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ter «f peach tivciq »n,l, ,„j, Hiilieipation. . „ . , I . !:.../ v„, /„»
nnarUat.lv. 'viiliu.it any j from Madrid journal* of the .>01 h ' j'" c • , , . 0 V nu fu
,ury from the worm, tiino u „ Mlriir , the following: t»„ the | ” 1 make ho .unc known to J
was then induced to di? ; . f , • , ft or ,jt;\-vini; for the rc- your government.
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MUTILATED DOCUMENTS.
W.I h ive received a |iamj.l.h.t eepy r —
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From the Savannah Georgia)*, Murk 8.
LATEST FROM EURt)PE
Tty the arrival yesterday ol tlie f'»|'
Ceres. Cnpt. Present, in 55 days trom
Liverpool, Liverpool papers to the 10th,
Jan. iaelnsive, and London to ihe hth,
are received. To onr mercantile. It tends I
we are indebted for tiles of papers and
prices, current, from the 1st January to
the above dates. ....
We do not perceive much political
intelligence of importance. The affairs
of France and Spain remained in statu
quo, and the papers were solely employ
ed in giving their own views ot the
question of peace nr war. 'I he affairs
of the Constitutionalists continued pros
porous, and the Greeks appeared to be
successful in their struggle ; it was stat
ed that Chourchid Pacha had poisoned
himself, iu consequence, wo presume,
of his reverses. We have given such
articles as our time and room permit
It is stated that Lord Strangford, who
is on his way from Verona to Constanti
nople, is instructed to demand ol the
Porte a free passage of the Dardanelles
fur everv recognised power.
The Rritunnia of 120 guns, and the
Impregnable uflOl, are titling out at
Plymouth for immediate service.
New-York papers of the 7th Decern
her (containing the President’s Message)
were received it. London on the .hi F eb-
ruary. The Message was generally pub
lished. The Liverpool Mercury, ot the
10th, says of it, “ this important docu
ment will bn found worthy the perusal
comiiuu* os vi- j lo hiwfl been
I greatest order and trnmpiility. 1 he
j Government continues to furwi.nl troop?
I to the frontiers. It is mentioned in tbr
latest Madrid journal*, that the Govern-
‘ ment had just given orders for the active
militia of Valladolid and Toledo, and two
squadrons of the regiment of Almanza,
lo tnarclt lo the frontiers. Several othet
corps of infantry and cavalry are on their
way from different points of the Peru a-
Mila, to reinforce Mina’s army, t he
siege of the castle of Meqninenza, J ho
ly place, of strength in addition to the
fort of Urge!, occupied by the rebels,
was to commence on the 2 111. "It. i jina,
who, when he took the command ol the
seventh military district, had only he
rank of Major General, is now promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant-General.
Greece.—Tho"* recent triumph (>t the
Greeks at Tenedos is said to have infus
ed new vigour into every member of the
heroic confederacy. Our letters tiom
Scio, of a late date, are full of exultation
conducted withthe 1 community, that tlmy may n'h.pt
measures as thev may deem proper, ...
consequence of thnabnvt! impor'tautcom-
mimic.ition Iror.i the Goveinment.
Signed..
J’rudencin Her. mule: St. l-ru ■
u Wsslitiigton, of tlie lleport of the fid co not tUe,
11 1 wt.i, h \vc ticic.vitti lay b loro our renders--
From the Charleston Courier, Cillt last,
FROM HAVANA.
We have not received our u 4 unl files
of llavanA papers by the brig Rachel A 1
Sally ; but wo understand that the pub
lic mind was much agitated, at the timeol
her sailing. (27th ult.) in consequence of
aperemtnry demand made by the G overn
ment of Great Britain upon that of Spain,
lor tlie payment of a very large sum of
money, alleged to be owing by the latter
to the former—and threatening imme
diate reprisal on Spanish vessels, if, the
demand be not complied with. The
squadron of ships of war, under Admiral
Sir Edward Owen, which left England
towards the last of December, had ar
rived nt Jamaica, and it is asserted, was
'.t the nrosuect of seeing a government | awaiting an answer to certain despatches
1 1 1 1 al ,tif„l island, which had been sent down lo Havana,
e rising from by a government packet.
