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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, 3 Os Ohio; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor rigible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriot statesmen. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R, GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. «E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. © 0 FOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn, ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jeßerson. JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam, THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. Amos Kendall. The relations which this man sustains to Mr. Van Buren and the present Administration, neces sarily attaches importance to whatever comes from him, because he, as the editor of the Government argan, is supposed to (and no doubt does) utter the sentiments of Mr. Van Buren and his Cabinet.— He has but recently been associated with, and an adviser of, the Administration, and he has now assumed the important function of the Govern ment’s month-piece. It is therefore fair to pre sume that he makes no pledges but such as Mr Van Buren authorises him to make, and assures him will be fulfilled to the letter. This is no far fetched presumption,—it is fully justified by the relations which have heretofore existed, and now exist, between Mr. Van Buren and Mr. Kendall. Mr Kendall has held, during the administration of Mr. Van Buren, an important cabinet appointment, from which be has retired, no doubt, with his pre viously obtained consent, and the preconcerted ar rangement of his present relation. No impartial or candid man, who knows anything of the circum stances, but must come to this conclusion. What ever, then, comes from Mr. Kendall, is no doubt spoken by authority, and expresses fully the senti ments of Mr. Van Buren, whose organ he is. If> therefore, Mr. Kendall offers office either directly or impliedly to those who will espouse the cause of Mr. Van Buren, it may be regarded as a tender from Mr. Van Buren himself; because it is made through his acknowledged organ. It is known to many of our readers, that when Mr. Kendall resigned his office of Postmaster 0 General, he signified his intention to assume the editorial department of the Globe, in which new station he is equally the confident of the Adminis tration as formerly. For the purpose, therefore, of extending as far as possible throughout the United State the circulation of the Globe, lie issued a Circular to the Party, casing upon them to aid him in his project. This Circular was enclosed to a Postmaster of Burke County, Ga., in a letter ad dressed to him, which contains the following sig nificant language ; “I shall endeavor to take CARE THAT THE HONEST HEARTED MEN WHO MAY AID HE IN REACHING THE HINDS OF AN HONEST PEOPLE, SHALL HAVE NO CAUSE TO RE PENT THEIR EXERTIONS.” Let the people of Georgia calmly investigate the full force and meaning of this sentiment of Mr. Kendall, which was addressed to a highly respecta ble citizen of their own State, —a man whom he knew not but as a Postmaster, —and determine whether or not such language, emanating as it does from the acknowledged organ of Mr. Van Buren, is not a violation, in the most charitable construction of its import, of our republican insti tutions. No candid man can or will deny that it does not extend to the individual to whom it is ad dressed the promise of reward, provided he will aid him. Here, then, is a beautiful commentary upon the professions of this Administration, at the head of which is that pink of Loco Foco Democra cy, Martin Van Buren. This is an evidence of the estimation in which they hold the people of this country; it is an evidence of the truth of their professions with regard to the unbiassed suffrages of the people, when they are endeavoring by such means to pollute the source of all power, the peo ple themselves. We ask our readers to consider dispassionately the import of this letter, and the relations between the writer and Mr Van Buren, and we unhesita tingly assert it as our opinion that every candid man will draw the same inference, that it is nothing more nor less than an effort on the part of Mr an Buren to bribe the people of this country into his support. Copy of a lettei addressed to a Postmaster of Burke County, Georgia: Washington, May 20, 1840. My Dear Sir —Having embarked with conscious ness of right and hearty good will in the defence of the Administration, of which I have formed a part, I earnestly invoke your assistance in render ing my efforts effective by disseminating the en closed Address, and obtaining subscribers to the Extra Globe throughout your region of country. Every farmer, mechanic and workingman ought to have one ; and if they cannot well spare a dol- lar each, two or more should unite together to take one. Stimulated by an enthusiastic devotion to the pure principles' of Democracy, and by the daring efforts now making to conquer them and to extin guish for ever the beacon light which our beloved country is holding up to mankind, I shall endeavor to take care that the true hearted men who may aid me in reaching the minds of an honest people, shall have no cause to repent their exertions. Your friend and fellow citizen, AMOS KENDALL. Another Falsehood Nailed. In a late number of the Richmond Enquirer was a long editorial article, in which was introduced an article from the Cincinnati Advertiser, endeav oring to fix upon General Harrison duplicity, to wards abolitionists, and particularly with the ed itor of the Philanthropist, an abolition paper, and as it will no doubt, be extensively copied into the Locofoco Journals, we take pleasure in laying be fore our readers the following article from the Cincamate Gazette, and the letter