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SWJOK DOWNING.
To the Editors of the New-York Express—the same
paper my old friend Mr Dwight prion .1 a spell ago.
Gentlemen—I send you a Letter for Congress to read
under Uncle San's authority—who wishes you to publish
it with my figure-head at the top on't, to show that it is
genwine. It must be in Washington on or before new
year's day—for that is a day when folks feci limber and
shake hands, and don’t feel so crabbed and cross-grained,
as thev do on most other days.
Your friend, J. DOWNING,
Major Do ,, ningviile Militia, ; 2d Driga.de.
To Congress:—Uncle Sam has requested me to give
you my notions about the abolition matters that now i>
taking up more of your time than he thinks he can afford
to pay for, seeing that other matters want attending to.—
I have never had but one notion about this abolition mat
ter, and that is, that it is one of that sort that g.fs into the j
noddles of old'women of both set-os, on account ol then
having nothing else there at the time to occupy them, ai d
teen they cm to cackling, and that sets other folks cackling,
and so al ter a spell all get a cackling, till something el»e
gets uppermost, and then another egg is laid, and then
comes another cackling al out the new egg and so it goes
on from time to eternity.
It was iist so with Anti-Masonry a spell ago. Years
\Ve extract the fullowt: g passage at ttihdom frtan
“Stanley, or the recollections oi a Alan ot tlie World,
as a specimen of the thoughtful nj.d deeply imaginative
tone in which many parts ot the work ure w ritten. The
Ocean is the subject of the author’s reflections.—Bee.
It is a giad and glorious pastime to the spirit, to look
upon this type and token of Almighty power—to wrestle
with the living thoughts which dwell like tilings amid the
>tir and strife of these eternal waters—to encounter the
strong breathlesr-ncHs of awe which is dushed Ifpiiti the
soul as we inhale at a glance, the vastness of the scene.
Upon the face of the deep, the spirit cf eternity still is
brooding! as we pause before this wide unbarriered space,
j and our n.ikt d mind stands bold against the unveiled,
eternal universe, a silent thought of homage swells through
the endless .space; and that thought is G< d. lbe Ocean
is the material image of the. Almighty; whiit attribute ot
Deity is not here substanfi d ? 1‘uwer, of an infinite ful
ness; beauty, of that particular pervad bigness ol essence,
that ruin ami tempest, ami the beaks of winds evolve and
nut efface it ; iiic. abstract and indrstructihle, that never
wearies a d that never wastes—whose days know not re
pose, and uv'ii whose bosom the cloud of nightly slumber
never weighs, if the dancing water brook should cease
to chant his ptuircs who inspired its gladness—or il the
infuriate stonr.-blast as it gnashes through the lorest.
should burst from its bands and disown its Maker; it
men should ever gate upon the western sun. and forget
have come and gone—General Washington was -a mason, j whose countenance its brightness minors, or rest upon
and so was prcu.y much all our good folks, and nobody j the mountain turf, nor own from whose omnipotence
he strength of the hills hits sprung; if the knowledge
f the Infinite One shall ever pass away from the earth,
t { tire roar of the Ocean will thunder it hack. it was the
sublime ihientiotfnf Nicholas 1’errar that a perpetual
chant or solemn service of music should be established
Rt Little (lidding, to be sustained by generation niter
generation, and continued to tlie end of time without
the interruption of a moment. lie wished that whatever
might be. tiie condition cf men ot llie character of the
time , tlie voice of praise might ever he ascending; that
it should arise amid the roar of contest, like a smiling lo
tus through a laugh d ruin, and be the blended harmony
of all the thoughts of peace; that the ancestor and his de-
ever troubled themselves about the matter—crops came
along one after the other, arid all nafur work d without
any trouble about masonry or anti-masonry—when al!
once up rose an awful tackle, and it seem’d fur a spell that j
if folks didn't stir themselves that all creation would, ar- j
ter the coming Crops, come to a stand still—the Lnion melt j
nwnv like a snow ball in June—and the pigs gi t into the I
corn fields. There vvmn.y old neighbor Deacon Doolittle, j
one of the spriest old chaps in raising eariy garden suss, j
and the best pumpkins in the bull country round—a man :
allow’d to be so knowing in most matters, tlmt il was aj
common saying that whoever bought the Deacon for a ioui j
would lose money by him—he heard tho “ anti-masonic” j
cackle and took up the same r.oiio i. I call’d on him one I sce.ndant might unite in the same song of thanksgiving, and
dav, and instead of finding him in his curd, n, (which was ! century be Locnd to century by an all-embracing stream
i t: : c
nil overrun with weeds,) 1 found him reacting nr.tt-masomc
addresses.—" It's all over with us, Major,” snvs he, “ tlie
end of creation has come a’
groan—“it is only wonderful to me,’’ say s he, “that the
country has prospered as it has ever since the auiUpctt
tlcnee with so many Masons in it—nnd we have oil beet
so blind too ail the while to the surtin destruction nil aroum
us—Lord have mercy on ns,” says he—s.r d with that ole
Miss Doolittle and all the young on
as if the last day bad come sure enuf. a lie Deacon how
ever had one dung to comfort him, and that was, be Said,
that there was jist enuf “ anti-masons” left to work out an
election of a President anti Congress who hadn't ben on
n “hot gridiron,”—tr. J he didn’t mean to raise another
Potato? or Ear of Corn or Pumpkin, till that was done.
1 left the Deacon sitting on that erg, and the next time
T seed him whs right in about the. middi.' of the United
States Bank war, more than a year arter, and the limes got
to be pritly pinch#. I dropt in upon the Dencrin—T found
him hoeing our. some bios grass, among his cockunibers.
I twisted and turn’d nil runners and tilings of a public na
fur, but tbo Deacon never said one word about the masons
and anti-masons—it was priuy clear that the Deacon had
enuf of k humbug; and then, again, ti e last time 1 was
f worship. V. hr l the saint design, the sea performs.
