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was yielding $60,000 per annum, could readi
ly afford to pay a part of the compensation
flamed. He (Mr. T.) thought his suspicion
that such a sum was paid would be confirmed.
In any event, he desired to submit the case to
the American people, with a full knowledge ot
all the circumstances.”
We are unable to predict how far all those
topics of inquiry are likely to be elucidated by
the labors of the committee ; but if the honor
able member will take the trouble to read this
letter, he will probably be satisfied that the
representation in the official message of the
tith of December, touching the onerous and
unjust operation ol the act of the preceding
session upon thedeposite banks, by which their
action and accountability were defined, was
suggested by the same spirit which, on the 7th
was prompt to enforce the representation by a
studied commentary upon it, directly address
ed to those banks. He will also draw his own
inferences touching the consistency of that
administration whose various organs and min
isters have never ceased to protest against the
pernicious influence of a moneyed institution
lipon legislative freedom and integrity, when
he sees a person from the very bosom ot that
administration officially dictating the repeal
tof an act of Congres? by means of the powerful
impulses of a combination of banks upon the
opinions of the members of the National Leg
islature.
Should any curiosity be excited as to the
euthority upon which this communication
is made public, it will be sufficient for us to
suggest, that it may appear to some of the
oflicersof the institutions to which it was ad
idressed, that their agent has overstepped the
iineof his duty in forgetting the true objects
of his appointment, and intriguing against the
continuance ot a fair and legitimate regulation.
Should such prove to be the case, w e applaud
their independence. If the surmise is unfoun
ded, and Mr. Whitney’s proceedings are un
exceptionable, no injury can accrue to him.
If, Tn the contrary, he his mistaken the limits
.of h‘is office and his duty, the people will be
•enlightened, and the country beuefitted by a
knowledge of the proceeding. — Rational Ga
zette. I
Washington City, > ,
Dec. 7, 1833. $ j
Dear Sir: I should consider that I was
remiss in discharging the duty which I owe to .
those banks which employ me to reside here ;
to attend to their interests, were I to remain in-.
active on the present occasio 5l ou will have I
seen that the President, in his annual message ■
to Congress of yesterday, in relation to the !
operation of the law ot the last session of
Congress regulating the deposite banks, says it •
is believed that it “operatesonerously and un j
justly upon many of them in many respects.
He justly recommends a modification of that i
law, so as to remove such operation,
I believe that few ot the banks are aware
What they are chargeable with under that law.
I will explain: all sums, while in transitu, ;*.: •
chargeable with interest; for instance, a bank
nt New Orleans, which is required to transfer
money to Boston, must pay interest upon it un
til it is placed at the credit of the Treasurer at
that place, although it may be money transfer-
Ted to New Orleans from St. Louis or Natchez.
This is not all ; the New Orleans bank must
pay interest upon this money while tn its pos
session, although it derives no use of it, but is
employed in making preparations to transmit it
to the point ordered.
tiered from '■‘G'- 1
South Carolina,
This must certainly
just operation ot the law*.
What is considered an “onerous” part of
the law. is the exaction of any interest at ah.
The Bank of the United States never paid any
interest on the public deposites, and for ten
years prior to 1833 they averaged eight mil
lions of dollars. That institution rendered no j
greater service than the deposite banks do toj
the Government in performing the duties of
.disbursing agents.
The services rendered in the way of trans- j
.ferring the public money from one place to an- >
•other by the deposite banks are nearly fourfold
those rendered by the Bank ot the United !
States in any one year; and that too by a ■
small number of the deposite banks.
ft is believed that the greatest sum ever I
transferred by the Bank of the United States j
in any one year was m 1832, amounting to j
$16jk)0,000. During the year ending the Ist,
of October, 1836, the trausfets actually made
and paid by the deposite banks amounted to :
$39,319,894, and the amount transferred and j
paid between the Ist of October and the 6th j
of November, was $5,399,000, and the amount >
of transfer warrants outstanding at that date i
was $14,450,000, m aking an aggregate ol $59,1
168,894. This, 1 venture to say, is without 1
a precedent in any commercial country. Ihe i
transfers made by the Bank of the U. States I
were generally between the Atlantic cities, or f
from the east to the west, in all ol which cases, j
if there was not a profit growing out of ma- !
king them, they were not attended with loss ;I
while millions of the transfers made by the
dsposite bankshave been in an inverse direc
tion, and have been attended by botii a heavy
loss and risk to the banks that have been call
ed upon to make them.
II is a remarkable tact, which shows the
ability of a small number ot the State bunks >
to perform all the fiscal duties ot <he Govern- i
incut, that nearly all these transters have been
made Ly sixteen banks.
lii the negotiation of the domestic exchan
ges, the ability cf the deposite banks to grant
ail, and even greater, facilities to the commu
nity than were ever derived from the Bank ol
the United States, is most fully demonstrated,
and the contrast in the operations ot a tew of
them, compared with those of the Bank of the
United States, is not less striking than that in
the transfers of the public money made by the
two. The domestic exc age transactions ot
the Bank of the United Spates, and its twenty
five branches, were stated bv Mr. Binney, in
liis speech in 1834, to be $225,617,910. This
embraced some items which I do not consider
to come legitimately within transactions which
should be embraced under that head. By re
turns, which have been received from nineteen
of the deposite banks, their transactions for
the year ending the Ist of October last, em
bracing the same items of their operations as
those included in Mr. Binney’s statement, a
mounted in the aggregate to $420,463,211.
If the legitimate transactions of each only
were stated, I believe the contrast would be
still greater.
