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OJV LOVE,
Love’s no irregular desire.
No sudden start of raging pain,
, Which in a moment grows on fire,
A ft in a moment cools again:
Not found in the sad sonnetteer.
That sings of darts, despair S» chains,
And by whose dismal verse ’tis cl ar,
He wants not heartalone but brains.
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Nor does it centre in the beau.
Who sighs by rule, in order dies; -
Whose all consists of outward shew,
And want of wit by dr.ss supplies.
No; Love is something so divine.
Description would but make it lose:
'Tis what we feel, but cant define:
’Tis what we know, but can’t express
IVeekly Amusement.
FIIOM THE ILLItimS SAZSTTE.
« What’s the news,” said a Quidnunc to
Paddy McShane,
«« Os our foreign relations— and what a
boui Spain I”
“ Our foreign relations /” cried Pat, with a
tear,
«Och! they’re hanging them up by the
• dozen my dear!” O
» MOM THE XATIOMAE ADVOCATE*
Douuystic Economy.
T.xamining some newspapers a few days
kgo, I came across a journal, nrinted in
the state of Tennessee; which contained
the confession of a murderer. I was
tempted to read it, thougn aware that the
crime for which he was about to sutler,
was the result of early depravity,
glect, of idleness, of vicious habits;
There was something so simple, in his
narrative, that I was persuaded that he
had not been a premeditated murderer,
but had dipped his hands in blood under
the influence of sudden passion, which,
Idisc.oveied, had been produced bye
gains of cards / -The origin of the quar
rel is uiua described by the unhappy fe
lon :
“ We thought it too late to go to Mr.
Stone’s and return, wnich was about five
iniles; se concluded we would postpone
it until morning, anti go there to break
fast, and we, as usual, took our grog and
commenced a game at cards ; at which
we continued until about sunset, when
our game stood Uuu ; 6 and 6, and his
deal.—ln shuffling the cards, I .discover
ed him to look at the face of them, and
place the jack of diamonds at the bottom
of the pack I cut the cards—Mr. Hay,
dealt them ; and after dealing off the pro
-per number, he slipped the fatal jack of
diamonds from the bottom of the pack,
and claimed the money then in stake,
which was ten dollars. lat first thought
him in jest, and laughed at him for mak
ing so bungling an out ; and told him
that might do in Georgia, nut it would
never du to win rny money. He, in an
•elevated tone, asked me what 1 meant ?
, 1 told himl meant turning the jack of dia
monds from the bottom of the pack would
not do to win my money—L was not in
the habit of being cheated out of money
when 1 knew it. He replied, if I said he
turned the .jack from bottom, I was a d —d
liar and a r >scal. 1 told him to give me
no mote of his insolent language ; if he
did, 1 would slap his jaws, which I would
■do any how if it was any where vise ; and
if lie claimed my money in that manner,
to taki it, and I was done with him ; he
had discovered himself to be a worthless
rascal He ros., with saying “ d—n you,
fuM think your size will protect you ;”
*t which lime he seizeda stick which lay
on the floor, und aimed a blow, apparent
ly at my head. I made rn attempt to
dodge it, and at the same time threw up
my left aim, on w hich the force of the
blow lodged, near my shoulder. I instant
ly seized the stick and demanded him to
let go, l,held the stick in my left hand,
and give him a severe blow ”
This was the coitnne.iceiiient of the af
fray—andßennet. flnady, seized a pair of
smoothing irons and killed Hay with one
blow, and then in alarm, buried him se
cretly—was arrested, tried, convicted and
probably hanged fora murder originating
in a game of cards.
Cards were originally invented for the
amusement ot, a king, and their use or a
buse have created great misery in the ci
vilized world. If loss of fortune, loss of
reputation, loss ot peace and happiness
did not result from habits of gaming, thu.
, loss of temper alone would present an
obstacle to their encouragement. In the
ca»e of tKig unhappy man, we have an
instance of the awful effects of passion
and avarice originating with cards ; but
this case was confined to poor and une
ducated members of the community—
men easily ledinto error ; it ia the high
er classes from which good examples
should emanate—it polished and edu
cated persons who should discountenance
pen. citms habits, and leach tiie ignorant
the e\ii of depraved propensities.
