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From the S. I’. Jour.: I of Cos .xmrrtt.
THE I'MTr.D STATE* B lUSi.
The enlargement of the loan* "i • 1 1 i~ bi-ii-
I lit ion erased in July. 11l if in null ol Juin
the enlargement minimfc I. a- v -‘ havr i•
fire stated, to over a milli ... an Ia Itnll of
il an 1 the total enlargement, ftom tin- '
time when the expansion began. in Novrm- ,
ber. to the time when it c.-trecd. was hr-nty
millions of tl'illars. \il this nntwith'taui
iit'.' it was rung through tin; n iii in by tliej
prcsa- an) orators who diTciil I tin
during ands / i’leod^jad^M
wI-hia of th • II ink if ' If.
'.f n
coii.i Irrel the extent of exp ulsion to which
the IfanU ha I lit it gone, as under the t ircuin
aiaiices, impolitic. We canjiot refrain from
saving, that we consider this jKilicy, pursued
as it has since her n as having put at hazard
all the interests of trade thtnughout the coun
try. Such a flooding of the money tnatl.d
was never before known; and as in the ac
tion, so is the danger of re action. There is
nothing the matter with our pecuniary altiiir-,
hut what originates in (he Hank; there is no
prospect of auv evil before us, hut from the
Hank; an I we are free to say inching lias
beea the mutter, within the la-t three year.,
hut what has had its might with tin Hank.*
What then, has lie n tin elf-el of litis mi li
ty machine, which was created to regulate
unit git?* stability to our eiirriiui)! Ii ha
been, an 1 it threatens to lie, little less than a
central power of agitation, problem:; 11.
in »st violent and fatal extrene-s.
We know it is sad bv many partiz in tid
vo-ates of the Hank, til'll ill - only Im i:n -
of the Dire .-tors, is, at I ist un hi pi it <ii
Cttinstances, to make the most rnoicy they
ran fir the stock-holders. This doctrine ha
been avowed in enuvers.itiori and in print.—
Yet we hold it toll:; as wick las it i dang' r
oils. We know very well, that in till such
eases it is chiefly the advancement of his own
interest, which induces each individual to be
come a stock-holder. hel it is always un
derstood, that private interests shall he pro
motes no further than is consistent with the
full accomplishment of public objects, Im
which n charter is gr imed. I pun li.it
ground was the charter of the I . ft. Hank
asked? Dill any of its advocates, while it
was before the people, ever say, that, when
the applicants had obtained the (barter, it
would be used to fill their own pockets, te
gardlcss of the public good ? In advocating
t ho renewal of the charter, was any micli doc
trine put forth? No, never. Tin public
good was always, from beginning to end, the
argument which was urged, and the only tit
gtimcni. The charier "ns advocated, be
cause the institution would facilitate the sis-
cal operations of government, secure stability
to the currency, furnish a safe and useful cir
culating medium, facilitate exchange-, and
in every wav secure a ipiiel and prosperity to
our affairs. To the performance ol these
trusts the Hank was most sacredly pledged;
and the suggestion, that men would ever be
placed at the head of its aifaiis who would lie
base enough to violate this pledge, was treat
ed with scorn. Nor was il ever iiiiimaleil,
that a refusal to renew the charter, or even
nit attack l»y the government should ab dw
the directors from these obligations.
The prosperity of our country, fit two or
three years past, and its prospects for at lea a
one year to come, are without a parallel in
the history oflho world. Ii has l.tr i/Ulsllip
ped any thing realized, even in out own pre
vious strides to wealth. Notwithstanding the
unprecedented importations of the las; year,
yve are not in debt to any other tialion. The
(pmtitily of specie which we pos-ess, is double
what it was three years ago, and we ha\e lie
fire us a crop which promises to lie filled u illi
heaven's largest homily, \ singb ;iMi<|.
will produce seventy-five million. of do'lau.
In addition to the vast amount of exp its, I >r
eigu capital is enusiantly flowing in upon ire,
seeking for investment. It w ill be utmost
impo.silile for it", with the greatest iudu-.trv
of extravagance, to eoiisunu enough of for
eign pro luets to involve us uneonilinialilv in
debt. It our own insulations are Ilian.i ml
judiciously, nothing but such a call upon ii
by foreign i re.litors as would take oil ten mil
lions of specie, would pto.luce any serious
effect on the money market. F.xccsshe »pc« -
illations in real estate nr stocks, or ally thing
else, max make a few “ lame ducks. *’ Some
men may find money with themselves \ try
•scarce, but the condition ol the country, on a
broa I scale, will not be seriously affected.
