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the enquirer.
LIBERTY: THE IWniTTIO.N': THE DTOY.
COLU MB U S—G E O i l O’ IA:
WEDNESDAV MORNING. JUNE 1C, 1841.
the banks.
At the request of Mr. Creenwosd, we pub
lish. in our advertising columns, the copy ol
an affidavit, protest, and letter of information,
forwarded to liis Excellency, Gov. .McDon
ald, and intended to secure the enforcement
of the Resumption law against the Bank ol
THE LAW OP BAIL.
Wc have long been of opinion that the privilege
of admitting to bail in ad cases, granted l>y our
laws, ar.d exercised by our Inferior courts, is in
computable with the strict ends of Justice. And
we are the more convinced of this truth when we
see so many persons charged with the commission ol
rile highest crimes, evading the punishment justly
due to them, simply by a forfeiture of their bonds.
EDITORS' CORRESPONDENCE.
LETTER SUMllEK EIGHT.
New York, Jane 7, li4l.
The Extra Session prevents the exemption from
■ political excitement with which wc are usually fa
vored at this season of the year. The Message of
President Tyler was received in this city, on the
evening of the day after its delivery. Though not
, ,. , -,v. , in all respects acceptable to hot headed politicians.
The foult however lies not so much with the -} . . ,
r , . i, • it is believed that its sincere, frank and candid tone
law, as with the Judges who administer it. it is .
’ , , . „ ,i , were duly appreciated bv fair men of all parties,
not .infrequently the case that we sec upon the ! J n J ^
bench men of weak judgement and strong pre-
prejudi.vs, and though honest no doubt, vet totally
unqualified for the office they hold. It is then
that the blame falls upon the appointing power.—
hi the apnointinent of the Judges ot cur court:
C In inbus. The suggestion is also made, iu [ who are to administer justice “ freely without sale,
the letter to the Govern, r, that a s.uiilar J fully without denial, and speedily■without delay,
course is to be taken with the other Banks | accordn
„f the city, at an early day. Tins begins to ^ ^ ^ w ^ e]y qualilk ,, ; hi all
to the la'.v of the lajul," the soundest
j judgement should In; exercised. Initial attain-
look like there was a liUle -‘elder" as well as ^ of moral cliaracfa , r they should be
a great deal of ‘-talk” among us, in inference | unercq . ticfasUe anJ rsailc j. They should hold
to the money matters of our community, arR ( nootbir office or appointment, least ot aU- a cor-
we are now to see whether the law will be | porateonc; ftr we are taught to luloive that there
enforce"!, or whether Charlie McDonald lacks j p. co . n( . difficulty in “serving two masters tuthful-
the nerve to do it. We are by no means n il- j iy, whose interests might perchance be in oppbsi-
hng t>> espouse the cause of the merchants, j tion, at one mil the same time.
in all its length and breadth, against the Bank-
t end that the patriotic feeling which distinguishes
it. found a hearty response in every American bo
som. The proceedings in Congress, and especially
in the Senate, for the few days which have passed
of the Session, have been to us of New York of
absorbing interest. The 'establishment of a Na
tional Bank, a measure so intimately connected
with the future prosperity of commerce, we are
gratified to see, has found an advocate of transccn-
dant ability in Henry Clay. That unrivalled
CABINET REPORTS-
THE TREASURY REPORT.
TbiB document, which will be found in our pa
per today, will be read with great interest, as
emanating from that particular department whose
embarrassments suggested the call of the present
session. It is an able State paper, and romask
able for the lucid manner in which it sets forth the
true condition of the financial affidrs of the Gov
ernment. In this respect, as well as in many
others, it differs essentially from the reports of the
former Secretary, whose “ figures” were usually
jumbled together in glorious confusion, making a
complete mystery of the whole matter. The pres
ent report is not only clear and perspicuous, but is
written in a vigorous style, stating explicitly what
are the necessities of the Treasury, and what
remedies ought to be provided.
The report is divided into three sections.
I. Ox TUE PUDLIC REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES-
vidual is charged a* having been dona by order of
the British Government. We think however that
the Minister has abated somewhat inhis fiery ardor.
The answer of Mr. Webster is regarded as the
ablest State pajier of modern times, both as respects
,ts composition and its luminous exposition of the
,aw of nations. It meets with universal approba
tion for the manly dignity which it displays, and for
the eloquent and triumphant manner in which
t defends and sustains the honor ot the republic.
The refusal to pay over on demand as public
money, on presentation of a warrant, drawn
and sigued by the Secretary of the Treasu
ry, is make trima facie evidence ol the
money in hand having been converted to his
own use. All persons ■advising, or knowing
ly, or willingly, participating in such embez
zlement, are to be fined to the amount of the
money embezzled, and be imprisoned foi a
In another part, of our paper our readers will see term not less than six months, nor more than
what is said of it by the most violent opposition
paper in the South. It is indeed worthy ot the
reputation of its distinguished author.
A r.iiR of X’s.—Mr. Ex-President Van Burcn
is at Kindcrhook raising cabbages, and Mr. Ex-
President Biddle at Andalusia, cultivating the
grape.
