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ll.lMi REPORTS.
Conati C'fiamWi
\Va>uin« r.j-., 23d Apr!'. 1634.
BANK OF DAltlEN. Mr. Diei*ht. of the Ac*c-YorU
April I4(A. 1834. ) r , „ .. , .."‘V/T /?»•»«"" „
9m—In cmrfwmitv to the rrqm*itU. -t the L,p- ! Jg; CUy«M.I M.v \Ve»^r. *u.l Mr IVrtott, „■«
t.lure I have the hm.or to endure y«t. the .en.i» ^he f..lk. .. tm- Snnat.Mvhn w-n-«h«..t *v ,1,^
_. _e*_. t_- . r.- Gineral *uut flitrt Proclam tttim hr called a •* Protest.'
flml report of (he affairs of the Bank of Darien ami its i
Branches, op Co the far*! Monday of April.
Very fuspecffcttyi sir. your otiedieot scrvnnt,
' JAMES TROUP. Present,
flit Excellent]! ffVson Lumpkin. Milledgerillc.
To amount Bank Note* irsoed fil4 66‘2
on hand this day r *363, 193
Ih circulation,
" capital stock
Dald In on 9,970 f65-64ff050
30 100— 3,000
Shares I0;000 051,050
Rotm redeemed by
MothcrBsnk. 187.8S2 50
redeemed >Ie«
ton off, 7*0
1)K.
430,80-1
that, it would u I)
i-t. if she’d le t folks <
mts: for then old 8
t<> brill? SO Hindi
out ill tin
but u- I
oi dollars nud dollar* in her
ry lire, and-he’d stuck to her
lr vvoiild'nl a been liightuiied
a ati-rin the bar. and wash’d
chalk ninrkv. and destroyed all the paper<
win* a wdlTn rr ."ur, and pood natur'U to*
i tfatfr-d to the well, and •hf*’ui to draw wsfar hhe a
j posset, and be swash'd it round inddc the bar. nud
• ever the old lady’s papers and clmlk marks ; and ttlote
I they pot back from uie o|pu the bar room was all a-
| ; float, and wash’d out i>s slick a** a whistle ; then mIi*?
, wanted to know old file’s notion, and lie toll’d her he
' I was Hirnid the fire would git into the bar room to ritfhts
1 have got back agin and the v»-rv day diev look their M, ’d scorch her accounts, ami l!ial would be the worst
seats, the Ginor.il had another hatebin «pc!l. an I jest j ’hiiiff ever wo*. Well, il turn’d out that the nvcli was
I as the ^onalois was goiu to examine into the natnr of] ft* 1 i1,4 old miss Crane -aid it was. ony doin ii- duty ;
; the lirst •* Protest.” M jnr Donelsoii brought up an- I '"it ,l was a on iniderabJe spell afore it was found out
. .r:—~ ~ . . * - g-t nf n „ J other one from the Giuer.il, prittv uitrli agin the lir*t ; • why some on ’em got a notion the oven was ali o ; hut
Covtokdnttd return of the Lank of Da- nmj llotioII ia if Senate holds on a spell, the . P‘> » fad un-s Cmie was I,earn to say a hundred tin,
tie*. and oM.office..*! Satan mUT. M.UtdgevUle, and wj| , „ . :llc|li| , „ , in ,
Bacon, on the fir,l Mandat, vrApril, 1831. _ j |Wka u| |
country will begin to look !
i into the Cotisiitntion themxrlve-, and *e« what is writ-
! ten there and when they do that—they'll find out it will
■ lake n good many Pro!a!a to convince them that the
! Ginetfnl knows more about it Ihan the fo ks del wlni
1 made the Constitution. The In.**, matter now i* pret- I ‘•be neverbj
i *y much m a not shell, ntui if v oil'll jest keep your cyu 1 mote on’em
| on’t I'll crack it for you. ’ * j shat alarm o
I Yon sen the Gineral got a notion, and hv ban7s to it ! "'hut a »cor
: yet. tint every thing that b..•longs to ihe Government is
Jiiis’n, hoes 11 so bethinks he ts “Thu Government
and the ony way to himiint for this is, that one day
when lie was readin about the powers and rights of tbo
I “ Gineral Government,*’ one of tfio crooked hairs of Ins
eyebrow got in betwixt the glasses of bin spedides,
and somehow made hin» think there was a kinder S
eeu (rterre/ami tii vcrnmrtit, and fo he thoiii'ht it
the “ Mineral's f>overuiiieiit;" and ns I have
notion, he hangs to it
'assaying, the Ginoriil
said in the first 44 Protest," (hat Congress had no right
to blame him for any thing he might do with the mo
ney, or any other property of the Government. Well [ j
dontknow yet who it was who laid the next ejg in tb •
nest, but some one in looKiu into the Constitution {
found .•omethin like ibis—“Tbo Congress shall liuve j
; and I
189,63*2 55 402,117 5‘),
To'dividend* doe and not called for
deposites on individual account
halniicedne to oilier Banks,
balance of Reserved fund, after deduct*
fnc all estimated losses by bad debts,
and depreciation of real astute and all
* axpontet 10 data, 99.958 44
5,0*27 ‘20!
91,738 01 1 S ;ik) nfore.
j said alore. when he onco eiis
82,089 | like all iintur. II ovvever. as I
. $1,170,999 53
CK.
By cash onhotid.ln specie,
gold. 24,832 20
silver. 71,395 45-90.227 G5
In bills of other Banks, 35,130
132.357 65
Amount lia’ancea duo by other Banks. 69,6*22 Cl
m F.tchange discounted, after deduct*
•* lug amount considered bad, 371,955 88
tHotes discounted after deducting
h amount considered bad, T. 14,1^55
•• Real estate owned by the Rank,
- niter deducting estimated drpre-
•* cintion, 09,847 P*2
* proles! account, 1,057 ()|
efi beam to*nv.il it bad i’l been for
1 iar 111 of fne in the oven in time, tbei's no t’-lhn
a scorcbin nil rn ’em would u t,oi from the bar
1 papois. and chalk marks.
Your friend,
J. DOWNING. Major,
Ilownmgsville Militia,2d Brigade.
ms:s*>A4;i:
Of the President of the United States.
Sent to the Senate. March II, 1834.
Washington, Minch II, 1834.
To the *entile :
I rerumiiniitc lleni v D. fiilpin, Pefor Wnger. and
John 9V Sullivan, of Pbilmleiphi-*, and Ifu^h M' ^'.dc-
ry. of Ball rn *re, to he Directors iMho h’.auk ol tke C.
power to dispone of and make all needful rules and I ,:,,r d States for the ye^r lw».^
regulatiotiP respecting the Territory, itr other property j * disclaim *»d^|*rclcu*'.on of ; it^hf. on the pari <*f thi-
belonging to the United Sl/itrs " And there is another y esment, olu u»* y to i:.,j’iire into, r#r call in ipn.-stum
ugly linu ill the Constitution that would take a poor! t ! ,, ‘ refti, ’’ : ' s “I tlig Senate for rejecting any immiua
many halchina toshovv that CongreaM hainl got some- ] * ,u ’’ w t.hi-,,ever. As the President is not respon»iMe ’
thin to say upon prittv much most matters that *\ lC |
Const'tution has put under its charge, fortif^r pm',Ti ]
out tho powers that Congress has—such ,-h to iny and
collect tixes—to provide for comm m ( |. ; enCp n| ,,'j Wl ,j.
fare—to borrow mniiov-lo c , —1„
regulate tho yaliio of •• -and to do prittv much
every thing all » , ; ,t tli 0 people require to be done, us
yoiUI sen *., the . :h aectinn of the 1st article, it winds
Ui‘ .,y anvil), That Congress shall have the power "To
• make all laws for carrv mg into execution the forego-
v ested hv tliis C011-
noi
, ‘ ing powers, arid all oilier povv
$1,170,999 53 ‘ etitiilioii in the Government of tin* I’nito.i Mtate<
Bank of Horten, April 1*2, 1894.