Tl e important services rendered to the Go
vernment, in the various duties devolving upon
a small number of the deposite banks, as well
ns the facilities granted the community by an
almost equally small number, are fully appre
ciated here ; nor will it be overlooked by those
w hose characters were staked upon the suc
cess of the measure, the faithful manner in
which the original deposite banks executed the
duties which they were required to perform,
and the aid which was derived from them in
carrying out successfully the “experiment” ol
employing State banks as the fiscal agents oi
the Government, in place cf the Bank of the
United States, amidst an opposition and war
fare to defeat it without a precedent m this
country.
There is another fact which ought not to
be forgotten : that, in the transfers of the pub
lic money and the domestic bili transactions
performed by the Bank of the United States,
the whole was performed by one and the same
institution, directed by the same head, while;
in the case of the deposite banks, the whole
has been performed by separate and distinct
institutions, each of which has been obliged to
rely on its own resources.
I know that, both here and elsewhere, those
who feel a desire for the success of the “ ex
periment” of employing State banks as fiscal
agents, have always been opposed to the tax Os
interest required under the deposite bill, and
will both encourage a relinquishment of any
interest which may have accrued already, but
also to repeal the operation of the act for the
future.
The services to the Government, and the fa
cilities rendered the community, which I have
already detailed, furnish strong grounds for
such claim on the part of those banks which
have performed them; but there are other
which apply to nearly all—such the aid given
in carrying out the views of the Administra
tion in supplying a metalic currency under the
acts of Congress, and also, m many instances
in relinquishing a circulation of snriii notes,
which was valuable to the bank, and substitu
; ting the precious metals in their place,
i It is my intention to exert myself to have a
! substitute at the present session tor the law of
; the last of objections ; and also
i to obtain a repeaUof that part of the latter re.
i quiring the payment ot interest by the deposite
i banks, both retrospectively and prospectively.
! It will aid me much if the directors of the
1 various banks to whom I send this, will ad
dress letters to such members of ?■*::.-cu House
as they may be acquainted w?h, impressing
upon them the onerous duties which have been
performed by thedeposite banks, the injustice
done many of them by the exaction of inter
est as the law is now construed, and the mag
nanimity which Congress would display by a
total relinquishment of interest altogether, both
past and for the future.
Another argument might be employed, but
it would be impolitic to make use of it with
members, which is this: that as soon as the
sum i.a the Treasury comes to be reduced by
the operation of the deposite law, the banks
which will be continued wi I hardly find itan ob
ject to subject themselves to the expense of ac
ting as fiscal agents, tor the use of the small
sum which each can have, even without pay
ing any interest whatever. Before the close
of the next year, we must go back to assmall
a number of deposite banks as were employ
ed prior to the passage of the deposite act;
consequently, with but few exceptions, the
newly selected banks will have to become as
they were. All this part of the subject had
better be promulgated here ; it is my intention
speedily to commence upon that subject, first,
by enlightening Congress in relation to the
facts, of which I am sure most of I he members
are ignorant, and ‘hen to proceed to carry
through my object ; and I hope I may receive
all the support possible from those immsdiate
ly interested in the way I have pointed out.
I shall send this communication to very few
of the banks not of the original selection, and
1 trust that all to whom I do send it will vietv
it as one not to be made public, though not
marked confidential.
Pefnnt trie to say that no time should be lost
in adopting such measures as may be consid
ered expedient.
I would add one further suggestion—that
mall cases where letters may be written upon
subject, a willingness be expressed to aid
the full extent ot the ability of the
. as circumstances will permit,
f the measure of substituting
medium, within the
(20 dollars.)
'1 iU cry respectfully. y«>ur most obedient
serv ant, R. M. WIJI TN EY .
P. S. I shall be happy to learn what steps
are taken by those to whom this will bo ad
dressed, as well as to receive instructions from
those whose agent I am.
REtnE’i IIXIE HOKE.
The following delicate card is from the
Globe of yesterday:
A CARD.
During the hist session of Congress, it. be
came necessary tor me to expose 11. A. VV ise
of having stated, in the Hall of the House, a
BASE FALSEHOODtn relation to myself.
Lithe Glebe of this morning it is reported,
that Balie Peyton, the Siamese companion of
Wise for twelve mouths past in uttering false
hood and slander, said that, “in consequence
f the character of the agent alluded to, Mr.
Taney, the former Secretary of the Treasury,
would not recommend him as an agent of the
deposit • banks.” No one can mistake that it
is myself’alluded to by Mr. P.
I challenge Mr. Peyton to adduce a single
particle of p.’oof to sustain the above assertion;
and for having made it without proof, 1 pro
nounce him A CALUMNIATOR, AND
GUILTY OF UTTERING A BASE F ALSE
HOOD; this, too. like Wise, while shielded by
his constitutional privilege.
If any one who a ws not know me wishes tn
ascertain my character. 1 refer them to citi
zens of those places iir which I have passed
many years of my lite.
R. M. WHITNEY.
Wednesday, 4th January, 1837.
PROFESSION vs. PRACTICE.
Mr. Pickens, in the debate o I -Mr. VV m s
resolutions, referred to the diifere.'ce between
the professions of General Jackson, vsto pow
er and office being obtained or oui 'rred by
“fraud,bribery, and corruption,” and h sprac
i tice, as evinced in his movements duri.l,7 the
' late Presidential campaign. The professions
i alluded to by Mr. Pickens, we presume a rt
j at least, were those contained in the letter from'
the Hermitage, detailing the proffers said tv
have been made to him, and in the conveyance
of which Mr. Buchanan, now of the Senate,
bore no very enviable part. Wc publish
! below an extract from that letter, that may
i i ecall to recollection certain things that would
i seem to have been forgotten.— U. S. Telegraph
Mr. Buchanan stated, “that the iiiends of
I Mr. Adams were urging, as a reason to induce
! the friends of Mr. Clay to accede to their prop
| osition, that if 1 was elected President, Mr.
