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2 THE COURIER* by J. rSRMS - rh. S Paper J. “ anfl.FKM*** *«■». every FRIDAY afternoon ascriptions received for less time 1 h , R nVirensK >IENT*, not exceeding a iquar* will ‘iffS&anS#-- poraquare and 37 1-2 •fiSS3sss»»Wfc« rSgsteaarasw^spss in each paper. ..w-rttsemeftts of several Wh n .person* have standing advert semen - squares, special contraetsmaytema f ro m No deductions will bn wade in *<* chargo* . „ ,*,» number of insertions M 2JK?XE“ SSJII .w-™**** - ,mror 25 por ceut. deductodiu lll «‘r ~i rrW 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. agg*** ’.i^ 1 11 • 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. _______ 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