EBN. S. HDDS. CaiMer.
3worn to before mo,
HF.NRY T. HALL. Notary Public
List of Stockholders, number of shares, 5s* amounts paid
Nainc«.
Kst. (i. Atkinson,
J. Aslmrst,
H. W. Alston,
8. A. Bugg,
II. Beal,
FI. Bowen,
A* Bostick,
Bank, *
Est. A. Big*r,
K. Bovvdrc.
J. Balfour,
J Collier,
F. Carter,
P Crawford,
J. CartUdge,
J. S. Cbildus,
\V. Cooke.
A. B. Cooke,
W A. Dm tie tu,
W. Duncan,
YV. Flournoy,
J. Forsyth,
P. Gibson,
A. H. Greene,
S. OiilB 1,
R. Grant,
\V. 'V. Gordon,
i. B. Greene,
Set D- S». Ualls
H. T. Hall,
T. N. Hamilton,
Samuel Hicks,-
B. E. Hand,
J‘. Harris,
h V. Hamilton,
J. Harvey,
f. Iloynio,
4. Jones,
J! L. Jackson A sons,
G Jones.
A. Kimberly,
Ro*. King.-jr,
JU. King,
R. A W. King,
H. G. Lamer,
J. H. M’lntosh,
M’lntosh Academy,
J{ W. Muir,
M. W. Muir,
E. L. Muir,
A. Mitchell,
G. W. Murray A B. He
burn,
II. Mitchell,
T. T. Nepier,
Est. J. Penfield,
Est. L. Palin,er
A. P. Patrick,
Wins. Rutherford. Et'or
F. st. W. B. Rogers,
Samuel Rockwell,
\V.. Robertson,
W. Sanford,
A. II Sneads
J. Smith’,
Smith, Dean d£PJlmer,
Eat. II. Taylor,
J. Troup,
P. R. Yonre,
J. Wood,
R. F. Williams,
W. W. Woolsey,
Owned by the State,
Shares,
Ofthe above owned
by individuals,
R>4«emed by th#
BanK
No of shares.
Am'l. paid.
3.25(1
rt<
do
2,210
10
do
fi30
100
do
6.5-tO
r>
do
991
21
do
1,490
10
do
C50
>!t0i
do
187,882 50
9!)
do
* 5,850
r.
do
S25
4
WSO
fr
do
390
IS
do
975
r
do
325
i>
do
325
15
do
Itjfl
:m
do
2.341
2.»
do
1,025
IS
do
firs
27
do
1.765
SI
do
8,5 Iff
l: 1
do
7,215
ti-t
do
4,420
vs
do
1,625
its
do
2 275
Hi
(fa
1,010
!S
do
975
IS
do
975
29
do
1,885
2Dit
do
13,1100
70
do
4.550
IS
do
975
19
do
1,235
r.
do
325
5
do
■325
15
do
9 75
17
do
1,105
.10
i()0
3.000
100
Gf»
9,750
fl
do
325
14ii
do
9,230
•s
do
130
17
do
1,105
41
do
3.120
15
do
975
4
do
200
14
do
910
:t
do
195
!l
do
130
at
do
130
2
do
130
P‘ _
4(1’
do
2,990
10
do
650
15
do
975
85
do
5.525
15
do
975
lfl
do
1.010
r. 15
do
975
15
do
975
73*
do
4-,777 50
13
dr>
780
10
do
6li(>-
5
do
325
15
db*
975
8
do
520
48
da
3;I20
98
do
2,470
14
do
910
15
do
975
4
do
260
20
do
1,300
5,000’
326,050
5,000'
325,000
10,000”
$651,050
2,109*
138,167 50
2,890*
187,889 ; 50
* in any department or officer thereof”
Now, this means somethin, or it means nothin ; and
my notion in, that there aim nothin in that Constitution
that don’t mean somethin; and afore the Uincral gits
threw lie’ll lind it will turn out so.
The more 1 look into the Con*tilution, the more I
think that the folks who made it—ev’ry one on ’em
had his eye teeth cut. If they had known tli.it the
people would always make jist such a mail as the Gin.
President, then, perhaps, the Con-titution vvoiild’nt a
j Ih-ii much longer than the |i 111 of tlie (imeral's linger
—and Nomelbin after bis fashion—
There shall be a Congress, composed of two liod-
ien, one call'd the Ifoiuo of Ropra^enf.Ttiv'ea and the
other tho Senate ; and Congress shall make all the
laws
There shall he a Pres dent and he shall have the np-
piiitin of all the nflicers, if the Senate agrees to it ; and
if they don't agree to it, tho President may wait rill
diev go home, nndtiieu appint who he pleases, to exe
cute the laws us he une/erstunils 'em.
Tli»*ro that is pretty much all that would a hen np-
cessarv, but some liovv our old folks got a notion in
their head, that seeing they had just hen /ightin agiu
a Government where one man had nigh upon the hull
power “to reward his Irietids ami piioiih his enemies.”
they would !i\ things so that this could'iit he if the peo
ple would keep a sharp look out. and so they made a
constitution; and the ony way I ran account for their
beiii so particular ill vvritiu down every thing so that no
one can git round it no way, and piubng out liovv eve
ry thing is to In* done, is that there was some folks a-
moiig cm, (such as Washington, Adams, Madison,
Jefferson and such like, who help’d make it ton) ami
who might some liovv erawI into a side door and git
some advantage over the rest on ’em.
Well now seeing tho Constitution is ns it is, my no
tion is, the Gineral must tie regulated by it prettv
11.di 11 m the other Presidents before him, unless the
Him v ,
to IU*m far the reasons vvl
nomination, so they
reasons which imlm
ports, i;nrh is indep
pom
ih!e to their respectiv
the attitude in which
country are placed by the 1
now renominated, requir
innnicnte my views of ihe
eh induce him to make a
responsible to him lor th** I
to reject it. In these res-
t the other, and both re<- j
coii*i tuenls Never'he*}
et I a 111 vital interests ol the
jjeciion nl the gentleitien j
sot me (rankly to coin j
•01.sequences v\hic.h must |
•11 ri i v follow this act of the Senate, if it he riot re
considered.
The character nud standing of these gentlemen are 1
well known to the cotnniiimiy. and eminently quality i
them for the offices to v\ hu h I propose lo appoint them. •
Their confirmation, by the Semite, nt its Ust session, I
to the same, offices, is proof that such w as the opinion j
of them entertained by the senate of fiat time ; and tin- j
less something lias recurred since lo change it, tiii«* act •
may now he referred lo. as evidence that their talents !
and pursuits ju-offied their selection.
The refusal, however, to confirm their nominations I
lo the same offices, show * that there is .something in I
the conduct of these gentlemen, during the last year, •
w Inc It, in tin* opinion ol the >euate. disqualifies them
and as no charge has been made against them, as men ]
or citizens, nothing which impeaches the lair private
character they possessed, when the Senate gave them |
thait sn-'Ction at its last session ; A as it moreover ap
pears from the Journal of the Senate, recently transmit* j
ted for my inspection, that it was deemed unnecessary
to inquire into tbeir qualifications or character, it is to
ho inferred that the change in the opinion ofthe Senate,
fins arisen from Ihe official conduct ol these gentlemen.