Thent are only three ways of producing n
•enreits ul’money. One is, such a demand
tar specie In sen I nlimad, as weakens the
foundation of the monetary system, and re
quires the monied institutions to reduce their
loans. The second is, unstendine. -in the
management of those institutions: ntul the
third is fright. A combination of the two
last, created the distress of ISlill—l. lhitiie
produced the panic. All the otlu i causes
which met .at that time, might ha\e created
some pressure, but could not have amounted
to distress. The skill of political e. atomisls
will never establish any olhet sola:ion to to u
most strange and wicked piece ol political
hntiibuggery. fear always enters more or
less into alt money pres-mes as an aggiitva
ling cause, and in proportion ns it exists pio
duces pressure, even in the abseti e of all it al
dilßeultv, If the iasti: mi ".re at 1....■
unsteadily managed; if they lirst put torth
large issues, and when business is stimulated
In a violent momentum, withdraw (•> e ,
sues, or if they refuse the bieilities in c. !! e
rinti or transmission of exchange which tl. y
have been accustomed to afford ; it, it; short,
without a Ibreigit demand fu specie, they
conduct as if there was one. they may easily
lock up in theirowu vaults the means of trade,
aud put them ns far beyond the reach of tra
ders as they were scut to the furthermost cor
ner of the earth.
An institution like the fnited States Bank,
so towering above all other institutions in the
magnitude of its means, and so concentrated
in the spring of its actions, lias always the
power to excite the movements of Imsiut ss to
a dangerous activity, or to depress them to a
ruiuous inaction. It m: of tho most |>ower
ful local institutions should suddenly go upon
o; policy of rapid ourtailm til, other institu
tion* would immediately become its debtors,
mid would be liable lobe called on for specie.
"Yet there at e few. if any, of the f al iti'tilu
tious .m pow erful hut that all the claims they
could create, might. in a time of specie plen
tifulness, lie paid up, without any severe
change in the urditviry eoursi of other hreii
tutious. But when the fnited Slates Hank
• The removal of the ijejsi'ites was an ar
bitrary, unnecessary and 1 edi'li act; but it
tired not have caused any scarcity of money .
The Hank, however, ta-.i- o~c ,si'it from that
Ctreutustsuee to tutu tie v rews as they were
never turned before, an l thousands ol the
sufferers taiJ amen.
Kissing the hand that led tinm to th» - r<.
And glory tug as they no I the ow in _ bats.
there is no alternative hut to meet
the measure b\ f corresponding t urtailmetits
on the part of other institution', lor, otherwise
her deintind would stem In come so great a to
sw < ep cverv dollar of ihi ir ready »|« < ie, and
bring them to bankruptcy. f l lie Haul, ol
the fnited States has at this moment fifty
tuilliotis of (lisi oi.-nted notes and hills of ex
i hange in Ho'ton, New York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore, which tail due within ninety
,| , : —iippo-c the Htj-iib lit Wfuelo fold his
an’iij tnnHjuyiiil day to pass, v.idi
-4;
'on. ii nii ir ith pe-
< ie. \ s would exhaust till the avail
able -p- Tan ta the four'eities, and there would
he an end of tho bu inf-'s. Payments would
of course have ceased. The Hunk holds fif
teen millions of dorifestie hills of exchange in
the cine- of New York and Philadelphia,
payable ill ninety days. These bills, a large
portion of them belong to distant Branches.
.Suppose, without enlarging the discount lines
m these cities, these bill- should lie permitted
to fall due, and instead of the money being
''■tit back to he re-issued, it should be retain
ed in llie vault' ol tWe mother and the New
York Hrati' h; great distress would be the
consequence, though the manner in v.diielt it
w»o . bioeg tt about, mi .-lit not lie apparent to
all eyes. Ii was in ibis manner, that the re
sources of the ,Ni xv York tie re hauls w ere ex
hausted during tin- panic w inter. Marly in
February, I••'t51, the llranch here, put out a
statement to the public, as follows:
Discount*, §■<>, -158,540
Due mother Hank anil Branches, l,H(l(t, Itist
The two sums were added to-
gefher ilm-, Jh|l.:ilß,»Gß
A little reflection shews, that if the amount
due to the mother and Branches had been
sent where it belonged, and managed as be
fore, it would have been there re-loaned upon
new lulls, and most of it remitted to \. ork
in payment of debts due from distant traders.
