Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLV, AS» WEEKLY, BY J. W. & W. S. JONES, The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT . Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for 85. Tri- Weekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case wall an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and In every instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated •w money received at its value in this city. ©brenicle anU Sentinel. AUGUSTA. '3'RIDAY’mORNING, DECEMBER 30. Brother Jonathan Extra. 8. A. Hoxmm has laid on our table one of these mammoth sheets, which is as remarkable tor its size as the great collection of handsome illustrations. It is altogether a rare specimen of the progress of typography.—See advertisement. Immense Cabgo.—The N. O. Tropic of the Slatiast. says:—The splendid packet steamer Louisiana, Capt. A. W. Tufts, from Grand GuU, arrived st this port yesterday, with lUTt bales of Colton!!! This is by long odds the largest cargo ever i brought to this port, and yet with this immense load on, the guard* of the Louisiana were at | ' least a foot above the water I ThelJmT. G. Salter, late of Haddam, Conn, was recant!J?tried in that State on a charge of ( robbing the mail. He was discharged on the ; ground of insanity, and has been eent to the 1 Hartford Asylum. 1 The machine shop of E. Kingsley, Esq. at Can- , ton, Mass, was destroyed by fire on Friday night j last. Loss from S4OOO to SSOOO, partly insured in c Dadham. — —. t Correspondence of the North American. t New Yobk, Dec. 25, 1842. i Nothing of interest since my Inst, and as j Christmas falls on Sunday, the carousing spirit is checked, and I have no fights or any thing of ( the kind to roeord. 1; The steamboat R. L. Stevens leaves here a to-morrow for Albany, or as far as the ice per- t mits. j The report that Alexander Barclay. Esq. 'is to v be the Counsel at this port is confirmed. More than a hundred applications were made for the a birth, which is one of the best in the country, n worth about $10.00(1 per year and does not re- gi quire any large outlay of time. j The only arrivals are the Sheridum, from Li- a vorpool; Cladiator. Britton, Liverpool, and the . Magnolia, from Guadeloupe. t| From the N. O. Tropic of the 23d. e Reception of Mr. Clay. s The reception yesterday, of the great States- t man of Kentucky, by the people of N«w Orleans, J was all their warmest triends coul I have desired ; Tne day was cold and cheerless, but it did not t for a moment dampen the ardor of the many thousands who left their homes yesterday morn ing, for the purpose of honoring the greatest man of the age. At an early hour the “din of pre- ‘ paratian,” visible in all quarters of the city, gave token of the approach ot some pageant which in terested the whole community. At every corner f and doorway, groups of anxious citizens were > seen in deep converse, while ever and anon the r ■brill blast of a bugle, and the deep roar of the 1 drum, as a stray squad of s..ldlers hurried post, i gave undeniable indications of something more d than ordinary. T 8 At 10 o’clock, AIM., a convoy of Steam Boats b hearing some hundreds of citizens, left the land- fi ing at the foot of Poydras street to meet Mr. a ■Clav at Carrtltoii. This convoy consisted of p the Crejr tfiffiflWMs—WfflrWn n ern, Capt. Throckmorton- — Henry Clay. Capt. s Jones—Missouri, Cppt. Grice—and Phoenix, o Capt, . . , The convoy proceeded in the b order in which the boats comprising it here num- f bered, bearing up at a gentle speed, until a short distance above Lafayette, where the steamboat 1 Luda, Capt. Clarke, and the Ambassador, Capt. t Brenham, on the former of which was Mr. Clay r and suite, were met. A salute was immediately t fired from the Luda, and answered from the Grey s Eagle, when the convoy was brought “about,” I and formed in the following order: * Ist. Steamer Luda, Capt. Clarke, bearing Mr. I Clay,suite, and deputation from New-Orleans. < 2nd. Steamer Grey Eagle, Capt. Snailcross,on r the starboard quarter. 1 3d. Steamer Henry Clay, Capt. Jones on the 1 larboard. f 4th. Steamer Great Western, Capt. Throck- I morion, on the starboard, 1 sth. Steamer Ambassador, Copt. Brenham, on ' the larboard. 1 6th. Steamer Phoenix, on the starboard rear. 1 In this position the squadron proceeded to the city, m idst the shouts of persons on board and t on shore, and the stirring strains of two capital ‘ bands of music, one on the Luda, the other on > the Grey Eagle. 1 From the moment the convoy passed the upper I ■nd of the ship landing, the firing of salutes, I commencing at the ship Pennsylvania, was com menced and continued from nearly every vessel i from Lafayette, a large number of persons of both i ■exes were present. The gentlemen greeted the i illustrious guest of the city with loud and long I continued cheers, and the ladies. Heaven bless ’ them, waved their white kerchiefs as long as a I ■ingle vessel was in sight. I I As the convoy approached the city, the first I gun was fired from the Place d’Armes, and an- 1 sweredfrom Poydras street wharf, until a salute of 100 guns was fired. Gaily and gracefully the I line of vessels swept past ths city, receiving and ! returning the cheers of the assembled thousands I who lined the long row of vessels in port, throng- < ed the streets, and crowded the houses and every < available point affording a view of the most mag- 1 nificent pageant ever witnessed in this city. As 1 the convoy moved on its majesticcourse upon the broad bosom of the Mississippi, those who were 1 so fortunate as to be on board, enjoyed, a speeta- 1 cle grand and imposing beyond description. Far as the eye could reach up and down the river, one dense forest of masts was presented, and from them floated thousands of streamers and flags of every nation on earth ; —the red cross of Eng land, the tricolor of France, the lone star of Tex as, and the banner of the free, our own stars and , etripes, hung out in gorgeous array, dallying in ' the breeze that bore them up anove the countless I thousands whose eyes were riveted upon them. As the convoy passed Slaughter-house Point, the flag of Texas, and the broad pennant ofCom modore Moore, was seen sweeping out from the ship of war Austin. By order of the gallant Commodore,|u salute of seventeen guns was fired just as the Luda passed abreast of him. A little lower down, the Texian brig of war Wharton, Captain Lothrop, was riding at anchor, and he too fired a salute of seventeen guns. Well merit ed and moshappropriate was this compliment to one who, more than any living man, deserves the proud name of Freedom's Champion! The sternest foe to tyranny, the oppressed of all na tions, have ever found Henry Clay a friend. His voice is attuned to liberty, and it never yet was mure when freedom needed an advocate. Having passed down as far as the Lower Cot ton Press, the convoy returned to the Poydras street wharf, where Mr. Clay debarked, in the preae~.ee of perhaps the largest and most enthu siastic multitu le ever assembled in New Orleans. When ha lauded, he was received by the Com mittee of Arrangements and addressed by the Chairman, Wm. Christy. Esq-, in a brief speech. Mr. Clay responded briefly, but we were unable to catch a solitary word he uttered. We were ■ot near him, and the crowd was so dense that We found it impossib.e to get within hearing dis tance. At the conclusion of his remarks, he was seat ed in an open barouche drawn by four white horses, and the procession formed. The Hon. Alexander Porter, Ex-Senator of the U. 3.; Glrady Burke, President ot the Clay Club, and William Christy, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, were seated in the barouche with Mr. Clay. The procession formed in the follow ing order. 1. A Deputy Marshal. 2. Military Escort, composed of the Louisiana Legion. 3. Grand Marshal. 4. The Honorable Henry Clay and others, in an open barouche, drawn by four gtay horses. 5. The travelling companions of Mr. Clay, and Committee of Arrangements, and deputa tions from other portions of this and other States in carriages. 6. Secretary of State, Attorney Genera’, Dis.rict Attorney and State Treasurer. 7. The Governor’s Suite, in unifcim and mount- ad. Jah® as \ 1 a '1 *? i w. // it pi t .. v . r • w. C '" I F ■[ !| [Pvt ' -'Ww a A MmR L _ fi 6 7 i i\4 SI FOUi ? w Wdft ,dwl v ' < <$ n , I /■! H E . x d vXv M 1 i d • xxl 8. The Governor elect, and members elect of ihe State Senate and House of Representatives. 9. Major Gen. John L. Lewis and Staff, Briga- dier Generals Horatio Davis and Leonard and Start, and other Militia officers in uni form and mounted, agreeably to rank. 10. Veterans of 1814 and 1815. 11. Judges of the Supreme and other Courts, and officers of the several Courts. 12. The Mayor of the City and General Coun cil. 13. The Mayor and members of the Council of the City of Lafayette. 14-- The Recorder and Aldermen of Municipality 15. The Recorder and Aidermen of Municipality No. 2. 16. The Recorder and Aidermen of Municipality No. 3. 17. The officers of the Texian Navy. 18. Major General Gaines and Stall', and other officers of the United States Army. 19. The officers of the United States Navy. 20. Foreign Consuls. 