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J,ady! when, with glad surprise.
I meet thy toft and shaded eyes.
Or. lost in dreams of love, behold
Thy waving locks of darken’d gold,
Or press thy lip, whose dew discloses
Sweets, that seem the breath of roses;
Lady 11 sigh—and, with a tear.
Swear earth is lieavcn—if thou artacar
But when (the hour of transport o’er)
My soul’s delig. tis seen no more,
Bcmcmb’ring all thy host of charms;
I tremble then with wild alarms*
Ami, taught by jealous doubt, discover
In every gazing youth, a lover;
■Confessing, with a silent tear.
That heaven and hell arc wend’rous
near! Lord Strultgford.
Prom the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
rimimstfintittl KyicJence.
pi i .l; Leeson was the only sou, of a
comm gentleman in In land, who posses
•id i. st. sit rsisie of Ut>W sterling a year;
but who was not very noted for the pro
per m»t agement of it. Old Mr. Leeson
was, m c ttaeqiicnee, involved in perpetu
al difficulties, and was upon the eve of De
lug inrowmnio prison when lie was »»■
red fro n that disgrace by the filial con-
Ui'dHTlrtotttniJf, Joim il a ‘very h~ahi
person, whicli aUiwicd a young lady
with an independent fortune of 8,di;0? and
Who hud leu g beheld him With a fuvuiti
tle eye. But Frank being attached to au
dio r, whose beauty uni merit were her
only rccommendalion, had hitherto de
clined to profit hy litis lady’s partiality.
W hen he saw, however, that there Was
no method of saving an infirm father m i
mother from poverty and bondage, the
force of Ills filial affection gut tin- belter
of his love: he tore liimsi-lfaw ay from the
woman lie adored, and married tne lady
of fortune. With this money he paid off
tin old gt nt(email’s <L< bis, and entered
the world will, a degree of reputation,
considerably superior to the generality of
his acquaintance.
\s nothing could seperate Frank and
his parents, the old couple and the young
lived together for some lime in the most
perfect harmony, under the same roof, —
and the scVerity of their former situation
producing a necessary regulation in their
expensi s, they were every day rising no
hss in opulence than in felicity, when an
urn xp> cted misfortune left them, in the
ni l i -nt of their utmost security, without
•he tie rand without bread. Old Leeson, I
finding his health very much impaired,
an I, moreover, conceiving a disgust from
the i 'gratitude of his funner associates, he
resi Ived, wi* 1 1 tin; concurrence of his son,
to i spoae of his estate, and make an a t
equate purchase in ttic neighborhood of
Dublin, where he might have un oppor
tunity of consulting the best physicians,
and establishing a more agreeable curie
of acquaintance Pursuant to this plan,
h< sold every ace he possessed, received
the money in bills, and was preparing to
set off for another part of the kingdom,
when an nccMii.nl fire reduced his habi
tation to a heap of ashes, destroyed all Ids
effects, and gavt- him scarcely a moment
for the preservation of his family.
Frank, whose property watt also in lolls
•ml parked up ready for the intended de
parture, lost all in the general calamity,
and w as obliged, together w ith his father,
his mother and his wife, to take refuge at
a neighboring gentleman’s for a few days,
till they wereiu a cap icily of reaching the
metropolis, whcri Frank expected, from
some letters which he obtained u* the
lord lieutenant, to procure a little estab
lishmant either in the army or the public
offices.
On the arrival of our unfortunate f irmly
In Dublin, voting Leeson applied himself
Industriously to profit by his recomnten
damns; b. t; »l is! though he met with ci
vility, hr could obtain no relief; i very
l> s i applii ition gave him nothing hut
fr 'h occasion Ho lament the miacrabU
prospect ht fbn him; and while he was
cout iiiu.i’, cheering every bosom nt home
With l!ie speedy expectation) cf holeyon
days, lie had nothing but despair in Ins
OW’ At length, destruction became too
evident to be concealed. His father, who
Was now confineJ to his bed, had been a
whole day without sustenance, and young
Mrs. I ,eeßon, wtis every hour tremuling, I
lest the pauis of psturieney should oblige
her to solicit the charitable assistance of
som“ of the public. Thus situated, torn
with a thousand pangs fora wife who pos
•eased his highest esteem; for a father
whom he almost worshipped, am) fur a
mother whom he tenderly loved. Prank
••Hied out one evening into the streets, |
and met a gentleman whose appearance ,
indicated opnlmce, he demanded hts mo
ney with such a v ildncss of accent, that
the gentleman w as so much terrified as to
give him, without resistance, a punt eon- ,
tabling fifty guineas, with which Frank
retreated to his lodging, where he depos
ited the money with his father, telling him
he had received it on the lonl lieutenant's
Order as an earnest only of future services
—The family, not doubting the truth of
hi' relation, poured out their unfeigned
acknowledgments oft he Viceroy’s good
ness, and once more refreshed themselves
With a comfortable repast.