Adams would be continued Secretary of
(iliac.ido, there would be do room for
ky.) That trie friends of Mi.
i the West did not wish tosg®?’i
I East, and if I wouldjMrfflßT ......
co'iti.med^Hß^’.-•' / ’ -tplele
>..00,1 T ’ '' l <. til \v would
pul an ctidW . **Lntest iu one
hour. \i>& ", ■ , fa was nght 111
light such ilk own weapon.-.
To which, ißk -
dies. asm > ,»»*y guide was prim
ciple, and contiaWßW'm expressed and un
biassed wi'i of the people, or their constituted
agents, I never would step into the 1 lesident.ial
chair, and requested him to say to AZr. Clay
and Ins fiieuds, (for I did not suppose he had
come from Mr. Clay, although ho used the
expression of Mr. Clay s friends) that befoie
I would reach the Presidential chair by such
means of bargain and corruption, I would see
the earth open and swallow both Mr. Clay
uid hie friends, and myself with them.
ffir’The Maryland Gazette of the 29i.h ult.
couplet.ed the ninety-first volume of that pa
per. This is, we believe, the oldest paper now
published in the United States Sav.Rcpub.
Athens, Ga. Saturday, January 21, 1837.
It A 11, ROAD STOCK.
The sale of 1,0(10 Shares of the Stock of the
Georgia Rail Road <jr Banking Company, took
place at the door of the Banking House in tins
place on Thursday last, in a manner truly grati
fying to the friends of the enterprize.
The Shares were readily sold at $75 to 76 25,
for 65 dollars paid in—and were taken with a
readiness, that strongly manifested the confi
dence of the purchasers in the investment.
I!. N. SENATOR.
Mr. Davidson, (Whig) has been elec-
ted Senator from Illinois; after four days ballot
ing.
NIIGHIGAX.
The Bill for the admission of Michigan into
the Union, and allowing her a portion of the
surplus revenue, passed the Senate by’ a vote of
25 to 10—and lias no doubtere this been acted on
in the House of Representatives. Hence, we
may safely infer that she is now a member of
the Union, under the provisions of the act. pass
ed at the last session of Congress for her ad
mission.
Hois. JBaitie Peyton.
Wo invite the attention of our readers to the
speech of this distinguished Tennesseean. It
is indeed a rich banquet, and such an one aS
will excite the pride and indignation of every
disinterested Patriot:—Pride that there still ex
ists in the council of the nation, those who
nobly repudiate the good opinions of the “great
est and best,” for the preservation of their coun
try’s liberties; and indignation that such abu
ses as he so boldly exposes, should have found
supporters in an American Congress.
CGNGKSSS.
The Senate at the latest advices were still en
gaged in the discussion of Mr. Ewing’s Reso
lution, to rescind the Treasury Circular, with
Mr. Rives’ amendment, litteraily rescinding the
Order—but lyuc/ifying it, by preventing the re
ception of the Bills of any Bank issuing notes
under certain amounts. On this question, the
two masterspirits of the Van Buren party, Ben
ton and Rives, differ widely ; and if the letter
writers at Washington are to be credited, such a
breach has been made as will not easily be
healed.
On the 11th mst., Mr. Walker, <f Mississippi,
introduced the following resolution, which iies
on the table one day :
Resolved, That the State of Texas having
established and maintained an independent
government capable of performing those duties
foreign and domestic, which appertain to
independent goveiaiments;and itapneari ig thal
there is no longer any reasonable prospect <>!
the successful prosecution of the war with
Mexico against said State, it is expedient and
proper, and in conformity’' with the laws of
nations, and the practice ol this government in
like cases, that the independent political ex
istence ofs lid State, shall be acknowledged by
the government of the United States.
In the House, little has engaged the attention
of that body, of interest, except Mr. Wise’s Re
solution, and the presentation of Abolition peti
tions by John Quincy Adams; an account of
which will be found in to-day’s paper. Mr.
Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and
Means, made a report on the Surplus Revenue,
accompanied by the following bill; which was
twice read —and, on the question to refer it to
t!<e Committee of the Whole and to print, a dis
cussion arose which had not ended when the
despatch closed:
A Bill to reduce the Revenue of the United
Slates to the wants of the government.
Sec. 1. Beit enacted that, from and after
the 30th day ot September next, in all cases
where duties are imposed on foreign imports
by the act of the 14th ol July, 1832, entitled
“an act to alter and amend the several acts
imposing 'duties on imports, ’ or by any other
act, shall exceed 20 per cent, on the value
thereof, one I bird part of such excess shall be
deducted.—From and after the 31st ot March,
1537. one half of the r< sidi.e of such excess
chali be deducted; any thing in the act of March
1833, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sue 2 id. And be it further enacted, that
from and after the 30th of September next,
the duties on Salt and Coal shall be and the
same hereby are repealed.
Tow large fires have, occurred recently in N.
Orleans, by which much property was destroy
ed ;—the latter of which consumed 20 or 30
buildings. It originated from some boys firing
crackers.
f.l lit ?l E K’S KEGUST EIS -
The January No. of this Periodical is on our
table.—Contents in another column.
KXICKS-l K S'?«l>CK ER. _
We have received the first No. of the ninth
Volume of this interesting work, and had design
ed a more general notice of its merits ; but our
leisure has not permitted us to examine it suffi
ciently. We will endeavor to do so in our next.
The contents will be found in this day’s paper.
The following lines, from the pen of our es
teemed correspondent, “KATE,” appeared ori
ginally iu the Baltimore Athemeum & Visitor:
No more—oh! nevermore—thebeau shall twirl
His well-perfumed moustache—
Or in the air, his slender rattan whirl,
To cut a dash ■
For me, no more !