If the information is well founded, the
I I,c .mini I 111* '• canlbiinctii 11 Imuonildc
tuen, " ineil ap >n lilt spot loo, puts to ll.!;h. U,e
very iu-iiliou. .ibi-M-l for vvlin t. \ H wci.t u:l"
111.. ir'wqi!i|„'i-.. ' It was not Gntn < mid Split on;
I,nl William It C:-nv5i H. v.furli Hi" plat was
intciiilcil la blow op. Hi" plan wa« to ■ over
Mr r \x ill. ?!,' jiicnm, anti I las. hi' prolioiMinis
1011.. , chair of III" I'. Slates. '1 Iib conspiracy,
howi’vnr, ha com|ilclcly ovorshol it? innrli-—
for, if till* mminitl"" to he lielicvcd •' there
dims nut exist tin? semblnnc" "t a rca-ain fur
charging npuii the Scerctary "I 111" lreti'uiy
any agency in its suppression i or for connect •
ing him in nny way with tin: mutihdion ot tins
iloeuinent.” Such uhnrges upon Mr. (' , n« nl
f.-ilenillsm in 'IW, and of suppression ol pulilu:
documents in 1H2J. will it lore essentially pro-
mat" Ids interests, limn all the attacks of Mr
Kil l?,11 upon Mr. Adams :
fjcUi.r from the Sccrrtnrj) of the 7 rcneurji. to
post'll
ulililf «^r" "ff- rod lo •••'• 1 ' , , .*
ic „nd cmiinne spoi l" day bclore lie moved to have them pnnt-
Orhtnns, or upon llu
loot i-ilher of Ihes" opiaa.ians.it wnsnimiu
lost tlial llm "irqilovii’i nt (.1 the - ml" I'ank
iiidispi'tisnMe. Tin- arrac:'."..,"nts |a..
(I. wore inatinelv consltlci i d and .ub'l't
.J, with ill" :.ppnh ition of the 1 r"wd".it,
who was fully Konsilil" of the importance of
the crisis which had arrived*.
The mdiicmieiils " lifrli-"Tr<'
those hanks, to reamnr. ■
pavinents, am) lit tranufor the "xoi'ss (,l the
luiMii: rcivi'mif c.nllnli'il ' «shiii
'•■tales, beyond llm expenditure, to inures
Whore it could be expended, were believed
ito he both justifiable- and Hiilficient to ensure
succeas, arid tlie result lum proven, that no
il, iim was necessary to tbe most complete
' uncross, but tbe want of integrity in those
who had the direction of some ol those m-
stitutions.' Against this contingency, the
Department availed itself of alltl.fi means
within its rreirh, and confided in the repre-
nlalions of gentlemen who occupied high
j rnctils. Mr. Cool; states it to he his iir.-
ptewion, that ho read letter (A 6,) be
nt ol the go- j | orc the documents were printed; that he
. out 1 have hud | no recollection of seeing tlie brack
etf, cross, and underscoring, nl that time,
by wl.om, when,
that lie did
not know, until the pendency of the for
mer investigation, that the practice, in
tlie Office oldie Intelligencer, was to emit
printing those paragraphs, which are in
cluded in brackets, and crossed ; that
the documents were in his drawer, in
the Mouse of Representatives, about a
’I 1 ’ i I * • 11. llll'lll ' ' , | VU) liucsj ..uu viuvw.
ili'Mii into Rpt ci*. «'»* t rM, i^‘‘ r ,l,r M,nnU1 ^ ’ *' I nor dor.** ho yc.t know by w
’he poi'riiase ofhdh ot cxe:i.'i "I"”'-," wlieie they were made ;
nrt..!,„B. or.limn 111! A Ihintic Cll.cs. 1 •" I .. . f. ,
:oun-
werr
which already seems to he • i
its mins. Notwithstanding the disgrace- (
ful proceeding attributed to tlie Com
mander of a Ilrilish sloop of war, in vio
lating tlie blockade of Napoli di Romania,
under circumstances of peculiar aggrava
tion, the patriots of Greece cannot per
suade themselves that England will
lose the fairest opportunity she ever pos
sessed, of making herselt both popular
and powerful in tlie Mediterranean. II,
as there seems to be little doubt, I.ord
Strangford has gone to Corlu, in the cha
racter of mediator, we do not despair ol
being soon enabled to welcome a depu
tation from (be Greek confederacy in j
report of an expected rupture between
England and Spain, received at Savan
nah, from Gibraltar, assumes quite a dif
ferent complexion—and what was at lir-t
considered Imre as preposterous, may
turn .out to be a plain matter ol fact.
