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Edwards about (he authorship of (he j
A. B. publications? It’ yes, relate
it.
A. Yes. I have had a conversa
tion will) him on thai subject in Ue
©ember or January last, at his lod
gings-, at Mrs. Queen’s. Mr. E.
raid ihat he vv% tint the author of
the A. B. plot; that he did out
know any (hint; about it.
Q. In what manner was this deni.
&1 made, and in what words, so far
as you can recollect?
A. The manner appeared to be
solemn; the expressions were—“He
would be d—d if he knew any
thing;about that and dA. B. plot.”
Q liow came he to say thing a
bout the t. B plot?
A. I called upon Mr. Edwards
for the purpose of procuring recom
mendations to the different Secreta
ries of the Departments w ; th a view
of obtaining for myself a clerkship.
He stated that he was intimately
acquainted with all of them, and
count mire letters all nT1116(11* 6X- 1
cept Mr. Crawford, andalelterto
him would do oo good, for, ( o use
his own expressions) that he and
Mr. Crawford **did not set horses
together,*’ “ that Mr. Crawford
was under a belief that he was the
author of shed and A. B plot,the
authorship of which be c|isisvowe*!;
and he concluded by saving that he
considered Mr Crawford a very
clever and honorable man.
Q ty Mr. Cook. Are you cer
tai?. ‘hat Mr. Edwards, in speaking
of an \. R. plot, tlnl .ot say that
he knew nu lling of any plot ?
A, I have correctly staled the
*, conversation as it occurred.
C. H. W. WHARTON.
Thomas H. Kenton, of the Senate ,
sw trn, on the part of Mr* Craw
fa and. .
Question by Mr. F<rsy*h. Were
you not well acquainted with the
connection of Mr. Edwards with
the Edwardsville Bank?
A. Ernm g unreal report only.
X never did any business with him
in that chara ter.
Q Do you know that he made ef
for<*. from the establishment of the
institution till its failure. In keep
Op its credits with the public?
A What I know personally is the
publication in the St. Louis Enqui
rer. of which I was an editor.
Q. Do you know whether the
statements in that publication are
cor*ci •?
[ s\* ibis question Mr, Cook ob
jected. The oommittcedecided that
it might be put ]
A. I very well remember my o
pini’in at the time that the publica
tion w.u made. It was, that the
publication woidd give a credit to
to the hank, to which it was not
entitled In conformity with that
opinion, and from no other motive
than to countervail the effect of Ihat
publication, I wrote an article,
which was published either in the
so:;*.'* paper, or in one next succee
ds •, ( ut I think the same.) in
which f gave some of ilie reasons
Which induced me to believe that
(be Bai k was not entitled to the
credit which Mr E. gave to it in
his publication, I have not seen
that article since, bat the facts and
©irt iimstanres rest upon my mind,
and I am still of the opinion that I
th n whs.
Q What were the facts on which
this opinion was formed ?
A. The first wns one leading fact,
which I had from general report,
that a majority of the stock was
held b> two or three stockholders
wli*. were persons of little or no pro
perty. The stockholders to whom
I allude were Mr, Robert Latham
and tiien. Payn, the latter of whom
was reputed to cover stock for the
Messrs. Johnsons, of Kentucky.
Me. Latham was generally report
ed to be the insolvent partner of
a fi>m in Kentucky—-I think either
Latham & Bcnadhcad, or Latham
& Vlorehead; and that he was in
solvent I am certain, having been
employed as a lawyer to collect debts
from bun. The Messrs. Johnsons
were generally reputed to be in had
pecuniarycircumstanres. The stock
holders having a majority of the
rock, could change the Directors
at any election. This circumstance
deprived the bank of credit in tny
©yes. Another circumstance which
made me believe that the publica
tion of Mr. Edwards would give the
Bank a credit wfrkdi was not due
to it, was its silence upon poiuts ne-
to be known,'such as the
pecuniary stability of several of the
Directors. Mr. Smith, one of the
Directors, of wiioiu a high charac
ter is given in that publication, was ,
generally reputed to be without pro-.*
perty, or very recently insolvent. !