N'o uore—oh! never more—the pip’s gay sound,
To scenes of mirth, and frolic, shall invite ;
And fa ’einating vyaitz ! thy giddy round,
Must cease to whirl, my bosom with delight—
Forever more I
Oh! never nU’re I —to see, and to be seen,
At church, and opera, shall be my delight;—
fctU'l-i lounging' beaux, whisp’ring the sets bc
tween,
pleasant were my dreams last
' And nothing more !
(■r p
No more ! —oh! never more—the tender sigh.
Or Love’s soft tale, shall make, my bosom tint
tei ;
But in their stead, I’ll hear the household cry,
Os dirty urchins for their “ bread and butter;”
Forever more !
No more—oh! never more ! shall walk or ride,
Shopping, or visits—drive dull care away—
Without a plagucy husband. at my side.
To hint, “ that ladies, snould their lords obey I”
Forever more I
KATE.
U, S. SENATORS.
Dr. John S. Spence, of Worcester County,
(Maryland) has been elected bv the Legisla
lure of that. Slate, Senator in Congress. tor six
years from the 4th of March next in the place
of R. M. Goldsborougu, deceased ■ and R.
M. Young, has also b.teii elected to the same
office by the Legislature of the State of Illi
nois.—Savannah. Republican.
Sotinrtt Wt ii t® ♦ -
The following letter from Dr. C. Battle,
accompanying the proceedings of a meeting
of the citizens of Irwinton; addressed to the
editors of the Columbus Sentinel ; will afford
our readers a more detailed account of the late
Indian outrage in Alabama; a notice of which
we published last week.
Irwinton. Jan. 7, 1837.
Messrs. Editors : The circumstances which j
have induced the above proceedings are briefly |
these : _ j
On the 29th n’t. my overseer (Mr. Hicks) :
and his family, whites and negroes, on North I
Cowaogee, a httie before sun-down, were run !
upon by an armed force of Indians. Several
guns were tired, and one negro fellow shot
down. Mr. Hicks being a little ways off in
the new-'Tound, with most of the negroes,
hearing the guns, &c. ordered the negroes to
the lescue, and approaching near discovered I
many Indians, and meeting his white family,
ordered the negroes to stop and save all the
women and children they possibly could, with
out hazarding their lives too much ; they .did
so; while he and his family nushed on for Ir
winton. They reached Irwinton about one ■
or two o’clock next morning. We made up a
company, aid hastened to (he place. Di.
Welborn had gotten there before us, with some
other gentlemei). r l ney lo*i:;d one infant ne
gro child in bed, one negro man lying dead,
having been shot with three or four bails ; the
dwelling-house, kitchen and meat-house burnt.
We looked about and found the only other
child niissiiiii, about Haifa mile from the house.
Two of my negro women recognised among
the gang of Indians Uehee Charly and Lame
Johnny. Mr. Hicks heard .seven reports from
iheir guns, and thougiit he saw as many as
twenty Indians in the yard. The negro wo
men who recog.used Charly and John, saw
only six or seven ; other negroes report as ma
ny as thi tv or forty. We remained lour or
five davs in search of them, and in the mean
lime went to th.-: Indian camp, under Ihe su
pervision of Lieut. Sloan, 't ms gentleman
reports that he could oon collect from his
company two hmidred or more of Indian war
riors, many of nil im had coni'* in since those
others reported friendly had gone to Florida.
From all w.- c mid I<* :r’i L-lative to this camp. ;
we are convinced it is not i.i the powel’oi a.iy ;
o ie to control these Indians ; aiC in their pres
ent initiation th y may run upon the white
settlements when they please. The commu
nity protests agai st such a state of things. ,
We do not say that those in the camp have)
done (his recent i jurv, b it see nothing to hin- :
der their doing agreater injury while the pres- ,
mt system prevails, (apt. I’age, of the U. 8-,
A. assures us that all shall be done in his ,
power to prevent any turther mischief. My
loss is about two thousand dollars, and the over
seer’s about nine hundred or one thousand dol
lars. I hope the whit s will return soon to
their places. My overseer and negroes are on
iheir way back.
5 ours, &c.
CULLIN’ BATTLE.
John Ross aiid the Indians. — The Little
R>ek (Arkansas) Gazette of Dec. 20th says:
“John Ross, the celebrated Indian Chief, has
been, for several weeks past, among the Wes
tern Cherokees, for the purpose, it is said, of
getting up a delegation from them to join the
delegations from Georgia, to proceed to Wash
ington citv, for the purpose of inducing the
government to renounce Sehermerhorne s
Treaty, to which, it is averred, they never
gave their consent.”
The same paper says that I'lick-e-batch •-
had-jo, with the body of Creeks, two or three
thousand strong, lias stopped above Potts’s, it is
said, and will go no further, n ull it suits him.
He says he is west of the Mississippi; and
there is no power to compel him to proceed.
O i Tuesday last, about. 10 o’clock, A. M.
six of the laborers on section 26 of the Georgia
Railr ad, were killed, while excavating, bv the
falling in of the ground over their heads. A
tunnel of about 20 feet had been dugout; they
were working at the farthest point, and so
sudden was the fall that no time for escape
was allowed. Six were killed instantly and
two oihers dangerously injured. A horse
cart standing at or near the entrance of the
tunnel was also crushed by the mass of earth;
the horse escaped imliurt.—A«g. Sentinel.
From the National Intelligencer.
"Tils'! UISASTER AT TROY, JtEW Y3RK.
The public journals furnish very intelligible
accounts of the late disaster at Troy, in New
York, which it appears was an avalanche, or slide
of earth, from tiie hili above the town of Troy.
