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Each family c •ntribufed in different ways to the expense of the war; and, even the poorest herds gave in their umt'for the genera! good, though it de prived their families oi n>qoy a hide lux ury which they had before been used to. In one of the romantic valleys of Si lesia, lived a young girl of surprising bean ty, the pride and delight ot her aged par ents, whose only occupation was to at tend to their fl.>cks, and bear the scant produce of her little (arm to a neighbor ing market town. Elia, like the wild flywer, had grown and bloomed in ob scurity,adorned and beautified by the un erring'hand of nature. She had known but little of the world, until the bruit ot war spred oyer the oountry, and echoed discordantly amidst the darkest recesses of her solitude,and when,by her enquires, her father was obliged io tell her of the distracted state of her native country, the indignant blush and the high heaving of her bosom, told h w much she tell for her enterpiisi”g sovereign and die brave people that were arrayed to defend his dominion. ‘Heaven grant us victory !’ exclaimed she, in the patriotic enthusiasm of her soul. 'I would Father, that nature had made woman strong enough to fight.’ The old man only smiled a reply, and kissing her rosy cheeks, bade her keep out of the sight of the soldier. This cauiion was scarcely needed. Ella knew where to find one on whom she could gaze, and be gazed upon for hours: and who, though not dressed out in the trappings of the military, wes more to her than all ihe world beside. She was soon upon the mountain slope watching her herds, and listing to the mellow notes as they flowed from the pipe ol Adolph, a fine featured young man who sat at her fee’, gazing tenderly upon her smiling face. ‘That hair of yours, Ella,’ said he, lay ing down the instrument—‘l would give the world for one liit'e lock.’te iie'rauhis fingers through the glossy tresses as hey hung luxuriantly around her finely m tuld ed shoulders. ‘The world is not yours to give, A dolpb,’ said she, archly smiling—‘bt>. do you only love me for mv hair, winch you are always worshipping ?’ ‘1 love you for yourself, dea- E'la; but these rich ringlets, « hich might grace a crown, I idolize them; and vet you re fuse to bestow one little tress.’ Have J not reason? Were I to give you a lock, 1 might never sea you again; for 'hen you would have your idol by you, and 1 would be forsaken. No, Adol, h, fl st prove yourself worthy of the gift, and you shall not only have a tress, but th) whole of me ’ ‘Tell me how to become worthy of so rich a gift,’ exclaimed the enraptured youth—‘and I will follow the path you shall point out,’ ,There it is,’ answered the maiden— pointing towards Breslau, and looking her lover fixedly in the face, ‘And what am I to do in Breslau?’ ‘Join the brave men who are straggling for the liberties of your country, and ten fold shall be the love of Ella. A slight blush overspread the face of young Adolph, and kissing the hand of the fair shepherdess, he turned away, and was soon'iost among the deep recess es of the valley. There was more courtliness in 'he last salination of Adelph than generally falls •to the lot of the untutored and robust mountaineers of Silesia—and Elia thought as he weoded down the narrow defile, hat there was more dignity in his mein, than she had ever befote observed. She scarce ly dared ask herself who he was, for he had been but a short white among the shepherds, and no one knew aught of his birth or calling; but eveiy one Lived him for his generosity and nobleness ot spirit. ’My bail’—said Ella te berseif as the youth vanished fiom her sight—‘l w j; dress it for his sake. They say it is rich and beautiful —abl now freely would 1 destroy each atn.de tress, and scatter it upon the winds, did he not 1. ve to comb it with his fingers.’ Months rolled away, and Ella watched her herd's elone and in sadness, for noth ing was heard of Adolph, and the dem on was continuing to spread his dessola. tiou over the land. It was proposed to raise a sum by contribution among the inhabitants of the mountains which should be placed into the general fund, which was to be appropriated to the use of the brave defenders of the king and country. When the father of Ella was called upon for ins share, he itad nothing to give, and the noble hearted girl then, for the first time! felt the want of wealth; ‘Father, let us sell our flocks,*said she, 'and we will be amply repaid in the freedom ol our country; and, when peace comes a gain, I’m sure I can work foryou’—‘No, my daughter,’ answered the old man, ‘our country requires no such sacrifice, we must not deprive ourselves of the means of livelihood.’ Ella reflected for a long while, and formed a thousand plans for raising a sum of money worthy of being given in aid of the patriotic cause, but all her schemes were impracticable, and she even \vept in solitude for her in ability to serve her country. ‘Would that these locks were wires of gold,’ ex claimed she, running her fingers through the clustering tiesses as they dallied wi'h the amorous wind, ‘I might then give them to my country.’ ‘Can they not be sold? I will go to Breslau and offer them; they may bring but a trifle, yet they are my all. But Adolph—when he returns and beholds me shorn of my greatest beauty, what will he say? Alas! ho will torn fr »m me, he will love me no more.- Well, be it so, I will sacrifice his love for the good of my country.’ She accordingly proceeded to Breslau, and offered her hair for sale to the first hair worker in the city. The beauty of >he young girl, and the novelty of her of fee, caused the person to enquire of her the cause of her robbing herse If of such beautiful tr- sses/on receiving her answer, he was astonished at the extraordinary and disinterested feeling of patriotism dis played in one so young and lovely. ‘1 will take the locks, my pretty girl,’ said he, admiring the softness of their tex’ure, ‘and tmn them, into bracelets. Ever, body will huv when they know of wh s" hair they were made.’ The delighted girl received the proffered sum, and flew to add it to the general fund. The hair wuiker had predicted right; ihe story go wind and the ladies and gentlemen *>f the ci’y flocked to his store to purchase the bracelets marked with the name of Ella. Among others, a young officer of bign rank, hearing the story, endeavored t • obtain one of the ar icles. The vender had but one left, and, as he had alreauv raised a very considerable sum fr »m rhei sales, which sum he intended putting into the general fund—he intended to keep that une for himself. The officer ellni iued he color and teiliire of .ho hair, Kid when his eyes fell upon the name of El la, a smile of pride and gratification cur led his lips, and he uttered, ‘lt must be she!’ He emptied his purse upon the counter, and told ihe worker to take it all for the bracelet. The man chai med b ttie sight of s.» much gold, readily con sented, and the officer left ’he shop, with me treasure to his lips. * * * * ‘Ella!’—said Adolph as he sal oy the side of the mountain maid; —‘where are ihe luxuriant locks that formerly hung a rouad your neck? I went, and I fought for my country at your bidding, and 1 now c’.me to claim my reward!’ Ad dph!’—answered she, ‘I became jealous of my hair; your heart was entau gled among its thick curls; the more I combed them, the more they webbed a rouud the hear.; and so I cut them off.— Do you Dot love me with >ut my iocks?’ ‘Zjouc you, Ella?--could I d> less than w> r. hip you since you have s . nobly mai ned your beauty for the benefi. of yom country? Look a this bracelet: the hair is y< urs! the names is yours.’ Thus caught, the generous girl thought it useless to deny; she confessed all, and shortly after was the wife of the stranger Adolph,and countess o f * * * * THE WANDERER. THE LEFTEYE. Translated fr m the Prussian. A rich old maa who had resided at the extremity of the camp, quite from the rest,had three daughters,the youngest o> whom, was named Kookju, was as much distinguished for her beauty, as for he extraoidtnary wisdom. One morning he was about driving his j cattle for sale to the -Chan’s market place,he begged his daughters to tell him I what presents they wishe 1 him to bung them on his return. The two oldest ask' ed hmi for trinkets: Out the handsome and wise A*ooZj(Z said that she wan ed n ■ present, but iiat she had a request to make which itwoud be difficult and ever, dangerous for,him to execute. Upon tins the father,who-loved her more than the 2 others, swtore hat he. would do her wish, though it were at the price of his life “II it be so,” replied Ko >kju, “I beg you to do as folio's s:seU all your cattle excep the short tailed oxpnd ask no other price for it except the Chan's left eye." The ol j man was startled, however remember ing hisoath and confiding in his daughter’s wisdom, he resolved to do as she bade him. After having sold all his cattle,and be ing asked for the price of the short tailed ox, he said he would sell it for nothing else but the Chan’s left eye. The report of'his singular and daring request soon readied the ears of the Chan’s courtiers. A- firs' they admonished him not to use such an offensive speech against tho Sov ereign: but when they found that he per served in his strange demand, they bound him and carried him as a