21. The Fire Department. 22. Strangers. 23.,Citizens and strangers on horseback. 24. Military Escort, compcsed of the Washing ton Battalion. 25. Citizens generally. At the given signal, the procession moved down Poydras street to Camp, down Camp and Char ters to Esplanade, thence to Royal, up Royal and St. Charles streets to Poydras, thence to Caron delet, and thence to the residence of Dr. Mercer, where Mr. Clay remains during his visit. The reader has now a brief apd meagre sketch, a mere skeleton of the most —•*.. ever known in the of the Great South" West.’ We reel thal we are wholly incapable of presenting any thing like a correct view of this great and enthusiastic out pouring of the entire population of a whole city, and we would fain confide the duty to abler hands. But from the moment the procession moved from the landing, up to the time when Mr. Clay was set down at bis lodgings, the route presented a scene such as is rarely witnessed in any ordinary lifetime. Every street through which the procession passed, was crowded to suf focation, literally crammed and choked up with a dense mass of people anxious to do honor to the talents, genius and patriotism, of one whose name and fame is part and parcel of the common glory of the country. Every window and bal cony. within range of the route of Mr. Clay, was filled with the beauty of New Orleans, and thousands of the lovely maids and matrons of the city showered with their smiles, blessingsand benedictions upon bici whom a a whole people de light to honor. When Mr. Clay was set down at his lodgings, CaronJelet street was for an hour a dense and moving mass of people, and it was not unt 1 he appeared again and again upon the balcony, that tho crowd were satisfied to disperse, which they finally did after greeting the “old man eloquent” wi;h loud and ofc repeated cheers. We have not now time or room to say more, and many incidents connected with the reception must bo deterred to another day. The whole scene was worthy of Henry Clay, worthy of New Orleans, and resembling more the triumph ant entry of somo renowned warrior of old, than the advent of a plain private citizen of the Uni ted States, who, without office, patronage or pow er. comes among us with nothing save his own sterling virtues, great talents and undoubted pa triotism, to win the hearts of his countrymen.—- It was indeed a spectacle of moral grandeur which will not soon fade from the memories of those who witnessed it. Execotive Defabtmbnt, Dec. 23, 1842. Fellow Citizens of the Senate an d House of Representatives: In mv communication laid before you on the Bth ultimo, I had tho honor to invite'your atten tion to some measure to restore credit to the notes of the Central Bank, the currency on which lhe State is forced to rely in conducting its operations, and the principal circulating me dium held by the people in many sections of lhe Slate, and in those sections too where they have been the unwilling victims of successive Bank failures. The degree of Stale embarrassment and individual suffering which will follow tho present ruinous depreciation of. these notes, can- TwWwvU ... - nwaysi l . sufficient to avert these evils, siii be a measure of absolute relief to the people, and will be hailed by them as an effort of patriotism to ahie'.J them from ruin, and to save the State from dishonor. In the same communication, I asked that time ly provision should be made for the payment of the interest of the public debt; and ns specie was required for the purpose, I recommended that the tax on Bank slock be required to be paid in specie, and that a sufficient amount be raised to pay the entire interest on the public debt; provid ed that the notes of tho Central Bank Bro at a greater discount than five per cent in the pur chase of exchange. Reflection on the proposed measure only strengthened my conviction of its necessity to sustain the government in the pres ent exigency. Those only who have had the experience, know the difficulties into which the past policy of the State has brought public af fairs; and that it is impossible to surmount them, without bringing in aid the interest of those who assume tho right to regulate tho value of every Bank note circulating through the country. I have not been an inattentive obseiver of the action of the Legislature on these important mea sures; nor can I be insensible to the danger which impends, of leaving me without the means of meeting tho engagements of lhe State, for lhe performance of which her faith and honor have been repeatedly pledged. On yesterday, I addressed a note to lhe Treas urer, requesting him to report to me the probable amount that will remain in the treasury after pay ing the expenses of the Legislature; and to sus pend all payments from that department, except upon appropriations actually made, and warrants legally drawn thereon. 1 have received his re port. I transmit copies of my note and the re port,from which it will be seen that the probable amount remaining in the treasury will bo $119,857 15. The taxes have been princi pally paid, and but an inconsiderable additional sum may be expected from that quarter. If the public lands are sold, the proceeds will not be re ceived in time to meet the necessities of the gnv ernment, and the amount that may be expected from them is too uncertain to be relied upon— besides, as a measure of revenue, it is only tem porary. It will be remembered also, that the taxes now imposed wilt no. be received untd October and November next, and must be main ly applied to demands upon the treasury for lhe political year 1844, which cannot fall short of lhe amount made for lhe present or political year 11843. If the appropriations of a general nature, and which are absolutely in the admin istration of the government, are made by the pre sent Legislature, they may bo estimated at the I sum of SBO,OOO. To this must ba added the I sum of $50,000, cstima ed to defray theexpeu- I see of protecting the Florida frontier, and the sum of SIIO,OOO for the payment of the interest on the public debt. To meet these indispensable demands, there will be remaining in the treasury on the adjournment of lhe Legislature, a sum not exceeding $120,000, amounting to precisely one half of the probable necessary expenditures of tbe year. How is ’.his deficiency to be sup plied! The income to be derived from the sale of lands will not come in before July and Au gust. There is but one reliance, and that is the tax on Bank Slock. It is known that these in stitutions reject tbe notes of the Cen’ral Bank— and can it boa hardship to require them to pay the government dues in specie or specie funds, the only currency they will receive! This tax should be required to be paid on the demand of the Executive, whenever the interest on the pub lic debt Is to be paid. If the matter is deferred, a treble hardship will be imposed on the people necessarily by the next Legislature; for, unless it is the settled policy to refuse the necessery sup plies to meet the solemn obligations of the State, a tax must be imposed the next year to supply tbe deficiencies in the present year, and the in creased amounts fer the years 1844 and 1845 for it will be remembered, that the revenue to be raised by the General Assembly at its next- ses sion. cannot he made available for the payments from the treasury for ons year thereafter. A tax on Bank stock, to an amount sufficient to pay the entire interest of the public debt, sub ject to be reduced, provided exchange can be ob tained at moderate rates tor Central Bank notes, imposes no hardship. Th* Central Bank is now required to apply the whole of its means to the redemption of its notes, and is prohibited from making discounts for any purpose whatever. No interest is payable on its bills in circulation, while the notes which it bolds on the people are bearing anjinterest of 6 and 8 per cent, the larger amount, all that are lying over, bear an interest of 8 per cent, and the accruing interest will be a fund to supply the place of lor.ses, so as to increase the amount of gobd ass?:s The only effect of lhe measure will be to restere credit to the notes of an institution which has been prostrated by the legislation of past years, and that without risk of loss to those institutions whose interest it will be made under the proposed regulation, to sustain it. Unless this suggestion is adopted, if any calculation for the future is to ba made from the experience of the past, I can assure the Legisla i tiou that exchange to an amount sufficient to pay the interest on the public debt cannot be ob tained for Central Bank notes at any price. The funds to bo received from the General Government upon the military claim, have been already appropriated, and a large part of the a mount received has been already paid out; and the Executive has made engagements, under the direction of the last Legislature, far beyond the balance on hand. I have deemed it to be my duly to submit this statement to you before your session closes, hop ing that not one representative of the people of Georgia will be