of Dr. Bailey, the editor. We confess we are not displeased to see these things, it will show the reflecting people to what means the Administration party will resort to ac complish their object, and so far from securing the support of such men, they will tarn from them with loathing and disgust. From the Cincinnati Gazette. Misrepre.sentation. We have received from Dr. Bailey, editor of the Philanthropist, the following exposition of a vile misrepresentation contained in the Advertiser and Journal of yesterday morning. If ail the distor tions of language, and misrepresentation of senti ment, published in that filthy reservoir of a foreign mercenary’s venom, were to be noticed at equal length, the Whig papers of the city could have room for nothing else. Between it and the Ohio Statesman, there is a regular *• speed Dick, speed Devil” race, in the coining and circulating of gross falsehoods. That noticed below is but a small spe cimen of their handicraft. To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. Sir : In the Daily Advertiser of this morning, the following statement is made by a cosrcspon dent. “ Dr. Bailey, the present editor of the Philan thropist of tnis city, one of the leading Abolition journals of the country, has said in presence of members of the Democratic party, and 1 presume, if caked upon, will tes ify to the same, although opposed to the present Administration, that Gen. Harrison has declared himself at different times, to them, to be a warm and devoted friend to the cause of Abolition; and I call upon General jHarrison, in person, to refute or acknowledge this charge, and not to permit the Black Lister and his coadju tors to do it for him.” Justice to General Harrison and myself demands a prompt denial of the truth of the above statement. What I could ever have said, that could afford ground for such a statement, I cannot conjecture. At different times, in the presence of my f riends, whether Whig or Democratic, when conversing on the subject, 1 have remarked, that my conversa tions with General Harri-en had led me to believe, that he was a very good anti-slavery man, and I had no doubt it was his pleasure to convey such an impression. Stronger language on this subject 1 have not uttered ; and this language has not been used by me with a view to political effect. Os course, Knowing the different meaning attached by the public generally to the terras “ anti slavery ” and “ abolition l could not for a moment sup pose that 1 should be misunderstood. The same correspondent, in a note says, that the editor of the Philanthropist “ abandoned him ” General Harrison. It is sufficient to say, that I have never supported either Mr. Van Buren or Gen. Hairison, as a candidate for the Presidency. The Philanthropist has nothing further to do with pub lic men, than as their acts may affect the anti slavery cause in this country ; and it has been en tirely impartial, (it is claimed,) in censuring what we, as abolitionists, believe to be, the pro-slavery tactics of both political parlies. Respectfully, G. BAILEY, Jr. Cincinnati, July 8, 1840. Mr. Merrick has reported to the Senate, a bill, retroceding the District, with the exception of Washington, to the States of Maryland and Vir ginia respectively. He said he did not propose to pass it at this session. He would answer for Ma ryland, that she would willingly receive back any part of the District ceded by her. Renunciations. —The Tippecanoe Club of Cin cinnati have received the names of THREE HUN DRED AND THREE citizens of that Congression al District, Van Buren men at the last election, who requested that they may be publidy announ ced as seceders from the administration. Sub Treasury, No Go. —On Saturday, Mr* Hoyt, the Collector, gave notice that the Sub Treasury would go into operation yesterday. But it seems it is “no go” yet, for the same authority has announced that no instructions have been re ceived from Washington to enforce that bill of a bomiuations. What is the matter? Have the destructives wasted all the powder th y have burnt in triumph on the passage of the bill ? or have the getters up of this outrage began to fear the effects to be produced by its enforcement ? We know the destructive leaders never intended it should pass Congress. Will they humbug their agrarian partizans by giving it the go by ? Nous verrons. — N. Y. Times of the 14 th. Trade of Apalachicola. We have been lurnished by the Collectors with the following statement of Cotton exported from the Apalachicola District, taken horn the books of the Custom House,including the Port of Bt. Joseph. From Apalachicola, horn Ist October, 1839, to 30th June, 1840, inclusive, — To Liverpool 25,313 Havre 8.699 New York 25,270 Baltimore 1,798 Boston 893 Providence 547 New Orleans 929 Charleston 1,546 Philadelphia 41 Fal. River 49 Total cleared 65,085 Besides the above, we have cleared since the 30th June, 871 Lales, leaving a stock of 5,549 bales now in store, and on shipboard, not cleared. It will be seen by the above, that our export of Cotton to Liverpool has been greater than to New York, which has until this season been our chief port of trade, and shows an inclination in many of our merchants to keep up a direct line of com munication beiween the great Seaport of the World and our City, which will add greatly to our com mercial prosperity. We have also procured from the same source, the number of vessels entered on the books during the same time, which are, 23 ships ; 12 barques ; 54 brigs ; 80 schooners, and 7 sloops. The total amount of Cotton cleared from St. Joseph during the same time, is 28,561 And only leaving a stock on hand,of 1,800 bales; the whole receipt 30,361. — Apalachicola Gazette. The President has remitted that part of Commo dore Elliott’s sentence which suspends his pay' and emoluments for two