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for the wake, up to St. Tatar; for ho
thought there was oo end to his grandeur, ana
that St. Patar was one of his own kidney, mid
must immediately open tho gou'.d gates for him.
of about ten or twelve thousand dollars!
7lh. Why did Mr. Gilmer recommend a
chango in tho mode of protecting the gold
mines, liy requesting the withdrawal of the U
withhold the expression of mv astonishment, t gainst him; one which, as public officers, they
that charges so wholly uncalled fur and ground- could not engago even if inclination had sanc-
. 1 c " a B r; LL J- tionedl Their own cliaracters are a sufficient
But you see, there's an cod to tlio Protestant,; oiled States’ troops, who protected them for us
tho tninute lie dies; hid’ut a rood of ground! gratis, whereas it now costs the Stale iwtntj
Cot as big as Phalein Wnites cabbage garden, [ thousand dollars a yoail
in that beauiitul palace which entirely belongs) 8:li. Why did Mr. Gilmer oppose the lot- j
to Catliolics. There you never hear of such! tcryiug of the gold mines by the following ro-1
doings as rack rents, ami distress; we have it all 1 commendation-—“The public Interest requires
our own way there and why not since they ivon’t that tho lots of land which contain gold, should
lut us have any bend When tho Protestant he exempted from distribution by lottery’’?—
got up to the gate, with his lace all cu*, and his {See Ids message to the Legislature.)
canbeen all broke, and ids k.oeds as diriy as 9*,|i. In 1824, the Recorder used lliefollow-
though he had been rolling the whole day in lowing harsh language against'General Jackson
the mud, ‘open tliedooi!’ says lie to Si. Patar, —“surely no Georgian, who fouls tin; spirit ol
who was silting at ease reading a hook. ‘For a Georgian, who has not given hiniselt up as the
what’ siid Si. Patar, ‘should I open the door?’ blind follower of General Clark, can entertain
’Dent keep me stunding in die cold here!’ says love for the person, admiration tor the cltarnc-
the other, ‘but open it immediately.’ ‘liVlaio* tor of General Jackson, or gratitude fur nity
Iv come to you to teach me my business,’ says services rendered by him to Georgia."—Alter
Sr. Patar, 'Who are you?’ ‘Don you know such abuse of Jackson, is it strangu that the lie*
me?’ says tho Protestant builder. ‘Know corder should vent some of its gill, upon IV il-
you!’ says St. Patar; ‘I don’t think that the son Lumpkin?—Federal Union.
mother that owns you, woyld know you with 1 - —
that ugly face upon yon.’ ‘I’m the Protestant I CORRESPONDENCE,
builder,’ says the other. ‘I’m glad you told mu. inciiam to tiib president.
me that!' says St. Patar; and wiih that lie whips Washington, June 21, 1831.
out a shileeluh that ho had behind him, and, The President of the United States.
with one crack of it upon tho crown, seur him Sin—Before 1 leave the city, it seems to be
down threo thousand miles insido the walls of due to the Government that i should perform
bell. ‘Put that in your pipe and smoke!’ said a painful duty, imposed upon me by the events
St. Patar; and ho went hack to finish the book of (he last forty-eight hours. It is not necessa-
ho was reading, which was Friar Hay’s Sar- r.v for me now to detail the circumstances which
mons. Tho never a mote was the Protestant have convinced mo of tho existence ofvindic-
buildcr heard of; foryou know, buys, thai tho live personal hostility to me among some of the
devil is no chicken, at this lime of day to let; officers of the Government near your person,
him out. The next day, the Picsbytoriau j aud supposed to he in your special confidence,
thought that he should go to heaven direct, j which lias boon particularly developed within
and just went op to St. Patar in the same man- | iho last two weeks, and has finally displayed
nor; St. Patar at this lime was pulling on his | itself in an attempt to way-lay me on my way
boots. ‘Well what are you?' says St. Patar, as j to the office yesterday, as I have reason to be-
civil as you plase, ‘I am the Presbyterian ear-1 liovo for the purpose of assassination. Ifyou
penter that died this morning,' says the other, j have not already been apprised of these movc-
Tnat was enough, it would do your hearts good ‘ mentx, you may perhaps be surprized to learn
to seo Sr. Patar lifting up Ins leg, and giving that the persons concerned in them aro tho late
him a kick with his big boot, that seui him like | Secretary of War and the acting Secretary of
War; and that the Sec6nd Auditor of tho Trea
sury, and the Treasurer of the United States,
were in their company; and that the Treasu
rer’s and Register’s rooms, in tho lower part
of the building of the Treasury Department,
and also a grocery store between my lodgings
and the office, were alternately occupied as
their rendezvous while lying in wait, tho for
mer affording the best opportunity fur observing
my approach. Apprised of these movements
on my return from taking leave of some of my
friends, I found myself obliged to arm, and ac
companied by my son and some other friends,
I repaired to the office, to finish the business
of the day, after which l returned to my lodg
ings in the same company. It is proper to
state, that the principal persons who hud been
thus employed for several hours retired from
the Department soon after 1 entered nty room,
and that I received no molestation from them
either at nty ingress or egress. But having re
cruited an additional force in tho evening, they
paraded armed, threatening an assault oil the
dwelling I reside in.