Next morning the robbery became nois
•d abroad, and, to the great surprise o
every body, a merchant of the fairest cha
racter and fortune, was apprehended for
lh«* fact and lodged in prison. On the
earliest knowledge of the circumstarce,
Frank immediately wrote to the innocent
gentleman, desiring him to be under no
apprehension, for if he was not honorably
acquitted, the person actually guilty
would, on the day of trial, appear in court,
acknowledge his crime, and surrender
lh« vie}|ted laws of hi* country.
■ Ttffc nV-ttrsfiy tlUWtfl
“ to every body who came to see him, but
such as were his friends talked of it •• •
most extraordinary affair, the generality
of people considered it as • despicable
artifice to impose on the credulity of the
public. , .
The day of trial at last came—and, not
withstanding the merchant’s character
appeared irreproachable b. fore tinsmifor
innate occurrence; notwithstanding «< se
rai persons of the highest rank proved
him a man temarkably nice in his prhtci
phi, and very opulent, the prosecutor
v. sso positive in his chaige, and a num
be- m circum*taw s so surprisingly con
ciit'fti.*o give it weight, that lie w-as ac
tu.di-, Convicted. It orly remained foi
the judge to pronounce sentence of death
upon him. At this awful moment, a loud
noise of “ make way, make Way!” ran
, throughout the court, and young Leeson,
with » manly yet modest countenance,
lushed forward and demanded to be
In-aril, delivered himself to the following
r! effect: I
*«\’oti sec before you, my Lord, an un
happy young man who once little thought
of violating the law's of his country, and
who wished rather to be the friend than
the enemy fit society; hut who knows to
what he may be urged in the butirof pierc
. ing otfianuty, to what he may he brought
when destitute of friends, and destitute of
bread? I, my Lord, was born a gentleman,
and bred one; six months ago, I was pos
„ sussed of an easy fortune; but an accident
til fii-e reduced me in a moment lo beggary,
and what is still more distressing, reduc
ed also an infirm and excellent father, an
aged and tender mother, together with
the best of women and best of wives, to
the same lamentable situation. Encour
aged by some recommendations to the
great, we came up toloWn, and expected
a decent means of procuring a subsist
cnee; but alas! my Lord,those who want
compassion most, are those who arc
’ most commonly disregarded Instead
‘ of assistance, we received compli
ments and met with the how of frigid po
liteness, where we looked for the bounte
ous hand of relief: so that in a little lime,
our all was totally exhausted and n.v
, wretched fattier snd the venerable
.• > •
t out any sustenance whatever, when uua
! ble lo see them expiring for food, I
rushed forth and committed the robbery
for which this gentleman, now a prisoner,
, at the bar, has been convicted.
“ This was o-it the whole of my afflic
turns; a fond, deserving wife, who had
brought me a plentiful fortune, lay also,
perishing with hunger, and that too, in a
situation which demanded the tenderest
attention, and the most immediate regard
Such, my lord, were my motives for that
unjustifiable action. Had the gentleman
condemned, been happily acquitted, I had
not made this public acknowledgement
of my guilt; Heaven only knows what I
have suffered during his confinement!
Hut the empire of the universe would
not tempt me to injure him further, nor
tempt me, by an infamous sacrifice, of his
life, to consult the safety of my own
Here t lien, my lord, I claim his sentence
and demand his bonds. Providence will,
I doubt not, now take care of my inno
cent family, who are equally ignorant of
tny crime, and of my self accusation. For
my own part, I am resigned ; and 1 feel
nothing in consequence of my approach
ing fate, but from what, 1 am sensible, they
tmisi suffer on my account.”
Here young Leeson ended, ami the
whole court was lest in approbation and
in tears. He was howev. r, eondemnuU
mid pardoned the same dav; and his char
acter suffered so little on the occasion that
the lord lieutenant gave him, with his life,
a place of 700/ sterling a year; while the
merchant, who had been accused, from re
sembling him strongly, t’.ying some time
af’«r, without heirs,left Ftauk his whoh
tortum , as a reward f r st* exemplary an
act of justice and generosity.