Dr. Joseph Bowers, of whom a
high character is also given, was
a speculator lately arrived in the ,
country claiming and talking of j
much property, but, as was bcliev- !
ed, wuh ui solid foundation. Ibe
other directors, with the exception
of two or three, were generally re
pufed to own but little property,
and to hold a minority of the stork.
Another circumstance to the preju*
diceof the bank, was my belief that
it could not do a business which
would defray its expenses and sup
port it, owing to the little commerce
existing in the place where it was
established.
Question by Mr. Conk. You state
that Mr. Edwards made his publi
cation io the St. Louis Enquirer of
1819, was Mr. Crawford on the list
of those to whom that paper was
statedly sent ?
A Yes
Q At the time you speak of the
character of the Bak of Edwards
ville, and its claims to public cred
it, did you know any thing f its ac
tual condition?
A. I had no personal knowledge
of its affairs; nsy opinions were bot
tomed on general current report.
Q Did you nut about the same
time, write to the Secreiary of the
Ti •easury, stating strong objections
to the claims of this bank upon his
confidcn ©, and thai of the public?
A. I did some lime before, soon
after the bark went into operation,
Q Did you receive any reply from
the Secretary on that subject, by
wbhh you ascertained that be had
received your letter ?
A. I did; and he stated that, a
vailing himself of the permission
expressed in my letter, to shew it
to whomsoever it concerned, he hud
shewo it to Mr, Edwards aud Col.
Johnson.
Q. Were you at that time a Di
rector of the Bank of Miss ouri ?
A. 1 was not till long alter, say
tw > years or more.
Q About this time, however,
did you not make communications
in your paper to the Public strong
ly supporting the claims of the
Back of Missouri to the public con
fidence ?
A. I made very few, if any; I
do not now remember one.
Q. Was it not your opinion, that
that hark was entitled to coafiJence?
A, It was, most decisively. At’
ter my first arrival ai Washington
Ciiy, in 1820. I had spoken to Mr.
Crawford in favor of the Bn k of
Missouri. After that bank had
stopped payment, and resolutions
had been submitied in the House of
Representatives, upon the subject
of its failure, a%d of the publit de
posit© in it, myself and Mr. Scott,
representative from Missouri, went
to Mr. Crawford, and offered to
give him in writing, the previous
statements which we had made, ver
bally, in favor of the back. Mr.
Crawford declined receiving any
statement from us. His precise
words I do not remember, but he
decli* ed faking from us any thing
like vouchees to shield him from re*
spnnsibility, stating, I think, that
the correspondence would show that
every thing was fair, and that he
bud proceeded on ?■ U fiident grounds,
Q. What was the conversatioi
you bad with General Noble, which
induced you to wriie the I tier in
the Richmond Enquirer, in relation
to that conversation?
A. I had two conversations with
Mr. Noble, upon the subject of his
conversation with Ml. Edwards.
The firs*. s’.on after the appearance
of Mr Edwards’s address it oc
curred accidentally, while passing
each other in the large circular
mom, in the centre of the capitol.
It was very short. 1 was going in
haste into the Sena‘e Chamber.
Either replying to a question from
me, or from some person,
for there were several passiog at
the same lime, Mr. Noble said,
that Mr. Edwards had declared
that he was not the auihor of the
A. B. pubii* aiions, and that he had
supported him in the Senate, lore
peatiog that conversation, 1 report
ed if, and in writing to the editor
of the Richmond Enquirer the let
ter in question, I represented it as
if Mr. Noble had voted for Mr, E,
in consequence of that disavowal-.
It was the construction which I put
upon the support which he had giv
en. I was not in the Senate during
he time that Mr. K’ nomination
was pending. A week or two at
terwards, aud when there occurred
some leisura fn the Senate, and in
oonsequeoce of suggestions that Mr.