I do not present those facts to your notice
for tho purpose of invoking your protection.
So fur as an individual may rely ou his own
porsonal efforts I am willing to meet this peril;
and against an assault by numbers I have found
an ample assuranco of protection in the gener
ous'tender of porsonal set vice front the citizens
of Washington. But they aro communicated
to you os the Chief Magistrate of the United
States, and most cspqcjully of the District of
Columbia, whoso duties in maintaining good or
der apaong its inhabitants, and protecting the
officers of the Government in the discharge of
their dqtfcs, cannot bo unknown to you.
I have only to add that, so far as I am in
formed, all tho persons engaged in giving coun
tenance to this business are officers of the Gov
ernment, oxcept the lato Secretary of War.
I Itavo the honer to be, respectfully, your o-
bodientservant. S. D. INGHAM.
June 22. 1831.
Mossia. Col. Campbell, Treasurer; Major
Smith, Register; Doctor Randolph, Acting
Secretary of War, and Major Lewis, 2d Au
ditor:
Gentlemen—I have this mojpcnj rccoived
the enclosed letter from Mr.' Ingham, datej
21st instant; and hiving immediately, on its re
ceipt, sent to usk an interview with him, I find
that ho left the city before it reached me. . I
wish you to state to me, ifyou or either of you,
have had any agency or participation, and if
any, to what extent, in the alleged misconduct
imputed in hi^lQltor herewith'nncloscd.
I surely have laden deceived in your charac
ters if you ore capablo of so far forgetting the
responsibilities of your stations as to partici
pate in tho reprehensibto conduct charged.—
To the serious charges containuu in Mr. Ing
ham’s letter, which gave mo the first informa
tion that. I havo upon the subject of his difficul
ties, I wish you to givo a prompt and explicit
answor.
Respectfully, ANDREW JACKSON.
MR. CAMPBELL TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, June 22, 1831.
Sir—I Itavo had the honor to recteve your
communication oi this day, enclosing a copy of
a snipe with a slog tinder his wing, nmtliling
over end over down through the air. ’'Stop,’
says St. Patar, as he was half way down,’l
give you leave,* says he, ‘to call at Purgatory
on your way, in regard of your not being so
impudent as ilio Protestant.’ (Did you p.ickle
the cabbage yet, Mrs. Delaney? Indeed you
have the neatest little painty in the whole Pa
rish. Phi!! Phil! what aro you saying to Peggy
in tho corner there? You’ll come to no good
yourself, Phil. You’re one of the clearskin-
nod family; for I can read the gallows in vout
face.) A great many years after these things
took place, the huiublu Catholic hod-man died;
end there was a dacent laying out, and plenty
of eating and drinking, mid hearty welcome for
tho neighbors. But you see lie would’nt go
up to St. Patar. until ho had the last rites of the
Church, and until he got a new suit of clothes,
and a night cup for the occasion. Then he
went up as genteel as any gentleman in the
land. Si. Patar was sitting at his door all alone,
drinking a tumbler of tho best Innishowen.—
•Many happy days to your honor!’ says the
Itumblo hod-man, 'and I atn glad to sco your
revorenco looking so well this blessed evening.’