As the demand spoken ot was probably
made upon Spain some little time pro
vions to the sailing of the above squad
ron, its reception at Madrid and the light
in which it was viewed by the Cortes,
would have been known at Gibralta. iu
the Chairman of the comuulire „ V ,nnnU4 ^ Matioos in the public ,
further to investigate the “ " l J’judgment and integrity
the printing of certain pasta 1 ( , nn , M „ tl .,, mMimiahlc, fc whose means
l’uhlic Documents, in relation to the If st- j ^ it)form . llimii l CX ,.| UI | C( ) almost the possibi-
ern. flanks.
Treasury Department, Feb £‘i, 1823.
Sin : In reply to your letter nfllie 10th in
stant, enclosing a resolution ol the House ol
Representatives, of the Bib of the same
month, ami requesting the emumunieulion ot
any information, not already communicat
ed, as may bo in tho possession of the De
partment, I have the honor to observe, that,
when tlm Bank of the U. Slates went into
op,■ration, an effort was made to simplify the
operations of the Treasury, through the in
strumentality of that institution. To give
to this effort the greatest, fiie.iency.it was a-
"rred that the Bank should have the selecti
on, not only of the State Banks in which the
pul,tic money should he deposited, in places
where it had established no ofiide, hut of
llthso whose notes should tie received on ac
re mt of the revenue: and that all money,
so deposited, should he entered to the credit
of tin- Bank of the U- States in trust for tlie
Treasurer nf Hi" U. States. It was further
lily of mistake. Notwithstanding the want
of integrity which lias been manifested bj
the directors of sc. oval of those hanks which
have failed, it is still confidently believed,
that, after making a liberal allowance for any
loss which may possibly occur, by the I'ai
mer’s and Mechanics’ Bank of • mnnnnli,
the Banks of Vincennes, Ed wards, ill", an,
Missouri, tho benefits which have resulted
from those arrangements will greatly pre
ponderate over such loss.
It is impossible to state whether any loss
will eventually be sustained by the govern
ment from either of those hanks. No ap
prehension is entertained of loss from any
olhrr. The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
of Cincinnati is, therefore, the only one in
which public money has been deposited,
where the Bank of the United States had es
tablished an office, from which there is any
daoge.r of loss.
That hank, in a vorv short time after it re-
nmrd specie payments, in conformity with
of every friend of liberty and cheap go-J t | )C British metropolis. Wc have, in
yernment. Every year the President ol j reason to believe that suet, will he
the United States affords an example to j case, ere many weeks elapse.
other Chief Magistrates, in the explicit i
statements which he publishes to his fel
low citizens respecting their own affairs, j
and in the liberal sentiments which he .
promulgates towards the world in gene-1
ml.” , ;
It was rumored that King George in- i
tended to share his throne with “ a fair j
subject.” . .
it was also “ rumoured, and it is ad*
di d, “ generally believed,” that Prince
Leopold bad offered Ins hand to the wi
duw of the Ex-Emperor Napoleon, and
met with a decided refusal ; which we
conceive to Fie neither mnic nor less
than a piece of court scandal. _ j
The Missionary settlements in the vi-1
rinily of the Cape of Good Hope, were
labouring under the accumulated visita
tion of tempest, inundation, and famine ;
nearly the whole of 2000 Hottentot con
vert were literally feeding on grass.
No less than four messengers^nrrived
Continent—all came in one packet from
Calais. The interchange of couriers
with the continent was very active
Pahis, Dec. 29.
The Moniteur publishes to-day a Roy
al Ordinance, dated" the 2Mh, appointing
M. the Viscount Chateaubriand Secreta
ry of State for Foreign Affairs ; and ano
ther ofthe same date, nominating the rc-
tired Minister, the Duke do Montinorcn-
rv, a Minister of State and Member of
the Privy Council.
Frankfort, Dec. 11.
Lord Strangford, and Barnn Lcbezel-
tern, the Austrian Minister, intrusted by
the Congress of Verona w ith an impor
tant mission to the Ottoman Government.
| will find, on their arrival at Constant)-
j nople, thing? very much changed, and in
the earl v part of January
Notwithstanding the assurances the
British Minister at Washington is said to
have given to our Government, we are
persuaded she will never give ut> her
views upon the Isjand of Cuba-—and ibis
demand for payment, when Spain is well
known to be unable to meet it. is f (Ford
ing to Great Britain an opportunity for en
forcing the necessity of her surrending
to England, as an equivalent, the Island
of Cuba.
By the Rachel & Sallv, we learn that
the schr. Louisa, Capt. Tate, of and for
this port, from Trinidad, (Cuba) was
fired into off Havana on the 24th ult.
by a large piratical sclir. w hom she sue
eroded in boating off". A Spanish man
of war brig, in sight at the time, made no
exertion? to a?-ist Capt. 1 ■ but finding
that the pirate had been repulsed, haul
ed his wind for the Louisa, and tired into
a that the Treasurer might draw upon _
;r„ IS nk at any place where the public mo- its agreement with ,m wa
ed ; anil that he very rarely kept the
drawer locked.