willing to see his Stale reduced to the condition she must be, by a failure to raise the necessary supplies. By a revenue law pro viding for every necessary expenditure of the Government, in sustaining its economical admin istration and honest engagements, confidence will be restored at home and abroad, the currency will become better, and the character of the State for integrity of purpose will be placed beyond the reach of the calumuy which has hitherty as sailed it. [Signed] CHAS. J. McDONALD. From the N. O. Picayune (if the 23d. Later from Mexico and Campeachy. We note the arrival here, yesterday morning, of the U. S. ship Falmouth, commanded by James Mclntosh, Es-q., in 17 days from Vera Cruz and 15 days trom Tampico, with $130,000 in specie. The “Falmouth” experienced very heavy northern gales after leaving Tampico which car ried away one of her quarter boats and did other damage. By this arrival we have received our private advices from Vera Cruz to the Ist inst. The commonly .goporte d ve§^nSr that the government were about to make impor tant modifications in the new tariff; —the rate of duties upon cotton goods would be much aug mented, it was thought. Strong opposition to this change was anticipated from British interests. Tiie country continues in the same restless and uncertain position. An intelligent Mexican, in writing of it. exclaims bitterly—“while every thing in this unhappy country requires immedi ate reformation and organization, yet every thing is settling down into a state worse than ever as O 1 ”' rmutarfl it. A body of 200 men arrived at Vera Cruz from Jalapa on the 30th of November, to be embarked immediately for Campeachy, whither $30,000 in specie had been sent for the pay of the troops some 4 or 5 days previous. On the evening of the 20th of November the Mexican steamer Regenerador arrived from Cam peachy. She brought unfavorable news, and came to ask from the government more men, mare money and more provisions. Several at tempts had been made by the Mexican troops to carry Campeachy by assault, but they were as of ten repulsed, and with severe loss.—Sickness too was ravaging both the troops and the fleet; about 800 men were said to have died, and 400 more were at that time actually in the hospitals Things go ill, indeed, for the Mexican government and yet the adherents ofSanta Anna endeavor to palliate and distort these reverses and misfor tunes. From the National Intelligencer. Washington City, December 18, 1842. I desire, through the medium of your paper, to take a brief notice of a published letter of the Hon. John C. Spencer, Secretary of War, dated the 19th of October last, and addressed to Mr. Lewis K. Faulkner and otheis, in Which, are contained char ges and imputations upon the late Cabinet of Mr. Tyler, of which 1 was a member. I regret the necessity which obliges me to this course, and engage in it iu no spirit of controver sy, but from a sense of what is due to my own cha racter and to the ti ue history of the transactions referred to in that letter. It contains the follow ing passages : “In proof of the absence of all selfish, interested, or ambitious motives on the part if the President in the course which his convictions of duty prompt ed,! may now advert to a fact long known to me, which has been promulgated inthe newspapers of the day, vouched for by at least one Whig editor, staled by a Representative in Congress, from .Mas sachusetts, in a speech lately delivered at Newbu ryport, upon authority, and hitherto not denied. That fact is, that, previous to returning the second bank bill to Congress with his objections, in full view of the assaults to be made * upon him, and with the purpose of removing all cause of agita tion as well as to secure himself against unjust imputations, submitted to his then fie should, In the messggo then from public lire at t:,'~xvira: lion of the existiijg term ; and that,against his do ing so, all thetnembers of the Cabinet then pres ent, protested, on the ground that such an annun ciation would not have the effect to produce peace or quiet, but would only change the dilection ot faction ; that no one had a right io expect such a step from him, as he had not been elected Presi dent, and no obligation existed that should inter pose any barrier between him and a direct vote of the People. “In connexion, and yet in contrast with the pre ceding, is another fact of an extraordinary charac ter, which, though known by many, has lately been distinctly promulgated. It is shadowed in a letter of Mr. Ewing's, in the statement made by him, of a proposition having been made to the President, that the majority who had passed the first bank bill, would consent (o postpone the sec ond to the next session of Congress, if they could receive assurances in the meantime that no hostile movement would be made on the part of the Pres ident. The full meaning of this statement has now been developed by lhe declaration of a member of Congress, that a message was carried from the Whig leaders in Congress to the P.esident, to the effect that if he would engage not to disturb any member of his then Cabinet in the enjoyment of their offices, the second bank bill should be postpo ned. Tbe answer to such a proposition may be easily conceived. The efllct of that proposition was to prove the identity of the members of lhe Cabinet, whose places were deemed in jeopardy with the hostile members of Congress, and if the design was to precipitate matters, it was most ef fectual. “You will require no aid to determine which of the actors in these scenes exhibited a lofty disin terested patriotism, and which evinced any tenaci ty for place or desire for power. These facts are full of instruction, and furnish a key to many mys terious transactions.” . To the statements and imputations made in the above passages, it is my intention to reply as plain ly and as briefly as I can. I shall endeavor to abstain from all personal or or intemperate remaras. It is not my object to assail others, but to vindicate my own conduct, and to do that by a calm statement of facts. The first of the foregoing paragraphs of Mr. Spencer’s letter, relates to the advice stated to have been given by all the members of tho Cabi net “then present,” at a certain meeting to which the President is said to have submitted the ques tion “whether he should, in the Message, (the ve to to the second bank bill) then about to be trans mitted to Congress, announce a resolution to retire from public life at the expiration of the existing term.” -8o far as that paragraph might be considered as implicating me, it is unnecessary 1 should say more than that I was not present at the Cabinet meeting referred to, and have no prisons! knowl edge of opinions which may have been expressed, or advice given, by members of lhe Cabinet who may have been present. The fact of my absence, ai.d that of Mr. Badger, will appear from a letter which I send you for publication with this, receiv ed from my friend, the Hon. T. Ewing, dated the Gtii instant, and written in icply to a brief note of mine, calling his attention to the letter of Mr. Spencer, which I had then seen in the newspapers. Mi. Ewing, it will be remembered, was Secretary of the Treasury, a member of the Cabinet, and, as he states, present at tbe meeting referred to. From his statement, it further appears, that the advice then asked and given, was confined to the question of inserting in ihe veto message, then con templated by the Piesident, a declaration of his in tention not to Dea candidate for re-election to ihe Presidency ; a question on which, I presume, very few would, on reflection, differ from the advice stated by Mr. Ewing to have been given to the Piesident, however strongly they might have en tertained the opinion that Mr. Tyler eugbt not to be a candidate forre-eleciion,and however prompt they may have thought he ought to be in publicly announcing such a resolution. They might, consistently enough with these opinions, as it seems to me, have still thought that such a declaration by the Piesident would have ap peared incongruous and out of place in a veto mes sage on a bank bill, especially after the omissi >n of it on other occasions, to which it seemed more appropriate, and thatit would look, in this instance, like an unworthy aud tremulous attempt at pallia tion and deprecation of censure. The most careless reader will not fail to observe tbe wide difference there is between the statement of Mr. Ewing and that of Mr. Spencer, as to tbe extent of the advice given by the Cabinet; the former confining it, so far at least as he expressed any opinion, to the isolated point of the insertion of the s uggested declaration in the veto message, while the latter amplifies it into a decision against the President’s making such a declaration at any time or in any manner—into a decision “that no one had a right to expect such a step Rom aim,” and that there was no “barrier belween him and a direct vote of the People.”