•I think I know you Pat,' says St. Patar;
•you’re tho humble Catholic.’ ‘Devil a word
oflie in it,’ ssvs tho humble hod-man;‘It’s
yourself tlmt’s welcome,’ says St. Patar, und
with (bat he shook hands with him, and was as
glad to sec him, ns if ho was his own brother.
‘It’s a good step from your placo to this, Paddy,'
says St. Patar; ‘and as you are tired a bit, just
sit down and tako a sniffer with mo before you
go in.’ ‘Its a kind word you say to me,' says
tho other; and they sat down and they both
drank all tlio Innishowen that was in the bottle.
•There’s more whore that como from Paddy,’
says St. Patar. ‘It’s too many your honor is
for me,'says tho Itumblo hod-man; ‘I’m ufour-
cd it’ll get into my head, as I’m not tu say, very
Strong yet nnd 1 would’nt liko to havo the sign
ofliquor upon mo when I go into tho new place;
so, if your reverence ploasos, I’d liko just to
go in and rest myself.’ Upon the word, the
gates opened like a clap of thunder, and the
humble Catholic hod-man walked in, St. Patar
bowing and houlrlinga light to him all the time.
Now boys, which is tho true Church]"
Catechism, No, 2—In somo remarks on the
23d June, in relation to tho Governor’s elec
tion, wo said that our oppononts would proba.
bly turn und attempt to rend us anil Mr. Lump
kin. We were not false prophois. As wo
g roffietod, the Recorder lias “gritted its teeth”
orrb'W at us. If wo had trot known it was
subject fits, wc might havo takon it seriously
tohoart—u|>ijjs4tem]it>g that our catechism had
given' it a kuiflG&l Union-phobia, that might
und iu dissolution. Well ns we knew its hab
its, wo determined to sit down, and givo it a
severe rebuke, aud endeavor to bring it to a
uouso of its owu exalted dignity. Wo conclu
ded, howovor, that wo should bo cutting but a
ridiculous figure, in lecturing gentlemen labor
ing under such a fit of passion. Wo set tho
thing down at last to tho weakness of our na
ture, and a particular constitutional irritability.
—As tho first duso operated so well, and
brought off so much bile, wo conclude tho par-
roxism may have subsided by today, and our 1 a lettor to you from tho lato Secretary of tho
patient be in good time for another dose. Wo Treasury ot the 21st instant, complaining of an
wish to sco answers to tlio following. Como attempt to way-lay him on tho part of certain
Mr. Recorder, no evasion!!— officers of tho Government, for the purpose of
1st. What party put Mr. Gilmer into tho assassination, and charging mo with being in
Executivo chair! . i thair company, and mv room in tho Treasury
2d. Was it not tlio Clark party; and has lie with being alternately occupied with other of-
recognized them as a part of tho people of liccrs as a rendezvous for them while lying in
Joss, should havo been made against mo by a
gentleman with wlyim I never had the least
cause of quarrel, and with whom tny official
intercourse, since my entrance into the Trea
sury, had uniformly been of tlio most friend-
ly character, I certainly had no idea of arm
ing against him, or of interfering in any way
in iiis dispute with Mujot Eaton.
I have the honor to remain your most obo-
dieot servant, J'HIN CAMPBELL.
To the President of the United States
MB. SMITH TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washinutpu, June 22, 1831.
Sir—In reply to your note of today, enclo
sing a copy of a letter from Mr. Ingham to you,
bearing date 21st instant, I beg leave Instate,
that the charges contained in Mr. Ingham's
lettor, as fat as relates to me, are wholly un
true. I have had no participation or agency,
whatever, in the controversy between Major
Eaton and Mr. Ingham. I have given nei
ther aid nor succour to Major Eaton, nor any
one for him. I havo not walked witlt him nor
near him. 1 havo not sought Mr. Ingham, nor
been in his neighborhood. I havo been un
armed constantly, and in all respects I have
been unconnected with any thing that threat
ened his safety. As to tlio charge that my of
fice was used for any such purposes as are
named bv Mr. Ingham, it is not less untrue
than the rest of the statement. Major Eaton
was in nty office twice, once between ten and
eleven o’clock, and once about fifteen minutes
before three; each time he canto alone, and
did not remain more than ten minutes.
I regret, sir, that Mr. Ingham, in making
charges of such gravo import, had not thought
proper to refer to the authority upon which
lie based his allegations, and awaited tho issue
before bo left the city.