Both have gone into rctiracy in “dignified dis
gust.” The former, because the people were unable
to appreciate his political honesty, the latter, because
ing institutions of tfc" country. Much has
been rightly said, and property done by them, _; v . lb , t
3 , . , i becoming turbd or impure m the sin.iocst r.vu...t
on this subject, while much has been sail ()f its illkn(][d cimrH „ The fin* province therc-
A—"** ♦!..,« ii.iw. been bottci c-.l . ^ ore , b( , Judge is to knmr the law—fuescccnu.
unsaid and undone. The course now taken, , ^ adniinistcr it .« frct , Iy without sale, fully without
is one of very doubtful utility, and perhaps is j R1 , ; } speedily without delay.” This done,
fraught with serious mischief to our country, j t . V cry man has an abiding confidence in the su-
vvliile it cannot possibly secure any benefit to p-v.iiacy of the law; then, and then only, does it
the parties interested. It is madness to think j become^‘a lamp unto the feet and a light unto the
of conducting our commercial transactions J path” of all. The well disposed will obey its
without the agcucy of Banks. If the G iv- ! dictates from principle—the vicious will be deterred
ernor shall proceed against and shut up the f - om disobedience by the certainty of punishment,
—Here is contained an exact statement of the na- ^ ^ ^
statesman is charged by the opposition with con- j tional Treasury. The charges made against the , b j g financial honesty is disputed. Well, each has
trolling, ly ha influence, the action of Congress. I Lie adnJnist ration, of extravagance and improvi bad his day.
Ee it so. The control could not be in better hands. - donee, arc proved to he literally true by the d,s
An exahed patriotism hns, for thirty years, dratin- I closures here exhibited. lor tue lust four j tars
guished the public career of Mr. Clay, and now, j die expenditures of the General Government havi
that he is no longer young, lie brings to the service : exceeded the current revenue upwards oi thirty
. . • of his country all the fire ofhis early days, and all j 0NE millions op dollars! w.iilc the ba.ancis
. C , , (■! the applause of his unequalled genius. With no ; °f outstanding appropriations, including Treasury
to temptation,’.has always been rcgamcJ as one of, ^ with no fears for personal conse- j notes, when Martin Van Burcn went out cf ot-
• he wisest invocations by man. The stream ot ^ b a higll 9JK9e of duty) ^ in . free, also exceeded thirty millionsdollars. These
justice should |ow as from a crystal fount, never | wilh unwave nng devotion to the public weal, tremendous and mortifying disclosures excite no
he proves as he has ever proved, equal to every j surprise, however, since a.l v«re p„cparid to uar
emergency, and Ls desiined to he once more the j them; but we venture to sav t.rat the cm eners o
savior of his country. i such gross mismanagement on tiic part of the late
The Committee appointed to investigate the in- administration as is here exhib.tcd, will open the
iquities of the Custom House, are still busily en- | eyes of many a sleeping democrat
uaged in the business of their office. They keep
Banks of Georgia, other and perhaps less re
sponsible institutions will take their places,
and flood our State with their emissions,
which, in all probability, it will be greatly
more difficult to convert into specie or ex
change, than those we now have.
Something, however, ought to be Tone—
eomet ring must he do:.e—to correct the ex
orbitant rates of exchange. We have all
along hoped that the Banks would make a
successful effort to do this, and we have trus
ted that they could not long listen to the ap
peal of a suffering community, without at
least trying to afford relief. With this view
of the subject, and in no unkiridness to the
Banks, we have joined our voice to that of
hundreds, and called upon them to come up
to the mark of generous action. True, they
have not done so in as full and ample a man
ner as was expected. Wc believe, however,
they have done something, and we are eu-
couraged lo hope they will yet do much
more. And even if they should not be able,
or even should they be unwilUng, in the
midst of their ability, to furnish the needed
exchanges, we can see no hone of relieving
the country by causing them to be shut up.
The effect of such a movement is greatly to
be deprecated. In their turn, the Banks will
be obliged to shut up those who owe them,
and, in all probability, great sacrifices will be
- made thatTiuglit to be avoidrd.
What then can be done ? What would
the merchant do with his debtors ? What
mode Kies the law point out to him? lie
eoiilu SUe mem, anti ay sueitig, ite would re
cover his debt, with cost and interest, if the
debtor prove responsible. Would uot this be
the better course with the Banks ? We see
no propriety in subjecting them to severer
punishment than would be inflicted on other
citizens, in similar circumstances. A man’s
having money to operate upon, docs not make
him an outlaw.
We again repeat it, we believe the Banks
The experience of mankind has fully proved, that
the certainty rather then the sanguinary character
of the penalty is the best preventive of a violation
of the law. It docs not enter into the contempla
tion of the law, that any man shall escape punish
ment, particularly by means of those merciful
measures which were merely devised to alleviate
his sufferings in anticipation of the day of trial.
This view of the subject brings us at once to
tli- right of bail, which every free citizen enjoys
in those osscs which arc bailable by law. Our
constitution proclaims that “excessive bail ought
not to be required.” IlenCe the amount of bail ill
a bailable case is at the discretion of the Judge.—
We have long entertained the opinion, founded
upon the law and the common sense of the subject,
that no case is a bailable one within thediscretion of
the Judge—either v. here it can lie collected from
the facts of l he case, that it is the intention of the
party to forfeit the bail bond—or where he confes
ses his guilt; and wo believe we are fully borne
out by the authorities upon these points.
The following may serve for a description of
a hat is meant by bail. “The reason why it is
tailed hail is because by this means
Acred or ba : le<! into tiic hands of
their own counsel, so that nothing cf a definite
character has reached the public ear concerning the
discoveries made. Rumor, however, positively as
serts the disclosure of astounding peculation, op
pression, fraud, and knavery, cn the part of supe
riors as well as subordinates Auring the late admin
istration.
The Court for the Correction of Errors com
menced its summer term in this city on Saturday.
This tribunal is composed of the State Senate, the
Lieutenant Governor, the Judges of the Supreme
Court, and the Chancellor, and is the highert Court
of Appeal known to the Constitution. Its ses
sions are usually held here and in Albany.