- . My general ;cquaih".ance and association with my colleagues of that Cabinet, would not have in , dined me to believe that they entertained the opin j iens thin ascribed tb them by Mj. Spencer. But, whatever tbe advice given or opinions ex pressed $t the Cabinet meeting in question, tbe fact now disclosed of my absence exempts me from all concern in respect to it, and dispenses with the ne cessity of any further personal explanations on my part. And here, as to this matter, 1 might conclude. But I am unwilling to leave this part of lhe sub ject without reteience to a conversation I once held with the President, in which the same ques tion or mattci that it now appears, was submitted to his Cabinet in my absence, became the subject of allusion. I do notiemember exactly its date, but it was only a few days before my resignation. It was very brief. I regarded it as a casual pri vate conversation, and therefore forbear now to AUGUSTA, GA. THURSUI* repeat it, but am entirely willing to do so upon any proper application. In my judgment, it is not material to any matter in issue, and is of little or no consequence in any respect. And I allude to it not for any importance that I attach to it, but sim ply on account of the fact of its occurrence The other charge, as made, and intended by Mr. Spencer to be understood, is of a much more expli cit, grave, and personal character. He virtually accuses the then Cabinet of a dishonorable “tena city” for office, and of attempting, through the in tervention of the “Whig leaders in Congress,” or in concert with them, 10 bargain with the President for their retention in office. The charge is so made as to involve indiscrimi nately all the members of the then Cabinet, inclu ding Mr. Webster, who remained in office, as well as those (being all the others) who resigned. But I can hardly suppose that Mr. Spencer intended thus to implicate his own colleague, Mr. Webster. The resigned members of the Cabinet were proba bly the only objects of his attack. In the integri ty and honor of those gentlemen, my late colleagues in office, I have ihe most pcriect confidence, but 1 am not authorized to speak for them, nor shall I. For myself, I auswer that, so far as concerns me, then a membei of the Cabinet, this charge, in its whole length and breadth, is totally unfounded- 1 oppose to it an absolute unqualified denial. I do not know, and never Knew, of any such mes sage to the President as that stated by Mr. .Spen cer. I had neither art nor part in any such mes sage, not iu any device or negotiation for securing to myself a continuance in On the contra ry, 1 had become dissatisfied wrtlxMre administra tion of Mr. T}ler, and my consequent determina tion to resign my office was avowed and known to many friends now in this city. The cause of my retirement is truly set forth in iny letter of resignation • and, under tho imputa tion of “tenacity” of office, now cast upon me, 1 hope I may be excused for adding, that in the cir cumstanccs of my position, as I regarded thero, no •office. W, ir ~ In corroboration of his statements, Mr. Spencer reiers to promulgations in newspapers—to a speech “by a Representative in Congress, from Massachu setts,lately delivered at Newburyport, upon autho rity and to “the declaration of a member of Congress.” In this promulgation, speech, and declaration are to (he same effect with Mr. Spencer’s statements, they arc answered by this reply to him; and though I do not, otherwise than from this letter, know their import. I shall without trouble of further search or inquiiy, content myself with saying that they are incorrect to the whole extent the}' may vary from the statement of facts I have here made. From information received, I suppose that I may, withcut hazard of mistake, infer (hat the “Repre sentative in Congress from Massachusetts” and the “inember of Congress” abovs alluded to, are one and the same person, and that the Hon. Mr. Cush ing is that person. Upon perusal of this statement, I trust that those gentlemen will be convinced of their error; but, if not, I desire that all controversy in respect to the facts in question may be new finally settled, so far as I am individually concerned. Before leaving my residence in Kentucky for this place, I had read Mr. spencer’s letter, and had heard of Mr. Cushing’s speech, but it seemed to me < most proper to postpone any leply till I could make it here in the city of Washington, in their presence, and in the presence of those members of Congress who were here at the date of the transaction, and to whose information or testimony they might wish to appeal. At the end of the present session those members will be widely separated, and no oppor tunity equally favorable to a thorough investiga tion, now is the time. For myself, I rest secure in the unimpeachable truth of the statement I have here made. Respectfully, yours, &c. J. J. CRITTENDEN. Mr. Ewing’s Letter. Lancaster, Ohio, Dec. 6,1842* 1 Deir Sirs Your favor of the JOth ultimo is f hand. I had noticed the paragraphs in Mi. BpeiV cer’s letter to which you refer, but had not felt t» necessity of reply ing to them, as they cannot, ift. my judgement have the slightest weight in formiiij| or modifying the opinion of the public. From Mk Spencer’s own showing, he couid have no ledge whatever of the matters to which he volun teers his testimony; and he stands in such a rela tion to the parties tint, had he knowledge of the facts, very small reliance could be placed on bis opinion. Indeed, eveiy thing considered, between a statement or an opinion of the Secreiary of War and of the President’s doorkeeper, touching these matters, the title to credit and respect would be entirely in favor of that of the last-named funct ionary. Mr. Spencer’s first assertion, which I understand is backed by a statement of Mr. Cushing, (though I have not seen the statement,) namely, that the Whig members of Congress, in concurence with the Cabine'; picpcsed to postpone the bill to create a Fiscal Corporation if the President would agree to know, wholly witnouf • otfc<ranon. Ther?w??nD proposition of that kind made to the President on behalf of the Whig members, or any of them, with my concurrence or knowledge. W hat some mem ber of Congress may have proposed, and some mem ber of the Cabinet concuned in, I know not; but I was never consulted on any such proposition by any member of Congress or the Cabinet; nor ever either advised or sanctioned it. And, moreover, the.person who is said to have carried the proposi tion to the President had not in any respect my confidence. I joined in au effort to postpone the bill, on the strong Representation made to us by Mr. Webster that the President was on that subject in a state of mental derangement. When I address members of Congress upon it, some expressed apprehension, others a belief, that the President had determined to abanden the Whig paity—that he was then en gaged in negotiation with the opposition, and asked for time merely to effect his arrangements. I was told by some that he itfuccd to say to M«mthat he desiied the postponement, or to give them any as surance, either in manner or matter, to allay their apprehensions. To tnis state of things, and noth ing beyond it,l alluded in that paragraph of my letter of resignation which is referred to as “shad owing forth” the alleged proposition. The person who carried the proposition to the President, if any such were carried, can tell, and he ought to be re quired to tell, what members of the Cabinet were consulted and concurred in it. The statement with respect to the President’s proposition to decline a re-election is much less wide of the truth, though its degree of verity was of couise wholly unknown to Mr. Spencer at the time he ventured the statement. The conversation referred to occurred on the 4th day of September, in the absence of yourself and Mr. Badger, and im mediately after the Committee on Enrolled Bills brought the bill to create a Fiscal Coiporation to the President for his signature. He said in sub stance that he shoud probably be compelled to veto the bill, and he thought of accompanying the veto message with a solemn declaration that he would not be candidate-for re-election, and wished our ad vice as to the matter. In the course of the conver sation, he also said he had indited a sentence, In tended for insertion in his inaugural, expressly de claring that he would not be a candidate for re-elec tion, which he withheld, lest its effect should be to turn the batteries of Mr. Clay and his friends on Mr. Webster. Mr. Webster having replied, and objected te the f' declaration suggested by lhe President, I said that s 1 hoped he would not feel himself compelled to ve- e to tbe bill; but, if he did, I did not think it advisa hie to accompany the veto with the proposed de claration, as there appealed to me no connexion * whatever between the two subjects, and I did not 1 think such a declaration would nave any tendency to reconcile the people' to the 'veto. This is tbe sub stance of what 1 said on the subject; what was said by the other membeis of the Cabinet Ido not re- s member with sufficient distinctness to state it ex cept that we all concurred in the opinion that such ; declaration,at tfiat time, aud those circumstances, ought uqi to be made. Besidgj tbe reason which