With the highest respect, your obedient ser
vant. T. L. SMITH.
To the President.
MR, LEWIS TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washington June 22d, 1831.
Sir—yotn letter of this morning has this mo
ment been received, and in reply I have to say
that the charge made against me by Mr Ingham
of having been engaged in a conspiracy against
him, is devoid of truth. If there were any
such conspiracy against him as alleged in his
letter to you of yesterday, it was eutirely un
known to nte.
1 arrived at my office on Monday morning,
20th ins,. about half past eight o’clock, and
never left the building until about half after
two, when I walked down to the U. States
Bank to attend to some Bank business. After
seeing the Teller of the Bank and informing
him what I wanted done, I went to a barber’s
shop a little below Mi. Strother’s Hotel. On
my return I called at the Register’s Office, a
few minutes before 3 o,clock, where I saw un
expectedly Mr Eaton, it being the first time I
had seen him since last Saturday evening. I
remained in tlio Register’s Office about five
minutes, and then walked up to niy own of-
ftco in company with no other poraon than
Mr. Eaton. Dr. Randolph was not there, nor
did I see*him any where on that day, out of
the War Office, until lato in the evening. I
neither saw nor heard of Mr. Ingham while
I was in tho Treasury' Dapartnicnt. 1 had
no arms of any description about me.
I aro, very respectfully, your most obedi-
retirement of the Secretaties of State
oo alternative was left me but to oj Ve .f^J
a latitude co-extensive with tho embar
which it recu'iitzed, and the ,j ul rrj!
owed to each member of the cabinet* 1
In accoptmg your ros : gnati on J
sneral, ’ I lake pleasure' in exp re j*1
Gen 1
approbation of tho zeal and effj ti
answer to the accusation, unaided by their pos
itive denial of its truth. 1 did endeavor to
meet Mr. Ingham, and to settle our difference.
Unattended by any one, I sought after, and a-
waited bis appearanco, during the accustomed . — -tutien.
hours for business, oitenly and at places where | which its duties have been perf ome ?
lie daily passed to his office! He was not to be assuring you that you carry with
found! I passed by, but at no time stopped a*, — ‘
or attempted to enter bis bouse, nor to besiege
it by day or' by uight. I offer no statement
hero that is not susceptible of the dearest
proof. .
My note of tlio 20tb was written with indig
nant feelings, nnd under strong excitement;
hence the reason why tinv reference was made
to a female. 1 regret ii; although the letter
was a mere private nolice to Mr. Ingham, and
was so intended. By mu, it never was design-
ed to meet, nor ever would have mot the public
eye
Respectfully, dec.
J, II. EATON.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Tho various misrepresentations in relation
to tho retirement of this gentleman from the
cabinet, which have been circulated here and
elsewhere, render it proper to give publicity to
the following correspondence. It is calculated,
wishes lor your prosperity and lianiiin.*
I am, very respectfully, youtobJ
vant. ANDREW JACKt
John M Berrien, Esq.
P. S. you will please to contin*
charge tho duties of the office of
General until you make all those arra
which you may doom necessary,
completed, and I am notified thereof J
a successor will be appointed. *
Washington, June jj J
Sir—In conformity to the sw.Jj
tabled in my note of the 15th ittsfam L
to inform you that tlio urrangemenijnJ
to put the office of tho Attorney Gen
condition for tho reception of tny $
now complete.
The misrepresentations which artr
in the newspapers on the subject ofta/l
mom from office, make it proper thato"
OT respondunco should bo submitted,a'J
’ ° ■ ' as an act ol justice both to you and |q]
1 am, respectfully, sir, vnur obedient J
JN. MACPHERSON BERRA
To the President of the United S/jl
Washington, June 22 J
Sir—your note of this day is ri'ccil
vising me, “in conformity to tho s n J
contained in my (your )uote of the lsifl
I (yon) have to inform you (me) that!
rangenients necessary to put the offij
Attorney General iu a condition for thtl
lion of my successor are now complete,!
For reasons assigned in your note 1
tlier observe “make it proper thatth’isl
pondenco should be submitted to tliel
as an act of justice both to you and mvsfl
am sure I can have no objection toy]
milting them as yon propose, as yoJ
this to he necessary. r
I atn, respect foil v, vonr obedient sj
AN DREW JACKS!
