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| every pieaidre. ' *"' ■■■“ '-■ •
Wo learn that the house of Dt. R. R. | (p“ From t
HnrJen, near, Vutkinsville. was Jo- first went into pn
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mW:ih n v t ; n e l ,r t i, 0o i 1 i c6t a„j ,we«- { 0ur •«*■*rs’J!**r *»•
c« «f SaaTwatV bards- commemora-j ^ C ' ,e ; “'‘S-'t as a green spot .ntbede :
ling a custom oftbo “ oldeulime,” one | “ rlof > fe - refreshing »s a coolingitrean
, , w „«, , . . ifod in tnegrovc^ of the Female' Acatlc-
■ ■ # *>Jokert # ia ina JoriaaiMe.- SoU-Cfc.”*:^ onjii* first r&y of May, tu which way wbwu nature-ruled the hearts nf Iter cbii-i Ba y *f u . lIlc Ruut: y ,
i-'. * -. ! will always recur, as asourre. from
4EP* Carrwpm 'em*, ua«* band iu J WtsicS we can Jemepfeisure, ami from
ilren,.' and thV vivifying . inilacnce i»f i
! Spring won fult iu every Iiosotn. The \
. , « > « |» a.. -» «• * r<« I . 1 • ’• ; cspuuu was wit iu every nosoro. i«e oi
W i ISouth, tiie t *
day, unless theyare very. short.
|laj. W*. L.^ Mictii*w;, -who was
removed fnun tb**Po»i Office in.thu
place by t)ie power* that were, hut been
rainttaicd by Mr Tyler.
'' ~n«p«r*U‘rrf»*/»rr. ^ '
The Hopewell Presbytery met in this
place on Thursday night, the 29lb uh.,
ami continued iu session until Saturday
evening. Th« Rev. Juba VY. Baker,
arts chosen Moderator. - - y •
u>Cft Wttur.
An excellent glass of this cooling and
delicious beverage may be obtaiued at
the Drugstore of Dr.JL tec.
*■ ' Bounty p»» fciik.
It» very clear that nut withstanding
tied lAirst ofthe * Multfcuulis bulilile, the
silk culture b rapidly progressing, and
we have heanlvnany arguments lately '
upon the c*prdicnry-of hiving a.jaw
passed hytbtf next Legislature, granting
'la Uberab'biHutty for J> rcc\o>} silk.* Iu
flew Yort.lbxsalready lias been done.
. and if her cxuippld is followed by the
oilier States, and persevered in fora
time.jfie.culture and manufacture of
•ilk in this country Will - be established
on a permanent-basis, whichwill at least
enablp us to supply, our own markets,
if not to compete abroad with foreign
countries*
The policy of granting bounties, and
of affording any kind rf protection, is
doubted by some. *-Jt is said that we
might raise any kind of foreign pro
duce^ if sufficient bounties were gran
ted, and .tlie article excluded—only the
people Would have to be taxed to pay
_^tbe bounty—and It is utterly foolish to
divest capital and inoustry from em
ployments which arc profitable in them
selves, to others which are not profita
ble, and can only be carried on by the
aid of bounties. We admit that os ap
plied to bountits, if it was intended that
they should be permanent, this reasoning
is good and conclusive. Bat as nppli
to silk, it fails from a defect in one
its promises—viz. that * the culture can
only be carried on l»y bounties.* It needs
bounties, or some other encouragement,
undoubtedly to start—but let it once
got fajily started, and it will flourish <
without govermental aid, against the
competition of the world.
Herein then ia the policy of bounties,
—to start a business and foster it while
it ia nut yet. well understood, and can
not be carried on,on equal terms*against
foreign competition. A bounty inten
ded as a permanent aid to any branch
of industry would never be expedient.
But caltaroe and manufactures, which.
spent in *the g»*y nod l!t6ugiil!i>ni i
if the fistivitiits of that “May (
we will gather a, faint sud lingeatig a
of flowers and of 6cutiment, yet i
colobrjto the first of May, when the!
eojtli, clad in fresh rob. s .of varied hue • .
Such p!c**ure» hire no stflrg bfhiml,
Hut nwevtly elcvntoiliu mind,
Ti?l every with generwv cU»w,
l* see iu neighbor to."'
