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MISCELLANY.
“the”mechanic above his business.
‘ I have dn heard,” mid Uncle Benjamin, that
I’m* in gloves ratchcd no mice. An il thin Inis been
very much in my minil lately, when I have observed
how print is the ambition of our young sparks to
is’ e idled gentlemen.”
Surely father, said Summv, you have no objection
to a man's dressing himself decently. “Not at nil,
Sammy ; man may Ik 1 as decent, tidy, and even ele
gant as you please ; but all in its pnqrer place. I often
hear people asking why Sunderland, which i one of
our oldest villages, thrives no little ; and I alwaya an
swer, Because the master workmen are never in their
shirt-sleeves. You may ace them at their shop doors,
in Sunday trim, lrefore they have got their third ap
prentice.” Then, father, you would have a man al
ways in his apron. “ Not at all Sammy, I say again.
When I was a lad, we made ourselves smart every
evening; on Saturday nights we took a little foretaste
of Sunday ; and when Sunday came every man was
rigged out in his best ; and a very pretty sight it was,
I assure ye, to see an old time lieau; his hair in jmw
der, prettily cluhlied—plated stock buckle—ditto for
knees and shoes—small-cloths and white stocking*—
and posy in the bosom. But then we earned it fniriy
by hard knocks. In working hours there was no play ;
and no man was ashamed of labor. But now-a-days,
there is a great rage fur being over-genteel. I often
spy a rich waist-coat nml gold chain under a butcher’s
frock, and see young mechanics twiddling their rattans
in the street, when they ought to have their coatsoir.”
Hut you will allow that a man may do a good stroke
of work, with a clean shirt and decent vest. “ Very
good ; perhaps he may in some sorts of business. J,rt
every man lie ra neat as bis work will allow, hut a
collier will have a black fare; and he is a poor carpen- ,
ter who makes no i'bi|. But lam thinking of more
than mere dress. Too many of our working men arc
ashamed of that which is their honor, nmnelv their
trade. When they appear in Broadway they wear
glow's, and ujie the coxcombs who never do any any
thing.” Father, father, said Sammy, lam afraid you
would have mechanic reduced to an inferior caste,
who must never rise, hut forever look up to the richer
folks, as the lords of creation. “ There you mistake
me greatly Sammy. lam an old mechanic—many a
long year have I wrought at a laborious employment—
I am for giving every man a chance to rise; I honor
an industrious working-man. I think nothing more
honorable tluui honest labor—and becuunc I think so,
I dont like to see a man ashamed of it. Let ine tell
you a story.
About a year ago, I was returning in the stage coach
from Philadelphia, w here I had been to see your uncle
Isaac. Next to me silt a voting man who did not rec
ognise me, hut whom lat once knew to he a shoema
ker in Second street. He took his seat with an air,
and looked the gentleman.— Every thing was line-, kid
gloves ; spectacles, watch in his pocket almost under
his arm ; underclothes with aperpendicular aperture ;
white sole straps ; gold headed switch. I perceived
that his plan was to ‘ sink the shop.’ Pisir feliow, I
wished to teach him a lesson, because I had known his
father, so I gave a line for while, and sat nut in, “while
he taiked largely of w hat the Philadelphians consider
the property of each and every citizen—Fair Mount—
Laurel Hill—Girard College—the new gas-lights—the ,
big ship. Not a word about trials, hut much of ‘Coun- !
cils,’ election, polities, Mr. Ingcrsoll, and the theatre.!
As the company was very complaisant, he grew more j
easy, and at length usurped most of the eon versa lion.
At a good pause I ventured to put in my oar, and ask
el, ‘ Can you tell me Sir, how Spanish hides have .
been selling 1” He looked at me hard, and said‘Not
exactly, Sir ;’ and hastened to talk of something elec.
‘ Pray’ said 1, ‘do you know w hether this business of j
importing Parisshocs has turned out well for the ’s
in Walnut street !’ —He colored a little pulled up the j
angles of his collar, and said, ‘not being in that line, j
Sir, yo must excuse me for not knowing.* lie was
uneasy, but not quite convinced that he was found out, I
and went on talking quite largely about the shipping
business. I thought I could come a little nearer home
by another inquiry, so I said gaily, ‘ Allow me to ask
you w hether good old Mr. Smack sticks to the lust 7
I remember the day when he could finish his pair of
hoots w ith any man in Jersey.’—This w as wormwood;
f,r hekuewin his heart that Mr. Smack was his own fa
theryrt as he was not even quite sure that I was appris
ed ot the connexion, ho replied with sonic confidence,
though with a red face, ‘ Mr. Sinuekl-ah-ycs—the
old man ; lie has not been in active business fori several
years. I should perhaps have been content with go
ing thus, had not young Mr. Smack launched out in a
stnun, mote affected than ever,of very absurd discourse
about play-house matters. As it was inasmuch as I
never was ashamed of being a mechanic myself, 1
knew no reason why he should la- ; so at the earliest
Test in the conversation, I said, ‘I am pleased to sec
that you keep up the old business ; a very pretty stand
that of yours in -Second Street; and if you please cus
tomers as well as vour good oid father did, I can en
gage lor your success.’ ‘This speech settled my man.
He turned several colors; the passengers exchanged
looks and smiled ; and at the next watering place. Mr.
Smack went outside nml made the rest of bis journey
on the box.” I eun’t help thinking, said Sammy, that
this wns a little ill-natured in y ou, father. The thing is
this. We live in a land of liHtrlv and equality. Me
are looked down upon as laborers, and twitted as me
chanics, • snobs,’ and so on. It is very natural there
fore. that a man should try bu si-iipo these sneers, and
put the liost foot foremost. “ But hold, Hammy, la
grccthat it is very natural, therefore, that a man should
try to escape from contempt; but take the right xvay
to elli’rt it. What is the right way ! Certainly not by
Ireing above one’s business, or trying to • sink the shop.’
For this is saying that you ore yourself ashamed of
your railing; whereas you ought to Ist proud of it.
Why conceal a thing, unless you think it n disgrace.