Mr. Edwards, a Senator from tlie ?tata
of llliiioi-', deposes, that, some lime last
winter, tiie manuscript documents, of
whit h (A 5) is one, were, at his re-
quest, brought to his mom by Mr. Cook;
that lie inspected those minutely which
hud a relation lo the Bank at Ed wards-
villc ; that having no motive to examine
the correspondence between the Trea
sury Department and the Bank of Steu-
licnsville, he did not 6ec letter (A 5,j
nor did he ever see it until it was shewn
(o him by the Committee ; that lie
knows not by whom, or when the marks,
it now hears, were made ; that, some
lime last winter, Mr. Cook intimated to
him (hat there were such expressions
in the documents as are contained in the
suppressed paragraph.
Mr. Dickens, u clerk in the. Treasury
Department, deposes that he had no in
tercourse with the printers, for the pur
pose of seeing, or in any wise altering
the documents during their publicati
on.
It having been intimated that the
underscoring was made w ith ink different
from that used in the Clerk’s office,
ihe committee requested the attendance
of Mr. S. Burch, chief cleric in the
House of Representatives. He slates
that age increases the darkness of thd
ink used in the office, whilst that which
I r.
its agreement with iheTreasury Department ; 9 furnished Congress, having been in
’ 1 ” nv l use sometime, fades and assumes a rusty
,!>lie money at •
the understanding,however, that reasonable " The'impression, in relation to it, lias.
iu never made any
any of Ihe demand
whirl, have been made upon it for informa
— * * ! ..j,l..l Six if 11J
notice should be given to Ihe Bank, when it jh° n _-
was intended to draw for nny considerable
amount beyond tlie sura on deposit,; at snr.li
place. .
This project was generally carried into ef
fect in the course of lt',17, after tlie state
b mks had resumed specie payments. The
notes of all such banks, in the W extern states,
were received by the. Land Offices, and de
posited, as specie, in the offices of the Bank
of the United States, and in the state banks,
employed as offices of deposite.
This plan of simplifying the operations of
tlie Treasury, was, in the course of US It!, In
terrupted, on the one hand, by the complaints
ofthe state hanks, employed ns offices of
deposite, that tlie Bank ofthe United States
acted oppressively and eapriciously towards
appearance, such as is exhibited in the
underscoring of Ihe suppressed para
therefore been verv unfavorable. A sub graph. . He slates that the underscoring
has been brought against it, in the Federal j »s, in h.s opinion, made will, ink of a
Court, foT the amount of public money in character unlike that with .Much tue
its possession, which has not yet Wen deci- l, or 1 V of the letter is written,
ded. j William R. Dickinson, Esq. in n letter
The arrangements made with the Farmers ‘ (o Mr. Dickens, of the 10th inst. states
Mechanics’ Bank of Cincinnati, the Bank i t | m( | ie i, a d examined the letter bock
of Cliillieoth", and the Branch of the Bank I con t B j n g A 5, and also conversed
such a manner that it seems almost im- which Cupt. T. returned, and then
possible they should succeed in the oh- (lovvn jq, co lors. The Louisa
inct ofthe new negociation they are go
ing to commence with the Divan, which
is to avoid a war between the Forte and
Russia. , „ __
i *.itnsHOiu;, ^ivossia) ->ov. 2/
The ship of the Russnin American
Company, Cutusow, which left Crunstadt
j jo 1020, returned there tlie 2d inst. It
Admiral Jarat, the new minister'from j brings back from New Archangel, in cx
Spain had arnml in London. change tor the cargo hat it has sold
1 The scarlet fever was raging violently | there, precious tors of the value of about
in Perth and its neighborhood, making! two millions. Our American Colonies
dreadful ravages among young and old. prosper ; the best understanding extsts
A frigate is enraged to lake out Lord there with the neighboring savage tribes.
'V.- elnUncU ok ,peci»l
to
Mad. id It is also said thnt Lord Fitzroy | merce, which every day take a great ,
Somerset is destined f„r the same place, crease, beg,,, to inspire somejealousy
Pnrliamcnt asseml icd on tbe 2d Jan.
-t
and was prorogued to the ftb b ebrua-
ry.
’ There are at present 2200 students
in tbe University of Edinburgh
the English, and even to the Americans
of the U. Stales.
Liverpool, 10th Jan. 1023.
