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NULLIFICATION SONG.
Air — "Clare dt Kitchen."
Way down S-’uf. close to de m •«;*.
Dir lib » man—be name Calhoun . .
.. KortnUg lime pass him hab been try u
Him utr y sis» at Nalletnfjjen . .
sAn'ita Clar de Kitchen,old <«lks. youngfolks.
Ctare de Kitchen, old folks, young folks,
• Old Virginity neber tire !
Ha try to put Old Hick-Vy down,
But he ’trike a snug an run agroun ”,
Oat snae, hv gum. he wur a wopper;
'John’s in de' dock to get new copper*
So its Clare de Kitchpn, file.
Pat dum old Judge wat say de stave
Musa cum away de CAS* to save,
T3e not de Cooper for de barrel,
Bout which de Norf an Sous do quarrel.
So Clare de Kitchen, Sic.
An if dat darter Carryline.
WiU not be will till ninety nine: S
Jhs lock her up—gib bread andvalfh.
De scolen wi*eu oh a dost:*.
So Clare-be Kitchen, &e. ,
An disno do; jiss bang her tyelH
Ole Hick’ry nuke de nine-tails tell.
Jiss set de poutih girl a crym;
An dats de lass ob NuHemfl m.
So Clare de Kitchen, Jip.
~ An dei-Tsim fin dat Nullification^
Jrss plays de debbje wid de nation ;
An quarrel wid her sister neber,
But in de Onion lib foreber !
So Clare de Kitchen, &c:
An Jonny C., de dum Ole Ju lge; . ■
An all de ress, dey’ll richer budge.
Dat Freedom.’* lan which she lubs bess.
])e Exile’s hoaae. de great/O. 8.
So Clare de Kit hen, Sic.
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS*
By THOMAS HOOD.
1 rent •mher, l remember
The house where 1 was born, ,
The little window where the sun
Came peeping In at morn :
lie never came a wink too soon.
Nor brought too long a day ; TANARUS«
But now l often wish ttwvtanight
Had borne my breath away
y remember, 1 remembojr
The roses rhd add'white,
The vio*let3 and the lily cup/,
* Those flowers mvde of tight:
ill til 111. hare the roly Vult,
And. where my bro
The laburnum oil his birth day
The tree la living yet.
I remember,! remember
Where - 1 wat used do swing,
1 thmight the air would fresher rush r
To swallows on the wing:
Mj spirit In feathers then,
That is in heavy now ;
And summer pools could hardly cool
The fa vs* on my brvwr
\ remember, I remember
The fir trees dark and high :
1 used to think their slender tops
Were close against the sky ;
• X.t was V) childish ignor<mca,
But afow’tis little joy
To know I’m further off from henven
•Than when I was'a boy.
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• tI. “ Patrick,” said a Hibernian
‘to fus eeighbor, “If I had a sixpence,
fjow'quick 1 would irate.”
A Wes’etn paper announces the arri
val of a Steamboat from iho ‘upper Root
i «£*-•’
Loss and Gain. —A man of wit once
said, rightly enough, " He who finds a
good soi-in-lavr gains a son—ho vvho
* bad one, loses a daughter.” , 4
Hussar eThis name is of Hungarian
etymology, and signifies “twentieth,” the
term being originally applied to a picked
corps, formed by a selection of the finest
tuen iu every twenty taken from differ cm
regiments.
Pause before you-follow Example. —A
mole, laden with salt, and an ass laden
with wool, went over the brook together.
By chance the mule’s back became wet
ted, an 4 the salt melted, and his burthen
became lighter. After they had passed,
r the mole told his good fortune to the ass,
who, thinking to speed as well, wetted his
pack af the next water, but his load be.
came the heavier, and he broke down un
der it. That which helps one man may
binder another.
Good old Maxim. —Clothe yourself be
low your estate that you may grow rich,
your-wife above your estate, that you
may have peace at home, your children
equal to your estate, that you may marry
them to advantage.