years, and approved the rest - Swallowing a Needle. —A gentleman, who conceived himself afflicted with a cancer in his left breast, and has been making the proper application for its cure for several months, happened to be in the drug store of Mr. Stafford in Sixth street, be low Catharine, yesterday afternoon. Dr. Ford, of Catharine street, being present, the sufferer show ed him his breast, and was expatiating upon the probability of its cure, when the Doctor informed him that he had mistaken his disorder ; that he had not a cancer, and pressing the inflamed part exhib ited the point of a needle, which with some diffi culty he extracted. The man was surprised as well as overjoyed, and admitted that he had swal lowed a needle some ten months before. He is now doing quite well. — Phil, Spirit of the Times. > Dinner to General Van Rensselaer. A Public Dinner was given at Cincinnati on r the 2d of this month to General Solomon Van ■ Rensselaer, as a testimony of respect to adistin -1 guished veteran of two wars, at which the Mayor T r of the city presided. At this Dinner the follow , ing Toasts were drank, with the greatest enthusi asm : 1, The President of the United States. 2. The next President of the United States — William Henry Harrison. 3. The old Thirteen States—The mothers of the s new Thirteen; cradled themselves in the princi j pies of Liberty, tney cemented by their glorious Constitution the rights asserted in their llevolu • tlonary struggle. j 'O 4, The new Thirteen States —The daughters of the old Thirteen ; like their mothers of yore, they despise at once the seductions of corrupt influence ■* and the terrors cf arbitrary power. ; 5. The People of the United States —Let them . “do their own fighting and their own voting ,” and all will be well. 6. General Solomon Van Van Rensselaer —Our , distinguished guest. His wounds at Maumee and Queenston, attest his valor in two wars. Ohio } ewes him a deep debt of gratitude, which we de light this day to acknowledge. 1 7. Kentucky—The blood of her sons was poured - out like water in the war to maintain the freedom J of the citizens ; she will not fail to honor the no ble and gallant chief who so often ied them to vic -1 lory and glory. 8. Ohio—The young giant of the West; she, too, will rally around the standard of her “first Delegate” who, at Maumee and Fort Meigs, sig nalized his own name in the protection of her Iron j tier. j 9. New York —First in number, first in wealth, ] first in enterprise; may she be the first at the . polls in November, in support of sound principles. 10. The Northwestern Armies of 1794 and 18 13; the one closed the war of the Revolution, the other I suffered and triumphed in the second war of inde , pendence. j 11. Cincinnati —The site of old “Fort Wash j ington,” now the seat of industry and the arts , her enlerprizing citizens will honor, for his civil . virtms, the venerated chief whom her soldiers, when a frontier fortress, delighted to obey. 12. Our Country—Glorious in war, more illus trious in peace : the example and hope of nations ; , may hei honor and prosperity be immortal. • 13. The Fair —Their smiles, the reward of the soldier and statesman ; their counsels, the founda • lion of the virtue and intelligence of the youth of the nation. After the sixth toast was read, Gen. Van Rens , selaer returned his thanks for the compliment, i by the following remarks, which were read by his friend Col. Pendleton, in consequence of Gen. Van 1 Rensselaer’s voice having been impaired by the ’ wound in the lungs received at the battle of Mau mee : , Gentlemen : I am altogether unaccustomed to public speaking : my life has been one of actions rather than words ; my hand more conversant with the sword than the pen. I cannot, however, suffer the sentiment which you have just given, to pass without the expression of my most grateful ac knowledgments. While that sentiment, gentle men, received with so much cordiality, is justly* flattering to the pride of an old soldier, it recalls events and scenes products e of other and better emotions. Your allusion to the Maumee, carries me back to the year 1792, when a youth of eigh teen years of age, with the commission of General Washington in my pocket, and, I trust,some share of his principles in my bosom, I first landed in Cin cinnati. And what a mighty change has been wrought in that short period ! What higher eulo gy can be passed upon the enlightened enterprise of your people, than the simple fact that the hum ble individual who now addresses you saw the site of your noble city, where there were no houses, but a few rudely constructed log cabins along the bank of your river, and the challenge of the senti nels on the parapet of old Fort Washington, alone interrupted the universal silence. The line of the canal was then our northern frontier, beyond which the lurking Indian made it unsafe to pene trate ; and the pursuit of a stray horse among this magnificent amphitheatre of hills surrounding your city,w r as conducted with little of the pomp, to be sure, but much of the precaution of a military in cursion. With the exception of a few old set le ments on the Wabash and Mississippi, whose in habitants had become almost incorporated with the surrounding Indian tribes, there were no white ■ men in the whole Northwest Territory, comprising now your own great State, and the States of Indi ana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin Territory. The roaming Indian alone possessed it. Where are they now ? They are gone, like the falling leaves of their own boundless forests; but, unlike those leaves no reviving spring' shall witness their return. Such was Cincinnati. What is it now, after the lapse of forty-eight years ? I was in debted to the politeness of the directors of the Me chanics’ Institute for an invitation to their