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W E arc authorised to announce Captain
WILLIAM F. SCOTT a candidate for Slid ilTof Haiti
win county,at the ensuing election,
july 7^-mte
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F. are authorised to announce J. C.
4VALTI3R S. JRNKlNS is candidate
¥ ¥ for Receiver of Tax Returns for Baldwin county, at
the election in January next. June00
W R arc authorised to anlKnincc MAT-
TIIF.W M. OllMK, a candidate for Receiver of Tax
Returns for Baldwin county,at the election in Junuury next.
junc23—3t
I A MBs A. Ill 1,1, is a candidate for She-
t the ensuing election.
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II.LI AM W. POOL
for Tax Collector of Baldwin
a candidate
itv, at tin* en«uim
july I t—at
victims. One young man who possessed a piince-
Iv fortune added to an amiahle disposition, and
virtues which rendered him tho idol of his relatives
and acquaintance J, was by my means decoyed into
a hell and ruined. Poison ended his mortal suffer
ings : he died, detested by those who once loved
him, despised by her who once did cal] him hers.
. ‘The second was one, who by industry had am
assed a little sum, and was in high expectation of
his future fortune. Hut I like an evil genius laid
wait for his destruction, and forever crushed his
hopes. The scorpion sting of conscience arous
ed Inin too late to preserve him from min, and sui
cide was the consequence. Three days since lie
was dragged from the river, a loathsome corpse,
whist I have the misery to know that I was the
cause.’
‘ Tliese are hut a small, very small portion of mv
victims. Like a devil incarnate, h daily devised
means to destroy the thoughtless and unwary.
For this hellish purpose, 1 studied with a zeal wor
thy of a hotter cause. 1 became expert in this bu
siness to such a degree, that one ot my companions
remarked,‘it iva* sufficient for me to look at a limn,
to ensure his loss.’ Thus was 1 made with too
much truth, to resemble the fabled Basilisk.
O,'could ho who is hut just comjjiencing his ca
reer of vice, unveil the future, and sec in all their
dread reality, the scenes depicted on my mind, lie
would shun it as he would a noxious animal, instead
of caressing it as though it were a child. But the
die is cast, for although 1 fear to'die, yet can I not
live, and although 1 shudder ot rushing on the my
steries of an unknown land,*lny burden is insup
portable": and my doom is tixed, I ilie.
‘ Farewell, O blessed light of heaven; farewell
all vc who once were my friends ; farewell to till
those scenes \Vhcrein 1 once trod with delight, hut
from which my crimes estranged me. I Un-souk yo
all for tho dice anil cards, and they have been my
ruin: they will make me a suicide.’
As nothing is mentioned in this manuscript res
pecting his children, 1 will merely add, that on the
demise of their mother, they were educated by
some distant relations, and are now well provided
for. Aluy they live happier and more virtuous than
their father, may they avoid the rock on which ho
split; and may they die not as a coward, afraid to
live, but in peace, respected and lamented.
W E are authorised to announce W. C.
POWKLI., K.q.acnn.liitate for Receiver of Tax
tvrmfor Baldwin county, i»i the election in January Tiext.
july ^
J OHN R. WOOTAN respectfully ten-
iler*hiimelfto the citizens ol Baldwin county,a* a camliil-
Htefnr the ri(>rk*liip of the Superiour Court,at tlie ensuing elec
tion, in January next.
August 4—tf _
W E nrc authorised to nominee RANSOM
H. SMITH, a* « rundltate lor clerk id the Inferior
Court,of Baldwin county,atthe next election.
August 4—t T
W F.WIS J. W. KRA AT/, is a candid-
Jk-A ate for Clerk of the Inferior Conrtof Baldwin County.
August A—if
1)0 hanged. Ilis dnlighter, having notice that tho
death warrant was expected from London, attired
herself in men’s clothes, and twice attacked and
robbed the mails between llelfor and Berwick.
The execution was by this means delayed, till Sir
John Cochrane's father, the Earl of Dundonald,
succeeded in making interest with father Peter, a
Jesuit, King James’ confessor, who, for tlie sum of
five thousand pounds, interceded with his royal
master, in favor of Sir John Cochrane, and procur
ed his pardon.
POLITICAL,
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIIE GAMESTER.
The all pervading influence of gaming, has been
descanted on by multitudes of authors; it were
needless therefore to say, that to jt, reputation,
wealth, and all the ties’ by which mankind ure
bound, are sacrificed. Butin illustration thereof,
the following confession of a gamester may suf
fice.
The report of a pistol alarmed the inmates of
the house wero lodged the mice happy and virtu
ous Coiirlhnd. Proceeding to his room, they
discovered him cm the fioor, tho instrument of
death in his hand, and the upper portion ofhis face
dreadfully shattered. Life was extinct, and the
spirit had taken its flight to an Unknown land : that
\ portion of the features, whiefrcould be recognised,
I shewed despair mingled with horror, as though he
( did not ‘dare to live, yot feared to die.’ The fol
lowing manuscript found on his table, while it ex
plains Hie cause of this suicide, shows the seihic
tivc influence of this passion.