The only circumstances in their official conduct which |
have been deemed of sufficient importance to attract 1
public attention, are the two reports made by them to i
the Li*-cufive Department of the Government, the
one hearing date Ihe 22d day of April, amt the other
the 19th day of August last ; both of which reports •
were communicated to the senate by the 8ecrctaty of I
the T* asury, with his reasons for removing the de*
^positej. * . .
The truth of the facts stated in these report*, is not, I !
presume, questioned by any one. 'fhe high chaiac- j
ter ami standing of the citizens by whom they were J
made, prevent any doutd upon the subject. Indeed,
the statements have not berm denied by the President (
ofthe Bank and the other Directors. On the contra*
ry, they have insisted that they were authorized to
use the’money of the Bank in the manner s»nted in the 1
two reports, and have not denied that the charges j
there made against the corporation are subatHrifiaily j
true. It must he taken, therefore, nsadtbilted, that j
reports :
5.000
326,050
folks about him find out Home way to git round it. as the
foreign importers are all the while frying to git round
the tariff law. the statements of the Public Director
New I urn amazingly puzzled to know what the above mentioned, are correct ; and tl
Gineral means when he says, he allows that Congress most alarming abuses on the part of fl
ha* the right to pass Invvs. and roles and regulations and tho most strenuous
regarding tho money and other property of the Gov- an end to them Th«y prove that enormous sums w ere
eminent, unless that property nml money is by the secretly lavished in a m.v ner, a-d for purposes th.it
laws to he put in charge of persons appointed by him, <*a. not he justified; and that the whole ofthe im
am! then the Gineral says that Congress liaiut got no- manse capital of the Bank ha* hoe* virtually placed hi
thin more to do with it. This is pretty much the Int i the disposal of a single individual, to be used, if h
matter in dispute between the Senate and the Gineral. think* proper, to corrupt the Press, and to control the
The same thing was once tried by a tailor here jist proceedings of the Government, by exercising an un-
arlcr 1 came here. 1 sent him some cloth and some due influence ov r elections.
buttons, to make mo « new regimental coat jist arter The report* were made in obedience to tny ofli-
tho fashion of the old one, which 1 sent him as a pat- rial directum*; and I herewith transmit copies of my
tern, and I toll’d him to cut it and luakeit jist so. Well letter*, calling far information of the protending*
he look h notion to have his own way, and when Ik* the Bank. Were they bound to disiegard the call/
sent the coal home ulong with tho old one, it warm no Was it their duly lo remain silent, while abuses • I the
more like it than a swallow’s tail is like a patridges’s most injurious and dangerous character were daiH
tail, ami I sent it hack and I raised all nntnr about it, |» rn c lined f Were they humid to conrcal from B e norl
and the critter come and toll’d me as he was responsi- M titu(ed authorities n *coii-«i» of me.i'-ure* de«»rur.fiv «>
b»e for the cut of the coat and selected tho womuti who 10 the bp*t interest* of the country, and intended
cut it out, I had no right to give any direction after the j gradually nnd secretly to Mihvert ihe foundation* of
cloth and buttons loft iny possession. I had a right, I our Government, and to Iran -far it* power* from the
he said, to give direction aioru that, but notaflorwards, j hand* of the People, 10 a great monieo corporal
I toll'd dm Gineral, and he was mad emif agin the tai
lor for talkili 80. Why nays lie “Major, that tailor
takes you and me for plagy dull folk* I reckon,” and
its jist so now, nnd J dont see how the Gineral basso
toon forgotten tltnt binfiuess.for their aim one grain of
diflerenee.
If the Gineral cnii onv get tho senate to agree to his
notion, then you see it emues to this that, all tho laws
that congress has made rc^ufatin tho conduct of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and idling him vvhut his
duty is that he should put the i»jon.**y in a safe place
whidi congress names to him and not to pay it away
onv jist exactly ns the law pints m;t, nil ftmomit to
nothin, the Gineral would jist snap Iim flitter at con
gress ami all the laws and regulations loo about tl
Treasury
gress has no-rrp
ry, so that every thing lint is ^placed under tho care t»f j t tint every one of them, whether ei»
onv one vVho the Gineral appints (and ho has the up* 1 s ( >|der*. or appointed by the Gov
piutirf of pritty nigh all on ’em) congress haint got no ■ ^n.twlcdge of th
YV ns it their duly to sit in silence at B*e Board nml wit
ness all tlio-e abuses, without an attempt to correct
ill mil, or. in case nffailniT? there, nof t" appeal to high
er authority? The eighth' liiiMinmcnlal rule aulhori-
xe§ any one of Ihe Directors, whether elected or ap
pointed, who may have been absent when an exce?*
of debt was created, or who may have dissented
from the net. to exoncraie himself from personal ics-
ponsibility, hv giving notice of the fan to the Presi
dent of the United Slate*; thus recognising Ilia pro
priety of communicating lo that officer the proceed
ings of the Board in such ca*-es. But independently
of any argument to be derived from tho principle re
cognised in the rule referred to, I cannot doubt far n
moment (hat it is ihe right and the duty of every Di
ll to alien
, far sein that ho appints the Sectrtary, con- rtM .| or at the. Board to attempt to corn et all illegal |
no-right to make laws to regulate his secreta-] CP ,.djngV and in case of failure, to disclose them ; and
regulations for any thing, but as soon as anything comes ' p>e ease ol me pnuiic tiirectois,
tone done by any officer the Gineral appints, then tiie ! p 0r .„|ia» and official duty to make ihe 1
Gineral take* the lend. j ftn( j t | jp raf « upon ihcm for information con
The olficers are his officer*—and the Secretaries nre j di>regar»>(b without a flagrant brci
fact* and cot
e to the severe*!
of I he public
Add to amount rttleemed i.v the Bank, amount, say
$750, owned hy Macon Office, Jiot transferred, but in
cluded in consolidated rettsen.
Bank Darien, April 12M.
Sworn to before me,
JAMES TftfMJP, Ivesidont.
EBN. 8. REES, Cashier*
HENRY T. IIALL, Notary Fublic.
Statement <
his Secretaries ; lie makes the laws then, or its prittv
much all the same—for if the officer nud Secretaries I
don't execute the laws as he understands 'em, lie turns j
'em out and git* folks who will—and that ant .ill. he |
takes the responsibility too.
If the Cmistitmioii ony give'the Gineral the right |
to turn out the Judges of the Supremo Court, then '
nccordin to his notion, things would he jist so there.— J
He appints the Judges, hut sec*in that he can't turn ’em
out, he can’t make ’em understand the laws ns he mi* !
derntatids ’em—and tho Supreme Court haint got the I
same advantage that other folks have who the Gineral 1
appints, and turns out, nnd appints, Ii,’! ho gits the j
! hi sort
trust. The j)irei
Hatemcnt of' Bills of Exchange, and of Notes discounted j ri^ht « l,r
If ihe lit ink of Darien, area its branches, specifying flh h,*.ve got a notion in my head ever since the Gine
mounts considered bad, doubtful and good, and the a* f r*l has g n * nl hatchin “ Protests” agin tho senate, that
mount in suit,.uudrr prole# and notin suit, and run- kee;%s me i.'iiukin all the while about it. There is some
ning to maturity on the first Monday in April 1834. J plagvVunuin fellers about tho Gineral, and some on
Whole amount of Bdla of Exchange 'em have ben pr»’*y s'rcnked ever silica the Senate has
discounted $ 374,265 88 got on the trnak of Po*t otfiee, nnd other accounts
Amount considered bad. 2,310 —(for father House wi n’t do nothin about it so long
Doubtful, 5,000 as the Gineral has got a n.' , i°*ity there)—hut I’ll tell
fegj. Good, 306,955 88-371,955 88-374.2C5 88 ! R story and then ye'll understand a lectle about my no-
Off tbi*aamia awtfunt in amt. 11^86 37 I You’xc hearn me tell about old mf** Crane’s tavern,
under protect and not I a little this side Dowtungsville—nnd how the neighbors
in anil, " " | u«tcr git in there every night duriit wintn, *nd talk
Running to nlalutity, 362,979 51 874,265 08 . politics—•and some 011 ’em had some putty eoi.'-ideia*
* - < : Lie scores run up there agin ’em, for old miss Ci* in ®
NVholoamount notes dieociunt- l;cj>t a ptore too along witJi the tavern. WeH, sum*
•d, * 574.312 60 j of tlu-se scores got to ho \ cry a'.mnin agin Siltniu*
amount considered had. 60,154 04 1 Stiles; you re me m her Sileiiiis. who used to bring tha
Doubtful. 4.098 30 mile bos once n week, up >1 ere threw thut com»»rv .