«** “ r Jcli 3 !,t l‘a‘c | cj!ia npon , ier oE , I)r ; ns m ; IIg : B ,heir
J. S.
given. place to other days of cqnal
brightnetts which each each succeeding
year will reveal as n memento of the
post one an J around each actor in tha?
scene our minds will weave s«»mc.vague
token of. rcrocmkiancc; to serve as u
sweet retrospect in the declining years
of a calm and quiet life.
rout in the afternoon was the hour
fur the commcii^ftncnt qf the ceremo
nies,'which were to hallow and render
sacred one more retur.i of spring** fps-
t.d day. Arriving a liu'totoo early vrv
engugod oorhcltes with «t»h!e!aplatii»g
tee “ locale” of the situation selected
for the throne of*^tlin!, voul^iful queen,
bhortly to iKi iqvestcd with
the “reign of a day.” .An nrb«ir ofllie
fairest flowers opening to tlio ‘Cost,form-
d a canopy, which was to overhang
nil render more beautiful the fiiryliko
form of S. N., who was so soon 'to reign
with geutle sway over her youthful snli-
jeets. From this spot was a gentle slo
ped until within one huudted paces of
tlio Oconee; when the descent became
more rapid, and while it deprived the
beholder of a view of the stt earn it ren
dered him sensi ! lo of its existence, and
as if to make up for this loss the finest
rose from the rpposito bank, and de
lighted the mind with all the varied lines
if spring, and while ■ contemplating its
beauty tho mind is struck by theappesr-
ance of tho skeleton of some tali pine
riven and bhstod by the lightning of
Heaven which stands alone, and as if in
raocltery of the gorgeous mantle which
e'othed the monarchsof the forest a round
its desolate form ; it spreads its decay
ing arms to the storms of summer, and
seems to court the blasts of winter,
while it wa ts the tempest which is to
prostrate the last relic of its greatness.
Yon turn from the contemplation of this
scene to the bright and, smiling faces
around you, and among them you see
some pale countenance which iu vaiu
essays a smile, for the yonng affections
of that heart have been blighted, and
the chilling frost, wlrch nipped the bud
ding flowers, has not spared the plant,
and ittooawaitsin silence the call which
•hall end a brilliant but half run career.
But see that procession of blooming
girls, who are escorting their happy
queen to her throneas they come pro
ceeded by L. H., who scatters flowers
in the path of the sovereign ; while she
recites a fitting accompaniment to this
act of mimic adoration, and behold tiie
queen herself with what dignity she as
cends her throne of an hour, while slio
owing to want of experience and other
causes, cannot he started without some ,
•M, may often, by ,M properly .pplied j ^
by Slate Legislatures, lie placed on such
a basis that no foreign competition can
•bake them. Witness the silk culture
in France. The attempt was made,
and made in vain, to introduce the Silk
(altars there without Government aid
But the Payetmnent granted a bounty,
and the culture advanced'—tilt now
w>-,
jriys together. At this lime, the feel
ings of ail, and especially of the young
warmed and inspired by the new
ness of feeling, the buds, the blossoms,
the smiling skies of the opening year:
now the young, the innocent and hap
py. clastic with life and hope, the fresh
dews of youth upon them, dance to the
mujic of their own hearts. Suc't were
our thoughts as wc-witnessed on Satur
day las! a profession of tho young ladies
of Mrs. Flint’s school, on their way to
crown tlieir chosen queen.
We had received a polite invitation
from tho. Teachers to attend tho coro
nation, aud we know the memory of the
pleasure we there felt, will ho among
those deep buried thoughts which time
will never ohlitcratc.
OM bachelor as wo are, with a bean
hardened to the fascinations of woman,
wo could not resist* the softening, glad
dening influence of that sweet bevy of
beauties, their faces radient with joy
and innocence, their feet so lightly boun
ding ; all telling of the gladness and
purity within.
“ Anil titere were beautica, too. of er«‘ry mould ;
I he sweetly smiling ISI.indc.t he bright Bru nutte;
e e.ffi Mue eye bent aih the b cks of
liid darker glances under branied jet.” •
As we^azed on this beauteous throng,
; could not but notice the many pa
rents, standing around, their beans
speaking through their eyes. Here
od a father, how closely did his anx-
s eye watch that daughter, and his
parentnl bosom swell with pride, as he
iuwardly pronounced her. “ the lovliest
of a’ the vale ;*’ near by stood the
mother, with countenance full of love
»djoy, not unmixed with sadness, as
she reflected that her daughter now m
the morning of life, blushing e’eu at her
loveliness, would so soon be called
upon to fill the iesponsiblestation of wife
and mother.