The account ought rutlier to have been sta
led thus:
l.oans, $(>,458,450
Less, balances retained front the
use of mother and Branches, 4,800,428
N it neeoinniodatiou loN. York, $1,508,022
Or il would have been more exactly right
to have stated, the account thus, in rcli renee
to the panic operations; beginning with Oct.
1, I8TI:
Increase of dura to mother and
Branches, about $3,000,000
Increase of discount line in New
York, 300,000
Ileal curtailment from Oet. Ist
to Fell. Ist. $2,700,000
Yet it was under these eircmnstnnccs, that
the papers whose business it wtis to mislead the j
public, claimed, that New York merchants !
were under old iga l ions for favor, In the amount |
of eleven millions, or at least nine millions |
of dollars.
\Ve have said, that the rapid is'tics of the
llranch had put at hu/.arii the interests ol
trade. Hut those interests are only at hazard.
\ wise and steady i iuuse, wlllt the blessings
of I’rovidetiee upon our crops, will s”M stive
us limn great MuHering. b*ni It a course there
i reason to believe the local Hunks througlt
niii tin- i imu l re -im ll; ,|m-i i| in puisne, main
taining their loans where they now are, for at
least Mime months to come. If this policy is
now adopted, there will he some tension to
the market, because the (low of inertuntil
loans has reused. Hut there will be no dis
tress. The w ants ol tlie country imperiously
demand this policy, anil there is nothing in
the eouiiiliou of things to prevent its adoption.
It depends upon the w ill of one man, thcie-
Ibre, w hether it shall or shall not he adopt
ed. The qiicslinn which way that man
- hull determine, is n question involving the
wealth or poverty of thousands of now pros
perous individuals.
W e have, w ithin the past few months, re
ceived so many positive assurances from
those who were, to some degree at least, in
llte -ecu t- if the Hank, that ii would make
no lilt I her disturbance, but would goon solely
with leferetiee to promoting the interests of
the stock holders, that although we deemed
the rapid enlargement of its discounts to the
extent they were ial lied, ns highly danger
mis, yet wo thought ii might he accounted for
on tho principle Iniil down, and we hoped,
that no gnat mischief would ensue. We
wen less anxious about, the consequences of
the eulatgeinenf, rind more inclined to be
lies 1 the declarations which were made, be
cause it was averted as the ilelrruiiualioti of
the I’resideiil. not, in fact, to bring the nlliiirs
of the institution to a close at all, nor to pay
any pmiion of the capital stock, except that
part belonging to the government.
Were either wisdom or generous feeling
predieahlo of the power which directs the
Hank, w e should fool sure it would make no
mote panic. Hut the developements of the
three last tears have convinced us, and xxe
In hex. most others, that any calculation ba
sed tqion the supposed possession of either of
these qualities, would he without inundation.
\' to political management, wo believe the
friends nt Mi. Middle give him up ns clumsy,
lie was at the head of an institution and a
policy so much approved by the people, that j
if leli to lloal upon the tide of popular lux or, !
ii xxoiild certainly have been continued bv a
in x\ charter, in spite of the opposition rven of j
(lenerul Jackson; and he has contrived to
render it so odious, that no mail or parly pis- j
sessos power eilifttgli to perpetuate its ex is- j
teuce. llis financial management, in the es
limulioii of those who know most about it.
and ate best qualified to judge, and to judge j
dispassionately, has been little else than a se- j
lies of tximuiCi'. Certainly n man who, with i
the immense advantages of the 1 nited States j
Hank, cannot earn more than tout percent,
per annum, on the money w hich he has ae
tuallv in hand,ought to relinquish allelaini to ,
the character of a tinancier. But this is just
about what Ml. Biddle has accomplished.—
It. however, he had shown no traces of wick
edui 'S or folly, except those which were dis
plaved during the jiantc, his name would go
down to posterity with execration. This was
a deliberate, cold-blooded, i aletilating design,
to break every tnerehant and Bank in the
country, xvhiclt could be btoken, and to put
the w lmle community to a pecuniary torture.
The torture was xnudo intense, and pmlract
ed «s another groan could he extorted. In
! the hands of tins man are the destinies of our
merchants. Having stimulated llie business
of the oilin' v into a most dangerous action,
he has im:; I suddenly round in his policy,
and draw back his issues violently. No
man ran vc ati ttstn why four or live hun
dred tit.> ■ and vlollars in specie w ere demand
ed of the bn al Hanks a week ago, exec pt. that
i x as to make trouble in the money market.