‘ Beware of the gaming: ’lis the cankerworm of
human happiness, which fastening on the heart of
man, leaves’ not its hold until it has destroyed all
the ties of fellowship and love. For it, the in
fatuation victim resigns the share of happiness al
lotted him in this world, and makes shipwreck of
his future hopes. Like the wily serpent, which by
degrees draws the unconscious bird within its reach,
* this brings its victims to that despair which dentil
alone can relieve, lie that approaches within the
vortex of this Maelstrom, rarely returns to tell the
horrors of tho scene. And for the few who are so
fortunate, reflection generally comes too late; it
comes only when tho wretch is stripped of all
which endears him to life. In the hopfe that some,
ere yet it be too late, may by the following recital
of my life, be warned and saved from ruin, I mu in
duccd to write the following events ; a sad meinen
to of my former hopes, and of my present deep de
spair.
4 Horn in affluence, and nursed in tho lap of in
dulgence, my youth passed devoid of care, and
want was known only as an evil to which some
portion of mankind were subject, but from which,
J fondly imagined 1 was exempt, well had it been,
if with superior advantages, 1 had chosen rather to
excel in virtue than in vice, and happy 1 should
now be, if I had listened to the voice of reason
preference to the mandates of passion. I had
scarcely passed my minorship when 1 was married
to Mary Vesey. A woman who possessed every
requisite to make me happy, but who died broken
hearted, occasioned by my vices and cruel neglect.
Shortly afler our marriage we removed to the me
tropolis, and during two years, our days glided on
in happiness unalloyed by care. The birth of two
children during that period, (if aught could tend
thereto) to unite our hearts more firmly.
‘ But perfect bliss is not the lot of mortals, and
well wero it for man. if ho did not dash his cup of
liappinq^Jjv his follies and vices. It mils at the
expiration of this time that I entered a gaining
house, (or as it is appropriately termed) u hell. 1
merely went as a spectator, but in a short time be
came so infatuated as to stake softie money, and
with it staked my character and happiness torever.
In a short time 1 became a professed black leg, and
for gaming neglected my family and my peaceful
home. Often when returning late at night, my
Mary lias bid me welcome once more, and gently
chid me thus forsaking her, 1 have repulsed her
attentions, and wrung her heart with anguish at my
brutal conduct.
«WJiy should 1 pursue this subject ftirtherj?
Whf enter into details which serve but to shew
From the National Intelligencer.
CHLORIDE OF LIME, ^ CHLORIDE OF
SODA,
As agents to arrest the progress of Small Pox and
Scarlet Fiver, the prevailing (listuse of our city.
Messrs. Galls Slaton.
J think it due to the public, at I Ins critical time, to
let be known generally, tho effects of the above
Chlorides iu 4 * preventing the generation of epi
demic diseases, or arresting their progress when
they already exist.” I am not, to be sure, acquain
ted with any instance where they were used to pre
vent the progress,&c. of these particular diseases,
but from the success of the Chlorides in numerous
other cases, there is strong ground for the conclu
sion,.that they M ould be very beneficial in preven
ting their progress, if they Mould not entirely
eradicate them from our city. The following case
will show they ha\e been successfully tried, to des
troy the contagious powers of the plague—it is co
pied from vol. 1st, Journal Phil. College of Pharma
cy, from which M-ork is gleaned the greuter part of
this communication:
In the beginning of the present year (18*21 >)
the French Government sent to Egyt, and different
parts of Asia Minor, a committee of physicians,
charged to investigate the character of the plague,
which rages almost every year in those regions.—
The numerous experiments tluiy had occasion to
lake m ith the chlorides, has convinced them of the
fflcaey of tliese compounds, not only as preserva
tive' from that dreadful disease, hut even as capa
ble of removing the causes which generate it.—
By washing themselves with and sprinkling on
their clothes the disinfecting liquor,(solution of one
of the chlorides in M ater,) they have been enabled
to visit the hospitals, touch the sick, dissect the dead,
and even to dress themselves, with impunity, with
the shirts and wearing apparel of people who died
with the plague. In this last instance, they had
previously immersed these clothes for sixteen hours
in a solution of chloride of soda, and kept them on
for eighteen hours, laying all the time in their
beds. Although the clothes had been impregnated
M’ith perspiration, blood, and pestilential matter,
and were still stained M’ith them, not a single one
of these physicians had been in the least affected
with disease twcnty-lwo days after this daring ex
periment was performed. From the success of the
chlorides in these circumstances, Dr. Pariset, one
of the physicians of that committee, draws tho fol
lowing conclusions:—That the chlorides ure capa
ble, 1st. of disinfecting, at a trilling expense, nil
kinds of wearing apparel and goods infected m ith
pestilence ; 2d. of arresting nt once a contagion,*
and destroying by lotions the poison produced by
the first cases, and susceptible of spreading the
infection. Dr. Pariset has not the least doubt that
not only pestilential disorders, but also varioloid,
measles, typhus, and, even yellow fever, may be
arrested by means of the chlorides; and lie con
cludes by asserting, that by these slmplo means,
combined with n better police, in the manner of
burying among Mahometans generally, the plagm
will forever disappear from the‘face of the globe. 1
The manner of disinfecting articles of clothing,
&ic. which have been used about or upon persons
affected with disease, is “ by using a mixture of
thiry or forty parts of M ater to one of chloride, and
enveloping them in pieces of linen or cotton satu
rated m ith the solution, or by sprinkling them re
peatedly, and at small intervals, with it. By these
means tho mephitic odours are promptly destroyed,
and the danger M’hich may result from them is thus
removed.”
Where tliese dreadful diseases have prevailed
or do prevail, and it can be done withouC risk of
MR. LATOV TO MR. INGIIAM.