Fair last evening, and had a catalogue of the articles there exhibited, I would produce it as the eloquent and comprehensive answer to the intt resting ques tion, “What is Cincinnati now?” The exquisite symmetry and beauty of the various articles bore amp'e testimony to the skill of your workers in wood, and in brass, and in iron ; while nothing can exceed the good taste exhibited in the many orna mental specimens of the Institute. I cannot, how ever, omit to remark, and, if it will not be consid ered invidious, to commend, the vast proportion in which the useful exceeds the merely ornamental. The combined effect of the whole exhibition for ces upon the mind the reflection that he who would discover the secret of the unparalleled growth of Cincinnati, and its comparative exemp tion from the general embarrasment of the times, must seek it in her workshops and in her facto ries. From this balcony, fellow citizens, my eye rests upon the ground where it was my daily duty to manoeuvre my troop; and when I recall the scene as it then existed, and compare it with what 1 now see, it fills me with emotions which no language !is adequate to express. The thoughtless inco.isid eration of youth is proverbially short-sighted ; but what imagination could then have bodied forth the grand realities which now surround us ? The en closures of some dozen miseiable huts, Fort Wash ington and the low ground, on what is now Co lumbia street, then called Hobson's Choice, weie the only points which had been cleared of the for est. Your handsome private buildings, your noble public school houses, your magnificent churches have succeeded, and a log cabin is not to he found within the bounds of your fair city, except as an appropriate emblem of the youthful ardor, the in domitable spirit, the pure and disinterested public virtue, which, through years of toil and danger, such only can conceive who have felt them, have watched over the infant settlement of the great West, and protected the leg cabins and their hardy anu adventurous inmates, from the tomahawk and scalping knife of the relentless savage. At this period 1 first became acquainted with Harrison; he nineteen years old, and I one year 3’ounger. We were, for a long lime, the youngest officers in the army', and I am happy to say', at this distant period, that the friendship thus formed upon youthful sympathies and congenial dispositions proved 100 strong for time and absence, and we met in New York in 1827, after a separation of thirty years, the same warm friends as had parted on this spot in ’97. This period recals to my mind the inauguration of the elder Adams, and with it the charge against Harrison of “ ancient federal ism” lam a living witness that, at the period to which I refer,'the charge was without the slightest foundation. The republican principles of Harrison were then as well known as his chivalric spirit, and ’ he had no superior in either. It has been reserved for the politicians of the present day, even while surrounded by the monuments of his civil and mil . itary virtues, to question both. Gen Wayne was a severe disciplinarian as well as an able general 1 and a gallant soldier. He exacted the most punc -1 tilious conformity to all the rules of military life; particularly did he exhibit himself, and require his staff toexhibit, a constant example of the conduct he required of others. Brave, temperate, and la borious himself, he selected his staff for qualities similar to his own. Os such a military family thus organized, Harrison became a member in the confi dential relation of aid-de-camp. The delicate du ties of that responsible station he performed, not only with the entire approbation of Wayne, but the satisfaction of every officer of the army with whom its duties brought him into almost daily inter course ; and such was his uniform urbanity and kindness to the soldiers, that their respect for him as an officer was only' equalled by their love for him as a man. ihe first Northwestern army', while in winter quarters in the wilderness, had few' amuse ments to vary the dull routine of camp duty. There was no society out ot the army. The conse quence was, that habits of dissipation were acqui red by many of the officers whose rank and age made the habit contagious. Harrison, though of an age peculiarly w r eak against such temptations, was strengthened to successful resistance by an unquenchaole thirst of knowledge, both general and professional. Temperate, active, and studious then, as now, he lost no time. Then, as now, the sun never found him in bed, and the intervals of military duty were devoted to a course of extensive historical reading. The battle of the Maumee, on 20th August, 17- 94, was fought by the Indians with the most des perate courage. There was no point of the line at which the danger was no* imminent. As aid-de camp, it was Harrison’s duty to carry the orders of the General to any part of the army. These or ders, of course, were most frequent w’here the fight was thickest, and in those parts of the fight I gen erally saw him on that eventful day. I can attest the truth of the remark said to be made by General Williamson and Col. Shamburgh, that Harrison was in the front of the hottest bat tle ; his person was exposed from the commence ment to the close of the action; whenever duty' called, he hastened, regaidless of danger, and by his efforts and examples, contributed as much to secure the fortune of the day as any other subor dinate to the comman er-in-chief. Gen. Wayne,in his official account of the battle after naming saveral officers who distinguished themselves, says: “I must add the names of my faithful and gallant aids-de-camp, Captains De But s and T. Lewis and Lieut. Harrison, who, w'ith the adjutant general, Maj. Mills, rendered the most essential service, by communicating