madman before the Chan. The old 1 man threw himseli at the Prince’s feet and confessed that his demand had been made at the reques 1 of his daughter, of whose motives he was perfectly ignorant; and the Chan suspect ing that some secret most be hidden uadet • his extraordinary request, dismissed the eld man, under the Condition, that he wou’d bring him that daughter who had made it. Kookju appeared and the Chan asked; “Why didst thou instruct thy father to demand my left eye!” “Because I expected, my Prince, that afier so strange a request.curiosity would urge thee to send for me.” “z\nd wherefore dost thou desire to see me?” “I wish to tell thee a truth important <• thyself and thy people.” “Name it!’*,. “Prince,” replied Kookju, “when two persons appear before thee in a cause,the wealthy and noble generally stand on the right hand, while (he poor and humble stand oo thy left. I have heard in my solitude that thou most frequently favor ost tfie noble and rich. This is the rea son why 1 persuaded my father to ask for thy Left Eye; it being of no use to thee, since thou never seest the poor and unprotected.” The Chan incensed and surprised a' the daring of this maiden, commanded his court to try her. The court opened, and the president.who was the eldest La ma, proposed that they should try, wheth er her strange ptoefleding was the effect of malice or of unst/mn. The first step was to send to Kookju a log of wood, cut even on all sides, or dering her to find out which was the root and which the top. Kookju threw it in to the water, and soon knew the answer, on seeing the root sinking, while the lop rose to the surface. After which they sent her two snakes, in order to deteimine which was a male and which a female. The wise maiden laid them on cotton, and on seeing that one coiled herself up in a ring, wnile the o'her crept away, she judged that the lat ter was a male, and the former a female. Fr.rni these trials the’ Court was con vinced that Ko<»kju had not offended the Chau from motives of malice, but the in spiration of wisdom granted heifrom ab .ve But not so the Chan: his vanity was hurt and he resolved to puzzle her with ques.. (ions to prove that sire was not wise. He therefore ordered her before him and ask ed— “Ou sending a number of maidens into the wu< 4 l" gather apples, which ol them will bring h >me he mnsr? “She,” replied Kookju, “who instead of climbing up the trees, remains below ‘and picksup those which have fallen off from maturity, or the shaking of the bran ches.” The Chan then led her to a fen, and asked her which would be the readiest way t»» get over it; and Kookju said, “to cross it Would be farthest, going round, nearest.” Tne Chau fell vexed at the readiness and pruprie.y of tier replies,and alter having reflected lor some time, he again inquired: “Winch is .he safest means of becom ing known to many?” . “By assisting many that are unknown ” “Which is the surest means of always leading a virtuous life?” “To begin every morning wi.h prayer, and conclude every evening with a good action.” ‘‘Who is truly wise?” “He who does not believe himself so.” “Which are the requisites of a good wife?” “She should be beautiful as a pea-hen gentle as a lamb, prudent as a mouse, just as a faithful mn roi, pure as the scale >f a fish: she must m<m.n for her deceased has band Ijke a she camel, and live in her widowhood like a bird that has lost it's wings.” Thu Chan was astonished at the wis dom of the fair Kookju; yet enraged at her having reproached inui with injuries, be s;ill wished to dssitoy her. At era few days he thought he found the moans for attaining his object. He sent lor her and asked her to determine the worth of all his treasures; after wh ; ch he promised to absolve her from malice in questioning Ins justice, and to admit hat she intended as a wise woman mere ly to warn him. The maidens consented; yet under the coudnioij that the Chan would promise her implicit obedience to tier commands tor four days. She requested that he would eat no food during that time. On the last day she placed a dish of meat be fore him, and said, “Confess, oh Chin that ad thy treasuresabe not wur has much as ihisjoint of meat.” The Chan was so struck with the tiuih of her remark, that* he confessed the truth of it, ackowledged her as wise, married her to his son, and perm t ed her cous antly to remind him to use his left Eye. It is really amusing iu witness the chan gesand iucoiisis ences winch a few months have produced tn the political characters of some of our would be great men. While we would not be understood as o. verlooaitig the claims that others have to d stinc'ions ttr ihis respect, we would ask the privilege of reviewing, for a few m • ments, the political career of our repre tentative in Congress, the H->n. A. S Clayton. We will go back a little u ■ wards of two years sincu when he was defeated, in his election for Judge, by Dougherty.