Last week, Nicholas brought me a note,
beautifully embossed and printed, con
. tuning an invitation to; a party. It smells
of musk, said the olu man, us lie left the
room Very true, said t—Hie age is a re
fined one indeed, we sprinkle bottles ot
cologne and orange flower water ovei our
persons—we scatter rosemary and lav un
der am. ng our clothes, as if nature, re
quired a perfume to sweeteqhsr works.
“An answer is requested.” Pshaw, what
consequence is my presence or my
absei ce—they: w ill not order one ic
cream has, or one macaroni more.—
But I determined to go, society is pleas
ant, is necessary;—l take great pleasure
in seeing the young ladies judiciously
dressed and ornamented, enjoying them
•elves sportively, innocently, happilyw
> ei.Tiv.ml.> cor.vt istit.im *itl. with* spa-i*
and unstudied I will go—and
I ordered Nicholas to make preparation.
The hackman charged me two slid
lings more titan his fare, imagining tha
no gentleman who wore silk stocking!
and silver buckles, and who was elatet
with the prospect ofa hot supper, woult
> hesitate to be imposed upon, i thought oi
the spiteful remark of Richard the Thirt
«VVhy were laws made, if men wen
not rogues by nature;” —but we are sail
to have a very vigilant police—yet lawi
are sometimes evaded—the full blaze o
lights and beauty burst on my sight
while the flourish ol haut-boys and the
shrill of violi •t, announced that the dan
oing'had commenced.
In one of the'drawing rooms the cart 1
(tables were out, and 1 leaned on a chaii
to observe old and young iatlies and gem
tlemen «i./£r«B>»d at 100, whist, and spec
ulatiom The old ladies appeared ex
cessivply anxious, and the young ones
caught the inspiration: ill luck and bad
play awakened feelings of cupidity,'min
gled with iiascible expressions and ill
Matured looks; a kind of restlessness, a
sharp,, techy, wayward anxiety seemed
to prevail; eyes were intently fixed on
the trump card; joy a.ul sadness, mirth
and harshness, seemed alternately to pre
vail; envy, passion, and all the smothered
attributes of Medusa hovered .o’er these
parties assembled for amusement-, if one
took a heavy pool the whole company
saw it vanish with deep regret, and the
brilliant eyes of young and beautiful girls
followed the golden bait, as if reluctant
to part with its tempting prosp-cta,
while an envious ejaculation, and a sig
nificant shrug of the shoulder from the
old ladies and gentlemen, indicated their
regret at having lost the prize; those who
were supposed to have played bad were
snarled at, and those who were adepts,
were sneered at, and it appeared to me
that some demon presided at these ta
hies, to turn all the milk ofhuman kind
ness to gall. Ami 's this mode of spend
ing time commendable, judicious and be
neficial ?. Where are the ■ joys, the de
light, the improvement of social con
verse ? Where is the pleasure and gratifi
cation derived from accomplishments, from
a combination of grace and talent? Ail
lost—buried beneath a green cloth and a
pack of cants, it young u;- '-rmlft on
ly see how unamiable they must appear to
an indifferent spectator, when absorbed
in a game of cards and bent on winning,
if they cotfld he sensible, that gradually
and imperceptibly, the practice wears a
way, the fine edge of their temper and
damps the sensibilities, introduces parsi
mony, and that hateful passion, avarice,
they would shun the tempter as they
would a hydra. Mow can any thing be
encouraged as an amusement, under
wiiidh danger* lurk in so many shapes ?
Cards should be only introduced among
old and rational people who wish to kill
an hour without a sacrifice of temper or
money; but they should be banished from
the young and elastic spirits, whose im
petuous fancy reason cannot control, anil
, rndence cannot subdue. B • les the
example among the higher cia ses, is so
pernicious to other branches of society ;
for if educated and refined persons, gov
erned by avarice Rn*l an attachment to
cards, should lose their temper and wran
gle, be covetous, expert, and sometimes
unfair, what may be expected from the
ignorant and the unlettered, with the
same passion* and the same weapons ?