Cun you expect, other men to respect that which you
despise yourself! There is no surer way of bringing
honest industry into contempt than by using low shifts
to avoid the apjrearnncc of labor. If you wish the
public to respect your vocation, show that you resiicct
it yourself.”
Such was the advice of this veteran meehanie to his
son ; and I verily 1 relieve there is sound wisdom in it.
It is very common to lind the very same persons com
plaining that they arc looked down ujren, who encour
age the contempt by seeming ashamed of that which is
their honor. After some years of careful observation,
Ih avo never seen a mechanic a I sue his business, who
did not meet w ith mortification where he sought res.
pect; and I have never seen a working-man, however
humble bis sphere, who lost any consideration in soci
ety, by frankly appearing in bis real character, and lay
ing bis own hand to the task whenever it became need
ful. The workingmen of America constitute a jk>w
• rful and increasing class, and should do nothing to
betray a doubt of their own res|rei lahilitv.
( ’HAIII.es quill.
Two passengers, coming down the Mississippi in a
steam boat, were shooting birds, cet. onshore, from the
deck. Home sportsmans com ersc ensued, in w hich one
remarked that he would turn his hack lotto one in kill
ing racoon*—that he hail repeatedly shot liftv in day.
* What o that 1* said a Kentuckian ; ‘I make nothing
of killing a hundred ’coon a day, or’nary luck.’ ‘Do
you know Capt. Scott, of our Suite V uskeil a Tennesse
an liv-slandcr. ‘He now is something like u shot. A
hundred ’coon ! Why he never p’ints at one, without
hitting him. He never misses, and the ’coons know it.
T’other day he lex died at an old ’tin, in a high tree. The
vamint looked at him a minute, and then haw led out—
‘ Ilrlbnv. (‘apt. Scott! is that you?’ ‘Yes/ was the
reply. ‘ Well, don’t shoot!’ says he;‘it’s no use!—
Hold on; I'll come down I give in !,—w hich lie did!’
It is unnecessary to add that this was the last hunting
story.—A mckerbocher.
1 he ( oluntbua Journal states that in the prosecution
of a geological survey of Jackson county, Ohio, the
hones of an animul of extraordinary size were discover
ed. A tusk measured ten feet nine inches in circumfer
ence at the largest part, and weighed, when’taken from
the earth, IMO lbs. The largest tooth weighed 80 His. 4
oz. and the other bones were of corresponding propor
tion. * 1
FmoiiTrft MonTAiTt. A letter from the Cnp
l iinof the ship Nestor, la nee at New Orleans, states
that of £l2 pasM-iUicm who went out in that ship. 168
died previous to October 4th, chiefly of yellow fever,
iq*d that on 18th nurnv of Ih, hide number sur
vived. The Nestor left New York on the 2dd of Au
gust.
po.ni:w f nr. ‘
Messrs, Eiliturs —The foliowing letU’r from tho
; Hon. J. I*. King, dated Oct. 17, 1837, to a friend in
. this city, may la 1 of advantage to some of your rea
ders. In that hope I communicate it, though the fa
miliar style of its composition evidently shews, that it
; was not intended for the public eye, nor indeed for any
I other scrutiny than than that of private friendship.
Its predictions arc remarkable, and views so sound, as
well as sagacious, that 1 have lilt myself rather enti
tled to the writer’s indulgence for this breach of friend
ly confidence, mid certainly to the thanks ot the ptili
lie for venturing to enlighten it at such risk. The
strictures on the course of political opponents, I think
are not more severe than usual in public controversies,
and I am sure were not intended to transcend the lim
its of an honest exposure of the fallacies to which they
i allude. So much for uiy own justification.
THAT FIiIEND.
Col. Bhkk’s off Tilt: Potomac, 7
October 17th, 1837. J
My Dear r. —By the kind invitation of Col.
Brent, I have stopped a few days to snuff the country
air and shoot wild fowl. I have shot at .and dreadful
li/ frightened, a great number to day, but the quantity
bagged is not satisfactory. The truth is, I fear I am
too quick on the trigger—a fault sometimes attributed
tome in politics as well as patridge sgooting.
And so Mime of my old political friends are up
against my speech, hah ! Don’t you think it would
have been (letter for them to have answered my argu
ments lieforc they flew into a passion with the author?
As Jack Downing says, “that is my notion.” I care
nothing for the office for its sake, and that they may
have willingly, if they wish it; but really instead of
quarreling with me, I regret extremely they have not
seen the necessity of uniting in the only course that
can save the party from destruction. It was a saying
of Arrington, that you might put a dozen puppies into
a sack and shake it, and when they begnn to sutler pain
they would instantly commence teuring each other,
hut would never think of biting the hand that shook
the sack. Our party is the party of the people, anil
w ith even n tolerable regard to democratic principles,
we must always lie in the majority. But wc have for
years ticcn forced into a wrong position ; Congress has
had little more to do with the finances of the country,
for several years past, than the Boors of Hussia or thi
slaves of Turkey. This I think has, or at least will
cease, as soon as Mr. Van Buren gets through the
“ unfmished business” of his predecessor, anil fairly
sets upon his ow n seat; but we have taken no steps to
convince the people of this ; and from the ex-Presi
dents letters and Mr. Van Buri n’s promises and recent
recommendations, they have no reason to Irelicve, that
they w ill not lie tormented and tortured by experiments
just as much as lrefore. If we do not wish to be an
nihilated as a party, let us take hold of the hand that
has tortured, and, I fear ruined us,and not further wea
ken our forces by exhausting our strength on each
other.
The great mass haTO found that their d'stresses
have been caused liy Executive misrule in the finan
ces, and they cannot hr convinced to the contrary.
For many years they quit thinking for themselves on
the subject, but when it became necessary to (put eat
ing also, their attention wus roused to the necessity of
reasoning on their own interests; and when they do
this, tree from party influence, il is a plain ease. If wc
do not ease the people, then, on this subject, what is to
Ireeome of us ! Ohio is gone. New Jersey is gone.
Khoile Island is gone. Maine is gone. Indiana is
gone. Pennsylvania is almost gone, and Georgia, N.
