snni-weekly.]--V«|. i,..w M «> *v ■KlljElJLi• '• JJnMisljcU I', SEMI-WEEKLY AhD WEEKLY, 'SkAi No. 261 Broad Street. |MK— Daily papei, Ten Dollars per annum SBE Somi-weckjjr- paper, at Five Dollars Isfori i t advance.'Sr Six nt the end of tin Weekly paper, Throe Dollars in advance or Mftfc end of the year. •• -‘ ', f ■4**' i&ICLE AND SENTINEL. | AUGUSTA. HVsday EvcningVAug’iisi 16i I 837* E FOR GOVERN OK. GORGE B. GILIIEK. yesterday morning’s Constitutionalist ap f a long Editorial article on the subject of pmßßcnt of Win. N. Bishop to the Teller* fthe.Ceutral Dank, professing to be writ* Hiipsplicita(ion of several political friends. üßKnr evening’s paper, wo promised to no- and unexpected article ; impel!- Mwby the strongest reasons. In so doing jfettat our readers will indulge us in spea |Ely and calling things by right names. PM too conversant with the chicanery of H&cal opponents not to understand this rent on the part of Mr. Guieu. This niod pjMwncc with the wishes of political friends jKpgn opinion upon a subject which had small degree of excitement,and called Presentments Irom Grand Juries in various #the State, stripped of the flimsy veil, ben rhich it makes its appearance before the ,‘L» nothing more or less than a ruse tie f (JBianating from head quarters, sjjtjfj'scveral political friends” are, no doubt, JlWrsonagcs than the leaders of the party at ;gevi 11e, who, deeming it necessary to their j|dlt the approaching elections, that the ap lient of Bishop should be divested of that IPghich it had created in the public mind, men Mr. Guieu his instructions upon the rabid, with that independence for which he has boldly come out upon the fc%ilh an impartial “opinion,” dictated to j the leaders and the necessities of his par ,’hat opinion, thus called forth, we now pro a examine, and if we should convict its au- Mfee-gr«scsl inconsistency, we shall beg ader to remember, that the fault is not ours, )srge it, if he pleases,to the proper account. Guieu aays, in speaking of the appoint “ When we first heard of the clamor raised it it by the opponents of the State adminis- I, we believed it so ridiculous and senseless. « determined not to notice it.flrmly persua at this clamour did not possess sufficient lance and natural heat to keep it alive more i couple of we»ks.” Without questioning tth of this assertion, if such was Mr. Guieu’s n at the timeof the appointment—if he re‘ d consider the clamor about it “to senseless idieulous ,” we must at least be permitted to ial that opinion was “hidden under a bush* nder circumstances, at once the most curi id the most suspicious. The appointment unimportant, as pretended—the Teller has ying out of hundreds of thousands of dol 'the public money—it was officially an edtn the Federal Union, and re-announced ry paper in the State, save the Constilu iat—it was condemned by every Slate Rights n tfce State, and denounced, in unmeasured by the Miner's Recorder,a thorough Union Jn addition to this, it was freely com d upon by a nltmbei of Grand Juries, and f in counties where the Union party have and decisive majorities. How then could uieu consider this a “ridiculous and sense lamor!” How could' he consider it the cla* f “political opponents!*’ with the dcnuncia* anguage of the Miner’s Recorder, and the itments Irom the counties of Franklin, For ind Murray, ringing in his cars? No, sir, tory will nut do! It sounds like a “long ’Oven in the ears of the marines! But this is had been, time and again, charg rlicly with the grossest outrages in Murray f,and when the appointment was announce i ourselves immediately condemned it, and upon the Constitutionalist to give its opin ion the subject. It was silent! We re- I that call, and still it neither informed its s of the fact, or expressed any opinion •er, Mr. Guieu played deaf and dumb— lid not even hear with a speaking trumpet islanding, upon what we conceived to be tt&fsority, that he had expressed himself as taled” (that was the word) with the appoint w^ plainly charged him with a want of in* MtaW, and a subserviency to party, which a! his tongue on the subject, and again call- OQ hiin for his opinion, nr at least to an fact of the appointment, if be could ■l* to censure or approve it! He still opened is mouth ; —bis columns had room for those agte tnorscls from the Globe, which told us there -was no pressure -which any honest i tight to regret," but they were too crowded mil an article so lengthy as the appointment shop. Planting himself upon his luxuriant vergrown dignity, he could not condescend ice tito “ridiculous and nonsensical” clam more than half the presses in the Slate, and f a dozen grand juries! He now informs us lisbop is not only a persecuted man, but a of business, and quite a gentleman! If he all this, justice at least to an injured man, I- have prompted him to have opened his in* and his mouth in his behalf! But no! ris—hot all these considerations could in him to compromise his dignity, by a notice i "unimportant appointment of a bank clerk;” tatfonas Tommy Haynes and Dr. Fort, or others, equally interested in the result of action, tell him what must be done for the it of his party, his hitherto slumbering sword from its scabbard, and, ru-hing blindly into infest, he cuts and thrusts at these “ senseless idieulous clamours ” like a furious gladia t we have another piece of evidence, which this counterfeit coin to the counter—this nded opinion that these clamors were too teas anil ridiculous to be worthy of his no ‘>ln hi* remarks yesterday he says— |e will confess, that if we had the appoint* mve would not have made choice of Col. K, because the appointments he previously Kd the duties he bad to discharge, were of Ksite nature to the duties be was called on Krm as clerk of a bank. Besides, toe had mils acquaintance -with Cel. Bishop, and m no evidence that the offences tj -which muccused by enemies, were absurd and .gross misrepresentations, and brought forward merely for political effect. Eer such reasons we thought the appointment an improper one." Now, reader, what do you think of this! Bishop was accused of the most lawless conduct —Mr. Guieu admits that he did not know hut what the accusations were true, and yet he considered the censures of newspapers and grand juries as * senseless and ridiculous clamours,” beneath his notice! Yea, farther, at that very lime he him self considered the appointment “an improper one," but most strange to l>c told, he looked upon all condemnation as “senseless clamor!!" This is indeed a perfect "snake story”—it rivals the marvellous