FLIGHT OF HORSES.
\bout the 10th of June, 1815, at two
o’clock in the morning, while Col. R. M
Johnson’s regiment was encamped on tin
peninsula below fort Wayne, in a beauti
ful grass plain, some of the horses that
passed the line of sentinels and got some
distance up the Si Joseph, became alarm
ed, and came running into ramp in great
fri,,ht. This alarmed all the horses in tlu
regiment which united in a solid column
wi hin the lines, snd took three courses
round the camp. It would seem almost
incredible, but it is a fact, (hey appeared ,
not to cover more than about 40 by 60
Varda m ground, and yet their number was
about 6UO. The moon shone at the full,
the camp was an open plain, and the
scene awfully sublime. They at length
forced their passage through the lines, !
overset several tents, earned away several
panne Is of fence, passed off through the
w oods, and were, in a few minutes, out of
liraring ot the loudest beds that belonged
lo ill . regiment. The next day was spent
in collecting them, some of which were
tomul ten or twelve miles from the camp,
up die Si. Joseph, and about 20 or 25 w ere
never found, although pursued above 20
units. The alarming flight of the horses
of that regiment injured them more than
could have been supposed; for they had
run so long in such a compact body, that
very few had escaped without being lam
ed, having their kind feet cut by the shoes
of those that crow ded on them
The writer of this was an officer of the
guard, and then on duty. The night be
ing clear and calm, the moon rolling in
full splendor, the flight of the horses,
which resembled distant thunder, the idea '■
of an immediate attack from the Iml..vs,
and tire ground of our encampment being
paved with the hones of former warriors, •
all combined to furnish one of ihuse aw- - 1
lolly sublime A'ighi Hcruts that beggar all
description ' , '
A similar flight of horses took place
about th« 22d .Ame, after the regiment .
had arrived at Fort Meigs
W estern paper.
WASHINGTON.
Every thing which relates to the life i
and actions of this gi«at and good man, i
c vni'Ot fid I tointrrest i very rt ader whose s
bosom is warmed by American feelings, s
Ul all men the name of Washington must t
be most dear lo American hearts, ami as t
;hc years roll away, instead of being lost
in distance, the more brilliant do hia vir- c
tue-s appear, and the more strongly con- l
vmced are we oi the true greatness of i
his character. ** f here is a mournful pleas- t
ure,” says the eloquent Dr. Collier, “iu I
recalling the actons and reviewing the j
* feeTr*j?6 »r tKo* «&0 ft-fedA* jW&e.
i Time ha* effected chang by his slow
a devastation*, which apeak o the heart:
y and we cannot hear the vi eof years de
e parted without feeling 01 attention ar
e rested: and, amid the soension of our
employments, giving re’fence to the
• testimony of those whose isdom, snatch
r ed from that all destroyin hand, remains
. upon record for our instr:iion.”
The following interesfg anecdote of
1 the father of our repnbe, we find »n
. Bissett's continuation ofHiime; and we
r do not recollect to havdinet with it in
. any other place. It illuii ates in a mos
. forcible manner the ovf-nding hand o
. Providence, in directinahe operation 01
i a man’s mind, in niompts when he is
K least aw are of it. Thi*nrious incident,
] from which it appears <iat the life of the
, hero was in imminent Anger, took place
during some skirrmshinr, « day. or two
, previous to the battle of Brandy wine, ana
is detailed in a letter from Major Frgu
r eon who commando! a rifle corps in *d
’ vance of the llesslms, under Gen. Krnp
, hausen, to his friaid in England The
t letter in question gres the following ac-
I count: ■
, “\ve had not lainlong, when a rebel
, officer, remarkable or Iris Hussar dress,
passed towards nunrmy, within one hun
dred yards of my ight flank, not per
f ceiviog us. He, v a follow ed by another
, dressed in a dark gren and blue, mount
ed on a bav horse, with a remarkably
high cocked hat—ordered three good
, shoots to steal near hem and fire at them;
but the idea disgustd me, and 1 recall
i ed the order. The Hussar in returning
i made a circuit, but tie other passi d with
, in one hundred yank of us, upon which
1 advanced from the wood towards him.