Jeu A, _ Esprit.—The Editor of the
London age says that having occasion to
eiploro the file of one of the morning
papers (or airadvertisement, several sin
gular nuiic.es to correspondents caught the
eve. The following mostly from the
British Traveller, are specimens; t>Oom
mon Sense,* if possible in our next.—
Christianity u must be deferred for more
itompnt ary.'matter. has ap*
» -. • _ •'< • *
peared in a-former number. "Truth” is
inadmissible. ‘‘Honestyl’ would bo un
intelligible to many of o«r readers. We
know nothing of ‘Good Manners,’ there
fore the writer must be mistaken iu his
conjectures. “Scurility” may depend
upon being inserted, in the course of the
week. -Decency’ must be altered s. as
to make it fit our columns. ‘‘A Painot
is at present out of date. *‘Ao honest
law vet’ with other originals, in a day or
two'. "Matter of does not come
within the circle oper iiuelli-
Two in/ants united like the Siamese
Twins. —A singular example of monstro
sity is now in London, at Fulcoo-squite,
and has been seen by Sir A. Cooper,with
many other distinguished members o!
the profession. It will be shortly exhib
ited to public view.—Tiiis moustef’ was
born lately at Exeter, and presents two
bodies united by the abdomen.' As in
all such cases, the sex is the same in bo'h
It is feminine in this example. It is sin
gular to observe how peculiar ate life laws
of nature even in her vagaries. Were
we disposed to enlarge upon this lusus na
lutat, we might.alh.deJo several cases of
a similar description, and hi all the sex is
identical in both infants. To the physi
ologist & obstetrician such unnatural pro-,
dnctiolis afford a large field for specula
tion. 4, ' * !
[London Medical and surgical Jour.
Collapse of the Lungs. —r So me young
children, when they cry, ate apt to suffer
a collapse of the lungs, <»r in the language
of the parents, “jiold their breath.’ This
occasions great- alarm to parents, and as a
real et(i!,for it is sometimes with” difficul
iy that they can be recovcretl. Tfie fol
lowing isTin oasy and certain remedyjclose
the nost> ns of the child with thumb and
finger, then put your mouth to the child’s
in ml ’h and blow smartly; the lungs will
bo infl ited; and the music . will commence
in a moment. .
The battle of Koniah »a.t, it appears,
one of the most sanguinary conflicts recor
t&d in tho his'ory of the world. Some
of the Foneign-papers stale, that 30,000
Turks were kilted upon the field of battle
and when it is remembered that thoif ar
my amounted to only 42,000, the extent
of the carnage will 'appear awful. The
disposition of the two armies seem very
time!) to resemble that of the Romans and
Cu'rthageiiians nl the battle es Cannoe.
The cootie of Ibrahim’s army gave way
imeiltionally. the Tuiks pursued with a
haste that thiew the whole army into con
fusion; the flanks wheeled upon their
rear,enclosed (hem and committed a hor
rible slaughter boon them, while they wore
not in a situation to make any effectual
resistance. The wholo affair seemi to
have been planned with a degree of judg
ment that would have done honor to Han
nibal. The consequences of this battle
are not to be calculated—the Sultan al
ready trembles fbrliis throne, aud there
is a prospect th,at all Europe may bo in
volved in war.— Richmond Whig.
The Kino of .Pairs- u and tub Miller.
There was neAr Potsdam, in the reign
of Frederick the Great, a mill which in
terfered wiih the view from the windows
of Saqs Souci. Annoyed by thiseyo-sore
to liit favorite residence, the King sent
t» enquire the price for which the mill
would bes >ld by the owner. “For no
p ice,” was the reply of the sturdy Pius
sian; and in a moment of anger Freder
ick gave orders that the mill should be
pulled, down. ‘The King may do this,’
said the miller, folding his arms, ‘but
there are laws in Prussia;” and forthwith
he commenced proceedings against the
Monarch, the result of which was, that
lire Court sentenced Frederick to' rebuild
the mill, and to pay for the injury which
he had done. The King was mortified,
but had the magnanimity to say address
ing himself to his courtiers—“l am glad
to find that just and upright judges exist
in my kiugdom.’ The above anecdote
is well known to every reader ol Prussian
history, but it is necessary to bo related
liete as an introduction to that which fol
lows. About three years ago, the pres
ent head of an honest millet’s family,—
his name u Frank—who had in due course
'of time succeeded to the hereditary pos
session of his little estate, finding himself,
after a long struggle with losses occasion
ed by that war, which brought ruin into
many a house besides his own, involved
in pecuniary difficulties that had become*
insurmountable,wrote to the present King
of Prussia, reminding him of the refusal
experienced by Frederick the Groat at
the hands of his ancestor, and stating that
if his now entertained a similar
desire, to obtain possession of the pro-
it would be very agreeable
to him,in his present embarrassed circum
stances, to sell the mill. The King wrote
immediately to him, with his pwn hand,
the following reply;
“My dear neighbor, I cannot allow
you to soli the mill; it must remaio in
your possession as long one member of
y«»ur family exists, for it belongs to the
history of Prussia. I lament, however,
to hear that you are in circumstances of
embarrasment; and I therefore send you
6000 dollars—about £ 1000 sterling—to
arrange your affairs, in the hope that this
sum will be sufficient for that purpose.