story of the little boy who said he had seen a hundred black crows—then fell to fifty— vowed solemnly that there were at least ten, and finally admitted that he had only seen something black!! Like the Parthian, Mr. Guieu speeds his arrow an J then flies. He has now given “his opinion,” and is determined to take no notice of any reply which may be made to it I He has fallen back upon his dignity—ho has encased himself in his shell —he has once more closed his ears to “sense less and ridiculous clamors.” “My opinion is given; yes MY OPINION ! I, the magnificent and infallible have spoken !!” “I am Sir Ora cle ; when I speak let no dog bark!!” “My op inion is given,—that settles the question and I now recline once more upon my dignity 11” This extraordinary dignity, which docs not al low him to notice common people—whence is it, why is it, what is it 1 True dignity consists in ft proper sense of self respect, and respect for others, as evidenced by a course of conduct which descends not to grovelling meanness, nor yet as pires to places beyond its roach and capacity ; lint that mock dignity, by which a man pretends to set , himself above those who are at last his equals in respectability, character and pursuits, and behind which he fancies himself shielded from all criti cism and scrutiny, shall never boa fortress for , misrepresentation, inconsistency and political de ception, free from our assaults. It is a mask which has no terrors for us, however grim the face which it covers! It is a sort of “high lile below stairs,” which we do not aspire to follow; a false show which the world can easily detect, and which as it is too little to be dispised, is al ways sure to bo laughed at. [from OUU CORRESPONDENT.] Wasiiinoton, Aug. 14lh, 1837. At last we have some decisive indications of the policy which has been resolved upon by the administration, and which Mr. Van Buren will propose at the opening of the September session. They come upon us from the north, south and west, and all plainly point Iq the “ expedient ” (the leaders are afraid of the word “experiment”) of divorcing the government from the State Banks, for the purpose of establishing the sub-Treasuiy system, and converting tho government into a vast money machine, to bo worked by some hun dreds or thousands subordinate officers, such as deputy postmasters, collectors, &c. fee. First we have a scries of articles publish'd in a news paper in Ogdcnsburg, N. Y., written by Silas Wright, the Senator, denouncing in unmeasured terms, the Slate Banks, and urging upon Con gress to confide the collecting, keeping, and dis bursing of the public money to citizens, as such, and not corporations; that is, to certain persons in the favour of the Government, owing their ap pointments to their fidelity to ihe Executive, and having no object but to retain their stations by the most prostrate and degraded partisan devotion, and to make the most of them during their term of holding. The New York Times, the organ of Tallmadge’s division of the party, recommends at length the same measures. The Globe pub lishes two letters from General Jackson, urging the same course of policy; and finally, the Rich mond Enquirer declares, it has received informa tion that the President intends to propose the measures to Congress at the next session. Mr. Van Buren, it is generally believed, has induced General Jackson to write the letters pub i lished in the official paper, for the purpose of giving the sanction of his name and authority to the new experiment. The truth is, Van Buren has manifested a great want of capacity for the trying situation in which he has been placed.— He has, I speak from positive knowledge, greatly disa| painted his friends. They expected him to manifest some of that adroitness and consummate tact for which lie enjoyed so high a reputation; hut the embarassmcnls of the country and the government, brought by the insane and pernicious ( measures of the domenant party, utterly confoun ded him. The cunning and servile spirit which enabled him to clamber to his present situation j will nut now serve him. Other qualifications are demanded by the crisis—and, it is no secret, that thoso who thought he possessed them, now con- I fess their error, and their deep mortification at the ■ poor abilities and resources he has displayed. 3 Willi regard to this “new experiment,” i.s only ( possible recommendation can he that it may per ( haps enable the federal office holders to draw lhci r j pay in specie—that is,if the sub-treasurers should t not follow the example of the deposit banks, se t lected by Amos Kendall, on the vou hers ot Silas j Wright and Chief Justice Taney for the capabili ties, and after collecting the public funds, leave j unfinished the duty of paying them over. It can s be of no use to the people. And, indeed, this a appears to be admitted by its contrivers. They B intend to give themselves no concern about the t currency. The constitution, say they .never gave J Congress any control over that subject. It is to , be left to its fate. They have deprived the peo ple of the safest and the most uniform currency e the world ever saw; and promised they would ’» give a belter currency in the bills of the State r Banks. But now when they find theit miserable C experiment to use the deposites of the Govern- B ment as regulators of the currency, end in ruin j to the best inlerests of the country, they turn 9 round, and mock the people with the declaration s that Congress has nothing to do with the matter! —that it is enough for the general government to see that its own money operations arc confined to j coin. Its collections and payments are to be g made in specie. The post offices, and custom u houses, and land offices, arc to be banks of de |iosit for specie. The government will have hard money; the people may take what they can gel! :• A new custom house on a Magnificent scale has I. been creeled al Liverpool, England. Tho corn s er stone of the edfice was laid by the Mayor of tlx if city in 1828,since whichjlime a million and a hall n of cubic feet of stone and about ten millions ol d bricks have been used in its construction. Tb« d I ground on which it stands, valued at .£BO,OOI h starling, was presented by th* corporation o 11 1 Liverpool. Tbs cost of construction smountia; 1 to £ 150,000 sterling, is to be reimbursed to tho , city by the Government at the end of twenty ’ years from the completion of the building, tin money to be paid In annual instalments of tweo- Ihousand pounds. The Excise, Post, Stamp and ■ Dock offices are to be comprised undot one roof. ? In its style of architecture (he structure is remark > able for its simplicity.