Edwards bad only denied the au
thorship of the A. B. publications ,
by way of avoiding an improper cu
riosity, I asked Mr. Noble whether
he had made enquiries of Mr. Ed
wards which led to the disavowal ?
Mr, Noble then stated to me parti
euiarly bis conversation with Mr.
Edwards. He said that the disa
vowal was wholly voluntary on the
part of Mr. Edwards; that he had (
pledged his honor (hat he was not
the author of the A. B. publications,
but Mr. Noble had intended to v te
for him before he heard this disa
vowal; that he had, before hearing
it, made a motion in the Senate io
take up his nomination; that Mr.
Edwards, in that same conversation,
spoke honorably of Mr. Crawford;
spoke well of bis management of the
finances, and of his relief to the
western debtors. The seoond and
full conversation was the same as
has been detailed before the com
mittee by Mr. Noble in his testimo
ny. The first was short and imper
fect, and so slight, (hat Mr. Noble
with thfli *uity could recollect it
when 1 have since mentioned it to
him.
Q. Do you not know, that the re-
I presentations which you have stat
; ed were made by you to the Secre
tary of the Treasury, against the
Bank of Edvardsville, were, contra
dinted by those of Mr. Edwards
and Col. Johnson f
A. 1 do not know that they were,
THOMAS 11. BENTON,
New Hampshire \ —Much rejoic
ing has been evinced **y the friends
of Mr. Adams, that New Hampshire
has nominated him in caucus The
true state of the case is explained in
the following extract from the excel
lent, firm. and consistent democratic
paper the New Hampshire Patriot:
i [Strong as is the attachment of
; Northern men for the Northern can
didate for tue Presidency, we believe
j as many as one half of a 1 the repub
lican members of the N H legisla
ture would have expressed an opinion
in favour of Vtr Crawford, had the
I true situation of hi health been k iown
: at the time of taking the question.
About fifry repub’ican members did
not attend the caucus at all. Advan
tage was taken o the moment to call
, a caucus when even the riende of
Mr. Ctawfoid supposed him to be
out of the question : for several days
we ourselves believed Mr Crawford
could not live to be a candidate New
Hampshire has been always calculated
on. both by the friends and opponents
of Mr Crawford, as giving an undi
vided votp for Mr Adams; but were
the republicans alone to decide the
question, with a 1 the misrepresenta
j tione of Nr. Crawford with all the
prejudice which arrfu political par
tisans have attempted to excite aga:nst
the South we verily believe the Nati
i onal Nomination would receive the
vote eves of New Hampshire J
SINGULAR SUtCILE.
Extract of a letter a respectable
citizen of Jackson county , Go. to
the Editors , dated July A.
“ On Saturday the 2th ult. a
1 daughter of Mr Elijah Olive of this
county, aged twelve years, went to the
river, a distance o< 3 4ths of a mile,
threw herself in, and was instantly
drowned —she jumped down the
bank about four feet, to the margin
of the water, where I saw her tracks
in the mud. Her body was found
on Saturday, 12 or 13 steps below I
was standing near by when she was
discovered and drawn out upon the
bank —and -1 my God, how awful was
the sight I You will ask how so small
1 a child should be induced to perpe
trate the crime of suicide? I cannot
answer the question. Perhaps the
great day of accounts may explain the
mystery— Missionary .
A NEW METHOD OF MILKING COWB.
Extract from a pub ication of Ur,
Thacher , of Plymouth,
I have had the satisfaction of wit
nessing io presence of a number of
gentlemen, a cow evacuating the
whole of her milk by the following
simple contrivance : A rye straw was
introduced into the orifice oi each
teat through which the milk flowed
spontaneously in a full and uninter
rupted stream, until the udder was
completely emptied. In exactly five
minutes, between five and six quarts
were thus drawn off. After the straws
were withdrawn the udder was col
lapsed and empty, and not a spoon
ful! of milk could be obtained by the
> efforts of the hand.