There, are times perhaps in which front human lips through-
fetched a deep 1 out the broad extent - of the earth, no sound of prayer
he, “'that >he| or praise is heard ; out the listening seraph who looks
out front the windows of Heaven, hears the organ of
the waters peal.everlastingly. It is not without an in
fluence which may be termed holy—for its beginning is
fear, and its effect is cleansing—that we. muse within this
set up an awful howl j great cathedral of the
by man, it gives L
though nothing car
within him, seem t
whi n w
roofed deep. When first seen
a thought aid u disturbance, which
have ever before stalled such emotions
rangeIv familiar to bis feelings. And
atm instinctive brotherhood with that which
stretches back, like a broad sheet of light, to the first mo
ment that the gush of sun-bciims flowed down upon the
waves, and forwards till the.,dcpth of the heavens shall
be opened, we realize one of those moments of existence in
which man feels his immortality and tremble at it. There
■ ure thoughts of mystery and dreams of magic floating
| mound tins scene; and there are those who have feasted
j on them till they have bccotne maddened, and their hie
j lias ruined to parching thirst for the fulness of these un-
I earthly sentiments. But such thoughts are the food of
; heaven; end while I would labor for their recognition as
down that wav. right in the thickest of “ Abolition Peti-j w blio tho proof of Heaven, I would postpone their enjoy-
ttons”—but the Deacon w tisu’t to be caught but once—ai.d j merit to a, other life, and abide in hope till the voil of the
I see ho bad his oye teeth cut—“ things go well enuf for j flesh which dim them is withdrawn,
toe Major.” says he, and if any man catches me neglect- j
ing my ground* agin to cackle with him over nnv egg he j
ohoosos to throw in my r.est, ho is amazingly mistaken.-
“ Why,” says he, “ a man would have nothing else to d
The influence of W.thes.—“We may justly boast
in this country,” (says Gov. Seward of New-York, in an
i address delivered al the Vi estfield Academy, in that Stare,
j n year or so since) “of n higher and more deferential re-
j gat'd—a more chivalrous devotion to the sex than is exliib-
I ited in any other nation. I myself have compared our
j set timeats and customs, in this respect, with those of Wes-
' tern Europe. I have seen indeed in some other countries,
i tho more ardent and impassioned devotion that marks tho
I clime where, licentiousness assumes the name of love, but
imbued with none of its sentiment, nor elevated by any
j of its purity. I bnvo seen under colder skies, more hum
ble homage paid to individuals, because they were d'stin-
guisbed tv learning, acquirements, birth, wealth or beau-
tv. But it is in thi* land only that respect and tenderness
are yielded to the sex because they are women. If the
al! his life time if ho fallow’d up all those idle fanatics, and
oometiinos political vagabonds, who are eternally getting
up. one skomo arter another—first masonry and anti-ma
sonry—then nullification—then banks—then lothirgbut
gold —then abolition and suh-Tronaury, and the Lord knows
what next—and telling us from time to time, that any one
Of these, if t:ot attended to, to the neglect of every thing
#lsa, would most sartinly end in sending every created j
tiling all to etarnal smash.”
Cut, says I, Deacon, 'now do you manage through ’em j
alif “ Well,” says be, “ Major, L’li tell you—ar.d I have •
had a Inetle experience in tho matter, as you know, In 1
tho first place I have stout all cackling—w hen my workis .... .
dune, ami 1 have no busine-s on hand in family matters, 1 i 'ch-menl nm.?'.“a* SU J ,c, T rt ’
read the Bible a spell—and then 1 take n look into tho j
Constitution of the United Stales occasionally, and at |
election times I select out the best and houestest men I j
can And to vote for—and if cv rv body would do the same
thing, my notion is we would bring things out of ail trouble,
and get every thing to work smooth and right, and we
should hear no more of these dreadful things that some
folks are talking about that are to bring ruin ori the cuun-
8TATE SOVEREIGNTY.
THE RECORDER.
MILLEDftEVILLE,
Tuesday, January 15, 1830.
The Whig Legislature of Nortb-Carolina, have recently
passed resolutions to the following eftt ct t The 1st, resolu
tion Condemns the Expunging Resolution—the 2d declares
that the Senate of the United States ought to pass rrsoltt- id'Iverson L. Harris, Esq., resigned.
It will be seen by one of the lawn which we publish to
day that the Legislature, of this Stale, for the promotion
of the silk culture, offers a premium to the taisers, of fifty
cents on every pound of cocoons raised, and ten ceuts on
every pound of silk reeled.
The Legislature of Virginia convened on Monday, the'
7th inst. Hon. Stefforil...Parker was elected Speaker of
the Semite, and the Hon. Thomas W. GLmer, Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Dr. B. A. White has been iipppoiutcd by tfieGovernor,
Commissioner tinder the “ Free Banking Law, in place
But, say* I, here is troubles row in Congress about il
p’airy abolition question—oho set brings in bushels of peti- ! t,l ” r 1 P >! forming
Sion*, and another set say they hadn't, ought to be received j Lngland, the tao- <d
at all—how is that to be managed, says 1? “ Well,” says
he, “ Major, I’ll tell you, I would take ’em all in, hut with
out stopping other business to read ’em just yet, for I sup-
passion is modified, the romance and poetry of other
land* are here reduced to a real ar.d living sentiment.—
There i# no other country where the humblest female re-
amc 1 ce ' lves > from the highest in rank of the other sex, the sur
render of the chief place in public assemblies, not less than
the social circle—in accidental meetings by tho way, not
less than in the ceremonials of fashionable life. In Italy,
called the land where beauty wields despotic sway, I have
seen women rolling huge stones from tlie mountain roads.
In France, the land of gallantry and politeness, I have
forming the labor of porters. In refined old
cavcngors of the streets. And in
j al! those countries, 1 have seen rh"in employed in field la-
j bor, with countenances hardened by exposure to all vicis-
| shinies of the v.cather, and hands familiar with the spade
ad the plough. It reflects great honor upon our national
pose they are pretty much all alike, and then I would say j an<1 t: - e P'oug.i
■ - • . .. - ! character, that such degradation of [tie sox is never e.v
that as soon as they are done coming, so as to give ail n j
fair chanre, I’d appoint a committee who should agree to
read ’em all over carefully, and sea if there i„ any thing in
’em to show that any patt of the Constitution is violated
by not granting whet fho petitions ask for—OUT if on the.
contrary any one ot ail of them petitions arks Congress
do any thing contrary to the clear meaning ol the Consti
tution, as it was understood when it was made and agreed
to, then I would call that member of Congress who offered
such a petition right tip and give him a copy of the Consti
tution, and tell him to get teat by heart, and the next time
bo attempted anotlier such unlawful act, I’d se: d him
home.” Well; says I, that is a nrtc notion. “ No it uiut,”
savs he, “ it’s as eld ns truth and justice and the Ccnsfi-
tu-ion itself, arid they come ot age pretty much a.d ru
onco. This is the nub of tiie matter, Major—the people
have “ a Constitution,” and all Ians and regulations must
agree with it, or they aim good for nothing—the people
send their agents to Congress not to make or alter ike
Constitution, and any man in or out of Congress who
brings in a petition asking the people’s ugtit’s to grant
things contrary to the Constitution are doing an unlawful
act, and if they are ignorant I’d teach, ’em wirol. the law is,
and if arter the first offence they repeated it, I’d make ’em
feel it. If something of this kind aim done, Congress will
have nothing else to do but cackle over all the wliiir.s tha)
old grannys all about tho country will be sending in; a
man South has just n« good a right to petition Congress to
pass laws to stop my raising pumpkins as 1 have to stop
his raising cotton, and on the score of oppression and
slavery, and all that nonsenso, there is nothing in it. we
are ail slaves, to the necessity of earning an honest living,
and all necessity to work is an evil, but it is an evil like
beards and loe nails, we ure burtt to—some have to work
at onefcalling, and some at another—and soma work is
harder than another—some go down under the uirth and
dig coal and iron and copper and lead ar.d gold and silver
—and some on the face of the airth dig, ; lou^li and hoe,
and chop wood, (and that lust kind oi work tis plugy tuff
in winter away off in the woods, with snow up to your
knees and your dinner froze as banl as a brickbat,) anti
eomo go cn tlie great deep in storms and tempests, and
don’t know what it is to have a dry jacket on for weeks to
gether; and no wife tied children to sit round a fire with
every evening ; anti some pick cotton and have A* ad
vantage over all the rest, and that to when they get sick
and obi they are taken care of without going a begging or
be t! irust into a poor-house or prison. Some folks are by
natur dependent on others, and lean on ’em like bean vines
to polls.