John 31. Berrien. Esq
of which it constitutes a part.
Washington, 15th June, 1831.
Sir—I herewith tender to you my resigna
tion of the office of Attorney Genncral ofthe
United States. Two considerations restrained
me from taking this step at the moment when
your communication to the Secretary of’he
Treasury announcing your determination to re
organize your cabinet, firs, met my eye. There
was nothing in the retirement ofthe Secretaries
of State and of War, nr in (lie distinct nnd
personal considerations which they had assigned
fur this measure, which made it obligatory
upon, or even proper for me to adopt a similar
course. Such a step, with any reference to
that occurrence, could only become on my
part, as an act of conformity to your will.
Yuu had felt this, and had announced your
wishes to the Secretaries of the Treasury and
of the Navy, respectively. I had a right to
expect a similai ‘cnmmunicaioo of them, and
conformed to the wishes and opinions of my
fellow citizens of Georgia when 1 determined
to await it. An additional consideration was
presented by tho (act that I had been charged,
at the moment of my departure front this place,
with the performance uf certain public duties
which were yet unfinished, and my report
concerning which you did not expect to receive
until my return. I was gratified to learn from
yourself that you had taken the same view of
this subject, having postponed (lie coinmu-
Improvemf.nt.—We have room i
that a few days since wc were told itJ
son in our neighborhood is about to uof
tho manufacture of asbestos saddle had
cularly calculated for the use ofsiej
tors, to carry capsicum and hot rock J
boro‘ Recorder. j
Ono more improvement we should 1
glad to see—to wit—sumo invention, bl
nication of your wishes to mo until my arrival „ lady’s dress might he kept upon heul
at this place, without expecting in the mean ! especially at church.—Our anprell
time any communication from mo. It is due have been very serious, on several ol
to myself further to state, that from the moment | fur fear their gowns should drop a1
when i saw the communication referred to, | djsch.se rath*»r mure than ought lobe ea
I have considered my official relation to you ) Federal Union.
us terminated, or us subsisting only until my j
return to the city should enable to conform to
your wishes by the formal surrender of my !
office, which it is the purpose of this note to I
make.
Georgia!
3d. Did not Mr. Gilmer, in his inaugural ad
dress, say, that ho “considered himself the
Chief Magistrate of the State, and not of a par
ty—that in all Iiis appointments it became his
duty to mako, ho should attempt to be govern
ed by no other considerations than tho public
service,” &c.l
4th. IIow has Mr. Gilmer redeemed these
pledges, in distributing tho patronage of his of
fice! Has ho known any party but one, in any
important appointment! Havo wo ever had a
more jug-handled administration in Georgia!
5th. Docs not Mr. Gilmer hold that the
“public service" is best effected by a judicious
distribution of the funds of tho State, and the
public offices ofthe Statol And aro thesn ob
jects effected by heaping office upon office on a
few individuals!
6th. Mr. Gilmer called tho last Legislature
together a fortnight earlier than usual: What
did he accomplish by it!—what was douo more
than to incur an additional expenro to the'Siate,
wait. It might perhaps be sufficient for the
purpose for which you havo roferrod this com-
muuication to me, for mo to nj^ly to tho char
ges against me, a simple and unqualified denial.
They are entirely destitute of the least founda
tion in truth: but to show you more clearly how
far I was from aiding or participating in any
thing connected with dhis matter complained,
of, I will beg your permission to add the fol
lowing circumstances. Tho late Secretary of
War, Major Eaton, never consulted mo upon
tho subject of his controversy with Mr Inglum,
nor did I even seo him on tho day in question,
except in an accidental meeting of a few min
utes. I never saw the correspondence between
them until it appeared in tho Telegraph; and
although I havo heard that a correspondence
was going on which might result in a personal
conflict, I did not believe it was likely to tako
place on that day, or cveu that Washington was
to bo the scene of it.
Trusting that these facts and explanations
ont servant, W. B. LEWIS.
artt. RANDOLPH TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, 22d June, 1831.