Good, 610.060 *26-514,159 66-574.312 60 I nnd folks use to *mM him old Site, when he’d rome in
■ - ■ ■ ——■ ■ I allkiver’d with mud and a considerably fuzshd—he
same amount | was a willin, grind nnltir'd critter as ever wu«, hut phgv
in auit, 165,299 73 : knowin, and then there was n Jesse Brow mu, A Liam
TTndor protest and | Knowles »ud Peter Ulus, ami .1 good many more, who
Mot in suit, 72,5 TO S3 j had considerable scores nt old miss Crane's; and to
Rmining to mtu I right* she toll'd ’em her creditors was pre-sin h*-r. and
lardy, 835,770 04 574.312 CO I «hv mifiM settle up, and Mime .nt ’em must irigr off old
■ - — — — ' K-iim. Old Sile he pin f’.hin a look, and u went
Bank of Darien, April ]‘2fA, 1834.
Bnorn to before ms,
JAMES TUOIP. Pi.ridont
EBN S. UEEH, Cashier
HENRY T. HA’LL, Notary Public.
Hf il.
tt-d hv t':c stock*
rumen!, who had
aled I hern, would he
ensure.
was their
•rlo*uies :
I not have
h of their
apnniufed by the United Slates
I 1,0 regarded lr» 'he 'iglit rd''the ordinary Direc
tors" of n Bank appointed l y 'h<* stockholders, nud
chnrgeil with the care of their pecu. v, a r .'’ interests m
the corporation. They have higher am' rnorr ‘ impor
tant duties. They nre public officers. They are placed
at the Board, not merely to represent the #to»J.hel'*
by the United States, blit to observe the condui t of
the corporation, and to watch over the public inter
ests. It wo* foreseen that tbit g.*eat moneyed mono
poly might be so managed as to endanger the inter
ests of the count* v : and it was therefore deemed ne
cessary, as a measure of precaution, to place nt the
Board* watchful sentinels, who should observe its
conduct, and stand ready to report |o the proper
officers of lno Government, every act of the Board
which might affect injuriously the interests ol the Peo*
I The whole frame of the charter, as well n* the
i manner ot their appointment, ptoves this to be their
true character. The United Statisarc not represent-
[ ed :«t the Board of lh«*se Directors merely on «c-
1 count of the stock held hy the Government. The
I light ofthe United Slates to apftoiut Direct 01*. and
the number appointed, do not depend upon the amount
ot the stock, lor it every share should be sold, and the
United Stall’s cease lo he h stockholder altogether.
, yet under the charter the right to appoint five Director*
’ would still remain. In such a case, what would tie
j lh»* character ofthe directors? They would reprp-
S pn; no slock, and he chosen by no stockholder.—
Y« l (tiV would have aright to sit at the Board, to
• vote on a.' question* Mibrni ted to it, and to he made
acquainted pitbull the proceedings ofthe corpora*
1 lien. They would not rmtrh n case he ordinaiy Di-
rerlor*. rhc*!o , n bv ihe storkholder* in propoition lo
,lieir < tnck—Ij'H they «o.:IJ •<«■ |.«lblir ofiieiT-, "p-
p |«guard tli* piitilic inU'lfm ; nml t!)t-■ r limit-,
t!iiM»i nii!orm l«. llicir iifft f. I lit-y Hit* t • *• !•><* t*u
tit*, n) miy 111 tlidtirv I)•.•!(!•*"'• i'!i , *!* , *ii •*>' 11 ,liM-k!in!i!i i-:
t nl ili,-y nr<- tin- |M CiiliiiriK"i*» '•• Ji puMir "flici*r, wit"
1* •mmii.iI ••■• nil o(ri-ni.i,MiM in ;if'•■ < • •<• IIip iiliiiml
lii. luw I11I iih'Aii,. llit* pul* in' ntnl ulimwlii*
nnll..miy it linl .illhcifnl In |.i nil il.j'iry,in-
ry |inwi-i
iIiiiip. nt
»lirlln-r
nHli-pt. 1
Ml.lnlivi
Tim 11
• Mn 1.1
,i> 1, n.
in uhrn
.-mill (In
eonli .
jut
c‘orsa| pn
I round, ami one *hi-per'd lo unother.n
• on ’em weal out. and mi m little v/l..»e there \\.», a imo»I
dretdflll cry of t!.'e,.uiii mi ha rotua, liifhtetied c» v
m<(«l lo death, und says he, " run. iui»-s t’rani . ’ s-o-•
| h«, “ and git your bread and liunkin [hum out of the
oven, for tku oven hnu»o is ail a fire; ’ " I know it,”
1 ea) * lie, “ f»i| | siiidl tiie smoke, at.d the nvcli ts 00 h*»t
a I vou rtn’i think and wiiii that two or three more ».u
ffbfVM di4 an Irishman utter a tmiiei bnll than did an Vm run out; und old ti 1** ( r..ne n-ronu aasiu—• «
MMlI John, who being naked hy a fiieiid, “ ||na your tli.it, she out loo, fur li'o 1 ?h* Know’d it w an 11 iiihlui < ,
mdmr got sms or a daugbtor.” tnswcicd. *'l)pon atidlhai 1)mmivcnhm lokiti aienvifm to ita iwtttr, yi t
■if Ufa I do meA yot wbother I am on umsls or obo wanted to pros rnl tho folk* from draw ill «K«^ bread other e|#eer*of H*r Go'0«nrjenl.ii»d hy toe shoiu «u
tHtkt. ' and p.ra out an I. Aa soon a* »ha got out old hid# Iw ilimil) They do not hold ih, ir office* irrev*'cat»ly
d bv the United
iieis or rot. T ivy nr •
ud not the im re icprc*,
a .lei kilobit r
of ll». lr appointment and their tenure < i
1 till* I o 111*01. Tl.e) a.e appoi hed like
yesr r.f>er th« lr appointment; on tfia conl/urv, by tha j
espr«*s« terms of the law*, they rra liable to he remov- I
ed Irom office nt any time by the President, w hen, in i
hi* judgment, the public interest shall require ii. In J
evt’. v respect, tbercfaie, in which the subject can he j
coiiiidercd, it i* evident tiiat tho five Director*, up* j
pointed l»v the United Stale* are lo he regarded e*
public officurs, w ho in e plated therein order to oh
•ct-vo the remind o| tho corporation, nnd to prevent
abuses which niiclit otlieruise he committed.