— Balt. American s The application of electro magnetism to pro • polling machinery, as illustrated by the invention . of Mr. Davenport, appears to bo gaining ground , dialy in tho estimation of practical and scientific men. A circumstance which recommends this 1 motive power in the highest degree is, that the 1 application may be muhiplied to any extent with ! out tho power being exhausted. It is stated in | the Now Yoik Evening Star that enough of force being obtained to propel one spindle for spin ning cotton, one hundred or ten thousand spin- I dies may be propelled by the same current of gal ; vanism. Each spindle becoming magnetic and all of them being connected by wires,any number r may be moved by one of Mr. D’s small machines. , The present value of the invention,taking into ac count other variety of ways in which it can bo r used is estimated at $600,000. A slock association [ is in progress, with tho view of procuring funds s with which to test to the utmost the capability of the invention. — lb. j The Harrisburg Telegraph says that in about a fortnight the Cumberland Valley Rdl road will be in operation from Carlisle to within two miles ‘ of Harrisburg. When the bridge over the Susquc • hanna is completed, there will then boa continu [ ous rail road communication from Carlisle to Philadelphia.— lb. . thorn the Fayetteville Observer Mr. Deberry’s majority in this District, will not ’ vary materially from 850 votes —One precinct 8 in Mon gomery, and three in Moore remain to be r heard from. The other returns below are offi i ciul: Deberry. Belhune, Cumberland, 300 863 Robeson, 342 648 t Richmond, 529 140 , Anson, 1020 SSO I Montgomery,part,B7B 122 Moore, maj. about 550 r 3069 2248 . Mr. Deberry’s majorily in 1835, was 486. The £ Whigs have gained in every county in lire Dis trict. 5 Our informHion to day, (verbal,) leads to the 3 belief that Montgomery is elected in the Wake ; District. We fear, also, that A. H. Sbcppcrd has been beaten in the Stokes District. Should our ’ apprehensions in botn particulars bo correct, the delegation of this State will be divided political ly as before—seven Whigs and six Vans—The loss of A. H. Shepperd being balanced by the gain of Charles Shepard. The Whigs have a very large aggregate majo f rity in the Stale, as will he shewn when the re , turns are complete. Our own District deserves . well for its handsome contribution to that major ••y* . Promt he New York Daily Expires*. \ MONEY MARKET—August 12,-3, P. M. Friday, P. M.—The intelligence from London I brought by the packet ship Europe, is decidedly ( favorable. There hail been no recent failures ci ther in London or in Ihe manufacturing dislricts, and it is asserted that, the Banks have all escaped 1 injury from the failures that had previously taken ■ place. The serious decline in goods, however, i had effected the strength of many of the mcr t chants to such n degree that it will be a conside rable time before they recover their strength and vigor. The Bank of England had become more 3 liberal, in regard to American paper, and had 1 discounted pretty freely where the security was undoubted. This had given considerable relief to a class of bill holders that had previously suf fered much inconvenience. Large amounts of i specie has began to reach England from the Uni r ted States, which had rattier surprised them, as . tho previous accounts that had been received, . were of the most gloomy character. The mer chants engaged in the East India trade were ' greatly relieved by a system of hypothecating , goods, on which tones had been made with the , gratest facility. This system hud not only sus ! lained the merchants hut had prevented great sacrifices of tea, indigo and silks. Prices of these • articles had consequently been well sustained. A very large portion of the acceptance of the , ihrce American bankers who had suspended pay ’ merits had been protested liy various houses in London, for the honor of the American drawers ■ and large sums had reached London to meet ; this discription of bills. It appears that many of the American houses anticipaiing the misfor tunes of these bankers, had sent forward large 1 amounts of produce and funds to pay these hills • in case of accident, so that they should no he re f turned to the United Stales. Funds lying in , Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Antwerp, Have and Paris belonging to American houses had leached 1 London for this object. So great had been ihe ! amount, and so suddenly had they been placed in ■ London;lhat it created quite a sensation in the mo r ncy market. One of the leading circulars says , that “ihb energy and determination of ihe Amer leans to discharge their debts in Europe, with ! such extraordinary promptitude, is deserving of all ; praise.” The same document observes: that had 3 the Directors of the Bank been as welt informed of the solvency of the American merchants as they d now are they never would have suffered the three ■ hankers to have stopped. i Many of the Americans who had drawn on f credits of 40, 50, and 00,000 pounds sterling e had already made good their bills. Thus it appears that at last British capitalists had 1 opened their eyes to (he fact that, the Americans - were not only able, but willing to pay lhcir hon c est debts. The evil however has been done by the failures of the American bankers. The bill holders in the manufacturing districts had been I broken up, tho manufactories stopped, and thou '• sands thrown out of employ, all of which, ora r large portion, would have been prevented had the j Bank sustained those houses one week longer. The London Morning Chronicle in alluding to ! * the largo importations of American Colton into >s Great Britain, pays high compliments to the good i- faith of our merchants. “They are continually” e says the Chronicle, “remitting specie in consider able amounts, obtained under must disadvantas n gcous and ruinous terms, to sustain their credit in ls England—a mode of payment, be itremembered, y that no one has a right to exact from a country lC which did not contract its debt in that medium.