Friday night, 17th June, 1831.
Sir : 1 lmve studied to disregard tho nbusivo slan
ders which have arisen through so debased a source
ns the columns of the United States Telegraph.—1
have been content to wait for tho full development
of what be had to say, and until persons of responsi
ble character should bo brought forth to endorse Ills
vilo abuse of me and my family. In that paper of
this evening is contained the following remark of
my M’ifo : “ It is proven that the secretaries of tlie
treasury, and of the navy, and of tho attorney gen
eral, refused to associate with her.” 'flits public
lion appears in a paper which professes to be friend
ly to you, and is brought forth under your immedi
ate eye. 1 desire tu know of you, whether or not
you sanction or will disavow it. The relation wo
have sustained towards each other authorises me to
demand uu immediate answer. Yeiy respectfully,
J. II. KATUN.
S. 1). In glm ai, Us I/.
Washington, 1 "77*, June, ISII.
Sir : I have not been able to ascertain, from your
note of last evening, whether it is the publication re
ferred to by you, or the fact staled in tlie Telegraph,
which you desire to know whether 1 have sanction
ed or M ill disavow. If it be the lir.l you demand, it
is too abfeurd to merit an answer. If it be the lust,
you may find authority for the same fact in a Phila
delphia paper, about the first of April last, M hideis
deemed to be quite as friendly to you as the Tele
graph-fluty be lo me. When you have settled such
accounts with your particular friends, it will bo time
enough I<> make demands of Olliers. In tho mean
time, 1 take the occasion to say, that you must bo
not a little deranged, to imagine that any blustering
of yours could induce mo to disavow what till the
inhabitants of this city know, and perhaps half tlie
people of tlie United Stales believe to In* true. I am,
sir, respectfully yours, &c. S. D. LVGIIAM.
John Jl. Eaton, Esq.
ask an interview with him, I find that ho left the
city before it reached me. I wish you to state to
me, if you, or either of you, have had any agency
or participation, and if any, to what extent, in the
alleged misconduct imputed in his letter herewith
enclosed.
I surely have been deceived in your characters, if
you are capable of so far forgetting the responsibili
ties of your stations, as to partie.ipalejin the repre
hensible conduct charged. To the serious charges
contained in Mr. Ingham’s letter, which gave me
the first information liiat 1 have had upon the sub
ject of his difficulties, 1 wish you to give a prompt
and explicit answer. Respectfully,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Washington, Jane 22, 1831.
Sin . I have bad tho honor to receive your com
munication of tliis day, enclosing a copy of a letter
to you from the late secretary of Uie treasury of tho
21st instant, complaining of an attempt to way-lay
him on the part of certain officers of the govern
ment, for the purposo of assassination/ and charg
ing me with being in their company, and my room
in tlie treasury with being alternately occupied with
other officers as a rendezvous lor them w hile lying
in wait. It might perhaps be sufficient fur the pur
poso which you have referred this communication
to mo, for mu to apply to the eburges against me. a
simple und unqualified denial. They are entirely
destitute of the least foundation iu truth : but to
show you more clearly bow fur l was from aiding
participating iu any tiling connected with tills mat
ter complained of, 1 will beg your permission to add
the following circumstances. The late secretary of
war, Major Eaton, never consulted me upon the sub
ject of bis controversy with Mr. Ingham, nor did
1 even see him on the day in question, except in un
accidental mealing of a low minutes. I never saw
the correspondence between them until it appeared
in Hie Telegraph; and although 1 bad heurd that n
correspondence) was going on which might result iu
a personal conflict, 1 did not believe it w as likely to
take place on that day, or even that Washington
was to bo the scone of it.
Trusting that these facts and oxplanutions will be
entirely satisfactory to you, I cannot withhold the
expression of my astonishment, that charges so
wholly uncalled for und groundless, should have
been made aguiust mo by u gentleman with whom I
MR. EATON
those gentlemen in n disgraceful conspiracy against
him—one in which, us public officers, they could not
engage even if inclination bad sanotioned ? Their
characters are a sufficient answer to the accu
sation, unaided by their positive deninl of its truth.
I did endeavor to meet Mr. Ingham, and to sottle
our difference. Unattended by any one, I sought
after, and awaited his appearance, during the accus
tomed hours for business, openly and nt places where
he daily passed to his office, lie was not to bo found !
I passed by, but at no time stopped at, or attempted
to enter bis house, nor to besiege it by dtiy or by
nigJit. 1 offer no statement here that is not suscepti
ble of the clearest proof.
My note of tho 20tb was written with indignant
feelings, and tinder strong excitement; hence the
reason why any reference was made to a female. 1
regret it; although the letter was a mere private no
tice to Mr. Ingham, und w as so intended. By me,
it never was designed to meet, nor ever would liuvo
met the public eye.
Respectfully, iNrc. J. II. EATON.
From the Oloho.
Washington, June 1831.
Sin : l received n letter ot the 21st, ut D o’clock,
t»n tho 22d, through the city Post Office, charging se
veral officers of tlie government with a conspiracy
to assassinate you. They were immediately furnish
ed by me with a copy of your fetter ; und I here-
with enclose, for your information, copies of the re
plies they have given, denying the charges prefer
red Against them by you. A copy of my letter is
also enclosed.
1 tun, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
(Signed) ANDREW JACKSON.