Doubts have been expressed by persons who
make the weather an object of particular study,
whether we have been favored with any Spring
this year or not; but no one doubts now that sum
mer has come. The appearance of green peas and
strawberries in the markets, would be decisive of
tho point, even if we had not evidence quite as
strong, tho’ less agreeable, in the uiet that the mer
cury lias reached the elevation cf eighty-five de
grees. Coal is at a discount, ice at a premium, and
soda watrr in great demand. Excursions to the
Elysian fields at Hoboken, to the breezy heights of
Staton Island, and the coal beach of Rockatvay.
have quite come into voe uc. Nothin.:, can lie more
, exquisitely luxurious, after jostling and broilin"du-
the party is dc- . J B 6
‘ , • , ting the business hours of a hot day in Tf all street,
those trial bind . ° - ’
liberty compatible with his “safe keeping,” and
what is the main thing, his “ forthcoming.”—
When therefore the known intention of tire party
to forfeit his bail bond renders these several objects
incompatible, the reason of bail is wanting, and of
course it cannot be granted. Again, “ a man ar
rested and imprisoned for f lony—if on examination
he confesscth liis guilt, he cannot lie bailed.”
Jilt Institute 10S.
It was a violation of this principle which gave
rise to a motion in the House of Peers by Lord
Camdei against Lord Mansfield, and called forth
the folLv ing comment fi rm Junius.
“ If there he a Judge or lawyer of any note in
Westninstcr Hall who shall be daring enough to
affirm,that according to the true intendment of
the laws of England, a felon taken with the manor,
in rfzgmnle ddicio, (in open crime with the goods
upon Kin) is liable—or that the discretion of an
English Judge is merely arbitrary, and not govern-
lirxve not managed their affairs wisely—that c( i by n ,] t9 0 p IaWj g Bh ' ould bc giad lo bp ac ° IU! j n t-
they have not stood square up to their en
gagements with the public—and we again
call upon them in the name of their friends,
to prosecute the work of reform, which we be-
Jieve they have commenced, until their insti
tutions are placed in a condition that will en
able them to fulfil faithfully the euds of their j
creation—aud let them do this, whether
od with him.”
Allow any other construction than this of the
law of Bail—give the Judge any other discretion,
aud no- felon or other violator of the law, can be
brought to justice, provided Ills friends are able
and willing to pay the penal sura declared in the
bail bond. If ihc suppression and punishment of
crime are subservient to the common welfare, tlicn
, I the law of bail should be rigidly, scrupulously en-
cosis them much or little. 1 hey are bound i - , , ,,
r lu iorecd. Nothing can bc more evidently true, than
to do it—honesty demands it—and the obliga- that cither the law must be defective ortho admin-
lions resting upon them are of a kind that
njoy not be bought off with dollars and cents.
But while we thus speak to the bnks, we
beg that our readers will remember that we
shall never countenance and defend what we
believe to be a useless and mischievous per
secution of them. Fair play is a jewel. The
waist man or the worst institution ought to
business
Now that the warm weather has come, Niblo’s
celebrated Garden is, as usual in summer, the great
place of resort. It combines the attractions of a
garden with there of a theatre. Two light and
pleasant plays are performed each evening in a
beautiful little theatre connected with the establish
ment. Between the pieces, an interval of half an
hour is allowed for walking in the garden, enjoying
ice creams, Tcmonaae, ancrotherrcnestimcnts suitei}
'The deficiency in the nominal funds to meet the
demands upon the Treasury for the present year,
are stated at &l<i,088,215, IS. In other words a
national debt of upwards of sixteen millions of
dollars, with not a copper in the Treasury to meet
it, is one of the items of a legacy bequeathed to
us by the falsely styled democratic administration of
Martin Van Burcn. -
II. Of the public debt.—As it is not expected
that any modification of the revenue laws will cor
rect the deficiences in the Treasury or pay existing
debts, it is proposed to effect a loan for some specific
period, say eight years, in order to sustain the
credit of the Government, and enable it to pay off
its public debt, without the embarrassment and de
pression to commerce and industry, consequent up
on any other means of raising funds to pay the
debt at. once.
The mode of raising money by the issue of
Treasury notes is deceptive, and therefore objec
tionable. By this means, a heavy debt may be
created and fastened upon the country, as wc have
already seen, before the people arc aware that a
national debt is in process of creation.
III. Keeping and disbursing tus PtJU.lo
moneys.—The present mode of keeping and dis
bursing the public .nonevs Is unsafe aud inconveni
ent, njm so far from exerting a salutary influence
over the business and currency of the country, has
an opposite tendency, and is in fact highly injuri
ous to those important interests. During the forty
in which the Government used a Natoual
depository of the public moneys and as
not a dollar was ever lost; but from
ben there was no hank, the losses
Although the Secretary dues
not believe that the condition of the country will
admit of immediate relief, ho thinks that the
establishment of a fiscal agent with the features of a
National Bank will afford the most permanent
good. He therefore recommends the creation of
si an nuc.nt and the repeal of the Sub-Treasury,
excepting t.;< penal provi urns, which it will be
ib.rcss-irv to retain, thou h ihey will require rc-
mul modification
to the season. All improper persons are excluded, j It U PORT Ot "luE ■ CORE a ARY OF WAR.
The length cf t r s document will prevent its
as well from the theatre as the garden, sothatwhile •
all arc delighted, the most fastidious can see nothing j
offensive. The other Theatres of the city are do- j
ing a languid business. Forest has finished his j
engagement at Che Park, and that establishment is j
doing a losing business. But “ the divine. Fanny” 1
is expected soon, and her dancing will till the the- j
atre with admiring crowds. Whether it will fill
‘he manager's pocket, is a totally distinct question
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, who is a great favorite here, as
well as every where else, is also announced lbr next
week. But a fatality seems to attend theatrical
enterprise, so far as profit is concerned. If the
manager employs stars they absorb all the proceeds;
if he do not, he usually fails to pay his rent. It
was hut the. other day, that the properties, &c. cf
the Park theatre, wore sold under the hammer un
der a distress warrant from the landlords, Mr. Beck
man and John Jacob Astor. The Eowery theatre,
under the management of Hamblin, is in tolerably
successful operation.
istration cf it corrupt, when the guilty are suffered
to escape.
intends to hire a large hall in the Washington Ho-
j tel, to be fitted tsp as a theatre, in which he will
| employ the dramatic corps of the late National,
General D. McDougald has resigned the Prcsi- | which b ' lrncd a fcw t1a J' 3 sincc - Tbc cx P cri '
? the Planters and Mechanics’ Bank of | ment can result only in adding to his losses, already
sufficiently great.