Those balances were created by the sudden
i hange in the policy of the Hank. The lo
cal Hanks would have been willing to pax a
modci .itc intetest. if they might have retain
tJlhcni, and tin tiiouev for all the , ■ ii h
'jysi:z 3 s%"s >
-es ..j :Ire Hank in tiling its affair-. weJM
:,vc been o-t as available as it is now. 'iy*
anot.ie^^H
■ i
| ~ i V. • < by rep«
red ore a
1 vn find Ju?s
the re p I'ition lo push them off*. Th.-ir mi
tv is wilji themselves. If with th; ir urtit-d
poxver they w ill demartr), that curtailment-of
the Bank shall (ease, and, that the future
policy of the Hank shall he mad' know i to
1 them, and conducted tinder theirsupervitiou.
the demand cannot be refused. If su h a
measure is not adopted, there is too much rett
; son to fear, that again panic will he upon
them. It cannot, however, at the worst, hist
long, and must be lolloxved by great pros peri -
! *y. *
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From the ttiehmond linjuinr.
Slow goes !!;.■ Aiglil ?
The Huston ('ourirr n-k.s the “Lex
ington Ob eiver,” if “there he any more
harm in Al:issac|iii~eirs adhering to the
candidate ol Iter choice, than in Ken
tucky adhering to Hen. Harrison, and
refusing, under any circumstances, to
vote for Air. Webster? Kentucky, too,
will strike hj,r il.t a uuh.ss shu can ha'<
la r own' way. Hvery State Titny
her own way, except AliiMsHchlisctts, and
all is well enough; hut if AlassaclnisetH
(hire to exercise the reign of nomination,
and the consistency of principle, she i
the dog in the manger. One thing i
certain—Alassaclinsetts will retpiiro oth
er arguments than such ns the Observer
presents, before she w ill f-onsciit to vole
for Hen. Harrison or Judge White. She
w ill not relinquish her candidate for ei
ther of tlinn. (T?’ If Kentucky canno; i
vote for Air. Webster, she need not tnkt
up a retry ordinary -fiut'lgjiiti; from all
ot! rer State. IV.itti.ti’it sin: v.mjAlassa
cllLserrs mu i mix auxix i con om: im
iii.a owx soxs; hit mix Tin: jiK.xTi.n-
MI:N Altovt.xAMl:t)— in:ver. ’'
The Courier also takes the Alexandria
Uuzette to task for crying out “ f.inul!
Fanil" —and Litis, because the
supposes, tli it the opposition to Arr>H|Hß
Bureii is now, “in reality, narrowed dm™
to a choice between Judge White anil
Hen. Harrison.”—The Courier demands
by what right “the opposition in Virgin
ia, or any other Southern State, thus
calls upon Massachusetts to desert her
“ gilted Webster,” and give her vote to
one who has not a tithe of iiis qualifica
tions ? If there must be a sacrifice of
preference, w hy docs not the Gazette call,
upon the Southern and Western States
to “sacrifice their preference upon the
.altar of their country,” and cast their
votes for liitn, whom the Gazette itself
lias repeatedly admitted to be pte-eini
ncnlly qualitit I to administer the affairs
of the nation—one whom it has acknow
ledged to have fought til. battle fireOßtaf
('(institution and the laws, with more
success than any other man, and on
whose brow the victory must rest, if x ie
tory ever be obtained over this corrupt
and lawless administration ?—Does not
Massachusetts hang out the banner of
S’ riot is in ami the Constitution ? What
prevents the South and the West from
rallying under its ample folds?—Massa
chusetts has presented lo the Cnion a
candidate w ho has showed himself com
petent to the warfare against “stern,
concentrated, disciplined pow er, with the
offices of Government at its disposal;”
she ought not to desert him; we trust she
will not desert him; she may not surcrcd
with him. In such a contest, defeat is
honor; desertion would lie disgrace.
The Huston Atlas also takes
knotty subject of the Succession, am!
gives the rut di.'tct to the Arch Magician.
It trusts “ that our friends w ill for the fu
ture rest assured of the fact, that Mr.