The straws are introduced about T
hali an inch, which is done with great
facility, the cow discovers not the least
impatience, but in withdrawing the
straw a 1 ttle force is required bmall
quiils made entirely smooth at the end
would be preferable ; but milking
tubes may be made of silver or tin. j
The size should be a little larg r than
a quill from the wing oi a hen.
Whether the habitual employment of
the tube will tend to impair the reten
tive power of the teat, or otherwise
prove injurious, must be deteimined
by experience.
FUOM THE LOUDON COCRIER.
SAILOR'S PETITION.
The following is a literal and ge
nuine copy of an irresistibly humo
rous petition which came last Fri
day, under the consideration of the
Lords of the Treasury, by whom
it was remitted to the Commission
ers of Stamps* with a favorable re
commendation :
i f 'Tn the most noble Lords and Gen-
I tlemen of his Majesty's ( God bless
j hnnj treasury. A bit of a peti
tion from <‘ —— P ——, f sea man J
a prisoner in County Gaol , Ite
von, commanded by Mr. Cole,
! Esq.
“Most Noble Gentlemen: You
will please to exeuaejour poor peti
tioner, in taking he liberty ot send
iog you this petition; hut he is in
formed by the gentlewau magistrate
Mr. Lockjeare, E*q. who commit
ted him, that it is to your Lordships
he must apply to be ie* out ot pris
on, and let your Lordships kjs w
for what he was put iu there. My
iiio9t noble gentlemen, y<ur pet loit
er is by trad© a sailor, and has ser
ved his Majesty, io a uiau-of war,
sixteen years, and lost his larb aid
arm in fighting for him, on board
his Majesty’s ship Victory. Your
petitioner has beeo very ill of a fe
ver, and is as thin as a rope yarn,
and eannot work as a sailor for
w ant of his larboard fiu aud uoi be
ing willing to heave to, commenced
to sell little books at Plymouth,
where your petitioner lives, hut n t
about my master, the King, or any
of your Lordships. Your petitioner
had not long been at this woik,
when he Was hoarded by a laud
shark, Wh6 is a constable at Ply
mouth, and lugged before Mr. L-.ck
yere, Esq who inquired in the bu
siness, and told your petitioner he
must ©iiher pay a fiue, or go to
g *oi for three ino*ths; pay I could
not, and to gaol I was brough?;
where I am laid up in lavender, tike
Paddy Ward’s pig, lor three m mbs;
unless your Lordships will please to
give orders to the contrary, which,
please God, I hope you will, and I
will praise your Lordships all (he
days of my life, feigned C
P , Exeter High Gaol, April
3, 1824.”
From South America .
Buenos Ayres newspapers io the
sth of May, and letters from Mon
te Video to die 6th, inclusive, have
been received io New York.—An
E gtisli brig had arrived at Moote
Video* which bad proceeded as far
south at lat. 74, 10, where she
found an open sea and discoloured
water, laud supposed to be near.
In consequence of the lateuess of
the season, the vessel was obliged
to return.
The Gazeta Mercantil of Buenos
Ayres of the sdi contains die Mes
sage of (be Executive department of
the government to the Legislative
Body, at the opening of their ses
sion, giving a detail of the state of
public affairs.
It commences by announcing in
terms of exultation the arrival of the
first Minister Plenipotentiary from
die Republic of the United States,
and the appointment of a Represen
tative of Bueoot Ayres, of equal
rank, to reside at Washington, who
is charged to ioiimate to that Re
public the propriety of adopting an
other great prioeiple in addition to
the two already recommended, the
abolition of privateering and the
prohibition of European coloniza
tion, namely, that nooe of (he new
Governments of this Continent shall
forcibly alter their limits as acknow
ledged at the period of their eman
cipation,
The arrival of the Consul Gene
ral of his Britannio Majesty is also
noticed, and the appointment by the
government of B. A. of a similar
officer to reside at London.
The Government bad been exer
ting itself with the neighboring
Provinces for the re establishment
of a National Congress, and with
* such success that diey had hopes
that tlieir wishes would speedily he
realized.