Why, as in the case of Ben net, it may
end iu murder.—Let them be banished
HOWARD.
CURIOUS FUNERAL EULOGY.
A very infamous woman, well known to
all the noble rakes of the court of diaries
lid. desired in her will to have a sermon
preached at her funeral, for which'the
preacher was to have ten pounds; on this
express condition, that he should say no
thing but what was well of her. U was
with great difficulty a preacher was found
to undertake the task. At length one of
fered himself; who, after preaching a
sermon on the general subject of mortal
ity, and the good uses to be tr ade of it,
concluded by saying—“by the will of the
deceased, it is‘expected that I.should
mention her, and say nothing out what
was well of her. All that I shall say of her,
therefore,is this:—she was born well, she
lived well, anti she died well; for she
was born with %- name of Creswcf/, she
lived in Clerkenwe//, and she died in
BrideiaeW.
Tiie m e i uonrsTs.
Mr. Southey, In s just published the Life
of Weslrv, in two volumes, a work of very
deep and general interest, lik ly to pre
vent the repugnance which many feci at
the very word Methodist, in their original
institution, nothing more v*. designed
than that they should be strict Members
of the church of England, regular in their
attendance, methodical in the performance
of’all their duties. Thence arose the
name of Methodist. In the progress of
time, and under new pastors, spme of
them have greatly departed from the fun
damental rules of the society, and new
sects, bearing the same name, have arisen
But in the life of Wesley there is much
to admire and venerate. That this is Mr.
Southey’s opinion, may be collected from
the following introduction to his Work.
•‘The sect, or society, as they would
call themselves, of Methodists,has existed
tortlie greater part ofa century; they
have their seminaries and their heirarchy,
their awn regulations, their own manners,
their own literature; in Engbuxl th y
form a distinct people, an impe< turn in im
pend,- they are extending wiib'ly in Ame
rica; and in both countries they number
their annual increase by thousands. The
history of their founder is little known in
his native laid, beyond the limits of those
who are termed the religious public; and
on the continent it is scarcely known at
all. In sonic o the Biographers, the heart
has been wanting to understand his worth,
or ihe will to do it justice; others have
not possessed freedom or strength of in
tellect to pvrcejve wherein he was erro
neons. It has been remarked, with much
complacency,by the Jesuits, that in the
year of Luther’s birth, Loyola was born
also; Providence, they spy, having wisely
appointed, that when so large a portion of
Christendom was to be separated from the
Catholic Church, by means of the great
German heresiarch, the great Spanish
saint should establish an order by which
the catholic faith would be strenuously
supported in Europe, and disseminated
widely in the other parts of the work..
“Voluyuc and Wesley,.were not, indeed,
4, in like m*m mri children of the asTne year,
1 but they rt ere contemporaries through a
long courge of time; and the inffuencus
|. which they exercised upon their age ami
it upon posterity, have been not less n.
fs markably opposed.—While the one was
d scattering, with pestilential activity, th«-
d seeds of immorality and unbelief, tin
if other, with equally unweariable zeal la
tl boured m the cause of religion. The
•e works of Voltaire have found their wav,
d wherever the French language is read;
-a the disciples of Wesley wherever the En
jf glishis spoken Tlie principles of the
t, arch infidel w ere more rapid in their op
e oration; he who aimed at no such evil as
i- that which he contributed so greatly to
bring about, a’as himself startled at their
cl progress; in his latter days he trembled
li- at the consequences he then foresaw; and
i- indeed his remains had scarcely moulder
ed in the grave before those consequcn
ces brought down the whole fabric of go
s vernment in France, overturned her altars
J subverted tier throne, carried guilt, devas
i- tali on and misery into every part of his
|; own country, and shook the rest ofEu
a rope like an Earthquake. Wesley’s doc
d trines, mealtime, were slowly and grad
n ually winning their way; but they advaac
h ed every succeeding year with accelcrat
> ed force, anl their effect must ultimately
i be more extensive, more powerful, and
e more permanent, for he has set niiglui
e er prirrciplei at work. Let it not how
v ever, be supposed that I would represent
e these emineit men, 'like agents of the
s good and evil princuiles, in all tilings
t contrasted; tie one was riot all daikness,
i, neither was tie other all light.