The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury
deney of
Column* a, and Colonel John Banks has been
elected to preside over that Institution, in his place.
We understand that General McDougald’s
priv ate business requires so much of Iris atten-
li.r.e an equal chance with others in line cir- , (j oa as torenderit impracticable for him longer to
cumstances. fiSue the banks, and compel i preside over the Bank, without a great sacrifice to j ? ac J and extravagance of the late administration,
them to pay. when they refuse To do it with- himselfj and thathc retires in full confidence tlutits , ^ ^ aIi 1 ‘Orrn had been .dlovved four y ears more,
o ut — Treat them as you would other 0eb!ui3, affairs will in no wise pilfer by his withdrawal. j ln wb ' cb accumulate a public debt, the country
and perhaps when they pay a few thousand Colonel Banks is so well known throughout our j ' Tmdd indeed be sadulea with burdens too grievous
dollars costs, they may conclude it wiser to . SLit-, ns to render it unnecessary to speak of his ! t0 bn barnc > and would be orouglit into a very near
pay before suit. Besides, the time is com
ing—and we are giad to see tiie least c’.iwn of
light announcing it—when the mystification
which has ever been around hanking opera
tions is to disappear—when people will see
that no legislative ptovision, or penalty or cx-
action, can serve as a substitute for strict aud
conscientious integrity. When that tilYie
Comes, folks will refuse the bills of banks that
are not managed by men of virtuous and mo-
quaii{Cations. We are gratified that the Direction, | resemblance lo those European governments which
in losing the services of General McDougald, have I hc was accustomed to regard as proper models for
been enabled to fill this vacancy with such a man. I our uintation.
His long tried integrity, business habits, and punc- The Garrick, Liverpool packet, which jou will
lianas regard for his contracts, eminently fit him for { recollect ran ashore last winter, near Sandy llook,
a station where so much depends upon these things. > uas b ' cn thoroug iiy repaired, and now lies at toe
as in the management of a Banking Institution.- foot of WaI1 strcet “ as S'** 1 as nc "' ” She sails
We are persu-ded that much of the present dc- j fcr 1 lve ‘iP° o1 on tbc ~ 5tb instant - Tbcse P a;kets
Tantiemein the monetary affairs of the country, I arc far {i0ra t!lc l’ ; ' tron3 S c of thr P ,lWic l, - v
is To be traced, ciiherto a wild ami hazardous system i ®- cw » of l!lc *«•“**»[«• Their splendid accom-
of Bank operations, or to a mistaken view of the * mc»datioii3, the Staunch manner in which they are
direct ’ constructed, insuring perfect safety, and the quiet
them; and, perhaps no steu would be likely to en- I and comfort winch distinguish them, go far to make
sure the stability and success of these Institutions j l, P ,bdr requiring a few days more time in
more readily than the .appointment of such Officers • c: r:n g the Atlantic.
as would strictly adh re to the cld fashioned prir.ei- 1 ^ ‘ le I'd!* on l bc canals of this btate arc rapidly
Tue LvCEVM.-Tl.is institution has been re- pte of dealing.' Such we believe, are the present, t increasina indicating theprogress making in the
\i,-ed. On Saturday evening last the new Hall ' Directors and Officers of the Planters ' Media- great W cst, by the hardy settlers of that fertile
was opened, and the exercises resumed in presence nics* Bank. 1 he foilowing-irthe present organ:-j “S ,on ‘
of a large audience of our citizens. Dr. Hoxcv’s Kit ion: John Banks, President-Dr. A. H. Flew- ! In tbc CTant of tbc establishment of a National
’ rture on the nature and peculiarities of Ihc con- ! ellen, Col.'James M. Chambers, Dr. W. E. Ector, ! Bank at lbis tL:le > tbcie '' i!i ^ a S«> d dc ‘
9 tution of Man. though hastily prepared, evinced and Thomas Berry, Esq. Directors—M. Robertson j fcate 85 to the P ro P° r location for such an instilti-
r real ingenuity and research on the part of its au-1 Cashier. I tion - You will not be surprised that me of New j
vh,and was well received bv tho audience. Dr. i . . , , IWk look upon that matter as settled in favor of
c young man woo mur- (the “commercial metropolis.” But our brethren
publiiation c r •Uinms. The most interesting
portion o r " ■ is ’h-t • eh relates to the manage
ment ©•••the war in Florida. The line of policy
adopted by th-- '-y administration of terminating
hostilities by negotiation, has not been very suc-
r.esslul, as might hav. lieei anticipated. Since the
fill, -four Jm fori ' ■ 'kuty-one Indians, including
bout one hundred ” - , have surrendered, and
Lave been trait"’-' ■'< it of the Mississippi.—
There is little L-pe. hew r er, that the war will be
terminated without further sacrifices. Directions
have therefore been given for the most energetic
and effective prosecution of the war, the moment
further negotiations shall appear to be useless.
The subject cf our public defences generally, is
UT'TCil upon the immediate consideration of Con-
griss, with a recommendation that an appropriation
be made sufficient to place the country in what is
denominated i good state of defensive preparation,
It is understood that Buston ! *g ai » st an - v fuddcn occurrcnc - c of war - T °
this importai.t object, which is rendered imperative
and absolute, by every consideration of public safety
and public honor, will require an appropriation of
$12,180,517.