— Shortly after the election was over, he was heard to de clare to a gentleman who always had been his political opponent, “Sir, if you will offet for Congress, I will give you my cordmal suppoit,” or words to that a mount. This pledge, on the part of the Judge, was perfectly gratuitous and uusolicited, as it was also uncondi tional. In a few hours thereafter, Judge Clayton found himself io nomination for Congress by thd party who had just bea ten him for Judge, & whose ranks he was on the eve of leaving (if we are allowed to judge from his pledge;) forgetful of his promise, he accepts the nomination, in opposition to the gentleman io whom he had j’is« tendered his support. The strength of t e party elected him,and he took his seat i ’ Congress, the warm and decided friend of Jackson and his adm-n istratioii. In a very short time after, when the subject of*the rechariering of the B ink of <he United States ivas brought up, he let loose all his artillery against that insti tution, declared it to be the m <s corrupt monied aristocracy upon earth, and it was undermining the very pillars of our gov ernment Not long thereafter, however unsolicited no doubt on the part of the gentleman, the Bink extended to him ac commodation. We hear no more ab ut the Bink only his explanatory leu?r, un til the present session of Congress, when, we find him going in might and main for the restoration of the deposies.and conse quently against the administration. So it seems the Bank has made an enemy its friend and Jackson has lost a friend and made an enemy. And for what? Ah. that is more than we can tell. It cannot be the loan which he received! It was rum ored, while the Judge was at Washington city, that notwithstanding his former hos tility to Mr. Calhoun he had become a convert to his beloved doctrine of Nul lification. This, his friends in Georgia could hardly believe: for, they could be brought to think that “any thing good could Come out of Nazareih,” and in this opinion they were confirmed, when they received his Virginia toast. In Virginia, he thought it our duty to submit to the laws of the country, but how greatly did his views change when he got further south. In South Carolina, he declared that Nullification was the rightful remedy; that “he that duilied was a dastard, and hethat doubted was dammed.” Thus did his opinions change while travelling in the stage on a direct rout, ab>u~ three hundred miles. But, with all 'he Judge’s shifting and turning, we venture to say he can never <’b'ain the confidence of the people of Georgia, so as to be called to preside over them as their Chief Magis irate. Georgia S R. Sentenel. proclam \rio N Mayor's Office., > Savannah Feb. 10, 1834 | Whereas the following applicati »n has been made ’o me by a number of respec table J/crchants and Citizens of Savan nah, to convene a pub.ic meeting for the purpose of taking into consideration the subject of the removal of the Deposited from the Bank of the U. States, a d for publicly expressing their opinions iu rela tion thereto— Now therefore, 1 do hereby respect fully jequest the inhabitants of (hi* cry to assemble in the Long Room of the Ex change at 11 o’clock A. M. on Wednes day next, the 12th- inst. to take the sub ject into consideration. W. THORNE WILLIAMS May-r. TO W T. WILLIAMS. Esq. Mayor of the City of Savannah. The undersigned Merch rms aii 1 Citi, zens of this ciiy having conferred upou Hie subject of >he Removal of he Depos lies from the Bank of the United S ate, and believing that it is the desire of the citizens at taige to express ihmr opinions pub'iciy on that subject, beg leave to ask th >t you will call a meeting tor that pur. p ise at the Exchange on Wednesday next ihe 12 h inst. at 11 o’clock, A M. Geo. B Cumming. Jo>. Aoze. HeZ. Lord. U. A. Bourgaux. W J. Hunter. Sam’l Pmlbrick. Henry Harper. L. Baldwin. John Balfour. Geo. Hail. S. H. Fay. Goo. Hua ingtoo. C. B. Carter. B. W. Delamater. Edw’d. Padeifoid. Samuel Solomons. Elias Reed. S C. D inning. C. H, Camfield. B p nj. Burroughs. G. B. Lamar. GREAT STATE RtGIITS MEET. ING. In pursuance of the cal! published in tho Savannah Republican, a numerous and highly lespectable portion of the cit izens of Chatham county, assembled in ibe Long R-mm of the Exchange in Sa. vannab, on Saturday the Btii ms:., for (he purpose of organizing an Association, auxiliary to tide “State Rights Associati >n oi Georgia,” in com d d ice wiiii 'he re commendation of ’he meeting held at