iS:nh b< mg tin* charac’cr of the directors appointed
on behalf of the United Sfafas, it is ohvi ui*!y their dit-j
tv to le-.ist. nr.d in case of failure to report to the Piesi- •
dent, or toBie Secretary ofthe Trea-urv. any proceed
ing* of the Board hy which the public interest may he !
inpiriouslv nftV.c'ed. The President may order a s r irc !
fui ius against tiie bank for a violation of its charter, j
A I ise Secretary of ihe Treasury itempowered to direr t
the uiuiiey of the United States lo he deposited else- ;
where, w hen, in l.is jribjetneiM the public iufmeat re
quire* it to he (lone. Tho Directors of tin • Bank like!
all otter*, nre accustomed to -it with closed doors mid 1
do not report their proceeding* to any department of ,
the Government The monthly return which the char
ter require* to he made to the Treasury Department,
give- nothing more than a general statement of its pe- 1
cuniary condition, and of that hut an imperfect one. j
l or although it show* the amount loaned at the Bank 1
and it* dilfarent branches, it doe* npt show the comli- J
tion of it- deh'ors. ner the circumstances under which :
the loans were made. It does not show whether they
were, in truth, accommodations granted in the regular
and ordinary course of husine**. jipoti fair lmnking
principles or from other motives. Under the name of
loads, advances itntv fa» made, to persons notorio.islv
insolvent, for j||m ’.,ost con npt and improper purposes,
and n toui^ «>f proceeding may be ad(»pted. in viola
tion ,o‘ its ilia;ter, while upon the face of its monthly
statement, every thing would appear to he fair and cor
rect.
liovv. then, is the F.xecu'ive branch of the Govern
ment to bnc-’ine acquainted with the official conduct ot
the Public Directors, or the ahuees practiced by the
Corporation for its private ends, nnd in violation of it*
duty to the public ? The pow«-r of displacing the pub
lic Director and tint of issuing a sc in facia t and of
1 amoving the deposites. were not intended to bis idle
and nugatory provisions, without the means of enforce
ment. Yet they must he w hollja mopera'ive and use
less. unless there he some means by which the otficial
conduct of the pqhlic Directors, and the abuses of pow -
er on the part of the Corporation, inav be brought to
the knowledge of the Executive Department ol the Go
vernment.
Will it he said that the power i« given to the Secreta
ry of the Treasury, to examine himself, or by his au
thorized agent, into the. conduct nud condition of ihe
Bank / The answer is obvious. It could not have
been expected or intended tiiat he would make an ex
amination, unless information w ns first given to him
which excited his suspicion ; and if he did make such
general examination without previous information ol
misconduct it c moat p'obnhle, that in the complex
concerns nnd accounts o: die B irk. it would result in
nothing, vvhatev» r abuses might have beep practised.
it i* indeed the duty of every Direc or to give in
formation of such misconduct, un the part of the
Board. But the power to issue a scire facias, and to
remove the deposites, presupposes that the Directors
elected by tiie stockholders, might abuse their power,
and it cannot be presumed that Congress intended to !
re‘y on these name Directors to give information of j
their own ruiaronduct. The Government is not ar- '
cnxtoined to rely on the offending party to disclose his [
offence. It was intended that the powar to issue a
scire firias and remove the deposites, should he real I
and effective. Tha necessary moans of information |
were, therefore, provided in the charter : and five ofti- j
cots of the Government, appointed in the usual man-1
ner, responsible to tiie public, and not to the stockhold
ers. were placed ns sentinels at the Board, and are
hound by the nature and character of their office, to J
resist, and. if unsuccessful, to report to the proper atl*-
thority. every infraction of the charter, anti wvery a-
iniMfl of power, in order tiiat due measures should he
taken to punish or correct it: and, in like manner, it
is their duty to giv u. when called upon, any explanation
of their own ••ilicial conduct, touching the manage
ment of the institution.
It was, perhaps, scarcely necessary to present to the
Senate these v i*nvs of the powers of the Executive,
and of the duties of the five Directors appointed hv the
United States. Bui the Bank i* believed to he now j
arriving to obtain for itself the government of the conn- \
ry ; and is seeking, by new ami strained constructions,
to wrest from the hands of the Constituted authorities,
the salutary rotitrdl reserved by the charter. And. as
misrepresentation is one of it* most usual weapons of
attack, I have deemed it tny duty to put before the Sen*
ate, in a iminner not to be misunderstood, the princi
ples on which I have acted.
Entertaining, ns I do, a solemn conviction of the |
truth ct fhe.se principles. I must adhere to them, and
act upon them with convtnr ry and firmness. Aware, '
ns 1 now urn. of the dangerous machinations of the
Bank, it is more than ever my duty fo he vigilant in
guarding the rights of the People from the impending |
danger. And I should fa«l that J ought to forfeit the
confidence with which my countrymen have honored j
mo, if I did not require regular and .'nil reports of eve- |
rv thing in tiie proceedings of the Bank, calculated to j
affect injuriously the public interests, from the public >
Directors. And »l the Director* should fail to give 1
the information called tor. it would he my imperious j
duly toe.xerene the power confe»»cd on me by the j
law. of removing them from office, and of appointing J
others, who would discharge their duties with more fi-
ib htv to the public. I cxn never sutler any one to I
hold office under me who would connive at corruption, i
or who should tail to gi\e the alarm when he saw the j
enemies of liberty *ndeavoring to sap the foundations |
of our free institutions, and to subject the free People I
ofthe United State* to the dominion of a great money- j
ed corporation.
Any Director*of the Rank, therefore, who might he ,
appointed hy the Governm* , nt. would he required to |
report to the Kxccutivc its fiiljv n« the Into Director* j
have done, and more frequentlv, beeaiiso the danger is i
more imminent: and it would tie my duty lo require j
of them a full detail of every part of the proceedings 1
of the corporation, or any of it* officers, in order tltat
I might he enabled to decide, whether I should exer- j
ei*e the power of nrdt-.ing a scire Judas, w hich is re
served to the f'residont hy the charter, or adopt such
other lawful measures, as the interests of the country
might require. If is too obvious to he doubted, that
the misconduct r-f the corporation would never have
been brought to light bv the aid of a public proceeding
at the Board of Directors. The Board, when culled i
on hy the Government Directors, refused to institute j
an inquiry or require an account; and the mode adopt- •
ed by the latter was the only one by which the object |
could he attained. It would bo absurd to admit the'
right of the Government Directors to give information, '•
and at tlio same time deny the means of obtaining it.
II would ho hut another mode of enabling the Bank to ,
conceal its proceedings, and practise with impunity its t
corruptions. In the mode of obtaining tho infarina- •
tion, therefore, nnd in their efforts to put an end to the !
abuses disclosed, «• vv« ii as in reporting them, the con- j
duct of the late Directors was judicious and | raise-
worthy; and the honesty, limine?*, and intelligence
which they have displayed, entitle them, in thy opiu- J
ion, to the gratitude of the country.
But, if I '>ot mistake the principles on which tho i
Henate have recently rejected t' .'un. !»»« conduct w hich j
I deem worthy of praise, they* treat ns u breach of dit- f
!y ; and, in their judgement, tho measures which they J
took to obtain the information, and their etlorts to put 1
an end to the practices disclosed, and the reports they
have made to the Executive, although true in all their j
parts, ate regarded as an offence, and siippo-ed to re- J
quire pome decisive mark of strong disapprobation. j
If the views of tho Senate ho such ns I have sup
posed, the «Iitnei.lty of sending to the Senate any other ’
name* than those of the latn Director*, will he >«t once ,
apparent. I cannot consent to place bofoie the Senato
the name of any one, who is not prepared with firm- (
ness and honesty, to discharge the duties of a public !