Upon my calling In slopped; but after
I lo king at me, proceeded. I again drew
. his attention, and pade signs to him to
stop, leveling mv pete at him; but he
■ slowly canfeied awij . As 1 was within
that distance at wlich, in the quickest
firing, I could have lodged half a dozen
balls in or about hfn. oof ire ho was out
ofmv reach I had only once to determine;
but it was not pleasant to fire At the back
of an unofti ruling individual, who was
acairiirinv himself Very coolly, of his duty,
•« • 'i m alone. Th 3 after, I had
be-.n telling this story t</ so me wounded
officers who lay in the jame room with
me, when one of the st-geons who had
been dressing the womded rebel offi
cers, came iu and told Is that they had
been informing him thal Gen. Washing,
ton was all the morniik with the light
troops, and only attendej by a French of
licer in a Hussar dress, If himself dressed
and mounted in every pjint as above de
scribed. lam not soriv that I did not
know who it was.— Connecticut Min or.
From the JV. Y. Com. Aatertiier, June 24.
Paul Jones.
It. is a matter of some surprise in this
age of book making, that the world has
never been presented with an accurate
and authentic account of the life and ex
ploits of this eccentric and chivalrous offi
cer. In the days of our boyhood, Vc, re
collect to have read a little-penny account
of his adventure; and many a tinu and oft
have we listened with wonder and adnii
ration to tales ofthe superior prowess Mm
desperate courage displayed by him white
scouring the coasts of England and Scot,
land, with his little armament, during tlu
American revolution. But we have nev
r been able to learn more of his real life
and character, than what is to be gleaned
from tradition, or from the pages of Amer
ican history, where we believe his name
occasionally appears.
An opportunity is now presented to tlu
American public, to avail themselves of a
full, authentic, and probably excellent his
tory of the life and transactions of ihi;
brave and extraordinary' man. At the last
meeting of the Mew-York Histor.cal Soci
ety, the following extract of a letter {com
a lady, (a niece of the hero of whom v. •
arc .speaking,) dated Edinburgh, March
29, IH2O, to her correspondent in this
city, was communicated by Mr. Pint
ard—
“l have still another favor to beg of yen
—lt has long been to me a matter of won
der, that America has never shown any
disposition lo give to the world the histo
ry of those brave men who were the first
usserters of her rights, and to whom she
owes that Independence, her sons seem
so iiimcli lo be proud of. I have in my
possession, a number of important papers,
that belonged to my late uncle, the chev
alier Paul tones. They consist of his cor
respondence with Washington, Jefferson
Dr. Franklin, Adams, the duke de la
lloch tone alt, l.a Fayette, am in fact, with
ah the eminent characters connected with
the American revolution. I have either
the originals, or else authentic copies ex
ii acted from the records ol congress.—
These with a memoir of his life, and an
account of his campaign in Russia, will
make three large octavo volumes. 1 have
been advised to publish them in England,
and wouid have done so, had money been
n.y object. But they contain some bitter
reflections against tire British government,
which, in thal case, it would have been
thought necessary to suppress, and of
which 1 apprehend the suppn ssion would
have essentially injured the work—my
principal motive for giving them to the
world, being to exhibit my uncle’s char
acter in a just point of view. The favor
I have to ask of you, is, to let m>* know
if there is any bookseller in New-York,
who would undertake to publish them,
and what 1 may expect for them. There
is one thing, however, must be 'insisted
upon, which is, that they are not to be
garbled, but are to be given to the world
Just as they are, without either adding or
dnmmshhg Y’ou will perliaps think me ,
very unreasonable to expect you to in
form me, what I am to get for a work
which you have not to show to the pub
lisher. But understand me rig]U* 1 do ]
not expect thal you will be able to rame ■
a certain sum; hut only that you may, per- (
haps after inquiry, have it in your power (
to give me a hint of what it is probable 1 '
might receive If you will have the good *
nf* lo assist me in th s »ffa : r, the papers
shall be sent to you, addressed as you ’
shall direct, and to be disposed nfbs you
think best, with only this one provision — 1
that they must be published as they toe ’’ (
The letter was referred to a committee
consisting of Mr ssrs. W L Stone, J. Pm- ,
lard, and Dr J W. Francis, to ascertain,
it possible, whether it would be practica
ble to publish the memoirs of the Cheva
lier Paul Jones m this country, and tore
port the result
! tfe are
period of general pecuniaty embarraument
throughout the country, and we are «c n
*ible also, that the country ha* been so o
rrun with subscriptions, that many can
hardly endure the sight of a new propo-
But it does appear to us notwtthstan
iing these obstacles, that an enterprising
bookseller might undertake the publica
tion of this work not only with per
fect safety, but with a fair prospect
of realizing a handsome profit. From
what we have heard of the talents
rnd character of the fair author of the
firegoing letter, (who we presume lo be
die writer of the memoirs] we have no
doubt that the wojjkwill be found highly
interesting and The documents
it will contain,mdst of themselves possess
great interest, as containing many curi
ous facis, probably never before de
veloped, and also the views and feelings
of their distinguished authors, during
those days of peril and alarm.