The demand for Cotton within the
last few weeks has materially improved,
and prices ofthe low and middle quali
ties of Uplands have, in a slight degree,
benefited by it. At present, the enqui
ry i- not so bri?k, but this is owing en
tirely to tbn holidays, and most people
being engaged in making up their ac
count* for the past year. Prices, how-
e.ver, arc well supported, and when the
demand revives, some further advance
may perhaps bo experienced.
January
Pirrm the Charleston Mercury, C’lli infi
IMPORTANT FROM SPAIN.
The brig Rachel and Sally, arrived
j from Havana yesterday morning, and
brought our regular files of papers from
that City to the 20th ult. in the A(o-
tocioso ofthe 25th, the following official
communication appears. It was brought
by tb" British Brig Aurora which left
Gibraltar about the fftli of January :
Cadiz, Dec. 31, 1822.
CONSULADO.
“ The superior political rhi*f of the
Province under date ofthe 20tli in«latit,
transmits the following information to the
then stood in for Havana in co. with the
brig, and anchored off the Moro ; after
King a short time, the L. Parted her ra-
( ,i v ,“„„ii .<cui usuore on tiie l untn, but
got off with the loss of her false lce.el.
feaky. and other damage. Capt. Tate
aod crew were kept in close confine
ment, but it was expected they would be
released the day after Captain Noyes
sailed.
Washington, March 1.
FROM HAVANA.—We regret t" dis
cover from the accounts rcccivi d by tin
way nf Charleston and Norfolk, I lint a slat"
of'irritation exists between the populace ol
Havana and the American chizens « ho bap
pen to he there, which has already caused
the spilling of blood. Mr. John 15. Gaii -
L vrtTi, formerly a citizen nf Charleston, was
barbarously murdered at Havana oo the
eight ofthe 80th January, by six assassins,
all of whom have been arrested and confin
ed for trial. The exciting cause of the ge
nii feeling at Havana against the Arneri-
f WHICH UIIIUIIHN S-'. UJ.MVI7MJ
of Kentucky, at Louisville, where offices ™ j (ll) , r | e| . k 0 f tho hank on the sub-
a:t.vwwc.; , ?he s t !rc ;•»»« ^ ^
at ihe land offices, in Ihe vicinity of those part of the loiter was underscored or
banks, were deposited in them, were not marked when it left the bank,
communicated to Congress at ill" next ses- The committee cannot conclude thi?
sion after their date, from mere inadvertence rP p 0T t without an expression cf their
to the provision ofthe charter to whirl. thB conv j c tion, founded as well on tbe char-
. resolution refers. They WC ''G ”M nc ter ofthe transaction to wbicli the sup
MsSffiKS'rFwi;
and depriviag them of most of the udvantng- Union. Omissions of this nature have Irr-j stanc
quently occured in the Departments, and, it
i nresumed. will occur hereafter, with offi-
1 ..... riuiM iiDionPiy,
ran?, appeai-s to leave hern tlie eaptnr,. by
the U. S- Brig Spark, of the Ninfa Catalina,
which vessel she sent into Norfolk. Th"
Havana newspaper states that she was a re
gular trading vessel, and thnt C apt IV . in
sailing after and capturing her, acted on er
roneous and frivolous information Iron, an
American captain. After tlie capture, the
Stark returned to the port of Havana ;
and, a lioat from the Spark attempting to
land at the. wharf on the day followin'
moil collected, and attacked the hnnps e
villi stones, bricks, &c. and obliged them
In the early part of (he last
month I National Commercial Consulmlo-
ihcrn was not much briskness in the de
mand for Cotton ; but towards tbe close
of it the demand increased, and the in
ferior descriptions of Uplands, Orleans,
and Tennessees advanced 1-4J per lb.,
whilst the better qualities declined about
the same amount. The demand in the
last week was not so brisk, the sales on-
U amounting to 5GOO bags, of which 850 time, and for other injuries which British
weie Uplands at G 1 2,1 to 7,1, 1350-at | property has sustained, and having fixed
7 1-8,1 to 8d, and 22 at 0 l-4d to 8 1-2,11 a period for the return ot an answer to
per !h • 020 Tennessees and Mobile at) these demand 2 , within which it is im-
0 4-Cd’to ~71-4d ; G10 New-Orleans at possible for the King to render one ; his
7J to lOd ; 280 Sea Islands at 11 1-2,1 Majesty, in the interim before this re-
Tlie total imports of Cotton in-! sponso can he given, which sl.all be de-
His Excellency the Secretary ofthe
government of the Peninsula, under
date ofthe 20th inst. writes me as fol
lows : ’
“ The English government having