S. D. lug hum, esq.
IV S. 1 would liuvo preferred that this mutter
should have been examined into, face to face, and
for that purpose sent my messenger for you, but
m ss informed you had left tho city at-1 o’clock, A. M
A. J.
MR. I NO IT A M.
16th June, 1831.
Sir: I have received your letter of to-day, and re
gret to find that to a frank and cundid enquiry brought
before you, an answer impudent and insolent is re
turned. To injury unprovoked, you are pleased to
add insult. What is the remedy ? It is to indulge
the expectation that, though a man may bo moan
enougfi to slander, or base enough to encourage it,
he yet may have bravery sufficient to repair the
wrong. In tliut spirit I demand of you satisfaction
for the wrong und injury you done me.
Your answer must determine u’hether you ore so
fur entitled to tho name and character of a gentle
man as to be able to act like one. Very respectfully
J. II. EATON.
Samuel I). Ingham, Esq.
navi y.
Washington, 20th June, 1-31.
Sir : Your note of Saturday, purporting to be a
ind of satisfaction for injury done to you, was
received on that day ; company prevented me from
sending un immediate answer. Yesterday morning
your brother-in-law, Dr. Randolph, intruded himself
into my room, with a threat of personal violence.—
I perfectly understand the part you are made to play
in the farce hom’ acting before the American people
I am not to be intimidated by threats, or provoked
by abuse, to any act inconsistent with the pity mid
contempt which your condition und conduct inspire
Yours, sir, respectfully, S. D. INGHAM.
John II. Eaton, Esq.
MR. KATON TO MR. INRIIAM.
20f/t June, 1831.
Sir Your note of this morning is received. It
proves to me that you are quite brave enough to do
a mean action, but too great a coward to repair it.—
Your contempt I heed not; your pity I despise. It
is such contemptible fellows ns yourself that have
set forth rumors of their own creation, and tuken
them as a ground of imputation against mo. If that
be good cause, then should you have pity of your
self, for your M ile has not escaped them, and you
must know it. But no more ; here our correspon
dence closes. Nothing more will bo received short
of acceptance of my demand of Saturday, and noth
ing more be said To me until face to fuco wo moot.—
It is not my nature to brook your insults, nor will
they be submitted to. J. 11. EATON.
S. J). Ingham, Esq. *
Letter from the ci •secretary of the treasury to the Pre
sident of the United Stalls.
Washington, 21 st June, 18.31
The President of the United States:
Sir ; Before I leave tlie city, it seems to be due to
the government
imposed upon
iiours. It is not necessary for me now to detail the
circumstances which have convinced me of tho ex
istence of vindictive personal hostility to me among
some of the officers of the government near your
person, and supposed to bo iu your special confi
dence, which 1ms been particularly developed within
the last two weeks, and has finally displayed its df
in an attempt to way-lay me on my way to the offln
yesterday, as 1 have reason to believe, for the pur
pose of assassination. If you have not already been
apprised of these movements, you may perhaps be
surprised to learn, that the persons concerned in
them are the late secretary of war and the acting se
cretary of war ; and that tlie second auditor ol’ the
treasury, register of the treasury, and the treasurer
of the United .Slates, Mere in their company; and
that the treasurer’s ami register’s rooms, in the lower
part of the building of the treasury department ;
and also a grocery store betu een my lodgings und
llico, Mere alternately occupied as tlieir ren
ted to (jive countenance to the contndiftel
rnent of tho Telegraph, that Mr. Berrien ha* .re
ceived r letter from Cot. Johnson, which shew*, that
we had no wnrrnnt for the denial we made aa to hiaor
We take the liberty, therefore, of quoting from tM
letter of Co). Johnson, which we have hia exprea*
declaration, that the President did not make th*
exaction of the members of his Cabinet, charged
by tho Telegraph. Tlie Colonel aaya—“Htr
(General Jackson) never authorized me to require'
social intercourse, &c. &c. He alwaya diaclaim-
cd it; I told the parties so.” These are the word*
of the Colonel, to the word, point, and letter, if
this does not satisfy, we must refer the parties mas
kimr tlie charge, to the witness called by them."
The reference thus made to me, renders it ne
cessary that I should submit the following obser
vations to the public, and I have accordingly In'
ask that you w ill give them n place in your paper.
1 have not authorised the report of whieh yotl
apeak, and I would have told you so, without bee.
itation, if you had intimated its existence to
That suvli a course would have lieon more con
formable to the views of Col. Johnsou, 1 Infer
from die following considerations.