The frauds heretofore practised in the south west,
have been inquired into, but a full disclosure has
not yet been made. Enough has been ascertained,
however, to suggest tho inquiry whether the guilty
recipients may not bc compelled to refund their in
iquitous gains to the Treasury, by processof law.
REPORT OF THE SEC'RY OF THE NAVY.
This is a very brief paper, anil much to the point.
“Although a thorough reorganization of the Navy
is demanded by considerations connected with the
defence and honor of the country,” yet as a plan
for this ol j: ct should be matured by the most care
ful deliberation, the Secretary declines presenting
one at present, but entertains the hope of being
able, before the next Session of Congress, to submit
for their consideration, a comprehensive and well
digested system of reform in that branch of the
public service.
REPORT OF TIIE POST MASTER GEN.
—Like the Report from the Navy Department, this
reached us yesterday. The exposure there made
caused a great sensation. It is well that the peo
ple, by their irresistible mandate, arrested tlieprofli-
CONGKESS.. -EXTRA SESSION.
Wednesday, June 2, 18-11.
IN- SENATE.
Mr. Benton offered a series of resolutions—
1. Calling upon the President of th<* United
States to report the amount of public moneys
placed in the hands of disbursing agents
since the fourth of March, and what amount,
if any, uoiv remains iu their hands. 2. Gall
ing for a report ol the amount of public mo
ney, if any, deposited in the Banks since the
fourth of March. 3. Amounts of Treasury
Notes issued iu the same period. 4. Pay
ments made from the Treasury in the same
time. 5. As to the payment of the balance
due fiom the United States Bank. 6. As to
amount due from Banks, exclusive of the Uni
ted States Bank. 7. As to the amounts of
revenue acrcued duriug the same period.
8. As to Florida claims. They were or
dered to lie on the table aud be printed.
The Senate proceeded to the elcctiou of
chairmen of the committees. By unanim
ous conseril it was agreed that the committees
be filled up by the President of the Senate.
Mr. Clay presented a resolution for the
appointment of a select committee of nine on
that part of the message relating to a uniform
currency, aud a suitable fiscal ageucy for the
Government, which passed unanimously.
H®tJSK OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The committee appointed uudet the reso
lution of Mr. Adams to repoit the proper
mode of expressing tlia ieelings of Congress
and. lire nation on the death President Har
rison was announced; consisting ofouemem
ber from each State.
On the announcement of the death of
Hon. Charles Ogle of Pa. the House ad
journed.
Thursday, June 3.
IN SENATE.
The following committees were announced
by the President.
Select committee of the currency—Messrs.
Clay, of Ky. Choate, Wright, Berrien, King,
Tailmadge, Bayard, Graham, and Hun
tingdon.
On Foreign Eelations.—Messrs. Rives,
Preston, Buchanan, Tailmadge, and Choate.
On Finance.—Messrs. Clay, of Ky., E-
vans, Woodbury, Mangutn, and Bayard.
On Commerce.—Messrs. Huntington, Mer
rick, King, Barrow, and Waiglit.
On Manufactures.—Messrs. Evans, Archer,
Mtllir, Dl.clidiidll, cind Shnmurio.
On Agriculture.—Messrs Linn, Wood-
bridge, Smith, of Ct., White, and Simmons.
On Military Affairs.—Preston, Merrick,
Beuton. Archer, and Pieice.
On the Militia.—Messrs. Pliel[>s, Kerr,
Clay, of Ala, Barrow, and Fulton.
On Naval Affairs.—Messrs. Mangutn, Ar
cher, Williams, Smith, of Iud, and Choate.
On Public Lands.—Messrs. Smith, of Iud.
Tailmadge, Walker, Bates, and Prentiss.
On Private Land claims.—Messrs. Bayard,
Huntington, Linn, Sevier, and Henderson.
On Indian Affairs.—Messrs. Morehead,
White Sevier, Phelps, and Benton.
Of Claims —Messrs Graham, Bates,
Wright, Woodbury, aud Woodbridge.
On revolutionary Claims.—Messrs. Dixen,
Morehead, Smith, of Ct., Sturgeon, Graham.
On the Judiciary.—Messrs. Berrien, Clay
ton, Prentiss, Walker, and Kerr.
On the Post Office.—Messrs. Henderson.
Simmons, McRoberis, Berrien, and Mouton.
On P.oads and Canals.—Messrs. Portei,
White, Young, Cuthbert, and King.
On Pensions.—Messrs. Bates, Pierce, Al
len, Dixon, and Nicholson.
For the District of Columbia-—Messrs.
Merrick, Clayton, King, Mangum, & Young.
On Patents.—Messis. Prentiss, Porter,
Sturgeon, Tappan, and Henderson.
On Public Buildings.—Messrs. Barrow,
Fulton, and Kerr.
On the Contingent Expenses.—Messrs.
White, Tappan, and Porter.
On Engrossed Bills.—Messrs. McRoberts,
Miller, and Nicholson.
Mr. Clay submitted a resolution, which at
the suggestion was modified so as read as
follows:
Resolved, That the Committee ou Finance
be directed to inquire into the expediency of
repealing the act entitled “An act to provide
for the collection, safe keeping, transfer aud
disbursement of the public revenue.”
Mr. Calhoun opposed the resolution,
though to no effect; and after some debate,
it was adopted by a vote of 27 to 19.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The genius of discord i;i the shape of
five years
Monday June 7.
IN SENATE.
Mr. Bayard from the select committee to
consider and report the proper token of affec
tion and respect due to the memory of the
late President, reported as follows:
The melancholy event of the death of Wil
liam Henry Harrison, the late President of
the United States, having occurted during
the recess of Congress, and the two Houses
sharing in the general grief, and desiring to
manifest their sensibility upon the occasion
of that public bereavement: therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the Llnited States of America
in Cotigress assembled. That the chairs of
the President of the Senate and of the Speak
er of the House of Representatives be shroud
ed in black during the residue of the session ;
and that the President pro tern, of the Sen
ate, the Speaker of the House of Represent
atives, and the members and officers of both
' Houses, wear the usual badge of mourning
! for thirty days.