Mil ledgeville io November las’. The meeting was called to order by Col. James Marshall; whe eop >n. <o motion o Col. William T. Williams, Richard W. Habersham, Esq was .p --po n. d P esideut and Tim thv Barn ard Esq Vice President. William r*. White and William H. Miller, r q’is were apppointed iSecre-anes. Ou mo ion oi J dge Law, seconded by Dr. Wm. C. Daniel, it was unauim usly resolved that a Commute ot twenty four be appointed to report resolutions to the meeting,—whereupon the toilowing cilt. zhiis were appointed to compose that com m ttee: Judge Law, Col. Joseph W Jack son, Col. James Marshall, Dr. W>». C. Daniell, Mordecat Snot aif, Senr. Col. Wm. T. Williams, Geo B Cummrug, Dr. James P. Scieveu, G. B. Limit, Charles Har ridge, Levi S. D Lyon, N i. man Wallace. B yau 4. d n"ei, D . J s. C. Habersham, John B. Gaudry, John 1- Dews, Capt. Mtcnavl B own, John Guil. martin, Gemge Millen, Major Wm. P. Bowen, K. W. Ei urd<>>, Wn.iam Patter' son, D<- Cosmo P. Richaidsou and Dr. J□•». J. Mitcnel, woo uaving retired re. turned i' a snort time, and through Col James Marshall, eponed the follow ing Pieambte and Resolutions, viz: Wnereas a numerous assembly .4 citi zens friendly to Stale K’gots convened in •he Representative chamber in me State House, at Milledgev IF, on Monday, r e 13 h November 1833, and appomed a committee to pn pare Resolut ms ex pressing the senti’m-uis ot ineStateßigh s Party in that State. This commuter-, c insisung of thirteen gentlemen- of hign and honorable charucter, among wnoni wo recognize with pleasure the venerable W to H. Craw ford, an eminent cmz-'O, when Georgia has ever been proud to call her son, whose attachment to the Um n oi our confederated S’ates has never been doubted, and who actively eug.ged in the deliberation of <he Committee, and at" fixed his signature to their proceedings, reported io that assembly aP ea ..ble&Rc solutions, which were unanimously a dopted. And, whereas, we belteva that the said Preamble and Resolutions have been sanctioned by time tenth* oi the Pa-riots, who, io 1825 and six, sustained toe rights of Georgia in opposition t . he usurpations of the Federal Govern meat; —we have the satisfaction to know likewise, that he who then led that band of patriots, George Mclntosh Troup, af firms the correctness of the princip ! es contained in the said Preamble aud Re solutions. And whereas, independently of names and men we believe that the maintanance of the rights of ihe State a gainst fhc doctrines of the President’s Proclamation of December 1832, and foice bill of March 1833, doctrines which if sus’i'ned by the American people must subvert the Constitution and erect a con solidated Empire mi its ruins, calls, im periously, upon every ci'izen who loves that Constitution, and values Liberty, to step forward, and brave every peril in support of the one and for the preserva tion of the othet : Ist. Be it therefore Resolved, That .in conformity with the recommendation of a Resolution of the said Assembly, we now constitute ourselves an Association, auxiliary to the Central Association of the State Rights Party of Georgia, estab lished at Milledgeville under that Resolu lution. 2d. Resolved, That the title r f this As sociation shall be “the State Rights Party of Chatham County.” 3d. Resolved, That we will employ all honorable measures for the advancement of ihe cause of the State Righis Party of Georgia, believing it to be identified with Patriotism, and its triomph necessary to Fieod-.m. 4th. Resolved, That in a just “attach, ment to the Union of these States,” upon Constitutional principles, and in a deter, mina’ion tu support the Righ sos Geor gia, and thereby her sister States, “we yield to nomen or party of men,’’whatever names they may assume, seductive or deceptive. sih. Resolved, That we hold ourselve prepared to resist by all means, derivas ble from the Constitution of the United States and the S -vereignty of the States invasion oo their rights; and to render to the General Government all obedience required under tha l Constitution, aod Con sistent with our duty to Georgia. 6th. Resolved, That the principle up on which the State Rights Party of Geor gia is organized,being opposi'ion to usur pation, we pledge ourselveS to encounter, with all our influence, and all the Consti tutional inodes in our power, alt usurpa tions hv the Federal Government,wheth er emanating from the Executive, Legis lative, or Judicial Departments, 7th Resolved, Thu we unequivocally condemn the Proclamati on vs Andrew Jacks >n, President of the United States, he.