I have a letter from dial gentleman, in wliicby
after .stating his objects and motives, in seeking the'
interview, w liich, w ith tho approbation of the Pres
ident, lie held with Messrs. Branch, Ingham, and
myself, he proceeded to remark Umthe has not bun-
self seen tlie necessity, or propriety, of any nlie-
sion iu newspapers, to tliis interview, and adds, that
if any should consider it necessary, then tlie greet
object should be to state tho couversution correct
ly, for which purpose, his views were made known
in that letter, in order that any misunderstanding
might be corrected. Acquiescing in the propriety
of tliis suggestion, 1 immediately communicate*
to Col. Johnson, a statement of the conversation
referred to, us it wua very distincdy impressed uuou
mv memory—and sufficient time has not yot elap
sed, 1 believe, to authorise uie to expect an answer
in the regular course of the mail. However tliis
may be, 1 have not received any. Independently
therefore of my reluctance to appear before tb*
public, in relation to any muttcra connected with
the dissolution of the lute cabinet, a reluctance 1
which coil'd only be yielded to my own strorigcon-
viction of the propriety of such a measure, I have
thought licit the understanding implied in tlie cor-
ulur being in print, Ilia others 1 had also seen respemlencc, to which I have referred, would be vi-
j in the nowapaporssome iloyn beforu'yuur loltor roach-1 ulajed, by .publishing a statement of what passed
1 cd mo. ( ut (j, e interview in question, until it could be *e--
! In your letter to me above referred to, you speak i compn nied by Uie remarks or Col. Johnson, on that
... 1 , ol my Jmyrng char/od severul officers nt tho govern-1 mi 1 iiuj transmitted to him. A departure from
. ,r. Lcicts to the I icsidcnt. \ nieiil with a conspiracy, and state tliut tlioy have do- . » , , . \i,;.„.<»ir
It,rum, 8d«d jut', 1 rtll. | uied the el,urge. referred against them by me. . 11 lllis , understanding, by that gen lemon ffimself,
Kiu : \ our letter of this moniiug has lliin moment muiitfio permiltoil to my, tliut I have not charged) ' v,m ^ °* journo relieve me from its ouugauoB.
been recoivod, A in rejdv I liuvo to say that the charge thoso officers with any specific ofl'enco in tbw form But from the tenor of ^your editorial Article. 1 inwXf
tnado aguinut me by Mr. Ingham of having beon ! HUtrgHflti'd by you | tliut the act of publishijig, tlie extract from lug let-
enagaged in a conspiracy against him, is devoid of; f fiave stall'd that the late secretary of war, and ter, to not authorized by Ifim, I adhere therefore
truth. If thuro wero any aucli conspiracy against acting secretary of war, More lying iu wait fur tin* i ut present, to the determination, wliich I had for--
him, ua uiloged in his letter to you of vtsterdny, it purpose of making on assault upon me,on my way j mod; und ussuming that your object as public jour--
mus entirely unknown to m*v ^ to tim olfice, ns 1 believed with an intent to mssushih- imlifitif, m to prone ut nothin" iu your readers u-fjicii'
1 also stated that a grocery store between my , j d not true Si- not to withhold* from them, that which
is so, I take the liberty of suggesting, ns well to
the editor of the Tolegruph, us to yourself, the
propriety of abstaining from any partial und iinper-
: Sentinel.
sent to us foi
publi-
From tlie. Philudcljih
Tho following letter lias bee
cation .
A tir Hope, June 30, 1831.
The President of the United States.
Kir : I luid the honor to receive, by way ofDoylos-
Imd tho least Muse of quarrel, and with whom 1 town, your letter of the 23d instant, with its enclo-
my otlieial intercourse, since my entrance into tho sures, viz : copies of a circular letter from Vou to
tr»*usury, Imd uniformly been of the most friendly the acting secretary of M-ar, treasurer of the United
character.—1 certainly had no idea of arming against Ktates, register and second auditor of the treasury,
him, or of interfering in any way in his dispute | und of their respective answers—the copy of your
with Major Eaton. I have tho honor to remain j circular being in print, the others 1 hud also seen
your most obedient sorvaut,
JOHN CAMPBELL.
The Preside;:! of the U. Slates.
1 arrived ut. my office on Monday morning, 20th
inst. about half past eight o’clock, and never left ' ludgings and the office, and the rooms of tho tr
tho building until about hull after two, when I m uI- ' urer und register, were alternately occupied by
keddoMii to tho United ytutes Rank, t» attend to ‘ them, us places of rendezvous while ho uiuployuu.
some bunk business. After seoing tho teller ol’ the ' f further staled that the treasurer, register, und se-
bank, and informing him what 1 wan tod done, J ' couci auditor, were in their company 7 i also stated
went to u barber’s shop u little below Mr. NtrotherV that the principal persons thus engaged, viz, Eaton
hotel. Oil my return 1 called nt tlie register’s office, ; and Randolph, with u recruited force, threatened on
that] should perform a painful duty
ie by the events of tlie last forty-eigh
few minutes before three o'clock, where I saw,un
expectedly, Mr. Eaton—it being, the first time 1 had
seen him since lust Kuturduy evening. 1 remained
the register's olfice ubout five minutes, and tiien
walked up to my own office in company with no
other person than Mr. Eaton. I)r. Randolph was
not there, nor did I see him any where, on that day,
out of the war olfice, until late iu the evening. 1
ither saw nor heard of Mr. Ingham while 1 was
at the treasury department. 1 Had no arms of any
description about me. I am, very respectfully, your
most obedient servant, NV. 1L LEWIS.
Mr. Smith to the President.
Washington, June 22nd. 1831.
Kin . In reply to your note of to-day, enclosing a
copy of a letter from -Mr. Ingham to you, bearing
date the 21st inst. I beg louvo to state, that the char
ges contained in Mr. Ingham's letter, as far as they
relate to me, are M'holfy untrue. 1 have had no
participation or agency, whatever, in the contro
versy between Major Eaton and Mr. Ingham. 1
have given neither aid nor succor to Major Eaton,
nor any one for him. I have not walked with him,
nor near him. I have not sought Mr. Ingham, nor
been in his neighborhood. ) have boon unarmed
constantly, and iu ull respects 1 have been uncounoc-
tod with uny thing that threatened his safety. As
to the charge tliut my office was used for nuy such
purposes as are named by Mr. Ingham, it is not less
untrue than tho rust of the statement. Major Eaton
M as in my office twice, once between ten and oleven
o’clock, und once about fifteen minutes before three ;
each time he camo ulone, and did not remain more
than ten minutes.