Carolina and Arkansas thought to lie in danger, anil to
cap the climax, I shall not Ire surprised if we lose New
Y ork. The City I know is gone. And what have
wc have wc gained ? Mr. Caihoun has taken a fanev
to us, to he sure ; hut if we give him control, lie will
minus; and if we do not, he’ll leave us in less than
12 months. We know his own opinion, given last
year of the •cohesive power’ that binds us together. Mr.
C. is a great man, and in private life a most exempla
ry one ; but he is so eccentric and changeable that, as
a guide, there is no confidence to la: placed in him.
Look hack at his opinions on a national bank, anti
bear him at tho but session—bis former opinions of
the protective system, united with a complete system
of internal improvements, as necessary to secure the
permanent prosperity of the country, and hear him
lately talk about State Bights ! !
Then there is Pickens ; it is said he has come over
to us. And what sort of come over is it!—He votes
for the divorce, and makes a speech for it, in which
there is denunciation und bitterness enough to kill ten
administrations, lie abuses us os pick-pockets—wc
have to take it asspanniels, and recommend “ Mr. Pick
ett’s able speech to the perusal of the public !’’ I
don’t w ant hucli allies ns these. 1 had rather Ire in
the minority, and “ light under.” I would say to Mas
ter Pickens, that if lie wishes to join the democracy in
its present weakness, let him do il, like a generous man
on equal terms, anil not come to our relief, like an O
| craeoek wrecker to abuse and insult a ship-wrecked
crew, and claim ail their goods for salvage. Mr. P. has
taken it into his head, that he is and must be very con
! sistent, because, with a little squad of ultra opposition,
!he voted for the seperation in 1831. But was it not
; notorious, that the only object then was to embarrass
the Administration in the “ Experiment,” which was
then a great favorite ? Abie he seems to glory in his
position, because it enables him to abuse the adminis
tration with impunity.—Why, I’d as soon depend on
I Belzebub to defend me against Hutnn, as on Pickens to
; defend me against the \\ lugs. However, Pickens is a
j gentleman and man of talents.—And he appeals udroit-
I ly, does he not!—as does Mr. Calhoun, to the section
j al feelings of the South, to sustain that, w hich he fears
| their reason would not approve. But 1 have no time
J now to criticise the sjreech. Y'ou will see it, I presume;
! for Ishouid not he at all surprised,if, with all its bit
| teruess, some of our democratic papers were to publish
j it, and ask attention to it. I will only add, that if I hud
a leisure hour, in reach of a few statistics, I think 1
could muke sad work with some purl* of it. I would
only say here, that the idea held out to the South, that
the specie restriction will lrenefit our commerce, is a
sheer delusion. Ho long as we are united, and free
trade exists—so long as wc are agricultural and the
north commercial—in short so long as the present ele
ments of productions exist in each section, und earh
section (on free trade principles) is allowed the ad
vantages of the other id the cheapest rate , just so long
w ill tire specie restriction operate against us/ Say,”
is it right when he says, • the divorce” wilUtei dto
make New York the London of America. 1 do not
think the inequality of the system would Ire as groat as
some others think; but whatever opo ration it would
have in that way, would he against us.
The fallacy held out lately to feed the sectional firel
ings of the south ou this subject consists in ntisUrking
tbe effect for the cause. It is not the deposit system,
or the 1 . H. Bunk, that “ centralizes” commerce at the
north ; hut it is the commerce of the north that central
'-<■ the deposites there. Why did not the trade con
trlize in Philadelphia instead of New York? Just be
cause in trade, capital follows business, and business
does not necessarily follow capital. But we are degra
ded by •• touching at the north to pay tribute.” W ell:
Buj pose we imported directly the whole xalue of our
exports, say eighty millions, to Charleston or Savannah
Y\ hat would wc do with this heavy imjHirtatiou ?
We should consume u few millions ns we do now,
and curry the balance to the north, und “ touch” there
to exchange it for northern productions, and such oth
er foreign merchandize as is to Ire found there, and im
ported from those countries nut consuming southern
productions.
But is considered wonderfully strange and very un
natural, that wc should riot import directly for our
whole consumption at least. Why it is the plainest
tiling in the world—unless the cherished advantages of
free trade is ad a delusion. These things are regula
ted by the interest of consumers, and tliut interest as
certained by calculation. Why do we obtain from
London tho products of every quarter of the globe !
Simply lieeaase London trades with every quarter of
the globe, and a full assortment can Ire found there,
cheaper than by looking for it in a thousand different
markets.— I bat s all, and the answer ns to London an
swers the great mystery as to the trade of New York.
—Why does New York import for nine-tenths of the |
consumption of the United Mates ? Simply, because
it is the natural, and, with all its advantages, the cheap- 1
est depot for the consumption of nine-tentha of the
people of the United Mates ; and from its local posi
tion can furnish an outward cargo to nearly overv port
in the commercial world, whose products the people of,
any portion ot the United States consume. These ,
* advantages will alway s give it the advantage of nn
extensile assortment and io fur an advantage over any
southern port.
i have Uvu led to these remaik* upon lire latest J ids
*ons in finance, from seeing a notice of a convention
to meet at Augusta about this time, tbe object of which
semis eloselv allied with these southern notions. I
ant in favor of the object of this convention ; hut I
hope it will not Ire turned into a political machine,
which may defeat all the good that would otherwise
grow out of it. Above all, I hope its action may Ire
baaed on solid and philosopltical commercial principles,
which alone can promise any permanent good to the
country. By sectional upjieals you may “ resolve ”
the [re’ople into an excitement, which may temporarily /
I aid the cities, at the expense of the planters and coun
try consumers ; hut the advantages to the cities even,
would not be permanent. First and last, the planters
have been fleeced by humbugs and experiment* enough
God knows, and, (though iny interests are in the city)
I hope they may he spared on this occasion.