It may well be said of Paul Jones, that
he was ihe father of our naval glory And
who is there, that docs not desire to tu -
come familiar with the life of the first A
merican Commander, who dared to grap
ple ship to ship with Albion—who in sac(
entered the Thames, and assailed the l.i
on in his den ? We should suppose that
all the officers of our navy, and in fact, all
the principal characters in Ihe U. States,
would eagerly patronize a work like the
one proposed.
The following I-ittcr describes an affVci
iug visit of Mrs. ELIZABETH FltY r ,
to the Female Prisoners in the jail ol
Glasgow.
From the Jhnerii an Flatly Advertiser
Mis Fry's manner and voice are de
lightful, and her communication free and
unembarrassed. She met, by appoint
ment, several of the Magistrates, Mrs. Lo
wing ai<d a numb* rof t!ie ladies at Brid
well. She told ihi ra, with much simpli
city, what had been done at New-gat.e,
and proposed something similar, it u
should he found practicable in Glasgow,
bite entered into very pleasant conversa
ion with every one; all were delighted
when she offered to “speak a little to
the poor women,” but, the keeper of
Bridewell said, he feared it was adanget
ous experiment; for tbit they never, but
uy compulsion, listened to reading, and
were generally disposed to turn all into
ridicule, She said she was not without
fear of this happening: but siie thought
it might give pleasure to some, and
would serve to shew the ladies what
she meant.
The women, about an hundred, were
then assembled in a large room, and
when we went in, seemed astonished,
misdoubting and lowering.
She took off - her liule bonnet, and sat
down on a low scat, fronting the women,
and looking around with a kind and con
ciliating manner, but with an eye that
met every eye there, she said, “I had
better just tell yon what we are come
ihout:” and she sab 1 , she had had to do
with a great many poor women sadly
wicked—more wicked than any now pre
sent, and how they had recovered from
evil Her language was often biblical,
always referring to our Savior’s promises,
and cheering with holy hope, those
desolate beings. “Would you like to
iurn from that which is wrong? would
you like, if ladies would visit you, and
speak comfort to you and help you to
be better? You would tell them your
grief*—for they who have done wrong
have many sorrows.
As she read tlu m the rules, asking
them always if they approved, they were
to hold up their hands if they accecded.
At first we saw them down, and many
hands were nnraised—but as site spoke,
tears began to fall. One very beautiful
girl near me had her eyes swimming in
tears, and her lios moved, as if following
Mrs. Fry. An older woman who had her
bihlc, we saw pressing upon it involun
tarily as she became more and more en
grossed. The bands were now almost
all ready to rise at every pause; and
dtese callous and obdurate offenders were
with one consent, bowed before her. In
this moment she took the hihle and read
the Parables of the lost sheep, and the
Piece of Silver, and the Prodigal Son.—
It is not in my power to express to you
the effect of her saintly voice speaking
such blessed words.
She often paused, and lo k<tl at (he
“poor women ” as she named them, with
such sweetness as won al! their confi
dence. And she applied with a beauty
and taste, such as I never hefKye heard,
the parts of the story “His father saw
him when lie was yet afar oft 1 &h. kc.”
A solemn pause succeeded the reading,
and resting the large Bible on B e ground
we saw her on knees before the women.
H>t prayer was soothing, and elevating,
and the musical voice in the peculiar re
citative style. 1 felt it like a mother’s
song to a suffering child
Glasgow Bridewell, was visited by E.
Fry, 9ih mo lotb, 1819.
Sporting Anecdote, —Some eager sports
men in Cumberland, the other day hav
ing come to that part of the chase wl ich
is called a check, inquired of a country
lad if he had seen the hare go that wav?
After grinning and scratchirg his head,
he asked, ‘had bur a brown back?’
—‘Yes’ (eagerly.) ‘Had bur long legs ? ’
-—‘Yes, yes’ (impatiently.) ‘Had Imr
bigears?’ ‘Yes, yes, yes,’ (violently.)