- To any one conversant with mercantile affairs, e it must be quite obvious that it would be just as ° impracticable for any country to which 20,000, )- OOOf. or 30,000,000/. of merchandise were expoit y ed by England, to remit for the same in specie, as it , would be for the Dank of England to meet its oul -1 standing liabilities in the current coin of the realm :c or bullion. Such an amount must bo disbursed te in the same medium in which the debt was orig inally contracted that is merchandise, or by the barter of the staple produce of that country for t he manufactures of this; hence the propriety of the n Americans suspending cash payments during a n panic like the one which has recently occurred, r t there being in no country specie corrcspoding in o amount with its internal and fotcign obligations. Is it not, then, roost unjust and unmerciful —con- -0 trary to all usage and in all probability toexpress te agreement—to call upon the American merchants, 1( as it were ala moment’s notice, to liquidate their accounts, when perhaps the bulk of the manufac lures have only just been exported from this coun- try, to be sold in America ala credit, perhaps, of l! three, six, or nine months, and tho proceeds re turned in cotton or other produce of the United 18 Slates!” le from Ihe N. Y. Commesciul Adv. August 12. If Wail street —One o'clock. —Stock* arc of down again to day. United States Bank, Ohio, te Trust, and Harlem Bail Road fell t; Long Island 10 Rail Road J; Farmers’ Truat, Mohawk and Uti of ca Rail Road J, and Boston and Providence and ig WoreeFler Riil Road* J per cent. > Spec ix —At the board to-day 4000 half dollars ' sold at 0 premium. We notice American gold t 8 j a B.J premium; quarter dollars 7) a 7j do; ■ Mexican dollars 10 alO j do; Spanish do, —a IS 1 do; five franc pieces $1,03j a £1.03); sovereigns . $5,34 a $5,35; doubloons $17,25 a $17,30. Treasury drafts far f 1000 were sold this morn ing at 3 j premium. A draft on Philadelphia was sold at tho Board to-day at J discount. Tho steamer Chatlahoochir,” Bradley, lienee to Texas, sunk on the 8 insl, in four fool water, near Barratnria. The passengers and crew wore all saved, but the cargo and boat were lost.—.V. U. True .diner. It has always appeared la us that the laws en acted against duelling have been rendered en tirely useless by tho ultra severity of the penal ties they impose. How can it be expected that prosecutions for duelling will take place when the effect would be to punish with death men who in evety other respect mayjhave discharged the duties ol citizens with the most praiseworthy fidelity. Wrong as it certainly is, duelling has been so long not only tolerated but advocated among tho most refined nations, that it is impos , stble to make people regard it as they would a common criminal offence. We have sometimes doubled whether the prohibition of the practice, ; under any circumstances whatever, has not the [ effect of making men quarrelsome and insulting, who are cowatds at heart, and we have almost . been led to the belief that if persons who enter . upon duels were madeto go through with them, , there would be less of the abominable practice. Many an arrant coward has sent a challenge for the purpose of bolstering up a reputation for bra very, hoping for tho intervention of the civil au thorities, who would never dream of such a thing if ho were sure of being permitted to fight. Per haps the most effectual mode of pulling a slop to duelling would lie for all respectable people to place in covenlty the man who would train him self regularly to tho use of the pistol. There is something revolting to every good feeling in a man’s practising so as to gsin an advantage over his fellow-man and deprive him of the equality of risk that should always prevail between antagon ists. Late enactments in Mississippi, independ ently of fine and imprisonment, make tbo survi vor liable for the debts of the deceased, for which the estate of the latter is not answerable until tho former shall have been prosecuted to bankruptcy. These laws ate good, inasmuch as they make a man’s pecuniary interest operate ns a guardian over the violence of his temper. — Halt, Amt t. ' | A Virginia papers says, "The limes are so , hard, and payments so scarce, the girls complain ( that the young men cannot even pay their ad dresses. From the Charleston Mercury. I THE TREASURY SCHEME. t The Richmond Enquirer of last Tuesday , contains two long and able communications | combating with great strength of reasoning i the plan of the now “Treasury [familiar” Air. | Gouge lor divorcing the Government from , all Banks. Wo have extracted the most val- i uable part of one of these communications, v signed Camillas, and commend it earnestly to i Ihe attention of our readers. The writer bo- ( gins with a pointed exposure of one of those | daring contradictions of the doubling organ I which so lately assured us that it “never char- , gee.” I “The Washington Globe o fit he 21st inst.,;m , an article headed “Divide and Conquer,” at- | tempts to enforce the necessity of so rogula- ; ting the collodion of the public revenue of the° United States, as to dispense with the agency of all Banking institutions, and to re ceive in payment gold and silver only. It copies nt large, witli decided approbation, the amendment offered by Mr. Gordon, to a bill ponding before the House of Representatives, for the regulation of the public deposites in i the State Banks, requiring the payment of all i public dues in gold and silver, and confiding I the keeping and disbursing ol the public rev- I emie to agents of the Treasury. It has been 1 said, that tho times are strangely out of joint, 1 and it may be sad, that opinions in relation \ to public measures, are strangely uncertain and unsteady. By recurrence to the columns of the Globe, it will be found that witett this 1 proposition was submitted to the House of j Representatives by Mr. Gordon, it was MOST VIOLENTLY ASSAILED BY THAT JOUR- j nal, and amongull the members of tiro House , friendly to the Administration, it obtained the ( vote of but a single one —Col. Beale of Vir- ( ginia. The proposition of Mr. Gordon was , to defeat a bill framed and reported accor ding 10 the RECOMMENDATION of Gen. JACK- | son himself, in his annual message to Con gress, earnes'ly calling upon congress to regu late by law, the deposites of the public money in the State Banks. Now the tone of the Globe is changed, and litis very policy so de cidedly repudiated by itself, and rejected by I the vote of nearly every friend of the Admin- i istration in Congress, is taken into groat fa- t vor, and earnestly recommended to the sup- ' port of the Republican party, as highly ex pedient and proper. The Globe says, that this scheme propos- ' edthe policy which “President Jackson was so solicitous to enforce as a constitutional principle,” viz: “that the whole