Now suppose some old woman should get a notion to pe
tition Congress against letting folks dig away down in the
airth artor coal and iron, and so forth, and say that a man
wasn’t born like h woodchuck to live in the airth, and then
again to stop folks from risking their precious lives at sc;-,
cs though they were born with fins li..e a fish, how then,
cud what would be the end on’t ? Can any man tell ivhat
would be the state of tilings if any of these whims was to
be acted on only for one year just for the trial on’t ? And
then agin, has any one turned over the matter to see what
would be the condition of tilings *f.abolition should lake
r oot—kick up a bobbery down south, and let oniy one crop
of cotton go unpicked—folks abroad dont think much of
this matter, but look at it pretty much as we do at ibe
Chinese, and. carelessly talk of abolition as a matter of
moonshine. England sends her abolitionist's bore to keep
em I suppose from develry at home, possibly that if their
mnd schemes where only for.one season to prosper here, a
storm would howl over England worse ilium a universal
cholera morbus.
Cut oft’ one of our crops of cotton only, and then let the
Queen or her ministers attempt to tell the. thousands of
apintiers and weavers of Engiund that they and their fami
lies must submit to go hungry and unemployed on account
of tlie great and glorious cause of abolition—an d if they re
main content and hungry, why, then no harm w ill come from
that point; but if on the contrary, they don’t understand
the doctrine, (and some folks do say that some cf John
Bulls’s family get cross and ugly when hungry,) why, then
there will be trouble, and such trouble as amt cooled by sage
or catnip tea—and I, for one, wash my hands on’t end say
let well alone.”
“ I’ll tell what it is, Major,” says the Deacon, “wehave
now been working aiortg pretty prosperously for fifty-
years under a Constitution that has kept us all together a
a happy family, and any man v.lio attempts to disturb any
matter or thing guarantied and secured by that. Constitu
tion, ainl got any more patriotism in him than a rotten
punkiu—and all petitions to Congress, asking tilings con
trary to tlie Constitution, ere jist a » bud as for a man to
ask another man’s agent to do what be knows be has no
right to do under the power ef attorney he holds from bis
principal—that’s law, Major,” soys the Deacon, “und 1
don’t know,” says he, “ if it aim Gospel loo.”
I and uncle Sara have been thinking over this matter, and,
upon the Hull, we come tu the notion that the Deacons doc
trine it about right, and we hope you will not disregard it.
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
J. DOWNING,
Major, Downingville Militia, 2d Brigr.de.
Pithy.—An old man, who wae dargerously sick, was
surged to take ihe rnl.ice of a phys:rion. but objected, say
-teg, *• J vi ieb to dW & natural death\^ "~—
Libite
Dp.. Fuanelin's .Moral Cope.—The following list of
moral virtues was drawn up by Dr. Franklin, for the regu
lation of his life.
Temperance—Eat to fulness; drink not to elevation.
Silence—Spunk not- but what may benefit others or
vonrs. if; avoid trifling conversation.
Order—Let all our tilings have their places ; let each
part of v nr business have its rime.
Resolution — Resolve to perform what you ought; per
form without fail what you resolve.
Frugality—Make no expense, but to do good to others
or vo-:r*c!l ; tln-.t is waste nothing.
Industry—Lose no lime ; be always employed in some
thing useful, out of a!! unnecessary action.
Sincerity—Use no hurtful deceit—think innocently and
justly—and if you speak—speak accordingly.
Juxticr—Wrung none by doing injuries, or omitting 'bo
benefit* ih.it ure your duty.
Moderation—Avoid extremes; forbear resenting inju
ries.
Cleanliness—Suffer no uncleardiness in the bodv.
clothes, or habitation.
Tranquility—Be not disunited about trifles, rr at acci
dent*. common or unavoidable.
Humility—Imitate Jesus Christ.
tions condemnatory of thp act—the 3d dcnr.Hr.ro* the Sub-
Treasury system—the 4th declares that the public lands
are the common property of all the States, and condemns
tho pre-emption act of the last Congress—the 5th declares
that the proceeds of the public lands should be divided
among the several States, according to Federal population—
the Celt denounces the extravagance of the Adminis
tration—the 7th declares that the Executive patronage
should be abridged—the Sth asserts that the Senators will
represent the wishes of the people by voting to carry out
the resolutions—and the 9th direct# the Governor to for
ward the resolutions.
The present Van Buren Senators in Congress from lhat
Slate, before tl.e resolutions had been officially communi
cated lo them, have anticipa’ed llieii arrival, nod have nd
dressed a communication to the Legislature, professing not
to ba able to understand whether these resolutions ate in
tended as instruction* to them or not. To this farsical
manoeuvre of these Van Buren Senators, so tenacious of
office that it seems they will bold on unless they are liter
ally knocked elf, the Legislature have responded by adopt
ing the follow ing scathing tesolution :
'‘Resolved, That the resolutions pa3srd by this Gen
eral Assembly, and transmitted to our Senators in Con
gress, are sufficiently plain and intelligible to be compre
hended by any one desirous of understanding them; that
we believe this communication, anticipating the reception
of said resolutions and making inquiry as to their mean
ing, is not in good faith ; and that it would be inconsistent
with the self-respect of this General Assembly to make any
reply to it.’’
From Washington we have little of interest. We un
derstand there is hut little idea entertained there of the
passage of tlie Sub-Treasury bill; nor is it believed that
the Administration part}- are really sinceie in their desires
that it should be passed. All they want is to withdraw j
tiic attention of the country from the unprecedented mal- [
Administration of the Government. They fear an expo- [
sure of the corruption, fraud, and dishonesty of the past I
ten years, as connected with the public offices; hence, tlie j
policy of all tbo humbuggrry of hard money currency, mo- j
no; olios, the rich ngninst the poor, and all that, sort of slang,
with which they presume they can attract the popular ear,
and divert tbo popular attention from their political ini
quities. But it won’t do. If this Congress will not in
stitutea committee, fairly to investigate the abuses of the
Government, and to let the people see what is really the
conduct of their public agents, the next will; and then,
who will he able to withstand the tide of public indigna
tion, which, from one end of the Union to the other, will
roll like a mighty wave against their deceivers and betray
er? ! The screen Is even no-.v, with all tho management
exercised to proven! it, partially drawn aside, and Behave
limpsos of tho corruption within: if these glimpse* he so
appalling, what will be the fooling produced when a full
developrntent is made of the lust ten years iniquities.
The lawyers will fed » short law in our columns,show
ing them how to secure their debts in bail ca*cs, wheie
the bail threatens lo become ns false a hope as the prin
cipal.
Frub Basking til Nkw-YoeK.-—The New-York Her
ald contains the following statement and remarks upon the
Banks established Under the free banking law of that State.
The bank mania in the interior is progressing with
great rapidity. Every mail brings news of some new in
stitution starting up, all of them with large capitals. Since
our recent publication of a list of these institutions, the fol
lowing banks have been started;
Capital p'd in.
Albany Exchenge Bank, $100,000
Lockport Bank and T. Co. 100,000
Bank of Corning, Steuben Co. 100,000
Prime, Ward & King,
Bank of BallstOn.