-eiii before recited, and will use al| proper and constitutional means to pre vent the success of its ah i republican principles. , Bth. Resolved, That we consider the F rce Bill,of Marcti 1833, an as .ssump" tion ; f power by Congress, denied to it by ihe Convention who framed the Con s itution, violative of the spirit of that Constiiuiion;destructive of the sovereign ty of ihe Sta.es; hostile to he harmony of the American People; and a measure, for the repeal of which every consideration of Patriotism; Prudence, and Justice, vehe l menlly calls. 9 h Resolved, Tuat we, a portion of tiie Republican citizens of Georgia, alive io the independence and State devotion, which they displayed in voting against ’hat bill, now return our thanks, for their fidelity, to the m J rity of our Represen tatives in the la t Congress* aotf td /hat high minded Senator, who “would have bee t carried, on bis death bed, to iho Capitol,’ra'her than not have recorded his vote against it. 10. Resolved, That the presiding' offi cers of this meeting be and they are here by instructed, to transmit a copy oLhese R soluti ns to Col. Troup, and io each •f he Georgia Representation who were op yiseu to ifie said Bill. 11. Resolved, Tuat the officers of this Society shall be a President, four Vice Pieudems, a Conespoudmg Committee of nine, two Secretaries, & a Treasurer. 12. Resolved, That it shall be the du ty of iho-e officers to dischaige all servi ces usuaLv performed by such officers in similar associations: and, especially, the du v of the Secretary tu keep record* of he proceedings of this society, and to make known, with >ut delay, its formation to the Central Association. And all cor respondence with the Central Associa tion, and Societies auxiliary to it, shall be conduc ed hy the corresponding Cum mitte. 13. Resolved, That any citizen may become a member of this Association who will subscribe his name to the fore going re olu ions. 14. Resolved, Th it the Association pr coed o organ ze itself by the election of i's officers. The m-'etiog was then addressed by C »l. Joseoh VV Jackson, Dr. Win. C. Daniell, Judge La v, Mordocai Shefiall. Seer, Esq., Jmu Clark, Levi S. D’Lyon, Esq., and Dr. O Hara, in sup port of the Resolutions—alter which the above Preamble and Resolutions, were iina'imoirsiy adopted. . . T le meeting then proceeded to form ’he Association by the appointment of "f ficeis,when ihe following gentlemen were uear imously elected: Timo nv Barnard, Esq. President. Jo u Macpherson Berrien, E q. Ist Vice Preside nt. H m. William Law, 2d do.—Col. Jos W. Jackson, 3d do.—Dr William C. Da r niell, 4 hdo. George B Cumming, Esq. 7’reas. —W. P White W. 11. Mii.ei, Esq’rs. Secretaries. Ou motion. Resolved, That the pro ceedings of ihe meeoug be signed by the President andVtce P-esidentand counte s’gtied by the Secretaries, and published. On notion, Resolved That the thanks f the meeting be returned to the presr ding officers and secre aries. After which ’h-3 meeting adjourned. RICHARD W. HABERSHAM. PreCt L1 MOT H Y BA R N ARD, V Pressdent William P. White. J Secretaries. William H. Miller. ) Tuesday; Febuary 4, 1834. IN SENATE The following message frojn (he Pres ident of the Uni ed Stales was received by Mr.Donelson, his Private Secretary: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I deem it my duty to communicate to Congress the recent conduct of the Bank of the United Slates, in refusing to doiiv er the books, papers, and funds in its po. session, relating to ihe execufion of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, enti tled, an act supplementary to the “Act for the relief of certain surviving officers •and soldiers of the Revolution.” The correspondence reported by the Secreta ry of War, and herewith transmitted, will shew the grounds assumed by the Bank to justify its refusal to make the transfer directed by the War Department. It does not profess to claim the privilege of this agency as a right secured to it by contract, nor as a benefit confered by the Government, but as a burthen from which it is willing to be relieved. It places its refusal upon the extraordinary ground that the corporation has a right to sit in judgment upon the legality of the acts of the constituted authorities, in a matter in which (he Smckholdets are admitted to have no interest, and it impedes and de feats, as far as its power will permi', the execution of a measure of the Admioisv (ration, because the opinion of the corpo; ration, upon the construction of an act of Congress, differs from that of the proper officers of the United States. The claim of this Corporation, thus to usurp (he functions of the judicial power, and to prescribe to the t-xecutive De partment the manner in which it shall exo cute the trust confided to it by law, is without examplein the history of our