I adt’a*''—'-'““ *’ -»■ £ others ir cured tome, _ Wblcn 1 <ud not think proper e to suggest, but which were, in my opinion, decisive t of the matter. I was well aware that the Presi dent was at that time exceedingly unpopular, and believed, if he vetoed that bill,he must become an object of almost universal datestation. The oppo sition hated him as a renegade from their party. ; The Whigs had begun to look upon him with dis trust and aversion, as one who had betrayed them i and deserted their principles. For him, at that , time and under those circumstances, to declare so. lemnly in a public paper that he would or would not be a candidate for re-election would, as I , thought, make him the subject of public ridicule . and contempt, as he was already of public indig nation. My advice, therefore, was given seriously i and in good faith, though I did not for a moment ( believe his proposition was so—no more than I be lieved as a fact his statement that he had penned 1 such declaration fcrinsertion in his inaugmal, but withheld it lest it should turn the batteries of Mr. Clay and his friends against Mr. Webster. His suggestion seemed to me to convey the idea that the Whigs, the Cabinet included, cared little about measures if we could clear the way for the succes sion. I write in haste. This paper is at your service, to retain or use as yon see lit. it contains tbe facts as they were, partly from recollection, partly fro® entries on any journal, I am, very truly, yoms, Hon. J. J. Crittenden, T- EWING. Washington, D.C-, The Right Rev. John Dubois.—The funeral service of this venerable prelate took place this morning at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Bishop Du bois, says the Courier, was born in Paris on 24th of August, 1764. In September, 1787, he was ordained priest. The French Revolution break ing out soon after, he emigrated to the U. States in 1791. He arrived in Richmond Va., in the month of July of that year, and was most kind ly received by the illustrious patriots of that pe riod, the Washingtons, the Heniys, the Ran dolphs, and the Marshalls, of Virginia, to whom he came recommended by letters from General Lafayette. During two years he continued a mong them, improving himself in English, and at the same time giving lessons in French. In 1734, Archbishop Carroll appointed him pastor of a congregation in Frederick, Maryland. In 1808, he founded St. Mary’s college. In 1826, Ds. Dubois was appointed Bishop of New York, . end died consequently in the 16th year of his piscopacv, and the 55dh of his priesthood.—ZV Y. JEtis. Post, ' ATI 1:1 MOW . )t W j‘ Both bourn «übmL TWLg tfhort holiday RLrtClUil ’ ’ TVi* . “ r. g«d during the Jay .< ' '■ ' ' y on Tarione av'>. 1- committee*, S t con.id.lUft vt it went intq Etc : .- Inthe H ’«” e : u-J; 1- the o«i‘ <■' • : . peal the bankrupt .nr V I - ‘J iog the day, withr I’ * * _• In our paper ; Vj.Qj i 1 cixl Memg. of lire GajSS,? t*"/’ t urginq upon that iw-ifa, ■ ‘ H< l;<an urn .uni srisK' l ea on tho Statedr hr, wqMk ■' , d - will require 110,0* 0 ; g ' necessary to <},■ X; aft , comemnta of our owir. -' to us, that perhaps who happen to be ho Ar#!. > perty, known as B_.uk ti n unsavory docuni. •»t,d| r especial beurft', to sUn 981 hope thorn will then - 4 U .. s -: vesliglffdu and what portion the ■ ■' < ' the people, which ha* j •*’W , stilts. We haVe, ii loti,l.outers in the r,oi : v rrd to Buy oflhoM i-i.-K- ted to be insolvent, ’■ . position is to tgx the i •" The dumber ■ specie ttanlri .fi.Lr^i,; oiftfe.person <; of these, i*sl bold ifrs* —327 liold’in trur > lualeu or orphans. . i X”'' l '|t ■ 2763 persons, whe jj l '- t« to Georgia, that - G,;.; ' message, to raise, fe' f " ■’ Sank fttock, (eielusivo of the other if 'beae p- sons pay) the sum of -ineM ■ djllars'’ to pay lire o This is a plain stateineu® «. -#»■» : s will appear by the bank reports m.-J ir i- r. Wo propose to my use and value of the i. .vlre-.« £ers the Governor was derj£s >• \th s for whatever m:y be sili'r- I: oken and insolvent i'lStitutHH SMsi; bility, be made to apply*- f iustiljtions from which tt .a ”• 'm® t t n drawn, bad tlie Gove- . B*'T -■ f 'tai, because these banks p ’ • ’ meat itrnir engterinentit. V-r _ ex :ite the sympathies of the rwL . i .. higV bantfed injust e amt A ■ -h.clritwopoE <•<ll£ impose upn ;) JL . A ' : widows and orphans- si. will | * > a happen to have prefer: J i- 1W o : m bank stock, rather th: \or do we purpose to enter ■ - . .on of what bank stock is, or . /|rt ; * f> tn other pro. perty, that it Shi .A j e ,.p eTßiy Other species of . $-t» ,e;t o taxation, as the only art<cle Ltitife?. oi; an Mormons amount, of n.on- y whjl • entering in -, -i < <«| make the p. y ,• appearl? a tenfold nr ihe furnish a fraud, this corrupt n cotimendmon, which has been gested by-the Governor to be perpetrated upon that small but respe/able class of our fellow cit izens who are tho ovners es bank stock. To show the extraodinary characterol this worse than corrupt proporiion.let us but advert to a few facts, which cannot til to satisfy every unprejudi ced man of ‘.he Ijui character of the Governor. The white popui-finof the Slate of Georgia, according to the ll ’tjcensus, was 296,806 souls. These paid, in 18$ . according to the report of the Comptroller, rflCoin November last, a tax of about $220,000 tan ' by the act of the Lcgis lature just passed, he amount of taxation to be paid the ensuing jjar, will be $275,000, or not one dollar to each ihite inhabitant; while, if lhe proposition of thflGovcrncr had been adopted, the 2768 persons, tho own Bank Stock in Geor gia, would be comlelhd to pay sllO 000, or an average of 40 dollqseach, exclusive of the taxes which they pay ci; other property. Comment upon such a preposition, is unnecessary. Hear thir own Witnesses. The action of tb Legislature just adjourned, is drawing down yon lhe majority the merited indignation ol an i|jured people. The Dahlonc gah “Times,” anput and out Locofoco print, says : “We haveprivae information, that our Legis lature was to havl adjourned on Saturday last. For all the good hey have done, we think the people would hnM been glad to have dispensed with their service several weeks ago, which might have avertef the evils they have ignorant ly or wilfully entiled upon them. But such have been the upsind downs of our Legislatures for many years, rkulring from ignorance, folly, stupid ty and the tcursed perverseness of party spirit and party dill, that as soon as one Legis lature had passed l law, as they supposed for lhe general good, anoher repeals it, and erects upon its ruins another lore obnoxious,” Again, alludinnto the Election to fill the va cancy of the late lon. R. W. Hambersham, the same Editor remirks: “GEORGE V. CRAWFORD, Esquire, of Richmond, is the Whig candidate. It is not our province to say truck in relation to this gentle man’e talciris ondworth. Rut we will osv how ever, that ho is' u Whig out and out,J possessing talents equal to tie most talented of his party.” “The Second Deluge.” Under this casion, the Globe of Friday even, ing gives the Maiisonian one of tbe most severe and—to every me but John Jones—amusing castigations whih we have seen in an age. It appears th». John— whose imagination is always on etu ' who Jias for twelve months been heralding I'.uo: r conspiracies,” “astound ing disclosvasj' an other monstrosities— the creature es ni* X C' zed fancy—lately announ ced that a ‘ storm • c brs Bg,” which ‘ ‘ Wuuia raise up rocks, Aui straighten crooked sticks.” He said— “I: is obvious that a storm is brewing in the j. political firmament. The elements of discord ate rising above the horizon in every direction.— • Like fitful gusls on lhe darkly overcast ocean, we ' observe, ever and anon, some aspirant vainly eir- t deavoring to catch a favorable br> eze—getting up , spiritless meetings here and there, and procuring laudatory articles to be inserted in certain politi cal journals, bat tbe next week, or the week after, at farthest, the wind abandons his sails, and he is left becalmed— powerless, and unnoticed on the Dead Sea of public opinion.” On this wonderful medley of incongruous im ages, the Globe thus comments: “This is but the overture. It is finely got up Observe how graphically the silly “aspirant.” “like fitful gusts,” is described, who, unmindful of impending late, when "a storm is brewing;” when “the elements of discord are rising above the horizon”—when the said “fitful gusts on the darkly overcast ocean” are sweeping—undertakes “to catch a favorable breeze.” The reader will rematk the curious phenomenon that occurs in the midst of this uproar of storm and ocean.— Indeed, it amounts almost to a miracle; for the tremendous blow—in which the aspiring mariner is represented as setting his sails for “favorable breezes”—instead of tearing them to pieces, a bandons his sails without more ade; aud “be is (left becalmed, powerless, and unnoticed on the Dead Sea of public opinion.” But it will be seen, from tbe next paragraph, that he is not let : a, enure— I gs t! '* W^ UP h V nM I '■ V W •” but this w VTIIKfaWL 1 , Irf? their. it.