Com. Bank, at Rochester,
U. S. Bank, at Buffalo,
Fainers’ Bank of Orleans,
Another Bank at Rochester,
Brockpoit Bank, Gennessee Co.
Bank at Nunda Valley,
Add amount of our previous Fist,
100.000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
$2,200,000
9,100,000
Proposed.
$10,000,000
2,000,000
3.000. 000
50.000. 000
10.000. 000
5.000. 000
5.000. 000
500,000
1,000,000
500.000
400.000
$87,400,000
199,250,000
The parents, guardians and friends of deaf and numb
persons, will find a law in their favor in our columns.
Tho reason* 'inducing Mr. Harris’ resignation of commis
sioner under the new Banking Law, will bo found m the
subjoined letter; and upon rending that law, and the du
ties and responsibilities devolved bv it on its officers, these
reasons will be deemed we dare snv valid ones.
~~ (COPY.)
Mill kIhieVtT.l.K, 7th January, 1339.
To his Excellency Geo. II. Gji.meu: ^ ,
Siu—-1 deem it proper at the earliest period at which it ; .
was practicable, after a perusal of tlie recent act oi the '
Legislature, “Jo authorize the business ot Banking, and .
to regulate the some,” to make known to you my deter
mination to decline the acceptance of the office of Com ^
missioner cron tod by that law, conferred h_\ the General
Assembly without my solicitation, and during my absence j
from this city. I have fi ll, in consequence of these cir- j
enmstanees, tin earnest desire to meet the wishes of those j
friend* who so generously extended lo me their confidence ; j
ar.d to have fulfilled their expectations would readily have ;
Gives a total of 27 new banks, $11,200,000 $280,650,000
He re is an increase of bank capital truly astonishing;
but this is only a beginning. In the interior of the State
the current of speculation is setting in this direction with
u strength never before equalled. 1 nis feeling has reached
n class of men seldom influenced by the spirit of specula
tion. The popularity of the new law, and t. e ease with
with h good farms may be turned into bank capital, seems
to h ive excited the farmers in an extraordinary degree.
As the new law allows only one haif of the security to be
real estate, bonds and mortgages are taken to this city and
exchanged for State stocks' which arc deposited with the
Comntrolk r. Tlie amount of bills already issued by these
institutions is not large, from the tardiness attending their
issues by the-Comptroller. The amount of bills of circu
lation ahoadv ordered and in preparation, is hardly
$1,1)00, OflO. These hills are sought after with great avidity
i bv the public at large, and are already producing ease in
" ’ the money market. This ea.-e lea.Is to new o|H>raiions and
speculations, which in turn create a fresh demand for mo-
nev. and further expansions of circulation beyond what the
wants of legitimate trade require. Ihe ettrr. ncy then be
comes depreciated. These banks, based on real estate,
offer no remedy for this, and a general crash must be tiie
sure tesult. Thus the new law, although it may provide
made some sacrifice of personal interest; I am how- , secm . i(y [(J |he bilJ-bolder* against'ultimate loss, yet
ever inclined, nor do I believe that any of them c
sire that I should make such a sacrifice as the strict and
faithful discharge of the duties of Commissioner, as I uil-
dcrstaml those duties, as I believe that the people will ex
pect of such an agent, and as I am persuaded their inter
est demands should he performed by that officer, will re
quire, for the utterly inadequate compensation of $4 per
diem.
The act imposes for any violation of its various require
ments, a fine of not less than $10,090. and Penitentiary
imprisonment of five years. I am unwilling to encounter
the baza id of a violation of some one ot its provisions,
(and in my opinion tlie. art would he as much violated by
an omission to perform n duty prescribed, or necessarily
implied, a« bv'the flagrant breach ot its injunctions.) for
such compensation. Ihe onerous labors incident to the
faithful execution of the not, llie heavy responsibilities ro
the laws—arid the still more fearful ones to the people—
would have authorized a salary commensurate with there;
but since it has not been provided. I do not hesitate to sav
that I cannot act as a Commissioner.
Very respectful! v, vour obedient servant,
' ’ IVERSON L. HARRIS.
the
rent bodv of the people are not protected from loss
arising front unsteadiness of prices and fluctuation of
values.
Puitr.tc Lands.—A bill is again before Congress which
provides for the reduction and graduation ot the price
i of public lands which have been in the market more than
| 5 vears and remain unsold. The idea, is, to allow such
| lands to be sold at less than $1 25 cents per acre, and to
j reduce the price at the close of each successive lustrum,
until purchasers shall be found for them. Il however, they
nre not sold within a certain period, (20 years it we recol
lect right.) from the time they were first offered, the hill
provides that, thev shall then become the property of the
States in which they lie. The new States of course are iti
favor of the bill. There will be a great effort to get it
through at the present session.
Tlie whole quantity of land which would fall under the
operation ol tlie bill, according to a report made to Con
gress at its last session by the commissioner of the Gen
eral Land office, i* seventy-one millions of acres, distribu
ted over nine States and one territory, in the following pro
portions ;
The remarks of the Constitutionalist, in regard to errors
in llie laws, are nil correct enough. Those errors, how
ever, are not the fault of the Printer. In reference, for in
stance, to the very discrepancy alluded to by the Constitu
tionalist, about the Senatorial districts, in noticing the same
error, we again compared the enrolled law with our
proof sheet, to correct the error, if there was any, but
found them to correspond. We could, of course, do no
otherwise tffan to publish as per copy furnished. If
the same extreme carelessness is continued in relation
to the manuscript laws, passed by the Legislature, we
would suggest tlie propriety to that body, of constituting
the printers into a Court of Errors, to present their doings
in a decent form to the people. In fine, we desire it to he i
distinctly understood, that so far at least as we are con- i
corned, we by no means hold ourselves responsible for thp
peculiarities of our laws ns passed—in the performance of
our business, vie have to put into type much that we can
neither make head nor tail of.
Twenty days later from Liverpool.
Nkw-York, Jnn. ft.
The Royal William arrived this morning, at 10 o'clock.
She brings us full files from London of the 14th, Paris of
the 12th, and Liverpool of the 13th inclusive.
The sales o’cotton opto the 7lh were very large, about
fil.000 bales, at an advance of 1 2 per cent. From the7lh
to the 14th, sales were very large and prices firm.
Lord Durham had arrived out, and was enthusiastical
ly received by the people.
The Tory papers, the “ Times,” “ Herald,” and “ Stan
dard.” talk of impeaching him. lie savs lie will have, no
communication with ministers till he moot# them in Par
liament.
The English papers arc indignant at the late invasion of
Canada by Americans, and accuse the American Govern
ment of countenancing and planning the invasion. Money
was bringing n higher rate of interest, British stocks w ere
down a shade. Large sales of American stocks were made
•it increased prices. All American stocks bad advanced-
immense quantities of manufactured goods are on their way
to thi* rotmtrv. The price'* of cotton on tho 14th were
rather in favor of the buyer*; there was no advance of
price after the arrival of the Great Western, on the 7th.
Ohio,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Missouri,
Alabama.
Mississippi,
Louisiana,
Michigan,
Arkansas,
Floi idn,
Total,
1.785 035
4 418 083
12,714 963
13.182 545
14,523 269
- 0.841 553
5.018 292
2.217 185
6.304 612
3.993 521
17.004 063
[P£i7. Com. List.