11 rhstrr ran in no emergency sustain th
course of Mr. Van Hunn. Industrinuslx
as such rumors have been circulated for
political effect, they are utterly and en
tirely without foundation. Tltev have
not even the shailo*x of prohalnlitx to rest
upon. In the case of Mr. Clay thev were
equally without foundation—and vet,
how pertinaciously—how confidently—
the assertions were made ! The slight
est shadow of suspicion that Mr. (.'lav
could ever he so false to himself never
fora moment darkened our confidence in
the integrity attd wisdom of that extraor
dinary man; most extraordinary indeed
in his natural gifts, and in his manv cp
portuniti ,i, ■ ' —' -j,- -J
or, the happiness, the prosperity and the
pence of the country. The Statesman
of the West—and the Statesman of the
North—true to their great powers—tin ir
high trusts —their noble principles—now
as ever the champions of civil, constitu
tional liberty—will he faithful to their
cause aud'heir calling to the last. The
sun of their life has passed its zenith—
the sun of their fame has shed hut its
dawning beams upon the world. Their
names will live—and their glory grow
green—w hen the thousand and one pop
ular rivals—and popular idols of the dav
—shall have passed utterly from the page
of history, and left no trace of their pow
er in the institutions of their native laud.
Can it bo possible that such men w ill
barter their deathless names, for the in
famy of betraying the friends and princi
ples they have sustained —and ti.
cit at honor oj serving wider such a chi
ns Marti:: I 'an Ihireii!" —We join issue
with the Allas; and trust that Air. Web
ster will lit re r sustain the cause of Air.
Van Huron. AVe agree with him most
cordially in tins sentiment. As in the
case of Mr. Adams, we prefer his opposi
tion to his support—“ .May In . ton, , ver
he against ns. rather than with us.” Wo
should almost suspect Mr. Van Buren, if
w e found Daniel Webster associated w ith
him. .Many of die Southern A\ ; ir< .
sick of him—and say, tin v will not g.,
for him, a- President. And if Id- own
late, dear friends and allies, thus scout
him, can they expect us to desire an tt
nion with him !—Put not so with the N.
York (Courier <SI Enquirer! ilt r< vives iiis
?*>Jijrlited oath to .Mr. Webster, and does
i.ot hesitate most manfully to declare,
“that we would rather he defeated i;i sus-
and advocating"the claims of
Hi.miv fi.AY or Daniel Webster to the
urcl
one of the prllffw
pies \\ ith which they and the V» hig Parly
of the I . J-tat; - v ;re ;:! ntitied.”
(Jhacun ft son (font! There is no dis
puting about Hobby-horses, as Sterne
would say—And so says our Whirligig
neighbor, the redoubtable V* hig, who, al
ter changing his point ol the compass as
often as the we.ilber-eock —first throw
ing up his cap for Mr. Clay, as tlie great
est man of the age, who was sure of be
ing President one of these days—then
raising his hurra for Mr. Leigh, w hom lie
once pronounced to he a century behind
the age—then, protesting most solemnly
Ids desire tostand by Judge \V bite—then,
hinting at the propriety of sending the
election to the I louse of ilopresentatives,
and making the President the Elevc of
that body-Notv, has the modesty to come
forward w ith its belief, that Mr. Van I»u
--ren could he elected by the If. <d 15., —
and lljat the M’Jj**. must settle
upon one single candidate—not
•M obster—not White positively—hut ei
ther White or Harrison—another “ He
ro,” after all the anathemas which the
W hig has issued against “ military chief
tains”—And after (Jen. Harrison too has
just declared, that he would cheerfully
yield to .Mr. Webster, a Federalist, w hom
the M hig has denounced almost as the
very “ last of pea time”—if wc may use
this classic phrase.
In a word, who ever saw so piebald a
coalition as these W higs 1 Ao principle
to hind Them together —no concert —no
union—but all hinds ami /whits !
Steam lioat Explosion. —The Pa ki
rn ore Federal Gazette of the I fill inst.
contains the following:—“ Another had
accident liasoccurred upon the steam boat
A passenger on hoard et
Retime, has kindly furnished the follow
ing information:
Tuesday, 4 past 1 o’clock, P. M. Sept.-
Ur
The steamer Carrollton collapsed her
inside larboard flue, while lamlinga pas
senger at I’oinpt C’mipcc, about six miles
above Bayou Sara, on her way up.
There were five persons badly scalded;
—two slightly, and two or three blown
overboard, who were lost. The steamer
John Nelson, (.’apt. Cnrhale, was a short
distance ahead at the time the accident
occurred; < ’ lptain <'. immediately round
ed to, and rendered all the assistance to
the distressed in his power.
'Flic cabin passengers escaped unhurt,
by being on shore at the time the acci-
occurred. We. are informed that
six persons have lost their lives.