“Consider me always your affectionato
neighbor, Frederick William.
n> >Wheo Alderman
Ijill died, his wife ordered the undertaker
to inform the Court of Aldermen of the
event, which he did by writing as follows:
—“I am di.ected to inform the court of
Aide*men that Mr. Gill died last night
by order of Mrs. Gill.” 80
At Holt's hotel, in New ynyk„ boots
are blacked by steam. The brushes ere
in the form of a cylinder, being three
in number; the first takes off the dirt
the secofid puts on the blacking, and
(the third gives them the polish; tod it
can all Ue done in a third of a minute.
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CIRCULAR TO POSTMASTERS.
Relative to the abuses of Ihe flanking
privilege , and sending books in the mail.
Post Office Department.
April 11, 1833r'
Beftig informed, by official reports,
“ that the abuse of the franking privjlego
is increasing to au extent, which threat
ens seriously to impair the reveuue oif the
Department;” that “ it is hot confined to
Correspondence from which no pecunia
ry advantage results, but is extended to
the commercial and business transactions
of the country—instances having been
detected of it’s being practised lor the
benefit of banks and vendors of lottery
tickets;” that “every day, letters aro left
to bo mi il«fi, bearing the franks of per
sons who me, and lor some time have
been, many hundred miles distantaud
letters are received from the large cities,
bearing the franks of gentlemen well
known to be remote from those places,
the addresses being in dif
ferent from the fiaoks ; with other cir
cumstances attending, obviously showing
that those, whose franks were upon them,
could have no participation in, or know
ledge of the letters;” and jjrat
envelopes, with franks upon them, b«lF£-
been surrepti ionsly and-otherwise eb
tained, with a view of-covering comw.
pondence, in violation •of law;’ *—I deem
it my duty to call on all to
be vigilant in detecting and prevcn'tng
these fraoudupon the revenue of the De
partment ; and strictly to obey "re
quirement of the act of Congress, which
makes it “their especial duty to prose
cute” for such offences.
It is because the letter is actually, or
by construction of law, from the person
authorized to send it free, that it is ex
empted from postage. The frank is
merely thn certificate of the lad that it is
so. When, therefore, the circumstances
connec ed with (he letter, are such as to
show that it is no\ frun such a person,
and that the frank on it is, in efiect, a
'false certificate, Postmasters will, in such
coses, charge the letter with postage;
and they are particularly required to-do
so,-whenever the address on the letter i
in a han 1-writing different from-the frank*
unless that circumstance is satisfactorily
explained.
Penalties attach, whenever a person
franks a letter from another, unless writ
ten by his own order, and on the business
of his office, except that the Secretaries
of the State, Treasury, War, and Navy
Departments, and the Postmaster Gen
eral, may frank letters and packets, on
official business, prepared in any public
office, in the absence of the .principal
thereof. In proseco ing for these pen
alties, Postmasters will obtain the aid of
the District Attorney of the Uuiiod
States, and for that purpose, report .io
him the circumstances, and the names of
the witnesses in each case ; and they will
caurc ihe proceedings to be instituted in
the District Court of the United States :
not only against those who abuse their
frank, but also against those who procure
it to be done. Aleutian is called so the
subjoined references lo,and extracts from,
the law and regulations of the Depart
ment.