A PfcAlf PROPOSED FOR RECEIVING! A tff»
BC USING TIIE PUBLIC REVE.\t; E D,B *
During thedebate which took place in the II n
rcsentatives last week, on Mr. Wise’s motion t() Se . ^®p-
tain public documents, Mr. W. C. Johnson of Cf>r '
in the course of his speech broached a plan fur fl Br ^* R d
tion and disbursement of the public revenues ffifty
sonie respects, from all others that have been p r ‘ ! n
Congress. * ‘ P° se d in
He (Mr. J.) had not fully devised a plan, but f-
remarks oi his colleague (Mr. Thomas) he w ns '^ e
to say that a plan had occurred to him which vena Id
the point to he attained. That he would move t T 61
the Sub-Treasury was urged by the chairman ofth "* B
roittee of Ways and means, if no other member \v 0 Ti COm *
was in a few words this—that the Custom lun,»o l h
and a 1 the public receivers should not touch one d ii ‘
the public revenue. u ar of
T hat the Virginia system should be adopted bv,; r
eral Government. That when an importing merd en '
instance, had to pay revenue duties he would ^ or
find from the Custom House officer ihe amount-,^^
he should deposite in such bank or institution as
would entrust with its revenues, the amount of 1,;.?'"’
or duties—and then obtain a certificate of the nn!
deposite. That when thi* « as given to the Cost,'
Collector he Would then give a receipt to the
merchant. That when the government I ad to t,
amount it would give the government creditor a dr- P '
depository—so that no intermediate
you did not allow him to touch tl,
was no necessity for giving sect]
importing
1 pay ao
‘ft on tho
the receipts or disbursements of 'thepublic'™'!,* ^
system was simple and reasonable he thou-l.t-lJT
would add one view further. I] e wai opposwl " t0 [h ^ 0
system of securities—that he was opposed to mv *
'fficers giving security, for two reasons, the first wa!';f
public money, ibero
tnat if you dispense with securities it would increa^th '’
responsibility of the Executive to appoint gentlemen to J
fice-for some secnt.cs, were but satelites around j '
pitei, the pha was if you place a de"Taded
bic man in office,that it was of ;
curities were liable.
He opposed the plan and usage of securities, a3 h e h „
rrrar ,he
the public eye rested upon the officer alon^SJ[
ht* securities, the exec,,..v e would be forced tv the m'™,
arsssr ,o u,,poi,it ^ -cs
octtz^:^T'v e sks t: or 7 i]m ’
in early infancy to guard agni„« ^ M *«
There were but few men in these dm* ,r , .
'* nt ‘peculation
of
corrupta.
no consequence, for hi* j0 .
Anecdote.—During one of tin* frontier wars in Penn
sylvania, it was found necessary to send out a company of
rangers or spies. After they had arrived at one of their
points of destination, it was thought advisable to send out
ure of the. officers of the company with a command office
men to reconnoitre the movements of the enemy. A Dutch
man constituted one of the parly, and on the evening of
tiie second day they came upon the Indian camp, covered
with hark, and discovered fresh signs cf the enemy. A
council was accordingly held, upon which it was determin
ed to secre t themselves upon the top of the camp, and
await the arrival of the Indians. After the night fall had
set in, several of these sons of the forest entered the camp,
divested themselves of their implements of war, and com
menced preparing something to satisfy the call of hunger.
Oar Dutehman^Pd an itching to know what was going on
below. He accordingly raised himself forward in defiance
of all the forbidding gesturi s of his comrades, until lie
reached a point so far on tiie projecting tree, lhat it tipt
with, ami precipitated him head foremost upon the foe.—
‘Vi'lirii he discovered that lie was falling, he cried out,
•Jl 're 1 comes, sure enough!’ Whereupon the affrighted
savages fled, and left the camp an easy conquest to hi#
com rude?.
Thomas Jefferson’s opinion of Farmers.—“Those
who labor in tin* earth,” he early declared, “are the cho
sen people of Gad, if ever lie had a chosen people, whose
breasts he has made his peculiar, deposite, for substantial
and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which lie keeps
alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from
thesurface of the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass
of cultivators, is a phenomenon in which no age nor ration
has found an example. It is tho mark set on those who,not
looking up to Heaven, to their otvn soil and industry, as
dors the bus! an'dmnn, for their subsistence depend on the
casualties and caprice of customers. Dependence begets
subservience and venality, suflbeates the germ of virtue,
and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. Thus
the natural progress and consequence of the arts, has
sometimes, perhaps, been retarded by accidental circum
stances; hut generally speaking, tlie proportion which tin*
aggregate of the other citizens, bear in any state to that of
its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its
healthy parts’, and is a good enough baromentor whereby
to measure its degree of corruption.”
Ar.RF.EABLF. Partner at a Ball.—On the occasion
of a ball given nt Buckingham Palace, Lord Jocelyn in obe
dience to t be commands of the Queen, was invited todance
with her, which of course, he was but too happy to do.
Nut being d eply versed in court forms, the young Lord
conceived it but an act of common place politeness to ad
dress a lew words to her Majesty, which amounted mere
ly to a question as to whether dancing fatigued Iter; the
Queen turned away, and, at the conclusion of the dance on
resuming her seat stated to her Ciiaiuberluin, that Lord
Jocelyn did not understand Court etiquette, and that a
hint to that effect hud better be communicated to him,
which was dene. The truth is, that it is one of the absurdi
ties at Court that lie whom the Queen honors with her
hand in a dance, is not privileged to open hi* mouth to her.
Is this tbo 19t!i centu/v, or do we live in times when Kings
and Queens were deemed of divine origin ?—London Sat
irist.
“Teachers should teach things,” exclaimed Daniel
Webster, nt a Massachusetts Education Convention ; “our
schools have not looked beneath the superfices. Every
thing is by note—w ore’s w ithout ideas. It has become the
fashion to touch every thing through the press. Conver
sation, so valued in ancient Greece, is overlooked and neg
lected, whereas it is the richest source of culture. We
teach too much by manuals—too little by direct intercourse
with the pupil’s mind; we have too much of words—too
little of things.”
We have various rumors in relation to the next Presi
dential election. It is said bv some, upon wlnt grounds
we don’t know, that Harrison ha* declined the nomination
of the Anti-Masonic Convention, which nominated him f r
tbo Presidency, and that, he will abide the decision of a
National Convention. Another rumor is, that Mr. Harri
son and Mr. Webster have united their interests, that the
former is to serve, if elected by their united influence, only
for one term, and then the latter to become the successoi.
Another rumor is the intention of the Conservatives, and n
portion of tho Whig party, to nominate Mr. Rives of Vir
ginia, for the Presidency. Thus are the political elements
fermenting; clearly show ing at least tbnt we need be in no
hurry in making up our minds upon tho subject; when
every thing is so uncertain, and so many new features may,
and probably will, be devcii>)ird before tho election, il is
wisdom to wait, and choose in the last resort, the best line
of conduct, which those circumstances may indicate.