Another Explosion. —The steam boat
Jtoonsliek (says the New Orleans Bee of
the toM I inst.) was brought here yester
day by the Lewis Cass, alter she had
burst her boiler opposite to Plaqnemiiie
on her way hence to St. Louis, it ap
pears that having stopt at I’hi'jltetnine to
take in n passenger, those on hoard crowd
ed from curiosity all to one side which .
became immediately submerged liy the
weight. W lien afterwards the boat re- i
sumed her position, the waiters overflow
ing it came in contact with the boiler
heated to a degree of intensity, and pro- j
duceil a dreadful explosion. The cap
tain, engineer and another were instantly
r"',d; and about 14 or la other persons
V tinv.i 4m»«i‘rnu-lv wounded.
Unless Congress shall pas some law,
like that recommended liy the President
ill his hist annual message, wc mar have
to deplore many similar catastrophes— j
particularly on the western waters, w here
the waste of and wreck of life are as a
thing of trilling moment.
'flic detachment under e< 11 tnaial of Col.
Bodge, has returned to the regimental head
quarters of l-’ott Leavenworth, in good health.
The companies under rninmaad of Major
Mason reached their quarters i:< ar Fort Gib
son, on the slh lilt., after an übseuce of four
months. The officers and men in good
health ; the horses were thin. ln:t not more so
than might be expected after their exposure
in the prairies to die sun and dies.— Army
am! Sary Clirori' l-. .
Extract of a letter fi„m Major 11. it. Mason
of the Dragoons, to 0 gentleman in }iusit
'
•• we The Yttr'Buualo 11 : :[pally. 1
killed some fir. as 1 did a!<> t ear, dee. , an I
tnrkevs; but caught no wild In-rses.
“The sports of the chase 1 enjoyed you
mav know and assuic you often wished for
von to witness die immense number of bulfii
io that were often in full view of die cainp,
within a few hundred yards to almost as far
as the eve could reach.
“1 saw one of the Osage hunters ride up
at full speed alongside of a large buffalo cow,
and kill her wiih a single arrow. It was shot
i entirely ihinugh her: it went in the right and
passed out on the left side, and was lost in
the prairie, breaking a rib passage.
•• I saw another of the Osagt s kill a large
cow with a -ingle arrow. He shot it into
i her. tip to within a few inches (say two or
three) of the leathered end; he caught hold
of it. pulled it out, and shot i; into 1 < r again,
t w hen she immediately lell. This of course
was at lull spud. These feats I witnessed
with my own eyes.”
oiitia s'ah . test below the !gr. discovered
something (loafing down the river near the
I ink, w iri.-h < wiled bis curt sity. He s-, oi -
led the obi eel and found it to be too children,
about 1- to 14 mouths old. la■! up in a far?,
doth —the eldest with marks of violence on
its back such stat
of mutilation and piiiiifaelion, that the sexes
w ere not distinguishable.— Iv g . Courier.
The N« w York Ci 5 Ins ■ >r n . orfs t e
deaths of IC7 persons during tin vmt - tiding
i>n Saint lay, the 10th in-t.—34 men, 31 wc
tu< it. i o\ !-.
W e are sure our readers will peruse.
With iningl. il feelings of surprise and re
gret, the follow ing w hich we received in
an extra slip from New Orleans hist eve
ning :
From the New Orleans Tru : American,
Extra, October 1:{.
PiFoaTWT:
15_v the steamer Ouachita, arrived this
morning, we received the follow itig in
extra sheet of tbe-Red lliver Herald:
\ ' meeting of s of Texas is
called to be held in this city this evening,
and measures will he adopted to render
timely assistance to our brothers in Tex
as.
ISigfilv Smportnut trait, Texas.
liar in 'Texas — den. Cos land id near
the mouth of the lirassos with 40!) men.
Isaac Parker has just arrived from
Texas,bringing the intelligence that Gen.
Cos lias lauded near the mouth of the
Brass.is with 400 men, with the intention
ofjoining the 700 federal troops station
ed at San Antonio de Bt/.ar, and march
ing upon the people of Texas. He lias
i.-sued ltis Proclamation, ‘ declaring that
he will collect the revenue, dis arm the
citizens, establish a military government,
and confiscate 1 lie property of the rebel
lious.” Messrs. Johnson and Baker bore
the express from San Felipe’ to Nacog
doches. Stephen S. Austin has written
to several citizens at Nacogdoches, that
a resort to arms is inevitable.
They have hoisted a Hag with “ The
Constitution of 1"24,” inscribed on it,
niitl Two Hundred Freemen gathered
around it, determined to stand or fall with
We subjoin the following letter from
Gen. Houston to the gentleman who
brought the intelligence:
San Acgustine, Texas, |
sth October, l-Sii. jj
Deau Siu:—At your request 1 hand
you a memorandum, that you may he in
formed of our situation.— War in defence
of one J lights, car Oaths, and our Con
stitution is inevitable in Texas.