E,esolved, That the President of the Uni
ted States be requested to transmit a copy of
these resolutions to Mrs. Harrison, and to
assure her of the profound respect of the two
Houses of Congress for her person and char
acter, and of their sincere condolance ou the
late afflicting dispensation of Providence.
Mr. Clay introduced a resolution which
was adpted nem. con. after being modified at
the suggestion of Mi. Rives so as to read as
follows :
1Y*DN*3DAt J«n» J.
IN SENATE.
After the presentation of memorials, peti
tions, and sundry resolutions, the bill to re
peal the Sub-Treasury was taken up for final
action. Mr. Woodbury made an elaborate
speech, and was followed by Messrs. Benton,
Calhoun, Wright, Young and McRoberts
against, & Mr. Tailmadge in favor of the Bill,
The Bill finally passed by the following vote.
\eas —Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates,
Bayard, Berrien, Choate, Clay, of Kentucky,
Clayton, Dixon, Evans, Graham, Hender-
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Trea ury be directed to communicate to the
Senate with as little delay as practicable the
plan ol such a bank or fiscal agent as, being
free from constitutional objection, will, in his
opinion, produce the happiest results and
confer lasting and important benefits on the
country.
Mr. Clay submitted a resolution respect
ing the business to which the Senate ought
to confine itself during the present session,
embracing.
1st. 1 he repeal of the Sub-Treasury.
Su. The incorporation of a Bank.
3d. Provision of adequate revenue for the
wants of the Government, by the imposition
of duties, and authority to contract a loan,
to cover the public debt created by the last
administration.
4th. The proportionate distribution of the
Public Lands.
5th. Necessary Appropriation|BilIs.
6th. some modification ol the banking sys
tem of the District of Columbia.
The Senate proceeded to the election of
officers. The result was as follows :
Dickens, Secretary, Dyre, Sergeant at
Arms, and Beall doorkeeper.
The repeal of the Sub-Treasury was an
nounced as the special order of the day.
Mr. Clay in a speech at length gave his
views upon the subject. lie proposed to
add another section, repealing the law of 1836
respecting the deposites, except the 13th and
14th sections. An animated discussion en
sue tl, and the Senate adjourned without ac
tion on the subject.
rnl character. The importance of having ' mora l obligations which rest upon those w
suck men in these places is now beginning to
he felt. Let those who are aggrieved with
the banks consider this suggestion.
Richard H. Xiek
! tiered Hamilton Lzce. in LaGrange, on the -l?h in- j “ down cast. ” who you arc aware are not only
‘cute” but full of “ notions” differ most dcciaetlly
admitted to bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars. ! frem us in their opinions on this point. They
by the Interior Court of Troup county. Verily, ! have, after mature deliberation, come io the conclu-
•tures as these, from such men. cannot! hoalan Kfr * ! sion ’ ,bat thrre k no P kcc 80 S° od 88 Boston for a
II concluded with an intimation that on a future j
ore.;sum he would d*'liver a lecture upon the petal- i , - - , ... , , , . ,
_ .. ,, , * * rtant. was taken from pill ou W edaesuay Last, and
Harries ot J..mian, mental, moral and phvsi-
r-.i, ml also combat some of the fashionable vices
foil to-excite a deep interest in our community, and
■ia,vo ■ most salutary effort. Let out citizens then
repair to the Lyceum IJrJl every 8; 'unlay evening,
v. f - they will bear something both interesting anil
: ; irtive. The library too, will scon he ei.'.-n-
rnough, should the members he active, to fur-
r.ie . our young men with books and other sources
of a- luseiucut, well calculated to improve the mind
fcnd preserve the morals. V. e most heartily coin-
mc .4 tais institution. 1 u object is to elevate and
ennoble our species ; and where is the man who is
unwilling to devote his purse and Lis faculties to
effect so praiseworthy an object ?
Erratum.—In the fiftn line, last stanza, of line*
to H. T. M. hot week, for wind read mind.
: National Bank. Philadelphia docs not as vet raise
Wc are anxious to find out what Postmaster j ] l( . r vo icc. Late events have had the effect of ma-
stops our papers between here and Mulberry Grove, j fr; w - ber unusually modest.
Harris county,
of Mr. Granger
the matter.
Whoever he is, he needs the tip
t boot. Wc intend to look into
Yours,
STOYYESANT.
Real Proscription .and no mistake.—The
Tennessee Whig says that “ the late Post Mastcr
SteaMBOat Accident.—The steamer Duncan
McRca on her wav from Savannah fo Augusta, col- at Ma - v£vill °’ (ook F ^ h
lapsed one of the boilers, killing two n. yro men, and 1 of lbat ‘ hc new stcamcr P ™'
scafiling the captain and others. She will be a total j ^ twn ' J' f P Jlt ° r “ Here 13 Proscription
I | for you! A Loco foco officer running away on
— | board of a boat named Proscription ! “When the
Major M. Robertson, the Cashier of the Planters j Globe notices this case, will it head its remarks,
and Mechanics’ Bank, who has been absent for | “ The guillotine streams iciih blood?” We rather
some months from the citv, has returned, and re- j think the Globe will make it convenient not to hear of
sumed his duties in that Institution. t this caso “ at all at all. ’
also, is a brief, business-like a nd sensible document.