We have accounts (not altogether authentic) lhat tlie
Mexicans, in violation of the terms of capitulation between
the French Admiral and the authorities of Vera Cruz,
marched an army of some five thousand men upon that
town, attacked the French, drove them, or a party oftbrm
to their ships with some loss—who, in return, bombarded
the town, and compelled them to evacuate it. The fa
mous Santa Anna was i;i the fray, it appears, and lost a
leg in the engagement. This restless and unprincipled
profligate, it is to be presumed by the loss his leg, will
not be quite as nimble in tunning into mischief, nor quite
so expert in running away from it, when it proves danger-
Wlicn Mr. I'renti** rook the floor in the House of
Representatives, on Wednesday, the House being in Com
mittee of the Whole, Mr. Adams was in the Chair. Mr.
Prentiss expressed hi* gladness at obtaining tiie floor at
last, for said he, 1 haw been subjected to a reversed teles-
seoiie in the hands of the official organ of \his House for
some time pa-t.
The allusion ef Mr. Prentiss, in this instance, was to a
verv flagrant example of Mr. Polk’s, as exhibited in Tits
turning directly round fioin Mr. Prentiss, on whom his
eves fell first, when Mr. Wise finished sjioakirig on Friday
night, last, and giving the floor to Mr. Cushman of New-
Hantpsliire.
It w as a jocular remark, nt the time, that the only way
of getting Mr. Poik to look nt any body hut Previous Ques
tion. wnsto stick a fishhook in his eye, mid let the member
wishing for the floor, pull a string appended thereto, w ith
all his might.
Mat TOtt DIE AMONG TOUR KtSDRKD.—It i» 8 sad
thing to feel that we must die away from our home. Tell
! not the invalid who is yearningaifter his distant country,
! that t(u‘ atmosphere around him is soft; that the gales arc
| filled wiih balm, and the flowers are springing from the
j green earth; he knows that the softest air to his heart
would he the air which hangs over his native land; that
more grateful than all the gales of the south, would breathe
the low whispers of anxious affection; that the very icicle*
clinging to hi* own eaves, and the snow beating against
his own windows, would be far more plea-ins to his eves,
than the bloom and verdure which only more forcibly re
mind him bow far he is from that one spot, which is dearer
to him than the world beside. He may, indeed, find esti
mable friends who will detail in their power to promote
his comfort and assuage hi* pain* ; hut they cannot supply
tlie place of the long known and long loved; thev cannot
read as in a book the mute lnnguagn ■ f his face; thev have
not Earned to wait upon his habits and anticipate his
wants, and be lias not learned lo communicate, w ithout
hesitation, all his wishes, impressions, and thoughts to
them. lie feels thru he i* a stranger, and a more desolate
feeling than that could not visit his soul. How much is
expressed by that form of oricntial benediction, may yon
die among your kin dred ! — Greenwood.
that he would entrust with a million or a half aST
th# public money. ul,on
He would s. y further lhat he would desire ihe Je •
lories of the public money to he those v.lffii, the
trusted with the public funds-aa.l ia states or territories
where there were no state depositories—he would in a'l
cases require Congress not the exeutive, to designate , bfl
phe-e for making tiie deposite?. The plan would work as
well in tiie west as in the east—for when the depositories
banks or institutions of such character as might benatnJ
were known, a purchaseA.f public land, would have h„ Un
deposit the amount which he had toir.vost, i :j anvoftli i>
institutions, get a certificate of deposite—ar.d that een^
cate would 1>- received at any laud office in the ration H
would not trust frail human nature with a large amount of
money. He could not vote for the sub-treasury system—
because it placed tlie public officers in in.maliate'conuct
with the public money—they had to feel and to handle it
and in doing so. it led them into temptation. It rn\\r
duccd them into corruption. He could not trust meuvrafi
millions unless those receivers were themselves placed to
safes and such sates as lias neither a dour nor u window iq
creep out at.
From the United States Gazette.
RE3IEBV FOR BURNS.
Dear Sir: I have so often seen remedies for human
ills given to the newspapers, and then at once consigned m
oblivion, that I have for a great while hesitated to pre
sent this remedy to the public. For fnurteen years I havs
prescribed it, and witnessed its healingrffwrsj I deliber
ately say fram fourteen wars
experiei ce, that no di»-
T he Paris correspondent of the Yew-York American
savs:—“ M. Dezeimeris has just published a copious mr-
va large pamphlet, in fa-
C’harlkston, January 12.
Cotton.—Since our last report, an
ernr per lb. has been realized by holder
ndva
on nil descriptions i
>f short Cotton. The stock on hand at this time is very
light, and prices appear to be on the advance. Account* !
per Royal William Steamer at New-York, from Liverpool, !
to the 15th December, represent the market quite firm at (
improved rates, and sales were effected there ut | to ^d |
over kist statement.
moir, and Dr. Goultierdu Clan!
j vor of re-vaccina tion. These writers, and a crowd of oth-
i ers on the same side, cite numberless enses and opinions
e of 5 to I > ‘Lawn from Great Britain, the north of Europe, and Ame-
| rica ; and they finally concur in tiiis general inference,
| lhat experience and- reason render it an obligation of
low to prescribe re-vaccination, and. to propagate it with
the same zeal as original inoculation. Their special
views ore—1st. That vaccination loses its preventive
power after some years, so that it no longer prevents
small pox from appearing, taking the regular course, and
proving fatal. 2d. That revaccination has the same origi-
\Ve underrtond that the expositions and developemonls | I'°«' er , a,:<l Hnal as vaccination ; a d that it
made bv Mr. Wise and Mr. Prentiss, in their recent «}•? more cc tamly in proportion as the time is re-
soeeche's, in the House of Representative's, were absolutely I at ' vl ‘"' h tfe patient has bad the vac.ne disease or
astounding-nrA that after listening to Mr. Prentiss’s dis- I ,I|C «*>"». P««; The question whether the efficacy of the
section of the subject of Western La-d Receivers an.
arrine virus is not materially impart'd afier frequent trars-
missions through ihe human body, has been brought for
ward in some interesting communications in the London
Medical Gazette.
Registers, a distinguished friend of the Administration,
involantarily exclaimed—“Well—its too bad—that# a
fart.” And now begin to iiekuowledge that “conniption
has become the order of the day.”—Alex■ Gaz.
Bronchotomy.— An interesting case of surgery ocrur-
Titlf.s.—Tlie Ohio Fenntc have struck out the “Ex- red in Upper Penn’s Neck, N. .1., on the 21*t instant.—
cellency" in the title of Governor of tbnt State. So the Martha Rivrier. a little daughter of T-hontas Risner, about
new incumbent is only plain Governor Shannon, without i two years old, picked from off tho floor n parched coffi-e
any “ excellency.” Wei), it is a sensible reform. ‘ grain, and put it into her mouth. Iu attempting to erv, a
[Northern Courier. j sudjen inspiration of breath drew it hack into her wind-
This good example is worthy of being fidlowed Wf pipe-, and immediately produced the most extreme suliora-
h.opc some other States will “tread in the footsteps” of! tion, leaving scarcely breath enough to keep up life. Dr.
Ohio. j W m. F. Hunt was sent for, and on his arrival found the
... , r • i . r*v • ,, , I child in almost the Inst extreme of suffocation. After
Wisconsin.— Ihe Legislature ot Wisconsin assembled . ... ,
. ,, , ,, nr.i rv i ,, i , maxing everv other effort tor relief except tne Unite, (such
at Madison on the 26th ol .November. On meeting, tbe ! q . , . , 1 „ , ’, v .