The history of men who liav< beer.
t prime agents n tliose great mofal and
r intellectual revolutions which from time
> to time, take place among mankind, is
; not less imponanl than that of statesmen
, and conquerors. If it has not yi treat
of actions wherewith the world has rung
, from side to ride, it appeals to trie high
. er parts of our nature, and may, perhaps,
. excite more salutary feelings, a wor.hiei
interest and wiser meditations. The Em
. peror Charles the Fifth, and li£ rival ol
France, appear at this day infinitely in
. significant, if we compare them to Lu
ther and Loyola; and there may come u
time, when the name of Wesley will be
more generally known, and in remoter
regions of the globe, than that of Freder
ica or of Catherine;! for the works of such
men Survive them, and continue to out;-
rate, when nothing remains of worldly
ambition, hut the memory of its vanity
■' ana its guilt.”— Lmdon Paper.
(UUOMtLK
AVWSSTA.
Tcespat Moaxiso, July 11, 1820.
The Times.
An extra session of the Legislature of
Tennessee has been called by the Gover
nor of that State, for the purpose of alle--
| viating the conditition of debtors. Altho’
. we may rationally suppose a state of at
i fairs, in which, sot only Humanity, but
even imperious Justice, herself, would
! sanction a Legislative interposition be
tween unfortunate debtors and rapacious
creditors; yet in the worst of times, the
policy is rather equivocal; as it only pr<
sents a choice of evils of doubtful aim
dangerous tendencies. Admitting that a;
interference of the kind may do a great
deal of good, still it has a direct tendency,
by annulling contracts between imlivid
uals, to impair that confidence and weak
en that moral obligation, which may hi
emphatically styled the conservative of
society.
The pecuniary embarrassments of the
times are certainly very great; and if ever
an exercise of forbearance and liberality
was necessary, it is so at present. The libe
rality and forbearance of the creditor,
however, is a very frail tenure for the
debtor, however distressed or unforlunate
he.may be. Daily experience incontesli
bly proves tins fact. If then th« public
exigency is of such general & fearful mag
nitude as to require an interposing succor,
it can only be safely exercised through the
medium of legislative provision. If Ten
nessee has reached awful ends, our
readers will be equally capable as our
selves to judge, after having read the fol- -
lowing important Message on the subject
. alluded to:—
“ He fore the adjournment of your last re
gular session, the exigencies of the coun
try had assumed such a shape, as to justi
fy the measures then taken, in modifying
the laws existing for the enforcement / of
individual contracts; bm since that period
the true situation of affaire in theconnex
ion between the debtor and creditor part
of our citizens has been more fully devel
oped, and more generally understood. In
a country abounding in all the menus of
acquiring and securing we t and com
petencC| and at a time when industry and
economy are beginning to mark the char
acter of the people more than at any oth
er former day, we are called upon to wit
ness scenes of general pressure unexam
pled in the history bf our government.
This state of tilings has been the result
of a variety of causes, some of which still
continue to operate, and which it would
be important to understand; others have
now passed away, and left us to regret
i their effects and to profit, if possible, by
the lessons they have taught
Ihe restoi lion of peace at the close of
• the late glorious and ever memorable war
i with Great Hrilaiii, found the American
people confirmed in every political bles
i sing, and confident in their capacity for
' achieving whatever might be conceived
necessary to the attainment of national
; glory or operative in the schemes of pri
-1 X?, 1 ? am bi t ioii or personal aggrandizement!
i 1 lusconfidence carried itself into all the
I operations and arrangements of domestic.