‘Has bur a bit o’ white under hur tail ?’
‘Yes—have jon seen her ?’ ‘No, sur, I
iianna seen bur.’ —Glasgow Pnpe>
»\ etc Market.
T
-i- he subscriber will supj ly all who may
please to call, with fresh meets of even
kind in the line of his business, at his mar j
ket in Summerville, on Milledge street.
"Idle,prices will be regulated agreeably to
the Augusta market prices, and the hours
of market will be from sun rise to
o’clock in the morning. Davs of mark t '
will be Mondays, Wednesday 's, Fridays and
Saturday evening. As he liks been at con- '
siderable expmse to erect his market '
and intends that there shall be nothing 1
lacking on his part ;o keep the market well 1
aH’iplicd with the be»l meets the country !
can afford—lie therefore hopes to receive
a proportionable share of patronage The 1
market is new open, ano will remain so, *
as long as it will be supported. *
Henry Mealing. ,
Jane .-*■>*« «<tjT s ,
~CHKONICLE.
. AUUYSTA.
SxTcxnxT Mohnixg, Jen 8, 1820.
bank Operations.
The following compendium of a Report
from a committee, appointed by the Le'
gislature of Massachusetts, on the sub
ject of Banking, (for which we are in.
debtedto the Hichmoso Cojipilih) will.
explain some of the Arts and Mysteries
of tjie Trade, which, we believe, are
not very generally known:—-
A committee ot the legislature of Mas
sachusetts have made a Report on the con
dition of its Ranks, which casts new lighi
upon the devices of paper institutions —
We, who have heard so much of the cred
it. stability, and management of the Mas
sachusells Banks, are rather astonished at
the contrivances to which they have re
sorted for keeping up the value of their
paper A short sketch of this labored
Report may pot be uninteresting to the
reader.
The Report stales, that there are twen
ty-three Banks, 9 of them w ithin, ami 14
without Massachusetts, which have made
arrangements with the New-England bank
in Boston, by winch their icspective bills
are received at a certain discount. These
severally deposit in the N. E Bank, from
sto lU.nOO dollars. The bank receives
their bills io the amount of these sums
tints deposited, at a discount of from
to one per cent. If it receives more bills
than the amount deposited, notice of such
excess is given to the banks, which pro
vide the means of redeeming it. Tofacil
date this lust arrangement 16 of these
banks have agents in Boston, whose busi
ness is to keep the amount of notes re
ceived at least on a level with the depos
it. The agents are genet ally brokers,
who are furnished with various resources
tor this put post ~the great end of which
is to keep tlie notes afloat, and prevent
.heir nowing oack upon tiic Vr.„i
fur specie. Sometimes the resource ifc,
to sell the notes themselves for specie or
other notes which command specie—and
at others, In case cf excess, other security
is lodged with the N. E. Bank-to increase
the deposit, and prevent the return of the
notes. It is by such practices as tin sc,
that the notes of such banks are preserved
in circulation, at a rate ot discount nevci
exceeding one per cent. The N E bank
derives the advantage from this arrange
ment of shavmg the notes of the othc.
banks, and sometimes probably, issuing
them in lieu of its own. The banks on
I heir own parts, are enabled to Keep in
circulation a great and disproportionate
amount of their own bills, without the ne
cessity ot providing »br their redemption
at home; they are compensated for the
loss they undergo in pitying the diacou
to the New-England bank and the comm s
sionto their agents, by the amount <:fdis
count which they draw upon the excess
of the negotiable bills widen they are abie
by the se operations to discount. It is ex
tremely doubtful, however, whether the.
ex pens' s tins opeiation incurs will notin
many cases exceed the profit. Thus, i‘
appears that so great was the excess of
tin se bills in market beyond the demand
that more than 33,0(0 dols. of the Bangor
hank, were itreivcd in the course of 10
days ai the N E Hank; more than 28,'t00
of the Kennebeck; 20,000 of the bank of
Ba h; 15,000 of the Burlington; - 1,000.1 i
the Springfield. Sic. xc- If the agent had
to re.eem these amounts by the sale of the
notes at jf, or 1 per cent, below par, the
loss to the banks must be considerable,
besides payiig the brokers commissions.