We must then, do something, if wc wish to in
crease our inqsirt trade and aid our southern ports by
any permanent advantages, more than they now pos
sess, As the philosophical Major Jack says, “When
a ehimlev smokes at the wrong eeml, we should ascer
tain the cause on’t, and go to work the right way to
mend it.” What then is to be done? If I were not
nearly to the end of my last scrap of imper, I would
try und tell von. Several tilings may Ire done to di
vide the advantages of New Y ork with our southern
ports, but I have only room to mention one, and that
briefly: Finish tuck State Railßoad. You will
then furnish the natural dejsits and cheapest transpor
tation for the consumption of the most fertile ]rts of
the valley of the Mississppi. Y’ou will also penetrate
and drain the same country of its exports, Viy means of
a short and ehea|>er transportation, at all seasons of
the year, an advantage to that extent over the New
Y ork (’anal, where all other advantages arc equal. I
must finish this subject at some other time, unless 1
see you shortly, which is doubtful. I have not deter
mined whether I will return directly home after return
ing to Washington, or remain a few weeks at Phila
delphia. Y our friend,
J. P. KING.
From the Pennst/lrania En.'pn'rer,
THE GOVERNMENT vs. THE PEOPLE.
Philadelphia. Nov. 7. 1837.
Mil, EntTon.—Having been at Washington to
transact a little business with I ’nele Ham and as it was
of an interesting kind, I stop ill this city long enough to
give you the particulars, hoping you will hold them up
before an insulted community.
My business was principally with the Patent Office,
and having Rochester Bank paper, I exchanged it for
United States Bank paper, while on my way, in New
Y ork city, as I was informed there that it would lie re
ceived at the Patent Office. But when I arrived at
Washington, I found that Uncle Sam had a controver
sy with the Bank still. He said he would not take it.
1 therefore went in search of a broker, and Irerught a
Treasury order for one hundred dollars, ninety of
which I wished to pay to Uncle Sam’s agent Mu. II and
the chief clerk in the Patent Office, and accordingly
presented it ; but Mb. Hand in a very genteel man
ner, said he could not take it —he could not pay me
the ten dollars.
And here I ran against nnothcr snag. But, said
Mir. Hanii 1 would like to have you go and present
this to the Treasurer, and see what the result will be,
for we have never had the like hap|ren lrefore. YVell
as I was ignorant of matters and things in the great
city, as .link Downing was of the country, when he
commenced his rxpidition, I was w illing of course, to
run about a little, and see if I could not learn some
thing. But yet I could not get along very well, for I
could not help thinking all the time that Uncle Sam
had the advantage of me. However, after a moment’s
reflection, I recollected tliat I was only one of the com
mon people, and this xvas all reconciled, anil then I
went on \ cry well, and the mile, or nearly so, that I had
to walk seemed quiU’ short.
YV ell, I went in, and in my hurry to despatch busi
ness, never thought to put my hat under my arm, or
kiss the floor, hut told Uncle Ham’s agent that I owed
him ninety dollars, and had his note for one hundred,
and wished him to take his note, and give me ten dol
lars. And, strange and ridiculous as wiil appear, he
refused to take the note, and pay me hack ten dollars.
And when I enquired what in the name of the People
1 had to do, he very coldly remarked, “Oh,you can go i
to the brokers and buy the specie.” And 1 did so—yes, ■
I did so, and then went the third time, and finally suc
ceeded in depositing ninety dollars.
All these tilings are. facts as they actually took place
three days ago. And I now go home to Western New
Y ork, to admire our exchange system, and to tell my
friends to submit, for .they are nothing hut common
People.
Y'ours, respectfully,
J. H. ROSS.
Condition of the Nary. — Boos not somebody Ire
sides the Secretary, rightfully come in for a share of
the condemnation justified by the subjoined statement?
Is it not the esireeial business of the President, to sire
i that the heads of the different departments fulfil their
duty ! Is our President’* time too much occupied in
attending to elections and other matters exclusively po
litical, to admit of his paying the requisite attention to
the laithful discharge of their public duties by his su
bordinates? It so, is it not time for the jreople to ad
monish him on the subject, through the ballot boxes !
Conn. Herald.
YY e have more than once alluded to the apathy
i which has lor some time past prevailed in the naval
j department, in relation to whatever concerns the, use
; fulness of that important branch of our national defence
| the navy-, which should he carefully fostered in a large
: commercial nation. Many facts might be cited in
prool of our allegations, and we hope that the people
w ill turn their attention to this subject, and demand
that our navy shall not la’ neglected, or so far as it re
mains with the navy department to prevent it, the
sphere of its usefulness diminished.
Advices from Pensacola, of an authentic character,
state that on the 13th of October there was a fleet of
j 1 nited States vessels, consisting one frigate, six sloops
I and one schooner, lying at that place—hut so destitute
, ol provisions, necessaries and money, that in all proha-
I bility they would Ire eoinjielled to remain there a long
j rime—and il a pirate was to make his appearance oil
I the harbor, it would Ire exceedingly difficult for the j
| greater part of the squadron to venture out in pursuit,
j The crew s were actually suffering for want of bread— 1
there 1 reing none on laiard the frigate, and hut a very !
scanty supply on board the other weasels, owing to the
failure ol the contractors to fulfil their contracts, in eon- ]
sequence ol the sickness at New Orleans, and the re- 1
missiles* ol government “to provide any other means, i
by which they could Ire supplied. Representations to ;
the department are unheeded, and this fine squadron is j
thus compelled to remniu in port, inactive, at a time [
w lien the appearance of out ships on different parts of |
the Mexican coast might be of incalculable service to
flic mercantile interests of our country. These ships
are kept in commission ut a great expense; it would be
better to discharge their crews, and Iny them up at
once, unless they can Ire provided at all times with all
that is neeessary to make them ready for effective ser
vice.
The ships are in w ant of many articles, which ’they
have no means of procuring. One of the sloops of war,
the Boston, we Irelicve, was at the above date in want of
two boats and a sheet anchor. All her lower rigging
was condemned—one. of her guns totally useless, and
she was in want of various other necessary articles.—
These things had all been duly reported to thedepurt
iiit*vit at \\ ashington, und surveys, die. forwarded sev
eral months previous to the shove date, but no orders or
action hud up to that time been bail, upon supplying
these deficiencies,
Hueli is the energy of our present Secretary of the Na
vy. ]le richly deserves a leather medal. — Huston M*r.