A- these thoughts passed through
mind, most sincerely did we repent
Benedictine state, and that when tho
light blood of youth coursed stt merrily
through our veins, we had not plucked
a flower, beautiful as one of these to
cheer us. with her smiles as we pass
adt \vn the streane of life. But Mr. Ed
itor, I am becoming gartulous ; permit
mo briefly to attempt ta picture the
scene.
The day itself was beautiful, pale A-
pril yielding lo the arms of May, and
though
Foreign Sew*.
•By the arrival of the Orient Western
at New York, Liverpool papers of the
7ih uh., havo beeii* received. The nows
is notiraportant. Great apprehensions
were eutertained fi»r the fate of the
s t eamsh i p President,—the conjectu res are
innumerable, but the prevailing belief
is, that the vessel probably perished
toe storm, which is ascettained to
Htroyed by fife on Friday last.' -.The
furniture was saved. >i ‘
•The warehouse, of Mr. Benj. Baird,
in Augusta, was on fire on the 27th ult.,
and some Cotton consumed ere tho die
was extinguished. A committee ap
pointed by the Common Council to in
quire into its origin, are of,, opinion that
it was the work of au incendiary and
recommended tho Mayor to oflet a re-
jvard of SI,000 for his detection.
Tba Km York KIrror.
■ Tl.e uumber for May 1, is embellish
ed with two engravings—worth them
selves the price of subscription, aud is
one of the most creditable that has yet
appeared.
(£?* .We must again jog the memories
of its delinquent suqscribers here, aud
for the third time ssk them to call on us
aud settle their accounts.
time, tho Iroorals of tliw
'J ESTY;
y tl.at Gen.; Jackson
(down tolho [nvseut
murder.
From the Savannah Republican, we
. - . learn that Mr. Gilgert Dudley, former-
have been very severe on tim 13lh sod, ^ E(r „ but wh „ resi .
llrh days of Morel., in' »I.o lot.tnde. in dwJ io tliat city fot roor . tlu! t ,
avhich t!.o President must Imre boon | mimlorc j Dear s ingBB ,j 6n , llo
about that time. Three Several aa.l.ng , SOth ins( by s „ mB p ,, r „, n or
ntry have
r»rde,tillnciw,
»-a thing left
ft silks can compete on equal terms
v 8 of any countryin tiny market
Y.qrtd.; L^t our State Legisla
ture giant a bounty on silk, and we may
expect ammilar result here.
. ’TJft.gdlb^ring is from the Savannah
Wa imied from Messrs. McIntosh
f 4k Bjrhcster, ef Mclnitsh Coantjr, m skein of
Wswiful S'**. msufiKtwd by, them.
TPs|Mfcf>shsmniTul \rnu%, and the thfe.ds
. s^ir,snts und ekaroeter.
w s ban ssen none raperior to it. Messrs. M.'
8. stiWi&stlheyhtes bSea p^fectly suceew-
in tWcafiiTaiioa, and that that Tar they bsve
em^hfed b«t few bands in the txuineM who are
. ooable to •ttewtsnan/ Mag ah*
and crowned by A. P. she dolivets
appropriate address to her young sub
jects. The sceptre bearer and the dif
ferent attendants then perform their ap
propriate parts, in. all of -which ; suc
cess was attended by the gratification
expressed by the smiles which played
on more than one pleased parent's coun
tenance and showed itself aniong the
rest present by-the earnest mention,
and the pleasure manifested, in heating
those' half infantile voices. Tins
soon succeeded by enjoyments of a mote
substantial character, and as the luxu
ries and niceties were borne around to
the company, the smiles of the beaters
attested their enjoyment, and all went
merrily. And among the fair ones pre
sent, as spectators was the of tie pensii
ltd look, and whose is that face,
which glows most with health and besu-
ty T Others there Jvere whose flashing
eyes sparkTed briniantly,’ and lent'at-
traction to the fairy scene.
But the suit is waning in the western
packet ships have arrived r.t Liverpool
—ail having loft New' York after tho
President. The only parties who still
believe that the President will return
to Engluud, appear to, be persons who
have been passengers in tho vessel on
prccedb g occasions, and these have so
much confidence in the strength of the
hull—and give reasons of on otherwise
sufficiently satisfactory character—that j
some hope remains of the safety of this
.fortunate steam ship.