.. ... ; as producing sneezing, introducing the probe, &c.) he in
sures ot Wisconsin were m a queer medicament. llie , , . ; , -
State-house was unfinished, and could not he 0 „. , jr(| J ”> ‘^'d tup,that to open the w.ndptpe was tl.e only
and the members could not find sufficient accommodations ! ’’ !, "‘ l 1,U '.- V w,so! - V . He promptly perform
ed the operation, nuu on passing a silver probRiip Uie
wound into the month, the coffee grain was removed. It
at the hotel
1 uti. ns were
The Secietary had no stationery, and rcso-
nffered in both Houses to adjourn, “ in onse
ts he has been hitherto. It is further stated, that | fl 110
nee ol the want of accommodations.”
! was swallowi d into the stomach and passed through the
I bowels next morning. The child was instantly relieved
Mexico lias formally declared war against France. A
popgun against a howitzer! They are u poor, uncivilized,
savage set, who have no more idea of true freedom, than
their native monkevs have of mathematic*.
The sessions of tlie Superior Courts of Wilkes, have there, request his resignation
been changed by the last Legislature ; they are to be held
on the third Monday in February, and tlie fourth Monday
in July; tlie Inferior Courts on the first Monday in May,
and fourth Monday in September. For the county of Har
ris, the Superior Courts are to be held on the fourth Mon
days of March and September; and the Inferior Courts on
the fourth Mondays of June and December. Habersham
Superior Courts ure changed to tlie second Mondays of
April and October. Franklin county to the third Monday.*
of April and October. The Superior Courts of Macon
county are to be held on the first Mondays of May and No
vember; and the Inferior Courts on the first Mondays of
February and August. The Inferior Court* of Houston
are to beheld on the fourth Mondays of January and July.
Mr. Ivor.dull, being rail'd upon to keep bis “'hirelings” 1 and immediately drank some coffee, ate cake and nursed
from interfering with the Legislature of l’i nnsytvania, and j its doll. The wound heals kindly and the rhitd is doing
excising mobs to disperse tlie Senate, thus wrote to the ! well.— Banner.
Postmaster at Philadelphia: “ If any clerk in yeuremploy- j —
inent is nt Harrisburg, actively engaged in i lie disturban< es, j
recall him, or if he think* be lias higher duties to Uiscimrg
Benefit of Life Insurance—It is stated in the
American, that “ a merchant of this citv, who died n few
days ago. effected insurance on Ids life in March last, at
the agency in this city, of the New-York Life Insurance
and Trust Company, for tho sum of $5000. for which he
„ - , . paid tho annual premium of one hundred dollars. Ileal-
lt is «i rare and beautiful specimen ol typography; j s() took c „ t n poli ;. y wilh tlie Baltimore Life Insurance
Company for the same amount. He paid to each sffice
the additional premium of fifty dollars for the privilege of
making it voyage to Asia and hack. He returned to this
city in October, and died of typhus fever. By this titnelv
act of prudence, involving an expense of only three hun
dred dollars, his family will before the expiration of this
week be put in possession of ten thousand dollars."
[Baltimore Chronicle.
The reader will find a very short but very importent law
in our columns. It enacts that no gift of a slave or slaves,
shall be valid against the delits of the donor or against sub
sequent purchasers of said slaves of the donor, (without a
knowledge of such gift-) unless the gift be made in writing,
signed and staled by the donor, attested by at least out
witness, and to be proved and recorded within twelve
months from the time of execution,.
Tiie importance of this short law will he fully realized
hy those who have any acquaintance with our Courts of
Justice; the amount of litigation in our Courts, in relation
to verbal gifts and loans of negroes, is only known to the
members of the profession ; this short law will cut off’ a
very large amount of wrangling, injustice and fraud.
Our readers will find some information in regard to the
Free Banking Law in New-York, ns well as some specu
lations on the probable, effect of it in the country. Whether
the anticipations of the writer will prove real, is another
question. It is to be hoped not, as Georgia has adopted a
similar system.
It will be seen by reference to the puhlishcd l»w on the
subject, in to-day's paper, that the widow and children of
deceased persons, are to receive a reasonable support and
maintenance, for one year after the death of the husband
and parent; debts or no debts; and a very good lew too.
We have been favored with n copy of the London Sun,
printed in gold on the day of the coronation of Queen Vic
toria.'
but. th« account given of the manner of its preparation,
shows that the workmen engaged in printing it must have
suffered verv much, owing lo the deleterious nature of the
composition u*e<l in gilding the letters.—Alex. Gaz.
Tlie aggregate popular vote for Presidential Electors in
1836, was 1,496,318, divided thus: Whig 734,350, Van
Buren 761,963—Van Buren majority 27,618. The ag
gregate popular vote lust year was 2,021,960, divided
thus: Whig 1,066,245, Van Buren 955,715—Whig ma
jority 110,530: nett Whig gain 138,148.—PoilsonsAdv.
When Senator Benton writes editorial articles for the
Globe—especially w henthosearucles are laudatory of him
self—he should be more Careful to disguise his style See
the Globe of Thursday—article, “Mr. Benton’s Commer
cial Resolutions.”—Alex. Gaz-
Since the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway, a little more than eight years ago, five millions
of passengers, have passed along the line. Out of this
immense number but two have lost their lives by accidents
on the road.
The illness of Attorney General Grundy, is represented
as so severe, that he is incapable of articulating abovc^a
slight whisper. Ho is said to have labored for some months
under a severe affection of the lungs.
The Capitol of Mississippi, lately erected at Jackson, is
said to be a tine edifice. The interior, the Jackson Sun
thinks, will rival, in magnificence and convenience, any
State-house in the cviuntry.
The Nett Revenue from the }
during the last fiscal year, exceed
ease oi injury to the human system Las a more certain
remedy than this, for the most distressing of all injuries,
that ot scald* and burns. J he relief is almost instantane
ous; from a minute or two to a half an hour, will nsuil’v
find a toil relief from pain. No matter the extent of the
bum, even it ail the skin is removed from the I r*!». The
first knowledge I had of it was the almost minicutoii*
cure, of ?: little boy, who ieil into a haif hogshead of boil
ing water, prepared for scalding the bristles from -win*.
The entire person ai d limbs of the boy passed under tlm
scalding water up to the chin sons to -raid his whole i,erk.
Un remoring his chuhes, nearly all bis skin follmewi
r un bis neck, bands, arms, chest, back, abdomen'ami
almost every bit of skin from his lower rxiremiiitn.
In this deplorable condition, literally flayed alive wiifj
scalding water, the remedy- was promptiv syplhd, as
h momentary application until the phvsiciaa* sMittld ar
rive. Two eminent physic!tins soon csme. nrul ot.Wn
ing the extent of tba scald, pronounced it a row.ify
fatal case, and directed the boy to remain with tiirisiv.^
dy over him until he should die. In six week* he w»»
restored quite weli, wiih scarcely a scar on any part of
his person or limbs. The remedy increase* in value from
the fact, that under almost all circuniMai ers it iznr is
obtained. It is as follows :—Take soot from a rhinnw
where wood is horned, rub it fine, ai d mix one p»rt9u>«
to three parts or nearly so of hog’s laid, fr. *h buttrr, nr
any kind of fresh gr.-ase, that is rot salted ; spread this on
linen or muslin, or any cotton cloth foreasicraid nior*
perfect adaptation. If in vc-ry extensive burns or scald*,
the doth should he torn into strips before putting overt!;*
scald. Let the remedy be freely and fullv applied, so a»
to perfectly cover all the burned puris No other applica
tion is required until tlie patient is well, except to apply
fresh applications of the soot and lard, &r.