The Ranks of Springfield and Northamp
ton had a more singular arrangement
with the Suffolk Bank in Bos'on—They
deposited with that Bank a certain sum,
ot (4 or 5000 dollars,) as a permanent
loan or deposit for the yea r without inter
est, on the condition that the Suffolk Rank'
should not purchase and return their re
spective notes, during that period.
The committee adverted to tbe small
sums of specie, which these banks keep
by them, in proportion to th< amount of
notes which by these devices they are en
abled to keep in circulation. They also
state as the consequence of these arrange
ments, that thev “lill the channels of cir
eolation with a disproportioned and dan
gerous amount of til. ir notes:” The com-,
mittee stale, that though without these
devices, the bids of the Ranks “would
fluctuate more and pass at a great r
discount,” yet, “the community would
gain more in point of security than would
be lest by th-- deprecation. Brokers
and others, who would' find their iideresl
in the employment, would send home
tin notes of the distant banks; and by
frequently testing tlieir solidity, would
check their excessive issues.
In fact, w hat do we expect from banks? .
Do we expect from them great public
spirit—a disinterested yeneros.ty? These
v\ould be visionary hopes. They have in
view, not the public good, but tin ir own
interest—Aten subscribe to them far the
purpose of gain; and those who a (minis
ter ihe-.r concerns generally attend to this
primary interest. Banks, therefore,throw
as much of tlieir paper into circulation—
and try to keep it there, as long as pos
sible ; in order that they may divide up
on the largest possible sum. If they
were never called on for specie, their is
sues would be enormous; if they were
called upon everyday to redeem in spe
cie the excess of their issues, their circu
lation would be reduced to 'he lowest 1
p ssible point. What they wish, is te re
ceive and keep their specie, to issue and
keep out tlieir paper—hence devices to
prevent the return of paper for specie—
hence the intermediate Agencies which
the Massachusetts Banks adopt.
The Richmond Enquirer has invited us I
to notice a calumny, as i' iscalied. agai: si i
•he- “admimstration,” and “by a plain ]
t..le to put it down ” The calumny con- 1
sistsinthis: that two or three Pos'masters
m the stale ofNew-Yoik have been remo
ved from offici by the Post master Gem,
r«l, for reasons winch do not appear to
ihtm and their friends to be sufficient
Now, th. Enquirer must excuse us, if we
consider tins as a very unimportant affair;
for so in reality it is. I
We should have nothing else to do, 1
were we to undertake to afiswvr all tilt ;
comphuota of office-losers net office- <
leekM*. I
office, who did not think bis rem, ■ •
act of injustice, if not of opp, fcli ‘ ir , c A,
most men who fail in applies;!,-,,,/', 1 m
fice, consider their disappoint,,,
same light as he who has beta r . r lr ‘
regards the loss of h s loaves aj d r"~ He
They manifest tlieir .lispie aS u- e i n ," S ''H'
ways, and sometimes by nukii llf
about it in the newspapers, as in - .
sent instance. It is their privil,
their undoubted right to do so- f j
Administration must be v C ry’s
that cannot stand such a battery
shot, without attenip.,ng to return
U is, however, no pan of our buLH*
to justify every thing done bv t H I
cers. tte are willing, in gencrll , ,m
with them the due responsibility t . ‘Sc
proper discharge of their Pcspecii,,?H‘
ties. The number of Postmasters ’‘H>'
United States is near four liiou-- Ji H^ 1
of whom are appointed, and subica , .’H <
moval, by the Postmaster General : H
the average, it is probable that or* °H xi
poimment of this sort is rnide f 0 s lßbi
day in the year. Where so many .
merits are made, dispersed over n ™Hf e
mensetontinent, and in every Ilu !i t ' ri, H l,(
cornel of it, u is obvious that theV'H 11
master General must, in rriak i
lections, rely wholly on the wide aw' ‘H’ 1
information of others. If he is someti»Hj
deceived or misled, it cannot, ur-d-'n’"®’!
circumstances, be con ' lc;vd asatVllH:*
prising. Removals are, h Ke app,,,/.