The alarm which had agitated tho
been getting wofke aud
alas! there iaborilly spelt x _
as conatQH jionkstv. Tho removal of
ti:e public tfeasure from responsible in-;
to ittesponsible keeping, putting menus
of speculation (by thejGenepd*e, tmler,
that the moncy of the people should, uqt
Ijc locked up) into the hnhds of the un
principled, has done much towards this
end.. They gambled it away,and when
pay day tame, they little regarded their
broken promises. The^ same specula
tive mania disordered the cnrreucy, and
Banks have, in live common ruin, thought
as lightly os individuals, of tfteir pro
mises to pay, Even Mr.’-Biddle, whb
continued fatlltful to his trust while the
U. S. Bank charter existed, when it was
terminated by its autagoaists and the.
institution became a State Bank, was
infected with the samo spirit.’ Cotton,
Texas Bonds, and Vicksburgh Stocks
lured him from tiie path of prudence*
and a shade is cast over the high renown
he had gained for himself as a. financier.
VVe may well say that commoti honesty
grows scarce, when we see that the end
of defalcation and fraud, which was
its meridian when Price, Swartwout
utid Levis swelled its stream has not yet;
come. IVe see its marks around us at
home and among our neighboring cities
we hear its eflects.
But there arc .many transactions in
life which though thoy cannot be classed
among fraudulent, or indicted nnder the
statute of frauds, may woll be characteri
zed as wanting in common honesty. Ik
it honest for our people aud sound iUsti-
unktiown. He was discovered by a ne
gro, before life was extinct and asked
for water, which was given him, when j ’“j 1
he immediately expired. There
wound in his thigh, caused by a musket I tutions of the iuterior to toieratethe cur-
ball, and several wouuds about. the < which they do? Is .it honest to
breast, suppose.! lo be msile by a dag- uf W >'M' can
-The
t -of this
We &rmok ittV&&
j rent by political
l ger. He was about 48 yeais of age,
and we learn lias left a wife and five
See Advertisements on fourth page.
... ... , . . —. The Legislature of Virginia, Mary-
public mtnd in relation to the.affair of | . ° . ....
., . , , , ., . . .- . land, Delaware, Illinois, and Indiana,
McLeod had evidently greatly tf not 1 , , • , . _
, „ , .. , . . have removed the penalties for suspen-
wholly subsided, and tho amounts of; _. _ e .. \ c L1 1 t
State Stocks sold have increased ii
a of specie payments from the hunks
sequence, although there is no great ad- { "^ t ^ 1 ° 8ie ^ tutus , 0,,( 1 authrized tliem to e y lw this crying evil, unless tho people
only furnish their own notes atid care
not to redeem them in any shape T—
People may b .ast of their religion, their
virtue or their honor, but it will.be: im
possible to slimy them practically as
long as they suffer a currency inconvert
ible in any shape, except in batter.—
Such isthe stale of tilings intheititerior,
and it is a disgrace lo oun State, sorry
though we are to say it. It is no wonder
we lieur’from high places, opposition to
a National Bank, which isffft* only rcmc-
vanco in the prices. The cottoii
ket remains stationary. *
Cuba* *
Havannali papers of the 15th ult.
havo been received at New Orleans,
bringing intelligence of the landing of
62 negroes—believed to lie abolitionist
cmisaries—oti the South sido of'Cuba.
Thirty of them had been arrested and
shot, and the Spanish authorities wete
were in pursuit of the others.
President Elonroo on aNatlonul KZauU.
In 1831, when the controversy wai
commenced,, resperting the re-charter
of the United States Bank, Mr. Monhoe.
then in retirement, was asked his opiti-
tittles under the detu>tuinati.in-Of | will tliemselve.i take it in-band anil i
• form the abuse, There are tiio many
interested in the scheme not to raise
j great ciy lest theii
as grown, till reflecting men are
filed to tee in these unhappy dl-
this 6eeds or beginnings Of nW-
tnate rind to us all. Whst is tKe reme- .
3y ? v .Where is the victim, like antftb^r
Curriustocest himselflntdtha yawning
gulph, which politics have made, and
restore harmong and union id a divided
people !' Is it ani illusion of hope, or is
it.a glorious reality^ th^tlie victim'has
been found, and the sacrifice oflbfed up
—sntTthat the bell which tolled for the
President’s funeral, sounded the knell
' Iso to our unhappy feuds and division?