revenue of the Un tied Stales derived from customs, lands, ami other sources, shall be paid in the current coin of the Slu'es." Ifthis scheme proposed the policy which General Jackson designed ultimately to effect, I would re>pfectfu Ily en quire, why it is he failed to recommend it in Ins messages; and why, his friends liavirig Ihe I majority in Congress, did not avs 1 iheuiS' Ives of the opportunity so fairly afforded by Mr. . Gordau’s proposition to adopt u! 1 am well satisfied, that tho “Globe" is mistaken in us i cribing this design to General I think will be fully manliest Rom the Gener i al’s own expressions.” i We have quoted this part of “Camillus, I to shew the lone in which the Enquirer | al ’ lows his correspondents to speak ol the Globe. • These two Arcadians wiM certainly not pipe 1 together much longer —there will soon bo nn -1 other petition for divorce wit ias good grounds • as those set forth by the N. Y. l imes, for packing out of the “House that Jack built, ' that Egypliatiilish women ot the agrarian ’ school with her Bedouin brood, as remarkable • now as ever for turning their “hand against ’ every man.* Indeed the Editor ol the En quirer himself cornea very near publishing the 1 Globe as a communis rixatrix" (a common scohl) iind speaks in evident indignation of its 1 “throwing cold (soul 1 .) uaier”(a regular Xan tippe trick) upon the head’of h s project of a ’ Bank Convention. But tins only by the bye. 1 “Camillus” then proceeds at a great length to , prove that Jackson never intended inlro , duce an exclusive metallic currency for the , revenue system, or that if ho did, he was a i great hypocrite —one of wlvch propositions, . we be ievo as firmly as “Caoitlius,” though - very possibly not tue same one. lo prove s this, Ihe makes copious extracts from the , General’s Message, and the Reports ol la r ney and Woodbury, embracing those ndteu - loos culogiums on the Deposits Banks, which • illustrated tho stupidity aod roguery ot their f authors far more effectual!? than the stability -of the “pets.” But as it matters very little J whether the late President reafy and sincere ly believed in the vision of pure metal, or whether he only held itonlas Milton s comet shook its tail, for the sake ot • troubling na , lion* with the dread of change," whether he j did devoutly entertain the impossible project j. ofbanishing credit, or perceived a mrfljciont d motion in parly interest for shaking tho foun- I dations of society, for warrng against all tx i poricnce, under the banner as “experiment,” for sending the implacable Ale with her l/efl hounds, torches and vipers into Ihe bosom of the community; whether he meant to broach a system or pull down all systems; whether in killing the monster of me Irsad, he meant to call iom permanent existence the Hydra of a hundred heads, or whether h s design was to follow up the blow til! he had broken all otlr skulls—whether by one or all of these, his po litxaleconomy is tube interpreted, it matters little now. The mii-chief isdone and wo tqrtsf. now look forward. We pmaover therefore every thing that appertains to the Ex-Presi deuts's opinions, and submit “Camillus’ ” ob jection to the Treasury scheme of Mr. Gouge, the present hobby of Ihe official organ. Several of these objections me strongly urged—they are enough to unite the consider ate and patriotic ol all parties against this attempt to mike the President's breeches pocket the depository of the public revenue, as well ns the sepulchre of the acts of Con gress. The objection to a National Bank, we lay on the table—not being yet, prepared in Say that it i.s incapable of such restrictions and guards as to render it safeou the score ol public liberty. As a depository of the public treasure, there needs no proof that it is pre ferable to all others. To the scheme itself they are many objec tions: 1 The fad that B inking is so deeply moled into our system, that it will be difficult to get rid of it, far many years —ft will bo ddHcult to harmonize the uci ton of twenty-six State Govern moms so ns to reform the banking sys tem and got rid ot its objectionable features; much more (o destroy it entirely. If, then, the sys'era is to prevail in any form, paper will constitute a materiel part ol the circulation of tho country. I cannot, therefore, perceive ihe propriety oljthe Federal Government requiring a different medium for its transactions from that of tho great body of the people. The transactions of tho people being so much more extensive than that ot the Government, they are ns much in need of a sound circulating medium, as the Federal Government. The Federal Government ought not to act upon the principle, lhat the Slate Governments re presenting tho great domestic interests of the People will institute or continue an unsound or unsafe system of Banking. Its eftorts should be to aid the States in perfecting a sound circulating medium with the belief that the Stii'es deserve it. 2. Such a system will be hostile lo the Slate Institutions. —The scheme, if adopted, will be founded upon the idea, that the State Banks ore unsound and incapable of furnishing a sound currency—a belief, lhat will discredii their paper and cripple their efforts to furnish a sound currency. It will reduce their circu lation to such narrow limits, as to render in operative any plan which limy may adopt— thereby creating hostility and alienation to wards the Federal Government on the part of the Stales, which is milch to be deprecated. I cannot perceive why tha’ cnireucy, which will be sufficiently sound lor the people, should not bo sufficiently so lor the Government. The disbursements of tho Government are princi pally among the People—and the sound local ci/n ency of the Stales will bo amply sufficient fur this object, I have no idea of requiring gold and silver, for the Patrician* and leaving paper fur the Plebeians. It is an odious dm linction, which an intelligent people will ne ver tolerate. If no currency but specie is suf ficcntly sound (or the Governmaut, none other is sufficiently s» for the People. 3. The public money -will be unsafe. —Expe- rience has proved, ond it is tho most unerring teacher,that the public deposites arc sillier in banks than in tire hands of individuals, and there need Vi no argument to prove it. Let tho government hooks be examined, and I venture the assertion, that it will he found, that in proportion to Ihe amount of money received, individual defalcations are fourfold to that of hanks. Where will these Treasury agents keep tho money they receive!