Journal,
It is said that Gen. Jackson is rapidly declining in
health. His constitution received a violent shock on
receiving one of the Treasury Notes. “Bv thee 1,”
said the old Chief, “ does Y an Buren cull tins w ulking in
my footsteps!”
Public Credit. —As a very important source of
strength and security, cherish public credit.
Hepu 17. 1796. ‘ GEO. WAHHINGTON.
The general government, like an individual citizen,
lias nothing to Ho lint to take care of its own interest.
tilobe, Sept. 12, 1837.
Treasury Notes sold at New Y'ork yesterday, at 5 per
cent discount.— Conn. Ih raid.
Treasury Notes. —Those notes (rearing tw o per cent
interest were for the first time yesterday offered for sale
lullhc Now-York Bi.uxl of Broken, and on’ and a half
! per cent premium, payable in bank notea, was asked for
! them —hut few bidders. The Courier says, they were
subsequently offered in Wall street at 91 per cent, pay
able ill constitutional currency. No purchasers !
Col, Johnson Flooiiko.— We take the following
letter from the New York Mercantile Advertiser,—.S'.
Recorder.
Washington Nov. 9, 1837.
I have just heard a good anecdote, which 1 cannot re
frain from telling yon.
An old revolutionary hero, who has been staying in
this city for ionic time, on the eve of his departure,
though tiic would pay a visit to the President of the U.
stab's. Acquainted intimately with Col. Johnson the
Vice President, he called upon him to accompany him.
This the (lolonel readily consented to. They fiund the
President sitting with his son. ‘Pile introduction was
niade, accompanied, on the part of Col. Johnson with
tile retnnrk that his old friend did not agree with Mr.
\an Buren in politics. “True,” said the old chap,
somewhat mortitied at the mnlujipropaa commence
ment of the acquaintance, “I do not approve of your
measures, Mr.President,but lam not more hostile to
you than Col. Johnson : for it was only yesterday that
he told me “ that you had not dune one thing right
since you came into office.
It is said that the gallant rival of Tecuniseh was over
whelmed, and could not command his confusion. It
must have been a rich and pungent scene—the surprse
—the retaliation—the tallies turned upon the second
head of the republic.
An Awkward Case. —The western stage a few
days since, drew up to the tavern in Belmont county
with two gentlemen and some ladies in it. The polite
landlord walked out to enquire if the passengers would
have any thing. ‘ A glass of water for the ladies,’ said
( tie of the gentlemen. While they were drinking, the
pompous speaker took occasion to congratulate the
landlord on the triumph of democracy in his country.
‘I very much regretted it,’said the landlord.
‘ I|U< is tiie only safety of the Republic,’ said the
passenger.
‘So old Tom Benton said the only safety for our
pockets was in his humbug,’ replied the landlord. The
ladies smiled, and the gentlemen did not smile. The
driver handed forth the way-bill as in duty hound. The
first name that met his eye was T. H. Heaton
Wheeling Times.
From the -V. Y. Mercantile Advertiser..
Loco Fuco Absurdities—The hoot on the other fool.
—We learn that the honorable Slilas Win out was in
this city about ten days since, and got together a meet
ing of the leaders of the party, at which the Hon. C.
C. Cv m haklkNo was present, and obtained the pas
sage of a resolution that the next meeting of the Leg
islature should instruct the Hon. Nathaniel P. Tal
ma nr. ►: to resign his seat in’Congress. We further
learn that he went from this to Albany, and had a meet
ing called there, at which the resolutions passed at N.
York were approved and adopted. As these resold
tions were passed under the impression that the De
mocracy of numbers were with them, and as they have
proved to he with the Whigs throughout the length and
breadth of the Empire State, we expect Catnbreleng’s
resignation in conformity with his own political creed ;
and we do not see how as an honorable man he can con
tinue to hold office under such circumstances—and
Mr. W right we expect will follow suit As an old
East India hunter once sa : d, “It is excellent sport to
hunt a tiger, but it is the very devil when the tiger
turns about and hunts you.’
In Philadelphia, on Tuesday, U. S. Bank Stock was
sold at $125. The Herald says, the same price” was
bid for more, and adds:
“ The high character which this stock bears in Eng
land, added to the abundance of money now existing
there, rendered it a desirable object for remittance.
There is evidently a large amount of money in hands
for investment, arising partly from the dividend of
our city banks, which are payable on the 18th inst.”
— Xal. Intelligencer.
Thk FnEsnoM ov Elections. —Thecarlisc Herald
and Expositor of Tuesday gives the following as the
substance, if not the very words, of a letter despatched
[ from Washington to that place, a couple of weeks
I previous to the late election. How many other similar
\ letters were sent, or remittances made into this Senato
rial district, ean only be guessed , but we rejoice to soy
| that in this instance the efforts of the corruptionists
were vain, as Mr. Penrose was re-elected to the Senate
by a handsome majority :
Washington City, Sept.—, 1837.
“ It is all-important that Penrose should lie defeated,
or in the event of his success, the bank will lie sustain
ed, and, in ease of his defeat, it must fall. * *
* If money is necessary for his defeat, let us
know and it shall be sent.”
The People’s Ci iiiikncy.—The crew of U. S.
ship Peacock were paid off last w eek, and if the ei/es
of certain persons in a certain quarter did not cease to
distinguish daylight from darkness, it was not for the
want of Jack’s blessings. These poor fellows, who
have hern buffeting the billows on a three years’ cruise
(and we have the authority of their officers for saying
that no crew ever |>erformcd their duty more faithfully)
| find, on their return home, the recompense of their
long toil and suffering in the service of the country ten
dered to them in a currency which, how ever good it
may lie at the place where it is issued, cannot lie made
available for the supply of their wants beyond it,'with
out a discount. It was in vain that these creditors of
the Government asked for a portion of specie to pay
their expenses on their journey to their homes—they
were told that the Government had‘provided no such
commody to pay with, though it enforces specie from
its debtors. So the honest tar, after turning his quid,
scratching his head, hitching up his unmentionables’
and acting over all the other characteristic motions ex
pressive of vexation—with a sprinkling of oaths and
execrations in the intervals, like the music in a melo
drama—stuffed his shin-plasters into his fob, and sal
lied forth to find some accommodating broker to con
vert them into siiecie on his own terms. Reader
whether you are a Whig or an Administration man
whether you arc a conservative or a Lofo Foro. it mat
ters not; if you are a man, you cannot fail to think
with us, that these die-hards, who are knocked about
the ocean in all weathers and in all climates, and ready
at any moment to sacrifice life and limb in the settee
of the country, and for the honor the “ star spangled
lioiiner,” have as equitable claims upon our worthy (Sec
retary of the Treasury for their small pittance of sl2
a month in gold and silver, as members of Congress
have for their eight dollars a day.