I date not affirm this* and yet it ia un-
possible nert to seoylfiit the President’s
death has produced an eflect, and
wriiught a change in thd poblic mind
and feelings, which, but a mouth ago*
no mad would have dreamed of as pos
sible. Without concert of communica
tion, the generous enthusiasm has spread
overt bo land. Every where, contend
ing' patties meet, as if they were anta
gonists no longer; a common feeling of
regret and sorrow fills all hearts; AVitb
a noble oblivion of party feelings and
distinctions, the political opponents of
the late. President have every where
vied with his friends in doing honor to
h& memory. >.
, *May the auspices hot deceive us ?—
God grapf, that these uewly awakened
sympathies may be the omen and pledge
of better things to come! Let the fires
ofunhriftherly controversy beextinguish-
od! Here, at the grave side, as it were,
of our dead President, let contending
fart intis meet—bury their unhappy fends
-—-learn at length, that as one country
is the raothei of us all, so our interests
are^one—-andthat, instead of gaining by
divisions into fierce and hostile parries,
the safety and the welfare of every part
depend; under God,- upon the union
anil harmony of tho whole!’
T will remove no incumbent from
office who has faithfully and honestly
acquitted himself of tbu duties of his
office, except in such cases where such
officer has been guilty of au active par
tisanship or by Secret meaus—the less
utionpoly lie dis- j niu «ly » U( J tliorefi.retbe more objection-
We learn from the Savannah Georgi-! turbed,—and while they profess a love oble*—has given his iifficial influence to
- ^ tiie purposes of patty, thereby bringing
the patronage «ifthe government in
Let not thepeftjdc.be deceived
by those who'would throw dust in their
i, that the cases of small pox in Darien, ‘ to the ‘dear people’ as their molive. it ii
Wo teen curej, and all apprehension, j ** <■»" Mtlfish yiewa they w.ul.1 pro-
oftiew cases are at an end. The dis
ease was confined to the original
his nurse, and attendant.
eyes—let them no longer countenance
policy which goes to make the' rich
richer, and the pout poorer—which gives
them in prey to the broker and shaver,
and which will eventually grined them
t bring about a recognition of the iude-
respecting tin utility of a National | P™dence of To^as l.y tho Mexican Go-
Bank. He,’ in common with James ! vernraenr. These despatches arc in ro-
Maoiso.n, had rotetl agmmt the first P 1 !- to a communication received from
Bauk. He wan in Madison's Cabinet j Mexico by tiie Government at Austin,
when the *ecnnd Bank was created.—
In a letter to Mi. Silas E. Burrows, at
that time and now published in the In
telligencer, are the, following remarks :
flict with the freedom of elections.*
\ These are the just and fiatriutic senti
ments cf President Tyler, on the dispen
sation of official place. They evince a
proper, appreciation of the ref-ponsibili-
ties of bis position, and an elevated eon-
— , wultu c . el „ u „ 1:J g , llIeu . teptionof tl.eiluties of the uificialcorp..
10 tli says:—“ Wo learn from the post- ‘ to the dust. Let. them repudiate this ! Neither open, active^ pnrtizanship, nor
cript of a letter from Galveston, that the ! dishonest system, this tetter rurienry,’ socr.-t stualtliy participation in elec-
war sebr San B rnar.1 has teen ordered I an ' 1 fi -f “ reform. Tiie Slate is da-. tmneenngpmjoct. to measures fi.r tunt-
. .. ,, . . . graced by its currency, and is pointed ,n S on * ho people themselves the bat-
tmmed lately to Vera Cruz, with sumo , ~ at as „ bj f e . wun | ,„„1/reproach, in the ««ne« of their own staliona of mat and
important despatches, which are likely j Bamo catalogue with the -no currency"; p»w-lf. will lie permitted. They .wte
State of Mississippi. X.et us see the; know Gov. lyler, know the* ho will
good old days of honesty end m irality I perfitrra what lie premises. Hereafter,
once more, (nottlmse <tf Yazoo mem<>», 1 le<‘he evidence if auch Iterate, lie fur-
hut) of such ns were antecedent to the ; ,,i,,ho,l h,m - ** r "“J ctnrupt partizanship
days of Andrew Jackson. We ialuiurml I “» tbe part of officeholders whom he
hard for a change of Administration, I mo y • appoint, and the people will aee
and now we shall work with .orpin! per- *•»•* p»dgo of our Chief Magistiue to-
severance In bring a change of morals [redeemed
“ C!*ntl* ofi gather around a rural fete;
Yet what a cloudless morning dawned for thit!
No Zephyr breathed too boldly, to abate
Tbe fulness of anticipated bliss.”