The deficiency, so far as ascertained, in the finan- j Johl1 Q uinc - V Adams a S ain took the floor ln
ces of the Post Office, amounts to about fire bind- support of his icsolutiou to leject the 21st
nd thousand dollars. There are still many unsettled j rule of the House, which refuses to receive
claims against the Department, which, for want of' abolition petitions.
time, have not yet been examined; the whole defi- j The report from the Treasury Depart-
cicnev, therefore, may amount to a much heavier ment was received.
sum. "It remains for Congress to determine, | jvj r . -\Viso made an ineffectual effort to
whether the amount now due su.dl be paid cut of 2et a resolution through, calling on the See
the National Treasury, or whether the Department \ ^ f lhe Treasury t0 f urni3 h his plan
shall struggle on tniu : !s j ,rcsent embarrassments.” |j for q Kationai Bank>
The receipts for the quarter ending ruJ "‘ rt ™ '
March, present, as compared wilh the correspond
ing quarter of last year a diminution in the reve
nue of more than six far centum.
In the contracts recently made for carrying the
mail in New York, and the six Eastern States,
there has been secured to the Department an av
erage saving of twenty-tiro per centum upon the
contracts of 1837.
The Post Master General has felt it imperative
upon him, to adhere to the order passed bv his pre
decessor, for limiting the transportation of the
mails on some of the main routes, to six trips a
week, having tiie Sabbath as the day on which the
service should not be performed. As the order
purports to have been given to reduce the expenses
of the Department, and to aid in brin'rino them
.... , ° °
witfun its receipts, a return to tiie former serviee
at this time, might well he considered as a declara
tion of confidence by the present Post Master, in
its ability to sustain the expenditure necessary for
such restoration.
DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE.
The letter of Mr. Fox contains nothing new.—
It only reiterates the demand heretofore made upon
this Government for the liberation of Alexander
McLood, and avows the acts with which that indi-
Tue House adjourned until Monday.
Friday June 4.
IN SF.NATE.
Mr. Clay from the committee on fiuance
reported a bill for repealing the Sub-Tieasury
law, and to provide for the punishment of
embezzlers of the public money, which was
read the first time, ordered to be printed, and
made the special order of the day for Monday.
The bill in question is short, containing
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House resumed the consideration of
the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Wise,
and which is as follows :
“ Resolved, That a committee of nine be
appointed to revise, amend, and report rules
for the government ol this House; and that,
until such committee make report, and the
same be finally acted upon, the rules and or
ders of the last House of Representatives
shall be considered as the rales and orders of
this House.”
Which motion Mr. Adams had heretofore
moved to amend as follows:
“ After the words ‘ House of Representa
tives’ insert the words ‘excepting the 21st
rule, which is hereby recinded.’” [This
rale excludes the reception of abolition pe
titions, Ac.]
Which amendment Mr. Slade had hereto
fore moved to amend as follows :
“ Strike out therefrom the words ‘ urhich is
hereby rescinded.' ”
A warm discussion occurred, in which
Messrs. Wise, King, Adams, W. C. Johnson
and others engaged. The speech of Mr. T
B. King of Georgia was peculiaily eloquent
and powerful. We are sorry we have not
space enough for it in our columns this week.
The amendment, however, was adopted by
a vote of 112 to 104, and ’.he question -ecur-
ring on the resolution of Mr. Wise, as thus
amended, it was also carried in the affirma
tive. Yeas 125. nays 91.
So the House adopted the rales of the last
Session except the 21st.
The resolution of Ml. Briggs was taken up
for the appointing of standing committees,
and also a select committee of nine members
on the subject of a fiscal agent for the go
vernment. The first part was carried with
out a division; the second was also carried.
Yeas 125, nays 90.
Tuesday, June 8.
IN SENATE.
The repeal of the Sub-Treasury was the
special order of the day, the question being
on motion of Mr. Calhoun to amend the mo
tion of Mr. Clay, proposing a repeal of the
act of 1836.
The discussion took an ample tange, and
was finally decided by rejecting the several
amendments. The original bill was then en
grossed and ordered to he printed.
Frth'SE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The comnil! rf!e s of the House
were announced and gave gci-! iril ‘ sa ti3factio.’?'
also the select committee on the currency, •
Mill ? U ^ ting l l0D ’, M:,n S mn > Merrick,
r, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Prcutissv
I reston, Rives, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana.
^OUthard. Tullmurltra \\T~ IU
Southard, Tailmadge, White, Woodbridge—
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Calhoun,
v Alabama, Fulton, King, McRoberts.
Nicholson, 1 lerce, Sevier, Smith, of Conuec-
ticut, Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Williams,.
VY oodbury, \\ right, Young,—18.
So the Sub-Treasury has received ha
death stroke from the Seuate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House proceeded to the unfinished
elections. Mr. Jos. Follansbee was elected
Doorkeeper, and Mr. Hunter assistant Door
keeper. '
Mr. I rencV ;ui, Episcopalian Minister, was
elected Chaplain.
The motion of Mr. Ingersoll to reconsider
the resolution rescinding the 21st rule, was
taken up, and pioduced au infiamable debate,
which only terminated with an adjournment
ot the House.
A good one.—A few days since, three
gentlemen, residents of this city, were rid inn-
out some four or five miles from town, and
they discovered a wellgiown lad of seventeen,
with no clothes on except a shirt, without
hat or shoes, running through a corn field
towards them, and crying out, stop ! stop !
slop ! They ordered the driver to halt until
the lad came up. He continued at the top
of his speed until he reached the desired
spot, when the following dialogue ensued.
Lad—Good morning, gentlemen.
Good morning, sir.
Are you from Columbus 1
Yes, sir.
W ell, I have a dollar bill of the Monroe-*
Rail Road Bank 1 want to shave.
We are not brokers.
What, none of you ?
No, sir.
All of you from Columbus, aud neither of
you a broker ?
No, sir, neither of us is in that business.
Well, ’tis surprisin’, I declare.