1 regret, sir, that Mr. Ingham, in making charges
of such grave import, had not thought proper to re
fer to the authority upon M’liich he based bis allega
tions, and awuitud the issue before lie loft the city.
With the highest respect, your ob't ser’vt.
T. L. SMITH.
To the President.
assault on the du elling 1 resided in the same night
until a late hour ; and I now state that this threaten
ing was continuediiiulil a lute hour on the following
night. The officers who have denied the charge
u* framed by you, admit having been in company
with Hr. Eaton duriug the time referred to ; but
they deny having been in his company the u’lrnle
time ; tliis was never intended to have been alleged
by me.
The admissions, equivocations, and palpable reser
vations, if) their letters, are abundant proof of all the
material facts asserted by iuo, so far as they are con
cerned ; but, if any doubt remains, it should be ob
served, that tny letter of the 2l*t was addressed to
you especially asehiof magistrate of the District of
Columoia, in which capacity your powers must be
ample to direct the proper officer of the government
to institute a Umil invcsligation of this transaction
before a tribunal having power to examine und com
pel the attendance of witnesses. Whenever this
shall be done, I will without delay, return to the
seat of government, and render all tho aid in my
P ower to aucli officer in tho discharge of his duty,
tniust, however, be distinctly understood, that the
investigation shall begin with the principals, and
before 1 furnish s list of the witnesses, tliut an ussur-
ance of protection shall be given to thoso who hold
offices, that they shall suffer no injury in conse
quence of giving testimony. This bus become ne
cessary by reason of the declaration of Mr. Evans,
the brother-in-law of Mr. Eaton, tlmt “ the Presi
dent would turn every clerk out of offico who took
my part in this business,” and of other facts M’hich
have since come to mv knowledge. Although 1 do
not assume tliut this declaration was authorized by
you, yot it is indispensable to justice, that no appre
hensions of this nature should rest on tho minds of
witnesses.
I have the honor to be.
very respectfully, yours. Sc.
ti. D. INGHAM.
that if there is might m Inch can effectually dry up j rC main thus for two or three hours, then open the
Rho^iuilk of human kindness’ in the breast of iuan j j owcr w
injury to tlie sick by removal, the following will, 1 devvous while lying in unfit; the former affording
am confident, be found a more effectual means of , ti 10 host opportunity for observing my approach.—
removing from dwellings the causes which gene
rate them, than any other means ; clear the house
of every thing M’hich contains life, close all the
outward doors, windows, Sf c. and open all the pas
sages fem one part of tlie house to another; also
hang up in an exposed position, all wearing ap
parel, bed covering, beds, &c. but particularly those
which have been used about the sick; having tilings
thus arranged, proceed to fumigate the apartments
ns folloM s. In a large stoneware jar, placed in a
tub in one of .the upper rooms of the house, put
two Hj3. chloride of lime, mixed with half a gallon
water, and pour into tlie mixture two lbs.sulphuric
acid, (oil of vitriol,) from a wide mouth vessel;
then quit the house immediately; lot every thing
t statements of the conversation, which occur
red at the interview in question. The delusion
produced by such statements/ must ho specdujT
corrected; but. until that correction.is made, their
efleet, is to mislead the public miinl, on a subject
of hwakening interest to the American people*
1 am, very respectfully, Sir, your ob’t serv’t.
/no. m aether Son berrien.
To Francis I*. Blair, Esq. I
FAitor of the Globe. $
.Mr. Blair to Mr. Berrien.
Washington, July 19, I83J.
Dear Sir—I have tliis moment received you*’
letter to M’liich I will give immediate publicity.
I did not Huppostfthat you had authorised the re
port, which imposed on inn tho necessity of giv
ing an extract from Col. Johnson’s letter. Under
such un impression, i Mould not have hesitated to
cull upon you to disavow it. The report, I knew,
was false, and M as merely circulated to keep m
countenance tlie charge made against the Presi
dent, until it could work some prejudice ■ gainst
him In the public mind. 1 did not suppose tint von
were ou accessary in this business, and, therefor#,
would not insult you by an application which could:
only bo founded on such an inference.
Tho course l have taken with regard to Col.-,
Johnson’s letter, grew out of circumstance# which
will justify uie to him, although lie did uot author
ise me to publish his letter. My sole object wa#,
at once, to clear the skirts of tlie President of a-
clinrge which you ure well aware ought not to b#
attached to him; for you have, as I understand, ex
plicitly declared that he dis luimed to you, at tb#
time when you were in communication with CaL
Johnson, any design like that now imputed to him.
With regard to conversations between youradf
and Col. Johnson, I shall certainly abstain, •# I
have hitherto abstained, from making “ a*y fatiiuC
it is this infernal vice of gaming? Why attempt
to show man transformed to a devil, bereft of eve
ry feeling which exalts human nature, and by this
most hideous monster, debased below the level of
the brute creation ? Suffice it to say, my M-ile lin
gered for a while and then died; murdered by him
who should have been her consolation and her
strength.
4 Like a lair lloM’or, on which refreshing dews
ne’er descend, and from wliich the genial light of
the sun is hid, she came to an untimely end*; she
died, blessing him who caused her death, but who,
alas, M as too far advaYice in guilt to heed her dy-
■r t g admonitions. I hurried on in my career of vice
with varying success, until last night when by one
fatal throw all I possessed was irretrievably lost.