It has been reported by several 'Post
masters, numerous volumes of books have
tately been discovered in the mails, the
wrappers in which they were enveloped
and flanked, when mailed, having worn
off ; and that ibis'mode of sending thorn
through the country, has been practised
loan extent, that has subjected tire con
veyance of the mail to vexatious burthens
and delay ; —therefore, require all Post
masters to be careful to ascertain, when
bulky packages are left to bo mailed, il
they contain books, or any other articles
:tiot authorised by law to he so trans
mitted ; and on discovering that to be
the case, tu withhold them, in all in
stances, from the mail.
W. T. BARKY, *
Postmaster General.
Seepages 15, 16, 21, 26, 28, 29, and
52 of the law and instructions of the Post
Office Department, (editioo of 1832) tot
ascertain who ate entitled to the franking
privilege.
Sections 24 And 28, of the act of Con
gress , passed March 3, 1825, entitled ,
“ An aJ to reduce into one the several
acts establishing and regulating the
Post Office Department
Sec. 24 And be if further enacted,
That every person, who, fronfand after
the passage of this act, shall protore, anti
advise, or assist, in the doing or perpe
tration of any of the acts or crimes by
.this act-forbidden, syjiall be,subject to the
same peashSer and ( u>mshjmrnts as the
persons are subject to, who shall ac'qalt;
ly do or perpetrate-any of the said acts
of crimes, according to the provisions of
this aci.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted,
That if any person shall frank any letter
or letters, other than those written by
himself, or by his order, on the business
of his office, he shall, on conviction there
of, pay a fine of ten dollars, and shall be
the especial duty of Postmasters to pro
secute for said offence : Provided , That
the Secretary of the Treasury, Secreta
ry of Slate, Secretary of War, Secreta
ry of the Navy, and Postmaster Gener..
al, may (rank letters or packets on offi
cial business, prepared in any other pub
lic office, in the absence of the principal
thereof And if anv person, having the
right to receive his letters free of post
age, shall receive, enclosed to him, anv
letter or packet addressed to a person not
having that right, it shall be his duty to
return the same to the Post office, mark
ing thereon the place from whence it
c.ame, that ii may be charged with post
age. And if any person sh .11 counter
feit the hand Writing or frank of any
person, or cause the same to be done, in
order to avoid the postage,
each person, so offending, shall pay fur
evetvji such offence, five hundred dollars.
“Oil! I'M O-NLY A PASSENGER!”
At a certain time—-n« matter when —a
vessel, which was crossing the water,
sprung a leak, and it was with the utmost
difficulty she was afterwards kept afloat.
The pump* bad been incessantly in mo
tion; and the hands by their constant fa
tigue, night and day, were nearly exhaust
ed-while the water slowly increased in
the hold. While matters were thus go
ing on,, a person who had been in the hab -
it of walking the deck with his digits in
his pockets, was saluted by the captain af
ter this manner —Come oir, take hold and,
help us at the pumps—or w e shall cer“
tainly go to the botiotnl”-“Well, captain
(said lie,) that’s nothing to me; Tm only a
passtngerV'
We may laugh at the felly, or selfish
ness or indolence of such a man. But his
likeness is to be seen in thousands of per
sons all over tfie land. Indued the great
mass of men of t..e present day are »3 like
him as you can imagine. Do you doubt?
Cull upon the first man you meet and ask
him what he is doing to destroy licentious
ness. Ten to one he will say, he has no
time to devote to such matters; his iufla
e'nce rs noihing—and what little he could
do would be of no avail, “it’s nothing to
him— he's only a passenger!"
Go to another; urge on him t’he multt*
•plicd evrls of lottery and other gambling;
point bim to the families who have been
beggared, and : the many who have been
ruined, for.the want of effort on the part
oflfitrse who disapprove of such ihings.—
“He does tint gamble—and if every one
would look out_ for himself, there would
be no need of it. //e’s only a passen
gerr
Ask another to help forward the tem
perance reform—to drink no intoxicating
liquors dud to pledge his influence to put
an end to the evHs arising therefrom:
“O,” says he, “I can govern myself, and
as for the rest of the world, that’s nothing
to me; Tm only a passenger !”