—’ Will they keep it in a pile in their offices, or will they deposit it with individuals! Tho risk is great in either way. They cannot deposit it in luniks, for that would boa violation of tire scheme. Bunks are not to ho touched. What will the col lector al New York do with the $15,000,000 which ho receives annually! Where will he find a place of safety for ii! How will ho secure it against thieves and robbers! How strong th* temptation to employ it himself in speculation! Verily, to my mind it is, although plausible in theory, the most difficult scheme in practice,which it has fallen to my lot lo consider, 4. h virtually surrender» the purse to the Executive. —All these Treasury agents will hold their places althe discretion of the Executive.— What temptations lo abuse would tire uncontrol led possession of so much money hold out lo an ambitious aspirant for unlimited power! I have no distrust of thfi present Executive, bull speak of the tendency and dangers of this scheme,Which I suppose is intended lo be perpetual. It is a power which I am unwilling to place in the hands of any execulive. The powers of the “purse and the sword” are at all limes formidable enemies lo liberty and free government. 5. It will enlarge the patronage of the Fed eral Goveenment. —If there be a single principle in our admirable system of government which tends more than another lo destroy and overturn the dignity and value of our State governments, and lo produce a consolidated government, it is the extensive, accumulated and accumulating pa tronage of the Federal Government. It* over shadowing influence is already cirs ing the Slate institutions into the shade, nod now a scheme is proposed which must in the end enlarge its pa tronage, and accelerate ihe progress rlf consolida tion. New officers and new salaries will be ne cessary, and in many instances on increase of the salaries of the present officers. Already ore the expenditures of the Federal Government over grown and cxtravaganl; hut a schfcme is now pro posed, winch, if effected will still farther etllarge them. We should seek rather locurtail than to expand; for wc are far departed from the true principle of economy which should be observed in the expenditures of the government. 6. The difficulty, charge and expense of transportation. —If this system shall be adopted, it will devolve as a duly on the government to make its payments in specie. Tire (difficulty and danger of transporting specie from one part ol this extensive empire lo Ihe other, will be of a se rious and imposing character, and will involve much expense. Why run these ri-ks, when a system can be adopted which will avoid bol l, as well as the expense! 1 cannot perceive any sound reason for it. 7. The great inconvenience to which it will subject the public debtors. —lt tliete be a curren cy which is sound in every other point of view, why subject pttldic debtors lo the trouble and ne cessity of hunting up specie when they are about to discharge a Government debt ! Wiry upon many occasions throw them into the hands ol lookers lo raise specie, by giving heavy pre miums, when they could pay sound current nolo-", immediately convertible into specie ! Why sub ject them lo the payment of specie, when in lhcir more extended transactions with their tel low citi zens, notes will answer ? It is anomaly in the history ot Government to see it demand specie, when a different currency is provided for the Peo ple at large. I am decidedly of opinion, that an accommodating spirit on the part of tho Fe deral Government to Hiatt/ Institutions, will great ly increase the bund of union, and strengthen the arms of the Federal Government. 8. It will result in an increased demand for the JYalianal Bank, and secure itt establish‘ ment. When this scheme has operated suffi ciently long to have tested iu utter impracticabili ty. #nd the Stale Bfeuka shall have been depre ciated to « groat degree under He infl'jenca, as ’ will inevitably lie the cam*, then Ihe demand tor • a National Bank will be so strong as to he irre -1 sistihlr, sod then adieu, a long adieu, lo our / boasted liberties! I need not here remark, ;hatl r am an uncompromising enemy lo a Natirnsl t Bank in any form or shape, as in violation of the (' Constitution, and in conflict with those great , principles of Democracy which lie at the founds . tion of our institutions. From the Providence Morning Courier. i THE TEST OF BENEVOLENCE. A SHORT AND TRUE STORY. 4< The hand that, wiped away that tear of want, Tho heart that melted at another’s woo, Were his, and blessings followed him.’* David Wentworth had the kindest of hearts. There was neither mete nor bound to iris be nevolence, except irftfKlhj! And happy was any man who bird a tythe of the prayers that were offered up for the welfare of my friend, by the unfortunate and wretched whom his hand had relieved. I speak of prayers—-for it was the only re ward ho sought, and of course the only re ward he obtained ; 1 menu here—but I forget. David was paying attention to an excel lent young lady of his native city. She was wealthy, beautiful, accomplished, and conse quently had many suitors. Among them a ere richer and nobler (in extraction f mean) and handsomer than Divtd, but ti'impnrie there was a kind of (rank hearted, straight forwardness about my friend, I hat could not fail to carry him somewhere near the heart of his discerning mistress, oven if an empe ror had boon It s rival. The young lady in question, hit trpnn a pro ject to put (he characters of Iter lovers to it lest. She had come across a poor widow with a family in distress in one of her bene volent excursions, and the idea occurred to her that it would he a good opportunity to ascertain the stuff her lover’s heart was made of. Loiters were forthwith indited, setting forth the good woman’s tale, and forwarded to the different gentlemen in the widow’s name, requesting an answer ami assistance. The first reply was a lecture on idleness and bcgguig, and concluded with the intorina lion that, the writer was not accustomed to give lo ihose he did not know. This was from -f 10,(100 a year! Tbo second advised her to apply to some of the benevolent socie ties whose duty it was to relievo those who were truly iu want. This was from one who had a great reputation for benevolence —who had taken a icad.ng part in several charitable associations; and whose pharasaical liberality had been blazoned in the Gazette. The lady thought that interested, as ho was, in the suc cess of these institutions, he displayed a very commendable reluctance