Sir—In answor to your lettcrof this date,
asking tho extent of my participation iu the con
troversy lately passed between Mr. Ingham
and Majpr Eaton; and Iniw far I am unten
able to tho charges matlo by Mr. Ingham a-
gainst me, in his letter of yesterday, I have
to reply, that I had oo further agency in the
matter than is slr<wn in the correspondence
between those gentlemen, as published in tlio
Telegraph on Tuesday last. I was not with
Major Eaton more than ton minutes at any ono
time betweon 9 and 3 o’clock on Mouday, on
which day tho charge of a combination for tho
purpose of assassinating Mr. Ingham is mado
by him aguinst nto and others. I did not par
ticipate in, nor did I know of any design to
attack Mr. Ingham’s residence as'is charged
by him, nor was I armed at any time during
tho hours mentioned, haying no apprehension
of danger from Mr. Ingham, or thoso "friends"
whom ho says surrounded him. Major Eaton
was alono when ho sought an interview with
Mr. Ingham, as will bo shown by the certifi
cates of two respoctnblo individuals.
Respectfully yours,
P. G. RANDOLPH.
From the Washington Globe.
June 23, 1831.
To the Editor.
I owe to myself and to the cause of truth, to
solicit the favor of offering a few explanations
through the Globe.
A strango letterof Mr. Ingham is published
in your papertof this morning. It charges me
with a design to assassinate him, and in huvitig
organized a conspiracy to accomplish it.—
M hy did I not organize this band from the War
rather than tho Treasury Department! f.r
most of the gentlemen charged are of the latter.
The public will not, I presume, give credit to
such an accusation, coming from such a source.
Wantonly insulted by Mr. Ingham, with a view,
as I helicvhd, to provoke an adjustment of our
differences ill an honorablo way, I adopted the
course which evidently seemed to bo invited by
my adversary; and which'fejipcarcd to bo tho
only alternative that was left to me.
I plead not guilty to this charge of conspira
cy nnd meditated assassination. From tho mo
ment I percoived that Mr. Ingham was inca
pable of acting as became a man, I resolved to
pursue that courso which was suited to the
character of one who had sought difficulties,
and shunned all Imnoiablo accountability. I
harbored no design upon the heart of ono who
haa shown himself so heartless. Having ascer
tained that his sensibilities were to bo found on
ly upon tho surface, I meant to mako tho pro
per application.
On the 19th I notified him that unless tlio
call I had mado upon him was promptly and
properly answered, lie might oxpcctsuch treat
ment as I thought Iiis conduct deserved. My
noto of the 20th also advised him of my inten
tion. Accordingly it appeared matter of duty
for me, to dissolve all connexion with tho Ad
ministration of the Govermunut. How then
can Mr. Ingham suppose that I would involve
will be entirely satisfactory to you, I cannot i those gentleman in a disgraceful conspiracy a*
FROM FORT AU 1’RINCI
New York, Jut
The following extract of a Inter,
I retire, then, sir, with cheerfulness front the j P ar " culars / ,lis;urb:in , ics «,
station to which your confidence Itad called me, 1 1 r,nce ' 11 wdl b " «
because 1 havo tho consciousness of having i „ • . , , ,■
endeavored to discharge its duties with fidelity j ” "'J'fV? d «" l V' 1 " d fro1 ? " e P ,vei ,
to yourself and to the country. Uninfluenced ! dm ‘ Isl j m ? ,bo falCI " !0 ," of H
by those considerations which havo beet, I ^knowlo.lged the of
avowed by that .portion of my colleagues who ! ia,,s ' ™.«ov.„ ment owed to Fn
have voluntarily separated themselves fru.t,! '“ n 5° ol abou ' °" e hundred and tt
you—totally ignorant of nny want of ham,onv I lrH ,cs ’'P. 8 J'" e " * ot w ". ch hadta
in your cabinet, which either has, or ought t'o P™ ,!j - bu ' l,e "'" s,dl unai.'e to pars
have impeded ilie.opcratiotis of your ndniinis-
.ration, 1 perform this act simply in obedience
to your will. I have not the slightest disposi
tion to discuss the question of its propriety. It
is true that ill a government like ours, power
is but a trust to be used for the benefit of those
who have delegated it; and that circumstances
might exist in which the necessity of self-vin
dication would justify such till Inquiry. The
first consideration belongs to those to whom
we are botlt and equally accountable. From
the influence of the second you hove relieved
me hy your own explicit declaration that no
complaint affecting either my official or indi
vidual conduct has at any time reached you.