In fact, almost every man who .makes
eny protensious to morality, is top. apt to
consider himself “oulya passengei;” and,
therefore, under no obligation fo.extricate
sociciy from the difficulties and depravuy
with which it is encumbered. If they fi
nally land safe, it is well; but, if universal
destruction were threatened against hu
man morals, and the combiued efforts of
those who claim to be virtuous were am
ply sufficient to stay the desolation, you
cA'uld hardly prevail upon them to take
off their gloves, and consider themselves
in any other character than as “passen
gers.”
Extract from the Speech of Henry Clay ,
on the Tariff. B\ll. —“Si% I have been
accused of ambition-ambition (thought
fully.) inordin .te ambition. In proposing
this bill, I have boon called ambitious.—
Sir, if I had thought only of myself, 1
never would have come forward with this
bill. I know where it places me. I see
the friends 1 loose by it. I sou the eue
tnies I-make. Sir, their grovelling souls
cannot understand, cannot/Vefthe impuls
es of mv heart. Accused of ambition!—
Sir; I am ambitious— l am ambitious t<>
see peace and, concord, and harmony re
stored to iiiy beloved country. lam am
bitious. t.o snatch the torch from any favor
ite system. lam ambitious tu settle this
tariff beyond the reach of Juggling poli
ticians. lam ambitious to bo die organ,
the instrument, the victim, if you please,
of this settlement! I throw myself into
the gap. I devote myself. lam the can
didate for no office in no'section of this
Union. I wish to be the candidate for no
office* I never export to be the candidate
for any uffico the American people can
give me, united nr separated If I can
but appease the storm now raging in- this
Union, my ambition is gratified, gratified,
gratified. I ask for no more. I desire no
more than to see us once more as a band
of brothers, linked in a common fraterni
ty. . Let me do this. Pass this bill, and I
will retire with contetr. to the lawns and
groves of my own Ashland. I will there,
among those I love, solace a heart too oft
en wounded in public life, with the calm
ness and jopose of domestic tranquilly,
and from my friends and my family I shat)
meet that cordiality I now so ardently
desire. They know me*—they ondeistand
me. I appeal to God, and to them, for
the sincerity of my motives.”
Original Anecdote.*- During the pas
sage down Sound of one of our elegant
steamboats, says a correspondent, the last
summer, a gentleman nos much accustom
ed to polished society, came so late to the
dinner table, that he found it difficult to
oittaiu a seat. He stood s<>me time with
hands in his pocket, looking wishfully at
the smoking viand®. He was at last no
ticed by the-Captain, who relinquished to
him his own chair and plate, when he
commenced carving a pig that lay‘before
him. ’ ‘ ■;
Having finished, ho passed portions of
the dish to all the ladies in iris immediate
neighborhorid, and th on heaped a plate
for himself. Ho soon perceived a lady
who had not been served, and inquired if
she would be helped to some pig? She
replied in the affirmative, and lie accor
dingly handed her die plate which he had
reserved for himself. Her ladyship feel
ing her dignity somewhat offended at so
bountiful a service,observed with proriu
ded ii ps, loud enough to be heard all a
round—”/ don't want a cart load!"
The gentleman, at her remark, became
the object of attention in all at his end of
the table, and determining to retort 4 upon
,her for her exceeding civility, watched
her motions, and observed that she had
dispatched the content* of the plat® with
little ceremony. When this was accom
plished, he cried out, “Madam, if you’ll
back your cart up »h'w way, I*ll give you
another load /”—JV. Y. Gazette.
The increase of travelling that follows
improvements by which greater speed,
comfort and safety are secured, is illus
trated in the fact that the travelling be
tween the cities cif New York and Phila
delphia, has gradually increased this
spring, and at this early period has reach
ed 450 in a day, That number having pas
sed ye teiday on the rail road between
the cities, besides numerous way passen
gers. ■' •
From Ihe Washington Globe.
We give below the note of the President, di
recting an investigation iu relation to tns de
struction of the Treasury Department—-the re
sult of the enquiry—together with the Report of
the Secretary of the Treasury, connected with
the subject.