my or ders in every direction, and by their conduct and bravery, exciting the troops to press for victory'.” I was stationed with my troops on the extreme left, and the orders to me to charge was delivered by Harrison. In that charge I was severely, it was thought mortally wounded. Perhaps I owe my life to the prompt attention of mj young friend, who carried me to the General’s tent, and nursed and watched me with the tenderness and affection of a brother. Os tne officers of that army, so far a- my knowl edge extends, there are but four who survive— Generals Hairison and Brady, and Major John Po sey', of Kentucky, who was a Comet in my troop, and myself. Gen. Wayne,whose best eulogy is the grateful and affectionate remembrances of the Peo ple of the West, was wholly unnoticed by Congress and died at a miserable hovel in Pennsylvania ; and there, without a sone to mark the place, his body was deposited. And now, when the People are cal ling your friend and neighbor from his farm, by ac clamation, to redeem the country from the distress and degradation to which it has been reduced by a selfish and designing politician, the orders have gone forth to charge upon him, even him whom the People assemble in unheard of numbers to honor, the detestable crimes,civil and military, which the wildest imagination, unrestrained by a single mor al sense, can conceive—militaiy crimes which if true, would long since have consigned his body' to a felon’s tomb, and his memory to general execra tion —civil offences and delinquencies which, if true, think you he would now stand first, as he does stand first, in the hearts of his countiymen. People of Ohio and Indiana ! you who have been the objects of his civil administration, upon y r ou es pecially devolves the grateful task of ass, rtingthe civil virtues of your old and best tried friend; to raise his fair fame far out of the range of the puny shafts of low ambition ; and 1 hesitate not to be lieve it will be efficiently performed. You are now called upon in his old age to repay' that im mense and accumlating debt of gratitude, which I, an eye-witness, not from hearsay', now testify your fathers incurred, in his early youth. The inheritance has descended upon you, and I will not do you the injustice to doubt that in No vember next you will entitle yourselves to a re ceipt in full from my gallant old friend. Is this the language of General Harrison' 1 No ! disinter ested and generous as brave, he advances no claim upon his country for services he has rendered. It is the language of his friend, and your friend —of one removed by age far from the temptation to flat ter either friend or foe. What shall I say of charges against his military chaiacter ? Nothing. One old soldier cannot be brought to vindicate the reputat.on of another old soldier from a charge of cowardice; indignation would choke my utterance. I appeal from the liv ing to the dead —I appeal from Van Buren and Ken dall to Shelby and Perry'. I thank you again gentlemen, for the kind manner in which you have been pleased to refer to my' ear ly and humble services. Permit me to propose the following sentiment: The city of Cincinnati. —The wonderful crea tion of virtue, intelligence, and enterprize Her name associates in our remembrance the patriotic farmers of old Home and young Ohio. During the entertainment a large concourse of persons had collected in the street opposite to the hotel, and a solicitation being expressed to hear addresses from the balcony, the company adjourned to that place, when a call was made for the reading of Gen. Van, Rensselaer’s speech. When it was concluded, Gov. Poindexter, an invited guest, was called for by the crowd, ami addressed them exten si/elyupon the subject of general politics. Ani mated addresses were than made, by request, by Messrs. White, of Indiana, Major Chambers, and W W. Soughgate Esq., of Kentucky, Win John son, Esq. of Cincinnati, and Mr. Turner, of Balti more. This entertainment continued until the ap proach of night, when the crowd dispeised in great harmony. The Sub-Treasury Act. The Washington Globe publishes an official copy of this Act, entitled “An act to provide for the col lection, safe keeping , transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue.' > '‘ We propose to give an ab stract of it, section by section. Section 1. —Provides for rooms in the new Trea sury Building at Washington for the Treasurer of the United States, his assistants and clerks —also fire proof vaults and safes for the keeping of the public moneys. Sec 2—declaies that the Mint of the L'nited States at Philadelphia and the Branch Mint at New Orleans, and the vaults and safes theieof respec tively, shall be places 01 deposit and safe keeping of public moneys at those points respectively—the Treasurer of the said Mint and Branch Mints respec tively to have the custody and care of all public moneys deposited in the same, kc. Sec. 3 —relates to the providing of suitable rooms vaults, safes, &c , in the custom houses now erect ing in New-York and Boston, for the use of the Receivers General hereafter to be appointed at those places respectively'—the said Receivers Gen eral to have the custody and care of all the public moneys deposited within the same, and to perform all the duties icquired to be performed of them in reference to the receipt, safe keeping, transfer and disbursement of all such moneys, according to the provisions of this Act. Sec. 4 —is of a similar import in reference to the cities of Charleston and St. Louis, and the Receiv ers General at those places. Sec. s—provides for the appointment of four Re ceivers General—one at each of the cities above named. Sec. 6—We give entire in the words following : And be it further enacted. That the Treasurer of the United States, the treasurer of the Min*, of the United