claimed indemnification from Spain, for
various captures made of Ihe vessels of
that nation since 1701 Until the present
and deprivi „
es which they had a right to expect from
that relation ; and on the other, liy those of
the Bank ofthe United States, alleging that
the state hanks were desirous of „pp, ••,>• "•;■
i„K to-thrills, Ives all it"; "*:■«"» 0 ! " !l
situation, Without bearing any part ot Ihe
burthens imposed upon it by it charter, or
by the arrangement made with the Treasu
ry, one of the most onerous of which iv.:
tiie implied obligation it had incurred of gua- ed
rant, ring not only the solvency of those
hanks, whilst they were employed as offices,
but also ofthe other stale banks, whose notes
were received on account of tire revenue.—
Thi- state of collision and irritation ronlimi-
cd increasing until the autumn of 1810, when
tho Bark notified tile Department, that it
could no longer execute its arrangement,
without sacrificing the essential interest of
the institution. At Mm Fame time, it do-
, hired its determination to receive from the
Land Officers nothing lnit its own notes,
and the current coin ot the T niun, , \cept as
special dcporitc. Shortly after this deter
mination, piany’ of the Western Ban!,;, stop
ped payment
Til", experience of the Rank had, r.hon
this period, led to the conviction, that it was
impracticable to keep its notes in circulation
iu tiie V>’< stern states, and orders n ere, con
sequently, issued in the course nf the nu-
luinn, or in th" early part of 1810, forbidding
its Western Offices to issue their notes, evee
on a deposite of specie. The determination
which it had formed in relation to payments
on account of the public lands, was, there
fore, practically, a determination to rnceivi
nottiing but current gold and silver pom,
which was nearly as difficult to be obtained,
....Jin the Western states, as the notes of til"
1 Bank ofthe United States. At this time,
there was due the U. States nearly twenty
municated to the H
— n, *'
p.-c, that llicre dees
ire . roases ICC
charging upon the Secretary uC a,s.
Treasury any agency in its suppression,
or for connecting him in any way with
the mutilation cf this document. I he
transfer from the 15; nk of Chillicotlie ts
the Bank of Colnmhi i, and thence to the
Bank of Steubenville, ol the sum ot
eighteen thousand dollars, which was
held by the former institution as a ?pc*
Icinl deposite, was an ordinary banking
operation, weakening in no degree tbe
security of the government, and w hich.
I has eventuated in no loss to Ihe i reasu-
| ry. There could have existed, with tho
i ; proven l'ytl," fact (I,at tl.e Banks Of , of U , p Treasury, therefore,
Madison, and of ( olumhus, liav e 1 .* J , ,
....mm,,, iv til, r.:i"tiiv. „ ml! no m ot i v e for t lit s s u p pi o s*ion. lie ii.m
no end to attain, no purpose to subserve,
by. tbe practice upon the House ot a
fraud, alike insulting to its dignity, and
discreditable to the agent who should
hazard its perpetration. I he circum
stance that tlm Secretary of the Treasu
ry, in responding to the call ol the
House, communicated the original letter
now ever, 'wb1cl. : 'ni‘i««j"'d U.ese arrange-
njents with the Banks, it is presum'd, will
satisfy the Committee, that there was nei
ther a wish nr intention to w ithhold from
Congress the fact of such depnsites, and the
reasons upon which the measure, was found-
The papers which are herewith transmit
ted, support the views presented in this let
ter.
I remain, with respect, your obedient ser
vant, WM. II. CRAWFORD.
The non. .Tony \V. Camprci.t,,
Chairman ofthe Select Committee.
- This
Illinois, ot
fulfilled their engagements with fidelity, and
Milt continue to fulfil then, ■ n"d that the Bank
o( Chillicotlie faithfully fulfilled its engage
ments, irs long as they existed.
REPORT
< Ofthe Stroud Committee of Investigation
on the Suppression of certain ports oj a
Document.
The Committee instituted under the 0 f w hi< h the suppressed paragraph is a
-calntion of the House of Represents- j part, is decisive, in the judgment of the
! committee, to negative the idea, it ever
indulged, that there could have bee:;
. I entertained by that high officer anv i •
to return to the vessel. So much for the | ‘"j,,;) g (jf "j„n avs |, y the purchasers of the
general cause of excitement. I he par mu-1 pl||) ,- u , | allf j gi „ part of which debt had
been contracted during the suspension ol
specif: puyiTit nta, aiul in Ihe ywiis Hll^7 «»mi
t> ICd.