In consequence of the public loss sustained by
the burning of the Treasury building, and the
destruction of some valuable papers, thePiesi
dent has deemed it proper, at the request of the
Secretary of the Treasury, to direct an enquiry
to be made into the cause of the disaster He
therefore directs a thorough and careful investi
gation to be made on the following points:
1. In what manner was the fire, occasioned ?
2. If accidental, how did it happen 7 Was it
from any defect in the original construction of
the building?—or was it occasioned by cnieless
nesa or negligence, and if by carelessness or
negligence to whom can either be attributed ?
3. Were proper exertions used to preserve the
books, papers and public property in the build
ing, as well as to save the building itselA?
The Attorney General is directed to conduct
the enquiry, and Ihe other members ofJhe cabi
net to aid in it. The witnesses to be examined
on oath, and their depositions reduced to writing
—and when the investigation Is closed, the testi
mony to be reported to the President, together
with tiie opinions of the members of the Cabi
net on the points above stated. , '
The President directs that tlie Chief Justice
of the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia '
be requested to preside at the investigation, and
to assist in it.
ANDREW .JACKSON.
March 31, 1833.
Siß—We have made the enquiries directed by
your order of the 3lslof March lust, in relation
to the fire at the Treasury building on the morn
ing of that day, and proceed to state the manner
in which the investigation was conducted, and
the result of the enquiries.
We commenced the examination of witnesses,
at the room of the Secretary of State, on the
day of the tire, at two o’clock in the evening,
and continued to take testimony at the same
place every day, until the evening'of Saturday,
the 6th instant The proceedings were then un
avoidably suspended until Wednesday, the 10th
instant, when some further testimony was taken
and the investigation closed. We have exdtaincd
altogether more titan fifty witnesses, and called
before us every person from whom it was sup
posed that any information could.be obtained on
the subject.
Chief Justice Cranch presided at the examina
tions, and gave to the inquiry his unrein.tting
attention and valuable assistance. You are h
ware that the Secietary of the Navy left Wash
ington, in order to execute some official duties,
before the investigation was concluded.
It appears from the whole evidence, that the
fire was first discovered about half past two o’-
clock in the morning. The attention of two pr
thn e persons who reside in the neighborhood it
in view of the building, wasattracted by the light
from the windows; and nearly at the same time
the volume of smoke occasioned by the fire was
observed by other,* who happened to be in the
streets fn different parts of the city. Those who
discovered the fire, immediately gave the alarm
and hastened to the building ; and wheu the first
persons arrived on tlre ground, the guard within
the house was still asleep and unconscious of the
fire, and was awakened by t he noise made at one
of the door? to rou*' him. There is some differ
ence of opinion among the witnesses as to the
precise state us the fire at that moment. But ta
king the whole testimony together, we think it
is fully proved that when the first persons arriv
ed on the ground, the room in this Second story
on the north side of the house, and immediately
west of the projection In the centre of tire build
ing, appeared to be on fire in every part—that
the flames and dense clouds of smoke were issu
ing trom one or noth windows of the room—and
that there watt then no appearance of fire in
either of the adjoining rooms, nor in the garret,
nor roof. In h very few minutes however the
fire was communicated .to the adjoining rooms
and to the garret and the roof—and the garret
being filled for the most part with old papers
and paper cases, the flames spread through it
with great rapidity. T*"e engine arrived on the
ground in twenty minutes after the fire was dis
covered, and roof over the room in which ii
originated was then blazing, and very soon af
terwards began te fall in - Every exertion to
check the flam’s was imtnediate’y made with,
this engine and others which arrived shortly af
tej- it. But it was soon evident that the want of
a sufficient supply of water in the neighbor
hood of the building, rendered it impossible to
save it, and the fire continued to advance. And
in about one hour from the time it was first
<een, the whole building, with the exception of a
fire proof portion of if, was either consumed or
on fire.