The following is a description of it;
“An avalanche of clay came tumbling from
an eminence of nearly 5(10 feet, moving down
tlie base of the hill to level land, and then con
tinued, from the impulse it received, to the dis
tance of about 800 fi'-:t, covering up acres of
ground, accompanied with a cataract of water
and sand, whicii kept up a terrible roar. The
mass moved along with great rapid.ly, carrying
with it two stables and three dwelling-houses
and crushing them and their contents in thou
sands of pieces. 'llls stables and horses were
moved to a distance of over 200 feet, to a hol
low, on the corner of Washington and Fourth
streets.
• In its way the avalanche also encountered a
brick-kiln, burying it partially over, and crum
bling it together, from wiiieii, a few minutes
alter, the flames rushed forth and lit up the city
as with a great conflagration.
“ The three dwellings destroyed were of light
structure, and were occupied by Mr. John Giaee,
, another by Mrs. Leavensworlh, and the third
by Mrs Warner, the last of which was fortu
nately vacant at the tune ot the calamity. In
Grace’s house was himself and wile ami little
boy. The two former were extricated from the
rums dead, and the boy was taken out alive, very
lit: ie hurt, bare-footed and bare-beaded, the
buiiuing having been shattered in a thousand
pieces—which is, undoubtedly, one of the most
singu.’ar escapes that ever came to our knowl
edge. T.'.ere were tour of .Mrs. Leavensworth’s
family in her bouse—henseli and three children.
Two of the children were in bed al the time and
probably asleep, ami were afterwards taken
from t..e m. 1 * Ist of the wreck dead, crushed al
most to a jelly, and were, undoubtedly thrown
instantly Iron? a natural sleep into a sleep of
death. Mrs. -Leavuusworth was taken out.
shockingly bruisi’d, and was barely alive when
we last heard Iror’i her. Fortunately, three of
the family were at church tit the time, and es
caped awful death* .
“ Tlie stables were-owned by Mr. Bingham,
in which were 2'2 horves, and all carried along
with the mass, toget.h "r with nine or ten du t
carts. Six horses were taken from the rums
alive, the other sixteen v. ere killed.
“We learn that the 1 tidy of n person was
found, name unknown, wLo was probably em
ployed m the brick-kiln or st'i bits—which makes
in u\\,jive dead iodies taken from the ruins last
night.
“ The avalanche passed over a public high
way which leads to the mill ami nail factory, and
might have carried along with it some struggling
tra veller. The clay is piled up hi masses to the
depthoi from 10 to 40 feet over a large surface.
“ Five large, trees were precipitated from the
hill, some of which are now standing erect, at the
bottom, and others in a slightly inclined posture.
The whole is considered a singular phenome
non, and its immediate cause is the result of
much speculation”
A Mr. Emmons of New-Jersey has invented a
locomotive engine which is to be propelled by
the action of springs, upon a single rail way.
Partial experiments have been made, as will ap
pear from the following article from the Mon
mouth Inquirer, which induce the inventor to be-
IrFve that his enterprize will be crowned with
success:
“ The locomotive and car were several times
drawn round the course with the latter filled to
overflowing with ladies, who honored the occa
sion with their presence. And the numerous
spectators were highly delighted, notwithstand
ing the accident, with’ the fact that there was to
be witnessed the first trial of a car running upon a
single tract, principle— and .Mr. Emmons has the
honor of demonstrating the practicability and
importance of a single rail for rail roads. The
I failing is elevated about three feet on posts plan
! ted firmly in the ground—astride or this car set,
i the rail running lengthwise through the middle
’in a trunk about five inches wile and two feet
i and a half high from the bottom of the cat; in this
I trunk is placed a lore and an ait wheel, wi.h
players on each side; these are placed on the rad
:t-:d the passengers set on eacli side suspended
below the rail. Tin* top of the trunk winch en
closes the wheels, and the rail coming about to
a man’s shoulder.
i To preven. any inconvenience from the touch
; in"- of the sides of the trunk against the post, two
small hor.zontal wheels are placed at the tore
part of the trunk which touch against a stri p of
board let into the post on each side about three
feet from the top It must be obvious to every
one that a rail road may be constructed on tins
plan for less than one third and perhaps less
I than one fourth the ordinary expense, as no
j grading will be necessary, and only a single
I track or rail need be built; and the car having
j but two wheels instead of four or six, will have.
I but one half or one third of the. friction, ami of
i course will go with twice or three times the ve
; iocity, or require but one half or one third the
! power of tile locomotive, on tile double tracks.
! As to the locomotive, it is unlike any thing
■ ever constructed, and a descr,ption can there
. fore give buta faint idea of it; but we will try to
1 explain it a httie. There are upwards of 503
springs about an inch and a halt wide, as thick
j as a shilling, and 11 feet long, made of steel, the
’ same as the main spring of a watch, these are
I wound around a number of spindles placed per
: pendicular in two trunks which hang one on
each side off lie rail; the spindles n rminate at the
bottom in cog wheels, all of which each side
work into each oilier, and into a set of wheel
works, which work into and turns the wheel that
sets astride of the rail, and this puts the whole
machine in motion. There is also for guiding
I and balancing a very small wheel before and an
! other behind the main wheel. It must be evi
i dent, that these 500 springs (and the number
I may be increased) possess an immense power,
■ which if brought to bear on a single pdmt, or
j wheel will send a locomotive with the velocity
I of a tornado.”
> Public Lands.-- The United States now own
! about 132,000,001) of surveyed land.
In the State of Missouri 17,443,429 acres.
Ohio, 4,100,493
I Indiana, 11.459,156
Illinois, t 17,234,010
i Alabama, 22,386,058
Mississippi, 12,914, >Ol
Louisiana, 9,686,526
Arkansas, 14,223 195
Michigan, 14,532,827
Territory of Florida, 6,729,909
Os the above, 122 millions can now be entered
tit per acre. Ten millions more of new
land will soon be thrown into market. 1 here
are about one hundred millions acres of unsur
veyed land in the above States to which the In
dian title has been extinguished, and about eigh
ty millions which the Indians still claim.—Natch
ez Free Trader.