If i oluntccrs from the U. States will
join their brethren in this section, they
w ill receive liberal bounties of land. We
have millions of acres of our best lands
uucliosen and unappropriated.
Let each man come w ith a good rifle
and one hundred rounds of ainuiiitiou—
and come soon.
Our war cry is “ Liberty or Death.”
Our principles are to support the Con
stitution, and down with the Usurper !! !
Your friend, SAM, HOUSTON.
To Isaac Parker, Esq. present.
M e have no time to make any com
ments. The people of the U. States will
respond to the call of the brethren in
Texas !
£*!a2l;;«tr!]»3aiit *:n<! i 'huraCJslon.
It gives us the most lively pleasure, (says
die Philadelphia Commercial Herald of Mon
day) to be able to inform our readers dial
through the active exeitions of a lew of our
young and enterprising young men. nearly
linvo nlreutlv ln'i ii for ihe
purpose of establishing a line of steam pack
ets between this city and Charleston, S. C.
and that a model of one of the intended boats
inis been completed and will be exhibited at
die Exchange, after 12 o’clock this day. M e
not only think that tiic thanks of this com
munity are due to those who have moved in
this important undertaking, but we are very
confident they will find their investments
most profitably laid out—wc are quite sure
the boats will prove to be extremely valuable
s!:/-k, and of (heir belief of this the citizens of
('lmrli-Cnn have given strong evidence in the
shape of subscriptions to the amount of 40 or
50 thousand doliiirs to tarry the enterprise in
to effect. ,
lVi-spnlilm: Enfli'iunitf.
It gives us pleasure to state.savs l):S Clone
of the ]st!i inst., that wc are informed the
last port ion of the second instalment untltr
the Neapolitan Treats bus, ns was anticipa
ted, reached New A ork, in the last packet,
and that the nett proceeds of it being now as
certained, they can be apportioned, and that
any of the claimants are now able to obtain
their share of the money at the Treasury De
partment on demand. But we understand
that arrangements are making and notice will
probably he given to-morrow bv the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, -1 > that the amount each
is entitled to, can be I now 11 at a distance;
and that several Banks in the large cities,
-where it can be had on application, will be
designated, and thus any trouble, delay, and
expense of sending liete lor it be ob\ iated.
!Vu!lificntioti l.ookiiss; ni*.
Thr Savannah Republican has gone into
an extensive calculation to prove tiiat Nullifi
cation is looking ii/i. It requires 110 algebra
to prove the fact : the monster lias been look
ing tip ever since die l ni on boys threw him
on his back, two years ago. If by our calcu
lations yon enable the critter to get on his
feet again, it w ill be sys tin to some purpose.
Oilier papers are gi\it g profound reasons
why the Union majority is not so great as last
year; and on this bottomless foundation they
make large calculations for future success.
Go ahead, gentlemen : it israsior to make fig
ures than to get votes. You are always far
enough ahead, just before the election; but
somehow ns the election efimes on, you lose
it all. You are like the schoolmaster's frog
in getting out of the well, who crawled up
two feet every day but slipped back three
feet every night ! —Gtorgia Telegraph.
The New Ymk American of tiie 13th inst.
says: Ti e business part of the town was ag
itated this morning, by rumors that the Cash
ier of ihe Commercial Bank of Albany. H.
Bartow, was missing, and 'hat two hundred
and eighty thousand dollars of t’.ie funds of
the Bank were also missing.
A letter font Washington, received at New
\ .irk. dated the ICih inst. mentions that Ma
:-r K " wiil bo app- anted Miui-trr to Spain,
if be di sires i:—ami if he doc- not, that Mr.
George M. Dallas will have the appointment.
Tj p ' 'S the /. V . —This critical opera
tion was lately per, brand in Eugland, and
upwards • f eight pints of matter were extract
ed. A :übe was left in ihe mi ire, through
whi h a pint of matter flowed daily, lor a
week, notwithstanding two pints had been
obtained at the time of operation. The pa
tient is rapidly recording.—,4/t.r. Gt.z.
A dt Oswego, N. Y.
on theßth inst. TI ated loss is over
6100.0C0.
Till: PEOPLE'S friend THE TV RAN Us FOE.
WtiftETOTOII i
TrBMD.IV, Os TO ESI? It 1*33.
liiicu Democratic Kcjiiiblicsin Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ol a r tin i att IS tt r e tt .
FOR VICE-PRESIPE N T.