Director in the manner they were fulfilled by these !
whom the Senate have refused to confirm. If, for
performing 11 duty lawfully required of their, hy the j
Executive, they are to he piiui-lu’d hy the subsequent
rejection of tin* Benate, it would not only be useless, J
hut cruel, to place men of character and honor in that }
situation, if even such men could he found to accept 1
it. It’ they failed to give the required information, or
to take proper measures to obtain it, they would he
removed hy the Executive. If they gave the infer-1
niation. and trxtk‘proper measures to obtain if. they
would, upon the next immmntioii, he rejected by tho
Senate. It would he unjust 11 me to place any other j
citizens in the predicament »n which this uulooked lor |
decision o| the Semite ha* placed trie estimable nnd j
liniiniuMo men who wero Dircctirs during tiicki.-ti
year.
If I i ni not in error in relation to the principles tip- (
on vvl:.• h tiie e fcntlcim-n have been rejected, the ne
cessary coiim* ,1 ••lice w ili he that Ihe Bank wdltu re- i
aI'lo 1 he vvuliotii t.ovi runieiit Di:< etui*, and tho |Yo-
I |o ofthe t mlcd Status mii-l he deprived of their j
chief means of pin’cciinu nguili-t iix abuses— for what
ever eonH'r'ittg • pitieuis n ny i \ M »•«• to the iitflit of.
• he Dircct'us i|qu».n;»d in J.Miiury, DM3, in hold over
until new appoifitim-yts shall he lende it 1* very ohvi*
on* that whlDI their rcjeelioit hv the S'eunte remains
i'1 foriv, they 1 sti.oit/w uh propriety, ntlcm, t f«» exei -
( .11 »in 11 a power. Ill the presefit slate of tfoog*.
ih. refine, ihe «».rj erat’.oM will I c euut it’d tlfa. tnullv to
h< rotophtil the otp.t t, »t has >0 ,» ug la « 0 cuduMV or mg
toatiam |t<» e»ciiatige romiliiHrea. nnd it• dnlegated
powers to ns ?’i»sii>nf # mar hercnltsrl* dispensed
with, Without incurring tLt danger of exposing it* fro- |
eeedints to the public view. Tiie oculinels which the
lift" had placed at ita board eon nolodgtr appear there.
Justice to uiyielfand tothe faithful officers by whom
tho public has been so w ell und so tumor ably served,
without compensation or reward, during the last year, which nns neen too long postponed, and we'ara
IMS required 01 me this full and frank exposition of my | tlmt it is so arranged as to make some new frien G PP *!
motiv es for nominating them again after their rejec- , terminate a question which long since •ho.ihl )
11 11 hy the Senate. 1 repeat that I do not question been settled. hav§
ll !'' r '« ht ° r 'he S-natfi tii c nnfirin or reject nt their I turad of a litter to the Editors doted
pleasure; mid if there had been any reason to sup- Washington Yfnr hoe
|m»sc that the r tjection in this case had not been pro- i The Senate was not in session to-day. i,‘, theli
noses to which I have attributed it. or if . the bill granting a compensation to the famiU. ..r
mon TUB Kkiv-TORC STAJt.
rhe MIcw.ng lotier ad.|,«, ou lo t |, e Editor of lh .
Philndelplua Sentinel, exhibits the particulor. n r
hdt fortho relief of Mrs. Decatur. It is n iu„ hA'
which has been too long postponed, and we 1 **
due
• l hy the
» of
d purl
....... ,, the hill grunting a compensation to the Isniilv of r.
1 'heir duties and the preaent importance of min Decatur mid others, who aided in .h st'rovi. ,
matite were other than they are, I irrigate I’hiladelphia in the harbor of Trim,I,
'h.mh! have checrfuliv acquiesced, and altemptod’lo | tdn^'i<!'o r .*,i iii ti!."’t‘' r .'niirnt'te " ' .,,7
mil oiticrs who would accent the umnviakle trust.—. 1 U’i,»n tl.n rm... n ;i.1.. l nnd •*
, "oiild accept the umnviakle trust.— ' mcndal. When the Committee rose, the fnrthp.r
Hot I cannot convent lo appoint Directors ofthe Bank 1 sideration of die hill was postponed till next Fn'""'
to he subservient rtistrnmei.u or silent spectators of its j The hill, as amended, gives Sirs. Dec atnr tho j-*’
ahu-sc* uiul^corrnpiioiis ; nor can I ask honorable men
to undertake the thankless duty, vv ith tho certain pros- j the sem is to he divided among the blood kVn of F,' W
" ,g i’y ,h ® Senate for its faithful j Decatur,and one-third is left at Mrs. D.'s dispowl^l
'* anintliit was reported for the u ,s
Inch prevented its passage. |,,
perlurmatiee, in pursuunco of the lawful directions of j Heretofore the wind
the Executive. ■ | „r Mrs. D. alone
I repeat, that I do not claim a right to inquire into,
or officially to censure, the acts of the Senate. But
the .situation in which the impor'aut interests ofthe
~ an People, vested in the Bank of the United
Amur
States, and affected hy its arrangements, must neces
sarily fie left by the rejection of the gentlemen now re-
iiomiiMted, has made it my duty to give this explana
tion to the Senate, und submit the matter to thvir con
sideration. If it shall be determined hy the Senate
that all channel* of information in relation to the cor
rupt proceedings of this dangerous corporation shall
he cut off, and the Government nnd country left ex
posed to its unrestrained machinations against tlitf pu
rity ol the press and public liberty, 1 shall, after hav
ing made this effort to overt so great an evil, rest for
the justification of my official course, with respectful
confidence, on the judgment of the American People.
In conclusion; it is proper I should inform the .Sen
ate that there are nova no Government Directors up
pointed fur the present year; Mr. Bayard, who was
nominated and confirmed by the Senate, having re
fused to accept that appointment.
ANDREW JACKSON
Uonse of iKeprcsonlativos.
Monday, April 2&.
On motion of Mr. Foster, it was
fhsolvcd. That the, Comiui'tee of Way* and Means
he iimtrncted to inquire into the expediency of re-ap
propriating the unexpended balance of the sum which
present Htnended shape seems to have gained it no* #
additional friends. Uii
The bill besides the provision in relation to the I)
eatur family, has something for the family of Cant- **
Lawrence. Lawrence, ai the time he assisted iii ik"
destruction of tl.** Frigate in the harbor of Tripoli
acted as a aiidshiptnuu; his share w ill go of course i
his family. It is said that helms an only daughter*
now residing with her mother m the Slate of New jj!
The ground upon which this grant rests is the takin*
ofthe frigate Irom the enemy. If it is consider*!}
that the little phalanx of brave tars, headed hy D e r&.
till*, in bum. .tr hrr ill,) ill ofV.w.i
hum',.« her. did
lore
noble deed. They periled
_ foci capture her, the,
htthoreloro to be entitled to r.,.,..*
compensation |' ur tiiat
■ much, if not more.iu
their hoarding and destroying her, Ihun if they had
mot her tipon the high seas and taken her from the
enemy. Justice has heel, tardy in this matter, bnt wo
hope, at last, that Congress will do justice to a'] con
eerned. In passing the b 11 intended for their relief—
act ol justice that will he applauded evory whereby tha
patriotic peoplo of this country.
A Duel iu Kentucky.
Capt. Alexander, in his recently published travel,
relates the following amusing incident: He enquire,
of a Kentuckian, “ in your part of Kentucky ere thir,
any duels now ?”