The Court of Brazil still refuso
to restore the Province of Monte
Video.
After touching on their relations
wiih Colombia, Mtxi o, and die o
ther new Governments of America,
the message states the refusal of
Ferdinand to ratify ihe Treaty of
Independence negotiated with ihe
Constitutional Government f Spain,
and that it was to he apprehended
that the work of Independence was
yet to be completed by the sword.
Itgi ves a favorable view cf the
present iniernal stale of the coun
try—its means of defence, the pro
gress ofthearts, agriculture, com
merce, education of youth, &<*.
which it compares with what exist
ed three years since; aud concludes
by a quotation from “ the Ylessage
of the Venerable President of tye
Great Republic of our Couliueut to
its Representatives.”
MEXICO.
When we take into consideration
the state of Mexico, and
refer to the movements of iturh>de f
we must be satisfied that something
of impnrianee is abom to take place
io that quarter. The editor of tho
Baltimore Federal Gazette, in his
paper of Saturday, states that be has
received, on the best authority, in
telligence of a very agreeable nature
relaiive to Mexico, which had rtC
cently pul on a calm a>.d settled ap
pearam e ; the passions which had
for some time agitated tho country
having been materially if not wholly
tra quilized, and the asperities of
party fi ed down and sofleneda
The general government had be
come more fixed and powerful, and
its administration had been placed
in the hands of men <listiogu ; sbe(l
for learning talent, eneigy, and a re
solute hostility to Spanish domina
tion But what may be considered as
of --till greater importance, the finan
ces of Mexico had assumed a pros
perous appearance ; a large loan had
been negotiated in England, the ,erm
of which ad been ratified by rhe
Mexican Congress, and the ecuriMes
arl ing rherefrom to a larce amour t
had actually been lodged with a res
pectable house in the United States.
Thi*, ir must be acknowledged,
doe* not offer a verv flittering pros
pect to the elf created Emperor l*ur
bide, who, we think wouid not h*.ve
been ora h in embarking in hi* new
emerprize had he been aware of the
situation of his friends, or the flour
ishing condition of public affairs un
der the management of the present
government The -tep he ha takert,
even though approved of by the Holy
Alliance, cannot fail to prove abor
tive when it is considered that it ia
the interest of Great Britain to oppose
every attempt to bring about a change.
I Not only have the capitalists of Eng
land embarked vast urn .of money*
but her me*chan s have formed uth
extensive conntctious wi h Mexico,
that the government wilt con ider it
incumbent on them to g ii and the e ini
terests. by counteracting, which they
posse the power to do, every at
tempt to excite a civi wir in that
couutry. Nut, Advocate,
mmmmrmm
New Vo uk, June 30.
j Late News from Portugal.
An arrival at Boston from Gibral
tar ha* brought papers from that placo
to the 2 and of May, containing later
advices from Spain and Portugal*
than we have previously received. A
letter from Cadiz, received at Gib
raltar on the 22d, -ays, •• it is men
tioned with a good dea’ of certainty*
that 2500 more French troop are to
enter Spain immediately ; that two
regiment are ordered from Carthage
na to Cad.z. at which place prepara
tions are making to lodge them. Theso
movement in Spain with the recent
events in Portugal, lead many to be*
lieve all is not well, and that war ia
brewing. [We have seen four co
pies of the letter, two of wbinht
state that 25,000 additional Ftetiob
troops are about to eoler Spain, in
stead of 2500 as mentioned above.
If the number was stated at 25.000
in the Cadiz letter, we do not be
lieve it. If it was 2500, the im
portance of the intelligence is very
inconsiderable.]
The news from Portugal is the
most important, as will be seen by
the King’s Proclamation a and other
extracts given below. From these
it appears Chat the late proceedings
of the Infant were more serious ibaq
we at firsi supposed. Do ihe 7 h
of May the K ! ng went o” bi>ardihe
British ship Windsor Castle, from