about taking ihe business out of (heir hands. A third from a good hearted ami generous kind of a fellow —enclosed hernss hill with hisjcompllinents. Several look no notice of the good woman's petition. Bit there was another answer which the lady rend with fur different feelings, ft was from David—from S9OO a year—and I need not say, like himself kind and consoling; It spoke out of tha writer’s narrow means, and also of tho principles he had adopted, of never giving, unless persuaded of Ihe worthi ness of the object, and concluded by request ing ad interview. “ If,” said he, “ 1 find my self otherwise unable to afford the assistance you require, I trust I may be ot service in in teresting others in your behalf.” Nor was this pr session. For it was but a ■ew weeks befofe the widow found herself comfortably located and engaged in a thriving little business, commenced by the commenda tion, ami carried on by the aid of a friend. And all this was done in genuine scripture stylo. There was no sounding of trumpets ; and the right hand know not tho doings of the left. But his lady love was a silent observer of his conduct, and ho received many a kind glance from that quarter, of which ho liille suspected tho cause. She began to think that thd homage of a spirit like his was a thing not to he despised ; and she felt some thing very much like a palpitation of tho heart, as she questioned herself respecting his intention. She was in a train of thought which was one evening, as is often tho case, interrupted by a call Irom the very person who had been its cause.—Hour tiller hour passe I by lhat night, and still David lingered. He could not tear himself away. “ She is a most laci- Mating creature,” thought ho, “ and good as she is beautiful. Can she ever bo mine 1" A cloud came over bis features and ho sat lor n moment in silence. “ This suspense must be ended,” ho at, length tbougiit. He started as tho clock told eleven. “You will certainly think me insufferably tedious, said he, with a faint smile, “but 1 have boon so pleasantly engaged ns to think no more of time. And lire sm of this trespass upon the rules of good breeding must he at your door. Res den, I have lengthened ibis visit, ’ he uout.nued after » pause, “ tinder the apprehension that as it has been the happiest, it might also be the last, it shall ever be my good fortune to enjoy with Miss II.” Tbo lady looked at him wuh some surprise. “Nay,” said he, “ the mat Ct fdsts with yourself. Will you forgive my presumption! I know that others, perhaps more worthy of yon, al least nobler and wealthier and higher in the world’s esteem, are striving for the ho nor of your hand. And yet 1 cannot restrain myself from inakingniiavoAali which, though it. may he futile, it is yet but a deserved tri bute to your worth.” And ho popped flic question. The lady did not swoon nor turn pale. Bui a flash of gratification passed over her face, and lighted her eyes for a momoiili She frankly gave him her hand and looked up archly in his face. “ The I'nd'ul of ihfc fa therless mid Widow,” said she. (D • vid blush ed) »• cannot fail to make a constant lover and a worthy husband." .. . COMJIUKtI ii.. aijousta’Trices current: Uevise.ll and corrected weekly, for Ihe Chronicle <j Sentinel. Bagging, Hemp 20 a25 Raisins, (dull) 150 a ?O0 Tow 12 a2O Ii ice, 3 a 1! Bale Rope, Joul4 •Syji'ri's.Wlii-ki'V' t'i " ,; 0 Hue. n, new N.F.. Hum 48 a 60 limns 11 a 125 Cog. Brandy 130 o 250 Shoulders 10 a 11 Holland Gin 12 i a 150 Sides II « 125 P. Brandy 87| a 125 Butler, Goshen 30 a35 Sugars, tst. Cr. 10 a 125 N. Carolina 15 a24 Mumovudo 8a IO Candles, Sperm 33 a3B Porto Rico 6u 9 Tallow 16 alB Piew Orleans Soil Cheese, 14 al6 Havana, while 14 al3 Coffee, gt. Cuba 12 u 15 Do brown 10 al9 java 14 a 16 Salt, GO a75 Common Rio lUal4 Soap, yellow tin 9 00 a (HI Shot, 0a Id Flour, (.'mini Sl3 «I t Tens, Hyson 70 n 100 Baltimore 7a 10 Imperial 95 a J2o Cyril, 1125 a 120 Gunpowder 90 a ]2o / r ,i 10 a 14 Vaurtuse Factory, Holes, dr.suited 111 al3 Yarns 4« 16a28u40c. Ixa.l, 8t a 9 Uzimbargs No 1 to. Molasses, 38 a 45 'l/ Nails. 75 aHi Mackerel, No. 1 911 a U Uds, Sperm, 12.4 a 13; No 2 *oa 11 Unsecd 125 a 13; No. 3 fd a 8 Whale 55 a65 Wines, Malaga 60 a75 Pork. Mess none Teneriffo 874 a 150 PrJ.na none Madeira 150 a 30U Peinirr, 9a 11 Claret, per gal., 926 Sjlicr, 9u 11 Chmnpsgoe 910 ii 16 remarks. Cotton —Considerable business ha* been doing in this aniclo sincci our lost report, and aitbo’ We cannot raise our quotations, our market nmsi be considered in quite an active et.tu, and it has been tfluzhaaaior to work off common and middling par r J »• —nv U«9* 1 ‘ iarepw - >»•><*** „ r dlff iriihi«n of making money arrangement!. there i« * j no doubt th it our price* woaM artvi nte Wr now I quote 6la9|rt*,,e* the extreme* of the maike., tl e tho we Intf l bean} of the tales of several fine loed* I ol rent), Gioctiiu, —continue without change out mar ket ia well Ftfpplfr J With moit of the trading article*, and our rHer being now in good boating order, oar fill suppling ere daily coming to hand. COnetder*. hie sales of Baron Rr»o been Made from waggon* at > 1-icti. c3«h, hog Round; and from Storm at 13rt». Otfr Market i.i well supplied with flour. Ten bar rels of Lard, w re sold yesterday it ] .fete, cash j • Domestic Uquoi • nta rail ri more plenty. Exchange —Checke oriNewYork are held by the' j 1 Bonk, at 5 per ct. out of doom, 4 per n. on Charle* ton, 1 per ct., United States Bank Noin 4t a 5 par ' ct , a comiderahle amount of Northern Exchange, has been thrown in our market fn tlie ehape of Checks, drawn by tfte Banka in Rhode Inland, oe Banks In New 1 ork, and havt been sold oi 4 per . ct; premium. Fn kioiits,—Continue ns last reported, one dollar i per Bale to Savannah; by Rail Rond to Charleston ■ SO cts. per round Bale, 40 cents per equate; apt I freights from Savannah continue at I lees cuetnma- I ry, and from Charleston «t customary by Steanf ■ Coa'lX ttnd Rail Road. NKW yottK MAItKUT, AUGUST 15. I Coffee —The market continues extremely inactive! t and thro ighoitt the week not a single transection of imporlnnoc has taken place. The salts Which have been confined to small parrels in lha inkiej include, sincennr Inst ISO hags l.agnira at IDlelOf; • 25 hags olocha, IS; 300 hags Brazil, 104 all 4 rpos ; t and HO do tibn,9l; 130 Brazil, 9 a 9i; and 390 St. ■ Domingo, 9 cents, nil cosh. Cotton.