Ves, we've sometimes a little rifle and buckshot
my young-
was appropriated lor the settlement of tho Militia of ( praciice, hut not so often ns I romembt _
the State of Georgia. f«»r services rendered in the years'* er days In our town a duel happened a short'Thna
1792-3—1. according to the estimate of Constant Free- I ago, that gave us a gre.1t deal of atnuaemetit. The
man ; which appropriation was made hy net of foil- j parties were a doctor and a lawyer, that had quarreled
gross, approved 2d March, 1827: said unexpended at a horse-race: they agreed to fight next morning
balance, amounting fo the aiim of $ 37,669 47. with rifles, in n copse of thirty acres ot trees and
Peso [red. That the Committee on the Post Office ! bushvvood, nml use everv advantage the same as the
and Post Road* he instructed to inquire into the expe- * Indian. Accordingly, tho lawyer, lo he sure of his
diency of establishing the following Post Routes in the j man. went out oftown at night, lay in the copse till
J'late of Georgia :—i rom Clayton^Rahun county, by
J- nea’ Ford. Head of Seque, Nauroochee and Mount
Yonah, to New Bridge, Lumpkin county—from Clay
ton, by Clarksville to Gainesville. Hall county—from
Clarksville by Mount Yonah. Pahlonega and F.lejay.
Gilmer countv, to Spring Place, Murray county —
from Mount Yonah, Habersham county, by Louds-
ville, to Union Court house—fro.m Gainesville," bv
Winn's Fcrrv and Cmiminig, Forsyth county, to F.(i-
awah, Cherokee county—from Lavvrencevillit, hy
Cummin?, to Scudder'a or Hightower. Forsyth coun
ty—from McDonough hy Decatur, to Edhowali—from
Decatur, DuKalh county, hy Marietta. Cohb county,
Alatooney Gold Mines, and dow n on the South side of
F.fownh river, to Livingston. Floyd county—from
Campbellton. by Marietta, F.dawah, Atirarin and Dali
lonega. to Union Court-house—from Villa Rica. (Jar-
roll county, hy Paulding Court-house, Livingston and
Walker Court-house to Rossville. Tennessee—from
f’assville, hv Pine Log and Coosa Wattce, to Kllejnv,
Gilmer county—from Etowah, Murray county, to
Walker Court-house—from Dublin. Laurens county,
f»v Court-Hill, Montgomery county, to Jacksonville.
Telfair county—from Sandersville, hy Dublin, to
Havvkin*ville—and from Zehiilon to Newman.
He solved. That said Committee he instructed to es-
'abiisti the following Post Routes, to wit:—From Pen
dleton, S. S., by Batchelors’ Retreat. Mullens’ Ford
and Farmers’ Stone,toCarrahee Mountain, (in.—from
Athens, Tennessee, by Richard Taylor’s, and through
Cha’onga Y alley, tin , lo Barton Court-house. Ala.,
and from Livingston, Ga.. hy John Lamar’s, Floyd
county, Bellcfont, in Alabama.
A pn ii. 30
The House of Repreaentativra waa ocrupit-d yester
day iu the discn.sftioii of two suhjectH each of great im
portance: the resolutions introduced, rerentiy , on the
subject of the proceedings in Alabama, whu h werr ar-
rornrnnied hr the death of Col. Hardimnn Owens'
and the genera! Appropriation Bill. The forme* qnes
tion was debated, principally bv Mr Gif.mkr of Geor
giu, and Mr. Ci.ay and Mr. .McKisir.r of Alabama,
until the close of the hour, when the House p issed to
the order of the day and took up the Intter ono, in ( om-
mittee of the whole on tho State of the Union, tho hill
was debated, item by item, until a late hour.
May 1.
Among tho morning business in the House of Re
presentatives v» sterday. vvns Iho report of « bill bv Mr.
Um r. of Tennessee, (from tho Judiciary Committee)
further
tin* morning, with his rifle pointed over a log towards
the road ho expected his antagonist to come. The day
dawned, and the sun rose, still no d ictor appeared:
the lawyer began to suspect tho (lector had take ti
fright, and declined the combat, and he was goin» to
return lo town to procluim tho poltroon, when* he
heard a noise behind him, und looking up he saw the
doctor’s rillo presented within ten feet of his head.—
The lawyer immediately called a parley, and was al
lowed to go off into the wood to try again : away bs
went, and looking about, lie found a Imllovv tree.' I u ’
it lie ensconced himself, and remained quiet for some
time, when, hearing no noise, he ventured to peep out
with one eye. w hen crack went a rifle from some bush
es in front of him, and the bark of the tree w as pealed
»ff by a ball within an inch of his head. He observed
the smoke, hut no doctor, and therefore could not re
turn the fire; he accordingly called another parley.
The doctor, w ho had been often out with the Indians,
>!*hv showed himself, and agreed to rn^ke up the quar-
rvl. They returned fo town, had a h*,rn together,
and vve had a good laugh at the lawyer.”
Miring; of Flour nnd Sugar. Milk nnd Butler,
tfc.—The following is taken from the Southern
I’lanter, arid the writer sa n % involves much sci
ence in connexion with the explanation:
Mr. Editor:—A gentleman came to my house
to spend a night with me. I p»it a spoonful of
wheat flour ami a spoonful of inferior brown sn-
gar in my madiln mortar and stirred them well to
gether, nnd next morning desired his opinion
what ii was ; he examined it and pronounced it
sugar of a superior quality. When informed i hat
it w ay flour he could scarcely believe if,'but wan-
ted to know if a better judge would be deceived is
the same way ; —another spoonful of each
prepared in the same way, and carried twenty odd
miles to a man whom he knew to be a very good
judge. I knew myself that he wits raised’* mer
chant and accustomed to deal in tho article: he
also pronounced it very superior sujnr. Such i.i
the fact, that one spoonf j rd* flour and one ofsu-
gar. thus prep ared, will taste ahd look exactly like
sugar; nnd that if the sugar was richer dark colo
red, it will imprnv? the looks : not only so, it will
ten as much, coffee as two spooufnl* of sugar;
nd the jud eiary Hvs»e.., of the United in fact, it will he two spoonfuls of sugar,
fhis hill proposes that the Supreme Court of | If one cup have the sugar put in first, f
ihe United State*
tire and eight associate Justices, five of whom shall
con>titute a quorum ; to effect tvhich. it i* proposed that
two additional Associate Justices shall now be ap
pointed. It i-« further proposed that the districts of
Keo urky. Ohio, and Indiana, slwill hereafter consti
tute tho seventh Judicial circuit: the districts of Ten-
up have the sugar put in first, then thr
ill hereafter consist of a UhiefJns- j coffee and then (he milk, and in another cup one
third less sugar he put. then rhe milk and tfienba
rubbed together with a little |.e3rle, and the coffee
he added, the last will he found n* sweet as the
first, although it has one third les* sugar. Ifthc
sugar iy put in first then the milk, and theo he well
Missouri, und Illinois the eighth circuit; nnd ; snried with a spoon before the coffee issdded.it
fin* district* of Louisiana, Mississippi.and Alabama the > will require n third lean *ug*r, and the taste will
ninth circuit; the judges of said eighth and ninth cir- j he much superior to coftee made hy adding 1 the
emts to reside therein. milk after the coffee is poured on the An gar.
r.‘,« import;, the iti.jmo th.-h.ll i.ifl.ire* ... , | f a |)in , „f r resh ricVt milk is mail, blood™*,
to take this special notice of its introduction; though • _„,i u 11#tr _ . • , ,, .
w« ,lot,hi its Lug set,.,! upon HI the prt-.et.t Session i "" 1 “ "!. b “ * r 1,0 ,n ani1 ,h ,f “ be n ' r
desirable as we believe some extension of the Judina- ! ir<1 we, l l *} r,,, | l co,d ' M T inrl oi b,,ller w,l ‘ b *
ry sv siwin to he, io reference to the growing and spread- j lh ‘ u ""h ,ou ( t ** well, and butter ns many biscuits
mg population of the W est.—Nat. Int. as a quar of butter. This butter thus prepared
—4MB— has one defect....it will not keep ; but it has one
thom the Baltimore gazette. j quality that should balance this defect; when oar
Tho last number of the Rail Rond Journal contains butter is quite salt, by preparing it in this r»*y. it
the report of the Directors of the Liverpool and Man- ! is one half less salt, and much more palatable,
rhester Rail-wav to the fourth hull yearly meeting of > When butter is to be made, if a little old butter
Ihf proprietor., in Jnitwnry laft. with a BtatHinont of he put in lit, cream, the butler will crime from
• l y lr I ! 'eetlmgit. &c. fur the h,x ■•••»">» emlttig the mllch | 0!Mt churmnR. When sum, is to he muilo.