We have endeavored in vain to trace flic ori
gin of thefire, and nr‘e unable to impute it to any
particular cause. Three of the witnesses who
have been examined passed near the building
about half past one o’clock or n little later on
the morning of the site, and at that time there
was no light from any of the windows, nor any
thing in or about the house to attract attention
or cieate alarm. The remains of the building
have been carefully examined by skilful work
men, and they.can discover no defect in its con
stiuction which may be supposed to have occa
sioned the disaster. On the night of the fire the
usual precautions for security appear to have
been taken. The regular watchman being sick
and unable to attend his place was supplied, un
der the direction of the superintendent, by a
young man between 19and 20yearsof age, who
has been employed constantly for about eighteen
months past as one of the labourers at the build
ing. And according to the ordinary practice of
tlie guard, he examined about 10 o’clock at night,
all tire rooms except those in the fire-proof part
of the house, and found the fires in ihe-grates t®
he, as lie supposed, entirely safe. The fuel used
in the part of the building where the fire began,
is anthracite cofil—Bnd in the room where it
oiiginated, the coal had sunk-below the upper
bar of the grate at the time of the examination
by tire guard—and the blower, resting on the
ash pan, was placed as a fender before it, ac
cording to the usual practice. No fresh coal had
been put on the fire after 12or 1 o'clock bn that
day. The outer doors and the windows of the
house were fastened in the ordinary rannner in
the inside, with the exception of a window in the
fire proof, wdiicb sebmg to have been very oegli
gently secured, if secured at all, on that pighf
But there is no communication between that room
and the part of the building wbare the fire com
menced—and if an evil disposed parson had en
tered at that window, he could oof have made
his way to any other room. ‘
The regulations* of the Superintendent made
it the duty of the night guard to u.ake the exam
inatiou of the rooms and fires above mentioned
—but he was not required to keep awake all
night—and since the year 1826 ft has been the
practice for only one of the watchmen to remain
during the night in the building’—and lie has
baen permitted to sleep after 10 o’clock.
As soon as the fire was discovered, the proper
exertions were immediately mad* by the officers
of the government and the citizens who assem
bled, to save the books and papers. And the
most active and praiseworthy efforts were used
for thar purpose; and, in some instances, the
zeal of those engaged, exposed them to much
hazard. The Secretary of the Treasury was
early on the ground, and by his direction, the
books and papers were placed, as they were
brought ou», under the care of proper guards—
ana on the same day, at an early hour to the
evening, they were deposited in a house that was
immediately engaged for the temporary occnp*
lion of the Treasury Department.
We cannot, at this time, undertake to elale
with precision, what papers and hooks have been
destroyed ; since those which were saved n»ve
not yet .been all perfectly arranged. '1 he Sec*
retary of the Tieasury has taken measures to
obtain a prompt and accurate report from tiro
fiends of the Bureanx on this subject. Bat we
believe that veiy few papt ; rs,have beenlost that
are of much importance to ihegovcrnment or to
individuals, and that the gieat mass of the most
valuable hooks ami papers, have been saved.
The depositions we have taken, accompany
this report—-ahtl alto drawings of the Treasury
building, which will enab'e you more readily to
comprehend the testimony of tho witnesses. ./ ■
We have the honor to be, Sit, very respectful-
Iv, your obedient servants.
E.>.V,t = TON iitr
' XOUIS M’LANE,
Scc'yofthi Treatury.
LifeW. CASS, '
April 12/ft, 1833, "tertiary of .Mm.
R. 3 TANEY,
Attorney Ocnerah
\\ T. BARRY.
Postmaster General.
To the President
AUGUSTA*
WEDNESDAY, APKIh 24»
O' VVe are, one day, behind the Northern
Mail, and have been so for a week past.
Mr. FoTwtth, in a note to the Coimpittee of
citizens appointed on Friday F.veitihg last, to
tender him a dinner ns a thai k of public respect
and approbation, has politely declined the in
tended honor. The reason is, his indispensable
public and private engagements requiring an
immediate and continued absence.
It is opt duty to state, that the Bills Os the
Bank of Darien are refused to be taken here by
the Banks, brokers or individuals, or if taken at
all, are taken at a very large discount.
The baique Hercules, which sailed fionr-Sa
vnnnnh in December last, arrived at Inheri t,,
January 16 th.