Jack has always complained, and not w ithout rea
son, that of all occupations his was the hardest to get
bread to eat after it was earned. But he has now to I
feel that even his condition may tie rendered harder In
land luhhcrswho have the helm of the ship of State.—
Herald,
The total amount of the Cotton rrop of the I". States ‘
for the year 1836, as ap]s'ars from a table furnished by
the Philadelphia Commercial Herald, was 1,422,9:10
hales, 1 icing an access over that of the preceding year of j
02.205 bales. Os the above amount the greatest qimn- ■
tity from anv one state was from Alabama, the product
of which appears to have liecn 232,242 bales. New
Orleans exported during the year commencing Ist Oc
tober 183(1, and terminating 30th September 1837,
509,393 hales, being nearly one half of the whole quan- i
tity sent to foreign countries. The increase of exha
lation in the aggregate ap]tears to jhave been 51,822
bales, whilst in the trade to France and the North of
Euro|H’ there lins been a falling off of 5,468 to the for
mer, and 28,452 to the latter. In theyear 1824-5 the
totul crop was 530,000 hub's, and twelve years after
wards, to wit, 1836-7 it amounted to 1,422,930 having
nearly doubled itself in that time. As regards home
consumption there appears to have lie-n an increase
from the year 1826-7, of more than double the quantity
consumed during the year first named, having been
103,483; whereas in the last mentioned twelve-months
it was 222,540 hale*. The above estimates are made
conclusively of theVonsuniption ofSlates Ui the Month of
Virginia, and of that State excepting the vicinity of Pe
tersburg and Richmond.— Halt. American.
1 he Tunnel on the 1 ork and Baltimore Railroad 6
miles from I ork, is cut through the mountain, Is ing
120 tool below the summit, and measuring 240 feet from
end to end; the whole distance through solid rock. This
road is designed to connect Baltimore with the line of
tile Pennsylvania state improvements, and the great
West. The Tunnel was commenced in June, and is
net yet entirely complete.— Xcivark Sctinel, ’ I
GEORGIA LEQULATPBE,
“inTsexate.
Muxuay, November 20, 1837.
Bills introduced and read lirst time:
By Mr Miller: To appropriate a sunt of money to
the building of a State Arsenal in the city of Augusta,
and provide for the erection and government of the
same.
By Mr. Polk: To change the mode of electing the
Judges of the Superior Courts and the Attorney and
Solicitor Genera's, and give the election of said officers
to the people.
By Mr. Powell: To amend the charter of the Com
mercial Bank oi Macon.
By Mr. Black: To amend the charter of the Central
Bank.
By Mr. Burns: To provide for the call of a Conven
tion to reduce the numlier of the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia, and to alter the Constitution of
this State, so far as the same requires the organization
ol u Supreme Couit, and for other purposes therein
named.
A message was received from the Goiornor, transmit
ting a copy oftt.e letter, received from the Hon. John
P. King, tendering his resignation of the nnexpired term
for which he was effected to the Senate of the United
Stut s.
Tuesday, November 21.
Bills introduced and read the fust time, xi/.:
By Mr. Hudson: To extend the time for f rtunate
drawers in the late land and gold lotteries in this State,
and all other ungnintcd lots or fractions of land in any
oltlie former lotteries in this State, to take out his, her,
or their grants, and to fix the grant lees tor the some.
By Mr. Gh ipinan: ‘To consolidate the office of Clerk
ol the Inferior Court and the office of County Treasu
rer, in the county of Monroe.
Mr. Ilarraldson laid on the table the following reso
lution :
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be, and
is hereby authorized and requested to employ the servi
ces of a competent Engineer to survey tne Chattahoo
chee river from the town of West Point, to Winn’s For
ty i opposite Hall county, and roport the obstructions 1 1
navigation in said river, and the probable expense of re
moving t e same, so as to render said river of easy and
safe navigation.
Thu bsi)ay, November 23.
Mr. McAiiistor laid on the table the following reso
lution, which was read. On motion, the rules of the
Senate were suspended, and the resolution was taken
up and agreed to.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the Stole of Georgia, in General Assembly
met, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to
despatch forthwith a special agent, to negotiate in lie
hall of this State, with tile Legislature of the “State of
Tennessee, now in session, for the purpose of obtain
ing an act from them, authorizing the extension of <utr
State road from the Georgia line through the territory
I of Tennessee, to tlie Tennessee river.
| The hill authorizing limited partnerships, was taken
[ up, amended, read the third time, and passed—Yeas 42,
Nays 35.
Friday, November 24.
BILLS INTItOIIUCEII.
Mr. Garmany, from the select committee : To amrnd
the act of 26th December, 1836, providing for the pay
ment ot the V oluntecrs in the laic Creek and Seminole
campaigns.
On motion of Mr. Colquitt,
The bill to amend an act to alter and amend an act,
incorporating the Chattahooehie Kail Road Company,
was taken up, read third time, and passed.
The Senate went into Committee of the w hole on
tlie special order ol the day, w hich was the bill to estab
lish ;uid organize a Court tor the Correction of Errors,
anti to regulate the proceedings thereof; which, after
I being amended, was finally read the third time andpass
(d, yeas 44, nay s 33.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, November 21, 1837.
Mr. My res, from the select committee r ajipointed to
examine into the affairs of the Central Bank, touching
its embarrassments, &c., made a report thereon, which
was read.
Mr. Kenan, from the minority of the same committee
i made a report also, which was read, and 200 copies of
i each report, with the documents accompanying the
| same, were ordered to he printed, for the use of the
House, and the consideration of the same made the or
i der of the day for Monday next.