The elegant garden of Dr. Tinsley,
politely proffered for the occasion, rich
in its own verdant garments, welcomed
the votaries of Flora as they trod the
velvet lawn, on towards the throne,
where nature and art, had met together
and embraced,
First came a.little Peri of loveliness
representing Floia, scattering flowers,
spring flowers, in tbe path of her follow
ers., /Tjfie. queen
M A pure and unpretending flower.
Gsiurs Trisa guards its
fcihsewsri sf-Snefc- .V' * ‘
■ muni.,,
The inails for some days past have
; that wetiave not re-
n what we have
gressioeal del
twelve Whigs,
and^ht
There Is very little doubt
Whigs will have a'rosjorvij
of^ the forest tells 'that another day is
closing, and another notch abont uiart-
ing to show man’s lifo as somuchnearer
to the grave. The laughing throng bare
gone and we remain to ponder awhile
on the fleeting things pf rime, and man’s
frailty. Thase' flqwers,;t|iat are so fresh
and blooming to-day : to-raorrow will
bo noglected arid . withered. - We find
a sad moral, intruding itself on onr
minds. The- brightest of .those, who
gathet ed^on this spot, where all it now
, as victims to tho relentless hand of
h! We have-seen that all that
Now ascended the throne, and received
the. crown frpmthe bands of Miss L. M.
reciting these lines, written for her:
* Though few ibysabjoc'i Quean of May,
Accept the homage of outlay,
No gilded crown, with jewel* bright, .
With diamonds aparkUng, foil of Tight;
With emeralds green and sapphires blue, 1 .
.To tempt the eye. or piesae the view ; £
No gilded toy to thee we bring.
But this pare heart felt oflering,
Netnre’e rich diadem df flowers,
Racked by these faithful hands Wtors;
.Tliua qneen of hearts, we crown »►*••
; ; - •'And Wad this wresth around thy*brow.
Wo are sorry that we- are not able to
obtain a copy of the reply of the Queen
who so gracefully maintained her regal•
character. Miss V. H. then recited these
lines, written fur the occasion . by'her
teacher : . v ..... p ,
And now thoo'rt crowned, like a fairy qneen,
-- With flowerets of many ahue,y, if ,/
. Thy brow ’sca>h their relretlearM is seen,
J like • snow flske'shinina through.
Ttoroso With its softest, richest rive?,. . ,
Scarce rivals thy downy cheek,
• Thy’dewy lip with paefa bbwsnm'vies.
And thine eyes with the violets meek. ■
' • Thou seemrst to na bat s brighter flower,.
Jnst budding, with beauty rile, - .
’ And deeming the world a'l a lairy bower,..'
- May this not be. thy. dream of life.
Augustus Alhury.a native of Germa
ny committed suicide at Savaunuii on
the 26th ult.,- by cutting his throat- He
had recently been bonotably discharged
and to revive the standard of honesty.-—
Sac. Republican.
'■Tte view above presenteil, is sup- j f rom tb0 Array, ivl.ere ho bad served
ported by exponenco, and particularly p - J ,, ,
by the events of the late wur. When * our years—was subject to mental de-
coramenced, the Government
had not the funds which were necessary
to support it, and was, iu consequence,
forced to resort to loans, which were
with difficulty obtained from auy quar
ter, even in a limited degree, and on un
favorable terms. I,have not the official
document before me, and cannot state
the sources from which any loans were
obtained, nor tho conditions, with the
decline of tbe public credit as the war
advanced. I well remember, however,
that when 1 was cultal by the President
to the Department of War, on the 31st
of August, 1814, tho Certificates of the
Treasury were selling alS$Qinthe $100,
by which $20 were lost. -Itwasevideut
that, if a reliance was placed on the sale
of Certificates only, a still further decliue
would ensue, ana that tho woist conse
quences might be apprehended. The
country wa-Invaded.through the whole
rangement, and was c
the Gospel.
i preacher of
The Reverend Mr. Ames has absquat-
utated from Savauuah. He owed
the Savannah Republican 830,00.
Why is the life of an Editor of a New
York paper—says the Hoi aid— like the
Bonk of Revelations ? D’ye give it up?