- i. i uLi'l’lOMZ-' t’l ' -\TB- j They will break'the tiitdgs of the money -lender I anil cast out thorn who fell- doves! Old thinj j will bo made.inew-,” 1— , 1 Public Meeting. ‘ ft, Inqftredienceto i stall for a meeting to take into I cansideralion the propriety of inviting llsnry J C&y to visit this city, a number of hisafrieiids assembled at the City ffallthis Say at 3j o’clock when the Hon. Daniel-Hook was called (q.theChfiir, and James Hope appointed Secre tan. The Chairman having in a few pertinent re- , marks stated the object of the meeting, Richard H, Wilde. Esq. rose, andjafter a very imp-esaing and eloquent eulogium upon the life', character and distinguished public services of that purely American Statesman and Patriot, Henry Clay, submitted fte following resolutions to the consideration of the meeting: ’ jfesolued, That the Chairman appoint a Com mittee of thirty-five, to invite Hrnry Clat, of Kentucky, in the name of the citizens ot Rich mond county, to visit diem at such time as may suit his convenience. Resolved, That this Committee -be authorized, in the event of Mr. Clay’s accepting their invi tation, to ntakn-qdl necessary arrangements for his reception. The resolutions having beeujead, their adop tion was seconded by Win. T. Gauld, Esq., and .they were adopted unanimously. The Chair then nominated the following gen tlemen a Committee under tile first resolution: B. H. Wilde, W. W. Holt, BtH. Warrer H I. A. Kibler, A. J. Miller, H. H. Cumming, C. J. Jenkins, T. S. Metcalf, J. J. A. C. Caldwell, Eli Mustin, W. M. D'Antigfiac, F. M. RobcrtsM, M. M. Dye f C. A. Greiner, Jno. B. Campbell, G.T. Dortic, C. B Hitt, P* Flam ing, A. G. Bull, P. Stovall; S. Nfiliini; KF. Boferia%G,.A. Laroche, R. A. Allen, W. J. Kve, Crawford, W. E. Dearing, W. T. }■ G. McWhorter, J. H. J l°'f err ' / Esq., was added to the Committee. ' ’ Whereupon the meeting adjourned. D. HOOK, Chairman. Augusta, 30th ~ The members of the Committee are requested to meet at the office of Peck & Dearing, this day at 10 o’clock a. M. Illinois JSsitatom.—Sidney Breese has been elected a Senator of the United States for six years from the 4th of March next, to succeed Senator Young, whose term of service will then expire. This is a change of persons but not of parlies, both Senators being very decidedly anti- Whig. Fatfthe Chronicle and Sentinel. Mr. Ebitor:—l am informed that the long and tedious Legislative session of 1842, has by some me ans been brought to a close. It cannot have been compelled to adjourn for want of a quorum, because, by the “new democratic arith metic,” all arising from that source may be readily obviated! T/ue question which naturally arises among the people, and which, is incessantly asked and reit erated, “what have the Legislature done for the country!” will continue to be echoed and re echoed again. Tu this and to like inquiries, ev ery el Aade and diversity es response may be anti cipated—from evasive answers and doubtful re pipes, to harsh reproach and positive condemna tion; from open and. manly acknowledgement, to ehame faced denial and unblushing falsehood. Near the close of tho session, when the wan ing month of December had warned them of the consequences of their misspent time, and had startled them for a moment to a hurried review of the past, they turned and saw “the Baku whit ish on tbs wade!” What did they then! Did they, like men desirious of retrieving their temporary (errors, arouse and shake off th» effects of a passing indulgence of intemperate passions and. rally to the service of the coentry and to the pr osecution of their legitimate business’ No. Like children suddenly detected in somo petty inadvertence, they sought to shift the blame on their neighbors. "Yes— these full grown men, democratic legislators of Georgia, cried aloud, “We’ll tell the people on you when we go home, ■yuU B.vgbty Whigs; you would neither pass this i-™ that, nor you would not let us do it, so you wou.ldn’t.” b» i» r .■ -’ - nreeared for subterfuges as puerile in character as this; and let them also bear in mind that those who have re sorted to those undignified excuses, had a legis lative majority of more than fobtx !! “Relief for the people,” and “solicitude for their constituei >ta,” hung like honeyed accents forever on their 1 ips, while their actions, their recorded deeds, those trumps which will be heard after their sweet words shall have been forgotten, prove the hollow hypocricy of their empty pro feesions. I had intended, to give a condensed history of the condaret of the last Legislature, but I am hap py that the task has been assigned to much abler hands; and my only object now is to prepare the public pnind for the address of lhe committee, which will appear in your paper alas early a pe riod as practicable—and in which the earnest in quiries of the people will be truly and fully an swered. Another Nomination ot Mr. Clat.—Ata Whig meeting in Knox County, East Tennessee, on the sth instant. Mr. Clay was enthusiastically nominated for the next Presidency, and Govern or Jones for re-election. They consent to a National Convention. We givo the following extract from the Address: “Entertaining these opinions upon these great questions of Federal palitics, it is natural in this juncture of public affairs, when the dominant 1 power of modern Democracy in union with a re creant President, makes null the popular will, that our choice of a candidate for the Presidency in 1844 should lee directed to tome citizen, by whose election our wishes upon these subjects may be completely realized, and who at the same time had proved himself patriotic beyond the shadow of reproach, wise and eloquent, true of heart, frank and generous, honest in his convic tions of truth, pure in his political motives, firm in his purposes, and elevated in his ends of con duct. Need we mention his name ? It springs unbidden to the lip of every true Whig. Hexrx i Ceax of Kentucky!” ; .1 WW <aij»n whioaMsny ■■ 'mireitiic. •spirit of jmprovemeßt and .compromise Vth&h 1 <lfe imguishesjaer country and its lustirMiatiSf it In comes us to inquire whether it be possible to saewai the.MvWttses wffotded by thp -pmfet baUt through the agency of aUuitefi States Bank sb mod, ified in its f/rincipl s and structure fe to Obviate. cmstitutunal owl other objections. It hi thought practtceble to organize seen a bank, withthe rteces sary qjfwpfe as a bbakch or the Tbeasuby Ds-e- PABTMBwr, based oh the public and private DE POSITS, without power to make loans or pur chase mor [.urv, which shall remit the fundr. of gov ernment; and the expense which may be paid, if thought advisable, by allowing its officers to sell bills of exchange to private individuals at a moder alepremium. Not being incorporate'body, having ho stockiwtders, debtors, or property, and but few otficers.it Would hot be obnoxious to the cossrt- TtnzwtAt. objections which are urged against the present bank; and having ho sieans io operate on the Mp«, fear, or interests of large tnassw of tfie community, it would be shern of the in.luenco which makes that bank formidable. Tae States WOULD BE STItEHOTHENKD, BY HAVINC IS HANDS THE MEANS OF FURNISHING THE LOCAL CA TER CURRENCY THROUGH THEIR OWN While the bank of the United States, though no paper, would check ths issue of State banks, by taking their notes m deposit and for exchange, only so long as they continue to be redeemed with specie-’’ Taking the last definition of Gen Jackson’s opin ions on the currency as the standard of -democrat ic’ doctrine on the subject, we may presume that the policy of the party, when it comes into power will be to introduce the Sub-Treasury again, and along with it a Bankrupt law including corpora tions. By the two-told operation of this system the power of the Government may so embarrass the Banks as to make them cease business or sns pet d specie payments; and in the lattercase imme diate liquidation will follow. The field will then be clear for the Government to move ia. A cur rency exclusively metallic will no,t do—although the idea of it may suffice as a party theory white the war against all Banks is going on. What sys tem will be jatroduced when the extermination of State institutions shall have been accomplished whatspecies of Government Bank, gigantic and rise up —it concerns us not now to Uis anough to be assured that, be Arrorm what it may, it will be the instrument of political power. In great political movements the end is seldom avowed at the beginning. The progress is step by step; and some intermediate object continues from time to time to draw on the advancing During Gee. Jackson’s the primi- I plea dgeiaxed by hie party respecdug tlieeurteniy j —ns in sty seen from the extract quoted Rbove from hie Message in 1830. Thejtak of Dw Uni ted SUtes wasto be prostrated then. \ stood in the way of political dewgns t? *h<=h it would net beeortltsubservient. «>e displea.. tee?'x a “ k, i ta-hffilJhatffiev could furnish J‘‘better currency” thxu M>cu exßtedg-Ateor jbr j, was desired. We need not follow the various steps Which fi nally brought up the Sub-Treasury—a system which Gen. Jackson himself had once denounced. The success of the Whigs in 1840iateirnpted the