Country. If the acts of 'he public ser vants, who are responsible to the peo ple for the manner in which they exe cute heir duty, may thus bo checked and Corr rolled by an irresponsible money cor p ration then, indeed, the whole frame of Governmeut is changed, and we have es tablished a power, in the 6unk of the U nited States, above what we derive from the people. It will be seen, from the accompany, ing surement, .narked A, that, according to the latest accounts received ai the War Department the Bank of ihe U. S. and its Blanches have io their possession near half a million of the public money, received by them under the law of 1832, which they li-ive not yet accounted f >r,and which they refuse to pay over to ihe pro. per agents, for the u«e of those lor wliose benefit t was withdraw from the Treas’ry. 11 is to be regt eted that this a'tempt on the part of the Bank to guide and diiect the Executive upon the constitution and exe ecutive >fan act of Coflgrass should havo been put forward and insisted on in a case where the immediate sueffrers from thoir conduct will be the surviving veter ans of the Revolutionary war; for this evil fails exclusively upon the gallant der fenders of ihe.r country, and delays and embarrasses (ho payment of the debt which the'gratitude of the nafion has a warded to them, and which, in many in stances, is necessary for their subsistence and comfort in their declining years. , character of the claim set up by the Bank, and the Interest of the parties to be immediately affected by it, make it my doty to submit the whole subject to the consideration of Congress: and 1 leave it to their wisdom to adopt such measures as the honor of ihe Government and the [just claims of the individuals injured by the proceedings, may be deemed to re. quire. fl »ving called for the opinion of tho Attorney General upon this occasion, with a view to a thorough investigation of the question which Has thus been present ed for my consideration, I enclose a co py of tne report of that officer, and add my entire concurrence in tne view ba has taken. ■ . ANDREW JACKSON*. February 4, 1834. Paris Academy of Science. , . Oct 10. —M. Buissoii writes to. claim as his a small treatise on hydrophobia, addressed to the Academy so far back as 1823, and signed with a sii gje initial The case referred to in that treatise was his own; the particulars, and the rnodeoi cure adopted were as follows : He had been calle to visit a woman who for three days was -aid to be suffering under tli'i.3 disease. She h d the usual symptoms—con strretious of the throat, inability to swallow, abundant secretion of saliva, ami foaming at the mouth Her neighbors said that she had oeeu biiten -<>y a mad dog about forty days be fore. Yt tier own utgeut entreaties sue wae bled, and died a few days after, as was expect ed. M. Buisson who had his hands covered with blood tncauti usiy cleansed them with a towel which nad been u»ed to wipe the mouth us the patient. He had an ulceration upon one of his fingers, yet thought it sufficient to wash off the saliva, that adhered, with a little water. The ninth day after, benig in his cabriolet, tie was suddenly seized with a pain in his throat, and one, still greater, in bis eyes. The saliva was continually pouring into his mouth; the im pression of a current of air, the sight of brilliant bodies gave him a painful sensation; his body appeared to him so light, that he felt as though he could leap to a prodigious height; and he ex peri- need, be said, a wish to run and bite, not men,but animals and inanimate bodies. Finally, he drank with difficulty, and the sight of water was still more distressing tu him tbau the pain iu his throat. These symptoms occurred every five minutes, and it appeared tu him as though the pain com menced in the affected finger, and extended thence up to the shoulder. From the whole of the symptoms, he judged himself affected with hydrophobia, and resolved to termi >ate bis life by stifling himself in a va por b .th Having entered one for that purpose, he caused the heat to be raised to 42 deg. f 107 aeg. 36 m. Faht.) when he was equally surprised and delighted to find himself tree of all com plaint. He left the bathing room well, dined heartily, and drank more than usual. Since that time, be says, be hag tieated in the same manner m irethan eighty persons bitten, in four of whom the symptoms have declared themselves and in no case has he failed, except in that of one child, seven years old, who died in the bath. The mode of treatment he recommends is, that the person bit should take a nu.aher of va por baths (commonly called Russian) and should induce every night, a violent perspiration, b/