Valuable Discovery —A baker,some few months
back, purchased a picture at Larken, for 30 >
francs. He discovered, eight months after, the (
name of the painter, and the date when it was
finished, delineated on a cap in the painting, and
which proved to be the work of the celebrated
Olhan Vanveen, executed in 1595. The subject >
is “ Abagail coming out to meet David.” The
painiin j is on a pannel, five feet by three, and
froirteppearar.ee has never been retouched. Its
preservation is so great, that it appears lo have !
been painted only a few years. The fortunate
possessor of this valuable relic has been offered,
at various times, from 10 000 to francs,
lie is visited daily by amateurs, who are anx
ious to have a glance at it.— French Paper.
At this moment, when a surplus of money
has been declared to be in (he Treasury, to an
amount singularly contrasting with the pre
dictions of the opponents of the Distribution
Bill, and far exceeding the most sanguine an
ticipations of its friends, the Letter of Judge
Clayton, of Georgia, which we have copied
into the fourth page, will be found to he of con
siderable interest. He is not only not oppos
l ed to further distribution, if there be further
accumulation of revenue beyond the amount
required for the necessary purposes of Govern
ment, but he isofopinion that the States have
a legal title to all the proceeds of the sales ol
public lands iu the territory Northwest of the
Ohm, <mdc"»uld recover them from the United
States if there were any Court in which such
a case could be impartially tried. — National
Intelligencer.
The Senate yesterday spent some time in
Executive session. Amongst the business
transacted, was, we are glad to learn, the con
firmation nf Major Gates to a re-appoi itment
to his rank in the Army, from which he had
been stricken bv the President of the United
S ates, and subsequently nominated for resto
ration for the purpose of affording him the
privilege of trial by a Court Martial.- Nation
al Intelligencer.
There has been a resolution offered in
the New Hampshire legislature, to tax
hogs, dogs, anu bachelors. That’ll tickle
the <-Id maids!
A Van Buren paper says, that Gen.
Jackson has for some weeks had a pre
sentiment that he should die on the anmvei -
sary ofthe battle of New Orleans. Why
not on the anniversary of his skirmish with
the Bentons?
The democratic partv may well be hap
py. The whole power is in their own
: hands.— Eastern Argus.
The party’s happiness has a serous
; drawback. 'l’hey can say as Paddy said
: when tumbling from the church-steep e—
“This is mighty pleasant, but it wont last."
Some wondertul experiments in animal
magnetism have been made in Providence,
It. I by a Dr. Poyen upon a Miss Gleas m.
i \v hen the Doctor puts the patient to sleep
by the magnetic process, no effort is
sufficient to awake her.
Springfield ( Mass.') Republican.
Dr. Poyen, we learn, is from N nth
Carolina. Wc have no doubt, that lie
lias put his own State into the “mag etic
sleep.” There she lies, and, alth mgli the
Kitchen Cabinet have pinched her ears,
tweeked her nose, thumped her head,
and held hartshorn and even the stronger
effluvia ofthe Great Crossings under her
nostrils, she remains as passive as a
corpse.— Louisville Journal
We lately heard of a case, in which a
! ady was cured of a protracted illness by
violent thunder.— English, paper.
ilow did she take it?— lbi
‘‘The Indians hold a levee to-night.”
Poti Ison. Dec. 24.
When will the negroes hold one at
Washington city ? On the 4th of Maitch? —
lb
CALENDAR, FOR. 1837*
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2 i §
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■* > „«i r
January, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 1? 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February, 1234
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 U<
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
March, 12 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 K) 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 2J 30 31
1
2345 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 9 2) 21 22
23 24 23 26 27 28 29
30
May* 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
June, 12 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 IG 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
July, 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 21 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
AuGUsTj 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 23 6
27 28 29 30 31
Sp.i’TEJijlKP, 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 3 J
October, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 21 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November, 12 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 .7 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
December, 1 2
3 4 3 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
CONTENTS OF THE KSICKEKBOCKER, ,
January No.—Vol. 9, No. 1.
Original Papers.
Liberty vs. Li.'er.itur; ami the Fine Arts.
A Passage of Life: by Grenville Mello i, Esq.
The D i scing Girl: A Passage iu the ‘Fidget
Papers.’ 'lhe Land of Love, Names of
Towns in the United Suites, (Number One.)
Woman: Au Extract. Happiness: by Rev.
J. H. Clinch. '1 h ■ FonuViin of Youth. Mar
saret: A Fragment. Lines: by Mrs. E. F.
Ellet, Columbia, (S. C.) Thoughts on the
Nature of Comets. The Conscript: by VV.
H. C Hosmer, Esq. The Alchemist: from
the French of Beranger. The Marine Free
booter: an Authentic Story of Robert Kidd,
and Harley, the L »..g IsLi >d Wrecker: by the
j author of‘l)ur Village,’ ‘The Cou .try Church,’
I etc. Li ies: Suggested by a Visit to the Sha
ker Settlement, near Albany. The Portico.
; (Number Five.) Worldly Consolation: by
B. D. Winslow, Esq. Wi'son Conworth: a
j Tale of Real Life. (Number Oie.) The Dy
ting Year. Ollapodiana: (Number Seventeen;)
The Voice ot Niagara; Recollections; Miss
De F ; The Ail-pervading Spirit of th'
Cataract; Cave ofthe Winds; Perilous‘Skrim
tnage;’ The Devil’s Hole; Queensto :; Dis
tant Sou >d of tlie Fall; Niagara i i October;
A Relic ofthe Past; A Loafer Muuclnus m;
Lewisto :; Fan well Voice of the Cataract;
R> flections; Lockport—The Deep Cm; A
Villagi; Scene; Madam Maluprop; Rochester.