Answer—Because it is full of types
and shadows, and a mighty voice, like
the sound of many waters, is ever say
ing unto him—“ Write |”
Inland and maritime frontiers,.and pow
erful squadrons were at the mouth of
every bay and river leading to our prin-
f cipal cities, which were threatened with
attackand rain. . The Metropolis of our
Union had bqen forced, and its public
buildings destroyed; Such was tiie state
of the country, and thw funds, when I
entered the' Department of Wat. Un
der such circumstances, an appeal-was
made-to the patriotism and -interest of
the cities, and banks within them, by
the Depart menfrof Wary with the sanc
tion of tbe President, for loans of money
Tnocessary for their own defence, for that
of the maritime frontier, and the Union.
For the first loar* that was obtuined—
one .million of dollars from the city -of
N; York, which took place a few days
after. I entered, the Department—no
price was fixed. As the Treasui y notes
were selling for 880 in the 8100, that
was claiined; r but riot aceeded to. It
wad left, fpr subsequent adjustment, to
be settled on fair principles., Several
millions of dollars were ootuined from
the District: of Columbia and principal
cities throughout the* Union, arid, eccor-
give some faint idea
,jpipr- H.- en j"yntVDU'of tte
if May, but they must be reen to
rightly appreciated. 'X SIESjyjL
•icy benmy that ,eem- divine,
• - May tijinetyc, tike .BofiJy clramtng star, . .
. Never through s tear drop shine.
‘The usual ceremonies, presenting the serious «
sceptre. May pole, white rend'red
w follow^ but'odr isolated positron has
. prevented us from obtdi’ni ng copies of the
-.f_ J r j waa elegantly,' effeiriive-
THE STATJS OF THE CURRENCY.
The Natchez Free Trader of a late
date says : “ On Saturday we saw a ten
dollar gold piece sold for 8100 in Mis
sissippi Railroad notes; and on Mon
day a common Marseilles vest brought
8100 iu notes of the Missisippi Shipping
Company.” This gives us some idea
of the condition of the currency iu
State of Mississippi, where, we
Sumo, it is at its lowest state ofdegruda.
tion.
Things are bad onoagh, however,
near home. Take the .following facts
and reflections, for example, from the
Geoigia Journal of the 6tb of March:
“ What a glorious currency our State
is now blessed with l Only think, rea
der : we have money at par value—at
2 per cent, 4 per cent, 6 per cent, 8
per cent, 10 per cent, 20 per cept, 30
per cent—any per rent, discount,
you please!—What more cun any. rea-
sonable man desire ?
• The Journal then describes the ope
rations which, the Editors say, they have
sat down by their window and witnes
sed every day for. the last two monthb.
A poor fellow, for -instance, who has
money to pay, sets' outs with Monroe
Railroad notes; by . paying a heavy dis
count be converts them into Central
Bank notes; these.undergo the samp
dine- to mY~rec..llectinn, at per. Thi» proow ofdiscount, mid .become Hamt-
p roves tint t. until tliuUfilon ia Uireatenail HnmUe i another »have convert, them
L-.l, ruin, lio Ioann can he’obtained in int.. Columbia fault, and yet another
turns them into available money, “borne-
times,” say the Editors, “ we have piti
ed, sometimes, we have laughed at these
distresses of our friends. . Latteily,
however* we have begun to view them
in'a more spriois light ;; and we 'fre
quently; involuntarily, ask ourselves if
this state of tfiirigs is to be submitted to
any Linger ? Is there no remedy for it?
Are ice to toilfrom day -to day, and the
profile of our labor’s to be swallowed up in
th.is mariner? .Seriously, something wut
be. done, to remedy; tire evils consequent
• j^d JrirreSifcy.”-^iVatiq»-
witli ruin, no Joans can he obtained
emeigencies,'-without a National. Bank,
otherwise than at a great sacrifice.—
These consideratumslrf^to-a change in
myopbiloti, and.indueed me-to' concur
with the President iu the propriety of
Tng' such a bank, after the coii-
of the war in 1815. As to the
it .formed
;le. In voting against it
nc, I -was governed es-
licy. jbe construction
>n Mi t utii hi I considered
i the latter instance it
-as more liberal, but, according to .my u P ou having.a 1
idgment, justified by rts ^were/ ^ « lntclhgencer.
THE ONE MAN POWER.