States, the treasurers, and those acting as such of the various Branch Mints, all collectors of the customs, all surveyors of the customs acting al so as collectors, all receivers general of public moneys, all receivers of public money's at the sev eral land offices, and all postmasters, except as is hereinafter particularly' provided, be, and they are hereby, required to keep safely, without loaning or using, all the public money collected by them, or otherwise at any time placed in their possession and custody, till the same is ordered by the proper department or officer of the Government to be transferred or paid out; and when such orders for transfer or pay'ment are received, faithfully and promptly to make the same as directed, and to do and perform all other duties as fiscal agents of the Government, which may be imposed by this or any other acts of Congress or by any regulation of the ‘Treasury Department, made in conformity to law ; and also to do and perform all acts and duties re quired by law, or by direction of any of the Execu tive Departments of the Government, as agents for paying pensions, or for making any' other disburse ments which either of the heads of those depart ment may be required by law to make, and which are of a character to be made by the depositaries hereby constituted, consistently with the other of ficial duties imposed upon them. Sec. 7—requires the Treasurer of the Mint and Branch Mint and the Receivers-general to give bonds in such form and for such amounts as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec, S—directs the Secretary of the Treasury to require new bonds, to suit the nature of the new duties imposed by this act, of all depositories of public moneys already in odice. Sec. 9—requires the subordinate receivers and collectors of public moneys in the various cities to pay over the funds in their hands to the T.reasurers of the Mint and Branch Mint or the Receivers- General—or, in the District of Columbia, to the Treasurer of the United States, as often as they may be directed so to do by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Post Master General —and such directions must be given at least as often as once a week. Sects. 10 and 11—read in these words : Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer the moneys in the hands of any depositary hereby constituted, to the Treasury of the United States; to the Mint at Philadelphia; to the Branch Mint at New Orleans; or to the offices of either of the receivers general of public moneys, by Ibis act directed to be appointed; to be there safely kept, according to the provisions of this act; and also to transfer moneys in the hands of any one depositary constituted by this act to any other depositary con stituted by the same, at his discretion, and as the safety of the p>ublic moneys, and the convenience of the public service shall ■seem to him to require; which authority to transfer the moneys belonging to the Post Office Department is also hereby con ferred upon the Post-master General, so far as its exercise by him may be consistent with the pro visions of existing laws; and every depositary con stituted by this act shall keep his account of the , money paid to,or deposited with him, belonging to the Post Office Department, separate and distinct from the account kept by him of other public mon eys so paid or deposited. And for the purj>ose of payments on the public account, it shall be lawful for the Treasurer of the United States to draw up on any of the said depositaries, as he may think most conducive to the public creditors, or both. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That the mo neys in the hands, care, and custody, of any of the depositaries constituted by this act,shall be consid eied and held as deposited to the credit of the Trea surer of the United States, and shall be, at all times subject to his draft, whether made for transfer or disbursement, in the same manner as thougli the said moneys were actuaJly in the Treasury of the United States; and each depositary shall make re- # turns to the Treasury and Post Office Department of all monies received and paid by him, at such times, and in such form, as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Postmaster General. The sections of the Act previous to the two last quoted, were mere preliminaties referring to less important details, and icquiied no comment, al though as parts of this most monstrous system they are all objectionable. The tenth section contains two important provisions: Ist. By the power it confers, the Secretary of the Treasury is authori sed to transfer specie to any particular point, or from any particular point, at his pleasure; he may accumulate an abundance at one city and create a scarcity at another; he can cause fluctuations in the money maiket, he can cause the financial arrange ments of Banks, he can exercise a despotic control over the currency, at any t:me and in any place, according as it may please the Executive, whose instiument he is, to direct. The disastrous influ ence of the Specie Circular of Gen. Jackson, we presume is not forgotten. Aet that was on y a par tial measure affecting one branch of the public re venue. The power which this tenth section of the Sub-Treasury Actconfers, embraces all the xeven ue* of the Union from whatever source received. With the known hostility of the Government to wards State Banks in view, it is not difficult to im agine how the unlimited power here granted will be exercised. A stable currency can be looked for only on one condition; what that one condition is, the community will soon be made to feel—un less the strong arm of deliverance shall come in the might ofj the people to aid the struggling etfoits of liberty contending against a foe more dangerous than any which has hitherto