Ihc Chronicle, this morning, asks why Gov,
Lumpkin did not publish those Banking Tustitu
lions who had not reported to him on the first
April and for seventeen days afterwards? We
might venture to answer such n-query, with ott
any great risk 7 We sec prudential reasons e-.
nough to justify the Governor, without know ing
what positive inform* i»nhe may have in rid*,
tion to the causes, which have delayed there*
poi.ts of any Os the Banks. The Law specifies
no tune within which the delinquent Banks
shall be published . The Governor, mor*cveV
may believe, that « short delay does not vio’
late the ‘'spirit” qftliaact, and it is left to' his
discretion to publish delinquents “os often *s
he may think it expedient f., t the public good.”
We ask any reasonable map, if the public good
would be subserved, by the highest officer in ft*
State, hastily coni) touting to.thc dtAvnfall of any
of our Banking Institutions ? ShouM he unne
cessarily increase the existing public ?xcitcmenl
and suspicion on the su ject of Banks 7 Widtwu
noticing, because we do not know, what go mi
reasons his Excellency has for watting for tl.B
returns of any of the Banks, which n(«y he il
little behind she first of April in reporting tliciil
conditions—we defend the Governor’s forbeatl
ance from prudential considerations,which lielml
a tight to regard, when there is nothing imfl
perative in the law. Our best Banks would
s l| k ‘ >n ’ *" ,he P r,, * ent slate of public jcslousjß
by the hasty publi -at,on of a short delay •• tl
Comply will) all the requbtnions of the Ac/.”-B
Suspicion would be infltrtned into belief, anfl
thee c nsequent scramble of individuals, uni
other Banks to gave themselvev, would sudden 11
throw a bank’s wlio'e circulation upon its couuitl
at once. We learn with plcitsureour city banks atl
able to stand 60ch an ttpetatlon without liez.ndl
but this may not be the case, t\irh others more rtl
mov’d from the great channel of spucte circulatiol
Would it not betietler for the Governor to
1Y days or a month, o<v longer, when he wassail
isfied of the public safety, than to risk the coil
sequences of increasing the public jealousy ll
hastily outlawing any of our Banks by thus gI
zettiug them? VVe do not know what
have delayed reports. There are many, whirl
the Governor should respect, and we have r|
doubt, the discretion which, under the law, l|
has exercised in the matter, will promote rntlnl
thaw injure the public good. If tliv GsVernorl
enemies insist oil the publication of the reporH
of the complying Banks and the names es tliosl
who do not comply precisely on the Ist of Apr!
let the law be amended, to authorize it &wevtfl
engage all its requisitions are strictly n-gaMt <lfl
VVc are indebted lo the politeness of Messi
Stockton and Stokes, says the Baltimore Gazet
of the 16th iust. for the aunexed extract fio
their Way Bill, received by the Western M.
this morning: •*«
“Cumberland is burnt to the ground /’
Cumberland, which is tile chief town of All
gany County, Maryland, is supposed to ctJutu
about jive thousand inhabitants.
Loss of the schr. Mdamora.— lhe followi
extract of a letter, says the Charleston Courit
received in this city,communicates the losToft
schr. Metamora, Capt. Lvnhirs, which sail
from this port on the 17th ult. for West a
Apalachicola. We understand that about S2O
-were insured on her cargo at the Fire and ft'
rine Office in this city. The vessel, we betfc
was Dot insured.
APALACHICOLA, April lllb,
" The captain and crew of the schr. M ;tanicn
arrived here last evening, in her boat, the vOs
having been stranded on the coast, about
miles from this place; and, having bilged, I p
sutne the principal part of her cargo will he
tally lost. Several boats have been dispatc!
to save as much of the cargo and m.Aerials of I
vessel as they can."
Thomas Habbi ow, bai **•>» elec/
Cashier of the Columbia Branch of the Bank
the State of South Carolina.
The folio wing is from the Columbia Hivewf
20th inst.
Mn Editor.— The Ordinance of Nov lasi I
iag been repealed,and the convention dissolv
I no longer feel Umv duty lo /submit to the t
ture of a congressional Sanvass'.M must the
fore beg leave* throogtuty* ffiw, to aaoQnu