In relation to those now in office, who
have always ranked wuh our opponents
and acted with them through cot the
eventful struggle of the last four years,
it behoves any .of them who would retain
their places—to furnish the evidence of
We hav s never been more impressed , , . . . , .
with the startlingly dangerous extent-to I l“ e * r ‘ wnocence of having brought the
which the ‘.me roan power? had progrea- 1 patronage ofthoir offices ‘in conflict wuh
sed under the fostering
two of Gen. Harrison’s predecessors,
than while conversing the other day
with a very worthy and highly patriotic
citizen, a supporter of the late adminis
tration. Chief among his objections to
the.Inaugural Address, was that portion
the freedom of elections.* it is well
known that they were required to do
this very■ thing—it was the tenure by
Which they held office, that they were
to bring its .'patronage in conflict with
...... , w «vw, Bnren a late official corps can produce
were its members to submit to» w »y evidence. ‘To the victor be-
I of their chief— so basely sub-1 ,0,I S» lhe was the rallying cry,
t to the wishes and opinions of j and each officeholder considered tliat m
3 representatives oft actively laboring for Mr. Van Bureo •
. that men got into I «3-el^tion he ’*ras contending for hu .
wages- • f ■
irsed i nfection of this pernici-
the freedom of'elections.* And those
h... ,.»».»«>, noo ».« w who could not work were required to
which defines thri relative duties and ; Tliis was the geae/al
powers of Congress and the Executive. riJe of offic,al induct under Mr. Van
‘Why,* says our democratic friend, “he Buren. from tbe secretaries of depart-
has left Congress to controlevery thing!” I ments downi to the feeblest tide waueu
or words to that effect. That this Those yrhodid not obs rve the rule, if
should he urged as a fault by any one,; they would escape the consequences of
and above all others by a *dem icrat,*! Mrv ^ 8 obedience to it, rnuit show that
appeared odd, until we reflected upon I were never governed by this rale,
the character and history of the party j £ ut not ode rn a thousaud of Mr. Van
lately expelled from power. So accus
tomed i
the will - i
servient to the wishes and opinions of j
the President had the
of the people become,
the habit of looking to ilie mere
tor of the law as tbe source from whencei j ......
all leg station should emanate. The I ou * doctnn « ***■ duenned the whole
country wa« rani,II, sinking into a state I Intaii ami .mind -df lim Official corpa.—
of Ictliargy in-which men acqoiesccd i D t Hehauchc.1 by tte epab ayMem, the,
the most danqerous usmpations. and the ‘ derided the .nffijnng. of an nunhed and
energies oftbe Government were silent*.i °PP r *^H 'IW!P»^TrM | «y sponied the
Iv and steadily being concentrated in j ^medial propossd for tbe
the Chief Magistrate. There* needed aalv a t,on °f , lh « country—madly end
but a step further of aggrenimi lipon I nscklessly they marched «»o, obedient to
the co-ordinate departments, and a sub-1tosndatefc of power trampling down
mission under, a bold, intrepid leader, l ^ i^ts. of tlieir fellow citixons, the
to these insidious departures from the constitution and tb« L^ any of
ancient landmariu of duration-1 mg en- j t ^ oso herded in such company^' If
ongh to familiarize the public triiml with itoiommentof this guilt, make that
the usurpation, to have established the I innocence manifest. Let them make
“one man '.power** so>’firtn1y that 6o r .f’i« ,e a r ^» d ’ , » ri 8 , »‘ “meridian rays,
beloved country, -while- enjoyiog the r ^*** e ««9hcr r they do it tbe better. For
forms of a representative republic, would j. n, i , T- bascorae—a great moral
have been subjected to n virtual despot- j crisis «p this republic—when,-either tbe
ism that nothing but f fie bayonet arfd the political morals of the country must be
sword could have abrogated. Through reformed,.or else 'we shall glide bead-
-* ... . r - r long'iipon that catastrophe which-has
eofallpreceuing
must be taurtt
a the
what would seem the inter\entif»6 of a
merciful Providence, we havefhy.e time
at least—may it he forever— escipdd
this rock of destruction. In the elevation
to power of a mail tvhf» chciisfies an
abiding .faith'in tlie : .virtne and; tbtelli-
getice of the .people; anil Wbjv VfiiJe
he will faithfully execute their will, will ^
on no ordinary ocrasinn wantonly set of those who;
up his opinion against the enligbU'hed
judgement of tlieir deliberately chosen. ^T*** 04 *. 1 ir»
representatives.—Mcraphit Enquirer.- i vbn ing it 3 o’cl
republics. ' A
thMOTll.lMf
public mina.
must to restored
this common—.ealtit.
Si mu.tbre.lte thriHighouttbe renin
re .elected tn aurre the
■SpmBB.. not .efiect to be ...
qn?erewh»«ry»,lytln«eTv»na..