dared to aim an insid ious blow at the free institutions of the country. The second provision to which we referred in I this tenth section i? contained in the last sentence, ! by which the Treasurer of the United States is empowered to draw upon any of the depositories of public moneys enumerated in the Act, according as he may think most conducive to the public inter ests, or to the convenience of the public creditors, or both. It was this provision of the Act which Mr. Clay delarcd laid the foundations, deep and broad, of a Goveinment Bank. The Treasurer’s drafts may be drawn in any sums, say of ten, twenty, fifty or a hundred dollars — to suit the convenience of public creditors —or what is equally satisfactory, to conduce to the public interests. They may be of the shape and size of bank notes, or they may appear in any other shape that may seem conve nient. But what is to prevent their going into the ciiculation as a paper currency ? There is a sub sequent section professing to guard against thi~. I We shall consider it in due order. The eleventh section quoted above is worthy of special attention. The moneys in the hands of the various depositories throughout the Union are to be considered and held as deposited to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. He is au thorized to draw at pleasure on any point, it matters nothing whether there is any money or not in the Treasury at Washington. Does it mat ter anything whether there be money or not in any of the Sub-Treasuries ? It appears from the lan guage of this section that the Treasurer is author ized to draw indefinite!} . There will be no need of issues of Treasury notes by Act of Congress to supply the extravagant expenditures of the Gov ernment ; for here is ample provision made to use the credit of the nation to any extent. Is it not so ?j The diafts of the Treasurer will be good whether there be specie in the vaults and safes of the Treasury or not —they will be good so long as the credit of the country is worth anything ; for it will be pledged for their redemption. Sect. 12 —authorizes the Secretary of the Trea sury to cause examinations to be made of the books, accounts and money on hand, of the several de positories constituted by the Act —and for this purpose he may “ appoint special agents, as occa sion may require, with such compensation as he may think reast naWe,” <s-c. Sect. 13 —provides that in addition to the above examinations it shall be the duty of each Naval Officer and Surveyor to act as a check upon the Receiver General or Collector of the customs —of each Register of a Land Office upon the Receiver of his Land Office —of the Director of each Mint upon the Treasurer of the same —by examining books, accounts and money on hand once a quarter or oftener as the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct. We pass over several sections referring to the appointment of clerks, the returns of subordinate collectors, prohibitions against loaning or using the public moneys, arrangements for the temporary accommodation of the Receivers-General. Treasu rer, fee. We shall continue our abstract and com ments to-morrow.— Balt. American. From the St. Louis Lepublican. “There is no Pressure that any Honest Man should be Ashamed of.” To-Moirow is the last day in which action of debt, for next term of the Circuit Court for this county, can be brought. The lawyers have, there fore, been busy for a few days past. On yester day, at noon, we understood that seven hundred and twelve writs had beee issued, returnable at the approaching term; and it is probable that by to-morrow evening the number will be swelled to nearly, or probably above eight hundred. This is a new and mortifying slate of affairs in this city. Heretofore the number of suits have not ' been near this, but at the present time business is completely prostrate, or at a stand. There is next to no money in circulation, and we know many, very many men with thousands of dollars due them, and who owned large amounts, and yet, 1 from the scarcity of money, cannot raise enough to meet their debts. The moral feeling is becom ing blunted, and that mercantile pride which is the very life and soul of business, the pride of punctu ality, is fast passing away. We know men who, but a lew days since, would have spent their last farthing rather than to suffer their names to be pro tested, are begining to reconcile such a contingen cy to their feelings. All is gloo.n and darkness around them, and to many the catastrophe appears inevitable. The Philadelphia Inquirer states that the amount abstracted from the Bank of Pennsylva nia by Mr. Benjamin Smith, one of its clerks, whose mysterious disappearance has been alluded to in our columns, was about SIOO,OOO. The money was taken at various tin*> 9 of seven years. It was invested i n % M the city, which, together with the I f Mr. S. will, it is said, save th« Bank ijj Hurricane.—A tremendous storm tJ Shrewsbury, York county. Pa., J —lt commenced about 8 o'clock in tl* wl the wind blowing with the force of a . SI I and the ram pouring down in torrenu > i every house in the place was soon '■ and many wholly destroyed ; several also unroofed. In one of the back stre I was prostrated, burying two families' I'S a ruins, Mr. Ndfer's and B. Greveli’s 1) was killed and Mr. G. dangerously" . ■ d several of the children were so severe! it is supposed they cannot survive. *]'{ tion ot property was very great', r< amount of the damage, it is feared ha* ' * ascertained. " # •From the Sangamo Journal. f< King -Matty and Blair. 