made at the pleasure ot the
General: and the reasons which
satisfactory to him, or to the h-ta«JHf
when appealed to, may not be so
ers. To decide on the sufficiency 0 f tH/
grounds for any removal, it , s 11 ,, t ;,, ir W
have the same view of them which
sented to the officer who directs
we cannot have that view, we must (wH*
iimiertakmg to discuss, much less to HL°
fend, what we cannot understand, ■f. C
National Intellig encer Wj
Counterfeit Notes of the ,l/ e( j J’ 1
Hank.— A shower of Hire* dollar bilhH|
the Mechanic’s Bank, f uu „d ,i ; H’
way intociiculation and HLil.-i,,- C /'!B
lie too soon apprised fact, jH
bills are now before me, one genuine, SI
one spurious, add I could almost /IH l '
defy any unpractised eye to designate
true trot* the false. After the mudcH*
cal comparison, i can find scarcely aßh
terence between them ; the mnuiwHf*
so close as affmost to elude the wt«tH«
ot the sha. pest eye ; there are,
several minute dissimilarities, but
stead of pointing them all out, I
■tiyself to a single one, the most preH.)
oem amd the most lively to lead toibtß4‘
ion. It is to be found in the
winch surround the two margins a;
ei xls of the bills, those in the gemiß ll
oills consisting of numerous, but separß? ll
.mail circles w ith a dot in the naudB <)l
hose in the forged consisting in like niß ilo
ner of small circles with dols, hut nB 01
ning into one another B
N. Y, £v.
Yesterday a merchant of this cry
< eiveda letter from Nashville contalmiiH
among others, three notes,
be of the Bank of the United States, IB 3
for five hundred collars and the
tor fifty donitfs each; on presenting
a- the office in this city they were all
ascertained io be counterfeits
sucli correct .nutations'of^B*i
genuine ones in evt ry r. spect, tlr.i t^B a
. unk clerks, or persons very Hindi i
.-abii ot accurately examining b.ink ini^B l ' 1
can detect them, halt, paper Xi
HOKRO, IPIRACY. Bt
Phil uielvhia, June 2S.^BU
Everyday We must a dsometh,
—some new variety ot a hnndied
repeated story—to the catalogue r
fine barbiruies We have
pasting them in a row, iii older lu
the end of the year, tlieir length,
we imagine might festoon the
mi-circle of the Legislative Had,)
■ dea discouraged us from me
The extract which we now
sjiecling the fate of Mrs. Aliston
usofanother transactii.'U connected
tlie N< w'-Orleans’ pirates, which was
cominunicaled to us by a resident olßßtrl
Orleans, who had every opj o:tun: :
knowing the part.cuiai fads; and
we do not remember to have seen
print. In 1812, a packet sailed fh.m
Orleans, bound, we think, to France,^B r *'
w hich a number of ladies and f wer
llemcu embarked. Among the
was a French lady whoa- knows
was perhaps the cause ot a (tisaster," (^B W:
in at) its details is stnl left to ne iu.ri.’.k^Bi a
th> ugh there is iutle doubt of its
Some, months passed away an.:.. '
geiice was re oived from me vcsjc.
ili-f.<ted passengers; but as a
daughter cl the - .ady whom we iia>f, :^B lwi
mentioned, was on. morning wa'fcirg 3 a
streets of New-Oilcans, she s:,v
fainted at the sight) her. in./tier’s
on the neck ,fa woman whom coi..^^»» w
fame reported to be the nnat. tss «t
Jitte. 'this man stoutly denied that
any hand in the deed by which tuc) !^B r ™ 1
into his hands, but allcdged ilia* hf
them by gambling with die piratis.
seat was then at the Js and ot li irr>v r^B re '
Vessel or passengers were n.-vt-r s | ' l^B e ‘ cl
heard of; and if their bodies
to have a grave in the Oc., an u;igol j
by those ruffians, it is not doubled
Orleans that they were each andf' tr .' U,J
murdered. Whether the fifieen S !
reprieved, or ary of them, were 4 '"‘/^Bj ll ®’
with this piracy wt know not; but■
sumc the tacts can be 1
mercy be allowed to them, it " " ®
much the greater, but if
demand, tl, it will be the belter *
ed —Union. Hfj
NonioiK) J !|T!e *
We learn from a passenger/*/'
Hero, from fit Thomas, that I -h '
Miles of the Buenos Ay . l ’>i H--
Romleau, who it was apprel" ‘ i;[ i
been murdered by his crew, »"'•, si
from Grenada about the timeo
ing, where they had mutinied
possession of his vessel-—f° rnl ‘ - L .
Don Armegas of Havana.
From Spain &
Office of the New York Ga /" yl 'H/ S /
Saturday, June 24 —1 o’clocK
A gentleman who came P 3 /' f , s
ling Eunice, from Gibraltat, -^
ly furnisln d ns w ith *b e ,j tl
also a Madrid paper i t the jd u :
does not contain any news- H