4 Life has become a burden to me, and death
would become a welcome visitor could my con
science acquit me of tho ruin of hath miuIs and bo
dies ofniyteUov m >rt fis. It is with horror that I
to the erf t lie (loath of a tow of my
vindows and doors tliut the fumes may es
cape.
There will be no danger attending this procee
ding if the directions ns given above are followed.
It should also be observed not to return again into
the house until oneqr two hours after the fumiga
tion has ceased.
It has been found very beneficial to use a mix
ture of-chloride and water to purify and yonder
wholesome tho air of rooms in wliich the sick lay,
let their disease be w’hat it may.
Lastly, tlie chlorides will effectually destroy all
putrid smells and noxious odours, let them origin
ate from whatever cause they may.
The above is respectfully communicated for tlie'
benefit of Mio public by IiYGEl A
GALLANT DAUGHTER.
Sir John Cochrane, who was engaged in Argyle*
rebellion agdinst James the Second, was taken pris
oner, after u d^epemte roefi-rtance, &• oondcinnud to
\pprised of tlirso movements on my return from
taking leave of some of my friends, I found myself
obliged to arm, and accompanied by my son and some
other friends, I repaired to llio office, to finish the
business of the day, utter which 1 returned to my
lodgings in the same company. It is proper tostato,
that the principal persons who hud been thus employ
ed .for several hours retired from the department
soon after I entered my room, ami tliut J rereived no
molestation from them either at my ingret i or egress.
But, having recruited uu additional force in the eve
ning, they paraded until a late hour on the streets
near my lodgings, heavily armed, threatening an as
sault on the dwelling ] reside in.
1 do not present these facts to your notice for tho 1
purpose of invoking your protection. So fir ;is ;iti
individual may rely on his own personal efforts, I
am willing to meet this peril ; and against an assault
by numbers,! have found un ample assurance of pro
tection in tlie generous tender of personal service
from the citizens of Washington. But they are
communicated to you as tlie chief magistrate of the
United States, and most especially of tho District of
Columbia, M’liose duties in maintaining good order
among its inhabitants, and protecting the officers of
the government in the discharge of their duties,
cannot lie unknown to you.
I have only to add that, so far as 1 am informed,
all the persons engaged in giving countenance to
this business are officers of tho government, except
the late secretary of war. I have tho honor to he,
respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. D. INGHAM.
Junc2fhl, 1831.
Me-sr;;. Col. Campbell, treasurer ; Major Smith, re
gister Dr. Jtuiulolph, acting secretary of war ; and
Major Lewis, 2nd auditor :
Gentlemen. I have this moment received tho
unclosed letter frqui Air. Ingham, dated tli*21st in-
4unt ; and haying iiamodw*rW,oB **<«]*, *x>t *>
Mr. Randolph to the President.
Washington. 22nd June, 1831.
Km : In answer to your letter of this date, asking
the extent of my participation in tlie controversy
lately passed between Air. Ingham and Major Ea
ton, and how far I am amenable to tlie charges made
by Mr. Ingham against me, in his letter of yester
day, 1 have to reply, that 1 had no further agency
in the mutter than is shown in the correspondence
between those gentlemen, us published iu the Tel
egraph on Tuesday lust. J was not with major Ea
ton more than ten minutes at any one time between
II and 3 o’clock on Monday,on whi.chduy the charge
of a combination lor Urn purpose of assassinating
Mr. Ingham is made by him against me and others.
1 did not participate in, nor did I know of any de
sign to attack Mr. Ingham’s residence as is charged
by him, nor M’as I armed at any time during the
hours mentioned‘having no apprehension oLdunger
from Mr. Ingham, or those “ frichds” whom he says
surrounded lain. Major Eaton M’as alone when lie
sought an interview with Mr. Ingham, as will he
shewn by the ceil ilicates of two respectable individ
uals. Respectfully yours,
i\ (.’. RANDOLPH.
From the Globe of June 21.
June 23, J 831.
Mr Blair I om’o it to myself and t‘» tlie cause of
truth to solicit the favor of offering a few explana
tions through the Globe.
A strange letter of Mr. Ingham is puldished in
your paper this morning. It charges me with a de
sign to ussussinato him ; and in having organized a
conspiracy to accomplish it. Why did I not organ
ize this hand from tlie war, rather than tlie treasury
department—for most of the gentlemen charged ure
f the latter ? The public will not, I presume,
TITE PRESIDENT S REPLY
To Mr. Ingham's letter, dated June 30//*.
Washington, July 7, 1831.
Sir ; Tlie President, on his return to-dny from the
Rip Raps, has received your letter of the 3Utli ult.
in reply to your renewed call upon him, “ ns chief
magistrate of the District of Columbia,” 1 am direc
ted to inform you, that he does not consider the
fact of certain officers “ having been in company
with Maj. Eaton” during office hours, and in their
offices, where it is their duty to he, and u’here every
individual has a right to go, ns supporting the charge
that those offices M ere used “ ns places of rendez
vous” by u party lying in mu It to assassinate you;
nor aa constituting “ probable cause” to justify the
suggest ion of citizens of fair character, all solemnly
denying your imputations, to arraignment before a
court of criminal jurisdiction. Thut if “ a legal in
vestigation of tliis transaction before u tribunal ha
ving power to examine and compel the attendance of
witnesses,” he, by you, deemed necessary, lie assures
you < f adequate protection in the city of Washing
ton, m here you have the right, as prosecutor before
tlie grand jury, to present the supposed offenders, or
to summon them before any magistrate of the dis
trict : Also, that an assurance of protection shall
he given to those who hold offices that they shall
sutler n«* injury in consequence of giving testimony "
—uu assurance, however, not to he construed as af
fording impunity for any misconduct M’liidh the in
vestigation may unfold.