1o the Kingdom in the last year, amount
ed t.o 033,150 bags
livered as soon as possible, and in order
of which 330,000 j that Spanish commerce may not suffer,
lb,
were from the United State,
the last year is estimated formed that several Briti=h ve«sels have
consumption in
at 541 350 lines, of winch 311,550 have
been American, and the export has beer, 1 orders to detain Spanish merchant vessels
has ordered that the Consulados he
firmed that several Britislrvessels 1
ailed for Porto Rico and the Main, with
58 700 hags of which 51.000 have been I to the amount of what is supposed'he
American The stock in the ports is | claims^ofthe British Government are--
lar incident, which led to the death of Mr. |
Gaillard, is related in the following words, j
in the Norfolk Herald : I
" Captain IVilhinsan. (of Ihe ffrviiK,] vycnt !
nsliore nnd remonstrated with the authorities j
of tlie place, against nu ll conduct, when the
Cjov ,‘Vfinr n«viire,l him that should sueli acts be
I repealed, he would severely puaisli the ollen-
,l rrs _and proffercl Capt. \V. Ilio protedion nf
a (ile of men lo necompauy him to his barge
On Capt. irilkinron's embarking, a Mr Hail-
hint, a respectable yo.nig gentleman belong
ing m Charleston, but who had resided at Ha
vana for a considerable time, observed, (per
haps imprudently,) to the mob, which had again
colluded, that “ their conduct was improper,”
and “ Never mind, Com. Porter will be here
i soon." This was siitVn-icnt for poor Gaillard; he
| tens market—Ju.thal night be was assassinated !"
\Vc agree with the Herald, that the re
mark of Mr. Gaillard, made, as it was, to an
enraged mob, was more than imprudent—it
was indiscreet to rashness, particularly when
the name mob were evidently disposed to
repeat the outrage of tlie preceding day.
We have endeavored to given dispassion
ate and impartial view of this transaction :
the more, because we perceive tlie public
.818, when the notes of nearly all the \\ , st
ern hanks were receivable in payment._ It
was manifest, upon the slightest reflection,
that this determination of the Bank would
really reduce the receipt* into Iln; '1 rc
rose
tivps ol the. Gth instant, ask leave to
Rri’or.T, in part :
q-lms far, the attention of the Com- ,, ^ fce - o , )( of vicw any part
mittee has beeri chiefly directed to thej T ,.; rlicu j., r l y a , U is usual in
performance of the duties required ol (;inMver (Q c;1 , ls frcm , hf! House, to com
ilirrn by the first member oflue rcsolo-1 miuiic . i!p , )iC ro i( , s „f documents rathe;
lion. A 2 the investigation was undei- ( (hB nvit , iriaIi which has been tranj-
taken without any sanguine expectations , ' _
of being able «o d-signate be person who »*« j- , fttf n r , rc Pul examl-
raused tbe suppress on o the p. i.igrapli . , q lirack , t< M( | marks
iu letter A 5. they led >u little ^ (A 5 ) and a close comparison nl"
pointed ni not having made the dwcovc- ( ^ ^ markg „ |(on 0l)icr i c „e r s
ry- I communicated to thfi House, acknow-
Tlic Committee requested the a P‘ lodged' hv Mr. Dickens to have been
pearimcu nf every person, who, it was j m ^ ( , y ‘ |,im, are mmldo to form an;
- snpjrosed, could make any
lisclosure,
ry from tint important branch of the public tending in the least^degiee lo the areom-
revemie, but that consideration woiffd liot, 1 ,,[jshment o'"’’ * "* “ ““ *
i\|on ( 'i Ijhvo bi*nn sudirirnt to li ne irnliir«:u ^vorc
probable authorship
computed to be 28(1,050 bags, and ot
;hfse 97,900 are American.
FRANCE AND SPAIN.
Liverpool, Jan. 10.
Since our last, nothing has transpired
p/ter the puldicution ot the 1 reneb
itl mister Vilele’p note lo throw further
bglit on (he purposes of the Bullions
wdb regard to tnvmling Spain. A post
ponement of the w ar is by most folks es
teemed near!} equivalent toils abandon-
P!v Frrnn the extract below, it ap
pears lb-.it every day forward* the pre
fix Majesty hopes to conclude this bu
siness, in w hich the interests of individu
als of both Nations are involved, in ami-
tv and justice, yet that he may fulfil one
of his first obligations, which, is to pro
tect the properly of his subjects, kc he
makes these facts known, and at the same
time that he gives this information to the
Consulado, in order that persons may take
such precautions as they think proper,
he orders the same to be promulgated to
the authorities of the ultra marine pro
vinces, and directs ihe Consulado to give
every publicity to this communication.