The Message.—This document eontrasts-
strangely with the almost interminable rig
maroles of Mr. Y r an Buren. It is brief, and
plain, and to the purpose. Mr. Fan Bmen's
were long, involved, and full of evasions aud
circumlocutions. Mr. Tyler tells au unvar
nished story, and conies directly to the point
in a business-like manner. Mr. Van Buren’s
messages were marked by traces of diplomacy
and artfulness. Mr. Tyler’s beais the broad
stamp of honesty and frankness upon its fore
head. It tells you the true conditional' pub
lic affairs, and with respectful deference to
the judgement of Congress, suggests the re
medies. The author has not sought for*
words to conceal liis thoughts, nor for the
flowers of rhetoric to adorn them; but he
speaks ‘straight on,’ in the language of truth
and earnestness, which is always eloquent.
It indicates that tL<» nothin wenrs his lionots
with a rare modesty, and is disposed to exer
cise his powers in a spirit of justice seldom
observed in high places. He knows the re
sponsibilities which have devolved upon him,
has a just conception of the boundary lines
of the several departments of power, a firm
attachment to the constitution as .well as to
the states and the people, and apprecia.es
their several relations to him aud to cacK’
other.—Madisonian.
The Lost Vessel.—Apathy is already-
settling upon the public mind in relation to-
the missing steamship President. The day
of wonder and excitement is past, and she is-
already almost forgotten. Yet she may re
turn, and the late interest in her fate, which,
is already falling asleep, will then be aroused,
to a happier excitement, because it will be
one of rejoicing instead of anxiety and alarm.
Perhaps she is gone! The noble steamer
may be now resting among the fathomless
depths of the great sea. ’Tis supposed she
plunged in the night against a floating moun
tain of ice. Can any of us realize the hor
ror of such a moment ? Can any manner oT
death so much resemble indeed a plunge into
Eternity? To part with life in oDe flying
moment, and sink, sink, sink, (in a coffin
which was your palace,) down, down, (the
swift rash startling the monsters of the sea,)
into those silent caverns shrouded Irom crea
tion until universal doom from the all-boun-
teous light of heaven! It was in night; and
those beings were sleeping, dreaming per
haps of home. There was a shock, a single
wild and fearful crash, aud the alanned dream
ers sprang up to drink the whelmiug wave
and expire. Ere the gurgling shriek was half
uttered, briny suffocation took place. Tho
dying did not grasp each other's hands.—
They had not even time to drag each other
downward in mad and desperate straggles
still for life! But the spark went out in the
sea, quenched with a single shock, and not
flickering through even one full moment ot
pain. Wc may only dream of what is at the.
bottom of the sea.
1 Methouglit I saw a thousand tearful wrecks ;
A thousaud men, that fishes gnawed upon;
Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps ot gold.
Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels,
All scattered on tiie bottom ot the sea.
Some lay in dead men's skulls, and in those holes
YVhere eves did once inhabit, there were crept,
(As ’twere in scorn of eyes) reflecting penis,
T
hat woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep,
■n’s bones all seattei
A'ew Orleans Flcoyinie.
[limy I
And mocked the dead mpn’? rones all scattered by. 11
Man wa’keth in a vain show and disquiet-
eth himself in vain.—Bible.
We grasp at substance anu /iud it shadow i
life itself is only a vapor, that appeareth :or
a little time, and tbtu vamsheth away; we
are here to-day, but to-morrow the places
that have known us will know tia no more:—
The flowers will bloom as freshly as before,
but it will not be around our steps: the sum
beam as brightly, but liis ray will not reach
our narrow home: the stream by whose mar-
... Lave strayed, will still rush between
“ IB - 5 an ks, oL\‘ ,L "’ill no 1 b 2 beneath the
itsgiec ‘ ’ ! the stored forest, where
glance ol our eyes.
which is composed as follows:
^ i glance OI our eyes. , * twiliohr
Messrs. Sergeant, Adams, Pope, Win. C. I we have so often waudereu . j
Johnson, Win. C. Dawson, Butts, McKay, \ hour, will still breathe its music, but
McKeon, and Rhett. ,10t be our ear that shall be turned to iU
melodies. But there is a spmt-lund of which
The House then proceeded to the election i lbc; . e relinquished beauties are only the faipt
fade, and no
only ten sections. The first repeals the!
Sub-Treasury Act, with this proviso, that j officers. On the seventh balloting. Mr. j tV p e ; tliete the flowers never fa-
for any offences that may have been commit- I Townsend vas elected Sergeant-at-Arms. j withered leaf mars the beauty of the eternal
ted against the seventeeDtb section, the guil- j Mr. Ingersoll of Pa., moved a reconsidera- ' s P r ' n =*
ty parties may be prosecuted and punished j tion of the rote by which the 21st rule was j Why is a Female Seminary like the upper
according to the previsions of that section, j stricken out from the rules of the House. ' portion ot a church ? Because it is a gallery.
The second section provides that it any i Considerable excitement followed this mo- ! “ f OLU YIRUS ”£<YCEU y ~~
officer of Government shall convert to his tion, which, after much wrangling, was s,-; r p H E friends of‘this V.»titution wrill bY'pleased t?
down for the Bext day. I 1 learn that arrangements have been made bv
Mr. Adauisreported a bill for the relict of
Mrs. Harrison, widow of the late President,
use by way of investment, in any kind of
property or merchandise the public money,
or shall loan the same, with or without in
terest, it is to be deemed and judged embez- !
zlement of so much of the said money as is
so taken, and is declined to be a felony.—
appropriating the sum of •
. dollars, which
was read twice and referred to the committee
of the whole op the state of the Union.
made by
! means of which a series of Lectures will be delivered
by foe Rev. Joseph Baker of the Baptist Church, on
the subject of Literature.
The first Lecture on Saturday evening next, willbe
on •“ The Influence of Mental Culture on the vigor,
durability and beauiv of die human frame.”
' THOMAS HOXBY, Pres’l.
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