\ commercial life, aad the citizens ot
i Tennessee, who had sustained so conspi
cuous a part in perpetuating the blessings
, of that government, established by the’
', energies and wisdom of their fathers, have
a not been exempt from these effects, and
s have indulged themselves in views of ex
i (ravagance, encouraged by the existing
state of feeling, and authorized by Uu
s circumstanced by which they were then
surrounded. A profusion of paper answer
mg all the purposes of a circulating me
diurn was issued by the banks, and every
article of property had assumed an ideal
, value, which admitted of no standard n.ea
; sure by which it could safely be compar
ed: the reward of labor was enhanced to
: an inordinate degree, and the facilities
with which money could be obtained, led
i men of the most.prudent habits of ealeu
i lation to impose terms upon themselves
■ which their own knowledge from past ex
perience did not approve, and which from
the regular sources of ordinary industry
they have been wholly unable to meet.
In justide to themselves and in the ex
erri.se.of the plainest obligations of good
faith, the banks of the country have been
induced to diminish and restrain their is
sues far below the quantity which the ha
bits of society had made necessary in the
most limited transactions of lifiu, Whilst the
foreign demand for our staple articles of
domestic produce lias borne no reasonable
proportion to the great excess to which
we have gone in the use of foreign fabi ies.
Ihe effects of this unnatural dispropor
tion have not been confined to any one
state, or section of the country, bat ha\e
ina very sensible degree been felt in the
treasury department of the general go\-
eminent, where-froin official information
we learn, that a deficit of five millions of
dollars exist at the present day. A tem
porary relief from the public inconven
ience arising out of such a state -of things
has been sought in a recourse to loans,
but in the present disordered state ofonr
commercial connections, and in the rea
sonable expectations of a still greater ch
ficit at the end of ihe present year, w
can confidently expect permanent reliti
from no other source than the patient en
ergies of a virtuous people. A system ol
ini erna! revenue may become necessary,
to ihe support ofthe general govern mein,
and under the operation of suchU system,
the present distresses of the debtor class,
w ould be increased ina ratio proportioned
to the sum drawn from the state. The pat
riotism of our citizens will always rise su
perior to the weight of public necessity,
and with whatever feeling they may de
plore the causes which ledjxi - national or
iTifiwunrM emoarmsmeilT, tney-vSrlfl iiever^
thcless submit to any measures ot redress
which ajust and immune policy nun re
quire.
in every connection in which the situation
of the country can be viewed, the distres
ses of the times are strongly marked with
the character of permanence, and it be
hoves those who are called upon to de
vis» measures of alleviation to seek for
such as may be most likely to secure per
manent relief 1 would impress upon the
Legislature the necessity of taking in,
liberal and enlarged views of the peculiar
situation ofthe citizens of Tennessee, and
that they carefully mark, whether there is
not much in the unfortunate condition of
Ihe debtor class ofthe community which
admits of relief from legislative interposi
tion, under the most evident constitutional
sanctions, and whether their misfortunes
and present inability to fulfil their own en
gagements have not been so much the re
sult of political relations foreign from the
influence oftheir conduct, that tile legis
lative authorities of the country are bound
to interfere between them and that de
struction with which they are threatened.
Notwithstanding the conscientious
claim which the unfortunate and distress
ed part of society now have to the care
md protection of Government, I am well
iware, that there exists to some extent, a
spirit of fixed opposition to every mea
■ure of alleviation upon the avowed sup
position of a want of power in the legis
lature to make any terms not incompati
ble with the constitution, and a seeming
belief that there is not sulfide-,t merit in
iiie claim itself to justify a present exer
cise of that power, even admitting it to
exist; but to you as the legitimate guar
dian of their lives, liberties and fortunes,
the people look, ami the prosperity ai.d
happiness of thousands «re extensively in
volved in the course you may pursue.
'I he Legislature of an adjoining state
has taken measures in extending the time
heretofore necessary in the collection of
debts, but to what extent and in what man
ner they have interfered 1 am iu>t fully I
advised, nor is it material to our purpose
that the particular features of tne case
should be distinctly known, as the sole
object of adverting to that fact, is to Call
your attention to die probable influence
which it may have on the interconr.e ex
isting between the citizens of the differ
ent stattyi, who from their contiguous re
sidence, are much connected with each
other. We learn from the ordinary sour
ces of News paper information that the
Legislature ot New York, New-Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Mary land, have each in
terpose-d to modify the existing laws re
gulating the collection of debts ; and if
these ancient, wealthy, and populous
States have been induced to make an in
terference in that way, 1 trust their ex
ample will not be thought unworthy of
yow' fullest consideration who represent
a people, equally distinguished for their
high regard for, and religious fulfilment
of, all the obligations of society.