Ill,, Executive Department to have assume"
the responsibility of llm measure, w liic.li was,
with great deliberation, adopted upon tin-
occasion.
To have permitted the distress and ruin iu
which the purchasers of tin; public bmd-
w.mld have Iwen involved, by the refusal t
opinion of the
suppression. There is nothing in me
marks themselves to indicate it, nor m
i; correspondence of the marks upon
and all the ‘ le ' I J|JJ, one letter with those upon any
f the object for which they
ppointed. '1’hc attendance <>t the
witnesses was prompt
positions were
tics of i
mi-'ht he as explicit and intelligible,
as possible, interrogatories, deemed »»'<•’j .’, arnr , a pl, „f (A •'>,) the committee
most pertinent, were propounded to tbe ; lP <ii m ony which they
re made under the solemn!- | ()icr (0 tkevv
■uth. That (he testimony ( , ip ’ fame
that they are the worlto.
hand. In reference to l!
underscoring of part <>f the suppre-*
receive from them any thing in payment | witnesses, and the responses reduced 10 | |,. ;u P lo c U hi rl i tn the House w ith the n •
hut the current coin of the Union, and the , n the language in which they 1 rr ,. n i ; . (hat neither the testimony ot .Mr.
notes of tlie Bank of the l oited State;-, tm- lV( .,. c given. , Riirrh, nor.my other Icrtitiiony they hai 1
The Committee submit the. fallowing} 0 h ta i,v.ill, in llmir appr>
:ny nu
l»v
der such circumstances, without i
the Executive Department to nverl them, . . . .
would have, excited feelings in a large and j as the substance of ihe testimony which
meritorious body or citizens, which no pro- jj )as been collected, in addition to that al
ready reported to the House.
Mr. Cook, the member from the state
dent government, even it despotic, could ,
have, seen with indifference. Il is confident
mind already inflamed liy the news of these) j |„,)j rv ,.(l, that if no such effort had been |
- - i > ," (he Executive Department ofthe go-1 of IHinotl, depose*, that the documen
vernment would have Iu en charged w ith il" 1 of which letter fA 5) is one. were in
most shameful imbecility, and ihatlhe Trea ; |,ig possession two or three days ; tba'
sury Department would have been loaded | JC hclieveS no person, during that pen
with the public execration. Il an effort was
nie to afford relief, the, ulleinativ
transactions, rather more than we think rea
son will warrant. YVe trust the. horrible as-1
sassins of Havana will meet their dm; re
ward ; but we should have been glad to
know that there was not a shadow of pro
vocation for the outrage.
A letter from Havana, of the 8th of Feb
ruary. says—
“ 1 shall get away from this, ns soon ns pos
sible, far n residence tier" r* really dnngeroiia
to strangers—<5 or 7 men have been murdered
within me Inst week; some of them in the
mo«t shocking nimncr, being seined, stripped,
' ■ ‘ cut to I
to tm in..— — ---
presented was to continue to receive the
nates of the fuw banks in the Went, which
still continued to pay specie, and enter them
to tlie credit of the Treasurer, in the offices
of the bank, ns special deposit" : or to depo
site them instate, banks, "(ton conditions
high would make it their inter,ret to return
Safe to be out after snn-Mt.' 1 account of the go' «nnncnt. lo the IU sff
od, had access to tlicin in his uh--er.ee :
that Mr. Edwards, a Senator, from tin
state ot lllinuis, inspected them in lu-
presence ; but whether rhe inspection
extended to letter (A 5) ho is unable to
«nv : that he is impressed will, the be
lief that Mr. Van Swearingen, late a Re
presentative from Virginia, was picsenl;
but thinks he did not examine the docu
hensi an.
justify tl,r opinion Rad any nie.n.bir , ■
Congress made the underscoring or the
l . |,r 1 s, which induced the i '
not to publish the paragraph. Tl e lc'
, cr of William R. Dickinson to Mr. t •"
,. n s. although not strictly briore to-
committee a» evidence, they have ,•■'
it not improper lo br*ag lu ••- ,2
; the House. ,
An expectation that ar.y fur.c
foils to detect the person who can?"
h in !c.
suppression of the paragrap,
a3 unavailing
th,
ter (A 5.) must prove as
already made, induces the coa^
too?
mittee to ask to be discharged from
tin tiicr consideration of *o mnen o
1 resnlu’Yon us relates to that su •'‘ ‘