St i r h a r ft « TS . Jf o h n s oh.
05“* Many of our subscribers at a distance,
may have it in their power to settle up ar
rears, during the corning session of the Leg
islature. They can pay to any oftlie repre
sentation from Wilkes.
Our readers, on looking over the paper fa
day, will perceive, that a Dinner was given
in Lexington, last week, to our fellow-towns
man, by his brethren at the Bar.
It is always matter of gratiilafion, that
worth should be appreciated, evenTSufidst the
agitation of political storms. 'Flic guest, on
that occasion, we are not permitted to hail as
apolitical assoi iate ; but his private virtues
and commanding talents, it is not to be doubl
ed, will every where ensure him confidence
and respect. -May they attend him at his
new home.
M e present our readers, this week, with a
full statement of the vote for Governor, by
which it will be perceived, Judge Schley is
elected, by a respectable majority over Judge
Dougherty, iiis opponent. Onr table may
not be exactly eorrei-t, as it difliers somewhat
from those we have seen in other papers; the
Federal Union, at the Seat of Government,
gives a majority of 2,510; the Standard of
Uuion, at the same place, 2,571. We make
it more, but as some of the returns mav be
unofficial, and all, wc believe, concur in say
ing, it exceeds 2,500, shall not trouble our
selves, during a press of business, to revise
and correct. Such as wish to indulge their
curiosity, or put in practice their arithmeti
cal powers, e-an do so. Our members of
congress arc- elected by a still larger majority,
and in the State Legislature, it is believed,
there will he exceeding 70 on joint ballot.
This is enough, and with this, for the pres
ent, we are content; not doubting hut that/
hereafter, instead of a diminution, we shall
have an increase.
The Legislature of Georgia convenes on
Monday next. M e shall endeavor to furnisif
our rfaders, regularly, with at least an ab
stract of their most important proceedings.—-'
It is to be hoped, that the good feeling, which
pervaded that body the last session, may not
be interrupted, during tlie one just at hand.-
The Union Patty, have a great preponder
ance, which should riot be suffered lobe weak-’
ened or shaken, by a cotirse of unwise legis
lation, or the introduction of discoid into the
ranks. Let the airrt and end of each be the
good rifliis country. olThs State; then, on re-'
turning from the discharge of liis important
duties, lie will not fail receiving from his con
stituents, the welcome plaudit, well done,,
good and faithful servant.
DINNER TO .’till. UIiAAiDLER.
The members of the Bar of the Northern
Uircuil, attending Oglethorpe Superior Court,
converted "> the Court House, on ;h» fflti'j
ilist., for the purpose of making suitable ar
rangements ip testily- their respect to their
professional brother, Daniel Chandler, Esq.
Tiie meeting being organized, by calling
Judge Andrews to the chair' and appointing
A. G. Sejimes, Secretary—Francis H« Cone,
Esq. moved, that in the deter
mination of Mr. (.'handler to leave the State,
a committee be appointed to oiler him a Pub
lic Dinner, as a testimony of the regard which
this meeting entertain lor his professional tal
ents and private worth—-which being unan
imously adopted, a committee was appointed
by the chair, consisting of Francis 11. Cone,
Benjamin F. Hardeman, and George M. Dud
ley, I'sqrs. Tile meeting then adjourned.
Lexington, Oct. 20th, 1835.
Daniel Chandler, Esq.
Sin:—The Members of the Bar, usually
practicing in the Northern Circuit, and who
have been, loritveral years, associated with
you, in the practice of the Law, have learned,
witli regret, your determination to remove
IV-om the State: and, as a testimony of their
respect and esteem lor your private and pro
fessional character, have appointed us a Com
mittee, to invite you to partake of a Dinner,
to be given by them, on such day of the pres,
ent week, as may suit your convenience.
Respectfully, your ob’t. serv’ts.,
FRANCIS H. CONE,
BENJ. F. HARDEMAN,
GEORGE M, DUDLEY,
Committee.
Lexington, Oct. 20, 1835.
Gentlemen . —Your polite note, request
i ing me to “partake of a Dinner, to be given
by the Members of the Ear, usually practis
ing in the Northern Circuit,” has just been
received. I duly appreciate this manifesta
tion of kindness, on the part of my profes
sional brethren, and will ever regard this ex
pression of their feelings, with peculiar pleas
ure. It " ill afford me great pleasure to meet
the Members of tiie Bar, on to-morrow eve
ning, (if it will suit tiieir convenience, and
that of the Court,) and partake w ith them of
, their proffered kindness. Be pleased to com