progress of the Van Buren policy; nor could the party prevail upon its Southern members to allow State banking corporations to be put at the mercy of the government. The policy temporarily inter rupted has not been abandoned. It will be urged anew as soon as opportunity offers, and with a sys tematic energy which the party could not exert in Van Buren’s administration. The coalition then with Mr. Calhoun was too recent; the heterogene ous elements had not become blended. If Mr. Van Buren comes into power agaiu he will expect to do without Mr. Calhoun —there will be no faltering in his trained bands. With Mr. Benton as the leader of the party there will be at least unity of purpose and of action so far as hostility to the State Banks is concerned. It is well enough to look forward to probable re sults when tendencies arc apparent. We can bet ter estimate the nature of political actions by con udi ring to wbat they must lead. The course of tho Jlcksoa-Van Buren party in reference to the currency has been so remarkable that in thinking of that party one caanot help considering them in connection with that subject. The bland teachings of the author of the Sub-Treasury .gently insinu ated into the mind of General Jackson, have made the old chief a wonder in financial knowledge— and lie announces h s opinions now with as much dogmatism as he formerly maintained opposite views. It is to be understood, however,that the latest opinions from the Hermitage are the only orthodox ones. Indiana Senator. The National Intelligencer of the 28tb says:— Judging from letters and papers of a recent date trom Indianopolis, it would seem to be very doubt ful whether any election of a United Slates Sen ator will take place in Indiana at the present ses sion of the Legislature. It appears that lhe Whigs had a majority of 10 votes in the Senate, and their opponents a majority of eight in the House at the commencement of the session, giv ing the Whigs a majority of’2 on joint ballot. It had been the practice for years to elect a Sen ator on the Friday of the first week of the ses sion; and lhe Senate agreeably to custom, passed a resolution to go into the election on that day but the House was not ready. The resolution was laid on the table. A contested election was pending, (which was soon decided by ousting the Whig member, bringing the parties to a tie, ex cept that one Democrat was pledged, before his election, to vote for the re-election of Mr. Smith.) Hence the resolution of the Senate to go into the election was adopted in the House until it was ascertained by lhe majority there that a Whig member, representing a Democratic county, had been instructed by bis constituents to vote against a Whig Senator, and that he would obey the instructions : when the re thc day, passed, and sent lb the Senate.— When it reached the Senate it was laid on the table by the majority, to give the Whig counties an opportunity to instruct their Democratic rep resentatives to vote for a Whig Senator. So i(t seems that the parties are on the alert; and as one holds the Senate the other the House, it is prob able the whole may go down to the People with tbe other important elections of next summer, including that of a Governor, Lieut. Governor, Representatives to Congress, and members ot the State Legislature. The Lead Trade.—The extent of lhe mining business, says the Galona Gazette, and its impor tance to the country, may be judged from the fact, that the product of these mines alone has this year been worth almost a million of c 1 -liars; and this at the low price which the art : -le has borne. Noted Reading.—The Boston Qmrterly Re view says, —“throw away the last nev novel; go with tne thorugh these dark lanes, olind|courts, into the damp cellars,’unfurnished jarrets, where poverty, vice and crime are crowded together, layer upon layer, where breeds the corruption that pollutes our whole moral atmosphere. Here, my friends, is a volume that may excite you, here ia a work which you may read, b orget your luxury; forget your luxurious ease; blush so-your repinings, your sentimental whimpering your vapors and indigestions, and remember tlat you are men and women; and that it is your business to make this earth a paradise, and every human heart a meet temple for the living God. Youth is designedly odd, and prideshimself on it; the man is UDinteniionclly ani raor * lilies him. Using Gen. Jackson to the Last.—A cor respondent ot the Ohio Statesrnau w fndiunopolis, says, “it is the desire racy of Indiana that Gen over the next National Conjj<ri!—E,. m {eet an<3 two , iGIU ’. 1 _»<ritelrilled on the 17th inet.near inches tn tants to their wild retreat, afe I I r ■as mteii as speakbigyA l -- ’ ' lau . v , e |; in Snau- « : .. 1 ty-twk**! the ptvyth- iMsufe. * b ’ tte > ‘iialef the stfeng 'mpßßx ... - _ ''■/tWLt*ffe premia tteWWatiOMnty to Mpwce »D U>e forcei.TXtfUlrounded them. Itmay exert*univer sal astoaishiMail, whea the faet beconrcs known, tfiat there actually fiundred miles, a distr.ct of people, ei-ned themselves forages and that they coitrttoe 1 to do so without assistance qr protection. It would be a lesson to mankind to ascertain how they have managed their self-governing principles, and how they bare preserved the national indrviduzlity. Three centuries have transpired since the conquest: find if neither Yankee nor Irishman have found his way among the Lacandroaos before this,it deserves the careful consideration both of the psycho legist and the statesman.” Typb Setting Machine.—We understand (hat Capt. Rosenborg’s Composing end Distrib uting Machines are about to be pul to the practic al test of their efficiency and certainty in the office o| Messrs Clowes and Son, the most extensive itl London. The journeymen have styled them ‘•The Infernal Machine,” and view them with feelings of alarm. We shall wc believe, be ene bleci to give a report of the progress of the trial, Ate issue of which must be particularly Interest isg to newspaper proprietors. Meanwhile we transcribe the following account of the machines from the Illustrated London Niws which contains an engraving of tho Cont ptptng and one of the Distributing Machines. Ju one of our early numbers was given an ac count of a new mode of composing-types, the inAntion of Messrs: Young and Delcambre. WeAavc new the pleasure of representing two viewj, one of a Composing and-lho other of a Distibuting Machine, both invented by Captain Rosenborg, and ur|every way to ary previous ones. “The setting up of the types, which Messrs. Youig sud Delcambre were able to Ht 'lt® ■ ate -ii 6,000 an hour, Capt. Rosenborg .{states he can'do at the rate of at least 10,800; and the dis tribation of the types, which under Messrs. Ycurg and Delcambre’s arrangement, furnishes occupation for 4 hands, (boys,) Capt. Rosenborg does by means of one, withthe aid of machinery. ■The mode of working with the machino is as* follawK-rl'ka chiefoompositor, who sits at the machine, having ffis oopy tufeie him, performs from their teepefeiste feimpartments and are laid down upon an endloss belt or chain, which is constantly passing through the middle sf the ma chine from tho right towards the left.—By the motion of lftiy chain the'types wShn liberate and which is revolving at d cor.siderable speed, the -typu- sro horizontoUyi one above the other in the same order as the kepttrr ed upon, and are thus formed into lines, thelinee being supported by a T shaped slider, which is made to recede in the! same proportion as the types accumulate upon it. As each line is com pleted, (of which the compositor is informed by the dial, and warned by tne bell,) the compositor takes hold of a small wich by his left hand, by turn ing which, the lino completed is lowered to the bottom of the receiver, while by moving with his hand a lever, the lino is removed from tho re ceiver to a justifying stick. The time consumed in this operation is less than a second. As soon as the line is removed into the justifying stick, the assistant compositor detaches, with bis left hand the upper end of that stick, the end being moveable upon a fulcrum and, having lowered it into a horizontal position, he reads the line, the types standing now in a vertical position. —Hav ] iug corrected such faults as may have occurred during the composition, he by removing a slider i which constitutes the bottom of the justifying , stick, causes the line of type to drop at once from the stick into the galley, where he spaces it out. The principal feature of novelty in this ma chine is lhe endless chain, on which the types are deposited, and by which they are conveyed into tho receiver, and the advantages are, the types are carried forward in a straight line by the endless chain, free from all chance of distur bance, and subject to little of no friction; and that as many letters may be set at once as hap pen to follow in uninterrupted alphabetical se quence ; and, in practice, there is a vast number of words and syllables which lhe compositor soon learns to dispose of in thia way, by one stroke of the keys. For example, act, add, all, accent, adopt, envy, are words, the letters m which, following in