1 submit to the wisdom of the Legisla
ture, whether amongst the measures , f
general benefit to which your investiga
tion will be called, it would not be of im
portance to consider to what extent a law
might be applied which would contain
provisions directing, that valuable proper
ty of the debtor under well digested limi
tations, and at a regulated discretion ot
(he creditor, should be received in full sa
tisfaction of the debt.
From tny past experience in observing
the operations of a similar course, adopt
ed by the General Assembly' of this state
in the year 1809, as well as from ihe best
conclusions which my mind is capable of
drawing by the appearance of things at
this day, 1 am fully persuaded, that much
good would result to the country gcneral
,y, by'extending the lime i u which pay
ments can by the present laws be enforced,
unless tlie creditor should by his own vo
luntary act, make terms of accom/noda
uon, and instead of cash payment, take
Irom the debtor such valuable estate ei
ber ieal or personal as it may be in his
tower to give, and at such abatement un
der its estimated value us you muy direct.
A regulation bottomed upon these prin
ciples is usually termed a Property Lato,
and should be resorted to in cases of the
highest emergency only. But as I 'con
ceive that a crisis has arrived when the
l»nl)llc welfare requiflrt an extrt.oMii>ary
effort of promptness ami decision, no
public fuctiouary should hold back, from
proposing and supporting such measures,
as in his opinion may lead in an; degree
to an advancement of the common good.
Under a full sense of this obligation,
and after a dispassionate examination of
every circumstance which I have been a
ble to collect, 1 would suggest to your
honorable body, that « property law
might be so formed as to secure much be.
nefit to the country; l.et it provide mat
when property, is levied on, for the pur
pose of compelling the payment of debts,
the plaintiff and defendant shall have each
the right of choosing one man of good
fame and competent knowledge in the
worth of property, and to them shall he
given the power of selecting a third per
son to assist their judgement, should they
not he able to agree in their estimate oi
tiie property levied on. Their valuation
should be binding on the parties, but
should not be predicated either upon the
extrat agant ideas which men entertained
ot p; opdrty some three years ago. nor by
the sum at which property generally
would now sell if exposed to pubftc auc
tion I'he property tipis valued should
be tendered to the Plaintiff by the De
fendant in discharge of the debt, rating it
at'two thirds of whatever may be esteem
ed its intrinsic value, and tile p'ssmiff
sne 1 nave it in his option to take the
w fc jr a sufficient part thusrated, insa
' isi-e- i n ot his claim, Should lie not
kink fit 10 receive the property, the de
fendant ought to be required to din cl the
levying officer to proceed to make sale at
pub.io aitoiion, of so much as will be suf-,
ficient to raise the sum necessary to co
ver the plaintiffs demand, provided it will
sell for an amount in current bank notes ;
equal at least to two thirds of i s rated'
vaiui . ' It tli? plaintiff object against re
diving the current bank notes, tie must
filter his protest to that effect previously
to, orai the commencement of the sale,
a id in that event, tiie defendant to avail
iiiuiselt oi the privilege of prolonging'
tiie period oi election, should execute
hi* bond with approved security, payable
to the plaintiff, in the currency originally
stipulated for, jui two years, and to bear
interest from the date, .hi £»»«« >
ihe properly of the >lelenauHVilVfi» P..e. -'
ed canbot on cash payment, be sold on a
credit, extending to the end of the next
stated session of the General Assembly,
*.nc prosent* W b, r*c In specie, or
in current Bank notes at the will of the
lefendant.
A due share of attention must be em
ployed in fixing upon the mode whereby
the sufficiency of securities should be tes
ted, and on the course to *be pursued'
where reasonable objections may be
shown to exist against the persons pro
posed by either party in the valuation of
the property; but after you have settled
on the basis of a system, the details ne
cessary for carrying your views into . op
eration, will not present many impor
tant difficulties.