Mr. Goodwin then offered the following resolution,
j viz :
Resolved, That the President and Direct rs of the
Central Bunk be introduced upon this lloor, for the
purpose of explaining the facts set forth in the report
i of the select committee, and making a statement of the
present state of the Bank ; and the same lieing read.
Mr. Harris offered the following as a substitute for
j the same, which was adopted, viz.
Resolved, That tlie President and Directors of the
Central Bank he heard by a written communication to
tiic House, explanatory of certain facts presented by tlie
report ol the select committee, appointed to examine the
present state of the Central Bank.
The bill to pardon Benjamin South, finally passed
tlie House.
Wkunksiiay, November 22.
Mr. Meriwether moved to suspend tlie order of the
day, to introduce a hill to appropriate money to the
troops of Col. Chas. 11. Nelson.
Whereupon the yeas and nays were recorded—Yeas
£9, Nays 101.
Bills introduced and reiul first time :
By Mr. H. G. Lamar: To manumit William Wood- ;
lief, a man slave, the property of Seaborn Jones, of
Muscogee county.
By Mr. J. B. Lamar, To amend the charter of the
Monroe Kail Road arid Banking Company.
Also, to amend an net to incorporate a Banking
Company, under the name of the Commercial Bank at
Macon.
By Mr. J. B. Lamar, To authorize the Governor
to draw his w arrant on the Treasury in favor of the
trusti es of the several academies in Bibb county, for
dividends due and unpaid.
Also, to provide for the payment of supplies purchas
ed by the troops of Gen. Charles H. Nelson, while on
their march to Florida.
By Mr. Goodwin, To incorporate the Indian Springs,
in the county o! llutts, and appoint commissioners lor
the same.
The bill to pardon Samuel M. White was read the
third time and passed.
Thursday, November 23.
Bills introduced and read first time :
Mr. M eriwether : To appropriate money as a dona
tion for the payment of forage and provisions furnished
tin- troops under the alleged command of Col. Charles
11. Nelson.
Mr. Cleveland : To authorize the Governor to raise, j
Ijflpohinteers, or otherwise, five companies of moult- i
for the term of six months, unless sooner !
discharged, to be stationed in the Cherokee Circuit, for
the protection of the white inhabitants of the same, and
the adjoining counties, from the invasions and ileprc- J
datiou ol the Cherokee Indians, and to appropriate
money to defray the expenses of the same.
Mr. Campliell, To reimburse tlie hank of Columbus
and the Insurance lJinik of Columbus, the sums of mon
ey advanced by them for the support of the volunteers,
assembled at Columbus at the call of the Major General,
in the year 1837.
Mr. Franklin, To amend the act establishing a hank
at Millcdgi'ville, to lie called and known by the mime
and style of the “Central Bank of Millcdgeville,” to
appropriate moneys, Bank stock, mid other securities,
to form the capital stock of said Bunk, uud to incorpo
rate the Hume.
Mr. Branham laid on the table n resolution authori
zing the Governor to order a scire facias to be sued out
against the Insurance Bank of Columbus.
BILLS BASS ED.
To pardon Isaac M. White.
To lay out and organize anew county out of the
counties ol Houston and Marion, and attach the same
to the Flint Circuit, 2d brigade,Bth division.
To change the time of holding the •'Superior Court for
the county of Butts.
l'o incorporate the Lumber Company of Georgia,
Executive Dkpaiitmknt, t
MiUedgcvitle, 21st Nov. 1837,
I return to the House of Representatives the resolu
tions which originated in that body, passed both Hous
es, and were presented t.%ne on the 21st inst., upon the
subject ofan appropriation of money for the use of the I
large body of mounted men, stated to lie now on their
march to Florida, with my reasons for dtenpiirovini’ I
them. * |
From the accout t Urea ly laid before the lloujc
e\ iik nt _t!iat the men"for whose benefit the'am ,Z ‘ **• 14
in tlie resolution is intended to’ Ik* m ulc, ) mvt , 11
ed without the authority of this State, or the I'"-,*
states; th it the requisition which had been made ‘ ‘ ‘
Georgia for Volunteers to serve in tlie Florida camitt^’ U
had been previously withdrawn ; and that Gen X j *’
by whom they have been raised, had no orders ,
j held no commission from either government iusfi’f--
! kiicli a measure. I cannot therefore perceive J h ‘
: public money can with propriety be applied to’ thric,,
, I ney can only be considered as so many individualT
reeling themselves according to their own vvi K .
whatsoever course or purpose they may please • m?! *°
though they allege that they are on their wav * ? ’
they arc under no legal obligation to serve ‘ ai J n ,
Beim nolos ; and that if they should receive the „
and use it, they would still be at liberty to go to p) 0 ”*/
or not. a -orida
If they should go to Florida, tlie probability i
: they will not lie received into the public sc-vice ‘'tT
Secretary ot War and Gen. Jesup, who have be-in v
| reeling the operations f.r carrying on the oainn .i,, ,
’ f lorid.i, and know best tlie materials which t! ~v “ n
nl d w'hat force can he maintained, show by their u!”*’
that it will lie'difficult to| support mounted men them”
, t.iatcvi “, when they required twelve hundred Vohm.’
teors Iron, tilts Flute, few, if. my, mounted men were j’
1 sired by them. Ihe n ncxpccted accession o ftl,i s uZ
I force under General Nelson, consisting
, fourteen or fifteen hundred men, and near seventeen'!, ”
i dred hones, must necessarily embarrass, instead ,bT
| the olijet ts of the campaign. The expen
the Seminole war have beru so great for what hi i 1
efieeted, that the officers directing it must he very 0011
willing to incur the additional cost which the
Ottilia force must incur, especially as it is not the k'a
wanted for theservice. If they should not he receivrd
they must sustain losses, and undergo suffering iu ,’ ’
ling their way home through a country already soar *
in provisions, and which must necessarily lie rondo “l
greatly more so by their march to Florida, whir), it
would lie difficult to depict. Ido not therefore tliii k
the Legislature ought to do any thing to aid then i
eontimiing their march. 13
Tiic part of the country through which these m™
must past, whether accepted into scrvico or not. i mi .,
have its quiet mill rights of property constantly distirr'w
ed l.y their necessities. Tlie very assembling together
oi so many men without discipline, and nwri lenc
through the country without authority of law, the or
tiers of the State of General Government, or being un
(for command of officers having the right to control
them, is an evil itself of great magnitude, and ought to
be repressed if possible, instead of being encouraged.—
These men have been drawn exclusively from p R ,
C he.rokce counties, and those adjoining them, h ;
matter worthy of great consideration whether the Gov!
eminent, bound as it is, look to tlie defence and protec!
tiouol its own Jieoplc, should encourage them to leave
their homes tor other service, surrounded as theyarehv
Cherokee Indians now about to he removed by thefo-co
of law from the country.