In steamboat explosions, this remedy can. in nearly *11
cases he at once applied, and it' done, many vaiuaM*
lives will be saved, and a vast amount of suffering aileri-
ntrd.
If yon and the corps editorial, will hand this remedy
around our country, and invite attention to it, and lint *-
so those who use it, mny give their testimony for or ns ain't
I feel assured that in a few months, this most e&caeew
mid almost unfailing remedy will be every where kB'»*
and used in the United States.
•A Physician of Philadilfbu.
e do not know w hat bus more aroused u* for some time
than the following correspondence, as given by the Alex
andria Gazette :
Laconic*Correspondence.—Everv body, almost, ha*
imand of, or seen, Silas Dinsmore, the Government etSc-r
to whom Gen. Jackson it is said showed hi* pistol—pn**-
ports. Dinsmore was a brave nuin and a wit withal.
He have heard it. said that, when lie was collector of lh*
port of Mobile, something not online the following cor
respondence took place between him and the then Secreta
ry of the Treasury. We vouch not for its truth, however.
We only relate it ns it was toid to us,some vears age. A*
all events it is like Dinsmore.
Treasury Department, ?
Washington, Jan. 15. 1822. )
Sir: This Department is desirous ot knowing how f-r
the Tombigbee river runs up. You will please communi
cate the information. Respectfully,
W. H. Crawfokh.
S. Dinsmore, H*q, Collector, Mobile.
Mobile, Feb. 7, 1322.
Sir.: I have the honor to acknowledge tho rcc-ipt ' ,l
y*ur letter of the 15th uit, nnd of informing vou in rrp.J,
that the Tontbighee does not run up at all.
Very Respectfully,
S. Dinsmoh.v.
Hon. \\ . H. Crawford, Secretary Treasury.
Treasury Department, l
Washington, March I. 1822.)
Sir: l have the honor to inform vou that thi- l>ep ; ir£-
naent has no fui (her service for you as collector of Mri’ 1 '*’
Respectfully,
W. II. CuaR'?o.tR-
S. Dinsmore, Esq., Mobile.
1
Political Onditi.—It is reported that Mr. Calhoun
and his friends are dissatisfied with, the President’s Mes
sage. They expected ho would have recommended the-
Specie clause to the Sub-Treasury bill, ns without that Mr.
Cnihnun opposes it. Besides the whole composition is too
subdued to satisfy a mind, which, in its calmest moments,
is like about upon tlie mountain wave. A good deal was
expected, too, from this “ Northern man with Southern
feelings” against Abolition, and in favor of our “ peculiar
institution.” In. short it is pretty evident, we learn, that
there is not the same2Pal among the Van Buren members
from the South, as formerly, particularly since it is found
that his “ party machinery” does not carry the Nurth bv
acclamation.—Raleigh Register.
Tork State Canals,
of the piecceding
The aggregate of lolls collected was 1,481
$128,085 29.
902 41.
Crime and Color.—The proportion of colored persons
in the Stale of New-York, to that of white persons is 1 to
48. The proportion of colordpersons in the State prisons
is about 1 to 6- *
A laborer by the name of Dambergor, died lately at
Ern«thrnnn, Austria, at the age of 130 years. He was
never married till he was 100 years old. Better late than
never.
It is stated that the Penitentiary of Ohio last year yield
cd $26,000 nett profits. The beneficial effects, in other
points of view, are not calculated.
An_Interesting Christmas Party.—Mr. .Tas. Breed
of this town, aged 80, and his wife, Sarah S. Breed,
having intimated a wish tosee his children and dpcendents
together 88 in number, not long since, invited them to as-
samble nt his residence in this town. Aecordinglv, on the
24th inst, they assembled ; husbands, wives, anj descend
ants, to the number of 79; nine only being absent. The
most remarkable fact was, that all the descendants, nnd
their families, w ith the exception of one faintly, lived with
in one hundred rods of the place of meeting, and could
have walked there iu five minutes—Lynn Record.
Up to Snuff.—Amongst the items of Contingent Ex
penses of the lust session of the U. S. House of Represen
tatives, was $42 25 for snuff. This accounts for the dig
nitaries of the land being so “ good at a pmch.” Another
item wa» $378 for making pens. As each member of the
Housers supplied with pen-knives and quills at the expense
of tho people, they might nt least make their own pens.
The amount charged fur stationery$33,792 25, more
than $140 for each nu mber. We do not wonder that we
sometimes receive newspapers from Washington enveloped
in gilt edged letter paper.—Boston Transcript.
A Prison Scene..—As one of our citizen- >**- rt,f rl
Iv journeying hnwwavd from the commercial metro? 1 * 1 ^
he stopped, for nn hour or two, at Auburn. Imrelire •">
motives of curiosity, he repaired to the Stale Prison-»
went the usual rounds, with the view of conte
bis “ low estate, one whom he had known and an"' 11
ill painty days of proud and golden prosper*?.
was now within those gioomv walls, a ronvirt feist;f
demneri to years of silent toil, side hy side with
every hue of crime. In a secluded part of the ,rn!r
building, he found the object of his search, ottfed
coarse particolored c onvict dress, soiled and dirty. 1
cropped closely to his head, and his small yet <•'#
form, bent painfully over his task. His coimtens'■) *
deadly pule, save where, upon eaeh check, a 5IT: ’ ! '
hectic spot tokl the troubled workings of his
while his unshaved chin, with a beard ofa week 5 ■
contrasted strangely wiih his high marble-like • 1 r .
- • wh, *yv»
occur 1 .
,lanes
and altered features, imparting a wildr.es
ance, which befitted the gloomy scene around
Benjamin Ratbbun, the forgerer. lie was
shaping the beeehen blocks of w hich joiner s i"“ e[ ti Jji*
made, and steadily wrought at bis new emp‘ P )jjJ
delicate hands unused to manual labor, plying j^risi**
dexterously the tools of his work-bench. A* 1 or er
:h the r.arrt* f
gazed upon the sad spectacle, through . ft
ings of the dark passage from which *h p ' n . „ r ^rr
w atched hy the guards of the prison, unset n ' , v fc0l |, ‘
ers, another visiter stood by, similarly nccupip •; o5 ot*
boon employed by the man they were emit* R'F d j.. fU*
of the superintendents of his two thousat d pji* k 1 "
engaged in carrying on his gigantic operation-^ ^ ^ i»t°
ter stood siieutfy intent on the scene 3
tears, and turned away. The irrepre#rih‘ e
the human bosom, often in defiance of the - *!>'“
of justice, and often lavish* d upon unwoi t‘0 ^ <1 '
some redeeming traits have endeare'l. o vl *
feelings, and he left the prisoner to toe
tude” of that populous dungeon-— 0