’ and its E ivirons; Poetry vs. Humanity, and its
• Physical R> q Jn-mei.lS; The Stars: (An Ex
: tract.) bv Jam. s G. Percival, /vsq. The
Df omed O io. by ‘D -ita.’ Music. ‘Trnst in
; Heaven!’ by Miss Alary Arnie Brow e, E g
-Ila id. Stanzas. To E iz.ihe h, on her seCo..u
Hirdi-Day; by William Put Palmer, Esq.
Literary Notices.
Letter from Dr. Brigham to Dr. David M
Reese. < >iafar Al Banin ki. EistandWesi.
Bv the author of ‘Cii.itoti Bradshaw.’ R li
gioiis Opinio is a id Character of Washi igto .
Astoria: by Washington Irving. The Ladies’
Wieath. By Mrs. Sarah J. Hale.
Editors’’ Table.
The Drama: Miss Ellen Tree. Editors’
Drawer. (Nmhber Two.) Locke Ulus,ruled:
A Reply t • ‘D.’ Ju uus, Jr.’s Reply to Dr.
B usley. Lament of ;m Austerlitz Veteran.
•The Tunes.’ ‘The Doctor’ Axaiu. Web
ster's American Dictio ary. Salaries iu the
United Stales’ Navy. The Plai.idealei.
Literary Record.
Davis’s Mem >irs of Aaron Burr. The
You.ig Disciple. The Family ot' Naiades.
Hieroglvphic.il Bible. ‘New-1 urk Book.’
Useful Annuals for Juveniles.
Contents o£ the farmer*’ Register,
No. 9. Vol. 4.—January, 1837,
t triginal Communications.
Observa ions made duri g an excursion' to
(he D;sm d S\vimp. Proposal to drain th'
D.sm ii Swamp, (written i i 1728.) by VV d i nn
IK rd. of Westover. H .sty obse vatio son
die agriculture of th : cou >ly of N i .s mond
The Peat Soils of Scotland, compared with
theJu in r Soil ofthe'Dt-sintil S.varnp. .Mie
ofex iv repi'ese.iu g leaves. The P ris
in'tulh and Rompke Railway. 'lheutvig
tion of th Meh itio, Nottoway, aal Biacx
water riv rs. ’hi the wan: ot unit’ rnry i
ihe stated v .lues ot French and oth r w. i h.,
and in'usures. Proceedings ot the Ag i nil
tur.d Society of Fredericksburg. Add ess ol
J.unes M. Gar.iett, Preside..t of the Agricul
tural Soci tv of Fredeiick.-burg. A dress ol
Alfred L bur i, Preside..! of the Agru tit era
Society of R ickbridge. Funning on the Ri
va >ua. Os the origin aid habits ofthe cm
worm. I'n : diff re .t advantag's of large a d
small farms consider.al; a.id the injarn s cau
sed to agriculture, and to a nation, by P' e; l ielll
a d itij’i lictous cha ges in the onli ne; ai.d
limits of farms. Balis on sheep save the u
from dogs. D.nibts of (lie Value of some ol
the opinions now cmre.il on agricultural im
pr iveulents. B ' >gal I idigo. Reinuks o>
C dcareous Manures; Commercial Report.
Selections.
On Moss Improvements. Hints and Que
ries. Bushel and half bushel. Prospects of
silk culture in western Virginia. I.istot pa
tents for improvements ot machities, &c., to be
used in agiiculture. or domestic economy. Ap*
pies for fdtienittg hogs. Chinese Ag/fculture.
Curing corn. Great incigas , and Value of
Chinese Mulhbrry. Oi the excretioA from
the roots of plants; R< port of the
of the Eastern Shore R<il Ror.di Great.im
provement in lhe manufacture of iron. GeoL:
ogical wonder. The ••Chinese Mulberry”
seeds and plants, imported hv Mr.
Leaves of trees, fodder for cattie. Cure for
red ants. Seie dific discovery—solid afr. Ou
th .- soils suitable for co>ton, tobneed; sugar,
and the ten pl.iut. Tribute to ‘he North. On
'h • rn i ingement o‘ n- <r oes, &c.
fA ol iKly a 1 ®jx£ r, oais .
rpilE iiiidersiirned ha-e associated with
-A. tlifeiri Mr. WAI. A. MORRISON, (an ex
perienced Cutter,) and will hereafter conduct
their business under the title of CLOCK, MOR
RISON, &. CO., for whom We solicit patronage.
Those indebted to the old fir'iti will please
call and settle, iis our necessities are urgent.
D. CLOCfe, & CO.
CLOCK co.,
ATHENS, GEORGIA;
'SITILL keep a eonst-mt -unnlv of CI OTHS;
▼ v CASIMERf-.s, Vf).S PINGS.and Other
fashionable articles for gentlemen’s ajiparrel;
also, a supply of b eady Made Clothing.
Gentlem -n’s Olothihg made to order af
ter t ie I..test New A ork Fashion, at short no
tice.
January 21—28—3 t.
“ city lotsT’
Wednesday IsZ February next, the sale of City Lots
icdi 1.-;: Cuhtim.ed ; to say,
t O O ('LIRE or less,) acre and half acre
FOO Lois will; by order of City Council,
be sol iat Auc ion, On the premises. The ioca
tioti of the m>st <>f these Lots; comprise situa
tions on commanding emiiifmces, for private,
dwellmgg, not surpassed by liny in the State;
The well a.-certained tact of health and pure
water, are considerations sufficiently conducive
to attract those wild wish tor a permanent io;
cation, tog<-t...er with the proximity tb the city
Lt trade and business, and the Rflil- Roads East
and West which wifi very soon be in sticce.-ss
fill operation, are considerations not to lie lost
sight of, a>« well as that these Lots are probably
the last which will be offered for sale by the
city.