You have assured mu that tlio confidence which
induced you originally to confer tho appoint
ment upon me remains unshaken and undi-
minislted, and havo been pleased to express
the regret which you ’ feel at tho separation,
which circumstances have in your view of the
subject, rendered unavoidable. You have
kindly added tho assurance uf your continued
good wishes for my welfare. You will not,
therefore, refuso to me tho gratification of
expressing tny earnest hope, that under the
influence of bolter counsels, your own and the
interests of our common country may receive
all the benefits which you have anticipated
from tho change of your confidential advisers.
A vety fe« days will suffice to enable me to
put my offico in a condition for the reception
of my successor, and I will advjso you of the.
fact as soon us its airangefhent'is complete.
I am, respectfully, sir, your obpdient surv’t,
JN. MACI’HERSON BERRIEN.
To the President of the United States.
Washington, June 15, 1831.
Sir—I have received your letter resigning
tile office of Attorney General.
In the conversation which 1 held with you,
the day before yesterday, ubon this subject, it
was my desire to presem to you the considera
tions upon which I acted in accepting the re
signation of the other members of the cabinet,
and to assure you, in regard to yourc lf, as well
as to them, that they imply no dissatisfaction
with tho manner in which the duties ofthe re
spective departments have been performed. 11
affords me great pleasure to find that you have
not misconceived the character of those con
siderations, aud thut you do justice to the per
sonal feelings with which they are unconnected.
I will only add, that the determination to
change my cabinot was dictated by an imperi
ous sense of public duty, and a thorough, though
painful conviction, that tho stewardship of
power, with which I am clothed, called for it
ns-a measure ofjustice to those who had been
alike invited to maintain near mo the relation
of confidential advisers. Perceiving that the
harmony in foeling so necessary to an efficient a ? d il *!?* becn ? 51 , the
one hundred aud liftil
id lief
pays
tmssioticrs worn sent to Paris lo crave’
indulgence, which it soems was refused,!
tr gates, it is presumed, were sent »
the let ins of the treaty. President'
refused this, from want of money.—Wt]
ly think, that fora sum so unimportant
that the French government will wa|
against ilayti, for in all probability i
chants of Franco would thereby suswii
serious luss than iho government would
vantage by the act.
In an emergency, we believe the A
merchants will not suffer, bu* may
rive a benefit.
Fort au Prince, 11 th Jstu,
In mino of the 31st tilt, via Baltimm
vised yon ofthe arrival of two Frend]
of War, bringing tlio ultimatum of that
ment, in regard to >he claims so long
on this country. I am sorry tom
positive refusal of this Government^
to tlio let ins proposed by the French,
in couscqnenco all intetcourre bet*
French Agent and this Government^
off! I'lie French Consul General 1
together all Iiis countrymen in this city^J
ter informing them of the fact above*" 1
commended them in tho strongest h
range their uffahs and qui: the coui
the shortest possible delay—that tb*
Frigme in the Roads would wait until'
insun', lo carry to France thoso whot
ready by thut time, and that those left,
ought nut a, any rule to remain 1"
threo months as no doubt his Govr
learning tho rejection ol the ofii
would resort to violent moasures to
claims. One of the vessels of war
days since for Martinique, tho other
France direct.
The Consul has given up his town I
houses, and it is said intends leaving"
This appearance of war has caused a
nic among all classes. Business of'
completely at a staqd, the French
frightened out of their wits, and those ■
ny funds to invest, buy up the little r
comes in at any price. Coffee '* a , ■
doubloons $33, and silver one hundieitr
That a war with France is inevitable^
belief with every one. It is Imped, MJ
at any rate no attack or blockade wm
for a few months to come.
'I
The present Year is 1834.—An
within a few months, publicly e
last eclipse oflhomoun in USl, **."^
prove, that our present computation u
no fewer than three year*. Uorrecirjl
1831 is 1834; fur Josephus tells “‘•,1.1
before the death of Hrrod, during 1
ment the Saviour was born, there
clipse of the moon in the night of th'*
nicaiu*
in the
degree, to mark tho course of this; and having
assented, ou this account, to the voluntary
scquently, modem chronology i*
ytm in firor.—Albany Gazette. •