The President directs mo to inform you, also, that
should any persons connected with the government
he found implicated in having formed part of “ a re
cruited force," to engage in hostilities of any kind
wit hill the precincts of the departments, or elsewhere
within the District of Columbia ; or having armed
and associated together, to the disturbance and alarm
from such a of its peaceful citizens, he will feel it his duty, in
or imperfect statements.”
I uni. sir, your obedient •ervant
F. P. BLAIS.
New Hop*, July 15,1881.
f,1 o the editors if the American Sentinel: G(fl-
tlemcii— I have observed an article iu the GJob# at
flu; 11 th inst. containing a labored attempt to show
that I miis on the lookout for 44 some offence”’from
the Propidcnt. Among other remark* iu support
of that assumption, a note addressed by tlie Preei-
dent to me is given ns evidence of it I think it
proper, under these circumstances, to communi
cate, through your paper, to the public, ike entir# ,
correspondence between the President and mycelf
on the subject referred to in Iks note, o# which I
deem it unnecessary to make any other cummeat-
tliun to remark, Unit in ull the various not## receiv
ed by me from the President antecedent to that
time, lie hud uniformly addressed me a# “th# Beo
rotary ofthc Treasury.” The change could uot
therefore fail to uttruct mv notice, and the pubhe
u ill judge from the President’s note of the (kliiML
whether it does not appear more probable that km
intended to designate me a# standing in a new re-'
lation to the government, than tint my note to Un
of Uie 7th inst. proceeded from a disposition to look
“ out for offence.”
A correspondence between Mr. Barry and myself
is rot erred to in Uie Globe for the same purpose.
1 will also furnish you copies of that, from which*
the public will be able to judge of its character.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. D. INGHAM.
The President, with his respects to Mr. Ingham,*
acting Secretary of the Treasury, and informs Hod’
source. Wantonly insulted by Mr. Tnghain, with a j addition lo the penalties of the law, forthwith to ! that, he has been notified by the Mayor of the city
view ,as 1 believed*, to provoke an adjustment of our ‘ dDiuiss tho offenders from the public service. lie j ^f Washington, thatihe Canal Commissioners are
difference in an honorable way. I adopted the couvhu j directs me further, sir. and in couclush
wliich evidently eemed to fie invited by my advur- 1 that, from tlm enquiry lie has made, you
nary ; and which appeared to he the only alternative | tlm effect against the acting secretary <
that was left lo me. J olliers, dy not appear to ho founded in fact ; und
I plead not guilty to this charge of conspiracy and 1 that In* cannot hut ascribe them to a reliance on false
meditated assassination, front the moment I per
eeived that Mr. Ingham was incapable of acting at
became a man, I resolved to pursue that course,
which was suited to the character of one who had
sought difficulties, und shunned ull honorable ac
countability. I harbored no design upon the heart
of one who had shown himself so In artless. Hav
ing ascertained that his sensibilities M'ero to he found
only upon the surface, I meant to make the proper
application.
On the 19th I notified him, that unless the call I
had made upon him, M’as promptly and properly an
swered, ho might expect such treatment ns I thotglit
iiis conduct deserved. My note of the 20th also ad
vised him of my intention. Accordingly it appear
ed matter of duty for me, to dissolve all connexion
with the administration of the government. How
then cap Ml lijjham suppose, thdt 1 would involve
statements or vague surmises, or to tlie workings of
an over excited imagination.
1 am, sir, very respectfully,
\ our obedient servant,
N. P. Tin ST
Sum. I). Ingham, Esq. Doylcstown, Bucks county
Htate t<> have u meeting to-day, at which they desire tho
charges to |'*Umted States to be represented. The President
f u-iir, and rr .,|„ csls to be informed - hethej.it will be oonven-
iont (nr Mr. rn^li.-nnto utteinl the jime.wedmeeting,
and if inconvenient, whether it would not be .dri-
unblo to authorise some penwn to attend as th. rep-
re.entnt.ivo of Tho United h't.tes. (
Monday. Juno tho tith, 1b21.
Addressed on the back, “ Mr. 8.1). Ingham, Act*
in<; Sere‘tary Jf tho Treasury.”
.Mr. IJcmcn lo .Mr. Dlnir.
Washinoto.v, July lit, IK'Jl.
Sin,—In an article under the editorial head, in
your paper of this morning, which has relation to
n controversy between tlie Editor of the Tele
graph, and yourself, i obserre the following re
marks.
“ At this point, we should have dropped tlie con
troversy, biA we Imve understood, tliut it is tepof-
77 Prnident qf the l uiUd Slater:
Sir—On my return this evening from an excur
sion to Annapolis, I found on my table a noto from
you on business, in which I am designated as the
“ Acting Secretary of the Treasury.” As I have
received no “ acting appointment,” this suggests a
form and tenure of oftice, as I apprehend, wholly
unknown to tlie laws, ana having been adopted fbr
the first time on this occasion, it indicates a pew of.
tiarj relation, which daecmag rtfc> be illegal,