For the purpose of showing the neers ity which ex
ists for retaining in tire Cherokee and adjoining roim !
ties all the mm capable ofbearing arms, I submit to the
House ol Representatives copies of communications
from Governor Schley to the President of the United
•■States, Col. Nelson, and other persons, upon that sub
joot. From these communications, it appears that Gov
•Schley considered the danger of the Cherokee country
to be so great and immediate as to justify him i:i as
sliming mi authority not given by the laws, in organi
zing:! large military force for its defence, notwithstand
ing that tiic t . States had ut the time eleven compa
nies stationed in it; that by a military order issued the
3d August, from Athens,addressed to Col. Nelson he
directed him to raise and organize a regiment of ten
mounted companies, to be stationed in the different
counties of the Cherokee circuit; that Col. Nelson and and
in pursuance of the authority thus given, organize anil
roport a regiment its ready for duty, early in September
and advised Gov. Schley that the time had already arri
ved when they should take the field to protect people
from tiic Indians; that Gov. Schley and Gov. Lumpkin
(the Commissioner of the United States, then residing
at New Eehota, and having the best means of correct in
formation) concurred in the opinion that the raising
and organizing of the regiment under Col. Nelson was
producing the happiest effect in removing the Indians
from tlie country ; and that Gov. Schley, during the
month of September, expressed his determination to
arm this regiment and call it into active service. Ifthere
was any justification whatever for tiic raising of this reg
iment by Gov. Schley and Col. Nelson, at (he time
they did, or any reliance to be placed upon the opinions
ol Gov. Schley, Col. Nelson and the United States
Commissioner, as to tlie danger to lie apprehended bv
our citizens from the Cherokee Indians, and the happy
effect which this force hiul in inducing the Indians to
emigrate, I submit to tiic Legislature whether it is pro
lie r now, when the time for the removal of those In
dians conics nearer, to withdraw from the Cherokee
and adjoining counties, tlie large force now marching
to Florida. Admitting that tlie employment of Col
Nelson to raise a regiment, and the stationing of one
company in cat'll ot the Cherokee counties, laid anoth
er purpose than the defence of the people, still fcarx
must have been created among them by these warlike
preparations. Indeed, there is no doubt that it is high
ly necessary that every one capable of bearing arms in
the Cherokee counties should, if possible, be at home,
to keep down anv disposition which the Indians may
have to do mischief.
Strong as I consider these objections to the adoption
of the resolutions, they would jrol*al>ly havo beenover*
come by my disfiositinn to acquiesce in the will of the
I legislature, but for others of a higher and more imper
ative character.
fi'the appropriation be made for the benefit of the
men, described in the resolution, it cannot lie for any
services which they have rendered to the State; or in
consideration of any services which they are liouml by
law or contract to render hereafter. By the Constitu
tion, the General Assembly cannot, by resolution, grant
any donation or gratuity, in favor of any person what
ever, hut by the concurrence of two-thirds. lithe mon
ey attempted to be appropriated by the resolution is not
lor son ices already rendered to the State, nor hereafter
to lie rendered, I do not perceive clearly how the ap
propriation can be considered any thing but a gratuity.
This conclusion has probably been intended to bo avoid
ed by the second resolution which orders that the mon
ey expended in pursuance of the appropriation in the
first resolution, shall lie charged to the Federal Gov
ernment, and that the Governor shall take the means
to have the State reimbursed. I cannot perceive by
what rule of right or law the State can expend money
for its ow n citizens, and charge the United States with
it, when their services have neither been required by,
nor rendered to the United States, I should fed at *
great lost to know what means could properly be taken
to reimburse the State for such an expenditure.
The resolution appears to recognize the authority
Gen. Niilson to command the men as Brigadier Gener
ul. The States reserved the right in the Constitution
of the I nited Slates to appoint the ollicersof the mb’
tin which may be called into the service of the United
States. The law of Congress authorizing the 1 n’* l ”
dent to raise Volunteers for the Florida service, direct*
that the ollicers shall lie appointed according to the la
of the State to which they may belong. ThoCotwb*
tution of the State directs that all general officers ol tw
militia shall lie elected by the General Assembly,
therefore these men had even been raised under the au
thority of the President of the United States, still tluy
must be commanded by a Brigadier General chosen >)
the Legislature, and culled into service through the
dors of the Governor of the State.
I am not satisfied that the Legislature hat the c,in ' tl ’
tutional power to appropriate, by their resolution, t w
ty thousand dollars for the purposes stated in them, by
directing that the money bo paid out of the conjlnp”
fund by the (Sovernor, The 1 lonstitution provides t
no money shall bo drawn out of the Treasury, or In
the public funds of the State, except by appwp nttlt
made by huv. The object of this provision
the people from inconsiderate and improper closes s
of the public money, by subjecting each itpprepru
made by the Legislature, to the investigation l ,ru<U *
by reading the bill containing it three times in three I
crate days, in each House, as must be done liefon * 1
can be passed. A contingent fund is rreatid l a*
each session of the Legit-l iture, for the ixeeutw
partincnt, 1 lecuusc the Legislature cannot loreso.
therefore cannot provide specially for iilltho o
quirmgnn advancement of money by the
from one session of the Legislature totho “ j
It those men now marching to Florida hat P .
by the seat of government when the Legislature
in session, the Governor eould not have *Ju ul
them thirty thousand dollars, to defray their I, J
out of the contingent fund, because they were u ; ’