.fist Decetuher, which appears, that- I if , tiII | n oll , H „ n| . be , lle ey Hnd „ Mttt
1 he qiiuntity of merchandise conveved in Ihe six , ... , , . . , , , »
months between Liverpool and Mamiiester was 69,- I lhe 8oa P w,n be m!,de b >' ««ninclerable less boiling.
N)rt tons—and to and from various other places along j / be conversion of tn lasses and water is made
the line, including Warrington, Wigan and Bolton, flotek into bt'f* r hy adding a little old beer to it.
2*. Ill, making of merchandize a total amount of 90,- { A little j;. n31 filing added to flour tpakes it all fru
*247 tons. j i nen t ( & it'a liltleof the fWmonJedMiasa t>c »‘ld*d
Conic nveyed from various places to j |Q morc fl ur , „ ma kes it ferment also, and thsn**
Ltyorpool, 32.301 | t tit« vca9t by prupei management would m a short
Ditto to * Manchester, 7,*30 j time convert all the flour of the earth into its
Total ntimberof tons of coal 40.134 nnlure *
N Hinher of passengers booked nt the offices 215.071.
Ruing an uicrua^o, n» compared with Ihe preceding 1 1 T Buffon R Liternry ISnhits,
year, of 11,405 tons of merchandise, nnd of passeu- j Notwithstanding the high reputation of his work*
gers, 32,248. <Sl the very large proportion of luatiniQ which wosdavo-
The Receipts of the Company during the pJstyear, i ,c< ^ to study, Buffon appear;-,J to little ndvantagt ,n
were: company, llis couvvrsaiion did not reach beyond nw*
F’or passengers JC54.6S5 6 11 * diocritv ;;;iu the time, at table was spent in light talk.
For mercliuiidisa 39,957 Ift g j exceeding even tho licensed freedoms of the French-
For coal 2,591 6 6 ! The power of communicating information, was either
wanting, or reserved for his particular friends in pn
£97.234 16 I ] vato, and he considered that a discussion upon tho nci-
Total
Expenses
f 466.725]
[276.480]
66,350 1
j encos should he confined to hooks alone. These opin-
, I ions may have influenced his wish- for comparative p r, ‘
i\ft pro tits fur fl runs [$l9fl,9451 £40,KS4 y 4 ; vney, ami it is curtain flint he Aid not mingle with hu
The total expenditure of the Cnmpnnv on the con- I cotemporaries in literary ami sriehtific futile. Vnutty
strnctinn of the wav ami works, (inclinjitm a tunnel 1 h;, “ generally allowed to he the greatest latkng t»
exesvations. &c. in progress at the time of i|, e meet- ; tl c ,,r U" 1 ' 011 - »»<1 **>« I’mits which he too*
ina) is stated to he jfl 1 ,t»«D,H IS 17 7, or about S 5,- i " ork "P I 11 " writings a ltd Ins severe study, have perMf
231,130. been too often invidiomly referred •• to the confine**
Among the items of expense, we find the follow-i °' " lmt »Her generations would think rcg ar ^‘"*
ing— j him.” He delighted iu reading aloud his own worn*«
In the Coach Department.
For Guard* and Porter's wages £116*
64 15
3 2*24 11
116 0
him." lie delighted in reading aloud his own \
his visitors, and chiefly those which lie considered hi*
finest pieces. Home parts of tho Natural llistyjT
of Man, the description of the Deserts of Arann-
the History of the Camel, that of the Swan Ac., were
his favorites. It is but justice to nay, however, in**
more lutidiblo inducement, to recite them than the met*
love of hearing Ilium praised has been assigned hy ' ,<,m
of his biographer*. “ They were read with the v'*'
of bearing opinion* andrecoivinghiuta of iniproprieji
of style A wero open to remarks on imperfections *
I pointed out to him. It is not ho certain that mi «P ,n )..
X 9 462 8 ° I pinooH recited in this way, was always given
Above fiirly-'vp lltott.nnd tl»ll,rv. nr en'e ttixtll pttr't ! '!*"« <-nm]ur wl.ich would ttllnw cnrreclioni j
' „.L I lighted also in what was luxurious or niagnincem,
;es silcn • ® ...... .i nl t«>f
1 iiliuds clothes
Duly on passengers
Taxes on offices, stations, Ac.
In the Carrying Department,
Taxes and insurances on offices
General.
Police Account
Tax and Rale Account
456 17 7
3.409 11 0U :
r.f the whole amount of expel
charge
do m t yet occur on our K.ul Roads in the U. States. ! wa *
ncry. lie *(|i
his latest veur* Imd Iu
times daily. Every Bunduy ho
r J’he expenees of the Lornutotivo power—includ
ing fuel, ivpair* mid wage* of engineer* and uttend-
wins—are -t. led to ho. ti»r the six mouths, £13,905 tt 1,
or uhoul *ixtv seven ihoiisuud dullais.
\\ ii have ruled lie* pound starling ill the above state,
nieiii nt w 10 cent#—us fixed by Act of Congress iu
estimating the cost of intrchsiiilize imported from
Gnat Britain. It h a convenient rule, and much
nearer the aetunl value, m prat lice, Ihun wfiut is cal
l'd the par of t*\rhiinge. The E.lighsh penny I",
III (I in »» limn ii/nn -
„ ,i. devoted fo bin dron ft!mot*t to tbe extrenio <" ' i,
pery. lie .pent mudi time tit hi. to^lei «t™ ® r ,| irW
tmir powdered twice or O'
. , . ..ndtty ho exhibited Iiitnoelf •«
■orvieetotiie pim.antry of Montberd, dre*»ed in* ,
lace garment, attended by hi* *ou and priucip*! t*
et>.—SnturaUtl'. l.ihninj
—uwooo:—»
Ifiittm nr I’lioHi iK—Ml** AlUsana .SpeMc- r
till
Fityelli'
if tbe
ef
(irera*.
e. Mo recently i.ro.eculed Mr A'l-n l> '
firm of A I). (Ireene A <•'« <>f that )> "«*• " f
. , . ...j . r..il invr* tC*
I lltl I'l'llliy |t», III ■'* * lie lllll* **l .*■ •». j /• f li I **»'jfl
• » •;. rated a* equal to two renin—ni,| it | N well | hresch of iiiiurings couirucf.m“* wlf»*r w •«'*
know ii. thm our quaiicr dollar pa»se» currently lit Li- tom ofthe onse. th« jury rEtnrnitl i vrrdlcl • <
verpnol for a sin itr|—nud the naif dollar for two shil- 1 dollars for Ilia plMlatlff. the wliola amount
hngx j tlir D«« isrsiion H*vs • cam youu|