11 Air —“ Lord Lovell and Nancy •> @ King Matty he sat in his big “ white house.. \ A curling Jus whiskers line, ' * And the Globe man Blair sat at his side A drinking his champaigne wine, wiaV v I A drinking his champaigne wine. 1 Then awful shook King Matty’s locks * And fearful glanced his eye, And he stamped his foot upon the floor r * And he heaved a monstrous sigh, sigh, slsk And he heaved a monstrous sigh 8 ‘ ( 0! what’s the matter, King Matty.said Llai i O what’s the matter ? said he ; U| j I’m gwyne to go to Kinderhook, ® My family for to see, see, see. My family for to see. Say? Blair, you’re a good hearted man, And love your family dear ; ’ . I’d thought that yon would not go back TilTafter another four year, year, year, Till after another four year. * 1 Nor would I go back, my dearest Blair, But what the deuce can I do ? .The people say I must make room , For the Hero of Tippecanoe, noe, noe, For the Hero of Tippecanoe. Then (he Globe man’s chin sunk on his breas; And his eyes fell to the floor, | And his nether lip hung on the ground, And it couldn't drag any lower, ower.ower And it couldn’t drag any lower. ’ | Alack and alas ! said Globe man Blair, We’re deep in the mud and the mire ; Alack and alas, said Matty the King, The Sub-Treasury fat’s in the fne, ir*, i re The Sub-Treasury fat’s in the fne. ’ Now Matty and Blair they raised their eyes Each other’s face to see. And they placed their thumb upon their nos* And their fingers twi led twiddle-de de-de4 And their finger’s twirled twiddle-ds. ExTßAonmxiiii Discovr.nv of ax Axciej- Printing Prkss in India.— When Warm Hastings was Governor General of India, served that in the district of Benares, a little* ! low the surface of the earth, was to be fourc, stratum of a kind of fibrous wooden substaiia, of various thicknesses, in horizontal layers. % jor Roebuck, informed of this, went out loa.-t where an excavation had been made, display this singular phenomenon. In digging somewi* deeper for further research, they laid open a vat; which an examination proved to be of somesa and to their astonishment, they found a kinds printing press, set up in the vault, and on it a vable types, placed as if ready for priming.—E* ry enquiry was set on foot to ascertain the pro able period at which such an instrument cod have been placed there, for it was evidentlywi of modern origin, and from all the Major cod collect, it appeared probable that the place had* mained in the state in which it was found ion least 1000 years. We believe, the worthy Mijor on his return to England, presented one of to learned associations with a memoir contalniE! many curious speculations on the subject, Pape we know to have been manufactured in the Ess many centuries before we had any knowledge, it; and we have many reasons to think thallS Chinese have been acquainted with the mode! printing they employ many centuries beta Faust invented it in Europe It certainly da no credit to the inventive genius of the Ron® to know that they approached so near as to # grave in a style not equalled in the present if on gems and stones, and of course the taking! impressions from them, that they should stillba remained ignorant of the art which has bestow so many blessings on mankind. From a Forthcoming Novel. (Not Coot eh’s.) —’Twas midnight. Like lonely waadf ers upon the desert a few clouds were slor travelling across the vast circumference of it, sky. The pale moon gleamed upon a form ltd stood upon the very centre of the old stone hritld contemplating the dark mass of water that rolke below, bilence, dreary as that which dwells for . ever in oblivion’s depth, lay sleeping in theair* i among the shadows of the bridge. Not a rippi j was on the water, not a motion in the air, non sound came from the compressed lips of that to itary form, but lost in some wild and sorrowii. abstraction, the midnight watcher leaned uponi stone abutment of the bridge, watching the site sky. Another form appears. Why with sud thief-like steps and cautious movement does lb» new figue steal toward the solitary star-gaze’ Is the knife of the assassin grasped in the hand* a blood-thirsty foe ! Will the next momenta tie the midnight echoes with shrieks of deati Hark I Hark! Ah pity!—what sounds these 1 The lonely dreamer is awakened br * fierce slap upon the shoulder, and theearofnifi is pierced with the extraordinary cxclanwM 1 “Harr//, my hoy, dues your mother knowyw 1 * out — N. O. Picayune. 3laria’s Dower. In the year 1540, a fisherman, having in front of the palace of St. Mark, crossed celebrated place and stopped before the door of a inn.onwhich wasvery roughly painted a blematic of Venice. The man was tall and athlete his dark complexion and bown hair had that de coloring indicative of strength and peculiar to the inhabitants of southern counts but his eyes had lost their animated expre ssloC and thoughts of a most painful nature bu« f the head of this robust gondolier. In entering the tavern, he perceived in then) obscure corner of the room, a stranger, V appeared buried in deep meditation. He, too. - one of those manly and imposing which denote moral energy. His e*P res *' ( lace reflected the flames of a thousand passions, and there were seen incontestable & of the brilliant mission which God had given* 11 His dress was simple in the extreme; a dou and trunk hose ot black velvet covered bis m cuiar limbs; a silk cap sloped out over the * pie, and with two bands tried under the c according to the fashion of the times, part 5 c cealed a luxuriant head of hair, the which, a little verging on the grey, tell neghg^ ll over his neck. . , “Gianettini !” said the gondolier. man with a broad chest and a red face, who walking about the tavern, do “you still perse' in your refusal I’, “ I do!” answered the Venetian. “I am too poor to be your son-in-law» a m , Before you consider the happiness ot y our a ter, you think of her fortune ! Hut to p« rs you, Gianettini, must I recall to your n J! n^ evo u debt of gratitude which is due to me ? Ha r forgotten that I saved your life at LcpanM all Venice, men and woman, were arm? 1