—The transnetion* do ing the past tbreri days have been to n fair extent, both for shipment ' and home Use. Fine descriptions, to which the Im-iness has been chiefly confined, have been well Appporteil, but other qualities, from being in less derttand, Wave been scarcely ks well siftmitWd. Th» sales embrace 900 bales Upland at 81 a IS, including some floe at 15 cents; SC(T Florida, 9 a 13; 300 Mo bile, 9 a 131; nnd 800 New Orleans, 10 a )6 cents,- forming n total during the week ot fully 33110 bales. Flour and Meal.— The market continues to ex hibit the extreme depression no iced in preceding publications; and prices, though constantly declin ing, continue so unsettled as utterly to prevent any quotations being given, tt|ion which reliance can hd placed: n lalcof 250 bis good common brand Canal was made on Thursday nt $9,50 a reduction of SO (etna from previous rates; sales also of 250 WH Richmond City Mills nt $9,50; and a small parcel do. Uinhcrlbrd.nt $9,35; Troy and New York city, inspected, and Ohio, via canal, are offered at 98. Hyn Flour declined tfi $5,25, ana remains dull at tlial rate. Corn Meal continues to sell readily St $5,25, cash, in barrels,and remains itarce. Grain —Foreign Wheat remains exlfelhely heavy: 1000 bushels White Dannie told at $1 50,cosh; am! 2 a 300 do good While'Dutch at the snrte rare,olsr* cash; another Cargo oVNotlli Carolina, the Only one' rtfneW received during the week, told at about $1 75, Tlie stock of Foreign Pye has ftecame much reduced, and the demand has hern limited to small parcels, including in nil 2 a 3000 bushels at 80 a 83 cents, cash, for good qualities. A cargo of one thousand live hundred bushels Delaware Oats nt 00 cents, cash; Nurlhern nre selling at 70 n 75 cents the latter rate Uit small parcels. Com having become herfvy ami mWre abundant, continues gradually to - recede in price; 3300 bushels Yellow Delaware and Alaryland aold nt 31 09, measure, rash; and a cargo of 1900 do. at $1 081 90 days* without interest. Pmiritimt— Tho demand for Beef nnd Pork con tinues exceedingly limited. Beef, from tlie contin ued smnllncss ol the stork, remains li ro; hut Porks ol w.ich supplies during the past ten days havp been flowing freely into market, has farther declin ed nearly one dollar per barrel; we reduce our no tation I t Mesa to s2l a $22,50; and Prime, sl7 a $lB. Tito demand for other description of Provis ions generally continues extremely small. Ohio l.tird mo nose 9 a 91 cenfs; Northern, 10 a 121; ami City rendered, 12,—Sales of -Smoked Mains 12 a 14; Bacon sides 10 n 101; Shoulders, H n 8i ; and Smoked Hoof, which is scarce, 131 cents. Frrightf. —There is mllcr more Cotton offering to Liverpool, the packet of the 16th inst. having a bill cargo engaged at Id fiir square ami Id lor round hales. Nat al S-ttreS are taken at Is. 9d. par brl U1 Havre. Our rates continue current. Exchange— Hiuce the sailing of the packets of the Blh instant nothing of importance has occurred in European Exchanges, Th' quail ity of Hpccia baa become greatly reduced by the recent heavy ship ments abroad ; tlie packet ship Toronto Which soil ed on the lOih for London, has on beard sJ7y,ooo. l‘hte Current. MA lilt IK I). Irt Pulnam county, at the residence of Dr,- ThoriMs H. Slaughter, on Wriridrty /he oth July, by the Ucv. Richard Pace, Mr. Uiiaplz Bhi:uh* tbu, Esq., of said county, to Miss Assixith; daughter ol Ooorge mid Susan Magruder, of Richmond county. ■ 1 ■'! .. sm* itnvanl. fI'HE above Reward, will ha paid lor the rcco- Ji- Very of two Dark Brown AIULBB, Ituloug ing to the 0(f). Kail Road and Banking Company. They strayed from the Company's -Stables, on thc tioti 2(5, ahum tho Ist. of July last. _ , JOHN HARTY, Section 3fi, ft. R.'Road. Master of Tea ids Tho City I’rlpers will copy tho üboyo 3t weekly, mtg lf> 192 3tw At) It EE AHI A', loan order ol the Honerahl* ■ lie inferior Court Os h'eriven County, when Antirig os a Court for ordinary purposes, will ha sold on tlie first Tuesday in November next, be-' tween the usual hours Os Sale, before the Court Douse door in Eleij ly, Gilmer County, a tract of l,aml, known and distinguished by Lot No. I, C District nnd 2nd Section, belonging to tlie Es tate of Antiets Arnett, deceased, sold for a division among the h- irs This I4;h day of August, 1837. AJSARIAH ENNEIS, aug 16 193 wld Administrator. WILL be sold befire the Court Hourse door in the county of Appling, on tlie first Tues day in Abrentber next' within tlie usual hours of sale, to the highest bidder. Lot of I.and No. four hnnd/oa arid Ibrty four, [411) in tho fourth district of said county, trie pro puny of the Istle Stephen! ■Conor, of Jefferson couny, deceased, and sold agreeable to art order oi the honorable Inferior. court ol'soid county of Jsfferson sitting os a court of ordinary. Terms of sale on the day. ASHLEY PHILLIPS, Adm'r. mfgiitl. 1M937 wfit li>3 O F.ORGIA, Scrivai Touiiiy; WHEREAS, John Baslonapplies for I-otters of Administration onlhe Estate Os James Boston, late of Striven County, deceased. These nre, therefore, to Cite and ddmOriish all and singular, the kindred and creditors ofeOiddeceased, 1 to be nod appear at my office, within the time pro scribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have) w hy said letters should not be granted. Given uu let my hand at office in Jaoksonbonr, this Utli day of aug, 1837. JOSHUA PERRY. CTk i j nog 16 Strayed -B-AROM tho aubscriber on the Bth irul, a large . A 1 AVrcl Kono Hor.e, obont 8 years old, with one white bind foot, some scars ol white about lira HOi hors, ami considerable white hairs all over him; ’ Ills foretop trimmed at the point. Tho hone ha* been lately purchased Irotn (J F Parish A reason able reward and all clitorises will bo pid, upon his delivery to trie in Augusta,or at the Rocks, 4 miles front A ugn.ta.on the old Mtlledgeville Rosd. aug 15—191—7 t Bl* CHEW. LaiayeUe Hall. TIIH undersigned respectfully informs hi* * friends nnd tlie public generally. that ha taker. Lafayette Hall,in Mill. JgeVille, by Gen. D. B. Mitchell. Th« houmis asjunWß culated to render comlort as stly ulkW Blab'is a moot in the oily; and every eioriiou on iay part win bo made to accommodate those who may favor ns with a call. ... , . Tha eubecrihor will give hit personal at ten iron to Iti* petrous, end w.il have the ent™ manttOTwnt of •ho house WX. ROgLKL. KrJ’h* Stage Office of the People* Line it kept at tint bouse. The etages daily leaving lor MonN ' mgocry and AugUsta. Mtlledgeville. Aug. 1 180 . T Jail received\findf»r tale by P. FLEiViniO & CO., RBLS. (resh groundFlcrttr, (extra brand) 50 bog* prime Gredh Coffee, —ALtO— A fresh supply of Sugar, Molasses, Iron. Nails, Bagoinff, &c, &c., all of which is off-red low for casu. [July W 164 ltdjtw