It is not to be expected, that legislative
provisions can be made to reach every
case of individual distress; many ar? be
yond the influence of any general plan;
i heir all has already been swept from
them, and in too many instances, the en
tire sacrifice of their estates has repaid
but a small portion of its cost, and they
are left encumber d with a debt so une
qual to then strength, that they lose sight
of its redemption, and sink under its pres
sure. Still there is much left to be done
The people should be made to see that
those public agents to whom they have
put their trust, have nut abandoned diem
in (heir alHiction; men’s confidence in
each others solvency wwi; be restored; (he
thirst for purchasing at Sheriff’s sale
will be delayed; treasures which are now
hoarded up to be used in fattening on
calamity, will be drawn out and again
circulated in the ordinary channels of
useful industiy, when the schemes of
grinding oppression are toiled.
’’lis true that'the courts of the United
States will be open to enable foreign
creditors to collect their dues n the tune
heretofore made necessary, but it is not
to be presumed that resort will be had
to these courts. A great proportion ot
the di bts tlue in that way are owing to
our merchants and whole sale dealers in
the eastern cities of the United States,
and judging by the liberal course of con
duct practiced by those 'dealers, on for
mer similar occasions, we are not to
expect that an unnatural conflict of h gal
remedy, will be attemp.ed, knowing as
they will, that the evtention of time giv
en to the customers of our own mer
chants must lead more certainly to the
ultimate security of the foreign claims.
Although particular instances sf individ
ual loss and sacrtice may have been pro
duced by the curtailment and restraining
policy of the hanks, it is fairly to be in
ferred, that they still have in circulation
as much ol their paper as s their metalic
capital can support. Foreign bank paper
has been almost entirely' withdrawn, and
it is obviously true that the quantity of all
kinds} now in use is hotly insufficient to
answer the most -pressing demands. In
tiie absence ol a sufficient circulating me
ilium, and at a time when the public cre
dit of the state is supported, not only by
Uie ordinary sources of revenue, but bv
the solid basis of a large and valuable real
estate, this common fund might by possi
bility be made to contribute largely to
the convenience of the people without
any diminution to the capital itself.—
Certificates circulated on the faith of pub
lic responsibility and resting for their fi
nal redemption on the sale of lands with
in the Hiwassee district, as well as upon
the ordinary revenue ol the state, would
carry themselves so sure a pledge of in
tiinsic value as ta command the confi
dence of public opinion
The Treasury Notes could be put into
circulation through the agency of the
Loan office fixed at the seat of govern
vnent, under the exclusive supehntend
unce and control of the Legislature, who
might establish as many subordinate
branches of the matric office, throughout
the state as a due regard to the security
of the institution, and equal accommoda
tion of the people might require.
An amount equal to some three hun
dred thousand issued in this way might
oring the advantages of a property law
effectually within the power of thousands
of individuals who might without this aux
iliary measure be beyond the influence
of an indulgent policy. The ooject of
government in the" use of such an institu
tion, would not be to make a direct profit
on its capital, and therefore the rate of in
terest on making loans should be fixed at
]from two and a half to five per cent.
y P«fr annute, ot * 11
0 will be necessary
h eJ£ P e nse in the V
'< ut.or.iu. If,
c ble ‘ n PHvn.mt f, . «
, ‘ n Hiwassee a,, *" 'W
,lc the «,*!!>■
1 would accrue to »
l ’ value of L
r tiie circulation oltt’Sß
Whatever iu;.v k
1 jAen by
>y law, or -.he M
'> "fhcc, it is most o)j
.* 'J' e ' policy
1 that the sale of ad,
; kee lat.ds should,
- «h Had the
' been anticipated by
' ' ,eir ] -ist session, lt 'i s ’'■
i thatamoreanspici Du
' present would h, tV( . l*!
t bringing those land, jjß
; one practical fact i s m 1 ■
1 established ;>v the UlU v
;dl society than that a ,
Cherokee lands v. Ji/'M
• waste „f a liberal bo Uilt .‘®
I tectly aware „f the...