their natural order, may be set up by one pressure of the hand on the keys ; the endless chain carries tb« types forward in the order in which they were deposited upon it, and nothing can occur to disturb that order- 3o also with such syllables as db.ojf, dem, opp, and Zm. The saving in limo from lhe use of such ac cords, (as they are termed) may be thus illustra ted. The word accentuation contains twelve letters, and wauld require twenty Jour move ments of lhe arm of a compositor to set up in tbe ordinary way ; but with Capt. Rosenborg a machine, it is act up with only three strokes on the keys, as thus, accentu at-ion. Capt. Rosenborg states that he has proved, by ■ actual trials, that his machine is capable of dehv ' ering or cleaning out types, (supposing them to ! be composed without regard to order of sequence) : to the amount of 400 in a minute and 24,000 in ’ an hour. Already, a young man, with only a ! few months’ practice, and without a previous ’ knowledge of printing, is able to set op about taining ab»ut 60 letters and spaces, (this we wifi « neseed,) »nd, assuming that he is able to do so ’ for a coi tinuanee, that is equal to about 10,800 in (t an hoi.r. . e Wj now present the view of lhe Distributing Marline, by which, a lad can distribute and re h pliee io the composing machine, 6,000 inters in r, a i hour; but this would offer no hindrance to tho b [eneral operatiensof any printing office adopting d ihe system of composing by machinery, for there might be as many more distributing machines employed as composing machines, or the relative f speed of the two required ; for instance, three of r- the one, or two of the other, five for three, and so on. The cost of Captain Rosenborg s two machines must, we think, be greater than that of Messrs. Y’oung and Delcambre’s one; but Captain Ro senborg himself is of a contraiy opinion. The machines lately shown st work ia Howaid street, Norfolk street, and Strand, are the first complete ones of the sort, and what they may have cost furnishes, of course, no criterion by which to judge of the price at which they could be manu factured in considerable numbers for sale. They are now in Htril for some further improviments. and will be Egain submitted to inspection ii Loy don, when the alterationsand amendments finished. The sum of £640 was lately given infrg land for the bulb of a new tulip, called “W Citadel of Antwerp.” AFatkktMobe or Making L*' l£ » s - The Legidaturc of New Humpshin'* 4 adopted the fotjewipg:— p-cson of good mot'; character, on application u tbe Supreme Cou. edai-.1-ted ted to practice as an attorney. 2. “Every party in a cau 4 prosecution, or suit, may appear, plead, purs .> or defend in his proper person, or by any c £pn giod moral character.” Thar, dmocmtic any I*- VOL. VII. -NOI M ' ribusij vt and now ‘J** ’^ ,h bu, a "•'•.* t/’ J - ?, dow . so ! iurwCtelE ..u .- few ■•uimi' .proJJ LS*. Lea-, . t trbjrcr: rfow*,..,. p v jfe' falls upon the community nt Mhen tha* are ill able to bear it, Sth. m>rity efjp, J ibii cdSfirty owe as much or mqre than we s&u *• able W psy . As if all this was pot suffteisat, "last cerite Sa/arz”—-the failure of the Ocmulge* Bank caps tho climax ~pf your rascalitiea, and leave* us no recourse, inasmuch as the Grand Jury of your county have decided that the Presi dent, Ihrectors and Officers are “all honoreble men,”—and the author of all the viilany is that notorioußseoundrel, ‘'Nobody ', One word more as to your mode of trading. A neighbor of min* went to Macon a few days ag*. with Thirty-two Dollars of hfe Bills,, and in offering to pass them wni insnlled several times by sefim of tho merchant, and finally had to let them gofer Eight Dollars, and that taken in goods. If a farmer carries a load of Cotton to your market to sell, be is very apt to be aheated out of it, if he is not a very shrewd man. For instance, a neighbor of mine carried a load of Cotton to Mo con about two weeks since—ha was met about half a mile this side, by a halfdozcp street buyers, al! of whom seemed anxious tq Buy the cotton. He asked them what it was worth: they told him that four cents was as much sa any would bring. Not being satisfied with the price, h* stored it in one of the ware houses, but sold y before bo left town for six cents. Thus yor a former is imposed upon ih divere they will not stand it any longer than they help themselves. Quite a number of fenaare i shipping their cotton now, and k soqn a* th Central Rail Road is completed to Mason,, you will discover quite a falling off in the busiMwof tho place—they will go where they can get good money for their produce, and have justice done ahem. Albany win won command a conaidoia lla portion of the trade<ths.t is now carried to Maccn; and tho trade which Macon has bad- North and East of her* will return to Auguate, from the fact that they can have juiiice dene them and where there is net so much danger of Bastaining loss in tlig depreciation of the eurraeuy MMa cprtaioly for thfeintereut of Macon to pumas Houston county, Nov,-IMS, charter of the Ca otiftl Bank ot Georgia, and for otht*r purposes. An act to establish a tobacco inspection In the town of Rome, and t- • provide for the sppointtneiii of Inspectors. An act to exempt as! free white persons <rf sit ty years of age and upwards, from a poll tax thoughout this State. An act to alter and amend an act of 1823, en titled an act to amend tho eetray laws of this IhaMM so far as relates to the time of advertising and tolling horned cattle, sheop, goats or hogs, before they arc sold. An act to provide for tho method of collecting rewards which may be offered for the apprehend cion of runaway slaves, wlho may hereafter bo lodged in any of the jails of this State. An act to repeal so much, of an set, as relates to the county of Scriven, compensating grand and petty jurors, passed December 23d, 1837. An act to repeal an act entitled an act, to a mend an act, to incorporate the town of Bruns wick, and for other purposes therein mentioned, parsed 26th December, 1837, and for other pur- poses. As An act to alter and amend lhe road laws this State, bo far respects the county of and to appoint five commisaionara of t each military district in said county, for tho pur pose of trying defaulters, and carrying said road laws into full effect, and to provide for th* filling of viftancins in each board. An act to authorize bis ICxcelfoncy, to furnish the corps of Floyd rifles of the city of Macon, with seventy five stand of anno, and to grant certain privileges to tbe Augusta Artillery. An act to amend an act, entitled an act, to lay off, define and keep opan the main slue* of Broad river, so as to prevent tbe obstructions of fire passage of fish, and ti» appoint commissi sis f-a tho same, passed December 18, 1834. An act to legalize the adjournment of ’ e <aal November term of the Inferior Cou ’ A Craw ford county. An act to compel persona reside.i iu checaon ty of Cobb, in the State of Georgia to fi*» i» and pay tho tax upon taxable prcf..:.ty '•a-.ch they hold in the said eounty in the B»me. An act to alter and amend an act incon >iias the Bank of Brunswick with Banking pr.». to ba located at Brunswick; ar.4 ala* to ize tbe removal of said Bank. An act to add tbe residence *' Je.nes M. Bry an, now a citizen of the coun Glynn, to tbs county of Wayne. An act to incorporate the •a* Caiola Turnpike Company, and to grim: certain privi leges to tbe same. — -br-Tij awiand t- - tmu relation to the City of August An act to change the pool seboel eyer«» i Education in Emanuel coun. }, to a common school system; to provide for of» Board of Commissioners to effect, and to authorize said boijrd t. < . surplus funds at intersst. An Odd Resolution.—l •>< Virginia Log islature, on the 15th iust., a Mi. Hi pkins offer ed a resolution to inquire intr- IhesTpedieucv of punithing slaves, free negro soar mulatloea, for attempting to administer pm: ofi. —s Mfi. w cn by a request that the Commi toe on tare, be instructed to inquir- into ibe expedh 'i of hiving ail tbv pigs M lhe common* akh c iri their tails to the left; to tsport by t il. v wise. / Foas Revinembuts.—T ie e s«gar on horseback,” dtc 11 >u mui. *)Hake a mendicant an *{<l*o . n,4nd he wit /ot dismount from his st<w Li he visit.’ n. Nicholas.” f —e— Who ha tbu» oimnyA!—Wi« •» frank, sincere, honest, ger>r.:cfta, coaruoas, tn honorable, and candid, sued a one is a true g»~ tieman, whether learned, or rich. 4 , .borer. Capt. Fresmait Guar mastw of ■.» barqix- Franklin, of this port, cles. 1 yesurd'. tor Tn... dad de Cuba, being hia.erg :'v sever., 4 voyag* < that port, in the employ of -Mrs. Bao; Burg. & Sons, besides seteral so <ee to other pan. the world—during tbewi.Jo of which he i.- never met with any accident . icient to call 11. on the underwi iters, and has lost but on; n. by desertion. In all of his . .ges he has n ■ seen a United Slates Gove itnon vessel, ei at sea or in a foreign port* ' Jeurnal Oj’The Ohio I.egislatur »us -rptuled v> •/' passed some yeais since to 'let!.. oa« <0 . recover his fugitive slave. <i- or:. 4 first fruits of the aacende ■->( I. .0 The “natural alhes of the F ’ itb , ertheless. '