Terms of sale one-half cash—one-fourth six
months—one-<oiirth twelve months.
LIPPITT <V HIGGINS, .4 uctioneers.
The Recorded and Federal Union, Mi|-
lecig v:.le ; Clironti-ie mid Const tutionalisL
Augusta; Georgian and Repli'ilidan, Savannah;
W i.i_r, Athens ; Times, Columbia, S. C., anl
Courier Ch-.irlesto i S. C , will insert lhe allUVe
twice, an l forward their aecuimts.
a.S AVING ilssoeiated in bus n< ss with him;
Mr. ASA M. JACKSON, is desirous to
clos>-the books of iiis old concern;, be respect
fully requests I hose having open accounts will
close them as soon as may b * convenient.—He
also would solicit the co itimiance of that, pa
tronage which has been so kindly bestowed,
and for which his grateful acknowledgements
I are tendered.
Watkinsville, Jan. 2!—3B—3t.
laxecotor’s Sale*
b<» sold on Friday the third d iy <f
■ » Mar hj iext nt tlie bite residence of Wil
liam Hodge, i.sq., late of .Madison county dec’d,
all the personal property belonging to Ihe estate
of said deceased, (not already disposed of by the
VV’ill,) consisting of Corn ami 10. 1.. r, .Shucks,
Oats, Straw, Iron ami Steel and numbers of
articles too tedious to mention. Teriiis on the
day.
ALLEN L. HODGE, Exr,
January 21— 38—tds.
GEORGIA. MADISON COUNTY.
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes,
January adjourned Tenn.. 1837.
YV II ERE AS, James Millican Executor Os
** Johtl Millican, dec’ll., have applied to the
; Court aforesaid for Letters of Dismission.—
Ordered that after six months publication of this
order in one. ofthe public Gazetts of this State,
the said James Mdllcan Execqtor as aforesa.d,
will be dismissed—unless catise be shewn to
the oontaary, of which .ill concerned afchereby
/ notified.
A true copy from the minutes ot said Cdtlrtj
i this lOtli January, 1837.
VVILLIAJJ SANDERS,c. c. o.
j Jan. 21,-38 —6m
! GEORGIA. dADISON COUNTY.
‘ Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary purposes,
January adjourned Term, 1837.
i ’SX’TLLIAM Ballinger AihninistFntor of Johti
* * Hall dec’d., applies to tins Court for Let.
ters of dismission.
Ordered that after six months publication of
this order in one of the public Gazetts of this
State, tne said W.lLam Ballenger Adinimstra
tor as aforesaid, will he dismissed, unless cause
j be shewn to the contrary, bf which ail eoncern
-1 ed ar ■ ii T.eoy notilied.
j A true copy trim t! e minutes of said Cbiiatj
I inis 10 h January, 1837;
WILLIAM SANDEIIS.c. c. o.
! Jan. 21,—38—Bin.
Olitce Ga. E£. 52. Ac milk?. Co. ?
Athe s, January 12 1837.
IESOLVED,I ESOLVED, That a meeting of the Stock-
X no decs ofthe Georgia Rail Road At Bank
ing Company be held at Athens on Saturday,
the 2bta inst.. to determine whether the act of
the General Assembly assented toon the 2 ith
December, 1836. entitled “an act to amend tilts
acts incorporating the Georgia Ritil Hoad At
Banking Company, and the Central Rail Road
Ac Banking Cu.npany of Georgia,” be accepted
its amendments rif the acts incorporating the
Georgia R id lloa I At Banking Company.
Extract from the minutes,
JAS. CAMAK, Cashier.
Jan. 14—37—2 t.
CisiiceSxa. tk. K. Ac <L'o. ?
Athens, January 10, 1837. 5
RESOLVED, That on all notes Killing dun
at tins office after the 15th day of Februa
ry next a reduction of ten per cent, on the ori
ginal amount ofthe note, be and the same is
hereby required to be paid; and those debtors
whose notes fall due before that time, may exc
•'nipt themselves from the payment of said re
dnetion, by paying t ie same prior to the said
15th of February.
Extract from the inipiitCS o's the Direction.
JAS. CAMAK, Cashier.
Olli -e hours from 9, A. M. till 12 1-2 M;
Jan. 14—37—’It.
A List of Letters,
Remaining in the. Post Office at Danielsvillet
Ist January, 1837.
John Biard; 2 Thomas Lawrence,
Georg' l Bragg, John Siindefs,
James Bartlett, Henry Milhani,
D< iticy Brown, Henry Manning;
John Colwell, Royit! Richards,
■Manders IV. Colbert; Naitcv Roark.
Samuel Couthen, Mrs. Spratling.
James L. Dudley; William Shealds.
John Etchison, ' Shadrick Stevens,
Thomas Gallaway, AarOn Sice,
Miss Susan Harris, Kinchen Strickland,
William Humphries, Reuben Smith,
John Herring, lliliiani Whitaker,
Janes Jones,
WILLIAM MERONEY, P. M.
Jan, 7—36—3 t
GEOIIGI I CL lßli COUNTY.
EM LIZUR L. NEWTON, Administrator on
'j tiie Estate of Levi May, applies tor Letters
of Disni ssion on said Estate. This is there
fore to cite an 1 adin misll all, and singular the
kin ired and credit >rs of s lid deceased, to be and
appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, to shew cause (if any they hnvejwliy
said letters sliould notdte granted.
Given under my Hand at office, this 2d Janua
ry, 1837.
G. B. HAYGOOD, ». c. c. o.
Jan. 7,-36