i lie valuable part of the cl
; monopolized by tit,. I; *®
• the resources of ffi,
pnee destructive ot t' lL
: esu^f the states, whiutt!*®
■ «f the great body of llie !|
,thcir exist,ng contrac s Ilm
tO . hold back fiom
minimum price limited kS
taent. -■
It is our w>sh, because it a|
dom. th..[ the soil ciltiva-1
owned by men, « ho,
moderate capital,’.(.Jß
wnh motives for na?io„ a | J
us net then, take advan-JB
tion of these men, V |Lfl
energies are employedi- J
of their shattered sffwii
out from an equal particmril
mon benefits. ’Pis ‘B
baleful influence <d asyiifinH
the necessities cfa deieuß
and however small
patrimony may b t , Lt M
.a,:. “ ■» »U,B
common heritage be ».„■ J
less profusion, vhem?he t|
the rtieans of J
Whence tiie endowments!®
toe education ofour vouth,
of promoting measure! (l ffl
provenn nt? At your late il
contemplated to make an mil
1 cation of five hundred thfl
: towards the improvement ofl
, iud navigable streams: everl
f than that, if judiciously aJ
1 produtt incalculable lacilitil
. ting tiie c«»y gnd safeeipcJ
. surplus products, but whtJ
. smallest availai.de fund be dtl
from the sale of these landil
. proposed measure of thelutl
i adopted, the funds neCcssarjl
. port were expected froo ill
; menton the Cherokee land J
; tbo’ no doubt was then held!
. as to the sufficient amount|
1 from that item, yet our true I
, now seen, forces the ccttil
. pledge from the treasury upM
t tingency, and to that uimil
be redeemed. I
. If in bringing the sitti»ho«|
i pie before you, uud respect*
- ting to your w istlon tryvieml
, sures intended for their poll
, lit-', it has been made nee il
. to speak'- of their nlttiititfl
and embarrassments, tliese■
, be understood limited ■
, connexions w ith earn oilier ill
i tions of society, growing
f pe rations of commercial ml
f pn sent prospect of affairsM
es of a more abundan.i crupa
| plenty of the comfort* sudm
1 life than bus been ever knoj
tnced. In the continuedM
t, general gi'Od health, isj
I strength of moral probity, 4
t creasing influence oftiieht*
i our faith, the finger ol a ’«•
i is manifested to the heart! tfl
• pe “ pk - , 01 l
it»4
i Murfreesboro’, Jnnr‘ifi"l
1
• A considerable busmes* <1
■ on in the article of dismes,
■ and the northern slates, by*
of u p wards of 20 per cent is n
are in value only ten ceuiy
■ in all mercantile transact* 1
• and a half cents.
Note—The last value I"
from any scarcity of Specie, I
i the rate at which they l' Jrt
: sed, s **
i e^:tr\oiiu.
1 Sipce the middle section 1
1 Western Canal has become
1 of transportation, the first V
daga Salt has fallen in pn { '
one c ollarand fifty cent* Pi
was previously considered
I dollars
On Monday, I9tu J<mrt
’ fought between Messrs. p
and Townsend
G orge County, Va. itm «
shore, immediately O PP°7i
deuce, with muskets l ua “,
’ shot Mr. Dade was »»
' Stuart so severely wound
‘ ed in a few hour* after
neighbors, near relatios*.
friends- The unfortunate
resulted in so traffic »n en
bout a mere trifle; and
more to the list of wretc
have fallen a sacrifice 1 1
‘ honor add the horrid andP
I of duelling-— RidmmA
1 . D*» lrt
[ FIKK-,^
Yesterday, about 11
. zens were aroused by
t fire h which proved »
v the store of Mr & eor ;’ii
s the course of 60 rojnu
. stores occupied by »«•»
e Wm. Bain, Jeremiah W* ,
,f building were consul®
L . part of their contents- ,
t Street is supposei to® ~
he did not save » „i
• store, his bonks and P*P
. Mr. A. Bennett, ah o